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Re: Proper place to post US S@H Phone Specials
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:41:51 GMT
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 22:11:32 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:
> blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
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> > > Advantages of a .lsahs group: (1) covers all of LSAHS -- not just phone
> > > specials; (2) good in terms of FAQ.
> >
> > Minor point: you're thinking of a .lsah group, not .lsahs. .lsah would
> > cover all of S@H, .lsahs would be just the specials.
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> I've always equated
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> LSAHS = LEGO Shop At Home Service
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> because of the official name being "Shop At Home Service" as shown on the
> catalogs that come in themail.
Oops, sorry. My misunderstanding.
> > How about .lsah.specials? Then at some time a 'real' .lsah group could
> > be created, if there was sufficient need.
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> Mmm, interesting. What goes in front of .lsah.specials?
Well, that is open to discussion. I don't have a strong opinion on
lugnet.market.lsahs.specials or lugnet.shopping.lsahs.specials.
> A lugnet.<something>.lsahs.specials newsgroup ought to naturally cover...
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> (a) phone specials,
> (b) flyer specials -- such as the current barely-advertised Nebula
> Outpost special, and maybe also
> (c) the special discounts in the middle of the book -- like Launch
> Command accessories for $1.50 and the buy 10-get-one-free thing.
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> ...because not everyone gets every S@H catalog.
Good point.
> Well, with the current definition of .market (intra-community virtual
> marketplace), shopping stuff really belongs elsewhere, doesn't it? However,
> the definition of .market could be changed to encompass more things than
> inter-personal market stuff -- i.e., shopping and all that -- if necessary.
I guess that's what I was suggesting as a possibility. Reduce, reuse,
recycle.
> What do you think about lugnet.market.shopping? That works for me just
> about as well as a plain-old lugnet.shopping.
Like you said, it starts to get long, if the number of sub-groups grows.
> I think the whole .shopping thing has more potential to explode into more
> subgroups over time than the .market thing -- and although they're similar
> in terms of people buying things and posting lots of short-term data,
> shopping threads about sales and promotions tend to generate a lot more
> group discussion, whereas WTB's and WTT's tend to generate more offline
> private e-mail discussion.
OTOH, the information presented in .shopping is more 'drive by' than
what's in .market. People make an announcement (in .shopping) that
they've found a special, or whatever, and that's basically it.
Sometimes there's a follow-on thread, but it's usually quite short. In
.market, sellers have to repost (hopefully using followup's) until their
auction is complete, or they've made their trades, or sold their parts.
> What are the arguments again -for- having shopping stuff inside the .market
> hierarchy?
Convenience, convenience, convenience. Not that it should be overrated.
Oh, yeah. It builds a deeper ng-tree, rather than a wider one.
Steve
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| (...) Deep vs. wide -- do you mean deeper is better than wider? (Is the "Oh, yeah" a point or a counter-point?) I don't have any inherent dislike for deep ng trees as long as the ng names remain: (a) type-able, (b) remember-able, (c) readable, and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I've always equated LSAHS = LEGO Shop At Home Service because of the official name being "Shop At Home Service" as shown on the catalogs that come in themail. (...) Mmm, interesting. What goes in front of .lsah.specials? A (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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