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(...) My personal view/wish: I think the whole .bst/.auction area should be replaced with theme-specific market groups. Little advertised fact: not everyone on LUGNET is a generalist! I do not read .bst or .auction despite knowing that I'll be (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes: snip ... (...) Lets clear up what is allowed. I think posting that you have parts for a theme up for sale should not be allowed. Parts are whatever you make of them, most parts can be any theme you want, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) What about in the most recent case (What Kids Want: Not Juniorization thread which I started) when I was actually posting more toward Employees of TLC then AFOLs. I guess the point is: How do we handle comments and questions (rethorical though (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) <snip> Is there really enough traffic from the LEGO Direct end to justify this?I've seen a lot of posts on this group go unanswered by LEGO Direct.They may not need to give a definite answer but at least acknowledge that they have seen the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I aggree with James, leave Canada's local groups as is! Canada and the U.S. should be left with their subgroups! Please don't take away loc: Canada, Ontario, Toronto! Richard (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Yea, that is a problem with using "swap", I guess one factor for me in not breaking it down too much is that while a number of offers are clearly auctions, there are just a few which are pretty strictly trades, and everything else is somewhere (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Someone suggested a .market.feedback group. Is that what you mean kinda? --Todd (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) And darn it -- Murphy's Law -- embarrassing case in point -- I forgot to set the followups on the above post to lugnet.admin.nntp. Please, if you reply to the above post, manually direct your reply to lugnet.admin.nntp and not to both that and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I have mixed feelings about trying to apply order in matters of speech. I appreciate trying to make things orderly, and by segregating posts to areas they would be sought in would avoid flames from people who have to wade through messages (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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The lugnet.lego.direct group is special in that it is a direct communication channel with LEGO (or, more specifically, the business subunit of LEGO known as LEGO Direct, located in New York City). It's intended for two-way discussions with LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ahhh--BINGO! Those are *very* *nice* and *short* name components!!! (...) So you're saying?--deleting the super-lower-level metro groups in .loc.au would be (possibly) a step forward but deleting the state-level groups loc.au.xxx would be a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Woah that's one heck of a CC: list up there! Funny, one of which I subscribe too (announce).. and I don't believe that one accepts replies? Todd Lehman wrote: <SNIP lots of message :) > (...) Does debate not fit this area already? I'm unsure as I've (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) lugnet.market.available lugnet.market.wanted Paul Sinasohn also an MBA LUGNET #115 (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3aa34df1.136496...net.com... (...) Hmmm. I tend to think it's generally a good idea, but are people gonna use it? I think you're still gonna get general Lego ranting & raving in .general, but (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Hi, don't worry...this was mainly about .loc subgroups outside of the US and Canada... --Todd (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Gino A. Melone wrote in message ... (...) moderate I disagree on this one. The Idaho group has not seen much traffic, but then again there aren't many of us. As LUGNET membership gets larger, I would expect our Idaho group to become active at some (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) in (...) Any (...) What about market.auction and market.nonauction. I of course would like to see market.auction.Ebay, market auction.nonebay, market.nonauction(sales?), or market.non auction sale.buy trade Rather (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <3aa3d748.171657156@...et.com>... (...) will (...) I don't think this issue is ever going to NOT be sticky - wherever you draw the line between For Sale and Auction, Todd, someone will misunderstand or disagree and stick (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) To the best of my knowledge, yes. LEGO Shop at Home (both online and offline) is still run by Steven Hawco, who started it some 15 years ago. Steven Hawco reports to Brad Justus. (...) No...(more below)... (...) Oh, see, to me "swap" means (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Umm. I dunno. If that's the kind of traffic you want to unload, then certainly a lugnet.debate group is the way to go. (...) Oh, ok. Well, then, I am useless to you, because I have no ideas. :D lugnet.not-a-straight-sale is unweildly. I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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