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(...) That has to be the lamest excuse I have heard. No post can be "put in your face". People have a choice as to what threads they want to read and not to read. What is the difference between Jake posting a message and JimJoeBob posting the same (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) BUT - when kids write a letter to Santa, there will be no response because there is no Santa (hope I did not burst any bubbles) - and when we write a letter to Lego we would like a response because the can (well, were) able to reply - they (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) So do not open the posts, you have every right to pass them over. (...) WHOA! Are you honestly trying to tell us that: A) Lego would not have been able to sell these sets outside of Lugnet? I very much doubt they would have any prob selling (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Correctomundo. --Todd (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Wow, after a long day of reading and writing papers for school - that one made my head spin, lol - let me see if i understood it correctly: We can post there, but we can not repspond to another one of our posts? And, As long as there is a lego (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Tim, it is a double standard. OF COURSE it's a double standard. And that's a GOOD THING in this case. Let me elaborate so that you understand. The charter of lugnet.lego.announce includes "LEGO Direct announcements," which means it is free to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) The difference is collossal. One is a company acting opportunistically to dump obsolete stock and the other is a community of like-minded peers sharing information. Please don't think that anyone is saying that LEGO shouldn't be allowed to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) This is a little ironic. For years the community tried to get TLC involved and to participate and now it's trying to keep them out. There has to be a reason for this which we (the end-users of Lugnet) will most likely never know. I sort of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not necessarily. If someone in the trains group (for example) feels that something a LEGO employee posted about trains was relevant to a particular train discussion, don't worry -- you'll still hear about it. It's also a lot more genuine buzz (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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