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Re: Attack of the star wars sales :)
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:36:21 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> > Oops...sorry about that :)
> >
> > Actually, I've used a similar approach to what I've seen done in the past
> > for sales at TARGET, KMART, and private sales: from US posters about US only
> > sales. [though they don't have the courtesy to also post to .loc.us.].
> >
> > I thought I'd do it this way for a couple of reasons...to show those who do
> > this how annoying it is when the country isn't mentioned,
>
> Wait...
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> You did this on purpose, not just by accident, but rather to "prove a point"??
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> Not sure that was a good idea. If you think there is change needed, there
> are channels to suggest it, which may be a better approach than deliberatley
> doing things the wrong way in order to stir up controversy. IMHO anyway.
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> For example you could post to admin.suggestions... the market groups
> charters are under discussion of revision as it is and this would be a good
> time to make such a change.
Well...I have suggested in the past that this should be done...and been
shouted down about it by US posters...This was the only way of getting my
point across that I could find.
> > and also so those
> > Ockers who don't look at .loc.au can hear about it.
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> This is not a good reason. If it were then posting anything to anywhere
> would be allowed. And it's not. compartmentalisation means everything has a
> place. You may not like that but that's the way it is.
No complaints...though from what I can tell, .market.shopping is the perfect
place for this, and .general seems to be filled with posts that should be in
their specific compartments...
Anyway, according to the following, I don't see any problems with what I did:
lugnet.general– General community discussion of LEGO® sets,... item pricing
and availability, etc. ...
lugnet.market.shopping– Retail, mail-order, and online shopping:
information, ...
> > If you'd rather have the country mentioned, I suggest getting the
> > marketplace rules changed so sale details have to mention the country they
> > apply to, or if no country given, they MUST be open internationally.
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> Not a bad suggestion (as a guideline, not sure it's enforcable as a rule but
> maybe??). Hence XFUT admin.suggestions...
WELL...
http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=594
http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=537
http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=503
http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=491
[It's 1:35 AM, so I'm tired and may have made a mistake...but I believe
these posts, in which Todd participated in the thread, should have led to
something of the sort.]
Benjamin Whytcross
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| (...) I'm not sure it would work, though. I mean, it has a very satisfying "tweak" quality, which I appreciate, but annoyance generally provokes defiance in those who would be likely to "shout you down." Those among the USians who agree with you (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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