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(...) (1) (...) It may well be an advert. So is everything else that appears in signatures that leads the reader to sites where one has things for sale. But a flog? Hardly. It's a neat model. Did you post to .terms because you think it's a violation (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Actually, I wasn't just talking about his .sig. (...) Yup. It's a neat model that A) Isn't wholly made of Lego pieces, let alone made only of two Armada Flagships (which makes me doubt how honestly he's representing his intentions, when he (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Your eyes must be better than mine, or I haven't read the advert as closely as you have.... where are the non Lego pieces? (...) Seems mostly to be made of those 2 ships to me, although I wouldn't quibble about the odd piece here and there (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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You can add "liar" to my list of charms, I guess, but you did ask a decent question.... (...) There are cannons on it built up from brass. Read the advert. (...) I was careful with my wording not to call him out-and-out dishonest. I have never dealt (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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<snip> (...) You do not think he is dishonest, you just doubt he is honest? What do you mean? I do not see what your point is? Is there anything wrong even with your worst interpretation of KW intentions? <snip> (...) A thing you'd never do or have (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) We quibble, but hey, quibbling's fun. I did read the advert, thanks. They're built up from "brass" not Brass. In the pics, they look like brickbuilt to me. What I did NOT spot at the time (and which you didn't either, I guess) was that the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I didn't say it wasn't. If you can't have afriendly disagreement with someone sometimes, it's hard to call them a friend. (...) Then how do you translate "brass"? I assumed he meant he had tooled them up from brasspiping and made them look (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) The non-Lego pieces in it are the custom sails, which I believe many other people use as well. Lego sails just don't fit all sizes of ship. The reference to "brass" cannons (which was only in the description on the sale page, interestingly (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Oh, I see. Nice! It would be cool to have a different size of cannon on deck. (...) No. I just find it striking that one day you posted about how you had the ship for sale in .market.buy-sell-trade, and the next you posted in .pirate about how (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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In lugnet.admin.terms, Eric Joslin writes: --<snip> (...) ship (...) Eric, Who cares? Did you know the more pictures he posts the more people can copy his ideas. If you do not want to buy the boat, don't by the boat. If in the process of designing (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Well, you do, for one, or you wouldn't be posting. (...) Yup, I did. (...) I didn't tell him he has no right to sell it. In fact, I feel very strongly that he can sell any set he designs that he wants to, as I think I said here: (...) I think (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) What on earth is this about??? Are you syaing you think he was trying to brak the "rules"? Or are you saying that you _personally_ to not like KW selling his LEGO this way? Scott A (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I can see that someone might do this (although I wasn't intending to in this case), and I have mixed feelings about whether or not it would be OK. Including links to sales and auctions in a .sig has always been acceptable, to my understanding. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) It hasn't happened yet, no -- partially due to time and partially due to a few borderline examples that happened in April and May which confuse the issue. It's still the intention to adjust the TOU to keep blatant non-auction flogs out of the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) So how would you "grade" this one? I see it as a big contribution to the theme group and not at all a flog. Eric, I think, sees it rather more like pure flog with little or no redeeming value. Some specific guidance from you, since you're the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Also, I assume references to market sites in ones sigs will still be allowed assuming the sig itself is of reasonable size. One thought for Kevin and future posters of something like this, the post would be (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) So would I, especially now that we have the skip-filter in place. I think it would encourage people to post their sales in the proper theme market groups, and would let people looking for a specific theme filter those back *in*. For example, I (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Ah... hmmm. First, as I tried to hint to you earlier, I don't really think that this post was necessarily nothing but a blatant flog. I did think it raised an interesting point to debate, though, because it would be easy to flog in this manner (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I agree. And conversely, when I want to buy something, it's generally technic, and would rather not wade through the other stuff. (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) yet (inserted by Lar) (...) I forgot about that! EXCELLENT point, Frank. Smacks of vigilantism and of enforcing mores that aren't actually in effect (which phenomenon I am quite familiar with, living in Grand Rapids as I do, but I digress). (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) weak (...) but these posts were to different groups. I dunno about you, but my MO is to start reading a group that interests me from where I left off, till I reach the end, then dip into another one. Hence, the order posted, if fairly close (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) I like to keep people honest :-) I sincerely hope that the new TOU get resolved pretty soon. It seems to me that the flaming about perceived rules breaking is getting worse (over the past couple months, I (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) that the flaming about perceived rules breaking is (...) misplaced auction posts has occurred, but there sure has (...) any group so long as they relate to that groups purpose (...) postings). I have not seen too much of this - but I suppose I (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) It may be a function of which groups you hang out in, if you mostly hang out in the market groups (not saying you do), you won't see the chiding (my word for the day) that goes on by vigilantes (yesterday's word) as much. We all like to be (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) and (...) I wholeheartedly agree, and I'm glad someone else is jumping on this bandwagon (I'be been trumpetting this ideal for some time, though I don't think I'm the only one who has trumpetted this). Frank (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) in (...) and (...) the (...) a (...) Yes. It was only a matter of time before you came around to my way of thinking :-) Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Frank Filz writes: <snip> Remember, trim geek unless you were commenting on signature doohickies! ++Lar (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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