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Re: Sale at The Vault this week!
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:52:26 GMT
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I stand corrected and apologize. I should have done some research on this.
-Jon
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"Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Kevin Salm writes:
> > XFUT: lugnet.admin.terms
> > In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Jon Palmer writes:
> > > Hey Matthew. It'd be great if you could keep posts of this nature in
> > > .market.buy.sell-trade in the future.
> > > .market.shopping is for shopping reports and so on.
> > >
> > > Thanks, and good luck on your sales.
> > > -Jon
> >
> > Hi Jon. According to the charter for .market.shopping [1] these types of
> > announcemnts are allowed and should not be problematic. Here is exactly • how
> > the charter for .shopping reads:
> >
> > ++CHARTER/PURPOSE:
> > ++lugnet.market.shopping (group):
> > Retail, mail-order, and online shopping: information, discussions,
> > experiences, analysis; FOTW's (Find of the Week), sales, promotions,
> > coupon offers; LEGO Shop-At-Home Service (phone/flyer specials,
> > availability, etc.); liquidation outlets, second-hand stores, garage
> > sale tips, etc.
> >
> > A strict interpretation of this charter does not disallow this type of • post.
> > Matt's post is a sale announcement for online shopping which is clearly
> > permitted via the charter.
> >
> > If the reason this type of post is considered offensive is because it is
> > posted directly by the vendor, then the charter may need to be adjusted
> > to reflect this. The charter does not now prohibit posts by vendors.
> >
> > IN FACT, one such vendor in particular has been instructed to post to
> > .shopping only and not to b-s-t. That vendor is Emmanuel Fouquet of
> > DYA-shopping.com One discussion on this is here -->
> > http://news.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=5389
> > This would appear to validate the argument that messages posted directly
> > by the vendors belong in .shopping. {I guess this means that if Target
> > and WalMart wanted to post Lego sales, they should do so in .shopping}
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> I have just done a bit more digging and found that Todd Lehman spelled out • the
> usage of .shopping by vendors and The Vault in particular -->
> http://news.lugnet.com/market/shopping/?n=718
> A few messages later, Frank Filz gives his insight as to the distinction
> between .b-s-t and .shopping -- worth reading.
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> Here is Todd Lehman's take on posts by DYA -->
> http://news.lugnet.com/market/buy-sell-trade/?n=4994
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>
> __Kevin Salm__
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> .
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| (...) I think that's pretty big of you to apologise and I commend you for it. My take on this is that despite fairly clear statements (those that Kevin dug up, for example) there's still room for confusion, because the charters could admit of some (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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| (...) I have just done a bit more digging and found that Todd Lehman spelled out the usage of .shopping by vendors and The Vault in particular --> (URL) few messages later, Frank Filz gives his insight as to the distinction between .b-s-t and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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