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Re: nearly-complete inventories for sets from EBay?
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Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:58:19 GMT
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Hakan Tandogan wrote:
        I got a few sets from EBay that were marked as "complete",
and, as far as I can see, they had all the right pieces to build
at least the main model. Dou you accept inventories of those sets
into the Peeron Database or have the sets be MISP?

that's actually for Jennifer to decide, but I think our guideline is
that we'd prefer MISB, but will accept sets you think are complete -
perhaps with a comment about the completeness.  We do like to note the
extra pieces you get when you finish building a set, which is why
generating inventories from instructions doesn't work well...

I wouldn't mind, if I wasn't told :)  but dan's right, MISB is
preferred, but I happen to know that some of our inventories were done
from instructions... that's why we love to get doubles, or later
ourselves verify them, more information is DEFINITELY better than less.



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  Re: nearly-complete inventories for sets from EBay?
 
(...) O.k., I'll start with the MISB ones, and add a comment to those that were from EBay auctions. Regards, Hakan (23 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv)
  Re: nearly-complete inventories for sets from EBay?
 
Wouldn't it be best to mark the source of the set (MISB, MIB, Loose w. Instructions) on the inventory page - that way people will know what to expect. It's going to be a bit hard to inventory some of the old sets (Although If I get a MISB Galaxy (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv)

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  Re: nearly-complete inventories for sets from EBay?
 
(...) that's actually for Jennifer to decide, but I think our guideline is that we'd prefer MISB, but will accept sets you think are complete - perhaps with a comment about the completeness. We do like to note the extra pieces you get when you (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv)

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