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Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:26:52 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Patrick J. Shepard writes:
(800 pounds of foolishness removed)

Geesh, can't you take a joke?

I understood your posting as very obvious joke.  But, a year ago, when I first
started looking at Lugnet, I saw the 121 train question and wasted several
hours researching it.  I was not happy to come to a site that I thought was a
true Lego site for people who loved the bricks and be deceived by a bogus Lego
set.  I basically stopped looking at Legnet after that.  I started looking
again recently and low and behold, another bogus posting and add created.  I
agree with the first posting.  That type of deception should be done somewhere
else.

Brian K>



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  Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes
 
(...) I haven't decided how I feel about "serious" hoaxes yet, although I tend to side with you that they can be bad. But I have to say that you got incredibly unlucky if the first two things you saw were both hoaxes, and both by Ben. That is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes
 
(...) Am I the only one who wants to see more attempts to copy the quality and designs of official instructions and packaging? Maybe it's my interest in design...Maybe blatant hoaxes can hurt people, but I think hoaxes will make people pay closer (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)

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(800 pounds of foolishness removed) Geesh, can't you take a joke? (25 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)

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