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Subject: 
Re: "Lego" from China Sets?????
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lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services
Date: 
Sun, 19 May 2002 19:37:40 GMT
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On Sun, 19 May 2002, John Henry Kruer wrote:

I think its just a cheap clone with a box that's a redone lego picture.
The seller guy apparently either dosn't know about the clone property or
trying to fool us.  (Its so annoying when you do a search on Lego something
on ebay and you find LEGO-compatable Mega Block or simply Lego Megablock.
It seems that these people are just ignorent of clone brands)

They are also in blatant violation of Ebay's policies against key word
spamming and requiring listing items in the proper category.  Has anyone
successfully complained to Ebay about this?  After all, those policies are
in their interest, quite aside from the propect of TLC's legal department
breathing down their necks. . .

Please FUT .market.services

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TWS Garrison
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  Re: "Lego" from China Sets?????
 
(...) But it's not "key word spamming," since the product is, after all, "LEGO-compatible," and that's one of its intended selling points. Why would it be any different to describe a LEGO lot as "Red Bricks," since both "red" and "brick" could be (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)

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(...) Hmmm... A don't think its a (direct) photo edit on the part of the E-Bay person. I dunno about the company... the cowboy looks too fudged when zoomed in... but not the cannon. The whole turntable complex, however, along with the baseplate, (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.general)

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