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All, It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I announce the new LEGO Auctions! Check out the new area of the online LEGO Shop at (URL) have literally just launched this live, and the first auction will be ....drum roll please.... Santa Fe (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) Hmmm... Looks intersting. What other stuff are you going to auction? And will it always be one at a time? The prices will probablly get pretty outragous...(I'm twelve, so I can't afford high ebay prices!) A 'buy it now' should be offered too. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jake McKee wrote in message ... (...) Looks good Jake, and it's going great guns already! One interesting question: how come Lego is allowed to link to their shop-at-home sales page on the About Lego page, whereas us plebian ordinary eBay sellers (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) free media publicity. --Todd (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I can't truly express how disappointed I was to see this announcement. As a Canadian AFOL who has yet to even receive a Shop@Home catalog (after multiple requests) offering the Super Chief for sale, to see Lego now offering them for sale on E-bay is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) Kevin - Did you ever question ebay about linking to your business from your AboutMe page? It says right here: (URL) you can do it. (Scroll down for the "links policy".) Julie fut - .market.theory (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Julie, "The eBay About Me page may be used to describe the seller's business, and may contain URLs or links to the seller's individual web site. ***It may not specifically promote off eBay sales*** or sales of items prohibited on eBay, nor may it (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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LEGO Direct (and Jake in particular) has earned a lot of credit in our AFOL community. To me this is the only explanation why first reactions to this announcement weren't severely critical. LEGO, both Billund and Direct, have been doing quite (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I don't speak for LEGO, but I may be able to get close to the answers to some of your questions: (...) If this works out (which it certainly seems to be doing), as many one-of-a-kind sets as the market will bear, and that it is profitable for them (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jake - Very very cool!! :-) Though my pockets aren't deep enough to afford something as rare as Super Chief 0001, I think this is a neat idea and I encourage you guys to keep stuff like this up. -Tim (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They are not the only ones who do it. I have linked to my bricklink shop a few times. It is a good way to get new buyers into the market (I think). I suppose I shall have to re-think that now. Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Ditto Jake. Just ignore the people whining about you doing the auctions as Brad previously announced, it is probably a case of sour grapes. Jude (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jake, I really like the display base designed for the Super Chief in this auction. Great work. I understand it increases costs to produce and print an instruction book for these extremely limited editions. And given an hour or two, I'm sure the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think the display base is glued up to avoid any need for instructions. That's what Jake's note that you're quoting says, anyway. (the note speaks of it being glued in two sections for ease of shipping, presumably one section is the vertical (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) With the hope of more to come. :-) (...) I can do without the interest introduced by Galidor, but I digress. (...) Not sure I agree. The parts will be freely available since once the numbered edition is done (and it seems to be done now), (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Understood. I just think it would be nice for younger fans (and those who don't have the time or patience to translate a photo to a model) to be able to get instructions and parts inventory for the display base. It is a pretty neat base LD put (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Roger Roger to all of the above. (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) *sigh* I assume this refers to me? Let's be clear on this, I have no problem with anyone giving time or money to any worthy cause - I do both. My "insensitive" comments related to those who wish to benefit themselves by giving a token amount (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Julie Krenz wrote in message ... (...) ordinary (...) pages? (...) The page you linked to says: "The eBay About Me page may be used to describe the seller's business, and may contain URLs or links to the seller's individual web site. It may not (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I had no idea they were Kafka fans! (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I was told by someone at S@H that the #ed SFs were pulled from the site because they are out of them in any country that had them EXCEPT the US. This was yesterday, though, so if you are in the US and still want to try for #ed ones, I suggest you (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Their use of "it" is vague. Do they mean the eBay About Me page, or your individual web site? I think they mean the former. So as long as your eBay About Me page doesn't promote off-eBay sales, or certain types of links, it is OK. But (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Why don't you just say "Lions Gate Models(tm) is a member of the Guild of Bricksmiths(tm), offering fine custom-designed models made from LEGO parts for discriminating collectors, as well as sales of bulk LEGO parts" with a link to your site? (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) hmmm...eleft hand doesn't know what the eright hand is doing? It also says this: "The eBay About Me page is a place where the seller can promote their individual web site or business." I just found this info: (URL) says: *** You may link to (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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