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I was checing Ebay for train items when i found this: (URL) location = Germany Auction Currency = Australian dollars ??? The seller does have zero ratings at this stage. Something a bit sus? I was almost ready to put a bid in for this. Santosh (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Santosh Bhat <santob@ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GAGr96.99C@lugnet.com... (...) was (...) Well, the seller has a number of items up (a number of yummy items too), and they are all in AU$ and all showing as location Germany. There doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I've seen this before in other German Auctions, but it is a rarity to be sure...I just think its funny...the auction should be DM (deutche-marks) What's suspect about the seller is the shades and the me. It means they've probably traded user (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Another idea, though it is very left-field is..Did they confuse Austria and Australia? Perhaps the German seller lives near Austria, they are neighbours arent they? But then Austria wouldn't be a dollar currency anyhow. Confusing.. Surely its (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Maybe they are moving or buying something from Australia? or saving up to go for a holiday? I have seen this also before and it was for the same reason I usually ask for $US currency... ya never never know :P... Mel (just fresh out of the hospital (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks Kerry....I think your explaination was the clearest and the most logical. Thanks for the clarification. I don't know what the real story was, but this might be the best reason for all the confusion Benjamin Medinets (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I have seen this occurring at least twice before as well. The last time they had zero feedback as well (different userid) and were auctioning some nice castle sets. Just think, when you bid AU$, you know the value won't go up even when no bids (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The address is an aussie ebay address, which makes Kerry's theory work. (...) While in Germany, check this out:- (URL) the flow of Lego out of oz ! Shipping...ouch. (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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So whats it all mean then? If I were to bid on this auction [1] should I be cautious and try and get more information from the seller? It sounds a little bit sneaky and suspicious for my liking. And If the seller is scamming Ebay, whos to say they (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Personally, I wouldn't bid on a zero feedback seller, esp. overseas. With regard to ebay they are exploiting a loophole in a very clever manner. Personal and institutional scamming are two different things. (...) It won't show up on the list, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) You shouldn't have tempted me... with that extremely large Lego lot. Pity that the seller will only send it to Germany... 9V trains, 12V trains (both grey and blue tracks), Model Team, Castle, Pirates, Technic, Space, Town, Western, Aquazone, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I often wonder how effective it is to sell such a big lot. Lots of us might drool but who has that kind of money? Obviously you'd have to be a serious Lego collector to be spending those kind of dollars (or DMs as the case is). But, if you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It could also be bought a group of people, say some sort of "body" that can pool money and have already figured out who gets what sets. This is similar to an Idea that got thrown up at a SYDLUG [1] meet once. That we should all consider making (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) can (...) True, but I'd like to see the group of adults that could get their act together sufficiently to decide who would get what sets, and how much they were prepared to bid collectively and how much they were each prepared to contribute. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) This is just silly. I was the biggest proponent of 'Studs' for all the reasons we have disccussed so many times. We talked about this and sorted it months and months ago. However I am not at all interested in defending it forever - I leave the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It would have to be a rather formal arrangement and an ongoing thing to purchase large ebay lots and distribute/onsell accordingly. I remember the USians running about and proposing, when that other very large auction was running in the US not (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Silly ? Possibly. Petty ? Possibly. Important ? Possibly. (...) At the time it was discussed, I thought it was a trivial matter and not worth arguing about for the sake of a casual group of Lego wranglers. Maybe it was all a bit hastily done. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Perhaps we could talk to Michael from ozbricks.com about a LegOz frequent buyer scheme... He seems to have the parallel import thing happening okay. On a less hopeful note: (...) My take on it is this: 1. I'm a member of STUDS (capitalised, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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I think you should call yourselves the STUDS and then run adverts like "Join the STUDS. Phone XXXXXXXX" in the personal columns of the newspapers to attract new members :-) I work for the Cooperative Research Centre for Enterprise Distributed (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Dave Low slices,dices,analyse...rates,then remoulds,groups together,combines and concludes: Very well looked into Dave! (...) It's great as a joke. Especially as an insiders joke. (...) We'd like more people involved wouldnt we? (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Hehehe or "STUDS eat spuds so don't be a couch potato and join the STUDS". I could rhyme some words with 'Brick' but I guess I can't do that here haha. We here could say "better to be a Bug than a Slug" :P ok ok back to my medicine :P Mel (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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From: "Santosh Bhat" <santob@ihug.com.au> (...) This reminds me of the name for acronym for the INTERCAL programming language. Taken from the INTERCAL primer; "The full name of the compiler is "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym", which (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) BASIL! HAHAHAHA reminds me of Basil Brush or Basil from Fawlty Towers :P Mel (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Que? ROSCO (alias Manuel...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Now, what about SYBIL for the Sydney Group (SYdney Bunch for Initiates of Lego) It clearly follows on from BASIL. John (Who doesn't really want to get into this STUDS/SLUGS/whatever? renaming thing...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's "Melbourne Assortment of Natives Using Exciting Lego" (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) no can't be Melbourne because... He's from Barcelona He learnt to speak English from a booooak Santosh (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Then when we go on Lego shopping excursions, we will have to wait for them to finish chatting up the Cash Register Operators at Woolies(CROWs). (...) Exactly. That's where SLUGS, BUGS and MUGS come into it. Fun without pederast connotations. I (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) But not for outsiders. (...) My whole point. snippage... (...) The more I think about it, the more I think LA or their parent will come-a- stomping on LegOz. At this point LegOz is only a label of an idea. What was the train acronym James (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I've often wondered about that. Perhaps we should formally ask them. Who was it that has been corresponding in email with one of the managers, Kev? Perhaps he could ask on our collective behalf (if he wishes), get something in (electronic) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I did actually mention we were thinking of a name.. and I did mention LegOz... he didnt say anything in return...??? I'll email him again specifically asking im about it.... I'll let you know his response.... Kev...: ) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) come-a- (...) I'm not sure if they can come a-stomping. Firstly, they would have to have registered LegOz as a trademark, business name, etc. I don't think having registered "Lego" would be sufficient to prevent names like "LegOz". Secondly, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Although IANAL, a lot of my work covers trademark law (also, I know a lot about meat, but that's probably not relevent to this!). In order to maintain its trademark, TLG must not allow its trademark to become generic. (When you hear the term (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Now this is a valid point, and something to be borne in mind, if we do put on a public display (e.g. the train show). If the Lego word is used, then we probably have to ensure there are no clones. If there are clones, then we probably need to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Richie's made some excellent points. Consider the term Kleenex or even Coke. Yes we do have to be careful *if* we get any endorsement by Lego. Though having said that, we're much more likely to make mountain scenery out of Megabloks than with Lego (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Santosh Bhat <santob@ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GAGr96.99C@lugnet.com... (...) was (...) Did anyone ever resolve this mystery? I e-mailed the seller but my mail system returned some days later described as undeliverable. Kerry (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well... I actually won the item above (2150 train station) :) as well as a couple of others. I have recieved 2 emails from the seller and have sent them an email in addition, with no problems. Will keep you posted as to the continuing (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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<snip> (...) Interesting - nobody bidded for this (Auction now completed), German super-lot of lego - at 22,222 DM (approx AU$20,000), I wonder why? John (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'd prefer STUDS. It's original. As for SLUGs, there are already some of those (er, us): (URL) Keep that salt away! best LFB (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) the garden state. I'm afraid the first thing that comes to my mind when someone says New Jersey is the New Jersey Turnpike. I don't know what that says about NJ or about me. However, I note that the fame of the NJ Turnpike is now worldwide (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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