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Re: Port Block Trading Post (was: Who needs some Spare Parts?)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:15:26 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> Peter Callaway wrote in message ...
> > I like it a lot. I think if it is kept simple more people will use it. I
> > gather that the individuals will work out the value of the trade.
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> Yup, I only plan to carry the list.
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> > The only point of confusion is having a "want" and a "trade" item directly • opposite
> > each other. Someone might interpret this as you wanting to trade a red
> > micromotor for a handful of pirate minifigs (or perhaps you do?).
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> Nah, they're just cells. I understand that worry, but on the other hand,
> any alternate format I can think of (in keeping with the general Port Block
> format) seems to waste a lot of space. The micromotor is no use to me,
> anything worthwhile I can get for it from my list leaves me better off.
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> > I also gather that you just e-mail the person with your proposal, and the
> > transaction is moved off your web page.
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> I won't know diddley about the transaction - that's up to those involved.
> The smart ones wil email me and let me know what to add and subtract from
> their listings.
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> > Some questions;
> > 1. Is this page fully active?
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> Sorry, I don't follow
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> > 2. How do we notify you of updates (I'm assuming e-mail, which may in the
> > future become time consuming if lots of people use this site)?
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> Email is what I was thinking. If it gets too much, updates wil start taking
> longer :-). However, how many Australian based, web interactive, trading
> AFOLs can there be? If the traffic really gets too much, I guess we could
> ask Todd to create nationally based trade groups on lugnet - not so much
> lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, but lugnet.trade.au. You'd have to repost
> your list from time to time, but it should still work. Let's see what sort
> of traffic is in it.
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> > 3. Validity of transactions. Not your problem, but we should think of ways • to
> > minimise the chances of people being ripped off by the unscrupulous types • (a
> > "trip" to Port Block, perhaps?)
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> As a thought, I find it worthwhile (when contemplating a trade) to search
> rtl and lugnet for the person's posts and email addresses. Posts over a
> reasonable period, behaving reasonably, boosts credibility. When thinking
> about trades, I'm thinking pretty small scale. Hard to believe someone
> would go to a lot of trouble to rip me off over a second hand micromotor.
> And honestly, we all get done over from time to time (whether we know it or
> not), so if it happens, don't let it get at you.
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> > P.S. I have a number of the old blue train rails, straights and curves (I
> > killed the cross track and turnouts), but I'm not attracted by your current
> > "trade" list. Got anything else? I'm going to sort through mu LEGO soon so • I
> > know what I have for trade, and more importantly, what I want (apart from • just
> > grey plates, which I can never get enough of).
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> See, that's the thing. If I post that I have this and that to trade, and
> no-one bites, it might make sense for me to swap those bits out and others
> in, no? In the meantime, get me your want list and I'll see what I can do.
> We've already worked out you have something of value to me!
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> Regards
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> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
OK, you've answered pretty much all of my questions. I've sorted through my
bits and pieces and I have a preliminary Trade and Want list (trade is much
larger than the want at this stage) so I'll sail into Port Block and stick a
poster on the wall.
Pete Callaway
P.S. Got any grey plates for trade???
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 | | Re: Trading Post Board (was: Who needs some Spare Parts?)
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| Well guys, you want this trading board thingie ((URL) or not? Its been available for about three weeks, but not a single email. Good thing I'm an insensitive unreconstructed 19th century male, or I'd be getting a complex ;-) Mind you, I'm not real (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au)
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