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(...) I understand completely; been there. As disorganized as I am in general, I have conditioned myself to print out my AucZILLA tally as soon as my bids are finalized. I hear you on planning as well. When AucZILLA VI winnings arrived, I had to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Also sprach James Aldrich: : The solution is simple: You pays your money and you takes your choice. : If AucZILLA doesn't suit you, don't participate. If AucZILLA VII was : your first, you had ample opportunity to learn how it works and what to : (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) That is true. And I will not be bidding in AucZILLA any longer until I see the distribution time go down. (I have faith that it will. Eventually) I hate to "vote with my pocketbook" like this when the person RUNNING the auction is someone I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yes. But I did not want to name names since I did not want to risk besmirching your good name. And, as I said, you did not raise my frustration meter. (...) Positive. You're an important market force in the online Lego market. Sarah Heacock (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I think a simple page updating the status on winnings being shipped would be nice. Just a list or table would do. Admittedly, my stuff is on a much smaller scale, but I've gotten good responses from the ones I've done like that. (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) No way, you're still my best customer. :) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) (which pretty much sums up James's (1) whole post, in my opinion) Just as with the eBay threads, JSA is right, as usual. As far as he goes, anyway. However I wonder if our discussion will actually lead to some ideas that Todd can make use of (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I think that was me. :-) But I was running a very, very small set auction, not a parts auction. Margins are higher on sets, and smaller auctions admit of more personal attention. Both factors contribute to personal updates... Also, I got (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Sarah started the thread. As a note, I disagree with her but respect her a great deal, consider her a steadfast RTL and LUGNET stalwart who I'd reference any day. On the timeliness issue: I have moved from "gee, I need this piece to build X" to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You received regular updates; didn't you save one? (...) I've never experienced a mistake with AucZILLA. If I did, I'm sure it would be corrected immediately. AucZILLA may have a long delivery time, but I feel that is more than compensated for (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I don't know that anything is "broken" with AucZILLA, I just think that the size of the auction is just far too huge for two people to run with any hope of speed if they actually want to have real lives. I know it took me a matter of weeks to (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I read the FAQ. I realized shipping times were longer than expected. I still consider 6 months unacceptable turnaround. Another longtimer here who admits to being "very slow" in getting out auction sets STILL managed to keep me up to date/get (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Perhaps a Princess... ...valid questions... <snip> I started back into Lego just before Auczilla 7 (A7), and was very happy to find out about parts auctions. Here was a way to bulk up on needed pieces without having to buy entire sets. I entered (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I've only participated in one Auczilla so far, and while I'm a little frustrated by not receiving my winnings so far, I believe that the things that have contributed to that delay more than make up for it. Consider: 1) We're having this (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) As to remembering what I bought, I save the summary email that Todd sends at the end of the auction. List of what I won, how much I paid and so on. Yes, it takes a while to get your stuff from AucZilla, oh well. That's pretty much the way it (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Sarah, I am inclined to agree with you. I participated in two AucZilla auctions and waited what I felt was too long to receive my winnings. Now, what did I win?, what did I want to build?...... I therefore have decided not to take part in AucZilla (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I forget if this is the proper place to discuss auction information. However, it seems the best -- unless the best is lugnet.general. But I thought to start it here and see how it goes. I want to say before continuing that I like Todd Lehman. I (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Greetings, I've just finished up my last auction and I'm ready to sell some more surplus elements. I'm trying a new style so that I won't have to list the items and current bids on these groups and in your email repeatedly. Please go to (URL) read (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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For those interested, I still have Super car 8880. Brand new, unopened, box in good shape. The price to get one is $220, with shipment to the US included. You can mail me at jp1hamel@club-internet.fr for the holydays period. I might change of (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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