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(...) I don't mean to drag this thread out, cos lord knows it's gone on long enough already, but I really have to disagree. I've been seeing a lot of people toe the same line you are- that because it come from someone on Lugnet, and they were (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | fa MISB LEGO 3055 Kelloggs Advetures set
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fa MISB LEGO 3055 Kelloggs Advetures set See it listed at: (URL) well Scott A (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | eBay: Shell promo / Soccer LE / Pirate hull / new Knights Kingdom minis...
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LEGO 2555 Belville Beach Shell Promo, sealed (URL) 3310 Soccer Commentary Box, unopened (URL) New Pirate Boat Hull and mast etc. (URL) 4816 Knights Kingdom Catapult (URL) 4817 Knights Kingdom Skeleton Tower (URL) 4818 Knights Kingdom Cedric and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Thanks but no thanks
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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet ... (...) with (...) of (...) Jeremy, take a beer and cool down, and then hopefully you decide to stay with lugnet. I agree completely with your feelings about unwanted emails, and I also think outbursts are needed (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
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(...) [snip] (...) For the record, this is not true. The people you see posting using handles are *not* violating the terms of service, which say: (do not) Post using a pseudonym, alias, screen-name, handle, alter-ego, meno, or any other type of (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
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OK, OK Everybody just calm down a bit. This is just all out of proportions. According to the Lugnet rules your not allowed to use alias's or nicknames. You see a few of them around though. Is this a big deal? Are we going to be this picky? I am not (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) There is a common thread here though... GDR... Frank (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) check (...) 2 (...) Not to mention being far more caustic than this thread (or at least the 70% or so of it I've read). Frank (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Thus you have the means to prevent them and block addresses. MY point was that with the tiniest, tiniest bit of effort, the inconvenience is gone. It would have taken him far less time to block the address than rant on LUGNET. I can already (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) check (...) 2 (...) (URL) a lot... -Chris (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Not even close... I don't know what the overall record for LUGNET is but check out the Age Limitations thread in org.us.nelug it got about 250 posts in just 2 days back in July. The NELUG thread might not be a record for overall posts but it (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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In lugnet.general, Daniel S. Allen writes: Anyway, I just noticed: This thread (...) Heh, far from it. I ahve seen threads span into the upper reaches of 100. There may have even been a >200 post thread. Think: Age Limitations and NELUG... Greg (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) to (...) Hokay, I have no idea what's going on here, I just know this is one big mess that will probably never get cleaned up. Anyway, I just noticed: This thread has 54 messages in it (55 counting mine). Is that some kind of world record, or (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) OK PEOPLE, I have tried for days to ignore this abuse on both side for the past couple of days. A few have taken this to a level that it should have never reached. A new all time low. PLEASE, PULL UP, STOP, CEASE, LET IT GO. I hate spam as (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I've seen something like this happen about three dozen times on list and newsgroups and such. Prety quickly, I developed the stance of "well, bye." The round of pleading with the person "not to go," "to please stay," "we all long for tidbits (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You know, even _I_ am tweaked by how inappropriate this note is. Chris (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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Though I can't (nor do I want to) refute your definition of spam, I feel that in this situation -- Lugnet being the 'friendliest place on the web' -- a little patience is in order. Is spam bad? Yes. Are unsolicited phone calls bad? Yes. Am I adamant (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
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(...) I seem to remember something to that but the "details are fuzzy" so don't remember specifically. (...) I can see that, Auczilla *IS* a opt in list you do have to sign up, the only place I remember seeing the opt out stuff is in the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
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Followups set to off-topic.geek (...) OK everything Eric says here is true but I just wanted to referance a book I have on the subject (Yes there is a book on it) Book: Stopping SPAM By Alan Schwartz & Simson Garfinkel Publisher O'Reilly Here is a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: No thanks to farewell speeches, you better not leave (was Re: Thanks but no thanks
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Jeremy, While we have had an occasional defferance of opinion, I think you are a valuable member of the community, I hope you don't go, and I hope something does come of this discussion, mainly that we should be responsible with other people's (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA on ebay: 1775 - 7850 - 1815 - 8480 & more (names in posting)
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All are brand new in sealed boxes. You can see them all by checking my ebay listings for UserId CHEAPSKATE . <set:1775> Airline Exclusive Jet Liner set <set:7850> Two Copies of 4.5V Lego Train Track <set:8480> Technic Space Shuttle <set:5561> Model (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: No thanks to farewell speeches, you better not leave (was Re: Thanks but no thanks
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G1ID2H.I2u@lugnet.com... (...) there's (...) at (...) point it (...) Exactly. (...) more (...) beneath (...) key (...) space (...) A great speech by Larry here - but I just wanna add (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) <snippage> You missed Jeremy's point. (Yes, he was being extreme - but no more so than any number of people that post regularly, and far less than some) UCE is wrong & bad, and all that stuff. People are welcome to make an honest living - they (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
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(...) I used to know of a couple of online resources, but I don't know offhand where they are or if they still exist, so I'll try to sum up: There are several different kinds of things that fall into the heading of "Spam". One of these things is (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) In my professional opinion, it is definitely Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), which is definitely SPAM. Before you ask, yes, there was a time when a major ISP payed me to determine things like this. (...) Doesn't matter the source, the fact (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | No thanks to farewell speeches, you better not leave (was Re: Thanks but no thanks
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(...) Now now, Jeremy. Don't overreact. You may be a raving nutcake but you're *our* kind of raving nutcake. Some people don't agree with your stance on this issue, but that's not the same as not being welcome here. Heck, even *I* feel welcome here (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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Jeremy, I just read through this entire thread out of curiosity. Man, what is going on here? You are a little spaz. If you don't want to get solicitation emails from this guy, put him on ignore, man. Don't like the fact that you are charged for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) with (...) of (...) Jeremy, here is where I personally can't find one ounce of support for you anymore. You are over-reacting. Stop it. You are going to cut yourself off from a great community because a few people disagreed with your handling (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Thanks but no thanks
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Tom, Chris, Larry, Matt, and Todd (and others): thanks for your input. I really do appreciate it. Everyone else: Hey, you know what guys? Forget it. It's been made clear to me that this particular raving nutcake, noisy whiner, hypocrite, hater, and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | LOTS OF UNOPENED SPACE and AQUAZONE
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Here's more of my collection on auction. ALL UNOPENED STUFF with darn reasonable starting bids!! Space collection I 1558 Mobile Command Trailer [Classic 1986] 6848 Strategic Pursuer [Futuron 1988] 6882 Walking Astro Grappler [Classic 1985] 6884 Aero (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
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(...) Is there a prior notification that you'll be put on the list? To me, that's a crucial distinction. But I don't see why getting added to a sales list should *ever* be an automatic thing, even for Auczilla. Opt-in is the way. Even those of us (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | fa 5563 MISB LEGO MODEL TEAM Racing Truck
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fa 5563 MISB LEGO MODEL TEAM Racing Truck See the lot at: (URL) well Scott A (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
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(...) I got this also, but the thing is *I don't mind*. I bought some LEGO from him before and was satisfied with it. I feel its reasonable for him to send this out to people he has dealt with before, its should as simple as asking to get off his (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 6093 Ninja's Flying Fortress MISB (eBay, 3-day, NR)
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I have a MISB 6093 Ninja's Flying Fortress on eBay. There is no reserve, low starting bid, and the auction ends in three days. Here's the URL: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
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Hi Chris, I started reading this thread from the beginning and quickly came to the conclusion that someone should say something to make these "lego spam haters" settle down. They are a noisy minority and I've found to my detriment that ignoring them (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | fa (all lego) keyrings town promo technic pirates football adventures MT
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fa (all lego) keyrings town promo technic pirates football adventures MT service packs See them all at: (URL) well Scott A (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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You need a new ISP. Most I've ever seen only charge if you consistently go over your mail spool. I'm allowed a 10Meg mail spool, though I swear I've gone over it by a LOT a few times. Any decent ISP will split disk space up into Spool, Account, and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA (eBay): Technic gears / axles / joints etc.
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LEGO Technic large steering wheels x 6 (URL) Technic #10 axles x 36 (URL) Technic 8-tooth gears x 34 (URL) Technic #8 axles x 86 (URL) Technic worm gears x 6 (URL) Technic 16-tooth gears x 21 (URL) Technic #12 axles x 16 (URL) Technic #3 axles x 38 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Never before sold. MTW 3001rw Custom Trolley Kit inaugural auction
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(...) Fixed now. If you go look at the listing again you'll see the other truck is a dummy (although there's no way to rejigger the picture caption itself so it still says you only get one power truck. Duh. :-) ) It uses sith mines and is the exact (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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