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Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> I think in Mark's case, it would be appropriate for him to post a specially
> tailored message to the .buy-sell-trade group inviting them to check out • his
> auction in the .auction group, preferably with a URL to the announcement
> posting or something like that.
Yah, I think so too - I have done this. I just thought it seemed
uncouthe to copy my auction updates (which I don't post to .auction too
frequently either) to .B-S-T.
> People can also be discreet and put stuff in their sigs like this:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ • -
> Bob Snorgleblortz - bobsnorg@foofoo.glorp.com - LEGO Technic/Trains fan!
> 100 sets to trade/sell! --> http://www.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=xxxx
> (where xxxx is of course the actual message number)
The man's a genius! Well, I did what you said, have a look at the
bottom. Since I have been lazy to post about my current auction on .auction
I made the link directly to my auction page, but it does the same thing.
Sorry, those are on auction now, and there isn't any other legitimate way
(that I know) to get that info into this group, although this little trick
might work AND be acceptable.
> That would be a great way to reach an additional bunch of people, and it
> could even be done in any group.
Yep, any group I happen to post in. Also, since the URL I used has eBay
in it, it won't waste the time of people who despise eBay.
> > I guess so, but it seems to me that the "harm" done to the
> > buy-sell-trade people by allowing an initial announcement if there is a
> > desire for substantial trading is less than the potential "good" done
> > for everyone.
>
> That may be. In that case, an initial announcement to the .buy-sell-trade
> group is best done in a tactful way which doesn't scream "auction auction!"
> all over it, and which doesn't say spiteful or flippant things like "No,
> this isn't off-topic..."
Right, that didn't get him any points, and probably really caught Todd's
attention and everyone else's. Without those arrogant words, I daresay this
huge thread may have never happened. And I think he did make some posts
(appropriately) regarding trades before his auction started.
> --Todd
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