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This practice is called "Bid Siphoning." While it might be "good" for buyers, it _is_ discourteous, and is specifically forbid in most auction venues. From eBay's rules: "You may not email bidders in a currently open auction being run by a different (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I would like to differentiate "it _is_ discourteous" from "you find it to be discourteous." Clearly, some folks do not consider it discourteous. (...) But I didn't email any bidders. (...) But I didn't contact any bidders. I posted another (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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First of all, I think I successfully cross-posted this to lugent.off-topic.debate. Please remove market.auction in any replies. (...) I stand corrected. However, courtesy is not something that can be decided by individuals, because it is a social (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It might have been more politic to either change the subject, or edit the "References:" header, or both. By posting to the same thread, you _are_ effectively walking in on Steve, instead of being _completely_ separate. Note that I don't think (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Not to pick nits, but as much as Todd has shown himself willing to adapt things to fit the needs and wants of his users, any kind of "vote" held by the people who use Lugnet won't necessarily have any effect on how things are done here. This (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This thread has come halfway through my semester course on the history of business and money in the US, so I'm just brimming with opinion on this stuff. (I finished reading _The Jungle_ just a few days ago.) Business and commerce are certainly (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Naji Norder wrote in message <36E43042.92BEBE44@c...er.org>... here are the two questions that I would put to a vote. (...) No (...) Yes (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Naji Norder wrote in message <36E575D9.557F30E6@c...er.org>... (...) Hey (back me up here Eric) nothing could be further from the truth! We kissed and made up (well, exchanged apologies actually) on day two. Then Mike bailed in with a couple of (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Who hates each other? I saw a lot of harsh things, I hate almost no one. Hate is a very special emotion that isn't really meant to be wasted on trivial things like online discussions. A person can only have so much hate and be healthy, so it's (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I actually have documented proof that I am anything but a moron, if you must know. The rest certainly describe me at various times, especially lately. (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Define "within the thread of another", please. Threads are not owned. Therefore, yes to both questions. Now, the first may be a bit cheekier, but it's certainly better than private emails to the bidders making offers. Which is what you might (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<F8Cu8J.LyK@lugnet.com> <slrn7ebu7q.3dt.cjc@...S.UTK.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Sure, but if you can be those other things (whining, bitching, glib, ass) on a part time basis, even a bright (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<F8CsL7.Jq0@lugnet.com> <36E5F82E.693B3B6@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If we all use common courtesy and play well there should be no (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hate? I've never yet found a thing worthy of hate. And _certainly_ not in newsgroups of one kind or another. Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Steve Scott wrote: (...) I'll back you up. Steve apologized both publicly and privately for the parasite remark and I told him I was sorry I upset him by posting to that thread. I don't hate him. However, I think the principle of whether (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't see this as an oversight at all. It's a natural part of the market dynamics and of competition in a free market. It's not something that everyone feels comfortable doing, and it's certainly not something that everyone is happy having (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's right. Every LUGNET design and development decision is approached with the overall near- and long-term needs of the community in mind (so near as those needs can be understood) but in the end, it is a business just as any other -- and (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ (...) Hey, I've always wanted something like that -- maybe a little card that I could keep in my wallet and pull out whenever I did something stupid. Like when I accidentally put a loaf of bread in someone else's grocery cart. --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I would advocate only the inclusion of an FYI note in the FAQ pointing out that this sort of thing is viewed as irritating by some people and viewed as natural by others, and further that doing this has historically been met with criticism. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bravo. Couldn't have (obviously) said it better myself. :) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one. :) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "I put wha? No that's my-- Wait, no. That's yourk--No wait, it's mine, it's got my bread I just put in. I don't get it, where's your cart then? You just put a box of oatmeal in mine. Oh wait, maybe this one *is* yours. I -- oykay I -- see what (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I am SO glad that I'm not the only one who does that!! Don't get between me and my cart, or you're going to get boxes of cereal lobbed into your head! Beth Reiten (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Okay, I'm sorry! Please put the box of Grape Nuts(1) down!!" ;) Jeff (1)- Because of the weight, a box of Grape Nuts are the most lethal of cereals. ;) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: which threads, ethics (was: Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge)
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<MPG.11561fd1c5b09f5...ugnet.com> <36ECAEF4.7E759E00@net-art.de> <F8n6op.B37@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Although, some of the Muselix over here could give Grape Nuts a run for it's (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think that this sounds like a good solution. Naji n (dot) norder (at) computer (dot) org (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I'll take you on with a large box of 100% Natural any day!! (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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