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Re: superAUCTION 5: MIB Trades Welcome!!
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:02:15 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Mark Harrison writes:
> mark musetti wrote:
> > No this is NOT off-topic.  One can submit a bid in terms of MIB sets
> > (preferably train or town) for any of my items.  Read rules below.
> 
> I completely agree with you that this is the best place to conduct you
> auction/trade.

It certainly may be the case that more exposure occurs in the .buy-sell-
trade group than in the .auction group alone, but please understand that
that doesn't magically make it any less off-topic for the .buy-sell-trade
group.  Shucks, if it was cross-posted to .announce and .general and
.trains and .build, then that would be even a better place to conduct it,
right (sic)?


> Lugnet.market.auction appears to be a fizzer with few users and little
> exposure.  As maximum exposure is needed to buy, sell, trade or auction,
> that site is woeful.

Hmm.  What evidence do you base that assessment upon, and to what are you
comparing it?


> I think Todd should combine "market auction" and "buy,sell, trade", or
> he will continue to loose people to the dreaded ebay or back to rtl.

Hey, I just work here.  If anyone leaves, we all lose.

But anyway, let's be realistic here.  Combining the .auction group with the
.buy-sell-trade group is not going to increase exposure of auctions in any
meaningful way.  It would only do one thing:  drive people away who don't
want to hear about auctions all day long.

There are two main .market groups, one for auctions, the other for non-
auctions.  There is no reason to change that.  People who choose not to
read the .auction group do so for a reason, and they understand full well
that they might be miss out on something.  That's a risk they take.

IMO, it is wrong, and greedy, and selfish, to try to bend the rules and
post auction noise in a non-auction group.  Period.  End of story.

--Todd



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  Re: superAUCTION 5: MIB Trades Welcome!!
 
(...) I don't mean to be rude. It's been a long day. --Todd (27 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: superAUCTION 5: MIB Trades Welcome!!
 
(...) I completely agree with you that this is the best place to conduct you auction/trade. Lugnet.market.auction appears to be a fizzer with few users and little exposure. As maximum exposure is needed to buy, sell, trade or auction, that site is (...) (27 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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