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Re: GB#3 and the future of Jambalaya
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Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:02:54 GMT
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In lugnet.market.jambalaya, Frank Filz wrote:
> I feel I've gotten something out of them, but not much, probably not
> enough to justify the postage.
That's been my experience as well. I've only gotten two boxes, though.
Actually, the box I'm sitting on[1] right now does have some interesting
pieces, from a historical perspective. Not stuff I want myself, but I'm
glad to have seen them in RL. But I'm willing to bet this is an
uncommon benefit of the Jambalaya experience.
> It may be time to sit back a bit, and think of a better way to handle these
> boxes.
Probably a good idea.
> Perhaps a better way to handle the parts people don't want is for people to
> announce what they have in a post here. Then, people who want the stuff
> people are putting up, can say "hey I'd like that, I'll x.com you some bucks
> to cover the postage". Presumably the person interested in the parts will
> have put up their own list. Of course there will end up being some parts
> absolutely no one is interested in. If after months of your list being made
> available, no one has bitten, you can probably feel comfortable in
> circularly filing the parts.
This sounds suspiciously like .buy-sell-trade. Or do you mean that we
c/should do this, just to the extent of matching up box throwers to box
catchers?
From an efficiency stand-point, the best Jamabalaya transaction would be
one where the sender fills an empty box, and the receiver keeps
everything the sender sends.
But efficiency might not be everything. I'd be satisfied with any box
where I could look at the contents, and for each item, my reaction would
be (a) keep it (assuming I've got another part with
equal-jambalayaishness to replace it with), (b) realize I've got enough
of that type of item, (c) appreciate that some other people might be
highly interested in that item, even though I'm not.
One thing I tried with GB#5 is to contact Jim, the guy who gets the box
next, and ask him if there's anything he's particularly interested in
getting. I was hoping I could skew my contributions toward stuff he'd
want. Unfortunately, that didn't work out. :( I still think it's a
good idea.
> It would also be nice if people would point out parts that have significant
> value, and make an opportunity for those parts to be sold for a fair price.
Going back to .buy-sell-trade, eh?
Steve
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1) Not literally sitting on, but I've had it in my possession for at
least two weeks. It needs to move on.
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| (...) Not really, because what I'm suggesting doesn't require one to one reciprocity. The idea is to offer stuff up which might not be worth the trouble of a deal on bst, in the hopes that someone can use it. In exchange, I hope to be able to score (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| Thomas Main wrote in message ... (...) is (...) won't (...) started...but (...) This (...) mood on (...) any (...) Well, this one was kinda thin ignoring all the wheels, and after I pulled out a bunch of pieces which belong in a Junk Box (I do need (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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