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Re: UPDATE: Re: Weeks Box - round two (...no, really!)
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Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:01:06 GMT
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In lugnet.market.jambalaya, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Well, I just go the box back yesterday and just looked through it today. I
> have to say that I am less than enthused.
Hmm...
> In lugnet.market.jambalaya, Frank Filz writes:
> > In lugnet.market.jambalaya, Tamyra Teed writes:
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> > > Well this makes me wonder because all the parts I put in were brand new, I • just
> > > opened the box and dumped into brand new baggies.
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> There are a couple of those still there.
Yep, I saw most of them...
> > > And there was only one other person between us :( I noticed from
> > > looking at the pics there doesn't seem to be much of what I put
> > > in there. I didn't think the box could get grungy that fast :(
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> I guess it can. Did the box go to anyone that was not on the list? Anyone at
> all?
Not that I can think of...?
> > I'm beginning to wonder if I mixed up the smoky box with something else
> > (Shiri
> > - who did the box I brought the JB in come from before me - you didn't get
>
> Several items that came back were in it when I sent it out, so I don't think
> it's possible that it got mixed up.
It definitely had Tamy's return address, i remember it clearly.
> > probably mostly just horribly over-reacting based on the baggies and the fact
> > that so many of the minifigs are missing hands and arms. The past several
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> What's the deal with the minifigs? Is there some use for hands that I've not
> heard of? Why are half the figs missing their hands? And how will they ever
> be any good to anyone without the hands?
Actually, I took a few pairs of hands - they were in useful colors. But
there were minifigs missing before, IIRC, and plus, I'm pretty sure I put in
yellow hands back; are they not there? I'm not sure if I actually *put* the
hands on the minifigs, but I *think* I dumped in a few pairs in the bag...
or maybe I have reeeeeally faulty memory. I'll definitely be more aware of
that next time, and I'm sorry if I caused trouble. If you wanna tell me how
many yellow hands are missing, I can send you a few...
> I'm having a tough time deciding what went wrong and what the appropriate
> response is. It seems like the Jambalaya thing is at best a marginal success
> -- unless the point is to distribute cool stuff and not expect a fair trade in
> return.
I dunno, that's a tough question. It's hard to have everyone pleased. I was
kinda disappointed myself, but the things I took vs. the ones I put back
were worth the deal, I think. That is to say, I put back things useless to *me*.
<small snip>
> Has anyone any ideas on how to better assure that particpants will play nice?
I don't know. It really depends on what your definition of "play nice" *is*.
It's hard to make sure you're giving back a fair trade, because parts really
*are* worth different values to different people.
<snip>
> Shiri: posted some pics on 1 Jan 2001 which basically, told what she was
> taking, if not what she added. (though, I think I know from looking at the
> contents.)
Oh right, I did forget to put that in the post... I'm sorry. I can't really
remember, but there were figs and wheels included there, plus other things.
<kicking myself for not posting at the time>
> I'm curious about how each of you handled this aspect of it. I basically
> eye-ball my trades, but I also tend to over-pay and I think that I know the
> value of current elements pretty well. (Though, I'm totally struggling to get
> a handle on train parts now.)
I did the same - mainly eye-balled the trades. They seemed pretty fair to
me, I took a kabaya set, a few pairs of hands, and a few (fairly common)
weapons and animals. The kabaya set seemed worth the most, and I put in
things that I thought matched up. I don't think I overpaid, but I would
think I put fair-value things back.
Hope this helps, and LMK about those hands.
-Shiri
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