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Re: The competitive market place
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 16 May 2002 08:49:47 GMT
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I disagree with Jude, and agree with Frank.
Jude Beaudin wrote:
> I respectfully disagree. It sounds like you are trying to engineer the
> community. I feel what you are proposing is too difficult to enforce with
> consistancy and fairness. Suz has a point about not clearly defining the
> line so someone will not try to push it. It can be easy for someone to
> adhere to the letter of the law while violating what it intended.
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> The rules should be simple. Firstly, be polite. Secondly, take bickering
> off-line or suffer the consequences. Thirdly, follow the golden rule.
> Fourthly, do not reply unless it is constructive, else take it off-line.
> Finally, don't tick Suz off.
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> If we *all* treated one another with a little more respect, perhaps this
> whole issue of bickering would go away. If you do not get along with
> someone, don't play with them.
You can be completely respectful and still treat someone like dirt if you
highjack their post to lowball their sales offer. If I follow your logic, as
long as I do it all politely, it's fine.
I think replying to someone's posting with a lower offer in b-s-t is awful no
matter how polite you are about it (and I seem to remember I came to this
conclusion after, ACK, doing it to someone in the far past!). Don't reply,
start your own thread. Even if you are offering the exact same lot(s) across
the board.
Setting a few clear rules WOULD help. People pushing the lines could be
klined by Suz if it got too hot.
I really don't like Suz's rule "don't make me mad". It's WAY too vague, as
everyone has different limits before getting angry (mine are much higher
after TwitFiltering a specific user in .debate). While drawing lines may
pull certain people into pointless exercises of pushing those lines, she
could easily say "Here are the lines, but deliberately pushing them will be
considered bickering with me, and may result in a warning or timeout".
That's still vague, but way beyond "don't make me mad".
--
Tom Stangl
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| (...) I dunno, I kinda like the 'don't make me mad'. We are here at the grace of Suz et al. Sure we paid money, but is like Boy Scouts--I paid money to that as well--didn't mean I could just do as I please. There's structure, and there are people (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) What if you are merely pointing out that the item offered at the stated price is not the best deal out there? That is both a kind of highjacking and low-balling, even if it is through a third party not invloved in the thread. I happen to (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) <snip some ideas that may be worthy of discussion> (...) I respectfully disagree. It sounds like you are trying to engineer the community. I feel what you are proposing is too difficult to enforce with consistancy and fairness. Suz has a point (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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