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Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:01:30 GMT
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Simon,
Thats a good idea. I also think some of the sellers who complain about
these others selling ridiculously priced Lego should form some type of group
(with a recognizable logo) to increase awareness. Something like the eBay
Power Sellers Program or the other eBay groups that have formed (there is
one that starts all auctions at $.99 and others). With a name like "Fair
Lego Sellers" or something catchy. If people see that logo on enough eBay
ads, they'll wonder what its all about, click, and end up at a page as you
describe, with FAQs and warnings about buying Lego - and sellers to watch
out for. If seeing that site saved someone $30 on set #1775 (or any other),
they might be more inclined to buy from others with the logo. Also, they
won't get the bad taste in their mouth after realizing they paid twice what
something costs.
--
Have fun!
John
My Trade/Sale (and links) Page
http://www114.pair.com/ig88/lego
my weird Lego site:
http://www114.pair.com/ig88/
Simon Robinson wrote in message ...
> > > http://www114.pair.com/ig88/1775.jpg
> > > I have cross-posted this to admin.database for the numbers you gave
> > > below.
> >
> > And two auctions just popped up on eBay with starting bid of $49.95!
> >
> > Gack... we need to figure out how to effectively combat this eBay
> > ridiculousness. I'm tempted to start suggesting to the eBay sellers I
> > regularly buy from start migrating to Serious Collector (though SC would
> > have to open up to allow parts lots) or some other venue. If eBay isn't
> > going to allow us to effectively combat the misinformation, we need to
> > start taking our buisiness elsewhere.
>
> Would there be any problems with someone creating a web site - calling it
> something like say - www.auctioninfo.com, and using it to display all the
> information
> we gather about instances of this sort of thing - including identifying the
> sellers etc.?
> Is there anything Ebay could do to stop such a website, provided all the
> information was completely
> accurate and factual?
>
> Simon
> http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Fair Lego Seller's site?
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| That sounds like an even better idea. OK - so to refine what John is suggesting.... How about something like this? A group gets set up - Fair Lego Sellers would be a good name, though I don't know if TLG would object to the use of 'Lego' in the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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| This seems a neat idea. I think if the site did not directly offer to sell anything, eBay would be hard pressed to claim that a link to it from a listing was to a "competing auction site". However it may fall afoul of the disparaging other sellers (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Would there be any problems with someone creating a web site - calling it something like say - www.auctioninfo.com, and using it to display all the information we gather about instances of this sort of thing - including identifying the sellers (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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