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Re: Bill Swanberg Update
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:44:56 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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> > {Senior Deputy District Attorney Jeff Lesowski said William A. Swanberg, 40, of
> > Reno, Nev., made a profit auctioning Legos, stolen mostly from Target stores, on
> > two online auction sites - eBay and Bricklink.com. The latter is a site
> > specifically intended for Lego sale and trade.}
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> So they can use Ebay's preferred (silly) capitalization, but can't get
> BrickLink right? And BrickLink facilitates trades?
What REALLY irks me is the repeated use of "Legos". I can understand that kids
might misuse the word, but the media has a responsibility for reporting the news
correctly, right? (insert rolling-eyes smiley here)
If the media's gonna throw around the term "Legos" on a regular basis, then the
message at www.legos.com will never be heard, unfortunately.
-Bryan
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| (...) Oops, just realized that www.legos.com simply redirects to the correct website now. For those of you unaware, at one point, the incorrect URL resulted in a site with a bit of a "brand speech" (i.e. how to use the LEGO name properly) before (...) (19 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) So they can use Ebay's preferred (silly) capitalization, but can't get BrickLink right? And BrickLink facilitates trades? (...) More of the accuracy we have come to expect from the media. Good grief; even his BrickLink feedback page can tell (...) (19 years ago, 24-Apr-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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