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| | | (...) I certainly understand your point of view, but to me, the "big evil" of e-bay is not buying from it, but selling to it. (I go into more detail on other posts - I'll spare people yet another explanation. For now. :) ) Selling on e-bay sends (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Mike Stanley
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| | | | (...) I've bought several Lego items through eBay. Larry says about 20% of his stuff is coming from eBay. I know other people, including other fairly heavy buyers, do the same. Exactly who gets to decide who is and who isn't part of this community (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) Whoa! Back up a second there! I neither said nor implied any such thing! What I _did_ say was that I treat e-bay like I treat a garage sale. A place to get Lego. What I _did_ say was that selling through e-bay takes Lego out of the community. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | "the community" —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, galliard@shades-of-night.com (James Brown) writes: [...] (...) [...] Ultimately, that's what LUGNET is designed to evolve into -- so that you wouldn't have to say RTL/LUGNET or LUGNET/RTL or "all AFOLs online," etc. But (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: "the community" —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | [Crossposted from lugnet.off-topic.debate with followups set to lugnet.admin.general] (...) I think the French newsgroup fr.rec.jeux.lego is going to pass. When it was being discussed in fr.usenet.forums.evolution last month, the CFD received quite (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | (...) (Guess you read this before I posted later that I may have slightly misinterpreted what you were saying.) (...) Well, I'm not PO'ed about it, but I'd say I didn't "accuse" you of "saying" anything. I misunderstood PART of what you actually (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | | (...) Surely you're not trying to imply that people who are fans of Lego but don't take part in on-line discussion groups are any less deserving of buying Lego? (I know that's not implied by your definition of 'community', which I think is (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) No, I wasn't trying to imply that, although I may have inadvertantly (rereading back on the thread). It might be (arguably) less good for the community, but certainly not "bad" - anything that keeps our favorite toy in circulation sounds (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Whoops, I think I may have worded what I said poorly. I meant that of the e-bay auctions where I put in a serious bid, I lately have been winning about 20%. That was an off the cuff number, I have not analysed in detail. I'd say that eBay (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Mike Stanley
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| | | | (...) Well, 5% from you is like 50% of a normal person's purchases. :) At least last year's. (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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