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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:13:12 GMT
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> > I understand (and thank you! :) but if using an external auction
> > service is detrimental to the lego community, and I am using an external
> > auction service, then that implies that I am detrimental to the lego
> > community. This is an important implication. I'm not taking that
> > personally; just defining what this idea leads to.
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> Hmm, Good point. I would be inclined to argue that the good you bring into the
> community more than outweighs the (contestable) detriment of using an outside
Thanks again :) Yet if using an outside auction service is
detrimental, then it doesn't matter how how much good I do--I'm still
responsible for detrimental actions. Which is why the question of
detriment is important.
> > > all "pay" extra every time a set gets more 'valuable'. Inflation is >> • inevitable, but it should be related to availability, not to profit. ( I
> > > realize that I am arguing an ideal)
> >
> > I agree with your ideal completely, but I don't think that availability
> > is waning. And lego already costs too much off the shelf, and it doesn't
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> That was my point - the inflation in price is not being matched by a drop in
> availability; that makes it an "unjustified" inflation. (stopping here to
> avoid getting into discussion about the nature of economies)
Ahhh...I think we're talking about two different things here. Yes, I
agree with your point that the inflation is "unjustified". What I'm
saying is that it is also irrelevant, since it is across the board.
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> > > Second, every time someone not part of the Lego community buys a set, it
> > > effectively disappears forever. So each time a set is sold outside the
> > > community, that set becomes harder to find, and the price goes up. Again,
> > > we all pay.
> >
> > If the availability of lego were limited, I'd agree with that. But
> > there's too much lego. The Yellow Castle is supposed to be one of the
> > "holy grails" of castle lego collectors. Five of them have sold on eBay
> > in the last two months. To be sure, some sets are much harder to find
> > and are "worth" a lot more than others, but I think that for every
> > "export" comes a garage sale find.
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> Hmm, It's my feeling that the entry rate is dropping, but that's just a
> feeling, and nothing to base an arguement off of.
I haven't seen change in the rate aside from normal fluctuations,
though I've only been around since last August, so my perspective is
limited.
> OTH, seen any Guarded Inn's lately? ;)
I've never seen one, period. :)
> > Like you said, this may be where we need agree to disagree. While we
> > both put community before profit, I don't see pursuing profit as
> > detrimental to the community.
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> Ok. :) At least we can agree on what's important!
Indeed! :)
Adam
bwappo@ee.net
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| (...) Hmm, Good point. I would be inclined to argue that the good you bring into the community more than outweighs the (contestable) detriment of using an outside auction service. Actually, it would be more than an inclination - I am arguing it. :) (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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