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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 04:59:42 GMT
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Mike Stanley writes:
> James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> > Selling on e-bay sends Lego out of the community, buying from e-bay brings it
> > in. I just treat e-bay like I would any other "external" source of Lego
> > (retail, garage sale, etc) - something to shop. I just find that e-bay has a
> > much higher ratio of 'too much for too little' than other avenues, so very
> > rarely spend anything there.
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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.
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> Exactly who gets to decide who is and who isn't part of this community
> you're talking about.
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> Do you feel comfortable telling me and Larry that we're not part of
> your community?
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. What I _did_ say was that this was only a summary of things I'd
said in more detail elsewhere. If you have a problem with it, why don't you
respond to those posts, instead of flaring up at a 3-line summary of several
detailed and thought out posts!
As far as what I consider to be the "community" it might help if I refered to
it as "the fans of Lego who are on-line and regularly take part in either RTL
or Lugnet, or both." but community is a lot easier to say.
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> (Can't believe I'm defending eBay, and I'm not really. When it comes
> right down to it if I see something I want to buy I'll buy it and I
> don't really give a damn who likes it or not. Same with selling. One
> of the main reasons I'm selling that 6274 on eBay is my desire to make
> the most money. No apologies offered.)
None were asked for.
I'm sorry if this sounded harsh, but one sure way to get me PO'd is to accuse
me of saying something I didn't.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | "the community"
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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)
| | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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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)
| | | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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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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| (...) 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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