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Bricklink frustration
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:25:19 GMT
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Here is my situation
I want a large quantity of a single part type.
I have found the one BrickLink seller who has the part in quantity, in the right
colour. Even worse his price is ridiculously cheap (Especially compared to other
sellers).
But here's my problem.
The store has a ten dollar minimum (I only want a hundred 1 cent parts and
he doesn't have many other parts I need).
He only ships to America and Canada (I live in England).
He doesn't take Paypal (Argghh).
This would be my solution in a perfect world
It basically revolves around trading time (it takes longer to get your parts)
for flexibility and cost savings.
How it would work is thus (and remember this would just be an overlay to the
existing system which would still work as it does now) Each buyer and seller
would become a node in a greater BrickLink network.
Taking my situation for example, I'd me expected to want more than just one
type of part (which in this case is true). I'd submit orders to multiple vendors
in America. The parts I couldn't get hold of (as mentioned above) wouldn't come
to me, instead, the computerised system controlling everything would generate a
seamless seller to seller transfer. Each seller would have access to a method of
securely transferring funds to any other seller.
Therefore my parts would begin their journey, not by coming to me but going
to another seller I was dealing with, therefore this part of the journey would
only cost the price of surface mail (which I would be billed for).
The primary buying node would then add these parts to the parts I bought
from them and send them to me. I would only have to pay one seller and one
set of amalgamated carriage fees.
Now all this is too simple. Further savings could be generated if another buyer
lived near me. Our orders could again be amalgamated (if we shared a seller, and
the computer deemed it efficient) for the sea crossing. When I received the box
I'd break it down into my parts and there parts and they could come round and
pick them up. Shipping costs would be split between us dependant on the value of
the parts ordered and any shipping costs incurred before amalgamation).
As you can see this would be a complex system and could cause a few disputes but
it could lead to huge cost savings in certain circumstances (like mine)
Steve
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| This is a pretty interesting idea. Here's a variation that might be slightly more likely to happen: A group of sellers could get together and form a company to sell new/used LEGO parts over the internet, in a network like you describe. Their online (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The biggest issue as I see it is probably the fact that it's not worth the primary seller's time in this example. The point of them instigating a minimum order is so that they don't have to deal with stuff that's "not worth their time". But (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Bricklink frustration
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| There is another solution that could help you. A system connected buyers who will order your item from the seller in their home country and then ship to you. Id like this because many sellers in foreign countries want cash, bank transfers, etc in (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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