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All:
(This hurts)
I'm reaching an impasse with BAYLIT.
My job situation will soon require me to travel extensively, severely impacting
my ability to run BAYLIT.
I don't know how long this will last - could be awhile
Thus, I would appreciate your suggestions / thoughts.
Background information:
BAYLIT is: "Bricks As You Like Them"
BAYLIT is: A web site for straight sale of LEGO from sets.
BAYLIT has:
- a customer list of hundreds of buyers, about half of whom have ordered more
than once, including corporate buyers
- a current inventory of more than 175,000 pieces from over 1000 sets
- an acceptable web site with linked pictures/scans
http://baylit.home.att.net/
- a database linking sales, inventory, and parts to over 100 sets and over 3100
different part shape/color combinations.
Should I :
1) Slow it down - large orders only or some such
2) Shut it down (temporarily / permanently)
3) Sell it (send email if interested - prospectus?)
4) Sell off the inventory - auctions, fire sale, etc - Why keep parts I don't
need for my project - that someone else could be using.
Unfortunately this limits my current LEGO project as well (minifig scale
battleship).
But I'll finish that someday. - I still need to collect all the right parts ;-)
Thanks for your thoughts.
-Jon
email: jauction@hotmail.com
BAYLIT: baylit@att.net
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| Jon- This saddens me to hear:-( My first inclination is to say don't abandon ship (if you can relate to that analygy;) We need *more* sites like yours and Julie's A.B.S. (who has also shut down for a while at least). But I undertstand that you gotta (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) Jon, sorry to hear. Your service was always excellent. I would recommend doing whatever it takes to keep this as just a temporary "brown-out"...since Dark Ages are always regrettable. (...) This is your best bet. Only accept orders of $25 or (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| I would say to slow down your pace, and impliment an order limit, say $25 or more. That way, you can still provide this invaluable service, and finance your own project at the same time. People just need to understand things might not be as quick as (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| Jon, As a customer of Baylit, I'm very sad about that, and I hope you will maintain your service. I think if you accept only order with a minimum amount ($25-30 whatever) you will decrease your workload. All of us (AFOL) need site like your to feed (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| Jon, Please do whatever it takes to keep Baylit alive. Me and many others need sites like yours, and there really aren't enough of them around. Set a $25 minimum limit or something like that. Your site is such a great resource, it would be a shame (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) impacting (...) 3100 (...) ;-) (...) I've JUST descovered your wonderful service, and it would absolutely kill me to lose it before I had a chance to use it. A $25-30ish minimum purchase amount would be great, and force us consumers to wait (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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