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Folks, I've been working on a more sophisticated version of what you see here: (URL) it will be a fully automated multi-seller version written in ASP/VB Script connected to a back-end DB where once sellers register, a link will be created to their (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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(...) Me - if it is open to those outside the US. A very good idea. Did you plan on taking a striaght %age of the sale price, a listing fee, both or neither? It may also be a good idea if you ask all your seller's to commit to some minimum TOS for (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Sounds great, Dan. I'm there for sure. (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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VERY COOL! I will definitely be buying parts, and possibly selling parts. This is the kind of thing I always wanted to do with my auction software ((URL) but never had the time. I look forward to seeing how it turns out! BTW, who are you hosting (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Dan, you're the man! I like the look and feel of your site and hope that it will really take off. Here are a couple of random thoughts: Wouldn't it be nice if sellers could simply enter the number of sets they purchased and the DB creates (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Sounds (and looks) great. It's very nice to see the complete graphic reference. I don't do parts sales very often, but if (when) I do, I will probably use Brickbay.com. Steve (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've toyed with the idea of getting an NT-based web hosting account for a while. I am checking out both of those sites, but I'd like hearing from you what makes you want to leave 9netave and go to Innerhost, if you've got the time. (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Quite possibly me. The only thing that's stopped me from running mark III of my sale has been set-up time, and that there hasn't been any third-party straight sale sites, just auction sites. James (URL) getting paid for this --> (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Count me in. I would like to sell or trade primarily used elements. Somewhat small-time--not on a scale as grand as yours. Though I have not ordered anything from you, I have visited your site numerous times simply because I like the look and (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not having to deal with collecting and tracking payment is worth something to me. If your site does that and just lets me know who needs to be shipped to, that's worth more to me (and that's a source to collect the commission from, too) than (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) refunds (...) You've got it. I think this would be an excellent way to fund Lugnet. I could probably throw something like this together in a weekend or two, but it doesn't fit the mission of BrickShelf. Of course this would also require some (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) As a buyer, I would like to be able in put in a list of parts, not just one at a time, and have it return a list of who can satisfy my demand. Vendors who have them all, could appear first. (...) As an offshoot of what Larry said, if I could (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Looks good, doesn't it? :) (...) Not only that, I think the functionality of being able to create your own wants-list, like Larry and Tom have now, and have the system store those and then e-mail you when those parts do become available. And (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Stanley writes: <auto inventory creation> Ya. and... When I tell it I have a set, present me with the contents so I can say "keeping these, keeping these, keeping 1/2 of these" instead of assuming I am parting the (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I was admiring your site last week, very nice. I'd be very interested in selling pieces there. Can't wait to here more info! Julie (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) And to verify that the set-contents stored in the innards of Brickbay.com actually match what you picked up from the store. Stuff happens, and sometimes set-contents vary. The seller's got to be able to modify the selling list, or he's going (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) To reiterate. Someone's going to get first mover advantage. Dan has a great head start. Todd, if you let this slide because you want to get it just so, you are going to have to be WAY better to catch up. Remember, Serious Collector is WAY (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) you (...) you (...) "Would Passenger Pieniazek please report to the security desk..." KL (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:Fuq5HG.Lu9@lugnet.com... (...) great (...) so, you (...) mover? (...) or (...) see you (...) I concur that the first one to do it right will win. Dan's site looks like the best shot of that. I (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I think it's debateable that SC is better than eBay, especially WAY better. And I think there's more to eBay's success than simply 'first mover' advantage. Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3us7isc8mfhor45...4ax.com... (...) mover? (...) better. (...) I must agree. Snipers or not, I like having fixed ending auctions. As a buyer and a seller, I like to know when auctions will (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That is a good point. I'm going to include that as a part of seller preferences in myBrickbay. Among other preferences will be: * Your store name * Selling either spare parts, official sets or custom sets * Shipping in the U.S. only or (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) at (...) I'm really leaning towards the solution that you couldn't buy from more multiple sellers at a time. You'll have to checkout at each individual store first before buying from the next one. Just like in a real life shopping mall, you (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Good, I'd hope to be able to control as much as possible about my store. (...) Do you mean _or_ or do you mean any combination? I'd like to have folder tabs allowing me to sell any of the three options. And what about other LEGO stuff: (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not only one of those choices Dan, I hope... I sell all three! Kevin (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I think this would be best for a number of reasons. One is that if your system stores each transaction as a separate entity, it would probably be easier to have each transaction contain a single buyer and seller, as opposed to a single buyer (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I agree separate checkout for each store is a good idea but it would be cool if each buyer could have more than one shopping cart open at a time. In a mall you go to one store and look for everything on your list, then go to another store and (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Any combination, obviously :-) (...) Yes that is what it will eventually end up. I've got a rough outline how the adding of parts will look like here: (only some parts and categories are defined). (URL) generates JavaScript code depending on (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) OK, good. Actually, I thought it might be possible that due to the way you're setting things up, we would (for whatever reason) hvae to run different stores for each of the catgories - like maybe it would speed up DB access or something. But (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The site is almost completed except for a seller registration section and contains 40 pages but so far, you can only sell parts there (it was originally designed for parts only). It should be up and running with an internal set reference guide (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Great. Maybe I'll be done with this round of auction by then and will be ready to start a small shop on your site. (...) Are you just letting us design whatever - with plugins to the DB, or are you writing a shop design wizard or somesuch? (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ready (...) More like a selection of layouts you can pick from. (...) people (...) might (...) Yes I guess I could offer some kind of reward: free parts. I think I also have 700 light grey slopes left over from an ebay auction which didn't (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'd be interested in testing. Thanks, Julie (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'll happily test the system when the time comes. I figure my "reward" will be the added ease and convenience of having a custom system handle my parts sales and accounting/shipping. If a little of my time helps bring that about, well, bring (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Count me in. I'd love to sell parts in other formats besides auctioning. (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'd be interested. Jeff (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The current Pause set lists (see (URL)) have 3656 sets listed. And Pause is known to be incomplete. TLC has released information about the number of parts in production at one time. The information was in a press release, from the last year or (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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