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Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:34:30 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Michael Huffman wrote:
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I want to keep iPaB’s information up-to-date and accurate; I really DON’T
want to cause issues for LEGO retail stores. I can see LEGO retail stores
getting phone calls from people looking for items that don’t exists or might
not be in-stock... if it’s a part in high demand, I will not be able to
control out-of-stock problems, but I might give everyone the option of
setting a container to “out-of-stock” if they call the store and it ends up
being sold out -- something to add to my To-Do list -- but I can also see
malicious users taking advantage of this feature.
Some stores, like Orlando’s LIC, have a lot of active AFOLs in the area, so
keeping inventory up-to-date isn’t an issue for us. Other store might be a
problem... If a LEGO retail person wants to get involved in updating their
iPaB inventory, I’m all for it... bottom line is, it can turn into phone
sales & help cut down on inventory misunderstandings.
But I’m wondering if we should treat remote stores somewhat like how
Wikipedia treats information... anyone can edit a remote store’s iPaB
information, but it must be reviewed & verified by someone before being
published. Or certain stores would have different levels of confidence (ie.
iPaB inventory being edited by LEGO store employee or a group of 2 or more
AFOLs would be given a higher level of confidence in iPaB’s inventory
accuracy, then a store being edited by the public).
Anyway... I’m still milling some of these ideas around. Opinions or other
ideas are welcomed.
--Mike.
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I was at the Mall of America store a few Saturdays ago. In my less than
half-hour there, I saw them have to bring out three new boxes of PaB parts to
fill empty ‘holes’ in the wall.
Keeping this data timely is going to be very difficult.
(dream mode ‘on’)
If there was only a way for the stores themselves to keep their PaB online
inventory up to date. Perhaps when they bring out a new box, they could scan
the code using their cash register scanner, and that would update their
inventory webpage. That way people like us could see just what they have
available. Heck, we could even set up ‘alerts’ so that if a particular element
became available, we’d be notified. (dream mode ‘off’)
JohnG, GMLTC
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Agreed, for LEGO Imagination Stores, yes this will be difficult; they're very high traffic. But for some of the smaller stores, no. But it comes down to some information vs. no information at all. In my case, I'd rather have some information (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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| (...) Sorry to respond to my own post, but there's a few more thoughts I had... I want to keep iPaB's information up-to-date and accurate; I really DON'T want to cause issues for LEGO retail stores. I can see LEGO retail stores getting phone calls (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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