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Re: Efficacy of a small brickshop?
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lugnet.market.brickshops
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Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:59:01 GMT
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In lugnet.market.brickshops, Maggie Cambron writes:
> But if you have the time and like to sort through LEGO elements anyway,
> I'd say go for it. The way Bricklink is set up anyone can open a shop,
> and I think that's part of its charm. There is at least one shop that
> you have to request an invitation to patronize (like a personal shopping
> service), there's one that warns that an order can take 2 1/2 to 3
> months to process (!),
<snip>
Yup, that would be me. :) I'm another one of those 'small sellers' and
would agree with Maggie. Unless you do it as a full-time operation, or
something nearly like it, don't expect to get profit back to match your time
put in. Heck, I expect even the big sellers don't get nearly as much
value-for-time than they would in a straight job. But I suspect they also
pay themselves in ABS. :)
If all you're looking at doing is clearing space and dumping parts of no
interest, I would suggest that e-bay will better serve you. However, if you
don't care about the space it takes up, or are mostly interested in having
the parts you keep cost a little less, then Bricklink is *the* way to go.
thanks,
James
(who has a long-delay store becuase he has little enough time to spend on
Lego as it is, and prefers building to commerce)
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| (...) Hi Bill, I'm one of those owners of small stores. If you are only going to list common items, the large sellers carry those elements in mass quantities making it very hard for a small seller to compete. But if you sell hard to find pieces (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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