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Ok, this should be interesting... I put a few rarer parts up on Brickbay. Someone wanted to see BAYLIT on Brickbay.. Well... Sorta, but not quite, but it should prove to be interesting... Any thoughts? -Jon (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Yeah, I see 4 yellow fire ladders at $15 each. (...) I think it is somewhat sleazy to use a free Brickbay storefont primarily to advertise your own store in which Dan J. doesn't get a percentage. If I were Dan I'd make it against the TOS. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) A) You have to change your shop name... <---BAYLIT Extra--> is not acceptable. BAYLIT Extra would be acceptable. Shop name should not begin with special characters with the intent of it standing out in front of other shops. Quote from (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Wow! Those must be rare if there isn't even a picture of them... And, yes, Dan...this is EXACTLY the type of store naming I was talking about. I wish there was a way to knock all names starting with special characters to the bottom of the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Hey... how about listing the brickbay sites by number of parts? The more you post, the higher on the list you are! That way we can avoid anyone opening "AAA Lego Sales". Just my 2 cents worth... Tom of Tom's Technic (...) I (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I thought about that and about showing shops with 10K+ parts in bold but then shops also have sets in them so it would have to be a combination of how many parts and how many sets one has in their shop. How would you determine how many parts (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I'll bet 50 qatloos that I can come up with a method to circumvent any rule like that that you come up with. Want to base it on number of parts, or $ value of inventory? No problem: I'll just offer 150,000 Technic friction pins at $2 apiece. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) True, but it is a start. Unfortunately, there are also a large number of lots that qualify as more than just a 'part' or 'set'. Currently, I have a large lot of green slopes that fit into this category. Are they a single item or a set? Just (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) IMHO You can't compare the value of sets with bricks. Is a shop that has 10K of bricks better than a shop that has one Metroliner and a Guarded Inn for sale? Is the shop with one 4558 better than a shop that sells 10 small sets? I would like (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) And what do you do when someone named Aaron wants to have his shop be "Aaron's LEGO", perfectly reasonable (and if his last name is Smith, I'm sure he'd far rather be "Aaron's LEGO" than "Smith's LEGO"). Other's a right, any scheme you pick (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Frank Buiting writes: ... (...) like. (...) ... How about a rank based on number of pieces sold during the last week or month? Or better yet, allow the user to decide. I would suggest offering 3-5 user-selectable (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Personally, I think ordinary brick prices on BAYLIT are good. As far as specialty pieces, the prices seem a little high. Good selection though. Buy 2 Mickey's Fire Engines for $9.99 each and get 2 yellow ladders? -Kyle (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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"Tom Heidemann" <taheidem@execpc.com> wrote in message news:G1Ms7p.Aqs@lugnet.com... (...) you (...) I thought about suggesting this myself. I think it would be a great way to promote those people that use the site extensively. Providing a link to (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.services)
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"Andreas Stabno" <stabno@megsinet.net> wrote in message news:G1nFJD.4s3@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) 3-5 (...) I'd like to see sellers classify their store as either a "parts" store or a "sets" store and then the BrickBay front (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I think Dan closed the barn door (with his statement about not putting special chars into names in order to sort to the top) a horse or two too late. Personally, were I he, I'd go tell a few people they need to change their store name, based (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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In lugnet.market.services, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Well as I said in another thread I would prefer sorting not be purely by # of parts. I have a store and for what I want it for it has been a hugh success but it doesn't have 50,000 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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Mike Walsh wrote: [snip] (...) There is a problem with that. If your store sells both parts and sets, then the category it is not classified as will not get the exposure it deserves. You might want to allow stores to be in both categories, in which (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Dan, I agree with your position 100%, and I think Jon has abused the privilege of a Brickbay listing, BUT If you are going to require him, in public, to change his store name, you must also notify the proprietors of these stores in public to change (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Don't forget 0 Lego That's not O Lego, that's Zero Lego up there. (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) And I think it is still interesting. After all, the marketplace of ideas can make us all better off... I'm replying to my own post to summarize the current state. And lend my own opinion. First let me publicly congratulate Dan on Brickbay. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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This "problem" probably doesn't warrant this much discussion but what the hell. :-) Re: Special Characters in store names - I think it's pretty cheesy. I'm less likely to browse a store that's at the top of the list because of such a trick but it (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I am replying in general to this thread... which IMHO is a complete waste of time and bandwidth. Dan has provided a wonderful service. I think whatever rules he decides to implement are fine. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to (and I am reaching (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Maybe. Maybe not. Dan J. has in the past implemented suggestions that people made here and elsewhere (I won't go into how many and whose, not productive, but I do know some of my previous ones have made it...) (...) A great general principle. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I think it's important to discuss, but maybe the appropriate place is lugnet.market.theory. Follow up set. Julie (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Nonsense. *Sometimes* it is, but naming is a basic feature of language: it doesn't over-simplify the situation to say that Sirhan Sirhan "murdered" Bobby Kennedy, even though the mere naming of the act leaves out the complex issues of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That was me although I left (or meant to leave) the hyphen out. Wasn't meant as a slander, apologies if you took it that way. Read on for why I see it as no slander. (...) This is a strongly worded analogy, not one I would have used. Let me (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) OK, None taken. Thanks. (...) I wholeheartedly agree with the concept. (...) I don't know if they're the same as Mickey's ladder or not, but I'll certainly findout. That's the problem with pulling out 25yr-old parts from a set that's not even (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Which? coattailing, or that I think myself inordinately clever. If the latter, take a number pal, you're not alone :-) Everyone knows that. (...) Yes, fabuland fans everywhere including my daughter Taya are rejoicing at the Mickey line... (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Nope, not very long at all: (URL) just passed BAYLIT in inventory. That's a raw metric of course, and says nothing about the quality and type of parts. (it's probably a good 20-40% basic bricks at the moment) So which is which again? ++Lar (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) FWIW, I drove to ZB yesterday specifically to take a close look at Mickey's little Fire Engine. And the part it uses is indeed an old part, but a Basic version with an ugly Basic base. The ladders I've listed on Brickbay are NOT the parts from (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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In lugnet.market.theory, Jon Kozan writes: -- BIG SNIP -- (...) market, (...) I'm not so sure that shop names don't matter... a shop name is the first (and often easiest) way to associate yourself with your customer. It is often through this shop (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Indeed. How am I to know it's you I am dealing with if I don't recognise your shop name. I have no intention of ever changing mine. I'm working hard to "build up the brand" of Milton Train Works so I am not going to change my shop name to "A (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I don't think there needs to be a change to the front page, it looks good now. Maybe a "Personalize my front page" section which could be set as default in which one could select to see either one of the following 3: * the number of parts/sets (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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That's it! I'm moving my store back to "bricks@onedaycnn"! (no quotations--since those are special characters!) seriously folks, when all is said and done, it doesn't really matter where your store falls on that list--who CARES if your store's (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Good for you! :) I preferred it that way anyway. It just made more sense. (...) Very true. That's what started this whole mess anyway. As long as you have the parts, that's all that matters. (...) That depends on your point of view. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) If it doesn't matter, why did you have the asterisks there in the first place? :-) Glad to see you're lining up with the norm though, now there are just two left I think. ++Lar (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) last? (...) I find it interesting that no one (unless I missed a post) has suggested that the stores be listed by the date they were first created (or opened). I'm not sure that I think this is a good idea... but I'm surprised it has not been (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Here's an alternate thought: sort the shop-list by date-time of their most recent order. This *might* be viewed as punishing low-volume sites, but those are probably not very active anyway--all it would take is a single order to push a shop (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) But not if it was sorted in descending order. Anyone who knows what's going on, will know how they're sorted, and maybe it gives an edge to the smaller guys sometimes. And if you wanted to do it that way, maybe a sales volume for the past 24 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) you (...) set (...) The most effective way of sorting the shops would be to sort by country then by state. That way if someone really really wanted to be on the top, they would have to relocate from Wyoming to Alabama. But seriously, sorting (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Oh - good word. See - my dictionary works. ;-) (...) First, IMO the way you've grouped shops by country is a great "solution" to this naming "issue". Like other's have said, the name doesn't really matter, so long as you keep it logical and (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I've been mulling over the feedback thing in my mind lately, especially after someone pointed out what appears to be a pretty strong effort to "pump up" feedback by making multiple small orders from the same buyer on Brickbay. So I guess what I'm (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Are you talking about feedback in general, or just feedback from a sellers perspective on Brickbay (as your responses seem to suggest)? My perspective is as a buyer, who plans to sell at some point. (...) On eBay, I always look at feedback (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Mostly, I ignore feedback numbers. Unless there is some problem with an order, then I go back and see if this has happened before. Thats informative. (...) I don't assume anything about buyers. The 'body launguage' & tempo of a persons email (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I was mainly thinking about feedback ON Brickbay, but not so much from either one perspective or another when it comes to buying or selling. I do take your point about sellers having to worry less, though. Oddly enough I was just browsing (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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