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Cool new features at Brickbay —Julie Krenz

Dan set up some new features, which as a seller, I really like. We are now able to set sales per category, track the avg sale per category and see how many unique items per category there are. Thanks Dan! Julie (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Mike Walsh

"Julie Krenz" <dkrenz@mc.net> wrote in message news:G4ov1t.Hwo@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) This is very cool and just the feature I have been waiting for. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Indeed. Rocks! I have just tried it out and I now have lots of complex discounts in place. The only downside is that now stores just say "sale" instead of some average percent (or min max??) off... but that's not a biggie. ++Lar (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —John Radtke

(...) Speaking as a buyer that could be a drawback. Sellers can no longer attract customers by having a larger sales percentage listed. I know my tendency when I am just browsing has been to go through the stores with the higher % sales. I will be (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Larry Pieniazek

(...) That may not be the best strategy. Someone could just open a store, double their desired prices, then set the sale to 50% off, to take advantage of buyers using that strategy. Your approach of knowing who you're dealing with probably works (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —John Radtke

(...) That would have been a far worse strategy for the seller and would have hurt the seller more than me! It would have gotten me into the store once but seeing such a ploy would keep me from ever going back. My basic thought is that the sale (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I agree. If you realised, that is. Comparision shopping at Brickbay, driven as it is by the search function only, is good, but not perfect yet. I personally dislike stores with "perpetual sales" (there are a bunch in, for example, the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Dan Jezek

(...) I also ran some server stats today including page requests and here is some interesting info for yesterday Nov 27: ---...--- 16,926 pages served. The pages which received the most traffic are: 1) Search engine (URL) - served 4,198 times 2) A (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Christopher Lindsey

(...) I'm not sure if this is the right place to post a response (if there's a better group, please let me know), but I would *love* the ability to search by LEGO part reference number. I often know that I'm looking for a part like #4444 in black, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Dan Jezek

(...) I was hesitating for a second to post the original message here also but didn't find a more relevant NG. (...) Problem is that the search will only give you the items that a seller has picked from the internal parts/sets catalog. If a seller (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Christopher Lindsey

(...) That's OK with me. :) (...) Part of the problem with that method is that I don't always know what category a part is in. It's similar to the problem that I run into with the regular search engine -- I don't always know what a part's name is. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Dan Jezek

(...) Ok...type 4523 into the search box now and see what happens P.S. I'm amazed that you remember parts by the number and not by the name. (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Christopher Lindsey

(...) Awesome! Thanks! :) (...) I'm just a freak that way... :) But more often than not I have a sample of the piece that I want on hand, so I can just look at the part number stamped on the bottom and do a quick search. Chris P.S. I really like (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Larry Pieniazek

(...) You must be young or eat a lot of carrots. I eat a lot of carrots and I can never read those numbers, too small and poorly lit, without dragging out a lighted magnifier. ++Lar (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Kevin Wilson

Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) You too eh! I have to take my glasses off (shortsighted enough that I don't need a magnifier) and hold the part under a strong light to read them! Kevin (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Christopher Lindsey

(...) Isn't youth just a state of mind? :) Having turned the big 3-oh this year I suspect I'm probably smack dab in the middle of LUGNET's age range. I do need a flashlight to see into a lot of those bricks, though... The fun ones are pieces like (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Larry Pieniazek

(...) "eh?" Eh!!!??? ... ya hoser, you've been in Canada too long, you've fergotten yer roots, mate! In lugnet.market.theory, Christopher Lindsey writes: (...) Get used to it. It's his MO when he's not completely swamped at work. BrickBay rules. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Kevin Wilson

Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Actually old chap, that was a *British* "eh". Where do you think those colonials got it from, eh? Eh? Kevin (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Roight you are mate. I say guv, carry on, good show and all that. Cheers. I feel better now. If I hear "cheers, mate" one more time I think I'm gonna scream. And I just got here two days ago. I'm UKed out already, and Bluewater supposedly (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Kevin Wilson

Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) I guess it's the UK equivalent of "Have a nice day" over here. That one drove me up the wall for a while until I learned to tune it out. Just as meaningless. Kevin (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Mike Stanley

(...) You are correct. I usually open my shop, then post a notice here of the shop being opened. When I open my shop with new items that are on someone's wishlist, they get an e-mail telling them I have it. Those people usually get the jump on (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Kevin Wilson

D. Jezek wrote in message ... (...) But Dan, that still requires you to know what the part is called. Searching by part number is great when you have this weird doohickey, you don't know what it's called, but it has the number on it, so you can (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Dan Jezek

(...) I suspect that SQL treats data type currency as a character and not a number. MS Access doesn't. Everything works fine on my test system (MS access). To make a long story short, character data will always be higher than a number. So "0.75" (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Cool new features at Brickbay —Ray Sanders

(...) Dan, As a seller, I have a two fold problem listing oddball parts. If I know the part number (but not the category) *or* I know the name (but not the category). In the second case, I can sort of fudge a search and see where everyone is putting (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)