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(...) BAYLIT - (for my part) I'll be short and to the point. Brickbay is great, but it still doesn't answer the needs most builders have for volume parts. Maybe LEGO Direct will, but I still have my doubts. They're out to increase profits. Case in (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) You can save on time by buying "bulk"...I typically get US stamps (which are really just ordinary stamps, but $0.55 worth instead of $0.46) in multiples of 10, and only need to pick them up once or twice a year; most drugstores have them. I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) suppose we'd see take place. I know the hour I wasted yesterday getting US$ and stamps hinders me from buying more LEGO on-line. I wouldn't be surprised if non-USA went from 1/5 to 1/2 if we could get free-trade. (Hmmm - NAFTA for LEGO - LFTA (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) 78% are in US as can be seen here: (URL) is supposed to expand internationally in the near future or so they say. (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Exactly - Sending money once to create a positive balance would be MUCH more efficient, and that doesn't even take into account the initail reason I had this idea - conversion to US funds for those of us outside the USA In (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) The chance of Brickbay moving to Lugnet is unlikely because Lugnet runs on a Unix server [1] while Brickbay runs on NT server. What I'd like to know is what it would take to get other Lego businesses (for example BAYLIT) to move to Brickbay. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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In lugnet.market.services, Steve Chapple writes: <brickBank!> I like the idea. Let's say 100 people submit 1 order from each of 100 shops = 10,000 orders (or 10,000 payments being sent back and forth). Each buyer sending 100 checks, each seller (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Indeed. That is *the* sticky point. I have dodged it by keeping things pretty informal, it's just a circle of friends, really. Be careful what questions you ask of whom, though, unless you are prepared to accept the answers you get. And that's (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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In lugnet.market.services, Steve Chapple writes: <brickBank!> I gotta run, I will respond in depth later, but yes, in principle this idea has a great deal of merit. It is encompassed by the Lugnet Manifesto so it's theoretically coming to here. But (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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Paul, (...) Dan, (...) government (...) malls or (...) account for (...) Hmm... well, maybe I misinterperted it then. It sounded a little risky from what I read. Well, good luck setting it up. It seems a little redundant to me. Scott S. -- Soon to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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Actually, since there are no liabilities assumed or assurances given by Dan, and no licenses from any government sought, there is no need for government involvement. Essentially, we become a private consortium --- much like some antique malls or (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) <imagine> AucZilla and BAYLIT move to BrickBay BrickBay moves to LUGNET BrickBay becomes >the< place to shop for parts and sets eBay traffic declines Pause set db and LDraw parts db tie directly to BrickBay [1] </imagine> Dream well, Andreas (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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Folks, I am no expert in financial matters, but in this whole discussion, it might lead into the government, etc. getting into it because you are handling money, exchanging, etc. Do you really want to go down this road. I wonder what Larry would (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Very sensible - I believe he already has a $25 minimum where you don't have to send commission if it's under that, or it's been < 3 months time. (...) Very true - This is where Larry's experience comes in... (...) Hmmmm - What if AucZilla and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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The problem is getting someone to buy from you in the first place, sometimes it will take a while before things start rolling. If your site sits there for months and nothing moves, you have to foot the bill for each month's worth of non-movement. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) This would be so freakin' cool I'd probably never shop anywhere else for parts. The internal logistics would be pretty straightforward to set up, unless there's something I'm not seeing. It would (ideally) just be another payment option - (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Actually, I was thinking that you and Dan Jezek could combine services, or BrickBay could add "factoring" and act like a bank the way PayPal does. I suggested this to Dan, and that I could post about it and see what people think, and he said (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Soon in internet time is apparently elastic. Sometimes it's a matter of weeks. In this particular case it has been MONTHS that they have been saying "soon" and it's not any sooner yet that I can see. (...) Get a pal in the US to factor for (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) You mean it's not? eric PS That's a joke. Really. (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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I just tried to sign up, and found this: " 3. International Use. You must be a resident of the United States to use the Service. International accounts will be available soon." Dang - Now what am I supposed to do? Most business web-sites I've seen (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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