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Well, I'm about to take my first plunge into buying large quantities of parts on-line, and I was checking out Baylit. they have every piece I'm looking for (and then some!), but I was wondering what other people's experience with them was like. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Re: BrickBank ! (was Re: BrickBay Enhancement )
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(...) Try star office on Linux. It seems to handle Excel and Word docs for me on Solaris, so it probably does on Linux too. (...) This particular transformation looks trivial. I bet you could learn enough Perl to do it in less than an hour. (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Since so far some "advanced" features are for Windows users only (Excel sales list for instance) I mentioned it, since all these neat things simply don't work for me. I also had some problems browsing the site, although most of those are gone (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Why do you say it is OS-dependent? Whatever OS you are running, you still need to generate the same text. If you do so by writing a simple Perl script that massages your csv file into the correct format, what difference does it make whether (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) it to be very frustrating because of all the tags needed for it... would it perhaps be possible to use a .csv spreadsheet file instead (that way it stays OS independant, I'm using Linux :-) with lugnet partref, amount, color, price for (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) I have to comment on the above paragraph: Brickbay by itself is registered as a business and it provides a service to either individuals or businesses to sell their Lego. That is the whole idea behind it. How each shop (whether it is a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) ?? To paraphrase any number of sources... "Brickbay is only a venue." Why can't a business use it just as easily as an individual? This is honest curiosity - I just don't get why you think it wouldn't work for a business. None of the points (...) (26 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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In response to your question about what it would take to get other business to move to BrickBay, I don't really think that will happen. Before I explain, let me point out that the concept of BrickBay is wonderful. In fact, Bricksonthebrain.com's (...) (26 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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Jon: You've got your own site (BAYLIT), and you seem happy doing your thing. That's great. I just felt the need to address some of your comments. (...) Is that because of Brickbay's design/services, or just because people aren't selling in (...) (26 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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