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Re: Coming Soon ... Brickbay.com (Replacement for Bricks)
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 17 May 2000 21:59:31 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Stanley writes:
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> <auto inventory creation>
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> Ya. and...
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> When I tell it I have a set, present me with the contents so I can say "keeping
> these, keeping these, keeping 1/2 of these" instead of assuming I am parting
> the whole thing out...
And to verify that the set-contents stored in the innards of Brickbay.com
actually match what you picked up from the store. Stuff happens, and
sometimes set-contents vary. The seller's got to be able to modify the
selling list, or he's going to get stuck with unhappy campers when they try
to buy things he auto-listed, and doesn't actually have to sell.
> Good point. Just make sure that the site presents the information to the buyer
> early on in the order construction process (here is where frames are good, show
> me the order as it is being built in one frame while I build it in another) so
> the buyer realises that 4 shipping charges are being paid (one flat 3.20, one
> based on weight for first class, one based on dollar value starting from the
> prio base rate, and the final one based on weight AND dollar because that's
> what the sellers each individually chose for their shipping algorithms when
> they were uploading) and let the buyer maybe pay 15 cents apiece for the blue
> frombles instead of 14 so that he gets to pay only *3* shipping charges. All of
> a sudden that extra 1 cent per part gets to be a bargain instead of an extra
> cost.
Yah, man.
If the 'buyer wants' data is included in the site, Dan could have a reall
LEGO parts exchange on his hands.
Steve
Steve
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