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Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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Fri, 24 Nov 2000 18:52:48 GMT
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I took a break from my LDrawing up my latest Milton Train Works creation,
(coming soon!) to answer this one...
In lugnet.market.theory, James Brown writes:
> I'm thinking of moving to a more "bulk" method - similar to how Mike Stanley
> runs his shop - and I was wondering about the pros and cons of that. The
> obvious pro is eliminating an extra counting step, and all the complications
> that come with it.
Those of us that buy bulk will love it. That includes me... when I want a
part, I want ALL of that part that is available. Right now I am trying to
corner the market on chrome exhaust elbows, for example, and I just bought
up all the reasonably priced (I skipped the guy that had only 1 for 3 times
what everyone else wanted) blue 1x1 with side studs that were on the market..
But then I am buying for manufacturing purposes, not for my own collection.
(I am blessed/cursed with enough personal pieces to build most anything I
can imagine...) I also expect to pay a little less when I've cut one step
out of your process...
But those of us that want a part or two for their individual projects will
hate "bulk" selling. If you switch, and drop your prices to reflect, you'll
get a little biz and lose some. Someone else (who didn't switch) will lose
some and get some.
I think the way to have a lot of sales if you're a parts seller is cater to
the big buyers. Actively seek them out, find out what they want, and sell it
for less than everyone else does. Either that or go the Jon Kozan route...
have some of everything and charge so much that it's economical to sell
someone 3 parts. But do we need more than one of those? I dunno.
What you see when you go to Mike Stanley's store is what's left after all
the big buyers in GoB have picked it over. A lot of the good stuff doesn't
make it out to the public because we snap it up.
This is an interesting topic, because soon I'm going to have enough detrius
that I am going to want to move it out... you can see a bit of it in my
store but my focus is mostly on sets, and specifically, mostly on my own
creations.
++Lar
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| (...) <snippage> (...) The one thing I'm not, *not* going to be able to do is drop my prices. The vast majority of my parts are $0.10 - already below retail. If my prices dropped, I would either have to start selling parts I want to keep, or give up (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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| In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes: - SNIP - (...) Part of the trouble with this "big buyer" selling in my opinion is the number of unwanted parts which are left over. After the top buyers have exhausted the seller of the desired parts (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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| (...) I'm not a seller on brickbay (yet), but it seems obvious that those who sell in large numbers really need 2 shops - all the left-overs go to the second shop, which can justify slightly higher prices because of the extra work involved counting, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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| (...) This discussion is getting me thinking about how to clear out some of the parts overstock I'm experiencing. I have not typically been buying sets to break down for parts, but there are some types of parts which are probably desireable that I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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| (...) Wow, I was glancing back through this thread intending to offer my methods for sorting and storing inventory (nothing special - just how I do it) when I noticed this. That sounds real bad, and I'd really rather Larry hadn't put it quite that (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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| (...) I wish I hadn't said this, at least not in this way. It's not actually true, and it's not particularly thoughtful to have said it. I'd edit the post in place, marking that para out as not my current words (but not denying I said it) were it (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Streamlining the parts selling process
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| I've been thinking on ways to cut down on the time I have to spend doing my parts sale, and throwing open the doors for feedback & discussion is usually the best way to do this kind of thing, so... Brickbay is a fantastic venue. I'll say that right (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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