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Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:09:30 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Jeff Shiner writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> - SNIP -
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> > 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.
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> 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 the remainder are usually left to
> Brickbay or other venues. These leftover pieces are often harder to sell
> then they would be in combination with the more desired parts.
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> Also an inventory of 5000, or even 10,000 pieces may be insufficient to peak
> the interest of many top buyers who want 100's of each type of piece.
If it's the *right* 5000 pieces, you can be sure my interest will be piqued,
although it may not be the peak of piquing...
But yes, this is a problem indeed... you have to set the desirables high
enough so that you can set the undesireables low enough to clear them out
and still make money.
> detrius? Do you mean detritus, or is detrius just a word I am not familiar
> with (there are certainly enough of those).
Detritus. "the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up"
That's what I typed. Cosmic rays must have caused it to change before you
read it. :-)
++Lar
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| (...) Commodities. I've said it before and I'll sait it again, we need some kind of system that allows persons desirous of a particular part/color to place outstanding 'buy orders'. Preferrably in the open. Then the 'set busters' can do analysis (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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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)
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