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Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 03:58:44 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I took a break from my LDrawing up my latest Milton Train Works creation,
> (coming soon!) to answer this one...
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> In lugnet.market.theory, James Brown writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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..
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> 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...
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> 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.
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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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> 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.
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> 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.
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, etc.
Just my $.02
ROSCO
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| I took a break from my LDrawing up my latest Milton Train Works creation, (coming soon!) to answer this one... (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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