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Re: Cool new features at Brickbay
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:12:17 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, John Radtke writes:
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> > Speaking as a buyer that could be a drawback. Sellers can no longer attract
> > customers by having a larger sales percentage listed. I know my tendency
> > when I am just browsing has been to go through the stores with the higher %
> > sales.
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> That may not be the best strategy. Someone could just open a store, double
> their desired prices, then set the sale to 50% off, to take advantage of
> buyers using that strategy.
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> Your approach of knowing who you're dealing with probably works better.
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> ++Lar
That would have been a far worse strategy for the seller and would have hurt
the seller more than me! It would have gotten me into the store once but
seeing such a ploy would keep me from ever going back.
My basic thought is that the sale notice is less meaningful and carries less
weight now without a percentage on it and will have far less influence on a
decision to visit a given store.
John #388
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| (...) I agree. If you realised, that is. Comparision shopping at Brickbay, driven as it is by the search function only, is good, but not perfect yet. I personally dislike stores with "perpetual sales" (there are a bunch in, for example, the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) That may not be the best strategy. Someone could just open a store, double their desired prices, then set the sale to 50% off, to take advantage of buyers using that strategy. Your approach of knowing who you're dealing with probably works (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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