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Re: Streamlining the parts selling process
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 07:40:35 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> I am very glad you have responded to this. I must say Larry's comment hits
> a raw nerve with me. In my city there is a kmart, a target, a kbtoys, a
> walmart,[they don't deserve capital letters] and a Tuesday Morning, the
> selection is far from generous. To have someone make me aware once again
> that less is available to me feels like salt in a wound. Only this time it
> is because of my peewee buying power as opposed to my geographic location.
Nah, not really. The bulk of my parts really do go to people making $10-$20
orders. Part of me wishes the bulk went to a handful of people making
$100-$200 orders, since that would be a LOT easier for me to deal with, but
that just isn't happening anymore - used to, but not anymore.
> Well, some days I am more vunerable than others. I guess today is one of
> those days for me. Reality stinks. I just don't like to think the *best*
> is always beyond of my reach. I need my illusions...dellusions?
Guess it depends on how you define "best". :) I'm usually amazed at the
stuff that sits for a few days, then gets snapped up. I really have a small
list of pieces that float around in my head marked "yeah - someone HAS to be
looking for these" and the funny thing is, sometimes those parts sit there
till I blow out the discounts, and stuff I couldn't even think of a use for
gets snapped up right away, by someone.
> > I have to think that the
> > people who placed the 100 out of 117 orders found something "good" at my
> > shop or they wouldn't have bought them from me. That and what one AFOL
> > thinks is a good part may not be useful to others - and vice versa.
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> YES!
:)
> Please think about some smaller quantites. Sometimes an element is only
> available from someone offering a huge quantity or a high minimum. This
> puts it totally out of reach. It can be very frustrating and disappointing.
Smaller quantities I'm sure I can manage. Lower minimum probably
(definitely) not. My minimum order is $10 now - which seemed to be the
lowest I could set it and have it still seem ok to tack on an extra $3.20
for priority shipping. If my minimum were any lower I might have to
consider doing 1st class shipping, and since I've been down that road just
like I went down the onesies and twosies road, I know how much more of a
tremendous headache (timewise and moneywise) it can be. When I was ordering
books and dvds and such 2-3 times per week and had lots of boxes laying
around it was doable, but I'm so entrenched in the free shipping supplies I
get from the USPS (free tape, boxes, and laser printable labels) that it
would be a nightmare to go back to the "hunt for a box of the right size,
buy some clear tape, print out a label, tape it on the box, etc" routine. :/
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| (...) I think with more sellers, there is more competition (on BrickBay or wherever). The quantity volume on BB has shot thru the roof. 60 days ago, there was somewhere around 300-325K of parts on all stores, now the number is around 600K (I'm (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I am very glad you have responded to this. I must say Larry's comment hits a raw nerve with me. In my city there is a kmart, a target, a kbtoys, a walmart,[they don't deserve capital letters] and a Tuesday Morning, the selection is far from (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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