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Re: 9731 inventory
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:40:51 GMT
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I know many people who wouldn't mind paying for these services, but I
also know many who would be upset by this. Perhaps it should be
voluntary? (As LUGNET memberships are.)
However, putting that consideration aside, the cost (and time) of
setting up and running a payment mechanism like this could easily be
greater than the generated returns.
--
Jeromy Irvine
mail: irvinej@accuvera.com
site: http://www.accuvera.com/lego/
"Thomas Main" wrote:
> It would be neat to somehow tally how much each
> of us use resources like this. There are inventories,
> instruction scans, and LUGNET features that I use all
> the time. If the folks running these could keep a tally
> of our use and suggest a fee (something like $0.05 per
> use), we could forward payment to them every so often.
> Could this be accomplished through use of a cookie?
> Maybe it could even be semi-automated. For instance, we
> would put in a credit card account and once our total
> reached a certain minimum (say $20.00), our card would
> be charged. This way, the effort that these folks put
> in to providing these services would be rewarded.
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| Addendum to my other post: (...) I just thought I'd point out that cookies alone would not solve the problem. What if someone deletes their cookies and/or switches computers? That would mean setting up a database and pages to handle logins. I think (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) It would be neat to somehow tally how much each of us use resources like this. There are inventories, instruction scans, and LUGNET features that I use all the time. If the folks running these could keep a tally of our use and suggest a fee (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.db.inv)
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