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Re: "Default" part type.
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:05:32 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.theory, Dan Jezek writes:
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> > Interestingly
> > I have yet to receive a complaint that a buyer is unsatisfied with his or
> > her purchase because the item wasn't as described.
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> That's because BB has a better class of buyer and a better class of seller
> than the mechanisms that come before it, and because most of use realise
> that for the most part, we can bug you for new features, but mostly need to
> work our differences out amongst ourselves or else we will drive you crazy
> and cause this neato experiment to come to an end. (Yes there have been a
> few cases where you had to step in and straighten things out, but not as
> many as one might expect after 240,000 visits, 1,000,000 elements moved and
> what, 90K lots or something? Wow.)
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> That said, I think N versus not N is pretty clear cut. U1 vs. U2 isn't.
One thing which is definitely one of the nagging little things which
keep me from selling more stuff is that when I do go to start selling
some parts, many will come out of my parts bins. In all probability,
they are basically new, but some used parts have been sorted in, and
obviously a part in a big bin is going to take some abuse just by being
there. When I'm parting out a set and hit parts which I just know that
I've got way to many of, they go into a separate baggie and then
directly into the box of "stuff to sell some day", but even those some
folks might not consider "new". What I will probably do is indicate that
parts are new or like new and be generous in dealing with problems which
arise.
If anyone has further thoughts on how to make it clear what you have and
not scare people away who won't buy used parts because the one time they
bought off eBay (1) they got a lot which was dug out of the garbage pit,
I'm all ears.
I think that one thing that buyers might want do if they are in the
position like Larry of putting together kits for resale is make it clear
that they are buying for that purpose. Then the buyer and seller can
come to an understanding before money is paid and parts are shipped. And
then, if the parts aren't as described, it's probably time for negative
feedback.
If kit builders become or are enough of the selling traffic, sellers
will likely start to clearly mark their parts.
Frank
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| (...) I'm gearing up to another round of selling (going into the summer(1), I must be nuts!), and I'm shifting my basic parts description from "new", which still applies, but isn't as clear, or as conducive to selling as "handled only in the sorting (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) That's because BB has a better class of buyer and a better class of seller than the mechanisms that come before it, and because most of use realise that for the most part, we can bug you for new features, but mostly need to work our (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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