Author:  MassBricks  Posted:  May 29, 2014 10:19  Subject:  Sort by best price at Min Qty.  Viewed:  102 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Discarded Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card MassBricks (1423) Location:  USA, Massachusetts Member Since Contact Type Status Mar 17, 2010 Seller Store: MassBricks

For sorting search results. Say you want 240 of some part, you put in "Min Qty: 240" Seller 1 has "500x at 0.10 each" Seller 2 has "400x at 0.12 each; buy 50 or more for 0.09 each" The current sort will show seller 1 first, but the cheapest option (all other things being equal) would be seller 2. A Sort by "Best Price at Min Qty" would sort by the price of the highest bulk tier under the specified "Min Qty" of each listing. Another option could take into account savings if the min qty is near a bulk tier. E.g. Seller 3 has "buy 250 or more for 0.08 each" - buying 250 from this seller costs less than buying 240 from seller 2.

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Re: Sort by best price at Min Qty. - Miro78 (2360)

[...] Good suggestion. Don't forget to also include the possibility that seller 3 may have 2 or more lots of the identical item totaling the desired quantity, but not in [...] (122 months ago, May 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Sort by best price at Min Qty. - crazylegoman (1098)

That's a good idea. I always wondered why that function wasn't built into the search before. David (122 months ago, May 29, 2014, to General)

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 Msg 1 « - MassBricks (1423) 122 months ago May 29, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - Miro78 (2360) 122 months ago May 29, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - crazylegoman (1098) 122 months ago May 29, 2014 to General