Author:  Made_In_Bricks  Posted:  Jul 20, 2016 11:19  Subject:  Re: standard deviation on price indices  Viewed:  36 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Made_In_Bricks (3994) Location:  USA, Idaho Member Since Contact Type Status Oct 28, 2009 Seller Store: Made In Bricks

voted no - better suggestion, allow users to program how they want the price guide displayed via their own settings, if users could define the rules they want everyone would be satisfied with their concerns over the price guide. Go back and look at my thread on price guide manipulation. I pointed out that any jerk can manipulate this to where it causes more work for others (and actually caused it to try and prove a point), basically one can sabotage other sellers here by listing crazy prices in common parts, they could further manipulate it by setting up a second account and then buy such listings and drive people nuts.

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standard deviation on price indices - brick_projects (3656)

Please implement standard deviation. By eliminating the (small number)% cheapest and (small number) % most expensively priced lots, the average price index would [...] (96 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

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Re: standard deviation on price indices - FigBits (3564)

[...] Yes, this. Changing the way that the current averages are calculated is a terrible idea. Adding options for users to see the data in whatever way they find useful is [...] (96 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - brick_projects (3656) 96 months ago Jul 20, 2016 to Suggestions
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