Author:  TargetBoy  Posted:  Mar 14, 2017 07:48  Subject:  Re: price overview when buying a wanted list  Viewed:  69 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card TargetBoy (284) Location:  USA, New York Member Since Contact Type Status Dec 29, 2005 Buyer

In Suggestions, tillmanbalazs writes:    few weeks ago when I went to a wanted list, and selected the items which I wanted to buy, then the shop, it showed what is the price of items in this shop compared to the average price of the items. Now this function is not available, can I ask why? Is it possible to have it back? Thanks, Balázs I would like to see this implemented. On the old system, I would research my wanted lists like this to make sure I was getting a good price. I'd check the averages on anything I was buying in bulk or that was a rarer part. I also tend to buy extra parts when I make a purchase from a store to make shipping more efficient. There have been multiple times that I have seen a MOC or a novel part usage and whipped up a wanted list around my own idea for it and been able to buy it right off because I saw I was within 10% of average on the cart and the store had reasonable shipping terms. There's stores where I know they have great service and faster turn around and I'll buy from them unless it is really egregious. I also understand the problem with the race to the bottom. Just keep in mind that I can and did do the same thing by searching for the quantity of the part I want and sorting by price. This can make the difference between staying in budget and buying the parts or having to wait and maybe have another idea take priority and not do the order at all. One idea might be to only show the difference if the part/cart goes above 20% over average. That way we know we aren't getting ripped off, but the exact amount isn't there. That would help to make impulse purchases a viable option and make it harder to drive prices in a race to the bottom.

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price overview when buying a wanted list - bb276032 (25)

few weeks ago when I went to a wanted list, and selected the items which I wanted to buy, then the shop, it showed what is the price of items in this shop compared to the average [...] (88 months ago, Mar 12, 2017, to Suggestions)

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Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - yorbrick (1185)

[...] I normally do something similar too. I look for the most expensive parts, then price check them using the guide. If the store is more than about 10-20% over the average, [...] (88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

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