Author:  TokerSays  Posted:  Mar 14, 2017 10:28  Subject:  Re: price overview when buying a wanted list  Viewed:  75 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card TokerSays (78) Location:  USA, Georgia Member Since Contact Type Status Aug 30, 2015 Buyer

The average pricing tool when purchasing from a wish list has been intentionally removed. Please vote to bring it back on this link, vote in the upper left corner. https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1031088 There seems to be a consensus that the tool was removed because it was ‘artificially’ lowering prices. I personally disagree with this, I believe the tool was lowing prices to be in line with their actual value, not the high markup value that some Sellers are listing. However, some Sellers have made some good points about how lower prices force some Sellers out. I have three suggestions. I’m not opening these up as their own suggestion because I think we should all vote on the original suggestion to bring the tool back and allow the admins to decide when and how that tool would be brought back. So please vote, leave a comment, state your opinion. Option 1: Bring back the average pricing tool on an order total. Average price wouldn’t be listed for individual prices but on the total order. I think this will make it harder for the Buyer to pick and choose individual cheap pieces and drive those prices down while also allowing the Buyer to avoid the store with the 250% markup that is driving prices high. Option 2: Flat Profit Charge. For every piece you buy you pay a penny to the Seller as flat profit. This penny won’t be reflected in the average price. It’s a penny applied to every piece. It allows the Seller to earn a profit on every piece while also allowing the Buyer an option in price. I don’t have access to the site’s financials so if that flat profit charge needs to be 2 or 3 cents, I can understand. Option 3: Transaction Charge. Give the Buyer the average pricing tool but charge them a flat fee for every purchase they make. I’m thinking like $0.25 cents. That $0.25 cents is split between Bricklink and the Seller however they see fit. I think I might lose the support of Buyers on this one, but as someone pointed out – Lego is not a traditional marketplace. If Buyers or Sellers leave the marketplace there is no one to take their place. We all gotta give a little bit. 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

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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 - Rob_and_Shelagh (26344)

[...] That would make a lot of sense if we have final shipped order prices in the calculation - i.e. automated checkout but without it, it's a nonsense. The other 2 options [...] (88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

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

Option 2 is just plain awful. It is price fixing. It is assuming sellers will say exactly what they paid for each part (which is impossible to know in many cases). [...] (88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

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