Author:  Gaston.La.Brick  Posted:  May 31, 2023 12:07  Subject:  Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation"  Viewed:  227 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Open  Vote: [Yes|No] Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Gaston.La.Brick (1841) Location:  Belgium Member Since Contact Type Status Nov 12, 2016 Seller  Store: The Rolling Bricks

It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes with a large gap, but usually with a small gap. When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time. My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation" box to reach the min. buy treshold. Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight and dimensions of my order. You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus is automatically donated to charity).

Message Has 10 Replies:

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - BricksOfFaith (149)

Voted yes. However, I do wonder if people would take advantage of this, and we would never again see a store with no minimum buy…. 😬 (12 months ago, May 31, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - SylvainLS (46)

[...] Can’t you just contact the store? Also, if a seller wants to do that, they could remove their min buy and put a fee for small orders instead. They could even make custom, [...] (12 months ago, May 31, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - PlanetEarthToys (117)

[...] we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want, buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00. simple (12 months ago, May 31, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - yorbrick (1185)

[...] Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller accept a [...] (12 months ago, May 31, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - cosmicray (3492)

[...] The correct way to solve this, is to implement a (seller optional) variable service charge. The service charge being the positive difference between the sub-total [...] (12 months ago, Jun 2, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - saramago (2262)

[...] You can always ask the seller to increase the price of the part(s) you want to buy. (12 months ago, Jun 2, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - Admin_Russell

[...] You can do it this way: (URL) (12 months ago, Jun 2, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - enig (6342)

[...] Voted YES. However when I am facing this problem I just go sort the sellers inventory by the price and see if I could use some of the more expensive items. This way I [...] (12 months ago, Jun 2, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" - wildchicken13 (876)

[...] You could always contact the seller and ask if they would be willing to make an exception, but you can't force someone to make a sale they don't want. (12 months ago, Jun 6, 2023, to Suggestions)

(Cancelled) - wildchicken13 (876)

(Cancelled) (12 months ago, Jun 6, 2023, to Suggestions)

40 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 « - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - BricksOfFaith (149) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - SylvainLS (46) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - SylvainLS (46) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Nubs_Select (3777) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - PlanetEarthToys (117) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 - PlanetEarthToys (117) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - 1001bricks (52384) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 11 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 12 - 1001bricks (52384) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
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 Msg 14 - PlanetEarthToys (117) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
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 Msg 17 - 1001bricks (52384) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 18 - PlanetEarthToys (117) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 19 - yorbrick (1185) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 20 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago May 31, 2023 to Suggestions
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 Msg 22 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 23 - 1001bricks (52384) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 24 - cosmicray (3492) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 25 - 1001bricks (52384) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 26 - yorbrick (1185) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
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 Msg 28 - cosmicray (3492) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 29 - saramago (2262) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 30 - Admin_Russell 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 31 - StarBrick (7072) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 32 - 1001bricks (52384) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 33 - PlanetEarthToys (117) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 34 - StarBrick (7072) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 35 - PlanetEarthToys (117) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 36 - wildchicken13 (876) 12 months ago Jun 7, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 37 - Gaston.La.Brick (1841) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 38 - enig (6342) 12 months ago Jun 2, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 39 - wildchicken13 (876) 12 months ago Jun 6, 2023 to Suggestions
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