Author:  CPgolfaddict  Posted:  Jan 28, 2011 10:38  Subject:  Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink  Viewed:  51 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card CPgolfaddict (6608) Location:  USA, North Carolina Member Since Contact Type Status Jan 27, 2008 Seller  Store: Git Yer Bricks Y'all

In Suggestions, Stone_Goblin writes:    In Suggestions, locutis writes:    BrickLink should setup a system where a seller would need to have a credit card to sell on BL, and BL charges the seller a small amount (say $5) to setup the store, and activate it, and verify the seller's information that is on BL against the credit card. The $5 would offset any costs associated with checking names/addresses. Once BL has a card # and a charge on it, they can verify the name and address to the card, and they know that they are dealing with a real person, at a real address. Or, maybe make this an option, and have a store icon that shows that the seller is verified. Or, perhaps make this a requirement only if the seller wishes to sell high value products, or lots of items valued at a high value. I would gladly do this for my store, to show that I'm legit and serious about selling. Locutis Resistance is futile. It is better to create incentives for commerce than prohibitions of participation. I object to the idea that one needs a credit card in order to buy OR sell items, clearly. There's nothing preventing some voluntary organization of BrickLink sellers where they could certify one another as 'trusted' merchants. You could then use a certification graphic with a link to an offsite page verifying the status of the participating seller within your group. You could optionally accept membership fees to this certification group, and if you wanted to go further to create trust with customers, set up some kind of insurance or support if participating members failed to live up to the group's standard of association. Problem solved, IMHO. John @ LibertyBRICK If we went down this sort of path, we could easily become like other ratings agency/organizations. See news in recent years in the US regarding: A. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) giving good ratings to poor companies that pay the BBB. B. Debt rating agencies that were part of the problem in the housing market bubble. (Moody's, Standard & Poor's, etc).

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Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink - Stone_Goblin (4048)

[...] It is better to create incentives for commerce than prohibitions of participation. I object to the idea that one needs a credit card in order to buy OR sell items, clearly. [...] (162 months ago, Jan 28, 2011, to Suggestions)

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Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink - Stone_Goblin (4048)

"easily"? That's a stretch, though I can see some AFOL's spending habits as being potentially harmful to their personal finances. :P The organizations you mention are large [...] (162 months ago, Jan 28, 2011, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - Locutis (69) 162 months ago Jan 28, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - eti (324) 162 months ago Jan 28, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - Rob_and_Shelagh (26342) 162 months ago Jan 28, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - Stone_Goblin (4048) 162 months ago Jan 28, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 « - CPgolfaddict (6608) 162 months ago Jan 28, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - Stone_Goblin (4048) 162 months ago Jan 28, 2011 to Suggestions
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