  
| Author: | bb314137  | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2013 06:46 | | Subject: | Re: Thoughts on instant checkout & postage... | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, enig writes:
| | In Suggestions, Timothy_Smith writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brick_Top writes:
| | I think I didn't make the thing clear enough.
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Possible I didn't read clearly enough. 
I did notice that it's optional.
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In my solution, bricklink would only give away the system, the options to do
your thing. They should make the "options" to consider weight, bulky parts, dimensions,
fees, etc. Then, the seller is the one who fills out the forms and the
prices.
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Well this is far worse than having a central solution.
At least in my country, with our current postal regulations.
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and how exactly would you imagine that "central solution"?
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L beat me to posting about this. A central solution would be no solution.
A central solution would need a couple of guys researching all postage costs,
keeping the system updated, etc. And those couple of guys would not do it for
free. And you don't want fees to go up, or at least for this thing, right?
On the other hand, BL providing the tools, and each one implementing it's
own postage costs, would be the right thing to do.
Firstly, you get people with different rates. You have people that use online
rates, or over-the-counter rates. I bet someone here works in the PO and gets
other rates, other people have contracts with couriers with different rates.
HOW in the world are you expecting a team of developers to figure this thing
out, for each one?
Secondly, people want to charge what they want to. Let's be real, if instant
checkout is implemented, someone charging 2$ more than actual cost, is not going
to stop doing it. I don't want a system telling me what I need to charge,
I want the tools to make my own system.
By providing people the tools, they would be able to customize it to their own
needs. I mean, if they are able to create a shipping chart, and I'm sure
that every store willing to implement this has a shipping chart already, why
not input that chart into the system? Is it that big of a difference?
Just like the catalog, opposed to having two or three guys adding items to the
catalog, creating inventories and submitting pictures, etc., BL's user base
provides all this pictures and information. It's impossible to have 3 people
research and implement shipping fees for all stores, but having 2,000 people
implementing their own shipping charges is feasible.
Those who feel that they would loose sales with this feature, well, don't
implement it in your shop, but let the people who want it do it. As someone said,
"live and let live", or "live and let die", if you get the reference. 
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Many countries have different regulations, and then even some bigger sellers
within same countries have contracts with different shipping companies.
Who would create a centralized system to fit it all, and who would be responsible
for miscalculations?
US is probably an exception, since you guys make up quite a large population
of BL  So maybe I see a system created just for you, but I already see a never
ending stream of complaints of unhappy users too. "I have been charged $2.5 while
stamps on the envelope say $1.87!! What a ripoff!!!"
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If you let the sellers to set the settings on their own, then there is actually
someone to take the responsibility for that.
I dont think it would be a problem to do such a thing on your own. Pre-sets could
be provided and then, with such a supportive community we have here, it should
not be hard to come up with settings that work for you.
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