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| | | Author: | Ra  | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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The assumption is bricklink is the best possible sales interface and inventory
management system. I couldn't imagine amazon running a successful business
using this inventory system. How many inventory locations does Amazon have for
one item. The difference is Amazon has an independent inventory for stock room,
reciept of goods, shipping, order processing.
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| | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Ra writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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The assumption is bricklink is the best possible sales interface and inventory
management system. I couldn't imagine amazon running a successful business
using this inventory system. How many inventory locations does Amazon have for
one item. The difference is Amazon has an independent inventory for stock room,
reciept of goods, shipping, order processing.
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Okaaay... I wasn't comparing Bricklink to Amazon. I certainly don't
claim that Bricklink's inventory management system is the best possible,
but it does let sellers eliminate duplicate lots and even warns a seller when
creating a new duplicate lot.
David
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| | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 16:28 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, Ra writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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The assumption is bricklink is the best possible sales interface and inventory
management system. I couldn't imagine amazon running a successful business
using this inventory system. How many inventory locations does Amazon have for
one item. The difference is Amazon has an independent inventory for stock room,
reciept of goods, shipping, order processing.
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Okaaay... I wasn't comparing Bricklink to Amazon. I certainly don't
claim that Bricklink's inventory management system is the best possible,
but it does let sellers eliminate duplicate lots and even warns a seller when
creating a new duplicate lot.
David
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I work with other stores buying inventory and I get a commission, off of the
lot/set/parts i purchased. so it would look like "Bin: MA 0034 80%".
If we merge lots it could dilute the cost that i paid. keeping it all within
bricklink minimizes errors and simplifies the process without additional fields
it makes this along with other processes more difficult.
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