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Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] All that needs to happen is to make the Shipping Cost Estimator face the customer. That would already work for a majority of sellers, no matter the country. -- [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] You're right. I was wrong about that. I was thinking of re-pricing existing inventory to the 6-month average. -- Marc.
(87 months ago, Mar 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] For those of us whose BrickLink stores are trying to support us as a full-time job, that a part being too cool doesn't factor into it. It's a business. I try [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] But tools like this enourage sellers to continue listing their parts cheaper than everyone else. That's part of the problem. And I'm not sure what you mean my [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Having such a tool encourages sellers to implement deceptive practices. Imagine two stores: One has average prices, honest shipping costs, and no hidden fees. The other [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Community Overseer: Mnementh (19666) - Oct 31, 2005 - Dec 27, 2013 (URL)
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Counterfiet Set Reporting - FigBits (3560)

[...] This would be the first that I have heard of clones actually having LEGO on the studs. Do you have a photo that highlights the differences ("minor differences in [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] I am not ignoring any of it. Nothing that you have written above addresses what I wrote below, but I will answer your questions anyway. I am not only shipping as parcels. [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] This is 100% false. I don't know why it keeps coming up. We know with absolute certainty that automato shipping calculation need not result in overcharging for shipping. [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] Actually, it already exists on BrickLink as well. It just isn't customer-facing. -- Marc.
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] BL doesn't need to. The sellers would. The solution ALREADY EXISTS on other sites, so we know that it is possible. -- Marc.
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Keep human nature in mind. I have mentioned that I am on the fence about this issue. But your annoying campaigning convinced me to vote No. -- Marc. (Also [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 15, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Better Forum - FigBits (3560)

[...] I very much disagree there, at least compared to a flat view. Having a branching tree is a huge benefit. One improvement would be to be able to collapse a branch (as [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 15, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] You are really not helping your case with statements like that. It makes it clear that you have no idea what a free market is. So, people reading this could easily think [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... - FigBits (3560)

[...] I don't think it's a nonsense suggestion. It may not be a good idea, and it might not even have been serious, but I do think that it is an idea worth considering. [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] As I mentioned, the votes don't matter. BrickLink created this feature because they thought it would be a good thing overall. Lots of people complained about it [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] It's complicated. In the short term, it benefits some sellers and not others. (Sellers who have been racing to the bottom for prices will likely see fewer orders [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Buyers can use BrickStock. (And I believe that most sellers do not.) [...] I have long argued that BL's policies have favored sellers over buyers, and [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] I'm not really sure what that means. BrickLink's presumed motive is to be successful. That usually translates into being profitable (though the owner is [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] From the sounds of your previous post, that's not what would happen. Rather, you would find the best price for the item you need, and then add some extra stuff from [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Another anti-scam idea - FigBits (3560)

[...] The people who would need to read it wouldn't read it. We are trying to protect people who naively jump at the chance to send unsecured payments to strangers who [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 3, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% - FigBits (3560)

[...] I'm pretty sure it is, actually. If the purchase qualifies for buyer protection, the buyer is protected (regardless of whether Paypal can successfully recover [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 2, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% - FigBits (3560)

[...] The risk is that for the scammers who put in that extra work, their account now looks a lot more trustworthy, so when they move on to the scam, they are a lot more likely [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 2, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines - FigBits (3560)

[...] I do also see the alternating shades for each line. However, this doesn't do a lot to avoid the issue of having to scroll horizontally (and potentially losing [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 2, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Date of parts listed within a store - FigBits (3560)

[...] You can (see screenshot below). I'm not really sure of the intended use, but I've used it once in a while. If I notice someone has a bunch of an item [...]
(89 months ago, Jan 31, 2017, to Suggestions)

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