| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | popsicle  | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Spam | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, v100Bricks writes:
| | Would seem to be harsh on new users that may need genuine help. Especially considering
the delays with the help desk just now.
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Considered that and why focusing on link restriction only. Don't think new
users need to post links to get the help needed
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| Author: | v100Bricks | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: Spam | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Would seem to be harsh on new users that may need genuine help. Especially considering
the delays with the help desk just now.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:28 | | Subject: | Spam | | Viewed: | 202 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Circling back to: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=145974
Seems to me anyway, that simply restricting zero feedback members the use of
links in the forum, would immediately eliminate most current spam posts and deter
future ones. Haven’t been looking that close at these posts, but from what I’ve
seen, it’s presenting links they have as a common purpose or motivation. Removing
motivation is often a subtle yet effective tack in life.
Could be that it’s not all that simple, technically to implement. I don’t know,
but if doable, why not? Personally don't find the spam posts all that bothersome.
Many do though, and if there's an easy fix to tidy things up a bit...
-popsicle
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 10:52 | | Subject: | Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Ra writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.
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That is for regular people and companies. I'm sure they could find a way
round if they wanted to do it. Such as having three different LEGO BL stores,
one for standard parts, one for bestsellers Europe and one for bestsellers North
America, or however many locations they ship from.
But it would still go back on what they said originally, and I think would damage
new parts sales from regular sellers who would then shift their stores completely
to brickowl. Moving both used and new parts sellers, moving customers and losing
BL fees.
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We don't know how lucrative PaB is, but I am sure it isn't just for the
benefit of lego enthusiasts. If TLG were to capture more actual sales then just
fees, I am sure they would be making more money then just fees alone. So if a
brick only costs a few cents to manufacture and they can capture the same profit
as PaB that will be more than 3-2% of what a part sells for on here.
Example:
PaB part cost to manufacture, 5 cents, sells for 10 cents that is 5 cent profit.
Where a seller sells that part at 10 cents TLG makes 2 cents (from a major seller).
Sure you can say but TLG has overhead, where? They are already manufacturing,
storing, sorting for sets and PaB so no additional overhead.
TLG has a global foot print, way more than any seller has on here along with
better shipping rate options.
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Sure they could try to capture more of the market for inividual new parts, but
at what long term cost? They cannot keep up with PAB standard as it is. PAB best
seller is OK for speed but that s relatively small inventory.
If they aim to kill small businesses selling on bricklink then there is little
point in owning bricklink. Longer term,it would be worse for sellers and buyers.
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| Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 09:10 | | Subject: | Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.
|
That is for regular people and companies. I'm sure they could find a way
round if they wanted to do it. Such as having three different LEGO BL stores,
one for standard parts, one for bestsellers Europe and one for bestsellers North
America, or however many locations they ship from.
But it would still go back on what they said originally, and I think would damage
new parts sales from regular sellers who would then shift their stores completely
to brickowl. Moving both used and new parts sellers, moving customers and losing
BL fees.
|
We don't know how lucrative PaB is, but I am sure it isn't just for the
benefit of lego enthusiasts. If TLG were to capture more actual sales then just
fees, I am sure they would be making more money then just fees alone. So if a
brick only costs a few cents to manufacture and they can capture the same profit
as PaB that will be more than 3-2% of what a part sells for on here.
Example:
PaB part cost to manufacture, 5 cents, sells for 10 cents that is 5 cent profit.
Where a seller sells that part at 10 cents TLG makes 2 cents (from a major seller).
Sure you can say but TLG has overhead, where? They are already manufacturing,
storing, sorting for sets and PaB so no additional overhead.
TLG has a global foot print, way more than any seller has on here along with
better shipping rate options.
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