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 Author: spdif76 View Messages Posted By spdif76
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 07:16
 Subject: ADVANCED Minimal buy ammount override button
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spdif76 (255)

Location:  Hungary, Fejér
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If there is a Minimal buy ammount in a shop, I suggest a new button:

"I'm ready to pay the minimum buy ammount of the shop, even if my order doesn't
reach it."
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 07:55
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In Suggestions, spdif76 writes:
  If there is a Minimal buy ammount in a shop, I suggest a new button:

"I'm ready to pay the minimum buy ammount of the shop, even if my order doesn't
reach it."

Hi,

You can always contact the store to ask for the Bypassword.
 Author: spdif76 View Messages Posted By spdif76
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 10:08
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spdif76 (255)

Location:  Hungary, Fejér
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What if there is no Bypassword? Or the shop owner doesn't want to share it
with an unknown client?

For example a customer hunts a rare element, he finds it in a shop, but that
single brick doesn't reach the minimum buy ammount. There is no need for
other parts, the buyer doesn't want to organize a common order with others
to reach it. In this case this button will be wort.
 Author: FigBits View Messages Posted By FigBits
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 12:25
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FigBits (3554)

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In Suggestions, spdif76 writes:
  What if there is no Bypassword? Or the shop owner doesn't want to share it
with an unknown client?

For example a customer hunts a rare element, he finds it in a shop, but that
single brick doesn't reach the minimum buy ammount. There is no need for
other parts, the buyer doesn't want to organize a common order with others
to reach it. In this case this button will be wort.


Can't they just add other small but expensive parts to come up to the minimum?


There used to be a few stores that had lots for sale that consisted of nothing.
So, $0.01 for air. Buyers could add these "nothing" parts to come up to the minimum
shipping. It did what you described, but it was clunky.

Really, just add other stuff.


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Marc.
 Author: spdif76 View Messages Posted By spdif76
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 14:18
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spdif76 (255)

Location:  Hungary, Fejér
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Sometimes we _really_ don't need any other bricks.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 14:56
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SylvainLS (46)

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In Suggestions, spdif76 writes:
  Sometimes we _really_ don't need any other bricks.

Haha. Got me. Thought you were serious for a second there.
 Author: spdif76 View Messages Posted By spdif76
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 15:32
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spdif76 (255)

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OK, you are right!



More exactly:

Sometimes we really don't need more brick from a certain shop.
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 Author: mandr View Messages Posted By mandr
 Posted: Nov 26, 2016 11:21
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mandr (260)

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In Suggestions, spdif76 writes:
  If there is a Minimal buy ammount in a shop, I suggest a new button:

"I'm ready to pay the minimum buy ammount of the shop, even if my order doesn't
reach it."

I've always wished we had this feature - I could get rid of so many odds
and ends on my wanted lists that way. Stores could allow the button to be toggled,
or not if they didn't want to deal with the complication of charging the
minimum.

Sometimes contacting the store owner can take a few days turnaround to get a
response, and in some cases, they don't respond. Padding an order up with
pieces you don't need to meet the minimum runs the risk of increasing shipping
costs and seems wasteful.
 Author: Mikulius View Messages Posted By Mikulius
 Posted: Jan 4, 2017 23:56
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Mikulius (79)

Location:  Finland, Kainuu
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In Suggestions, spdif76 writes:
  If there is a Minimal buy ammount in a shop, I suggest a new button:

"I'm ready to pay the minimum buy ammount of the shop, even if my order doesn't
reach it."

Keep it simple, no special buttons. Some bulk stores has so high minimum order,
that bypassing that too easily leads for trouble.
 Author: Rakali View Messages Posted By Rakali
 Posted: Jan 5, 2017 01:11
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Rakali (1836)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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A few times I have had to fill the minimum order with small cheap items like
technic pins and then tell the seller that I just don't need them and I'm
happy just with the other parts.

For me this mostly happens when I need a few rarer parts for a model and I have
to buy used. I don't sell used and I try not to build with used if possible
so no parts is better than padded parts in those situations.

There definitely does need to be a better solution to the bypass password though.
Before I set my minimum order to £6 and removed all fees I was happy to take
single part orders as the buyer was covering the packaging and PP fees so I wasn't
making a loss.

I have the bypass password on my splash page but no-one has used it in the month
it's been there. Maybe the wanted list auto fill could say -BYPASS AVAILABLE-
or something on stores where the minimum order isn't met but there is a bypass
password.