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| | | Author: | thewolf06  | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2017 23:22 | | Subject: | DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 404 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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| | | | | Author: | viejos | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2017 23:25 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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LOL!
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| | | | | Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2017 23:39 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 148 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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While they do that- they should close the site altogether too!!! :p
All due respect; when you post non-sense suggestions- BL admins do look as them,
in my experience BL staff has been helpful whenever i needed actual help and
they seem to be understaffed (probably so they won't have to raise our reasonable
seller's fees) so perhaps we can give them a break from non-sense suggestions
that may take their attention away from helping users.
I try to post my non-sense rants away from the suggestions and admin sections
so they can attend to more pressing needs.
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| | | | | | | Author: | viejos | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2017 23:45 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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While they do that- they should close the site altogether too!!! :p
All due respect; when you post non-sense suggestions- BL admins do look as them,
in my experience BL staff has been helpful whenever i needed actual help and
they seem to be understaffed (probably so they won't have to raise our reasonable
seller's fees) so perhaps we can give them a break from non-sense suggestions
that may take their attention away from helping users.
I try to post my non-sense rants away from the suggestions and admin sections
so they can attend to more pressing needs.
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One thing I have noticed recently is that the site admins are reading the suggestions
and starting to process the backlog from years back. They are taking the risk
of either implementing or discarding the suggestions, and that hasn't really
been done since Dan passed away. It takes courage and a well-defined sense of
where the site is headed in order to do this, and I'm glad it's happening.
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| | | | | | | Author: | thewolf06 | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2017 23:55 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 137 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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While they do that- they should close the site altogether too!!! :p
All due respect; when you post non-sense suggestions- BL admins do look as them,
in my experience BL staff has been helpful whenever i needed actual help and
they seem to be understaffed (probably so they won't have to raise our reasonable
seller's fees) so perhaps we can give them a break from non-sense suggestions
that may take their attention away from helping users.
I try to post my non-sense rants away from the suggestions and admin sections
so they can attend to more pressing needs.
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Well, its only as much nonsense as the rest of the posts, actually this might
make more sense. If a buyer can not compare the prices in a wanted list to other
sellers, then what is the point of a price guide? People keep trying to throw
in the, ohhhh its extra to have a good seller, its costs to have good customer
service,...... oh to pack an item correctly you have to pay more......etc etc....
Well, its very simple! TAKE THE ENTIRE PRICE GUIDE AWAY
That way, every seller can price EVERY SINGLE ITEM, based upon their own preferece
of PRICE, what kind of service they offer, packing, and sentimental value. A
simple 1x1 white brick might be 3 cents to you, but they are my favorite and
I pacakge mine in a titanium wrapper, so my brick is $75.
NO COMPARISON FEATURE, NO NEED FOR A PRICE GUIDE
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Smron | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 01:27 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 120 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
Well, its only as much nonsense as the rest of the posts, actually this might
make more sense. If a buyer can not compare the prices in a wanted list to other
sellers, then what is the point of a price guide? People keep trying to throw
in the, ohhhh its extra to have a good seller, its costs to have good customer
service,...... oh to pack an item correctly you have to pay more......etc etc....
Well, its very simple! TAKE THE ENTIRE PRICE GUIDE AWAY
That way, every seller can price EVERY SINGLE ITEM, based upon their own preferece
of PRICE, what kind of service they offer, packing, and sentimental value. A
simple 1x1 white brick might be 3 cents to you, but they are my favorite and
I pacakge mine in a titanium wrapper, so my brick is $75.
NO COMPARISON FEATURE, NO NEED FOR A PRICE GUIDE
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No need to have a meltdown. Millions of transactions have been made without the
price comparison feature. We used the price guide. It worked. You have to do
some math and stuff.
What if you had been using the price comparison feature to pick a store, and
then go to that store only to find that you pay a $3.00 fee for placing an order
on a Monday, or a $4.00 fee for ordering only red bricks? Ridiculous examples,
I know, but there are stores with so many different types of fees that you need
to hire an accountant to know if it's a good deal or not.
How is it fair to anybody to have some sellers undercutting everybody on their
prices, and then piling on the extra charges, therefore taking advantage of customers
who don't hunt for the best overall deal, and also avoiding BrickLink fees
by doing it this way?
Until such time when a price comparison feature can also indicate what kind of
extra fees you would be paying, it's better the old way.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | bb398322 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 01:43 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1977_mauro | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 02:50 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| A simple answer to that: Because you are not allowed to...
In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 06:56 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mikmo | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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The same goes for lot limit fees, packaging fees or whatever fees sellers charge.
Mikael / MikMo
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mockingbird | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 08:37 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mikmo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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The same goes for lot limit fees, packaging fees or whatever fees sellers charge.
Mikael / MikMo
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I do charge (the actual) paypal fees, because as a seller I need to pay these
fees to paypal for receiving money. And I find that it can be a significant amount
of money.
In the future I might change this, but not yet.
I also charge a 'handling' fee, but am considering to no longer do this.
My handling fee goes toward package material.
It takes a while to find how to price your items so you can cover all costs and
still make a bit of money.
Lot limit fees I never understood and I tend to avoid stores that have these.
I also avoid stores that charge a flat rate of 5% paypal fees, because that is
not the actual fee.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Brettj666 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 10:19 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:
| | In Suggestions, mikmo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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The same goes for lot limit fees, packaging fees or whatever fees sellers charge.
Mikael / MikMo
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I do charge (the actual) paypal fees, because as a seller I need to pay these
fees to paypal for receiving money. And I find that it can be a significant amount
of money.
In the future I might change this, but not yet.
I also charge a 'handling' fee, but am considering to no longer do this.
My handling fee goes toward package material.
It takes a while to find how to price your items so you can cover all costs and
still make a bit of money.
Lot limit fees I never understood and I tend to avoid stores that have these.
I also avoid stores that charge a flat rate of 5% paypal fees, because that is
not the actual fee.
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As a seller, I also have to pay the paypal fees too. Everyone does.
But I know that if I had to take paypal away, many many orders wouldn't happen.
So it's a cost of doing business.
The thing that you won't know is how many orders don't you get because
of these fees being added on and what difference does that make to your bottom
line.
One of the first things I check is if you charge me extra to pay you.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | DINKACOLs | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 10:23 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:
| | In Suggestions, mikmo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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The same goes for lot limit fees, packaging fees or whatever fees sellers charge.
Mikael / MikMo
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I do charge (the actual) paypal fees, because as a seller I need to pay these
fees to paypal for receiving money. And I find that it can be a significant amount
of money.
In the future I might change this, but not yet.
I also charge a 'handling' fee, but am considering to no longer do this.
My handling fee goes toward package material.
It takes a while to find how to price your items so you can cover all costs and
still make a bit of money.
Lot limit fees I never understood and I tend to avoid stores that have these.
I also avoid stores that charge a flat rate of 5% paypal fees, because that is
not the actual fee.
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As a seller, I also have to pay the paypal fees too. Everyone does.
But I know that if I had to take paypal away, many many orders wouldn't happen.
So it's a cost of doing business.
The thing that you won't know is how many orders don't you get because
of these fees being added on and what difference does that make to your bottom
line.
One of the first things I check is if you charge me extra to pay you.
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To piggyback on this point, if stores were operating as brick and mortar store
fronts handling over the counter transactions, the credit card machine vendors
charge monthly fees and rental charges on top of the percentage of each card
swipe. Paypal is actual one of the least expensive ways to receive payment. For
small businesses, some banks even charge volume check and cash deposit fees if
too many pieces of paper come across their counter. Everyone has their hand out
when you're making money.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Brettj666 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 10:43 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DINKACOLs writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:
| | In Suggestions, mikmo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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The same goes for lot limit fees, packaging fees or whatever fees sellers charge.
Mikael / MikMo
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I do charge (the actual) paypal fees, because as a seller I need to pay these
fees to paypal for receiving money. And I find that it can be a significant amount
of money.
In the future I might change this, but not yet.
I also charge a 'handling' fee, but am considering to no longer do this.
My handling fee goes toward package material.
It takes a while to find how to price your items so you can cover all costs and
still make a bit of money.
Lot limit fees I never understood and I tend to avoid stores that have these.
I also avoid stores that charge a flat rate of 5% paypal fees, because that is
not the actual fee.
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As a seller, I also have to pay the paypal fees too. Everyone does.
But I know that if I had to take paypal away, many many orders wouldn't happen.
So it's a cost of doing business.
The thing that you won't know is how many orders don't you get because
of these fees being added on and what difference does that make to your bottom
line.
One of the first things I check is if you charge me extra to pay you.
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To piggyback on this point, if stores were operating as brick and mortar store
fronts handling over the counter transactions, the credit card machine vendors
charge monthly fees and rental charges on top of the percentage of each card
swipe. Paypal is actual one of the least expensive ways to receive payment. For
small businesses, some banks even charge volume check and cash deposit fees if
too many pieces of paper come across their counter. Everyone has their hand out
when you're making money.
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I did a toy show this weekend and have a Square device that goes into my iphone.
I get charged 3% to accept the payment, and I never thought to say "can you
pay this fee for me", because it most cases, I wouldn't have gotten that
sale if I didn't have a way to take that credit card payment.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 12:46 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | Why do German sellers charge you 5% paypal fee? I never understood this fee.
I have never charged my customers a paypal fee???
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according to Paypal's terms USA sellers are prohibited from doing passing
that expanse to their buyers. European sellers are not bound by those rules.
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European sellers are still bound by local laws.
Like French Article L112-12 of the Code monétaire et financier that prohibits
charging a fee for a given payment method.
| | I wouldn't charge paypal fees even if i was allowed to- no buyer likes to
do math while shopping for their favorite toy.
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To me, fees also mean that the seller is bean-counting but didn’t include their
costs in their prices, either to avoid Bricklink fees, to appear less expensive,
or because they like having lots of lines in their invoices (I don’t  ).
| | I'm surprised that Bricklink's admin allows this because they don't
make money on fees so sellers in EU can reduce their commission to Bricklink
by lowering their part cost and charging extra fee like this.
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Legacy’s weight….
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | perrush | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 18:14 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | To me, fees also mean that the seller is bean-counting but didn’t include their
costs in their prices, either to avoid Bricklink fees, to appear less expensive,
or because they like having lots of lines in their invoices (I don’t ).
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I charge the actual paypal fee too. Not because I like an extra line on my invoice
but because I think it's fair to those buyers paying by bank transfer.
If yu don't charge a paypal fee, it means the fee is in your brick prices.
So if a buyer pays by bank tranfer, he's actually overpaying.
Just my 2 cts. But I know other have a different opinion about it.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 18:35 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I have a hard time with bank transfers especially with the addition of % based
fees. Sellers that do this are essentially punishing buyers that want some recourse
should something go wrong with the order or the order is never sent.
Yes, it happens even to sellers that have no intentions of defrauding their buyers.
$@*# happens.
Of course, my understanding of transfers is one sided. Different geography =
different ways of life.
In Suggestions, perrush writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | To me, fees also mean that the seller is bean-counting but didn’t include their
costs in their prices, either to avoid Bricklink fees, to appear less expensive,
or because they like having lots of lines in their invoices (I don’t ).
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I charge the actual paypal fee too. Not because I like an extra line on my invoice
but because I think it's fair to those buyers paying by bank transfer.
If yu don't charge a paypal fee, it means the fee is in your brick prices.
So if a buyer pays by bank tranfer, he's actually overpaying.
Just my 2 cts. But I know other have a different opinion about it.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 19:07 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I have a hard time with bank transfers especially with the addition of % based
fees. Sellers that do this are essentially punishing buyers that want some recourse
should something go wrong with the order or the order is never sent.
Yes, it happens even to sellers that have no intentions of defrauding their buyers.
$@*# happens.
Of course, my understanding of transfers is one sided. Different geography =
different ways of life.
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Yes, geography (or, rather, politics): bank transfers are cheap (often free)
here 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 19:04 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, perrush writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | To me, fees also mean that the seller is bean-counting but didn’t include their
costs in their prices, either to avoid Bricklink fees, to appear less expensive,
or because they like having lots of lines in their invoices (I don’t ).
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I charge the actual paypal fee too. Not because I like an extra line on my invoice
but because I think it's fair to those buyers paying by bank transfer.
If yu don't charge a paypal fee, it means the fee is in your brick prices.
So if a buyer pays by bank tranfer, he's actually overpaying.
Just my 2 cts. But I know other have a different opinion about it.
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The French law I talked about (forbidding charging fees) allows the seller to
give a discount for using a given payment method (provided it’s clearly stated
before). And I have the naive idea that giving a discount is more appealing that
not charging an extra fee. At least it is to me.
(But, yes, your prices will show higher….)
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| | | | | | | Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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While they do that- they should close the site altogether too!!! :p
All due respect; when you post non-sense suggestions- BL admins do look as them,
in my experience BL staff has been helpful whenever i needed actual help and
they seem to be understaffed (probably so they won't have to raise our reasonable
seller's fees) so perhaps we can give them a break from non-sense suggestions
that may take their attention away from helping users.
I try to post my non-sense rants away from the suggestions and admin sections
so they can attend to more pressing needs.
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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.
Deleting the price guide would have some positive impacts for sellers, buyers,
and BrickLink. It would help prevent a slow downward spiraling of prices (and
profits) because there would be no easy way for stores to set their prices at
6-month averages minus 10% (or whatever). For buyers, good deals would come up
more often, as sellers would list items for what they think they can get, instead
of based on previous (possibly misleading) prices.
For BrickLink, it could become a new revenue source if they granted access for
a fee (say, $10 per month for access to the full price guide).
I am not arguing in favor of this. But I am arguing that it is not nonsense.
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Marc.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2017 13:13 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
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Deleting the price guide would have some positive impacts for sellers, buyers,
and BrickLink. It would help prevent a slow downward spiraling of prices (and
profits) because there would be no easy way for stores to set their prices at
6-month averages minus 10% (or whatever). For buyers, good deals would come up
more often, as sellers would list items for what they think they can get, instead
of based on previous (possibly misleading) prices.
For BrickLink, it could become a new revenue source if they granted access for
a fee (say, $10 per month for access to the full price guide).
I am not arguing in favor of this. But I am arguing that it is not nonsense.
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I think what would first happen is that an third-party website will do the job
of harvesting the prices and calculating averages.
“Sold” will be lost but “for sale” will still be there.
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| | | | | Author: | bdaddy360 | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2017 15:37 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | This site is going in the right direction with taking away important features
like being able to compare price. I think we need to go one step further and
COMPLETELY DELETE the PRICE GUIDE. Lets take it all away, and then there is no
comparison at all.
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While implementing this foolishness, let's have BL eleminate a store's
ability to charge a "minimum buy" . That way a buyer is no longer FORCED to purchase
extra parts they don't need so a buyer can make profits. Then prohibit lot
limits for the stores which choose to make easy profits that way. Then BL can
further determine the "value" of our LEGO for us! All LEGO parts are sold at
$xxxx no more plummeting prices!
In the end all the sales are public information and some one will get it and
just charge us to get the information,lol! Dang free will and free market. Maybe
you are to young to remember paperback price guides published yearly and monthly
for everything from action figures, baseball cards, cars, stamps, etc. LEGO is
no different.
Bdaddy360
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| | | | | | | Author: | thewolf06 | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2017 23:28 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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While implementing this foolishness, let's have BL eleminate a store's
ability to charge a "minimum buy" . That way a buyer is no longer FORCED to purchase
extra parts they don't need so a buyer can make profits. Then prohibit lot
limits for the stores which choose to make easy profits that way. Then BL can
further determine the "value" of our LEGO for us! All LEGO parts are sold at
$xxxx no more plummeting prices!
In the end all the sales are public information and some one will get it and
just charge us to get the information,lol! Dang free will and free market. Maybe
you are to young to remember paperback price guides published yearly and monthly
for everything from action figures, baseball cards, cars, stamps, etc. LEGO is
no different.
Bdaddy360
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Actually, I was being saracstic at the way bricklink has taken away a feature
that every buyer would actually use and a feature that I have used multiple times.
Maybe your too young to remember sarcasm.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2017 03:28 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
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While implementing this foolishness, let's have BL eleminate a store's
ability to charge a "minimum buy" . That way a buyer is no longer FORCED to purchase
extra parts they don't need so a buyer can make profits. Then prohibit lot
limits for the stores which choose to make easy profits that way. Then BL can
further determine the "value" of our LEGO for us! All LEGO parts are sold at
$xxxx no more plummeting prices!
In the end all the sales are public information and some one will get it and
just charge us to get the information,lol! Dang free will and free market. Maybe
you are to young to remember paperback price guides published yearly and monthly
for everything from action figures, baseball cards, cars, stamps, etc. LEGO is
no different.
Bdaddy360
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Actually, I was being saracstic at the way bricklink has taken away a feature
that every buyer would actually use and a feature that I have used multiple times.
Maybe your too young to remember sarcasm.
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1000 + orders placed - never used the feature you are talking about and I am
more than confident there are many others. You cannot say every buyer would use
cause that just isn't factual. Some buyers may use would be more accurate.
Doing away with the price guide is not a good idea and voted no - what would
be the point of that anyway?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2017 09:52 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | Actually, I was being saracstic [sic] at the way bricklink [sic] has taken away a
feature that every buyer would actually use and a feature that I have used
multiple times. Maybe your [sic] too young to remember sarcasm.
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I have placed over 320 transactions on BrickLink over my almost 8 years here,
and I have never needed or used this feature once it was implemented. I just
don't shop that way. So please keep your hyperbole in the realm of possibility
that *some* people used the feature.
Cheers,
Randy
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | NavySTi | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2017 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | In Suggestions, thewolf06 writes:
| | Actually, I was being saracstic [sic] at the way bricklink [sic] has taken away a
feature that every buyer would actually use and a feature that I have used
multiple times. Maybe your [sic] too young to remember sarcasm.
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I have placed over 320 transactions on BrickLink over my almost 8 years here,
and I have never needed or used this feature once it was implemented. I just
don't shop that way. So please keep your hyperbole in the realm of possibility
that *some* people used the feature.
Cheers,
Randy
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I don't have the history that Randy has, but in the 25 or so purchases I've
made, I honestly didn't even notice the +/- thing. I looked for the higher
priced items, compared with the 6mo avg, and occasionally looked at lower priced
items if I was buying a big bulk of them....but didn't even notice the +/-
thing....so can't say I'm sorry to see it go. Not sure I'd use it
even if it came back, either...
Robert
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