| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Apocalypse  | | Posted: | Jan 7, 2023 01:14 | | Subject: | Discount Discussion | | Viewed: | 145 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| The thread SDF_Bricks started “Buyers asking for a discount” (https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1385426)
got me wondering (enough to stop lurking,) sellers what do you consider a “large
order”?
I’ve seen in some store terms, in various forum posts generally, and in the aforementioned
post in particular, that some sellers are open to offering discounts when e.g.
a buyer is buying a large quantity, if the buyer is buying entire lots, or over
some monetary threshold.
I am particularly intrigued by comments that some sellers would consider offering
a discount in the event that a buyer would otherwise walk away from a store because
one lot is not cost-competitive where others might be. I find myself in that
situation somewhat frequently, where I want to buy (or buy more) from a store,
but because one lot is not cost-competitive I don’t proceed with that store.
But what is rarely clear to me is what those thresholds are. I suppose I should
just message sellers that mention this but I am always afraid this will be insulting
to the seller. I hope to be respectful to the many great sellers here. I am especially
worried that such messages could seem like extortion and disrespectful even if
worded carefully: “I want to buy $1000 dollars worth of parts from you, including
buying all of your part XYZ. Your part XYZ is $0.03 more than what I am seeing
available in the market…” maybe I just don’t know how to word such messages.
I imagine a seller getting such a message would say “then go buy somewhere else…”
and stoplist me.
On the other hand I have bought what I feel are large quantities from really
great and fair sellers and I wouldn’t feel right asking for a discount as I think
they are already offering fair prices and I want to fairly value their costs
and efforts. In the cases where I feel the price is fine, the choice to buy is
obvious (and I have done so,) but I am wondering about the other cases.
I realize there are many factors that might play into what a store considered
a large order:
Type of store (parts-focused, sets-focused, mix)
Size of store
Length in business
Time of year
Location
This is of course a non-exhaustive list.
Apologies for a rambling message but I suppose I’m hoping for more discussion.
Thanks for reading and considering my questions/thoughts.
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USA, Idaho
