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Flat between Bastille and the Marais
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|Rue Sedaine, 75011 Paris, Франция
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This flat is located inside Paris, very near the Bastille – Marais areas. Bastille and Marais are located only 10 minutes by walk. The flat has easy connections with the major tourists attractions such as the Louvre Museum and Notre Dame (10 minutes), Champs Elysées (20 minutes). It can be reach easily by every airports and train stations. The flat is very quiet overlooking a courtyard. The flat is very bright. Walking distances from the apartment are: 3 minutes for the nearest metro station (metro stop Voltaire) and bus. The area is safe and quiet. For several days or more, benefit from the large space of the apartment with a living room with a fully equipped kitchen, an "almost" separated bedroom located on a mezzanine. The bathroom is fully equipped. The flat has been fully renovated in June 2007. So flat and equipement are brand new.
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We stayed in this spacious appartment for 4 days (weekend). The location is perfect, nearby parking space, subway and shopping area of Les Halles - Beaubourg.
It's a 10 min. walk to Quartier Latin, Place des Vosges (Marais). The only remarks we have are a loud neighbour (below the appartment) who, when drunk, likes to play music all night long and a sofa which cannot be considered as a bed. Besides this, I would recommend this appartment.
Nice place close to the station but was a little small for 3 people. Hosts were nice and provided good directions to pick up the key.
Everything would be OK except the fact that someone has enetered our flat while we were sightseeing and has left us a message that they also have booked this flat for same days. Don`t know whos fault is it but it shouldn't happened.
Nice appartment and very central situated! The neighbourhood was very quiet.
// Family Astrom
It is a nice apartment in a very good area. Very central. We enjoyed the atmospere of the apartment, good choice of furniture. It was very quiet and contained everything we needed. The only thing we didn't like was the bathroom which looked kind of moldy.
The location of the flat is fantastically close to the Arc de Triomphe with a lovely bakery at the top of the nearest metro stairs. However I believe there are many disadvantages to this flat. The process by which you collect the keys in one paiftar the city & then travel to the flat in another part of the city (using 4 entrance codes in total!) could be improved. Also, we were disappointed with the flat itself. It was not clean, the bathroom had hairs in it & the extractor fan was clogged with dust. There was only one wine glass which was cracked! You had to be very careful when sitting on the sofa bed when it was a bed as one side buckled. The flat is not a light & airy flat if that is what you are looking for.
NICE SMALL FLAT - PERFECT FOR 4 Persons, very central with shopping possibilities and Bars and also 200 meter to next Metro !! We had a perfect stay
Nicely decorated appartment. Lots of space for your stuff and spacious enough for us (two adults, two kids), even when friends came to visit. Unfortunately, some things were broken on arrival. They were however quickly fixed after e-mailing this. Walking distance to the metro is fine. Appartment is on the third floor, no elevator, so be sure not to bring to heavy bags.
The apartment was fine, and well located close to metro, restaurants etc., however the bathroom was quite old and small. If you are on the older side (thankfully none of us were) climbing over the bath to get into the shower would be a challenge! The wire for the upstairs heater was cut so those staying there froze the first night. We requested blankets but had to go past the office (in a cab) to pick these up ourselves. Very inconvenient. Staff were nice and easy to deal with, except for the blanket incident and the fact we had to chase up the email directions for how to get the keys, which we received one day before arrival.
This was the most horrible experience I have ever had. After booking and paying an extra price for included cleaning for this flat, we arrived to a dirty apartment with dust and hair all over the floor and the most disgusting bathroom with a wet towel lying on the floor. We called the host a several times and she promised to send someone but no one came. If you think this is the worst part, the next four days of our stay we had no WIFI, no warm water and electricity coming and going. On top of all this, when we called the emergency phone nr they would either not answer at all our hang up on us when trying to tell them to help us. The ONLY good thing was the location of the flat. It is in a lively and beautiful area with many cafés, restaurants and minimarkets just around the corner. And also the metro connections were very good. But I would never book this or any other flat that is owned by this user. Because despite expecting the worst of it, it was worse than worst.
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Base for hiking trip very nice bio food lokal food ( we had the insel menu )
The reception we received on arrival was excellent as we were greeted by name. The staff tried very hard to accommodate our every desire. We liked the fact that our son who's 3 was well catered for during mealtimes, with child size cutlery and menus provided. He also had a complimentary gown. Our room was spacious, and the bed very comfortable.
The only downside was that we would have preferred a bathroom with a tub instead of just a shower. Would have liked brochures advertisig special packages to be in English as well.
As usual I had an excellent stay in this hotel. Good beds, clean rooms and an excellent breakfast.
Great hotel. Friendly staff and very good breakfast.
Comfortable room; excellent breakfast
Service was excellent and friendly. Rooms very nice and the place was nice, not in the very center but near enough. Some more learning needed in restaurant service, but that looks like to be the same in all other restaurants in the area. Food very good.
This hotel is a wonderful place to relax. Great location, very nice staff and good food.
We loved this hotel, so much that we extended our stay for a couple more nights. The food was excellent - loved their breakfast and had dinner there almost everynight. Beautiful location and the staff were great. The rooms were very spacious - had 2 cribs in our room and still have plenty of room to walk around.
While we loved staying there, there were a few minor things that could improve. The pillows were ackward (big square), thus uncomfortable. The restaurant staff were very friendly, but can be a bit slow. Bring mosquito repellents in the summer. The rooms can get really warm with no a/c. Leaving the windows open usually solves the problem, but then the mosquitos run rampant. Internet is free, but very slow.
The Spa area, breakfast were great. hotel is nearby the beach.
There is only one road to where the town which hotel locates. There was 2 accidents on the day of our arrival, and the road was closed for hours w/ hundreds of others. Nothing wrong w/ the hotel location, more to say something wrong w/ the infrastructure of the Island Ruegen.
very nice hotel and location. excellent Wellness areal
Location and water views arevery nice. It was nice to have a balcony with a view. Bathroom was newer and very clean. Great proximity to beach. Restaraunt and bar wew very nice.
Furnishings and decor in room was dated which is a big drawback for me. I would recommend this hotel but note that it is slightly dated in the rooms. Spa was modern but very pricey.
The room with balcony with seaview, plenty of space, close to the beach and the village.
Staff rather reserved except the nice receptionist at our arrival.
We found the location of the Hotel excellent, good restaurant, clean and the staff was friendly.....
We had a room on the top floor...so we had to carry our luggage as there is no elevator and no help was offered ... which is a problem for older guests.
Nice and helpful staff, good location, goob breakfast buffet
No fridge in the room, no balcony (although booked 4 months prior to arrival).
Am Freitag abend gab es Schwimmen in der Therme bei Kerzenschein bis 22:30. Sehr schöne Leihbademäntel im Zimmer. Am Samstag war Frühstück bis 11:30 möglich. Der Strand und die Promenade sind gleich hinter dem Haus.
Die Handtücher im Bad waren dünn. Keine angenehme Duft in der Eingangshalle. Parkplatz kostenpflichtig.
Very good location close to the sea, rich breakfest buffet, three indoor pools, two of them with thermal watter.
We visited this hotel for the second time. This time our family room was much smaller, located just above the main entrance to the hotel, thus there was a noise especially in the morning.
Nice breakfast buffet. Good value for money.
No minibar in the room, no coffee maker or water kettle, and no vending machines in the hotel. Sigh. This was the only think I hated about my holidays: that I couldn't have my cup of tea before bed.
Great breakfast and friendly staff. Free parking was a bonus. Location was pretty good being 10 min bike ride to the beach. Needless to say it was a pretty good option given it was about the only option under 300 Euro per night.
noise from the very busy road 10 meters from the window. people standing right outside our window talking loudly at night. People smoking right outside our window. Beds could use a matress pad to make it a little softer. Staff would not remove a chair from our room to make space for the crib. This I felt was DDR mentality shining. I almost threw it out the window I was so mad.
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Yvonne Darnell of Burgess Hill in West Sussex, UK, was surprised to find a strange carrot growing in her vegetable garden.
Filling in for George, Jimmy Church (email) welcomes Gregg Housh, who'll discuss his key role in Anonymous's global protest campaign, the world of hackers and hacktivism, and the dark, deep web from the man who has been at the center of it all. Followed by Open Lines in the latter half.
Yvonne Darnell of Burgess Hill in West Sussex, UK, was surprised to find a strange carrot growing in her vegetable garden.
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Once reduced to a population of merely 56, the eye-catching ladybird spider appears poised for a second chance at survival in the UK.
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At Cocoa Beach in Florida more than 1,600 people were stung by purplish jellyfish that washed up on shore.
After losing one of her front legs and struggling to walk, Tuly, a tortoise in England, has been given a new lease on life thanks to an ingenious appendage created by her owners.
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Iceland's most active volcano, Grimsvotn, began erupting on Saturday, only a year after a towering ash cloud from another of the island's volcanoes wreaked havoc with European air traffic.
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Fight the Arc Creative Loafing is to be commended for your excellent cover article on the proposed Northern Arc ("Raiders of the Northern Arc," June 26). CL's coverage raises three important points I would like to expand upon.
First, a powerful new coalition between environmentalists, intowners and suburbanites is coalescing to fight the Northern Arc. This effort includes groups like The Georgia Conservancy and leaders like Sen. Vincent Fort. Also on the front lines are the multi-county coalition of homeowners opposed to the Northern Arc known as the Northern Arc Task Force (www.NATF.com) and the Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club.
Second, the stakes have never been higher, and decisions made today regarding the Northern Arc will surely impact the region for generations to come. The Northern Arc raises fundamental questions of what is best for the region as a whole and brings us face to face with inefficient land uses, traffic congestion, water pollution and other evils plaguing the metro region. How we as a community answer those questions will determine what kind of community we will have in the future.
Third, I firmly believe that, together, we can stop the Northern Arc. Write your ARC board members, City Council members and Mayor Franklin and make sure that they understand that the Northern Arc is an issue that impacts you, your quality of life and the continued viability of our region as a whole.
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Scott Henry: I just finished reading your article "A stranger in my pants" (June 19). Nice headline. Great piece. There was one comment you made in the article that really caught my attention (well, two, if you count the paragraphs where you so vividly described the transformation surgeries). "In Georgia, as in most states, there are no laws on the books that define what it legally means to be male or female." Well, here's one definition that I believe would end any speculation or doubt: People, if you were born with a womb, you are a WO-man. No womb, you are a man. Regardless of how many drugs you take, how much cutting or sewing you endure or how many voices you hear in your head telling you differently, this is the one constant that medicine cannot tweak.
It's not that difficult to cipher. I believe these "tweeners" are obviously confused, but also very selfish. Sounds like a lost homosexual who wants his cake and eat it, too (no pun intended). What's next, your doctor meeting you in the waiting room and yelling, "Congratulations, Mr. Henry! You are now the proud father of a beautiful baby other."
-- Kenny Johnson, Ellenwood
Aggressive, but not violent
Just as I was beginning to think that the Creative Loafing was getting palatable, Luke Boggs comes out with this reactionary article slamming the activist organization Ruckus Society (News & Views, "The price of anarchy," June 19). Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's and our homeboy Ted Turner are known to donate money to many progressive organizations. However, his claim that the Ruckus Society "spearheaded the most violent protests in recent U.S. history" is ridiculous.
While I did not attend the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, I know several Atlantans who did. Perhaps, Creative Loafing would be interested in their perspective on the so-called "most violent protests in U.S. history." True, there was violence, but it was almost entirely perpetrated by the police. Was it more violent than the Vietnam War protest at Kent State where four protestors were killed by the National Guard?
For certain, protest tactics have changed a lot since the days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, many younger protestors have turned to direct action because they believe the traditional non-violent tactics used in the 1960s will not be effective for the anti-globalization movement. Whether these new tactics such as "police confrontation strategies," "street blockades" and "urban climbing" will be effective remains to be seen, but regardless of how he may feel about anti-globalization issues, Boggs is unfair to refer to direct action as violent. I think what Boggs calls violence is more accurately called aggressiveness.
I'm not saying that all activists are non-violent all the time. Whenever a large crowd is put in a tense situation, violence is always a possibility -- when you add police provocation, the potential increases. The Ruckus Society is not to blame for the behavior of every individual protestor just because it helped organize the protest.
-- Beth Lavoie, Atlanta Honesty is best policy
Curt Holman: Thank you very much for your review of Two Gentleman of Verona (Arts, "Two gentlemen of soprano," June 26). I never expect that a reviewer will love every production we do, but I always hope that they will think and write intelligently about them. Your thoughtful review of Two Gents is one of the best pieces of theater writing I've had the pleasure of reading in quite a while. The script is, indeed, loaded with flaws, quirks, contradictions, etc., and so is this particular production of it. I think you very perceptively and honestly bring that out for both. And at the same time, you do a very nice job connecting the attempts in the production with the challenges in the play and thereby setting up a clear context for your comments.
It's more than refreshing to know that the thoughtfulness that the production received from the director, designers and actors is matched by a similar thoughtfulness on your part. Yes, it's a difficult script to tackle and I'm sure it was a difficult production to write about. Thank you for taking the time and effort to do so with such integrity. I'm sure our box office would prefer a rave review, but I'll gladly take an intelligent and honest one any day. I truly feel this is an instance where you genuinely engaged your reading audience and the production in a serious dialogue which is demeaning to neither. Thank you.
-- Richard Garner, producing artistic director, Georgia Shakespeare Festival
Award-winning awareness
I really enjoyed the "Season's best" column by Keely Brown (Vibes, June 12). Brown's awareness of the status of the arts scene in Atlanta is quite keen. I especially liked the "Worst Managerial Decision" award to the Atlanta media for not covering the International Piano Competition. I question Brown's call on "Most Over-the-Top, Irresistible Patriotic Moment." Lang Lang's performance of Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" was great, but there were at least a dozen greater ones in the American Red Cross Benefit Concert given by the ASO and ASO Chorus.
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List of energy cooperatives
This is a list of energy cooperatives. A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit.[1] Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use its services (a consumer cooperative) or by the people who work there (a worker cooperative) or by the people who live there (a housing cooperative), hybrids such as worker cooperatives that are also consumer cooperatives or credit unions, multi-stakeholder cooperatives such as those that bring together civil society and local actors to deliver community needs, and second and third tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperatives.
A 2009 study found that 23% of the newly founded cooperatives in Germany were in the energy sector. These cooperatives primarily operate wind farms, bioenergy and photovoltaic farms with local and regional scope.[2]
Energy cooperatives[edit]
- Baywind Energy Co-operative
- Brighton Energy Co-operative
- Community wind energy – projects are locally owned by farmers, investors, businesses, schools, utilities, or other public or private entities who utilize wind energy to support and reduce energy costs to the local community
- Enercoop
- Energy4All
- Ecopower
- Hepburn Wind Project
- National Wind
- Native Wind
- Som Energia
- Vineyard Power Co-operative
- Westmill Solar Co-operative
- Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative
- WindShare
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- ^ Statement on the Cooperative Identity. International Cooperative Alliance.
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I know I promised some history about Teknophage and I hope to have some stuff soon. But wanted to share this cool Bloodsucker action figure created by TMNT fan, vaughmichael13. I came up with the Bloodsucker character back in the original black and white Turtles comics (#24, I think?).
Interestingly one of the writers of Nickelodeon's TMNT cartoon series, Brandon Auman, commented on the photo, saying they had wanted to use Bloodsucker in one of the shows but had to change it when they realized they didn't own the rights!
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Hideous Rex!
I just received a copy of the collected TEKNOPHAGE from Super Genius. It includes my and Bryan Talbot's six issue run on the title along with a follow up six by Paul Jenkins and Al Davison. It was great fun to read the thing again after twenty years; especially because it brought up delicious memories of working with a pretty amazing group of creative people. I'm going to try and post some of the behind-the-scenes history of the development and execution of TEKNOPHAGE over the next week, along with a few choice scenes that catch the flavor of a kick-ass take-no-prisoners comic book from the days when such things were possible.
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Mouseguard by Rick and Kirby
Unfortunately I couldn't make it to September's Baltimore Comic Con due to deadlines. But I did get a piece done for the Mouseguard album the con published. It's a collaboration with my son, Kirby. That's me pencilling and Kirby doing the finished digital painting.No Comments »
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Long time, no blog! But I had to share this toy ad I drew that appeared in Marvel Comics in late 1977. The first STAR WARS film had come out in May of that year and caused a sensation so naturally people were jumping on the bandwagon. In this case it was Ivan Snyder of HEROES WORLD, who specialized in marketing superhero themed toys and relied on Joe Kubert and we students to illustrate his advertisements and catalogs.
This assignment fell to me, and I did everything, including redrawing the logo by hand (as we had no stats of the official logo) and the coloring (which works pretty darn good if I say so myself). The only thing I didn't do was the small lettering (which very much looks to me like Joe's hand).
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In 1988 I launched King Hell Press out of an old Airstream travel trailer that I'd gutted and retrofitted as an art studio. It was a 1950's era design and manufacture and the original owner had riveted his nickname, The Flying Dutchman, to it's prow. It looked like it had circled the country more than a few times. I knocked out a LOT of comics from it's cramped submarine-like quarters: BRAT PACK, MAXIMORTAL, 1963, a bunch of TURTLES stuff, SWAMP THING and who knows what else?
I did this pen and ink of the Dutchman parked under the maple and ash trees where it overlooked the pond. In the window you can see the small stained glass that hung right in front of my writing desk.
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The present invention is directed to a system and method for facilitating the sale of inventory and/or services on a consignment basis, for example, by utilizing the Internet, or other communication devices.
Historically, particularly in remote rural areas, sales persons or vendors traveled to their potential customers (whether retail, wholesale or raw materials) utilizing a covered wagon to store their wares. The customers would then examine these wares and the sale would be consummated. While some of these goods might carry a stated price therewith, the customers could be encouraged to bargain with the sales person before the sale was finalized. Likewise, buyers in need of services, for example, plumbing repair, carpentry, therapies, may seek out local vendors and often bargain over the price for the services before a sale is consummated.
The invention and utilization of motorized vehicles strikingly changed the demographics of our country, allowing suburbs to spring up in proximity to urban areas. The use of these vehicles changed the manner in which individuals would shop for goods or services. Rather than the sales person coming to the customers, individualized stores, shopping centers, and specialized service providers were established in which the customers traveled to these sales outlets. Based upon the size of the establishment as well as the personnel employed by the sellers, the stated sale price of a particular item could not be changed by the sales person and bargaining or haggling over this sales price was either discouraged or totally eliminated.
However, evolving technology has again altered the manner in which the buying public purchases various goods or services. This change in purchasing habits has also been precipitated by the change in the way of life of the purchasing public. For example, a large number of both partners in a marriage now work full time. When children are added to this couple's family, schedules can become very hectic. Therefore, many people are having a very difficult time finding sufficient time to comparatively shop or even travel to brick and mortar outlets to examine and purchase items. More and more of these brick and mortar stores are utilizing mail order catalogs to display their goods and to prompt the buyers to order these goods over the telephone.
Another change of technology which has altered the manner in which the public purchases goods or services would be the Internet. Virtually any company of even a modicum size has developed their own web pages allowing individuals to purchase goods or services on-line. These purchases would then be sent to the purchaser's residences without requiring the purchaser to travel to the brick and mortar establishment. Or, if a service, the customer would more conveniently and economically have the needed services provided to them.
The Internet also allows for the purchase of goods generated by a secondary market such as items owned by an individual and not the original vendor. Rather than leaving these unneeded but still usable items to waste or to consignment stores for sale, a number of Internet websites are dedicated to the sale of these items, including the sale of collectibles. U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,639, issued to Walker et al, describes such an operation. This patent is directed to a system and method for processing the sale of a secondary market item. An intermediary company would act as a vehicle allowing sellers to advertise various items on the Internet which can be purchased by respective buyers. The intermediary company would operate a website to illustrate the items for sale as well as include a purchase price. If a particular buyer wishes to purchase one or more of these sale items, the sale can be consummated over the Internet. Once this sale is consummated, a legally binding contract has been forged between the buyer and the seller. At this point, that item would be transported to the buyer and the seller would be properly compensated. It is noted that his patent contemplates the use of bargaining over the purchase price between a vendor and the buyer, with the intermediary working to coordinate the sale, negotiation, and consummation of each transaction.
The deficiencies of the prior art are addressed by the present invention which is directed to a system and method for sales of inventory through an intermediary, by facilitating a transaction between buyers and vendors directly or indirectly by means of electronic or digital communication. Although the present invention contemplates the utilization of a consignment technique, it should not be so limited and other types of sales relationships could be employed between the intermediary and the vendors. A number of vendors would advertise their goods or services through a website and/or platform developed by the intermediary. The intermediary would display images, descriptions, marketing material, and attributes of the products or services vendors wish to sell. Additionally, each of the vendors may include a suggested retail price to be associated with each of the items for sale. When a potential buyer contacts the intermediary by either logging on to the intermediary's website, by telephone, or wireless device, in conjunction with a sales catalog, the buyer would have the potential to negotiate over and purchase and/or order the goods or services advertised by one or more of the vendors. Although each of the advertised goods or services may include a suggested retail price, the present invention would contemplate that a haggling process can be entered into between the buyer and the vendor. The vendor must also inform the intermediary of a minimum sale price for each of the items. The intermediary would create or be provided with a haggle table used to produce counter offers to each of the buyer's offers. This haggling or bargaining process would continue until a final offer is made by either the buyer or the seller. At this point, if the buyer or seller accepts either parties' final offer, a sale would be consummated and the particular sales item or service would be delivered from the vendor to the buyer. It is important to note that none of the items could be sold at a price lower than the minimum sale price without the vendor's prior authorization.
Since many of the vendors utilizing the system of the present invention would be brick and mortar stores in which inventory can be depleted by sales consummated at the sellers' premises, either over the telephone, or with buyers traveling to the brick and mortar stores, it would be important for the operation of the present invention to insure that each of the vendors would be in a position to supply the sales which would be made over the intermediary's system. Therefore, each of the vendors would be required to maintain a separate "virtual" inventory and an in-store inventory. The intermediary would inform that particular vendor when the virtual inventory has been depleted and automatically default to the conditional purchase feature. The conditional purchase feature enables a customer to place an advance order for the desired, but "out of stock" or unavailable good or service. In recognition of the buyer's advance order, the vendor may implement an incentive price or discount from the suggested retail price or create any other incentive to attract advance orders. Furthermore, if this virtual inventory has not been depleted but the in-store inventory has been depleted, the vendor would be able to apportion the virtual inventory to fulfill sales for the vendor's brick and mortar establishment.
Although it is contemplated that the major areas of coordination between the buyers and the intermediary would be over the Internet or wireless service, other types of communication could be used. For example, the intermediary could be equipped with a voice recognition system allowing the haggling process to be undertaken over the telephone with the voice recognition system having access to the haggle table so that proper counteroffers would be presented to the potential buyers. Alternatively, a vendor could directly interact with the customer to produce a counter offer without the use of the voice recognition system, for example, by e-mails through the intermediary.
Additional features of the present invention as well as a more detailed description of the invention will be illustrated with respect to the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, which illustrates several embodiments of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
As indicated hereinabove, one of the purposes of the system and method of the present invention is reflective of the fact that buyers are endeavoring to reduce the time and effort required in the shopping process in which repeated trips must be made to stores and the mall to competitively purchase various goods and services. While the present invention addresses some deficiencies of the prior art by providing an Internet/telephonic/wireless platform in which a number of vendors can, on a consignment basis or through other type of business relationship, offer their new and used goods or services for sale to a number of buyers, it should be noted that the system and method of the present invention is primarily to be used as a supplement for brick and mortar sales as well as for consummating sales over the telephone and wireless mediums. Because the system and method of the present invention would allow many sales of goods and services to be completed largely automatically, the sales force employed by each of the respective vendors would be made more efficient, thereby providing an exceptional opportunity for small and mid-sized businesses to compete for sales on a national level. On a broader basis, distributors, wholesalers, and suppliers of all types may utilize the present invention to manage their supply chain and distribution to retailers on a more individualized manner.
The system 10 of the present invention which would accomplish this end is illustrated in
As illustrated in
The platform of the intermediary 18 would be managed by computer systems controlled by a processor 30. The processor would include, among other features, a memory 32 provided with software for operating the system and method according to the present invention as well as a haggle table 34 to control the bargaining process and a voice recognition system 35.
Although it is contemplated that most communication between the buyers and the intermediary would be through the use of the buyer's personal computer, telephone or wireless device, it is realized that not every buyer has access to a personal computer. Consequently, the voice recognition system 35 would allow each buyer to haggle with the intermediary over the phone. Furthermore, the voice recognition system itself can be eliminated and an electronic exchange could occur between the buyer and the vendor to negotiate a purchase price for a particular item.
The generalized method of the present invention 36 is illustrated in
The intermediary would also compile a directory including various information provided from each of the vendors. This information could include, but is not limited to, the business name, location information, contact information, a link to the intermediary platform as well as days and hours of operation for the vendor's store locations. The intermediary would operate utilizing a comprehensive search engine and sales assistance known as "Tesa" which would be able to specifically search through the consignment database of goods and services for a buyer's necessities. The search can be done based upon any combination of listed search criteria such as price ranges, quality of goods and services, physical parameters (if applicable), model number, location, and type of item or natural language search. Tesa would sift through the consignment database for suitable items to display to the buyer for a potential sale. The search can occur in rounds to help narrow down an item, or all at once to allow the buyer an opportunity to "window shop". Although it has been found that Tesa would operate very efficiently with the system and method of the present invention, other search engines could also be employed.
The vendor provides the intermediary with the product specification at step 40. The virtual inventory is determined at step 42, these items would be then consigned to the intermediary at step 44 for sales to the various potential buyers. Although
At this point, the intermediary 18 would give the opportunity to one or more of the buyers to purchase any of the items in the virtual inventory of any of the vendors. This purchase could be consummated in the usual manner in which a retail price associated with each of the items for sale must be met by the buyer. Alternatively, according to the system and method of the present invention, the suggested retail sales price or no price could be used as a starting point for a bargaining or haggling process to be commenced between the vendor and the buyer at step 46. Once this bargaining process has been completed, thereby resulting in the sale of the particular product at a haggled price at step 48, the buyer would pay the intermediary at step 50. At this point, the item would be shipped to the buyer at step 52 and the intermediary would pay the vendor at step 54. Upon any sale, the item is immediately deducted from the vendor's virtual inventory and payment is processed directly to the vendor's demand deposit account or other banking arrangements, as per a service agreement between the vendor and the intermediary. Alternatively, the amount could be credited to the vendor's intermediary account.
Once the buyer has paid the intermediary at step 50, the vendor would be immediately notified using various direct links known in the art such as faxes, e-mails, voice mails or the like of that particular purchase. The vendor must then follow a prescribed procedure to confirm receipt of the order and that processing is underway. The vendor would then confirm the sale to the intermediary and immediately packages the item for pick up by a courier or by customer instore, in their appropriate manner of business. Thereafter, and upon confirmation that the purchase item is received by the courier or buyer, payment is finalized. Since it is contemplated that the present invention would result in extensive use of a courier service, the intermediary would have the ability to negotiate bulk rates and to develop relationships with major courier companies.
Eventually, the lowest courier rate can automatically be assessed with a particular courier. Alternatively, the vendor itself would determine the particular courier which is utilized. Payment for shipping can be designated to either the vendor or the buyer depending upon the retail industries practice or at vendor's or buyer's option. It is noted that higher priced items are better able to absorb a shipping charge and thus merchants may more readily pay for shipping on such items. A further alternative is that the buyer would elect to pick up the purchased item directly from the store regardless of the fact that the sale was finalized on-line. The information included in the aforementioned directory will be tied to this sales feature and would allow the local buyers to centralize a search to buy items from their local retailers.
The present invention in which a consignment sale is effectuated between a vendor and a buyer could utilize three different types of sales techniques. The first technique would be the straight sale in which the vendors would offer their items for sale at a fixed price with possible sales or promotional discounts. The second type would be the auction format adopted by various companies such as Yahoo or E-Bay in which a number of sellers bid among themselves for a particular item offered by a single vendor. The third method of producing a sale, according to the present invention, would be to employ a haggling or bargaining technique in which a single buyer would haggle with a single vendor to determine the sales price of a single item.
This third technique 56 is illustrated in
Once the haggle table is constructed and included into the memory of the intermediary's platform, and the vendor has applied the retail benchmark price for each of the items offered for sale or the item is "up for bidding" (no suggested retail price provided) at step 60, negotiations between the vendor and the buyer can be commenced to stimulate an exchange and promote sales. At this point, the buyer would make a counter offer to the suggested retail price through the intermediary's platform at step 62 for a particular item. Since it is important that a base benchmark price be established under which that particular item would not be sold, the vendor would also supply to the intermediary a minimum sales price for each of the retail items which would also be included in the intermediary's database and algorithms.
The intermediary notes whether minimum exchanges have occurred at step 64. At this point, the buyer may be given the option to present a final counter offer at step 65 A. The buyer is usually permitted to make a final offer after the first round of haggling has ended.
Therefore, the buyer and vendor could not present each other a final offer until they have attempted to haggle a certain number of times. If the final offer function is only engaged after a designated number of minimum exchanges in step 64, the transaction proceeds directly from step 62 to step 68. But, once the final offer option is enabled, the transaction proceeds from step 62 to step 64 and so on. This function permits the transacting parties to efficiently determine if a sale can be made. If the buyer elects to present a final offer, the intermediary determines whether the buyer's final offer is greater than the minimum sale price at step 65 B. If it is greater, the buyer may consummate the sale at step 65 C. If the buyer's offer is less than the minimum sale price, the haggling ceases without consummating the sale at step 65 D.
The present invention would, at step 68, calculate a desired discount amount (DDA) and a most discount offered (MDO) The desired discount amount is determined by subtracting the buyer's offer from the stated retail price. The most discount offered is determined by subtracting the minimum sale price from the stated retail price. The haggle table associated with the particular item for sale would be referenced at each round/exchange of haggling for the desired discount amount to determine a discount haggle (DH) at step 70. The discount haggle is a random number from a determined percent number range that the intermediary determines. This discount haggle is multiplied by the most discount offered to determine an amount which would be subtracted from the stated retail price which would then constitute a counter offer at step 72. At this point, the buyer is presented with the counter offer at step 75 and is then free to purchase the item at that price or continue haggling at step 76 until the intermediary or the buyer make a final offer. If the buyer continues to haggle, the intermediary would replace the stated retail price with a prevailing haggle price for that item and continues the haggling processing as described herein using that prevailing haggle price at each successive exchange.
Additionally, the intermediary will maintain a running count or tally of the successive most discount offered which would involve maintaining a separate and constant record of the most discount offered from the inception of the haggling and subtracting the most discount offered from the product of the most discount offered discount haggle for every round of haggling at step 73. When the most discount offered reaches zero or is within a designated number range, above the minimum sale price as shown by steps 73 A and 73 B, the intermediary can issue a final offer to the buyer. The running count is an internal record of the remaining most discount offered from the start of the haggling and subtracting the product of the discount haggle multiplied by the most discount offered at every exchange between the buyer and the vendor. Please note that the most discount offered represents the highest dollar discount the intermediary is authorized to negotiate with the buyer. When it reaches zero, only the minimum sale price remains to be offered. At that price or within a given range thereto, the intermediary can make a final offer to the buyer for the desired item. At step 75, the buyer is presented with the final offer determined at step 72, and at step 76, the buyer is given the opportunity to consummate the sale or reject the offer and terminate the transaction between the buyer and the vendor for that particular item. Also, if the final offer is made by the buyer and within a designated dollar range of the minimum sale price, the intermediary may forward the offer directly to the vendor for acceptance or rejection. But, if the vendor does not respond within a certain time period, the final offer is deemed rejected.
Because of the possibility of unfairness to the vendor or the buyer, the intermediary may impose artificial restrictions on the successive haggling process so that the counter offers remain orderly. For example, a successive haggle price by the buyer made at or below the first haggle price or any subsequent haggle price, may trigger a modified counter offer from the intermediary. If this occurs, the intermediary can respond by reiterating the last haggle price and/or noting the unfairness. Alternatively, the present invention could continue haggling based on buyer's last counter offer and irrespective of the unfairness, but so long as the final sale price is above the minimum sale price. Finally, a search engine, such as Tesa, could be employed to search for an item of comparable value to the unfair counter offer. Furthermore, since the buyer might be aware of the existence of the minimum sale price and therefore would continue to haggle to endeavor to obtain this lowest possible price, a final offer could be triggered after a predetermined number of exchanges have been made between the buyer and the intermediary for a particular item.
Although it is contemplated that the haggle system of bargaining be conducted strictly between the buyer and the intermediary, based upon various restrictions which might be imposed by the vendor, it is possible to permit a direct exchange with the vendor. Although it might not be advisable for the vendor to personally respond to every round of haggling because of the difficulty in managing such an operation, certain vendors may find a direct exchange with the vendor helpful for their industry.
An example illustrating the haggling process shown in
Both the buyer and the intermediary are able to make a final offer to each other using this process. The buyer may do so at any time during the haggling process with some systemic limitations. This would simply require inputting the desired price and clicking on a final offer icon if the Internet is utilized. The intermediary would determine whether this amount is above the minimum sale price and would respond accordingly.
The intermediary could issue a final offer upon depletion of the most discount offered or at a point which the prevailing price of an item is within a desired range to the minimum sale price. This would be achieved after successive haggling and vendors or the intermediary may also designate a period when a final offer must be made in order to move the process along. It is important to note that the final offer does not necessarily have to be the minimum sale price. The intermediary may present a final offer within a given percentage or dollar amount above or, if authorized, below the minimum sale price.
The sale is consummated with the buyer, at step 85 C, if the buyer's final offer is above the minimum sale price. However, if the buyer's final offer is below the minimum sales price, the intermediary rejects the final offer and terminates the sale in a prescribed manner at step 85 D. The desired discount amount is referenced to the reverse haggle table to determine the discount haggle at step 90. The intermediary would then multiply the discount haggle with the most discount offered and then subtract that result from the suggested retail price to determine the intermediary's counter offer at step 92.
At step 93 A, the intermediary determines whether the most discount offered is zero or within the intermediary's final offer range. If so, the intermediary confirms that the final offer is above the minimum sale price at step 93 B. If the intermediary's final offer is above the minimum sale price, the intermediary presents the final offer to the buyer and waits a designated time period for the buyer's response at step 96. The buyer may consummate the sale at step 85 C, reject final offer and terminate the transaction at step 85 D, or the transaction terminates after the designated time period expires at step 85 D.
During this process, the desired discount amount and the most discount offered are determined at step 88. If the intermediary's final offer is not above the minimum sale price at step 93 B, the intermediary presents the buyer with the intermediary's offer, derived at step 92, as the intermediary's final offer. The buyer may then accept/agree to the final offer or reject it at step 96. If accepted, the buyer consummates the transaction at step 85 C; or if rejected, the sale is terminated at step 85 D. If the most discount offered is not zero or within the final offer range, this counter offer would be presented to the buyer at step 95 and the buyer may accept/agree to the counter offer; reject and terminate; or reject and counter offer at step 96. If the buyer accepts/agrees, the transaction is consummated at step 85 C.
If the buyer rejects the offer and terminates, the transaction is terminated at step 85 D. Or, if the buyer rejects the offer and makes a subsequent offer, the haggling process returns to step 82, until the transaction is consummated or terminated. The vendor may require a minimum number of exchanges between the buyer and the seller to permit the haggling process would continue, but risks losing the buyer's interest.
Particularly if more than one vendor is involved in the bulk haggling process, it is important to partition the discount haggle for each of the purchase items which is shown at step 120. This is necessary since there is a potential for the buyer to return one or more items of the total number of items purchased utilizing this method. Should a buyer desire to return one or more of the bulk haggled items, a definitive price must be stated to permit credit or exchange.
This cooperative selling method aggregates the total most discount offered to potentially award a larger overall discount on the total purchase. The buyer can take advantage of the aggregate most discount offered and maximize the buyer's discount haggle to thereby help consummate sales at a maximum value. The intermediary would maintain a running count of the total discount haggle and calculate at what price each item is finally sold by determining the individual discount haggle. The intermediary is also able to provide a final sale price for each item by first apportioning from the total sale price the minimum sale price for each purchased item and then calculating and apportioning the dollar value of the remaining individual discount haggle on top of the minimum sale price. The individual dollar value of the discount haggle is derived by calculating the individual most discount offered for that item and dividing it by the aggregate most discount offered giving the portion of the discount that item offers to the bulk haggle and multiplying that amount by the amount above the aggregate minimum sale price. This amount of the aggregate minimum sale price equals the total final sale price minus the aggregate minimum sale price of the desired items to be purchased. Note that the final sale price must always be above the aggregate minimum sale price since no individual item may be sold below its minimum sale price.
In all of the embodiments discussed, the most discount offered is constantly updated after each round of haggling to reflect the amount of discount haggled (discount already negotiated) by the buyer in the preceding rounds of haggling. Additionally, the running count of each and every negotiation is valuable for business and marketing analysis and study, as well as a means to trigger a final offer from the intermediary.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the system and method of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided that they come within the scope of the claims and their equivalents.
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