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Rene : it looks like we will be entering item number 10,000,000 quite soon... quite a spectacular number.

Is there a prize for the person who manages to enter just that number ;-)
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Yes, special! But it is true that we always leave out a number (due to 2 servers) so we are almost at the 5 millionth item.

Perhaps a prize will encourage people to import a lot of junk? :-)
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Number 10000000 would be very clever, because all (new) items get an odd number.
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If my math is correct, we will get the number 10000001 sometime at the end of December.
A month later we are at 5 million items.
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November 03, 2023 18:03
Just an hour ago:
#9999999
#10000001

(And now 4,960,514 ITEMS IN CATALOG)
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You spotted that nicely, you've been waiting for it :-)
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Wow! Well seen Boekenmagazijn
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If my math is correct, we will get the number 10000001 sometime at the end of December.

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What a milestone! And a lot faster than you expected...
I assume that we have not yet reached 5 million items due to deleted duplicates, etc
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November 03, 2023 20:22
Indeed MennoGo
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Rene Collectioneur Boekenmagazijn thisismyalias MennoGo
10,000,000? And 4960514 items in the catalogue.
And a number is skipped every time.
Then why aren't there 5,000,000 items in the catalogue?
10,000,000 : 2 = 5,000,000. 10,000,000 - 9921128 = 78872.
Then what happened to those 39436 other items?
For example, are these duplicates that have been removed and the LD number is no longer used?
Or are those numbers that have been used for other things?
5,000,000/10,000,000 entered, but there are actually no 5,000,000 in it.
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see the Rene answer above to my question. Duplication removed indeed
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In the meantime I picked it up.
But really 'partying' only happens when there are 5,000,00 items in the catalogue...
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November 03, 2023 22:02
With a zero after it ;-)
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For example, are these duplicates that have been removed and the LD number is no longer used? Or are those numbers that have been used for other things?

buizer And the items, which are moved to another section, lose their old number and get a new number.
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Most missing numbers will simply be from rejected items.

How many unnoticed duplications could there still be in the catalogue?

Will we reach 5 million this year? Still more than 39,000 to go, and approximately 22,500 items were entered last month.



PS Is it possible to find out somewhere how many users LD has?
I only found a total number of shops (18,464), no idea how fast that number is increasing.
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So Boekenmagazijn decision: 5,000,000 items in catalog we know.
But numbers are relative in this case. So don't say everything or a lot.
Even if you are at 5,000,000 in the catalog you have a margin of error.
Which could well be quite high: known duplications 275) and in the wrong category (534). At this time.
+ what is not known/known because....
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Boekenmagazijn is on the front page
Manage your collection and sell your duplicates.
434,760 collectors preceded you

No idea if it will ever be updated.
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Boekenmagazijn In November 2022 there were 17250 shops.
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