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Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] All that needs to happen is to make the Shipping Cost Estimator face the customer. That would already work for a majority of sellers, no matter the country. -- [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] You're right. I was wrong about that. I was thinking of re-pricing existing inventory to the 6-month average. -- Marc.
(87 months ago, Mar 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] For those of us whose BrickLink stores are trying to support us as a full-time job, that a part being too cool doesn't factor into it. It's a business. I try [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 22, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] But tools like this enourage sellers to continue listing their parts cheaper than everyone else. That's part of the problem. And I'm not sure what you mean my [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Having such a tool encourages sellers to implement deceptive practices. Imagine two stores: One has average prices, honest shipping costs, and no hidden fees. The other [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Community Overseer: Mnementh (19666) - Oct 31, 2005 - Dec 27, 2013 (URL)
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Counterfiet Set Reporting - FigBits (3560)

[...] This would be the first that I have heard of clones actually having LEGO on the studs. Do you have a photo that highlights the differences ("minor differences in [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 21, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] I am not ignoring any of it. Nothing that you have written above addresses what I wrote below, but I will answer your questions anyway. I am not only shipping as parcels. [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] This is 100% false. I don't know why it keeps coming up. We know with absolute certainty that automato shipping calculation need not result in overcharging for shipping. [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] Actually, it already exists on BrickLink as well. It just isn't customer-facing. -- Marc.
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: BrickLink you are losing business - FigBits (3560)

[...] BL doesn't need to. The sellers would. The solution ALREADY EXISTS on other sites, so we know that it is possible. -- Marc.
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Keep human nature in mind. I have mentioned that I am on the fence about this issue. But your annoying campaigning convinced me to vote No. -- Marc. (Also [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 15, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Better Forum - FigBits (3560)

[...] I very much disagree there, at least compared to a flat view. Having a branching tree is a huge benefit. One improvement would be to be able to collapse a branch (as [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 15, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] You are really not helping your case with statements like that. It makes it clear that you have no idea what a free market is. So, people reading this could easily think [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: DO AWAY WITH PRICE GUIDE....... - FigBits (3560)

[...] 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. [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 14, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] As I mentioned, the votes don't matter. BrickLink created this feature because they thought it would be a good thing overall. Lots of people complained about it [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] It's complicated. In the short term, it benefits some sellers and not others. (Sellers who have been racing to the bottom for prices will likely see fewer orders [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] Buyers can use BrickStock. (And I believe that most sellers do not.) [...] I have long argued that BL's policies have favored sellers over buyers, and [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] I'm not really sure what that means. BrickLink's presumed motive is to be successful. That usually translates into being profitable (though the owner is [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list - FigBits (3560)

[...] From the sounds of your previous post, that's not what would happen. Rather, you would find the best price for the item you need, and then add some extra stuff from [...]
(88 months ago, Mar 13, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Another anti-scam idea - FigBits (3560)

[...] The people who would need to read it wouldn't read it. We are trying to protect people who naively jump at the chance to send unsecured payments to strangers who [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 3, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% - FigBits (3560)

[...] I'm pretty sure it is, actually. If the purchase qualifies for buyer protection, the buyer is protected (regardless of whether Paypal can successfully recover [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 2, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% - FigBits (3560)

[...] The risk is that for the scammers who put in that extra work, their account now looks a lot more trustworthy, so when they move on to the scam, they are a lot more likely [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 2, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines - FigBits (3560)

[...] I do also see the alternating shades for each line. However, this doesn't do a lot to avoid the issue of having to scroll horizontally (and potentially losing [...]
(89 months ago, Feb 2, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Date of parts listed within a store - FigBits (3560)

[...] You can (see screenshot below). I'm not really sure of the intended use, but I've used it once in a while. If I notice someone has a bunch of an item [...]
(89 months ago, Jan 31, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers - FigBits (3560)

[...] It should simply be included in an automated message when someone makes a purchase from a new store. They immediately get an email that includes something like: The [...]
(89 months ago, Jan 31, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs - FigBits (3560)

[...] That should be done with the inventories. (Can the inventory of a minifig contain a minifig?) -- Marc.
(89 months ago, Jan 23, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud - FigBits (3560)

[...] I'm sorry to hear that. It's really too bad when one side of a discussion has no interest in hearing from the other side. Oh well. In any case, I voted "No" [...]
(89 months ago, Jan 23, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud - FigBits (3560)

[...] They would not be taking away a sale from an honest seller, because that sale was NEVER going to be placed with the honest seller, according to your own argument. With [...]
(89 months ago, Jan 23, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud - FigBits (3560)

[...] Which will result in more lost in a particular store: 1) Banning all buyers who request customs form falsifications, and therefore can never place any more orders [...]
(89 months ago, Jan 23, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Pls create a kind of watch list for items - FigBits (3560)

[...] Or just add them to a cart. -- Marc.
(91 months ago, Dec 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: ADVANCED Minimal buy ammount override button - FigBits (3560)

[...] Can't they just add other small but expensive parts to come up to the minimum? There used to be a few stores that had lots for sale that consisted of nothing. So, [...]
(91 months ago, Nov 26, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Median Price with or instead of Avg Price - FigBits (3560)

[...] It would be useful. It's been suggested before. -- Marc.
(92 months ago, Nov 4, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add feedback link to order detail screen - FigBits (3560)

[...] That wouldn't work well, because it would be exploited by scam sellers -- they would never mark the orders as shipped, so they would not get negative feedback [...]
(92 months ago, Oct 28, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add feedback link to order detail screen - FigBits (3560)

[...] There are plenty of simple solutions. 1) Make it so that non-positive feedback cannot be left until the seller has been contacted about the order. 2) Make the [...]
(92 months ago, Oct 28, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add feedback link to order detail screen - FigBits (3560)

[...] Yes, please. And more. Right now, when I finish up an order, I click Back from the Order Detail screen, find that order again on the list, and click the feedback link [...]
(92 months ago, Oct 28, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add checkboxes for "no additional fees" - FigBits (3560)

[...] I don't think we need yet another way-point on the road to auto-checkout. We just need to skip to the finish line. Once auto-checkout exists, all those problems [...]
(93 months ago, Sep 17, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] 2cm in Canada. But BL does not need to provide that information. Nor do they need to wait until the community has provided it. The sellers can set it for their own store. [...]
(93 months ago, Sep 16, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] What do you mean? That's what Paypal Onsite is. -- Marc.
(94 months ago, Sep 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] All of that is true. Nonetheless, BL could roll out Instant Checkout using its existing system tomorrow, and I would use it in my store. [...] Very true. -- [...]
(94 months ago, Sep 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] That is not the Shipping Cost Suggestion tool. (It doesn't auto-invoice). I don't know what would have caused what you are describing. [...] I'm [...]
(94 months ago, Sep 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] It works fine for me. (And for many others.) Yes, there is plenty of room for improvement. But that doesn't change the fact that auto-checkout tomorrow, [...]
(94 months ago, Sep 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] It is already solved. ON BRICKLINK! It just isn't implemented yet. Right now, hundreds of stores already use the Shipping Cost Suggestion tool. All that needs to [...]
(94 months ago, Sep 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Quote improvements - FigBits (3560)

[...] But Quote requests should work the same way across the whole site. Otherwise it would be too confusing for buyers. -- Marc.
(94 months ago, Sep 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Quote improvements - FigBits (3560)

[...] It does not, you are correct. A simple way for the buyer to reserve the items for themselves is to place an order for them. (Instead of a quote) -- Marc.
(94 months ago, Sep 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Please add an Echeck Pending order status - FigBits (3560)

[...] Separate the payment status from the order status, and you will have "Clearing" as an option for payments. -- Marc.
(94 months ago, Sep 1, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: (Cancelled) - FigBits (3560)

[...] You are suggesting that they roll back the changes, and the suggestion is being discarded (since there is no intention to do so). -- Marc.
(94 months ago, Aug 31, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Replace merge with FB to a negative - FigBits (3560)

[...] Is that what happens? I thought that both the feedbacks stayed, and the seller ended up with 2 positives (from themselves). That is what used to happen. (And, [...]
(95 months ago, Aug 3, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Best Offer Feature - FigBits (3560)

[...] Fair enough. But a lot of people believe it to be true. -- Marc.
(95 months ago, Jul 30, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Best Offer Feature - FigBits (3560)

[...] They are. Some were added a couple of weeks ago. One was marked as "already implemented" yesterday. -- Marc.
(95 months ago, Jul 29, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add a Coupon Field to Checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] I voted yes to the suggestion. But that doesn't change the criticisms about what you are currently doing. This isn't picking things to death, this is letting [...]
(95 months ago, Jul 22, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add a Coupon Field to Checkout - FigBits (3560)

[...] That may not be in compliance with Mailchimp's terms, nor with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (which you are required to follow if you are sending any of [...]
(95 months ago, Jul 22, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: standard deviation on price indices - FigBits (3560)

[...] I agree with all that. As always, more information is better than less information. -- Marc.
(95 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: standard deviation on price indices - FigBits (3560)

[...] That part is already possible now, using the "Price & Group by month" link on the PG pages. (It's grouped by calendar month, as opposed to showing the previous [...]
(95 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: standard deviation on price indices - FigBits (3560)

[...] Yes, this. Changing the way that the current averages are calculated is a terrible idea. Adding options for users to see the data in whatever way they find useful is [...]
(95 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: standard deviation on price indices - FigBits (3560)

[...] The information that is being suggested to be removed is the mathematical mean. I don't want that removed. If people want to have additional information added, such [...]
(95 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: standard deviation on price indices - FigBits (3560)

[...] Voted no. I do not want BL to remove any data. If you want to suggest *adding* information, I would be fine with that. (Such as adding the median price.) To [...]
(95 months ago, Jul 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Do away with feedback - FigBits (3560)

[...] Let's look at each of those. Fraudulent buyers. Like what? They filed a chargeback? That's on the list that QCBricks listed as "take payment out of it". In other [...]
(96 months ago, Jul 17, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Auto Finder should ignore "multiples" - FigBits (3560)

[...] What if 50 of the item in that store is cheaper than 44 in the other? -- Marc.
(96 months ago, Jul 16, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Negative Feedback: What if? - FigBits (3560)

[...] Interestingly, at BO, buyers are unable to leave negative feedback if they have not contacted the seller about the order first. -- Marc.
(96 months ago, Jul 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Please Check Your Forum Posts (Re: No advertising) - FigBits (3560)

[...] Meh. Is it really a big deal? People misunderstand each other all the time. I get misunderstood on the forum pretty much every day (including today). I don't [...]
(96 months ago, Jul 2, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Exclude unpaid orders from PG - FigBits (3560)

[...] Awesome, thanks. So it appears that if BL cancels an order (instead of it completing an NSS or NPB), these do not get removed. That is a bit odd, though perhaps [...]
(96 months ago, Jun 30, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Exclude unpaid orders from PG - FigBits (3560)

[...] Can you post a screenshot of the price guide, and also the order page after you click the blue square? -- Marc.
(96 months ago, Jun 30, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Exclude unpaid orders from PG - FigBits (3560)

[...] That is exactly how it already works. -- Marc.
(96 months ago, Jun 30, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Exclude unpaid orders from PG - FigBits (3560)

[...] They are not. Once an order is cancelled, it is removed from the Price Guide. If an item removal request is approved, that item sale is removed as well. [...] -- [...]
(96 months ago, Jun 30, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Exclude unpaid orders from PG - FigBits (3560)

[...] Does yours show up in the price guide anymore? (Do you have a blue box next to it) -- Marc.
(96 months ago, Jun 30, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Problem with onsite PayPal: grand totals - FigBits (3560)

[...] When a batch is added the cost of all the previous batches is recalculated at the current exchange rate. (A side effect of this is that a buyer could lower their [...]
(96 months ago, Jun 29, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Problem with onsite PayPal: grand totals - FigBits (3560)

[...] On the Order Summary screen, the total shown is in your store currency. But on the Order Detail screen, it also shows the total in the currency that the buyer selected. [...]
(96 months ago, Jun 29, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Z-index of pop-up box - FigBits (3560)

It's a bug. File it with the help desk. -- Marc.
(96 months ago, Jun 23, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Shipping cost suggestion: PayPal Fees - FigBits (3560)

[...] Which is why I say so at every opportunity. Any individual store is going to have trends that differ from the overall trend for the site. This is true now, and it has [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 16, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Shipping cost suggestion: PayPal Fees - FigBits (3560)

[...] ?? There is definitely doubt about it. [...] The volume of orders is absolutely normal. The distribution of orders, who knows. -- Marc.
(97 months ago, Jun 16, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Include shipping cost calculations in Quotes - FigBits (3560)

[...] Agreed. Suggested just a couple of weeks ago: (URL) -- Marc.
(97 months ago, Jun 16, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Shipping cost suggestion: PayPal Fees - FigBits (3560)

[...] You may have misunderstood my statement. You asked about the people who want auto-checkout. When I replied with "we" I was referring to that group (which I am a part [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Shipping cost suggestion: PayPal Fees - FigBits (3560)

[...] There's no need to "move" there -- we sell on both. And the autocheckout there is exactly what we need here. -- Marc.
(97 months ago, Jun 15, 2016, to Suggestions)

Seller Tools: stock level alerts - FigBits (3560)

Since we've been told that the next big update will be focused on seller needs, I figured I'd start posting some suggestions of things I'd like to see added as a [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Displaying all the colors for one part - FigBits (3560)

[...] Sweet. I agree that is a pretty cool view. -- Marc.
(97 months ago, Jun 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Displaying all the colors for one part - FigBits (3560)

[...] I see. I thought you meant while you are in a store, sorry. Unfortunately, I never browse the catalog using those pages, so I can't really help with how it is now [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Displaying all the colors for one part - FigBits (3560)

[...] I am not clear on what you are saying has changed. So, for the old design: You would click on a category (let's say Tile) and then scan through the category [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Estimated shipping costs = "TBD"... - FigBits (3560)

[...] No. I offer "insurance" in the sense that I guarantee your order will arrive. But there is no tracking. I can send you a package for $6.95 USD if you order from me. [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 13, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Estimated shipping costs = "TBD"... - FigBits (3560)

[...] So, reading the replies in the this thread, I understand better. You want instant checkout. A LOT of us do. But this is not something that the sellers are preventing. [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 13, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Estimated shipping costs = "TBD"... - FigBits (3560)

[...] It's possible to do this now? Some stores actually show values there before placing the order? -- Marc. [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 13, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Use my store's inventory to fill Wanted List - FigBits (3560)

[...] ** ... so I had to select "Load More" way too often. This should be easier. (edit) -- Marc.
(97 months ago, Jun 11, 2016, to Suggestions)

Use my store's inventory to fill Wanted List - FigBits (3560)

I was playing around with the new Wanted List functions tonight. Overall, I really like how it works to part-together a set. One thing I would like to see improved, though, is [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Agree and continue - FigBits (3560)

[...] I think that "Agree and Continue" is fine. On the left, you can see that there are three steps in the process. This first one is to see the store's terms. What is [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Show prices and stores in Wanted List - FigBits (3560)

[...] That is very unfortunate. I had thought that adding the prices and list of stores for each part would be relatively simple, and a good way to get power-users on board. [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 9, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: My 2 cents on the new website - FigBits (3560)

[...] It makes sense that those pages might feel like they are farther apart, but in fact they are not. They are both just a single click away from each other. And they are [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 9, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: File option on Order placed - FigBits (3560)

[...] That's not really a problem, though, is it? -- Marc.
(97 months ago, Jun 3, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: File option on Order placed - FigBits (3560)

[...] Filing it does not affect the other party. (A buyer can file an order and it will not be filed for the seller.) While I understand (and share) your [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 3, 2016, to Suggestions)

Make Shipping Cost Suggestion work on Quotes - FigBits (3560)

I hadn't suggested this before, as I thought that Quotes and Shipping Cost Suggestion would transition to Automated Checkout at any time, but I might as well put it out there: [...]
(97 months ago, Jun 2, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Add Element ID's to DUPLO minifigs - FigBits (3560)

[...] While waiting for the system limitations to be changed (so that PCC codes can be added to items in the Minifig category), is there anything stopping us from [...]
(97 months ago, May 27, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Open Bids and Purchase Requests - FigBits (3560)

[...] It's for both. There are plenty of ways to make money. I enjoy doing this (buying and selling) more than I enjoyed any previous job I've had. So, while [...]
(97 months ago, May 26, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: on site payment and e-check - FigBits (3560)

[...] Sorry -- "clearing". -- Marc.
(97 months ago, May 24, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: on site payment and e-check - FigBits (3560)

[...] If you separate the payment status from the order status (which I recommend), there is already one for that -- Payment "pending". But BL does not use this [...]
(97 months ago, May 24, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - FigBits (3560)

[...] Meanwhile, it looks like about 65 suggestions were discarded in three or four days last month! A bit disappointing that we can't see what the suggestions were. [...]
(98 months ago, May 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Insure/Noninsure Checkboxes when Submit Order - FigBits (3560)

[...] I'm not seeing a change. I see the same checkbox in other stores, and I don't see a new option in the store settings. What changed? -- Marc. [...]
(98 months ago, May 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: disable automated invoice after quote - FigBits (3560)

[...] This was after requesting a quote? If so, then the seller did it wrong. (The quote should include all costs, including shipping.) From the sound of your feedback, [...]
(98 months ago, May 14, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price guide and average pricing - FigBits (3560)

[...] Hiding data doesn't improve it. By removing 20% of all data, you would be removing a huge amount of valid information, with the goal of ignoring a tiny fraction [...]
(98 months ago, Apr 28, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price guide and average pricing - FigBits (3560)

[...] No, they really shouldn't. That would significantly degrade the value of the data in my opinion. -- Marc.
(98 months ago, Apr 27, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price guide and average pricing - FigBits (3560)

[...] They could, but the benefit would be minimal and the Price Guide pages are already jam-packed with data. Also, your method already involves subtracting the items that [...]
(98 months ago, Apr 26, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price guide and average pricing - FigBits (3560)

[...] Just multiply the average value by the total number of items. -- Marc.
(98 months ago, Apr 26, 2016, to Suggestions)

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