Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | RobErNat  | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2017 13:27 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig col271 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 973px126c01 White Torso Paradisa Windsurf Board with Sunset Pattern / Yellow Arms / Yellow Hands
* Add 1 Part 973px126newc01 White Torso Paradisa Windsurf Board with Sunset Pattern, Inside with Ribs (Reissue) / Yellow Arms / Yellow Hands
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May I ask what the difference is on this 'Inside with ribs' torsos compared
to the same torsos that are 10 years old?
It ain't clear on the images (no comparison image between 'old' version
and 're-issue':
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 3, 2017 13:45 | | Subject: | Re: Help & To Top | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jim35 writes:
| | PLEASE remove the help and to top icon from the main
screen!! They are a hemorrhoid when using this web site.
Some things I have to do, they interfere with what I am doing.
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I'm not sure what you have to do and what you're doing, but at least
when you need 'help' to go to the 'top' it just a quarter of
an inch away from eachother 
| | I have to scroll down to get them out of the way.
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I'm 'off' as my imagination is getting out of control...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WILYKAT writes:
| | In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
WBR
Sonnich
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Should be EST, daylight savings time hasn't started yet. And using GMT isn't
going to work with everyone, not everyone knows where they live in relation to
GMT. EST is -5 hours for example.
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So us, 'CET' guys are therefor 'forced' to remember that EST
is -5 compared to GMT and since CET is currently at +1 GMT we need to add that
up to know that the difference is 6 Hours between EST and CET 
Me thinks your explanation makes no sence whatsoever, particulary as there are
more BL users 'outside' the EST zone then BL members living 'in'
the EST zone 
It's just an outdated feature, most sites run in each 'propper' timezone...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2017 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 60003-1 | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, swick51 writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 85861 Yellow Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud
* Delete 1 Part 85861 Yellow Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
Item not in instructions or the inventory at the end of same.
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Please deny this, there are 2 versions of the set (with minor variation), that
has already beeen established in the past. Thx
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2017 14:39 | | Subject: | Re: Another anti-scam idea | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | 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 have listed items online at too-good-to-be-true prices.
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Quite right: too many people are just naive in those regards...
I recently got a mail that I considered 'strange', after reading about
10 words I dropped it in the trash can.
2 days later the receivers have been notified it was a 'test' and the
results where this:
Out of near 6000 receivers, 668 people (so over 10%) tought they could actually
'cash in' a bit of money for free by replying to the mail, about 2% actually
even provided 'personal details' in the reply.
Crazy...
Compare this to a website like BL with 613000 registered users, and you have
12260 users who might actually fall for such crap. Even if the amount of 'active
users' is only 20% of the registered members (so 122600) there is still a
potential of 2450 members who'd jump right in on offers that are 'too
good to be true'.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:37 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | I disagree. Sellers only need concern themselves with their country's export
laws, not the import laws of every country they ship to.
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Reasonably sure that's not true.
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Correct, sellers do need to know 'some' stuff about the country they
are 'exporting' to, as of certain thresholds (mainly over 15~18000 Euro),
they might need to 'register' in the 'receiving' country to avoid
'issues'. But the chances anyone here is exporting more then 15~18000
Euro (per year) to 1 country is quite slim...
Besides that one needs to know what is allowed and what not (not just talking
about palstic toys here), and how it needs to be presented... (return label on
front or back, CN22/CN23, invoices/billings needed above 800 Euro, pro-forma
bills, etc, etc)
Limiting oneself to 'I only need to know what my country expects/allows'
is not good enough.
So it's handy to have a forum, quite a good place to pick up some details
from other countries once in a while 
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Nice little cash cow postal services have there…
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The 'cash cow' ain't the postal services, it's 'customs' aka
governments), the postal services just run (aka advance it) on behalf on the
person they have to deliver it to, so yes you pay the 'postal service'
as they deliver it, but they already paid it to 'customs'.
In Belgium, Bpost even sometimes charges a cost (depending on the 'advanced'
amount) for doing the 'advanced' payment to the customs department...
Add the VAT, add handling, add 'duty' and it can be a 'killer'...
And it's no longer a 'slight chance', it's quite 'systematic'
in the whole of the EU these days, they know the have a 'cash cow' so
they are willing to pay extra personal on it
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legomalego writes:
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They could have a line on their terms or splash page that states...
Most countries do not charge duty on toys. This includes Canada, the US, the
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Greece, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Botswana and many more.
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Now where on earth did you read all those EU countries do not charge duty (or
import taxes, or VAT or whatever you wanna call it)on toys
All the EU countries you state *can* charge 'import taxes' and as a matter
off fact they frequently do, the threshold for free import troughout the EU is
22 Euro, every order above that value is subject for 'import costs and/or
VAT' depending on value and content (and always a 'handling' cost
on top *if* they process the shipment).
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2017 13:27 | | Subject: | Suggestion on 'invoices' | | Viewed: | 155 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| We used to have just 1 or 2 or 3 'payment methods' but as time goes by,
new payment methods are added to the site and one can only suspect this might
even grow in time.
Yet our 'invoice' template remains quantity '1'.
Now every 'payment method' has it's characteristics, and this implicates
that the 'template data' (whatever it contains) must be 'altered'
when sending an invoice.
Obviously the details in the invoice will differ when the payment method changes:
Paypal (manual and/or a link), paypal onsite (Pay button), IBAN (Iban/Bic details),
Stripe (PAY link), Cash(no COD): Provide cash on pickup, Money order: Please
to...
Basicly, sellers need to keep their 'head' together when sending an invoice...
and even if they have a 'template' containing all options, they still
need to remove/add lines to make it clear for buyers 'what' they need
to do.
The easiest solution: A template for each 'payment method'. It's
2017, where getting closer to 2020, time to evolve and time to add some features
that are 'usefull' IMHO
Thanks for reading
And pleas vote 'YES' (even if you don't need it right now)
Cheers, Eric
PS In todays I-net, not 'evolving' means moving 'backwards',
as the competition doesn't sit around doing 'nothing'.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2016 03:38 | | Subject: | Re: Feed back | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Minifigs_Galore writes:
| | Why couldn't Brick Link let negative/Complaint or neutral feed back start
to drop off after so many years and or each year. Everyone knows we get unfounded
feed back especially from new buyers.
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NO...
Old feedbacks, including negatives and neutrals, can give you an idea on who
your dealing with and tell buyers whether there is 'pattern' when something
goes wrong.
If BL would purge those negatives and neutrals, then they would need to do that
for all sellers, do you really want that ? (showing 1 example in the screenshot
below, I could give a couple of dozens like that)?
You seem to be bothered by the few negatives you carry? Why? You've had near
4000 transactions, with 3 negatives, that's less then 1 per 1300 transactions,
neglectible
And I doubt buyers will hold it against you when they need to determine whether
or not they wanna buy from you...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2016 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Limit cash payments to approved postal codes | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, chetzler writes:
| | I just had a buyer from three states away claim that he sent cash in the mail.
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He 'claims'...
So I suspect you didn't get it (yet) and that he's getting worried...
| | While this seems very risky to me,
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That would depend on 'how' it was send, sending cash requires a certain
amount of 'intelligent' wrapping so that it ain't 'obvious'
it's cash...
Bills alot of dark paper will do the trick
Coins glued with tape and between cardboard.
The latter remains a problem if it goes trough 'scanners' (for airplanes
and such)
| | he did indeed select "Cash (no COD)" as a
payment type even though that option states that it is for local pickup only.
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I even got a couple of 'international' ones, without any hastle, but
those where 'bills' only (and invisably wrapped by the buyer).
| | Since there is no way to actually enforce local pickup, I didn't realize
this until after he mailed the money, frankly because I've never had anyone
do this before!
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Don't consider it 'unique'
| | I accept lots of cash payments from members of my LUG, but it
doesn't usually occur outside of that.
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Once had someone send me a 'ton' of coins between cardboard, I suspected
him to be a minor emptying his 'piggy bank' , it arrived, I shipped,
no hastle
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Can we get BrickLink to only accept "Cash" payments on an order if that buyer's
postal code is on a seller-selected list? I don't know how postal codes
work in other countries, but in the US (and Canada to, I think) the zip code
gets more specific as you go from left to right. So for example, using wildcard
characters, I could allow cash payments from anyone in Lincoln, NE with a single
entry: 685**.
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Sounds complicated, as BL would need to split the 'national buyers' into
thousands of states and provinces all around the world, with the option the be
able to select 'multiple' regions in 'multiple' countries (I've
had international buyers picking up orders because they only live about 100 miles
away - I'm in a small country-)
Deactivate 'Cash' if you don't want the hastle, people who wanna
pickup will usually send a mail anyway after seeing your address (and usually
that is *after* they already made the purchase), so just leave in a non instant
payment method (Paypal onsite 'only' would be a problem)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2016 06:06 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10254-1 | | Viewed: | 1088 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Blue {4070a Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight and Slot to 4070 Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight}
Comments from Submitter:
adjusting type to standard type
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2016 12:52 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60098-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 8 Part 30237b Dark Bluish Gray Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Vertical Clip (thick open O clip) (Alternate) (match ID 3)
* Add 8 Part 30237b Red Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Vertical Clip (thick open O clip) (Alternate) (match ID 4)
* Change 8 Part Dark Bluish Gray 30237 Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Vertical Clip {match ID 0 to 3}
* Change 8 Part Red 30237 Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Vertical Clip {match ID 0 to 4}
Comments from Submitter:
Found alternates in set. Thx
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2016 12:26 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60044-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 7 Part 3245c White Brick 1 x 2 x 2 with Inside Stud Holder (Alternate) (match ID 2)
* Change 7 Part White 3245b Brick 1 x 2 x 2 with Inside Axle Holder {match ID 0 to 2}
Comments from Submitter:
Found alternate in set. thx
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 25, 2016 13:58 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 2156-1 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, altherb writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Red {3001 Brick 2 x 4 to 3002 Brick 2 x 3}
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Correct call based on image of polybag (identical set)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 25, 2016 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 1090-1 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | How will we ever be able to look at you in the same way again? SMH
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In all fairness to myself: the item number at the end of the existing entry is
wrong, it is possibly inventoried in the wrong sets (unless included as an alternate,
since both sets had their own instruction booklets), it does not have the 1090/1092
identifiers in the item number or title, the year is missing, and the title does
not include the words written on the front of the booklet. All of these things
together made it difficult to locate and I've submitted change requests to
fix the entry.
But I'm only making excuses, am I not? I have failed and can certainly understand
your disappointment in seeing your hero stagger drunkenly away from perfection
toward ineptitude.
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It is the ultimate disappointment when it comes down to your catalog actions,
it is extremely frustrating seeing someone mess up the catalog like that, 'sorry'
is not an acceptable excuse, you should now stop contributions for the rest of
the year and meditate about it, then come back next year and start with an apology,
then 'maybe', just 'maybe' we'll forgive. BUT: we're
not going to forget (just to be clear)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2016 03:38 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75159-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 18654 Dark Bluish Gray Technic, Pin Connector Round 1L (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4592c02 Light Bluish Gray Lever Small Base with Black Lever (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 61482 Light Bluish Gray Minifig, Utensil Handcuffs (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 3024 Light Bluish Gray Plate 1 x 1 (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4073 Light Bluish Gray Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 54200 Light Bluish Gray Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 3070b Light Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 1 with Groove (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 3070bp07 Light Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 1 with White and Red Gauge Pattern (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 3713 Light Bluish Gray Technic Bush (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4265c Light Bluish Gray Technic Bush 1/2 Smooth (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4274 Light Bluish Gray Technic, Pin 1/2 (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 3673 Light Bluish Gray Technic, Pin without Friction Ridges Lengthwise (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
second batch of extras
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2016 03:32 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75159-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 4 Part 4265c Yellow Technic Bush 1/2 Smooth (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 64567 Metallic Silver Minifig, Weapon Lightsaber Hilt Straight (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4592c02 Red Lever Small Base with Black Lever (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 3713 Red Technic Bush (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 3024 Blue Plate 1 x 1 (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 4274 Blue Technic, Pin 1/2 (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4073 Reddish Brown Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 32002 Tan Technic, Pin 3/4 (Extra)
* Add 4 Part 4073 Trans-Clear Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4073 Trans-Bright Green Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 3 Part 4073 Trans-Red Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 4 Part 4073 Trans-Neon Orange Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4073 Flat Silver Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 78c02 Flat Silver Hose, Ribbed 7mm D. 2L (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 30377 Black Arm Mechanical, Battle Droid (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 2780 Black Technic, Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise WITH Center Slots (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 48729b Black Bar 1L with Clip Mechanical Claw, Cut Edges and Hole on One Side (Extra)
* Add 3 Part 54200 Black Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Extra)
* Add 3 Part 3070b Black Tile 1 x 1 with Groove (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 98138 Black Tile, Round 1 x 1 (Extra)
* Add 3 Part 4073 Black Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 15392 Dark Bluish Gray Minifig, Weapon Trigger for Gun, Blaster Mini (Extra)
* Add 3 Part 3024 Dark Bluish Gray Plate 1 x 1 (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 54200 Dark Bluish Gray Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 2412b Dark Bluish Gray Tile, Modified 1 x 2 Grille with Bottom Groove / Lip (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
first batch of extras
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2016 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10187-1 | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Brockmeister writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 8 Part 4085b Medium Blue Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (match ID 1)
* Change 8 Part Medium Blue 4085d Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 4 (thick open O clip) {Regular to Alternate} {match ID 0 to 1}
Comments from Submitter:
I currently have 3 original Used copies of this set. Each was purchased from its original owner. All 3 versions have the "Thin U Clip" variant (Part 4085b) of all 8 Medium Blue Plate Modified 1x1 with Clip Vertical. This coincides with its appearance in the Grand Carousel that same year. Some of the last produced copies might contain part variant 4085d, but I believe these to be extremely rare. Please change this variant appearance to Alternate.
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If you look at the logs, the 'regular' and 'alternate' have been
changed 3 times so far (and so this is the 4th one *sigh*).
How hard can it be to 'invetory' a set with a certain type (first one
found by the sumitter of the inventory), and then simply add alternates along
the way
The b, c, d, versions of this part are being found randomly in sets and there
isn't a clear call as to 'when' LEGO uses them, as it depends which
'plant' produces them and 'where' TLG stocks them...
I found all 'd' types in my copy of the winter holiday train, except
1, which was a 'b' type. I assume a few where at the bottom of TLG's
storage box... Why? because TLG doesn't differentiate them and put's
tem all together
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2016 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig cas095 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Fran_ writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | Have you read the notes on the inventory?
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Yes I have, but as I said this is not quite right. The original minifigure has
the solid stud head, and the newest ones had the blocked open stud
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The notes say that early copies have the solid stud head, so it's the same
as you said, just differently worded.
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As far as I know, minifigs are inventoried with the first head they are 'found'
with.
This means that if someone finds it with a 'b' type head first, then
the fig get's inventoried with that head (alltough it is possible many more
figs are found with the 'c'type head). Occasionaly figs are found with
a 'c' type, and later on people find the 'b' type of heads, but
the figs remain with 'c' type, as that's how they are first found
with...
Following that logic, the 'a' type was 'before' the 'b'
type, so the first one found, is 'a' type, the 'b' type for this
particular fig came much much later. It has only been recently BL inventory admins
started to approve changes from 'b' to 'a' type 'still whished
there would be the 'alternate' head option), so from a logic point of
view the request should be 'approved' by the IA's and the cadmins
should change the note towards Y2K re-issues would carry a 'blocked open
stud', as it would better fit the timeline and current 'policy' on
the heads.
my 2 cents
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2016 07:25 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6278-1 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 10 Part Brown {2536 Plant, Tree Palm Trunk to 2536b Plant, Tree Palm Trunk - Short Connector, no Axle Hole}
Comments from Submitter:
from mint in box set content
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2016 13:34 | | Subject: | Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Please make the site upgrade and enable payment at checkout. I have so many
buyers confused on what to do and how to pay. If they had the option to pay
at checkout it would be so much more streamlined and convenient for everyone.
I am fully prepared and ready to handle payment at checkout, I already give my
buyer the maximum they will be charged for shipping in my terms (and yes, I never
charge more than my terms state, even if I would lose money). Therefore, the
buyer already knows the cost of their order at checkout, why can't they pay
at checkout?
Cob
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I would be happy, if I could receive the order, determine the shipping/etc, and
then trigger an On-Site payment request. That would meet pretty much 100% of
my needs.
Ray
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What do you mean? That's what Paypal Onsite is.
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Never mind, I think Ray stopped reading about new features in 2014
Sorry, Ray, but in another thread people already explained to you that there
is no involvemend between BL and PP, it is simply a sellers setting, you 'hook'
your Paypal account to your store and offer your buyers a 'PAY' button,
the rest is API calls between BL and PP
An API works like a phonecall:
BL dials PP
Hi PP, this is BL, we have one of our members who bought from one of our sellers,
and we would like to use your service to do the payment transaction.
PP: OK, send us the details...
BL: Sellers PP email is:xxxxx, amount is xxx, currency is xx
PP: OK, thanks, we'll send the details to the buyer for confirmation.
PP: hello buyer, please login in and press confirm on this 'presetted'
transaction.
Buyer (logs in): OK, go ahead
PP hangs up and calls BL
PP: Hi BL, payment has been transferred, order can be set as 'paid'.
BL: Thank you, we'll do so right away...
This is what 'PP onsite' is about, I stopped using 'regular PP'
over a year ago.
And buyers still 'mess up' because not all sellers are using this method
 
and so buyers don't get 'used' to it (reason they mess up)
Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2016 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: Please add to My Inventory page | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | If you do it in a store it works fine but in the My Inventory area, not at all.
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Type color + partnumber in the search box...
That is, if I understood what you where trying to get
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You did and it works but how many people would know that.
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At least 1 more now
It also works with the asterix btw
So if you're unsure of the number, or the 'mold' ain't important,
then simply type the asterix behind it
Black 4085* for example...
| | It certainly isn't in the help section.
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well, some things simply aren't
| | It would be much easier if the colour filter was added to
the page. Simple amendment to the page and code. It is nothing more than an 'AND'
clause as CCBricks has added to Goatleg to help find heads and torso's.
So easy to do and would be so helpful
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Granted it can be a burdon to type the exact color name, particulary for long
colornames
So an additional filter for the color might be a nice thing indeed
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2016 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Please add to My Inventory page | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | If you do it in a store it works fine but in the My Inventory area, not at all.
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Type color + partnumber in the search box...
That is, if I understood what you where trying to get
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2016 12:07 | | Subject: | Re: Quote improvements | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, miskox writes:
| | I see that Quote function does not reserve or in any other way prevents an item
from the quote to be purchased from other buyer*.
I would like to suggest a way of preventing this. Maybe we can have an option
to ENABLE/DISABLE buying an item from other people:
[ ] reserve items in a quote to be reserved for that specific buyer
Maybe this options should be ENABLED for everyone by default (new and existing
stores).
Saso
* or am I missing something?
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Voted No.
As with any items in a store, first one who check out gets the item...
Automaticly reserving something for a buyer has the inconveniance that an item
is 'blocked' for other buyers, nice, but not all buyers 'getting
a quote' check out, so during that time items would be 'blocked'
(imagine the potential abuse by competitor sellers of certain items).
What needs to be changed on BL is that when an item from an existing quoted cart
has been purchased by another buyer, the existing cart is simply 'adjusted'
and the potential buyer would need to be able to checkout on the cart 'minus'
the item(s) that went to another buyer.
Such functionality works perfect on BO, BL just hasn't figured out 'how'
to implement it after near 2 years now...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 13, 2016 02:42 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7258-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Azyke writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 30208 Sand Blue Cylinder Hemisphere 4 x 4 Multifaceted
Comments from Submitter:
This item is totally missing from the inventory. Can see it in photo and is on other websites inventory list.
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It already is in the inventory, it's part of a minifig...
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 12, 2016 14:40 | | Subject: | Re: Original Price | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, elbov writes:
| | It would be nice if the original price of each set was posted in one of the menus.
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voted NO
there has been a time when MSRP was 'mentioned' in the menus, I'm
glad (and many others with me) it got removed. MSRP is different in different
parts of the world and is only a guideline / valid when a set is still *actively*
running. Once it's end-of-life it becomes irrelevant what MSRP *used to be*,
so it would require active 'control' over the database and the priceguide
and even that wouldn't be accurate, as end-of-life ain't equal in all
regions at the same time... So it's falsified data that has no place whatsoever
on a selling website, such data is available on 'non commercial' websites,
quite fine IMHO.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2016 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: It would be nice to attach pics to messages | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, OOO_Shiny writes:
| | I've had a few situations where I would like the opportunity to attach an
image to messages to other members. Usually to confirm that the condition of
a used part is acceptable to my customer and/or is the color they are looking
for, and occasionally to send a photo of my cat.
Would anyone else find value in this functionality?
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Already exists...
If you activate
Receive Contact Messages To: Both E-Mail and My Messages on following page:
http://www.bricklink.com/pref_contact.asp
Then any message from any member send on bricklink will also be send to your
regular inbox.
From there you can reply to the 'contacts' e-mail and attach pictures...
And from buyers you have the e-mail in your order form, so you can simply copy
it on BL and paste it in your mailerbrowser and send a mail, including pictures...
Easy
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2016 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: Replace merge with FB to a negative | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, GreSoBrix writes:
| | I set up an account for my wife. So it has the same shipping address. She never
uses it. I created it to see what the buyer's experience is like in my store
when it first opened. Is this frowned upon?
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No...
and yes...
For startes, BL allows 'individuals' to have each their account, so within
a household it is perfectly possible husband and wife (or husband and husband
or wife and wife) to have each their account, even an adult 'kid' of
both can have his/her account.
And as a matter of fact, I know several households who each have their account
and some even their own shop... There are also members who have accounts which
are registered differently, one as an individual, one as a 'company',
also perfectly possible.
It is clear these situations must be mentioned to the adminstration, to avoid
conflicts, particulary in regards to IP matching...
Now your case seems a bit different... The secondary account is in your wifes
name, but she didn't actually opened the account, you did, as you clearly
state 'I set up' and 'I created' and 'she never uses it',
so technicly it is not 'her' account, it is your account and you just
used her name (hopefully with her consent, otherwise it's theft of identity
LOL), so the purpose of that account is in conflict with the ToS. I would strongly
suggest to shut down that account (= unregister), particulary if it was only
for testing purposes when you first opened, so not much point to keep it around
anyway
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2016 14:39 | | Subject: | Re: Replace merge with FB to a negative | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | As it is now when a seller uses two accounts to create fake sales and fluff their
feedback score the merge completely wipes out any evidence of the poor behavior*.
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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,
of course, that's even worse than what you describe.)
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As far as I know, they do stay, unless something changed in those regards since
the site upgrade, or unless one of the admins was proactive about it (while IMO
they shouldn't).
| |
In thee case of the person who prompted this suggestion, I think that they removed
both feedbacks themselves after the problem was noted in that thread.
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That is indeed the other option, but both? And *after* the merge (or was it done
before the merge)? The feedback removal system allows to choose 'feedback
I posted', but if an account was merged in the mean while, does it mean both
feedbacks are removed at the same time, or only the one as a seller (as the main
account would be the seller). I'd love to find out, but without active testing
(which would imply to create another account), it won't be easy to figure
it out
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Regardless, I agree with the suggestion.
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Ditto
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--
Marc.
| | This means that potential buyers won't likely know of it to avoid shopping
in that particular store.
My suggestion is that when such a merge includes feedback that it becomes a negative
with a standardized BL comment.
* Sure you can see the merge history though it does not necessarily mean poor
intentions.
P.S. My only concern is that it may be pointless as the member would just create
a different account to sell under. Thoughts?
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | May 31, 2016 14:38 | | Subject: | Re: Letter for Bricklink Administration | | Viewed: | 105 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, basarozcan writes:
| | Dear Staff,
I'm one of the executive member of enclosed Turkish LEGO Users Group (Turklug)
and one of the founder of Istanbul LEGO Users Group (IstanLUG). Last 7 years
me and my friends organized Turkish LEGO Fans to be a RLUG, arranging so many
meetings, contests and community projects in our country.
We're sellers and buyers from Turkey whom deals with government's bad
decisions nowadays. After 6th of June, PayPal is retreat from our country because
of governments some regulations. Not only for bricklink we're blocked to
buy stuff and sell our works for using PayPal. PayPal authorities said that they
are working on this situation to solve immediately but nobody know when they
will solve it.
As you know Bricklink request fees only on PayPal account. We're unable to
pay our bricklink fees anymore. Please add different payment method for paying
our fees to bricklink. If it is not possible we'll want limitless postponement
to paying our fees to bricklink.
Kindly regards
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For your information: you don't need a Paypal account to pay to a
Paypal account, you can open the payment tab and select 'other method'
and pay straight from credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, etc),
so I don't think there would be any reason why Bricklink would not bill you
or agree to accept a longer delay on payment.
Obviously, it does mean you should have a credit card allowed by Paypal...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | May 12, 2016 07:38 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 8152-1 | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 4162pb141 Black Tile 1 x 8 with Thick Yellow Curved Stripe Pattern (Sticker) - Set 8152 (Counterpart)
Comments from Submitter:
Adding counterpart to set.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | May 5, 2016 02:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sp002 | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Smron writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Yellow {3626bp01 Minifig, Head Standard Grin Pattern - Blocked Open Stud to 3626ap01 Minifig, Head Standard Grin Pattern - Solid Stud}
Comments from Submitter:
All instructions that include this minifigure depict the solid stud version of this head. No evidence to suggest the blocked open stud version was ever used.
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I wouldn't go by images too much and rather stick to 'owned sets'
before making such changes. Images are made months before actual release and
setlayouts are made from 'stock' items of the designers, but that doesn't
mean there can't be a differences 'in production'
I suggest you have a look here, to stick to the timeline in regards to head versions:
http://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=en
And that timeline is pretty accurate when compared to actual setcontents
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2016 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 9975-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Paddington77 writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 3706 Black Technic, Axle 6
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if you want to change the quantity, you need to update the existing lot, your
request would create a duplicate entry.
So your request line should be:
c(change) 338240 (inv.item ID) 8 (replaces the current 6 in the quantity field),
nothing else (color, part ID remain embedded in the inv.item ID).
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2016 12:49 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8781-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, netcivil writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {14 to 13} Part Tan 3062b Brick, Round 1 x 1 Open Stud
Comments from Submitter:
I built per the instructions on lego.com, and went through them again, I only used 13 of these to complete the build
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There seems to be 2 versions of this set, look at the changes made in 2006 (1413)
and 2008(1314)
I agree that based on available instructions there are only 13, but considering
the changes (and alternates) made in 2008, there is most likely a variant set
needing some other parts.
I would leave it like that untill a real comparison is made and it might be wise
to add a note to the inventory about it.
Jen?
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2016 11:08 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6243-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part {White to Very Light Bluish Gray} sailbb42 Cloth Sail Bottom 28 x 18 with Red Stripes, Skull and Crossbones Pattern
* Change 2 Part {White to Very Light Bluish Gray} sailbb43 Cloth Sail Top 28 x 18 with Red Stripes Pattern
* Change 1 Part {White to Very Light Bluish Gray} sailbb44 Cloth Sail Triangular 17 x 20 with Red Stripes Pattern
Comments from Submitter:
Adjusting inventory based on recent color change of sails of this set.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2016 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6359-1 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, maggiec writes:
| | The pictures were replaced with a proper (unaltered!) one, but may not show up
if you click on the large image in the forum post, even after a hard refresh.
 It should show up in the entry though.
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Great picture. Thanks!
And I like the title change for the entry marked for deletion. It certainly
makes the pending deletion much more attention-grabbing beyond just an additional
note.
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Agreed. And maybe it should also say superseded by a new entry...
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My only concern regarding the new sticker entry would be the additional note
which equates cm to stud measurement, which are two different measurements.
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yes noticed that as well, but it's not the first time sheets are being mismeasured,
I noticed a couple of people submit in cm, in stead of stud dimensions. Why on
earth is it stud dimensipons anyway on stickersheets, you don't measure an
instruction or box either in 'studs'
But I assume it's because stickers are still considered 'parts' (sigh)
and it's the main configuration of 'parts' that sets the dimensions
to 'stud' size.
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To RobErNat: I found that incomplete image on BrickShelf and did not have permission
to use it for a catalog entry. I only posted it so that people would know what
I was referring to.
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Oh, OK, I thought it was yours
So good Maggie was around then, she found the ultimate 'gem' then I suppose
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2016 14:12 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6359-1 | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, maggiec writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| |
Yes, that would be nice, something similar to:
Cheers, Eric
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Thanks for finding that, it makes the perfect "model" for what to say in the
notes!
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Wasn't hard to find, as the note was added by either you or Ronald based
on my findings on that one
So it was just a matter of remembering where we had a similar case before
[P=BA06pb02]
Thanks !
now I need to remember another one
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2016 13:56 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6359-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, maggiec writes:
| | Hmm, you would think, wouldn't you? I just had a look at the instructions,
and they only show the sticker being applied to one side. So to me it
is ambiguous, as it could be considered implicit that it is one both sides because
of the existence of the other sticker and the fact that the back of the assembly
is visible on the built stable.
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Yes, I saw that as well, but to me it ain't conclusive as TLG did not always
indicate to put stickers both side (they only start doing that later on), but
when looking at other assemblies the same thing is 'suggestive'
[p=BA17pb01]
(I didn't check whether there are images showing both sides)
| | If we don't get more concrete evidence one
way or another, we could add a note to the entry for sellers to indicate whether
they have the sticker on one or both sides.
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Yes, that would be nice, something similar to:
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2016 13:36 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6359-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, maggiec writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 6359stk01 (Not Applicable) Sticker for Set 6359 - (190425)
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I'm a bit puzzled:
obviously a nice catch in regards to the sheet, but
is holding a picture with the exact same number as
[p=6359stk01u]
So it's not really solving the matter
Why not add the picture you posted before?
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=975474
Obviously incomplete, but it's not the only sheet like that in catalog.
And, it could also be 'altered' quite easely
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The pictures were replaced with a proper (unaltered!) one, but may not show up
if you click on the large image in the forum post, even after a hard refresh.
It should show up in the entry though.
Maggie
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Hi Maggie,
Thanks for pointing towards it.
I cleared my browser history, logged off and in again, now it shows properly
for me (nice image btw), if others have the same error they might need to do
the same thing.
so problem solved on the image
While where at it
I have an unlisted
[p=BA06pb02]
However mine comes with stickers both sides (as there are 2 stickers on the sheet)
However the entry for the assembly does not say 'both sides' (stickers).
Another seller is also selling with stickers both sides.
Is it plausible this assembly should have stickers both sides.
Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2016 13:06 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6359-1 | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 6359stk01 (Not Applicable) Sticker for Set 6359 - (190425)
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I'm a bit puzzled:
obviously a nice catch in regards to the sheet, but
is holding a picture with the exact same number as
[p=6359stk01u]
So it's not really solving the matter
Why not add the picture you posted before?
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=975474
Obviously incomplete, but it's not the only sheet like that in catalog.
And, it could also be 'altered' quite easely
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 29, 2016 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 375-2 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, TorontoLego writes:
| | Why were these added as non-stickered versions? Do they exist that way?
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Originally yes, they came undecorated with the stickers on a sheet. So they are
no different then more recent stickered minifigs.
So this is just a matter of building consitancy in the catalog, regardeless of
the fact whether it is usefull.
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In Inventories Requests, BrickLinkAdmin writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Minifig cas081a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Blue Cavalry
* Add 7 Minifig cas082a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Blue
* Add 1 Minifig cas083a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight White Cavalry
* Add 1 Minifig cas084a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight White
* Add 1 Minifig cas085a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Black Cavalry
* Add 1 Minifig cas086a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Black
* Add 1 Minifig cas087a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Red Cavalry
* Add 1 Minifig cas088a Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Red
* Change 1 Minifig cas086s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Black - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 1 Minifig cas085s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Black Cavalry - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 7 Minifig cas082s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Blue - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 1 Minifig cas081s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Blue Cavalry - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 1 Minifig cas088s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Red - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 1 Minifig cas087s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight Red Cavalry - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 1 Minifig cas084s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight White - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
* Change 1 Minifig cas083s Classic - Yellow Castle Knight White Cavalry - with Vest Stickers {Regular to Counterpart}
Comments from Submitter:
All changes have been approved by the Committee for Modern Ethics in Castle Relocations.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2016 12:57 | | Subject: | Re: Please Stop Using Admin Account for Catalog | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | Perhaps I was not clear enough on what is occurring.
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I would've saved myself some extra work if I had given these reasons in my
initial post:
1. There is no accountability when multiple people use the same account
to make catalog changes/additions. Is it okay for me to give my password to
a handful of trusted BrickLink members so that StormChaser may be used as a group
account for catalog contributions? How will anyone know if it's me or RobErNat
submitting something to the catalog?
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1. Thanks for (still) considering me as a trusted BL member I feel honered
reading that from you
2.It would only amplify the issue, as RobErNat technicly *might* be accessed
by 3 people if one checkes my 'ME' page
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2. The person making catalog changes/additions does not get credit for
the contributions when multiple people use the same account for catalog work.
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True
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3. The Admin account being used was not originally a pool account to
the best of my knowledge. It was an account/username used exclusively by a single
person (Daniel Jezek). Therefore, nearly all of the catalog contributions currently
credited to Admin were made not by a collective, but by a single person.
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True, and a long time ago, when Admin Eric became Admin I suggested to have a
clear seperation between Admin Dan's account and Admin Eric's account,
this was not done, and next Admins just kept using the same account...
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4. Dan's contributions have a higher value, I would argue, than contributions
of others. They show his intentions for the site, among other reasons.
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Agreed.
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5. I hope that when I die BrickLink members will have the courtesy not
to use my account to make contributions to the catalog. I feel like it would
diminish the work I did while alive. This is a nice way of saying that I feel
it's morally wrong to use the Admin account to make any catalog contributions
whatsoever.
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Personally I wouldn't mind if one day my son (for instance) would take over
my account (and technicly he is allowed, as he's being part of the username
since many years), but I would indeed be favorable to a clear 'break'
on contributions/owner runnings between more then one accountholder. Right now,
the BL system isn't set up for that however...
This issue has been raised in the past when SimplyBricks was Inventory Admin:
Simply Bricks is being runned by 2 people: Emma, the IA and Mike, the second
person behind the SimplyBricks account with his own opinions as a pretty regular
member, always clearly identified by his signature, but also always 'tagged'
as being an IA (because the ID card said so), while he was not...
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I'm sure there are other reasons which I'm too tired to think of at the
moment.
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Responsability, credebility, legacy.
Analyse everything on those words, and you'll have *all* the anwsers
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2016 13:26 | | Subject: | Re: "Add to my Inventory" link | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, otrwalter writes:
| | When I've found an item, style and color, and than I hit "Add to my Inventory"
link, the color does not follow.
This gets very tedious when I'm adding several hundred items to "my inventory"
from a purchase from another store.
(I don't sell, I just use the "tore" to track my personal collection and
what I but, from whom and at how much.)
PS: Is there an easier way to bulk add items from an order into my inventory?
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Sure
Use Brickstock, import your order, edit it, reupload in your store, takes about
2 minutes (depending on how much you wanna edit it).
make regular full backups of your store with Brickstock and keep the BSX files
safe
http://brickstock.patrickbrans.com/
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Forgot to say, if you use Brickstock, you need to use 'demo' mode and
you will need to setup your Bricklink access (username and password) in Brickstock
to make it work.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2016 13:24 | | Subject: | Re: "Add to my Inventory" link | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Suggestions, otrwalter writes:
| | When I've found an item, style and color, and than I hit "Add to my Inventory"
link, the color does not follow.
This gets very tedious when I'm adding several hundred items to "my inventory"
from a purchase from another store.
(I don't sell, I just use the "tore" to track my personal collection and
what I but, from whom and at how much.)
PS: Is there an easier way to bulk add items from an order into my inventory?
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Sure
Use Brickstock, import your order, edit it, reupload in your store, takes about
2 minutes (depending on how much you wanna edit it).
make regular full backups of your store with Brickstock and keep the BSX files
safe
http://brickstock.patrickbrans.com/
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2016 09:59 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8097-1 | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | There are two different versions of the set, and this has been painstakingly
studied
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Don't remind me please
Took me hours 
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2015 15:58 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4000013-1 | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, balgi writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Yellow {3626cpb0273 Minifig, Head Brown Eyebrows, Thin Grin with Teeth, Black Eyes with White Pupils Pattern - Stud Recessed to 3626cpb0278 Minifig, Head Brown Eyebrows, White Pupils, Lopsided Smile with Black Dimple Pattern - Stud Recessed}
Comments from Submitter:
head is totally different, I checked it with the inventory listed in the instructions.
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The box shows the head that is currently listed:
Are you working with a sealed set?
Russell
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According to a doublecheck on another database which pulls it's data from
TLG, the OP is right.
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How do you know that TLG's box image is wrong but their inventory data is
right
The OP worked "with the inventory listed in the instructions". These printed
inventories have been shown to be wrong in many instances (as well as some box
images). The OP should answer Russell's question.
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Read my statement again. I did not state 'I Know', I stated 'according'
(with reason)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2015 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: Remove New classification for boxes | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, renhoffman writes:
| | I agree that there are many users that think they are ordering a set, when they buy a box.
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Is that linked to the fact an original box would be listed as being 'new',
or is that linked to the fact the 'standard description' isn't explicit
enough?
Let me rephrase: Say a brand new user ends up browings here and finds
Listed used...
The seller is smart enough to state it's an EMPTY box, but what if he didn't,
do you think the potential buyer will KNOW that it's not a full set because
it's listed 'used' ?
Can we assume that the buyer would 'snatch' it because for him the price
seems reasonable for such a set?
The fact it is listed used doesn't make a difference, it's the description
that fails, and it would take BL 2 minutes to add the word empty between original
and box to solve that particular issue: original(empty)box
Luckely the seller here is smart enough to state it himself.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2015 13:18 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4000013-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, balgi writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Yellow {3626cpb0273 Minifig, Head Brown Eyebrows, Thin Grin with Teeth, Black Eyes with White Pupils Pattern - Stud Recessed to 3626cpb0278 Minifig, Head Brown Eyebrows, White Pupils, Lopsided Smile with Black Dimple Pattern - Stud Recessed}
Comments from Submitter:
head is totally different, I checked it with the inventory listed in the instructions.
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The box shows the head that is currently listed:
Are you working with a sealed set?
Russell
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According to a doublecheck on another database which pulls it's data from
TLG, the OP is right.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2015 13:11 | | Subject: | Re: Remove New classification for boxes | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, edk writes:
| | BL classifies parts pulled from new sealed sets as new until they have been used
to build. Simple to comprehend. Since every box was Used (built up,glued,taped)
as intended it can no longer be New. Simple to comprehend as well in my eyes.
New does not mean perfect.
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OK, so a set with broken seals ain't 'new' either? According to the
classification BL gives, such a set is still 'new', it's just no
longer sealed. So technicly, an open 'new' box *with content* is still
considered 'new', but an empty one would not be 'new', because
you took out the lego
Now I'm pretty sure every seller with a 'seals broken' set, actually
took out the LEGO to check the content, then placed it back in, so as 'used'
set then (soon 1 item is used, a whole set becomes used)
This is nitpicking and leads us nowhere IMHO, as long as there are no real issues
between buyers and sellers because of it (think I've never seen a complaint
about such on the forum and I've been around for a while now). I really don't
see the point of discussing it, as long as there aren't frequent complaints.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2015 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Remove New classification for boxes | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, edk writes:
| | I would like to suggest that the NEW classification for empty boxes be removed.
They just do not exist (maybe on an extremely rare occasion) but people still
keep listing them as new. For the people who think they are correct in listing
as new I challenge you to answer this question. What was used to contain the
particular Lego set you parted out ? Hint..... it was the box. It was USED for
a purpose.. Looking at the price guide it seems like people buy the incorrectly
listed as new more often than the honestly listed boxes. I just feel it is an
unfair advantage for those who are misleading with their new designation.
Ed
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Following that reasoning, we should also classify all parts from a set 'used',
as prior to final wrapping parts are only handled by machines (mainly). Once
sets move out of factory, they get tossed, so the parts start rubbing against
eachother, then to part them out, we pour out the bags on a table and then we
sort and handle the parts, then they go in storage, some might move out fast,
others will remain in stock for ages, but are still 'moved' around when
picking other parts (depending on how people store). In the end, a part **might**
not be flawless anymore because of it... But we still sell 'new'. So
why would a pristine and carefully opened box no longer be 'new' while
parts from that same set might have scratches if longer time in storage...
The intent is to classify, that's it, if pristine, I see nothing wrong with
'new' for a box, just in the same we sell 'new' sets (and which
might have shelfwear, oftenly not even mentioned by sellers).
So 'No' for me, I'm actually more worried about the quality of 'used'
items, as it seems A LOT of sellers don't even bother stating an actual condition
(or lack quality control), particulary on more expensive sets, boxes, instructions,
parts and minifigs, so what am I buying? A used but very good condition item,
or one with damage/tears/discolorisation/bitemarks
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2015 10:44 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4000013-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, WILYKAT writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, balgi writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 2 Part 3024 Red Plate 1 x 1
* Delete 2 Part 3004 White Brick 1 x 2
* Change {2 to 1} Part Light Bluish Gray 3023 Plate 1 x 2
* Change {2 to 1} Part Tan 3794 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud (Jumper)
* Change {8 to 5} Part Trans-Orange 4073 Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side
* Change {10 to 19} Part {White to Glow In Dark White} 4073 Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side
Comments from Submitter:
Checked the items with the original instructions and several changes need to be done.
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A year ago I made a full detailed list of what needed to be changed.
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Why didn't you submit the changes
| | I bought
a sealed set and found obscene number of error. It seems the original submitter
looked at the picture and tried to make a list as LEGO didn't release instruction
for this set. (They still haven't released it even though they have released
many other 4000xx sets)
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Doesn't mean the actual content couldn't be found, clearly TLG did allow
download of inventory content, as other websites display the inventory correctly
(at first sight).
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2015 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Admin...please add more stockrooms :-) | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | Well, don't blame you, technology is here to make us nice and lazy,
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Not really to make use lazy, bit rather organised. If you know excell a bit,
you know you can have several coloms, lines, but also multiple pages, with inventory
management it's a bit like that, people wanna be able to seperate things
one from another and the more 'pages' the easier it is to manage, because
the organisation is better
| | so any
way in which it can do that is welcome of course But if setting remarks is
tedious, then maybe that is the root problem? So the solution is faster / better
interfaced inventory management & manipulation rather than just an arbitrary
number of extra stockrooms?
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remarks ain't enough, to be honest, I would also like an active and non active
quantity option, that way I would know what I have as 'real' quantity,
compared to 'listed for sale' quantity, while now I use the remarks field
for that (anyway, I assume that's just whisfull thinking LOL)
Back to the stockrooms:
Fact is, from within your inventory, you can choose in what stockroom you wanna
work: All, A, B, or C, but with a multitude of items in all 3: parts, figs,
sets, *and* in condition used and new, one would at least need 6, but adding
personal inventory would most likely double that for me, so I would be extremely
happy with stockrooms A-M (considering gear/boxes/instructions), or better: 26
of them, A-Z Technicly whether you have 3 or 26 it hardly changes anyting
in the amount of data, it's just a matter of being able to organise more
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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | Ohh I see, yes, the retain function could have its own stockroom, I can see the
added functionality in that. But as for the others, can't you just use the
remarks field for that?
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It's possible, but it's not easy. I like easy.
--
Marc.
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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, CCBricks writes:
| | Admin,
While we already have three options for stockrooms, I would like to have the
option to add more. I can see its potential in the aid of inventory maintenance
etc. Is there a way that the option could be enabled to let us have more stockroom
options such as add, delete amd rename? That is what I want for Christmas .
Brian @ Capital City Bricks
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I'm always curious about this multiple stockrooms thing, what exactly is
its purpose? I mean, something is either on offer or it is not, that's a
binary thing, and remarks already allow you to assign any manner of tags. So
why multiple stockrooms? (We already have 3 so apparently it's useful but
it just escapes me )
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Stockroom A automatically gets filled with lots that are sold-out.
Stockroom B, I use to move stuff into that I plan on using for one of my own
projects. (I don't want to delete the lots in case I change my mind.)
Stockroom C, I use for stuff that I have uploaded but not made live yet (because
I haven't checked the prices, etc).
Stockroom D, I use for ... wait... there is not stockroom D. So, Stockroom C
I also use for lots which I am temporarily taking down because I am going to
a live show where I will be selling, and I don't want to double-sell.
Stockroom E, I move stuff that sold out (from A) that I want as a reminder to
myself to restock.
Stockroom F, I just want to store stuff that I think has a funny name.
Stockroom G, I just enjoy saying "Stockroom G"
Etc
--
Marc.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2015 09:37 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6349-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part White {4532 Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 to 4532a Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 - Solid Studs}
Comments from Submitter:
from my personal MIB set
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2015 09:28 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7240-1 | | Viewed: | 12 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 2 Part 4532 Red Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 (match ID 9)
* Change 2 Part Red 4532a Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 - Solid Studs {Alternate to Regular} {match ID 9 to 0}
Comments from Submitter:
from my personal MIB set (top of cupboards visible in back of car)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2015 09:20 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 4513-1 | | Viewed: | 14 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Red {4532 Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 to 4532a Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 - Solid Studs}
Comments from Submitter:
From my personal MIB set
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2015 08:45 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 1254-1 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 3 Part White {4532 Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 to 4532a Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 - Solid Studs}
Comments from Submitter:
From my personal MIB set
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2015 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Admin...please add more stockrooms :-) | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, CCBricks writes:
| | Admin,
While we already have three options for stockrooms, I would like to have the
option to add more. I can see its potential in the aid of inventory maintenance
etc. Is there a way that the option could be enabled to let us have more stockroom
options such as add, delete amd rename? That is what I want for Christmas .
Brian @ Capital City Bricks
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I'm always curious about this multiple stockrooms thing, what exactly is
its purpose? I mean, something is either on offer or it is not, that's a
binary thing, and remarks already allow you to assign any manner of tags. So
why multiple stockrooms? (We already have 3 so apparently it's useful but
it just escapes me )
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Sold Out= Stockroom A
New items from Imports= Stockroom A
I use Stockroom B to store sold out Items (so I actually move them to B), that
way my Stockroom A stays clean with things I need to check, those can either
be 'to sell', To keep', 'to merge', etc, I know all newly
listed stuff is autocmaticly there, so I can concentrate on my Stockroom A. Stockroom
B also contains things I need to fllow up in future, like minifig parts, Stickers
I wanna activate in future, stufff like that. My stockroom C is mainly containing
my personal collection, but I would like to have that splitted, Minifigs, Sets,
etc... And would certainly wanna be able to split Stockroom B, and would like
to have a setting to move 'sold out' items automaticly to a stockroom
of choice (Z) for example...
So YES to more stockrooms (doesn't matter if then can be named or not, allthough
it would be handy...)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2015 13:42 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6464-1 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Elliot_The_Cat writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {4 to 6} Part White 4207 Ladder 14 x 2.5
* Change {1 to 2} Part White 3069bp13 Tile 1 x 2 with Arrow Short Yellow with Black Border Pattern
* Change {3 to 4} Part White 3829c01 Vehicle, Steering Stand 1 x 2 with Black Steering Wheel
* Change {16 to 22} Part White 6014a Wheel 11mm D. x 12mm, Hole Round for Wheels Holder Pin
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2015 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6464-1 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Elliot_The_Cat writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 29 Part 6015 (Not Applicable) Tire 21mm D. x 12mm - Offset Tread Small Wide
* Change {1 to 2} Part Yellow 3838 Minifig, Airtanks
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2015 13:38 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6464-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Elliot_The_Cat writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {1 to 2} Part Black 30262 Vehicle, Base 4 x 14 x 1 2/3
* Change {1 to 2} Part Light Gray 3324c01 Hinge Plate 2 x 9 - Complete Assembly
* Change {1 to 2} Part Light Gray 194cx2 Minifig, Utensil Hose Nozzle Simple with 35L Black String
* Change {2 to 4} Part Light Gray 3660 Slope, Inverted 45 2 x 2
* Change {2 to 3} Part Red 3010px1 Brick 1 x 4 with Car Headlights and Blinkers Pattern
* Change {3 to 5} Part Red 3010pb009 Brick 1 x 4 with Fire Logo Badge and White Diagonal Stripes Pattern
* Change {1 to 2} Part Red 30182 Slope 45 4 x 4
* Change {1 to 2} Part Red 4209 String Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder
* Change {1 to 2} Part Red 3403c01 Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with Top, Complete Assembly
* Change {2 to 4} Part Trans-Dark Blue 4533 Container, Cupboard 2 x 3 x 2 Door
* Change {8 to 10} Part Trans-Dark Blue 3040 Slope 45 2 x 1
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2015 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 3710-1 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | How about this for a proposal - Lego started with Fabuland Orange in 1982 with
separate parts (perhaps even back in 1979 with the heads) and then at some point
during the time these special orange parts were in production (through at least
1986) the color was switched. Look at the difference in color between the heads
on these versions of the Fabuland lion:
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One would need to compare actual color, having both items in hand, as based on
an image (made by 2 different people and therefore 2 different pictures quality
and colorbalance) comparison is IMHO impossible...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2015 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7184-1 | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, kellyk writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 4 Part 2456 Brown Brick 2 x 6 (match ID 1)
* Change {2 to 6} Part Brown 3009 Brick 1 x 6
Comments from Submitter:
Instructions contain 6 1x6 brown bricks. Inventory shows 2 1x6 and 4 2x6. I can't see any 2x6 bricks in the set instructions.
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check the note under the inventory:
This set has two versions, with a change from Brown 2 x 6 to 1 x 6 bricks
being the difference. The second version bricks can be found in the ALTERNATE
section.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2015 10:35 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60047-1 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 3 Part 19220 Black Minifig, Utensil Radio with Detailed Grille (Alternate) (match ID 3)
* Change 3 Part Black 3962b Minifig, Utensil Radio with Extended Handle {match ID 0 to 3}
Comments from Submitter:
Found as alternate in this set (recent part out).
Thanks, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2015 12:46 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 126-1 | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, lnkvt writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Red {wheel2a Train Wheel Spoked for Motor to wheel2b Train Wheel Spoked for Wagon}
Comments from Submitter:
This set comes with wagon wheels, not motor wheels.
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Is it true that motor wheels always came with the rubber rim pre-assembled?
I remember having wheels with the train engine on them, and at the time I did
not know that there were other train wheels with a wagon on them. I always thought
the engine symbol stood for "train", but apparently it meant "this one has a
rubber rim, make sure these ones are used with the motor".
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No, it means "I have a different shape than the other one!"
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I don't perceive any difference in shape, but I'm only looking at the
catalog images and I don't have a physical wagon wheel to compare to the
engine type. Where is the shape different?
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has a straight hub
has a beveled hub
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Isn't this difference, though, based entirely on one having to hold (and
make space for) a rubber rim, and the other not using the rim? In other words,
the beveled wheel was always used with the rim, and the straight one never had
the rim.
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That is correct, and the beveled form is not to make space for the rim, it is
to avoid it slips off, as when 'running' it generates centrifugal force
and so on a straight wheel the rim slips off, it does not on the beveled version.
The rims are obviously needed to create traction clutch when running with a motor,
on a 'push' train this was not needed/not the case, so the OP is most
likely right
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The reason I am poking for information on this is that I believe it would be
best, when we start making adjustments to the way early wheels are handled in
inventories, that the engine wheel with rim assembly:
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As far as I can remember, the rims where not factory placed on the wheels (neither
in the 12V series btw), probably because they would start to stretch right from
the start, some boxes show them as a seperate item in the displayed parts list
if I recall well (would need to check to make sure).
| | ...be listed in the Regular Items section
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please not...
| | similar to these wheels:
...which always came assembled, and were considered to be a single part by TLG
at the time.
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Yes correct but then in the '80 and even in the '90 some assemblies where
regular as well, but never supported by the site 'inventory' wise:
Change made to reflect reality based on MISB set
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?itemType=S&itemNo=1760-1&viewDate=Y&viewStatus=1
with things 'undone' later on
Sure the change I made created 'inconsistancy', but it created a precendent
with the intend to reflect more reality in inventories, while now it's just
'consistent', fact is, LEGO has not always been consistant, so why should
we? Let inventories reflect reality, period.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 17, 2015 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set col07-11 | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, elias3 writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 3742 Yellow Plant Flower Small (Extra)
* Change {3 to 1} Part Yellow {3742 Plant Flower Small to 3742c01 Plant Flower Small, 4 on Sprue}
Comments from Submitter:
Standard is to have all of flowers in regular inventory.
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There was an unwritten exception for this?
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From Apr 6, 2012 we have these examples:
...and there are 4 more, all small sets. But then we have hundreds of them changed
over to sprues by Admin Dan on Feb 24, 2007.
I'm not 100% for following Dan's example in every situation (everybody
ends up out on a limb at one point or another), but in this case it became a
well-established policy and it points in the same general direction that inventory
policy is already headed, i.e. to represent the original (new) condition of sets
more closely.
I don't remember anything being said in 2012 about an unwritten exception.
Obviously the state of the 6 small inventories was intentional, so we can't
claim this was just an oversight. But I don't see a reason for the exception.
Can anybody explain why these sets are different than all the rest?
Russell
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The 'on sprue' was usefull because of part out's of new sets, if
3 where regular and 1 was extra, it would cause a mess for sellers on partouts,
for used sets it was less an issue if one flower was missing (even if it was
regular), as most buyers would most likely not make an issue out of it.
For the CMF's (and possibly other small sets) it's a bit more of a problem,
as there are high detailed pictures showing 3 flowers, the chances for partouts
where/are smaller, as either the baggie would be sold 'complete', either
the fig would be sold as a complete fig, leaving almost no other parts in most
cases (except some small accessoires) and easier to have control (compared to
large sets) on a partout. I don't remember the exact reason why the smaller
sets had inventories like that, but it was an unwritten and deliberate 'exception'
on the CMF's in the first place, it was discussed back then when other people
tried to file inventory changes, I'm not sure it was the right course of
action, as indeed it removed the consistancy on these flowers, BUT the reasoning
was at the same time as the reasoning for the 'knives' on sprue, as in
most cases only one was used and the second was extra...
A bit complicated, and an eternal issue when selling 'new' compared
to selling 'used', but the priority was given to 'used' (in the
long run) with the intend to not force sellers of 'used' sets to have
to add 'spares' that are not part of the actual build and therefor are
not required to consider a set 'complete' (reason why extra knives and
brickseperators got moved to 'extra', and why on small CMF sets the 1
flower was put as an extra).
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 2, 2015 14:37 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60052-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 10 Part 2878c02 Black Train Wheel RC Train Pair, Complete Assembly (Counterpart)
Comments from Submitter:
Counterpart in this set
thx
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Nov 2, 2015 13:42 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60052-1 | | Viewed: | 14 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 24 Part 3794b Light Bluish Gray Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove (Jumper) (Alternate) (match ID 4)
* Change 24 Part Light Bluish Gray 15573 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove and Bottom Stud Holder (Jumper) {match ID 0 to 4}
Comments from Submitter:
found the 'b' type in set
thx, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2015 13:16 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10244-1 | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 4085b Yellow Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate) (match ID 5)
* Change 2 Part Yellow 4085d Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 4 (thick open O clip) {match ID 0 to 5}
Comments from Submitter:
Found other type in my set
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2015 13:13 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10244-1 | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 3794 Yellow Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud (Jumper) (Alternate) (match ID 4)
* Change 2 Part Yellow 3794b Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove (Jumper) {match ID 0 to 4}
Comments from Submitter:
Found other type in set
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 11, 2015 04:09 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4595-1 | | Viewed: | 14 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 4 Part 6014bc01 Yellow Wheel 11mm D. x 12mm, Hole Notched for Wheels Holder Pin with Black Tire Offset Tread Small Wide (6014b / 6015) (Counterpart)
* Add 4 Part 6014bc01 Medium Blue Wheel 11mm D. x 12mm, Hole Notched for Wheels Holder Pin with Black Tire Offset Tread Small Wide (6014b / 6015) (Counterpart)
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You sure found the right set for yourself, to make a request on
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2015 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 40190-1 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, BrickConductor2 writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, BrickConductor2 writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Hygrotus writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 3794 Black Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud (Jumper) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 2 Part Black 3794b Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove (Jumper) {match ID 0 to 1}
Comments from Submitter:
Found this alternate in Seald Set Contest.
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| | when has bricklink ever been wrong?
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What's your thinking here (or your point)? In regards to what ? Inventories
and their corectness?
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
what I mean is, I don't think bricklink has ever had any incorrect info on
ANYTHING.
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You have been around for 2 weeks and you already figured out Bl doens't hold
any incorrect info in it's catalog and inventories database
Wow, what are you? Superman?
There are hundreds of incorrect inventories and errors in BL's database
And it's the contributors who set things right.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogLogs.asp
http://www.bricklink.com/calendar.asp?v=Y
happy reading
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2015 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 40190-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, BrickConductor2 writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Hygrotus writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 3794 Black Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud (Jumper) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 2 Part Black 3794b Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove (Jumper) {match ID 0 to 1}
Comments from Submitter:
Found this alternate in Seald Set Contest.
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|
| | when has bricklink ever been wrong?
|
What's your thinking here (or your point)? In regards to what ? Inventories
and their corectness?
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2015 13:43 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8206-1 | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, pdr507 writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 2335pb077 White Flag 2 x 2 Square with Checkered Pattern on One Side, Black Corners (Sticker) (Counterpart)
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Size of checkered pattern seems correct for this set as well.
| | * Add 1 Part 30261pb018 White Road Sign Clip-on 2 x 2 Round with 'STOP FUEL' Pattern (Sticker) - Set 8679 (Counterpart)
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Yes, perfect match on font and size of sticker, so indeed in set 8206 as well.
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Comments from Submitter:
adding stickered counterparts
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2015 00:46 | | Subject: | Re: View stockroom bypass password | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brox999 writes:
| | Hi, buyer saw an item in my store and is sending a list of what he needs. I have
20,000+ parts to work through and it would be useful to allow him to view my
stockroom via a bypass password like you can allow access if your store is closed,
worth considering as an enhancement
Regards
Andrew
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LOL
This has existed for years now
Check 'store password'
http://www.bricklink.com/pref_seller.asp
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2015 14:05 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sw677 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Brick.Door writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory: [M=sw677]
* Add 1 Part 61976 Reddish Brown Minifig, Utensil Bag Messenger Pouch
Comments from Submitter:
Shown in instructions wearing the bag - it should be included in the minifig inventory.
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The general conscensus is to not add the pouch to figs, known in 28 sets and
4 gear, but not known in any fig...
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=61976#T=C
Doesn't mean some people don't agree with you, but changing it now would
cause a bigger mess as plenty of figs would need to be resubmitted and the existing
ones would need to be marked for deletion... Inventories would need to be adapted...
And then the next one will be
Same deal...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2015 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: I'm Confused, can it get worse? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, j7r7o7c7k7 writes:
Wait untill someone changes the topic, the you'll be lost
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2015 12:11 | | Subject: | Re: you think? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| |
Lol. This thread is almost guaranteed to end up with the most subject changes
of any discussion in BrickLink history.
--
Marc.
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most likely yes
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2015 12:07 | | Subject: | Re: Original box separate inventory | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, sebastianlego writes:
| | I changed the topic for suggestion, but as I see no one replied to my topic.
Everyone think is it a bad idea?
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Personally I think it would clutter up the catalog, what I wouldn't mind
is using the note section to describe the inner boxes/baggies when there is relevance,
Like: Top tray, Inner Box numbers, number of inner trays, and why not inner cardboard
trays numbers and color, together with images when there is really a need to
(not for cardboard trays).
Don't think the catalog admins have an issue to add additional images where
it has relevance
Exemple (one I supplied): check the second large image for this box entry:
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2015 14:24 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6345-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
Thanks for helping this fellow out.
I was looking at these cones last night to see what should be done with this
inventory, and it looks like another mess to be untangled. One question I had
- is it possible to fit the boat mast into a hollow stud (not open)? Is it stable?
From the large image, it looks as though the boat mast has a rounded end:
* | | 476 Bar 12L with Open Stud, Tow Ball, and Slit (Boat Mast)
Parts: Bar |
..but of course we get into trouble very fast with CAD images. If you have one
of these parts, could you test it?
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Did not need to test it to help out the OP of the request, because I know a 3957
doesn't hold in a blocked or recessed stud. The boatmast is worse as it has
a splitted top, so even if it would fit in, the splitted top would certainly
not hold in tight.
But as you asked so kindly, I still tested it, no way this could work, the rounded
top is higher (and similar to the 3957 top) then the stud depth...
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The other thing is the problem with the printed cones. The "other" version is
this:
...which strictly speaking has an undetermined stud type. This part occurs from
1985 to 1998, but the B type occurs from 1990 to 1993, right in the middle:
Something doesn't add up in all of this. Any enlightenment would be appreciated.
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Yep, reason I stated this when replying the OP:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=938623
It is something I'll be looking into when I get the chance, but as I've
stated before (as with the Vestas set that I didn't manage to dig up), this
is going in my to do book (it used to be a list, I had to upgrade to a book)
with no deadline, as most of my persoanl stuff is packed...
I do assume there is a catch with current entries, one option is to contact sellers
who are selling used sets (or used parts) to find out if an 'open' stud
exists with those stripes, the first step would be to have it added in catalog
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2015 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: Limit on how many post you can make a day | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Biglesdug writes:
| | I'm tired of the childish back and forth threads clogging up the feed. I
think there should be a 10 post per day cap for members. Maybe this will discourage
members from going back and forth will person attacks and keep the forum to only
useful posts.
People can take their person dislikes of each into other internet realms, go
start a twitter beef, just stop clogging up the forum!
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Voted no...
Simple reason: catalog changes and inventory change requests are also posted
on the forum, it would limit the contributors of making changes and have them
posted on the forum.
In regards to back an forth threads, stop reading them if your fed up with them,
and skip to the next thread
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2015 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: A Suggestion to Help Prevent New Scam Stores | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Zixx writes:
| | Has been mentioned before but why not a fee ($10-20) as an initial fee to open
a store. Maybe divided to 2 fees--one lower and one higher--based on
inventory of parts or sets. Then that amount is used toward your selling fees.
Or even a small monthly fee.
Anyone think that would slow scammer stores down any?
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I doubt, if I were a scammer aiming for $1000-$10000 in just a few days, I wouldn't
give a damn about 'investing' $10-20 I would need to 'fund'
it somehow, but that could be done in dozens of ways, without any form of control
(particulary on Paypal) as the amount is too small.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2015 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: A Suggestion to Help Prevent New Scam Stores | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:
| | Currently, anyone can open a store on BrickLink simply by confirming the email
address you provide when registering. The process is automatic with no human
intervention in the process other than the new seller. I suggest that when a
new member wishes to open a store, that store will not become open to all other
members until and unless Admin reviews and approves that store. In other words,
rather than allowing new sellers to open a store immediately on their own without
any prior review, Admin should step into this process before the store can open.
This should help catch SOME (but not all) scammers. 100% protection is not necessary.
Anything the helps reduce the number and frequency of new scammers is helpful.
Admin can usually tell when a store looks bogus or suspicious and can intervene
to require more information or assurances from the new seller before their store
is allowed to open. Admin also has access to a database of prior BL scammers
and other information about everyone who joins BL. Most new stores should quickly
pass this review and approval by Admin almost immediately. It is the ones that
raise red flags that Admin's intervention can put a brake on.
With only a handful of new stores opening each day, and the review process being
rather quick (no more than a few minutes per new store), this should not impose
any significant additional burden on Admin's time or barriers to entry for
new sellers. In fact, by catching scammers before they can scam, it may actually
save Admin some time.
Scammers have opened new stores on BrickLink many hundreds of times already over
the years. You would think by now it would be obvious that there is a need for
some human to step into the process for minimal prior screening of these new
sellers and stores. This common sense step is long overdue.
Thor
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I support any idea that might slow down potential scammers, how it is done is
the sites perogative and duty to work it out. I'm not saying yes to this
particular suggestion, but also not 'no', as it is not our task to determine
'how' the site should be set up to prevent scammers to pop up to quickly,
with too many valuable items for sale. An automated system might still be an
option, particulary if a limitation on 'listed value' is put into place.
Now, we talk a lot about 'scam stores' here and by making suggestions
we try to help by offering 'options' to look at by the site, but I have
another question for you Foster:
What would need to be the reaction from the site, if a buyer turns out to be
a scammer or if there are repeated cases of NSS or Paypal claims against sellers
by a buyer? These kind of situations do exist, yet are hardly being talked about...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2015 02:33 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6345-1 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Red {3942b Cone 2 x 2 x 2 - Blocked Open Stud to 3942c Cone 2 x 2 x 2 - Completely Open Stud}
Comments from Submitter:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=938577
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Sep 3, 2015 00:35 | | Subject: | Re: Message limit for new sellers | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, paulvdb writes:
| | In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:
| | In Suggestions, Eidolon writes:
| | Please do not have replies count against the message limit for new members. It
makes it difficult to have a back-and-forth discussion at a time when new buyers
and sellers are most confused, and replying to someone else's message is
unlikely to be a massive spam.
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If you have your settings set up for messages being also forwarded to your regular
inbox, you can have the conversion in private, in stead of going through the
site. This causes no issues if both members feel they can trust eachother.
| | | |
Voted yes. It might be easier to code it by limiting the number of different
members a newbie can message each day rather than putting a limit on the total
number of messages. E.g. 5 members per day instead of 5 messages per day.
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5 members per day seems more logical then 5 messages per day.
| |
Or maybe it would be easier to code it so that members can send unlimited messages
from their order details (both received and placed) page. That way they can send
unlimited messages to buyers and sellers with whom they have open orders.
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I assumed the limitation is only valid for messages that are not order related,
and that for order related messages (send from within the orderoverview) there
would be no limit ?
Anyone can confirm whether the limitation is also valid on 'orders'?
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2015 05:38 | | Subject: | Re: Ranking up ideas to slow down potential SCAM | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| * Forcing the need of a personal picture with a Post-it on it with the sellers
username or storename, if the item has a value of more then $200 (all new sellers
with a selling feedback less the 10) as of $500 for all sellers with a feedback
of less then 100, as of $1000: for all sellers regardless the feedback.
* For newbie sellers (less then 10 FB) the admins would need to 'accept'
the listing of a high valued set before it goes online (as of $500 for example),
so sellers can list it, get invited to post a picture (with the username on it),
upload the picture, admin checks the item, the sellers details, IP location,
etc, then approves the listing if it seems legit, then it goes online (so the
site has control over the listing before it goes online, in stead of running
behind the facts). Any legit seller won't mind doing so, the Scammers will
realise there is not much point in trying.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2015 05:16 | | Subject: | Ranking up ideas to slow down potential SCAM | | Viewed: | 203 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Over the years a lot of suggestions have been made to prevent scam sellers from
getting loads of orders, take the money and run.
I'm sure BL is trying to work out systems to prevent such things from happening
in future, so it would be good to rank up all the potential options one could
imagine to have limitations, to have faster action on potential scam stores and
to potentially send warnings to buyers with open orders.
Please don't make this thread into a discussion, just state a clear idea,
without too much blah blah and without arguing about pro's and contra's,
without repeating or applauding to another ones suggestion, so just simple
things like the one below, with a brief indication/explanation of the option
Certain things could apply for new sellers with no feedback or when a member
opens a store (if if the member has hundreds or thousands of feedbacks from buying),
untill either they proof themselves by generating selling feedback, and/or by
giving proof items are in stock and/or by prooving who they are. Some of the
suggestion may conflict with eachother, but that is besides the intention of
the thread, let's just rank up the ideas in an easy to review thread for
the site admins so they can compile the ideas.
* Lot limitation: New sellers usually start pretty small and build up their store
along the way, so a lot limitation could prevent scammers using the PO function
on high valued sets. Example: maximum 200 lot's (legit sellers would probably
get a few orders a long the way and build up feedback)
* value limitation: example 500$, legit sellers would probably start small with
a limited inventory, get a few orders and work their way up. This limit would
exclude newbies from selling high valued sets soon they open a store, and for
legit sellers starting small, $500 is most likely quite a nice base to get started
(parts/minifigs/small and medium sets) and rank up some orders and feedbacks.
* maximum on 'number' of orders during the first month, for example 1/day
and 3/week, if no complaints during that month (no negatives, no neutrals, no
NSS/NRS statusses), upgrade to 2/day and 5/week the next month, if still no complaints,
full access
* Tags on high valued sets, so the admins would get a warning, sellers with a
sellers feedback lower then 10 for example.
* As admins can't be around 24/7: select a number of people worldwide who
can tag stores or listings, if a store or an item get's tagged by 3 different
people: Closure as 'preventive action', or block an item from being bought,
so the admins can review if there is a problem or not, the next business day
or their next avaliable moment online, with offcourse a mail to the admins to
check the situation or the item for sale that was 'locked'.
* If a store is locked (except if the reason is non payment of fees): a warning
to all buyers with open orders to either delay payment for a few days, to contact
seller to ask for tracking or proof of postage if shipped or ask information
about the status of the order and expected shippingdate if not yet shipped.
* Obligation for brand new sellers to have Paypal among the offered accepted
payment methods (after all they'll need to pay fees to BL for the sales,
so they need Paypal anyway).
* BL as temporary withholder of funds particulary on larger orders from newbie
sellers (I'm not in favor of this myself, but I do consider it an option).
* More proof on who sellers are, prior to being allowed opening a store: ID card
/ Drivers license / a small Paypal payment / Business documentation / etc, so
BL has the sellers details on record and can compare it to the registered address.
So, ideas like that with brief explanation and again, please don't make it
a discussion, just state your idea on what could help to improve BL in regards
to prevent scams
Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2015 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Disallow change of address to often | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In order to stop dropshippers it might be wise for BL to disallow members to
have frequent address changes, BL already allows a secondary address for people
to use, so there is no reason to allow several changes per year or even per month.
Sure people move once in a while, but I doubt many members move every few months
(even APO/FPO most likely don't).
The suggestion is to put in a limitation on the number of address changes, like
once every 2 months or each quarter at most, this should limit the options for
dropshippers to abuse the system.
Granted, this won't solve the problem when buyers requests this by mail,
but sellers can choose to disregard such...
Dropshipping is a growing problem in the world of e-commerce, remember that sellers
usually are on the loosing end when something goes wrong, particulary if paid
by Paypal, as usually it will not be the buyers address you'll be shipping
to...
Eric
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I thought this sounded familiar ... http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=932111
I'm all for it, regardless of who makes the suggestion.
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The reason was different, but the final outcome for both suggestions would serve
to solve both issues indeed. I do think it should be more then 1 month, 2 at
least, but preferably 3 or 4 months in between an address change would limit
these kind of abuse.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2015 04:39 | | Subject: | Disallow change of address to often | | Viewed: | 178 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| In order to stop dropshippers it might be wise for BL to disallow members to
have frequent address changes, BL already allows a secondary address for people
to use, so there is no reason to allow several changes per year or even per month.
Sure people move once in a while, but I doubt many members move every few months
(even APO/FPO most likely don't).
The suggestion is to put in a limitation on the number of address changes, like
once every 2 months or each quarter at most, this should limit the options for
dropshippers to abuse the system.
Granted, this won't solve the problem when buyers requests this by mail,
but sellers can choose to disregard such...
Dropshipping is a growing problem in the world of e-commerce, remember that sellers
usually are on the loosing end when something goes wrong, particulary if paid
by Paypal, as usually it will not be the buyers address you'll be shipping
to...
Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2015 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: 'PAID' order status causing workflow problem | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickcounter writes:
| | Also, if Bricklink fixes it, my problem is solved
|
Now what has changed that would require a 'fixing'?
A lot of sellers prepare their order, then send an invoice, buyers pays, order
is set to packed.
Others prepare after being paid, so if the seller followed the procedure (aka
setting the order 'paid', when indeed payment got in), and now the system
does it, then nothing has changed either...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2015 14:41 | | Subject: | Re: 'PAID' order status causing workflow problem | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickcounter writes:
| | Suffice to say that your analysis and conclusion are flawed, but a fun read all
the same, so time well spent
|
Why would my analysis and conclusions be flawed
If you run 'full time' (with several people) a business, of which 'BL'
is only part, with the amount of orders on BL, 1 person could do the 'BL'
processing, while others process orders from other venues. I do understand that
your method is a typical 'BO' method, because indeed the BO system allows
an intermediate step: 'processing', before an order is set 'processed'
(I oftenly skip the intermediate step) and it allows you to know 'someone'
is handling a certain order. Granted, right now BL doesn't allow such, but
if you have 1 person focussing on BL and 'filling' in on BO (and/or other
venues), then your problem is solved
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2015 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: Alert when payment from PP on site comes in | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| | In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| | How about an alert when a payment comes in via PP on site. Maybe a "$" icon similar
to when we get a new BL message.
Julie
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Now what exactly has changed
'before' you would send an invoice with either you PP e-mail or a link.
Buyer pays, PP send a notification to 'warn' you, you login to PP, check
the payment and set the order on Bl to 'paid'
'now' you have a 'pay' button, you invoice the buyer, the buyer
clicks 'pay', PP sends you a notification, and sends a message trough
the PP/BL-API to put the order in 'paid' status, you login to PP, check
the payment and you don't need to do a thing on BL...
Not much has changed, I really don't see why all of a sudden people wanna
change something to the whole system that has worked fine for years on Ebay/Amazon/BO
and thousands of other websites using this method...
Oh, and I strongly recommend *if* you're using the 'PP onsite' method,
to remove any payment details (or payment links) from your invoices... just use
the 'pay' method and problem solved
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No change sparked my suggestion.
I have a buyer from last night that needed their order rushed and chose PP onsite.
They haven't paid yet. Rather than checking PP to see if payment showed up,
it would be nice to get a little visual alert on BL.
Julie
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Just check you order overview and if the status says 'paid' then it's
paid
Or check your regular inbox to find out if PP send you a notification...
If a buyer is really in a hurry, presumably they would pop you a message anyway
saying: 'hey I paid, why isn't this shipped yet'
I don't really believe in 'rush orders' anymore, most buyers then
take 24-48 (or more) hours to pay and then suddenly *you* need to rush Doesn't
mean I wouldn't do the effort to get it out asap, but the asap starts when
I notice the order has been paid for, not when the buyer requested me a fast
invoice
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2015 13:19 | | Subject: | Re: Alert when payment from PP on site comes in | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| | How about an alert when a payment comes in via PP on site. Maybe a "$" icon similar
to when we get a new BL message.
Julie
|
Now what exactly has changed
'before' you would send an invoice with either you PP e-mail or a link.
Buyer pays, PP send a notification to 'warn' you, you login to PP, check
the payment and set the order on Bl to 'paid'
'now' you have a 'pay' button, you invoice the buyer, the buyer
clicks 'pay', PP sends you a notification, and sends a message trough
the PP/BL-API to put the order in 'paid' status, you login to PP, check
the payment and you don't need to do a thing on BL...
Not much has changed, I really don't see why all of a sudden people wanna
change something to the whole system that has worked fine for years on Ebay/Amazon/BO
and thousands of other websites using this method...
Oh, and I strongly recommend *if* you're using the 'PP onsite' method,
to remove any payment details (or payment links) from your invoices... just use
the 'pay' method and problem solved
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2015 13:05 | | Subject: | Re: 'PAID' order status causing workflow problem | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickcounter writes:
| | Orders paid for onsite now cause the order status to be set to PAID automatically.
Please either move the new PAID status to the Payment Status column (where logically,
it should be), or if it must appear under the Order Status for technical reasons,
at least allow the PROCESSING order status to be selected after PAID status has
been set.
For discussion of the problem, see threads
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=933149
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=931965
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I'm quite puzzeld by your request...
For starters I agree there should be an extra option in the order status options,
something like 'picking', before it can set to 'packed', as it
would be conveniant for larger stores who have more then one person to process
orders, so they know if the picking lists have been 'handed out'.
But...
If a store has multiple people to do the picking, then I assume they have set
up a system which allows them to know who is doing what... I do assume these
'compagnies' have persons who communicate with eachother, organised by
the shop owner, no? I don't so 'why' suddenly this has become a problem,
because from a technical point of view, if the shopowner used to check received
payments, he/she would set the order in 'paid' status, and after all,
it always came 'after' the processing status... So nothing has changed,
the only thing that is happening now, is that 'now' the shopowner doesn't
need to set the status to 'paid' as it is done automaticly.
I notice from your FB list, that for the past year you have received about 410
feedbacks.
Some of them are for you as a buyer (I did not check how many), and assuming
about 20-25% of people do not leave feedback, it means you had about 500 Orders
on BL the past 12 months. That's less then 1.5 orders per day, yet you're
not able to manage the 'status' of orders or to 'know' which
'picker' is doing what Granted, I do not know whether you also sell
on other sites like Fleebay, Amazon, Brickowl and other websites, but an average
of 1.5 orders per day on Briclink seems quite managable IMHO... When I look at
my received orders for the past 12 months, I notice I had 226 on Bricklink (and
closed over 2 months) and 542 on Brickowl, totalling +765 orders, and did it
all by myself 'after' my dayjob... I never had an issues to 'know'
which order had to be picked, as at all times, an order in 'paid' status
would go at the back of the pile, first in first out (in most cases), with an
average processing time of less then 48 hours (=order shipped)
Now don't get me wrong, it's not a critisism as I have no idea what else
you're running, but from your amount of processed order on BL, it would say
the only thing that is missing in you store is 'comms' between the people
who 'manage' your store and maybe a bit of lack or organisation.... Maybe
you should reduce that to just 1 person, as handling 1.5 orders per day, is IMHO
quite manageable for just 1 person
cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2015 13:04 | | Subject: | Re: checkout | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, edk writes:
| | At time of checkout there is a section where the buyer is shown "I WILL PAY IN"
. There are radio buttons to select to choose different currencies if offered
in that store.
I propose adding some text to indicate the amount shown is NOT the grand total
and shipping costs are in addition to this amount. I know it is not overly common
to have a buyer pay this amount before invoicing but it does happen and this
simple added note could help prevent a buyer from thinking shipping is included
in the amount shown at checkout.
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In the long run this kind of situation will dissapear with autcheckout/instant
payment
In the mean while I suggest to add a note to your order notifications (buyers
get them in their inbox):
http://www.bricklink.com/mailTempDetail.asp?ID=0&viewFrom=O
Something like this (my order notifications start with this):
**************************
This is NOT an invoice, this is simple notification you placed an order. Please
do NOT sent payment until you receive an invoice. You should receive your invoice
with payment instructions within 3 days (usually 24 hours). If you have not heard
from us within this time frame please use the contact feature through your order
form to request an invoice. Thank you!
**************************
If you add to your order after the first invoice (additional batch), please wait
untill you get a new invoice before transfering the payment, as shippingcosts
might change. If payment is send before we send a new invoice and this results
in a secondary payment to cover additional shippingcosts, an additional fee of
0.35 Euro will be added.
Thanks for understanding!
**************************
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 31, 2015 13:04 | | Subject: | Re: Waiting a week to file NPB is bogus | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, eileenkeeney writes:
| | A checkout process where the buyer pays as they check out, will solve this issue.
It will solve lots of issues.
Once all (or most) sellers are using a checkout process, where payment is collected
during the checkout process, I suspect that a large percent of the issues discussed
in this forum will become non issues.
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Quite right Eileen...
This suggestion and discussion is pointless as once the site progresses to autocheckout
with instant payment, this problem will solve itself for the majority of cases
(particulary the ones with Paypal). Ok, the ones with other payment methods will
remain (IBAN / Bantransfers / cash / checks / etc), but those particular payment
methods always require extra transfer time, so from that point of view it would
be foolish to review the current 'timings'...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 22, 2015 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Add stickered parts to "Part Out" feature | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cptnruthless writes:
| | Please add the stickered parts to the "part out" feature - or at least an option
to include them. I often part out used sets that are not complete, it's much
easier to do so from the part out page. But I have to manually add each of the
stickered parts, even though they are listed in the inventory alternates in the
catalog.
Thanks,
Ruth
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I'll say yes, because I don't wanna say no to such a suggestion, allthough
I'll never use it, as it can be done quite easely with Brickstock (and I
always use Brickstock to part out these days anyway), so I do feel the need for
counterparts being present in PO's as I regulary pat out used sets myself.
But this should remain a selectable 'option' when starting a partout.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 20, 2015 15:55 | | Subject: | Re: Stop purging 6 month old orders | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BuildingOutLoud writes:
| | With the price of storage constantly dropping, I think it's time to put an
end to this practice.
Even if orders were "archived" after 6 months and you had to query them separately
from normal orders, I think that would be preferable to deleting them.
I know this is even more of a long shot, and I don't know what your backup
policy is like, but it would be possible to retrieve old purged orders from any
database backups you have and restore them to the current database.
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Don't see the point honestly, would only clutter up ones overview, with more
data that is rarely usefull.
If you really want a copy, print to PDF or import in brickstock, or both, as
one would serve keeping the buyers details and a general overview, the other
could serve for searches...
I wouldn't mind a small extension like 8 months in stead of 6, but mainly
because the deadline for PP claims and CC claims is 180 days, so a little extra
before they are purged might be good.
Restoring older orders is even more pointless IMHO
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2015 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8133-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 54200pb064L Lime Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3 with Black Air Intake Double Faded Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 8133 (Counterpart)
Comments from Submitter:
Sorry. Missed this one when I submitted the first request.
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Well, now it no longer complies with 'all applicable federal, state, and
local regulations regarding inventory change requests'.
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2015 09:31 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6435-1 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 4592c02 Red Lever Small Base with Black Lever (Extra)
* Add 3 Part 4073 Trans-Red Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 4073 Trans-Neon Green Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
* Add 2 Part 4073 Trans-Green Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
Extra parts found in MISB set
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