Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | bricksofsweden  | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2018 05:58 | | Subject: | Coupons improvement | | Viewed: | 136 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
Not sure if this has been brought up in earlier suggestions but I am giving it
a go anyway.
I would like to see the possibility of creating a coupon which is valid for all
buyers. Right now this is only limited to a certain username.
Kind Regards,
Simon
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2018 21:29 | | Subject: | Re: M tron and our terrible search engine | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.
I will submit change requests to get this started.
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All of the item names in the catalog with any reference to M:Tron have been standardized
to "M:Tron".
If you run a search for "m:tron" or "m tron" now, you will get all of the results
in the catalog. However, if you run a search for "mtron" now, you will get no
results. This is not ideal, but at least the searches are not inconsistent. Hopefully
what the volunteer admin team was able to accomplish here can help you and others
for now. Anything beyond this solution will need assistance from the BrickLink
development team.
Cheers,
Randy
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Fantastic  I restore a tons of that particular theme and I'm happy for
the help and how quickly this was handled. Thank you again
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| Author: | bb793058 | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2018 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: details in "Confirm store selection" | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi mockingbird, thanks for your message.
In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:
| | In Suggestions, lda writes:
| | I face 2 main problems :
1) And during my check, they are not available for other people.ou
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I don't think that is what is happening. Items in a cart can still be bought
by another user.
If that happens you will get a message when you view the cart.
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Do you talk about some numbers written in red as "(5)" in cart ? If so, thanks
for the information! 
| | | | 2) When I need huge amount of parts ( ~3000 ), during the store selection I don't
find the information of how many required parts a store have for me.
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| | -- In the tag "Buy", could the column "Item count" of the stores list counts
only the availables parts I need ? ( if store has parts ID 3001 x4000, but I
need x26, do not count 4000 but 26). (picture "buy wanted list")
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On the left side of the screen you can select to see the wanted items instead
of the wanted lists. If you then select the store by clicking on the row (not
on the store name), you will see which items and how many the store has.
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Yes you're right, but with a column for it we can sort by availability of
required parts instead of checking each store.
Using the sort, I prefer to know quickly which store has the most parts of my
list instead of know that a store has more parts than I need. Even more, I think
the current method distorts the result of the sort because I don't see use
cases where a buyer need to buy more parts than he wants. Or an other explanation
is that I've not understand the tool at all.. 
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2018 10:16 | | Subject: | Re: M tron and our terrible search engine | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.
I will submit change requests to get this started.
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All of the item names in the catalog with any reference to M:Tron have been standardized
to "M:Tron".
If you run a search for "m:tron" or "m tron" now, you will get all of the results
in the catalog. However, if you run a search for "mtron" now, you will get no
results. This is not ideal, but at least the searches are not inconsistent. Hopefully
what the volunteer admin team was able to accomplish here can help you and others
for now. Anything beyond this solution will need assistance from the BrickLink
development team.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | mockingbird | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2018 09:53 | | Subject: | Re: details in "Confirm store selection" | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, lda writes:
| | I face 2 main problems :
1) And during my check, they are not available for other people.ou
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I don't think that is what is happening. Items in a cart can still be bought
by another user.
If that happens you will get a message when you view the cart.
| | 2) When I need huge amount of parts ( ~3000 ), during the store selection I don't
find the information of how many required parts a store have for me.
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| | -- In the tag "Buy", could the column "Item count" of the stores list counts
only the availables parts I need ? ( if store has parts ID 3001 x4000, but I
need x26, do not count 4000 but 26). (picture "buy wanted list")
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On the left side of the screen you can select to see the wanted items instead
of the wanted lists. If you then select the store by clicking on the row (not
on the store name), you will see which items and how many the store has.
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| Author: | bb793058 | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2018 08:56 | | Subject: | details in "Confirm store selection" | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
In my opinion, during the selection of stores in the panel "buy", the information
on the windows "Confirm Store Selection" or "Edit Store Selection" are not sufficient.
I face 2 main problems :
1) Once I've finished to select sellers, I must create a cart to access the
"notes from seller".
In fact "new" or "used" are not enough detailled. For used parts, these notes
are important because some parts could be used in good condition, or used in
bad condition (for example "yellowed", or "scratched").
Furthermore, by creating carts, I book parts before be sure that their conditions
will fit my needs. And during my check, they are not available for other people.
-- I suggest to add the column "note from seller" in the windows "Confirm
Store Selection" and "Edit Store Selection" (picture "edit store")
2) When I need huge amount of parts ( ~3000 ), during the store selection I don't
find the information of how many required parts a store have for me.
-- In windows "Confirm Store Selection" or "Edit Store Selection", I would
appreciate to have the global value of "Total buying" parts in the current storen
near the total cost. (picture edit store)
-- In the tag "Buy", could the column "Item count" of the stores list counts
only the availables parts I need ? ( if store has parts ID 3001 x4000, but I
need x26, do not count 4000 but 26). (picture "buy wanted list")
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2018 19:28 | | Subject: | Re: M tron and our terrible search engine | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?
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Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.
I will submit change requests to get this started.
| | Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.
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This one has definitely always bothered me.
Cheers,
Randy
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Sweet sauce. My sanity thanks you.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2018 18:51 | | Subject: | Re: M tron and our terrible search engine | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?
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Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.
I will submit change requests to get this started.
| | Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.
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This one has definitely always bothered me.
Cheers,
Randy
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Me too.
I wish all punctuation was removed for searches. My claim to fame was getting
Palantir added to the Palantír entry. I failed to get non accented versions of
the names in FEB though.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2018 18:41 | | Subject: | Re: M tron and our terrible search engine | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?
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Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.
I will submit change requests to get this started.
| | Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.
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This one has definitely always bothered me.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2018 15:42 | | Subject: | M tron and our terrible search engine | | Viewed: | 133 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?
Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.
Thanks for the consideration.
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| Author: | Trickitty | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2018 14:29 | | Subject: | Want List: Sort prefs and image lightbox | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Apologies if either of these have been suggested before, they are huge frustrations
for me.
An annoyance I experience with the Want List main page is having to change the
Sort By from Newest to Alphabetically each and every time I visit the page. I
have over 30 lists and could care less when they were created, I just want to
quickly find the one I'm looking for. So, can the Sort order be permanently
saved or turned into an account preference?
Second, in almost every place that parts are listed on BL (including order details),
one can click on the image to see a bigger version in a lightbox modal... that
is, everywhere except for wanted lists. Please consider making the images there
also lightboxes, because it's cumbersome having to open item detail pages
just to get a better view.
Thank you.
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| Author: | bercik | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2018 04:44 | | Subject: | Re: OR option | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Milko writes:
| | So my idea is to add some kind of option that for every slot there is an "OR"
option - I select yellow brick 2x6 in blue but it will be fine too if theres
gonna be 2x yellow 2x3 bricks.
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Yes, it would be perfect create multilevel alternatives between subsets of wanted
list.
It's useful for minifigs or combined parts, e.g. 50860c02 can be bought on
different ways:
50860c02 XOR (50860 AND (50859a XOR 50859b) AND 2x (50862c01 XOR (50861 AND 50862)).
It's useful for multiple variant of single parts, for example: 3794 XOR 3794a
XOR 3794b XOR 15573 in many projects is equivalent.
Maybe nested wanted list (wanted list as element of wanted list) with AND / XOR
relation between them?
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2018 07:22 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, EpicBigG writes:
| | I hope bricklink sees this!
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They do, but they won't do anything.
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| Author: | Andrsv | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2018 02:13 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rainey writes:
| | I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey
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I agree 100% with everything you ask for!
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| Author: | Skylar2010 | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2018 15:01 | | Subject: | Re: Home page - more stages shown | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:
| | Currently it says
Invoices
Shipments
Drove-thru
Would like to see
Orders
Invoiced
Paid
Packed
Shipped
Orders -- these need to be invoiced
Invoiced-- seller has sent the invoice
Paid --- buyer has paid
Packed-- seller has packed the order
Shipped -- seller has shipped the order, and can complete drive thru here
to move it out of the shipped bucket
Same for buyers. Not sure why everything was condensed to three options when
there are more stages than this and with IC, items move quickly through the stages
and skip some.
Thanks for the consideration.
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Kind of surprised there is zero support or feedback on this. It can't
be just me whom dislikes having so many orders within the same bucket (Shipments)
when they have been paid for but not packed or they are packed and ready to print
the shipping label. Personally, I don't pack an order then go print the
shipping info right afterwards. I, and I assume many others, pack all orders
or as many as they can get to, then go print all shipping labels at one time.
And then still show the orders that have been invoiced but a payment hasn't
come through yet. I think this is the most important one as a non-paid for order
can get buried quickly so it would be nice to see that you have an order you've
invoiced and check up on it without having to dig for it.
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Yeah I can see why that idea makes sense especially for those who are dealing
with multiple orders at once. I am still too small for that to matter yet though
.But I am all for the idea of making things easier to find lol.
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| Author: | MidwestBrick | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2018 14:54 | | Subject: | Re: Home page - more stages shown | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:
| | Currently it says
Invoices
Shipments
Drove-thru
Would like to see
Orders
Invoiced
Paid
Packed
Shipped
Orders -- these need to be invoiced
Invoiced-- seller has sent the invoice
Paid --- buyer has paid
Packed-- seller has packed the order
Shipped -- seller has shipped the order, and can complete drive thru here
to move it out of the shipped bucket
Same for buyers. Not sure why everything was condensed to three options when
there are more stages than this and with IC, items move quickly through the stages
and skip some.
Thanks for the consideration.
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Kind of surprised there is zero support or feedback on this. It can't
be just me whom dislikes having so many orders within the same bucket (Shipments)
when they have been paid for but not packed or they are packed and ready to print
the shipping label. Personally, I don't pack an order then go print the
shipping info right afterwards. I, and I assume many others, pack all orders
or as many as they can get to, then go print all shipping labels at one time.
And then still show the orders that have been invoiced but a payment hasn't
come through yet. I think this is the most important one as a non-paid for order
can get buried quickly so it would be nice to see that you have an order you've
invoiced and check up on it without having to dig for it.
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| Author: | reuvenk_IL | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2018 11:22 | | Subject: | Addresses in Israel - remove "district" | | Viewed: | 155 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
When entering my address in Israel on Bricklink, the site forces me to choose
a "district". Choices include Mehoz HaMerkaz, Mehoz Tel Aviv, etc.
These are not part of our address in Israel, but rather are used only in the
court system.
Please remove this field from addresses in Israel. I fear that it might create
confusion in the postal service and also among new buyers.
Thank you,
-Reuven
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| Author: | bb1108372 | | Posted: | Dec 2, 2018 16:44 | | Subject: | Re: Share Wanted List Feature | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, LaineeP writes:
| | In Suggestions, oswaldzachary writes:
| | Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?
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The wanted list already places a picture of the item next to the description.
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| Author: | LaineeP | | Posted: | Dec 2, 2018 16:33 | | Subject: | Re: Share Wanted List Feature | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, oswaldzachary writes:
| | Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?
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The wanted list already places a picture of the item next to the description.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 2, 2018 15:06 | | Subject: | Re: Share Wanted List Feature | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, oswaldzachary writes:
| | Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?
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It has been "coming soon" for about three years now, so don't expect to be
able to do it anytime soon.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | bb1108372 | | Posted: | Dec 2, 2018 14:56 | | Subject: | Share Wanted List Feature | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?
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| Author: | MidwestBrick | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2018 23:59 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rainey writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rainey writes:
| | I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey
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This already exists, use your default selling settings: https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp
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I didn't see any setting for adding individual items. There is only one
for parting out sets.
Rainey
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Use brickstock. If the average is automatically put in then it is one more thing
that needs to be deleted before typing in the price you want, thus takes more
time.
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| Author: | MidwestBrick | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2018 21:45 | | Subject: | Home page - more stages shown | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Currently it says
Invoices
Shipments
Drove-thru
Would like to see
Orders
Invoiced
Paid
Packed
Shipped
Orders -- these need to be invoiced
Invoiced-- seller has sent the invoice
Paid --- buyer has paid
Packed-- seller has packed the order
Shipped -- seller has shipped the order, and can complete drive thru here
to move it out of the shipped bucket
Same for buyers. Not sure why everything was condensed to three options when
there are more stages than this and with IC, items move quickly through the stages
and skip some.
Thanks for the consideration.
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| Author: | primadeluxe | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2018 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: Personal catalog | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Thanks for the tip👍
In Suggestions, primadeluxe writes:
| | Hi BL'ers,
Sorry for my English. Is it an idea to make a personal catalog in Bricklink in
which you can inventory the sets which you own? And maybe inventory missing parts
or sets and put them on your wanted list or order them?
Shall give a nice view of your collection.
Best regards and enjoy your lego.
Like to hear from you.
From the Netherlands, Wilbert
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| Author: | reuvenk_IL | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2018 16:04 | | Subject: | Wanted list: redistribute items to added shop | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
On the "Buy Wanted Lists" page, when choosing a store, the site adds all parts
possible to the first store chosen's cart. Then, once I choose a second store,
it adds all remaining parts to the second store's cart.
Is there a way to choose two (or more) stores at once, and then the site will
distribute the parts between the two stores, choosing whichever store is cheapest
for each part?
(This feature is available on BrickOwl, and really help pull down the cost of
purchasing an entire wanted list there. I'm hoping this is also possible
on Bricklink, but I haven't figured out how to do it if it is).
If you press auto-select then the site does what I am describing, but I don't
always want to use the single solution that auto-select provides (often due to
one stores shipping costs).
If it isn't possible, is it possible to request this from the Bricklink developers?
Thanks,
-Reuven
PS Sorry for mentioning the competition
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2018 01:01 | | Subject: | Re: Personal catalog | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, primadeluxe writes:
| | Hi BL'ers,
Sorry for my English. Is it an idea to make a personal catalog in Bricklink in
which you can inventory the sets which you own? And maybe inventory missing parts
or sets and put them on your wanted list or order them?
Shall give a nice view of your collection.
Best regards and enjoy your lego.
Like to hear from you.
From the Netherlands, Wilbert
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You've a wonderful name.
You can use Brickset, Rebrickable.com or Brickstock.
Or use your Store Stockrooms on Bricklink.
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| Author: | primadeluxe | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2018 10:22 | | Subject: | Personal catalog | | Viewed: | 182 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi BL'ers,
Sorry for my English. Is it an idea to make a personal catalog in Bricklink in
which you can inventory the sets which you own? And maybe inventory missing parts
or sets and put them on your wanted list or order them?
Shall give a nice view of your collection.
Best regards and enjoy your lego.
Like to hear from you.
From the Netherlands, Wilbert
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2018 21:55 | | Subject: | Re: Please Allow Alternate Item Numbers for Books | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | This suggestion has now been implemented.
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Thank you for this and for the other work you're continually doing behind
the scenes to improve the catalog and inventory systems.
Little improvements like this have been needed for many, many years and you've
made many of them since you've been there.
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| Author: | Lauren_Luke | | Posted: | Nov 27, 2018 21:46 | | Subject: | Re: Please Allow Alternate Item Numbers for Books | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| [Admin_Russell] writes:
| | This suggestion has now been implemented.
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Yes! You beauty!
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| Author: | AvemBricks | | Posted: | Nov 26, 2018 05:23 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | I hope bricklink sees this! |
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| Author: | MontagueBrick | | Posted: | Nov 24, 2018 19:38 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rainey writes:
| | I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey
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This already exists, use your default selling settings: https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp
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I didn't see any setting for adding individual items. There is only one
for parting out sets.
Rainey
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Nov 24, 2018 17:57 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rainey writes:
| | I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey
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This already exists, use your default selling settings: https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp
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| Author: | MontagueBrick | | Posted: | Nov 24, 2018 17:22 | | Subject: | Automatic price while listing items | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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Way too much attention is paid to average prices as it is. Just consider what
the average sold price is...
across markets/ countries
all stores big and small
stores that price fairly and those that charge add ons
all orders - single lot/ multiple lot
It is also dangerous to purchase based on part-out sold prices anyway as many
parts might have sold for an average prixe of X but in some cases there are many
100's of times of the part for sale than have ever sold!
Focusing on making the average "more accurate" is IMO a diversion and not a good
way of optimising inventory investment decisions. If it was just a mathematical
excercise to determine what to buy this place would be even more swamped with
inventory and prices would drop further.
I always vote no to these enhancements to averages for these reasons, I think
these average values mislead many.
Robert
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Just take look at the last 6 months average and then figure out what your price
is going to be if you aren't satisfied with the average. And yes I know
the last 6 months avg is going to deviate over time, but your price (the amount
you expect to get for each piece) will not deviate unless you change your prices.
In short, the last 6 months avg is just a guage. Make your prices whatever you
want if you don't like the average price. If the avg is $100 for a parted
out set and you want $110, then upload everything with a 10% increase. It's
not rocket science.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 11:22 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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Way too much attention is paid to average prices as it is. Just consider what
the average sold price is...
across markets/ countries
all stores big and small
stores that price fairly and those that charge add ons
all orders - single lot/ multiple lot
It is also dangerous to purchase based on part-out sold prices anyway as many
parts might have sold for an average prixe of X but in some cases there are many
100's of times of the part for sale than have ever sold!
Focusing on making the average "more accurate" is IMO a diversion and not a good
way of optimising inventory investment decisions. If it was just a mathematical
excercise to determine what to buy this place would be even more swamped with
inventory and prices would drop further.
I always vote no to these enhancements to averages for these reasons, I think
these average values mislead many.
Robert
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Agreed. And then there's VAT.... Even if Bricklink would have only 1 store,
that store could still find itself in a race to the bottom. They list things,
some sell with VAT, some without... so the L6MS average will be lower than their
own prices... so they mark down... again sell some parts without VAT... average
drops again...
The more we stick to the priceguide, the more we'll race to the bottom, even
without anybody trying to price under anyone else.
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 11:15 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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Way too much attention is paid to average prices as it is. Just consider what
the average sold price is...
across markets/ countries
all stores big and small
stores that price fairly and those that charge add ons
all orders - single lot/ multiple lot
It is also dangerous to purchase based on part-out sold prices anyway as many
parts might have sold for an average prixe of X but in some cases there are many
100's of times of the part for sale than have ever sold!
Focusing on making the average "more accurate" is IMO a diversion and not a good
way of optimising inventory investment decisions. If it was just a mathematical
excercise to determine what to buy this place would be even more swamped with
inventory and prices would drop further.
I always vote no to these enhancements to averages for these reasons, I think
these average values mislead many.
Robert
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 10:50 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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Whilst your suggestion is very good - nothing is being done by the development
team to the classic site whilst Bricklink eXpress is being developed. So it will
more than likely fall on 'deaf ears'. An awful lot more needs doing on
the entire part out process on this site. The part out log should not be just
a reminder of the date when you parted it out - it should contain full details
of the part out. You should also be able to see what the 'new lots' will
be from the first screen - we need more flexibility in the initial screen especially
with remarks fields, as well as seeing what we have the item listed as etc. etc.
Lots to do - nothing will get done. Shame really as it is a very important part
of the site.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 04:48 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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If you need this information you can get it, you just need to do it part by part.
However, it is probably way too much information needed for most people when
considering purchasing a set to part out. You also miss one really important
thing, and that is the trend in the prices of the parts. New parts especially
can have a very misleading six month average, as they typically start high and
drop as more people buy the set and part it out. I found it was always better
to look at the expensive parts of a set first, and check whether those are realistic.
You can find those quickly by starting a part out but not completing it.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2018 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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It's not supposed to be a gold standard. It shows the average price of SOLD
items in the last 6 months and that's a pretty good guideline. It isn't
necessarily accurate to what you will get and it definitely isn't precise,
but it's a pretty good guideline.
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| Author: | shovhans | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2018 15:56 | | Subject: | Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 130 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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| Author: | legomalego | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2018 19:36 | | Subject: | Re: Parts Look-up tool | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Great idea!
In Suggestions, smlgraphics writes:
| | So we all have want lists, right?
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to take a want list and instead of looking
for stores that have all the individual parts, do a search against "sets" or
multiples of sets that have all the parts on a want list.
Everything needed to make this tool already exists on Bricklink.
Parts want list - check
Sets, parts inventory - check (the part out tool)
This function could be added to the Buy section like the distillers to get from
the fewest stores, or best price etc - add sets to buy that have all the parts.
Then a shopper could shop for complete sets to buy from sellers or determine
that they already have the sets in their own collection to build the MOC they
are shopping for pieces for.
Example: I bought the instructions for the UCS U-wing project by Mirko (Awesome
MOC by the way and beautiful instruction book)
uploaded the parts list 430 different parts 3300 pieces total.
I would love to know if I could buy 4-5 sets to get all the parts I need to build
the UCS U-wing project and the extra pieces could go in my collection. Certainly
there would be a handful of random special pieces to buy separately but it would
be cool to have the option of buying a few complete sets to get the majority
of the parts.
Just a thought and the development cost would be minimal since the hard parts
(set part inventories & want lists) already exist.
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| Author: | smlgraphics | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2018 16:00 | | Subject: | Parts Look-up tool | | Viewed: | 113 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| So we all have want lists, right?
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to take a want list and instead of looking
for stores that have all the individual parts, do a search against "sets" or
multiples of sets that have all the parts on a want list.
Everything needed to make this tool already exists on Bricklink.
Parts want list - check
Sets, parts inventory - check (the part out tool)
This function could be added to the Buy section like the distillers to get from
the fewest stores, or best price etc - add sets to buy that have all the parts.
Then a shopper could shop for complete sets to buy from sellers or determine
that they already have the sets in their own collection to build the MOC they
are shopping for pieces for.
Example: I bought the instructions for the UCS U-wing project by Mirko (Awesome
MOC by the way and beautiful instruction book)
uploaded the parts list 430 different parts 3300 pieces total.
I would love to know if I could buy 4-5 sets to get all the parts I need to build
the UCS U-wing project and the extra pieces could go in my collection. Certainly
there would be a handful of random special pieces to buy separately but it would
be cool to have the option of buying a few complete sets to get the majority
of the parts.
Just a thought and the development cost would be minimal since the hard parts
(set part inventories & want lists) already exist.
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| Author: | Tech_M | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2018 00:28 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io 2.0 Rendering: Full Color Background | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | I just found a work around but its still a pain.... |
| Author: | Tech_M | | Posted: | Nov 18, 2018 22:50 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io 2.0 Rendering: Full Color Background | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I just noticed that my profile picture is a good example of how Stud.io 2.0 renders
things using the floor option, disregarding how compressed it is. So, view that
for reference... .
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| Author: | Tech_M | | Posted: | Nov 18, 2018 22:47 | | Subject: | Stud.io 2.0 Rendering: Full Color Background | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I find it extremely irritating that the two options for the background while
rendering are: No background (renders as a png of only the MOC) and Floor (sets
the floor to a color, the background is black or white depending on light
type, has the bricks reflect the color of the floor as well) Why can't we
have an option that is like floor, but fills the entire background with the selected
color?
Yes, I understand that one could just lay the PNG from no background over a solid
color, HOWEVER, the thing about floor is that the reflected light color being
tinted towards the floor color is really nice, and makes the model seem to glow
the color of the floor.
Additionally, I find it annoying that while picking a color for the floor, there
is not a way to see what color the floor will actually end up looking like after
being lit unless you start rendering.
My suggestions are:
–Add an option for rendering that functions like floor, but fills the entire
background with selected color/
–Add option to see what color the floor/background will actually end up being
once lit, or add an option to lock the floor/background from changing color due
to lighting.
I think these are very much needed especially the first one, the renderer is
slightly dysfunctional without it in my opinion, and there isn't a way to
manually fix it perfectly. The best you can do is smart crop the color of background
out and then the entire image over a solid color that matches the floor. However
this doesn't work if the floor color or the model is too close to the color
black, and even then it really doesn't look that good.
I would very much appreciate it if these changes were made, and I think others
would as well.
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| Author: | brikomania | | Posted: | Nov 13, 2018 10:17 | | Subject: | Re: Parting Out - Items We Do Not Have | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:
| | I used Brickstock to Load my stock into the store but the Price Guide that BL
has is a wonderful estimate to what I would do using Brickstock.
However, a piece of the parting out could be pushed to one degree further if
only you were able to have the BL system tell you what the items are that you
do not have.
In the attachment, off of a random set, I have the majority of the lots in my
store, but do not stock 4 of them. This is where it would be wonderful to have
a quick way of knowing what those 4 Lots are. Is there a way this already exists?
The only want I know of to check on this is to run an upload from Brickstock
into BL, take it to the verify screen and review the items that are not being
consolidated. Is there another way that is helpful?
Thank you
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Take a look at a tool named bricksync. You can evaluate an inventory and
see which parts you have and don't have in your inventory in brickstock.
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| Author: | mikmo | | Posted: | Nov 13, 2018 08:06 | | Subject: | Re: Parting Out - Items We Do Not Have | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| You can see it by looking at which parts consolidate.
Check the youtube videos thet Bricks on the dollar has about how he uses Brickstock
to part out sets.
He has a series of 4 videos showing the whole process.
They are very informative.
Mikael / MikMo
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Nov 13, 2018 01:06 | | Subject: | Re: List only USA items in "Items for Sale" tab | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, gregmgallup writes:
| | When I want to buy something under the “Items for Sale” tab, all of the items
from all of the countries are listed.
It would be nice to see only USA sellers.
Under the “Price Guide” tab there is a way to change the settings to see only
USA prices.
Can that also be applied to “Items for Sale?
Thanks
Greg
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Already exist. Check USA in your Catalog, Price Guide and Wantlist settings:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/settings/pref_settings.page
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Nov 12, 2018 21:52 | | Subject: | Re: List only USA items in "Items for Sale" tab | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Its an extra two clicks, but the option is already there |
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