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 Author: brikomania View Messages Posted By brikomania
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 14:05
 Subject: Re: New buyers 0 feedback
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brikomania (6459)

Location:  Spain, Andalucia Ceuta i Melilla
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The 'stores' part of BL needs to be redesigned. I think that the site
itself is marvelous in all of the complex things you can do with it, but, the
storefronts need to change. It doesn't look good to new buyers, and you can't
expect all new buyers to go and read 2000 help pages, no one does that! They'll
just say 'this is too hard' and leave the site and forget about lego.

A lof of times I have found interesting things online that I might have purchased
if the site looked legit or was simpler. Buying hundreds of different parts is
difficult as is, we need to try to make it as less of a burden as possible for
a new buyer, so the learning curve is not as steep. You could start easy by buying
and then look into the "darker" parts of the site.

In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR
 Author: Cob View Messages Posted By Cob
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 13:43
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Cob (3567)

Location:  USA, Missouri
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Store: Cob's Brick House
In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR

Change your setting so that buyers under 5 feedback have to use instant checkout.
It removes a lot of these problems.
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 10:43
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
  In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR

Below each page on the left are links to Buy Help pages.
 
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 10:35
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR

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 Author: tpr View Messages Posted By tpr
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 09:17
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tpr (8655)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: The Parts Resort
Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR
 Author: msdobrescu View Messages Posted By msdobrescu
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 02:14
 Subject: Some fixes to be done
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msdobrescu (59)

Location:  Romania, Argeş
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Hi,

Thanks for this great service!
As customer, buyer only, I salute the fix done to part adding to wishlist, when
chosing some attribute reset other attribute.
Still, there are several things to be corrected according to my flow.
One would be the moving parts to another wishlist, when some part already exists
in the same colour and a message saying already exists prevents that. I would
need a button added to that message to add the number of selected parts to the
list, if I decide so (meaning I did not duplicated an entry by mistake, but I
need more).
Another is the maintenance page. It overrides the browser's history and I
loose the page were I was. Definitely, in each case, I need to go back to it
when the maintenance is done.
Please take into account these suggestions.

Thank you and best regards,
Mike
 Author: danielclark View Messages Posted By danielclark
 Posted: Jan 16, 2019 00:44
 Subject: Re: Parting out
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danielclark (355)

Location:  USA, Washington
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jul 4, 2013 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: HobbyOrObsession
In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
  Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?
For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.



You can do this in Brickstock, open two unique files and copy one into another.
you would have multiple sets in a single file to upload.
 Author: Teup View Messages Posted By Teup
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 20:39
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Teup (6607)

Location:  Netherlands, Utrecht
Member Since Contact Type Status
May 6, 2004 Contact Member Seller
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Store: BLOKJESKONING
In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
  Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?
For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.

Perhaps you can change the way you work, because in my routine this is absolutely
no problem, and it's unlikely that Bricklink will change or upgrade anything.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 13:12
 Subject: Re: Add ability to download Part Out Log
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calsbricks (8520)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: CalsBricks
In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
  In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
  Please add ability to download the list of sets shown on the My Inventory: Part
Out Log.
Thank You.

Bumping. It would be nice to be able to download this info into an excel sheet.
It would make cross checking my records easier.
Thank You.

Hi there - voted no but need to explain. The part out log as it stands at present
isn't really much value. It needs to incorporate the transaction detail (which
it holds) before it would be worthwhile downloading it. The only thing it contains
at present is the set id and the date you parted it out.

But, again, unfortunately nothing is going on on the classic site whatsoever
- all development effort is being utilized on Bricklink XP (or whatever they
end up calling it).
 Author: JulieK View Messages Posted By JulieK
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 12:05
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JulieK (8981)

Location:  USA, Illinois
Member Since Contact Type Status
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Store Closed Store: ChicagoBrickyard
In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
  Please add ability to download the list of sets shown on the My Inventory: Part
Out Log.
Thank You.

Bumping. It would be nice to be able to download this info into an excel sheet.
It would make cross checking my records easier.
Thank You.
 Author: Victorymike18 View Messages Posted By Victorymike18
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 09:59
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Victorymike18 (378)

Location:  USA, New Jersey
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Store Closed Store: HalMar - NJ
You can part out multiple of the same set at once by adjusting the quantity of
sets parting out.

However, I don't know of a way (on Bricklink) to part out multiple different
sets in one fell swoop.


In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
  Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?
For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.
 Author: superchicken77 View Messages Posted By superchicken77
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 09:12
 Subject: Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code
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superchicken77 (1274)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: SuperChicken Bricks - GTA
Well you lived up to your name. Now I'm ROFL.

You can't be serious.

In Suggestions, Mr_Rofl writes:
  If it would be opt in, why ask BrickLink to implement.
There should be tools out on the internet (i.e. google maps) to maintain a map
with every store willing to share their location to add a pin to there location.
This can be run on the forum here and maintain else were with a link. Like goatleg
used to be.
Maybe you can be administrator to setup such a thing.


In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.
 Author: mfav View Messages Posted By mfav
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 08:22
 Subject: Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code
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mfav (174)

Location:  USA, Vermont
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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  Privacy issue is solved by it being an opt in feature. I list my postal code
in my terms anyway.

Going back to your suggestion about co-ordinates, maybe that's the easier
way to implement it instead of having to code in zip/postal codes and every other
addressing nomenclature of each country. If you can find your longitude and
latitude on google earth, it should be easy enough to find "near me" stores.



https://geocoder.ca
Knock yourself out.
 Author: Mr_Rofl View Messages Posted By Mr_Rofl
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 04:10
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Mr_Rofl (98)

Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Holland
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If it would be opt in, why ask BrickLink to implement.
There should be tools out on the internet (i.e. google maps) to maintain a map
with every store willing to share their location to add a pin to there location.
This can be run on the forum here and maintain else were with a link. Like goatleg
used to be.
Maybe you can be administrator to setup such a thing.


In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.
 Author: superchicken77 View Messages Posted By superchicken77
 Posted: Jan 15, 2019 01:33
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superchicken77 (1274)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
Member Since Contact Type Status
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Store: SuperChicken Bricks - GTA
Privacy issue is solved by it being an opt in feature. I list my postal code
in my terms anyway.

Going back to your suggestion about co-ordinates, maybe that's the easier
way to implement it instead of having to code in zip/postal codes and every other
addressing nomenclature of each country. If you can find your longitude and
latitude on google earth, it should be easy enough to find "near me" stores.





In Suggestions, mfav writes:
  In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.

Cool idea, but difficult to implement. And there are privacy issues.

The Canadian zip code database runs over 760,000 records; most of them geolocate
to stationary moose, uninhabited parts of the Yukon, and what have you. I don't
recall exactly, but I think their process was to basically put a grid over the
entire land mass of the country, divide it up into little squares, and assign
a code to each square.

The US zip code database, covering a population several times that of Canada
runs only about 42,000 records and the codes cover arbitrary regions roughly
equivalent to towns, and some post offices that don't offer delivery have
their own code.

Typically these zip codes are associated with a longitude and latitude, and these
data files can be acquired from the post office and maybe other sources.

Then there is some math and code to figure out the "as-the-crow-flies" distance
between two zip codes' associated coordinates.

I don't know that the entire globe...or all the areas serviced by BL...have
these databases. Could be. Just never built one of these things other than US/Canada.

Anyway, bottom line is you need the longitude and latitude of every store...or
something reasonably close. The coding is a bit tricky. And it may have to be
broken into hemispheres because of the math for triangulation over a sphere.

If folks want to publish their longitudes and latitudes, then you can find the
distances with Google Earth or something similar. I'd guess most of the mom-and-pop-hobby-shop
operations aren't going to be enthusiastic about posting their residential
coordinates for the world to see, though.
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
  Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?

I think to avoid errors. The more different sets in one go the more likely to
have errors.

  For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.

You can use Brickstock and upload the file.
 Author: SchmickBricks View Messages Posted By SchmickBricks
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Location:  Australia, South Australia
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Store: Schmick Bricks
Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?
For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.
 Author: tEoS View Messages Posted By tEoS
 Posted: Jan 14, 2019 17:03
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Location:  USA, Michigan
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FYI: they discarded my suggestion to show zip codes so I wouldn't get your
hopes up.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1021174

In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Jan 14, 2019 17:01
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Location:  USA, Washington
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Store: ConstrucToys
In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
  In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.

I think this is a great suggestion, Mike. Dynamic and pragmatic, with little
to no downside as proposed.

Reoccurring ideas such as this, come to mind when I receive orders with shipping
addresses not much further away from our home than our post office Receiving
orders with shipping addresses not far from my brother's home in Sweden,
also has brought this to mind.

I assume, given initiator of the site-suggestion has a IT background, it must
be doable?

I would add that eBay has had something like this in place, for some time now.
I've taken advantage of it a few times.
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Location:  USA, Washington
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Store: ConstrucToys
In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.

I think this is a great suggestion, Mike. Dynamic and pragmatic, with little
to no downside as proposed.

Reoccurring ideas such as this, come to mind when I receive orders with shipping
addresses not much further away from our home than our post office Receiving
orders with shipping addresses not far from my brother's home in Sweden,
also has brought this to mind.

I assume, given initiator of the site-suggestion has a IT background, it must
be doable?

-Cory
 Author: mfav View Messages Posted By mfav
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mfav (174)

Location:  USA, Vermont
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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:
  I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.

Cool idea, but difficult to implement. And there are privacy issues.

The Canadian zip code database runs over 760,000 records; most of them geolocate
to stationary moose, uninhabited parts of the Yukon, and what have you. I don't
recall exactly, but I think their process was to basically put a grid over the
entire land mass of the country, divide it up into little squares, and assign
a code to each square.

The US zip code database, covering a population several times that of Canada
runs only about 42,000 records and the codes cover arbitrary regions roughly
equivalent to towns, and some post offices that don't offer delivery have
their own code.

Typically these zip codes are associated with a longitude and latitude, and these
data files can be acquired from the post office and maybe other sources.

Then there is some math and code to figure out the "as-the-crow-flies" distance
between two zip codes' associated coordinates.

I don't know that the entire globe...or all the areas serviced by BL...have
these databases. Could be. Just never built one of these things other than US/Canada.

Anyway, bottom line is you need the longitude and latitude of every store...or
something reasonably close. The coding is a bit tricky. And it may have to be
broken into hemispheres because of the math for triangulation over a sphere.

If folks want to publish their longitudes and latitudes, then you can find the
distances with Google Earth or something similar. I'd guess most of the mom-and-pop-hobby-shop
operations aren't going to be enthusiastic about posting their residential
coordinates for the world to see, though.
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superchicken77 (1274)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: SuperChicken Bricks - GTA
I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.
 Author: BUC View Messages Posted By BUC
 Posted: Jan 14, 2019 13:50
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BUC (9713)

Location:  USA, Texas
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Store: Bricks Under Construction
Tax time, a whole year later and this still hasn't been implemented.

Please BrickLink, this is crucial for filing sales taxes. Thanks!

In Suggestions, CPgolfaddict writes:
  Please add the sales tax field to order downloads.
 Author: Biodreamer View Messages Posted By Biodreamer
 Posted: Jan 13, 2019 14:38
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Biodreamer (110)

Location:  Sweden, Stockholm
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Store Closed Store: Biosshop
In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy

No, I usually give feedback but people are a bit harsh when it comes to getting
a neutral so in the cases where I think positive is to good and neutral is a
bit harsh, I usually don't leave any and just archive the order.

Any automatic system would be required to give out neutral votes. and few sellers
would want that on their store feedback %.

The only thing the feedback system need is longer feedback notes. 80 characters
is not enough to give a small review of the order and tell what was good/bad
with it. it's just enough for a positive only review.
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 Posted: Jan 13, 2019 08:17
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axaday (7303)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy

I can see how many orders your store has filled if I need to see it.

I wish we had an automated tool to stop people from obsessing about their feedback
score and customers not leaving feedback. If you are trying to figure out how
to catch up to the 5 digit people, don't forget that they also have customers
not leaving them feedback.
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 Posted: Jan 13, 2019 05:46
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peterab (526)

Location:  Australia, Victoria
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Store Closed Store: Peter's Parts
In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy

This suggestion would remove the option to not leave feedback which is a middle
ground between leaving positive feedback for a good experience and leaving either
neutral or negative feedback knowing it will penalise a seller. I can't see
any point to this except to pacify those who worry that others don't leave
them feedback. Perhaps those people would be better off not worrying so much
about it or being a bit more introspective.
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 Posted: Jan 13, 2019 05:45
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Rob_and_Shelagh (26340)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store Closed Store: YELLOW FARM BRICKS
In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy


No thanks for this one, sorry but if a buyer (or seller) does not leave FB it
does not mean the transaction was positive. Many choose not to leave FB if they
were not completely satisfied as they are worried about retaliation FB if they
leave non positive.

Overall FB is optional, it is not a requirement that FB is left for every order.
Elsewhere (other shopping sites eg Amazon) I rarely leave FB for purchases unless
the experience was particularly good or bad. On here I only want to receive positive
FB if the buyer chose to leave it otherwise it would mean nothing to me and I'd
have no idea what my customers think of my service.

Robert
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manganschlamm (1938)

Location:  Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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In Suggestions, tpr writes:
  Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy



If feedback would be posted automatically, then we can abandon the feedback system
right away because it makes no sense at all. How can the system decide / judge
automatically if the customer was satisfied? For example, I am very reluctant
as a buyer to post negative or neutral feedback even when I am not too happy
with an order. In such cases I simply do not leave any feedback.
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tpr (8655)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: The Parts Resort
Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy
 Author: brickerking View Messages Posted By brickerking
 Posted: Jan 11, 2019 13:40
 Subject: Sales by Year
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brickerking (1883)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
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Store: Bricker King
Can Bricklink please update their "Sales by Year" page?
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1304

2013 was like 6 years ago.

Thanks!
 Author: Emperor_Penguin View Messages Posted By Emperor_Penguin
 Posted: Jan 10, 2019 14:02
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Emperor_Penguin (1363)

Location:  USA, Massachusetts
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Store: Penguins and plastic
In Suggestions, OtherDude writes:
  Hello,

New uses, sorry if this has already been suggested and/or is available and I
can't figure it out, but I'm wondering if you can sort by county of seller?

On an item page, click on the 'More Options' button, that will bring
up some options including 'Seller Location'.
 
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OtherDude (355)

Location:  USA, Michigan
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Hello,

New uses, sorry if this has already been suggested and/or is available and I
can't figure it out, but I'm wondering if you can sort by county of seller?
 Author: Teup View Messages Posted By Teup
 Posted: Jan 9, 2019 16:57
 Subject: Re: Request official BrickLink app
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Teup (6607)

Location:  Netherlands, Utrecht
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Store: BLOKJESKONING
In Suggestions, TheBrickGuys writes:
  In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
  In Suggestions, KaanDurak writes:
  Hi ,
I use my phone alot and I also use Bricklink alot , but the site on phone isn't
that great , so please. Bricklink create a phone app of Bricklink , it would
be easier for phone users.
I hope the staff will see this and an official bricklink app will be created.
Thanks for reading

It's in development https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1094209

wow, that post was 5 years old so it is still a work in progress??

jim

It's still a work in progress I think and it will be released at some point
when Bricklink feels like it.

But until they will add payment methods other than PayPal it's just a gimmic
to me, I am opting out for it and so are some other sellers. Of the remaining
sellers, only a small portion has Instant Checkout, so there is no real reason
using the Bricklink app if you get 10x as many results using a computer. To me
that's easily worth navigating a non mobile friendly Bricklink for.

So I guess the answer is, nope, "proper" Bricklink is not going to be mobile
friendly.
 Author: EthansToys View Messages Posted By EthansToys
 Posted: Jan 9, 2019 01:28
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EthansToys (74)

Location:  USA, Montana
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Store Closed Store: Ethan's Toys
In Suggestions, KaanDurak writes:
  Hi ,
I use my phone alot and I also use Bricklink alot , but the site on phone isn't
that great , so please. Bricklink create a phone app of Bricklink , it would
be easier for phone users.
I hope the staff will see this and an official bricklink app will be created.
Thanks for reading


This is a great idea! I personally use my phone for shopping and that would make
it much easier for me!
 Author: Dutchblockhead View Messages Posted By Dutchblockhead
 Posted: Jan 6, 2019 16:31
 Subject: Better use of page titles
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Dutchblockhead (97)

Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
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Some pages use page titles specified, some don't (for instance wanted lists).
I wish we could get better pagetitles (in the tags) programmed. If i
open up multiple tabs of bricklink pages (multiple wanted lists or sets, parts
etc) they all look alike and i have no idea which is which because the site does
not use page titles.

Instead of:
Bricklink - Search your wanted list

I would like to see:
SC Scale Porsche 911 GT3 RS - Wanted list - Bricklink

Pushing the sitename to the end of the page title would already be a helping
factor but you could make better titles.

This would also help the sites SEO, but it's just easier to work with and
use multiple tabs.

my 2 cents/wish.

Thanks for listening
 Author: AngrySquirrel View Messages Posted By AngrySquirrel
 Posted: Jan 6, 2019 12:59
 Subject: Re: Search inventory remarks in top search bar
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AngrySquirrel (1253)

Location:  USA, Massachusetts
Member Since Contact Type Status Collage
Nov 24, 2012 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Squirrels@Play
guess not.
 Author: robosushi View Messages Posted By robosushi
 Posted: Jan 4, 2019 12:22
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robosushi (456)

Location:  USA, Oregon
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Store: ROBOSUSHI BRICKS
All I suggest is that since the data parameter is already in the database, Why
not allow us to search using it? If it's off a bit who cares? It's
still better than nothing.

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

I've seen some variations on a decent scale if you take say 10 different
coloured 2x4 bricks. But then there is a similar variation if you weigh 10 of
the same colour ones. This is the problem when it is said that different colours
have different weights.

If you weigh 1 red brick and 1 blue brick, they might weigh a slightly different
amount, lets say red was heavier. That wouldn't mean all red bricks weigh
more than all blue bricks, for example. Just that the red one was taken from
the heavier end of the weight distribution and the blue from the lighter end.

So if you weigh 1000 red bricks and 1000 blue bricks, the difference between
the piles would not be 1000x(random red one - random blue one).
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yorbrick (1185)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: Yorbricks
In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

I've seen some variations on a decent scale if you take say 10 different
coloured 2x4 bricks. But then there is a similar variation if you weigh 10 of
the same colour ones. This is the problem when it is said that different colours
have different weights.

If you weigh 1 red brick and 1 blue brick, they might weigh a slightly different
amount, lets say red was heavier. That wouldn't mean all red bricks weigh
more than all blue bricks, for example. Just that the red one was taken from
the heavier end of the weight distribution and the blue from the lighter end.

So if you weigh 1000 red bricks and 1000 blue bricks, the difference between
the piles would not be 1000x(random red one - random blue one).
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runner.caller (2651)

Location:  USA, South Dakota
Member Since Contact Type Status
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Store: A Minifig Galore Store
In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  If you only have a gram scale you simply weigh 100 of the brick and divide.
My point is that it would be a simple and useful search criteria.


In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

But do the people entering the weights into the database have a 1/100th gram
scale?

Yeah, but everyone entering the weights might not have the same scale calibration
so you could throw a part on the scale and type the weight into the search, and
it might not come up in the results if your scale's single weight comes back
as different than someone weighing 100 and dividing.
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robosushi (456)

Location:  USA, Oregon
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Store: ROBOSUSHI BRICKS
If you only have a gram scale you simply weigh 100 of the brick and divide.
My point is that it would be a simple and useful search criteria.


In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

But do the people entering the weights into the database have a 1/100th gram
scale?
 Author: BrickSwede View Messages Posted By BrickSwede
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BrickSwede (436)

Location:  Sweden, Uppsala
Member Since Contact Type Status
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Store: BrickSwede
You'll find it under the "shop" tag at the top of the store...

In Suggestions, BrickFlipper writes:
  Firstly love the site.

Been a buyer for a few years now.

And I'm starting to use wanted lists.

And while I'm gooding through a store for a particular part, I'll come
across and item listed in one of my Wanted lists.

If I'm at a large store their maybe a few.

It would be nice to have an option / filter to just list parts in your wanted
list(s).

You may decide to get more parts from that sttore than intended.

Regards

Andrew
 
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tEoS (5297)

Location:  USA, Michigan
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No Longer RegisteredNo Longer Registered
Store Closed Store: The Elements Of Surprise
No Longer Registered
Already exists.

In Suggestions, BrickFlipper writes:
  Firstly love the site.

Been a buyer for a few years now.

And I'm starting to use wanted lists.

And while I'm gooding through a store for a particular part, I'll come
across and item listed in one of my Wanted lists.

If I'm at a large store their maybe a few.

It would be nice to have an option / filter to just list parts in your wanted
list(s).

You may decide to get more parts from that sttore than intended.

Regards

Andrew
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BrickFlipper (180)

Location:  Australia, Victoria
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Store Closed Store: The Brick Pallet
Firstly love the site.

Been a buyer for a few years now.

And I'm starting to use wanted lists.

And while I'm gooding through a store for a particular part, I'll come
across and item listed in one of my Wanted lists.

If I'm at a large store their maybe a few.

It would be nice to have an option / filter to just list parts in your wanted
list(s).

You may decide to get more parts from that sttore than intended.

Regards

Andrew
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randyf (442)

Location:  USA, Ohio
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Store Closed Store: The Bricking Spectre
BrickLink Catalog Administrator (?)
In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color.

There are definitely variations based on color. Especially between parts made
in ABS and those made in PC using the same mold.

Cheers,
Randy

  Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.
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runner.caller (2651)

Location:  USA, South Dakota
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Store: A Minifig Galore Store
In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

But do the people entering the weights into the database have a 1/100th gram
scale?
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Location:  USA, Oregon
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Store: ROBOSUSHI BRICKS
In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
  In Suggestions, robosushi writes:
  Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.
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  Your conclusion that it is 'a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing
part quantities currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months' is probably
right. Items sold versus available is a much more reliable source of information
than the wanted lists which are mostly shielded for privacy.

Also just because a part sells in large numbers doesn't mean it is necessarily
a good part to stock. It depends what the buy-in vs sale price is.


And even the current stock to items sold ratio might not be so good to look at,
take a fictitious example:

Part A: 0 currently on BL, 10 sold in 6 months.

Part B: 100000 on BL, 20000 sold in 6 months.

A would be ranked highly as currently understocked (they all sold!) whereas for
B there is currently 5x 6 months stock unsold so quite overstocked. But would
you buy into part B, when the sales are actually low?

There would be so many of these to sort through, unless you could set other parameters
such as minimum numbers sold and so on. Even better if you can restrict it to
specific regions too.
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Location:  USA, Maryland
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In Suggestions, Happyakrz writes:
  Hello everyone!

I'm a long-term buyer on Bricklink, but have recently started to sell here
as well, and I've been looking through all of the various areas of data in
the site (which has been an amazing process), and I haven't been able to
find anything that shows the most commonly sought-after parts -- either by
direct request, or by inclusion on member "wanted lists".

Is there an area or process that is already programmed for the calculation and
display of the most wanted parts by the members?

Or is this a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing part quantities
currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months, etc.?

Just want to make sure that I'm stocking what people really want to get their
hands on -- aren't we all?

Thanks for any info you can offer!

Todd / Happyakrz

This might help:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogStatsWanted.asp?itemType=P
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  (Has anyone seen a bag in a bag in a bag? I can't remember having seen these)

I think a Friends set had a bag of four lipsticks (when only one was needed)
inside a bag of other small parts (in one of those holey type bags), inside a
normal bag.
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Location:  Netherlands, Groningen
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In Suggestions, Happyakrz writes:
  Hello everyone!

I'm a long-term buyer on Bricklink, but have recently started to sell here
as well, and I've been looking through all of the various areas of data in
the site (which has been an amazing process), and I haven't been able to
find anything that shows the most commonly sought-after parts -- either by
direct request, or by inclusion on member "wanted lists".

Is there an area or process that is already programmed for the calculation and
display of the most wanted parts by the members?

Or is this a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing part quantities
currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months, etc.?

Just want to make sure that I'm stocking what people really want to get their
hands on -- aren't we all?

Thanks for any info you can offer!

Todd / Happyakrz


For various reasons the information about what is on people's wanted lists
is not freely accessible. The only information I have come across is the catalog
pages that say 'on how many wanted lists' a part-color combination occurs.

As a buyer I would not want that my action of putting item on my wanted list
would be of influence on the prices.

Whether the information 'on how many wanted lists' an item is, is reliable,
I have doubts about. For me, most of the time what is on my wanted lists does
not correspond to what I intend to buy. It either represents the preparation
of a shopping list or a notebook to remember that someday I might want to buy
these items. I might put an item on my wanted list in many non-existent or rare
colors just to see whether they become more readily available later on.


Your conclusion that it is 'a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing
part quantities currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months' is probably
right. Items sold versus available is a much more reliable source of information
than the wanted lists which are mostly shielded for privacy.


Hans-Peter

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