Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | mattkaupke  | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 09:20 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | That the cost of the label and not
| | a penny more is all that is reasonable to be charged for an item. There are so
many costs associated with a purchase that it doesn’t make sense to me to individually
itemize everything on a per transaction basis and rather just roll it all into
a single s/h charge.
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I don't think that is the case. Reasonable expenses are fine.
I prefer to see a single S+H charge but it should be related to what it costs
to post.
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I do have a single s/h charge. It’s $4.99 for standard mail for any order size
which is closely related to actual cost on average. Minimum postage is $3.66
plus all associated fees/materials/etc.
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 09:15 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
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It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
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Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
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Of course the customer accepted that would be the cost for postage, but then
later found out it was not true and that the seller is overcharging for postage
via IC. Should other buyers be warned about that? In my view, yes.
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No warning is necessary through feedback as that information is available at
checkout. We’re all adults here and should be capable of making sound decisions
on our own. Additionally, I’d say the “actual” cost is rarely the actual cost.
The label may have cost $2, the baseline price is closer to $3.50 for USPS first
class,but there are certainly many more considerations when calculating shipping
(cost of materials, labels, tape, box or envelope, fuel and time to drop it off
(if I live 30mins from a post office my real costs may be higher than yours if
you’re close to a drop off)). Yes, $10 for shipping on a $2 label would probably
be excessive but we’re not talking about excessive here, nor should it matter
since it was what was agreed on with the buyer. Any poor feedback left is just
unreasonable.
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Just because you are told something up front doesn't mean you shouldn't
comment on it.
For example, sellers often say something along the lines of "New doesn't
mean mint, new parts may have scratches" in their terms. If a seller sends out
heavily scratched new parts, should the buyer be allowed to comment via feedback?
After all, they agreed that parts may be scratched when they placed the order.
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We’re not talking about a difference of opinion with regards to something that
is subjective. Though I think poor feedback should only be given in that situation
if the customer doesn’t receive good customer service to resolve the discrepancy.
But rather a customer making the determination after the fact that the charges
weren’t reasonable. Knowing full well what they were going to be going in. It
would be more akin to buying used parts and complaining they weren’t new, than
having a difference of opinion on their condition.
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 09:09 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure it’s fair to allow buyers who use the Instant
Checkout feature to leave poor feedback relating to shipping costs. I totally
understand being surprised by a high shipping cost when being invoiced but there
are no surprises with instant checkout. It’s totally in the buyers court to make
the purchase with the costs known up front. Also, if invoicing and the shipping
and handling charges are clear in the terms tab, it should also be removable.
I’d really like to see a change made to the feedback policy that allows for removal
of feedback when the purchase is made through the Instant Checkout function.
It’s not reasonable to allow a buyer to damage the reputation of a seller for
something the buyer agreed to.
I'm underwhelmed with the support from BrickLink as far as feedback is concerned.
If the buyer or seller can show that they are completely without fault BrickLink
should be able to remove feedback that is unwarranted.
|
Just because a buyer agrees to something, it does not neccessarily mean he/she
loves it.
Just because buyer or seller is not at fault it does not mean a transaction is
neccessarily positive.
Robert
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It still doesn’t warrant damaging the reputation of the seller. The buyer didn’t
“not love it” enough to go to another seller or not make the purchase. It’s an
agreed upon thing. It wasn’t a lack of service or any justifiable reason.
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So would you tell the buyer upfront that the "postage" charge is broken down
into $1 for this, $1 for that, and another $2 for this, and so on? So that they
know you are adding lots of other charges into it.
Sometimes I don't know what something will cost to post, as I don't have
it in hand. If a seller tells me it is going to cost what a large parcel costs
to post, I assume it is a large parcel and agree to it. If it later turns out
it wasn't a large parcel and was posted for a much lower price then I feel
conned that I was overcharged for postage, even though I agreed to it. Leaving
feedback saying this in that case is justifiable.
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Why would it be necessary to explain to the customer my individual expenditures?
For example, does amazon need to justify what they charge for shipping?
You do know what it will cost to post, it’s the number in the shipping cost box
at checkout. The buyer doesn’t determine what is or isn’t the cost associated
with a purchase, they simply agree or not. It’s not the customers right to decide
what my real costs are as a seller as they don’t pay my bills (literally not
indirectly). Not knowing the real costs of the seller is not the same as being
conned.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:51 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| That the cost of the label and not
| | a penny more is all that is reasonable to be charged for an item. There are so
many costs associated with a purchase that it doesn’t make sense to me to individually
itemize everything on a per transaction basis and rather just roll it all into
a single s/h charge.
|
I don't think that is the case. Reasonable expenses are fine.
I prefer to see a single S+H charge but it should be related to what it costs
to post.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:48 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure it’s fair to allow buyers who use the Instant
Checkout feature to leave poor feedback relating to shipping costs. I totally
understand being surprised by a high shipping cost when being invoiced but there
are no surprises with instant checkout. It’s totally in the buyers court to make
the purchase with the costs known up front. Also, if invoicing and the shipping
and handling charges are clear in the terms tab, it should also be removable.
I’d really like to see a change made to the feedback policy that allows for removal
of feedback when the purchase is made through the Instant Checkout function.
It’s not reasonable to allow a buyer to damage the reputation of a seller for
something the buyer agreed to.
I'm underwhelmed with the support from BrickLink as far as feedback is concerned.
If the buyer or seller can show that they are completely without fault BrickLink
should be able to remove feedback that is unwarranted.
|
Just because a buyer agrees to something, it does not neccessarily mean he/she
loves it.
Just because buyer or seller is not at fault it does not mean a transaction is
neccessarily positive.
Robert
|
It still doesn’t warrant damaging the reputation of the seller. The buyer didn’t
“not love it” enough to go to another seller or not make the purchase. It’s an
agreed upon thing. It wasn’t a lack of service or any justifiable reason.
|
So would you tell the buyer upfront that the "postage" charge is broken down
into $1 for this, $1 for that, and another $2 for this, and so on? So that they
know you are adding lots of other charges into it.
Sometimes I don't know what something will cost to post, as I don't have
it in hand. If a seller tells me it is going to cost what a large parcel costs
to post, I assume it is a large parcel and agree to it. If it later turns out
it wasn't a large parcel and was posted for a much lower price then I feel
conned that I was overcharged for postage, even though I agreed to it. Leaving
feedback saying this in that case is justifiable.
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
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It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
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Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
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Can I ask why you’re against instant checkout?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:40 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | | |
It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
|
Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
|
Of course the customer accepted that would be the cost for postage, but then
later found out it was not true and that the seller is overcharging for postage
via IC. Should other buyers be warned about that? In my view, yes.
|
No warning is necessary through feedback as that information is available at
checkout. We’re all adults here and should be capable of making sound decisions
on our own. Additionally, I’d say the “actual” cost is rarely the actual cost.
The label may have cost $2, the baseline price is closer to $3.50 for USPS first
class,but there are certainly many more considerations when calculating shipping
(cost of materials, labels, tape, box or envelope, fuel and time to drop it off
(if I live 30mins from a post office my real costs may be higher than yours if
you’re close to a drop off)). Yes, $10 for shipping on a $2 label would probably
be excessive but we’re not talking about excessive here, nor should it matter
since it was what was agreed on with the buyer. Any poor feedback left is just
unreasonable.
|
Just because you are told something up front doesn't mean you shouldn't
comment on it.
For example, sellers often say something along the lines of "New doesn't
mean mint, new parts may have scratches" in their terms. If a seller sends out
heavily scratched new parts, should the buyer be allowed to comment via feedback?
After all, they agreed that parts may be scratched when they placed the order.
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:39 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | | |
It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
|
Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
|
Of course the customer accepted that would be the cost for postage, but then
later found out it was not true and that the seller is overcharging for postage
via IC. Should other buyers be warned about that? In my view, yes.
|
Please don’t take this as condescending in any way. I really do want to better
understand the community.
I’d really like to know if this mindset applies to other places too. I’ve honestly
never had anyone complain about shipping in any other place I’ve sold items online
other than here on bricklink. It seems to me to be a unique perspective that
is limited to BrickLink and nowhere else. That the cost of the label and not
a penny more is all that is reasonable to be charged for an item. There are so
many costs associated with a purchase that it doesn’t make sense to me to individually
itemize everything on a per transaction basis and rather just roll it all into
a single s/h charge. Honestly, when I first started using BrickLink it was entirely
too complicated to figure out what the costs were going to be before making a
purchase I avoided it for buying more often than not. So, as a seller now, I
try to make it as simple as possible for any perspective buyers by having a single
charge upfront and available for them to see and know before buying. Rather than
having complex tables and numerous fees to try and add up before committing to
the purchase.
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:24 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure it’s fair to allow buyers who use the Instant
Checkout feature to leave poor feedback relating to shipping costs. I totally
understand being surprised by a high shipping cost when being invoiced but there
are no surprises with instant checkout. It’s totally in the buyers court to make
the purchase with the costs known up front. Also, if invoicing and the shipping
and handling charges are clear in the terms tab, it should also be removable.
I’d really like to see a change made to the feedback policy that allows for removal
of feedback when the purchase is made through the Instant Checkout function.
It’s not reasonable to allow a buyer to damage the reputation of a seller for
something the buyer agreed to.
I'm underwhelmed with the support from BrickLink as far as feedback is concerned.
If the buyer or seller can show that they are completely without fault BrickLink
should be able to remove feedback that is unwarranted.
|
Just because a buyer agrees to something, it does not neccessarily mean he/she
loves it.
Just because buyer or seller is not at fault it does not mean a transaction is
neccessarily positive.
Robert
|
It still doesn’t warrant damaging the reputation of the seller. The buyer didn’t
“not love it” enough to go to another seller or not make the purchase. It’s an
agreed upon thing. It wasn’t a lack of service or any justifiable reason.
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:18 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | | |
It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
|
Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
|
Of course the customer accepted that would be the cost for postage, but then
later found out it was not true and that the seller is overcharging for postage
via IC. Should other buyers be warned about that? In my view, yes.
|
No warning is necessary through feedback as that information is available at
checkout. We’re all adults here and should be capable of making sound decisions
on our own. Additionally, I’d say the “actual” cost is rarely the actual cost.
The label may have cost $2, the baseline price is closer to $3.50 for USPS first
class,but there are certainly many more considerations when calculating shipping
(cost of materials, labels, tape, box or envelope, fuel and time to drop it off
(if I live 30mins from a post office my real costs may be higher than yours if
you’re close to a drop off)). Yes, $10 for shipping on a $2 label would probably
be excessive but we’re not talking about excessive here, nor should it matter
since it was what was agreed on with the buyer. Any poor feedback left is just
unreasonable.
|
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:10 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure it’s fair to allow buyers who use the Instant
Checkout feature to leave poor feedback relating to shipping costs. I totally
understand being surprised by a high shipping cost when being invoiced but there
are no surprises with instant checkout. It’s totally in the buyers court to make
the purchase with the costs known up front. Also, if invoicing and the shipping
and handling charges are clear in the terms tab, it should also be removable.
I’d really like to see a change made to the feedback policy that allows for removal
of feedback when the purchase is made through the Instant Checkout function.
It’s not reasonable to allow a buyer to damage the reputation of a seller for
something the buyer agreed to.
I'm underwhelmed with the support from BrickLink as far as feedback is concerned.
If the buyer or seller can show that they are completely without fault BrickLink
should be able to remove feedback that is unwarranted.
|
Just because a buyer agrees to something, it does not neccessarily mean he/she
loves it.
Just because buyer or seller is not at fault it does not mean a transaction is
neccessarily positive.
Robert
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | | |
It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
|
Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
|
Of course the customer accepted that would be the cost for postage, but then
later found out it was not true and that the seller is overcharging for postage
via IC. Should other buyers be warned about that? In my view, yes.
|
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| Author: | Bricks_NW_UK | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 07:57 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
|
Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.
(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
|
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 07:46 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, mattkaupke writes:
| | Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure it’s fair to allow buyers who use the Instant
Checkout feature to leave poor feedback relating to shipping costs. I totally
understand being surprised by a high shipping cost when being invoiced but there
are no surprises with instant checkout. It’s totally in the buyers court to make
the purchase with the costs known up front. Also, if invoicing and the shipping
and handling charges are clear in the terms tab, it should also be removable.
I’d really like to see a change made to the feedback policy that allows for removal
of feedback when the purchase is made through the Instant Checkout function.
It’s not reasonable to allow a buyer to damage the reputation of a seller for
something the buyer agreed to.
I'm underwhelmed with the support from BrickLink as far as feedback is concerned.
If the buyer or seller can show that they are completely without fault BrickLink
should be able to remove feedback that is unwarranted.
|
It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?
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| Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 07:41 | | Subject: | Feedback removal | | Viewed: | 182 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Maybe it’s just me but I’m not sure it’s fair to allow buyers who use the Instant
Checkout feature to leave poor feedback relating to shipping costs. I totally
understand being surprised by a high shipping cost when being invoiced but there
are no surprises with instant checkout. It’s totally in the buyers court to make
the purchase with the costs known up front. Also, if invoicing and the shipping
and handling charges are clear in the terms tab, it should also be removable.
I’d really like to see a change made to the feedback policy that allows for removal
of feedback when the purchase is made through the Instant Checkout function.
It’s not reasonable to allow a buyer to damage the reputation of a seller for
something the buyer agreed to.
I'm underwhelmed with the support from BrickLink as far as feedback is concerned.
If the buyer or seller can show that they are completely without fault BrickLink
should be able to remove feedback that is unwarranted.
|
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2019 01:18 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to import my inventory to see sets | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:
| | In Suggestions, alexey101 writes:
| | I would like to be able to import my inventory into bricklink.com and see which
sets I can build, what is the completion %, for each set and which parts are
missing.
So I can quickly buy missing parts for these sets that I can build and then start
building new sets using the bricks I already have.
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rebrickable.com already does this
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From there you can create Wantlists and upload them into Bricklink.
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2019 22:06 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to import my inventory to see sets | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, alexey101 writes:
| | I would like to be able to import my inventory into bricklink.com and see which
sets I can build, what is the completion %, for each set and which parts are
missing.
So I can quickly buy missing parts for these sets that I can build and then start
building new sets using the bricks I already have.
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rebrickable.com already does this
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| Author: | bb1294216 | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2019 22:03 | | Subject: | Allow to import my inventory to see sets | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| I would like to be able to import my inventory into bricklink.com and see which
sets I can build, what is the completion %, for each set and which parts are
missing.
So I can quickly buy missing parts for these sets that I can build and then start
building new sets using the bricks I already have.
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| Author: | fantapop | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2019 11:52 | | Subject: | Re: Affiliate fees for custom sets | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I hadn't see than. Thank you!
In Suggestions, Lauren_Luke writes:
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2019 00:09 | | Subject: | Re: Affiliate fees for custom sets | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, JusTiCe8 writes:
| | […]
But I'm afraid long time sellers here will not agree MOC gives them some
cash as Studio is not very welcome as far as I understand. Too bad. Gathering
parts for a nice sets available in the gallery could be exhausting and boring.
Having a bag pf ârts ready to buy will be nice. […]
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I’d rather say that:
1. Sellers saw how the MOC Shop faired.
2. Sellers understand that MOCs are a niche market. Best-sellers are very rare.
Even MOCs-that-sell are rare.
3. Sellers understand that MOCs require much work (as you yourself noticed) and
they prefer buyers to do it themselves.
As for the prices, look at the constraints on parts for the “AFOL Design Contest.”
Even with a partnership with TLG, the sets will be around 10¢/part. More than
TLG’s sets when you consider there won’t be (new) prints nor recolouring nor
new parts nor expensive licences.
(Curious to see how many of the finalists will reach the crowd funding limit.)
And about Studio:
1. Most sellers don’t see what it could bring them as sellers (see MOC Shop,
see Mosaick).
2. Some (many?) think the efforts put to make Studio would have been better spent
of the main website.
(At least, Studio can compete (and win) with similar programs on many points.
That was not the case with Mosaick  )
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| Author: | JusTiCe8 | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2019 16:03 | | Subject: | Re: Affiliate fees for custom sets | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I forgot one important detail: it also hold the risk of people being motivated
by money only  .
IMHO, it's a hobby and a relaxing activity to create some new things out
of random parts and I will not like seeing tons of poor designs or other by greedy
people who don't really care, especially it could be easy to copy/steal someone's
else work and get money for just bringing it here.
Of course Lego official sets are easy to spot, but who really knows about all
3rd party Lego Magazines sets (polybags) or even old Lego Idea books ?
Same apply for commercial books about Lego like Crazy Contraptions, Chain reactions,
LEGO Micro Cities: Build Your Own Mini Metropolis!, the Lego Book and many others.
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| Author: | Emperor_Penguin | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2019 15:58 | | Subject: | Re: Affiliate fees for custom sets | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, fantapop writes:
| | I'm new to the Bricklink community. Probably like many, I was into legos
when I was growing up, then stopped when I reached high school and now have kids
of the right age so I'm getting back into them.
I've bought a few sets of missing pieces so far on Bricklink. What was built
here never ceases to amaze me. It strikes me that one thing that's missing
is a way for creators to make money on their own custom sets. There is a very
old discussion topic on Affiliate Marketing which doesn't look like it went
anywhere. This idea is tangentially related.
It would be great if a builder could encode their design into a bricklink shopping
cart and then when people purchase the legos from the shopping cart or custom
set, the creator of the set could get some referral cost of the legos purchased.
This could give a huge boost to the lego community by empowering creators to
design and sell their own designs and could help increase cost per brick for
the sellers. At the same time, it would allow the common builder access to a
much wider array of sets to build.
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I know some sellers have MOCS that they release what pieces are needed, and then
sell the instructions for that MOC.
That way they get some money off their creations.
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| Author: | JusTiCe8 | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2019 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Affiliate fees for custom sets | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Hi,
like many of people around here I guess, I have played with many Lego sets when
I was younger, then get back to it just a while back, awesomeness still as fresh
as before  .
That could be a good idea, there is also MOCshop or something similar but there,
prices are ridiculously high (higher than Lego sets, yes that's possible
!)
But I'm afraid long time sellers here will not agree MOC gives them some
cash as Studio is not very welcome as far as I understand. Too bad. Gathering
parts for a nice sets available in the gallery could be exhausting and boring.
Having a bag pf ârts ready to buy will be nice.
On the other hand, there is no official reference for gallery item so it is just
impossible to exactly match a design unless using the internal model ID
(ex: https://studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/model.page?idModel=71193).
I'll looking forward to what people think about this.
In Suggestions, fantapop writes:
| | I'm new to the Bricklink community. Probably like many, I was into legos
when I was growing up, then stopped when I reached high school and now have kids
of the right age so I'm getting back into them.
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| Author: | fantapop | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2019 15:45 | | Subject: | Affiliate fees for custom sets | | Viewed: | 120 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| I'm new to the Bricklink community. Probably like many, I was into legos
when I was growing up, then stopped when I reached high school and now have kids
of the right age so I'm getting back into them.
I've bought a few sets of missing pieces so far on Bricklink. What was built
here never ceases to amaze me. It strikes me that one thing that's missing
is a way for creators to make money on their own custom sets. There is a very
old discussion topic on Affiliate Marketing which doesn't look like it went
anywhere. This idea is tangentially related.
It would be great if a builder could encode their design into a bricklink shopping
cart and then when people purchase the legos from the shopping cart or custom
set, the creator of the set could get some referral cost of the legos purchased.
This could give a huge boost to the lego community by empowering creators to
design and sell their own designs and could help increase cost per brick for
the sellers. At the same time, it would allow the common builder access to a
much wider array of sets to build.
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| Author: | ilovelegostoo | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2019 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: Support Zones for USPS shipping | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Agreed. This would be a great thing for the admins to get in front of instead
of reacting to all the people turning off the automated payment feature. The
other option is the change to the highest postage rate from your location, however,
that's not the way I want to do business.
I am planning to close my store for a week or two until after the new rates go
into effect and see if someone comes up with a rate card that will work.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2019 12:28 | | Subject: | Support Zones for USPS shipping | | Viewed: | 330 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Currently, BrickLink does not support USPS zones, nor has there been any public
indication it is being implemented. Up until now, the ability of Instant Checkout
to calculate correct destination shipping within the USA has been compromised
for Priority Mail (custom packaging), but not for USPS First Class Parcel.
BrickLink has supported the existing USPS First Class Parcel and the existing
"flat rate" Priority Mail boxes (small/medium/large) because zone calculation
was not needed.
With the 27 January 2019 USPS rate change imminent, we (the sellers) have no
automated method of calculating the correct First Class Parcel rates, because
a zone calculation will be needed.
The calculation of zone is documented at DMM 608.9.0 (in it's entirety).
If BL chose not to use the USPS API calls to get the zone number for a given
shipment, it is possible to calculate it based on great circle distances. See
the explanations for more detail.
Since BL has chosen to not use the API callbacks provided by USPS, they have
instead opted for database rate tables (which have to be manually reloaded each
time USPS changes the rates). The current table contains the 2017 rates. It was
never updated to reflect the 2018 rates.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | JusTiCe8 | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2019 08:31 | | Subject: | Re: Shopping cart compare function | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Hi,
it's a pretty good idea, I'm facing another annoying concern as I have
a wanted list, pick some parts here, some parts there, then I got a few carts
with most probably duplicate parts on them with various prices and status.
The only way I found to deal with this is to open tabs on brower and compare
carts lot by lot, very very time consuming and error prone.
It would be great to get the benefit of using a DB like this:
pick cart A, B, D, F, G
click on a compare button
get a report page (like cart/wnated list) with parts quantity, price differences,
... then
choose in which cart we want to get parts then a single update (on each row or
global for all carts) to get super optimized carts .
In Suggestions, expos1994 writes:
| | Hello,
I thought of a suggestion for the shopping cart:
Let's say you're ordering off a wanted list that gets broken up into
4 orders. So you've got 4 carts full of items.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: New buyers 0 feedback | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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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I've added some large, bold, all caps, very blunt wording to avoid this.
I was having lots of issues with newer international buyers not understanding
rates.
Now I rarely have an issue.
I'm not sure BL is willing to be so blunt about it. ::shrug::
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| Author: | brikomania | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 14:05 | | Subject: | Re: New buyers 0 feedback | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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
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| Author: | Cob | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 13:43 | | Subject: | Re: New buyers 0 feedback | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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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Change your setting so that buyers under 5 feedback have to use instant checkout.
It removes a lot of these problems.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 10:43 | | Subject: | Re: New buyers 0 feedback | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 10:35 | | Subject: | Re: New buyers 0 feedback | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | tpr | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 09:17 | | Subject: | New buyers 0 feedback | | Viewed: | 198 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| 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: | msdobrescu | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 02:14 | | Subject: | Some fixes to be done | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| 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
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| Author: | danielclark | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2019 00:44 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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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.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 20:39 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: Add ability to download Part Out Log | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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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).
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| Author: | JulieK | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Add ability to download Part Out Log | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | Victorymike18 | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 09:59 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | superchicken77 | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 09:12 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | mfav | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 08:22 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | Mr_Rofl | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 04:10 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | superchicken77 | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 01:33 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 00:49 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
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| Author: | SchmickBricks | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 00:31 | | Subject: | Parting out | | Viewed: | 136 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| 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.
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2019 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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.
|
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2019 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2019 16:55 | | Subject: | Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| 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
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