Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | jodawill  | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2019 10:20 | | Subject: | Did the Lego Pirates books come in paperback? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| When I look up these Lego Pirates books on Amazon, they're mostly listed
as paperbacks. Does anyone know if they were actually ever printed in paperback,
or are those Amazon listings wrong? Bricklink only shows them as being printed
in hardcover.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2019 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: A Smidgen of Lego History | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Today we added a somewhat historic entry to the BrickLink catalog:
At first it looks like a normal Duplo plate, but it's not:
The first Duplo plates and tiles were based on the regular Lego plate/brick ratio
of 3:1 (that is, it takes 3 plates stacked on each other to reach the height
of a single Lego brick).
Somewhere around 1992, these "thin" plates and tiles were abandoned for the "thick"
type, which have a 2:1 ratio. These are what we find in modern Duplo sets.
What prompted the change? It could have been the advent of the 6309 printed tile:
Here are some other early "thin" Duplo parts:
* | | 3808 Duplo Tile, Modified 2 x 4 x 1/3 (Thin) Half Circle with 2 Studs
Parts: DUPLO |
* | | 4121 Duplo Tile, Modified 2 x 4 x 1/3 (Thin) with 4 Center Studs
Parts: DUPLO |
and maybe even this:
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That's really interesting. I've never seen a thin one. Any idea what
sets it came in?
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2019 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: Identical minifigs? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, DadsAFOL writes:
| | The paint details on the torsos are different and there should be 2 different
entries for the torso, one belonging to the original and one belonging to the
reissue.
In Catalog, jodawill writes:
| | The inventory for these two minifigures is the exact same. Is there a reason
to have two different catalog items for it? I don't doubt there may be some
differences between the reissue and the original, but the inventory is listed
as them being identical.
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Yeah, I see it now. Very subtle. Good eye!
There's also that policeman one. It looks like the torso is a different mold,
but I'm not sure whether there's a separate catalog entry for the different
shoulder shapes on the torsos.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2019 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: Identical minifigs? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, jodawill writes:
| | The inventory for these two minifigures is the exact same. Is there a reason
to have two different catalog items for it? I don't doubt there may be some
differences between the reissue and the original, but the inventory is listed
as them being identical.
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Also true for:
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2019 12:28 | | Subject: | Identical minifigs? | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| The inventory for these two minifigures is the exact same. Is there a reason
to have two different catalog items for it? I don't doubt there may be some
differences between the reissue and the original, but the inventory is listed
as them being identical.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jul 20, 2018 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: Does 3062b come in flat silver? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Geniac writes:
| | Hello!
I'm working on adding a lot of used Lego and I'm trying to identify a
color.
The part is a round brick 1x1 (3062b), and it appears to be flat silver. I've
compared it to new parts already in my inventory, and it really looks like that
color. It's definitely not metallic silver, at least compared to other metallic
silver parts in my new inventory.
My issue is that this does not appear to be a known color for this part. The
part certainly appears to be actual Lego, so I don't think that's the
issue. I just don't want to add something to my inventory incorrectly.
Opinions? I'm tempted to just chuck those ones in the donation box rather
than mess with it, since it's only a couple of pieces. But I'm intrigued
as well.
Thanks!
Ann
Drop Bear Bricks
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FWIW: https://store.bricklink.com/mwlchow?itemID=73486053#/shop?o={%22invID%22:%2273486053%22}
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2017 10:00 | | Subject: | Re: For Your Consideration: A Suggestion | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | After careful thought, I believe I have come up with a suggestion which will
resolve a couple of issues.
My suggestion is that BrickLink take one of the two following courses of action:
(A) Convert all of your official volunteer positions to paid positions (as full
or part-time employment, whether on-site or telecommuting from across the world).
Pay all those who contribute catalog items/inventories/approved changes to your
website, whether in cash or some other benefit. Keep the BrickLink catalog as
your property.
(B) Continue operating off volunteer labor to expand and maintain the catalog
and perform other site functions like forum moderation and language translations.
Return the BrickLink catalog to the community as an open source database or
some other form of community-owned property. Consult with the community regarding
changes to their catalog and take their input seriously.
In the case of (A), it doesn’t matter what brands you add to the website. It’s
your website and you’re paying people to work here. If I don’t like your decisions,
then I can shop elsewhere. I’d probably be okay with adding other brands, though,
because, after all, BrickLink is your property to do with as you see fit. And,
honestly, the BrickArms product integration into the catalog was actually handled
well if these things must be added.
In the case of (B), I wouldn’t like adding other brands and would say so. However,
I would accept the additions because I knew that you cared about and had done
right by the community and just wanted more profit. And, honestly, some people
do want a BrickLink-style website for Playmobil and other similar products –
this has been expressed in the forum several times. I don’t mind sharing the
catalog if I can ignore what I don’t want to see (and I would ignore anything
not LEGO).
For me the BrickArms discussion has revealed a deeper dissatisfaction that I’ve
had with BrickLink for years, but never could properly articulate. For me, I
have only recently realized, it’s not fully even about other brands. For me
it’s this: it is not morally right to expect people to work unpaid for something
they do not own.
The fact that some of us (or even one of us, but for some contributing to BrickLink
is a part-time job and I am one of them) have worked unpaid for years is something
we should be ashamed of.
When one guy owned the website he needed help, but times have changed. BrickLink
is a large business now. Act like one. BrickLink has had the best of both worlds
for years, but enough is enough.
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I agree with B completely. The catalog was built by the community. It would be
impossible to compensate all the people who've put their time into it over
the years. The entire catalog should be released under the GFDL.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2015 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: Limit on how many post you can make a day | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Biglesdug writes:
| | You act like a little kid.
Get over yourself.
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This thread:
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2015 14:42 | | Subject: | Re: Limit on how many post you can make a day | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Biglesdug writes:
| | I'm tired of the childish back and forth threads clogging up the feed. I
think there should be a 10 post per day cap for members. Maybe this will discourage
members from going back and forth will person attacks and keep the forum to only
useful posts.
People can take their person dislikes of each into other internet realms, go
start a twitter beef, just stop clogging up the forum!
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I think a better solution would be:
a) Add the ability to ignore threads
b) Enable the new post notifications when ignoring something
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jul 20, 2015 10:13 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog - listing don't open in new Tab | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, jodawill writes:
| | In Suggestions, PurpleDave writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | Hello,
Is it a new feature or me that clicking listings the VIEW-button doesn't
open a new Tab. (in Chrome).
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I've never had a new tab open when just clicking any link on BL, whether
using Explorer or Safari. I suspect this is something that may be specific to
Chrome, or maybe even a setting within your copy. I know Explorer and Safari
both have a setting that opens any clicked link in a new window/tab, but I've
never turned that option on. I know that if I really want it in a new tab, I
can force it to open a new tab. The only sites that do it automatically for
me are Hotmail (all links in e-mail, including BL want list notifications, always
open in a new tab) and Brickforge (clicking "Shop" from their home page always
forces a new tab, which is why I finally revised my bookmark to skip the homepage
and go straight to the store).
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The problem is that with the new site, these links specifically won't allow
the user to open them in a new tab.
When I'm browsing items for sale, I'll open several stores in new tabs
so they all load at once and I don't lose my place on the items for sale
page. Then I look through each of those stores to see which store I want to buy
the part from.
This is another example of the HTML5 "progress" I mentioned in another thread.
Websites are constantly giving users less control over their own computers. 
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rightclick the storename instead of the ''view''
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Awesome. Thanks! Now we just need that for "Small Images," "Price Guide," etc.
In the meantime, duplicating the tab (in Chrome at least) is a decent workaround.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2015 20:10 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog - listing don't open in new Tab | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jodawill writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | Hello,
Is it a new feature or me that clicking listings the VIEW-button doesn't
open a new Tab. (in Chrome).
Clicking on the item under Description and in VIEW opens the item in the same
Tab.
Clicking on the Store name opens the item in a new Tab, while expecting the Stores
Splash/Terms start-page.
Seems obvious that VIEW should open items in new tabs like the old button used
to do.
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Also, I think they should do away with the multiple items on the same page thing.
Now we can't link to things like the price guide (except for the link to
the old version). These things should all be separate pages.
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It looks like I'm wrong about this one. The URL does change when you click
on something. So the only problem is that they're using buttons instead of
links. You can't copy the target URL or open in a new tab.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2015 19:58 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog - listing don't open in new Tab | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | Hello,
Is it a new feature or me that clicking listings the VIEW-button doesn't
open a new Tab. (in Chrome).
Clicking on the item under Description and in VIEW opens the item in the same
Tab.
Clicking on the Store name opens the item in a new Tab, while expecting the Stores
Splash/Terms start-page.
Seems obvious that VIEW should open items in new tabs like the old button used
to do.
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Also, I think they should do away with the multiple items on the same page thing.
Now we can't link to things like the price guide (except for the link to
the old version). These things should all be separate pages.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2015 19:53 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog - listing don't open in new Tab | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, PurpleDave writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | Hello,
Is it a new feature or me that clicking listings the VIEW-button doesn't
open a new Tab. (in Chrome).
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I've never had a new tab open when just clicking any link on BL, whether
using Explorer or Safari. I suspect this is something that may be specific to
Chrome, or maybe even a setting within your copy. I know Explorer and Safari
both have a setting that opens any clicked link in a new window/tab, but I've
never turned that option on. I know that if I really want it in a new tab, I
can force it to open a new tab. The only sites that do it automatically for
me are Hotmail (all links in e-mail, including BL want list notifications, always
open in a new tab) and Brickforge (clicking "Shop" from their home page always
forces a new tab, which is why I finally revised my bookmark to skip the homepage
and go straight to the store).
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The problem is that with the new site, these links specifically won't allow
the user to open them in a new tab.
When I'm browsing items for sale, I'll open several stores in new tabs
so they all load at once and I don't lose my place on the items for sale
page. Then I look through each of those stores to see which store I want to buy
the part from.
This is another example of the HTML5 "progress" I mentioned in another thread.
Websites are constantly giving users less control over their own computers.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2015 14:54 | | Subject: | Re: Stop the Auto Log Out Now! | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pinball13 writes:
| | In Suggestions, enig writes:
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"Write"
CTRL+A CTRL+C
"Post"
If you get logged off:
CTRL+V
"Post"
Or just open a "test" window in a new tab to see if you're still logged in
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Easier: CTRL-post which posts in a separate tab, leaving the original un-lost.
No need to copy/paste.
Very useful when submitting a part-out verification which has a lot of edits.
Sometimes they time out, and I never lose the edits if I hold CTRL when clicking
a button.
I get auto-logged out each night at scheduled downtime. Does it happen more
often for others?
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I've never heard of this shortcut before. It doesn't seem to work in
Chrome on a Mac. What are you using?
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2015 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Issue, I didn't bring up at the RoundTable | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, QA_Ryan writes:
| | In Suggestions, BrickStacks writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | I earnestly feel the new banner across the top of BL stores displaying the feedback
breakdown, should be altered.
As it stands now, a neutral will bring the percentile down. This, I believe is
misleading to potential buyers and somewhat unfair in nature. Many neutral marks
are received for perfectly satisfied transactions, as witnessed in the feedback
itself. This I think, is due to a general misunderstanding of the BL feedback
system. It is unlike many other site's feedback process.
I feel any neutral mark given, should be just that, carry no effect. Just
as it does with the numbers.
My motivations in bringing this up are unbiased, as reflected in our own banner.
I sincerely hope the Admins take this suggestion into consideration.
-Cory
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This shows implemented, however The neutral still has an effect?
Jim
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The banner was altered by showing you a breakdown of neutral, positive and negative
when moused over now to help clear it up, maybe I was overzealous when marking
it implemented.
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It's a step in the right direction, but I personally prefer popsicle's
suggestion.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | May 26, 2015 00:32 | | Subject: | Re: Chat advertisement | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, studfinder writes:
| | On the home page there is a graphic that promotes the chat rooms that no longer
exist.
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This confuses me. They updated the pictures quite a while ago, but the text still
mentions the chatroom. Maybe they just overwrote the original image files with
the new ones and didn't modify the page? Still, it's amazing that the
chatroom references are still in place after all this time.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | May 24, 2015 00:00 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6846-1 | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 3839 Blue Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Handles - Undetermined Ends and Attachment Type
* Delete 2 Part 3839 White Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Handles - Undetermined Ends and Attachment Type
* Add 2 Part 3839b White Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Handles - Flat Ends, Low Attachment
* Add 1 Part 3839b Blue Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Handles - Flat Ends, Low Attachment
Comments from Submitter:
Set could not have ever come with the other version of this part because the connection made with the white parts is not possible with the rounded ends.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | May 20, 2015 19:05 | | Subject: | Re: New Member tutorial | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:
| | In Suggestions, CoachMcGuirk writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:
| | In Suggestions, CoachMcGuirk writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:
| | ok with all the threads about new buyers and sellers, or a very long thread about
a new buyer, maybe a tutorial should be instituted for both new buyers and new
sellers that they would go thru as part of the sign up process so as to avoid
some of the confusion that is occurring (hopefully).
it could be any one of things from a video tutorial or a written tutorial or
? any of which must be completed before official member status is given.
this is just a suggestive thought.
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People don't want to read lengthy documents or spend 5 minutes watching
a training video before making a simple purchase. This is likely why people don't
read store's ToS (which many are quite needlessly lengthy in my opinion)
leading to this problem.
Many people (myself included) spend lots of time on here and get the feel for
things, but lots of people just want to buy something and go away - maybe they
don't even care for Lego and give it away as a gift. If the time to make
that initial purchase is too burdensome, you'll either lose those sales or
you'll keep running into this problem, in my opinion.
The only solution to this problem, in my opinion, is to have an industry standard
e-commerce check-out system.
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Problem is this is not one business, but several businesses in several locations
with various degrees of shipping, payment and so forth, it is a lot easier to
do a tutorial then to try to come up with one wrap around program that will probably
cause rates for sellers to go up and take up lots of space and cause more problems.
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Isn't it actually the exact same? If the tutorial doesn't explain all
the variations in all the processes in all the different business on here, it
is just as useless as not having one. If a new seller sits through the tutorial
and encounters a slightly different service agreement than what they just spent
5 minutes figuring out, they'll potentially place an order incorrectly or
give up.
Also there are many, many off-the shelf products available to handle e-commerce.
So, I'd say its easier to use something already existing than make something
new 99% of the time.
Would automatic checkout solve all the problems? No. It would probably even create
some as you say. But I believe it will be the only way to fix this specific problem
of buyers placing orders they no longer want.
Side question, what space? I'm lost and very curious on this.
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you do know the space this site is on? they had to close up the Chat room because
of it.
furthermore a tutorial can give the basics like how to navigate, how unless the
buyer says free shipping, there will be shipping and so on. what you suggest
would be a disaster in the making.
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It's my understanding that the chatroom was closed because it was a major
security problem due to sloppy coding, so they just scrapped the whole thing.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | May 20, 2015 18:54 | | Subject: | Re: New Member tutorial | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:
| | In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:
| | ok with all the threads about new buyers and sellers, or a very long thread about
a new buyer, maybe a tutorial should be instituted for both new buyers and new
sellers that they would go thru as part of the sign up process so as to avoid
some of the confusion that is occurring (hopefully).
it could be any one of things from a video tutorial or a written tutorial or
? any of which must be completed before official member status is given.
this is just a suggestive thought.
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http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2215
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but is that part of the sign up process, or one of those things that is hidden
away and unknown, since I didn't even know of this video.
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I didn't know about this video either. It (or something fancier) should be
part of the signup process.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2015 20:17 | | Subject: | Re: Option to Ignore Thread | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:
| | The forum already has settings to ignore individual posters and topics. How about
one additional tweak to give users the option to ignore specific threads?
Rather than being given the choice of ignoring entire topics or everything a
certain member posts, I think it would be better to just ignore specific discussions
that do not interest users.
Thor
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Bump!
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2015 19:53 | | Subject: | Ask for feedback before implementing… | | Viewed: | 293 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| Suggestion: Ask the community for feedback before implementing any new features
or creating new partnerships. It seems obvious that the BL admins are out of
touch with what direction the community would like to see BL go, so this would
be a great way to prevent asinine decisions.
2¢
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2015 14:20 | | Subject: | Allow element IDs to be added to new items | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that there's
no way to add an element ID until a part has been approved by a catalog administrator.
It would be awesome if it was added to the page where we add items to the catalog.
Thanks
Josh
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2015 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Add filter exclude store with minimum over X | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, eileenkeeney writes:
| | Add a filter to search criteria, to exclude sellers with minimum purchase over
X (where I decide the value of X).
I know it does show minimum purchase in the search results, but being able to
just exclude these stores, would be helpful.
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Voted yes.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2015 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: Default to weights turned ON in shopping cart | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, eileenkeeney writes:
| | When sellers set up a store, default to Weights turned on in Shopping cart.
Further, whenever a seller decides to turn off this feature, display a message
telling them that this makes it hard for buyers to estimate shipping, and it
is recommended that they leave the weights turned on.
Maybe even tell them that many buyers will choose to NOT buy from them, and instead
choose a seller that has the weights turned on.
I know that I have selected "empty cart" instead of checking out, at the point
I was about the check out, for at least 2 sellers in the last two days, due to
no weights in shopping cart.
I have read the reasons for having weights off. I still don't think it is
necessary (or of benefit) to not display the weights. There are better solutions
to every reason I have seen, for not showing weights.
Buyers are being asked to estimate the shipping cost, close enough to commit
to the order.
Not providing the buyers with the available information to do this estimate is
wrong.
Maybe implement a policy that allows buyers to cancel any order placed where
weights were not visible in the shopping cart without risk of NPB.
This will give sellers more incentive to just make the weights visible.
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I think a better solution would be to allow buyers to (not by default) display
the weights in every store, regardless of the store's setting.
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| Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2015 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Notify when wanted list item price changes | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, par016 writes:
| | In Suggestions, jodawill writes:
| | The current system works great for snatching good deals that are newly posted,
but it doesn't tell us if something goes on sale after it's already been
listed for a while. Looking at items in my wanted list, I see I've missed
out on a lot of great deals, presumably because they were on sale.
It would be great if there was an option to be notified when an item's price
changes.
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This might work well if it was: A) optional and B) restricted to just sets.
If I got a notification every time a part on my wanted list changed prices, my
phone would blow up.
-Pete
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Maybe it could be optional for every wanted list item.
Except for temporary use, I only add expensive items to my wanted list. I have
BL notify me via e-mail when something pops up so I can pick up the best deals
on things I'm looking for. I buy a lot of cavalry minifigures. I seem to
miss a lot of them because the prices change.
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