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 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Aug 10, 2019 17:55
 Subject: Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6386-1
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 Topic: Inventories Requests
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In Inventories Requests, ziddi writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 6386  Name: Police Command Base
* 
6386-1 (Inv) Police Command Base
347 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 1986
Sets: Town: Classic Town: Police

* Add 1 Part 3022 Black Plate 2 x 2
* Add 1 Part 3176 Black Plate, Modified 3 x 2 with Hole

Comments from Submitter:
Steps 10 and 13 of the helicopter, pages 3 and 4

Déjà dans l’inventaire, en Alternate.
Il y a une note dans l’inventaire:

«
Redesigned during production.

There are at least 2 different versions of instructions for this set. The differences
for the second version are indicated in this inventory in the Alternate Items
section with Match ID 99.

Quick overview of redesign: The attachment of the rotor assembly on the helicopter
was upgraded for increased stability of the rotor and tail section.
»
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Aug 1, 2019 12:16
 Subject: Re: 928 wrong plate?
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 Topic: Catalog
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In Catalog, legoman77 writes:
  […]
It is hard to believe that Lego makes
mistakes, most of us think that they are gods on Mt Olympus. They also contribute
to problems and often in the distant past put whatever they had into sets. The
old set 800 (I think that that is the number) called for a garage and they substituted
something totally different. They had ran out of the correct parts.

Considering Greek gods are far from paragons of perfection, subject to their
whims, inconsistent, unreasonable, and uncaring of us, mortals, I’d say “most
of us” are on to something here
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 31, 2019 13:16
 Subject: Re: How to compare parts lists with my inventory
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 Topic: Inventories
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In Inventories, VOTB writes:
  If you put all the items you want into a "want list" you can visit your own store
and see what parts you have that are on that want list.

At the top of the page under your "Shop," "Terms," and "Feedback" tabs you will
see "Wanted List." If you click on that you can cycle through your want lists
and see what you have.

And you can part out a set in a WL here: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/partout.page
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 26, 2019 11:13
 Subject: Re: Either a bonafide brain-fart, or a seizure...
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 Topic: Suggestions
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In Suggestions, Teup writes:
  In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
  In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:
  In Suggestions, Teup writes:
  In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:
  Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

My wallet has the reverse question

Though getting around 700€ of LEGO for around 15€ thanks to coupons and destocking
made us both quite happy a couple months ago


Wow! Then my question changes... Why is this guy not selling any LEGO?


What, with all the problems you sellers continuously whine about on the forum?


Besides, MY precious, MINE!
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 26, 2019 10:00
 Subject: Re: Either a bonafide brain-fart, or a seizure...
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 Topic: Suggestions
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In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:
  In Suggestions, Teup writes:
  In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:
  Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

My wallet has the reverse question

Though getting around 700€ of LEGO for around 15€ thanks to coupons and destocking
made us both quite happy a couple months ago


  ::Gallic shrug::

Indeed
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 26, 2019 08:07
 Subject: Re: Either a bonafide brain-fart, or a seizure...
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 Topic: Suggestions
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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
  […]
Sorry my pet,

That’s not funny. That’s insulting.


   I don't know what you're babbling about here in your sleep
deprived state

And another insult.


  Here is what I actually said "I really don't know if I'll take your advise
on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some others here. You've
got no skin in the game, as they say."

And I said, several times:
1. Buyers are a part of the selling game. Or please explain to me to whom would
you send those notifications and who’s gonna pay for the orders?
  Might I remind you sellers only get a bit more than 97% of the money whereas
buyers pay 100%.
2. You linked a message from a 0-fb buyer as motive for this idea.

  [… other insults …]

Can’t you just even answer arguments with counter arguments? Do you have to
always resort to condescension and making fun of people in every discussion you
take part?

I thought this time would be different because you started the thread but I was
wrong. You still believe it’s some sort of game of which you’re the best player
and in which you can loftily praise and admonish.
You’re just a bully.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 25, 2019 23:56
 Subject: Re: Either a bonafide brain-fart, or a seizure...
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 Topic: Suggestions
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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
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   gallic friend, as a non seller and not much of a buyer (it
would appear from your history here) I really don't know if I'll take
your advise on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some
others here. You've got no skin in the game, as they say.


You’re talking about sellers reaching to buyers. I’d have thought buyers’ opinions
would be of interest to you.
But maybe it’s a cultural thing. After all, EU is opt-in while the USA are opt-out.
Recipients like to be in the loop here, not treated like kettle/cattle….

Besides, if you only consider sellers or very frequent buyers then I don’t understand
why you linked the message of a zero feedback buyer as a motive for your idea.
Or is there a “too much but not enough” range of buyers you’re excluding?


  But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Make up your mind: you just said you don’t want me and my kind on the field

"you and your kind?" Feeling persecuted, are you? No, my dove. To me you are
one-of-a-kind.

Once again, make up your mind.

You said you didn’t want to consider my opininon because I’m a non seller, neither
0- nor “enough”- (whatever that would be) FB buyer. I thought that applied to
all non sellers, neither 0- nor “enough”- (whatever that would be) FB buyers,
or even all buyers-only.
Doesn’t that fall under the phrase “me and my kind”?

And now you’re saying I’m alone. So it’s only my opinion you don’t want to consider?

So, either you don’t want me-and-my-kind’s opinion or you don’t want my opinion.
That’s not my feeling persecuted, that’s your dismissing my opinion.

It’s your right not wanting to care about someone’s opinion but, besides being
inconsistent with first having asked everyone’s opinions, you can’t both say
you don’t care about someone’s opinion and then deny you said it.


And, by the way, stop giving me names. I’m not your pigeon or any other pet.
That’s condescending.


  But why all the hostility, are we not best of friends

Seems to me your best friend is liquid and bubbly.


  It's the middle of the night for you in France. Try not to dwell on thoughts
of me, and what I think. Get some sleep...

Don’t mind my sleep, I sleep like a baby: I wake up every other hour and I cry.

Or maybe this one: I sleep very well, some nights I even sleep more than once!
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 25, 2019 22:08
 Subject: Re: Either a bonafide brain-fart, or a seizure...
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 Topic: Suggestions
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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
  […]
It's sounds like you've been working on it, keep it up!

Not really, I was only reacting to what you wrote, no hard work involved.


  But, my beautiful

That’s a first….

   gallic friend, as a non seller and not much of a buyer (it
would appear from your history here) I really don't know if I'll take
your advise on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some
others here. You've got no skin in the game, as they say.


You’re talking about sellers reaching to buyers. I’d have thought buyers’ opinions
would be of interest to you.
But maybe it’s a cultural thing. After all, EU is opt-in while the USA are opt-out.
Recipients like to be in the loop here, not treated like kettle/cattle….

Besides, if you only consider sellers or very frequent buyers then I don’t understand
why you linked the message of a zero feedback buyer as a motive for your idea.
Or is there a “too much but not enough” range of buyers you’re excluding?


  But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Make up your mind: you just said you don’t want me and my kind on the field
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 25, 2019 20:14
 Subject: Re: Either a bonafide brain-fart, or a seizure...
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 Topic: Suggestions
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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
  Wayne's post and others like it, https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1150409
brings to mind an idea that briefly visited my headspace some time ago:

No, no, you tempter, I won’t ask if it felt alone in there!


  A type of reverse want list. That is, a way that sellers could peruse the current
want lists to specific buyer's needs, to then as a seller, proactively engage
members like Wayne with offers on items they have on their want list.

Kinda like amping-up the want list and selling process, by getting the sellers
more involved in increasing their sales by actually selling

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

Hmm, let’s see if I understand correctly.

Now, the buyer can search the stores that have the most items for their WLs.
They need to actualize their search from time to time to see if new sellers /
better matches appear.

And you’d want that search to be automatized so that the buyer receive a notification
for their whole WL?

If that’s it, when will that notification be sent? When the WL is X% fulfill(able)?
— If X is too high, many WLs will never have such a notification.
— If X is too low, that could make for a lot of notifications.

Or do you just want the search to be reversed, that a seller actively search
for WLs they can fulfill with their inventory?

Here again, percentage of fulfillment could be what makes it useful or spamful.


Anyway, I’m not sure it’s very different from the already existing WL notification
system except it would be for several parts at once, not one by one.
I rarely use that, indeed because that would cause too many notifications for
common parts and it doesn’t tell me if the seller has other parts, so adding
that multiple parts feature could be interesting. Though I’m not sure I would
opt in: it’s as easy to make a search from time to time.


A related question: Can’t sellers easily see on how many WLs their parts are
so that they can decide when to send notifications?
I mean, do you have to browse all your inventory part by part to have this info?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 23, 2019 19:56
 Subject: Re: Plant 2417?
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 Topic: Catalog
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In Catalog, Biscuit_head writes:
  Sustainability: avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain
an ecological balance.
They're using less crude oil by no longer using it to make plant peices.
They could possibly make all of the parts from plants instead of oil once they
find enough sugar cane farms that can keep up with the demand.

No, they couldn’t. Most of the parts are ABS, not PE. Different plastics, different
processes.

PE can be made from ethanol. (Ahoy matey, sugar cane is rum!)
ABS is more complex.

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