| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Admin_Russell  | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | | | There is also no set-in-stone amount of time for completion of an inventory.
Therefore, this new contributor will be given a chance to correct things. As
I said before, if they are unwilling to complete the inventory or fail to do
it in an appropriate amount of time after having been notified, then the inventory
will be discarded.
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I hope "appropriate" means "short". Also, discarding it seems like a waste,
if the current user cannot finish it, just leave it as is for someone else--if
the new person wants to start from scratch it is easy enough to so.
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The biggest bottleneck when doing inventories is adding new items to the catalog.
If there are items not in the catalog yet, you could speed up the approval process
by adding them.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 13:53 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | Agreed, but perhaps new people should not start with brand new, high-demand sets.
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We do not dictate what people should or should not inventory. If someone wants
to contribute to BrickLink, we are not going to discourage them.
| | I wonder how this new user is going to recall his first inventory--it seems
like it may have been a little overwhelming.
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After looking through the credits log, this user is not a new inventory submitter
after all, so I believe that the inventory will eventually be completed to everyone's
satisfaction.
| | I'm usually pretty patient with this stuff, but if I had known this inventory
was going to languish for so long I would have just reserved it myself--despite
my reservations about working for BL for free in its current state.
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The inventory was first submitted on September 13 and last updated 2 days ago.
In my time as an Inventories Admin (almost a year), the amount of time this set
has been worked on is right on par with the amount of time the majority of new
sets are in the process of being inventoried. There is nothing at all that stands
out to me in this case as far as time is concerned.
| | I hope "appropriate" means "short".
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"Appropriate" means two weeks without any additions or changes to the inventory
once notified.
I believe your impatience is getting the best of you. You are free to use the
other tools that BrickLink provides to part out the set manually if you cannot
wait.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | Turez | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 13:43 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | It is in BrickLink's best interest (as well as the job of the volunteer admins)
to let new people have a chance to gain knowledge in how to contribute to BrickLink.
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Agreed, but perhaps new people should not start with brand new, high-demand sets.
I wonder how this new user is going to recall his first inventory--it seems
like it may have been a little overwhelming.
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It is not the first inventory from this user.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=S&itemInvUserID=570886
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| Author: | chetzler | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 13:31 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | Do we really need to give this person more time after there has been little-to-no
progress for a week? Surely I'm not the only seller waiting to part out
this set. I could have had it ready by now but unfortunately the rest of my
week looks busy so hopefully someone else can take over it.
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It is in BrickLink's best interest (as well as the job of the volunteer admins)
to let new people have a chance to gain knowledge in how to contribute to BrickLink.
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Agreed, but perhaps new people should not start with brand new, high-demand sets.
I wonder how this new user is going to recall his first inventory--it seems
like it may have been a little overwhelming. The first few inventories I did
were for small sets and figures that had been sitting for a while, so I didn't
feel any pressure while I was learning the process. After I was comfortable,
I had no problem turning around some larger sets (with new parts) in just a couple
of days.
I'm usually pretty patient with this stuff, but if I had known this inventory
was going to languish for so long I would have just reserved it myself--despite
my reservations about working for BL for free in its current state.
| | There is also no set-in-stone amount of time for completion of an inventory.
Therefore, this new contributor will be given a chance to correct things. As
I said before, if they are unwilling to complete the inventory or fail to do
it in an appropriate amount of time after having been notified, then the inventory
will be discarded.
|
I hope "appropriate" means "short". Also, discarding it seems like a waste,
if the current user cannot finish it, just leave it as is for someone else--if
the new person wants to start from scratch it is easy enough to so.
| |
| | I thought inventories for new, in-production sets were supposed to be completed
using a new, sealed set (not instructions like is indicated for this set). Maybe
my recall is fuzzy but I thought I read that here.
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They are. However, many new contributors do not understand the process and do
not realize that using the instruction manual along with a sealed set constitutes
selecting "Sealed Set Contents" as the source. This is not the first time or
last time that someone has done or will do this.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 12:13 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | Do we really need to give this person more time after there has been little-to-no
progress for a week? Surely I'm not the only seller waiting to part out
this set. I could have had it ready by now but unfortunately the rest of my
week looks busy so hopefully someone else can take over it.
|
It is in BrickLink's best interest (as well as the job of the volunteer admins)
to let new people have a chance to gain knowledge in how to contribute to BrickLink.
There is also no set-in-stone amount of time for completion of an inventory.
Therefore, this new contributor will be given a chance to correct things. As
I said before, if they are unwilling to complete the inventory or fail to do
it in an appropriate amount of time after having been notified, then the inventory
will be discarded.
| | I thought inventories for new, in-production sets were supposed to be completed
using a new, sealed set (not instructions like is indicated for this set). Maybe
my recall is fuzzy but I thought I read that here.
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They are. However, many new contributors do not understand the process and do
not realize that using the instruction manual along with a sealed set constitutes
selecting "Sealed Set Contents" as the source. This is not the first time or
last time that someone has done or will do this.
Cheers,
Randy
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Maybe Bricklink should have a bounty system where anyone who wants something
inventoried can donate a dollar or two that will be paid to the person who does
the set. When there are dozens of people waiting to part it out, it wouldn't
be long before someone would want to snatch that money.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 12:10 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory for 76122? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StoreToys4Boys writes:
| | I have no problem doing it but i won't do it for free.
Second- I never saw any document on how to create new numbers for minifig and
parts.
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The minifigs are already in the catalog. I have a little too much on my plate
in other areas of life at the moment. I might inventory it a few weeks from
now if it isn't done. But you don't have to inventory the minifigs to
inventory the set. I often inventory minifigs in sets that have already been
inventoried.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 11:43 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory for 76122? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StoreToys4Boys writes:
| | I have no problem doing it but i won't do it for free.
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Unfortunately, you will need to wait for someone else to do it then. Inventories
are contributed by volunteers.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | Do we really need to give this person more time after there has been little-to-no
progress for a week? Surely I'm not the only seller waiting to part out
this set. I could have had it ready by now but unfortunately the rest of my
week looks busy so hopefully someone else can take over it.
|
It is in BrickLink's best interest (as well as the job of the volunteer admins)
to let new people have a chance to gain knowledge in how to contribute to BrickLink.
There is also no set-in-stone amount of time for completion of an inventory.
Therefore, this new contributor will be given a chance to correct things. As
I said before, if they are unwilling to complete the inventory or fail to do
it in an appropriate amount of time after having been notified, then the inventory
will be discarded.
| | I thought inventories for new, in-production sets were supposed to be completed
using a new, sealed set (not instructions like is indicated for this set). Maybe
my recall is fuzzy but I thought I read that here.
|
They are. However, many new contributors do not understand the process and do
not realize that using the instruction manual along with a sealed set constitutes
selecting "Sealed Set Contents" as the source. This is not the first time or
last time that someone has done or will do this.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | StoreToys4Boys | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2019 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory for 76122? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| I have no problem doing it but i won't do it for free.
Second- I never saw any document on how to create new numbers for minifig and
parts.
Let me known.
Thank you
In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories, StoreToys4Boys writes:
| | In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories, StoreToys4Boys writes:
| | Anybody is working on that set?
Thank you
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Nope. Nobody is working on that set.
Cheers,
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Look like i will have to wait before part out.
Thank you
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Why wait for someone else? 
You could try your hand at doing the inventory yourself since you have the set
on hand and allow everyone to benefit from your benevolence. 
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | chetzler | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2019 21:53 | | Subject: | Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories, chetzler writes:
| | This inventory has been pending, unchanged, for at least a week. A review of
the pending inventory shows some printed parts still missing (but in the catalog).
There is no image for the "Central Perk" glass panel and the 1x4 "Service" tile
has already been added to the catalog. The only parts I can see that are still
missing (and still not awaiting approval) are the black 1x4x3 menu tile and the
sticker sheet.
Additionally the inventory still contains most of the minifigures parts which
obviously need to be removed. The Pearl gold cone listed is also the wrong variety.
It almost feels like the member doing the inventory for this set doesn't
have the set in hand: this should be a requirement, especially for an exclusive
set like this.
If an admin will release this inventory to me I will double-check it, remove
the extraneous parts, add the missing parts to the catalog, and have it ready
for approval today. I parted out five of these more than a week ago and have
been waiting far too long for the inventory to be completed!
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We will contact the member doing the inventory and see what is going on. If we
do not hear back from them or they are unwilling to finish the inventory in a
certain amount of time after being contacted by us, the inventory will be released
for you or someone else to do it.
Cheers,
Randy
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OK. Thanks for the reply.
Do we really need to give this person more time after there has been little-to-no
progress for a week? Surely I'm not the only seller waiting to part out
this set. I could have had it ready by now but unfortunately the rest of my
week looks busy so hopefully someone else can take over it.
I thought inventories for new, in-production sets were supposed to be completed
using a new, sealed set (not instructions like is indicated for this set). Maybe
my recall is fuzzy but I thought I read that here.
Also, after reviewing the inventory again, in addition to the problems I already
noted there are some problems with the extras section too: there is no way that
this set includes any pieces in violet or light orange. I fear this inventory
will need some extensive review.
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