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View Thread Re: Weird order/inventory problem - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] You might know this, but just in case - The "quantity left" will show what you have left right now, not what was left when the order was placed. So looking at the current [...]
(57 months ago, Aug 19, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Why can't I enlarge pics anymore? - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I checked the HTML source for when you go through "Market" - "Parts" - "[some-category]" and there is no "onclick" or anchor or anything, so this is not a browser issue. [...]
(58 months ago, Aug 12, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Helpful but .... - qwertyboy (7856)
To illustrate, see attached picture of an upload of a yellow 2x4 brick. The program knows it is part 3001, it even shows the picture, and if you hover over that picture, the [...]
(60 months ago, May 27, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Helpful but .... - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] You are missing the point. The issue here is that, when uploading a common "2x4 brick" (part 3001), the screen shows "2 x 4 Brick" - the official BL description [...]
(60 months ago, May 27, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Helpful but .... - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] That would be a valid argument, if BL weren't already showing the item description on that exact same screen. If the program is able to show the description (which [...]
(60 months ago, May 27, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Coral - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Seeing as you are the resident color guru and definitely better at capturing colors on photo - I can send you one of each if you like. Just PM me your address. Niek.
(61 months ago, May 1, 2019, to Colors)
View Thread Coral - qwertyboy (7856)
FYI - Just came across a bunch of these parts in color coral: (Part 27507) It looks like there are two distinct shades. One exactly matches coral color for this part we have: [...]
(61 months ago, May 1, 2019, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Help identifying these brown colors - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I don't want to be snarky, but genuinely curious - You have been selling on BL for quite a while. How have you been able to do this without having a solid grasp of [...]
(62 months ago, Apr 3, 2019, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] This info is available through the API. Niek.
(63 months ago, Mar 11, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: API for Prestashop - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] You'd either have to do manual downloads of the catalog items and your received orders, or you have to look into the BrickLink API. The last option will require quite [...]
(64 months ago, Jan 25, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: API for Prestashop - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I am guessing you want to set up your own web shop, and use BrickLink as a back-end for all the info. If you then also want to handle your own orders and not have those [...]
(64 months ago, Jan 24, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: part 4073: catalog statisics mistake - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] This might be because of the "(not applicable)" color that is shown when you look at the "item appears in:" - "39 parts" for item (Part 4073c01) That would be [...]
(65 months ago, Jan 3, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Something I Just Threw Together - qwertyboy (7856)
From what I understand, you want to rename the catalog section "Minifigs" to "Figures", correct? I obviously can't see what is happening in the back end of BL - renaming [...]
(66 months ago, Nov 26, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seventh Catalog Project Underway - qwertyboy (7856)
... and the list showing names and their minifigs: Bionicle Mini - Barraki Takadox (Minifigure bio013) (Minifigure bio023) Breastplate - Blue with Red Arms, Black Legs with Red [...]
(66 months ago, Nov 23, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seventh Catalog Project Underway - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] A quick list of minifig names that are duplicates: Bionicle Mini - Barraki Takadox Breastplate - Blue with Red Arms, Black Legs with Red Hips, Dark Gray Grille Helmet, [...]
(66 months ago, Nov 22, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Projectile Launcher - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] How 'bout this one for an arbitrary slope? :-) There will always be "discussion items". (Part 47456) Niek.
(66 months ago, Nov 21, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Items which change category - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I use the BrickStock database to identify category changes. However, it won't work for items that move to a different type (like your example). Reason is that [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Items which change category - qwertyboy (7856)
For those of us that run a shop with the inventory storage based on the BL catalog, it can be a puzzle when items get moved to a different category. Internally we have a web [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Catalog Project Request "Bar" vs. "Weapon" - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Optimism is usually reserved for Friday afternoons. Niek.
(67 months ago, Nov 1, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 32526pb001 Red not an option - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] If there are no sales in the system (and no inventory in sellers' shops), what would you suggest the price guide should show? Niek.
(67 months ago, Nov 1, 2018, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Second Catalog Project Underway - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Parts should be cataloged according to what they look like. Experienced BL users will locate a part regardless of where you put it, but catalog categories ate most useful [...]
(67 months ago, Oct 31, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: New Catalog Roadmap - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Even if there is the odd difference, they can be handled like any other inventory - with alternates. Niek.
(67 months ago, Oct 29, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: What does "modified" mean? - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] They are most definitely original LEGO parts. The "modified" means that, on the whole, it kinda looks like (for instance) a brick, but it has an additional "modification", [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Help identifying part. - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Done. Niek.
(68 months ago, Sep 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Help identifying part. - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Done. Niek.
(68 months ago, Sep 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Help identifying part. - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] There are a few parts that come up with some regularity: (URL) Niek.
(68 months ago, Sep 29, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Flag 4595a/b - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] See here: (URL) Niek.
(69 months ago, Sep 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Difference between mold types - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] So 19159 might no accept a bar in those pins (easily), correct? Niek.
(69 months ago, Sep 10, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Add weight for 71287-1 - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Please use the proper catalog change request form: (URL) Niek.
(69 months ago, Sep 7, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: New parameter for lots: max per buyer - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] It would take more than just a few changes. For instance, if you set a max of 100 per customer, and someone buys 100, when would your shop show 100 in inventory again? [...]
(69 months ago, Aug 31, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: How many sets released ? - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] The number of sets you see in the catalog is “real time”, the one on the front page is likely from when the page was rebuilt during a maintenance cycle. Niek.
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Part variations - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] As to this last question - the entry for 2453 had a description of "Brick 1 x 1 x 5", so it did not have "hollow" specified. Most sellers used it to sell the hollow variant, [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 10, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8247-1 - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I have to admit, like Sheldon, I sometimes need someone to wave the “sarcasm” sign... Niek.
(70 months ago, Aug 8, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8247-1 - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Kudos for updating these. But I am curious - it sounds like you were verifying there are no “undetermined” variants in this set. Are you simply saying they are now a [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 8, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Question on catalog image uploads - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I don’t know about a size limit, but a JPG under 800x600 weighing in at 425KB is hard to believe. Even a 800x600 bmp will ‘only’ be 420KB. A JPG file is using pretty [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 2, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] If you read back, the literal post was: “And which clown decide to delet the origin entry?”. The entry is not deleted, it is marked for deletion. Big difference. [...] [...]
(70 months ago, Jul 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] ... and that is normal procedure, nothing new. See here for a list of all items currently marked for deletion (several of them now have more distinctive mould variants): [...]
(70 months ago, Jul 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Like I said, sad. And FYI - if you were to check, item 4495 is in the catalog. I am not sure if they put it back or if it never left, but right now it is there. If they [...]
(70 months ago, Jul 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I see this name calling getting to be the norm in Internet conversations. To me, people resorting to name calling admit defeat. I thought (rather innocently I fear) [...]
(70 months ago, Jul 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] I for one would appreciate it if you kept things civilized. Is it really necessary to start calling names? Niek.
(70 months ago, Jul 30, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Trans Neon Green Zamor Sphere - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] (URL) Niek.
(71 months ago, Jul 23, 2018, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Part 44658c01 - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Furthermore, set box pictures are not always correct. Set inventory changes should result from either instructions (where parts are applied), or from the contents [...]
(71 months ago, Jul 23, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: 1x1 Plate - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Some German shops seem to have access to large quantities of parts. Obviously not from parting out, but from some other channel. 1x1 plates in particular seem in good [...]
(71 months ago, Jun 28, 2018, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 2362-1 - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] [snip] [...] They are all in your post. Niek.
(72 months ago, Jun 18, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Improve add item screen - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] This is because new (and common) items are more susceptible to the "race to the bottom" prices. New shops pop up with same sets as anyone else (because they [...]
(72 months ago, May 28, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Save Offsite Paypal! - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] They don’t, and they can’t. BL has control over the BL-initiated transactions, but only so they can request PP to delay the payment, subtract a fee, and/or initiate a [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 19, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Search Locally - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Hey! Did we annex Abbotsford? Niek.
(75 months ago, Mar 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Not wanting to put words in OP’s mouth - to me it sounds like he is not having issues with set inventories, but more with uploading used parts from a bulk lot (so [...]
(75 months ago, Feb 28, 2018, to Problem)
View Thread Re: Interface improvement - qwertyboy (7856)
[...] Sometimes it actually reads like this:
(76 months ago, Feb 23, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Not happy with instant checkout GUI at all - qwertyboy (7856)
BL could definitely use some more features when it comes to picking orders. I have written some in-house stuff that helps us with this. - When picking an item for an order, [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 10, 2018, to Suggestions)

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