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 Author: jenwick View Messages Posted By jenwick
 Posted: Jun 14, 2018 12:31
 Subject: Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page
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jenwick (10843)

Location:  USA, Ohio
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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
  Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category


Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jun 12, 2018 07:58
 Subject: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page
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calsbricks (8510)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

It would also be a good idea to incorporate the ability to update selected inventory
items into a superlot.

In addition, whilst you can use external tools to work on pricing it would be
far better if that type of tool existed on the MY Inventory page.

We are aware there has been discussion over sellers tools since 2013, and these
things may or may not be in those new tools, however it is now 5 years since
that discussion began and to date, I am not sure anyone is aware of what may
or may not be coming.

We are led to believe that Admin_Jaclyn is project managing the sellers tools
- Could we have an indication as to what is being considered, please?
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jun 8, 2018 14:34
 Subject: Re: Set inventory based on individual builds
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yorbrick (1182)

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This suggestion has been asked for a number of times, and is currently being
trialled for a few new sets:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=961&itemBrand=1000
 Author: bb699077 View Messages Posted By bb699077
 Posted: Jun 8, 2018 12:18
 Subject: Set inventory based on individual builds
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Currently if you look at a set with more than 1 build (60052 for example) you
are greeted with the parts list arranged by part type and colour, for the whole
set.

What I would love to see is this done for each individual build in a set , for
example;
all parts required for this, arranged as usual but given its own heading (Current
ones are for plates, bricks, supplemental etc I believe?

- Locomotive
- Wire Drum Car
- Pallet Car
- Cattle Car
- Fork Lift
- Truck
- Gantry Crane/Office

This would allow users to quickly populate wanted lists for specific aspects
from sets, I don't believe the Part-Out function would do this (although
it did answer my other request).
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Jun 6, 2018 11:29
 Subject: Re: Auto-Wanted based on Set Invoice.
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, Lister192065 writes:
  Not sure if I'm missing something but there is no simple want to add a complete
set inventory as a Wanted list.

Example: 10016-1, in order to build a Wanted list of parts for this set I have
to add each piece individually to a new Wanted list.

Am I missing something or does this feature not yet exist.

I have a standard Buyer account so not sure if this feature is available to other
user types.

Go here: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/partout.page
 Author: bb699077 View Messages Posted By bb699077
 Posted: Jun 6, 2018 11:15
 Subject: Auto-Wanted based on Set Invoice.
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bb699077 (3)

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Not sure if I'm missing something but there is no simple want to add a complete
set inventory as a Wanted list.

Example: 10016-1, in order to build a Wanted list of parts for this set I have
to add each piece individually to a new Wanted list.

Am I missing something or does this feature not yet exist.

I have a standard Buyer account so not sure if this feature is available to other
user types.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jun 5, 2018 10:46
 Subject: Re: Personal inventory (non sellers)
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SylvainLS (46)

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In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
  use Rebrickable

It’s a suggestion, not a question
The purpose is the following ( https://www.bricklink.com/messageTopics.asp ):
“Suggestions to the BrickLink Admininstration to improve website functionality
and design.”

Yes, Rebrickable allows to check set or public MOCs inventories with personal
part lists/inventories. But having a few inventory/WL features on BL would be
better than having to work around with third party tools (with all the hassles
of exporting / importing and handling the different nomenclatures).

Just having the possibility to merge or substract two wanted lists, or a WL and
an order or a set inventory would be a great improvement.
 Author: tEoS View Messages Posted By tEoS
 Posted: Jun 5, 2018 10:21
 Subject: Re: Personal inventory (non sellers)
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tEoS (5297)

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use Rebrickable

In Suggestions, eduardoraon writes:
  I suggest that non seller's profiles also have the option for inventory.
And an additional functionality could be to be able cross that info with the
sets' list of pieces. This way one could see which other sets could be built
using the pieces one owns.
 Author: eduardoraon View Messages Posted By eduardoraon
 Posted: Jun 5, 2018 09:29
 Subject: Personal inventory (non sellers)
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eduardoraon (8)

Location:  Portugal
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I suggest that non seller's profiles also have the option for inventory.
And an additional functionality could be to be able cross that info with the
sets' list of pieces. This way one could see which other sets could be built
using the pieces one owns.
 Author: bb568544 View Messages Posted By bb568544
 Posted: Jun 3, 2018 12:03
 Subject: Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th
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In Administrative, Admin_Jaclyn writes:
  Hello Everyone,

In June of last year, we introduced a new Wanted List upgrade. This upgrade came
with a newly-designed buying experience which focused on the necessity to compare
and plan out multiple carts at once, as well as make it easier to manage multiple
lists.

Since BrickLink's Wanted List is a core feature for most users, we currently
provide the classic version for members to use as a backup in case there are
glitches with the new version. This is intended to be a temporary solution.

The classic version of the Wanted List feature will become unavailable on
June 5, 2017.
At this point, we have ensured that the new version of the
Wanted List covers all desired functionality (plus more) from the classic version.
If you have any issues with the new version, please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you for the continued support, bug reports, and helpful feedback as we
continue to roll out important changes.

Sincerely,

Jaclyn
BrickLink Customer Support


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate the new wanted list! Please keep
the old one available! It's the only one I actually like!!!!!
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: May 31, 2018 17:32
 Subject: Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th
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SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Administrative, Bionicleseller writes:
  […]
Remember, if we
cannot figure it out, imagine what it must be like for newcomers?

Remember they are not hampered as you are by your knowledge of the olden ways.


  Thankfully the new list hasn't been removed. Let's keep it that way........please.......

I think you meant “classic,” not “new”
 Author: Bionicleseller View Messages Posted By Bionicleseller
 Posted: May 31, 2018 16:37
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Bionicleseller (513)

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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:

  Remember when you learned how to use the “classic” one? Go the same way: try.
If you never try, you never learn.

The problem is this change was never needed. The old lists worked fine. We
all have tried to use the new list. We don't have time to take a course
on how to use a wanted list. It should be something simple. Remember, if we
cannot figure it out, imagine what it must be like for newcomers?

Thankfully the new list hasn't been removed. Let's keep it that way........please.......
 Author: Admin_Jaclyn View Messages Posted By Admin_Jaclyn
 Posted: May 30, 2018 21:51
 Subject: Re: After posting feedback "Go Back" Button
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Admin_Jaclyn (27)

Location:  USA, California
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Hi randyipp,

Thanks for reporting this issue! I have marked this suggestion as implemented
since a fix was released this morning. Please let us know if you are still experiencing
a problem.

Thanks again!

-Jaclyn
BrickLink Admin Team


In Suggestions, randyipp writes:
  Please fix this "go back" button to load the orders page not actually go back
a page. This requires me to hit refresh in order to see what order needs feedback
next. It's not an issue when there are only 1 or 2 but more than that and
it can get a little annoying.

This issue was observed on Chrome, it may react differently on other browsers,
if so I would love to hear about which ones if the button works!

Thanks!
 Author: gaboo View Messages Posted By gaboo
 Posted: May 29, 2018 06:58
 Subject: Re: Damage Tick Box
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Location:  Hungary, Budapest
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In Suggestions, CanadaFirst writes:
  Hi, we would like you to add a damage tick box under the used condition that
would work like incomplete set tick box. That would avoid that customers buy
damaged parts without knowing it and will level up the average price to what
is should be.

As a regular buyer, I find this idea great! I noticed increased number of damaged
parts listed as used recently. There must be a clear distinction between used
(a bit scratchy) and heavily damaged parts.

Recently, I have to order typically one or two pieces more (as I calculate
with the parts which I throw to the trash immediately, because they are heavily
damaged). I think most of the damaged parts are bought as replacement parts for
incomplete used sets and buyer don't care with the quality.
 Author: bje View Messages Posted By bje
 Posted: May 29, 2018 06:26
 Subject: Re: Remove clutter from listings
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bje (1577)

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Hi

It might be that the seller purchased at different prices and to keep the margin
the same are listing at different selling prices as well. Also might be that
the seller wants to sell old stock quicker on fifo basis. Also might items parted
from sets as opposed to bulk purchases of the same item. Might be different warehousing
options. Could also be differnt remarks for sales purposes, which cannot be done
for tiered prices. Who knows, the reasons can be myriad and all perfectly reasonable.
Personally I would not use tiered pricing for any of the above.
Just a thought
J
In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:
  Hi all,

I wonder if sellers could be limited in cluttering the price-list.

We have tiered price possibilities, but some sellers like to clutter the price-list
with more than 1 listing. In the example it is 11 times for the same item!!!!!

Why???

I would suggest if it is exactly the same item, either use tiered pricing....or
maximum of 3.

Anyone else has an opinion?


Be cool and have fun!
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: May 29, 2018 06:21
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yorbrick (1182)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:
  Hi all,

I wonder if sellers could be limited in cluttering the price-list.

We have tiered price possibilities, but some sellers like to clutter the price-list
with more than 1 listing. In the example it is 11 times for the same item!!!!!

Why???

I would suggest if it is exactly the same item, either use tiered pricing....or
maximum of 3.

Anyone else has an opinion?


Be cool and have fun!

Voted no. This seller has probably got pre-packed bags in those numbers so it
is legitimate to list like this. Plus tiered pricing does not work in the same
way when it comes to buyers sorting by price. And there are not enough price
bands for this in tiered pricing.

If a change needs to be made, then let it be that the "least favourite" setting
works in the price guide too, so they can be hidden from view if they offend
you.
 Author: Pazzo View Messages Posted By Pazzo
 Posted: May 29, 2018 06:06
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Pazzo (8545)

Location:  Netherlands, Zuid-Holland
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Hi all,

I wonder if sellers could be limited in cluttering the price-list.

We have tiered price possibilities, but some sellers like to clutter the price-list
with more than 1 listing. In the example it is 11 times for the same item!!!!!

Why???

I would suggest if it is exactly the same item, either use tiered pricing....or
maximum of 3.

Anyone else has an opinion?


Be cool and have fun!
 
 Author: udenbricks View Messages Posted By udenbricks
 Posted: May 28, 2018 10:56
 Subject: Re: Order confirmation mail When ERROR 500
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udenbricks (3160)

Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
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In Suggestions, udenbricks writes:
  Please add the option to send an orderconfirmation massage to the seller WITH
the ordered items in detail.
The same information as in the sellers-orderpage. With picture and with "My
Remarks"

Best (and simpliest) solution would be (in my opinion): the orderdatail page
as an PDF-attachment. (text searchable, not as an image)


Explanation": This is very helpfull when Bricklink is in Maintenance mode or
when picking orders in offline-mode (or when our intenet is down). It is also
helpfull for history


For a buyer it would be helpfull as it is the same as the orderplaced datail.


Comments or other/better ideas are welcome

This is very usefull when there is an ERROR 500 going on.
 Author: qwertyboy View Messages Posted By qwertyboy
 Posted: May 28, 2018 10:17
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Location:  Canada, Alberta
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In Suggestions, Pippyblocks writes:
  Out of interest, I noticed some of your used plates are slightly more expensive
than your new ones. I've noticed this with my inventory before when I've
gone through to adjust pricing and wondered why / how this happened because obviously,
customers would pick out the new over used as it is cheaper.

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
are all on sale). They part out as new, and price below average to get sales.
This happens less with used parts as there is way more work involved in listing
them (so fewer "get rich while doing almost nothing shops").

Niek.
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SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Suggestions, Pippyblocks writes:
  Out of interest, I noticed some of your used plates are slightly more expensive
than your new ones. I've noticed this with my inventory before when I've
gone through to adjust pricing and wondered why / how this happened because obviously,
customers would pick out the new over used as it is cheaper.

Not necessarily. Some people are only looking for Used, some of them for authenticity,
some of them (wrongly) believing Used is always cheaper than New.
So the parts could still be sold
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
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calsbricks (8510)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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In Suggestions, Pippyblocks writes:
  Out of interest, I noticed some of your used plates are slightly more expensive
than your new ones. I've noticed this with my inventory before when I've
gone through to adjust pricing and wondered why / how this happened because obviously,
customers would pick out the new over used as it is cheaper.

Hello there

Thank you for your comments. Sometimes used is more expensive than new based
on demand and availability. Like you we would always buy new if that were the
case. We get buyers who buy the used even though new is less expensive. It doesn't
always marry up with logic and is part and parcel of the Bricklink/Lego world.


  
In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
  Yesterday I added about 6000 dark green 1 x 1 plates to our inventory as we continue
to build up quantities of standard items. I listed them at our standard price
and then later on went to my inventory page, called up that item and added a
tiered price at 1p below our standard price for quantities of 100 or more. Fine
- no problem.

Today additional stock of that particular item came across my desk to be added
and I went to add the item - filled in all information to add the additional
pieces. Lo and behold the system removed my tiered price and set it back to 0.

As it is not really possible to remember all the items we have on tiered pricing,
I believe the system should either show you this or have an option to retain
tiered pricing.

Anyone else - or is there a workaround to ensuring the tiered pricing sticks.
 Author: Pippysblocks View Messages Posted By Pippysblocks
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Pippysblocks (4759)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Out of interest, I noticed some of your used plates are slightly more expensive
than your new ones. I've noticed this with my inventory before when I've
gone through to adjust pricing and wondered why / how this happened because obviously,
customers would pick out the new over used as it is cheaper.

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
  Yesterday I added about 6000 dark green 1 x 1 plates to our inventory as we continue
to build up quantities of standard items. I listed them at our standard price
and then later on went to my inventory page, called up that item and added a
tiered price at 1p below our standard price for quantities of 100 or more. Fine
- no problem.

Today additional stock of that particular item came across my desk to be added
and I went to add the item - filled in all information to add the additional
pieces. Lo and behold the system removed my tiered price and set it back to 0.

As it is not really possible to remember all the items we have on tiered pricing,
I believe the system should either show you this or have an option to retain
tiered pricing.

Anyone else - or is there a workaround to ensuring the tiered pricing sticks.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: May 28, 2018 07:15
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calsbricks (8510)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
  Yesterday I added about 6000 dark green 1 x 1 plates to our inventory as we continue
to build up quantities of standard items. I listed them at our standard price
and then later on went to my inventory page, called up that item and added a
tiered price at 1p below our standard price for quantities of 100 or more. Fine
- no problem.

Today additional stock of that particular item came across my desk to be added
and I went to add the item - filled in all information to add the additional
pieces. Lo and behold the system removed my tiered price and set it back to 0.

As it is not really possible to remember all the items we have on tiered pricing,
I believe the system should either show you this or have an option to retain
tiered pricing.

Anyone else - or is there a workaround to ensuring the tiered pricing sticks.

The workaround is there - don't use the ad item screen. Go to my inventory
and simply change the quantity of the part and submit changes. Please consider
enhancing the normal add item screen to either see the pricing you have set up
or to retain any tiered pricing for that item.

Thanks.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: May 28, 2018 07:12
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: CalsBricks
Yesterday I added about 6000 dark green 1 x 1 plates to our inventory as we continue
to build up quantities of standard items. I listed them at our standard price
and then later on went to my inventory page, called up that item and added a
tiered price at 1p below our standard price for quantities of 100 or more. Fine
- no problem.

Today additional stock of that particular item came across my desk to be added
and I went to add the item - filled in all information to add the additional
pieces. Lo and behold the system removed my tiered price and set it back to 0.

As it is not really possible to remember all the items we have on tiered pricing,
I believe the system should either show you this or have an option to retain
tiered pricing.

Anyone else - or is there a workaround to ensuring the tiered pricing sticks.
 Author: udenbricks View Messages Posted By udenbricks
 Posted: May 26, 2018 11:55
 Subject: Order confirmation mail. for sellers (buyers)
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udenbricks (3160)

Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
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Store: Uden Bricks
Please add the option to send an orderconfirmation massage to the seller WITH
the ordered items in detail.
The same information as in the sellers-orderpage. With picture and with "My
Remarks"

Best (and simpliest) solution would be (in my opinion): the orderdatail page
as an PDF-attachment. (text searchable, not as an image)


Explanation": This is very helpfull when Bricklink is in Maintenance mode or
when picking orders in offline-mode (or when our intenet is down). It is also
helpfull for history


For a buyer it would be helpfull as it is the same as the orderplaced datail.


Comments or other/better ideas are welcome
 
 Author: Admin_Russell View Messages Posted By Admin_Russell
 Posted: May 21, 2018 23:08
 Subject: Re: Partial/selective inventory store closing?
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Location:  USA, California
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In Suggestions, JawaBricks writes:
  Sometimes events in life do not allow time to process large parts orders, but
filling quick minifig or set orders is quick enough to process. It'd be nice
to be able to partially close specific sections of your store and not all or
nothing...

I suppose running 2 stores is a possibility, but I would rather see this option
installed.

You could move sections of your store to a stockroom for a while.
 Author: UtinniBricks View Messages Posted By UtinniBricks
 Posted: May 21, 2018 22:58
 Subject: Partial/selective inventory store closing?
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UtinniBricks (2603)

Location:  USA, Wisconsin
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Sometimes events in life do not allow time to process large parts orders, but
filling quick minifig or set orders is quick enough to process. It'd be nice
to be able to partially close specific sections of your store and not all or
nothing...

I suppose running 2 stores is a possibility, but I would rather see this option
installed.
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: May 19, 2018 14:59
 Subject: Re: Apply cart to wanted list
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, IQ1970 writes:
  Is there a way to apply a cart to a wanted list?

You can add items in the cart to a Wantlist.

  
I know there is the option to "Apply Order" to a wanted list. However I want
to play around a bit with my wanted lists to figure out the best prices before
I start the actual ordering.

You can use the Buy tab search option a few times over and over, create a cart
each time, then compare the carts on multiple browser tabs.
Unfortunately the Buy feature doesn't allow to do multiple searches because
after it finds a store and you create a cart you need to go back again and search
again.


Or use the classic view By Shop option to find the stores with the most parts
and to create multiple carts. https://www.bricklink.com/wantedShop.asp?showOld=Y
 Author: Enantiomeer View Messages Posted By Enantiomeer
 Posted: May 19, 2018 14:43
 Subject: Apply cart to wanted list
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Enantiomeer (151)

Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
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Is there a way to apply a cart to a wanted list?

I know there is the option to "Apply Order" to a wanted list. However I want
to play around a bit with my wanted lists to figure out the best prices before
I start the actual ordering.
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: May 18, 2018 13:21
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, wolbar writes:
  Hi, I have been stopped / blocked by a rather thin skinned seller.

Is there a way I can block the store? I don't want to see the store any longer
or be able to add items from its inventory. I have gone to the store twice now
to add items only to find out I am blocked.

That is annoying me and there should be a way for a buyer to block a seller in
turn.

Here's the link https://www.bricklink.com/searchSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: May 18, 2018 12:58
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Dino (479)

Location:  Luxembourg
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In Suggestions, wolbar writes:
  Hi, I have been stopped / blocked by a rather thin skinned seller.

Is there a way I can block the store? I don't want to see the store any longer
or be able to add items from its inventory. I have gone to the store twice now
to add items only to find out I am blocked.

That is annoying me and there should be a way for a buyer to block a seller in
turn.

Go "My settings" - "My Search Settings". There you can exclude this stores.
 Author: pikachu3 View Messages Posted By pikachu3
 Posted: May 18, 2018 12:58
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pikachu3 (2671)

Location:  USA, Colorado
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I don't think it's about vengeance so much as hiding a store they can't
order from anyway.

In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
  In Suggestions, wolbar writes:
  Hi, I have been stopped / blocked by a rather thin skinned seller.

Is there a way I can block the store? I don't want to see the store any longer
or be able to add items from its inventory. I have gone to the store twice now
to add items only to find out I am blocked.

That is annoying me and there should be a way for a buyer to block a seller in
turn.

Don’t be thin skinned your self. Just ignore them.
John P
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legoman77 (3628)

Location:  USA, Texas
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In Suggestions, wolbar writes:
  Hi, I have been stopped / blocked by a rather thin skinned seller.

Is there a way I can block the store? I don't want to see the store any longer
or be able to add items from its inventory. I have gone to the store twice now
to add items only to find out I am blocked.

That is annoying me and there should be a way for a buyer to block a seller in
turn.

Don’t be thin skinned your self. Just ignore them.
John P
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 Posted: May 18, 2018 12:20
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wolbar (179)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
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Hi, I have been stopped / blocked by a rather thin skinned seller.

Is there a way I can block the store? I don't want to see the store any longer
or be able to add items from its inventory. I have gone to the store twice now
to add items only to find out I am blocked.

That is annoying me and there should be a way for a buyer to block a seller in
turn.
 Author: MontagueBrick View Messages Posted By MontagueBrick
 Posted: May 17, 2018 12:50
 Subject: Re: What happened to the best price button
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MontagueBrick (251)

Location:  USA, Wisconsin
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In Suggestions, JAFO writes:
  What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.

I know what you mean about the auto select button. I had a very complex wanted
list that the auto select was able to narrow down to 7 stores, but the stores
it picked were some of the most expensive stores on Bricklink and the total cost
was around $500. I was able to manually fit my wanted list into 12 stores for
a total of around $270!
So I think what the auto select button does is pick the stores with the most
items that match your wanted list and does not really take prices of items or
shipping cost into consideration.
I hope this helps you out 😀
Rainey
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: May 17, 2018 12:01
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SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Suggestions, Cob writes:
  In Suggestions, JAFO writes:
  What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.

It went away a while ago, there have been some pretty long threads discussing
the disappearance of the feature.

The three options, “Lowest Price,” “Fewest Stores,” and “Best Price,” were just
heuristical sets of parameters for the approximating algorithm, and they were
given names according to what the results were hoped to be. But:
“Fewest Stores” sometimes gave a lower price than “Lowest Price.”
“Lowest Price” sometimes gave fewer stores than “Fewest Stores.”
No one never knew what “Best Price” meant.
And I’m sure people tried all three every time.

At one time, BL realized the names were a bit too optimistic (not to say misleading),
and they chose to reduce the choice to only one option, which I think can be
dubbed “Best,” whatever that might mean.
And we still don’t know what it does.
And there are still weird, unexplained, uncommented things happening.
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Cob (3564)

Location:  USA, Missouri
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In Suggestions, JAFO writes:
  What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.

It went away a while ago, there have been some pretty long threads discussing
the disappearance of the feature.
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 Posted: May 17, 2018 11:06
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JAFO (494)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.
 Author: bje View Messages Posted By bje
 Posted: May 15, 2018 19:23
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bje (1577)

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Please add as an offsite payment option.
 Author: Nordbart View Messages Posted By Nordbart
 Posted: May 14, 2018 05:39
 Subject: Re: Bricklink on 4:3 screen or on mobile phone
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Nordbart (20)

Location:  Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
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In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:
  Hi all,

I would like BrickLink to change its layout or the possibility to change it myself
in order to be able to use it better on a 4:3 screen instead of a 14:9 xcreen,
also a better GUI for my mobile Phone would be nice.

I am Always on the road and I am tired of used sliders everytime I need to click
an icon.


What's your opinion?


Be cool and have fun!


Eric

A complete mobile GUI would be nice like on ebay. There is a mobile app in progress
right now created by bricklink. I've heard of some people creating their
own app though.
So yeah, on a mobile it is quite inconvenient to use atm.

nordbart
 Author: Pazzo View Messages Posted By Pazzo
 Posted: May 14, 2018 05:28
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Pazzo (8545)

Location:  Netherlands, Zuid-Holland
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Hi all,

I would like BrickLink to change its layout or the possibility to change it myself
in order to be able to use it better on a 4:3 screen instead of a 14:9 xcreen,
also a better GUI for my mobile Phone would be nice.

I am Always on the road and I am tired of used sliders everytime I need to click
an icon.


What's your opinion?


Be cool and have fun!


Eric
 
 Author: Gaston.La.Brick View Messages Posted By Gaston.La.Brick
 Posted: May 12, 2018 02:29
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Gaston.La.Brick (1840)

Location:  Belgium
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  My favoured solution would be feedback rating only calculated on the last 12months
transactions, with the exception of NPB/NSS which I feel should be on permanent
record.

I feel the same way: any feedback (meaning negative, neutral & positive) should
have an expiration date. E.g. last 24 months. I would suggest to take the period
long enough (longer as 12 months). That way when a seller takes some time off
(or has other priorities in his life), it won't have a big effect.
That way, it's a continuous evaluation. Sellers that goofed up in the past
have a horizon for a clean slate and sellers with super positive evaluations
in the past will still be motivated to keep up their good efforts to maintain
their scores.

So my suggestion could be:
* display an absolute numbers of number of sales in all history, to indicate
the seniority of the seller
* a relative number (% satisfaction) of all positive feedback orders vs total
orders, but limited to the orders of the last 24 months
* NPB/NSS should indeed be sticky (or at least for a really long time, e.g. for
48 months)
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: May 11, 2018 17:39
 Subject: Search Tool for Sets with Undetermined Pieces
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axaday (7301)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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I don't know how hard what I'm asking for is, but I've had some fun
today tracking down "undetermined" variants in sets that I have from childhood.
I'm pretty close to mining it as far as I can go, but I would certainly
consider parting out some sets from eBay with the added interest in finding the
variants. Could we have a tool that would just identify a list of sets that
contain a piece of undetermined variant?
 Author: Admin_Russell View Messages Posted By Admin_Russell
 Posted: May 11, 2018 12:59
 Subject: Re: Can I have this option on Add Item Page?
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Location:  USA, California
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In Suggestions, Stellar writes:
  In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
  In Suggestions, axaday writes:
  
  Also, I have filed a bug report for the category field getting reset when the
"Item Number is being used" flag is triggered.

That is a good fix, thanks!

OK, this is fixed now. I have tested it on a couple of item types and the form
no longer erases the category when a flag is triggered. Please let us know if
something still needs adjustment.

Also deployed at this time, when conducting an Advanced Catalog Search and using
the additional button pane, upon reversing back to the page after viewing search
results (presumably to tweak a setting) the additional pane will remain in place.

I know these seem little changes, but it would be great if all that is done was
added to the Roadmap: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453

I like to see this site improving and also it would show everyone that a lot
of work is being done. Thanks

Thanks for the suggestion! We have made dozens of these little improvements over
the last few months and it would undoubtedly encourage people to hear about them.
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Stellar (3492)

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
  In Suggestions, axaday writes:
  
  Also, I have filed a bug report for the category field getting reset when the
"Item Number is being used" flag is triggered.

That is a good fix, thanks!

OK, this is fixed now. I have tested it on a couple of item types and the form
no longer erases the category when a flag is triggered. Please let us know if
something still needs adjustment.

Also deployed at this time, when conducting an Advanced Catalog Search and using
the additional button pane, upon reversing back to the page after viewing search
results (presumably to tweak a setting) the additional pane will remain in place.

I know these seem little changes, but it would be great if all that is done was
added to the Roadmap: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453

I like to see this site improving and also it would show everyone that a lot
of work is being done. Thanks
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In Suggestions, axaday writes:
  
  Also, I have filed a bug report for the category field getting reset when the
"Item Number is being used" flag is triggered.

That is a good fix, thanks!

OK, this is fixed now. I have tested it on a couple of item types and the form
no longer erases the category when a flag is triggered. Please let us know if
something still needs adjustment.

Also deployed at this time, when conducting an Advanced Catalog Search and using
the additional button pane, upon reversing back to the page after viewing search
results (presumably to tweak a setting) the additional pane will remain in place.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: May 8, 2018 09:18
 Subject: Re: price overview when buying a wanted list
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SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
  […]
I totally agree, and suggest BrickLink go one step further and remove the ability
for stores to adjust their prices to the current 6 month average for consolidated
lots when parting out sets as it's only serving to drive prices down either
further.
[…]
Stores would still be able to adjust prices manually of course, but who really
has the time to check the prices of 10,000 lots against the current average price?

People are already using third party tools (theirs or BrickStock) that can do
that easily.
The more you restrict tools in BL, the more people will use tools outside of
BL (and continue bitching there aren’t enough sellers tools in BL).


  I would imagine the declining prices would be having a knock on effect with BrickLink's
income, so any steps to address the declining prices are in their best interest
too.

Price fixing, or limiting people’s ability to set their own prices, isn’t a solution
(apart from being illegal).
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axaday (7301)

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  Also, I have filed a bug report for the category field getting reset when the
"Item Number is being used" flag is triggered.

That is a good fix, thanks!
 Author: SchmickBricks View Messages Posted By SchmickBricks
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SchmickBricks (5923)

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In Suggestions, randyf writes:
  In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
  If you allow me to take one sentence out of your reply:

  I had a $50 cart and what I thought was a great deal.

This is _exactly_ why others would argue to have that feature removed. And if
you allow me to quote another tidbit from a different thread you posted:

  Because I can't imagine the site administrators would knowingly remove the feature and allow the happy wonderful Lego fans through out the world who have gathered together here in the safe and welcoming site that is Bricklink to be knowingly ripped off. Some dude last week tried to charge me $2.00 for a 35 cent piece. It was an odd piece, I needed it. But I didn't '500% make up' need it. I can't keep track of the average price of 1000s of pieces

You have to understand that nobody is trying to rip you off by pricing items
in a certain way. That price is there to see and agree with or not.
I fully understand that automatically comparing prices to the last 6 month average
makes it easier to pick the best deal, but by doing this. BrickLink is actively
helping to push prices down. Shops that have priced items reasonably will see
that over time they will lose out on orders because others will undercut the
prices, and buyers will more and more favor the lower-priced options, thus further
put pressure on the L6MA. Stores that don't constantly adjust their prices
will eventually maybe show 500% above average. That does NOT mean they are ripping
buyers off.

The price comparison feature was introduced some time in the last year. Before
that, people were able to buy their LEGO just fine, but there can't be much
doubt that this feature was helping the downward spiral of item prices. This
is not in the interest of BrickLink, and not in the interest of the sellers.
And if you think about it, in the long run it is also not in the interest of
buyers. Many larger shops are feeling the pressure, and have to think about whether
this is still a market that is worthwhile to pursue. Sure, if they close shop,
others will fill the void, but it will be more and more of the lowest-prices-quick-sale-goodbye
shops. And that is not good for anyone.

Just my $0.02.

Niek.

+1


I totally agree, and suggest BrickLink go one step further and remove the ability
for stores to adjust their prices to the current 6 month average for consolidated
lots when parting out sets as it's only serving to drive prices down either
further.

I choose to retain existing prices for consolidated lots, but it often leaves
me with lots priced more than double the current average which goes to show how
much prices have dropped in the past 6 months.

In Australia many sets are no longer viable to be parted as the purchase price
(Even when heavily discounted from the RRP) is often only a couple dollars less
then the part out value, and on occasion (Star Wars and Minecraft usually) the
part out value is less than the RRP!

Stores would still be able to adjust prices manually of course, but who really
has the time to check the prices of 10,000 lots against the current average price?

I would imagine the declining prices would be having a knock on effect with BrickLink's
income, so any steps to address the declining prices are in their best interest
too.
 Author: Admin_Russell View Messages Posted By Admin_Russell
 Posted: May 7, 2018 20:37
 Subject: Re: Could We Add PCCs and Inventory Pending Items
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In Suggestions, axaday writes:
  We can add pics of a pending item. Obviously that is a necessity. I inventory
a lot of minifigs and that means I am always adding items with new PCCs and torsos
that need to be inventoried and sometimes adding the minifig and its pieces to
the catalog. The catmins do a great job of moving things through, but obviously
there isn't always one at the desk! I have this routine for adding them
and I have another routine after they get approved and I try to do it promptly,
but things happen. This might not be something that generates a lot of interest
because most people don't do this stuff, but it would really streamline for
me if I could add the PCCs to pending pieces, inventory pending torso assemblies
with pending torsos, and even add the pending pieces to pending minifig inventories.
The same basic things would also help the people who tackle the sets (which
I don't usually do myself). Then when the pieces were approved everything
would just fall into place and it would be done.

Regarding PCCs, definitely. There is no reason these cannot be included on the
primary form.

Adding pending items to inventories, etc is a little trickier though. I discussed
at length with our developers the possibility of adding "provisional" entries
to the catalog. These could be added by certain well known contributors and could
later be merged with existing entries if an identical item was found. The purpose
of provisional entries would be to shift the approval process into hyperdrive
to get new items onto the market ASAP.

The question remains, though, whether we need to be that efficient in order to
reasonably satisfy the needs of the site. At this point there are a number of
things we would do *before* provisional entries to increase efficiency. So that
part of your request we will need to move to the back burner.

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