Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Ziegelmeister  | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 20:29 | | Subject: | Re: I tried an experiment, and it's 2 for 2. | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | And ironically my wife just walked in with pizza so I'm going to go celebrate
with pizza. 
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good choice!
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Just making sure you're reading.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 20:17 | | Subject: | Re: I tried an experiment, and it's 2 for 2. | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Adjour writes:
RIGHT!?!? I retired young and one of the biggest things I miss is seeing the
impact my work made, so this is a small victory for after the week I've had
(power and internet has been out since the storms/tornados on Tuesday.
We just hit 25,000,000 orders on April 17th, so that store at the bottom finally
got their feedback.
And ironically my wife just walked in with pizza so I'm going to go celebrate
with pizza.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 19:44 | | Subject: | Re: Do most buyers not give feedback? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Adjour writes:
| | I have a regular that never leaves anyone feedback. Also, in many orders, we
have never communicated at all. She places decent sized orders. I don't dare
poke the bear and ask why 
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LOL! No I wouldn't either. Clearly they know your value and keep coming
back.
Check out this thread from a month ago and look at the last post from a few minutes
ago. I'm going to go back and look at all the other new buyers to see if
they're doing the same. https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1462614
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 19:42 | | Subject: | Re: I tried an experiment, and it's 2 for 2. | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| Just wanted to follow up. I had a slow few weeks and then had 25 orders over
last weekend. Lots of 0 feedback new buyers and I was too busy to remember to
put the letter in each package.
However, I spot checked one person who left feedback today and went to their
"feedback left for others" tab and was beside myself when I saw the screen
shot below. They received their package today, and left feedback for myself
and 6 other stores today too.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 18:54 | | Subject: | Re: Do most buyers not give feedback? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| Lots of discussion about your terms, but that would mostly impact the amount
of orders you get. Hopefully with the changes you're planning to make you'll
have more orders coming in.
To your question though, it's frustrating as hell; especially as a new store.
60% seems to be the norm lately. I do everything I can to go above and beyond
with communications, shipping times and packaging and I just can't seem to
close in on Popsicle's 75%.
I did a deep dive recently with my own orders and there are several buyers with
8xx, 1xxx even 2xxx+ feedback who have left exactly ZERO feedbacks to any other
user. Other people tend to do it all at once at the end of every month. Hopefully
some of your missing ones are the latter group.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 00:31 | | Subject: | Re: CONTEST WINNER | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| In Contests, popsicle writes:
| | Congratulations go to SilverStateBric with winning entry:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1468499
Go ahead and hit us up with your choice of prize
Thanks to all that took part, especially the jokesters Hope it added some small
amount of fun and excitement to your day
~ConstrucToys
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Off by 9 stinkin' minutes. Grr.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 12:27 | | Subject: | Re: $80 Prize ~ Here we go... | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| In Contests, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Contests, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Contests, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Contests, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Contests, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Contests, popsicle writes:
| | Your next ConstrucToys contest is here.
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Hmmm...
Friday, May 3, 12:12(PM)
Friday, May 3, 14:44
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Day 2 guesses:
Friday, May 3, 10:10(AM)
Friday, May 3, 11:11(AM)
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Day 3 guesses:
Saturday, May 4, 14:14
Saturday, May 4, 13:31
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Day 4 guesses:
Saturday, May 4, 11:39AM
Saturday, May 4, 11:51AM
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Day 6 guesses:
Monday, May 6, 13:35
Monday, May 6, 16:16
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Jeepers! Final guesses;
Wednesday, May 8, 14:44
Wednesday, May 8, 13:01
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 05:10 | | Subject: | Re: Debugging shipping rules | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BrickedPete writes:
| | I have recently had two orders where the shipping method was marked "Request
for invoice (backup method)".
Is this an option that is always available on the checkout page?
I am trying to figure out why it looks like it was not possible to automatically
generate the invoice. Going over my shipping method, I noticed that there was
a fairly strict limit on the box size (3cm height) and the items sold were complete
sets.
The size in the Bricklink catalogue is obviously larger.
Could that have been the issue?
Is there any way to debug these kind of things? Like making a fake order in my
shop?
Thanks,
Peter
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It might have exceeded the dimensions, but we'd need more information. What
set was it and what is your largest shipping option you have and do you have
it set for Max Dimensions or Total Dimensions? I personally prefer the "max
dimension" option a I reuse the boxes from LEGO which come in a variety of
standard sizes.
If you measure the exterior of these boxes, back out .5 inches (1cm?) so that
you have the interior dimensionsfor the product to fit inside.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 22:25 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Shoot, so if the part I want just throws up an error on pick a brick it's
no longer being sold and I've got to scrounge up the parts on Bricklink,
yea?
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Well, yes, you would have to scrounge up the parts somewhere else besides PaB.
BrickLink is one of those choices. PaB is always going to be modern, in-production
parts.
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That's crazy. Considering how popular trains are in people's cities,
this part had such a short production run:
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 22:19 | | Subject: | Re: still no dimensions as an inventory item | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Technical Issues, samsam2 writes:
| | Here's a very new item that has the missing or unusable dimensions for shipping
purposes problem.
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not sure if it helps at all in finding out the cause of the problem but a few
days ago i requested an item dimensions change request for that item
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I thought I put these in when i put the weight in?
Item dimensions is the coin itself and packing dimensions is the box isn't
it? Looks like this has what I put in in the item dims.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 21:59 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Shoot, so if the part I want just throws up an error on pick a brick it's
no longer being sold and I've got to scrounge up the parts on Bricklink,
yea?
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 19:07 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | (Not an expert.)
Type 2 hasn’t been seen in a set since 2016.
And it’s only in one set from 2016 where Type 3 is an alternate.
So I would rule out finding Type 2 on PaB. That’ll be Type 3.
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Should they be variants?
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They already are (with Type 1):
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Awe man, sorry. Been running a high fever all day.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 18:28 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | (Not an expert.)
Type 2 hasn’t been seen in a set since 2016.
And it’s only in one set from 2016 where Type 3 is an alternate.
So I would rule out finding Type 2 on PaB. That’ll be Type 3.
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Should they be variants?
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 18:08 | | Subject: | I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 139 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Pick-a-Brick only has two train Buffer Beams; No.1 and No.2. (I don't think
we're allowed to post links to that site so just go there and type in "Train
buffer beam" They have 6172142/29082, but BL only shows a result when you
search 6172142 and sends you to this . It appears that is correct
since it has the Pilot at the bottom.
PaB then has a Train Buffer Beam No.2 with the ID(s) 6172149/29084 which both
send you to which lists it as "type 3"
But when you do a search for Train Buffer Beam - Type 2 on Bricklink you finally
find: Which isn't on PaB.
Since there isn't a 3D option for the part on PaB, you can't see the
bottom to know if it's the open or closed version.
So; A: does anyone know if the PaB one is the "closed bottom" and B:
Do the "type 2" and "type 3" on BL need to be swapped to align
with what's on (or not on) PaB?
Sincerely-
Confused in Cincinnati
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 14:55 | | Subject: | Re: Rule change incomplete sets. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Familybuild writes:
| | And can only be New when kept and stored in its package?
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That would be fun for the sets with two capes in one box. I forget if it was
a Star Wars or Avengers set last month where I was about to flip my lid when
I didn't see a second box.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: What is an incomplete set? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, yorbrick writes:
| | Those have never been allowed to be listed as complete and could have been reported
under the old system. This change won't stop listing errors like that. They
might be more likely to be reported now it is easier to report, but they will
still happen.
It is still not obvious to me hat can be done with a set that is missing one
part. Is it now that you must either complete the set or part it out into minifigures
and individual parts or custom lots.
In a way it looks like they are trying to match what they did with minifigures
but the big difference is that there is an existing setting for incomplete sets
whereas there was no setting for incomplete minifigures.
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Makes sense. The one I'm referring to this week was fixed/relisted eventually.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 14:40 | | Subject: | Re: What is an incomplete set? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, zorbanj writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, Ziegelmeister writes:
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I'm on board with the policy. There have been a lot of times I'm trying
to research the price of a new or used set and might see "incomplete"
sets listed for ~$100 less that are missing the minifigures. Then I see in the
sales history a few that were also sold for ~$100 less than all the others which
pulls the average price down, but we don't know if it was complete or incomplete.
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Click the "Exclude Incomplete" box to see stats for completed sets only.
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Yes, see my follow up to Nubs.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: What is an incomplete set? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, Nubs_Select writes:
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A work around would be to just make the sold item viewable so we could see if
it was priced so low because it was incomplete or if it was a crushed box.
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is this what your looking for?
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Yes, but I've seen some slip through the cracks. The new "report listing"
feature has been helpful. There was one this week that was listed as "Complete
but missing minifigs". is the system automated to cull those out expeditiously
or is it on the users to report the listing?
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: What is an incomplete set? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, yorbrick writes:
| | This comes from the May newsletter. I am now totally confused.
Listing incomplete sets
Let's talk about incomplete listings! Our Item Condition policy only allows
certain parts of a set to be missing, such as instructions or original packaging,
to qualify it as Incomplete.
When you list sets that are missing minifigures or just the minifigures from
a set, they should not be listed as an incomplete set. They are qualified as
'Custom items'. The process for listing them is the same, except that
you should check the 'Custom item' check box, as shown below.
Listing items as 'Custom' not only helps buyers in their search for specific
items, but it also helps keep our price guide more precise for sellers.
OK, so it seems if you remove the minifigures from a set, or sell part of a set,
that set can no longer be listed as incomplete but has to be listed as a custom
lot. What is an incomplete set. It says this policy change (?) is to keep the
price guide precise for sellers, but what are you comparing when looking at incomplete
sets?
If a set has 10 minifigures, and is missing 1, is it an incomplete set? What
about 5, or 9. According to the official statement missing all 10 is not an incomplete
set but a custom lot. So where is tge critical point?
Same with parts, how much can be missing and still be an incomplete set? And
if someone else has sold an incomplete set, how do I know how complete/incomplete
it was?
This seems to be a huge policy change, especially the part that an incomplete
set can only be missing the box and instructions. That was previously allowed
under the definition of a used but complete set, and my understanding was that
a used set could be complete if it was missing just the box and/or instructions,
but a seller should add comments to say these were missing.
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I'm on board with the policy. There have been a lot of times I'm trying
to research the price of a new or used set and might see "incomplete"
sets listed for ~$100 less that are missing the minifigures. Then I see in the
sales history a few that were also sold for ~$100 less than all the others which
pulls the average price down, but we don't know if it was complete or incomplete.
A work around would be to just make the sold item viewable so we could see if
it was priced so low because it was incomplete or if it was a crushed box.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 04:34 | | Subject: | Re: Is this 57560pb01in trans dark blue | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Amilia writes:
| | I can't decide what color this is and if Takadox comes in different versions.
Obvious irlt is 57560pb01 - comes in three color of trans blue I can see, but
they all belong to the same set?
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I'm leaning Trans Dark Blue, but you'd have to compare it to another
known sample if you have one.
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