Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Adjour  | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 22:38 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Cant Do Math | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | My second BL glitch in 48 hours. The other one was an order item that my records
and my BL emails prove I sold about 6 weeks ago, but appeared in a new order.
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this happens to me too much. Always happens in groups, like they backed up our
inventory from an old database.
Recently, BL sold a torso I never had listed. I thought perhaps I had imputed
it accidentally, apologized to the customer, and made sure I did not have any
more in my inventory. This was some odd/rare torso in a non existent color.
a few days later, bl sells it AGAIN. Same song and dance.
It sold yet a third time.
The orders were not cancelled, just given credit for the "missing" part,
so I have no idea how it kept getting put back in my inventory and selling over
and over when it was never in my inventory to begin with.
I've had this happen about 1-2 times a year but always figured I was at fault
even though it didn't seem that way, after the whole recent fiasco I don't
think its me.
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 19:14 | | Subject: | Re: How do you remove ink from legos? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, legoranger00 writes:
| | How can I remove marker ink and pen ink from my legos?
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Rubbing alcohol.
I sell a wide variety of toys and it also works on plushies and vinyl toys.
Crystal
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Crystal clear!
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Haha yes!
I'm actually more shocked these days when I can't remove a stain, between
acetone, alcohol and H2O2 and the fabulous magic eraser (do not use on lego though,
I've learned the hard way you can see the scratches)
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: How do you remove ink from legos? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, legoranger00 writes:
| | How can I remove marker ink and pen ink from my legos?
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Rubbing alcohol.
I sell a wide variety of toys and it also works on plushies and vinyl toys.
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2024 16:26 | | Subject: | Re: Item purchased for less? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Davidpkaiser2 writes:
| | New seller. First order. Buyer purchased set for a price which I believe is less
than I listed for, but I cannot confirm what I listed it for. Is there a place
to do that?
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It's way more likely you fat fingered a typo on the price than a glitch.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2024 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: Pay to sort | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Dhobeck writes:
| | In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | In Help, Dhobeck writes:
| | In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Hello all! How much would you pay someone to sort a 12 gallon tub of Lego?
I buy Lego at about $2 - $4 a pound if that helps
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How would you want it sorted by color or category or size?
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Categories.
We sort into 19 different categories. The same ones that the Great Brick Lab
(GBL) uses to sort their Lego. I’ll post a link to the sorting sheet later.
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Here's the link to the sorting sheet.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1809BBSWvmC6HrqpWcbQa-YP6alDrJOIe/view
They share it in the description for this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSr8117iiIQ&t=7s
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I printed it out and sort 1 pound of Lego into the category’s and it took around
50 minutes so I’m think maybe $2 a pound. But maybe state that you have to finish
sorting the entire bin to get paid. I would also pull out category #16 just as
a per caution. Also it should not be snowing this time of year
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I'm cackling, thank you XD
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 20:11 | | Subject: | Re: Bulk Used Brick Sale | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, kzinti writes:
| | In Sales, Adjour writes:
| | In Sales, kzinti writes:
4,892 lots available. Wow you weren't kidding
Crystal
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That's about half. Think I might have a slight Lego hoarding problem.
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I sold mine down a lot after I moved, but I had several tons for a while, always
a fun topic of conversation when meeting the new nosy neighbors lol.
Best of luck with your sales
Crystla
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Bulk Used Brick Sale | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, kzinti writes:
4,892 lots available. Wow you weren't kidding
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2024 19:55 | | Subject: | Re: Help identifying loose pieces | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, osborne311 writes:
| | Have a lot of these in a loose collection I recently acquired and cannot figure
out what they are. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You
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I feel so very old now. Getting one of these was so awesome when they came out.
They didn't come with sets like the new ones do
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2024 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Finding the right (old) variant in shops? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, mzmzmz writes:
| | Hi,
I am trying to complete my old Lego sets that are mostly from the 1980s, and
created several wanted lists (1 per set) in order to buy the missing parts.
Question:
How can I be sure that I am buying the (era)correct part?
Example: set "6951 Robot Command Center" from 1984 is missing 1x "Brick,
Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole" = part 3941 in White.
However, the new part has a 'bottom ring' visible and the original parts
did not have that
(https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3941&C=1#T=C&C=1).
So when using the 'buy all' option or selection all wanted lists that
I want to buy parts for, how do I know I get the correct part and not the newer
version?
Or has this option fully disappeared from Bricklink now?
In that case: what parts-buying site does still make the distinction between
versions of a part?
Many thanks for your help.
Kind regards,
Menno
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Some sellers (like myself, though I'm probably too far away for you) sell
in a niche of vintage parts.
I have many parts with notations as to decade made and even what set its pulled
from. I'm sure you can find someone in Europe doing this, perhaps searching
the word "vintage" in shops that interest you. I know that works in mine
Good luck
Crystal
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| In Catalog Identification, WildBricks writes:
| | | | Definitely a Belville figure shoe:
* | | belvfemale75 Belville Female - Girl with Bright Pink Top with Fur and Bow Detail, Gold Horseshoe Brooch, Dark Pink Shoes and Long Black Hair
Minifigures: Belville |
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Well, that goes in the "parts I'll never use, but am afraid to throw
out" drawer.
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I've sold dismembered belville parts like this before, but granted that was
on another platform in small lots, but people do buy them
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2024 19:56 | | Subject: | Re: Insurance for your collection | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Carissamiss writes:
| | I’m in Canada, but here my collection is insured as a specific addition to the
“contents” portion of my home insurance. So if there’s a claim they pay x for
the home structure, x for replacement of general contents and x to replace the
LEGO collection.
I would call the home insurance company back and ask if your general contents
policy is enough to replace the LEGO and everything else in your house, or
if you need to write in the addition. They do that for things like artwork and
jewelry too so it’s not unusual.
In Help, afexx37 writes:
| | Hello all,
I was wondering how you insure your collections. My collection is worth a substantial
amount of money, and we get a lot of fires in our area. I spoke to our current
company that we have home, auto and pet insurance through; and they said they
don't do that. They said I would want to look into Inland Marine insurance,
and that wasn't correct.
How do you insure yours? Who do you go through? Does it fall in to another category
of some kind?
I'm not getting answers on my end, and would appreciate any advice you could
offer.
Thank you!
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This is also how mine is covered. They basically just asked me to state a number
and then add it on to the value of the house. No proof needed.
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | In Catalog, oukexergon writes:
| | In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | | | BL will survive just fine this time, but if
another batch of merges ever comes, at least they will lose my business.
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Yet another user making another empty, histrionic threat. It's almost a script
at this point.
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Threat? How is this a threat? The site will literally lose its value if it continues
down this path (not saying it has yet).
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If you literally can't understand how you threatening to stop shopping here
is a considered a threat. I can't help you.
| | In the end people will need a different source to complete sets accurately.
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Ok. I sort of agree with that point, but I don't get the emotional gyrations.
It is what it is. You don't own the site.
You and the other, 10 ish people who are super upset could be putting all that
energy and time into creating that if it matters as much as you all insist. But
no, time is better spent complaining. Per usual.
Crystal
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What she said. I am getting so tired of hearing the same thing over and over.
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Then ignore the posts. There is no need to respond to all of them so that you
in turn keep getting responding to. Break the cycle. Unfortunately, it seems
there are too many strong personalities here that have a hard time doing that.
The only other thing I have to say on this subject is this: people have a right
to be upset, so let them be upset and deal with the changes in their own ways.
Some go quietly, but some need to let go of it in more open displays of disappointment.
In the end, it won't matter one way or another because the changes have for
the most part been done. That means people will either move on and stay here
or just move on. There are many of us who lost a significant portion of our lives
to the merges that just occurred, and we have every right to mourn the loss of
that information and the significant time and money we poured into the obtaining
of that information for the use of the worldwide LEGO-fan community. A little
empathy will go a long way towards moving people through this time of anguish
and hurt.
And on that note, I have pretty much concluded my transition through this process.
I debated what I could, helped to save some entries from getting merged, and
I will do what I can to keep the site moving forward through the process. There
are always other things to look forward to, and I still have many accomplishments
on this site that I am very proud of (and more to come).
Cheers,
Randy
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I agree 100% you your "just ignore" it sentiment, but as you know from
deep inside yourself from your own posts, it's really hard to do that sometimes.
I've been posting since 2017, a large swath of that I ignored alot of this.
Sales picked up and I'm here more again. Perhaps I need to just have a different
tab open when pulling orders.
Anyway, I'm human and care when people are upset. Unfortunately my way of
doing that (reality checks) is admittedly not a method that works on more emotionally
based types, but in defense of myself, does work on my thinking based personalities.
Either way, closing tab.
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 13:15 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | There are many of us who lost a significant portion of our lives
to the merges that just occurred, and we have every right to mourn the loss of
that information and the significant time and money we poured into the obtaining
of that information for the use of the worldwide LEGO-fan community.
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I came a hair's breadth from losing my marriage recently and the time I have
poured into Bricklink was a major factor in it. Less than a hair's breadth.
She left for 70 days. So in any case, I have to cut back. But what I cut back
would have been a lot more difficult to decide without this coming along at the
same time. It stings VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH. To find out that they don't
even value what I was doing. I almost lost my family doing a labor that I believed
would help the community, but it won't because the leaders of the community
threw it in garbage half done.
It doesn't look like the vitriol in these thread got directed at me personally,
but to read someone saying "Hey it wasn't your decision. Don't be
so entitled" feels very personal.
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I respect you, so please don't view anything I say negatively.
I personally, don't understand why people keep complaining, and then KEEP
HELPING. Like if a person IRL doesn't respect your opinion, or time, continuing
to give that person your advice and time, is honestly not healthy. At all.
I appreciate your honesty here. I admit I see low key signs of addiction to the
site (and/or the product) in many many Lego users, including many popular youtubers
and bricklink store owners. It seems alot of you (general you) get stuck
obsessing over this place, and then freak out when something out of your control
happens. The whole thing looks irrational to myself and several other users and
we aren't trying to pick on you guys, but its honestly the very concerning
(to me personally at least) to see people get SO upset, over what in reality
is not a big deal.
I know I come off as blunt and uncarring, but really I know, at least I am personally
responding the same way I would if someone in real life was freaking out, try
to point of they are overreacting.
Anyway in closing, if the merge (or anything I've seen people get upset about
over the years) causes so much emotional anguish that you (general) can't
let it go, its time to go touch grass, and I mean that in a kind way. Honestly
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 16:56 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, oukexergon writes:
| | In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | | | BL will survive just fine this time, but if
another batch of merges ever comes, at least they will lose my business.
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Yet another user making another empty, histrionic threat. It's almost a script
at this point.
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Threat? How is this a threat? The site will literally lose its value if it continues
down this path (not saying it has yet).
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If you literally can't understand how you threatening to stop shopping here
is a considered a threat. I can't help you.
| | In the end people will need a different source to complete sets accurately.
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Ok. I sort of agree with that point, but I don't get the emotional gyrations.
It is what it is. You don't own the site.
You and the other, 10 ish people who are super upset could be putting all that
energy and time into creating that if it matters as much as you all insist. But
no, time is better spent complaining. Per usual.
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 16:39 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | BL will survive just fine this time, but if
another batch of merges ever comes, at least they will lose my business.
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Yet another user making another empty, histrionic threat. It's almost a script
at this point.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 16:04 | | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
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It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security 
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
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yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 15:59 | | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
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Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
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agreed.
Also I don't think it would really stop the phishing. I mean, I don't
think 100% of people glance at the url when they hit a link. I know I don't.
It could be www.yourvebeenhacked.com after you click the link and it would still
get a decent number of victims IMO because I doubt the average user checks these
things.
Crystal
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 20:14 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | BrickLink does not believe itself to be a historical resource anymore. Surely
this means we’ll be getting rid of the (objectively useless) x000 part IDs?
Grooved variants were added to help users find what they need. What’s stopping
the rest of the grooved variants from being merged in the near future? This sorry
excuse of a project sets this precedent and introduces a slippery slope that
seriously undermines community trust.
Why are other issues that were “addressed” years ago still on the shelf without
solutions? Why does site admin insist on following through with inconsistent
changes that have proven themselves to be wildly unpopular? (Apart from the four
Yes-men lurking in the catalog)
Where is the Rust solution? Where is the Light Pink solution?
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Dan did not originate Bricklink to be a historical resource. I saw his posts
in the forums when it was brought up long before you knew this site existed.
He established Bricklink to facilitate buying and selling Lego parts and sets.
The fact that people put a lot of work into identifying differences made it
into a historical resource, but that was not the intent. Lego has become far
more mainstream today than ever before, but most of the newcomers have no idea
about variants and just want to buy what they want or need, without the confusing
variants. For the people who really care about a variant, there will still be
stores who break them out and will sell them to those who care or need them.
I do recognize all the work that people put in as volunteers to identify and
establish the variants and I do respect their work. It would be nice to have
a variant page/section for reference and to recognize the work they put into
it.
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Knowing “what you need” is based on available information, which has now been
condensed for no good reason. The only reason I know that a set has a specific
variant is because of the work put in by catalog contributors. People aren’t
going to care anymore because the distinction isn’t being explicitly made anymore.
Defending ineptitude and inconsistency is much easier, though.
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That is just it, the VAST majority don't care. Also, because you seem to
not understand something really simple, but very important. This isn't your
site, you don't own it, you don't operate it and you don't get to
make the decisions. It is great that they still listen to the community at large,
however this is a business, and it will be run in the manner that they decide
is best for it.
And as far as ineptitude and inconsistency go, it is still here, it is still
up and running and it is still majorly successful.
If you don't like the direction, they are taking you can find another place
to buy from.
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This x100. Thank you for saving me the effort of typing it out.
I really really get sick of the entitlement I see here when people go full rage
about, IMO, the dumbest things.
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Have you EVER added a item to the catalog???
It's a lot of work!! We are upset because our hours(for some months) of work
are being destoryed!
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Go somewhere else if you hate it so much.
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Easy for you to say, but some have dumped weeks of work into this site.
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Why aren't you banned yet? Christ.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 20:02 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | Also, because you seem to
not understand something really simple, but very important. This isn't your
site, you don't own it, you don't operate it and you don't get to
make the decisions.
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20,000 images belong to me. And I figure they want more. I get to make the decisions
about that.
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Honest question, you still retain rights to the photos submitted here?
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 19:59 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | BrickLink does not believe itself to be a historical resource anymore. Surely
this means we’ll be getting rid of the (objectively useless) x000 part IDs?
Grooved variants were added to help users find what they need. What’s stopping
the rest of the grooved variants from being merged in the near future? This sorry
excuse of a project sets this precedent and introduces a slippery slope that
seriously undermines community trust.
Why are other issues that were “addressed” years ago still on the shelf without
solutions? Why does site admin insist on following through with inconsistent
changes that have proven themselves to be wildly unpopular? (Apart from the four
Yes-men lurking in the catalog)
Where is the Rust solution? Where is the Light Pink solution?
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Dan did not originate Bricklink to be a historical resource. I saw his posts
in the forums when it was brought up long before you knew this site existed.
He established Bricklink to facilitate buying and selling Lego parts and sets.
The fact that people put a lot of work into identifying differences made it
into a historical resource, but that was not the intent. Lego has become far
more mainstream today than ever before, but most of the newcomers have no idea
about variants and just want to buy what they want or need, without the confusing
variants. For the people who really care about a variant, there will still be
stores who break them out and will sell them to those who care or need them.
I do recognize all the work that people put in as volunteers to identify and
establish the variants and I do respect their work. It would be nice to have
a variant page/section for reference and to recognize the work they put into
it.
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Knowing “what you need” is based on available information, which has now been
condensed for no good reason. The only reason I know that a set has a specific
variant is because of the work put in by catalog contributors. People aren’t
going to care anymore because the distinction isn’t being explicitly made anymore.
Defending ineptitude and inconsistency is much easier, though.
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That is just it, the VAST majority don't care. Also, because you seem to
not understand something really simple, but very important. This isn't your
site, you don't own it, you don't operate it and you don't get to
make the decisions. It is great that they still listen to the community at large,
however this is a business, and it will be run in the manner that they decide
is best for it.
And as far as ineptitude and inconsistency go, it is still here, it is still
up and running and it is still majorly successful.
If you don't like the direction, they are taking you can find another place
to buy from.
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This x100. Thank you for saving me the effort of typing it out.
I really really get sick of the entitlement I see here when people go full rage
about, IMO, the dumbest things.
Go somewhere else if you hate it so much.
Crystal
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