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| | | Author: | Tracyd  | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 10:44 | | Subject: | Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 211 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Easy buy is so broken. It picked a store and set up the cart with 122 lots.
The store has an 80 lot limits. Also, the seller has multiple lots of 1ea and
of course I need multiples, so unnecessary lots are added when they could be
consolidating them when they add them. And some can argue that it's just
how they do things and have them in different places when they part them out,
but when you keep the same part in multiple locations it is an inefficient usage
of space.
TY for reading. Rant over, carry on.
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 10:51 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 10:53 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Tracyd writes:
| | Easy buy is so broken. It picked a store and set up the cart with 122 lots.
The store has an 80 lot limits. Also, the seller has multiple lots of 1ea and
of course I need multiples, so unnecessary lots are added when they could be
consolidating them when they add them. And some can argue that it's just
how they do things and have them in different places when they part them out,
but when you keep the same part in multiple locations it is an inefficient usage
of space.
TY for reading. Rant over, carry on.
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It's stupid because lot Remarks can be consolidated or appended, so you don't
need to make multiple lots.
But the more often the price's different for each of the same lot because
they calculate the value for each part out (for ex) depending the set buying
price...
I can understand this for big lots, like bulkers or big shops, who have multiple
lots of a few thousands parts - but I also hate it when I see it for lots of
1
or a few in qty.
About EasyBuy, it's already a huge problem to solve, so having to take care
of the number of lots and deduplicate, I guess it's a no go...
I also guess we're right now at the maximum it can do in term of CPU / calculation
time.
Just IMHO.
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 11:02 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
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I also guess we're right now at the maximum it can do in term of CPU / calculation
time.
Just IMHO.
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AI/LLM/GPT to the rescue!
Okay, it’ll “hallucinate” stores and lots and prices and parts but it’ll be fast
and modern!
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
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I also guess we're right now at the maximum it can do in term of CPU / calculation
time.
Just IMHO.
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AI/LLM/GPT to the rescue!
Okay, it’ll “hallucinate” stores
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Apparently it just created a 999€ Cart of my wanted-list in your Shop!
Hoping you'll give me free shipping!
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 12:09 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
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| | AI/LLM/GPT to the rescue!
Okay, it’ll “hallucinate” stores
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Apparently it just created a 999€ Cart of my wanted-list in your Shop!
Hoping you'll give me free shipping!
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Of course! My GPT-driven robot is packing your New¹ toilet paper in bubble wrap
right now.
¹ Brand new from the wholesaler, only displayed in a small windowless room.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
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| | AI/LLM/GPT to the rescue!
Okay, it’ll “hallucinate” stores
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Apparently it just created a 999€ Cart of my wanted-list in your Shop!
Hoping you'll give me free shipping!
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Of course! My GPT-driven robot is packing your New¹ toilet paper in bubble wrap
right now.
¹ Brand new from the wholesaler, only displayed in a small windowless room.
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Band new used once*
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
First time doesn’t count 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 14:20 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
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| | AI/LLM/GPT to the rescue!
Okay, it’ll “hallucinate” stores
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Apparently it just created a 999€ Cart of my wanted-list in your Shop!
Hoping you'll give me free shipping!
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Of course! My GPT-driven robot is packing your New¹ toilet paper in bubble wrap
right now.
¹ Brand new from the wholesaler, only displayed in a small windowless room.
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So GPT stands for Global Paper Toilet? I didn't know. Thanks!
Je suis au bout du rouleau !
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| | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 11:16 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Working with real ERP system like BPICS, AS400, SAP with a career in engineering
and manufacturing I've seen lots of stuff, but inventory management should
allow for multiple storage locations, multiple costs, multiple suppliers, different
qualities. However bricklink merges inventory management (supply chain) with
customer interface. So think if you could see all Amazon's warehouses, costs,
etc. But you don't , you say i want XYZ that's the difference, bricklink
doesn't support the proper inventory management tools with the customer facing
interface.
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| | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 12:14 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
David
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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The assumption is bricklink is the best possible sales interface and inventory
management system. I couldn't imagine amazon running a successful business
using this inventory system. How many inventory locations does Amazon have for
one item. The difference is Amazon has an independent inventory for stock room,
reciept of goods, shipping, order processing.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Ra writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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The assumption is bricklink is the best possible sales interface and inventory
management system. I couldn't imagine amazon running a successful business
using this inventory system. How many inventory locations does Amazon have for
one item. The difference is Amazon has an independent inventory for stock room,
reciept of goods, shipping, order processing.
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Okaaay... I wasn't comparing Bricklink to Amazon. I certainly don't
claim that Bricklink's inventory management system is the best possible,
but it does let sellers eliminate duplicate lots and even warns a seller when
creating a new duplicate lot.
David
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 16:28 | | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy does it again | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, Ra writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, crazylegoman writes:
| | I have 74 stores on my Least Favorite list. I always add a note as to why I
put them on that list, and about half of them say "Way too many lots per
unique part." I've found stores with great deals, but if I want 50 blue
2X6 plates, and they're spread out over 20 lots, I'm not shopping that
store.
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Doesn’t that filter (pic) work for those stores?
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Yes, but let's say I want to buy 50 of something, and a store I'm shopping
has a lot of 40. I will buy the 40, and then I can change the 50 to 10 in my
Wanted List. However, if another store also has 40, but they're in 20 lots
of 2 each, I won't buy from that shop. I would get the same amount, and
let's hypothetically say that the parts were even the same price as the other
store, but going through so many duplicate lots is tedious and annoying.
Additionally, if a store has a large amount of duplicate lots, it really makes
me think that that seller is quite disorganized; disorganized enough that he
could make other errors such as being short on some of the parts in an order.
David
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The assumption is bricklink is the best possible sales interface and inventory
management system. I couldn't imagine amazon running a successful business
using this inventory system. How many inventory locations does Amazon have for
one item. The difference is Amazon has an independent inventory for stock room,
reciept of goods, shipping, order processing.
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Okaaay... I wasn't comparing Bricklink to Amazon. I certainly don't
claim that Bricklink's inventory management system is the best possible,
but it does let sellers eliminate duplicate lots and even warns a seller when
creating a new duplicate lot.
David
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I work with other stores buying inventory and I get a commission, off of the
lot/set/parts i purchased. so it would look like "Bin: MA 0034 80%".
If we merge lots it could dilute the cost that i paid. keeping it all within
bricklink minimizes errors and simplifies the process without additional fields
it makes this along with other processes more difficult.
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