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 Author: RobErNat View Messages Posted By RobErNat
 Posted: May 31, 2016 14:38
 Subject: Re: Letter for Bricklink Administration
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In Suggestions, basarozcan writes:
  Dear Staff,

I'm one of the executive member of enclosed Turkish LEGO Users Group (Turklug)
and one of the founder of Istanbul LEGO Users Group (IstanLUG). Last 7 years
me and my friends organized Turkish LEGO Fans to be a RLUG, arranging so many
meetings, contests and community projects in our country.

We're sellers and buyers from Turkey whom deals with government's bad
decisions nowadays. After 6th of June, PayPal is retreat from our country because
of governments some regulations. Not only for bricklink we're blocked to
buy stuff and sell our works for using PayPal. PayPal authorities said that they
are working on this situation to solve immediately but nobody know when they
will solve it.

As you know Bricklink request fees only on PayPal account. We're unable to
pay our bricklink fees anymore. Please add different payment method for paying
our fees to bricklink. If it is not possible we'll want limitless postponement
to paying our fees to bricklink.

Kindly regards

For your information: you don't need a Paypal account to pay to a
Paypal account, you can open the payment tab and select 'other method'
and pay straight from credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, etc),
so I don't think there would be any reason why Bricklink would not bill you
or agree to accept a longer delay on payment.
Obviously, it does mean you should have a credit card allowed by Paypal...
 Author: basarozcan View Messages Posted By basarozcan
 Posted: May 31, 2016 14:07
 Subject: Letter for Bricklink Administration
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Dear Staff,

I'm one of the executive member of enclosed Turkish LEGO Users Group (Turklug)
and one of the founder of Istanbul LEGO Users Group (IstanLUG). Last 7 years
me and my friends organized Turkish LEGO Fans to be a RLUG, arranging so many
meetings, contests and community projects in our country.

We're sellers and buyers from Turkey whom deals with government's bad
decisions nowadays. After 6th of June, PayPal is retreat from our country because
of governments some regulations. Not only for bricklink we're blocked to
buy stuff and sell our works for using PayPal. PayPal authorities said that they
are working on this situation to solve immediately but nobody know when they
will solve it.

As you know Bricklink request fees only on PayPal account. We're unable to
pay our bricklink fees anymore. Please add different payment method for paying
our fees to bricklink. If it is not possible we'll want limitless postponement
to paying our fees to bricklink.

Kindly regards
 Author: StormChaser View Messages Posted By StormChaser
 Posted: May 30, 2016 21:54
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 3368-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 3368  Name: Space Center
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3368-1 (Inv) Space Center
478 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2011
Sets: Town: City: Space Exploration

* Add 1 Minifig cty225a Spacesuit, White Legs, Blue Short Bill Cap, Eyelashes, Black Eyebrows (Alternate) (match ID 11)
* Change 1 Minifig cty225 Spacesuit, White Legs, Blue Short Bill Cap, Eyelashes {match ID 0 to 11}
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 19:04
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 41037-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 41037  Name: Stephanie's Beach House
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41037-1 (Inv) Stephanie's Beach House
379 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 2014
Sets: Friends

* Change 1 Part {Trans-Clear to (Not Applicable)} bb663pb02 Plastic Triangle 6 x 12 Sail with 'HLC-37' Pattern

Comments from Submitter:
I am having the PCC and images switched for this.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 17:43
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 9486-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 9486  Name: Oil Rig Escape
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9486-1 (Inv) Oil Rig Escape
261 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: Cars: Cars 2

* Change 1 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 17:35
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 6863-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 6863  Name: Batwing Battle Over Gotham City
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6863-1 (Inv) Batwing Battle Over Gotham City
265 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 1 Book, 2012
Sets: Super Heroes: Batman II

* Change 1 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 17:24
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 70135-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70135  Name: Cragger's Fire Striker
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70135-1 (Inv) Cragger's Fire Striker
358 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2014
Sets: LEGENDS OF CHIMA

* Change 2 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01b Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Yellow Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Yellow version. This fits the timeline for the part as all later Chima sets had transitioned to the Trans-Yellow variety.
 Author: ziddi View Messages Posted By ziddi
 Posted: May 30, 2016 16:40
 Subject: Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 41015-1
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The star seems Magenta, but the part is Medium Lavender, to add in the inventory
of the set.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 12:17
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 8970-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 8970  Name: Robo Attack
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8970-1 (Inv) Robo Attack
388 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2009
Sets: Agents

* Change 1 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version. This fits the timeline for the part as it was released the year this set came out, and all early versions were of the Trans-Orange variety.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 12:10
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 7199-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 7199  Name: The Temple of Doom
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7199-1 (Inv) The Temple of Doom
626 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2009
Sets: Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom

* Change 2 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version. This fits the timeline for the part as it was released the year this set came out, and all early versions were of the Trans-Orange variety.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 12:03
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 7097-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 7097  Name: Trolls' Mountain Fortress
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7097-1 (Inv) Trolls' Mountain Fortress
788 Parts, 10 Minifigures, 2009
Sets: Castle: Fantasy Era

* Change 2 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version. This fits the timeline for the part as it was released the year this set came out, and all early versions were of the Trans-Orange variety.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 11:57
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 5985-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 5985  Name: Space Police Central
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5985-1 (Inv) Space Police Central
601 Parts, 5 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Space: Space Police III

* Change 2 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version. This fits the timeline for the part as all Space Police III sets should have had the Trans-Orange version.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: May 30, 2016 11:50
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 5983-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 5983  Name: SP Undercover Cruiser
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5983-1 (Inv) SP Undercover Cruiser
309 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Space: Space Police III

* Change 1 Part Trans-Red {85959px1 Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange / Trans-Yellow Pattern to 85959pb01a Wave Rounded Large (Flame) with Marbled Trans-Orange Pattern}

Comments from Submitter:
All online photo and video evidence shows this set with the Trans-Orange version. This fits the timeline for the part as all Space Police III sets should have had the Trans-Orange version.
 Author: TakeAbricK View Messages Posted By TakeAbricK
 Posted: May 30, 2016 05:09
 Subject: Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 258-1
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In Inventories Requests, rbgeddes writes:
  In Inventories Requests, TakeAbricK writes:
  In Inventories Requests, rbgeddes writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 258  Name: Zoo with Baseboard
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258-1 (Inv) Zoo with Baseboard
467 Parts, 1976
Sets: Building Set with People: Zoo

* Change {17 to 16} Part White 3001old Brick 2 x 4 without Cross Supports

Comments from Submitter:
I've just obtained this set in virtually new condition. There are only 16 of this piece. One is in the large elephant and 15 in the white stand where the gorilla is. See pages 2 and 5 of the instructions. Based on the positions of this piece in the gorilla stand as shown in the instructions, this part of the model physically can only be built with a maximum 15 of this piece.

Hi,

I bought this set, boxed and with all parts present and in shiney condition,
about 8 years ago. I also build the whole set back then and after that I checked
the BL inventory. My set really has 17 white bricks 3001old. I still remember
I had some problems building that stand with gorilla's, so I tried again.
The building instruction is very difficult at this point, it doesn't show
all steps and it doesn't show all bricks. You really need other pictures
on the box to get it done, and even then ...

I tried and I tried and I tried for over half an hour to build a solid stand
with only 15 2x4 bricks, but it doesn't work for me. Did you actually build
the stand / set?

Imo the set inventory is correct. Another note: There are several other building
idea's in the Instruction / on the box that you also have to be able to build
with the bricks inside (instead of the Zoo that is). Please also keep that in
mind when checking an Inventory.

Kind regards,
Diana

Hi Diana,

Thank you for your reply. Yes I built the set and like you I had a hard time
with the stand. I have the box and the other models do not use anything near
16 or 17 3001old white bricks. The pictures of the zoo on the box lid and the
underside of the lid don't help either.

The first two images below are from the instructions.

In the first picture, the brick(s) holding up number 11 are hidden. Also, a 3001old
is most likely under the brick marked 'A', binding it by 2 or
4 studs to brick 9.

In the second picture, a stud can be seen that is behind brick 2. I think this
is a 3001old sitting directly behind brick 2, which would offer 4 studs of support
to brick 11.

The third picture is the model taking my suggestions from the first two pictures.
There are 13 3001old bricks in this model, with only enough room for 2 more.

The fourth picture is the model with a total of 15 3001old bricks. The fifth
picture is a slight variation on picture 4. The last two pictures provide a good
degree of stability to the stand.

Please let me know what you think Diana and please advise how you built the stand
with 16 3001old bricks!

Kind regards,

Robert

Hi Robert,

Thanks for all your trouble. I promiss I will check again with the help of your
images. Please just give me some time for that. Although the set is still in
my Living room I am very busy with my store at the moment. But again, I promiss
to get back on this. The large box on my dinner table will remind me, LOL

Kind regards,
Diana
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: May 29, 2016 22:43
 Subject: Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 41015-1
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In Inventories Requests, ziddi writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 41015  Name: Dolphin Cruiser
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41015-1 (Inv) Dolphin Cruiser
600 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2013
Sets: Friends

* Add 1 Part 50950pb100R Medium Lavender Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015

Comments from Submitter:
I added this part yesterday, but is not magenta is Medium Lavender and the name should be changed as : "Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs with Medium Lavender, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015"

Hello,

It appears that the sticker is placed upside down on the image your uploaded.
Could you please submit a correction?

 
Part No: 50950pb100R  Name: Slope, Curved 3 x 1 with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015
* 
50950pb100R Slope, Curved 3 x 1 with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015
Parts: Slope, Curved, Decorated

Thank you!
Jen
 
 Author: StormChaser View Messages Posted By StormChaser
 Posted: May 29, 2016 12:13
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 9681-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 9681  Name: eLAB Renewable Energy Set (1999 Version)
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9681-1 (Inv) eLAB Renewable Energy Set (1999 Version)
709 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 3 Gear, 1999
Sets: Educational & Dacta: Technic: eLAB

* Add 1 Gear Gstk112 (Not Applicable) Sticker for Storage Bin, Dacta Labels - Sheet of 2

Comments from Submitter:
Source: photos of new set which had been opened (parts still sealed in bags). This sticker sheet was included.
 Author: Brick_Wizard View Messages Posted By Brick_Wizard
 Posted: May 29, 2016 08:14
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 41008-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 41008  Name: Heartlake City Pool
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41008-1 (Inv) Heartlake City Pool
414 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 2013
Sets: Friends

* Add 1 Part 14769 White Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Bottom Stud Holder (Alternate) (match ID 5)
* Change 1 Part White 4150 Tile, Round 2 x 2 {match ID 0 to 5}

Comments from Submitter:
Parting out multiple sets. Found both variants.
 Author: therobo View Messages Posted By therobo
 Posted: May 28, 2016 18:33
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In Inventories Requests, ziddi writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 41015  Name: Dolphin Cruiser
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41015-1 (Inv) Dolphin Cruiser
600 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2013
Sets: Friends

* Add 1 Part 50950pb100R Medium Lavender Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015

Comments from Submitter:
I added this part yesterday, but is not magenta is Medium Lavender and the name should be changed as : "Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs with Medium Lavender, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015"

Looks like the shooting star is Magenta, White and Medium Azure:
 
Part No: 50950pb100R  Name: Slope, Curved 3 x 1 with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015
* 
50950pb100R Slope, Curved 3 x 1 with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015
Parts: Slope, Curved, Decorated
 Author: Brick_Wizard View Messages Posted By Brick_Wizard
 Posted: May 28, 2016 16:51
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 70814-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70814  Name: Emmet's Construct - o - Mech
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70814-1 (Inv) Emmet's Construct - o - Mech
678 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2014
Sets: The LEGO Movie

* Add 2 Part 553c Black Brick, Round 2 x 2 Dome Top - Hollow Stud with Bottom Axle Holder x Shape + Orientation (Alternate) (match ID 4)
* Change 2 Part Black 553b Brick, Round 2 x 2 Dome Top - Blocked Open Stud with Bottom Axle Holder x Shape + Orientation {match ID 0 to 4}

Comments from Submitter:
Just parted out 2 sets with alternate occurring in each set.
 Author: ziddi View Messages Posted By ziddi
 Posted: May 28, 2016 14:15
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 41015  Name: Dolphin Cruiser
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41015-1 (Inv) Dolphin Cruiser
600 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2013
Sets: Friends

* Add 1 Part 50950pb100R Medium Lavender Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs with Magenta, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015

Comments from Submitter:
I added this part yesterday, but is not magenta is Medium Lavender and the name should be changed as : "Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs with Medium Lavender, White and Medium Azure Shooting Star Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 41015"
 Author: welo999 View Messages Posted By welo999
 Posted: May 28, 2016 05:42
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 76009-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 76009  Name: Superman: Black Zero Escape
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76009-1 (Inv) Superman: Black Zero Escape
153 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 1 Book, 2013
Sets: Super Heroes: Man of Steel

* Add 1 Part 30350c Trans-Black Tile, Modified 2 x 3 with 2 Clips (thick U clips) (Alternate) (match ID 2)
* Change 1 Part Trans-Black 30350b Tile, Modified 2 x 3 with 2 Clips (thick open O clips) {match ID 0 to 2}
 Author: paulvdb View Messages Posted By paulvdb
 Posted: May 28, 2016 04:02
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 21024-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 21024  Name: Louvre
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21024-1 (Inv) Louvre
695 Parts, 2015
Sets: Architecture

* Add 8 Part 4085b Dark Bluish Gray Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 8 Part Dark Bluish Gray 4085d Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 4 (thick open O clip) {match ID 0 to 1}

Comments from Submitter:
I found both types in sets that I am parting out.
 Author: StormChaser View Messages Posted By StormChaser
 Posted: May 27, 2016 11:22
 Subject: Re: Add Element ID's to DUPLO minifigs
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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
  While waiting for the system limitations to be changed (so that PCC codes can
be added to items in the Minifig category), is there anything stopping us from
simply adding this number to each minifig's name?

Good idea, but yes, there are at least two problems with that. The titles for
some of these figures have already used up the maximum space allowed for a title.
Thus, requests for title changes cannot even be generated by users for some
figures.

Also, it doubles the amount of work required.

1. Submit title change request to add PCC. (work for submitter)
2. Verify and approve title change request. (work for administrator)
3. Submit second catalog change request later. (additional work for submitter)
4. Approve second catalog change request. (additional work for administrator)

Because of the amount of extra labor required to fix something which should take
the development team a very short time to implement, I'm not interested in
the approach and I doubt the catalog administrators would be thrilled about it
either.

It is a good idea, though, if it turns out that no alternative exists.
 Author: FigBits View Messages Posted By FigBits
 Posted: May 27, 2016 10:56
 Subject: Re: Add Element ID's to DUPLO minifigs
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In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
  In Suggestions, Turribrick writes:
  Since DUPLO minifigs are single piece items I see no reason why they can't
have an Element ID / PCC code.

I am inventorying a Duplo set and I completely agree. The two figures in the
set I'm inventorying have PCCs and now I must attempt to find them by title
in the catalog.

It's been over six months since you made this very helpful (and, it seems
to me, easy-to-implement) suggestion, but I see that we're about to get BrickLink
Studio instead.


While waiting for the system limitations to be changed (so that PCC codes can
be added to items in the Minifig category), is there anything stopping us from
simply adding this number to each minifig's name?


--
Marc.
 Author: bb414973 View Messages Posted By bb414973
 Posted: May 27, 2016 10:48
 Subject: Re: Add Element ID's to DUPLO minifigs
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In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
  In Suggestions, Turribrick writes:
  Since DUPLO minifigs are single piece items I see no reason why they can't
have an Element ID / PCC code.

I am inventorying a Duplo set and I completely agree. The two figures in the
set I'm inventorying have PCCs and now I must attempt to find them by title
in the catalog.

It's been over six months since you made this very helpful (and, it seems
to me, easy-to-implement) suggestion, but I see that we're about to get BrickLink
Studio instead.

I've been working with Duplo gears recently and have bought tons of Education
Duplo sets to get them (hence the Education polys I have for sale which were
given to me free). Many of these Duplo sets came with figures that I'm simply
not interested in. I was unable to find them on BL which means either I suck
at looking or they could be new to BL.

Thing is, I don't know where to start when it comes to adding a minifig,
how to classify them (Town/etc.) and how you find out what the next sequential
number is. Plus, assuming I do all that, only to be told "these figures already
exist." In the end I decided to give them all to my niece.

I'm not sure what a PCC is (the 6-digit number?) but if adding them makes
finding/adding Duplo figs easier then I'm all in favour.
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 Posted: May 27, 2016 10:36
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In Suggestions, Turribrick writes:
  Since DUPLO minifigs are single piece items I see no reason why they can't
have an Element ID / PCC code.

I am inventorying a Duplo set and I completely agree. The two figures in the
set I'm inventorying have PCCs and now I must attempt to find them by title
in the catalog.

It's been over six months since you made this very helpful (and, it seems
to me, easy-to-implement) suggestion, but I see that we're about to get BrickLink
Studio instead.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
  […]
Stores organise their parts differently. It is unlikely that
any two stores are identical and we now have over 10000 live ones.

Statisticaly, more stores means more chances to have two stores that work the
same way.

  9. Quicker turnarounds on new inventories/parts and colours.

Ooh, how you neatly veiled the dreaded “pay someone to do the job” suggestion.

  10. A much more up to date forum capability - bring it into the 21st/22nd century.

Post 1994 would be a good start. (Even if I rather like its usenet / mailing-list
feel.)
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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
  As the topic has now done it's usual - off on a tangent' we would like
to pick up on one of admin's comments early on the discussion. They said
their next project was to help the sellers (why that is lower in priority than
the buyers - I am not sure)

We would like to ensure the following items are addressed in this next development
and would like to gauge the reaction of other stores to this:

1. Inventory management tools
2. Sales analysis tools
3. Multi-user logins to stores with security permissions
4. Significant improvements to the NPB process which is currently too long winded
5. Improvements to the Bricklink messaging system to allow graphics as well as
attachments
6. Multi level minimum values e.g. 1 for Domestic and 1 for non-domestic for
example
7. Shipping policies per country as appropriate. We only shipped on a tracked
basis to some countries.
8. Much more flexibility in how we deal with orders from the printing/downloading
etc point of view. Stores organise their parts differently. It is unlikely that
any two stores are identical and we now have over 10000 live ones.
9. Quicker turnarounds on new inventories/parts and colours.
10. A much more up to date forum capability - bring it into the 21st/22nd century.


Please feel absolutely free to comment or add to this list if you have other
points as well.

Sorry should have also added

11. Full audit trail capabilities for parting out sets as well as mass uploading
parts (we do this through Brickstock at the moment, but it would be much better
if Bricklink did it.
12. Audit trails for adding inventory (should be part of Inventory management
tools)

The list actually does go on and on .......
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As the topic has now done it's usual - off on a tangent' we would like
to pick up on one of admin's comments early on the discussion. They said
their next project was to help the sellers (why that is lower in priority than
the buyers - I am not sure)

We would like to ensure the following items are addressed in this next development
and would like to gauge the reaction of other stores to this:

1. Inventory management tools
2. Sales analysis tools
3. Multi-user logins to stores with security permissions
4. Significant improvements to the NPB process which is currently too long winded
5. Improvements to the Bricklink messaging system to allow graphics as well as
attachments
6. Multi level minimum values e.g. 1 for Domestic and 1 for non-domestic for
example
7. Shipping policies per country as appropriate. We only shipped on a tracked
basis to some countries.
8. Much more flexibility in how we deal with orders from the printing/downloading
etc point of view. Stores organise their parts differently. It is unlikely that
any two stores are identical and we now have over 10000 live ones.
9. Quicker turnarounds on new inventories/parts and colours.
10. A much more up to date forum capability - bring it into the 21st/22nd century.


Please feel absolutely free to comment or add to this list if you have other
points as well.
 Author: ZwarteMagica View Messages Posted By ZwarteMagica
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 314  Name: Police Boat
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314-1 (Inv) Police Boat
45 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 1976
Sets: Boat: Police

* Add 1 Part x145c01pb02 Black Boat Hull Smooth Bow 5 x 6 x 3 1/3, Deck Color Light Gray with White Anchor Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) (Counterpart)
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 709  Name: Police Boat
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709-1 (Inv) Police Boat
46 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 1978
Sets: Boat: Police

* Add 1 Part x145c01pb02 Black Boat Hull Smooth Bow 5 x 6 x 3 1/3, Deck Color Light Gray with White Anchor Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) (Counterpart)
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In Inventories Requests, TakeAbricK writes:
  In Inventories Requests, rbgeddes writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 258  Name: Zoo with Baseboard
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258-1 (Inv) Zoo with Baseboard
467 Parts, 1976
Sets: Building Set with People: Zoo

* Change {17 to 16} Part White 3001old Brick 2 x 4 without Cross Supports

Comments from Submitter:
I've just obtained this set in virtually new condition. There are only 16 of this piece. One is in the large elephant and 15 in the white stand where the gorilla is. See pages 2 and 5 of the instructions. Based on the positions of this piece in the gorilla stand as shown in the instructions, this part of the model physically can only be built with a maximum 15 of this piece.

Hi,

I bought this set, boxed and with all parts present and in shiney condition,
about 8 years ago. I also build the whole set back then and after that I checked
the BL inventory. My set really has 17 white bricks 3001old. I still remember
I had some problems building that stand with gorilla's, so I tried again.
The building instruction is very difficult at this point, it doesn't show
all steps and it doesn't show all bricks. You really need other pictures
on the box to get it done, and even then ...

I tried and I tried and I tried for over half an hour to build a solid stand
with only 15 2x4 bricks, but it doesn't work for me. Did you actually build
the stand / set?

Imo the set inventory is correct. Another note: There are several other building
idea's in the Instruction / on the box that you also have to be able to build
with the bricks inside (instead of the Zoo that is). Please also keep that in
mind when checking an Inventory.

Kind regards,
Diana

Hi Diana,

Thank you for your reply. Yes I built the set and like you I had a hard time
with the stand. I have the box and the other models do not use anything near
16 or 17 3001old white bricks. The pictures of the zoo on the box lid and the
underside of the lid don't help either.

The first two images below are from the instructions.

In the first picture, the brick(s) holding up number 11 are hidden. Also, a 3001old
is most likely under the brick marked 'A', binding it by 2 or
4 studs to brick 9.

In the second picture, a stud can be seen that is behind brick 2. I think this
is a 3001old sitting directly behind brick 2, which would offer 4 studs of support
to brick 11.

The third picture is the model taking my suggestions from the first two pictures.
There are 13 3001old bricks in this model, with only enough room for 2 more.

The fourth picture is the model with a total of 15 3001old bricks. The fifth
picture is a slight variation on picture 4. The last two pictures provide a good
degree of stability to the stand.

Please let me know what you think Diana and please advise how you built the stand
with 16 3001old bricks!

Kind regards,

Robert
 








 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  [… stock exchange …]
commodity exchange but I also do think we should allow "futures"

I would have used the same word as in French (which seems not to be a false friend,
for once) but chose to avoid any impropriety as I don’t know which meaning is
more readily understood.

  […]
Again, I have pointed out a basic idea, and for all I know, this already happens,
I get messages all the time from buyers saying they will pay an amount for something
I have in my store trying to get a deal.

That’s haggling. Like you can do on a street market.

But, above all, that’s closed information. The clients come to you. You don’t
know if they also go to others. Others don’t know they went to you. No one but
buyer and seller know the haggling that went.

  Also, we complain about "slumps" in sales during certain times of the year.
I would think that some sellers would like to actively gain business during this
time of year by connecting with those people who wants items at a discount.

If sellers want more sales, they can lower their prices on the most wanted items.

And, as it’s already been said, if the price becomes lower than what is on a
buyer’s wanted list, they’re notified (if they put a price and asked for notifications).
Which is close to what you propose, the difference being that, now, the price
is closed information.

  All the comments about "disrupting this or that" can't we all agree that
the biggest "disruption" in this "marketplace" is the cutthroat nature of the
constant under cutting of prices, mainly because there is a certain percentage
of sellers that don't care about making a profit or have NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE
MONEY...

Again, I’m just saying it will change the nature of the market by opening some
information.
Not saying if it’s good or bad.

  […]
I gave a basic idea, of course I did not outline every exact idea of implementation,
and I know the idea is not going to get implemented, because nothing from the
suggestions does. I wanted to point out and discuss a way that would help people
complete their collections. I obviously see that more people here are concerned
with small little details than connecting people with what they want...

Maybe some answers seem a little harsh but trying to see how can it work, what
can go wrong, and what are the benefits of your proposal is discussing
about your proposal….
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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I disagree. Overall, I think it could result in less sales (especially impulse
buys when browsing). And rather than increasing overall sales, I think it would
also just divert or shuffle sales from one seller to another.


Sales as in # of orders or volume of items sold?


  
Thor
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, ToriHada writes:
  Seems like a lot of work for minimal and questionable benefit. Plus some potential
problems as others have noted.

Sorry, but if the item is going to sell quickly anyway (like the example you
used to support this suggestion), what does BrickLink need this for? Maybe it
is just me, but I don't really think it is a problem that someone else bought
it first. First come, first served. The seller got the price he wanted and
the (first) buyer got a nice figure for a price he was willing to pay. Those
who were too slow to order just have to act faster next time. And the existing
Wanted List feature can already quickly tip them off when new things are listed.

Thor

Remember in the references thread about SW102, the buyer stated publicly he would
pay $$$ for the figure.

As a buyer, I would be frustrated and disappointed if more and more lots for
items I wanted were not publicly listed because someone else MIGHT pay more for
them. If the seller wants more, list them at the higher price. I think, in
the long run, BrickLink serves it members better and earns more fees by having
more items listed and available to everyone on a first come, first served basis.
It is easier, less confusing, more fair, less elitist, and FASTER.
  
Also, the wanted list for this particular item wastes part of his time because
he is looking for a variation on the item. So he gets an e-mail every time one
is listed and most of them are going to be the wrong one.


True - for this particular item. But how many items have variations that are
not listed? A fraction of 1% of all items in the BL catalog?


  Now asking, what are the benefits of such a feature is a question.

benefits I see are as follows:

Buyers would be able to place 1 order instead of several if they have the time
to wait

As a buyer, when I place multiple orders to get items on my Wanted List, I almost
always add items that were not on my Wanted List. What this means is that, for
example, the total amount of 2 or 3 smaller orders (before shipping) is almost
always MORE than the amount of the one large order I could have placed. This
results in more fees for BrickLink and more orders and income for more sellers.
Sure, as a buyer I pay more. But I also get more and it is my choice to pay
more.

  
Collectors could put out specifics on items they want without have to browse
many stores to see if the items meet their needs


As a buyer, browsing stores is a big part of the fun of shopping here on BrickLink.
And browsing also causes buyers to buy even more. It is NOT in the financial
interests of either BrickLink or sellers to help buyers avoid browsing in stores.



  Sellers could actively initiate more business for themselves.


I disagree. Overall, I think it could result in less sales (especially impulse
buys when browsing). And rather than increasing overall sales, I think it would
also just divert or shuffle sales from one seller to another.

Thor
 Author: FigBits View Messages Posted By FigBits
 Posted: May 26, 2016 08:58
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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  
  I prefer the view point that this site is for people to connect and share Lego
for the pleasure of it. So I ask myself would this feature assist in this.
And YES it would.

It isn't for that though, is it? It is for selling and buying LEGO. And for
money, not for pleasure.


It's for both.

There are plenty of ways to make money. I enjoy doing this (buying and selling)
more than I enjoyed any previous job I've had. So, while making money is
what allows me to do this full time, I do it because I enjoy it.

With BL ownership, it's a bit more complicated. But they have been losing
money, not making it, for the last few years.

--
Marc.
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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In Suggestions, ToriHada writes:
  Seems like a lot of work for minimal and questionable benefit. Plus some potential
problems as others have noted.

Sorry, but if the item is going to sell quickly anyway (like the example you
used to support this suggestion), what does BrickLink need this for? Maybe it
is just me, but I don't really think it is a problem that someone else bought
it first. First come, first served. The seller got the price he wanted and
the (first) buyer got a nice figure for a price he was willing to pay. Those
who were too slow to order just have to act faster next time. And the existing
Wanted List feature can already quickly tip them off when new things are listed.

Thor

Remember in the references thread about SW102, the buyer stated publicly he would
pay $$$ for the figure.

Also, the wanted list for this particular item wastes part of his time because
he is looking for a variation on the item. So he gets an e-mail every time one
is listed and most of them are going to be the wrong one.

Now asking, what are the benefits of such a feature is a question.

benefits I see are as follows:

Buyers would be able to place 1 order instead of several if they have the time
to wait

Collectors could put out specifics on items they want without have to browse
many stores to see if the items meet their needs

Sellers could actively initiate more business for themselves.

Buyers could save money by getting parts for less money, not guaranteed, but
he is my example:

I have 1200+ 3004 in blue. Cheapest in the USA is .03 at the amount. If I know
I could unload them all in an order RIGHT NOW for .025 each, they'd be gone.
Buyer wins, Seller wins

Item hasn't sold in at least 6 months, there is no price guide on sales.
Buyers are posting what they are WILLING to pay, it can help me price my item,
maybe perhaps above what buyers are willing to pay and below what the cheapest
for sale is INSTEAD of just undercutting the lowest available by a penny to be
the lowest for sale.

This would also help with items that have 0 for sale as well.



Thanks

Ken
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  
  I prefer the view point that this site is for people to connect and share Lego
for the pleasure of it. So I ask myself would this feature assist in this.
And YES it would.

It isn't for that though, is it?

It is why it was created...


   It is for selling and buying LEGO. And for
money, not for pleasure.

Well, with the new ownership, I don't know what it is for anymore.
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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You can’t have a market place that works in all the ways (street market, stock
exchange, auction, Dutch auction, raffle, Chinese auction, etc.) at the same
time, for the same items to boot.


There used to auctions on BL, I thought it was a great feature and I don't
remember why it was taken down, it was removed during my first year here and
I didn't spend much time in the forums then...because there was chat

  For now, BL is a street market: sellers propose products at a price, buyers pick
and choose. BL provides the “street” and a little police. If you set up those
“bids” and “requests,” BL would become a stock exchange.

commodity exchange but I also do think we should allow "futures"

  
I’m not interested in if one type is good or bad, or better or worse. I’m just
saying they are two different kinds of market places. You could have both in
parallel but that’d be two different market places.
As QCBricks explains, you can’t have bits of one in the other without changing
the rules and disrupting the market. Either you totally change the place, or
you create another, totally separated, place.


Again, I have pointed out a basic idea, and for all I know, this already happens,
I get messages all the time from buyers saying they will pay an amount for something
I have in my store trying to get a deal.

Also, we complain about "slumps" in sales during certain times of the year.
I would think that some sellers would like to actively gain business during this
time of year by connecting with those people who wants items at a discount.

All the comments about "disrupting this or that" can't we all agree that
the biggest "disruption" in this "marketplace" is the cutthroat nature of the
constant under cutting of prices, mainly because there is a certain percentage
of sellers that don't care about making a profit or have NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE
MONEY...

The worries about jacking up prices already happens in the FORUM, the OP of the
thread I posted just alerted tons of sellers that there is a demand for a particular
figure with a printing variation.

Prior to his post, I did not know of this. Now I know and if I come across this
figure you can bet the price is going to be higher that if I just looked at the
price guide.

I gave a basic idea, of course I did not outline every exact idea of implementation,
and I know the idea is not going to get implemented, because nothing from the
suggestions does. I wanted to point out and discuss a way that would help people
complete their collections. I obviously see that more people here are concerned
with small little details than connecting people with what they want...

Thanks,

Ken
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  I prefer the view point that this site is for people to connect and share Lego
for the pleasure of it. So I ask myself would this feature assist in this.
And YES it would.

It isn't for that though, is it? It is for selling and buying LEGO. And for
money, not for pleasure.
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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So you don't see a single consequence of potentially providing this information
freely?

I prefer the view point that this site is for people to connect and share Lego
for the pleasure of it. So I ask myself would this feature assist in this.
And YES it would.

If all you do is consider the negatives, nothing will ever get done, there is
no such feature that if you implemented it, everything would be 100% positive.
Any change in the buying/selling experience will have pluses and minuses.

I think the pluses in helping people who have Lego get it to those who do not
are greater than the minuses with the suggestion, thus I made the suggestion.

Think of the dire consequences of allowing Joe Schmoes across the world to open
up a store on a whim and list rare items they don't have, think of all the
possible scams. Better not allow that...

  What if it crowded out certain buyers? What if it allowed certain sellers
to corner the market on a rare item?

I believe this already happens thanks to the price guide

  What if it allowed high dollar buyers to
just shut out small buyers on a limited budget?

I'll give a specific example from our business. There are a few parts that
we use in projects that have a very high margin for us at retail. In some cases
we buy as many as 60-80% of a specific part that is listed on BL in a given month.
In some cases the going rate on BL is just 20-30% of what we are willing
to pay. We'll often buy them at 2-3 times (or more) of the BL average
price if a seller has a decent quantity.


I don't think it could be any simpler...don't use the feature. Boom,
problem solved...



  Do you realize what would happen if we chose to make that information public
that we were willing to buy large quantities at 300% of the average price for
a certain part?



  Forget for a second that we would probably pay more as sellers
simply met our higher than average "maximum price", but think about all the other
buyers who are only willing to pay the current average price.

Now their parts are potentially 3 times more expensive.

Again, great for BL's fees, great for sellers, great for the buyers willing
to buy at a higher price, but terrible for all the other buyers.


Scott
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Seems like a lot of work for minimal and questionable benefit. Plus some potential
problems as others have noted.

Sorry, but if the item is going to sell quickly anyway (like the example you
used to support this suggestion), what does BrickLink need this for? Maybe it
is just me, but I don't really think it is a problem that someone else bought
it first. First come, first served. The seller got the price he wanted and
the (first) buyer got a nice figure for a price he was willing to pay. Those
who were too slow to order just have to act faster next time. And the existing
Wanted List feature can already quickly tip them off when new things are listed.

Thor
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Please make changes to the following inventory: [B=DKChimaPL]

* Delete 2 Part 11097 Flat Silver Minifig, Armor Shoulder Pads with Front Stud and 2 Back Studs
* Delete 2 Part 98138 Trans-Light Blue Tile, Round 1 x 1
* Change 1 Minifig {loc013 Crawley to loc162 Crawley - Flat Silver Armor (5002773)}
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Please make changes to the following inventory: [B=5002773]

* Delete 2 Part 11097 Flat Silver Minifig, Armor Shoulder Pads with Front Stud and 2 Back Studs
* Delete 2 Part 98138 Trans-Light Blue Tile, Round 1 x 1
* Change 1 Minifig {loc013 Crawley to loc162 Crawley - Flat Silver Armor (5002773)}
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In Suggestions, QCBricks writes:
  […]
I'll give a specific example from our business. There are a few parts that
we use in projects that have a very high margin for us at retail. In some cases
we buy as many as 60-80% of a specific part that is listed on BL in a given month.
In some cases the going rate on BL is just 20-30% of what we are willing
to pay. We'll often buy them at 2-3 times (or more) of the BL average
price if a seller has a decent quantity.

Do you realize what would happen if we chose to make that information public
that we were willing to buy large quantities at 300% of the average price for
a certain part? Forget for a second that we would probably pay more as sellers
simply met our higher than average "maximum price", but think about all the other
buyers who are only willing to pay the current average price.

Now their parts are potentially 3 times more expensive.

Again, great for BL's fees, great for sellers, great for the buyers willing
to buy at a higher price, but terrible for all the other buyers.

Exactly.

And IOW, having “demands” on an open platform, along with “offers” is what happens
on a stock exchange.

A lot of markets are closed (information-wise, like with blind bids) or where
there’re no buying bids (for example Dutch auctions: the seller lowers the price
until someone take it).

You can’t have a market place that works in all the ways (street market, stock
exchange, auction, Dutch auction, raffle, Chinese auction, etc.) at the same
time, for the same items to boot.

For now, BL is a street market: sellers propose products at a price, buyers pick
and choose. BL provides the “street” and a little police. If you set up those
“bids” and “requests,” BL would become a stock exchange.

I’m not interested in if one type is good or bad, or better or worse. I’m just
saying they are two different kinds of market places. You could have both in
parallel but that’d be two different market places.
As QCBricks explains, you can’t have bits of one in the other without changing
the rules and disrupting the market. Either you totally change the place, or
you create another, totally separated, place.
 Author: QCBricks View Messages Posted By QCBricks
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  
  This is exactly why it would probably work for a single minifig or a single rare
part. Not much can be assumed from just that single piece of information.

On the other hand, a ton of information can be inferred from knowing who makes
the huge orders (I am talking $500-$1000+ or 5k+ parts) and what it is that they
order. I am sure that many buyers making those sorts of orders would not be
comfortable making that information freely available. Savvy sellers will find
the cracks in that system and exploit to make more money from buyers. If the
buyer is doing custom work or reselling, they might not want to provide potential
competitors with information. And so on...

Then don't use it...??? it isn't that hard to understand, the suggestion
is to make the service available to those who would want to use it.

If you have these concerns, don't use it. If you want to try to get bulk
parts cheaper, use it.



I can spell out tons of reasons NOT to use the forum, but people chose to stay
out and people chose to use it.

Apples to Oranges. There is no price guide for the forum or even an exchange
of money.

So you don't see a single consequence of potentially providing this information
freely? What if it crowded out certain buyers? What if it allowed certain sellers
to corner the market on a rare item? What if it allowed high dollar buyers to
just shut out small buyers on a limited budget?

Not saying those specific things will happen, but it clearly could have some
unintended consequences that cannot be dismissed with "don't like it, don't
use it". Economists would call these negative externalities when an unrelated
third party is potentially affected by a transaction between two other parties.

If it was found that such a system rose prices on an item by 50%, sellers would
love it, but buyers not so much.

I'll give a specific example from our business. There are a few parts that
we use in projects that have a very high margin for us at retail. In some cases
we buy as many as 60-80% of a specific part that is listed on BL in a given month.
In some cases the going rate on BL is just 20-30% of what we are willing
to pay. We'll often buy them at 2-3 times (or more) of the BL average
price if a seller has a decent quantity.

Do you realize what would happen if we chose to make that information public
that we were willing to buy large quantities at 300% of the average price for
a certain part? Forget for a second that we would probably pay more as sellers
simply met our higher than average "maximum price", but think about all the other
buyers who are only willing to pay the current average price.

Now their parts are potentially 3 times more expensive.

Again, great for BL's fees, great for sellers, great for the buyers willing
to buy at a higher price, but terrible for all the other buyers.


Scott
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  There is a difference that the buyer chooses to buy at that time.

A buyer putting up a wants list at $x moves the power from buyer to seller. If
the price drops and the buyer does not cancel their list quick enough, then the
seller decides the sale goes ahead and forces (or tries to force) the buyer to
pay what is now over the odds.

If it was a nonbinding quote, that would be better.


This was already brought up.

If you as a buyer put out "I want a SW102 for $25" (just a hypothetical) and
a seller comes along with what you want and answers your open bid. And you purchase
it, YOU got what you wanted for the price you were willing to pay.

If the prices DROP or were already dropping and you didn't pay attention,
what is the difference on how the transaction was completed?

This happens all the time. This could happen with auctions on the other site.
You could place a bid to win an item on a 30 day auction and the very same
seller could start selling the same exact item for less, and then at the end
of the auction, you would still be obligated to purchase. In reality, I don't
think prices change THAT fast.

I could see where rare items might go up in price, but I could also see them
going down.

If there is a buyer out there that says I will commit to buy a New Sealed - Mr.
Gold for $1,200 and no Mr. Gold is listed at that price, but a seller wants to
move their merchandise, this now brings the price for the item DOWN. Also, sellers
can use such a tool on where to price rare items that might not have had one
move for 6 months...

Thanks

Ken

There is a difference though. For example if a buyer says they will pay $1K for
a Mr Gold and sets up a want offer (let's say cheapest is $1.5K), then it
is anounced that Mr Gold is going to be released as a regular CMF. His price
is going to plummet, so that seller jumps on the offer as quick as possible to
get rid of it. Something similar (but smaller numbers) happened this year with
Chicken suit guy. How many people would pay out the $1K if it was clear the standard
price would now be under $10?

Of course it can happen in reverse now, where sellers get caught out when a part
rises in price quicky (rare parts in batpod or an Arvo Bros model) and people
buy their cheap parts that are about to rise. The difference is a good seller
will keep up with what their stock is worth.
 Author: therobo View Messages Posted By therobo
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Look and this recent thread:

http://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=205650&nID=988369

buy looking for

[m=sw102]

with a certain print. One pops up and boom, gone before he could get it, then
buyer posts they will offer $$$$ for it.

This is a good example that fits a feature for BL to implement (like they ever
would though) to produce more sales.

This feature would work with the wanted lists or single items. One could simply
put a wanted list on the open market. No single store has everything in your
wanted list? Maybe a store has 90% of the items, that store is willing to buy
the other 3-4 items and ship you your entire wanted list, 1 order for the buyer,
just as many sales for bricklink, sellers eat shipping or build into the price.

Also, how about rare items? The user in the above thread was willing to pay
$$$ for it. Perhaps someone holding the said item wants just a few more dollars
that what is listed for sale. The buyer in the above thread could say I am willing
to pay $75 for the correct sw102. Then anyone with that figure could browse
the OPEN BIDS for such an item.

How would it work?

I upload my wanted list

lets just say 1000 part A, 2000 part B and 3000 Part C, I am willing to pay $X,
then sellers could elect to fulfill this order or not. The buyer can upload
all the requirements, price, shipping, ship by date etc. Sellers could offer
counters, maybe they could get everything for just a few $ more.

This is the summary to vote yes or no

"Bricklink please develop a method of completing transactions in which the BUYER
can dictate the ITEMS and TERMS and SELLERS can elect to fulfill such order or
offer COUNTERs. Once a SELLER elects to fulfill an order, it goes into the system
as Bricklink order XXXX and the terms are now the terms in dictated in the open
bid"

Thanks

Ken
Brick It Yourself

Hi,
some years ago I suggested to have an option per wanted list to make them publicly
available, but don't publish the usernames.
Sellers would be able to browse through the lists and make offers.
Anything but remarks fields would be visible to sellers.
Sellers could let the system (on request) check the lists against their inventory
automatically and when the seller clicks "Send Offer" (per list), the items would
be reserved to the buyer for a certain time frame (maybe 2 days).
Sellers would not know to whom they send the offer until they get the order.

My suggestion is no longer around, maybe someone else re-posted it similarly
but I haven't checked.
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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  There is a difference that the buyer chooses to buy at that time.

A buyer putting up a wants list at $x moves the power from buyer to seller. If
the price drops and the buyer does not cancel their list quick enough, then the
seller decides the sale goes ahead and forces (or tries to force) the buyer to
pay what is now over the odds.

If it was a nonbinding quote, that would be better.


This was already brought up.

If you as a buyer put out "I want a SW102 for $25" (just a hypothetical) and
a seller comes along with what you want and answers your open bid. And you purchase
it, YOU got what you wanted for the price you were willing to pay.

If the prices DROP or were already dropping and you didn't pay attention,
what is the difference on how the transaction was completed?

This happens all the time. This could happen with auctions on the other site.
You could place a bid to win an item on a 30 day auction and the very same
seller could start selling the same exact item for less, and then at the end
of the auction, you would still be obligated to purchase. In reality, I don't
think prices change THAT fast.

I could see where rare items might go up in price, but I could also see them
going down.

If there is a buyer out there that says I will commit to buy a New Sealed - Mr.
Gold for $1,200 and no Mr. Gold is listed at that price, but a seller wants to
move their merchandise, this now brings the price for the item DOWN. Also, sellers
can use such a tool on where to price rare items that might not have had one
move for 6 months...

Thanks

Ken
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There is a difference that the buyer chooses to buy at that time.

A buyer putting up a wants list at $x moves the power from buyer to seller. If
the price drops and the buyer does not cancel their list quick enough, then the
seller decides the sale goes ahead and forces (or tries to force) the buyer to
pay what is now over the odds.

If it was a nonbinding quote, that would be better.
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  On the other hand, a ton of information can be inferred from knowing who makes
the huge orders (I am talking $500-$1000+ or 5k+ parts) and what it is that they
order. I am sure that many buyers making those sorts of orders would not be
comfortable making that information freely available. Savvy sellers will find
the cracks in that system and exploit to make more money from buyers. If the
buyer is doing custom work or reselling, they might not want to provide potential
competitors with information. And so on...

New sellers could also see what "big buyers" want and could strive to keep those
things in inventory or build their inventory to meet the demands. Of course
Big Sellers won't like this because it is just another avenue for competition.

Again, I see this as an opportunity to benefit both buyers and sellers, although
some buyers and some sellers might not benefit (if 1 order is place in 1 store,
instead of 2 orders in 2 stores) and some buyers might not benefit from items
not "hitting the free market"

Also, in terms of a "system" savy people will always find cracks and other bugs
to exploit. I'm convinced this already goes on with bricklink.

Thanks,

Ken
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  This is exactly why it would probably work for a single minifig or a single rare
part. Not much can be assumed from just that single piece of information.

On the other hand, a ton of information can be inferred from knowing who makes
the huge orders (I am talking $500-$1000+ or 5k+ parts) and what it is that they
order. I am sure that many buyers making those sorts of orders would not be
comfortable making that information freely available. Savvy sellers will find
the cracks in that system and exploit to make more money from buyers. If the
buyer is doing custom work or reselling, they might not want to provide potential
competitors with information. And so on...

Then don't use it...??? it isn't that hard to understand, the suggestion
is to make the service available to those who would want to use it.

If you have these concerns, don't use it. If you want to try to get bulk
parts cheaper, use it.



I can spell out tons of reasons NOT to use the forum, but people chose to stay
out and people chose to use it.
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  As a buyer, I'm not sure that I would tell a seller what I was willing to
pay.

no, we just tell them what we ACTUALLY paid in the catalog. If you don't
want to tell sellers, don't use the feature. I figured this would be for
LARGE orders or rare items.



  
There would also be the problem that the buyer would have to manage their list
carefully if a seller could make the order. For example, if something is announced
that changes prices very quickly, then a seller could fulfill the order knowing
the price is going to drop before the buyer gets a chance to cancel the request.

You could always cancel according to the current bricklink process, most sellers
will cancel no problem, a few are pricks about it.

It could be programmed for the buyer to post with an expiration date. but this
can happen already, you buy something and the price drops, don't good business
people do what they can to sell stuff for has high as possible when the prices
are going down? If you as a buyer say I will buy 5 bricks for a dollar each
and some one says sure, I'll sell you those 5 bricks for a dollar each, and
you buy them, then a week later they are selling for 50 cents each? That is
life, you've never had buyer's remorse?

  
Then there is also the problem of having stuff in hand. What happens if the seller
agrees to fulfill, then cannot get the parts they are missing?

People already "unofficially" do this, look at the thread and all the people
that gave the OP right of first refusal on the sw102, this isn't much different

I think it would be a boom for buyers that want bulk quantity bricks BUT don't
need them right away.

This is exactly why it would probably work for a single minifig or a single rare
part. Not much can be assumed from just that single piece of information.

On the other hand, a ton of information can be inferred from knowing who makes
the huge orders (I am talking $500-$1000+ or 5k+ parts) and what it is that they
order. I am sure that many buyers making those sorts of orders would not be
comfortable making that information freely available. Savvy sellers will find
the cracks in that system and exploit to make more money from buyers. If the
buyer is doing custom work or reselling, they might not want to provide potential
competitors with information. And so on...

This would be like asking sellers to detail the exact and specific source of
each part they sell. Sure some might be willing to do it, but many others understand
that such information could make things more difficult, more expensive or simply
invite other sellers to farm those sources.

Scott
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In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
  In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
  Three Corsican¹ (stereotypically “laid-back lazy” but also “touchy” and “vindicative”)
in a bar.

Reminds me of the comic book "Asterix in Corsica". That book is loaded with references
to the above.

http://asterixonline.info/comics/index.php?manga=Asterix_Comics&chapter=20&page=34

And remember not to bring a flame near Corsican cheese

  The Asterix comic book series has many stereotypical references to a lot of European
countries and customs.

I fell into it when I was a boy

There’s also quantity of subtle jokes one can miss in Goscinny’s texts, not to
forget the caricatures Uderzo slipped into each book (harder to get if you’re
not French or old enough to remember people from the time each book was written
but a few international celebs among them (The Beatles, Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas…)).
 Author: FigBits View Messages Posted By FigBits
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In Suggestions, therobo writes:
  In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
  In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, My_Precious writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

If someone has no credit and no debit/credit card linked to their account only
a bank account, then there is basically a delay whilst paypal waits for the money
from the bank, they won't give you it until it clears so it can take a while.

I've only had it on one small order before and someone else said paypal onsite
was trying to send an e cheque until they noticed and stopped it.

I'm not sure if you can setup a paypal account to not accept e cheque at
all?


I don't mind accepting e-checks, nothing against this form of payment.

The problem is Bricklink saying an order is paid and removing a NPB when that
is not the case.

I agree with Ken. The order is not actually paid until the funds are in my account.
Also, Paypal does not provide you with the customer's address until the funds
are cleared. And if you print labels through Paypal, then you must wait. So perhaps
there needs to be another status in the drop down menu. Perhaps 'Payment
on hold' is too long....maybe "Escrow"?


If you separate the payment status from the order status (which I recommend),
there is already one for that -- Payment "pending".

Payment status "pending" does not exist.


Sorry -- "clearing".


--
Marc.
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70603  Name: Raid Zeppelin
* 
70603-1 (Inv) Raid Zeppelin
279 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2016
Sets: NINJAGO: Skybound

* Add 1 Part 70603stk01b (Not Applicable) Sticker for Set 70603 - North American Version - (24475/6133014) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 1 Part (Not Applicable) 70603stk01a Sticker for Set 70603 - International Version - (24474/6133013) {match ID 0 to 1}

Comments from Submitter:
adding North American version, thanks
 Author: therobo View Messages Posted By therobo
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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
  In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, My_Precious writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

If someone has no credit and no debit/credit card linked to their account only
a bank account, then there is basically a delay whilst paypal waits for the money
from the bank, they won't give you it until it clears so it can take a while.

I've only had it on one small order before and someone else said paypal onsite
was trying to send an e cheque until they noticed and stopped it.

I'm not sure if you can setup a paypal account to not accept e cheque at
all?


I don't mind accepting e-checks, nothing against this form of payment.

The problem is Bricklink saying an order is paid and removing a NPB when that
is not the case.

I agree with Ken. The order is not actually paid until the funds are in my account.
Also, Paypal does not provide you with the customer's address until the funds
are cleared. And if you print labels through Paypal, then you must wait. So perhaps
there needs to be another status in the drop down menu. Perhaps 'Payment
on hold' is too long....maybe "Escrow"?


If you separate the payment status from the order status (which I recommend),
there is already one for that -- Payment "pending".

Payment status "pending" does not exist.
Receiving an onsite payment sets the payment status to "Received".

  
But BL does not use this status automatically when an echeck is sent, which (I
agree) it should.

I was told that BrickLink would know through PayPal's API if an onsite payment
is an eCheck or not, but rather than implementing new a new order status like
"payment initiated" or setting the payment status to "clearing" they decided
to allow sellers to manually change order/payment status again, after it was
initially blocked when Onsite was implemented.

  

--
Marc.


  
Along with the other suggestion I made to Admin of this in the drop down: "Leave
Order Open". I get annoyed when it says I have orders pending on my "My BrickLink"
page, when the customer has asked me to leave the order open. I don't want
to set it to "Processing" so the only other option is to leave it at "Pending".
But that makes it look as if I have not acknowledged the customer or order at
all, and that isn't the case.

Admin: please add these two options to Order Status!

Thank you,

Lisa at Brick Dungeon
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I respectfully disagree.

Having a different opinion than yours doesn't constitute being immature or
giving off the perception of being immature. Nor is it bashing. Name calling,
swearing, jumping to conclusions and such is immature and bashing.

Thank you for demonstrating why I choose to seldom post in forum. People will
often have an opinion different than yours, time to get used to it...just saying...

In Suggestions, Jan_K writes:
  In Suggestions, gcarter03 writes:

  Regardless of how old this thread is, these sort of things give the perception
of Bricklinkers being immature as a whole.

  As already stated once posted things don't die online, this thread is one
example of that (being over 5 years old and still here even though over 6 months
old is supposed to be purged).

[This purge rule does not apply to post with the "Suggestions" topic.]

  There is still a lot of immaturity in forum even 5 years later. I rarely post
anymore because I don't want to contribute to the lack of maturity.

Believe it or not - with this post, you're doing exactly what you complain
about at the same time:
Publicly bashing the complete community is just as immature as the rest you seem
to have issues with.

Just sayin'...
Jan
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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
  Three Corsican¹ (stereotypically “laid-back lazy” but also “touchy” and “vindicative”)
in a bar.

Reminds me of the comic book "Asterix in Corsica". That book is loaded with references
to the above.

http://asterixonline.info/comics/index.php?manga=Asterix_Comics&chapter=20&page=34

The Asterix comic book series has many stereotypical references to a lot of European
countries and customs.

Niek.
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In Suggestions, spwilson13 writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, ScootersBricks writes:
  A message or email to the poster would be an excellent compromise. Basically
a PM that says, "you have been banned from the forum for x days due to reason:"
If you have any questions please refer to our forum rules at (link). I doubt
many members get banned on a daily basis so it would add a minute or two of work
but may save a lot of time from threads like this.


when I got my forum ban, I didn't break ANY rule, but a moderator used deductive
reasoning skills, albeit WRONGLY, to assume I broke a rule, week ban

I wish it would have been public, because people could have called out the mods
for an incorrect ban. I tried to appeal in messages, but the mod would not admit
their mistake.

Kinda like when I got stop listed by scootersbricks even though we never had
any transactions.

Completely unfair that bricklink allows this.

Let it go, man! Didn't this happen years ago? Why are you so hung up on
this? Does he have something you really, really need? Why would you even want
to shop there after the whole thing has generated such angst? Stores (even outside
of BrickLink) can choose to do business with whomever they want, as can buyers.
 Author: ash_274 View Messages Posted By ash_274
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In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
  This is the oldest bump I've ever seen. 5-1/4 years!

In Suggestions, gcarter03 writes:
  Did I just time warp back to grade school?

Not sure what this all about but all of this makes us look like an immature group
of people.

What ever happened to "to each, his own" or "Live and let live"? If someone
says something meant to be offensive, I don't care, I move on.

Can we get back to selling and buying Lego now?


"Previously on AMC's The Walking Thread..."
-Ash
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In Suggestions, spwilson13 writes:
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Kinda like when I got stop listed by scootersbricks even though we never had
any transactions.

Oh come on! We’re many to have been stop-listed without any interaction with
the stop-lister but we don’t whine about it each and every time we can contrive
a reason to talk about it.

  Completely unfair that bricklink allows this.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  […]
when I got my forum ban, I didn't break ANY rule, but a moderator used deductive
reasoning skills, albeit WRONGLY, to assume I broke a rule, week ban

Ah, deduction…

Three Corsican¹ (stereotypically “laid-back lazy” but also “touchy” and “vindicative”)
in a bar.
One leaves.
One of the others: “Did he say ciao or did he say miao?”
A little time later: “Because if he said ciao, it’s okay. But if he said miao….”
Later: “Miao, it’s the cat.”
… “And the cat, it drinks milk.”
… “And milk, that’s the cow.”
… “And the cow, it has horns.”
… “And who has horns? The cuckold. Eh! He insulted me!”

¹ I know, that’s not politically correct. To equalize: Why French highways don’t
have lights? Because French think they are bright.
 Author: spwilson13 View Messages Posted By spwilson13
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, ScootersBricks writes:
  A message or email to the poster would be an excellent compromise. Basically
a PM that says, "you have been banned from the forum for x days due to reason:"
If you have any questions please refer to our forum rules at (link). I doubt
many members get banned on a daily basis so it would add a minute or two of work
but may save a lot of time from threads like this.


when I got my forum ban, I didn't break ANY rule, but a moderator used deductive
reasoning skills, albeit WRONGLY, to assume I broke a rule, week ban

I wish it would have been public, because people could have called out the mods
for an incorrect ban. I tried to appeal in messages, but the mod would not admit
their mistake.

Kinda like when I got stop listed by scootersbricks even though we never had
any transactions.

Completely unfair that bricklink allows this.
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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In Suggestions, ScootersBricks writes:
  A message or email to the poster would be an excellent compromise. Basically
a PM that says, "you have been banned from the forum for x days due to reason:"
If you have any questions please refer to our forum rules at (link). I doubt
many members get banned on a daily basis so it would add a minute or two of work
but may save a lot of time from threads like this.


when I got my forum ban, I didn't break ANY rule, but a moderator used deductive
reasoning skills, albeit WRONGLY, to assume I broke a rule, week ban

I wish it would have been public, because people could have called out the mods
for an incorrect ban. I tried to appeal in messages, but the mod would not admit
their mistake.
 Author: ScootersBricks View Messages Posted By ScootersBricks
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In Suggestions, rikitikitaviguy writes:
  Hmmmm...

Were you even around then? You might have just been a 'baby Bricklinker'...

LM

Nope, but account age is not an exclusive mark of maturity or ability to reason.
I've never been in charge of a community as big as BrickLink before, but
I have been in charge of a community a bit larger than the BrickLink forums (which,
as you probably know, represents a fraction of the overall BrickLink users since
most never venture out to the message board). As a member and forum user, I
think my opinion should be just as relevant as anyone else here.

My point stands: very few people get banned in any given day/week from the forums,
and while sending a PM explaining the ban reason may take a few extra minutes
a week for a discussion board moderator, the amount of time spent responding
to threads like this may equal or surpass that amount of time--meaning a
potential net decrease in required work hours for already overworked staff members.
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
 Posted: May 24, 2016 15:10
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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  As a buyer, I'm not sure that I would tell a seller what I was willing to
pay.

no, we just tell them what we ACTUALLY paid in the catalog. If you don't
want to tell sellers, don't use the feature. I figured this would be for
LARGE orders or rare items.



  
There would also be the problem that the buyer would have to manage their list
carefully if a seller could make the order. For example, if something is announced
that changes prices very quickly, then a seller could fulfill the order knowing
the price is going to drop before the buyer gets a chance to cancel the request.

You could always cancel according to the current bricklink process, most sellers
will cancel no problem, a few are pricks about it.

It could be programmed for the buyer to post with an expiration date. but this
can happen already, you buy something and the price drops, don't good business
people do what they can to sell stuff for has high as possible when the prices
are going down? If you as a buyer say I will buy 5 bricks for a dollar each
and some one says sure, I'll sell you those 5 bricks for a dollar each, and
you buy them, then a week later they are selling for 50 cents each? That is
life, you've never had buyer's remorse?

  
Then there is also the problem of having stuff in hand. What happens if the seller
agrees to fulfill, then cannot get the parts they are missing?

People already "unofficially" do this, look at the thread and all the people
that gave the OP right of first refusal on the sw102, this isn't much different

I think it would be a boom for buyers that want bulk quantity bricks BUT don't
need them right away.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
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As a buyer, I'm not sure that I would tell a seller what I was willing to
pay.

There would also be the problem that the buyer would have to manage their list
carefully if a seller could make the order. For example, if something is announced
that changes prices very quickly, then a seller could fulfill the order knowing
the price is going to drop before the buyer gets a chance to cancel the request.

Then there is also the problem of having stuff in hand. What happens if the seller
agrees to fulfill, then cannot get the parts they are missing?
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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I think that the problem here is that making one's WL public can have some
unintended consequences. Let's say that a buyer is know for making high
dollar purchases and/or wants a large quantity. If they make public that they
must have 5,000 of part X, then it is possible that the first seller to have
5,000 of part X will just jack up the price of that item once they are listed
knowing that the buyer "needs" them. Without that knowledge the seller may just
offer them at the regular price.


But then the buyer might not make a sale. If they jack up the price too much,
the buyer will buy from two or more stores. I would suspect this feature would
cause buyers to pay a little more to 1 seller, but less over all to multiple
sellers in shipping and handling fees.




  
I think this is great for sellers and not so great for buyers.

The best feature for sellers, it that when sales are slow, I can go out and fish
for orders

Also, if you a buyer that doesn't need parts right away, I could open a bid
for 300 of part X for $XXX.XX and wait until any sellers will take it.

A better system
  would be something like a person offering to act as a "personal shopper" for
a buyer and do the hunting/buying/etc for them.

Scott
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In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, My_Precious writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

If someone has no credit and no debit/credit card linked to their account only
a bank account, then there is basically a delay whilst paypal waits for the money
from the bank, they won't give you it until it clears so it can take a while.

I've only had it on one small order before and someone else said paypal onsite
was trying to send an e cheque until they noticed and stopped it.

I'm not sure if you can setup a paypal account to not accept e cheque at
all?


I don't mind accepting e-checks, nothing against this form of payment.

The problem is Bricklink saying an order is paid and removing a NPB when that
is not the case.

I agree with Ken. The order is not actually paid until the funds are in my account.
Also, Paypal does not provide you with the customer's address until the funds
are cleared. And if you print labels through Paypal, then you must wait. So perhaps
there needs to be another status in the drop down menu. Perhaps 'Payment
on hold' is too long....maybe "Escrow"?


If you separate the payment status from the order status (which I recommend),
there is already one for that -- Payment "pending".

But BL does not use this status automatically when an echeck is sent, which (I
agree) it should.


--
Marc.


  
Along with the other suggestion I made to Admin of this in the drop down: "Leave
Order Open". I get annoyed when it says I have orders pending on my "My BrickLink"
page, when the customer has asked me to leave the order open. I don't want
to set it to "Processing" so the only other option is to leave it at "Pending".
But that makes it look as if I have not acknowledged the customer or order at
all, and that isn't the case.

Admin: please add these two options to Order Status!

Thank you,

Lisa at Brick Dungeon
 Author: QCBricks View Messages Posted By QCBricks
 Posted: May 24, 2016 13:50
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Look and this recent thread:

http://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=205650&nID=988369

buy looking for

[m=sw102]

with a certain print. One pops up and boom, gone before he could get it, then
buyer posts they will offer $$$$ for it.

This is a good example that fits a feature for BL to implement (like they ever
would though) to produce more sales.

This feature would work with the wanted lists or single items. One could simply
put a wanted list on the open market. No single store has everything in your
wanted list? Maybe a store has 90% of the items, that store is willing to buy
the other 3-4 items and ship you your entire wanted list, 1 order for the buyer,
just as many sales for bricklink, sellers eat shipping or build into the price.

Also, how about rare items? The user in the above thread was willing to pay
$$$ for it. Perhaps someone holding the said item wants just a few more dollars
that what is listed for sale. The buyer in the above thread could say I am willing
to pay $75 for the correct sw102. Then anyone with that figure could browse
the OPEN BIDS for such an item.

How would it work?

I upload my wanted list

lets just say 1000 part A, 2000 part B and 3000 Part C, I am willing to pay $X,
then sellers could elect to fulfill this order or not. The buyer can upload
all the requirements, price, shipping, ship by date etc. Sellers could offer
counters, maybe they could get everything for just a few $ more.

This is the summary to vote yes or no

"Bricklink please develop a method of completing transactions in which the BUYER
can dictate the ITEMS and TERMS and SELLERS can elect to fulfill such order or
offer COUNTERs. Once a SELLER elects to fulfill an order, it goes into the system
as Bricklink order XXXX and the terms are now the terms in dictated in the open
bid"

Thanks

Ken
Brick It Yourself

I think that the problem here is that making one's WL public can have some
unintended consequences. Let's say that a buyer is know for making high
dollar purchases and/or wants a large quantity. If they make public that they
must have 5,000 of part X, then it is possible that the first seller to have
5,000 of part X will just jack up the price of that item once they are listed
knowing that the buyer "needs" them. Without that knowledge the seller may just
offer them at the regular price.

I think this is great for sellers and not so great for buyers. A better system
would be something like a person offering to act as a "personal shopper" for
a buyer and do the hunting/buying/etc for them.

Scott
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 Posted: May 24, 2016 12:41
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Look and this recent thread:

http://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=205650&nID=988369

buy looking for

[m=sw102]

with a certain print. One pops up and boom, gone before he could get it, then
buyer posts they will offer $$$$ for it.

This is a good example that fits a feature for BL to implement (like they ever
would though) to produce more sales.

This feature would work with the wanted lists or single items. One could simply
put a wanted list on the open market. No single store has everything in your
wanted list? Maybe a store has 90% of the items, that store is willing to buy
the other 3-4 items and ship you your entire wanted list, 1 order for the buyer,
just as many sales for bricklink, sellers eat shipping or build into the price.

Also, how about rare items? The user in the above thread was willing to pay
$$$ for it. Perhaps someone holding the said item wants just a few more dollars
that what is listed for sale. The buyer in the above thread could say I am willing
to pay $75 for the correct sw102. Then anyone with that figure could browse
the OPEN BIDS for such an item.

How would it work?

I upload my wanted list

lets just say 1000 part A, 2000 part B and 3000 Part C, I am willing to pay $X,
then sellers could elect to fulfill this order or not. The buyer can upload
all the requirements, price, shipping, ship by date etc. Sellers could offer
counters, maybe they could get everything for just a few $ more.

This is the summary to vote yes or no

"Bricklink please develop a method of completing transactions in which the BUYER
can dictate the ITEMS and TERMS and SELLERS can elect to fulfill such order or
offer COUNTERs. Once a SELLER elects to fulfill an order, it goes into the system
as Bricklink order XXXX and the terms are now the terms in dictated in the open
bid"

Thanks

Ken
Brick It Yourself
 Author: Mistress_Lisa View Messages Posted By Mistress_Lisa
 Posted: May 24, 2016 11:42
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  In Suggestions, My_Precious writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

If someone has no credit and no debit/credit card linked to their account only
a bank account, then there is basically a delay whilst paypal waits for the money
from the bank, they won't give you it until it clears so it can take a while.

I've only had it on one small order before and someone else said paypal onsite
was trying to send an e cheque until they noticed and stopped it.

I'm not sure if you can setup a paypal account to not accept e cheque at
all?


I don't mind accepting e-checks, nothing against this form of payment.

The problem is Bricklink saying an order is paid and removing a NPB when that
is not the case.

I agree with Ken. The order is not actually paid until the funds are in my account.
Also, Paypal does not provide you with the customer's address until the funds
are cleared. And if you print labels through Paypal, then you must wait. So perhaps
there needs to be another status in the drop down menu. Perhaps 'Payment
on hold' is too long....maybe "Escrow"?

Along with the other suggestion I made to Admin of this in the drop down: "Leave
Order Open". I get annoyed when it says I have orders pending on my "My BrickLink"
page, when the customer has asked me to leave the order open. I don't want
to set it to "Processing" so the only other option is to leave it at "Pending".
But that makes it look as if I have not acknowledged the customer or order at
all, and that isn't the case.

Admin: please add these two options to Order Status!

Thank you,

Lisa at Brick Dungeon
 Author: Aanchir View Messages Posted By Aanchir
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 4878  Name: Rahaga Bomonga
* 
4878-1 (Inv) Rahaga Bomonga
28 Parts, 2005
Sets: BIONICLE: Rahaga

* Add 1 Part 50899b Dark Bluish Gray Bionicle Rhotuka Spinner, Solid Color - With Code on Side (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 1 Part Flat Silver 50899b Bionicle Rhotuka Spinner, Solid Color - With Code on Side {match ID 0 to 1}
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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In Suggestions, My_Precious writes:
  In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

If someone has no credit and no debit/credit card linked to their account only
a bank account, then there is basically a delay whilst paypal waits for the money
from the bank, they won't give you it until it clears so it can take a while.

I've only had it on one small order before and someone else said paypal onsite
was trying to send an e cheque until they noticed and stopped it.

I'm not sure if you can setup a paypal account to not accept e cheque at
all?


I don't mind accepting e-checks, nothing against this form of payment.

The problem is Bricklink saying an order is paid and removing a NPB when that
is not the case.
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

If someone has no credit and no debit/credit card linked to their account only
a bank account, then there is basically a delay whilst paypal waits for the money
from the bank, they won't give you it until it clears so it can take a while.

I've only had it on one small order before and someone else said paypal onsite
was trying to send an e cheque until they noticed and stopped it.

I'm not sure if you can setup a paypal account to not accept e cheque at
all?
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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself

In the mean time, until The world class development team can get around to testing
their enhancements; disable PayPal Onsite.

Problem fixed.

Let someone else be the guinea pig.
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Please do not allow an order to auto-update to "paid" when a member pays via
on-site payment with an e-check. The order is not paid for yet, the buyer has
only initiated payment.

This particular case lifted a NPB, but the buyer has not paid. Now, if the e-check
bounces, I will have to start the NPB all over again.

Again, when people pay via an e-check, via paypal, using on-site payment, the
system automatically marks the order as paid.

Please fix this bug.

Thanks,

Ken
Brick It Yourself
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: May 24, 2016 08:40
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Hello,

Sorry if I am missing something here, but when I search for 92903, both in Catalog
and All Items, the part 6005 does come up as the result.

Also, when seaching by part number, always add a * after the number. That will
return all the 'a' 'b' and 'c' variants and patterned
parts, etc.

Try the difference between 4085 and 4085* in a Catalog search, and you will see
what I mean.

Good luck,
Jen


In Suggestions, KingAlanI writes:
  http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=6005
The catalog page URL for a part follows this format. Putting an alternate part
number gets page not found. Could it redirect to the main part number?
Also, if a part has variations, sometimes the main number leads to page not found
instead of undetermined type.
This is a problem for me when selling used parts and looking them up by the number
on the part.
 Author: Jan_K View Messages Posted By Jan_K
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In Suggestions, gcarter03 writes:

  Regardless of how old this thread is, these sort of things give the perception
of Bricklinkers being immature as a whole.

  As already stated once posted things don't die online, this thread is one
example of that (being over 5 years old and still here even though over 6 months
old is supposed to be purged).

[This purge rule does not apply to post with the "Suggestions" topic.]

  There is still a lot of immaturity in forum even 5 years later. I rarely post
anymore because I don't want to contribute to the lack of maturity.

Believe it or not - with this post, you're doing exactly what you complain
about at the same time:
Publicly bashing the complete community is just as immature as the rest you seem
to have issues with.

Just sayin'...
Jan
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70107  Name: Skunk Attack
* 
70107-1 (Inv) Skunk Attack
87 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 5 Gear, 2013
Sets: LEGENDS OF CHIMA

* Change 1 Part Dark Brown {4497u Minifig, Weapon Pike / Spear - Undetermined End to 93789 Minifig, Weapon Pike / Spear - Flat End}

Comments from Submitter:
Online video and photo evidence shows only the flat end version of the spear.
 Author: KingAlanI View Messages Posted By KingAlanI
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http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=6005
The catalog page URL for a part follows this format. Putting an alternate part
number gets page not found. Could it redirect to the main part number?
Also, if a part has variations, sometimes the main number leads to page not found
instead of undetermined type.
This is a problem for me when selling used parts and looking them up by the number
on the part.
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Regardless of how old this thread is, these sort of things give the perception
of Bricklinkers being immature as a whole.

As already stated once posted things don't die online, this thread is one
example of that (being over 5 years old and still here even though over 6 months
old is supposed to be purged).

There is still a lot of immaturity in forum even 5 years later. I rarely post
anymore because I don't want to contribute to the lack of maturity.

I love Bricklink. I want to see it grow and thrive even more than it is now.
Keep up the good work and build on.

In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
  This is the oldest bump I've ever seen. 5-1/4 years!

In Suggestions, gcarter03 writes:
  Did I just time warp back to grade school?

Not sure what this all about but all of this makes us look like an immature group
of people.

What ever happened to "to each, his own" or "Live and let live"? If someone
says something meant to be offensive, I don't care, I move on.

Can we get back to selling and buying Lego now?
 Author: rikitikitaviguy View Messages Posted By rikitikitaviguy
 Posted: May 23, 2016 22:13
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Hmmmm...

Were you even around then? You might have just been a 'baby Bricklinker'...

LM


In Suggestions, ScootersBricks writes:
  A message or email to the poster would be an excellent compromise. Basically
a PM that says, "you have been banned from the forum for x days due to reason:"
If you have any questions please refer to our forum rules at (link). I doubt
many members get banned on a daily basis so it would add a minute or two of work
but may save a lot of time from threads like this.

Public display of the reason? Heck no. In the last community I ran (30k users
and up to 300 active at once) any staff action that a member didn't agree
with made some members feel they get a short term free reign to break any rule,
because "if the staff member messed up we can too." Better to keep punishment
private but disclosed to the poster to allow him or her to learn and grow from
the experience.
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Time to check the date of the messages eh?

LM


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A message or email to the poster would be an excellent compromise. Basically
a PM that says, "you have been banned from the forum for x days due to reason:"
If you have any questions please refer to our forum rules at (link). I doubt
many members get banned on a daily basis so it would add a minute or two of work
but may save a lot of time from threads like this.

Public display of the reason? Heck no. In the last community I ran (30k users
and up to 300 active at once) any staff action that a member didn't agree
with made some members feel they get a short term free reign to break any rule,
because "if the staff member messed up we can too." Better to keep punishment
private but disclosed to the poster to allow him or her to learn and grow from
the experience.
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This is the oldest bump I've ever seen. 5-1/4 years!

In Suggestions, gcarter03 writes:
  Did I just time warp back to grade school?

Not sure what this all about but all of this makes us look like an immature group
of people.

What ever happened to "to each, his own" or "Live and let live"? If someone
says something meant to be offensive, I don't care, I move on.

Can we get back to selling and buying Lego now?
 Author: legoman77 View Messages Posted By legoman77
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In Suggestions, gcarter03 writes:
  Did I just time warp back to grade school?

Not sure what this all about but all of this makes us look like an immature group
of people.

What ever happened to "to each, his own" or "Live and let live"? If someone
says something meant to be offensive, I don't care, I move on.

Can we get back to selling and buying Lego now?

You do realize that this was over 5 years ago? Things were a bit different then.
Also there is an off topic and other subjects in the forum that do not always
relate to selling. There were different things going on then and there are now....well
maybe not.
I do not know why this very old tread was reintroduced anyway.
John P
  
In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
  This is an honest suggestion and I am not being a whiner or being snide. I would
appreciate the powers that be at least consider this.
If banning is a punishment only then there is no reason to change. But banning
can be a teaching experience only. All of a sudden I found out I was banned
with no explanation until I asked. At least one of my cohorts in crime was not
answered when he asked and I consider this very rude.
It appears that banning is for punishment only and there is no proceeder to let
those that are banned know why.
I suggest that the reason for banning should be sent to the offender. Not only
this, post in the forum when someone is banned and the specific reason that person
is banned. Then all members of bricklink that read the forum will know why and
can learn from that and also not make the same mistakes the poster does. In
any organization teaching is far more important than punishment.
I also suggest that it would take two moderators to agree to ban someone. I
can see that a person that has the power to ban might do it for personal or business
reasons. I am not at all saying that happened in my case but it would prevent
that from ever happening. Banning interferes with running a store and selling
and if there could be personal reasons or lack of any kind of education as to
why is inappropriate two moderators might make it a bit more fair. Discussion
between mods might prevent an abuse of power.
In short educate not just punish.
John P
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In Suggestions, rikitikitaviguy writes:
  I remember it...I posted in it too although off thread topic.

John was still selling (buy, never sell ) Troy was overseer, and Gary I. wasn't
banned from selling...

LM


n Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  
  
Because posting it in public will not be educational. It also has nothing to
do with questioning my authority. All it will get us is a 150 post long thread
where supporters of each side argue their case about why someone should or should
not have been banned.



lol, was looking at this suggestion from a few years ago


trying to prevent 150 post threads is like trying block the sun...

Nothing on the internet ever dies. What a good memory.
I wonder if I can be snide now Troy is no longer a moderator.
John P
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I remember it...I posted in it too although off thread topic.

John was still selling (buy, never sell ) Troy was overseer, and Gary I. wasn't
banned from selling...

LM


n Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
  
  
Because posting it in public will not be educational. It also has nothing to
do with questioning my authority. All it will get us is a 150 post long thread
where supporters of each side argue their case about why someone should or should
not have been banned.



lol, was looking at this suggestion from a few years ago


trying to prevent 150 post threads is like trying block the sun...
 Author: TakeAbricK View Messages Posted By TakeAbricK
 Posted: May 23, 2016 13:33
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In Inventories Requests, rbgeddes writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 258  Name: Zoo with Baseboard
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258-1 (Inv) Zoo with Baseboard
467 Parts, 1976
Sets: Building Set with People: Zoo

* Change {17 to 16} Part White 3001old Brick 2 x 4 without Cross Supports

Comments from Submitter:
I've just obtained this set in virtually new condition. There are only 16 of this piece. One is in the large elephant and 15 in the white stand where the gorilla is. See pages 2 and 5 of the instructions. Based on the positions of this piece in the gorilla stand as shown in the instructions, this part of the model physically can only be built with a maximum 15 of this piece.

Hi,

I bought this set, boxed and with all parts present and in shiney condition,
about 8 years ago. I also build the whole set back then and after that I checked
the BL inventory. My set really has 17 white bricks 3001old. I still remember
I had some problems building that stand with gorilla's, so I tried again.
The building instruction is very difficult at this point, it doesn't show
all steps and it doesn't show all bricks. You really need other pictures
on the box to get it done, and even then ...

I tried and I tried and I tried for over half an hour to build a solid stand
with only 15 2x4 bricks, but it doesn't work for me. Did you actually build
the stand / set?

Imo the set inventory is correct. Another note: There are several other building
idea's in the Instruction / on the box that you also have to be able to build
with the bricks inside (instead of the Zoo that is). Please also keep that in
mind when checking an Inventory.

Kind regards,
Diana
 Author: Made_In_Bricks View Messages Posted By Made_In_Bricks
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Because posting it in public will not be educational. It also has nothing to
do with questioning my authority. All it will get us is a 150 post long thread
where supporters of each side argue their case about why someone should or should
not have been banned.



lol, was looking at this suggestion from a few years ago


trying to prevent 150 post threads is like trying block the sun...
 Author: KingAlanI View Messages Posted By KingAlanI
 Posted: May 23, 2016 00:40
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After listing an item, there are five links shown under "From here you can:"
They all have their uses, but I would like to see "Add a different Part in the
same color to your inventory".
 Author: welo999 View Messages Posted By welo999
 Posted: May 22, 2016 09:20
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 7570  Name: The Ostrich Race
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7570-1 (Inv) The Ostrich Race
156 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Prince of Persia

* Add 2 Part 4497 Pearl Light Gray Minifig, Weapon Pike / Spear - Round End (match ID 4)
* Delete 2 Part 4497u Pearl Light Gray Minifig, Weapon Pike / Spear - Undetermined End (match ID 4)

Comments from Submitter:
Found 4497 (spear with round end) in 4 sealed sets. Should replace the listed undetermined type
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: May 22, 2016 08:24
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Thanks for catching this!
Jen


In Inventories Requests, paulvdb writes:
  Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70411  Name: Treasure Island
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70411-1 (Inv) Treasure Island
167 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2015
Sets: Pirates: Pirates III

* Change 1 Part Blue 11213 Plate, Round 6 x 6 with Hole {match ID 1 to 0}
* Change 1 Part Dark Blue 2551 Boat, 14 x 5 x 2 with Oarlocks and 2 Hollow Inside Studs {match ID 0 to 1}

Comments from Submitter:
Looks like something went wrong with the assigning of Match IDs in this inventory.
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70411  Name: Treasure Island
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70411-1 (Inv) Treasure Island
167 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2015
Sets: Pirates: Pirates III

* Change 1 Part Blue 11213 Plate, Round 6 x 6 with Hole {match ID 1 to 0}
* Change 1 Part Dark Blue 2551 Boat, 14 x 5 x 2 with Oarlocks and 2 Hollow Inside Studs {match ID 0 to 1}

Comments from Submitter:
Looks like something went wrong with the assigning of Match IDs in this inventory.
 Author: ricecake View Messages Posted By ricecake
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 11909  Name: Parts for NINJAGO - Build Your Own Adventure (Books b15njo07 / b15njo07nl)
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11909-1 (Inv) Parts for NINJAGO - Build Your Own Adventure (Books b15njo07 / b15njo07nl)
70 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2015
Sets: NINJAGO: Rebooted

* Add 1 Part 4073 Pearl Gold Plate, Round 1 x 1 Straight Side (Extra)

Comments from Submitter:
I purchased and received this set (I previously inventoried the set based on the parts list from a Youtube video review).
 Author: therobo View Messages Posted By therobo
 Posted: May 21, 2016 09:20
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 75060  Name: Slave I - UCS
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75060-1 (Inv) Slave I - UCS
1984 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2015
Sets: Star Wars: Ultimate Collector Series: Star Wars Episode 4/5/6

* Add 1 Part 75060stk01c (Not Applicable) Sticker for Set 75060 - International Version (Correct Print 'tractor' - (18741/6132160) (Alternate) (match ID 2)
* Add 1 Part 75060stk01d (Not Applicable) Sticker for Set 75060 - North American Version (Correct Print 'tractor' - (18743/6132161) (Alternate) (match ID 2)
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: May 21, 2016 05:42
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Hi Admin,

Please add a link to sent invoices in My Messages under Outbox:
http://www.bricklink.com/myMsg.asp.

Sent invoices are already visible: http://www.bricklink.com/myMsg.asp?a=o&v=7
FigBits discovery, see post: http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=975326
Thanks again FigBits.

Thanks.
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 70411  Name: Treasure Island
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70411-1 (Inv) Treasure Island
167 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2015
Sets: Pirates: Pirates III

* Add 1 Part 21301 Dark Blue Boat, 14 x 5 x 2 with Oarlocks without Hollow Inside Studs (Alternate) (match ID 1)

Comments from Submitter:
Source: Sealed Set

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