Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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Putting aside all the posts that say it wont work, I think it is a great idea.
It will not stop 100% of all the scammers but it will stop at least 95% (like
you said). Yes, as one poster said, coming up with an idea that would stop 100%
of the scammers of course would be better but to stop 95% with just one simple
change like this would be great.
Here are just 3 thoughts as to why I think your idea would work great at stopping
95% of the scum scammers:
1, Scammers like to make their money fast and disappear. Needing 10 FB's
would cause them to have to wait until they placed 10 orders, receive invoices
and pay for all 10, and then wait until they receive their needed 10 FB's
from 10 sellers. This would take more time and effort them most scammers would
be willing to spend.
2, Going along with the #1 above, scammers like to set up one fake account take
as many suckers as they can then disappear as that seller and then open up different
fake account, scam some more suckers, etc. They cant do that with out waiting
for those 10 feedbacks for every account they open. Also, for every false account
they open they will need a real address for each fake account or they will not
be getting any of their orders. Some of those orders will be returned which will
also start to raise flags.
3, Scammers DO NOT like to spend their own money, they only want to take ours.
Even if they only place 10 cent orders the postage will still be at least around
lets say $2.50 so times that by 10 equals at least 26.00 bucks.
Jim
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 13:05 | | Subject: | Marker to show stores that have items listed. | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| This would help in searching for scammers, no stock, no immediate problem.
Many scammers launch quickly with stock as they need fast orders, payments and
then leave.
If we could see this on the members listings along with the squares denoting
buyer and / or seller it would allow these to be checked first rather than wade
through them all.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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What is stopping them from making a few fake seller accounts and "selling" themselves
some fake stuff and giving themselves feedback for it?
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They can’t create those “few fake seller accounts” because these accounts also
would need to buy before starting selling.
If you can’t create one seller account before having bought, you can’t create
10 more.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 12:24 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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What is stopping them from making a few fake seller accounts and "selling" themselves
some fake stuff and giving themselves feedback for it?
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Proprietor writes:
| | I thought the implementation of on-site payments was supposed to help in some
way. Was it only by requiring Paypal for new sellers? We know that's no
guarantee.
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I'm pretty sure it is, actually. If the purchase qualifies for buyer protection,
the buyer is protected (regardless of whether Paypal can successfully recover
the funds or not). They changed their terms while back.
| | Wonder if there's a way for BL to work with PP so that new BL
sellers have their funds held at PP for a number of days until buyers confirm
receipt. And maybe it needs to be receipt by buyers who have a minimum of X
feedback or Y years of membership, so it's not sham buyers validating delivery.
Question is whether the burden dissuades more legit new sellers than it thwarts
shams. Considering the surplus of sellers here, I'd think it worth a try.
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Having an escrow-type way to hold funds was part of the plan that was rolled
out at the summit in Chicago a year and a half ago. When BL discussed it on the
forum, a lot of people on the forum complained very loudly that it was a terrible
idea, and we haven't heard a lot about it since then. It's too bad, because
I thought (and still think) that it's a fantastic idea. (A side benefit of
it is that BL could LOWER our Paypal fees, as well.)
--
Marc.
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| Author: | udenbricks | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, udenbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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I dont think this will work, it is very easy to make some fake accounts and
buy 10 times and give 10 x feedback.
Maybe it is possible to add a sort of "verified account" status.
Only if an account is verified they can sell.
Or only If they are verified a red flag turns in a green flag. As long as a seller
has a red flag every buyer in that shop gets a popup at checkout with warnings
to be carefull before purchasing.
A group of "certified" volunteers can verify all the adress and account-info
before turning it into a green flag. With every adress or account change a seller
must go through the process of verifying again. (to prefend hackers or accounts
taken over by other persons)
Subscribe me as a volunteer.
regards,
Nico
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The whole point of starting from 10 successful buying transaction is that they
cannot start multiple seller accounts to gain feedback.
Also isn't it better to make a scammer jump through some obstacles before
being able to scam? this suggestion makes the seller do some work to gain access
to selling where NOW he can just scam, if it doesn't work he opens a new
account and starts again- so easy. having to make 10 purchases will make the
person get a paypal account (most scammers don't have PP they ask for wire
transfers)
This idea is good because it is simple to implement- it won't solve the problem
100%- but will over 90%
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I agree with you, your idea is great.
But why not going for 99,8% instead of 90%
I've seen scammers do more for less effort.
Also here on Bricklin; making several accounts, buying from each other for several
weeks and then at a sudden they sell the "If it seems too good to be true, it
probably is" things
My 2 Euro
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 12:10 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | The whole point of starting from 10 successful buying transaction is that they
cannot start multiple seller accounts to gain feedback.
Also isn't it better to make a scammer jump through some obstacles before
being able to scam? this suggestion makes the seller do some work to gain access
to selling where NOW he can just scam, if it doesn't work he opens a new
account and starts again- so easy. having to make 10 purchases will make the
person get a paypal account (most scammers don't have PP they ask for wire
transfers)
This idea is good because it is simple to implement- it won't solve the problem
100%- but will over 90%
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The risk is that for the scammers who put in that extra work, their account now
looks a lot more trustworthy, so when they move on to the scam, they are a lot
more likely to be successful at it. Ebay had a similar problem (I don't know
if they still do) -- sellers would sell a few dozen items for a penny, take
the loss, and then when their account looked great, with lots of praising feedback,
they'd flip it into a scam.
--
Marc.
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Proprietor writes:
| | I thought the implementation of on-site payments was supposed to help in some
way. Was it only by requiring Paypal for new sellers? We know that's no
guarantee. Wonder if there's a way for BL to work with PP so that new BL
sellers have their funds held at PP for a number of days until buyers confirm
receipt. And maybe it needs to be receipt by buyers who have a minimum of X
feedback or Y years of membership, so it's not sham buyers validating delivery.
Question is whether the burden dissuades more legit new sellers than it thwarts
shams. Considering the surplus of sellers here, I'd think it worth a try.
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I'd agree with you BUT the normal scam is that the new sellers claim to have
a PP account and then tell the buyers to send the money through wire transfers/western
union/other methods that cannot be circumvented...
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| Author: | Proprietor | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 11:23 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I thought the implementation of on-site payments was supposed to help in some
way. Was it only by requiring Paypal for new sellers? We know that's no
guarantee. Wonder if there's a way for BL to work with PP so that new BL
sellers have their funds held at PP for a number of days until buyers confirm
receipt. And maybe it needs to be receipt by buyers who have a minimum of X
feedback or Y years of membership, so it's not sham buyers validating delivery.
Question is whether the burden dissuades more legit new sellers than it thwarts
shams. Considering the surplus of sellers here, I'd think it worth a try.
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 10:20 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, udenbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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I dont think this will work, it is very easy to make some fake accounts and
buy 10 times and give 10 x feedback.
Maybe it is possible to add a sort of "verified account" status.
Only if an account is verified they can sell.
Or only If they are verified a red flag turns in a green flag. As long as a seller
has a red flag every buyer in that shop gets a popup at checkout with warnings
to be carefull before purchasing.
A group of "certified" volunteers can verify all the adress and account-info
before turning it into a green flag. With every adress or account change a seller
must go through the process of verifying again. (to prefend hackers or accounts
taken over by other persons)
Subscribe me as a volunteer.
regards,
Nico
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The whole point of starting from 10 successful buying transaction is that they
cannot start multiple seller accounts to gain feedback.
Also isn't it better to make a scammer jump through some obstacles before
being able to scam? this suggestion makes the seller do some work to gain access
to selling where NOW he can just scam, if it doesn't work he opens a new
account and starts again- so easy. having to make 10 purchases will make the
person get a paypal account (most scammers don't have PP they ask for wire
transfers)
This idea is good because it is simple to implement- it won't solve the problem
100%- but will over 90%
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 10:04 | | Subject: | Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:
| | It would be very helpful if you could include some horizontal lines (and possibly
an alternating light background shade) on the "Orders Placed" page between the
listed orders so the eye can easily track from the order number on the left to
the Status & Feedback fields to ensure buyers are changing the Status and adding
feedback to the correct order.
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Agree. I still don't understand the new BL's love for contrasting white
with extremely light gray. This applies to set inventories, part-outs, etc. as
well. It's hard to enough to sell Lego just having to figure out Light Gray,
Light Bluish Gray, Pearl Light Gray, Flat Silver...!
This tracking from left to right that you describe has become a kind of bottleneck
in my otherwise smoothly automated selling routine. It's a potential cause
for mistakes, it's tedious and there's no reason for it to be that way.
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I can see each order without any issues.
Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?
Paul
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I do also see the alternating shades for each line. However, this doesn't
do a lot to avoid the issue of having to scroll horizontally (and potentially
losing track of what line we are looking at).
There are a few ways this could be fixed. I think the first thing would be to
let each order take up 2 lines. Even though this would take up more vertical
space, vertical scrolling is MUCH better than horizontal scrolling on a webpage.
Second, all of the editable fields and button should be grouped together. We
shouldn't need to scroll all the way over to click the feedback button
or add a tracking number. Anything interactive should be on the left, so we know
it all belongs to the same order, and the non-interactive info (the dates, the
payment type, the grand total) can be off to the side a bit. Better yet, let
us arrange the columns however we like.
And third, a lot of this should be editable on the Order Details screen. That
way, we have a single order up, we can see exactly what is in the order, making
it really easy to enter information like shipping cost, tracking number, and
leaving feedback (and knowing for sure that we are entering this on the right
order).
--
Marc.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 08:53 | | Subject: | Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:
| | It would be very helpful if you could include some horizontal lines (and possibly
an alternating light background shade) on the "Orders Placed" page between the
listed orders so the eye can easily track from the order number on the left to
the Status & Feedback fields to ensure buyers are changing the Status and adding
feedback to the correct order.
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Agree. I still don't understand the new BL's love for contrasting white
with extremely light gray. This applies to set inventories, part-outs, etc. as
well. It's hard to enough to sell Lego just having to figure out Light Gray,
Light Bluish Gray, Pearl Light Gray, Flat Silver...!
This tracking from left to right that you describe has become a kind of bottleneck
in my otherwise smoothly automated selling routine. It's a potential cause
for mistakes, it's tedious and there's no reason for it to be that way.
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I can see each order without any issues.
Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?
Paul
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Hmm, I will check, thanks. Well, I guess I can "see" it, but it does involve
some frequent frowning and since my screen is 60 cm wide it's not immediately
clear at first glance. I mean, it only takes me 2 seconds to figure out who paid,
but if if they did something about the layout it could be clear to me in 0.1
second instead of 2 and I would have more overview. (An option to turn on colour-coding
the entire line would be helpful for me, for example when a buyer marks an order
as paid). It's no immediate problem, but I do experience it as the least
smooth part of the routine that could be improved easily.
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| Author: | WhiteVanMan | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 08:43 | | Subject: | Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:
| | It would be very helpful if you could include some horizontal lines (and possibly
an alternating light background shade) on the "Orders Placed" page between the
listed orders so the eye can easily track from the order number on the left to
the Status & Feedback fields to ensure buyers are changing the Status and adding
feedback to the correct order.
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Agree. I still don't understand the new BL's love for contrasting white
with extremely light gray. This applies to set inventories, part-outs, etc. as
well. It's hard to enough to sell Lego just having to figure out Light Gray,
Light Bluish Gray, Pearl Light Gray, Flat Silver...!
This tracking from left to right that you describe has become a kind of bottleneck
in my otherwise smoothly automated selling routine. It's a potential cause
for mistakes, it's tedious and there's no reason for it to be that way.
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I can see each order without any issues.
Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?
Paul
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 08:38 | | Subject: | Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:
| | It would be very helpful if you could include some horizontal lines (and possibly
an alternating light background shade) on the "Orders Placed" page between the
listed orders so the eye can easily track from the order number on the left to
the Status & Feedback fields to ensure buyers are changing the Status and adding
feedback to the correct order.
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Agree. I still don't understand the new BL's love for contrasting white
with extremely light gray. This applies to set inventories, part-outs, etc. as
well. It's hard to enough to sell Lego just having to figure out Light Gray,
Light Bluish Gray, Pearl Light Gray, Flat Silver...!
This tracking from left to right that you describe has become a kind of bottleneck
in my otherwise smoothly automated selling routine. It's a potential cause
for mistakes, it's tedious and there's no reason for it to be that way.
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| Author: | brisbane_qld | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 08:07 | | Subject: | Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Already Exists | |
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| It would be very helpful if you could include some horizontal lines (and possibly
an alternating light background shade) on the "Orders Placed" page between the
listed orders so the eye can easily track from the order number on the left to
the Status & Feedback fields to ensure buyers are changing the Status and adding
feedback to the correct order.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 07:51 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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How do you verify their address? They could easily buy a few penny parts and
have them shipped for minimal postage costs to a random address. Do that ten
times. They don't care if they arrive or not.
The first scam they do easily outweighs the costs of the postage to a false address.
Or they will buy pennies worth from stores, say sorry that they placed the order
by mistake and they'll pay for the parts anyway to compensate the seller
(and so the order doesn't actually cancel). That'll be 10 completed sales
for less than 50c.
Even worse, they'll scam sellers as buyers before scamming buyers as sellers.
They'll place 10 orders, get them, do their selling scams, get shut down
and then scam the original sellers by claiming non-receipt.
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| Author: | udenbricks | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 05:59 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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I dont think this will work, it is very easy to make some fake accounts and
buy 10 times and give 10 x feedback.
Maybe it is possible to add a sort of "verified account" status.
Only if an account is verified they can sell.
Or only If they are verified a red flag turns in a green flag. As long as a seller
has a red flag every buyer in that shop gets a popup at checkout with warnings
to be carefull before purchasing.
A group of "certified" volunteers can verify all the adress and account-info
before turning it into a green flag. With every adress or account change a seller
must go through the process of verifying again. (to prefend hackers or accounts
taken over by other persons)
Subscribe me as a volunteer.
regards,
Nico
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| Author: | wanderer101 | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 05:27 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WindyCity writes:
| | The only problem is not all sellers buy.It could take a while to get 10 feedback
if you don't buy much.
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Well they can buy somebody's Lego on sale to put in their store. I agree
with Heartbricker's suggestion. After all you should know something about
buying Lego and how to package etc. before selling it. Not to mention it would
be nice to know a few things about parts and colors too.
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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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| Author: | BricksShop | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 00:48 | | Subject: | Out-of-office message for shops | | Viewed: | 125 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Already Exists | |
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| Good morning,
In my normal life beside LEGO I have to travel a lot. During that time I am not
able to manage any orders and my children are to Young to do this Job alone.
Now I have two possibilities at Bricklink which are more or less OK:
a) closing the shop completely - my experience Shows that it takes again a few
days after my shop is re-opened to receive some orders
b) using the announcement in my Settings as a dismissable message. The message
Shows when I will be back to ship the orders. I am afraid that the buyers can
oversee this banner although it's with red Background.
My Suggestion is to have a out-of-Office message like you can have it at - sorry
for using it here - eBay with a Shop. The buyers can see the message that I am
out-of-Office and that there could be delay during the shipment. And in Addition
the buyers are getting an additional message to their order confirmation which
was generated by the System.
The Advantages are that there are two ways of Information of the "delay" for
shipment and that the late shipment is not negative for me (Feedback System at
eBay).
I know that I could Change the auto-Messages in my Settings - but I guess I will
Forget to delete this sentence after return.
Any comments are welcome.
Best regards from Paris (just on a Business trip),
Oliver.
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| Author: | MasterMinifigs | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2017 00:16 | | Subject: | Re: This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| The only problem is not all sellers buy.It could take a while to get 10 feedback
if you don't buy much.
In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 23:40 | | Subject: | This will reduce scammers by 95% | | Viewed: | 488 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.
The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.
I think this will work...
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| Author: | QA_Sheryl | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 17:51 | | Subject: | Re: Print option for the "wanted list" | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JayBeeOnline writes:
| | SUGGESTION:
In the "old" BL interface it was possible to print out the wanted lists.
This functionality hasn't been released in the "new" BL interface.
I would highly recommend that this could be implemented.
In a plain, simple, printer- friendly layout please...
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This issue has been added to the road map. For further tracking and status information
please refer to the Road Map Page: http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453.
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| Author: | nicobubulle | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 15:10 | | Subject: | Re: Scam awareness idea | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:
| | How about some safe buying advice on the loging page warning buyers of common
scams? I.E, brand new store with a massive inventory, lots of orders with no
feedback, prices too good to be true on rare, valuable and sought after items.
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Hello, I start to add notification on wanted list for modular building for 2weeks
and I spot 3 scammers... Bricklink should do something for this, it's easy
to spot them, it's the same : newbees so no feedback, low price on rare item.
There is no moderator ?
++ Nico
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| Author: | QA_Sheryl | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Exclude superlot items from Pricing Guide | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mjwest83 writes:
| | Please exclude all superlot entries from the Price Guide. There are too many
people who do superlots with one item for some insane price, then list all other
entries for a penny or something. That ends up screwing up the averages for everything
in the superlot. If superlot items were just excluded from the Pricing Guide,
then it won't prevent anyone from doing their preferred pricing, while not
harming the pricing averages.
Note that this even helps with other pricing strategies, as the general use is
to price the individual items lower than they otherwise would be, which still
screws up the averages.
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This issue has been added to the road map. For further tracking and status information
please refer to the Road Map Page: http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453
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| Author: | Geist | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 12:27 | | Subject: | Re: Put part numbers in checkout | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Cosy writes:
Hey Cosy! How's Callan?
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| Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 10:14 | | Subject: | Re: Put part numbers in checkout | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| +10!
Also make it a link, so when you are at checkout you can click the link and open
it in a new window to verify the item before you give the order a go.
In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Please add the part numbers to the checkout page.
Currently the checkout page only has the image, description, condition and the
condition notes. I prefer to verify my purchase at checkout and I am getting
the correct part numbers. I am unable to with the current checkout page layout.
Thank you,
Cob
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| Author: | Cob | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2017 09:09 | | Subject: | Put part numbers in checkout | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please add the part numbers to the checkout page.
Currently the checkout page only has the image, description, condition and the
condition notes. I prefer to verify my purchase at checkout and I am getting
the correct part numbers. I am unable to with the current checkout page layout.
Thank you,
Cob
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| Author: | Kenopolis | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 21:00 | | Subject: | Re: Personal Inventory Page for Buyers | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Or you could start a store, but keep it in closed status. (if you are not currently
a seller)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: PLEASE enable Payment at checkout | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Please make the site upgrade and enable payment at checkout. I have so many
buyers confused on what to do and how to pay. If they had the option to pay
at checkout it would be so much more streamlined and convenient for everyone.
I am fully prepared and ready to handle payment at checkout, I already give my
buyer the maximum they will be charged for shipping in my terms (and yes, I never
charge more than my terms state, even if I would lose money). Therefore, the
buyer already knows the cost of their order at checkout, why can't they pay
at checkout?
Cob
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“Discarded,” not “Implemented”….
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| Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 14:19 | | Subject: | Re: Print option for the "wanted list" | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JayBeeOnline writes:
| | SUGGESTION:
In the "old" BL interface it was possible to print out the wanted lists.
This functionality hasn't been released in the "new" BL interface.
I would highly recommend that this could be implemented.
In a plain, simple, printer- friendly layout please...
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Voted yes.
In my opinion, every page should be printer friendly.
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| Author: | WhiteVanMan | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | […]
I don't agree that a seller should be able to modify a listing date.
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Aren’t sellers already able to do that by removing the lot then creating a new
one?
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We can, but it takes time, and if I have the sheer amount that I have listed,
then it's a heck of a time consuming thing to do, so it's not feasible.
| | | | I do agree that the listing date does not need to be shown on the buyer's
WL data though.
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Yes, I don’t see what it could be good for as it adds no information for the
buyer. (The lot may be old but the parts just added, or vice versa.)
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Exactly what I am trying to convey, because such a showing of that data does
tend to imply that a part has been 'unsold' within my store since that
date, and I'm not adding more stuff, where in fact I have been.
The data should be updated to show when the listing of the part was 'added
to' with more stock, rather than having new notifications being sent each
time a store's inventory gets 'churned', which doesn't give a
proper level playing field.
(I've not used BrickStock or anything else like it, so for anyone to suggest
that I should do that, doesn't help as it means that more of my time is wasted)
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| Author: | bb692692 | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | […]
I don't agree that a seller should be able to modify a listing date.
|
Aren’t sellers already able to do that by removing the lot then creating a new
one?
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Yes, and if you "churn" inventory, downloading all, editing, and re-uploading,
all the dates change to the re-upload date. We do this every 6 months or so
to update pricing, so the dates are irrelevant.
OOO_Shiny
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| Author: | JayBeeOnline | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 12:28 | | Subject: | Print option for the "wanted list" | | Viewed: | 108 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Implemented | |
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| SUGGESTION:
In the "old" BL interface it was possible to print out the wanted lists.
This functionality hasn't been released in the "new" BL interface.
I would highly recommend that this could be implemented.
In a plain, simple, printer- friendly layout please...
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | […]
I don't agree that a seller should be able to modify a listing date.
|
Aren’t sellers already able to do that by removing the lot then creating a new
one?
| | I do agree that the listing date does not need to be shown on the buyer's
WL data though.
|
Yes, I don’t see what it could be good for as it adds no information for the
buyer. (The lot may be old but the parts just added, or vice versa.)
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mandr writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, mandr writes:
| | In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | Hi.
Is there any real reason WHY the date is shown when an item is listed within
a stores' inventory?
I've kept the option on when I've sold out of an item, it's retained
within my store's inventory, so that when I add more stuff, I know that of
the 2 listings that I have for that particular item (used and new), the USED
listing is always above the new, ensuring that I don't add used stock to
the NEW listing.
I can't understand why this option is there, but it does seem strange, because
when I'd first listed an item within my inventory 4 years ago, and have since
added more of that kind in the years between then and now, but to a Newbie buyer,
it will give the impression that my NEW stock is 4-6 years old, whereas it could
actually be 2 days old!
Can this feature be given the option of being updateable when new stock is actually
added to the retained listing?
Regards,
Paul
|
I would agree with this suggestion as this has caused me problems as well in
so far as the "Newest Items" button in the store does not show that I've
just recently added new items because the listing date is so old. I like the
"Newest Items" button, but it doesn't show the newest items published in
the store if the listing date is old (well it shows them, but way way way down!).
For example: I'm selling sets, and I listed them in my inventory about a
year ago, so they have the original listing date. However, it might be 6 months
or a year before I actually make the set available in my store (as I'm double-checking
it, etc.). When I finally get around to putting it in my store, if a customer
were to click "Newest Items" to see what I've recently put in my store, they
don't see the item because it has an old listing date. So I have to delete
the item from my inventory, and re-enter it.
|
That is not the same issue as Paul mentioned. Showing the date in WL is a new
function however BL has always AFAIK used the 1st listed date to sort inventory
displayed to a buyer in new store listings. Also if you retain lots then add
to them after selling out this will not prompt a notify message as a new listing
does.
Robert
|
Maybe I completely misunderstood. I do get that his issue is different than
my scenario, but I thought his solution to his issue is to allow the seller to
modify the listing date, in which case, it would solve my issue? Or have
I misunderstood? I would like to modify the listing date because I'd prefer
it to be the date when I actually send out the notifications, which is the date
that I've made it available in my store.
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I don't agree that a seller should be able to modify a listing date.
I do agree that the listing date does not need to be shown on the buyer's
WL data though.
Robert
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| Author: | mandr | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, mandr writes:
| | In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | Hi.
Is there any real reason WHY the date is shown when an item is listed within
a stores' inventory?
I've kept the option on when I've sold out of an item, it's retained
within my store's inventory, so that when I add more stuff, I know that of
the 2 listings that I have for that particular item (used and new), the USED
listing is always above the new, ensuring that I don't add used stock to
the NEW listing.
I can't understand why this option is there, but it does seem strange, because
when I'd first listed an item within my inventory 4 years ago, and have since
added more of that kind in the years between then and now, but to a Newbie buyer,
it will give the impression that my NEW stock is 4-6 years old, whereas it could
actually be 2 days old!
Can this feature be given the option of being updateable when new stock is actually
added to the retained listing?
Regards,
Paul
|
I would agree with this suggestion as this has caused me problems as well in
so far as the "Newest Items" button in the store does not show that I've
just recently added new items because the listing date is so old. I like the
"Newest Items" button, but it doesn't show the newest items published in
the store if the listing date is old (well it shows them, but way way way down!).
For example: I'm selling sets, and I listed them in my inventory about a
year ago, so they have the original listing date. However, it might be 6 months
or a year before I actually make the set available in my store (as I'm double-checking
it, etc.). When I finally get around to putting it in my store, if a customer
were to click "Newest Items" to see what I've recently put in my store, they
don't see the item because it has an old listing date. So I have to delete
the item from my inventory, and re-enter it.
|
That is not the same issue as Paul mentioned. Showing the date in WL is a new
function however BL has always AFAIK used the 1st listed date to sort inventory
displayed to a buyer in new store listings. Also if you retain lots then add
to them after selling out this will not prompt a notify message as a new listing
does.
Robert
|
Maybe I completely misunderstood. I do get that his issue is different than
my scenario, but I thought his solution to his issue is to allow the seller to
modify the listing date, in which case, it would solve my issue? Or have
I misunderstood? I would like to modify the listing date because I'd prefer
it to be the date when I actually send out the notifications, which is the date
that I've made it available in my store.
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 11:17 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mandr writes:
| | In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | Hi.
Is there any real reason WHY the date is shown when an item is listed within
a stores' inventory?
I've kept the option on when I've sold out of an item, it's retained
within my store's inventory, so that when I add more stuff, I know that of
the 2 listings that I have for that particular item (used and new), the USED
listing is always above the new, ensuring that I don't add used stock to
the NEW listing.
I can't understand why this option is there, but it does seem strange, because
when I'd first listed an item within my inventory 4 years ago, and have since
added more of that kind in the years between then and now, but to a Newbie buyer,
it will give the impression that my NEW stock is 4-6 years old, whereas it could
actually be 2 days old!
Can this feature be given the option of being updateable when new stock is actually
added to the retained listing?
Regards,
Paul
|
I would agree with this suggestion as this has caused me problems as well in
so far as the "Newest Items" button in the store does not show that I've
just recently added new items because the listing date is so old. I like the
"Newest Items" button, but it doesn't show the newest items published in
the store if the listing date is old (well it shows them, but way way way down!).
For example: I'm selling sets, and I listed them in my inventory about a
year ago, so they have the original listing date. However, it might be 6 months
or a year before I actually make the set available in my store (as I'm double-checking
it, etc.). When I finally get around to putting it in my store, if a customer
were to click "Newest Items" to see what I've recently put in my store, they
don't see the item because it has an old listing date. So I have to delete
the item from my inventory, and re-enter it.
|
That is not the same issue as Paul mentioned. Showing the date in WL is a new
function however BL has always AFAIK used the 1st listed date to sort inventory
displayed to a buyer in new store listings. Also if you retain lots then add
to them after selling out this will not prompt a notify message as a new listing
does.
Robert
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| Author: | mandr | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | Hi.
Is there any real reason WHY the date is shown when an item is listed within
a stores' inventory?
I've kept the option on when I've sold out of an item, it's retained
within my store's inventory, so that when I add more stuff, I know that of
the 2 listings that I have for that particular item (used and new), the USED
listing is always above the new, ensuring that I don't add used stock to
the NEW listing.
I can't understand why this option is there, but it does seem strange, because
when I'd first listed an item within my inventory 4 years ago, and have since
added more of that kind in the years between then and now, but to a Newbie buyer,
it will give the impression that my NEW stock is 4-6 years old, whereas it could
actually be 2 days old!
Can this feature be given the option of being updateable when new stock is actually
added to the retained listing?
Regards,
Paul
|
I would agree with this suggestion as this has caused me problems as well in
so far as the "Newest Items" button in the store does not show that I've
just recently added new items because the listing date is so old. I like the
"Newest Items" button, but it doesn't show the newest items published in
the store if the listing date is old (well it shows them, but way way way down!).
For example: I'm selling sets, and I listed them in my inventory about a
year ago, so they have the original listing date. However, it might be 6 months
or a year before I actually make the set available in my store (as I'm double-checking
it, etc.). When I finally get around to putting it in my store, if a customer
were to click "Newest Items" to see what I've recently put in my store, they
don't see the item because it has an old listing date. So I have to delete
the item from my inventory, and re-enter it.
|
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| Author: | jenwick | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: Stats: Don't count buyer cancellations | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | I agree |
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 11:05 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | Hi.
Is there any real reason WHY the date is shown when an item is listed within
a stores' inventory?
|
I've asked the same question when it just got implemented.
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=987541
| | I've kept the option on when I've sold out of an item, it's retained
within my store's inventory, so that when I add more stuff, I know that of
the 2 listings that I have for that particular item (used and new), the USED
listing is always above the new, ensuring that I don't add used stock to
the NEW listing.
I can't understand why this option is there, but it does seem strange, because
when I'd first listed an item within my inventory 4 years ago, and have since
added more of that kind in the years between then and now, but to a Newbie buyer,
it will give the impression that my NEW stock is 4-6 years old, whereas it could
actually be 2 days old!
Can this feature be given the option of being updateable when new stock is actually
added to the retained listing?
Regards,
Paul
|
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| Author: | jenwick | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 10:59 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Paul,
I see. I have rarely used a wanted list. I have used this data in my inventory
to notice items that are not turning properly, so I like having it. I don't
see any need for a customer to see this information.
Jennifer
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 10:53 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jenwick writes:
| | Paul,
I believe that is for your information. I cannot see how long you have had an
item listed.
Jennifer
|
You can (see screenshot below).
I'm not really sure of the intended use, but I've used it once in a while.
If I notice someone has a bunch of an item that I've been looking for (but
don't recall getting a Wanted List notification for), I will look at this
data out of curiosity.
--
Marc.
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| Author: | WhiteVanMan | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 10:52 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jenwick writes:
| | Paul,
I believe that is for your information. I cannot see how long you have had an
item listed.
Jennifer
|
It's there, believe me.
Go to your wanted list.
select an item.
visit a store that has that item.
and you will see the date that item was 'added' to the store.
Regards,
Paul
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| Author: | jenwick | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 10:46 | | Subject: | Re: Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| Paul,
I believe that is for your information. I cannot see how long you have had an
item listed.
Jennifer
|
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| Author: | WhiteVanMan | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 10:40 | | Subject: | Date of parts listed within a store | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
|
| Hi.
Is there any real reason WHY the date is shown when an item is listed within
a stores' inventory?
I've kept the option on when I've sold out of an item, it's retained
within my store's inventory, so that when I add more stuff, I know that of
the 2 listings that I have for that particular item (used and new), the USED
listing is always above the new, ensuring that I don't add used stock to
the NEW listing.
I can't understand why this option is there, but it does seem strange, because
when I'd first listed an item within my inventory 4 years ago, and have since
added more of that kind in the years between then and now, but to a Newbie buyer,
it will give the impression that my NEW stock is 4-6 years old, whereas it could
actually be 2 days old!
Can this feature be given the option of being updateable when new stock is actually
added to the retained listing?
Regards,
Paul
|
|
| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2017 10:09 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Hi all,
New sellers are supposed to offer only “PayPal with Purchase Protection,”
or to be first vetted by BrickLink administration. ( http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2440
)
I’d suggest that the “not vetted” status of new sellers be made clearly visible,
so that buyers (especially unexperienced ones) would know to only use PayPal
with them (even if the seller has a “my Paypal is borken” excuse).
This idea first came as a “badge” showing vetted/non-vetted status but I don’t
think a tiny logo/link beside their username would do.
Maybe a more prominent information box (splash?) in their store would be more
useful.
That information would be shown until the store has “enough credit history” to
be able to use other payment methods (as the “vetted” sellers).
Thoughts?
|
It should simply be included in an automated message when someone makes a purchase
from a new store. They immediately get an email that includes something like:
The store you have purchased from is new to BrickLink. All new stores are
required to use Paypal Onsite, so that you can always be confident that your
purchase is safe.
After the seller updates the shipping cost for your order, please be sure to
pay by using the PAY button on the order details page (link). We want all of
your purchases on BrickLink to be safe and worry-free, and this will help ensure
that. If the seller contacts you to arrange an alternate payment method, please
forward their message to admin@bricklink.com or click the link below to alert
us, as this would be against BrickLink's seller terms.
--
Marc.
|
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 23:23 | | Subject: | Re: Stats: Don't count buyer cancellations | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I second this, I didn't even realize that was there. It's a trivial garbage
stat.
I'm about 70% seller / 30% buyer on BL and I wouldn't even look at that
stat when considering buying from a shop. I'm guessing most buyers are driven
by the only thing that matters to most people....price.
In Suggestions, calebfishn writes:
| | Any statistics about cancellations that do not include context are misleading
and worse than useless.
I am not in favour of this stat being generated, no matter who initiated the
cancellation - seller or buyer.
|
|
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 23:17 | | Subject: | Re: Stats: Don't count buyer cancellations | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| Any statistics about cancellations that do not include context are misleading
and worse than useless.
I am not in favour of this stat being generated, no matter who initiated the
cancellation - seller or buyer.
|
|
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 17:50 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I don't trust BL's vetting process enough for this to make any difference.
|
I agree.
I also see two problems.
Genuine new stores could well be discriminated against if they have a warning
on them. Will people be less wiling to buy just (not just be aware to pay with
paypal) because they have an unvetted badge.
Vetting a store makes it sound like they have BL's stamp of approval. If
they then go on to conduct fraud, is BL liable after telling buyers they have
been vetted?
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 17:47 | | Subject: | Re: Stats: Don't count buyer cancellations | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | […] Aren't
European sellers required to cancel upon request (until the full cost is shown
upfront)?
|
No “until whatever” there.
EU sellers are required to cancel upon request. Period.
No reason asked.
EU buyers have (at least¹) 14 days after reception to cancel (with total
refund (except the return shipping, if the seller explicitly said, before the
sale, it was for the buyers to pay)).
It applies to all distance sales (letter, phone, internet, whatever).
(Clue for the stoplisters: I’m just stating the law, not making a call to buy
and cancel every other day….)
¹ May be more:
Sellers can allow more.
If the delay ends on a saturday, sunday, or public holiday, it goes to the next
workable day.
Buyers who haven’t been told their rights have 12 months more. (Hello sellers
with incomplete terms….)
Now, the sellers don’t have to “cancel” on BrickLink… unless they want their
fees back 
| | What value is there in showing cancellations?
|
That question has been asked since this “feature” came…
|
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 17:14 | | Subject: | Re: Stats: Don't count buyer cancellations | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| It took me a bit to find this, though this stat seems meaningless. Aren't
European sellers required to cancel upon request (until the full cost is shown
upfront)? What value is there in showing cancellations?
In Suggestions, bagelboybugle writes:
| | On the feedback page we now have a part which says how many cancelled orders
a seller has
|
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| Author: | pdr507 | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 17:07 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I don't trust BL's vetting process enough for this to make any difference.
They seemly haven't shown that they take the fraud going on seriously.
I'm thinking on the lines of selling limits and maybe escrow services in
addition to some other security in place.
|
Wasn't this something that was supposed to come out of the 2015 BrickLink
Roundtable, both identifying verified sellers on their profile and some sort
of escrow (with instant checkout)? I can't recall exactly, and the recap
document has been deleted. I agree something should be done, but I have little
faith in anything being implemented anytime soon as these things have already
been promised.
|
|
| Author: | beleuco | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| I would rather have a link in the store to report a suspicious store and it would
be automatically suspended for enquiry if enough members reports it, that would
happen fast when suspicions are posted in the forum.
Once members reporting with total of 10K (or more) feedbacks combined, that would
trigger the enquiry and prevent buyers to access the store, it would also email
current buyers with order to not pay until this is resolved.
|
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| Author: | bagelboybugle | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 16:50 | | Subject: | Stats: Don't count buyer cancellations | | Viewed: | 189 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
|
| On the feedback page we now have a part which says how many cancelled orders
a seller has
The problem is, I look at that as a buyer and assume the seller cancelled it
and that makes me wobble a bit about buying.
Of course different people will see this number in different ways and alot of
folks wont even consider it at all.
So, I received an order and a couple of days later receive this email
"Thank you but I have sourced the parts from another seller with a different
order but he had stated at first he had none but it was I that was putting in
the wrong colour sorry to of wasted your time"
Fair enough, new user, small order, more than happy to cancel, its good customer
service
But, now, because of my willingness to be helpful I have this statistic on my
profile that suggests I cancel more than 5% of my orders and that makes me look
bad as a seller, my suggestion is simple:
Please consider either:
changing the cancellations counter so that it does not include circumstances
where the order has been cancelled by and OCR initiated by the buyer
OR (almost as good)
Seperate buyer and seller initiated cancellations so that buyers can make a more
educated choice as to whether a seller with lots of cancellations is providing
good customer service or is unreliable at fulfilling orders
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I don't trust BL's vetting process enough for this to make any difference.
They seemly haven't shown that they take the fraud going on seriously.
I'm thinking on the lines of selling limits and maybe escrow services in
addition to some other security in place.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 15:56 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tweegster writes:
| | […]
I think a image overlay over top the users profile photo would be the best. as
it would be easily seen and noticed.
|
Could work… except that to see see the profile when in the store, you need to
click on the (tiny) username¹ in the left corner or open their feedback history
page (via the even tinier number near their username). Not something new users
are prone to do.
(¹ I just realized that!)
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| Author: | tweegster | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 15:36 | | Subject: | Re: Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Hi all,
New sellers are supposed to offer only “PayPal with Purchase Protection,”
or to be first vetted by BrickLink administration. ( http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2440
)
I’d suggest that the “not vetted” status of new sellers be made clearly visible,
so that buyers (especially unexperienced ones) would know to only use PayPal
with them (even if the seller has a “my Paypal is borken” excuse).
This idea first came as a “badge” showing vetted/non-vetted status but I don’t
think a tiny logo/link beside their username would do.
Maybe a more prominent information box (splash?) in their store would be more
useful.
That information would be shown until the store has “enough credit history” to
be able to use other payment methods (as the “vetted” sellers).
Thoughts?
|
I think a image overlay over top the users profile photo would be the best. as
it would be easily seen and noticed.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 15:33 | | Subject: | Warn about non-vetted new sellers | | Viewed: | 270 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| Hi all,
New sellers are supposed to offer only “PayPal with Purchase Protection,”
or to be first vetted by BrickLink administration. ( http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2440
)
I’d suggest that the “not vetted” status of new sellers be made clearly visible,
so that buyers (especially unexperienced ones) would know to only use PayPal
with them (even if the seller has a “my Paypal is borken” excuse).
This idea first came as a “badge” showing vetted/non-vetted status but I don’t
think a tiny logo/link beside their username would do.
Maybe a more prominent information box (splash?) in their store would be more
useful.
That information would be shown until the store has “enough credit history” to
be able to use other payment methods (as the “vetted” sellers).
Thoughts?
|
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: Personal Inventory Page for Buyers | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Icabob writes:
| | I would like to catalog all the lego I have, but would rather not just compile
it on a wanted list. It would be awesome if there was a personal inventory page
for my own collection.
|
Second option is Rebrickable.com for your personal inventory.
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| Author: | Grego | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: Personal Inventory Page for Buyers | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, Icabob writes:
| | I would like to catalog all the lego I have, but would rather not just compile
it on a wanted list. It would be awesome if there was a personal inventory page
for my own collection.
|
There already is that option: it is called stockroom. Change your status from
buyer only to buyer/seller and keep your store closed ...you can maintain your
collection in stockrooms.
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| Author: | Icabob | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 11:04 | | Subject: | Personal Inventory Page for Buyers | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| I would like to catalog all the lego I have, but would rather not just compile
it on a wanted list. It would be awesome if there was a personal inventory page
for my own collection.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 04:12 | | Subject: | Re: More "Part Out Value" Information | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, JaydenIrwin writes:
| | I often check both the set value and part out value of a set before parting it
out. Why can't "Part Out Value" also show the average sales value of the
set as a whole too?
|
Part Out value is intended to be about parts, after parting out a set.
|
This. Sets are sets. If you want the set value, look at the price guide for the
set.
Also bear in mind that the part value can be way off what you will get for the
parts, depending on how fast you want a sale, how much inventory you have, what
country you are in, and how long the set has been released. Always check the
actual parts in the set (do a part out, but don't actually add to inventory)
as sometimes new parts that have only sold once or twice can really skew the
set part out value. Check the most expensive parts to see if the prices are realistic.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2017 00:17 | | Subject: | Re: More "Part Out Value" Information | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JaydenIrwin writes:
| | I often check both the set value and part out value of a set before parting it
out. Why can't "Part Out Value" also show the average sales value of the
set as a whole too?
|
Part Out value is intended to be about parts, after parting out a set.
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|
| Author: | Daragh | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2017 20:29 | | Subject: | Re: More "Part Out Value" Information | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| I think they mean you should only have to type the set number in once and get
the set part out value AND the set value in one go.
In Suggestions, OOO_Shiny writes:
| | In Suggestions, JaydenIrwin writes:
| | I often check both the set value and part out value of a set before parting it
out. Why can't "Part Out Value" also show the average sales value of the
set as a whole too?
|
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question. When you are on the Price Guide
page, where you key in the set number on the right side to get part out value,
look to the left side of the page, under "View Price Guide Info". The Item Type
drop down menu has an option for "Set". You can key in the set number and get
the price guide/average sales value of the set as a whole.
OOO_Shiny
Temporarily closed for expansion.
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| Author: | bb692692 | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2017 19:25 | | Subject: | Re: More "Part Out Value" Information | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, JaydenIrwin writes:
| | I often check both the set value and part out value of a set before parting it
out. Why can't "Part Out Value" also show the average sales value of the
set as a whole too?
|
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question. When you are on the Price Guide
page, where you key in the set number on the right side to get part out value,
look to the left side of the page, under "View Price Guide Info". The Item Type
drop down menu has an option for "Set". You can key in the set number and get
the price guide/average sales value of the set as a whole.
OOO_Shiny
Temporarily closed for expansion.
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| Author: | JaydenIrwin | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2017 19:20 | | Subject: | Less Color Spam | | Viewed: | 126 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| When the option to show colors as radio buttons is chosen, why can't the
page only show the known colors of the part, and have a "More Colors" button
to view all the LEGO colors?
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| Author: | JaydenIrwin | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2017 19:17 | | Subject: | More "Part Out Value" Information | | Viewed: | 137 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
|
| I often check both the set value and part out value of a set before parting it
out. Why can't "Part Out Value" also show the average sales value of the
set as a whole too?
|
|
| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2017 20:45 | | Subject: | Re: Automate multi store purchases | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bhim001 writes:
| | I think it would be great if users could enter a list of desired parts and bricklink
offered an automated search that could generate the shortest possible list of
suppliers (the fewest number of different stores) that would be able to supply
all the parts needed.
|
This already exists somewhat. It's the Wanted List feature. You can explore
it by clicking on the heart at the upper right side of your screen.
|
|
| Author: | bhim001 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2017 20:42 | | Subject: | Automate multi store purchases | | Viewed: | 120 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Already Exists | |
|
| Hi
I'm totally new to bricklink. Firstly thanks to all the people who make this
happen.
It's awesome!
One suggestion / request though...
We all know that shipping costs are the real killer when it comes to ordering
bricks. I recently purchased a bulk lot of used lego sets and had to order around
200 pieces that were missing. Ultimately I had to order parts from about 7 different
stores and three different countries to get all the bits I wanted. No one store
had all the bits I needed. It was a very pain-staking process to try and find
the smallest number of different stores that could fill my order. Ultimately
the price of each brick wasn't too important. It worked out a lot cheaper
to buy bricks at twice the price from half as many different stores.
I think it would be great if users could enter a list of desired parts and bricklink
offered an automated search that could generate the shortest possible list of
suppliers (the fewest number of different stores) that would be able to supply
all the parts needed.
My sincerest apologies if this already exists.
~Ben
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| Author: | bb414973 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2017 09:17 | | Subject: | Require sellers to disclose if business | | Viewed: | 200 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| This is likely a controversial suggestion but I'm going to make it anyway.
I think Bricklink should require all sellers to disclose whether they are selling
in a private or business capacity. That's it, a simple choice in the store
settings page and a line of text disclosing the choice somewhere on each store's
Terms page.
Why? Three reasons.
One:-
It allows other Bricklink users - however they be defined (customers, buyers,
consumers, competitors, etc.) - to make informed choices.
Two:-
It helps ensure compliance with Rule 13 of the Terms of Service.
Three:-
Why not?
At present BL actively protects the contact details of all members, disclosing
this information only when a contract exists between two users. This is perfectly
reasonable when you consider that a seller is often acting in a personal capacity,
selling their own goods.
However, an unintended side-effect of this is that it allows business sellers
to (1) masquerade as private sellers and/or (2) evade relevant national laws
(which in turn means they're failing to abide by BL's ToS).
As an example, in the United Kingdom, all businesses who sell 'at distance'
are required to publish their geographical address and contact details. This
is a requirement under The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and
Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.
If BL required a seller to disclose whether they're selling as a private
individual or a business concern, and then publishes that information, it would
help buyers in the following ways:-
(1) it would be possible to see at a glance whether or not a transaction with
that seller would be covered by applicable consumer laws.
(2) It would allow users to check that a seller is complying with their legal
obligations (such as by publishing their business address), and avoid those who
are not if they choose to.
(3) It would help buyers seek legal redress should something go wrong.
(4) It may also help in the fight against fraudulent sellers.
What do other multi-national selling platforms do?
Others, such as Ebay, Amazon Marketplace, Etsy, etc., require sellers to state
whether or not they are selling in a private or business capacity. Some actually
mandate that all sellers must be a business (I do not propose this for BL).
Law is different in every country
Which is why my suggestion seeks only to have sellers disclose whether or not
they're acting in a personal capacity or as a business. I do not ask BL to
check the disclosure or otherwise ensure that sellers are acting in accordance
with relevant laws. Users would remain responsible for knowing their rights and
obligations.
Why is this necessary?
Some sellers are clearly not complying with their national regulations. In my
opinion this tarnishes Bricklink and all sellers by association. Many will not
see Bricklink as a safe option when compared to other platforms if sellers are
openly attempting to enforce illegal terms.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2017 09:02 | | Subject: | Re: Search with minimum average | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Roland1975 writes:
| | Thank you for the tip.
I tried it... add the store to favorite and then set it to least favorite...
but it keeps coming up in the results. 
|
When you are on the Buy Wanted List page, always verify that the “Exclude
Disliked Stores from results” option in checked in “Store Filters.”
And when you open the Auto-Finder dialog, verify that “Ignore my store filters
when auto-finding” in not checked.
The settings are reset to default every time.
If it still doesn’t work, try to file a bug.
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|
| Author: | Roland1975 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2017 07:47 | | Subject: | Re: Search with minimum average | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| Of course I read that.
But that does change the issue that the shop should not be in the results (and
can not be removed from the results)
|
| Author: | Roland1975 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2017 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: Search with minimum average | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| Thank you for the tip.
I tried it... add the store to favorite and then set it to least favorite...
but it keeps coming up in the results.
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|
| Author: | Gandalf_G | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 17:13 | | Subject: | More Sort Options when Searching for Stores | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Already Exists | |
|
| Currently, when I move on to 'buy' the parts/ mini figures on my wanted
list, there are a few sort options - one of which allows the shops that provide
most of the items on my list to appear first - this is a great improvement from
a few years back! Is this concept in the process of being further developed to
include more search options and if not, could the brick link team consider this?:
Is it possible to apply a similar sort option to other variables such as price
(lowest price first) and also postage (lowest cost of postage first)?
This is kind of covered for price when I check individual items, but it
is not currently possible (as far as I'm aware) to locate the best store
for me which includes both the lowest priced parts AND highest quantity of wanted
items.
To take this one revolutionary step further, it would be great if sellers had
to state their shipping policy in a set format. For example, each store would
have to fill out a table containing price per weight and different regions of
the world.
Many stores already do this, but if it were a compulsory action, this could lead
on to the cost of postage being included in the combined search I have already
suggested.
Therefore, when searching for the best store to buy from, brick link will automatically
sort the stores by the store with the most items on my wanted list first, the
store with the lowest priced parts first, AND the store with the lowest p&p first.
If it would be impractical to contain all these sort options at once, perhaps
they could at the very least be done individually?
Thanks for your time
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:55 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Nice little cash cow postal services have there…
|
The 'cash cow' ain't the postal services, it's 'customs' aka
governments), the postal services just run (aka advance it) on behalf on the
person they have to deliver it to, so yes you pay the 'postal service'
as they deliver it, but they already paid it to 'customs'.
In Belgium, Bpost even sometimes charges a cost (depending on the 'advanced'
amount) for doing the 'advanced' payment to the customs department...
Add the VAT, add handling, add 'duty' and it can be a 'killer'...
And it's no longer a 'slight chance', it's quite 'systematic'
in the whole of the EU these days, they know the have a 'cash cow' so
they are willing to pay extra personal on it
|
Sorry, the way it was worded, I understood they took it (or the biggest part
of it).
(Never had to pay it: never made many extra-EU importations or they slipped through
 )
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:46 | | Subject: | Re: Search with minimum average | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, Roland1975 writes:
| | […]
In my last search action all parts were found in three shops... one shop more
than 100 euro. Lot average 1.0399 but minimum buy lot averge 4.00 so it was not
possible to proceed to checkout.
A new search gives the same result.
|
Temporary workaround: least favorite the culprit (and check the option not to
use least favorited stores).
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: Search with minimum average | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, Roland1975 writes:
| | Hello bricklink,
I have a suggestion for the auto-finder function when you want to buy the parts
on a wanted list.
When I use the auto-finder function with best value... often the result has at
least one shop that has a minimum lot average for buying that is higher than
the selected lot. You only find out during checkout! And there is no other option
than buying extra stuf you do not really need.
|
Always start by reading the Terms and Splash pages.
| | In my last search action all parts were found in three shops... one shop more
than 100 euro. Lot average 1.0399 but minimum buy lot averge 4.00 so it was not
possible to proceed to checkout.
A new search gives the same result.
My suggestion:
1. Please take into account the minimum lot average in the search results.
2. Do not give one possible combination of shops for the best value but show
two or three options in shop combinations after the best value the second and
third best values.
Best regards,
Roland
|
|
|
| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:37 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | I disagree. Sellers only need concern themselves with their country's export
laws, not the import laws of every country they ship to.
|
Reasonably sure that's not true.
|
Correct, sellers do need to know 'some' stuff about the country they
are 'exporting' to, as of certain thresholds (mainly over 15~18000 Euro),
they might need to 'register' in the 'receiving' country to avoid
'issues'. But the chances anyone here is exporting more then 15~18000
Euro (per year) to 1 country is quite slim...
Besides that one needs to know what is allowed and what not (not just talking
about palstic toys here), and how it needs to be presented... (return label on
front or back, CN22/CN23, invoices/billings needed above 800 Euro, pro-forma
bills, etc, etc)
Limiting oneself to 'I only need to know what my country expects/allows'
is not good enough.
So it's handy to have a forum, quite a good place to pick up some details
from other countries once in a while
|
|
| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Nice little cash cow postal services have there…
|
The 'cash cow' ain't the postal services, it's 'customs'aka
governments), the postal services just run (aka advance it) on behalf on the
person they have to deliver it to, so yes you pay the 'postal service'
as they deliver it, but they already paid it to 'customs'.
In Belgium, Bpost even sometimes charges a cost (depending on the 'advanced'
amount) for doing the 'advanced' payment to the customs department...
Add the VAT, add handling, add 'duty' and it can be a 'killer'...
And it's no longer a 'slight chance', it's quite 'systematic'
in the whole of the EU these days, they know the have a 'cash cow' so
they are willing to pay extra personal on it
|
|
| Author: | Roland1975 | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 14:22 | | Subject: | Search with minimum average | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| Hello bricklink,
I have a suggestion for the auto-finder function when you want to buy the parts
on a wanted list.
When I use the auto-finder function with best value... often the result has at
least one shop that has a minimum lot average for buying that is higher than
the selected lot. You only find out during checkout! And there is no other option
than buying extra stuf you do not really need.
In my last search action all parts were found in three shops... one shop more
than 100 euro. Lot average 1.0399 but minimum buy lot averge 4.00 so it was not
possible to proceed to checkout.
A new search gives the same result.
My suggestion:
1. Please take into account the minimum lot average in the search results.
2. Do not give one possible combination of shops for the best value but show
two or three options in shop combinations after the best value the second and
third best values.
Best regards,
Roland
|
|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2017 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Suggest: Wanted From Specific Countries | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, DadsAFOL writes:
| | Please add the ability to filter stores by specific country (checkbox or multi-select).
Now we can only choose one country or one region. Due to shipping costs, I
want to exclude unfavorable counties. This will be especially beneficial with
the new "auto-finder" feature.
|
This suggestion is marked as “implemented” but how do we do that?
|
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| Author: | eggolot | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2017 05:30 | | Subject: | Auto deselect all items after changes | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| Hi,
in the Wanted list i suggest to auto-deselect all items after any changes.
Often i change quantity for one item, then i delete another and accidentally
delete also the first.
Thank you.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2017 19:47 | | Subject: | Re: Add Element ID's to DUPLO minifigs | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| 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 (other than of course technical reasons in the
BrickLink systems).
|
A year and two months now. Still counting . . .
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| Author: | bb373892 | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2017 19:19 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | I can never be upset being elbow deep in LEGO pieces all day
|
Heartbricker, thank you so much for the kind words! And being elbow-deep in Lego
pieces IS an awesome place to be, definitely - that's the attitude and spirit
I am 100% going to aspire to (cannot go wrong with that!).
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| Author: | eggolot | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2017 10:49 | | Subject: | Items count in selected shop screen | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Implemented | |
|
| Hi,
buying items from my wanted list(s) and selecting a shop from the shops list
i would like to know how many items that shop has. Not only lots.
The only way to know how many items i'm buying, at the moment, is to add
selected to cart and then view the cart content.
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| Author: | mjwest83 | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2017 10:48 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, HarryPotter71 writes:
| | Hi Jonathan, I don't understand why people don't just part the figure
out myself. Listing it without a head, hair or torso? Really? Just part it out
|
Because, at least in my experience, people buy incomplete minifigures. People
rarely buy minifigure parts.
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 23:30 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, mhortar writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I disagree. There are plenty of instances where someone sold a minifig that
was missing a cape (for example). I've probably bought several figs that
were missing something.
There's a market for these, so why not accommodate it by using complete/incomplete
|
I agree. There is a market for incomplete figures where a piece is missing, which
is why such a feature is good for both buyers and sellers.
|
I just wish there was a way to denote instances such as
[M=sw127] 'incomplete, missing jet pack'
is just
[M=sw126]
or
[M=sw109a] 'incomplete, missing pauldron'
is just
[M=sw036b]
Josh
|
That should be done with the inventories. (Can the inventory of a minifig contain
a minifig?)
--
Marc.
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 22:47 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, calibrick writes:
| | Hi folks! I didn't realize my well-intentioned submission would generate
so much healthy debate - clearly this is a passionate subject, raised-more-often-than-I-had-realized.
Sorry if I was beating a dead horse here and mea culpa. I didn't see it raised
in the suggestions I scanned through.
All that said, there's been some really good perspectives raised in the comments
above (in no particular order):
- A preference to allow the seller to deal with this as they see fit to keep
this as open a market as possible (I think I summed that up right - if not, please
correct me)
- A preference to protect honest sellers from losing orders to the rare less
scrupulous seller and/or earning negative feedback unfairly (that was where my
submittal stemmed from - had noticed several sellers that encountered this before)
- A sense this isn't cosmically that big of a deal; when it does come up,
9/10 times it all works out and if not, it's probably just as well
- If I don't want to deal with this when I open my store, simply don't
sell internationally (an accepted cost of doing business, basically)
I admit after reading all the feedback, I still feel suggesting a basic criterion
(5, 10, 100 complaints, whatever it is) to protect the seller's interests
is not a bad idea. Not an optimal idea obviously based on the open market perspective
some fervently support, and that's cool. Isn't that what community is
all about?
I do wonder though - if this does comes up often in the forums and I'm a
latecomer to the conversation, isn't that in and of itself an indicator of
some kind? Just something to consider.
Lastly, thank you to all of your for all your terrific work in the forums - as
a future seller I have learned SOOOOO much from your thoughts, ideas, and advice
to others. This truly is a wonderful, community-minded place!
R,
Sandy
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Sandy,
You summed it up beautifully, artfully, respectfully (where some of us weren't
acting like adults) and coherently.
All of that tells me you're gonna do very well sticking with these traits.
Seller who had thousands of sales will tell you that getting a dishonest buyer
happens less than half of a percent so going in; consider that if maybe once
every 200+ transactions will be somone you won't be able to please- not bad
odds.
Concentrate on positive actions like uploading inventory and packing orders in
timely manner and keep communicating promptly and respectfully and your experience
will be a pleasant one.
I don't consider other sellers as competition i've been told my prices
are high, i've been told my prices are low- i don't pay attention and
i run the store the way i feel is best. Concentrate on the positives and your
experience will be positive.
I can never be upset being elbow deep in LEGO pieces all day
Lots of luck.
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| Author: | bb373892 | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 19:38 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi folks! I didn't realize my well-intentioned submission would generate
so much healthy debate - clearly this is a passionate subject, raised-more-often-than-I-had-realized.
Sorry if I was beating a dead horse here and mea culpa. I didn't see it raised
in the suggestions I scanned through.
All that said, there's been some really good perspectives raised in the comments
above (in no particular order):
- A preference to allow the seller to deal with this as they see fit to keep
this as open a market as possible (I think I summed that up right - if not, please
correct me)
- A preference to protect honest sellers from losing orders to the rare less
scrupulous seller and/or earning negative feedback unfairly (that was where my
submittal stemmed from - had noticed several sellers that encountered this before)
- A sense this isn't cosmically that big of a deal; when it does come up,
9/10 times it all works out and if not, it's probably just as well
- If I don't want to deal with this when I open my store, simply don't
sell internationally (an accepted cost of doing business, basically)
I admit after reading all the feedback, I still feel suggesting a basic criterion
(5, 10, 100 complaints, whatever it is) to protect the seller's interests
is not a bad idea. Not an optimal idea obviously based on the open market perspective
some fervently support, and that's cool. Isn't that what community is
all about?
I do wonder though - if this does comes up often in the forums and I'm a
latecomer to the conversation, isn't that in and of itself an indicator of
some kind? Just something to consider.
Lastly, thank you to all of your for all your terrific work in the forums - as
a future seller I have learned SOOOOO much from your thoughts, ideas, and advice
to others. This truly is a wonderful, community-minded place!
R,
Sandy
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| Author: | bb373892 | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 19:12 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, ToddMyers writes:
| | The argument is not to immediately ban a buyer on a first offense. Sure, go
ahead and educate on the first offense. Educate on the second offense. Educate
on the third offense, even. But if a buyer persists in asking sellers to commit
fraud, over and over again, that buyer is not interested in being educated and
you know as well as I do that there will be an unscrupulous seller who takes
them up on it, and that takes a sale away from the honest seller, putting them
at a disadvantage. I would prefer that no sale happen for anyone rather than
allowing a buyer to hunt for sellers willing to commit fraud for them.
This has all be argued before in the forum, and beyond what I've already
said, I'm not gonna rehash it all in this thread. I'm sure a forum search
will provide all arguments that are out there, and from their inaction to date,
it seems that Bricklink has already make a choice to allow buyers to freely request
fraudulent activity.
|
Todd,
You represented my personal observation and what drove me to submit this perfectly,
thank you! I appreciate the good back and forth dialogue I am reading. Nothing
wrong with educating ME here either!
| | This suggestion is a waste of time not because it's without merit, but because
Bricklink has already chosen to ignore the issue.
|
That would be a sincere bummer. If it's coming up this often and new folks
coming in continue to raise it (such as me), perhaps it will be addressed with
some happy medium at some point..
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|
| Author: | bb373892 | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 19:04 | | Subject: | Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, calibrick writes:
| | Respectfully recommend an auto-ban of any user that requests a seller lie on
customs forms based on a specific criteria (e.g., 5 unique seller complaints
for the same username). Note this in the buyer guide/help context (against the
rules, fraud, account will be auto-banned).
Worse, some buyers are punishing sellers by leaving negative feedback when they
are merely being good, fair-minded citizens that are following federal regulations
and complying with the LAW.
My understanding is that this is not the first time this has been requested.
Seems to me this could be a field appended to the existing database that is populated
by admins based on seller complaints as a regulatory-minded service to the seller
community.
|
How has this been a problem for you if your store shows 0 sales?
Not sure it's necessary to bother BL help desk with something you haven't
had a problem with...
|
I was being community-minded vs. representing a personal issue. I've
seen an awful lot of this raised in the forums over the past several years...
it's clearly a problem.
|
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| Author: | terryer_sandbox | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 18:59 | | Subject: | API - GET /orders more parameters needed | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| Hi there,
i'm writing for a customer of mine a few tools which are using your API.
What bothers me currently the most is that there are to few parameters for the
Get /orders call. What we do is that we are asking all orders with the status
shipped to send a feedback and the drive_thru over the API. But since there are
not enough parameters i can provide to the API, the result will be a huge list
of orders, because the least customers are marking their orders as received.
There are several things (filters) you can include to safe server power and bandwidth,
but the easiest one is a date-filter. Let the people give the API an "From-Date"
and a "To-Date". The results are than only these in between. If you only transmit
one of them than every order up or from than will be send. If none is given,
than you do as you do now and give just everything back.
This would be pretty helpful not only for me, but also for your servers.
Other users can write other parameters they wish, like and "feedback given" parameter.
Another solution for our problem would be, if there would be more push-notification-options.
If i could receive a push-notification when the status of an order is changed
(and not only by the buyer).
So i would be really pleased if you could implement a few more parameters to
the GET /orders call as soon as possible.
Best regards
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| Author: | HarryPotter71 | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 18:10 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, waltzking writes:
| | Of late I am regularly getting spammed through the wanted list feature for minifigures
listed either under the wrong listing or as an incomplete "new" figure.
With the current system all figures are under the same either "new" or "used"
condition heading, but unlike sets can be listed from a few parts (everything
missing but the torso and head) or complete per the correct inventory of that
figure. This not only opens sellers to "acceptably" list wrong items, or worse
in a deceptive manner (such as the new Loki sh033a in the old Loki sh033), by
simply adding a comment like "missing cape" or "new style cape".
Clearly these are not what a buyer wants to be notified of through their wanted
list settings. Such incomplete or incorrect items also have a negative effect
toward useful sales info, or even current items for sale info. WHish is what
leads to my suggestion....
Please, can we have the same "Complete" and "Incomplete" sub-conditions for
figures like we have for sets?
This will effectively require sellers to list items accurately. If they are
not the exact item they must be listed as "Incomplete" and can then either be
excluded from search and history, or reported for misuse. Figures are a large
part of the value of a set, so if a set can't be listed without a sub-condition,
it would follow that figures (which to many are the most collectable items LEGO
makes) should have the same requirement.
Thanks for considering.
Jonathan
waltzking
|
Hi Jonathan, I don't understand why people don't just part the figure
out myself. Listing it without a head, hair or torso? Really? Just part it out
Have a great evening.
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|
| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 17:08 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I disagree. There are plenty of instances where someone sold a minifig that
was missing a cape (for example). I've probably bought several figs that
were missing something.
There's a market for these, so why not accommodate it by using complete/incomplete
|
I agree. There is a market for incomplete figures where a piece is missing, which
is why such a feature is good for both buyers and sellers.
|
I just wish there was a way to denote instances such as
[M=sw127] 'incomplete, missing jet pack'
is just
[M=sw126]
or
[M=sw109a] 'incomplete, missing pauldron'
is just
[M=sw036b]
Josh
|
|
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 16:50 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, Proprietor writes:
| | That was the practice a few years ago.
There are strict rules for creating the inventory of a minifigure. My belief
is that to sell the figure, it should include all correct parts; otherwise it's
not THE minifigure but a collection of similar parts. It messes up both sides
of the averages (sold and available).
But there is a contingency here that doesn't agree, often it seems because
historically accurate minifigs aren't a big part of their sales. When I
see a debate here that doesn't impact me much, such as including the historic
suggested retail list price of a set as they do on Brickset, I stay out of it,
even though I don't agree with the majority who don't want that info
easily available on BL.
I believe that sellers who specialize in used minifigs as well as buyers of older
figures detest the games played by sellers who sell parts under minifig listings
or who sell incomplete minifigures under the minifigure listing. If you want
to sell the figure as described, finish it properly, and if you don't want
the hassle, then part it out.
|
There are also strict rules for sets. And you could apply the same logic, if
you want to sell the set, complete it and only allow complete sets on BL. Yet
BL recognises there is a market for incomplete sets so allows incomplete sets
to be sold without messing up the price guide. They could do the same for minifigs,
without affecting people that only want to buy or sell complete figures. If anything,
it would be better for them too if incomplete ones could be tagged that way as
BL don't seem to do anything about incomplete figures, so incomplete ones
do mess up the price guide.
They also recognise that some figures can be sold complete / incomplete according
to their rules by having two versions of a minifigs. Such as the ideas Ghostbusters
figures. There should be no need for two entries according to their rules but
there are two entries anyway.
|
|
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 16:43 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I disagree. There are plenty of instances where someone sold a minifig that
was missing a cape (for example). I've probably bought several figs that
were missing something.
There's a market for these, so why not accommodate it by using complete/incomplete
|
I agree. There is a market for incomplete figures where a piece is missing, which
is why such a feature is good for both buyers and sellers.
|
|
| Author: | Proprietor | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| That was the practice a few years ago.
There are strict rules for creating the inventory of a minifigure. My belief
is that to sell the figure, it should include all correct parts; otherwise it's
not THE minifigure but a collection of similar parts. It messes up both sides
of the averages (sold and available).
But there is a contingency here that doesn't agree, often it seems because
historically accurate minifigs aren't a big part of their sales. When I
see a debate here that doesn't impact me much, such as including the historic
suggested retail list price of a set as they do on Brickset, I stay out of it,
even though I don't agree with the majority who don't want that info
easily available on BL.
I believe that sellers who specialize in used minifigs as well as buyers of older
figures detest the games played by sellers who sell parts under minifig listings
or who sell incomplete minifigures under the minifigure listing. If you want
to sell the figure as described, finish it properly, and if you don't want
the hassle, then part it out.
And here's a similar open suggestion from 2010:
http://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=105117&nID=498385
In Suggestions, calebfishn writes:
| | A minifig is not a set.
I prefer a rule that makes clear that any "incomplete" listing is incorrect and
will be reported and removed.
|
|
|
| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| I disagree. There are plenty of instances where someone sold a minifig that
was missing a cape (for example). I've probably bought several figs that
were missing something.
There's a market for these, so why not accommodate it by using complete/incomplete.
| | I prefer a rule that makes clear that any "incomplete" listing is incorrect and
will be reported and removed.
|
|
|
| Author: | edk | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 16:11 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, waltzking writes:
| | Of late I am regularly getting spammed through the wanted list feature for minifigures
listed either under the wrong listing or as an incomplete "new" figure.
With the current system all figures are under the same either "new" or "used"
condition heading, but unlike sets can be listed from a few parts (everything
missing but the torso and head) or complete per the correct inventory of that
figure. This not only opens sellers to "acceptably" list wrong items, or worse
in a deceptive manner (such as the new Loki sh033a in the old Loki sh033), by
simply adding a comment like "missing cape" or "new style cape".
Clearly these are not what a buyer wants to be notified of through their wanted
list settings. Such incomplete or incorrect items also have a negative effect
toward useful sales info, or even current items for sale info. WHish is what
leads to my suggestion....
Please, can we have the same "Complete" and "Incomplete" sub-conditions for
figures like we have for sets?
This will effectively require sellers to list items accurately. If they are
not the exact item they must be listed as "Incomplete" and can then either be
excluded from search and history, or reported for misuse. Figures are a large
part of the value of a set, so if a set can't be listed without a sub-condition,
it would follow that figures (which to many are the most collectable items LEGO
makes) should have the same requirement.
Thanks for considering.
Jonathan
waltzking
|
From what I understand a mini-fig listing MUST be the complete figure.Anything
less can be reported and removed. If not a complete figure as inventoried it
is parts and should be listed as parts. Anything less than complete can be reported
and removed.
|
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2017 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: Stop Wanted List Spamming for Minifigs | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| A minifig is not a set.
I prefer a rule that makes clear that any "incomplete" listing is incorrect and
will be reported and removed.
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