BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, Cob writes:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, axaday writes:

I'd like to be able to do one or both of the following:

1) Have a function to split a lot. Say I have 5 of a minifig and I decide I
want to separate two of them to possibly part out later. I'd like to have
a simple tool to make that into a lot of 3 and a lot of 2 where I can quickly
change the remarks or stockroom options, but leave everything else the same.

2) Be able to have part of a lot in the stockroom and part of it for sale. Say
I have a lot of 50 of a part, but on an inventory I only find 45 of them. 5
of them probably got stuck in the wrong place and will be found. I'd like
to be able to make that lot say I have 50, but only 45 for sale.

For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.

I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.

In that case change the number, click the item number and add more inventory
as a separate lot. I know it's an extra few clucks but it does the job.

Author:

Cob

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 18:12

Subject:

Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, axaday writes:

For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.

I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 18:11

Subject:

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list

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In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:

[… alcohol …]
This thread is getting interesting again.

Now what is all this stuff about you French buying up our cider orchards in the
south of England and turning them into vineyards for your Champagne houses? How
does that work, I thought you protected Champagne and it can only be made in..
well Champagne? Champagne region is forecast to get too warm over the next 50
years to grow the grapes we are told...

The region “expands”: in 2008, 40 communes where added to the “AOC” (controlled
designation of origin) (thanks Wikipedia).

So they still have 50 years to “move” the region!

(And reverse the Brexit or invade England, whatever is easier…)

and someone else mentioned our cider
makers are going to Cambodia. Hmmm if the 6 month global average Lego price goes
in the opposite direction to global warming I'll be able to make a living
growing cider apples up here in the wild north (well I won't if it takes
50 years!). Now what was all this originally about, have we established you can
still buy Lego on BL yet without red and green indicators? If not can someone
please decide one way or the other, I'm more interested in the discussions
about fruit now.

I'll be back tomorrow for an update

Tomorrow’s update: you can now sell fruits and wines on BrickLink thanks to the
new application Wine.o!

Author:

electricbaer

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 18:10

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 7962-1

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Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

7962-1 (Inv) Anakin's & Sebulba's Podracers
792 Parts, 5 Minifigures, 2011
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 1

* Add 1 Part 85984pb156L Dark Bluish Gray Slope 30 1 x 2 x 2/3 with Orange Markings and Blue Rectangle Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 7962 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 3069bpb570L Light Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 2 with Yellow Markings and Blue Curved and Straight Lines on Dark Bluish Gray Background Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 7962 (Counterpart)

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 18:05

Subject:

Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, axaday writes:

For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.

Yes, that's what I do, but it clutters up my remarks. It would be useful
for other things, too.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 17:59

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Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools

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In Suggestions, axaday writes:

For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.

Author:

Rob_and_Shelagh

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 17:45

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Re: price overview when buying a wanted list

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, Pher writes:

How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier?

Or Cointreau. Let’s not be partial… but still French

Okay, okay, there’s also Curaçao…

Funnily, Cointreau, Curaçao, or triple sec make me think of cocktails whereas
Grand Marnier makes me think of desserts (though I don’t especially like strong
alcohol, in desserts or not).

This thread is getting interesting again.

Now what is all this stuff about you French buying up our cider orchards in the
south of England and turning them into vineyards for your Champagne houses? How
does that work, I thought you protected Champagne and it can only be made in..
well Champagne? Champagne region is forecast to get too warm over the next 50
years to grow the grapes we are told... and someone else mentioned our cider
makers are going to Cambodia. Hmmm if the 6 month global average Lego price goes
in the opposite direction to global warming I'll be able to make a living
growing cider apples up here in the wild north (well I won't if it takes
50 years!). Now what was all this originally about, have we established you can
still buy Lego on BL yet without red and green indicators? If not can someone
please decide one way or the other, I'm more interested in the discussions
about fruit now.

I'll be back tomorrow for an update

Robert

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 17:40

Subject:

Re: Another Inventory Management Suggestion

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In Suggestions, jbricks writes:

In Suggestions, axaday writes:

I forgot one of the things I wanted to suggest in the other post until just now:

Currently in my inventory screen I can grab all of the blue pieces or all
of the minifigs or all of the brackets or all of the used pieces and I can see
a total piece and lot count of the group or the total value of the group and
I can put all of the group on sale or delete all of the group. My I and I think
most sellers use the remarks or comments section to organize inventory. I'd
like to be able to search for everything with a certain keyword in remarks or
comments and be able to manipulate that like I can blue pieces or brackets.

You can already in the box in the right when in inventory,

just click remarks/ or comments and use the searchbox

I can do a search, but I can't see a total of pieces with the keyword or
a total price for the keyword and I can't grab them all with one checkbox
and put them on sale or delete them.

Author:

Foroglio

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 17:40

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 8472-1

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Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

8472-1 (Inv) Street 'n' Mud Racer
349 Parts, 2002
Sets: Racers: Drome Racers

* Add 2 Part 32235 Flat Silver Hose, Soft Axle 19

Author:

jbricks

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 17:29

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Re: Another Inventory Management Suggestion

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In Suggestions, axaday writes:

You can already in the box in the right when in inventory,

just click remarks/ or comments and use the searchbox

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:58

Subject:

Another Inventory Management Suggestion

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:56

Subject:

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list

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In Suggestions, Pher writes:

How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier?

Or Cointreau. Let’s not be partial… but still French

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:52

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A Couple New Inventory Management Tools

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Discarded

Author:

Daragh

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:51

Subject:

Re: BrickLink you are losing business

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I did mention "weight or size restrictions etc etc " I didn't want to get
too much into it, but of course you are right, it is not just the weight, there
are other parameters to be set and that's how others deal with it, you can
set the dimensions available for the various postal options you want to offer.

I know that some countries offer a myriad of postal methods and to set them all
up to cover every eventuality maybe a drag for users but you just need to do
it once and then keep up to date, in return you have no more invoicing and chasing
or checking payments.

Additionally you can just set up the most common methods and weights you use
in your store and have anything outside those parameters revert to a "Request
a quote" scenario, much like the current system.

In Suggestions, Bricklord writes:

You are 1c short of grasping the problem. Postal rate are not just determined
by weight, but by volume as well. Or are you suggesting that sellers should only
ship as parcels, regardless of how much more that will cost buyers, and thereby
discourage buyers from shopping?

Author:

Pher

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:34

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Re: price overview when buying a wanted list

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How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier?

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, Pher writes:

[…]
But oranges have a limited area where you can sell them. There are not many countries
beside the United Kingdom with a demand for oranges to make marmelade.

Nonsense, all the fruits are useful: You can make alcoholic drinks with all of
them!

Here in the province Hessen, wine from apples is the national drink.
[…]

Author:

Grego

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:31

Subject:

Re: BrickLink you are losing business

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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:

In Suggestions, wahiggin writes:

In Suggestions, QA_Sheryl writes:

In Suggestions, BricksDirect writes:

Dear BrickLink admins and members,

We see it every day. BrickLink is losing business because it's still not
possible to pay immediately after checkout. We have to cancel our orders because
new members can't find shipping fees. They expect that the shipping fee will
be automically displayed when they put items in their shopping cart. The also
expect that they can pay immediately for their orders. The way it is going now
is way too complicated for new members.

Why is it so hard to create software to let members pay immediately and tell
them the shipping fee. BrickOwl and BrickScout are doing it. They are taking
BrickLink's business over.

What I hear from other sellers is that it's impossible to create it because
not al items have their weight in the BrickLink catalog. Why not solve this with
a standard weight for items that don't have their weight in the BrickLink
catalog? (0.5KG for a set, 0.2KG for a part etc.)

Please, BrickLink do something at this.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Niels Roest
Owner of BricksDirect

Hi Niels,

As has been stated in numerous other forum posts, we are in the process of creating
Instant Checkout. Since BrickLink has been around much longer than the other
sites you mentioned, our sellers have numerous configurations and setting up
the process is much more complex. We do not want to take away anything from how
our sellers are currently using the checkout process. With this in mind, we have
made great progress in instant checkout so far and will continue to do so without
sacrificing quality. We want to make sure this feature is accurate as well as
efficient.

We appreciate your patience and understanding, but want to let you know that
we have definitely heard the cry from our users for this feature and are working
hard to get it done as soon as possible!

Thanks!

Instead of a big bang approach, maybe doing an agile effort would be more impactful.
Start by creating a feature that would work for US shippers. Give sellers an
option to remain on the legacy shipping module or turn on the new Instant Checkout
feature until it is fully implemented. Then add other countries as you go along.
Prioritize it based on sales or complexity. Ebay does it, Brickowl does it,
Amazon does it, I can go out and create a website and add it in with a simple
plug in. This should be possible on a much shorter timeframe than what we have
seen so far.

All that needs to happen is to make the Shipping Cost Estimator face the customer.
That would already work for a majority of sellers, no matter the country.

--
Marc.

Even if the customer facing cost estimator only provided "an estimate" nonbinding,
that the buyer could decide to continue, bail or message the seller to ask why
the apparent high cost ...that shouldn't be too hard to do

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:29

Subject:

Re: price overview when buying a wanted list

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In Suggestions, Pher writes:

[…]
But oranges have a limited area where you can sell them. There are not many countries
beside the United Kingdom with a demand for oranges to make marmelade.

Nonsense, all the fruits are useful: You can make alcoholic drinks with all of
them!

Here in the province Hessen, wine from apples is the national drink.
[…]

Author:

FigBits

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:25

Subject:

Re: BrickLink you are losing business

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In Suggestions, wahiggin writes:

In Suggestions, QA_Sheryl writes:

In Suggestions, BricksDirect writes:

All that needs to happen is to make the Shipping Cost Estimator face the customer.
That would already work for a majority of sellers, no matter the country.

--
Marc.

Author:

dashpilot

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:20

Subject:

Re: Counterfiet Set Reporting

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In Suggestions, MarshMan80 writes:

Why then did you leave the sell positive feedback "good seller; item as advertised
and in good condition"
If it was a defective/ fake item. Your feedback does not look like your un happy
with the item you bought. Have you contacted the seller? What does he have to
say about this? His other feed back reviews look good.

Marshal

Why do people counterfeit goods? Because they want to make money fast and easily.
They also need to make sure their product is cheap enough to entice people to
purchase it instead of the genuine product. With that said, if someone put all
that effort into producing such a high quality set it would have likely ended
up costing them more than Lego to produce it simply because Lego is set up to
produce the equipment and tooling required to produce the parts. Plus they produce
tons and tons and tons more than any counterfeiter ever would thus, to turn a
profit the counterfeiter would have charge more than a genuine product. Which
would then defeat the purpose of counterfeiting.

Secondly, contact the seller, I'm fairly new here, I've had some minor
issues on orders here and there, and I have had all good experiences, they more
than took care of me, even though a few times it actually erased all their profit
to set things right.

But hey those are my two cents.

Author:

Pher

Posted:

Mar 22, 2017 16:16

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Re: price overview when buying a wanted list

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