Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | BricksShop  | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 06:39 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7877-1 | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 47753pb0711 Yellow Wedge 4 x 4 No Top Studs with Black and Red Diamonds Pattern (Sticker) - Set 7877 (Counterpart)
Comments from Submitter:
instruction page 42
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| Author: | CALBrickLAB | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 02:34 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, viejos writes:
| | I am all for an efficient notification system, but I do think sometimes people
get worried about things that don't end up happening. Did you have any buyers
complain about something traced to this partout?
Russell
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I didn't have a complaint about this partout, it just served as a good example.
This topic stems from a thread I read earlier today where someone asked how much
it mattered to buyers weither you distinguished between part versions:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1032668
It seemed that the general consensus was that while most buyers don't care
either way, some buyers do care an awful lot. We as sellers should try to satisfy
all of our customers, so we should assume that every buyer will care.
It doesn't matter that you and I think that an arch with cross supports has
the same functionality as one without. There's always a buyer out there that
has found a new way to use the piece and does care if the opening is blocked.
(Or at least a buyer that will use your mistake to ask for his money back.)
Romy
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 20:53 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog display | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I couldn't agree more. The shading used on all the list features on this
site is one of its most practical, logical features. I can't think of any
reason to stop using it.
Jen
In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| | Our store inventory pages have a subtle background color change that alternates
between each item.
I suggest that the catalog pages have that same feature.
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| Author: | JulieK | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 18:53 | | Subject: | Catalog display | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Already Exists | |
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| Our store inventory pages have a subtle background color change that alternates
between each item.
I suggest that the catalog pages have that same feature.
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| Author: | CALBrickLAB | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 18:16 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Who said you have to count every part in every set? If you are parting out many
copies of one set, surely it makes sense to verify the inventory once for all
the sets with the same batch number.
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You are correct here. That is what we should do, but it doesn't always work
that way. We often dump the bags out into bins long before we actually part out
a set. It's my fault for not taking that extra step to verify before throwing
the LEGO box away, but it happens. We have other ways that work for us rather
than verifying each part.
My point with this post is that it could be an ADDITIONAL tool for sellers.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 16:31 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Who said you have to count every part in every set? If you are parting out many
copies of one set, surely it makes sense to verify the inventory once for all
the sets with the same batch number.
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| Author: | viejos | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 16:20 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, CALBrickLAB writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | For the second scenario, don't you count parts when parting out?
If so, there wouldn't be an error that needs correcting.
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Not every lot. Especially if it's a piece that is in a lot of sets, sometimes
it's not worth the time to count out every lot.
The example I gave in the reply I just posted above wasn't arbitrary. I parted
out 24 of set 70751 (temple of airjitzu) on Dec 9, 2015. That set has 1965 parts,
13 mini figures, 447 lots, 51 lots as extra items, 17 lots as counterparts, and
4 lots as alternates. It was inventoried on August 26, 2015, confirmed on Oct
3, 2015, with 9 logs of inventory changes. 3 of those inventory changes occurred
after I parted it out.
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Nothing of consequence changed since you parted out:
Jan 9, 2016 - Treasure Chests moved to counterpart. This saved you the extra
step of assembling 48 treasure chests. But it didn't cause a problem with
a buyer.
Feb 3, 2016 - Spear to specific version. No buyer problem here either. And in
case you would like to use the determined entry, you *were* notified about this
when the undetermined spear entry was marked for deletion.
Mar 16, 2016 - large arch becomes new type. I don't believe there is any
functional difference, just that the newer one has more reinforcements underneath.
And strictly speaking, I do believe the older one is an umbrella entry that includes
the other one:
Part 14707 Brick, Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch
Part 18838 Brick, Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch with 5 Cross Supports
I am all for an efficient notification system, but I do think sometimes people
get worried about things that don't end up happening. Did you have any buyers
complain about something traced to this partout?
Russell
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| Author: | viejos | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 16:00 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, CALBrickLAB writes:
| | I knew I couldn't have been the first person to suggest it! I don't understand
all the objections in that thread. We work hard to identify problems before uploading
sets. OF COURSE we do! That doesn't mean that we might not miss something.
Especially my scenario where the lot piece count changes. Say I am uploading
20 of a set with 2000 parts each, 450 lots. I don't believe that the majority
of stores are counting out all 40,000 pieces.
Sometimes I catch the catalog errors while I'm sorting. But there have been
times when I haven't. This feature would be good for BrickLink because it
would reduce order errors. And order errors seem to be the #1 complaint of buyers.
Happy buyers, more retained customers, more orders, Bricklink corporate makes
more money.
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One of the things I believe would be very helpful to sellers, is that if a set
had an inventory note, this would be displayed in bold on its own page at the
start of the partout process. This is where you look for oddball stuff happening
to sets, and even for sellers not particular about variants etc, everyone really
should read the inv note before parting out. It can save a lot of headaches down
the road.
I am all for a notification system, plus a number of other features to give sellers
more choices during partout.
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| Author: | CALBrickLAB | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:56 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | For the second scenario, don't you count parts when parting out?
If so, there wouldn't be an error that needs correcting.
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Not every lot. Especially if it's a piece that is in a lot of sets, sometimes
it's not worth the time to count out every lot.
The example I gave in the reply I just posted above wasn't arbitrary. I parted
out 24 of set 70751 (temple of airjitzu) on Dec 9, 2015. That set has 1965 parts,
13 mini figures, 447 lots, 51 lots as extra items, 17 lots as counterparts, and
4 lots as alternates. It was inventoried on August 26, 2015, confirmed on Oct
3, 2015, with 9 logs of inventory changes. 3 of those inventory changes occurred
after I parted it out.
You can lay as much hate on me as you like, but I did not count out all 47,000+
pieces. Especially because I knew I had more unlisted inventory that I could
fall back on if I ran into a problem. Your store currently has less than 10,000
items. Counting that one upload would be like me counting your whole store 5
times. I'm not trying to be rude here, just trying to give some perspective.
There comes a point where I have to trust the BrickLink catalogue.
On the wrong item scenario, again, look at the Temple of Airjitzu partout I refer
to above. The last inventory change occurred on March 16, 2016. It was changing
the type of arch from "14707 Brick, Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch" to "18838 Brick,
Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch with 5 Cross Supports." So I originally had it listed
as the type that doesn't specify, when it turns out that I had the type with
5 cross supports. For whatever reason, those two parts don't even share the
same part ID. So I see 14707, not 14707a or 14707b. Many sellers wouldn't
even know that there is a completely different part to check for unless they
went to that part's individual catalogue page.
Of course, I could argue to a buyer that the unspecified type doesn't exclude
cross supports. But I WANT to give my buyers exactly what they ask for. BrickLink
should too. It's good for business.
Romy
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:51 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
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All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
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Who said it was a “$10” minifigure?
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The buyers who are willing to pay $10 for it. As I said in my post, it's
only a "$10" minifig because people are buying it for $10. I even put it in quotes
to highlight how that number does not actually indicate something intrinsic in
the minifig.
| | The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter?
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It does. But what matters more than what the sellers think it's worth is
what the buyers think it's worth.
I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
| | of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me.
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You should. Buyers determine the value.
| | Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
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It's worth whatever a buyer who is willing to hand over money thinks it's
worth.
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Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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Except that your stock market app does NOT show the average price of the stocks
available for purchase. It would show you the prices that it has sold at, and
the lowest price available. BrickLink also does that.
But, your analogy is deeply flawed in other ways.
--
Marc.
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| Author: | CALBrickLAB | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I knew I couldn't have been the first person to suggest it! I don't understand
all the objections in that thread. We work hard to identify problems before uploading
sets. OF COURSE we do! That doesn't mean that we might not miss something.
Especially my scenario where the lot piece count changes. Say I am uploading
20 of a set with 2000 parts each, 450 lots. I don't believe that the majority
of stores are counting out all 40,000 pieces.
Sometimes I catch the catalog errors while I'm sorting. But there have been
times when I haven't. This feature would be good for BrickLink because it
would reduce order errors. And order errors seem to be the #1 complaint of buyers.
Happy buyers, more retained customers, more orders, Bricklink corporate makes
more money.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:11 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Lego isn't like stocks though. How many times do you buy $1 stocks in one
company, $2 in another, 20c in another, all from the same broker. Then have a
fixed fee (shipping on BL) that applies per order rather than per stock trade.
Lego prices fluctuate more than stocks, simply because they are not stocks.
As to the $10 minifigures, if a seller values it at $10 that is what he sees
the value as. Others may see it as a $6 figure, yet the $10 one may still sell
first. There might be a problem with the $6 seller - low inventory, poor feedback,
high shipping, etc that means no-one wants it from them.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:03 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| For the second scenario, don't you count parts when parting out?
If so, there wouldn't be an error that needs correcting.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| And how can they sell apples at 3.99€?
https://www.amazon.de/verschiedene-Äpfel-Sorten-Bio/dp/B003QY50O8/
In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| |
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
|
Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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How could amazon do such a thing? They must not believe in Free Market not providing
these 6 month averages from their competitors.
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| Author: | electricbaer | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:46 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7962-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 93168pb04 Dark Bluish Gray Cylinder 3 x 6 x 2 2/3 Horizontal, New Style with Vents on Blue Background Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 7962 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | bricksahead | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:44 | | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=815881
In Suggestions, CALBrickLAB writes:
| | BrickLink already keeps track of what sets I have parted out. I can go look up
the log of my past uploads. If would be helpful if sellers were automatically
notified when a set they have parted out in the past has its inventory updated.
Then I would be able to go double-check that lot to make sure it wasn't from
the newer version of the set inventory. It would allow me to provide better customer
service because I would have less errors in my inventory.
Here is the reason for my suggestion:
Say in July 2016 I parted out 20 of a set. In August 2016, someone updates the
inventory with a variant part. I am left completely unaware that half of my parts
were actually the second variant until I notice a mixture while pulling the order.
Another version of this scenario is when LEGO changes the build and the number
of pieces in a lot changes. My inventory might say I have 120 pieces in a lot,
but I actually only have 100. If someone buys out the lot, hopefully I can find
more of that piece in a set I have waiting to part out.
If I were notified of set inventory updates on sets I have parted out, I could
go check my inventory before there is a problem.
Romy
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| Author: | bb398322 | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| |
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
|
Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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How could amazon do such a thing? They must not believe in Free Market not providing
these 6 month averages from their competitors.
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| Author: | electricbaer | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:43 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 70013-1 | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 3039pb105R Blue Slope 45 2 x 2 with Window with Black Ring in Oval with Blue and White Swirls Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 70013 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 3039pb105L Blue Slope 45 2 x 2 with Window with Black Ring in Oval with Blue and White Swirls Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 70013 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 3039pb106 Yellow Slope 45 2 x 2 with Control Panel with Circular Chima Logo Pattern (Sticker) - Set 70013 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | electricbaer | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:42 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60045-1 | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 2340pb062L Blue Tail 4 x 1 x 3 with Blue '05' on White Background Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 60045 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 2340pb062R Blue Tail 4 x 1 x 3 with Blue '05' on White Background Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 60045 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | electricbaer | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:41 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75050-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 48933pb025 Light Bluish Gray Wedge 4 x 4 Triple with Stud Notches with B-wing Engine Exhaust Vent Pattern (Sticker) - Set 75050 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | Brettj666 | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:10 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| | In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| |
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
|
Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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| Author: | CALBrickLAB | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:04 | | Subject: | notify sellers when set inventory updated | | Viewed: | 130 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| BrickLink already keeps track of what sets I have parted out. I can go look up
the log of my past uploads. If would be helpful if sellers were automatically
notified when a set they have parted out in the past has its inventory updated.
Then I would be able to go double-check that lot to make sure it wasn't from
the newer version of the set inventory. It would allow me to provide better customer
service because I would have less errors in my inventory.
Here is the reason for my suggestion:
Say in July 2016 I parted out 20 of a set. In August 2016, someone updates the
inventory with a variant part. I am left completely unaware that half of my parts
were actually the second variant until I notice a mixture while pulling the order.
Another version of this scenario is when LEGO changes the build and the number
of pieces in a lot changes. My inventory might say I have 120 pieces in a lot,
but I actually only have 100. If someone buys out the lot, hopefully I can find
more of that piece in a set I have waiting to part out.
If I were notified of set inventory updates on sets I have parted out, I could
go check my inventory before there is a problem.
Romy
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| Author: | TokerSays | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:02 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
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All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
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Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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| Author: | viejos | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 11:48 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Gear 852748 | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part Black {4085 Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Undetermined Type to 4085c Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 3 (thick U clip)}
Comments from Submitter:
In sets released in 2009, the B and D types mostly appear as alternates (16/19 and 16/16 respectively) while the C type is 43/43 as regular.
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| Author: | jboske | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 11:19 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 4258-1 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 3 Part {Green to Bright Green} 3865 Baseplate 8 x 16
* Change 1 Part {Green to Bright Green} {3857 Baseplate 16 x 32 to 3334 Baseplate 16 x 24}
Comments from Submitter:
2 more updates.
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| Author: | jboske | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 10:16 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4258-1 | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, jboske writes:
| | Here are the box scans of the inventory. Under the tape are the 12x Blue 2x2
bricks.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | 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.
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For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
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I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
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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.
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That's what #1 would be for. I want to do it easily on my iPad.
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Yeah, I understand. Although there are probably higher priority things to be
done than something that isn't required very often and has an easy work around
that just involves a few more clicks.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | 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.
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For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
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I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
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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.
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That's what #1 would be for. I want to do it easily on my iPad.
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| Author: | jboske | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 09:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4258-1 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| Here are the box scans of the inventory. Under the tape are the 12x Blue 2x2
bricks.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 06:23 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Pher writes:
| | […]
| | 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).
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You see, it works also the other way round. I'm a chocolatier
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Ah! That explains the picture ID.
| | and for sweet
stuff I usually prefer Grand Marnier over the other three. Could you imagine
how a German who never heard "Grand Marnier" will pronounce it? I had great times
with my coworkers 
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You’re touching a soft point of mine: phonetics 
So, according to espeak (a text to speach (or phonetics) program), German rules
would lead to:
Chocolatier: /kˌoːkoːlatˈiːɾ/, approximatively kokolateeT in English (T being
the tt of “better” in RP)
Grand Marnier: /ɡrˈant maɾnˈiːɾ/ (grant maTneeT)
Compare to what English (RP) would be: /tʃˈɒkəlˌætɪɐ/ and /ɡɹˈænd mˈɑːnɪɐ/
Whereas French is¹: /ʃɔkɔlatjˈe/ and /ɡʁˈɑ̃ maʁnjˈe/
¹ I won’t even try to express that in the latin alphabet: English has no simple
vowels (it diphtongs everything!) or nasals (well, some Americans sound like
they only have nasals   ).
You can look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
for explanations. Look about half the article, there’s a table for consonants
and a nice diagram for vowels. Each letter has its own article with examples
and a sound sample.
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 04:55 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Pher writes:
| | How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier?
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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).
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You see, it works also the other way round. I'm a chocolatier and for sweet
stuff I usually prefer Grand Marnier over the other three. Could you imagine
how a German who never heard "Grand Marnier" will pronounce it? I had great times
with my coworkers
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 18:59 | | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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.
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For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
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I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
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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.
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| Author: | Cob | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 18:12 | | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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.
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For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
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I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 18:11 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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...
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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
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Tomorrow’s update: you can now sell fruits and wines on BrickLink thanks to the
new application Wine.o!
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| Author: | electricbaer | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 18:10 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7962-1 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* 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)
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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.
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For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
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Yes, that's what I do, but it clutters up my remarks. It would be useful
for other things, too.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 17:59 | | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 17:40 | | Subject: | Re: Another Inventory Management Suggestion | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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.
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You can already in the box in the right when in inventory,
just click remarks/ or comments and use the searchbox
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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.
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| Author: | Foroglio | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 17:40 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 8472-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 32235 Flat Silver Hose, Soft Axle 19
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| Author: | jbricks | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 17:29 | | Subject: | Re: Another Inventory Management Suggestion | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:58 | | Subject: | Another Inventory Management Suggestion | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:56 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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
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).
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:52 | | Subject: | A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | | Viewed: | 170 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | Daragh | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink you are losing business | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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?
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| Author: | Pher | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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.
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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.
[…]
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| Author: | Grego | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:31 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink you are losing business | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:29 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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.
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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.
[…]
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| Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink you are losing business | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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
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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.
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| Author: | dashpilot | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 16:20 | | Subject: | Re: Counterfiet Set Reporting | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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
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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.
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