Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Cyndis_Bricks  | | Posted: | Oct 13, 2017 18:16 | | Subject: | User count Active vs. Inactive | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello all. I have been going through the Members - Feedback ratings list, going
on page 21,158 to find information on something that I have been wondering about.
Well in doing this I have seen thousands of users that don't seem to be
"active" users. So I am thinking the 731,476 registered users is somewhat irrelevant.
Many are a once and done, sort of user.
I would like to suggest, that leaving the registered user count intact, but add
the count of "Active" users. Have BL not count the inactive users after say
6 months or 1 year, of actual log in date. This would give us all a better idea
of how many actual users are using BL. This could work just as the purge orders
after 6 months. This would still allow a user to log in after being put into
not active, and then would be in the active number for the 6 months or year.
What say you?
Dave
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Oct 13, 2017 17:18 | | Subject: | Fix BL login & links | | Viewed: | 132 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| 1) Please fix the BL login. Multiple times pretty much every day BL tells me
that my auto-fill password and id are in error.
Sometimes I can switch to a new tab or close the browser and start it again.
Other times, I have to clear my cookies (it took 2 tries of clearing cookies
just now). When I clear my cookies for BL, I also lose all my other site prefilled
info.
None of the above is acceptable for a modern website.
2) Links: why on earth do the upper links (community, my store, my bl, etc) work
when clicked on, but do not when you right-click for a new tab? (Google Chrome)
Please fix this too.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2017 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: 29-min closure may lead to sell-price error | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | A better thing would be closing the store at the time store owners desire.
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I agree with you there. But it has been discussed before, and it seems that it
is more buyer friendly to allow them to finish filling and checking out a cart
if they have been spending hours or days doing it.
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| Author: | alahaka | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2017 11:09 | | Subject: | Re: 29-min closure may lead to sell-price error | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Clearly, and even repeatedly upon each closure, informing BrickLink sellers that
their stores are not closed until 30 minutes after they "close" them would be
a good thing.
A better thing would be closing the store at the time store owners desire.
The first paragraph, not being the situation at hand, is an indicator that developers
are detached from the community they serve.
In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | Wow, I didn't know they didn't.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2017 08:15 | | Subject: | Re: 29-min closure may lead to sell-price error | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Another consideration is that the 29-minute delay means the store is simply not
closed when a store owner wants it to be.
For example, I recently made a large discount error across many more lots and
item types than intended. I didn't know how to quickly undo the change without
messing up other pricing considerations, so I "closed" my store to ensure no
orders were placed with erroneous pricing.
However my store was not actually closed, based on BrickLink's imposed delay.
And during the five to ten minutes needed to set things straight, an order could
have been placed based on unintended pricing.
I recommend that stores close at the moment when store owners want them closed.
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Setting a $1000000 minimum buy does that for most stores and is instant.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2017 05:53 | | Subject: | Re: 29-min closure may lead to sell-price error | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Wow, I didn't know they didn't.
In Suggestions, matejo writes:
| | Hi,
I recently commented that the apparent BrickLink-imposed delay of 29 (or 30)
minutes may wrongly give customers the impression they must complete their order
within this time frame, as opposed to my and others' store closed messages
which often state to simply contact the seller for a bypass password, allowing
for however much time, often days, a seller can provide a particular customer
to finish their shopping cart. In short, I think the store closure message is
more polite than the 29-minute countdown.
Another consideration is that the 29-minute delay means the store is simply not
closed when a store owner wants it to be.
For example, I recently made a large discount error across many more lots and
item types than intended. I didn't know how to quickly undo the change without
messing up other pricing considerations, so I "closed" my store to ensure no
orders were placed with erroneous pricing.
However my store was not actually closed, based on BrickLink's imposed delay.
And during the five to ten minutes needed to set things straight, an order could
have been placed based on unintended pricing.
I recommend that stores close at the moment when store owners want them closed.
Sincerely, Matthew
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| Author: | alahaka | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2017 02:13 | | Subject: | 29-min closure may lead to sell-price error | | Viewed: | 155 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
I recently commented that the apparent BrickLink-imposed delay of 29 (or 30)
minutes may wrongly give customers the impression they must complete their order
within this time frame, as opposed to my and others' store closed messages
which often state to simply contact the seller for a bypass password, allowing
for however much time, often days, a seller can provide a particular customer
to finish their shopping cart. In short, I think the store closure message is
more polite than the 29-minute countdown.
Another consideration is that the 29-minute delay means the store is simply not
closed when a store owner wants it to be.
For example, I recently made a large discount error across many more lots and
item types than intended. I didn't know how to quickly undo the change without
messing up other pricing considerations, so I "closed" my store to ensure no
orders were placed with erroneous pricing.
However my store was not actually closed, based on BrickLink's imposed delay.
And during the five to ten minutes needed to set things straight, an order could
have been placed based on unintended pricing.
I recommend that stores close at the moment when store owners want them closed.
Sincerely, Matthew
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| Author: | mandr | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2017 11:34 | | Subject: | Re: Reduce Store Verification Time | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, redimension writes:
| | Team,
I have been waiting to open my store for over a month. I am more than ready to
start selling. Do you need help in this department? Volunteers to assist in matters
like this?
Cheers!
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From what I understand, if you upgrade from a buyer to a seller and if you are
a member in good standing (active 100 days and received 5 positive feedback),
then opening the store is automatically allowed.
You are a member in good standing, but you were not at the time that you tried
to upgrade as you just got the feedback last week. If I were you, I'd send
another email to Admin to try to kick-start the process again, perhaps with attention
to Jaclyn. For you it shouldn't take so long to open at this point, but
because you arrived at this point in a different way, it may unfortunately be
as MariaA says, take a few weeks. Hopefully not though. Good luck.
If you are selling parts, it might be helpful to include a shipping chart and
a few more details in your terms to help encourage buyers. I'm not in the
US, but I got the impression from buying in the US that there are shipping categories.
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| Author: | Ariule | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2017 10:31 | | Subject: | Search vs Item Finder & New Style pages | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| For many years, I have used the "Item Finder" instead of "Search" at the top
of most pages as I find the functionality better, specifically for filtering
the country of origin of seller.
I again find the "new" search pages not as helpful. I click on "USA" for origin,
then click details, and it shows all parts, not just the sellers in "USA" for
example.
I wanted to pass along this user feedback and see if anyone else has easier and
better ways to find parts. I do not see the "Item Finder" on the new pages,
and suggest that it remain.
Ariule
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| Author: | MadiganStation | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2017 09:00 | | Subject: | Re: Reduce Store Verification Time | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
| | Specifying a password there does not keep a store locked. We have a password
there, but our store is open. They specifically said that the "open" button did
not work.
Nick.
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Removed the password, and still locked.
Nate
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2017 08:35 | | Subject: | Re: Reduce Store Verification Time | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, redimension writes:
| | Team,
I have been waiting to open my store for over a month. I am more than ready to
start selling. Do you need help in this department? Volunteers to assist in matters
like this?
Cheers!
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The process takes approx. two weeks after you complete the necessary steps. You
only completed at least two of those steps two days ago. You've been waiting
a month only because you didn't thoroughly read the information. I agree
the process could be simpler, but the information is there and simply needs to
be given the appropriate attention.
A better suggestion might be for BL to create an unambiguous list of things a
new store needs to do, with green ticks generated automatically against each
item as they're completed, with a "submit for review" button only available
after all other steps have been ticked off.
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Agreed. All the information is there.
We've three people not understanding which settings to use.
They'd entered an unnecessary Store bypassword which keeps their stores locked.
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Specifying a password there does not keep a store locked. We have a password
there, but our store is open. They specifically said that the "open" button did
not work.
Niek.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2017 01:23 | | Subject: | Re: Reduce Store Verification Time | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, redimension writes:
| | Team,
I have been waiting to open my store for over a month. I am more than ready to
start selling. Do you need help in this department? Volunteers to assist in matters
like this?
Cheers!
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The process takes approx. two weeks after you complete the necessary steps. You
only completed at least two of those steps two days ago. You've been waiting
a month only because you didn't thoroughly read the information. I agree
the process could be simpler, but the information is there and simply needs to
be given the appropriate attention.
A better suggestion might be for BL to create an unambiguous list of things a
new store needs to do, with green ticks generated automatically against each
item as they're completed, with a "submit for review" button only available
after all other steps have been ticked off.
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Agreed. All the information is there.
We've three people not understanding which settings to use.
They'd entered an unnecessary Store bypassword which keeps their stores locked.
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| Author: | bb414973 | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 23:51 | | Subject: | Re: Reduce Store Verification Time | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, redimension writes:
| | Team,
I have been waiting to open my store for over a month. I am more than ready to
start selling. Do you need help in this department? Volunteers to assist in matters
like this?
Cheers!
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The process takes approx. two weeks after you complete the necessary steps. You
only completed at least two of those steps two days ago. You've been waiting
a month only because you didn't thoroughly read the information. I agree
the process could be simpler, but the information is there and simply needs to
be given the appropriate attention.
A better suggestion might be for BL to create an unambiguous list of things a
new store needs to do, with green ticks generated automatically against each
item as they're completed, with a "submit for review" button only available
after all other steps have been ticked off.
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| Author: | bb840099 | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 17:41 | | Subject: | Reduce Store Verification Time | | Viewed: | 132 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Team,
I have been waiting to open my store for over a month. I am more than ready to
start selling. Do you need help in this department? Volunteers to assist in matters
like this?
Cheers!
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| Author: | Klodshansen | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 14:47 | | Subject: | Re: Invoice details | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| That is the wanted list for.
In Suggestions, recht writes:
| | I've been going through my old sets and reviving them for my kids. There
are quite a lot of parts missing, so I've been ordering the missing parts.
When doing this, I need to track what I've already ordered, so it would be
pretty awesome if the invoice/order overview also could show the part number
and color, not only the part descriptions.
Thanks,
Joakim
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 14:06 | | Subject: | Re: Invoice details | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| The order detail page already does. 
In Suggestions, recht writes:
| | I've been going through my old sets and reviving them for my kids. There
are quite a lot of parts missing, so I've been ordering the missing parts.
When doing this, I need to track what I've already ordered, so it would be
pretty awesome if the invoice/order overview also could show the part number
and color, not only the part descriptions.
Thanks,
Joakim
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| Author: | MikeS | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 12:35 | | Subject: | Re: Invoice details | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| How do you know what parts you need to order on BL? Did you create a wanted
list(or lists) on BrickLink of missing parts for your old sets?
MikeS
In Suggestions, recht writes:
| | I've been going through my old sets and reviving them for my kids. There
are quite a lot of parts missing, so I've been ordering the missing parts.
When doing this, I need to track what I've already ordered, so it would be
pretty awesome if the invoice/order overview also could show the part number
and color, not only the part descriptions.
Thanks,
Joakim
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| Author: | Cob | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Invoice details | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, recht writes:
| | I've been going through my old sets and reviving them for my kids. There
are quite a lot of parts missing, so I've been ordering the missing parts.
When doing this, I need to track what I've already ordered, so it would be
pretty awesome if the invoice/order overview also could show the part number
and color, not only the part descriptions.
Thanks,
Joakim
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It would also be awesome if we could put a buyer note beside the items ordered
so the buyer knew what set/project the part goes to when delivered.
Cob
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| Author: | bb991556 | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 11:32 | | Subject: | Invoice details | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I've been going through my old sets and reviving them for my kids. There
are quite a lot of parts missing, so I've been ordering the missing parts.
When doing this, I need to track what I've already ordered, so it would be
pretty awesome if the invoice/order overview also could show the part number
and color, not only the part descriptions.
Thanks,
Joakim
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| Author: | ArteP | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2017 04:21 | | Subject: | Anyone else could use "first color, ..." | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello
Of course - everyone has his own system - but mine is:
Color first - item number second
Unfortunately this setting is not available in "orders settings".
Is it possible to have this setting option too?
If yes - where to ask for it?
Best regards
Petra
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2017 10:35 | | Subject: | Re: Update item numbers of marked deletion items | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Suggestions, novabrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Suggestion:
Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.
The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.
Thanks,
Cob
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Maybe put the item number in italics and then delete the item after like 3 month
or so. Like [p=4070a] has been marked for deletion for years it seems. I am not
sure what keeps items from being deleted after being marked for deletion. Bit
of clarification would be nice.
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I believe an item cannot be deleted as long as it is actively referenced elsewhere
(most commonly in people's shop inventory, stock rooms, possibly set inventories).
Niek.
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Correct. As long as an item marked for deletion is referenced in the database
anywhere (set inventories, store inventories, stockroom inventories, old orders,
etc.), I don't think it can be removed by the Catalog Admins from the catalog.
Since some users never update their stockrooms or stores and disappear forever
into the LEGO abyss, some items will be in the database indefinitely. Unless
some updated guidelines and policies are created to remove items marked for deletion
after a certain amount of time (no matter the intended consequences to users'
stores), these items may never actually get deleted.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2017 09:14 | | Subject: | Re: Update item numbers of marked deletion items | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, novabrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Suggestion:
Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.
The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.
Thanks,
Cob
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Maybe put the item number in italics and then delete the item after like 3 month
or so. Like [p=4070a] has been marked for deletion for years it seems. I am not
sure what keeps items from being deleted after being marked for deletion. Bit
of clarification would be nice.
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I believe an item cannot be deleted as long as it is actively referenced elsewhere
(most commonly in people's shop inventory, stock rooms, possibly set inventories).
Niek.
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| Author: | novabrick | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2017 08:46 | | Subject: | Re: Update item numbers of marked deletion items | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Suggestion:
Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.
The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.
Thanks,
Cob
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Maybe put the item number in italics and then delete the item after like 3 month
or so. Like [p=4070a] has been marked for deletion for years it seems. I am not
sure what keeps items from being deleted after being marked for deletion. Bit
of clarification would be nice.
Christian
novabrick-team
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| Author: | Cob | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2017 17:41 | | Subject: | Update item numbers of marked deletion items | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Suggestion:
Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.
The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.
Thanks,
Cob
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| Author: | LongDistanceStu | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2017 22:01 | | Subject: | New Part On Stud.io | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Dear Bricklink,
There is a part I would like you to add to Stud.io.
It is: Black Tile, Round 1 x 1 with Large White Square and Small White Square
Pattern
The part number is: 6178627
I would like it if you added it so I can add it to some of my creation.
Thanks for reading,
LongDistanceStu
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