Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2018 18:27 | | Subject: | Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In LEGO, randyf writes:
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Just to reiterate, I am not in favor of wheel and tire assemblies in inventories
unless they came that way and are listed in the Regular Items section. Wheels
and tires are not hard to take apart. My kids have been doing it since they were
young.
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I remember having had problems with this one as kid:
* |  | 8c02 (Inv) Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Wheel Holder Bottom with Red Wheel with Black Tire Offset Tread Small (8 / 3464c02)
Parts: Aircraft |
(Both wheel from plate and then tire from hub.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2018 13:15 | | Subject: | Re: Just how many pieces ARE in LEGO 10214? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Catalog, SteveDJ writes:
| | I was Googling for some pictures of the LEGO Tower Bridge, set 10214. What I
find interesting, is that there are two different versions of the set BOX --
with one version showing 4287 pieces, and another version showing 4295 pieces.
The catalog entry here shows 4287. Yet, there is no supplemental information
as to what happened?
If anything, the box art WITHOUT the tree in the corner, but instead showing
the Expert label/icon, looks like the more recent box. And it is the one showing
4295 pieces.
Is the catalog entry here not up to date?
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In the recent production runs,
has been replaced with
which have holes.
So TLG added 8x White
so that you don’t see the coloured parts inside the towers through the holes.
And 4287 + 8 = 4295.
The match ID for the alternate model is 99.
Funnily, with these 2x4 plates, there are Medium Blue 1x2 plates that are not
useful anymore but that are still included.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 16, 2018 07:08 | | Subject: | Re: Cart/wishlist sharing | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, saxus writes:
| | Sometimes we make BL orders together with one or more friend to optimize shipping
costs. This is a little bit hard to do specially with lot of lots.
It would be very nice if there will be an option to invite somebody to an order
to add an another batch. For example, if i get an invite, i could add a batch
to my friend's order from my own account. It would be a spearated batch named
to me.
Obviously it could be a solution to share each's password, but obvious security
reason it's not really a fun solution.
And also: it would be nice if we have the itemNo with link to the catalog on
the shop's store page like in the global store page.
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First, sharing WLs is a “feature coming soon!” (look at the setup screen for
any of your WL).
Second, you can download ( button on the WL’s page ) and upload ( https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page
) WLs. So you and your friends can share them through other means (e-mail…).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2018 17:16 | | Subject: | Re: Wrong color item shown on Appears In page | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
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What do you mean by “on the next page”  ?
Selecting a colour doesn’t change the page.
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Okay, I get it: clicking on a colour name in the Known Color column in the Color
Info tab, not the colour selection box on top of the picture.
Yes, the link leads to a page (e.g. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4073&colorID=36&in=A
) that shows the part in another colour.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2018 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Wrong color item shown on Appears In page | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, patpendlego writes:
What do you mean by “on the next page” ?
Selecting a colour doesn’t change the page.
Anyway, when I select a colour, I get the picture in that colour.
And changing the lower tab to “Price Guide” instead of “Color Info” (my default)
shows me the price guide for the colour I just selected.
| | Even though the text states the color selected.
BrickLink... please show the image of the color selected.
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What would be nice (too) would be sorting the Known colours by name….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2018 19:03 | | Subject: | Re: Improvement to super-lots? Paired items. | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
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Paired part entries may make things marginally easier for sellers, but the added
burden of work on everyone involved does not, IMO, justify them. Also, I doubt
they'd be used enough to justify their existence.
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Also, don’t forget that when you have “left arm” and “right arm” in a wanted
list, “left and right arms” is never suggested, and vice versa.
The complete minifig isn’t suggested either if you parted it out in your WL.
Same for sets.
When looking for a minifig part (which is rare but happens), I add both the part
and the minifigs that use it (if they are affordable). I would have to do the
same if there were paired parts….
Of course, if the search algorithms were to be modified to help me do that, that
would be wonderful.
And if they could also help search for multiple colours without having to look
for N/A and a bunch of colours I don’t want…
And if they could point me to a set or incomplete set that has a bunch of the
parts I want and which is for sale for cheaper than I would have to pay for the
parts…
And I’d want a poney too.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2018 19:12 | | Subject: | Re: Fake picture for Lady Iron Dragon / Misako | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, tEoS writes:
| | The picture for this minifig seems fake or maybe a digitally altered photo from
Lego.
I find it a bit misleading since the head on the actual fig is garbage and certainly
not like the BL minifig photo. My head is such a thin yellow that the black
shows through in most spots.
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Yes, the shadows on the chin make me say “render!”
The head’s picture is more realistic:
* | | 3626cpb2021 Minifigure, Head Female Balaclava with Yellow Face, Black Eyelashes, Tapered Eyebrows, Neutral Expression Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head |
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2018 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: need new filter function for this website | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SGTENIGMA writes:
| | i have one suggestion that i think all would greatly appreciate. the function
capability to isolate and block individual sellers. what i mean is to make it
where if you have unsatisfactory service, you the buyer, can highlight the specific
seller and put him on your own block list. much like facebook. so that way, you
no longer see the seller when you search for future lego products. for the bad
shops will be filtered out and you wont see them. i just had an order that i
cancelled. i was instructed to go thru paypal and enter all their info in order
to buy their products. instead of going thru bricklink to get thru to paypal.
in other words, they wanted to circumvent the percentage you guys make when each
sell happens. so i refuse to let them circumvent and cut you out. pretty sure
they will give me a bad review. dont care. i believe in being honest. but i find
it frustrating that i have to write down each bad seller and have to review my
own list before buying. that is timeconsuming. appreciate it!
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See https://www.bricklink.com/pref_favorite.asp?v=L&viewType=
And all the settings for the different searches….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2018 07:30 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6881-1 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Hi Admin_Russell,
As I had mentioned, I only had one 3942a (in any color) and it came with this
set. Why is this rejected?
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I think you should take this as a nudge to go in a different direction. Instead
of splitting hairs over these early variants, there is a lot of basic inventory
work to do on the site, even in older inventories. Wrong quantities, wrong colors,
missing things...
If you really like variants perhaps you should start working more with newer
inventories where there is easy access to sealed contents. You may find it more
rewarding to work with first hand information.
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That doesn’t answer the question.
FWIW, I have five White 3942*, two come from 6970-1, two come from two 6920-1,
and one comes from 6881-1.
Three of them are 3942a, two are 3942c.
Therefore, two 3942a come from 6970-1 (1980), the two 3942c come from the two
6920-1 (1986), and that leaves one 3942a for 6881-1 (1984).
On the other hand, I have three Black 3942*, two from 1212-1 and one from 6951-1.
One is a 3942c. I can’t say for sure from where it comes, maybe my 1212-1 had
one of each….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2018 05:48 | | Subject: | Re: Photo of Black 3942b | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, SezaR writes:
| | I guess something is wrong with the photo of black
It is supposed to be in two colors: black and (light) gray
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It looks like a mirror effect, not gray 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, edeevo writes:
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I don't see the point in mocking the issue I raised:
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The point wasn’t mocking the issue you raised, it was just a jest around the
admins’ argument in this recurring discussion, both to present it and to “mock”
it, because, frankly, both sides are right (or are they both wrong?).
Anyway, the only half-solution I see (and that solution is not new and shows
up as often as this problem is raised in one form or another) that could please
and help both sellers and buyers a bit more than what we have now is to have
a system where variants could be merged (in a “undetermined” upper-level part
or in some kind of group). Sellers and buyers could choose to differentiate
or not. Buyers would be presented with XXX*, XXXa, or XXXb when they say they
want XXX*, but not with XXX* if they want XXXa.
Notwithstanding the many technical and especially UI problems (How to present
this so that newbies understand?), the problem would also then be with the “Price
Guide Which is Not a Guide but Which is Used as One” (Where do you place sales
for XXX*? Are sales for XXXa and XXXb also included in XXX*?…).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 15:19 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, edeevo writes:
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Except that the problem with doing this (removing the undetermined entry) will
only cause many Sellers to list either/or version of the flag into either/or
entry... meaning that they will continue to not make a distinction between the
two, but list them in one of the two available entries (and *maybe* leaving a
note stating that they "do not distinguish between versions of this part" if
you're lucky)... In other words, you may think you will not have a catalog
"stuffed with undetermined entries", but the two catalog entries will actually
be stuffed with items that are really undetermined (i.e. if the goal was to force
Sellers into listing their items into the appropriate catalog entries, this will
not fix that... many still list similar items in one category or another without
an undetermined entry)...
To be clear, I will more than likely separate each of the flags in my inventory,
to maintain consistency in having my listings correctly identified... but having
been a Buyer from numerous Sellers with the same sort of parts, I can confidently
say I am one of the rare Sellers that does make those distinctions; hence the
problem I identified above...
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Thing is, if there were an “Undetermined LEGO Part” entry, some sellers would
use it to list all their parts  
(Well, maybe they would need two entries: one for cheap parts and one for expensive
parts )
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | […]
A majority of the market will not care which way the flag is waving.
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Besides the date accuracy, they are often used in pairs, and it’s really not
aesthetic not to have both flames of a pair bending the same way.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 26, 2018 17:07 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Clear not a known color for 3001? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, WoutR writes:
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Last use in a set was 1987.
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My understanding was that the catalogue wasn’t accurate as the 300[123]old entries
are relatively recent.
| | Used parts are common, but modern trans-clear bricks are rare.
(Does anyone know why?)
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TLG realized their colour QA was awful?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 26, 2018 16:32 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Clear not a known color for 3001? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| | In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
[…]
| | Trans parts don’t have internal supports, they use the old mould.
3001old doesn’t only mean old 3001 bricks, it also means 3001 without support.
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I have trans-clear 3001 bricks with cross-supports, and even a recent one with
thin walls (fully modern 3001). They do exist, but they're only used for
internal models like in LegoLand parks.
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Yes, a “Generally” or “common [parts]” was missing in my first sentence. The
point I really wanted to make was that the “old” in “3001old” is for “old mould,
without cross supports,” not “old mould, for old bricks that were made decades
ago and that are not made anymore.”
Unless TLG is sitting on a big pile of old trans bricks, they are still using
the old moulds.
Many parts have two moulds and two Design IDs, one for ABS (solid colours) and
one for PC (transparent colours) (“ABS” or “PC” is sometimes included in the
official name), even when the differences (in the resulting bricks) aren’t obvious.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 26, 2018 10:41 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Clear not a known color for 3001? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | In Colors, aleydita writes:
| | In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | Hi,
I am looking at the known colors for part 3001, cause I want to update my set
of example color bricks, there are much more in the price guide info than known
colors...
E.g. Trans-Clear is not a known color for part 3001, how is that possible?
Thx,
Arnoud
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Maybe all trans clear 2 x 4 bricks in official sets are of the 3001old variety?
Would certainly match the release dates of those sets. Current trans 3003s are
of the 3003old variety but are listed under 3003 as per BL policy, so any 3001
trans that surfaced now would probably still be of the 3001old variety.
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3001 trans clear not used in any set? that could explain it indeed 
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Trans parts don’t have internal supports, they use the old mould.
3001old doesn’t only mean old 3001 bricks, it also means 3001 without support.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 23, 2018 13:25 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Part 44658c01 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, sleeper447 writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory: [P=44658c01]
* Change {2 to 4} Part (Variable Color) 44658a Minifig, Weapon Knife
Comments from Submitter:
There is only one item (2 knives) registered, however you can clearly see on the box that there are 2 knives in the construction and 1 hold by the merman. Since they come by two as far as I know, it would seems that there are then 2 items, resulting in 4 knives.
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It seems what you want is to change the inventory of a set (the one with the
merman) but this request is asking for a change in the inventory of the part
(the two knives as they come attached in new sets), not the inventory of a set.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2018 10:46 | | Subject: | Re: Personal inventory (non sellers) | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
It’s a suggestion, not a question
The purpose is the following ( https://www.bricklink.com/messageTopics.asp ):
“Suggestions to the BrickLink Admininstration to improve website functionality
and design.”
Yes, Rebrickable allows to check set or public MOCs inventories with personal
part lists/inventories. But having a few inventory/WL features on BL would be
better than having to work around with third party tools (with all the hassles
of exporting / importing and handling the different nomenclatures).
Just having the possibility to merge or substract two wanted lists, or a WL and
an order or a set inventory would be a great improvement.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2018 17:32 | | Subject: | Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Administrative, Bionicleseller writes:
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Remember, if we
cannot figure it out, imagine what it must be like for newcomers?
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Remember they are not hampered as you are by your knowledge of the olden ways.
| | Thankfully the new list hasn't been removed. Let's keep it that way........please.......
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I think you meant “classic,” not “new”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 28, 2018 07:42 | | Subject: | Re: Improve add item screen | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Pippyblocks writes:
| | Out of interest, I noticed some of your used plates are slightly more expensive
than your new ones. I've noticed this with my inventory before when I've
gone through to adjust pricing and wondered why / how this happened because obviously,
customers would pick out the new over used as it is cheaper.
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Not necessarily. Some people are only looking for Used, some of them for authenticity,
some of them (wrongly) believing Used is always cheaper than New.
So the parts could still be sold
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 17, 2018 12:01 | | Subject: | Re: What happened to the best price button | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | In Suggestions, JAFO writes:
| | What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.
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It went away a while ago, there have been some pretty long threads discussing
the disappearance of the feature.
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The three options, “Lowest Price,” “Fewest Stores,” and “Best Price,” were just
heuristical sets of parameters for the approximating algorithm, and they were
given names according to what the results were hoped to be. But:
“Fewest Stores” sometimes gave a lower price than “Lowest Price.”
“Lowest Price” sometimes gave fewer stores than “Fewest Stores.”
No one never knew what “Best Price” meant.
And I’m sure people tried all three every time.
At one time, BL realized the names were a bit too optimistic (not to say misleading),
and they chose to reduce the choice to only one option, which I think can be
dubbed “Best,” whatever that might mean.
And we still don’t know what it does.
And there are still weird, unexplained, uncommented things happening.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 10, 2018 18:16 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7817-1 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | If I may add my brick: an inventory isn’t gospel truth, it’s a crowd-sourced
work-in-progress.
We might never know an inventory is “complete” / won’t ever change anymore: fifty
years from now, someone might dig up and open a sealed set with another variant
or extra.
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Of course you're right. Your observation relates to all matters, though,
and touches on the very nature of truth itself. I am of the opinion that absolute
assurance is foolhardy and the wiser position to take regarding any fact is varying
degrees of certainty.
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You absolutely sure about that?
| | There is a celestial body we have named the Sun which casts light onto the Earth,
for example, but I am only 99% sure of that. I do not say it is a certainty
because it could be shown wrong one day.
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Yes, but there are some things we can hold for true without much consequences
in many occasions in our day-to-day lifes, and some others for which it might
be harmful more often.
It’s one thing to assume (but for one day every (about) four years when you need
to catch up) that a day is exactly 24h, it’s another to jump and buy expensive
parts because you believe an inventory is perfect and your just-bought set has
the wrong variants.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 10, 2018 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7817-1 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | | | Can we agree on the following sentence?
A set inventory is not incorrect or incomplete just because it doesn't include
every possible variant and alternate variant which ever appeared in the set during
the years it was released.
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I am sorry but I would consider it incomplete.
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Good lord, don't be sorry for having an opinion! We just disagree on that
particular point and we were finally able to pinpoint the exact cause of the
disagreement. That's a good thing.
My viewpoint is that if the inventory includes all the parts required*, then
it is complete. The inventory is imperfect (for collectors) if the variants
are not period-specific, but it is not incorrect or incomplete.
I agree with your efforts to get the inventories as perfect as possible, but
I'm expecting the highest standard of proof for tweaking inventories into
perfection. I think the collectors who care about these sets expect and deserve
only the best sources. That highest standard of proof is difficult to locate
for these old or rare sets and I understand and sympathize with your difficulties
in locating quality sources.
*All parts required to build the main model plus any other items on the official
parts list. In the absence of a parts list, the instructions, box images, and
official part count may be used to determine as closely as possible the constitution
of the Regular section.
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If I may add my brick: an inventory isn’t gospel truth, it’s a crowd-sourced
work-in-progress.
We might never know an inventory is “complete” / won’t ever change anymore: fifty
years from now, someone might dig up and open a sealed set with another variant
or extra.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 8, 2018 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
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I totally agree, and suggest BrickLink go one step further and remove the ability
for stores to adjust their prices to the current 6 month average for consolidated
lots when parting out sets as it's only serving to drive prices down either
further.
[…]
Stores would still be able to adjust prices manually of course, but who really
has the time to check the prices of 10,000 lots against the current average price?
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People are already using third party tools (theirs or BrickStock) that can do
that easily.
The more you restrict tools in BL, the more people will use tools outside of
BL (and continue bitching there aren’t enough sellers tools in BL).
| | I would imagine the declining prices would be having a knock on effect with BrickLink's
income, so any steps to address the declining prices are in their best interest
too.
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Price fixing, or limiting people’s ability to set their own prices, isn’t a solution
(apart from being illegal).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 5, 2018 16:46 | | Subject: | Re: Muting/ignoring forum member feature? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
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Thanks Again! definitely not ignoring you! you've been a great resource and
help today and in the past!
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Thanks. I was just joking: suggestions are always triggered by recent events,
so the people having participated in the last dispute could think you were bored
with them
By the way, you can see how many people ignore you in your My Activity page (just
above the defunct Chat subsection at the bottom), but you can’t know who they
are.
I’m of the grumbling and sarcastic but helping sort, I like to think the helping
part explains why I’m only on 7 ignore lists
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