| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2018 19:58 | | Subject: | Re: P.I.X.A.L. Name Capitalisation/Punctuation | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, todeluca writes:
| | In Catalog, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | If I were doing a search for her I would use the spelling on the box - it is
the quickest and the most simple. Plus, the bio you mentioned is not very easy
to find so most people are only going to know the minifigure as just plain Pixal.
As for a compelling reason not to change it to P.I.X.A.L.? If you do a search
on Lego.com for P.I.X.A.L. you don't even get get any relevant search results
related to her or Ninjago but if you do a search for just plain Pixal then you
get search results that apply.
Jim
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As shown in the images above (the second two), a search for “Pixal” yields “P.I.X.A.L.”,
so there would not be any problem for those who search with the non-punctuated
spelling.
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If Lego.com refers to her as Pixal on their website and on the set box and in
the set's description then I agree with BL not to change it. The punctuated
form of Pixal is only used by Lego.com in the bio you referred to which is not
even easy to find.
I understand your point and agree with it when looked at from more of a purist
point of view but not even Lego.com deems it important to refer to her using
the punctuated form of her name so again I think BL made the right decision.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2018 18:50 | | Subject: | Re: P.I.X.A.L. Name Capitalisation/Punctuation | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, todeluca writes:
| | I have submitted changes to Minifig (njo086), wherein I have added the proper
capitalisation and punctuation to P.I.X.A.L.’s name - all of which have been
rejected.
While I understand that the name on the box is “Pixal”, her official bio
on the Ninjago section of LEGO.com has her name as “P.I.X.A.L.” (See images).
Additionally, searches for “Pixal”/“PIXAL” yield both her standard (“Pixal”)
and Samurai X variants (the latter of which has the proper capitalisation/punctuation)
- (See images). Thus, changing the capitalisation/punctuation of (njo086) causes
no search problems, is correct, is accurate to LEGO’s own character bio, and
is consistent with the names of the character’s other variants.
From my perspective, the only reason to retain the current spelling of
(njo086), is because this is what was on the box. If there is some other, possibly
more compelling, reason to retain the current spelling, please let me know.
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If I were doing a search for her I would use the spelling on the box - it is
the quickest and the most simple. Plus, the bio you mentioned is not very easy
to find so most people are only going to know the minifigure as just plain Pixal.
As for a compelling reason not to change it to P.I.X.A.L.? If you do a search
on Lego.com for P.I.X.A.L. you don't even get get any relevant search results
related to her or Ninjago but if you do a search for just plain Pixal then you
get search results that apply.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2018 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: Price guide rant | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, LaineeP writes:
| | I know that this has probably been beat to death, but I have a suggestion. I,
as well as others I'm sure, have complained about the average prices that
are grossly inflated due to very high priced parts. On the used side of the guide
it seems it is always the same 2 stores (ex $39.95 for a $0.20 piece).
Why can't we do what they do in some sporting events - throw out the lowest
and highest and then average. I'm sure there is a way to do this.
Lainee
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What do people use the average of the "Current items for sale" info for? I would
think that the 6 month sales average info is much more important. It has been
brought up here many times and I don't understand why people don't use
the 6 month sales average instead?
I am asking this not to be snarky in any way, I am just wondering if maybe I
am not seeing the importance of that information and thus missing out on the
use of it.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2018 01:12 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink: please clean up incomplete sets | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:
| | I recently listed another batch of used sets. Once again in reviewing prices
I found in most cases the cheapest one available for sale is listed as "complete"
but missing minifigures.
Bricklink can't you do a sweep of these errant listings and send the seller
a warning? Maybe query sets that are listed as complete but have the word "missing"
or "no minifigs" in the comments
I know you don't want to make changes automatically (the seller could have
written "no missing minifigures" or something) but it is a long and slow process
to find these one by one. And there are thousands of them listed.
Sounds like a lot of work? You are probably losing money too. The average
sold price is lower than it should be because so many incomplete sets are being
sold as complete. If sellers saw the real average price they would set their
prices higher and Bricklink would benefit from the higher commission.
For example I recently listed Star Wars set. The cheapest 3 currently available
(listed as complete) are $15, $20 and $24. None of them are complete according
to the sellers description.
The average sold for this set is $22 but since 3 of the sold sets were prices
$15, $15 and $21 they were probably incomplete but sold as complete and now are
polluting the price guide. The correct average sold is about $27
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I hope your not suggestion that BL do a sweep by checking each and every listing
of every set listed by every seller or even just the least expensive listing
of each and every set? If you are then that would take so much time and effort
that it would be, well for lack of a better word, ridiculous. If I have miss
understand you then I apologize.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2018 18:52 | | Subject: | Re: New buyer LOE to tie up inventory for 14 days | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, matejo writes:
| | And a question (or questions) for a question (not addressed to you), why does
BrickLink not address this decade-old concern?
Is there a bona fide problem with giving sellers & buyers say "only" 6 days to
get something done (like the courtesy of sending of simple message) rather than
the current 14 days?
If yes, what's the problem?
Is instant checkout their one-size-fits-all solution?
Have they told anyone this?
If they have, is there some place to find their positions outside of this needle-in-a-haystack
forum (where I add hay such as this), where administrators' positions are
very low in number and extremely hard to find?
Are they taking the eBay road and discounting the importance of low volume buyers
and sellers?
And did I say "Whoopdeedoo" yet? 
In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | Why not make sure that every buyer has to use the instant checkout? That should
solve your problem.
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You really dont even have to wait one day, just cancel the order and move on.
If you are concerned about getting a negative feedback then just wait the alloted
time.
You have the ability to cancel the order so there is no need to downgrade BrickLink
for their policies (not your first posts, just this one)? And remember, you agreed
to these policies when you signed up to be a seller here on BrickLink as we all
did.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2018 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Interface improvement | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | I can forgive a lot of incompetence if you're at least working
in my interest.
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"My interest" is very subjective. The problem is that so many feel the same way
as you do so in that when a change or changes are made and it dose not benefit
what they consider 'their interest' then you get this...
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2018 12:13 | | Subject: | Re: Interface improvement | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Don't forget the typical forum response to ANYTHING that admin tries to do.... |
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2018 12:18 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers who smoke should let buyers know | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | They did not fit me so I threw them away.
John P
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That gave me a good laugh, it sounds exactly like something you would say.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2018 12:13 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers who smoke should let buyers know | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| It also helps to put Jet Dry in the rinsing water, not with the small but with
helping the parts to dry water spot free.
When we wash used parts, after spray rinsing, we take a container filled with
water and add a good amount of jet dry to it. We fill up a fine strainer with
lego and dip them into the solution. We then lay them out on a large towel an
point a fan on them. The parts come out beautiful - no water spots at all! We
have very hard water so the difference that the Jet Dry makes is very substantial.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2017 16:37 | | Subject: | Re: So many "incomplete" sets listed wrong | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I think some sellers mistakenly list them as complete but I think most others
list them as complete even though they are incomplete to avoid them from being
filtered out by buyers that have incomplete sets filtered out of their viewed
listings - I will not buy at all from these stores, I view them as already being
a bit shady.
Jim
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