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View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - chetzler (2322)
[...] Sounds like you just needed to vent. Hopefully you'll stick around, I just sent you a 20% off coupon for my store. I hope you'll stop by, I know you will have [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Perfect :D:D
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Teup (6599)
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(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Er, no. The “rocket science” argument means it’s intellectually difficult and outside the capabilities of average people. It doesn’t imply that the person should be [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - yorbrick (1182)
[...] Yes, seems sensible to me. It might also be a good idea to flag any parts that do not have dimensions or similar, as that seems to be a fairly common complaint for getting [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - cosmicray (3492)
[...] I wish the best of luck in your purchases over at the big-A and the big-E. As a seller, those two are significantly more expensive to do business upon, and I have to [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - tEoS (5297)
No, I'm simply stating that the "rocket science" argument is flawed. It implies that you don't need the intellect of a very scientific person, as if said person has [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - steelwoolghandi (2611)
[...] I feel you're pain. When I started out as just a buyer on bricklink I had a hard time with the restrictions but it took my a little while to figure out how to check [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - bb745370 (20)
[...] MMh yeha had the same again just now. Havent bought anything in a while cause i couldnt bother the time it takes to setup an order so i get what i nee dfor my projcts, [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Adjour (2458)
[...] I love this idea. I still don't have my shipping the way I'd like, mainly because I can't see what the buyer is seeing. I'm no dummy and I've shipped [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Teup (6599)
So, you are saying it is difficult. We're talking about sellers here, people who decide that they can handle selling Lego. Not every person who signs up on Bricklink has [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - LearnedBrick (7473)
[...] Sorry to hear that. Certain stores have their reasons for their restrictions and terms, and your frustration and anger are valid but hopefully short-lived. We have just [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - tEoS (5297)
I grow tired of reading the old "it's not rocket science" argument, as if it somehow substantiates a person's claim. [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Abels_Bricks (1268)
[...] The best thing that Bricklink could do and I am amazed that BL has not done this. A sandbox for sellers to test postage options. This would allow us all to check out [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Teup (6599)
[...] And I think on the seller's side of the interface, it should also warn that not all weight/volume/value/country combinations are covered. I think it's the sellers [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - yorbrick (1182)
[...] This is where IC could be improved. The current postage cost could be displayed when in the store and get updated after each addition, and flagged up if an item is included [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - tEoS (5297)
Instant checkout isn't so simple. You can think you have all bases covered, but later discover something that prevents a buyer from ordering. In addition, we have no way [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - yorbrick (1182)
[...] Lot minimums are there to ensure that sellers can offer good prices, but not be picking orders consisting of 100s of lots, each of a single 1p part. Now sellers can easily [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - yorbrick (1182)
[...] Did you not look at the top of the screen by the cart when you were in the store? It should identify the minimum buy and the lot average price needed to check out. BL [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Bricks_NW_UK (1366)
As a seller your terms should be clear and transparent. I don't get this "lot" charge business to be honest. I sometimes think it is a case of sellers offering silly discounts [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Teup (6599)
[...] A size restriction sounds ridiculous, I never saw that... How can a buyer possibly anticipate this? There's no way of knowing how big your order is going to be, [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - SezaR (1388)
So frustrating. Read first their terms. Most good sellers do have good and clear terms and nice feedback. I know many of them. By taking a quick look at terms, you can know if [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - StarBrick (7065)
RTFM ?
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - MidwestBrick (1855)
[...] I understand your frustration. There are some sellers with so much going on in their terms that I X out and never go back. But there are many more sellers here that [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 5, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! - Build_Zone (867)
[...] What is wrong with those sellers here:/ I am new seller but I'm not hiding anything if i want add handling fee so I'll say for what if i have the reason to do [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 4, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Brickheadz Prints in Stud.io - Tech_M (30)
I and some of my friends are a bit disappointed by the lack of prints from the Brickheadz series, especially the eyes. Does anyone else want these added?
(68 months ago, Oct 2, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Note to seller is not very good - Etown (1740)
[...] I voted yes. I have been guilty of missing a message until I'm ready to invoice. Ron
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 90-percentile as new average price ? - Etown (1740)
[...] I voted no because I am hesitant to support anything that would expedite the race to the bottom. It's getting more and more difficult to find sets with a large enough [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Like feature - bb1158246 (7)
I'm sure someone has suggested this before, but since I can't find an earlier post that suggests this, I'll just make a new one. Why not add a 'like' feature [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 90-percentile as new average price ? - Bricks_NW_UK (1366)
I agree with the point Teup makes on this. "The race to the bottom" is something that concerns us as well. Constant "sales" just harm the overall selling prices. Same goes with [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Price offer - yorbrick (1182)
[...] I think it could work if: 1) Sellers opted into it on an item by item basis. 2) Sellers could set two extra prices where (i) the offer is automatically [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 90-percentile as new average price ? - yorbrick (1182)
[...] Throwing away data using some other biasing gives an even worse indication of what it has sold for. [...] The average value reports the average (mean) value [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 90-percentile as new average price ? - MidwestBrick (1855)
[...] A low price puts in all those sales where people are "selling out". Overall, to each their own on pricing. I have my own methods which vary from color to color, type [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Price offer - Gaston.La.Brick (1841)
[...] I'm not a seller on eBay, but I have used the "Make an offer" as a buyer a few times (with always reasonable offers) and sellers have accepted my offer in [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 90-percentile as new average price ? - Gaston.La.Brick (1841)
[...] You are jumping to conclusions. I never said prices are unfair. I'm saying the average calculation, although mathematically correct, is not a good indication of what [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 90-percentile as new average price ? - Teup (6599)
[...] This suggestion comes up now and then, I am not in favour, as it makes the priceguide less transparent but most of all it promotes the race to the bottom even more. In [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread 90-percentile as new average price ? - Gaston.La.Brick (1841)
I noticed the highest prices of items sold (or of items that are on sale), have an out of proportion influence on the average prices. Example: when 9 people sell (or [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Price offer - Bricks_NW_UK (1366)
[...] In my opinion this wouldn't work! They have this function on eBay and it is a nightmare to be honest. The sellers have set their prices and if you don't want [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Price offer - mikmo (1391)
Can you imagine getting 2000 messages offering you 3$ for your Chrome black Darth Vader minifig ? There should at least be a min. amount if this option is implemented. Kind [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Price offer - miskox (627)
Could an option (maybe this was suggested before?) be added that would allow possible buyer to offer a price? I would list an item with a price and a check box there [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 1, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Note to seller is not very good - bricksahead (3853)
[...] Hi Randy, This is a great suggestion which I can fully support. It has happened to me a couple of times that I missed a "note to seller". ;*( Hanne
(68 months ago, Sep 30, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Note to seller is not very good - randyipp (3475)
I would love it if the "note to seller" when a buyer is checking out were handled more like a message and show up in the messages inbox, with the notification number. The note [...]
(68 months ago, Sep 30, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Order Item Removal Request notification - BrickArchitect (3076)
As a buyer on Bricklink I sometimes have a seller requesting an "Order Item Removal Request" on items the seller does not have in stock. When the seller requests an "Order Item [...]
(68 months ago, Sep 28, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Search inventory remarks in top search bar - AngrySquirrel (1253)
can we get this going again?
(68 months ago, Sep 28, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Sorting prospective sellers by Favorites - Brickwilbo (1534)
[...] This kind of already exists, check the Favourite settings on this page (URL)
(68 months ago, Sep 27, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Sorting prospective sellers by Favorites - bb1202806 (20)
After typing a part number in the search bar, the screen displays a list of all the sellers based on the options entered there. Is there any way to indicate that the list of [...]
(68 months ago, Sep 27, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Stopping/Checking inflated prices - StarBrick (7065)
[...] Discussed and proposed many times before, but still no sign of implementing something like this.... Focus was on other points I guess. Something with Stud.IO and a designer [...]
(68 months ago, Sep 24, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Stopping/Checking inflated prices - Pippysblocks (4766)
Sounds like a good plan. I listed a cheap 9p item several weeks back and about a week later I did my usual Brickstock download to check for missing locations and oddities and [...]
(68 months ago, Sep 24, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Stopping/Checking inflated prices - tpr (8645)
Hi Probably a lot of us have been guilty of this, adding an item to your inventory and forgetting the decimal point, or putting it in the wrong place, thereby creating an abnormal [...]
(68 months ago, Sep 24, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Can we please have a "notes" column in Cart - figrindave (103)
Would it be possible for us to be able to write down notes for all the different carts we have? I usually have 8-15 carts going that I'm debating between, and usually have [...]
(69 months ago, Sep 20, 2018, to Suggestions)

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