BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, Rainey writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rainey writes:

I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey

This already exists, use your default selling settings: https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp

I didn't see any setting for adding individual items. There is only one
for parting out sets.
Rainey

Use brickstock. If the average is automatically put in then it is one more thing
that needs to be deleted before typing in the price you want, thus takes more
time.

Author:

MidwestBrick

Posted:

Dec 1, 2018 21:45

Subject:

Home page - more stages shown

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Currently it says
Invoices
Shipments
Drove-thru

Would like to see
Orders
Invoiced
Paid
Packed
Shipped

Orders -- these need to be invoiced
Invoiced-- seller has sent the invoice
Paid --- buyer has paid
Packed-- seller has packed the order
Shipped -- seller has shipped the order, and can complete drive thru here
to move it out of the shipped bucket

Same for buyers. Not sure why everything was condensed to three options when
there are more stages than this and with IC, items move quickly through the stages
and skip some.

Thanks for the consideration.

Author:

primadeluxe

Posted:

Dec 1, 2018 14:04

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Re: Personal catalog

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Thanks for the tip👍

In Suggestions, primadeluxe writes:

Hi BL'ers,

Sorry for my English. Is it an idea to make a personal catalog in Bricklink in
which you can inventory the sets which you own? And maybe inventory missing parts
or sets and put them on your wanted list or order them?

Shall give a nice view of your collection.

Best regards and enjoy your lego.

Like to hear from you.

From the Netherlands, Wilbert

Author:

reuvenk_IL

Posted:

Nov 29, 2018 16:04

Subject:

Wanted list: redistribute items to added shop

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Hi,

On the "Buy Wanted Lists" page, when choosing a store, the site adds all parts
possible to the first store chosen's cart. Then, once I choose a second store,
it adds all remaining parts to the second store's cart.

Is there a way to choose two (or more) stores at once, and then the site will
distribute the parts between the two stores, choosing whichever store is cheapest
for each part?
(This feature is available on BrickOwl, and really help pull down the cost of
purchasing an entire wanted list there. I'm hoping this is also possible
on Bricklink, but I haven't figured out how to do it if it is).

If you press auto-select then the site does what I am describing, but I don't
always want to use the single solution that auto-select provides (often due to
one stores shipping costs).

If it isn't possible, is it possible to request this from the Bricklink developers?

Thanks,
-Reuven

PS Sorry for mentioning the competition

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Nov 29, 2018 01:01

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Re: Personal catalog

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In Suggestions, primadeluxe writes:

You've a wonderful name.

You can use Brickset, Rebrickable.com or Brickstock.

Or use your Store Stockrooms on Bricklink.

Author:

primadeluxe

Posted:

Nov 28, 2018 10:22

Subject:

Personal catalog

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Author:

StormChaser

Posted:

Nov 27, 2018 21:55

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Re: Please Allow Alternate Item Numbers for Books

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

This suggestion has now been implemented.

Thank you for this and for the other work you're continually doing behind
the scenes to improve the catalog and inventory systems.

Little improvements like this have been needed for many, many years and you've
made many of them since you've been there.

Author:

Lauren_Luke

Posted:

Nov 27, 2018 21:46

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Re: Please Allow Alternate Item Numbers for Books

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[Admin_Russell] writes:

This suggestion has now been implemented.

Yes! You beauty!

Author:

Admin_Russell

Posted:

Nov 27, 2018 21:42

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Re: Please Allow Alternate Item Numbers for Books

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In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:

I looked through the open catalog requests and there doesn't seem to be one
for this. It could be a site development issue, but I'm not sure so I'm
making it a catalog request.

There are 3,000 books in the catalog and volunteers willing to do a little work
to make those entries more complete. It won't be so easy if we wait to add
the alternate item number field until we have two or three times that many books
(or more) in the catalog.

Thank you for considering this request.

This suggestion has now been implemented.

Author:

AvemBricks

Posted:

Nov 26, 2018 05:23

Subject:

Re: Automatic price while listing items

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I hope bricklink sees this!

Author:

MontagueBrick

Posted:

Nov 24, 2018 19:38

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Re: Automatic price while listing items

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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rainey writes:

This already exists, use your default selling settings: https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp

I didn't see any setting for adding individual items. There is only one
for parting out sets.
Rainey

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Nov 24, 2018 17:57

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Re: Automatic price while listing items

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In Suggestions, Rainey writes:

This already exists, use your default selling settings: https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp

Author:

MontagueBrick

Posted:

Nov 24, 2018 17:22

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Automatic price while listing items

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Author:

mwright5

Posted:

Nov 23, 2018 12:20

Subject:

Re: Part out value may not always be accurate

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In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:

In Suggestions, shovhans writes:

Dear bricklink development team,

Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.

To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.

Thanks
shovhans

Way too much attention is paid to average prices as it is. Just consider what
the average sold price is...

across markets/ countries

all stores big and small

stores that price fairly and those that charge add ons

all orders - single lot/ multiple lot

It is also dangerous to purchase based on part-out sold prices anyway as many
parts might have sold for an average prixe of X but in some cases there are many
100's of times of the part for sale than have ever sold!

Focusing on making the average "more accurate" is IMO a diversion and not a good
way of optimising inventory investment decisions. If it was just a mathematical
excercise to determine what to buy this place would be even more swamped with
inventory and prices would drop further.

I always vote no to these enhancements to averages for these reasons, I think
these average values mislead many.

Robert

Just take look at the last 6 months average and then figure out what your price
is going to be if you aren't satisfied with the average. And yes I know
the last 6 months avg is going to deviate over time, but your price (the amount
you expect to get for each piece) will not deviate unless you change your prices.

In short, the last 6 months avg is just a guage. Make your prices whatever you
want if you don't like the average price. If the avg is $100 for a parted
out set and you want $110, then upload everything with a 10% increase. It's
not rocket science.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Nov 23, 2018 11:22

Subject:

Re: Part out value may not always be accurate

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In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:

In Suggestions, shovhans writes:

Agreed. And then there's VAT.... Even if Bricklink would have only 1 store,
that store could still find itself in a race to the bottom. They list things,
some sell with VAT, some without... so the L6MS average will be lower than their
own prices... so they mark down... again sell some parts without VAT... average
drops again...
The more we stick to the priceguide, the more we'll race to the bottom, even
without anybody trying to price under anyone else.

Author:

Rob_and_Shelagh

Posted:

Nov 23, 2018 11:15

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Re: Part out value may not always be accurate

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In Suggestions, shovhans writes:

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Nov 23, 2018 10:50

Subject:

Re: Part out value may not always be accurate

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In Suggestions, shovhans writes:

Whilst your suggestion is very good - nothing is being done by the development
team to the classic site whilst Bricklink eXpress is being developed. So it will
more than likely fall on 'deaf ears'. An awful lot more needs doing on
the entire part out process on this site. The part out log should not be just
a reminder of the date when you parted it out - it should contain full details
of the part out. You should also be able to see what the 'new lots' will
be from the first screen - we need more flexibility in the initial screen especially
with remarks fields, as well as seeing what we have the item listed as etc. etc.
Lots to do - nothing will get done. Shame really as it is a very important part
of the site.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Nov 23, 2018 04:48

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Re: Part out value may not always be accurate

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In Suggestions, shovhans writes:

If you need this information you can get it, you just need to do it part by part.
However, it is probably way too much information needed for most people when
considering purchasing a set to part out. You also miss one really important
thing, and that is the trend in the prices of the parts. New parts especially
can have a very misleading six month average, as they typically start high and
drop as more people buy the set and part it out. I found it was always better
to look at the expensive parts of a set first, and check whether those are realistic.
You can find those quickly by starting a part out but not completing it.

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Nov 22, 2018 18:43

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Re: Part out value may not always be accurate

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In Suggestions, shovhans writes:

It's not supposed to be a gold standard. It shows the average price of SOLD
items in the last 6 months and that's a pretty good guideline. It isn't
necessarily accurate to what you will get and it definitely isn't precise,
but it's a pretty good guideline.

Author:

shovhans

Posted:

Nov 22, 2018 15:56

Subject:

Part out value may not always be accurate

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Author:

legomalego

Posted:

Nov 19, 2018 19:36

Subject:

Re: Parts Look-up tool

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Great idea!

In Suggestions, smlgraphics writes:

So we all have want lists, right?

Wouldn't it be cool to be able to take a want list and instead of looking
for stores that have all the individual parts, do a search against "sets" or
multiples of sets that have all the parts on a want list.

Everything needed to make this tool already exists on Bricklink.
Parts want list - check
Sets, parts inventory - check (the part out tool)

This function could be added to the Buy section like the distillers to get from
the fewest stores, or best price etc - add sets to buy that have all the parts.

Then a shopper could shop for complete sets to buy from sellers or determine
that they already have the sets in their own collection to build the MOC they
are shopping for pieces for.

Example: I bought the instructions for the UCS U-wing project by Mirko (Awesome
MOC by the way and beautiful instruction book)
uploaded the parts list 430 different parts 3300 pieces total.
I would love to know if I could buy 4-5 sets to get all the parts I need to build
the UCS U-wing project and the extra pieces could go in my collection. Certainly
there would be a handful of random special pieces to buy separately but it would
be cool to have the option of buying a few complete sets to get the majority
of the parts.

Just a thought and the development cost would be minimal since the hard parts
(set part inventories & want lists) already exist.

Author:

smlgraphics

Posted:

Nov 19, 2018 16:00

Subject:

Parts Look-up tool

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Author:

Tech_M

Posted:

Nov 19, 2018 00:28

Subject:

Re: Stud.io 2.0 Rendering: Full Color Background

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I just found a work around but its still a pain....

Author:

Tech_M

Posted:

Nov 18, 2018 22:50

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Re: Stud.io 2.0 Rendering: Full Color Background

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I just noticed that my profile picture is a good example of how Stud.io 2.0 renders
things using the floor option, disregarding how compressed it is. So, view that
for reference... .

Author:

Tech_M

Posted:

Nov 18, 2018 22:47

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Stud.io 2.0 Rendering: Full Color Background

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