BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, relhak writes:

It would help if the price guide had an option to display qty avg sales by my
own country too. I'd love to be able to part out sets at local rates, instead
of having the prices dragged down by someone in Europe who selling parts bought
in massive bulk from the factory store, or artificially inflated due to a particular
set having gone on a massive sale.

Stuart

You can change it to only view the prices of your country:
On Price Guide Detail Current Items for Sale Include only Items in Stores which
are Located:
https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

And here:
In View and E-Mail Notifications, Include only Items in Stores which are Located:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

In Suggestions, aaol1 writes:

Hey there, hope your all doing well!

I wanted to run an idea by you guys see what you think, I think it would be really
beneficial and helpful. In the price guide, for any particular set, you can see
the purchase history ( which is awesome). I was thinking, would there be a way
to add which country an item sold in? I feel like that would give us sellers
an idea where an item is hot, and compare that with the pricing. Anyways I think
it would be great, let me know what you think

Sam

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 26, 2019 09:35

Subject:

Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide

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In Suggestions, relhak writes:

In Suggestions, aaol1 writes:

Sam

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 25, 2019 21:15

Subject:

Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale

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In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, Brickwilbo writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, Brickwilbo writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

Hello, I saw a problem regarding catalog view. I cant's see all color variants
listed on sale. When I add a brick in a unique color, it does not appear to me
on the list of bricks available for sale. Does anyone know what the reason is?

Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?

Hi, no mater what will I choose card Color info and Lots For Sale doesn't
show all available color variants. I guess I can see only "Popular" colors. Do
you know how it change?

Do you have a filter in place?
Not all known colours are available for sale, and will not be visible in the
list with colours for sale.

Hello, i have no filter, but still can't see all colors listed for sale in
general color info tab. I have many rare pieces in unique color variants, all
of them are listed in my store but I guess nobody can't see it. It doesn't
change even If i log out or change the browser, computer etc, etc. Any ideas
how to fix it?

Are they in one of your Stockrooms instead of available?

Hello, all pieces are available on sale. For example I have 2903 wheel in LBG
color but color info tab doesn't show it. You can find it only visiting my
store.

The part appears here in the items for sale:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2903#T=S&C=86&O={"color":86,"ss":"NL","rpp":"50","iconly":0}

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 25, 2019 09:32

Subject:

Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale

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In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, Brickwilbo writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?

Hi, no mater what will I choose card Color info and Lots For Sale doesn't
show all available color variants. I guess I can see only "Popular" colors. Do
you know how it change?

Do you have a filter in place?
Not all known colours are available for sale, and will not be visible in the
list with colours for sale.

Are they in one of your Stockrooms instead of available?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 25, 2019 09:10

Subject:

Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale

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In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?

Hi, no mater what will I choose card Color info and Lots For Sale doesn't
show all available color variants. I guess I can see only "Popular" colors. Do
you know how it change?

Do you have a filter in place?
Not all known colours are available for sale, and will not be visible in the
list with colours for sale.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 20, 2019 12:09

Subject:

Re: Minifigures visitors tv serie

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In Inventories, jesuguty writes:

Good

I found these photos on the Internet on several pages, I would like to do with
one, but can not find where they sell, I think they have made people for their
own collections, you know someone to tune torsos or faces, etc to commission
some?

Best regards

Have tried contacting the guy from the Flickr account?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 16, 2019 14:38

Subject:

Re: Search for multiple items ?

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In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

This already exists. Use the Wantlist add and. Buy and Search features.
Click the heart icon and add items to a Wantlist: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/list.page

It has always fascinated me that one the core functionalities of this site is
so often overlooked. How many times has a new (or not at all new) member come
to the Forum to ask for this very thing? They shouldn't have to!

How hard would it be a include elements in pages to educate users on the best
shopping and searching methods? Microsoft used to do it with a big animated paperclip.
lol

Jen

You're right it is typical it's overlooked.
The Help pages are below lot of pages:

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 16, 2019 08:16

Subject:

Re: Search for multiple items ?

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In Suggestions, ThomasW78 writes:

Why is it not possible to search for 2, 3 or more items at the same time ?

Often I am looking for more than one minifig and would like to buy them all from
the same store. I can only search for one minifig and manually have to check
each store if they also have the other minifigs I am looking for.

So please: Make it possible to search for multiple items across stores so results
can come up with store that have all the items looked for. It would be a time
saver of gigantic porportions.

This already exists. Use the Wantlist add and. Buy and Search features.
Click the heart icon and add items to a Wantlist: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/list.page

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 10, 2019 17:39

Subject:

Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide

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In Suggestions, aaol1 writes:

Sam

This already exists: https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 7, 2019 11:26

Subject:

Re: find nearby stores, based on my ZIP code?

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In Suggestions, ejv writes:

Hello,

After hitting a bug where Buy All failed to create orders that totaled my entire
Wanted List (and I didn't realize it until starting to build the models,
too late to ship another order before my time deadline!), I tried to place another
order but search for stores near me so I could pick up locally. I could find
no way to do this.

How about adding a "Stores near me" option in "Sort By" dropdown menu? It could
be based on ZIP code without compromising any store's address. As it was,
I had to manually compare the "284 stores found" list (after I'd limited
it to U.S. stores) with the dozens of stores in my state, finding only two that
matched.

From a programming perspective, it seems like this feature should be easy, with
a big payback in functionality of your wonderful website. And stores still retain
the option to share their address or not, as mine did, after a buyer Contacts
them.

Best regards,
ejv

This has been suggested before and hasn't been implemented because of privacy
issues and perhaps also because of the free market.
When a store is nearby it doesn't mean that the store accepts a pick up.
The easiest way is to send the stores a message.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 2, 2019 19:39

Subject:

Re: Deleting purchased items from wanted list

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In Inventories, lorivanderbilt writes:

New to this. I just ordered over 200 bricks from a seller. I want to place
another order but need to eliminate the purchased ones. How do I easily do this?
Any way besides doing it one by one?

The easiest way to manage is to enable the 'Items in order on Wantlist'
icon in the settings of the orders Placed page. A little scroll will appear.
It takes you to all bought items in that order.
Select the bought items and move all bought items into a new Bought Wantlist.
Then you can do a new search for the remaining items.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 26, 2019 01:09

Subject:

Re: Comparing Wishlist to Parts Available in Sets

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In Suggestions, AsgardianStudio writes:

With shipping cost being very expensive where I live I tend to order large quantities
or bricks at once to justify shipping costs. Still, making an order is extremely
expensive for the relatively few pieces I order. I would like a method to cross
reference wishlists with parts available in official sets, so I can buy the sets
that have most of the parts I need and order the remaining on bricklink. This
tool could also be useful to sellers that need to source bulk parts for unofficial
kits, or for just finding the best source of parts.

I think that Rebrickable.com does that.
You enter parts and it tells you which set you can build.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 26, 2019 01:05

Subject:

Re: Folders in Wanted List

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In Suggestions, oldgruplego writes:

Is it possible to add a folder feature to the Wanted List?

You can add multiple Wantlists.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 24, 2019 05:11

Subject:

Re: search box repeated problem

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In Catalog, snapper212 writes:

Hi, might be a stupid question, but I have had a long running problem with the
search box.
Is it just me, maybe a browser issue? I am using Chrome.

Just now I typed in 4032(2x2 round plate) and it would not bring it up.Tried
it 3 times. Yet when I checked the catalogue manually that is the correct number.

I can go to google to search Lego and 98% of the time just a single search shows
me what I want on the first try.

Thanks.

More experienced users are encouraged to use the advanced Catalog Search:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalog.asp
See post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1129949

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 19, 2019 07:02

Subject:

Re: Adding my orders to my inventory

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In Inventories, peterc76 writes:

Sorry if this has been discussed before but couldnt find any posts

How do I add my orders and everything I have brought to my own inventory. So
I know exactly what I have . I seem to be recounting bricks over and over to
check and see what I have. It would be so much easier to look at my inventory
and see and know exactly what I have. I don't have a shop on here .my inventory
is for my own reference

Thanks in advance

Peter

Perhaps this also works:
On your Orders placed page download the order to xml and upload the file to your
inventory.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 19, 2019 06:51

Subject:

Re: multiple orders with the same shop

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In Suggestions, NelisSolis writes:

In Suggestions, AlphonsR writes:

When I want to place multiple orders with the same shop, the site adds the second
order to the first order. So the bill from the first order is on its way, and
the second bill is not just for the second order, but it automaticaly includes
the firtst order as well.
While I want to have them seperate. Is there a way to avoid this?
Rommelse

I think a new order is automatically added to an existing order if the first
order is not marked “paid” by the buyer or marked as “packed” or “ shipped” by
the seller.

If a seller has Instant Checkout enabled and you use an on-site payment method,
you can sort of avoid the merging of the orders.

Correct. Just pay the final invoice.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 17, 2019 03:31

Subject:

Re: Return the Catalog tab

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In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

Please put it back.
It was the perfect word to describe where it took users.

Voted yes

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 6, 2019 07:17

Subject:

Re: New and Used: more shades of grey are needed

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In Suggestions, JusTiCe8 writes:

Hi,

as a buyer, I found having only two choices for parts condition is far too basic
and not useful, mostly for buyers, but also for sellers who seek accuracy and
honesty regarding their inventory.

I mean, for now a seller can only pick new or used, but pretty much everyone
has his/her own standard and I got some used parts which are like new, some others
which are closer to the one way ticket to trash, if you see what I mean

.

It's not good nor practical to force seller to put actual picture(s) of all
the used parts, both hobbyist and professional has better use of their time I
guess.
Plus, asking for every single part before ordering is not good either, some sellers
didn't took time to reply to potential buyer's question already.

And when seller put description, it's quite subjective, one adjective is
far to describe actual shape of a part: "bite marks, yellowish", ok but how many
marks, how deep ?
how much "yellowished" is the brick ?
Some may claims "quite good", some other "I can't send them to trash".

A quality score could be added to a used part. It would be used as well to set
the sell price, as trash-ready used parts can lower the infamous "average 6 months"
and lower ALL prices, which is very unfair for like new parts.

Any thoughts?

Who will control the scores.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 23, 2019 01:18

Subject:

Re: Allow to import my inventory to see sets

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In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, alexey101 writes:

I would like to be able to import my inventory into bricklink.com and see which
sets I can build, what is the completion %, for each set and which parts are
missing.
So I can quickly buy missing parts for these sets that I can build and then start
building new sets using the bricks I already have.

rebrickable.com already does this

From there you can create Wantlists and upload them into Bricklink.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 19, 2019 02:50

Subject:

Re: adding orders

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In Inventories, Rickaroo72 writes:

I am new to this. I created a store so i can begin to keep track of my extra
parts. Is there an easy way to add orders to my inventory?

I think it's possible this way:
Click the add to Wantlist button on the order details page or after checkout.
Or add the items in Wantlist icon in the settings of the orders Placed page.
Download the Wantlist and upload it to your inventory.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 16, 2019 10:43

Subject:

Re: New buyers 0 feedback

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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, tpr writes:

Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR

Below each page on the left are links to Buy Help pages.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 16, 2019 10:35

Subject:

Re: New buyers 0 feedback

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

Below each page on the left are links to Buy Help pages.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 00:49

Subject:

Re: Parting out

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In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?

I think to avoid errors. The more different sets in one go the more likely to
have errors.

For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.

You can use Brickstock and upload the file.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 9, 2019 11:40

Subject:

Re: Minifig Complete with Alternate head?

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In Catalog, runner.caller writes:

Hello,

Let's say a minifig is inventoried with a b-blocked style head.

Would a minifig assembly be considered complete if it has the alternate head
c-hollow style given that the this style head is technically only an alternate
part for the set inventory that the minifig came in and not the minifig itself.

Some minifig entries have a note saying something like: "This minifigure has
been found with both the 'b' and 'c' style head."

I would consider it complete, but I could see an OCD collector expecting the
'correct' head style per the BL figure assembly. Even if 'correct'
is just arbitrarily which ever style was found by the first user when adding
to the catalog.

Obviously, this only applies to figures produced during the great transition
period.

It is complete if it can come with an alternate head.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 06:52

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Re: Coupons improvement

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