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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

My wallet has the reverse question

Though getting around 700€ of LEGO for around 15€ thanks to coupons and destocking
made us both quite happy a couple months ago

Wow!

Then my question changes... Why is this guy not selling any LEGO?

What, with all the problems you sellers continuously whine about on the forum?

Besides, MY precious, MINE!

You're here discussing its problems out of your own free will, who's
silly now?

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SylvainLS

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Jul 26, 2019 11:13

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In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

My wallet has the reverse question

Though getting around 700€ of LEGO for around 15€ thanks to coupons and destocking
made us both quite happy a couple months ago

Wow!

Then my question changes... Why is this guy not selling any LEGO?

What, with all the problems you sellers continuously whine about on the forum?

Besides, MY precious, MINE!

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jul 26, 2019 10:08

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

My wallet has the reverse question

Though getting around 700€ of LEGO for around 15€ thanks to coupons and destocking
made us both quite happy a couple months ago

Wow!

Then my question changes... Why is this guy not selling any LEGO?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 26, 2019 10:00

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In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

My wallet has the reverse question

Though getting around 700€ of LEGO for around 15€ thanks to coupons and destocking
made us both quite happy a couple months ago

::Gallic shrug::

Indeed

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jul 26, 2019 09:35

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stop giving me names. I’m not your pigeon or any other pet.

That’s condescending.

" If there is no audience there is no show. "

I'm surprised that as frequent of a user you are you took twice as long to
get to the point I got too. The best way to deal with trolls is to not feed them
(though I do fully understand this snack I'm writing to you will be eaten
readily)

Until we get actual moderators that have the ability to police bad behavior the
ignore button and pity are our only tools

Also for what it's worth I took many years to hit 30 ish FB. I was living
in an apartment and didn't have room to build anything. It isn't a user
value system.

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popsicle

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Jul 26, 2019 09:16

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In Suggestions, crxefx writes:

That would be something! We usually have around 100 pounds of un-inventoried
parts on our sorting table but, have little idea what people want to buy! So
we just randomly add as we see fit.

Yet another good point.

Great input, Rachel. Thanks!

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cycbuild

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Jul 26, 2019 09:16

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In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

::Gallic shrug::

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Teup

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Jul 26, 2019 09:09

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In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:

Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

I agree. But in all fairness we can't ignore the question in the back of
our minds: When is this guy finally going to buy some more LEGO?

Author:

cycbuild

Posted:

Jul 26, 2019 09:03

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Sylvain has spent a lot of time familiarizing himself with BrickLink, and is
a frequent contributor here. There's no need to be so relentlessly dismissive.

Author:

SylvainLS

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Jul 26, 2019 08:07

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

[…]
Sorry my pet,

That’s not funny. That’s insulting.

I don't know what you're babbling about here in your sleep
deprived state

And another insult.

Here is what I actually said "I really don't know if I'll take your advise
on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some others here. You've
got no skin in the game, as they say."

And I said, several times:
1. Buyers are a part of the selling game. Or please explain to me to whom would
you send those notifications and who’s gonna pay for the orders?
Might I remind you sellers only get a bit more than 97% of the money whereas
buyers pay 100%.
2. You linked a message from a 0-fb buyer as motive for this idea.

[… other insults …]

Can’t you just even answer arguments with counter arguments? Do you have to
always resort to condescension and making fun of people in every discussion you
take part?

I thought this time would be different because you started the thread but I was
wrong. You still believe it’s some sort of game of which you’re the best player
and in which you can loftily praise and admonish.
You’re just a bully.

Author:

crxefx

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Jul 26, 2019 02:57

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That would be something! We usually have around 100 pounds of un-inventoried
parts on our sorting table but, have little idea what people want to buy! So
we just randomly add as we see fit.

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popsicle

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Jul 26, 2019 01:26

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In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Wayne's post and others like it, https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1150409
brings to mind an idea that briefly visited my headspace some time ago:

A type of reverse want list. That is, a way that sellers could peruse the current
want lists to specific buyer's needs, to then as a seller, proactively engage
members like Wayne with offers on items they have on their want list.

Kinda like amping-up the want list and selling process, by getting the sellers
more involved in increasing their sales by actually selling

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

What is a brain-fart that is not bonafide?

I guess school is back in session for popsicle. Not a great time to be sober

https://youtu.be/uyKgb-O_1IQ

Just let me know if there's any other well intentioned queries. I'm here
for a little while

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legoman77

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Jul 26, 2019 01:18

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

What is a brain-fart that is not bonafide?
John P

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popsicle

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Jul 26, 2019 00:58

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

[…]

gallic friend, as a non seller and not much of a buyer (it
would appear from your history here) I really don't know if I'll take
your advise on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some
others here. You've got no skin in the game, as they say.

You’re talking about sellers reaching to buyers. I’d have thought buyers’ opinions
would be of interest to you.
But maybe it’s a cultural thing. After all, EU is opt-in while the USA are opt-out.
Recipients like to be in the loop here, not treated like kettle/cattle….

Besides, if you only consider sellers or very frequent buyers then I don’t understand
why you linked the message of a zero feedback buyer as a motive for your idea.
Or is there a “too much but not enough” range of buyers you’re excluding?

But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Make up your mind: you just said you don’t want me and my kind on the field

"you and your kind?"

Feeling persecuted, are you? No, my dove. To me you are
one-of-a-kind.

Sorry my pet, I don't know what you're babbling about here in your sleep
deprived state

Here is what I actually said "I really don't know if I'll take your advise
on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some others here. You've
got no skin in the game, as they say."

And now you’re saying I’m alone. So it’s only my opinion you don’t want to consider?

Alone

As stated clearly, it's opinion from those that actually "have skin
in the game" (something to lose or gain) and experience that I'll take more
earnestly than your opinion, in this matter. If by alone you mean the only one
that fits the aforementioned description to reply to the post, then yes, I guess
you are alone, for now anyway

So, either you don’t want me-and-my-kind’s opinion or you don’t want my opinion.
That’s not my feeling persecuted, that’s your dismissing my opinion.

It’s your right not wanting to care about someone’s opinion but, besides being
inconsistent with first having asked everyone’s opinions, you can’t both say
you don’t care about someone’s opinion and then deny you said it.

And, by the way, stop giving me names. I’m not your pigeon or any other pet.
That’s condescending.

So it's over between us then

But why all the hostility, are we not best of friends

Seems to me your best friend is liquid and bubbly.

If you're referring to booze, unfortunately no longer considered a friend
of mine. Stopped even my occasional beer consumption. Nope, this is sober clear-eyed
popsicle speaking. I actually think I'd enjoy your witless repartee better,
if I were a few beers into what is a boring convo.

You used to be fun, my fine forest creature. What happened?

It's the middle of the night for you in France. Try not to dwell on thoughts
of me, and what I think. Get some sleep...

Don’t mind my sleep, I sleep like a baby: I wake up every other hour and I cry.

Or maybe this one: I sleep very well, some nights I even sleep more than once!

Author:

JusTiCe8

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Jul 26, 2019 00:57

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Could be good, could be evil too.

As was already discussed, spamming would be bad

.

Best would be to get a daily/weekly briefing by mail on which shop own most of
the WL we have defined according to some preferences (country, condition, ...)
WITH also extra suggestions outside search criteras as a bonus and smart addition
to a simple matching algorithm.

These extra would be separated from the others, quite the same as what ebay does.

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

Author:

JusTiCe8

Posted:

Jul 26, 2019 00:53

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I don't think so, sharing WL AFAIU it is send WL to a buddy for instance,
you know, kind of BL awesome new feature, quite far from what you've suggested.

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, tEoS writes:

Sadly, "coming soon" has a different meaning to BL:

WOW! It's intended. Fantastic!

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 23:56

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

[…]

But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Make up your mind: you just said you don’t want me and my kind on the field

"you and your kind?"

Feeling persecuted, are you? No, my dove. To me you are
one-of-a-kind.

Once again, make up your mind.

You said you didn’t want to consider my opininon because I’m a non seller, neither
0- nor “enough”- (whatever that would be) FB buyer. I thought that applied to
all non sellers, neither 0- nor “enough”- (whatever that would be) FB buyers,
or even all buyers-only.
Doesn’t that fall under the phrase “me and my kind”?

And now you’re saying I’m alone. So it’s only my opinion you don’t want to consider?

So, either you don’t want me-and-my-kind’s opinion or you don’t want my opinion.
That’s not my feeling persecuted, that’s your dismissing my opinion.

It’s your right not wanting to care about someone’s opinion but, besides being
inconsistent with first having asked everyone’s opinions, you can’t both say
you don’t care about someone’s opinion and then deny you said it.

And, by the way, stop giving me names. I’m not your pigeon or any other pet.
That’s condescending.

But why all the hostility, are we not best of friends

Seems to me your best friend is liquid and bubbly.

It's the middle of the night for you in France. Try not to dwell on thoughts
of me, and what I think. Get some sleep...

Don’t mind my sleep, I sleep like a baby: I wake up every other hour and I cry.

Or maybe this one: I sleep very well, some nights I even sleep more than once!

Author:

popsicle

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Jul 25, 2019 22:23

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

[…]
It's sounds like you've been working on it, keep it up!

Not really, I was only reacting to what you wrote, no hard work involved.

But, my beautiful

That’s a first….

But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Make up your mind: you just said you don’t want me and my kind on the field

"you and your kind?"

Feeling persecuted, are you? No, my dove. To me you are
one-of-a-kind.

But why all the hostility, are we not best of friends

It's the middle of the night for you in France. Try not to dwell on thoughts
of me, and what I think. Get some sleep...

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 22:08

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

[…]
It's sounds like you've been working on it, keep it up!

Not really, I was only reacting to what you wrote, no hard work involved.

But, my beautiful

That’s a first….

But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Make up your mind: you just said you don’t want me and my kind on the field

Author:

popsicle

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Jul 25, 2019 21:10

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Wayne's post and others like it, https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1150409
brings to mind an idea that briefly visited my headspace some time ago:

No, no, you tempter

You have me to a tee

I won’t ask if it felt alone in there!

I don't see how? There are plenty of personalities up there to keep any visitor,
company

A type of reverse want list. That is, a way that sellers could peruse the current
want lists to specific buyer's needs, to then as a seller, proactively engage
members like Wayne with offers on items they have on their want list.

Kinda like amping-up the want list and selling process, by getting the sellers
more involved in increasing their sales by actually selling

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

Hmm, let’s see if I understand correctly.

Now, the buyer can search the stores that have the most items for their WLs.
They need to actualize their search from time to time to see if new sellers /
better matches appear.

And you’d want that search to be automatized so that the buyer receive a notification
for their whole WL?

If that’s it, when will that notification be sent? When the WL is X% fulfill(able)?
— If X is too high, many WLs will never have such a notification.
— If X is too low, that could make for a lot of notifications.

Or do you just want the search to be reversed, that a seller actively search
for WLs they can fulfill with their inventory?

Here again, percentage of fulfillment could be what makes it useful or spamful.

Anyway, I’m not sure it’s very different from the already existing WL notification
system except it would be for several parts at once, not one by one.
I rarely use that, indeed because that would cause too many notifications for
common parts and it doesn’t tell me if the seller has other parts, so adding
that multiple parts feature could be interesting. Though I’m not sure I would
opt in: it’s as easy to make a search from time to time.

A related question: Can’t sellers easily see on how many WLs their parts are
so that they can decide when to send notifications?
I mean, do you have to browse all your inventory part by part to have this info?

It's sounds like you've been working on it, keep it up!

But, my beautiful gallic friend, as a non seller and not much of a buyer (it
would appear from your history here) I really don't know if I'll take
your advise on this particular question, as earnestly as I would some
others here. You've got no skin in the game, as they say.

But I am glad you came out to play with me again

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 20:14

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Wayne's post and others like it, https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1150409
brings to mind an idea that briefly visited my headspace some time ago:

No, no, you tempter, I won’t ask if it felt alone in there!

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 18:47

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In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

As long as I could opt out of it, I would be all for it. I don't need sellers
spamming me with offers of things on my want list.

Of course, always the ability to opt-out, I agree.

Very good input, Randy

I think it would rather be on an opt in basis, because doing it by default would
be privacy violation.

Agreed.

Reminds me of the trouble Amazon is in over looking into its sellers sales data.
Frickin Bezos!
Anyway, not a bad idea, when it's based on buyers explicitly choosing to publish their wanted list.

Again, agreed, Great idea.

Anyway, seller tools was cancelled, so there's not much chance for this
or any other smart suggestion over the past years to see the light of day. Better
to try it over at BO, they certainly like to discuss such ideas and look into
options of implementation.

Well....I don't know BO, but I do know Law. Let's just say, you should
take it up with him, he'll hear it coming from you more than from me

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 18:36

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

As long as I could opt out of it, I would be all for it. I don't need sellers
spamming me with offers of things on my want list.

Of course, always the ability to opt-out, I agree.

Very good input, Randy

I think it would rather be on an opt in basis, because doing it by default would
be privacy violation. Reminds me of the trouble Amazon is in over looking into
its sellers sales data. Anyway, not a bad idea, when it's based on buyers
explicitly choosing to publish their wanted list.
Anyway, seller tools was cancelled, so there's not much chance for this
or any other smart suggestion over the past years to see the light of day. Better
to try it over at BO, they certainly like to discuss such ideas and look into
options of implementation.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 18:34

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In Suggestions, tEoS writes:

Sadly, "coming soon" has a different meaning to BL:

WOW! It's intended. Fantastic!

Thanks, Tim.

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 18:31

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In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

As long as I could opt out of it, I would be all for it. I don't need sellers
spamming me with offers of things on my want list.

Of course, always the ability to opt-out, I agree.

Very good input, Randy

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 18:28

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

As long as I could opt out of it, I would be all for it. I don't need sellers
spamming me with offers of things on my want list.

Cheers,
Randy

Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Jul 25, 2019 18:28

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Sadly, "coming soon" has a different meaning to BL:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

It's just a rough draft of an idea. Limitations, restriction and other refinements
of the idea, expected.

But hey, BL shot-callers, it speaks directly to upping the sales numbers!

-Cory

Author:

Emperor_Penguin

Posted:

Jul 21, 2019 12:59

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Re: Lego Game Category Needed

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In the Game category, there should be sub-categories, like 'Bionicle'
and 'LEGO Games', but I think they would add it anyway if someone used
the 'Add or Change' feature and set it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Author:

Golbsbricks

Posted:

Jul 21, 2019 08:24

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Re: Lego Game Category Needed

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In Suggestions, jshuber writes:

In searching through the categories for Lego sets, I could not find one that
included Lego games. Over the years Lego has produced many games: chess sets,
mazes, Heroica, etc. Is this omission an oversight or is it because there is
little market for used game sets? In either case, I felt disappointed in the
absence of such a category.

I've always followed a couple of rules that at some point i have read on
these forums:
If you can't find a set - check "Gear"
If you can't find a part - check "Fabuland"

Sets that look like sets, but aren't, are usually gear.

Author:

uvt203

Posted:

Jul 21, 2019 07:01

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Re: Lego Game Category Needed

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In Suggestions, jshuber writes:

I voted NO. It's already there under main category 'Gear'.

/Asger

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jul 21, 2019 00:41

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Re: Lego Game Category Needed

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https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=G&catString=252&itemBrand=1000

In Suggestions, jshuber writes:

Author:

bb37988

Posted:

Jul 21, 2019 00:37

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Lego Game Category Needed

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 19, 2019 08:11

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Re: wish list on checkout

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Thanks.
Now I found the settings I need

In Suggestions, JusTiCe8 writes:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Hi.
Is it possible to create a list after the checkout, in which the wish lists can
be recognized, where the parts came from?
Maybe with a new function?
Would be great!

I believe a simple note for each lots of the order with "WL AAAAAAA". I have
also issues remembering why I order some parts sometimes (no, nothing related
to Alzheimer

), especially when it takes a few weeks.

Also, code from cart view could be re-use for order, to have the WL on the left
side, with checkboxes to watch only a subset at a time, inside each indidual
order.

And ultimately the same display with all orders, date filter (+ seller, country
of origin, whaterver filtering you need), order woud be picked according to item
from selected WL and highlighted in the order on a pop-up displayed page.

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 19, 2019 08:09

Subject:

Re: checking function for buyers?

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got it!
THANKS!!

In Suggestions, bje writes:

Go Here:

https://www.bricklink.com/orderSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

check the box as on the image - that enables it.

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

In Suggestions, masterX244 writes:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Hi.
Would it be possible to add a function that would allow us (buyers) to check
our orders part by part? (using a hook or something like that)?
For more than 100 parts it's always very cumbersome, with printing lists
or something like that.
It would be great!

Did you notice the "temporary checkboxes" link at the bottom of the order details
page?

oh, no, not yet. Where do I find the "order details page"?
I just know the order placed page...

Author:

gee_eddy

Posted:

Jul 19, 2019 07:41

Subject:

Re: Connecting to Royal Mail

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Topic:

In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:

It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.

Also if the shipping could be a little easier, I used to prefer the old way of
selecting a country, but I know the change was for auto invoicing etc.

Is there any guide that can help me or suggestions on making things easier?

Even if the order download would include addresses like it does on Brickowl it
would make things simpler. Just download as a CSV and upload into RM click and
drop.

Author:

JusTiCe8

Posted:

Jul 18, 2019 06:28

Subject:

Re: wish list on checkout

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Hi.
Is it possible to create a list after the checkout, in which the wish lists can
be recognized, where the parts came from?
Maybe with a new function?
Would be great!

I believe a simple note for each lots of the order with "WL AAAAAAA". I have
also issues remembering why I order some parts sometimes (no, nothing related
to Alzheimer

Author:

bje

Posted:

Jul 18, 2019 06:24

Subject:

Re: checking function for buyers?

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Topic:

Go Here:

https://www.bricklink.com/orderSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

check the box as on the image - that enables it.

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

In Suggestions, masterX244 writes:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Did you notice the "temporary checkboxes" link at the bottom of the order details
page?

oh, no, not yet. Where do I find the "order details page"?
I just know the order placed page...

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 18, 2019 05:57

Subject:

Re: checking function for buyers?

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Topic:

In Suggestions, masterX244 writes:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Did you notice the "temporary checkboxes" link at the bottom of the order details
page?

oh, no, not yet. Where do I find the "order details page"?
I just know the order placed page...

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 18, 2019 05:53

Subject:

Re: wish list on checkout

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Topic:

Thanks! That was very helpful!

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

You can create a WL from the cart (so just before checkout).

Or simply open the details of your order and there’s a button “Add Order Items
To My Wanted List” at the bottom, just below all the items, above your own address.

Good idea!
But I need a list where my existing WL are shown after the order is placed (checkout).

There already is a link at checkout for searching your order in your WLs.

And you can do it whenever you want from your WLs with the order number, or
from the order summary page with the scroll icon (which appears when you select
the option “Items in Order in My Wanted List Icon” on this page: https://www.bricklink.com/orderSettingsCols.asp?v=p&viewFrom=O
).

Author:

masterX244

Posted:

Jul 17, 2019 13:26

Subject:

Re: checking function for buyers?

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Did you notice the "temporary checkboxes" link at the bottom of the order details
page?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 17, 2019 11:29

Subject:

Re: wish list on checkout

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

Good idea!
But I need a list where my existing WL are shown after the order is placed (checkout).

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 17, 2019 11:14

Subject:

Re: wish list on checkout

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Topic:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

Good idea!
But I need a list where my existing WL are shown after the order is placed (checkout).

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 17, 2019 09:58

Subject:

Re: wish list on checkout

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Umpfinho writes:

Hi.
Is it possible to create a list after the checkout, in which the wish lists can
be recognized, where the parts came from?
Maybe with a new function?
Would be great!

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 17, 2019 09:54

Subject:

wish list on checkout

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hi.
Is it possible to create a list after the checkout, in which the wish lists can
be recognized, where the parts came from?
Maybe with a new function?
Would be great!

Author:

Umpfinho

Posted:

Jul 17, 2019 09:50

Subject:

checking function for buyers?

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Jul 8, 2019 18:02

Subject:

Re: From Champ to Loser

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Topic:

In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

I have no idea what this is about. Can anyone enlighten me?

In Suggestions, bwes writes:

You can buy the loser in my shop

Maybe because the US women won the world cup by beating Netherlands 2-0?

So perhaps there are some soccer players in his inventory?

Lisa

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Jul 8, 2019 17:07

Subject:

Re: From Champ to Loser

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Topic:

In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

I have no idea what this is about. Can anyone enlighten me?

In Suggestions, bwes writes:

You can buy the loser in my shop

Care Bears 2?

Author:

superchicken77

Posted:

Jul 8, 2019 16:17

Subject:

Re: From Champ to Loser

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I have no idea what this is about. Can anyone enlighten me?

In Suggestions, bwes writes:

You can buy the loser in my shop

Author:

misbi

Posted:

Jul 1, 2019 06:28

Subject:

Re: Connecting to Royal Mail

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:

It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.

I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.

Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.

Robert

+1
OBA UI is sufficient for our needs currently.

Author:

Rob_and_Shelagh

Posted:

Jul 1, 2019 04:17

Subject:

Re: Connecting to Royal Mail

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Topic:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:

It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.

I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.

Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.

+1

I would not pay higher fees for this either. Also I don't think it really
practical as different sellers interface differently with RoyalMail depending
on which business or consumer services they use. Our online business account
uses a SAP based UI for example.

If We had hundreds of orders per day maybe we'd be looking for more automated
tools specific for our setup but for the volume most BL stores handle I can't
imagine where significant savings would come from.

Robert

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jun 30, 2019 08:43

Subject:

Re: Connecting to Royal Mail

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Topic:

In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:

It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.

I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.

Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.

Author:

NorthJ90

Posted:

Jun 30, 2019 08:03

Subject:

Connecting to Royal Mail

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

steigdg1

Posted:

Jun 28, 2019 17:02

Subject:

Add own store to Buy Wanted List

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Topic:

Status:

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Vote:

[Yes|No]

I would love to be able to take all of the items in my own inventory and include
them as the cheapest (e.g. zero cost) option for any wanted list search. Right
now my store doesn't seem to show up at all, and it won't let me buy
from myself.

I can search for inventory items that are in a wanted list, but I can't automatically
mark them as 'Have' in the wanted list. So I have to print the list
and then go through by hand and mark the quantities in the Wanted list. Seems
like if I could just do it all in the Wanted List Buy screen, it would be easy!

Author:

WoutR

Posted:

Jun 25, 2019 17:25

Subject:

Re: Please add LEGO colour names to Color Guide

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It is not very readable, but it does contain a LOT of information

If I ever find time and motivation for some catalog work, this could also give
me some problems to work on. For example, the Tiny Blue problem should be easy
to fix.

In Suggestions, Pippyblocks writes:

Thanks for this WoutR, it's amazing. I'm bookmarking it as fascinated
by the Lego colours. Great work

In Suggestions, WoutR writes:

(...)

Author:

Pippysblocks

Posted:

Jun 25, 2019 17:18

Subject:

Re: Please add LEGO colour names to Color Guide

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Topic:

Thanks for this WoutR, it's amazing. I'm bookmarking it as fascinated
by the Lego colours. Great work

In Suggestions, WoutR writes:

(Many thanks to https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/sets/)

Recent changes:
- There are two new colors: Coral and Trans-Light Green
- Some of the smaller problems were solved by changes in set inventories. I did
not check all of them.

-----

Here is my UPDATED list:
There is actually a surprising number of BrickLink colors that contain multiple
LEGO colors. In many cases this does not cause any catalog conflicts because
the parts do not exist in both design-color combinations. In a few cases there
are (possible) problems.

In order to help gain an oversight over the possible problems, I have split up
my list in a few sections.
- BrickLink colors that match one LEGO color
- BrickLink colors containing multiple LEGO colors (without known catalog conflicts)
- BrickLink colors containing multiple LEGO colors (with known catalog conflicts)
- BrickLink colors without LEGO name
- LEGO colors without BrickLink name
- BrickLink colors that are confusing or split up LEGO colors (including all
gold, silver copper)

Within each section, the colors are in the same order as the BrickLink catalog.

BRICKLINK COLORS THAT MATCH ONE LEGO COLOR
Solid colors
1 White = 1 White
49 Very Light Gray = 103 Light Grey
99 Very Light Bluish Gray = 208 Light Stone Grey
86 Light Bluish Gray = 194 Medium Stone Grey
9 Light Gray = 2 Grey
10 Dark Gray = 27 Dark Grey
85 Dark Bluish Gray = 199 Dark Stone Grey
220 Coral = 353 Vibrant Coral
59 Dark Red = 154 Dark Red/New Dark Red
26 Light Salmon = 100 Light Red
58 Sand Red = 153 Sand Red
88 Reddish Brown = 192 Reddish Brown
120 Dark Brown = 308 Dark Brown
69 Dark Tan = 138 Sand Yellow
90 Light Flesh = 283 Light Nougat
28 Flesh = 18 Nougat
150 Medium Dark Flesh = 312 Medium Nougat
91 Dark Flesh = 217 Brown
106 Fabuland Brown = 4 Brick Red
160 Fabuland Orange = 19 Light Brown
165 Neon Orange = 133 Neon Orange (watch parts)
4 Orange = 106 Bright Orange
31 Medium Orange = 105 Bright Yellowish Orange
110 Bright Light Orange = 191 Flame Yellowish Orange
96 Very Light Orange = 36 Light Yellowish Orange
103 Bright Light Yellow = 226 Cool Yellow
33 Light Yellow = 3 Light Yellow
158 Yellowish Green = 326 Spring Yellowish Green
166 Neon Green = 134 Neon Green (watch parts)
76 Medium Lime = 115 Medium Yellowish Green
55 Olive Green = 330 Olive Green
80 Dark Green = 141 Earth Green
36 Bright Green = 37 Bright Green
38 Light Green = 6 Light Green
39 Dark Turquoise = 107 Bright Bluish Green
40 Light Turquoise = 116 Medium Bluish Green
41 Aqua = 118 Light Bluish Green
152 Light Aqua = 323 Aqua
63 Dark Blue = 140 Earth Blue
153 Dark Azure = 321 Dark Azur
156 Medium Azure = 322 Medium Azur
72 Maersk Blue = 11 Pastel Blue
105 Bright Light Blue = 212 Light Royal Blue
87 Sky Blue = 232 Dove Blue
55 Sand Blue = 135 Sand Blue
97 Blue-Violet = 195 Royal Blue
109 Dark Blue-Violet = 196 Dark Royal Blue
43 Violet = 110 Bright Bluish Violet
44 Light Violet = 39 Light Bluish Violet
24 Purple = 104 Bright Violet
93 Light Purple = 198 Bright Reddish Lilac
157 Medium Lavender = 324 Medium Lavender
154 Lavender = 325 Lavender
54 Sand Purple = 136 Sand Violet
71 Magenta = 124 Bright Reddish Violet
94 Medium Dark Pink = 16 Pink

Transparent Colors
12 Trans-Clear = 40 Transparent
13 Trans-Black = 111 Transparent Brown
17 Trans-Red = 41 Transparent Red
18 Trans-Neon Orange = 47 Transparent Fluorescent Reddish Orange
98 Trans-Orange = 182 Transparent Bright Orange
164 Trans-Light Orange = 231 Transparent Flame Yellowish Orange
121 Trans-Neon Yellow = 157 Transparent Fluorescent Yellow
16 Trans-Neon Green = 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green
221 Trans-Light Green = 285 Transparent Light Green
20 Trans-Green = 48 Transparent Green

15 Trans-Light Blue = 42 Transparent Light Blue
113 Trans-Very Lt Blue = 229 Transparent Light Bluish Green
114 Trans-Light Purple = 284 Transparent Reddish Lilac
107 Trans-Pink = 230 Transparent Bright Purple

Pearl Colors
83 Pearl White = 183 Metallic White
119 Pearl Very Light Gray = 150 Light Grey Metallic
61 Pearl Light Gold = 127 Gold
115 Pearl Gold = 297 Warm Gold
81 Flat Dark Gold = 147 Sand Yellow Metallic

Milky Colors
60 Milky White = 20 Nature
159 Glow in Dark White = 329 White Glow
46 Glow In Dark Opaque = 50 Phosphorescent White
118 Glow In Dark Trans = 294 Phosphorescent Green

Glitter Colors
102 Glitter Trans-Purple = 114 Transparent Medium Reddish Violet Glitter
100 Glitter Trans-Dark Pink = 129 Transparent Bluish Violet with Glitter
162 Glitter Trans-Light Blue = 302 “Pctr Li.Blue W/” (Polycarbonate Transparent
Light Blue with Glitter)
163 Glitter Trans-Neon Green = 339 “Tr. Fl.Gre W/Gli” (Transparent Transparent
Fluorescent Green with Glitter)

BRICKLINK COLORS CONTAINING MULTIPLE LEGO COLORS
(WITHOUT KNOWN CATALOG CONFLICTS)

Solid colors
11 Black
= 26 Black
= 149 Black Metallic (for Bionicle Rahkshi parts 44807, 44138, 44140)
= 342 Conductive Black (part 15411)

5 Red
= 21 Bright Red
= 184 Metallic Bright Red (for Bionicle Rahkshi parts 44807, 44138, 44140)

25 Salmon
= 101 Medium Red (Scala)
= 123 Bright Reddish Orange (Duplo salmon)

27 Rust
= 13 Red Orange (Duplo cows, Fabuland heads)
= The other BrickLink Rust parts are probably an odd version of 21 Bright Red
(?) but that color is so different that the separate listing is justified.

8 Brown
= 25 Earth Orange
= 187 Metallic Earth Orange (for Bionicle Rahkshi parts 44807, 44138, 44140)
= “Homemaker brown” The part x197 Homemaker headgear is a dark brown color.

68 Dark Orange
= 38 Dark Orange
= 216 Rust (for Skateboard 48394, Ladle x234, Dog 51163cx1)

3 Yellow
= 24 Bright Yellow
= 190 Fire Yellow (used in Clikits, color is VERY close to Bright Yellow)

35 Light Lime
= 15 Lemon (Duplo lemon-lime)
= 120 Light Yellowish Green (Scala/Belville/Duplo Princess)

34 Lime
= 14 Pastel Green (Fabuland, Duplo)
= 119 Bright Yellowish Green (current Lime)

6 Green
= 28 Dark Green
= 186 Metallic Dark Green (for Bionicle Rahkshi parts 44807, 44138, 44140, often
sold as Chrome Green or metallic green)

37 Medium Green
= 29 Medium Green
= 233 Light Faded Green (for part 44403c04)

48 Sand Green
= 151 Sand Green
= 210 Faded Green (for part 44513)

89 Dark Purple
= 268 Medium Lilac
= 197 Bright Lilac (for part 44611)

47 Dark Pink
= 22 Medium Reddish Violet (approximately 1994-2004)
= 221 Bright Purple (approximately 2004-now)
There is probably a lot of overlap between these colors, so theoretically there
must be catalog conflicts, but the colors are so close to each other and have
so much variation that it is nearly impossible to tell the difference.

104 Bright Pink
= 222 Light Purple
= 295 Flamingo Pink (for parts clikits141, clikits135, clikits135pb01, clikits100pb04)

Transparent Colors
19 Trans-Yellow
= 44 Transparent Yellow
= 234 Transparent Fire Yellow (Lighter than Transparent Yellow, used in Clikits
only)

108 Trans-Bright Green
= 227 Transparent Bright Yellowish Green (approximately 2003-2006)
= 311 Transparent Bright Green (Since 2010)

74 Trans-Medium Blue
= 143 Transparent Fluorescent Blue
= 293 Transparent Light Royal Blue (used om Clikits)
There might be a third Trans-Medium Blue color in the Clikits parts.

50 Trans-Dark Pink
= 113 Transparent Medium Reddish Violet
= 158 Transparent Fluorescent Red (for Bionicle part 32554)

Metallic colors
70 Metallic Green
= 200 Lemon Metallic (for Bionicle Kraata and Krana)
= The Metallic Green technic panels have a surface coating, and I do not know
what the official name is for the Metallic Green tube in the technic sets.

Glitter Colors
101 Glitter Trans-Clear
= 117 Transparent With Glitter
= 122 Nature with Glitter (Duplo spider web)

BRICKLINK COLORS CONTAINING MULTIPLE LEGO COLORS
(WITH KNOWN CATALOG CONFLICTS)

Solid colors
2 Tan
= 5 Brick Yellow
= 224 Light Brick Yellow (for part ava005 and the hair of figure 47205pb006).
Figure 47205pb006 has been found with hair both in tan and in “light tan” color.

29 Earth Orange
= 12 Light Orange Brown
= 128 Dark Nougat (used in some Harry Potter sets for parts 30374 (wand), flute
(30374px1), part 3901 (Vernon Dursley hair)
There is a catalog conflict on part 3901 and maybe 30374.

73 Medium Violet
= 112 Medium Bluish Violet (approximately 1999-2003)
= 219 Lilac (approximately 2003-2005)
= 213 Medium Royal Blue (for part 44688 in set 7495-1)
= 218 Reddish Lilac (used in Clikits, closer to modern Lavender)
There is some overlap between Medium Bluish Violet (Blueish Medium Violet) and
Lilac (Reddish Medium Violet). Both are known as part 3001 for example. The different
Medium Violet colors are VERY different. This causes confusion.

23 Pink
= 17 Rose (approximately 1992-1997 Paradisa pink)
= 9 Light Reddish Violet (approximately 1997-2006)
Several plates are known to exist in both colors. The Clikits Pink parts are
probably all Trans-Pink, misnamed because of the appearance of the material used.

32 Light Orange
= 121 Medium Yellowish Orange
= 225 Warm Yellowish Orange (for Duplo plate 8x16 part 6490)
Some Q-elements are known in both colors.

Transparent Colors
14 Trans-Dark Blue
= 43 Transparent Blue
= 156 Transparent Deep Blue (use outside watch parts is uncertain)
There is a conflict in the watch links, but not much is known about them. (See
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111441268@N03/15417687510/)

51 Trans-Purple
= 126 Transparent Bright Bluish Violet
= 236 Transparent Bright Reddish Lilac
Conflict in Clikits parts

Pearl Colors
77 Pearl Dark Gray
= 148 Dark Grey Metallic (approximately 2002-2010)
= 316 Titanium Metallic (since 2010)
There are conflicts, such as part x110c01.

BRICKLINK COLORS WITHOUT LEGO NAME

Solid colors
56 Light Pink
= Possibly a Scala/Belville clothes color. Probably this color is mainly used
for the “Paradisa pink” color.

Chrome Colors
These colors did not receive a LEGO color ID because they were treated as a surface
decoration just like the printed parts.
57 Chrome Antique Brass
122 Chrome Black
52 Chrome Blue
64 Chrome Green
82 Chrome Pink

LEGO COLORS WITHOUT BRICKLINK NAME

N/A - 109 (PC) Black IR (Probably part of IR assemblies only )
N/A - 132 Black Glitter (Original box for set 7159-1)
N/A - 144 Dark Army Green (watch parts)
N/A - 146 Sand Violet Metallic (watch parts)
N/A - 220 Light Lilac (Torso of 47394pb028)

The trunks of the Granulated trees are also a unique color of brown. No name
is known for this color for both BrickLink and LEGO.

BRICKLINK COLORS THAT ARE CONFUSING OR SPLIT UP LEGO COLORS
The silver, gold and copper colored parts cause most problems, because they can
have a completely different appearance depending on material used (ABS, polypropylene,
rubber) and part shape. In the years before any official color information was
available, we invented different color names for parts that actually were made
in a single color.

Solid Colors

7 Blue
= 23 Bright Blue
= 185 Metallic Bright Blue (for Bionicle Rahkshi parts 44807, 44138, 44140)

LEGO 185 Metallic Bright Blue is split up between Blue (for parts that do not
look pearly because of the plastic used) and 78 Metal Blue (for parts that do
look pearly).

Tiny Blue
42 Medium Blue
= 102 Medium Blue
= 188 Tiny Blue (for part 44534)
= 269 Tiny-Medium Blue (for part 44403c02)

62 Light Blue
= 45 Light Blue
= 188 Tiny Blue (for part 44461)

LEGO 188 Tiny Blue is split up between Medium Blue and Light Blue, depending
on which set it occurred in and how the person doing the inventory solved the
problem of how to classify a new unknown color.

Speckle Colors
Speckle colors are covered in a speckled coating. The speckles are not part of
the plastic itself.

111 Speckle Black-Silver
= 304 (ink) Cool Silver, Diffuse on Black parts

117 Speckle DBGray-Silver
= 304 (ink) Cool Silver, Diffuse on DB-Gray parts

151 Speckle Black-Gold
= No LEGO (ink) color ID is known

116 Speckle Black-Copper
= 306 (ink) Copper, Diffuse on Black part

LEGO 304 is split up depending on the color of the base-part it is applied to.
It does not cause any catalog problems, but it might need a “color note” to explain
the relation with the official LEGO color names for future reference.

Pearl Colors
Metallic Bright Blue
78 Metal Blue
= 145 Sand Blue Metallic
= 185 Metallic Bright Blue (for part 54005pb01 and the hubs of 54007c02)

Silver, Gold and Copper colors
Silver, Gold and Copper colors are made in a few different ways:
- As a color of the plastic itself
- as a shiny surface finish, called “chrome” on BrickLink.
- as a matte surface finish, called “metallic” on BrickLink.
- Painted, sprayed or brushed onto the part as a surface decoration. (In those
cases LEGO will usually specify the color of the part underneath the decoration,
with a description of the decoration in the part name). These are usually called
“metallic”, but I think I have seen a few inconsistencies (I did not check yet).

The naming conventions LEGO used for these colors are as confusing as the way
BrickLink dealt with differences in appearance caused by the use of different
materials. Initially LEGO only assigned a name to the color of the plastic itself.
Until somewhere around 2006 (?) all surface coatings were seen as decorations
only. Then a few color names were introduced that describe the appearance of
the brick. Since somewhere around 2009-2012 (?) those names have been replaced
by “ink colors” with labels (No 1000, No 1100) in the part name to describe the
surface finish.

So what is what?..

Gold colors

Chrome Colors
21 Chrome Gold
= until approximately 2010: surface decoration (no number assigned);
= later: 310 Metalized Gold
= present: 335 Gold Ink (probably with “No 1100” in the official LEGO part name)
(I am not sure about the exact dates for the changes in the LEGO naming conventions
for this color)

Pearl Colors
61 Pearl Light Gold = 127 Gold
115 Pearl Gold = 297 Warm Gold
81 Flat Dark Gold = 147 Sand Yellow Metallic

Metallic Colors
65 Metallic Gold
= 1998-2006: surface decoration (no number assigned);
= 2006-2009: LEGO 299 Warm Gold, Drum Lacquered
= 2009-present: LEGO 335 Gold ink (ink (probably with “No 1000” in the part name)

Silver colors
Chrome Colors
22 Chrome Silver
= until approximately 2010: surface decoration (no number assigned);
= later: 309 Metalized Silver
= present: 336 Silver Ink with (probably with “No 1100” in the official LEGO
part name)
(I am not sure about the exact dates for the changes in the LEGO naming conventions
for this color)

Pearl Colors
66 Pearl Light Gray and 95 Flat Silver

- Bricklink uses Pearl Light Gray for parts that “look swirly”
- Bricklink uses Flat Silver for parts that “do not look swirly” The definition
used can be found here: http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1096 I think
the definition is very confusing and open to interpretation.
- Bricklink uses Flat Silver for all 315 Silver Metallic parts (since 2010).

= 131 Silver (approximately 1998-2010)
= 296 Cool Silver (briefly replaced 131 Silver in 2006)
= 315 Silver Metallic (since 2010)
= 179 Silver Flip/Flop (for Bionicle Kanohi mask. Used only in Bionicle mask
packs from 2002. Because these packs with random parts are not inventoried, no
BrickLink color is known for these parts. They are currently sold as Metallic
Silver, flat silver, pearl light gray, pearl dark gray)

Parts in softer plastics that didn't show the pearl-ness much used to be
considered Flat Silver on BL (even though they LEGO considered them to be the
same color as Pearl Light Gray).

Metallic Colors
67 Metallic Silver
= 1998-2005: surface decoration (no number assigned);
= 2005-2009: LEGO 298 Cool Silver, Drum Lacquered
= 2009-present: LEGO 336, Silver ink (probably with “No 1000” or 1001 in the
part name)

Copper colors
Pearl Colors
84 Copper
= 139 Copper
= 189 Reddish Gold
= 176 Red Flip/Flop (for Bionicle mask 32573 and 32572)
= 178 Yellow Flip/Flop (for Bionicle Kanohi mask. Used only in Bionicle mask
packs from 2002. Because these packs with random parts are not inventoried, no
BrickLink color is known for these parts. They are currently sold as copper,
metallic gold, pearl gold.
= 346 Copper Metallic

= 300 Copper, Drum Lacquered matte copper surface coating
= 334 Copper ink

This color is a bit of a mess on BrickLink. Because BrickLink does not have a
“Metallic Copper” the Copper color is used both for the actual plastic (139,
176, 178, 189, 346) and the Copper coated parts (300, 334). The copper surface
coatings have a similar history as the silver and gold colors.

Author:

WoutR

Posted:

Jun 25, 2019 17:02

Subject:

Re: Please add LEGO colour names to Color Guide

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Topic:

In Suggestions, WoutR writes:

If we ever add Dark Nougat, the required information is available here:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=958067

Because the message is no longer available, I am copying the missing information
here:

Part 3901
Part color code: update 4163862
Small Images: Choose one of the images in Fabuland Brown or Earth Orange and
delete the other.

Part 30374
Part color code: update 4159161
Small Images: Choose one of the images in Fabuland Brown, Earth Orange or Dark
Orange and delete the rest.

Part 30374px1
Remove additional note.
Update small image color from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4706-1
Change part 30374px1 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat (regular and extra)

Inventory 4730-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4752-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4756-1
Change part 30374 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4758-1
Change part 30374 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 10132-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory minifigure hp023 (used in set 4728-1 and HPG02-1)
Change part 3901 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

---

In the discussion, the name "Medium Dark Orange" was proposed for our
catalog

Author:

WoutR

Posted:

Jun 25, 2019 16:35

Subject:

Re: Please add LEGO colour names to Color Guide

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Topic:

Author:

bricksahead

Posted:

Jun 21, 2019 18:38

Subject:

Re: about to make notes in orders

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Topic:

In Suggestions, broomhandle writes:

When I make a purchase from a store, it could be for 3 or more builds. I would
like to be able to make a note on the order page, or a link to which want list.
This would help, a lot of the time, after a week or so shipment. I forget...

On the "Orders Placed" page there is a note field that you can use to insert
text about your builds. These notes may however be deleted 6 months after the
order was placed.

https://www.bricklink.com/orderPlaced.asp

On the order page there is a link titled "Add Order Items To My Wanted List".

Perhaps these existing features may be helpful.

Author:

broomhandle

Posted:

Jun 21, 2019 18:25

Subject:

about to make notes in orders

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

ACBuilds

Posted:

Jun 20, 2019 21:40

Subject:

Hiding items in wanted list

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

I don't want to see certain items on my lists but I want them to still be
on my lists.

When I am sorting through my pieces and finding pieces that I already have before
needing to buy more, I want to hide the pieces I either confirm that I do not
have or hide the pieces I have already.

I know I can sort by quantity but that still shows pieces that I have looked
for and do not have.

What is left visible on the lists will be pieces that I have not yet looked for.

I have gotten around this in the past by creating multiple wanted lists per project
and moving pieces to lists that say need to buy... but that has made my wanted
lists messy and I would prefer clean wanted lists.

Author:

brum_blue

Posted:

Jun 20, 2019 11:48

Subject:

Add ability possible to search carts

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Add the ability to search all carts by the name of an item. Sometimes I take
a while to build list of parts in several carts, for different stores. This process
may take several days (on and off). It would be very useful to see if I have
already put a part in a cart.

Thanks for considering.

Author:

Crispybricks01

Posted:

Jun 17, 2019 08:49

Subject:

Re: Make website mobile-friendly

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Topic:

Have you tried Brickbiz?

It's a really easy and simple app that bolts straight in to Bricklink. Kyan
Lim developed it down here in Perth and i love it. the premium version is the
way to go - perfect for store owners. You still use a computer from time to time
but i do all my orders direct from the app. Never had a problem. Only Apple devices
unfortunately.

regards

Paul

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 08:44

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Yorbrick,

I think there are some brick-and-mortar retailers who would love to have you
and Teup on staff!

Yep, now that they’ve spent the money they need to take advantage of the membership.
But we can’t let them just use that $1000 like store credit, they only get to
pay for a portion of each order from that $1000, say maybe 10% per order? That
way we encourage new members to order $10,000 of product a year, they pay an
additional $9000 out of pocket and get to use that $1000 to make up the difference.
While BrickLink is waiting for members to use their $1000 membership fee they
have the money parked in a high interest account, a portion of the interest would
be distributed to sellers, of course!

Ted

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 08:42

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Calebfishn,

You’ve got a really good point about how part of running a business is providing
quotes and such which may not lead to a sale, like when I’ve met with prospective
clients who decided not to hire me.

I do agree that keeping BrickLink accessible and welcoming to new members should
be a priority. Your Walmart example is good. There are examples of businesses
charging fees for entry, such as bars with cover charges and even Costco’s membership
fee, but again, better for BrickLink not to give someone reason to walk away.

Ted

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 08:40

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Matthew,

Yeah, I didn’t mean to stir up the hornets’ nest!

I can relate with having to put building on the back burner to take care of work.
A big distraction for me is my home office renovation which will be the room
where I build and display all things LEGO. I’m not very fast when it comes to
renovation work but I’ve made matters worse by expanding the scope of the project
to include new UV-blocking glass in the windows, also decided to cut out the
wood panels in the interior door and install frosted glass which is something
I’ve always thought looked nice.

Boy, dust is my sworn enemy, especially with the renovation work. Every LEGO
set I’ve bought this year is in boxes which are then sealed in trash bags in
the storage room (formerly known as the living room!) To help keep dust down
the office renovation will include a HEPA filter and vinyl plank flooring instead
of carpet, might even splurge and get one of those vacuum robots.

Ted

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 08:38

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Teup,

I guess it’s easy for me to now say I’d pay a fee because I value what BrickLink
has to offer.

I didn’t realize there was an issue with people not wanting to sign up for BrickLink.
I know in general that I do resist signing up for yet another online account
when I don’t expect to regularly purchase at that online store, but at the end
of the day if I want what they have and there’s no other way to get it I’ll sign
up for that account.

Regarding setting up a BrickLink account, when I signed up in February of this
year I was impressed by how easy the account set up seemed to be - just email,
username, password, then to click Confirm in the email from BrickLink - it was
fast and easy in my opinion.

I also thought BrickLink did well enough to provide information on how the site
works, but then again, I took a few minutes to patiently search for and actually
read the information. I would agree that the typical person probably expects
something like Amazon where you just select the items and as you proceed through
the check-out process everything is calculated.

But in general, I think everyone can agree with the concept of keeping BrickLink
simple and accessible, a sign-up fee would work against that goal.

Ted

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 07:20

Subject:

Re: There should really be an FOV slider!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, DeLeSepTep writes:

I apologize if this is for suggestions for the website specifically, but I couldn't
find where to submit suggestions for the Bricklink Studio program itself.
[…] Thanks for reading this, and I again apologize
if this was the wrong place to post this but I couldn't find any other place
to suggest this.

http://forum.bricklink.com/

Author:

bb1415098

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 06:54

Subject:

There should really be an FOV slider!

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

I apologize if this is for suggestions for the website specifically, but I couldn't
find where to submit suggestions for the Bricklink Studio program itself. The
field of view in the view port is waaaay too narrow. If possible, a simple FOV
slider that goes up to at least 90 degrees would be enough to make using the
Studio program so much more easier, not only so I can see more but it so it won't
make me nearly as dizzy to use. Thanks for reading this, and I again apologize
if this was the wrong place to post this but I couldn't find any other place
to suggest this.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jun 12, 2019 04:06

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

"Let's trap all buyers inside of this mall so they don't go out without buying our products"

That's a good idea. How about membership fees of $1000 per year. But that
allows you to get $1000 of credit towards any BL orders you place in that year.
For large buyers it will make no difference. For small buyers, it will encourage
them to spend more.*

* Or not join at all.

Author:

alahaka

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 22:33

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Hi Ted,

Thanks for the bump! (Pretty sure some chaos has ensued.)

I've been pulled away from bricks for a while now due to another j-o-b, and
after looking up a set a friend mentioned, I just happened to glance at forums
to catch this eerily familiar sounding subject.

Enjoy the community and building! I have four projects unfinished, and have
yet to get them off the carpet ... ... after, um, months. (But these bricks
are protected from sun and dust by scrap paper, so the ol' habitat looks,
well ... livable.)

A good day to all, Matthew

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 22:31

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:

In Suggestions, matejo writes:

Mentioned in other posts, I am submitting this as a separate suggestion.

The goal of the $1 payment is to preclude new members from making false orders
and thereby avoid time wasted on pulling order items, attaining packing supplies,
calculating shipping, etc.

Perhaps there is also a benefit with regard to new sellers. Not sure.

I recognize there will be process, payment, and accounting challenges for BrickLink
administrators, along with maybe an undesired initial action to become a member,
however this proposal would screen out false buyers, and benefit the integrity
and positive experiences of the entire new member, buyer, and seller community
-- which for my part is a key reason I'm here.

I have said it before, the best way to weed out undesirable buyers and sellers
is to require 10 positive feedbacks before they are allowed to sell or buy. It
sounds so simple.
John P

Shoot, make it 50 while we are at it

Author:

legoman77

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 20:29

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, rgurskey writes:

In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:

In Suggestions, matejo writes:

I have said it before, the best way to weed out undesirable buyers and sellers
is to require 10 positive feedbacks before they are allowed to sell or buy. It
sounds so simple.
John P

How do you get 10 positive feedbacks if you are not allowed to buy? Or are you
being facetious?

Facetious. I am never that. Facetious/ feces / yes-we are back to colon stuff.
It worked.
John P

Author:

rgurskey

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 20:14

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:

In Suggestions, matejo writes:

I have said it before, the best way to weed out undesirable buyers and sellers
is to require 10 positive feedbacks before they are allowed to sell or buy. It
sounds so simple.
John P

How do you get 10 positive feedbacks if you are not allowed to buy? Or are you
being facetious?

Author:

legoman77

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 19:42

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, matejo writes:

I have said it before, the best way to weed out undesirable buyers and sellers
is to require 10 positive feedbacks before they are allowed to sell or buy. It
sounds so simple.
John P

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 19:25

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, skybound13 writes:

As a recent new member, would I have paid $5.00 (or whatever) for a lifetime
BrickLink membership? The concept would have bothered me a little at first,
but yeah, I would have paid because I wanted buyer privileges. If that fee were
refunded back after so many orders, great, if not, not a big deal really.

Hmm, as I think more about it, such a payment would at least confirm that a buyer
is a real person and has a means by which to pay for orders online.

I think you may be pretty exceptional in this. While you are right it could be
a good decision to pay it, I think that the vast majority of people will not
realize it and be turned away by it. The current situation with so many consumers
unwilling to sign up for Bricklink is bad enough as it is.. even creating an
account and learning to navigate the site is already too much for alot of regular
consumers. Let's not make Bricklink's weak point even weaker. People
want to find their products and then buy them by clicking on them and entering
their address. Not go through some strange process of paying a fee for "being
a member" of something they don't (yet) care about..

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 19:19

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, firestar246 writes:

Don't agree with this at all. This will do nothing except make a lot of people
mad. Ever since I set up instant checkout about a year ago, I've had only
2 NPBs I can think of; one of them what an international buyer, that when I contact,
said that the shipping was too high so I cancelled. The other I never got a response.

So non-paying buyers aren't really a big deal if you have your store set
up correctly.

Agreed. It sounds absurdly consumer unfriendly and frankly hard to take seriously.
Imagine going to the supermarket and being charged $1 upon entry that will not
be refunded. In the EU, consumers can cancel or return purchases for full refunds.
It's considered a vital part of commerce. It would certainly scare off buyers
if they were forced to agree to this. Also, it would require new buyers to set
up a PayPal account and send money to it before placing their first order, which
they are just not going to do.

And yes, NPB's are just not really a big deal. All stores have to deal with
returns, it's part of business. Wanting to eliminate it 100% sounds like
lazy thinking from the seller's perspective. What's next? "Let's
trap all buyers inside of this mall so they don't go out without buying our
products"

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 17:23

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Funny how 15-months old suggestions can be resurrected

Author:

tons_of_bricks

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 16:50

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 15:58

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

I dunno, I'm at 400 orders now and had a NPB, what, twice? I don't think
I've had one since I setup instant checkout either.

Sorry, can't get on board with this idea.

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 15:29

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Nectara,

Brickwilbo also suggested Instant Checkout. Just thought I’d share my thoughts
after reading Chezler’s comment above that Instant Checkout doesn’t always prevent
Non-Paying Buyers and that maybe the initial membership fee could be refunded.

Bricklnk offers a great service and has a great community, even if that membership
fee wasn’t refunded a new member would get a lot of value for the minimal sign-up
fee.

Ted

In Suggestions, nectara writes:

The solution is already here called Instant Checkout

Regards
Nectara

Author:

nectara

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 11:12

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, skybound13 writes:

Matejo,

I’m not saying that I think any little fee should be part of the solution, but
if a fee were implemented maybe it should be considered an “order processing
fee” and be paid to the seller to be credited towards the order assuming it wasn’t
a fake order, otherwise seller keeps it. But even if the buyer turns out to
be fake then that $1.00 hardly seems like adequate compensation for wasting the
seller’s time.

As a recent new member, would I have paid $5.00 (or whatever) for a lifetime
BrickLink membership? The concept would have bothered me a little at first,
but yeah, I would have paid because I wanted buyer privileges. If that fee were
refunded back after so many orders, great, if not, not a big deal really.

Hmm, as I think more about it, such a payment would at least confirm that a buyer
is a real person and has a means by which to pay for orders online.

Ted

The solution is already here called Instant Checkout

Regards
Nectara

Author:

calebfishn

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 10:31

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

In Suggestions, matejo writes:

No. It is not necessary to screen out false buyers. Although it is true that
this is very frustrating, it is part of doing business and running a store to
give quotes, calculate shipping, etc. When i walk into walmart, they don't
charge me a dollar to make sure I am a "real" customer.

Most so called "false" orders, are really in my view "Failed" orders, and those
are most often the result of new buyers, or people who could not figure something
out on the website interface. The percentage of "failed" orders is very small
compared to successful orders. I can deal with the odd inconvenience.

We should reject every single suggestion that would make it harder for first
time, and one time buyers from ordering lego in our stores.

I agree that community is important, and that is why I am here also. However,
I believe the health of the community depends on being open and welcoming to
newcomers, rather than being a closed community that wants to screen new arrivals
and place obstacles in their path.

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 10:12

Subject:

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Topic:

Author:

skybound13

Posted:

Jun 11, 2019 09:54

Subject:

Re: Seller checkout approval for <X new buyers

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Topic:

Matejo,

Out of curiosity, if some sort of seller approval system were in place, what
is it that would give you confidence to sell to a new BrickLinker with zero feedback?
So for example, new member wants to place their first order, they send you the
message that says, "Would you please sell this item to me even though I don't
have enough feedback?" then you have to decide to say yes or no - what would
you be looking for that would make you approve the order request?

You made the comment, "…to minimize time-wasting fake orders…" - are there really
people who have nothing better to do then to set up an order for which they never
intend to pay? That is so weird to me.

Ted

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 12:17

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

very and fast - The site has become unstable yet again and although it isn't
with server 500 errors - I wonder if they are adding code to the site and it
is breaking it.

And they always seem to add it on a Friday as they are leaving for the weekend.

Why would anyone in their right mind or with any common sense whatsoever let
that happen. The mind simply boggles. There could be a million people (total
membership) trying to place orders or load inventory and unless they read the
forum and/or try workarounds they are going to be put off using the site. It
just doesn't make any sense to me but then again I am an old fashioned MD
- far too old to change my ways and very slow to catch on to new gimmicks.

Charlie Brown give me strength.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 11:48

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

[…]
And they always seem to add it on a Friday as they are leaving for the weekend.

It’s because the ones they don’t do on a Friday as they are leaving for the weekend
are either:
1. not breaking anything because they weren’t made by sleep-deprived, eager to
leave for the weekend devs,
2. or quickly fixed because said devs hadn’t yet rushed to the nearest dive to
drown their memories of that awful spaghetti code and all the 500’s they got
the whole week.

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 11:35

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

very and fast - The site has become unstable yet again and although it isn't
with server 500 errors - I wonder if they are adding code to the site and it
is breaking it.

And they always seem to add it on a Friday as they are leaving for the weekend.

Author:

Abels_Bricks

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 08:30

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Abels_Bricks writes:

In Suggestions, crxefx writes:

X2 , No interest in AFOL whatever in the middle of what i'm trying to do!

Totally agree, also the AFOL stuff that pops up at the top of your searches.

But main gripe today would be I would love it if bricklink was working correctly
today. having to go to the front page to do anything is getting old.

David

very and fast - The site has become unstable yet again and although it isn't
with server 500 errors - I wonder if they are adding code to the site and it
is breaking it.

Might be an idea for BL to get a proper sandbox in place and use that for rolling
out updates and/or changes - like most development teams do.

A sandbox would be fantastic, this is something I have been suggesting in the
forums since I started selling. Even someway for sellers to test postage.

But even some bloody communication would be nice. Lawrence has a pinned site
updates post on the brickowl forums, and regularly updates and gets involved
in the forums.

David

hahahahahahahahaha. I just went to post this and got the 500 error.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 08:08

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Abels_Bricks writes:

In Suggestions, crxefx writes:

X2 , No interest in AFOL whatever in the middle of what i'm trying to do!

Author:

Abels_Bricks

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 07:08

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, crxefx writes:

X2 , No interest in AFOL whatever in the middle of what i'm trying to do!

Author:

crxefx

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 06:05

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

X2 , No interest in AFOL whatever in the middle of what i'm trying to do!

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 05:52

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:

Can we please remove the 'Prefer My Bricklink Classic?' (and the corresponding
one from the old screen) from the top of the 'My Bricklink' page.

Yes, please remove "View My New BL" from the top of the 'My Bricklink'page.

It takes up loads of screen real estate and would be as a tick box on a display
settings option.

I think after it being there a year most people will have chosen which style
they prefer.

Matt

Author:

WhiteHorseMatt

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 05:47

Subject:

'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Can we please remove the 'Prefer My Bricklink Classic?' (and the corresponding
one from the old screen) from the top of the 'My Bricklink' page.

It takes up loads of screen real estate and would be as a tick box on a display
settings option.

I think after it being there a year most people will have chosen which style
they prefer.

Matt

Author:

jonwil

Posted:

Jun 5, 2019 09:46

Subject:

Re: Suggestion for battery boxes

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Topic:

Looking at it some more it seems like many battery box parts e.g.

54950c01 (Inv) Electric 9V Battery Box 4 x 11 x 7 with Red Switch
Parts: Electric, Battery Box

already list their battery requirements, as do some sets that use those parts.
So mostly its a matter of identifying parts and sets that need batteries that
dont list such requirements e.g.

8287-1 (Inv) Motor Box
93 Parts, 1 Book, 2006
Sets: Technic: Supplemental

6399-1 (Inv) Airport Shuttle
728 Parts, 9 Minifigures, 1990
Sets: Town: Classic Town: Airport

not showing the requirements.

Author:

novabrick

Posted:

Jun 5, 2019 06:00

Subject:

Re: Suggestion for battery boxes

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Topic:

In Suggestions, jonwil writes:

I think all battery boxes (and other parts that take batteries) as well as the
sets that contain them should have a statement "this part/set takes xyz batteries"
to let people know what batteries they need.

A few items contain such information in their "notes" but its inconsistent (ideally
it should cover all the items that need batteries and possibly be a specific
field rather than just notes)

I guess you refer to parts like

40931c01 Electric, Light & Sound Siren 2 x 6 x 1 with Trans-Dark Blue Lights and White Center
Parts: Electric, Light & Sound

54930c02 Electric, Light Brick 2 x 3 x 1 1/3 with Trans-Clear Top and Yellow LED Light (Glows Orange)
Parts: Electric, Light & Sound

which actually include batteries in their respective
sets and have comments regarding what battery is needed.

Other sets like

42043-1 (Inv) Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245
2793 Parts, 2015
Sets: Technic

don't include the needed 6x AA-Cells. I think
on most sets it's actually printed on the box if extra batteries are needed.
Nevertheless as additional information for customers this might me a helpful
information to be included on the item/set pages so they can gather needed batteries
for their purchases.

Christian

novabrick-team

Author:

jonwil

Posted:

Jun 5, 2019 05:51

Subject:

Suggestion for battery boxes

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Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jun 1, 2019 12:33

Subject:

Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy

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In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:

In Suggestions, nectara writes:

In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:

This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.

I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.

If a few cents deter you to buy then maybe Lego hobby it's too expensive
for you.
Regards
Nectara

spending a few extra cents doesn't deter me; being a few extra cents away
from min purchase amount and not being able to find something else I desire to
reach that min buy amount however does.

For example:

if I am after certain minifigs

shop a) has fig 1 for 1.99, and fig 2 for 2.99 that I am after - with a min buy
of 5.00 I am at 4.98. 2 cents away

shop b) will have the same one for 2.00 but no min buy - so I purchase that one
(shop a misses out)

shop c) will have fig. 2 for 6.00 and a min buy of 5.00 - and I'll pay the
extra $3 for that one - because it passes the min buy margin.

It's not that I'm paying more that's the issue - it's more so
that shop a, is missing out on business because of literally 2 cents (or even
$2) that I would be more than willing to donate just so save a 5 or 10 minutes.

so now shop a misses out on a possible profit due to selectivity and lack of
a difference feature

So you will overpay by $3 and also pay two lots of shipping, which is probably
another $2 minimum. In this example, was there really nothing else under $5 that
you could have added, getting you a cheaper overall price plus a free item?

Author:

edk

Posted:

Jun 1, 2019 10:58

Subject:

Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy

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In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:

I've had this in place for years.
"I offer a low $8 minimum order with an option to order less but a charge equal
to the difference between $8 and the order amount will be assessed, The bypass
code is TIP."

but in reality just order something lightweight to get to the min. buy. It's
just that simple.

Author:

nectara

Posted:

Jun 1, 2019 10:00

Subject:

Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy

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In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:

shop a) has fig 1 for 1.99, and fig 2 for 2.99 that I am after - with a min buy
of 5.00 I am at 4.98. 2 cents away

Just buy a 2 cent brick!!!
Your time writing this worth more than a few cents and to be honest I do not
need such big business on my store. Usually, the penny pickers are the trouble
maker and they are never happy whatever you do.

Regards
Nectara

Author:

bb1404048

Posted:

Jun 1, 2019 09:44

Subject:

Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy

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