Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | BrickTobi  | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2019 07:05 | | Subject: | Remark in validation process | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I miss the remarks by adding a new part to my invetory. if I have the part in
the invetory there is shown the old price but not the old (and new) remarks.
thanks and regards
tobias
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| Author: | Shintaku | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2019 04:18 | | Subject: | More stockrooms! | | Viewed: | 142 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I personally am fine with three but I've heard people complaining that 3
stockrooms are very few, as you can have a lot of wanted lists, a lot of featured
items, it's limitating that you only have 3.
I don't think it would be dramatic to increaase this number.
What do you thinK?
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| Author: | TeeBoxLu | | Posted: | Sep 8, 2019 21:01 | | Subject: | new tile category - with stickers only | | Viewed: | 118 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would love to see tiles with stickers as a separate category from printed tiles.
I have seen this topic discussed on a few Lego Facebook Groups as well.
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| Author: | gizmoh | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2019 05:00 | | Subject: | order download - missing weight totals | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi All,
Maybe a stupid question, but why is the order details on the site the weight
of all items (so Lot weight x items ordered) and if you download it, the weight
of 1 unique lot.
Second, is it possible to have the total estimated weight per order on the Download,
like it's shown online in the order?
This because I like to see/calculate the average price/kg and the average price/piece
for my orders.
Gizmoh
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| Author: | sandrainnz | | Posted: | Aug 29, 2019 22:43 | | Subject: | Add new wanted list sort feature - Difference | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi, sorry if this has been suggested before but I cannot find it. It would be
great to have an ability to sort a Wanted list on "Difference" which is what
I want minus what I have. Then I can see what is missing and try to borrow the
parts from friends.
(= Want - Have).
The system must have this, otherwise the Buy All feature would not work correctly.
So please can it be an option in the Display pull-down box?
Thanks
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| Author: | primadeluxe | | Posted: | Aug 29, 2019 01:18 | | Subject: | Need of inventory of parts sw12v1rightM/leftM | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi, just asking for your opinion, because I am wondering if there is a need for
inventory of parts sw12v1rightM and sw12v1leftM? I think there is, because my
white axle is broken off and to replace this I have to buy a complete switch!
As there are several parts like the screw, case and white axle, in my opinion,
it is usefull to add a inventory of these parts. What is your opinion? Greets,
Wilbert
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | Aug 23, 2019 13:51 | | Subject: | Email vs Message systems | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| When a buyer contacts me, using the contact form on BL, I get an email from BL
with the message. However, replying to that email just results in a bounced email.
I am forced to go into BL message center and copy/paste my text. Even worse when
I need to reply with an attachment (like a photo of a brick): not an option.
This all ends up in two // streams of communication: some messages are sent using
BL, others over direct email.
I'm forced to use a communication medium (BL) that is not adequate. Until
it's adequate, I would suggest to remove the "Messaging" feature all together.
Until BL can offer a mature messaging feature that makes direct email obsolete,
I would suggest to remove the Message feature (and point the users to direct
email contact). Now it's just a very confusing and annoying mix of communication
channels.
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| Author: | Remko100 | | Posted: | Aug 23, 2019 11:03 | | Subject: | Auto-fill "my cost" for part-setting | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would like to see the simple option to auto-fill the "my cost" during part-setting.
Other fields auto-fill (6 months average-sales of the option to use old remarks,
etc., even old/new average "my cost").
When I am part-setting I like to keep count of the average part-cost. When part-setting
bigger sets I will have to fill these out (copy/paste) 300-400 times, depending
on the lot-count. Absolutely killing my motivation. If I can choose one number
on the first part-out screen, it can be filled-out in the overview. Some lots
I change (baseplates/minifigs/stickersheet are not 6-7 eurocents "cost", but
| | 90% of the lots gets the same number.
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I can;t imagine no one has had the idea to implement this before.
Kind regards,
Remko
Its a Bricky World
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| Author: | kreativsnail | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2019 14:45 | | Subject: | Known colors | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would really really really like to see a message when you try to list an item
in a colour that it wasn’t ever known to be in a set. This would cut down on
the HUGE number of mislisted incorrect colours. It would be a huge help. And
those of us that are really listing rare non-production colours would probably
be fine with clicking the “yes, I know this is crazy rare, I want to list it
“ button. The known colours info is already on the site, but many BL sellers
are obviously not looking at it.
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| Author: | Illuminatus | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2019 09:54 | | Subject: | Sorting Wanted Lists Alphabetically | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be really helpful if the site could memorize your last "sort by" setting
in every section and consider it your default, without exception.
For example, if I open a specific wanted list and sort it by item number, then
every next list I open will also be sorted by item number until I set it back
to "item name."
However, no matter how many times I open the master wanted list, i.e. my list
of wanted lists (lol), and sort it alphabetically, as soon as I refresh or revisit
the page the sorting is set back to "newest."
It would be really great if this could be... sorted out. 
Thanks and sorry if this has been brought up before.
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| Author: | Jamesf077 | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2019 15:04 | | Subject: | Country flag icon on sales posts | | Viewed: | 164 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be really helpful if the 'sales' posts in the marketplace discussion
page had a stores country flag icon next to the username. To be able to see at
a glance would save us having to click on each post to find out. Personally I
tend not to buy outside the EU because of shipping costs and taxes.
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| Author: | slm2mars | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2019 07:15 | | Subject: | Add sub-serinal numbers to normal items | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello
Many times i search for a decorated items (xxxxPBxx for an exemple).
Exemple
I have this one :
2440pb002 / https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=2911#T=C
But it sadly never appears when we search for 2440 (what's only written on
the part)
And that's only thanks a long search on some other website that i finally
could find it on brickink.
So, is it possible to add all those sub-serial numbers to the normal search
For an exemple it could be a new COLOR category : decorated.
Or as for my exemple, it is a black part with decoration, so to put it in the
BLACK color.
Thanks a lot in advance
WOULD HELP A LOT in searches.
best wishes and long live your fabulous website
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| Author: | PzKpWRexFives | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2019 22:52 | | Subject: | Easier wanted list viewing | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| At the wanted lists "home page" there's obviouly the list of all your wanted
lists. But on the left, there's a menu where you can click on different part
catagories, set themes, minifigure themes, and such to see what you want from
that subsection across all your wanted lists. I would like the ability to filter
this to look at certain lists and not others, simular to when you're looking
at a store and can choose which wanted lists you want to buy for. I have 18 lists
and it is a little crowded and difficult to compare 2-4 lists with all that extra
information.
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| Author: | PzKpWRexFives | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2019 22:35 | | Subject: | Recently updated sorting option for stores | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| When looking at items in a store there are several options on how to sort the
items (price, quantity, color, etc). I would like a RECENTLY UPDATED option to
be added. This is simular to the RECENTLY ADDED, but not quite.
Recently it took me a few days to finalize a cart and I noticed price and quantity
changes for items in my cart. So I went back to the store to see if pieces I
thought were too expensive had gone down or if more pieces were added to an item
I wanted more of. But I couldn't find an easy way to see this without going
through every item again (which takes a while then there are hundreds of items
in my wantedlists/cart).
The RECENTLY ADDED option just shows when a piece was first added, not updated.
For instance the store I was in, said the most recent item was added in 2012.
This shows a false sense of inactivity which is obviouly wrong when stuff is
changing in my cart and this store has fulfilled thousands of orders. This additional
option would help people like me in simular situations, those who have recently
bought from the store and want to buy again, or who are adding to an order over
the next week or so (I see alot of store allowing this).
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| Author: | tpr | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2019 10:13 | | Subject: | Appoint a new administrator | | Viewed: | 254 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi
I know a lot of work goes on behind the scenes with volunteer administrators
who do a damn good job with the catalogue and inventories.
Is it about time Bricklink appointed an (or more) administrator (s) to oversee
the selling side of Bricklink.
Bricklink would not exists without its revenue from sellers putting in time and
effort to sell and pay fees to Bricklink.
Surely it is only fair to sellers and buyers that items for sale conform to the
rules. If items are being mis-represented they should be removed or sellers given
the opportunity to amend their listing.
It would be nice if Bricklink appointed people to oversee the selling side of
the business. Sellers may then start conforming with their listings
tpr
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| Author: | bb37988 | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2019 00:37 | | Subject: | Lego Game Category Needed | | Viewed: | 121 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | Umpfinho | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2019 09:54 | | Subject: | wish list on checkout | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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!
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| Author: | Umpfinho | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2019 09:50 | | Subject: | checking function for buyers? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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!
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| Author: | NorthJ90 | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2019 08:03 | | Subject: | Connecting to Royal Mail | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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?
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| Author: | steigdg1 | | Posted: | Jun 28, 2019 17:02 | | Subject: | Add own store to Buy Wanted List | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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!
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| Author: | broomhandle | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2019 18:25 | | Subject: | about to make notes in orders | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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...
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| Author: | ACBuilds | | Posted: | Jun 20, 2019 21:40 | | Subject: | Hiding items in wanted list | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | brum_blue | | Posted: | Jun 20, 2019 11:48 | | Subject: | Add ability possible to search carts | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | bb1415098 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2019 06:54 | | Subject: | There should really be an FOV slider! | | Viewed: | 126 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2019 05:47 | | Subject: | 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?' | | Viewed: | 155 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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
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| Author: | jonwil | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2019 05:51 | | Subject: | Suggestion for battery boxes | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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)
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| Author: | bb1404048 | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2019 00:09 | | Subject: | Option to Donate to reach min. buy | | Viewed: | 190 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 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.
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| Author: | CCBricks | | Posted: | May 28, 2019 08:39 | | Subject: | Embedding pictures in contact function | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Good morning all,
Is there a way to send photos via the contact option? I have a potential buyer
interested in a certain minifigure and wants photos. I'm happy to oblige,
but can't figure out how to send photos. I dont have the email address so
I can't send then that way. I tried using the Help section. But was unsuccessful.
any help is appreciated.
Brian
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| Author: | alexbinary | | Posted: | May 28, 2019 01:23 | | Subject: | Warning to seller for inconsistent config | | Viewed: | 189 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
After some time as a buyer, I just opened my store on BrickLink.
At first I was only shipping domestic so I configured domestic shipping method
and checked only the domestic checkbox for PayPal payments.
I am now opening to international sales, so I configured international shipping
methods, but I had forgotten about the international checkbox for PayPal and
did not check it.
I got messages from potential buyers saying they could not checkout because I
had not configured a payment method.
I do not understand how enabling international shipping without international
payment can make sense, so I would assume that anyone who did this made a mistake.
My suggestion is to have BrickLink check for this inconsistent configuration
and at least warn sellers about it, or maybe even prevent it from happening.
Thanks
Alex
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | May 27, 2019 20:46 | | Subject: | Rewording of Forum Rule #4 | | Viewed: | 184 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I recently noticed that the wording of Forum Rule #4 is quite odd. While I do
understand the meaning of the existing version, it is structured awkwardly and
ambiguously (such that, for example, it could indicate that offensive
words are not to be replaced with pornography!).
A revised version of Rule #4 (such as I have drafted) would clarify what, precisely,
is defined as "offensive" (as this is a highly subjective term), as well as making
the sentence-structure more understandable - Particularly to non-native English-speakers.
Existing:
"Posts should not include foul language, lewd, or other offensive content, or
links to such content. This includes replacing offensive words with alternate
letters or characters, pornography, or any kind of racial/prejudicial content."
Revised:
"Posts should not include offensive content, nor any links to such content, including:
Profane, foul, lewd, pornographic, violent, or prejudicial language or images.
Replacing censored words with alternate letters or characters, or editing images
to obscure forbidden content with pixilation or black bars, is also prohibited."
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | May 27, 2019 05:50 | | Subject: | Helpful but .... | | Viewed: | 233 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Firstly let me say that we know suggestions are not being implemented and according
to MP no work is being done on the classic site however this is a small request
which doesn't require huge amounts of development time and would make life
a bit easier.
Currently the method of manually adding inventory is long winded, provides no
audit trail of what has been done and at best is clumsy.
We use Brickstock for most of our updates to our store. It is much easier, quicker
and provides us with a complete audit trail - the only real snag is what happens
when the file gets to Bricklink, The verify screen drops off the Bricklink part
number for some reason so we are left with an audit trail which, when variants
are involved, isn't really all that helpful, although to be fair we have
used this for some time.
Simply placing the bricklink product code on the verify screen would be very
helpful and this is not a major programming issue. At the same time give us a
print button to print that screen Using the print command from the browser doesn't
work well with the page setup falling short of what is needed.
This is a simple matter and could be resolved in minimal time - please implement.
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| Author: | bb1126827 | | Posted: | May 9, 2019 10:29 | | Subject: | New Rigid Hoses flex | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi Studio Devs,
thanks for adding rigid hose flex feature 
i am actually trying that new feature and cant seem to make it work on that type
of projet (attached picture)
looks like the tip of the hose wont follow camera orientation. it is always facing
my mouse cursor in all camera modes/orientation. That said, i just cant plug
the tip of the hose in the proper way as you can see on the picture. Maybe i
need tips on that to make it work.
Keep doing a great job on studio
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| Author: | bb1126827 | | Posted: | May 8, 2019 10:37 | | Subject: | Rigid Hoses on Studio | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi, would it be possible in a near future to make Rigid hoses flexible on studio
?
for now, as far as i can see we can only do on ribbed hoses and chains. thank
you
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| Author: | JEL129a | | Posted: | May 7, 2019 18:21 | | Subject: | Studio Subheadings | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Can the starwars have it's own separate category under the studio gallery.
There is a lot of great starwars creations in their, but at the same time, if
you are looking for other things, it makes it hard to find something else.
Thanks
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| Author: | titips | | Posted: | May 7, 2019 10:50 | | Subject: | Automatic store selection in Buy mocs | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
I hope this is the right place to post this.
I think it would be a good thing to be able to set the maximum number of stores
used to fulfill a wanted list search of matching stores in order to have a good
compromise between items costs and shipping costs.
Since shipping costs can't be taken in count during stores automatic selection,
you could add a parameter "max N° of stores" so that we can compair a result
with 10 stores and very low pieces costs and 2 stores with more high pieces costs.
Sometime shipping costs from many stores override high pieces costs from 1 or
2 stores.
hope is clear enough
bye
Giovanni
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| Author: | mfav | | Posted: | May 5, 2019 14:41 | | Subject: | That Randy Color | | Viewed: | 207 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I want to further the discussion at https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1139677
but under an appropriate thread.
In regards to color.
The comments below go to the use of color labeling in the context of being functional
in regards to search. It is not in regards to color accuracy in terms of cataloging.
There is a schism between the two uses because there is only one available field
in the database to handle what are two distinctly different purposes.
At https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1139699 you bring up the color guidelines.
I appreciate as one of the admins, you're attempting to follow the guidelines.
The guidelines however are in conflict with what an average person with no experience
with the guidelines would expect. They're even in conflict with what someone
with greater than average knowledge of the color labeling conventions on BL would
expect. I would reconsider those guidelines.
There are, by my count currently 170 different distinct colors that the system
knows. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp
Assuming an ideal world where all of the decorations are accurately color-described
in the database per the guidelines, it's unreasonable to expect any average
person to be able to remember 170 different colors and to accurately identify
every instance of them. Colors shift over time due to aging and formulation.
Color perception changes relative to adjacent colors. Perceived color accuracy
is relative to the available reference photos or renders, the skill of the photographer
to capture the color, the ability of any individual piece of hardware or software
to properly interpret and render the color, lighting conditions, and other factors.
Color is a rainbow hell-hole.
Here is a test situation to illustrate my point. Take the torso in question in
the original thread and show it to 20 random people. Ask them what the colors
are. I'll wager you a cookie that if you ask 20 people who are not jenwick,
that exactly zero describe the blue as "medium azure." I'll wager you another
cookie that less than half describe the purple as "magenta."
With that in mind, somebody comes to the site and attempts to find something.
Somebody will use what they think the color is because that is their perception
of the color, not because they've reviewed the color chart in depth and have
spent time comparing many pieces to one another to grok the nuances and accurately
predict the exact hue necessary to achieve a match in search. What they'll
do is enter the color they think it is (blue) and do a search, and the search
results will be unsatisfactory, and they'll declare they can't find it
and post in the forum "what is this" or they'll search repeatedly and repeatedly
get unsatisfactory results, declare the site too complicated, and go away in
frustration. This frustration ends up being an indelible negative association
with BrickLink in that person's mind.
We've witnessed this scenario time and again here on the forum. We've
witnessed the endless debates over yellowed LBG vs LG, the confusion with pearl
gray and flat silver (two labels for one color), the confusion with pearl gold
(one label for two colors), people can't find pieces they're looking
for when they're looking right at them because the thumbnail color isn't
the same as the color they searched for, and more.
Having people "go away in frustration" is not in the best interest of BL as a
marketplace. Presumably the 10,000 plus shops here have invested some effort
in attempting to sell things. With that in mind, I argue that things which facilitate
sales should have precedent over "historical accuracy" when it comes to searching
the catalog. One needs to be able to find something before one can dig deep into
understanding it and its associated nuances...if one even needs or wants to understand
them.
We know a better solution to the issue would be a more robust database. As we've
been told repeatedly that isn't going to happen, you're left with a choice.
Either you populate the description field with user-friendliness or with historical
accuracy in mind (for user-friendliness, decoration colors in the item/description
would be their most generic counterparts: black, gray, silver, white, gold, red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, tan, chrome, copper, and speckle).
I would suggest the item field be populated with user-friendliness in mind and
that the note/comment field be generously populated with the historical accuracy
and other more esoteric information.
It's not an ideal solution, but it would work within the current operational
parameters of the database and site interface.
On contributions.
I went through a discussion with the Stormchaser about this at length. This isn't
going to improve until all the UI is improved. The forms are too convoluted and
not explained well and the explanations are hidden and it's just too much
work for anybody who isn't more than casually dedicated. All the instructions
for filling a form need to be adjacent to the fields on the form. The instructions
are buried elsewhere. If you start filling a form, then have to leave to find
instructions, the form is then blanked when you return, and that's an issue
and causes frustration. The UI can't improve much without programmer time.
The whole issue gained no traction while I was communicating with the Stormchaser.
I don't expect any improvement any time soon. Refer to second picture attached
after you finish reading this post.
In regards to the Stormchaser.
You'll forgive me if I read your statement about following in his footsteps
probably not the way you intended it. It's pretty clear that being a volunteer
admin at BrickLink is basically like being in the "zone" in Stalker https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
To really appreciate the statement, you'll have to experience the movie,
if you haven't already.
Stormchaser's footsteps promised much change, then he made like Mrs. Hogwallop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsAZ0RweVxk So maybe don't follow those footsteps
too closely.
I had a number of communications with the Stormchaser both on- and off-line.
I'll suggest to you the same thing I did with him: read Steve Krug's
"Don't Make Me Think" https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/
This book has been revised a few times. I'm familiar with the second version,
but would expect the later versions to be effectively the same content probably
with more recent references. It's a quick read, and appropriate for non-technical
types. He said it helped him with how he thought about things he wanted to do.
So. Food for thought. And in closing, because you asked, a portrait of Randy
after reading this post.
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| Author: | MidwestBrick | | Posted: | May 2, 2019 18:05 | | Subject: | Change NPB Timeline | | Viewed: | 210 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I had enough of these in the last few weeks that waiting 2 full weeks is painful
to complete them.
I don't mind the 1 week to pay before it is started. But another full 7 days
to complete the NPB is not necessary.
I would propose 3 additional days and that is it. Let us get our stock back
in our stores to sell to someone else instead of being held at our will for 14
full days when 10 is plenty enough.
I can't be the only one that feels this way and 14 days might have worked
10-15 years ago when access to Smart-Phones wasn't as widespread, but these
days, you can't go far without having the ability to respond. Thanks
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| Author: | gsgonsior | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2019 23:33 | | Subject: | Make website mobile-friendly | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please consider making a mobile-friendly version of the site. I really love Bricklink,
but the browsing experience is absolutely terrible on a mobile device. E.g. constantly
having to zoom in/out to interact with the website is extremely painful from
a UX perspective.
Alternatively (or in addition to the above suggestion), consider developing a
mobile app. That would be awesome!!
Thank you for your consideration.
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| Author: | reci | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2019 17:56 | | Subject: | Shipping adress Belgium | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello.
I would like to indicate a problem when it comes to register my adress in the
bricklink system.
I am from Belgium and more specificaly from the "Province du Luxembourg", which
is different from "Luxembourg", the country.
In the system, when I have to chose my region, I can only select "Luxembourg"
and not the "Province du Luxembourg" and end up with an adress ending with "Luxembourg
Belgium", instead of "Province du Luxembourg Belgium". Needless to say that
the firt option is a mess as the post offices get completly confused when it
comes to chosing in which country the lego should be sent...
Could you fix this please?
Thank you!
Reci
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| Author: | mroppoli | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2019 21:59 | | Subject: | Want List - Item match in inventory | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| When entering a part number, instructions or minifig to inventory if said part
and color, instruction or mini Id number matches alert message displays, Item
in inventory. You can have this as an option to turn off or on in Want List section.
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| Author: | palenjo | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2019 11:12 | | Subject: | utility doors with thin handle. | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi!
I bet you that many of the doors 3188, 3189, 3192, 3193, 3194, 3195, 445 and
446 marketed on this site are in fact doors with thin handle, which means that
they are incorrectly marketed.
Isn't that a problem for a market place, and shouldn't BL solve this
problem?
The doors with thin handle should be marketed under the part id 3188a, 3189a,
3192a, 3193a, 3194a, 3195a, 445a and 446a.
So the doors with thin handle are more plentiful on the market, sellers almost
always sends me the door with thin handle when they should have sent me the door
with a vertical hole beside the handle. Some sellers, which I admire, label the
door with the description "open handle" whereas the thin handle door they label
"closed handle".
At the same time, all these doors with thin handle only turn up on the inventory
list of one, that is 1, set on BL, set 341-1!
BL could solve this by inserting the door with thin handle as an alternative
in all those sets which contain the relevant doors. Or say that the door with
thin handle is the normal part, whereas the door with open handle is an alternative.
This would stop the potential for disputes between buyers and sellers, and make
life easier here on BL.
Also I wish that BL would instruct the sellers on BL to label their doors correctly.
Johan
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| Author: | palenjo | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2019 10:48 | | Subject: | 3009p01 versus 3009p01e | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello!
I bet you that more than half of the bricks marketed here on BL as 3009p01 are
in fact 3009p01e.
Isn't that a problem for a market place?
I have been buying several lately and always I have received the brick with embossed
print.
At the same time the surface print 3009p01 is said by BL to be included in 19
sets, whereas 3009p01e isn't appearing in any set at all. The brick with
embossed print is (probably) more plentiful on the market but it shouldn't
appear in any set?
I think BL could resolve this by inserting in those 19 inventory lists the 3009p01e
as an alternative part?
It would stop the potential for disputes between byers and sellers and diminish
aggravation.
At the same time I think BL should instruct the sellers on BL to learn the difference
between surface print and embossed print, so that they could label their products
correctly.
Johan
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| Author: | mcmit | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2019 03:16 | | Subject: | Sort Search by Item Number | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I think it might be helpful to be able to sort our searche of the catalog by
item number.
It would be particular helpful when needing to determine the next number in sequence
when adding new parts with patterns and minifigures.
Shops seem to have this functionality but not the main catalog.
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| Author: | zsming | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2019 05:08 | | Subject: | Save settings to user for viewing and shoppin | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I have two suggestions which would make it so much better bricklink experience.
1. Save the amount to view to the user, and not cache. I really dislike the default
of showing 25 items. I always have to click on the drop down to show 500, but
then it doesn't automatically load, so I have to refresh the browser to actually
see the 500. Then going to the next item page, and again it's back to 25.
This is the same in stores as well when viewing the items from a given store,
it default at 25 and I have to keep clicking the drop down to select 100. Can
we save it in setting for user so it's the same no matter what computer we
are logged into?
2. When viewing items for shopping, can we save the option for selecting where
the seller is from? I'm from the USA, but I will never buy from anywhere
other than USA, but it shows from all countries as default. I have to click on
"More Options" to select Seller Location to be set to USA only. When I go to
the next item, same thing. Can we have it saved to setting so it will always
show whatever we set it as? In my case, it will always be USA.
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| Author: | leopard37 | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2019 10:02 | | Subject: | Dimensions missing in catalog | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Implemented | |
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| Title says most of it. Would like a checkbox, like the weight missing in catalog
to be able to view all inventory with any of the dimensions missing from the
catalog. Most parts aren't an issue but some large ones slip through and
it really hurts customer service telling them you can't ship what they order
for what they paid.
Tyson.
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| Author: | bitstarr | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2019 08:20 | | Subject: | Show maintenance reminder in local time zone | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
I just noticed the current maintenance reminder which shows the time with the
EDT time zone.
Could you please use the time zone the user is currently in?
The best way could be JavaScript. There you can determine the users time zone
and keep up markup caching while changing the date information after page load.
I think this would be helpful for users around the world.
cheers,
Sebastian
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| Author: | skybound13 | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2019 15:32 | | Subject: | Typo on part-out Alternatives message | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
This isn’t a suggestion but wanted to let you know there is a typographical error
in the message regarding alternates that appears when getting the parts list
for a wish list set, “production” is misspelled as “prouction" on the first line.
Wasn’t sure the best way to bring this to your attention, sorry if this is the
wrong place.
Ted
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| Author: | Unbrickable_Vow | | Posted: | Apr 9, 2019 15:39 | | Subject: | Allow re-arranging want lists when we need to | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please allow us to re-arrange our want lists (click and drag.. or number them)?
Example: When we are adding parts to a certain want list, we don't have to
scroll to add it, we can just move it up to the top which is auto-picked/highlighted.
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| Author: | irdroid3 | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2019 12:29 | | Subject: | My Orders : Downloads : Details rows complete | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| 1) I see there have been other suggestions on updating the Excel format we can
download.
In the meantime, I am using CSV, but most formats have the same problem (for
me) -
In the "detail items" rows, it would really useful if the leading columns were
not blank, but had the data from the initial order row duplicated.
IE, the columns :
Order ID, Order Date, Seller, Base Currency, Shipping, Insurance, Add Chrg 1,
Add Chrg 2, Credit, Coupon Credit, Order Total, Base Grand Total, Total Lots,
Total Items, Order Status, Order Status Changed, Pmt In, Pmt Method, Order Note,
Tracking No, Location
This would allow the spreadsheet to be sorted by any criteria, without loosing
the connection to that 1st row.
In fact, when the detail items are listed, if that data was filled in, then there
is no need for the initial order row.
This is specific to the spreadsheet form, but as CSV is used in the same ways,
I think that should be done the same way too.
I would also make these suggestions -
2) The xml format does not seem to honour the "detail items" option - why not?
3) The file names all seem to default to *.txt - where as .xml .csv etc would
be better
I hope this is useful feedback.
Regards, Ian
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| Author: | Sammynater | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2019 21:15 | | Subject: | Grouping Parts | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Bricklink should implement something in Studio where you can group pieces together.
so that if you were making a robot mask or a robot leg you could make it and
group the pieces together so that they can be easily moved around without highlighting
the entire thing and making mistake in the process.
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