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 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: May 27, 2019 05:50
 Subject: Helpful but ....
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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.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Nov 23, 2018 00:38
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 40145-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 40145  Name: LEGO Store
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40145-1 (Inv) LEGO Store
409 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2015
Sets: LEGO Brand: LEGO Brand Store: Model

* Add 2 Part 4085b Orange Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate)

Comments from Submitter:
6 sets parted out 2 had the b variant not d.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Nov 21, 2018 12:03
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 40222-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 40222  Name: Holiday Countdown Calendar
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40222-1 (Inv) Holiday Countdown Calendar
250 Parts, 2016
Sets: Holiday & Event: Christmas

* Add 2 Part 4085b Orange Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate)

Comments from Submitter:
5 Sets parted out - all b's not d's
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Nov 21, 2018 09:39
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 40222-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 40222  Name: Holiday Countdown Calendar
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40222-1 (Inv) Holiday Countdown Calendar
250 Parts, 2016
Sets: Holiday & Event: Christmas

* Add 1 Part 44567b Light Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side without Bottom Groove (Alternate)
* Add 1 Part 44302b Dark Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End without Bottom Groove (Alternate)

Comments from Submitter:
5 sets parted out all without groove.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Nov 8, 2018 11:39
 Subject: Try that again
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Part No: 29112pb01  Name: Plant Venus Flytrap Half with Marbled Red Spikes Pattern
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29112pb01 Plant Venus Flytrap Half with Marbled Red Spikes Pattern
Parts: Plant
- Not swure thie is correct in the catalogue. In all 3 sets that
it comes in there is an
 
Part No: x71  Name: Rubber Belt Small (Round Cross Section) - Approx. 2 x 2
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x71 Rubber Belt Small (Round Cross Section) - Approx. 2 x 2
Parts: Rubber Band & Belt
white rubber band which holds the two halves
together. The instructions show the rubber band being used in each case. Should
there be an inventory for the part?
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Nov 5, 2018 03:59
 Subject: The 87552/94638/35378 saga
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Good morning

It is now clear from the evidence we have gathered that the catalogue is not
currently correct for these part id's. The part
 
Part No: 87552  Name: Panel 1 x 2 x 2 with Side Supports - Hollow Studs
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87552 Panel 1 x 2 x 2 with Side Supports - Hollow Studs
Parts: Panel
is correct but
should only be used for solid colours, similar to the 3004/3065. Both the 94638
and 353787 are for Transparent colours of the same part - we are in the process
of investigating those two parts to see if there is any difference in them.

So far the 94638 comes in 4 transparent colours Trans-Clear, Trans Bright Green,
Trans-Black and Trans-Light Blue. The part also carries a slightly different
description with Lego - incorporating the Letters PC (PolyCarbonite) at the end.

The 35378 is currently only available in Trans-Clear, Trans Light Blue and Trans-Black.

All 3 parts are available through the Lego Bricks & Pieces site as separate items.

What we suggest in the first instance is to separate 87552 and restrict it to
solid colours only. Hopefully in due course we will have the answer on the other
2.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Oct 24, 2018 13:01
 Subject: Price guide improvement
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We are aware that nothing is going on on the classic site whilst the development
team focus on Bricklink XP, so we will make this as short and sweet as we can.

Having contacted the forum and put all elements of this together it is plain
that a subtle but important change needs to be in place for the price guide screen.

Understanding full well what happens with the 'sold at' columns those
can be left as they are until the whole price guide is revisited, whenever that
is going to be. The current items for sale, however needs s small but important
change, in our view. It is currently not possible to determine the currency conversion
rate for those figures. It could have been anyti8me in the last hour or this
hour or whenever.

Please simply add the two fields which are used to convert e.g. for example $1
= 'x' £;s and £1 = 'x$). This will enable any member, buyer or seller,
to at least get their figures correct when working offline. This is not a complicated
change/fix - it merely requires placing those fields on that screen each time
they change. The fields are held somewhere in the system even if it is a temporary
table, so it should be relatively straight forward to display them on the price
guide screen.

Thoughts ?
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Oct 20, 2018 13:02
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 10258-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 10258  Name: London Bus
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10258-1 (Inv) London Bus
1686 Parts, 2017
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Traffic

* Add 1 Part 62462 Metallic Silver Technic, Pin Connector Round 2L with Slot (Pin Joiner Round) (Alternate)

Comments from Submitter:
2 sets parted out both had metallic silver not flat.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jul 24, 2018 10:21
 Subject: 71017-1
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Need a little help here. The above set number is on each of the polybag mingifugres
that we have but of course they are individual figures not a complete set. Have
just tried to replace the catalogue photo with our own image and the system keeps
falling over with an internal resource problem Server 500 error. (Solved this
problem)

The picture of the complete set is confusing and despite the fact that the description
clearly says it is a single random figure from the set, we still get questions
about it.

The price guide for the 71017 is also not very helpful as it shows the price
for the complete set not an individual figure.

Need to understand better what is going on here. Help.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jun 22, 2018 11:13
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 10698-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 10698  Name: Large Creative Brick Box
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10698-1 (Inv) Large Creative Brick Box
790 Parts, 2015
Sets: Classic

* Add 1 Part 15254 Light Bluish Gray Brick, Arch 1 x 6 x 2 - Medium Thick Top without Reinforced Underside (Alternate)

Comments from Submitter:
4 sets parted out today and all 4 had this alternate
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jun 12, 2018 07:58
 Subject: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page
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Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

It would also be a good idea to incorporate the ability to update selected inventory
items into a superlot.

In addition, whilst you can use external tools to work on pricing it would be
far better if that type of tool existed on the MY Inventory page.

We are aware there has been discussion over sellers tools since 2013, and these
things may or may not be in those new tools, however it is now 5 years since
that discussion began and to date, I am not sure anyone is aware of what may
or may not be coming.

We are led to believe that Admin_Jaclyn is project managing the sellers tools
- Could we have an indication as to what is being considered, please?
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: May 28, 2018 07:12
 Subject: Improve add item screen
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Yesterday I added about 6000 dark green 1 x 1 plates to our inventory as we continue
to build up quantities of standard items. I listed them at our standard price
and then later on went to my inventory page, called up that item and added a
tiered price at 1p below our standard price for quantities of 100 or more. Fine
- no problem.

Today additional stock of that particular item came across my desk to be added
and I went to add the item - filled in all information to add the additional
pieces. Lo and behold the system removed my tiered price and set it back to 0.

As it is not really possible to remember all the items we have on tiered pricing,
I believe the system should either show you this or have an option to retain
tiered pricing.

Anyone else - or is there a workaround to ensuring the tiered pricing sticks.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 14:44
 Subject: Change the price guide screen
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Currently there is no way you can determine easily from looking at the price
guide what currency conversion has been used to determine the move from USD to
any other currency. As this figure has to be held/determined (calculated) somewhere,
whether in BL or by xe.xom it is available to be displayed and updated as regularly
as the price guide.

If Bricklink displayed that figure it would be very helpful for everyone's
use whether buying or selling. This is especially relevant for the last 6 months
sales which is a floating figure and is not easily determined - (it can be done,
but is very long winded and takes a lot more time and effort to get right.

As for the changes this would require, they are absolutely minimal from a coding
point of view and it would help to solve the never ending threads about currency
conversion and the price guide.


It would also help with Brickstock, but I am sure that is of no concern to Bricklink.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Mar 11, 2018 05:49
 Subject: Must have improvements
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As there is almost constant changes going on in the catalogue stores need more
features to ensure they are up to date. For example - we received orders over
the weekends for many of our
 
Part No: 3794  Name: Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud, Jumper (Undetermined Type)
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3794 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud, Jumper (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Plate, Modified
pieces which of course have been changed
to
 
Part No: 3794a  Name: Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper)
* 
3794a Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper)
Parts: Plate, Modified
. I had to go to my inventory page for the part and change each and
everyone of these from 3794 to 3794a, That 'dropped 4 or 5 small images -
(we will re-do those photos and submit) but they had photos before we changed
them from 3794 to 3794a.Hmmmm

It is a very simple select and update query in SQL - surely one of the developers
can put together a screen to allow us to update multiple items in our inventory
at once. We are in the dark ages here really.

In addition I noticed yet another quirk which is simple enough to sort out but
untouched

We hold bulk amounts for many standard items (in the thousands of each of them)
and decided to set up a tiered pricing schedule for each of those taking 1p off
at each quantity break. Fine - it was still a manual exercise for over 100 items
but we went through that - only to find that we either had to repeat this each
time we added to that part or we would lose that tiered pricing. The options
on consolidate are far too limited. We need at least another method of new price
and retain old tiered pricing.

Neither of these changes require huge amounts of time or development effort but
both have needed doing for some time.

It may be a question of priorities or design or ????? but surely such simple
mods can be dealt with quickly and efficiently.

It does get exasperating sometimes. And Brickstock will not allow you to make
these changes offline and upload them either. We have tried that and failed.
We have also advised Patrick but he has gone missing at present.

Come on Bricklink - the stores need their tools (just like buyers, if not more
so)
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Feb 18, 2018 10:30
 Subject: Minor improvements to add inventory
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I am sure there are lots of sellers who are waiting to see what enhancements
Bricklink as and when the finally release the sellers tools they hafve talked
about..

We would like to see a small modification done now to help on the 'add inventory
screens'. This would take a programmer less than an hour to accomplish and
it would aid most sellers.

When you manually add an item to your inventory you can do it in one of several
ways. When you go this route some things, which are important are missing.

From the main catalogue page for any given part choose Add to my inventory. This
takes you to the add inventory page and fills in some of the details for you
e.g. part no; colour etc, leaving you to add the quantity, price, condition and
any remarks you wish to make. You then click on the review item button at the
bottom and it takes you to the review item page where you do not see all the
relevant information No part no - no remarks. How can you really review the information
if it isn't all presented to review. Good memory? Maybe if you are only doing
the odd one, but if you are using this in anger it would be very helpful if the
review item page had the part no on it as well as the remarks field.

A similar situation occurs with the mass inventory upload. Once you paste your
xml file into the window you choose verify and all the parts in that file are
listed but instead of displaying the part nos for the items it drops them off
despite being in the xml upload.

Again a very minor programming job which would aid the sellers.

Think about it Bricklink. Make the site easier for us to use.

See images attached.
 




 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Feb 10, 2018 04:24
 Subject: Please bring Order Download up to date
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To Admin/Development

The order download feature is clumsy and nor set out to work in today's IT
environment. Please bring it up to date and provide choice for which columns
that the user wishes to download. Choosing include details is insufficient. More
people would use this feature if the flexibility in design was improved.

Bring the formats up to date as well as even Excel 2010 is unhappy with the MS
excel download. Stop combining the colour field with the description field etc.,
etc etc.

If improvements here are planned for sellers tools, please let us know and provide
an anticipated delivery date for that. We want to download our orders into our
off-line system and at present this is a totally manual exercise.

Those of us who use off-line systems need more flexibility to deal with data
from Bricklink.

We haven't pout this as a suggestion cause quite honestly we do not feel
that route works very well at all.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Dec 17, 2017 13:19
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Sine the rollout of Instant checkout and various updates there have been a number
of posts regarding the templates BL are forcing users to use.

Would it not be a better idea for the number of templates to be increased so
the stores can have their own choice of how they want it organised and addressed.

This is a simple code change for the programmers and allow some more flexibility
for the stores in addressing the various issues e.g. IBAN and bank details; etc.

Just a thought
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Dec 16, 2017 07:56
 Subject: Allow stores to modify Order Notifications
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Stores need the ability to modify the 'Subject Header' in the order notification
template. This currently is not available to stores, but it should be.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Dec 16, 2017 07:54
 Subject: Please include in Sellers tools
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Please include in the release of sellers tools a mechanism to allow stores to
back up not only their stores inventory but also their settings.

There, apparently is now ay to do this at present.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Nov 9, 2017 07:20
 Subject: Change Search Results for Find Stores
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I believe it would be very helpful for the collection of statistical data if
the way the search in Find Stores' returned its results was altered to include
a column for Instant checkout enabled/adopted. Use the same Lightning bolt that
is currently being used simply add the column rather than having to go back and
forth betwee the searches - without IC and the 2nd with

The example shown reflects the UK's top 11 stores for no of items. 5 of the
11 have implemented it so far. 6 haven't, for whatever reason.

This would save having to make 2 searches (and less calls on the server) apart
from making it easier to gather the data.
 

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