BrickLink Discussion Forum

.... nice!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Nov 12, 2018 07:29

Subject:

Re: Metalbeard Parts list

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Topic:

Inventories

In LEGO, Lauren_Luke writes:

[mwright5] writes:

Anyone have a list for Metalbeard?

Yes, I have.

funny....

but here's one too: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=70810-1

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Nov 3, 2018 16:35

Subject:

Re: LEGO brown plus guns

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Topic:

Colors

In LEGO, Skylar2010 writes:

Are all these guns LEGO?
And are all these browns minus the pants reddish brown?

All Lego except the white in the top left I guess

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Nov 3, 2018 11:13

Subject:

,,,,,where's an Admin when you need one...?

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Topic:

Catalog

Status:

Open

....

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Oct 5, 2018 02:37

Subject:

Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here!

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Topic:

RTFM ?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Sep 24, 2018 14:01

Subject:

Re: Stopping/Checking inflated prices

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Topic:

In Suggestions, tpr writes:

Hi

Probably a lot of us have been guilty of this, adding an item to your inventory
and forgetting the decimal point, or putting it in the wrong place, thereby creating
an abnormal price.

Is it possible when entering a price for new or used, to flag if the price entered
is say more than xx% of the average prices already on file. Still giving you
the option to enter that price, but just warning that this price is abnormal

Thanks
Tracy

Discussed and proposed many times before, but still no sign of implementing something
like this.... Focus was on other points I guess. Something with Stud.IO and a
designer competetion sort of thing....

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Aug 18, 2018 06:56

Subject:

Differentiate in SALES

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Sales are nice thing, right? Scoring a bulk load of 1x1 plates you so desperately
need for a long overdue project helps you move on!
When 70% of the sales announcements concern shops that do NOT ship to you, the
nice efforts turn into an ever growing deception....

So here's my suggestion: have a SALE announcement link to the shipping terms
of the store so there will be ONLY announcement visible that actually DO ship
to your country.

Ever working on a more pleasant environment.

StarBrick

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Apr 8, 2018 04:15

Subject:

Re: “Report” Button

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Topic:

YES PLEASE!!!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Mar 7, 2018 15:03

Subject:

Re: Separate professional and private sellers

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Topic:

I know of an ex-car dealer who was bored with his job and quit but continued
to buy and sell used cars as an individual for a couple of years (then he was
re-hired as a “seller extraordinary” because he was that good). He knew the
rules pretty well and limited himself to less than (I think it’s) ten cars a
year. Buy a used car, keep it a few weeks, sell the car. He managed to make
a hefty profit. All legal, and not as a pro.

Is that a business? Or someone who loves to have another car every few weeks
and makes money along the way?
Has he become a business by doing so?

The main issue here is how to differentiate between the seller, selling of his
or hers overstock with the intention to get rid of it and the seller purchasing
and reselling parts/sets etc with the intention to generate profit with it

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Dec 29, 2017 04:25

Subject:

Re: "My Inventory" Feature

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Topic:

you can have this on rebrickable.... (among others

)

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Dec 9, 2017 05:06

Subject:

Re: Admin: complete Store verification process

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Topic:

Please generate a help ticket for this well-described issue too!
Maybe that works faster

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Mar 21, 2017 02:58

Subject:

Re: Counterfiet Set Reporting

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Topic:

Might even be real China-made parts. The plastic from that factory does have
similar differences from the other factories worldwide.
So, is it real, really counterfeit or just a misenterpretation of the fact Lego
had quality issues in China ....?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Mar 14, 2017 14:09

Subject:

Re: Better Forum

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Topic:

+1

Many times suggested before, complaints enough to search trough, no improvement
seen still.... damn, was this actually on the idealist at all I wonder ?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Aug 30, 2016 14:04

Subject:

Re: Wanted List > Upload Error:item dont exist

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Topic:

You mean before we had a RED line telling what item was wrong so you can easily
correct it?
Now we don't....
I like the suggestion

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 18, 2016 10:06

Subject:

Re: Time not informative?

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Topic:

EDT = Eastern Daylight Time

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 18, 2016 10:04

Subject:

Re: Payment Method - Default

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Topic:

Great! got this to the helpdesk already
The said this was the algoritm:

---start of snippet---
This is the order in which defaults are selected:

1. Match to previous order (if any exist)
2. Paypal Onsite
3. Paypal
4. First listed payment option
---end of snippet---

You want to edit this as a seller!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 15, 2016 11:57

Subject:

Search for parts of specific set in store....

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

In your own store inventory, you can search for parts of a specific set. See
attached picture.
In the buying area of a store, this is not possible.
The functionality is there, please add it to the buying area.

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Mar 9, 2016 13:29

Subject:

Re: instant checkout: please add iDeal

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Topic:

o jij draak....

In English: O you dragon....

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Feb 8, 2015 05:47

Subject:

Re: Time to address seller quality issues

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Topic:

Spot on.

On uploading used parts, I always check for my self: "Would I be happy to receive
this?" Whenever the anser is NO, the part goes into the bin, unless it's
a rare piece. In that case, I try to describe as detailed as possible the condition
of the part.

Maintaining high standards for oneself prevents in most cases selling crappy
parts.

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 10:18

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Denk dat ik je voorbeeld maar ga volgen.... Benieuwd of het echt kopers scheelt
zoals sommigen beweren

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:57

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

A: Because I always obey all the laws *to the letter*, of course

Also because I can not stand people who are immune to reasoning.

Ouch, if that is serious, you're in a living hell ...

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:44

Subject:

Re: EU directive // Advice of PP-fee-less operate

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Topic:

Might this be an option:

- calculate 10% fee
- receive payment
- refund any overcalculated fee after payment was received

Or will this alse affect the percentage and therefor costs made?

Man, thinking about this might even get me PP-fee-less in the near future. But
at higher item prices? Is that what most PP-fee-less sellers do? Help me out
with some GOOD advice people....

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:38

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Personal rates are only for 'personal transfers', transfer for goods
are 'commercial', regardless wether you have a personal, premier or business
account

Mmmm, that makes it even harder.
Just checked my last 8 payments on PP (USD and EUR, 5 different countries). Overall
fee is 5.6%. Ranging from a 3.6% to 8.1%.
How can you get a cost table implemented like that that can be explained and
maintained as well?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:36

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Q: what made you the crusader of EU law?
Just curious

.....

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:20

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Ah, these are the commercial rates.
I was looking at the personal rates.
As I am a hobbiest seller and not registered as a commercial user of PP, I think
the personal rates apply. Correct? Or does PP not distinguish between them?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:17

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

VS, Canada, Europa I**
0,5% = balance payment
3,9% + vaste kosten = credit cards

That's for Belgium sellers receiving payments from for instance Holland.
Correct?
Or am I looking at the wrong tables?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:12

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

According to my table that's for credit card payments through PP, not balance.
Or am I wrong here?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:10

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Mmm, checking

If I buy from you and apply what PP tells me

PayPal charges sellers a fee of between 1,7% and 3,4% of the total sale plus
€0,35 EUR per transaction within the Euro zone.

Then you're still cooked

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 07:02

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Made me adjust my PP costs anyway. I was way over the current table of costs
at the PP site. Thanks for pointing me to that!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 06:53

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

Incorrect article? Where is art. 19 regarding payments?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jan 25, 2015 06:51

Subject:

Re: EU directive // For Sellers who charge PP%

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Topic:

These rules you refer to, apply to commercial business only as far as I can follow
it through. So this might only be applied to those.

As all sellers and buyers alike we are expected to operate within the law.
So either we should implement ALL laws from ALL countries BL has members from,
or there's a general rule that we all stick to the local laws from the country
the seller is based in. No need to add some specific rules and leave others out.
It's either ALL or NOTHING....

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Oct 29, 2014 09:33

Subject:

Re: Stop Bogus Sellers

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Topic:

How would they do that??

Easy, follow up fast on this kind of notification. BUT: report them through HelpDesk
and NOT only in the forum. The forum gets far less attention by CS than the HelpDesk
calls!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Oct 1, 2014 13:05

Subject:

Re: Set quoting OFF in forum posts

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Topic:

All you have to do to avoid that is simply to delete the text you didn't
write! This feature would be completely pointless when designers could be
working on more important things!

Like cosmetic overhauling the front page

?

I do delete the non-relevant parts (see this reply for instance) in my replies.
Most users don't, that can be annoying to quickly read through a thread with
20+ replies.
I guess your activity on the forum is not that big, so your not annoyed by it

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Oct 1, 2014 07:08

Subject:

Re: Set quoting OFF in forum posts

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Topic:

How do you change the setting to "off" anyways?

You can't as a user. It is coded in the system....

And lastly... use a screen of proper size and resolution, so you dont need to
abuse your mouse/PGDWN keys

Try to find a monitor that big......!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Oct 1, 2014 06:50

Subject:

Re: Set quoting OFF in forum posts

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Topic:

That option is better indeed, but needs more programming

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Oct 1, 2014 06:39

Subject:

Set quoting OFF in forum posts

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

In replying to forum posts, the standard system setting is to quote the post
you are replying to. This generates LARGE texts that one has to scroll through
to get the additional post made by the poster.

Please set this standard to OFF:

- makes the forumposts cleaner
- readingspeed increases
- mouses/PGDWN-keys will last longer due to less scrolling
- less data storage needed on servers

(has been requested two times before, no follow-up unfortunately)

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Sep 23, 2014 09:02

Subject:

Re: Cap on number of message i can send

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Topic:

there's a 4 -letter word in his username that is quite odd too

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Sep 18, 2014 15:58

Subject:

Re: Negative Feedback Note

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Topic:

Thanks!
Voted YES!!!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Sep 15, 2014 02:25

Subject:

NSS / NRS Overhaul

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

(probably multiple times suggested before....)

Overhaul of the NSS/NRS system required.

Regarding recent posts of blocked shops due to a cummulation of three (!) NSS's
over the last few years (!!), this system needs an overhaul.

1) NSS / NSR are in effect NO longer than a fixed time; for instance 6 months
2) users can ALWAYS review their scores on ALL the codes (NSS/NRS/NPB/OCR/etc....)
availabe for classifying orders (the data must be in the database.

Short post, needs more work, I know. Please add when wanted....... or when you
miss stuff.

If there IS a way to check your scores, please post it here AND (@ADMIN/@TECHSTAFF),
add it to the MyBrickLink page PLEASE.

Cheers
StarBrick

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Aug 21, 2014 14:03

Subject:

Re: Store View Tabs Missing [SOLUTION]

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Topic:

Cool,
love the forum, love the members here!
Cheers!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Aug 21, 2014 13:18

Subject:

Re: Store View Tabs Missing [SOLUTION]

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Topic:

Wow, did you post this to the helpdesk too?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Aug 20, 2014 15:33

Subject:

Re: BL Development Team: Test before rollout!

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Topic:

Scott,

You just joined the gang

When's the first meeting at the clubhouse?

Cheers

StarBrick

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 10:55

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program

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Topic:

In Suggestions, speshy writes:

Sorry to be the only voice of dissent so far, but I am going to have to vote
"no" for this one, and it's not just because I haven't yet contributed
anything to the catalog.

No need for a sorry, free speak, free thought

I would also not be so interested in accepting "points" as payment, because my
fees aren't too high to begin with, being a small store. Points for free
sets, though? That I like.

So, basically you do favor a rewarding system, but don't agree on the reward?
Confusing.... You can not be pro another reward and be anti the rewarding system.
That doesn't add up.

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 09:50

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program

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Topic:

I think it would be automated. No different than fee accumulation, and any other
data that BL is handling at the moment. This site is already set up for this
sort of information.

Yes indeed it is. Just other ways of using the data, easy for the coding wizzards.

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 09:49

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program -> BAP!!!

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Topic:

And what about those who already contributed massive amounts of work on the catalog??
Kinda unfair since at this point there is more in the catalog from prior people,
than being added.

Where that came frome is stored in the database, so that can be used to give
points to admissions placed already. Also that's a small coding job I guess

Data is there, infrastructure too, it all needs some thinking and programming
and then LAUNCHING the BrickLink Appreciation Program = BAP!!!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 09:47

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program

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Topic:

Who will do all the bookwork for these points? Will BrickLink end up paying
someone to do it, or will it become another chore for the volunteer admins?

With all those programming experts on board this must be a piece of cake to automate
that process!

Even some MOC-Shop coding could be re-used. That was the purpose of the platform
right? For Bricklink 2.0 or 2.1 or 3.0.... ah, you know what I mean, nudge, nudge,
wink, wink...

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 08:34

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program

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Topic:

In Suggestions, mabccc writes:

I voted no. For the simple reason that if you give discounts for inventories
and so on, then more people will grab them as soon as they can, possibly not
have the set anyway but copy the inventory based on lego's database or the
one imported into brickset or similar, or make errors because they have reserved
too many inventories for themself and need to rush through them to get their
discounts.

Than you must not vote no to this idea. Your NO is pointed at the incorrect additions
to the inventory. Only correct (checked, double checked, triple checked, whatever-ple
checked!) additions qualify for points. So that needs to be ruled out.
Errors in additions might also result in deduction of points.
Your vote changed?

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 07:47

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program

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Topic:

Interesting distinction between sellers and buyers, but ANY member can contribute.
So as a buyer doesn't have to pay BL fee's indeed, they might be up for
a generic store coupon on redeeming points. This coupon should be redeemable
at ANY store.
Nice addition

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 07:28

Subject:

Re: Fee deduction program

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Topic:

I voted yes.

Thanks

I think a points system would work well, different weightings for different things
you do to the catalogue, points = money off your fee's.

Agreed, didn't work that out as there are many ways to do this. Indeed there
has to be a weight factor and time factor to earn points that you can redeem
as fee discounts or coupons at specific stores. Hey, that just sounds like
a membership programm!!

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2014 06:26

Subject:

Fee deduction program

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Topic:

Status:

Discarded