Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | yorbrick  | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 17:21 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | . Finally, specialized parts
like printed parts and minifigure parts from licensed sets are never available
at B&P.
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They are. They shouldn't be, but they are. Less so these days, but it is
often still possible to buy some licensed parts.
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| Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 09:25 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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I don't sell new parts, so I have no dog in this race, but it does make me
imagine what might happen if Lego put links to the BL listings from the Bricks
and Pieces site.
This is what Amazon did when they bought and then integrated Bibliofind, a used
book site. That is when they started offering items from independent sellers
alongside the ones being sold directly by Amazon.
Lego's customer support has already been sending people to Bricklink for
years to find parts they no longer offer themselves. What if they started linking
directly to them from the Lego site?
I might be able to predict what could happen - the same thing that happened when
Amazon did it. For a while, individual used book sellers made good money. The
added exposure resulted in lots of sales. A brand new book with a sticker price
at $25 was being sold by Amazon for $20, and booksellers could list (and sell)
a used copy for $15.
But then market forces rolled up. People realized that by increasing efficiency
and accepting tiny margins, you could commodify used books. They bought them
up in large remainder lots and from the stock of stores that were closing, set
up software that let them easily scan the barcode and manage large inventories
of stock, and bots that would scrape price information and automatically set
and adjust prices. That $15 used book was now being sold for 99 cents (the minimum
price Amazon allowed at the time). They were making mere pennies per sale, but
they were making thousands of sales every day.
I don't think we have much to fear by pointing Bricklink buyers to Lego,
but I fear what might happen if Lego started pointing people here.
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| Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 08:53 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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When B&P opens a shop here, the prices are included in the price index. If not,
the B&B prices have no business here.
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 07:52 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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1- This does not account for volume limits on B&P so while a store here may allow
a higher amount than the qty LEGO allows- some people would pay a little more
to buy a higher QTY from one shop.
2- This does not account for a certain variety that a store here may have that
LEGO might not have that would be more favorable to the buyer to buy in one place.
3- This does not account for VAT that may be charged on LEGO but not here.
4- This does not account for speed, some buyers are willing to pay a premium
for faster service.
5- This does not account that many sought after pieces run out quickly on B&P
or simply go out of production and then you'd have a buyer comparing between
a BL store and a non available MSRP.
6- B&P is not available for all countries but BL is available for most.
7- last but not least: You are asking sellers on this platform (those who actually
pay the dues that maintain the operation of BL) to support a proposal that would
siphon traffic and business away from BL- that would not go very well.
What your proposal fails to comprehend is that there are many added values (like
the ones i mentioned above) to shopping at Bricklink VS. LEGO S@H beyond just
price.
Therefore, if you don't see or agree with the idea that there is an added
value to support this community- why would you expect this community to support
your idea?
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I think you still have to appreciate why from a buyers perspective they would
wish to see Lego B&P prices among the price comparisons on Bricklink. It may
not exactly be the ideal scenario from a sellers point of view but if were to
assume you are correct with the points you are making then sellers like us should
have little to fear after all Lego only offer current generic bricks with minimal
availability of themed bricks and minifig parts
Either way if Lego decide they want to have an official Lego B&P’s BL account
it will be out of our hands anyway plus those that managed to find their way
here to Bricklink probably already know about Lego B&P’s so could we really just
be talking about a more efficient market place comparison site rather than a
path that leads to Lego taking extensive business away from its BL sellers?
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 04:48 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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I get why this would be a useful feature for an independent comparison site to
have. But on Bricklink itself that makes little sense, for reasons others
have mentioned. Maybe propose this at a site that is not a marketplace, such
as Rebrickable? I don't know Rebrickable very well but they do have a channel
through which you can buy on BrickOwl (maybe als on Bricklink?). It'd sound
like the best place for that helicopter overview where it's OK to compare
apples and oranges, just like sites for comparing retail prices of sets from
different sources.
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| Author: | manganschlamm | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 02:35 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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Right now, I do see both BL and B&P as complementary sources for new pieces.
Some pieces that came out very recently are considerably cheaper at B&P, while
at BL it may take a while for the prices to come down. Shipping costs for orders
from B&P within Central Europe are also mostly lower (except for very small orders).
On the other hand, many parts are simply not available at B&P, there is also
the 200 pieces limit, and prices for many standard parts that have been available
for quite some time are significantly lower at BL. Finally, specialized parts
like printed parts and minifigure parts from licensed sets are never available
at B&P. And availability of parts on B&P can change quickly.
So in conclusion, I think it is worthwhile to check both BL and B&P regularly.
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Dec 25, 2019 23:40 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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1- This does not account for volume limits on B&P so while a store here may allow
a higher amount than the qty LEGO allows- some people would pay a little more
to buy a higher QTY from one shop.
2- This does not account for a certain variety that a store here may have that
LEGO might not have that would be more favorable to the buyer to buy in one place.
3- This does not account for VAT that may be charged on LEGO but not here.
4- This does not account for speed, some buyers are willing to pay a premium
for faster service.
5- This does not account that many sought after pieces run out quickly on B&P
or simply go out of production and then you'd have a buyer comparing between
a BL store and a non available MSRP.
6- B&P is not available for all countries but BL is available for most.
7- last but not least: You are asking sellers on this platform (those who actually
pay the dues that maintain the operation of BL) to support a proposal that would
siphon traffic and business away from BL- that would not go very well.
What your proposal fails to comprehend is that there are many added values (like
the ones i mentioned above) to shopping at Bricklink VS. LEGO S@H beyond just
price.
Therefore, if you don't see or agree with the idea that there is an added
value to support this community- why would you expect this community to support
your idea?
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Dec 25, 2019 23:13 | | Subject: | Do not erase comments on checkout mode change | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| While checking out in one of the stores here, i needed to leave a comment for
the seller, the order was on 'onsite' payment mode.
After i wrote the message, i changed to 'request an invoice' mode and
was annoyed that my message was erased and i needed to rewrite.
So i'm suggesting that when we change modes of shipping/invoice/etc. - of
there was a message written prior to changing that mode: i'm hoping that
message can remain intact and not be erased.
It's a small thing, obviously not a priority, but would be a time saver if
implemented.
Seasons greetings.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Dec 25, 2019 20:34 | | Subject: | Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 124 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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BrickLink
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Location:  USA, California |
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| In Suggestions, Tholwin writes:
| | Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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BrickLink tried listing the MSRP for sets a few years ago, but it didn't
go over very well and the feature was removed.
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| Author: | Tholwin | | Posted: | Dec 25, 2019 20:31 | | Subject: | BRICKS & PIECES availability and price | | Viewed: | 212 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
While I favor buying other people's unwanted pieces, I always check the price
of each piece on "BRICKS & PIECES" (Lego website), in an attempt to avoid buying
on bricklink pieces I could get cheaper and brand new from Lego.
This is the reason why I would love to see in bricklink if pieces are available
on "BRICKS & PIECES", and at which price, without having to search.
Best regards
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| Author: | kaat | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2019 14:41 | | Subject: | Re: Problem/bug with shipping minimum order | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, kaat writes:
| | Agree it makes no sense to set it lower than the store minimum buy (part 1 of
what you say).
However, it should not be completely removed (part 2 of what you say). For example,
I use this to offer free shipping from a certain order amount. So that's
not "without any side effects" 
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Well I didn't intend to remove it completely, just remove the (pointless)
rule that a shipping method MUST have a minimum order at least as high
as the store minimum. So, in your example you can still enter that minimum you
want. You are just no longer forced to enter a minimum value for a shipping method
if you don't want to. If you want, you can leave it on zero while your store
minimum is €10, so that "bypassers" are able to use the method. Or you can set
it to €10 so that they can't.
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Ok clear, then we agree 
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2019 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Problem/bug with shipping minimum order | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, kaat writes:
| | Agree it makes no sense to set it lower than the store minimum buy (part 1 of
what you say).
However, it should not be completely removed (part 2 of what you say). For example,
I use this to offer free shipping from a certain order amount. So that's
not "without any side effects"
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Well I didn't intend to remove it completely, just remove the (pointless)
rule that a shipping method MUST have a minimum order at least as high
as the store minimum. So, in your example you can still enter that minimum you
want. You are just no longer forced to enter a minimum value for a shipping method
if you don't want to. If you want, you can leave it on zero while your store
minimum is €10, so that "bypassers" are able to use the method. Or you can set
it to €10 so that they can't.
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In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | I've never quite understood why you are not allowed to set the minimum order
of a shipping method lower than the minimum order of your store. It's annoying
because if you have 10 shipping methods, then anytime you want to change your
minimum order, you need to also change it 10x in your shipping methods, for no
real reason, because the "master setting", the store minimum order value, should
determine it already.
However, it seems it's also causing another problem: Buyers can use the bypass
password to get around the minimum order, but it does not help them go
around the minimum order of the shipping methods. The result is that anytime
a buyer used the bypass password, they are able to order but unable to select
any shipping methods. So there will need to be a manual invoice.
I'd propose removing the restriction for shipping methods to have a minimum
order value that is higher than or equal to the store minimum order value - in
fact, I'd propose for shipping methods not to need a minimum value at all.
That should solve everything I described without any side effects.
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| Author: | kaat | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2019 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: Problem/bug with shipping minimum order | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Agree it makes no sense to set it lower than the store minimum buy (part 1 of
what you say).
However, it should not be completely removed (part 2 of what you say). For example,
I use this to offer free shipping from a certain order amount. So that's
not "without any side effects"
In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | I've never quite understood why you are not allowed to set the minimum order
of a shipping method lower than the minimum order of your store. It's annoying
because if you have 10 shipping methods, then anytime you want to change your
minimum order, you need to also change it 10x in your shipping methods, for no
real reason, because the "master setting", the store minimum order value, should
determine it already.
However, it seems it's also causing another problem: Buyers can use the bypass
password to get around the minimum order, but it does not help them go
around the minimum order of the shipping methods. The result is that anytime
a buyer used the bypass password, they are able to order but unable to select
any shipping methods. So there will need to be a manual invoice.
I'd propose removing the restriction for shipping methods to have a minimum
order value that is higher than or equal to the store minimum order value - in
fact, I'd propose for shipping methods not to need a minimum value at all.
That should solve everything I described without any side effects.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2019 13:10 | | Subject: | Problem/bug with shipping minimum order | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I've never quite understood why you are not allowed to set the minimum order
of a shipping method lower than the minimum order of your store. It's annoying
because if you have 10 shipping methods, then anytime you want to change your
minimum order, you need to also change it 10x in your shipping methods, for no
real reason, because the "master setting", the store minimum order value, should
determine it already.
However, it seems it's also causing another problem: Buyers can use the bypass
password to get around the minimum order, but it does not help them go
around the minimum order of the shipping methods. The result is that anytime
a buyer used the bypass password, they are able to order but unable to select
any shipping methods. So there will need to be a manual invoice.
I'd propose removing the restriction for shipping methods to have a minimum
order value that is higher than or equal to the store minimum order value - in
fact, I'd propose for shipping methods not to need a minimum value at all.
That should solve everything I described without any side effects.
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| Author: | tsystem | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2019 14:28 | | Subject: | XML drag and drop | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
I'm working a lot with xml file (bricklink structure), but with only copy
past, it's really a constrained task.... Why it's not allow to drag and
drop xml file like io or ldr or lxf ?
Thanks
Mr
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| Author: | Nato73 | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2019 14:55 | | Subject: | Location and Delivery Addresses | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi guys
I am writing this both as a buyer and seller.
I am using an international Depot in Germany when purchasing goods from Central
Europe.
The reasons behind this are few, but are not subject of the current topic.
I think it will be very useful to add a different address field for delivery
so I don't have to change my address when purchasing.
Thank you
Best regards
Nato
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2019 10:52 | | Subject: | Re: Where are our Paypal notifications? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, sancho10 writes:
| | Please, Bricklink give us back the Paypal notifications.
Or please notify us in any way that the payment is done.
Those who have switched to Paypal Marketplace are not receiving the notifications.
Many users are complaining about that in other posts.
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This suggestion has been changed to 'Implemented'. I am not receiving
PayPal email notifications for payments that occur via Instant Checkout. I receive
PayPal payment notifications from other venues tho. How do I cause payments on
BrickLink to generate email notifications.
These notifications are essential because they are the only place that PayPal
gives me the 'Receipt number' for customers who use direct payment from
payment cards (i.e. PayPal Express). Those Receipt Numbers do not appear on the
PayPal payment detail page.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | Kongzilla | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2019 04:39 | | Subject: | Suggestion: order prices display default | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Add another column to the orders page display that tells you the price of your
orders in one currency, of your choice. Good for budgeting, and estimating your
spending. Can be an approximation, if it needs to be, it would really just be
a tool to help you work out how much you've spent. Otherwise you have to
do it manually, or in your head.
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| Author: | ADBrick | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 21:31 | | Subject: | Global Marketplace Link | | Viewed: | 125 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi there,
Can we please have the Global Marketplace link back on the home screen?
Using the catalog method to find parts is cumbersome and inefficient, not to
mention its header takes up a half the browser space to give the user information
which is utterly useless unless you are specifically hunting for it. The image
of the element itself is a double up as the seller listings have a thumbnail
beside them also.
Kind regards,
Thoy Bradley
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| Author: | jenwick | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 09:03 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 151 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Hi Robert,
I got your email and have started the alert process after testing the problem
on several devices. So we know this is going on and are in the process of fixing
it.
This seems to be the very same bug we had yesterday after the launch of the new
TOS.
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Do you have any ETA on a fix?
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| Author: | legoccaz | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 06:54 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Emporiosa writes:
| | In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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i ve got the same thing , when I m log out , all works fine
| | | | | | I got your email and have started the alert process after testing the problem
on several devices. So we know this is going on and are in the process of fixing
it.
This seems to be the very same bug we had yesterday after the launch of the new
TOS.
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Russell, I just noticed that when I log out, the catalogue works fine, but when
I log back in, I get the "General Error" message. Chrome, Win 10 desktop.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 06:42 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 156 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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BrickLink
ID CardAdmin_Russell
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| Location: USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
Type |
Status |
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Admin |
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| BrickLink Administrator |
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| In Suggestions, Emporiosa writes:
| | In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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| | Hi Robert,
I got your email and have started the alert process after testing the problem
on several devices. So we know this is going on and are in the process of fixing
it.
This seems to be the very same bug we had yesterday after the launch of the new
TOS.
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Russell, I just noticed that when I log out, the catalogue works fine, but when
I log back in, I get the "General Error" message. Chrome, Win 10 desktop.
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Thanks for this input. This is what we are experiencing as well.
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| Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 06:39 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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| | Hi Robert,
I got your email and have started the alert process after testing the problem
on several devices. So we know this is going on and are in the process of fixing
it.
This seems to be the very same bug we had yesterday after the launch of the new
TOS.
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Russell, I just noticed that when I log out, the catalogue works fine, but when
I log back in, I get the "General Error" message. Chrome, Win 10 desktop.
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| Author: | the_journeyman | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 06:15 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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| | Hi Robert,
I got your email and have started the alert process after testing the problem
on several devices. So we know this is going on and are in the process of fixing
it.
This seems to be the very same bug we had yesterday after the launch of the new
TOS.
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Here's a novel idea. Roll back to the old ToS and we have our site back.
IT upgrades are always terrible planned and lack any testing.
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 06:05 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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| | Hi Robert,
I got your email and have started the alert process after testing the problem
on several devices. So we know this is going on and are in the process of fixing
it.
This seems to be the very same bug we had yesterday after the launch of the new
TOS.
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Great, thanks for the response, that is at least good to know. I still stand
by my original post though and with respect if the problem is known then it would
be really helpful if there were a message/banner on the site advising members
of this..especially those who don't use the forum.
Thanks again for your quick reply though, much appreciated.
Robert
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 05:54 | | Subject: | Re: URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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+1! Should go without saying, but apparently it doesn't!
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2019 05:51 | | Subject: | URGENT MESSAGE TO LEGO RE BRICKLINK | | Viewed: | 420 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Before doing anything else with this site I suggest, as I have many, many times
before:-
There needs to be a proper 24/7 help desk and a proper SLA with members.
When something goes wrong with the site there is just no way of alerting anyone
out of USA working hours and even after that often nobody responds. This is no
way to run a global e-commerce site of this scale.
Currently I cannot access the BL catalog using any browser on PC or tablet...
and this has being the case for hours...surely this requires a response at least
from someone, somewhere!!!!!
Robert
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 22:42 | | Subject: | Re: Add An Area for Catalog Scans | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 62Bricks writes:
| | Great idea. It would be even better if they could be transcribed and made searchable.
Or even a list attached with the sets that appear in it.
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Completely agree. I've been looking at some scanning companies in anticipation
of possibly (and professionally) scanning my E&D catalog collection and they
offer these services. It would be most helpful to know without going through
an entire catalog if the set you're looking for appears therein.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 22:40 | | Subject: | Re: Add Search Options to Advanced Catalog Search | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 62Bricks writes:
| | How would you use these features? Do you want to see a list of all items that
appear as, say, extras? Or do you want to take a specific part and find all the
sets in which it appears as an extra?
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I've wanted this functionality in the past, but can't recall just why.
So I'll answer your question by mentioning the situation that prompted me
to post this suggestion.
This set includes two minifigures as counterparts:
I wanted to know how many sets include figures as counterparts, but could not
search for this information. With the feature I'm asking for I could use
the advanced search to find all the sets with figures inventoried as counterparts.
The requested features would probably be most useful to those working on the
catalog and its inventories, but others may find them useful as well.
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| Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 22:07 | | Subject: | Re: Add Search Options to Advanced Catalog Search | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | I need the ability to select from the following unavailable options as checkboxes
on the Advanced Catalog Search page:
Items Inventoried as Regular
Items Inventoried as Counterpart
Items Inventoried as Extra
Items Inventoried as Alternate
Thank you.
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How would you use these features? Do you want to see a list of all items that
appear as, say, extras? Or do you want to take a specific part and find all the
sets in which it appears as an extra?
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| Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 21:10 | | Subject: | Re: Add An Area for Catalog Scans | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | I suggest that BrickLink add an area to the site for scans of printed catalogs.
There are other fan sites that already do this, but the results vary. This
would be a useful feature that would compliment the BrickLink catalog, enable
more effective catalog/inventory work, and draw more visitors to the site. Plus,
there would never be questions about copyright because TLG is publishing the
data themselves.
If this was done, I would add scans of my extensive Dacta/Education catalog collection.
Nearly all of the catalogs in my collection would only be available as scans
on BrickLink.
Thanks for considering it.
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Great idea. It would be even better if they could be transcribed and made searchable.
Or even a list attached with the sets that appear in it.
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| Author: | leopard37 | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 17:23 | | Subject: | Re: Add Search Options to Advanced Catalog Search | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | I need the ability to select from the following unavailable options as checkboxes
on the Advanced Catalog Search page:
Items Inventoried as Regular
Items Inventoried as Counterpart
Items Inventoried as Extra
Items Inventoried as Alternate
Thank you.
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definitely agree especially counter parts
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It's almost like he has a vision for a better catalog... Huh...
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 17:10 | | Subject: | Re: Add Search Options to Advanced Catalog Search | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | I need the ability to select from the following unavailable options as checkboxes
on the Advanced Catalog Search page:
Items Inventoried as Regular
Items Inventoried as Counterpart
Items Inventoried as Extra
Items Inventoried as Alternate
Thank you.
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definitely agree especially counter parts
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2019 16:58 | | Subject: | Re: Clarify Timeout on Inventory Step 3 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | Please make it clear to members how long they have to complete Step 3 (Verify
Changes) when submitting inventory change requests. This can be done with a
countdown timer or by clearly stating on the Verify Changes page how long the
member has to complete the process.
Currently Step 3 is timed out after an unknown amount of time and this is not
stated anywhere until you actually get the timeout. When the timeout occurs,
portions of the data being submitted can be lost (and, obviously, this occurs
with no warning whatsoever).
Thank you.
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I am saying yes to this. My last few part outs were a disaster of wasted effort
thanks to the timing out issue. It can easily take 30 minutes to part out a
large set, especially if you need to adjust amounts, or condition factors, or
add some remarks.
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| Author: | mhl | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2019 05:24 | | Subject: | Re: can purchased pieces show up in “have” ? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I really like the suggestion, I know that the described solution works, but it
is not comfortable.
Reason why it is not comfortable as you wrote:
- I have multiple wanted lists
- When applying an order to multiple wanted lists, you do not see how many bricks
have been assign already.
- After the apply you do not have an overview of how many bricks are left for
use for other things.
So it would be generally better to have a list like "ordered bricks" or "my bricks".
Then from this list apply the order to a wanted list with the same screen as
today. And then decrease the amount of the "my bricks" list by the applyed number.
This would help me to have a view on what I have right after the apply_order_to_wanted_list
function.
And even when I add a new wanted list, with a function like "fill from my bricks",
this would help.
Cheers Maik
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| Author: | sarbaek | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2019 07:40 | | Subject: | Configurability for when payment is captured | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be very nice to allow store management to configure when a Stripe payment
is actually captured instead of capturing payment at checkout. In some countries
it's not allowed to capture payment before the order is actually shipped.
For instance it could be configured to automatically capture the payment when
the order status is set to "Shipped". This is how Stripe integration is handled
on BrickOwl so there's definitely an API for this. If an automatic handling
of this cannot be implemented for whatever reason I'd be ok with settling
for a manual process.
I would love to be able to fully comply with regulations .
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| Author: | Sallywacko | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 17:13 | | Subject: | Re: can purchased pieces show up in “have” ? | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Andrsv writes:
| | In Suggestions, Sallywacko writes:
| | My want lists have a place for the bricks I have. It would be nice if the pieces
I purchase through BrickLinks would automatically show up in the haves so I can
keep track. Is there a way to allow this to happen?
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You can use «Apply order» button in your wanted list
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Beware!
You can “Apply” the same order to multiple lists, hence counting the same bought
brick multiple times.
Worse, you can “Apply” the same order multiple times to the same list.
Better to make “bought lists” and manually (and painfully) change the values
in the “really anted lists” yourself.
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Thanks for the cautions!
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| Author: | Sallywacko | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: can purchased pieces show up in “have” ? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Andrsv writes:
| | In Suggestions, Sallywacko writes:
| | My want lists have a place for the bricks I have. It would be nice if the pieces
I purchase through BrickLinks would automatically show up in the haves so I can
keep track. Is there a way to allow this to happen?
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You can use «Apply order» button in your wanted list
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Thanks for the tip!
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| Author: | kejones02 | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 16:15 | | Subject: | Share my Wanted List with Others | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would love the ability to share my Wanted List(s) with others, especially around
year end, for gift exchanges and other gift giving. Thanks!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 09:15 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Lilbeastie22 writes:
| | Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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Also voted no, as the current way is more flexible than what you propose. If
you want the set number, just add it as a remark. Also if you are not checking
inventories and sorting the parts out when you part out, watch out for variants
and extra parts.
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 08:06 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I will try this next few sets, thanks.
Looked at it but wary of trying until now.
In Suggestions, brickablocks writes:
| | When you upload or part out a set, you can set up concatenation settings that
will combine old and new remarks, so you don't have this problem. Customers
get pretty frustrated shopping in bL stores that have the same part in several
lots.
In Suggestions, Stuart9 writes:
| | If I part out a set, I add the set number to the comments which then shows up
in the order info.
This however has a drawback, it adds a separate entry for each of the parts each
time you part out a new set, you could end up with many parts listed numerous
times.
Might deter some from ordering but you can find the set quicker.
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| Author: | brickablocks | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 07:56 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| When you upload or part out a set, you can set up concatenation settings that
will combine old and new remarks, so you don't have this problem. Customers
get pretty frustrated shopping in bL stores that have the same part in several
lots.
In Suggestions, Stuart9 writes:
| | If I part out a set, I add the set number to the comments which then shows up
in the order info.
This however has a drawback, it adds a separate entry for each of the parts each
time you part out a new set, you could end up with many parts listed numerous
times.
Might deter some from ordering but you can find the set quicker.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 07:44 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Andrsv writes:
| | In Suggestions, Lilbeastie22 writes:
| | Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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When parting out a set you can choose default remark. I always set the set nr
as default remark. Would this solve your issue?
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This is what I do. Not necessarily the set, but the remarks line shows where
I will find the piece. There is a setting to show remarks on your orders.
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 07:37 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| If I part out a set, I add the set number to the comments which then shows up
in the order info.
This however has a drawback, it adds a separate entry for each of the parts each
time you part out a new set, you could end up with many parts listed numerous
times.
Might deter some from ordering but you can find the set quicker.
In Suggestions, Lilbeastie22 writes:
| | Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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| Author: | Andrsv | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 07:37 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Lilbeastie22 writes:
| | Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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When parting out a set you can choose default remark. I always set the set nr
as default remark. Would this solve your issue?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 07:31 | | Subject: | Re: Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Lilbeastie22 writes:
| | Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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Voted no as this really isn't possible. Pieces can and do come from a multitude
of sets so which one it comes from cannot be isolated except in rare circumstances.
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| Author: | Lilbeastie22 | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2019 07:27 | | Subject: | Show the set from which a piece was ordered. | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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| Author: | tsystem | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2019 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: Create a Have List | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Hi, New update of my merge tools, i hope you like it |
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| Author: | tsystem | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2019 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: Create a Have List | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi All,
So i've decided to do my own tool... So i've put it online if it's
can help someone.
How does it work : really simple ... donwload your wanted lists as xml file,
go to my link, drop your xml, choose for options and merge the 2 files together
and upload it to a new list....
This way, i have a wanted list for my project and one for my own parts, so i
can merge the 2 list to see if request quantity is matching my having quantity
...
I think i'll add option to :
- keep only element present in first list
- keep only common element
- keep only different element
- ...
I hop it will help somone
link : http://www.tapsystem.com/bricklink/mergeXML/
test files if you want :
test file A : http://www.tapsystem.com/bricklink/mergeXML/testFiles/mergeXmlA.xml
test file B : http://www.tapsystem.com/bricklink/mergeXML/testFiles/mergeXmlB.xml
Thanks for your comments
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