Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | JWBDolphins  | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 23:32 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io panning suggestion | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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If I understand you correctly, this is similar to other major CAD programs that
allow you to grab the screen (usually by holding a modifier key) and drag it
around, as well as box select an area to zoom to?
Those are a useful tools I have used elsewhere (especially the drag feature).
I think, though, there are other features and fixes with higher priority I'd
like to see, first.
Never to diminish your ideas, I just feel blessed we have a very good program
available to stimulate creativity and model our ideas. It's quite functional
and has saved me a lot of time and money - I just pray it survives into the future...
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First let me say I've only used a handful of CAD programs so what I'm
thinking may be completely misguided in the CAD world. But basically Yes, and
that feature does exist - hold the SHIFT Key and Left-Mouse Drag the screen around.
The same thing can be done holding Down the Mouse Wheel Button and Dragging
the screen (although on my mouse that doesn't work very well - but that's
just My mouse.) What I am thinking as another option - and I do think this would
need to be a select-able preference - is the behavior you see in a lot of the
online Map programs.
Here's an example: I'm Zoomed In on a portion of a model I'm working
on. I then Zoom Out (via Mouse Wheel) to see the whole model. I then move the
mouse to another portion that I want to start working on and Zoom back In (again
with the Mouse Wheel). Right Now I will just Zoom back In to the same place
I just Zoomed Out of. If the Zoom In follows where the Mouse is located, that
portion of the model would move more towards the center of the screen as I am
Zooming In. It would save the step of moving the screen (panning left/right/up/down)
before I Zoom In on the next place to work.
I'm basing this on the relative ease of navigating around different locations
on an online map.
I also Definitely agree with you that Studio is a Great program and I hope it
continues to grow and flourish. And I also agree that there are probably a lot
of other features that would/should come before this! 
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| Author: | JWBDolphins | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 23:15 | | Subject: | Re: A few more Preference options | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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Secondly, along these lines, I would like to see a few more preferences saved
when I select a part. Specifically, a lot of times I have to click "More Options"
and I always have to select "Seller Location". I would like to see both of those
as saved options so I don't have to select them every time I bring up a new
part.
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You can select location:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
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I Have found that setting in my wanted lists and that works well - thanks! I
would like to see that added to the Catalog/Parts screen when I pick a specific
part too. Just less clicking, I'm lazy!
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 14:16 | | Subject: | Re: Order Item Removal Request | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, atkk writes:
| | Hello,
Can a link for "Order Item Removal Request" please be added to the page for when
a seller view's an order, so that it can be found much easier.
Thanks
Andre
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Already suggested.😉
Vote here: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1050359
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| Author: | atkk | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 13:16 | | Subject: | Order Item Removal Request | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
Can a link for "Order Item Removal Request" please be added to the page for when
a seller view's an order, so that it can be found much easier.
Thanks
Andre
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| Author: | Legoboy_II | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 02:55 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io panning suggestion | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JWBDolphins writes:
| | One preference that I think might be useful to add to Studio is the ability to
have the Viewpoint move towards where the Mouse is located as you Zoom In or
Zoom Out (using the mouse roller for example.)
Panning the screen does not work very well for me (my mouse roller button is
twitchy) which makes me have to Pan the screen using 2 hands. There may be a
good CAD reason Not to do this, but if you could move the mouse over an area
and have zooming in and out zero in on the location of the mouse, having that
preference I think that would be handy. Basically Mimic the way the big online
Map programs work.
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If I understand you correctly, this is similar to other major CAD programs that
allow you to grab the screen (usually by holding a modifier key) and drag it
around, as well as box select an area to zoom to?
Those are a useful tools I have used elsewhere (especially the drag feature).
I think, though, there are other features and fixes with higher priority I'd
like to see, first.
Never to diminish your ideas, I just feel blessed we have a very good program
available to stimulate creativity and model our ideas. It's quite functional
and has saved me a lot of time and money - I just pray it survives into the future...
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 02:21 | | Subject: | Re: A few more Preference options | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JWBDolphins writes:
| | Here are a couple Preference options I'm suggesting be considered.
First, when I open one of my Wanted Lists, it Always defaults to 25 items per
page. Most of my Wanted Lists are larger than that and I have to Change the
default size every time (so that I can see everything on 1 screen). With internet
speeds the way they are today, 100 items pop up quickly. I would like to see
the number of items per page be an option that is remembered. (In fact, in general
I would like to see number of items per page be a preference saved across Bricklink.)
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Yes. It has been suggested before.
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Secondly, along these lines, I would like to see a few more preferences saved
when I select a part. Specifically, a lot of times I have to click "More Options"
and I always have to select "Seller Location". I would like to see both of those
as saved options so I don't have to select them every time I bring up a new
part.
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You can select location:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
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Thanks for your consideration!
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| Author: | Legoboy_II | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2020 02:08 | | Subject: | Re: A few more Preference options | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JWBDolphins writes:
| | Here are a couple Preference options I'm suggesting be considered.
First, when I open one of my Wanted Lists, it Always defaults to 25 items per
page. Most of my Wanted Lists are larger than that and I have to Change the
default size every time (so that I can see everything on 1 screen). With internet
speeds the way they are today, 100 items pop up quickly. I would like to see
the number of items per page be an option that is remembered. (In fact, in general
I would like to see number of items per page be a preference saved across Bricklink.)
Secondly, along these lines, I would like to see a few more preferences saved
when I select a part. Specifically, a lot of times I have to click "More Options"
and I always have to select "Seller Location". I would like to see both of those
as saved options so I don't have to select them every time I bring up a new
part.
Thanks for your consideration!
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+1
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| Author: | JWBDolphins | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2020 22:25 | | Subject: | Stud.io panning suggestion | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| One preference that I think might be useful to add to Studio is the ability to
have the Viewpoint move towards where the Mouse is located as you Zoom In or
Zoom Out (using the mouse roller for example.)
Panning the screen does not work very well for me (my mouse roller button is
twitchy) which makes me have to Pan the screen using 2 hands. There may be a
good CAD reason Not to do this, but if you could move the mouse over an area
and have zooming in and out zero in on the location of the mouse, having that
preference I think that would be handy. Basically Mimic the way the big online
Map programs work.
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| Author: | JWBDolphins | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2020 22:04 | | Subject: | A few more Preference options | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Here are a couple Preference options I'm suggesting be considered.
First, when I open one of my Wanted Lists, it Always defaults to 25 items per
page. Most of my Wanted Lists are larger than that and I have to Change the
default size every time (so that I can see everything on 1 screen). With internet
speeds the way they are today, 100 items pop up quickly. I would like to see
the number of items per page be an option that is remembered. (In fact, in general
I would like to see number of items per page be a preference saved across Bricklink.)
Secondly, along these lines, I would like to see a few more preferences saved
when I select a part. Specifically, a lot of times I have to click "More Options"
and I always have to select "Seller Location". I would like to see both of those
as saved options so I don't have to select them every time I bring up a new
part.
Thanks for your consideration!
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| Author: | nico_savary | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2020 17:50 | | Subject: | Re: Use my store's inventory to fill Wanted List | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, nico_savary writes:
| | I have nothing to add to the question, nore to the answer, but just want to say
that I am also very interested in a solution, and am very surprised nothing already
exists...
There are so many options and features on bricklink that this one seems to be
a big miss !
Nicolas
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Actually, I found a solution ! Sometimes confinement helps...
My method is not very straight forward, but still convenient enough for me.
It consists in managing .xml files of wanted lists and/or inventory with Excel
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- you export your inventory in an .xml file
- you export your wanted list in an .xml file
- then you open both in Excel
- you make some basic formulas in Excel in order to produce 3 new wanted lists
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- the common parts between your inventory and your wanted list
- the parts in your new inventory (without previous ones)
- your wanted list without the found parts (the ones from the first list)
- then you export the .xml files from excel
- and you import your update inventory and wanted list.
- Done !
Note that if you are not a seller you can manage your inventory in a dedicated
wanted list, which is what I do and find easier... It is also easier for .xml
management as the fields are the same for all your patlists.
Hope this may help some of you !
Nicolas
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| Author: | Ctbyrne | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2020 13:21 | | Subject: | Merge unshipped orders | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| At least once each day, I have a buyer who either places a second order and pays
for shipping a second time or emails about needing to make an addition to their
paid order.
I'd like to suggest a new feature be worked into the checkout process. If
a buyer places an order in a store which they currently have another order that
is not in the Packed, Shipped, Received, or Completed status, the orders either
be combined or flagged in some way to alert the seller. If would also be helpful
if the checkout of the second order took into consideration any postage already
paid on the first order.
I keep my domestic shipping simple. Spend up to $50, pay $5 postage. Spend $50-$100,
pay $10 postage. Spend over $100, get free shipping. On a system like mine, it
would be very easy to recognize if the buyer needs to pay more in postage, has
already paid enough, or would potentially get a discount back from postage already
paid.
The buyer shouldn't have to do any extra work if they want to order more
from a store that hasn't yet shipped their order. And I'm getting a little
tired of issuing duplicate postage refunds and checking to see if a buyer has
another order. What may be a few hours later for a buyer could be another page
for the seller.
Chris
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| Author: | Wolffe72 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 14:48 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| And although it is not enforced, some stores specifically warn their customers
on their Terms page that they only ship once a week, or that it may take 48-72
hours for a response. I think it's great that the stores are upfront about
it and the buyers (should) know what to expect. Buyers shouldn't be expected
to wait 3 weeks before they know if they're free to look elsewhere. Likewise,
sellers shouldn't expect to have their stock locked up for 3 weeks waiting
to know if their buyer is going to come through.
With all of the strict commitments on this site, I'm surprised they aren't
a little more pushy when it comes to being responsive so that transactions don't
stall unnecessarily. Commitment is only part of it.
Anyway, I went and bought the set from another store. I guess we'll see
what happens with my NRS.
| | I agree for first communication. But then, it should probably be standardised
across all sellers. If a seller hasn't invoiced within 7 days, then a buyer
should have the right to cancel without penalty. It wouldn't bother me if
it was three days. It might be better to have two categories, say, fast = 3 days
and slow = 7 days. If it was just a(nother) number to measure a store by, then
would buyers act on it? Whereas if a store was marked as slow or fast responders,
then at least a buyer knows to avoid a 'slow' store if they are in a
hurry for parts. Although even then of course, they will need to make sure they
choose a store in their own country and pay for fast / premium shipping depending
on location if they need things quick. Of course, if time is not an issue, then
'slow' stores would not be a problem, so long as the buyer knows they
will get a response.
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 14:13 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, edk writes:
| | In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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I would go ahead and purchase elsewhere. No communication within 3 days should
be reason enough to cancel the order. I know things are different with the global
crisis right now but ……… If you get bad feedback I think it would be made right.
A single NPB is nothing to be concerned about, its when you get a 3rd one that
causes a problem. If the global situation causes you to be unable to communicate
within 7 days then how would any buyer be confident that the item will ever be
shipped.
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I agree as in this day and age where people have online access even on the move
via phones 3 days is more than enough time to expect a buyer to wait in fact
I beleive brickowl warns of account restrictions if sellers continue to not respond
to quotes within a reasonable timeframe which I think is also 3 days?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | I agree with you that this can be an issue. Personally I would like to see a
feature where all sellers have to state an order response time in their terms
(a required field) and if they do not respond within that time then the buyer
can just cancel the order with no risk of NPB or bad feedback and the store automatically
closes until the seller wakes up.
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I agree for first communication. But then, it should probably be standardised
across all sellers. If a seller hasn't invoiced within 7 days, then a buyer
should have the right to cancel without penalty. It wouldn't bother me if
it was three days. It might be better to have two categories, say, fast = 3 days
and slow = 7 days. If it was just a(nother) number to measure a store by, then
would buyers act on it? Whereas if a store was marked as slow or fast responders,
then at least a buyer knows to avoid a 'slow' store if they are in a
hurry for parts. Although even then of course, they will need to make sure they
choose a store in their own country and pay for fast / premium shipping depending
on location if they need things quick. Of course, if time is not an issue, then
'slow' stores would not be a problem, so long as the buyer knows they
will get a response.
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| Author: | Wolffe72 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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In normal circumstances I would agree. The existing global situation may be upsetting
the normal. Where is the seller located ?
Nita Rae
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The store is located in my backyard of Ontario, Canada. I've ordered from
the US and across Canada and no issues yet. This store has had no sales so I
think the seller simply isn't active.
I didn't want to shame anyone as the store may have their reason for not
responding -- which is fine -- I just want a way out without penalty
in this case.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, edeevo writes:
... the auto closing of the store is
| | something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
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That feature does indeed exist, I guess my suggestion is linking into that but
using an additional trigger of "seller has not responded to buyer within x days"
where x is the number of days the seller has set as his response time. The response
could either be the issuing of an invoice or sending a message in the BL system
or similar criteria.
Robert
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Ah, that makes sense... I agree with that also; lock a Seller in, and hold them
accountable to the response timeframe they have chosen to advertise... sounds
good to me.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:31 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, edeevo writes:
... the auto closing of the store is
| | something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
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That feature does indeed exist, I guess my suggestion is linking into that but
using an additional trigger of "seller has not responded to buyer within x days"
where x is the number of days the seller has set as his response time. The response
could either be the issuing of an invoice or sending a message in the BL system
or similar criteria.
Robert
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:25 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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I agree with you that this can be an issue. Personally I would like to see a
feature where all sellers have to state an order response time in their terms
(a required field) and if they do not respond within that time then the buyer
can just cancel the order with no risk of NPB or bad feedback and the store automatically
closes until the seller wakes up.
Robert
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Could not agree more; that feature would be a welcome addition to addressing
this issue.
Even considering the current global circumstances, if a Seller keeps their store
open, they should be responding to their Buyers in a matter of days (3 max);
if they do not, then a Buyer should be able to cancel the order outright with
zero risk of it affecting their feedback... the auto closing of the store is
something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edk | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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I would go ahead and purchase elsewhere. No communication within 3 days should
be reason enough to cancel the order. I know things are different with the global
crisis right now but ……… If you get bad feedback I think it would be made right.
A single NPB is nothing to be concerned about, its when you get a 3rd one that
causes a problem. If the global situation causes you to be unable to communicate
within 7 days then how would any buyer be confident that the item will ever be
shipped.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 10:19 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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In normal circumstances I would agree. The existing global situation may be upsetting
the normal. Where is the seller located ?
Nita Rae
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| Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 10:11 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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I agree with you that this can be an issue. Personally I would like to see a
feature where all sellers have to state an order response time in their terms
(a required field) and if they do not respond within that time then the buyer
can just cancel the order with no risk of NPB or bad feedback and the store automatically
closes until the seller wakes up.
Robert
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| Author: | Wolffe72 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 09:18 | | Subject: | Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 220 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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| Author: | nico_savary | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 06:04 | | Subject: | Re: Use my store's inventory to fill Wanted List | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I have nothing to add to the question, nore to the answer, but just want to say
that I am also very interested in a solution, and am very surprised nothing already
exists...
There are so many options and features on bricklink that this one seems to be
a big miss !
Nicolas
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| Author: | zzed | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2020 19:11 | | Subject: | Re: How to flag incomplete items | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I sympathize. It is frustrating when there is a listing for a "new" minifigure.
Then the description says it is missing a few body parts & priced accordingly
... but that the remaining head/whatever is perfect condition. So, naturally
the auto select feature adds that store to my shopping carts since it is lower
priced. All I know to do at that point is to add the store to my disliked list
to stop auto select from grabbing it.
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2020 03:40 | | Subject: | Re: Just an idea about Neutral Feedback! | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | you make genuine questions and critics sound like epidermic reactions or even trolling.
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Well there are some people that disagree and critic who and are able to be diplomatic
and constructive with their replies (brikomania, rankster to name a couple) there
are others and not just in this topic who intentionally or not do not seem to
have this ability and yet turning a blind eye to how other people respond? You
question how I respond to those types of responses?
epidermic reactions as you put it are common in this forum either to help entrench
ones position among others or to jump on the bandwagon in order shoot down those
who have disagreed with them in the past or maybe simply because they have a
general intolerance to anyone who is able to conduct themselves in a more level
headed and appropriate manor than they themselves are? Either way I really hope
this type of thing doesn’t ever put others off from putting forward their own
suggestions in the forum? It certainly won’t ever stop me...
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