Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | brickwarsnet  | | Posted: | May 12, 2020 14:47 | | Subject: | Suggestion for Wanted Lists | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| This may not have been an issue previously, but due to COVID-19, I am weary of
buying from international sellers as a result of reduced flights to and from
certain countries. I say that because through no fault of the seller, 5 of my
orders have been delayed by 2 months now. I still have no idea when / if I will
receive them.
The sellers I've dealt with have all been great (even with a language barrier)
but as a purchaser moving forward, I think it would make sense to see feedback
based on geographic location.
For example, if I'm a US buyer and I want to make a purchase from a store,
I've been finding that I go to the feedback, click on the person who left
the feedback and see where they are located. Doing that is entirely manual and
cumbersome. It would be so much easier to filter the feedback from a specific
location and I can see the most recent orders and feedback from that person by
on location. If they have plenty of US buyers, I can make an educated decision
about parcels still being shipped and reliability of those orders making it to
their destination.
Maybe others won't find that helpful, but as someone from the US that has
not received 5 of their orders, seems like a great way to find feedback from
others in my same area to make me feel more confident in buying from overseas
sellers.
Even after COVID - I think that feature makes a lot of sense.
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| Author: | SchmickBricks | | Posted: | May 12, 2020 04:08 | | Subject: | Re: No Dimensions in Catalog | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Just noticed this thread has had its status changed to “already exists”, but
as I pointed out it doesn’t.
There is no way to search for ALL items without catalogue dimensions.
Russell’s solution only works if the item is set as volume dependant in the catalogue,
which many bulky items which can’t be sent at letter rates (at least in my country)
aren’t.
We need a function to search for ALL items in our inventory without dimensions,
not just volume dependant ones which is what suggested solution does.
In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
| | Can we please have a function to search for items in our inventory with no catalog
dimensions? We already have one to search for weight, but not dimensions for
some strange reason.
I'm getting tired of bulky items sneaking through Instant checkout at letter
rates because they're missing catalog dimensions, and I have no way of finding
which items need me to manually enter their dimensions.
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | May 11, 2020 02:29 | | Subject: | Re: No Dimensions in Catalog | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| You are going to have to set instructions' dimensions for yourself at this
time. I'll be adding or correcting those I have in the near future, as time
allows.
Some are the box width and lentgh set to a standard 1cm thickness, as in your
example for set 76139
Almost all are set to 10 mm thick as standard, unless changed already:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1063022
See these threads on how to bulk change them manually in your store:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=262173&nID=1173595
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=262161&nID=1173531
In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
| | That will only pickup items that are set to volume dependent without dimensions,
not items that are set as weight dependent by default.
Also while I have your attention Russell, about 90% of the instruction books
in the catalog have the wrong dimensions. They're often listed as almost
double their actual size which often trips up IC.... Because I don't have
a shipping method for a 600mm long instruction book which is actually less than
300mm!
By default now I add my own dimensions when parting, but it's a trap for
anyone unaware of the issue.
Are these dimensions auto generated somehow? The issue seems to apply to almost
100% of new sets being added to the catalog. Checkout the listed dimensions
of the 1989 Batmobile instructions (76139) to see what I mean. - Actual size
is 270x195x15mm, but they're listed as being 581x374x10mm. It's a significant
difference, and causes all sorts of issues with instant checkout.
In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
| | Can we please have a function to search for items in our inventory with no catalog
dimensions? We already have one to search for weight, but not dimensions for
some strange reason.
I'm getting tired of bulky items sneaking through Instant checkout at letter
rates because they're missing catalog dimensions, and I have no way of finding
which items need me to manually enter their dimensions.
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The solution is already there for you. Be sure you have dimensions / weight turned
on for your store and then select the "Instant Checkout Unavailable" box in the
Show More Options section in your store inventory.
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| Author: | SchmickBricks | | Posted: | May 11, 2020 01:39 | | Subject: | Re: No Dimensions in Catalog | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| That will only pickup items that are set to volume dependent without dimensions,
not items that are set as weight dependent by default.
Also while I have your attention Russell, about 90% of the instruction books
in the catalog have the wrong dimensions. They're often listed as almost
double their actual size which often trips up IC.... Because I don't have
a shipping method for a 600mm long instruction book which is actually less than
300mm!
By default now I add my own dimensions when parting, but it's a trap for
anyone unaware of the issue.
Are these dimensions auto generated somehow? The issue seems to apply to almost
100% of new sets being added to the catalog. Checkout the listed dimensions
of the 1989 Batmobile instructions (76139) to see what I mean. - Actual size
is 270x195x15mm, but they're listed as being 581x374x10mm. It's a significant
difference, and causes all sorts of issues with instant checkout.
In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
| | Can we please have a function to search for items in our inventory with no catalog
dimensions? We already have one to search for weight, but not dimensions for
some strange reason.
I'm getting tired of bulky items sneaking through Instant checkout at letter
rates because they're missing catalog dimensions, and I have no way of finding
which items need me to manually enter their dimensions.
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The solution is already there for you. Be sure you have dimensions / weight turned
on for your store and then select the "Instant Checkout Unavailable" box in the
Show More Options section in your store inventory.
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| Author: | SchmickBricks | | Posted: | May 10, 2020 21:00 | | Subject: | No Dimensions in Catalog | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Implemented | |
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| Can we please have a function to search for items in our inventory with no catalog
dimensions? We already have one to search for weight, but not dimensions for
some strange reason.
I'm getting tired of bulky items sneaking through Instant checkout at letter
rates because they're missing catalog dimensions, and I have no way of finding
which items need me to manually enter their dimensions.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 10, 2020 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: Folders Within Folders (and som other things) | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, ybtfbiwgw writes:
| | My wanted list is "foldered" into sets, Minifigs, and parts among other things.
I have some families in there that deserve their own folder but that I still
want under their respective set, Minifig, or part umbrellas. I really think there
should be a way to create a folder within a folder which would further categorize
items and make it much easier to organize and buy.
I would also like to see:
- The ability to move entire folders instead of their contents
- The ability to rename the default wanted list and give it a more appropriate
name for whatever's inside (It's empty for me and is a waste of space
as a result)
Why not continue it to be more layered and intuitive? Not that it isn't already,
I especially love the "Buy All" feature which saves me from an otherwise insufferable
hunt for stores that fulfill my list. These are just things I think would help
make it even more user-friendly.
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You can group by remarks, set to 100 per pg, then Ctrl+F to locate a specific
group.
I too would like folders within folders, the forum to have collapsible threads,
and every browser to include tab containers, but probably not gonna happen.
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| Author: | wyvern | | Posted: | May 10, 2020 13:05 | | Subject: | Folders Within Folders (and som other things) | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| My wanted list is "foldered" into sets, Minifigs, and parts among other things.
I have some families in there that deserve their own folder but that I still
want under their respective set, Minifig, or part umbrellas. I really think there
should be a way to create a folder within a folder which would further categorize
items and make it much easier to organize and buy.
I would also like to see:
- The ability to move entire folders instead of their contents
- The ability to rename the default wanted list and give it a more appropriate
name for whatever's inside (It's empty for me and is a waste of space
as a result)
Why not continue it to be more layered and intuitive? Not that it isn't already,
I especially love the "Buy All" feature which saves me from an otherwise insufferable
hunt for stores that fulfill my list. These are just things I think would help
make it even more user-friendly.
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | May 9, 2020 09:06 | | Subject: | Re: Order Received Settings | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mike1burns writes:
| | I don't know the proper place to post this but I have a question about order
received settings.
I see 12 ways to sort items but not really any that sort by item number. I would
like
Condition - Category - Item Number - Color Name
Do most sellers sort by category than number? It seems like that makes most
sense. It would be nice then, if orders could be sorted that same way.
Thanks
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Sorting by item number is a difficult issue with this site. They are a combination
of letters and numbers and won't give you consistent results.
Jen
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| Author: | 0to60 | | Posted: | May 9, 2020 01:33 | | Subject: | Order Received Settings | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I don't know the proper place to post this but I have a question about order
received settings.
I see 12 ways to sort items but not really any that sort by item number. I would
like
Condition - Category - Item Number - Color Name
Do most sellers sort by category than number? It seems like that makes most
sense. It would be nice then, if orders could be sorted that same way.
Thanks
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| Author: | simonlenihan | | Posted: | May 8, 2020 17:00 | | Subject: | Re: Printing Wanted Lists | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
Doesn't work for large wanted lists? Most of mine are over 100 items.
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| Author: | Legoboy_II | | Posted: | May 7, 2020 03:03 | | Subject: | Re: Edit Forum Posts | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:
| | I'm sure this has been brought up before, but it would be nice to be able
to edit forum posts after posting them. I can see where this might cause issues,
but many other forum sites support this feature and no matter how many times
I proofread my forum posts, some typos always seem to slip throught.
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+1 and then some
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | May 7, 2020 00:03 | | Subject: | Re: Edit Forum Posts | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Voted no.
I prefer the simplicity of BL's forum over those used on other websites.
Having an edit feature isn't worth the switch to a different application.
In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:
| | I'm sure this has been brought up before, but it would be nice to be able
to edit forum posts after posting them. I can see where this might cause issues,
but many other forum sites support this feature and no matter how many times
I proofread my forum posts, some typos always seem to slip throught.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 23:54 | | Subject: | Edit Forum Posts | | Viewed: | 166 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I'm sure this has been brought up before, but it would be nice to be able
to edit forum posts after posting them. I can see where this might cause issues,
but many other forum sites support this feature and no matter how many times
I proofread my forum posts, some typos always seem to slip throught.
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| Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 17:49 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Hmm, I'll have to work with that for a while until I understand it. Thanks
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That describes the definition of "extra parts" for purposes of the inventory
pages.
Bricklink has a different definition of "extra parts" for purposes of defining
a complete used set.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
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In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Is the extra part section at the
end of some sets the ones that are used but not necessarily in the original set?
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Please see this page for an explanation of sections of a BrickLink inventory:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 17:38 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Helpful Thanks.
In Suggestions, 62Bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | ...Is the extra part section at the end of some sets the ones that are used but not necessarily in the original set?
For me the important thing is to have all the parts I need to build a set.
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The extra parts section shows parts included in the box that are not on the "official"
parts list (if there is one). Additionally, any parts that came attached on a
sprue or in standard, bagged "sets" (like small tools and accessories) will
be in the regular section of the inventory even if one or more of the attached
or bagged parts are not needed to build the set.
There is no indication in Bricklink inventories of which parts are needed to
build a set according to the instructions. Sometimes the section of regular items
happens to include just those parts, but it is by coincidence and not by design.
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 17:36 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hmm, I'll have to work with that for a while until I understand it. Thanks
In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Is the extra part section at the
end of some sets the ones that are used but not necessarily in the original set?
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Please see this page for an explanation of sections of a BrickLink inventory:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 17:15 | | Subject: | Re: Request to remove items from order... | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | The functionality to request to remove items from an order, generates an email
to the buyer with this request.
Email is fine!
However, the action that the buyer needs to take (accept or reject, I guess)
is not in that email! It's absolutely unclear where the buyer can accept
this change!
In short: put a functioning link in that email that points to the action(s) that
need to be taken please. I still haven't found where to accept the request.
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https://www.bricklink.com/retractOrderItem.asp
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Thanks.
@BrickLink Admin: please put this link in the email ... Would make it so much
easier!
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: Request to remove items from order... | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | The functionality to request to remove items from an order, generates an email
to the buyer with this request.
Email is fine!
However, the action that the buyer needs to take (accept or reject, I guess)
is not in that email! It's absolutely unclear where the buyer can accept
this change!
In short: put a functioning link in that email that points to the action(s) that
need to be taken please. I still haven't found where to accept the request.
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https://www.bricklink.com/retractOrderItem.asp
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 16:53 | | Subject: | Request to remove items from order... | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| The functionality to request to remove items from an order, generates an email
to the buyer with this request.
Email is fine!
However, the action that the buyer needs to take (accept or reject, I guess)
is not in that email! It's absolutely unclear where the buyer can accept
this change!
In short: put a functioning link in that email that points to the action(s) that
need to be taken please. I still haven't found where to accept the request.
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| Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 16:52 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | ...Is the extra part section at the end of some sets the ones that are used but not necessarily in the original set?
For me the important thing is to have all the parts I need to build a set.
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The extra parts section shows parts included in the box that are not on the "official"
parts list (if there is one). Additionally, any parts that came attached on a
sprue or in standard, bagged "sets" (like small tools and accessories) will
be in the regular section of the inventory even if one or more of the attached
or bagged parts are not needed to build the set.
There is no indication in Bricklink inventories of which parts are needed to
build a set according to the instructions. Sometimes the section of regular items
happens to include just those parts, but it is by coincidence and not by design.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 15:11 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Is the extra part section at the
end of some sets the ones that are used but not necessarily in the original set?
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Please see this page for an explanation of sections of a BrickLink inventory:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 15:03 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Might be useful to identify the lists that has parts need to build the set and
the parts that were in the set when issued. Is the extra part section at the
end of some sets the ones that are used but not necessarily in the original set?
For me the important thing is to have all the parts I need to build a set.
peter
In Suggestions, 62Bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I make a distinction between what parts are in a set when purchased (new) and
what parts are actually needed when building the set. It is very rare but once
or twice I have needed a part not shown in an instruction inventory.
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If you are comparing Bricklink inventories to a list of parts needed to build
the set, they will not always match.
Bricklink inventories do not document the parts needed to build the set. They
document the contents of the box.
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| Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 04:45 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
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Before LEGO bought BrickLink I would have said no...
But I can see a point in using Studio (especially now LDD is not supported),
and linking that to a wanted list...
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Danger, danger.
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I agree with that. It would have to be a very limited set of functions... And
there is always the risk that we atract more children pretending to be adults.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | May 6, 2020 02:41 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | […]
Before LEGO bought BrickLink I would have said no...
But I can see a point in using Studio (especially now LDD is not supported),
and linking that to a wanted list...
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Danger, danger.
If you let kids upload their digital work in the gallery¹, it will soon be even
messier than it is (or than it was at the beginning or the LDD gallery or any
gallery kids can upload their 3-stacked-bricks creations (yes, that’s condescending
but let’s face it, most kids aren’t Mozart)).
¹ If you want to share a WL, you might want to add a picture of the model with
it, and that’s exactly the same thing as uploading to the gallery.
Besides, what’s the purpose of a WL if it’s not to buy it?
So, your kid uploads a WL (or a MOC) on their teen-account, and you download
/ transfer / share it so that you can buy it from your account.
It’s quicker to let them directly upload a WL in your BL account from Studio.
If they are savvy enough to manage what is proposed, they can understand not
to touch your WLs and to name theirs intelligently.
(Studio can upload a WL directly to your BL account in one click.
What it can’t do is make a XML file of the WL so that you wouldn’t need to let
your kid have your BL credentials. It can do a useless CSV though….)
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Yes, Studio needs to be logged in to Bricklink to do this. Some features are
only available when logged in (Sculpture, Upload WL, Upload MOC). If the child
is using Studio, it is effectively using Bricklink as a junior, which is not
allowed according to the TOS. I conclude that junior accounts are an essential
development if BL wants Studio to be used by youngsters as well.
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 16:58 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | Hi,
According to BL's TOS you must be of legal age or 18 at least to register.
That is completely understandable from the buying/selling point of view.
But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
Kids could browse the catalog, make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
Jan
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It is wonderful that your daughter has a growing lego hobby and that she is interested
in Bricklink. Instead of her having her own account, you can help her with wanted
lists and purchases through your account. Sharing your lego hobbies is great
to bond with your child, and you will enjoy being a super cool parent.
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| Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I make a distinction between what parts are in a set when purchased (new) and
what parts are actually needed when building the set. It is very rare but once
or twice I have needed a part not shown in an instruction inventory.
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If you are comparing Bricklink inventories to a list of parts needed to build
the set, they will not always match.
Bricklink inventories do not document the parts needed to build the set. They
document the contents of the box.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 15:35 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | It is very rare but once or twice I have needed a part not shown in an instruction inventory.
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Yes, parts lists in set instructions and printed on set boxes are known to sometimes
include errors. I'm more interested in how BrickLink inventories almost
always steer you wrong. Please provide some examples of this and be specific
about how our inventories are inaccurate.
And no, you've not offended me and I doubt you've offended Randy. But
when you post publicly that our site's inventories are frequently wrong,
then we're going to defend the work we do.
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I am definitely not offended. If there are errors, I want to know where they
are so we can fix them. 
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | Hi,
According to BL's TOS you must be of legal age or 18 at least to register.
That is completely understandable from the buying/selling point of view.
But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
Kids could browse the catalog, make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
Jan
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I kinda like the idea! With well thought out contingencies, that is.
Maybe the account profiles could be denoted as ‘junior’ in some form, with site
limitations attached: contact, the forum and purchases come to mind.
The idea has merit, if worked out properly. After all, it is a toy the site is
centered around. It might question the acronym AFOL as applied here on BL, though.
It’s something to ponder, IMHO.
-Cory
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Did not mean to offend anyone with my post however I beg to differ. I use Brickset
& bricklink inventories to find parts for sets which is second only to the actual
inventory printed in some set instructions. Using only briclink, Brickset list
I will almost always be short some pieces which I check by going through the
instructions and either matching to the on-page diagram or by completely building
the sets.
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If you find an error, please let us know, but I think the statement "Using only
briclink [sic], Brickset list I will almost always be short some pieces" is hyperbole.
By the way, there are many errors in those printed parts lists in the instruction
manuals that have been discovered over time and are fixed in the BrickLink inventories.
So don't assume that those printed parts lists are correct.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 15:23 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I never use the online Lego inventories, in fact I wouldn't know where to
find them. What I do is print or photocopy the pages in the set instructions
and use those as my primary list for parts that should be in a set. I augment
that with Brickset and bricklink lists.
The 3D function on briclink is especially helpful.
peter
In Suggestions, mhortar writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I expect you have heard about the inaccuracies of part lists before.
Since bricklink is now part of Lego, perhaps the bricklink part lists for sets
cold be compared with the Lego lists and corrected as necessary. I expect most
of this could be done with a computer program although it would be nice if one
could get accurate part lists for all those really old sets that one can find
in a friend's great grandfather's attic.
Thank you.
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I'm really curious which sets you've run into issues with. I've found
that the Bricklink inventories are far more accurate than the actual LEGO inventories.
The issue with official LEGO inventories is that they don't keep track of
part variants at all. In fact, when a part variant goes out of production and
a new one is added, the official inventories are updated to include the new part,
even if that set never could have contained it in the first place (I first ran
across this with the Cafe Corner set). Bricklink keeps track of specific part
and mold differences, for those that want the most accurate information of what
came in a sealed set box.
Unfortunately, LEGO inventories are good for quantity and color, but for the
actual parts that came in a production set, they aren't always accurate.
Josh
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Next time I have one I will let you know.
In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Using only briclink, Brickset list
I will almost always be short some pieces which I check by going through the
instructions and either matching to the on-page diagram or by completely building
the sets.
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Please share some examples of sets for which the BrickLink inventories do not
match what you found in the set instructions.
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| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 14:53 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | Hi,
According to BL's TOS you must be of legal age or 18 at least to register.
That is completely understandable from the buying/selling point of view.
But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
Kids could browse the catalog, make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
Jan
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The United States has very strict laws regarding content that is shared online
with children, this will complicate BL's legal compliance and if those regulations
are broken because a member on the forum posts an inappropriate comment or publishes
a moc that may be considered violent or inappropriate for kids and each offense
of those regulations carries a steep penalty.
This will make Bricklink's overhead costs much higher and drain resources
from the marketplace.
Nice idea but implementing it doesn't seem realistic or beneficial to a marketplace
platform.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 13:54 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | […]
Before LEGO bought BrickLink I would have said no...
But I can see a point in using Studio (especially now LDD is not supported),
and linking that to a wanted list...
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Danger, danger.
If you let kids upload their digital work in the gallery¹, it will soon be even
messier than it is (or than it was at the beginning or the LDD gallery or any
gallery kids can upload their 3-stacked-bricks creations (yes, that’s condescending
but let’s face it, most kids aren’t Mozart)).
¹ If you want to share a WL, you might want to add a picture of the model with
it, and that’s exactly the same thing as uploading to the gallery.
Besides, what’s the purpose of a WL if it’s not to buy it?
So, your kid uploads a WL (or a MOC) on their teen-account, and you download
/ transfer / share it so that you can buy it from your account.
It’s quicker to let them directly upload a WL in your BL account from Studio.
If they are savvy enough to manage what is proposed, they can understand not
to touch your WLs and to name theirs intelligently.
(Studio can upload a WL directly to your BL account in one click.
What it can’t do is make a XML file of the WL so that you wouldn’t need to let
your kid have your BL credentials. It can do a useless CSV though….)
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 13:40 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
|
I voted no when you first posted this (not that the site pays any heed whatsoever
at this point in time to suggestions anyway). It's the LEGO Group's
job to market to and interact with children. It's BrickLink's job to
market to and interact with adults. That age separation has worked fairly well
for the last two decades.
| | Kids could browse the catalog
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They already can. Anyone can.
| | make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
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And once they get used to the platform, they will see how remarkably easy it
is to set up an account and start buying and selling.
| | This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
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The primary reason children aren't allowed on here is that they cannot make
legally binding contracts.
The secondary reason is that making the site child-friendly and policing the
interactions between children and strangers on the internet would require more
resources from BrickLink. And seriously, do you really trust BrickLink at this
point to be capable of doing that effectively?
| | Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
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There's no reason why she can't use your account to create her wanted
list with your supervision. I really don't think a change from the site
is necessary or desirable on this issue.
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| Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 13:26 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | Hi,
According to BL's TOS you must be of legal age or 18 at least to register.
That is completely understandable from the buying/selling point of view.
But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
Kids could browse the catalog, make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
Jan
|
Before LEGO bought BrickLink I would have said no...
But I can see a point in using Studio (especially now LDD is not supported),
and linking that to a wanted list...
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| Author: | BrickAThon | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brick_Qc writes:
| | In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | Hi,
According to BL's TOS you must be of legal age or 18 at least to register.
That is completely understandable from the buying/selling point of view.
But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
Kids could browse the catalog, make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
Jan
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Kids on this forum ? Are you crazy ? Unless they have their own forum, no thank
you. I'm sure the admins will love to moderate that.
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Agree with no underage kids in the forum (I recall how that has looked in the
past when they sneak in, LOL).
I also agree with this idea, though - to allow people to make a list for use
that they can publish - not sure how it could best be done, but the idea is solid
in how it could help enhance the ability to bring in new users (adults) to buy,
and kids are super savvy at stuff these days and this could really bolster some
new interest.
My two cents.
Tracy
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| Author: | BrickAThon | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 13:14 | | Subject: | Re: Allow invoices in any order status | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, lar writes:
| | Do not restrict the ability to send invoices in any order status. The statuses
were implemented for seller convenience and different sellers use different processes.
Further, there are times when I want to send multiple invoices, for example if
the buyer wants to change shipping type. I shouldn't have to fiddle with
the order status repeatedly to get to where I can send an invoice.
This is a recent change, please undo it.
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FULLY AGREED!
Tracy
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| Author: | Brick_Qc | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 13:04 | | Subject: | Re: Junior Accounts? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickskipper writes:
| | Hi,
According to BL's TOS you must be of legal age or 18 at least to register.
That is completely understandable from the buying/selling point of view.
But what about a junior account without the privileges to buy or sell?
Kids could browse the catalog, make wanted lists - maybe "publish" them or somehow
share them with "proper" users (e.g. parents) and get used to the platform.
This would lead younger users to BL without being "illegal" and without the chance
to make "bogus" orders or other interference with the "business" on this site.
Just an idea as my daughter is building a lot of stuff in Studio and would like
to create her own wanted lists in BL and is generally interested in this site.
Jan
|
Kids on this forum ? Are you crazy ? Unless they have their own forum, no thank
you. I'm sure the admins will love to moderate that.
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I expect you have heard about the inaccuracies of part lists before.
Since bricklink is now part of Lego, perhaps the bricklink part lists for sets
cold be compared with the Lego lists and corrected as necessary. I expect most
of this could be done with a computer program although it would be nice if one
could get accurate part lists for all those really old sets that one can find
in a friend's great grandfather's attic.
Thank you.
|
I'm really curious which sets you've run into issues with. I've found
that the Bricklink inventories are far more accurate than the actual LEGO inventories.
The issue with official LEGO inventories is that they don't keep track of
part variants at all. In fact, when a part variant goes out of production and
a new one is added, the official inventories are updated to include the new part,
even if that set never could have contained it in the first place (I first ran
across this with the Cafe Corner set). Bricklink keeps track of specific part
and mold differences, for those that want the most accurate information of what
came in a sealed set box.
Unfortunately, LEGO inventories are good for quantity and color, but for the
actual parts that came in a production set, they aren't always accurate.
Josh
|
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 11:39 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | It is very rare but once or twice I have needed a part not shown in an instruction inventory.
|
Yes, parts lists in set instructions and printed on set boxes are known to sometimes
include errors. I'm more interested in how BrickLink inventories almost
always steer you wrong. Please provide some examples of this and be specific
about how our inventories are inaccurate.
And no, you've not offended me and I doubt you've offended Randy. But
when you post publicly that our site's inventories are frequently wrong,
then we're going to defend the work we do.
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: Set Finder | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Way cool, thanks. I'll check it out.
In Suggestions, Turez writes:
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I make a distinction between what parts are in a set when purchased (new) and
what parts are actually needed when building the set. It is very rare but once
or twice I have needed a part not shown in an instruction inventory.
In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I expect you have heard about the inaccuracies of part lists before.
|
No, not here. Yes, there may be inaccuracies, but we correct them whenever they're
found.
| | it would be nice if one could get accurate part lists for all those really old sets that one can find in a friend's great grandfather's attic.
|
We have 15,503 LEGO sets in the BrickLink database, dating back to 1949. Of
those sets, 97.3% have inventories (or parts lists, if you prefer that terminology).
Out of that remaining 2.7% lacking inventories, roughly one fifth are educational
sets and not likely to be found in anyone's attic. If TLG actually does
have a computerized database of inventories prior to 1990ish, then by all means
let's compare.
But our inventories came from what people actually found in LEGO sets. I've
found numerous instances where TLG's data prior to even 2000 is sorely lacking.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | Using only briclink, Brickset list
I will almost always be short some pieces which I check by going through the
instructions and either matching to the on-page diagram or by completely building
the sets.
|
Please share some examples of sets for which the BrickLink inventories do not
match what you found in the set instructions.
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| Author: | pete_brick | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 11:25 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Did not mean to offend anyone with my post however I beg to differ. I use Brickset
& bricklink inventories to find parts for sets which is second only to the actual
inventory printed in some set instructions. Using only briclink, Brickset list
I will almost always be short some pieces which I check by going through the
instructions and either matching to the on-page diagram or by completely building
the sets.
Regarding sets without an inventory in the instructions, I agree that bricklink
has the best inventories.
Sets with inventory in the instructions, my experience has not matched what you
describe.
In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I expect you have heard about the inaccuracies of part lists before.
Since bricklink is now part of Lego, perhaps the bricklink part lists for sets
cold be compared with the Lego lists and corrected as necessary. I expect most
of this could be done with a computer program although it would be nice if one
could get accurate part lists for all those really old sets that one can find
in a friend's great grandfather's attic.
Thank you.
|
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 04:33 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Since bricklink is now part of Lego, perhaps the bricklink part lists for sets
cold be compared with the Lego lists and corrected as necessary.
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I agree. LEGO could correct their inventory lists based on those at Bricklink.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 03:55 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted List Sort By Default | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Legoboy_II writes:
| | In Suggestions, Kenopolis writes:
| | Currently the wanted list "SORT BY" defaults to "Newest."
Could there be a way to remember the last choice?
Or change the default setting for the user?
I prefer to see it in alphabetical order, because it makes it faster to find
what I'm looking for. Currently I have to change it every time, and wait
for the page to reload.
Thanks!
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Always been like that since I became a member last year, it is very annoying.
I've been told you can change that behaviour in "Preferences", can't
find it.
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I believe the one who told you that didn’t understand what you were talking about.
There’s no default sorting option for the WL.
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| Author: | toontexas | | Posted: | May 4, 2020 21:22 | | Subject: | Re: Prevent buyer from setting status as..... | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Your suggestion was already part of the new order status work that was done,
but there is a bug allowing buyers to do this. This was never intended and will
be corrected at the next deployment.
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Thank you for your quick response.
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