Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | CanadaFirst  | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2020 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mogli252 writes:
| | Hi there,
if i understand correctly this can be done with brickstock.
Open the set to part out in one file and your inventory in another. Choose the
set file, then "edit - Copy Remarks from Document" and choose your inventory
as source.
Now you can sort by remarks.
But in Brickstock there is a bug where if the source has the same part number
but different
color, it copies it anyway. So you need to check the file.
Best
David
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
I'll illustrate the situation.
Let's say the set has black plate 1x1 and blue plate 1x1 in it. In the part
out they'll be one after the other but in our inventory the black one is
stored in a large bin and not in the same part of racking as the blue one. So
we either have to put the blue part in its bin, go put the black part in its
bin then come back to the other part of the warehouse for the next part or to
put the parts that go in large bins aside and then do them once we get over there.
If there was a way to sort by remarks then we'd have the black part later
in our part out.
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| Author: | mogli252 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2020 05:43 | | Subject: | Re: Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi there,
if i understand correctly this can be done with brickstock.
Open the set to part out in one file and your inventory in another. Choose the
set file, then "edit - Copy Remarks from Document" and choose your inventory
as source.
Now you can sort by remarks.
But in Brickstock there is a bug where if the source has the same part number
but different
color, it copies it anyway. So you need to check the file.
Best
David
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| Author: | Cob | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 23:32 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink Gift Cards | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, captaincofresi writes:
| | I would really welcome a Bricklink Gift Card, e.g. for 5, 10, 20, 50 euro. Since
that would be a perfect gift for me as a AFOL Lego designer. So a gift card that
anyone can buy directly online from the main Bricklink page, without needing
a membership or login. Because the people gifting, are mostly not Lego fans themself.
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Bricklink consists of thousands of stores.
Who should hold the funds for the card?
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Me 
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| Author: | Vosblokjes | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 17:41 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Thanks for the suggestion. As you hinted at, I would end up with many lots of
zero quantity hanging around in my stockroom, which is undesirable. Also, I'd
like to maintain the ability to notify shoppers when I put new stock in my store.
If I retain, and simply change the quantity from zero to X when I add inventory,
there's no way to notify shoppers of the change.
K
In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | That's indeed very useful info. But your problem can be fixed: Use the Retain
option. That way empty lots stay in your inventory. This is also useful when
you turn out to have more of a part than was ordered/listed. Simply delete zero
quantity lots from your inventory once in a while (if you wish)
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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You can easily delete all stockroom items with just a few clicks.
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| Author: | CanadaFirst | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 16:24 | | Subject: | Re: Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bricksahead writes:
| | I'm not sure if this would be helpful. On the inventory page you can use
"Search My Inventory", check off "Remarks" and "Any Part of Field". In the Keyword
field you can then enter your storage location.
https://www.bricklink.com/inventory.asp
If needed you can also enter a specific set number further down the page.
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I see what you mean but the situation is as follows:
We take 50 sets of (SET NUMBER), part it out to our inventory and store it in
bins.
All the parts that we've already had in our inventory have locations in bins.
We want to put all the same parts in the same bins for easier picking.
If we sort by part name it mostly follows our storage system but not always so
we have to run around to different parts of the warehouse to put the parts in
their correct bins. If we could sort the part out by remark, we would have them
in the correct order and it would make everything much easier.
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| Author: | yvesson | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hej,
Also I as stated at first, while in the shop it says 100/100 items available
but you don't know if there are duplicates (sometimes it would show 102/100
and even miss few items.
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| Author: | yvesson | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 15:24 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, yvesson writes:
| | Hej,
Thanks, that helped, but could have been more handy and user-friendly if it was
possible while you're in the store.
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I think it would be confusing to be in a store and see parts that are not in
the store.
Besides, what would you do with that list while in the store? You need to go
to another store or to the Buy page to find said other store anyway.
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Hej,
I would add them to another wanted list so I can easily find another store with
most of them. I think my idea kinda fits how bricklink works and adds another
option.
You buy page think is usefull but I can't even click the little boxed items
to buy them alone.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 15:12 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jeslego writes:
| | […]
An Easter Egg in Bricklink!!
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Easter eggs are generally not as useful as this 
| | I kept following links until I reached your 2014 survey. Hopefully, my "Yes"
vote will put it over the top.
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It was in 2017, 2014 is when I joined 
But still, 3 years and I still give this explanation too often (already 3 times
this week).
| | thanks for making my day educational.
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Glad it helped
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 15:05 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yvesson writes:
| | Hej,
Thanks, that helped, but could have been more handy and user-friendly if it was
possible while you're in the store.
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I think it would be confusing to be in a store and see parts that are not in
the store.
Besides, what would you do with that list while in the store? You need to go
to another store or to the Buy page to find said other store anyway.
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| Author: | jeslego | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 15:05 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, yvesson writes:
| | Hej,
Would it be possible to show a quick list of items that the shop doesn't
have in a given wanted list ?
Say I have 100 items in any wanted list. While in a shop it says there are 90
available but it's not easy to know which arn't. Plus some duplicate
items and in reality it's just 80/100. So I'd like some option to show
me what's missing.
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Use the Buy page, find the store in the list (if it has many parts you want,
it will be on top), and use the Wanted Item tab as explained here: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1202227
(In short: click near the store name but not on the store name.)
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An Easter Egg in Bricklink!!
I kept following links until I reached your 2014 survey. Hopefully, my "Yes"
vote will put it over the top.
thanks for making my day educational.
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| Author: | bricksahead | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I'm not sure if this would be helpful. On the inventory page you can use
"Search My Inventory", check off "Remarks" and "Any Part of Field". In the Keyword
field you can then enter your storage location.
https://www.bricklink.com/inventory.asp
If needed you can also enter a specific set number further down the page.
In Suggestions, CanadaFirst writes:
| | We've been parting out and listing a lot of sets lately and we use the remark
field to put in the location in our inventory system.
One thing that slows us down a lot when storing parts is that there is no way
to sort the list by remark. That means that we have to run around the warehouse
to put parts in their correct spot and it's a big waste of time. If we could
sort the part out by remarks then we wouldn't have this issue and it's
very likely an easy fix on the side of the site.
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| Author: | yvesson | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 14:51 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 14 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hej,
Thanks, that helped, but could have been more handy and user-friendly if it was
possible while you're in the store.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, yvesson writes:
| | Hej,
Would it be possible to show a quick list of items that the shop doesn't
have in a given wanted list ?
Say I have 100 items in any wanted list. While in a shop it says there are 90
available but it's not easy to know which arn't. Plus some duplicate
items and in reality it's just 80/100. So I'd like some option to show
me what's missing.
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Use the Buy page, find the store in the list (if it has many parts you want,
it will be on top),
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If the shop is “favorited,” it will be on top too if you check the corresponding
store filter.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 14:44 | | Subject: | Re: Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yvesson writes:
| | Hej,
Would it be possible to show a quick list of items that the shop doesn't
have in a given wanted list ?
Say I have 100 items in any wanted list. While in a shop it says there are 90
available but it's not easy to know which arn't. Plus some duplicate
items and in reality it's just 80/100. So I'd like some option to show
me what's missing.
|
Use the Buy page, find the store in the list (if it has many parts you want,
it will be on top), and use the Wanted Item tab as explained here: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1202227
(In short: click near the store name but not on the store name.)
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| Author: | CanadaFirst | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 14:42 | | Subject: | Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| We've been parting out and listing a lot of sets lately and we use the remark
field to put in the location in our inventory system.
One thing that slows us down a lot when storing parts is that there is no way
to sort the list by remark. That means that we have to run around the warehouse
to put parts in their correct spot and it's a big waste of time. If we could
sort the part out by remarks then we wouldn't have this issue and it's
very likely an easy fix on the side of the site.
|
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| Author: | yvesson | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 14:33 | | Subject: | Inverted wanted list in shops | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hej,
Would it be possible to show a quick list of items that the shop doesn't
have in a given wanted list ?
Say I have 100 items in any wanted list. While in a shop it says there are 90
available but it's not easy to know which arn't. Plus some duplicate
items and in reality it's just 80/100. So I'd like some option to show
me what's missing.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 13:49 | | Subject: | Re: Search for Wanted Parts in My Inventory | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, CrispyBassist writes:
| | Hello!
I'm finding it could be useful to be able to search my store inventory for
parts from my wanted lists, or for them to come up when I go to buy from my wanted
list. I would assume my the auto buy thing searches my store as well, but considers
the cost of the pieces. Maybe it could be improved to show parts from my store
as free for me (I have a buyer/seller account, rather than separate ones).
Thanks!
Matt
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On your My Inventory page you can click in the Search option for Items in a Wantlist.
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| Author: | CrispyBassist | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 13:46 | | Subject: | Search for Wanted Parts in My Inventory | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello!
I'm finding it could be useful to be able to search my store inventory for
parts from my wanted lists, or for them to come up when I go to buy from my wanted
list. I would assume my the auto buy thing searches my store as well, but considers
the cost of the pieces. Maybe it could be improved to show parts from my store
as free for me (I have a buyer/seller account, rather than separate ones).
Thanks!
Matt
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Thanks for the suggestion. As you hinted at, I would end up with many lots of
zero quantity hanging around in my stockroom, which is undesirable. Also, I'd
like to maintain the ability to notify shoppers when I put new stock in my store.
If I retain, and simply change the quantity from zero to X when I add inventory,
there's no way to notify shoppers of the change.
K
In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | That's indeed very useful info. But your problem can be fixed: Use the Retain
option. That way empty lots stay in your inventory. This is also useful when
you turn out to have more of a part than was ordered/listed. Simply delete zero
quantity lots from your inventory once in a while (if you wish)
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 08:47 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink Gift Cards | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, captaincofresi writes:
| | I would really welcome a Bricklink Gift Card, e.g. for 5, 10, 20, 50 euro. Since
that would be a perfect gift for me as a AFOL Lego designer. So a gift card that
anyone can buy directly online from the main Bricklink page, without needing
a membership or login. Because the people gifting, are mostly not Lego fans themself.
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Bricklink consists of thousands of stores.
Who should hold the funds for the card?
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| Author: | captaincofresi | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 08:41 | | Subject: | Bricklink Gift Cards | | Viewed: | 111 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would really welcome a Bricklink Gift Card, e.g. for 5, 10, 20, 50 euro. Since
that would be a perfect gift for me as a AFOL Lego designer. So a gift card that
anyone can buy directly online from the main Bricklink page, without needing
a membership or login. Because the people gifting, are mostly not Lego fans themself.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 04:42 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| That's indeed very useful info. But your problem can be fixed: Use the Retain
option. That way empty lots stay in your inventory. This is also useful when
you turn out to have more of a part than was ordered/listed. Simply delete zero
quantity lots from your inventory once in a while (if you wish)
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 22:08 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi Joel,
Thanks for the reply and recommendation. I also already use the remarks field.
As you might have noticed from my image, under the item description it says
"bin1". This is a code I use to direct me to an area where these parts are.
I suppose I could type the date onto every item I upload in the remarks box,
but if that information is already stored in the system by default, why not just
open it up to sellers?
In Suggestions, StrayBricks writes:
| | This might not help you, but I will sometimes use the Remarks field to tell myself
where I put something. That field also shows up on the order summary.
Play well,
Joel
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 21:38 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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I vote yes. I've misplaced some things that I uploaded when I first began
and was figuring out storage. There's been a handful of times this info would
have been helpful.
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| Author: | StrayBricks | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 20:20 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| This might not help you, but I will sometimes use the Remarks field to tell myself
where I put something. That field also shows up on the order summary.
Play well,
Joel
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 17:23 | | Subject: | Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | cowboycoder | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2020 14:08 | | Subject: | Show additional notes for decorated parts | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I'm not sure how easy it would be to implement, but it would be helpful if
any part variation notes were present for an un-decorated part, were also shown/propagated
to the catalogue entry for decorated parts, especially in cases where those differences
can cause issues when parts are used in MOCs
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| Author: | razorflan | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2020 17:31 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, wyldkat1976 writes:
| | Over half of my stoplist are now blusers, so no idea who they were before they
gained anonymity, just their member number.
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Ahhh now I understand the attack of the blusers in my stoplist
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| Author: | manganschlamm | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2020 13:54 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, wyldkat1976 writes:
| | Over half of my stoplist are now blusers, so no idea who they were before they
gained anonymity, just their member number.
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Considering that they are stoplisted, it probably should not matter any more.
The purpose of the stoplist is to stop them from buying from your store. It could
well be robots, but then it should equally not matter.
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| Author: | wyldkat1976 | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2020 13:44 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Over half of my stoplist are now blusers, so no idea who they were before they
gained anonymity, just their member number.
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| Author: | cwedin | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2020 03:13 | | Subject: | Sorting inventories by Color Guide | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I'd like to suggest a new feature for sorting inventories.
Currently, inventories can be sorted "By Color," which groups items alphabetically
based on the color names. I don't find this feature to be very helpful, and
I don't use it very often. Would it be possible/reasonable to add a feature
that uses the Color Guide list instead?
(i.e. sort as "Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet;" not "Blue, Green, Orange,
Red, Violet, Yellow")
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| Author: | Dolfan413 | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | I have 10's of thousands of cards listed, I have an idea.
I really did not anticipate such negative, unproductive responses to a simple
suggestions. Asking for a better descriptive system for used parts is hardly
akin to calling for a 3rd party grading company, and your reply of such shows
that you are not commenting here to be productive.
Sorry I offended you with my suggestion.
In Suggestions, edk writes:
| | In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | the thing I dislike most about ordering from this site, in how hard it is to
control the quality of the pieces that I get.
And I don't think loose pieces should be categorized between "new" and "used",
because all loose pieces are used (Yes I know you can order them individually
from Lego at times, but functionally when you buy lego it comes in a set, outside
of that set they are used).
What there needs to be is a grading scale, either number based (1-5) or description
based (Comics use words like Mint, Near Mint, Very Fine, Fine, etc; playing cards
will use words like Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, Damaged, etc).
Sellers would be forced to classify all their pieces into one of these conditions,
and then I would be able to filter out conditions that I thought were unacceptable.
Create a clear cut visual guide for conditions, and award disputes based on that.
I sell cards on www.tcgplayer.com and knowing that buyers can win disputes if
I send them cards that are worse then they wanted, I make sure to put forth the
effort to accurately grade the cards when I list them. Yes it is more work, but
I have never once had an issue with a buyer buying a card from me that they were
unhappy with because of the condition.
In my first batch of orders on this site I got several pieces that were damaged,
etc. It was really frustrating, because when doing mass purchases on this site
it is seemingly impossible to filter out bad pieces, and when you let the site
build the orders for you, its hard to see and notice all the "notes" that sellers
put on their items.
So I don't feel justified in blaming a seller because I received two saddles
with broken clips, forcing me to order two new saddles, because they noted it
on their items. The issue here is the functionality of the website to convey
that to me, and allow me to filter their items from my potential orders.
I honestly would suggest you take a hard look at www.tcgplayer.com Coming from
card games, I was really surprised at how similar the process of buying/selling/collecting
individual cards/decks/sets is to Lego pieces/sets. Like, functionally they are
completely the same, and TCGplayer is a really well honed marketplace (nothing
is perfect), but learning from what they do right would greatly improve your
already fantastic site
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At what cost are you willing to make this happen? If you were the one sorting/storing
hundreds of thousands of used parts you would have a clue. It is enough work
to store 2 sets of inventory and keep them separated along with occasional lots
of filler grade let alone 6 different grades (1 new and 5 used). If doing this
multiplies my time by 6 times guess where that will be made up? the price of
the parts of course. Maybe we should start a grading company to send the individual
lego parts to so they can assign a 3rd party numeric value to them.
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Hi, You're speaking to people that have been doing this for a long time,
so try to understand they are going to be defensive and not be offended by that.
I have never had an order compiled by bricklink and to be honest didn't even
know that was a thing. Of the ten's of thousands of cards you have, what
percentage of them sell for under 5 cents? I've wished at times that there
was a way to say a part was discolored or had a mark or scratch on it but I wouldn't
know where to begin to put a numbered value on any of that. I think the notes
and comments on the parts does a decent job of letting people know condition
and the higher the value of a part the more description there should be. So for
the thousands of sellers, and the millions of parts, it really comes down to
communication and doing the leg work to not be disappointed.
Warren
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | Thanks for the replies, even if some of you didn't seem to read or grab my
intention, or made snide remarks.
If you have a clearly defined grading scale, it will not create issues. It doesn't
matter what a buyer or seller thinks a pieces grades at, it matters what category
it fits. Pictures can prove most of it.
It will take time yes, I do it for cards, its not super fun, but its not hard
either.
Its not so much that I think some set you ripped open and pieced out is "used"
and not "new", its more that I don't think "used" and "new" are accurate
descriptors for the possible conditions of a lego.
I have cards listed that are a penny, Like I said, cards and lego collecting
are extremely similar in concept and execution. Everything you guys have brought
up as a reason not to do this, was brought up when they implemented it with cards,
and they system has worked wonderfully.
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Have you tried selling Lego pieces individually? Because if not, you cannot say
they are similar. Now I haven't sold cards before, but Lego takes a ton of
effort. Slight variations (groove/no groove, stud holder/axle holder, blocked-open
stud/hollow stud, etc. etc.) makes this a very tedious job. Let us, who have
been selling Lego pieces for years, assure you, who hasn't (at least not
on this site), that adding more conditions will increase the workload on us who
sell used pieces. Which will do two things:
1. Kill off some of the stores who now no longer find this worth the task.
2. Increase the prices of all pieces as sellers now need to make up for the extra
time they take.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | What there needs to be is a grading scale, either number based (1-5) or description
based (Comics use words like Mint, Near Mint, Very Fine, Fine, etc; playing cards
will use words like Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, Damaged, etc).
Sellers would be forced to classify all their pieces into one of these conditions,
and then I would be able to filter out conditions that I thought were unacceptable.
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Are you willing to pay for the extra time & effort that would require ?
Nita Rae
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: We need protection from postal delay negs | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, negative writes:
| | In Suggestions, Legoboy_II writes:
| | I've said this elsewhere, it boggles my mind that buyers simply do not, can
not, or will not, comprehend this simple logic.
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People buy from BL with the idea that it's the same as ordering from Amazon.
"Free" shipping, delivery times of a couple days, no-questions asked returns
etc. are all now expected when ordering anything online.
I am on the Lego sub on Reddit and people there ask questions about ordering
from BL at least a couple times each week. The questions make it abundantly clear
that many new BL users do not understand that they are ordering from individuals
rather than from a giant company called BrickLink.
Thank you
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You know what, you're right. I've seen the same thing on reddit and never
realized that the posters just aren't understanding its a bunch of different
sellers.
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| Author: | negative | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: We need protection from postal delay negs | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brac.brick writes:
all i see is priority mail is getting scanned and First class is ending
| | up in the Black Hole of the postal system.
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I sent a Priority package a few weeks ago that sat in the "In transit to next
destination" limbo for almost 2 weeks. It was an eBay sale, so I was expecting
to have to eat the cost, but thankfully it eventually showed up.
Thank you
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| Author: | brac.brick | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: We need protection from postal delay negs | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | I've been getting more and more messages from buyers wanting to know where
on earth their parcels are.
I've already gotten a neutral over this and I'm sure more are to come.
I know that allowing removals of these negs is a slippery slope so I wont go
there.
I'm suggesting that until the covid crisis is over that BL puts an extra
disclaimer on the feedback area explaining that postal delays are not our fault.
It doesn't even need to be permanent. Just something official. They aren't
reading our terms disclaimers.
Open to any input on this.
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Absolutely YES. Finally, the package I shipped 12 days ago has reached Indiana
(from Massachusetts) the tracking just shows the date the label was created and
then a delivery scan. Otherwise, they are all ending up in the new USPS BLACK
HOLE- still have a few packages stuck in purgatory - no further scanning over
a week.
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| Author: | negative | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: We need protection from postal delay negs | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Legoboy_II writes:
| | I've said this elsewhere, it boggles my mind that buyers simply do not, can
not, or will not, comprehend this simple logic.
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People buy from BL with the idea that it's the same as ordering from Amazon.
"Free" shipping, delivery times of a couple days, no-questions asked returns
etc. are all now expected when ordering anything online.
I am on the Lego sub on Reddit and people there ask questions about ordering
from BL at least a couple times each week. The questions make it abundantly clear
that many new BL users do not understand that they are ordering from individuals
rather than from a giant company called BrickLink.
Thank you
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| Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 07:49 | | Subject: | Re: Show Tracking number on Orders list | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | 1.) I didn't say require it, I said to incentivize it. Those words mean different
things.
2.) I don't get what your point is about customer service? Nowhere did I
say that a tracking number equals customer service, and I'm not really what
you're trying to say or what merit it has to what I said? Of course you should
still provide customer service. In fact, in the US anyways, the USPS has a form
on their website to locate and track down missing packages, or to locate packages
that were marked as delivered even though they weren't. They receiver needs
to do this, so if I use tracking, and they tell me it wasn't delivered, I
can point them to that page, and the USPS will take care of tracking it down
without me, the seller, having to waste any time trying to figure it out. How
does using tracking prevent you providing customer service?
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You said "I love it, because when things go missing, I can just politely point
them to the USPS and both Tcgplayer and Paypal will have my back." making it
sound like you wash your hands of the customer. You're not helping the customer
out because you want them to lose their claim (and it shouldn't get to that
point anyways to begin with if you helped them out when they said the package
didn't arrive even if showing as delivered).
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| Author: | WhiteVanMan | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 06:31 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | I have 10's of thousands of cards listed, I have an idea.
I really did not anticipate such negative, unproductive responses to a simple
suggestions. Asking for a better descriptive system for used parts is hardly
akin to calling for a 3rd party grading company, and your reply of such shows
that you are not commenting here to be productive.
Sorry I offended you with my suggestion.
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Your suggestion has SOME merit, but in reality, did you actually look at the
feedback of the sellers that you bought from?
The feedback is a marvellous indicator as to whether a seller is selling substandard
used parts or not, and by substandard, I mean scratched, bitten, and broken clips.
NOT ONCE, have I ever sent out a broken part unless it was in a place that was
unnoticeable (ie underneath), and I'd mentioned it in listing it because
it's a rare-ish piece.
I've bought from sellers in the past, and I've had nibbled parts, and
I do, and will contact them to complain, but ultimately, they are a kid's
toy, worth on average 2-5p, unlike the cards you mention.
I have no idea as to what the lowest value cards are, and I bet they are probably
20x more than a 2p piece of Lego, and that is the issue, as this is why BL won't
have the grading value that you are hoping for.
Best way to avoid all of the issues that you are concerned about, is to buy NEW
elements.
Have a good day
Paul
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 06:18 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | I am not a card collector, but I will venture my opinion that all playing cards
have very similar dimensions, and are made of very similar materials, which probably
makes it easier to define conditions like Mint, or Near Mint, Fine, etc. This
however is not true of Lego pieces which come in thousands of different sizes,
shapes, colours and even different materials.
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This, right here.
The thing that makes cards easier to grade is that they're all the same size
and shape (for the most part). A 2 in. cut down the middle is the same amount
of damage no matter the card, rare or not.
But because Lego pieces come in so many shapes and sizes, the damage could vary
even if it's the same. If I had a 42x42 baseplate with one missing stud on
the corner, I'd consider that minor damage. But if I had a 1x2 plate with
a missing stud, I'd consider it unusable and throw it out. Same damage on
both pieces, but because of their difference in size, the quality of each piece
is totally different.
That's why a grading system wouldn't really work.
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 06:10 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | How is that any different then what I'm asking?
functionally, New, Used, Used Damaged, would just be 3 different "grades".
In Suggestions, firestar246 writes:
| | I would be apposed to a grading system; but wouldn't be apposed to maybe
one more condition: "Used, damaged" or something of that nature.
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Well, from what you suggested, you wanted like 5-6 very specific grades. I'm
suggesting only one extra condition.
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| Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 05:50 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Great suggestion! |
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 05:20 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| As a long time buyer and importer on here, No. I do not want to plough
through a million listings in every sellers' store and sit an pick through
a thousand parts to make sure a seller has sent me the correct grade of an item
or receive a million ziplocks for every order. Also, I do not want to purchase
new and used VCG in one lot. New vs used is a factual statement, lots are split
that way and sellers can be held accountable for lots that do not meet that factual
split. I cannot conceive of holding a seller accountable for a subjective split.
As a seller, equally No. I am not going to sit around checking for scratches
with a magnifying glass and for purchases on here intended for reselling, I am
not going to regrade sellers' listings for my own inventory. I just spent
2 months counting and sorting 90000 pieces into 5700+ lots. I have no wish at
all to make that 25000+ lots after grading the contents of every lot 1 through
5. I am also not going to invest in more storage bins and racks or for that matter
space.
If you need a damage report on every part a seller sends you, request it from
them prior to ordering. Every single tile from every new set had faint scratches
on. I am not going to grade scratches and little marks in plastic so I can end
up with listings like near mint when I can see "very feint scratches visable
when held at a certain angle outdoors on a cloudy day. Might appear different
indoors, in sunlight, moonlight or under artificial light". No thank you.
In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | the thing I dislike most about ordering from this site, in how hard it is to
control the quality of the pieces that I get.
And I don't think loose pieces should be categorized between "new" and "used",
because all loose pieces are used (Yes I know you can order them individually
from Lego at times, but functionally when you buy lego it comes in a set, outside
of that set they are used).
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The functionality of the set does not enter into it. If I buy a set to part out,
the function I am paying for is for the parts, not the set - the set is merely
a convenient method of packaging. If I were to buy for the purposes of building
it, then once built the parts are used. The function of my buying patterns have
nothing at all to do with the factual statement of new v used and is not a measure
of grading either.
And I suppose all cars are new when they leave the factory but when driven onto
the showroom floor they then become used as functionally the car was driven,
so that no dealer has ever sold a new car? I think not.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 04:12 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | The site already has a "grading scale" even if its designed to convey the history
of the piece. New and Used.
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This is not a grading scale. It is a binary condition. A part is either new or
used. There is no scale.
| | I'm just suggesting one that is more intuitive, and accurate. Even changing
it to "new" "used" and "broken" would be a huge improvement in my opinion, and
its not as paradigm shifting as you people seem to think.
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It would not be more accurate, as it would be subjective.
What does broken mean? A piece could be heavily scratched but completely functional,
therefore not broken as it functions as intended.
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| Author: | BrickCompulsion | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 04:01 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| These are the 1x2 plates I am about to list. The thought of having to grad each
of them to a scale would make me stop selling on BrickLink. I will stick to my
own standard that causes me to discard the ones I deem unacceptable. I am comfortable
with this due to the feedback I receive from buyers. If there is a problem with
what I sell I deal with it.
I don’t believe an enforced grading system is the way forward at all. Check the
terms and feedback of the sellers you buy from.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 04:00 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Then I fail to see why having a more intuitively labled system is a bad idea?
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New vs used is easy to define. If it has been used, it is used. If it has not
been used, it is new.
Whereas labelling schemes like
excellent very good good reasonable poor
or 1 2 3 4 5
are highly subjective.
Worse still is when you combine that with the fact that most orders are not individual
pieces, a buyer will get a range of conditions within "good" - likely some will
be almost very good whereas others will be only just better than reasonable.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 03:55 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | I know sellers already grade parts, I'm asking for that information in a
way thats easier to use for purchases then the current "notes" method.
If that was implemented for sellers to use, then I think they would make more
money.
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More money - but for how much extra work and storage space?
| | On TCGPlayer, statistically cards with pictures sell more for cards without,
even when damaged. Buyers like knowing they are going to get something with a
lower potential for dispute later.
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Do sellers on this card site sell 10s or 100s or 1000s of the same card, in
multiple grades, for a few cents each? And do buyers buy 10s or 100s or 1000s
of the same card at a time? If not, you are not comparing like with like.
| | A built in, accurate method of correctly labeling the condition of parts, would
make better condition parts more valuable, and easier to purchase for interested
buyers.
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It wouldn't make it easier, it would make it harder, as when sorted by grade
each grade for the same part becomes a different lot, and there would be many,
many more smaller lots that a buyer needs to look through. It would make it easier
to know what you are getting though.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 03:45 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | Then I fail to see why having a more intuitively labled system is a bad idea?
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This idea has been brought up time and time and time again over the 20 years
that this site has existed, and it has never gained a large following or been
implemented by any of the owners of the site. I believe that is because the system
that is in place works for the hobby/business at hand and has functioned very
well for those two decades. It's not that your idea is bad, it's that
your idea is unnecessary in this environment.
| | What if you sell me a new piece, that I claim is used. How is that settled?
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If I were a seller that sold new parts, and I knew that the parts were new, then
you would be a dishonest buyer. I don't understand how additional gradation
levels of "used" would apply in this scenario.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 03:19 | | Subject: | Re: Show Tracking number on Orders list | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Ok, as long as my customers wouldn't be 'encouraged' to pick it as
it can be €10 or even €20 more expensive. And domestic orders arrive the next
day so tracking isn't relevant.
In that case the buyer gets a refund. Or at least, that's how it should be,
it's true there are problems here. There still are many stores that don't
do it even though it's the law, and Bricklink doesn't act or moderate
any store terms, except when a US seller charges PayPal fees (apparently that
is a bigger deal than lost orders). So this definitely needs improvement. (it's
not always ill intended by the sellers btw, many genuinely don't know their
buyers have rights, at least in the EU)
In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | Nowhere did I say it should be required. Even in the part that you quoted, I
said to create incentives to encourage its use.
How does the site currently handle packages lost in the post? What happens in
Europe when someone says they did not receive a package and there is no delivery
confirmation?
In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | I really wish I didn't have to click into a specific order to see the tracking
#.
It would make a lot of sense, and be really helpful if there was a column on
the Orders page that listed any available tracking number along with the order.
Bonus points if clicking on the tracking number takes me to viewing the tracking
history (via usps website or google, or wherever).
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Hmm you have a point, the tracking number field can be switched on and off for
the seller's Orders Received, but oddly it cannot be switched on for the
buyer's Orders Placed list. No idea why not, it could be added.
| | Also, incentives should be made to encourage tracking numbers. 1st class postage
with tracking can be had for around $3 in the US for small items, most places
have charged me at least that regardless of whether they include tracking or
not. It should be prioritized, and required for purchases over a certain amount
as it alleviates a lot of headache and prevents a lot of bad interactions.
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Definitely no. Now you're just talking about America, over here I strongly
prefer shipping without tracking and I wouldn't let a site force my hand
because it has rules that are based on how things work in America.
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