Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Brickwilbo  | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2020 08:18 | | Subject: | Re: incoming orders to inventory load | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, fobya71 writes:
| | It would be wonderful to have a function to load an incoming order into the personal
inventory, as it is done for partout.
Actually the loading of parts shall be done manually...
I think it would be a good function for both the re-sellers and the users that
want to simply use the inventory function.
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It's possible to download orders and upload the xml file to your inventory.
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| Author: | fobya71 | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2020 05:23 | | Subject: | incoming orders to inventory load | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be wonderful to have a function to load an incoming order into the personal
inventory, as it is done for partout.
Actually the loading of parts shall be done manually...
I think it would be a good function for both the re-sellers and the users that
want to simply use the inventory function.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2020 20:00 | | Subject: | Re: IC - Stripe payment methods | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Dutchstyle writes:
| | Please consider the implementation of other Stripe payment methods such as Ideal
and Sofort which can be used for instant check out. With these options offsite
payments like IBAN / bank transfers are less needed and it's very convenient/normal
for a lot of European customers to use these methods.
I have to admit that it's also a lot more cost effective to use these payment
methods over the ever increasing PayPal costs. Especially since we're not
transferring those costs to the people who buy Lego from us.
I hope that it won't be that much of a deal for the site developers to implement
since Bricklink already has a connection with Stripe, but I'm no expert in
API's etc... 
For more information, please check: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/local-payment-methods
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+1
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| Author: | Farquar | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2020 17:31 | | Subject: | Gallery filter to show Downloadable MOCs. | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please add filters to the gallery search and the first one should be to filter
out all display only models.
I go to the gallery to find models to download, order and build, not just to
look at. I like to filter out the display only MOCs.
Thank you.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2020 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: IC - Stripe payment methods | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Dutchstyle writes:
| | Please consider the implementation of other Stripe payment methods such as Ideal
and Sofort which can be used for instant check out. With these options offsite
payments like IBAN / bank transfers are less needed and it's very convenient/normal
for a lot of European customers to use these methods.
I have to admit that it's also a lot more cost effective to use these payment
methods over the ever increasing PayPal costs. Especially since we're not
transferring those costs to the people who buy Lego from us.
I hope that it won't be that much of a deal for the site developers to implement
since Bricklink already has a connection with Stripe, but I'm no expert in
API's etc...
For more information, please check: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/local-payment-methods
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Yeah.. I had a call with the team recently and I urged them to do this. Luckily,
they said they were already working on it, which is great.
I do hope they'll do this very soon, it has taken a long time now. BrickOwl
has iDeal and Sofort through Stripe, and also in my webshop it was extremely
easy to implement with Stripe.
This is important for everyone, because Stripe allows you to accept foreign payment
methods without needing to know how it all works. The NL is one of the biggest
countries on Bricklink and all sellers will benefit from it if people can pay
by iDeal. IMO this is really one of the top priority issues right now. PayPal
is way too expensive and just not convenient for everybody.
It would be beneficial on Bricklink's side as well. There will be more business
so more fees, less money leaking out to PayPal, and also it will vastly increase
the percentage of payments that is done onsite - which is what Bricklink really
likes to see.
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| Author: | Dutchstyle | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2020 10:59 | | Subject: | IC - Stripe payment methods | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please consider the implementation of other Stripe payment methods such as Ideal
and Sofort which can be used for instant check out. With these options offsite
payments like IBAN / bank transfers are less needed and it's very convenient/normal
for a lot of European customers to use these methods.
I have to admit that it's also a lot more cost effective to use these payment
methods over the ever increasing PayPal costs. Especially since we're not
transferring those costs to the people who buy Lego from us.
I hope that it won't be that much of a deal for the site developers to implement
since Bricklink already has a connection with Stripe, but I'm no expert in
API's etc...
For more information, please check: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/local-payment-methods
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2020 12:43 | | Subject: | Re: Apply order on multiple wish lists | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
… but it would still be better if it were directly on BL.
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| Author: | Tholwin | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2020 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: Apply order on multiple wish lists | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I've found a workaround.
Merge my wish lists. Then I can apply my orders on it without risking to update
the same part more than intended. (Which could happen if you apply an order on
multiple wish lists containing the same parts.)
But the merge feature doesn't allow to merge wish lists having conflicts
(same combinations of piece&color).
Though, I realised it's possible to merge them by uploading a list and add
its pieces into another one. When there is identical items, it will combine them
additionning wanted quantities together, and owned quantities together.
To merge wish list "B" into wish list "A"
1) Download list "B" (as XML)
2) Use "Upload" from the "Want" menu
3) Select "Upload BrickLink XML format"
4) Copy & past the content of the file B.xml (produced at step 1)
5) Select wish list "A"
6) Click "Proceed to verify"
(review the result)
7) Click "Add to Wanted List"
(optional: rename list "A": "A & B", and delete list "B")
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| Author: | jblock | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 21:31 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Inventory | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, ChildofAthena23 writes:
| | It would be really useful if there was an inventory system implemented for buyers
not just sellers. That way if I buy a set for parts I can simply come on here
and add those parts to my inventory and then any wish list I have containing
those parts would be updated accordingly.
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I use another website to track my overall (loose and in sets) parts inventory;
BL is just not designed to do so efficiently.
That said, I also have maintained separate wanted lists here on BL for parts
that I've received, for a specific MOC or custom set: when the parts arrive,
I simply copy-and-paste from the want list to the "received" want list, and then
remove them from the want list. When all parts have arrived I now have a list
of them all for that custom build.
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| Author: | Tholwin | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 15:41 | | Subject: | Apply order on multiple wish lists | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
I'm currently struggling with multiple wish lists, and updating the owned
parts with my orders, to keep track of how many I still need.
My lists often share the same conbinations of pieces&color, and this prevent
me from applying orders on more than one, without messing the overall count.
(This also prevent me from merging my lists.)
I think it would be great to be able to apply an order on multiple wish lists,
making sure pieces applied to a list aren't applied to the other ones.
You would have to specify which list is the first one, the second one and so
on, and the algorithm would apply the order to the first list, then the remaining
pieces to the second one, and so on.
An alternative feature would be to be able to merge lists which have conflicts
(same pieces&color combinations). Why not addition the wanted quantities, owned
quantities and concatenate the comments? It should be fine with a message explaining
how it deals with the conflicts and asking for confirmation.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer User Experience | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ste88 writes:
| | Since I have the store, I've noticed that buyers generally don't know
what kind of work there is behind he preparation of an order.
the idea is to give the sellers the possibility to set up a "timeline" (even
automatically, as it happens with the istant invoice) shared with the buyer.
it would turn out as a more "amazon" experience; and help the buyer being calm
while waiting orders 
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Do you mean like the Domino's pizza tracker?
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| Author: | bb1683388 | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 13:21 | | Subject: | Re: Parts Look-up tool | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Does this mean that we will have like a special tool to select a certain group
of parts to see if they appear in any sets? I don't know if such feature
is already implemented.
| | So we all have want lists, right?
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to take a want list and instead of looking
for stores that have all the individual parts, do a search against "sets" or
multiples of sets that have all the parts on a want list.
Everything needed to make this tool already exists on Bricklink.
Parts want list - check
Sets, parts inventory - check (the part out tool)
This function could be added to the Buy section like the distillers to get from
the fewest stores, or best price etc - add sets to buy that have all the parts.
Then a shopper could shop for complete sets to buy from sellers or determine
that they already have the sets in their own collection to build the MOC they
are shopping for pieces for.
Example: I bought the instructions for the UCS U-wing project by Mirko (Awesome
MOC by the way and beautiful instruction book)
uploaded the parts list 430 different parts 3300 pieces total.
I would love to know if I could buy 4-5 sets to get all the parts I need to build
the UCS U-wing project and the extra pieces could go in my collection. Certainly
there would be a handful of random special pieces to buy separately but it would
be cool to have the option of buying a few complete sets to get the majority
of the parts.
Just a thought and the development cost would be minimal since the hard parts
(set part inventories & want lists) already exist.
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| Author: | Ste88 | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 12:15 | | Subject: | Buyer User Experience | | Viewed: | 111 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Since I have the store, I've noticed that buyers generally don't know
what kind of work there is behind he preparation of an order.
the idea is to give the sellers the possibility to set up a "timeline" (even
automatically, as it happens with the istant invoice) shared with the buyer.
it would turn out as a more "amazon" experience; and help the buyer being calm
while waiting orders
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| Author: | Hildesheim | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 04:11 | | Subject: | Re: Use my store's inventory to fill Wanted List | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brick_Wizard writes:
| | I don't know if this will help, but you can check the box on your inventory
page to show all of the items on your wanted list in your store. (First box under
"Show More Options" on the right side of the page.
This will bring up all of the matching items, and each has a link to view the
listing in your inventory that you can edit and delete the number you need.
Still a few steps to go through, but the easiest way I've found.
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Thanks! Seems to be the easiest way to go -- now that the fully automated
way isn't available :-/
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 01:37 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Inventory | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, ChildofAthena23 writes:
| | It would be really useful if there was an inventory system implemented for buyers
not just sellers. That way if I buy a set for parts I can simply come on here
and add those parts to my inventory and then any wish list I have containing
those parts would be updated accordingly.
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You can upgrade to seller and keep your store closed.
Or keep inventory on Rebrickable.com or with Brickstock.
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| Author: | ChildofAthena23 | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2020 01:25 | | Subject: | Buyer Inventory | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be really useful if there was an inventory system implemented for buyers
not just sellers. That way if I buy a set for parts I can simply come on here
and add those parts to my inventory and then any wish list I have containing
those parts would be updated accordingly.
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| Author: | BulbaNerd4000 | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2020 15:54 | | Subject: | Broken gallery | | Viewed: | 109 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I think we should get a better system for the gallery. I tried searching up something
simple and got many results that don’t match. Should we get an upgrade for it
or not?
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| Author: | 3001Bricks | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2020 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: Feature Request | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Emporiosa writes:
| | In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | Now and then (today for me) it would be handy to be able to merge two orders
from the same customer. I'm going to be sending two separate invoices to
be paid because it seems to be the most proper way to do it in this case. It
would be nice to just merge them.
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+1 And to add to that (and I think you may have been referring to this scenario
too), it would be nice that there is an order combine option (as seen on another
site) for IC orders, or any order that has been already paid. Ever since expanding
IC, it's just been order after order of buyers reaching out asking if they
can somehow add to their original order without paying shipping twice via IC.
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This!
With some additional option settings like 'order addon fee', and to allow
this option based on status. When status is 'packed' or 'shipped',
it shouldn't be possible anymore.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2020 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Feature Request | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | Now and then (today for me) it would be handy to be able to merge two orders
from the same customer. I'm going to be sending two separate invoices to
be paid because it seems to be the most proper way to do it in this case. It
would be nice to just merge them.
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+1
For now you can credit the second order and adds its value to the first order
as additional charges. Then you only send 1 invoice and buyer pays 1 time.
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| Author: | dearlydeparted | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2020 08:46 | | Subject: | Re: Feature Request | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | Now and then (today for me) it would be handy to be able to merge two orders
from the same customer. I'm going to be sending two separate invoices to
be paid because it seems to be the most proper way to do it in this case. It
would be nice to just merge them.
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+1 Yes!
Long ago, you could request from Admin that the orders be merged and it would
be done, no problem. After the first sale of the site, I requested this be done
and was surprised that they would no longer do this. Didn't make sense.
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| Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2020 07:03 | | Subject: | Re: Feature Request | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | Now and then (today for me) it would be handy to be able to merge two orders
from the same customer. I'm going to be sending two separate invoices to
be paid because it seems to be the most proper way to do it in this case. It
would be nice to just merge them.
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+1 And to add to that (and I think you may have been referring to this scenario
too), it would be nice that there is an order combine option (as seen on another
site) for IC orders, or any order that has been already paid. Ever since expanding
IC, it's just been order after order of buyers reaching out asking if they
can somehow add to their original order without paying shipping twice via IC.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2020 06:51 | | Subject: | Feature Request | | Viewed: | 126 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Now and then (today for me) it would be handy to be able to merge two orders
from the same customer. I'm going to be sending two separate invoices to
be paid because it seems to be the most proper way to do it in this case. It
would be nice to just merge them.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2020 06:21 | | Subject: | Re: Please add the following features as appropri | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | I wish Bricklink would take a closer look at Brickstock and incorporate at least
some of the features that exist there.
For example the use of multiple filter capabilities would be superb for the order
detail page as well as lots of other areas e.g. part identification etc.
If you look at the image I have attached you will see what I mean. It is a natural
element of SQL and when we had goatleg and miniconfigurator that is how both
of them worked (with some modifications)
It really is not a difficult feature to add and would save hundreds if not thousands
of hours work on behalf of the stores for a small amount of time for developers.
Anyone else feel the same?
The 'and/or' filter is a great tool - is easy to learn and use and with
the catalogue getting more and more complex and populated with data this is really
a must.
BTW - we would have expected something like this in the long delayed (and probably
forgotten about) sellers tools
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Editing posts would be a nice feature and long overdue. I put the wrong image
I n - try this one.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2020 06:17 | | Subject: | Please add the following features as appropri | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I wish Bricklink would take a closer look at Brickstock and incorporate at least
some of the features that exist there.
For example the use of multiple filter capabilities would be superb for the order
detail page as well as lots of other areas e.g. part identification etc.
If you look at the image I have attached you will see what I mean. It is a natural
element of SQL and when we had goatleg and miniconfigurator that is how both
of them worked (with some modifications)
It really is not a difficult feature to add and would save hundreds if not thousands
of hours work on behalf of the stores for a small amount of time for developers.
Anyone else feel the same?
The 'and/or' filter is a great tool - is easy to learn and use and with
the catalogue getting more and more complex and populated with data this is really
a must.
BTW - we would have expected something like this in the long delayed (and probably
forgotten about) sellers tools
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| Author: | Kenopolis | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2020 18:08 | | Subject: | Re: Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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I sort my parts using remarks too.
What I do, when parting out a set, is select the following options.
On the Part out screen, check the box that says...
"Consolidate lots with my existing inventory and adjust quantity of items that
are already in my inventory by using:"
Then select "Old Remarks." This will combine the lots, and keep your old location.
Once you upload the parts, you can then look at the parts in order of REMARKS.
Go to your inventory.
On the right enter the set number
Then once it loads, sort by remarks.
NOTE: If you have the option to keep your parts in your inventory when they are
sold out turned on, remember that they will stay in stock room unless you manually
change them, or choose "NEW STOCKROOM Option"
Hope that helps.
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| Author: | mogli252 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2020 10:33 | | Subject: | Re: Part out listed by remarks | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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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so i understood correctly.
Yes, this can be done with brickstock with the method i described.
If you need any help with brickstock you can write me a message.
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| 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 | |
|
| 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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| Author: | crxefx | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 02:43 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Right. But, we don't have that problem here..... All the other variations
are sorted out in a b or c variations. If it's broken, yellowed, faded or
incomplete the seller puts that in their comments.
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| Author: | crxefx | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 02:38 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| What if you sell me a new piece, that I claim is used. How is that settled?
You answered your own question, right? What difference does it make if the piece
is graded? If I sold you a new piece and you claim that it is used... You are
a liar! The quality makes no difference. Right?
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 02:31 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I think people are over complicating what I'm suggesting, perhaps because
of terminology. I'm new to lego collecting, I don't sell on here, so
I'm not familiar with the exact phrases etc that people use for what I, as
a buyer, am looking for.
The site already has a "grading scale" even if its designed to convey the history
of the piece. New and Used.
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.
Many sellers already leave notes to comment on the condition. Having a built
in system to take advantage of that shouldn't be a radical idea.
Cards in the same game have the same size, but many variants of the same card.
Like for magic, virtually ever card has two versions, normal and foil, and then
some cards have many different arts. Card are also unique based on the set they
appear in. So some cards end of having several dozens of variations of the same
thing. Other games like Yu-gi-oh can have even more. Magic has something like
20k unique cards not including variants.
The uniformity of the cards/pieces really isn't the issue, its simply the
method of separating them out in a way that allows buyers to know what to expect.
You can base it on "part history" or "condition", but ultimately the only thing
that needs to be implemented in changing the current 2 options, to maybe 3-5.
I mean literally just adding a "broken" or "damaged" option would do it to some
degree.
In Suggestions, calebfishn writes:
| | One of the misconceptions behind your suggestion is that "new" and "used" are
descriptions of condition. In Bricklink, they are descriptions of history, not
condition. Therefore "New" and "Used" are not analogous to condition of quality
such as mint, or near mint, or fine. "New" means has not been used to build
with, no matter how long it sits in inventory, and used means that it has been
used to build with, even if only once, and remaining in excellent condition.
It is quite possible that a "used" piece could be indistinguishable in appearance
from a "new" part.
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.
I think you may be underestimating the difficulty of implementing your suggestion
in a way that it accomplishes what you hope to achieve.
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| Author: | crxefx | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 02:29 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In all fairness you offended me a bit also. I understand the guidelines for used
"cards" may be a bit different but, for lego the standard is also set. As a seller
I have new and used. After over 2000 orders I have never had a single complaint
over, this part is not quite good enough to be labeled new or used. Not once.
Lego throws your whole set in a few bags, have you ever asked them to grade your
new parts based on how many bags they package them in?
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 02:18 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Then I fail to see why having a more intuitively labled system is a bad idea?
What if you sell me a new piece, that I claim is used. How is that settled?
In Suggestions, randyf writes:
| | In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | My point is that a system based on "new/used" is not a very good descriptive
system for the condition of lego.
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I believe BrickLink's definitions of "new" and "used" are quite descriptive
and very easy to comprehend:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
| | If I buy a set, and it sits in a box for 10 years, and I pull it out is it new?
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According to the BrickLink definitions, yes.
| | If I assemble the set and let it sit for 10 year, never being touched, is it
still new?
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According to the BrickLink definitions, no.
| | If I take that set apart, and its pieces are clean, and you can't tell the
difference between that part, and one from the box, are they both new?
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According to the BrickLink definitions, no.
See how easy it was to answer those questions? It only took me a few seconds.
The clear definitions made that so.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 01:32 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, revfds writes:
| | My point is that a system based on "new/used" is not a very good descriptive
system for the condition of lego.
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I believe BrickLink's definitions of "new" and "used" are quite descriptive
and very easy to comprehend:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
| | If I buy a set, and it sits in a box for 10 years, and I pull it out is it new?
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According to the BrickLink definitions, yes.
| | If I assemble the set and let it sit for 10 year, never being touched, is it
still new?
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According to the BrickLink definitions, no.
| | If I take that set apart, and its pieces are clean, and you can't tell the
difference between that part, and one from the box, are they both new?
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According to the BrickLink definitions, no.
See how easy it was to answer those questions? It only took me a few seconds.
The clear definitions made that so.
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| Author: | allstar005317 | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 00:49 | | Subject: | Re: Show Tracking number on Orders list | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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I would love to see that field on the buyer side. After becoming a seller I just
thought I was missing something to enable that for buying. After some research
I discovered that was not possible.
As for requiring tracking, I always include tracking on orders, but I am in the
US and it doesn't cost any extra. I agree with you that Bricklink shouldn't
make it a requirement because what is true in one part of the world is not always
true in another.
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2020 00:28 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| One of the misconceptions behind your suggestion is that "new" and "used" are
descriptions of condition. In Bricklink, they are descriptions of history, not
condition. Therefore "New" and "Used" are not analogous to condition of quality
such as mint, or near mint, or fine. "New" means has not been used to build
with, no matter how long it sits in inventory, and used means that it has been
used to build with, even if only once, and remaining in excellent condition.
It is quite possible that a "used" piece could be indistinguishable in appearance
from a "new" part.
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.
I think you may be underestimating the difficulty of implementing your suggestion
in a way that it accomplishes what you hope to achieve.
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| Author: | Macaronis | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:47 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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Dead Horse.... Hasn't happened in the 18 years of my time here, doubt it
ever will.
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:28 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 47 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.
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.
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.
In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | | It is a free market. If the idea made economic sense ( ie the profit from additional
orders attracted was greater than the cost of grading, sellers would do it without
being told to. Hundreds of sellers are now thinking about your suggestion.
Let's see if it affects their actions. Lots of sellers grade instructions.
Many grade boxes. More than a few grade stickers for older sets. Nothing should
stop them from grading parts.
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Very true, and of course some already do grade parts. When you look at many of
the boxes, instructions, sticker sheets, etc that get graded, they tend to be
the valuable ones. I think most sellers that have valuable used parts do something
similar. If something is uncommon and vaulable, it is worth letting a buyer know
what the condition is. Whereas if the seller has 100s or 1000s of a common part
worth a few cents each, in many different conditions, then it is probably less
worthwhile listing the conditions of each one.
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:23 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:20 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| If you read my post you would see that I called for a "clear cut visual guide".
if the conditions are clearly defined you remove disputes because you're
not allowing for what the seller or buyer thinks, you're going on how the
piece is compared to the clearly defined rules for condition.
In Suggestions, william1066 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 î
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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This would only lead to more disputes, everyone’s opinion of what grade an item
is would be different.
Sellers would ship a grade 1 item only for the buyer to complain it’s is a grade
2/3 in their view.
If quality is such an issue for you try messaging the seller and ask about the
quality of the items, for very important purchases you could even ask for photo.
For the bulk of purchases this is a non starter.
Too much time to spend grading every item would lead to a cost increase.
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:17 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| My point is that a system based on "new/used" is not a very good descriptive
system for the condition of lego.
If I buy a set, and it sits in a box for 10 years, and I pull it out is it new?
If I assemble the set and let it sit for 10 year, never being touched, is it
still new?
If I take that set apart, and its pieces are clean, and you can't tell the
difference between that part, and one from the box, are they both new?
Is it really too hard to see how "new" doesn't really give an accurate description
of what you are getting?
In Suggestions, steelwoolghandi writes:
| | In Suggestions, Heartbricker 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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Can you clarify please; if i'm reading this correctly: you believe that when
a seller buys 10 sets from the LEGO store and opens them up in order to sort
and sell the pieces- you now consider these pieces to be used ?
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And does that mean any parts bought from the Pick-A-Brick wall they are used
as they did not come in a set? If that's the case then Should Lego Change
the Wall to say Used-A-Bricks?
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:14 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:10 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| How do you build orders with 100+ items, from many different sellers efficiently?
In Suggestions, WoutR 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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That is why I do not let the site build orders for me.
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:08 | | Subject: | Re: Show Tracking number on Orders list | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 23:01 | | Subject: | Re: Show Tracking number on Orders list | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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?
In Suggestions, Emporiosa 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).
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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I would love every buyer to choose tracked shipping I guarantee that you usually
would select the cheapest option though with no penalty since it falls on the
seller (as you mentioned). In Canada, the cheapest possible rates (which only
applies to buyers quite close to you) starts around $9-13CAD depending on the
discount level the seller has with Canada Post). In the US, it's definitely
a lot cheaper. But how can you justify spending $12-15 (~$10USD) in shipping
for a small $10 order? A good part of the orders on this site are very small
in nature. So while I agree that tracked shipping in theory is a *good* idea,
I don't think it fits for Bricklink as being a requirement for all stores
for all orders.
| | When I sell cards on www.Tcgplayer.com, I waive my right to win any dispute with
a buyer if I do not include a tracking #, and I have to include one in order
to get paid for an order over $50. 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.
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PayPal may have your back if it shows as delivered, but that does not mean you
provided good customer service. There are times that packages show as delivered
and it really did not get delivered to the customer. An example was that I had
a Bookshop set delivered from LEGO S@H via Fedex to my house, but addressed for
another person several blocks away.
When I checked the tracking, it showed delivered, so that poor person would have
been stuck without a very expensive set if this was a PayPal purchase through
BL and the seller just said "Well - the tracking says delivered, sorry!". T
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| Author: | revfds | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 22:55 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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.
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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| Author: | steelwoolghandi | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 19:21 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Heartbricker 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.
|
Can you clarify please; if i'm reading this correctly: you believe that when
a seller buys 10 sets from the LEGO store and opens them up in order to sort
and sell the pieces- you now consider these pieces to be used ?
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And does that mean any parts bought from the Pick-A-Brick wall they are used
as they did not come in a set? If that's the case then Should Lego Change
the Wall to say Used-A-Bricks?
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 18:47 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I dunno. I wouldn't be heart broken if you couldn't sell them, but lots
of vintage parts still have a market even if broken. I would like a third catagory
to put them in, though.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 18:46 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Adjour writes:
| | My vote is no, simply because it would be very hard to implement this.
I grade all my parts to some extent. Down to the cheap ones. It takes a massive
amount of time to do this. I don't think sellers should have to do this if
they don't want to. Also, what happens to existing lots? Sellers would have
to go back and grade everything?
That said I would like an additional feedback system similar to ebays star
system. So people can leave an opinion on service and quality without posting
a neg over something small.
Otherwise buy new and read feedback. Sorry you've had a bad time.
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Sorry, SHOULD NOT have to do this is they don't want to.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 18:45 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| My vote is no, simply because it would be very hard to implement this.
I grade all my parts to some extent. Down to the cheap ones. It takes a massive
amount of time to do this. I don't think sellers should have to do this if
they don't want to. Also, what happens to existing lots? Sellers would have
to go back and grade everything?
That said I would like an additional feedback system similar to ebays star
system. So people can leave an opinion on service and quality without posting
a neg over something small.
Otherwise buy new and read feedback. Sorry you've had a bad time.
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| Author: | nathan84 | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2020 18:14 | | Subject: | Re: Implement an enforced grading scale | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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even with a grading system you will still find problems as some sellers will
view thier items as a better grade than what you the buyer would.
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Canada, Ontario
United Kingdom, England
Germany, Bayern
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