Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | BigBBricks  | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 01:33 | | Subject: | Re: Two Weeks?! | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, BigBBricks writes:
| | In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Just curious, I wonder how this works for those that sell on multiple platforms
and don't use remarks as stock locators but rely on a catalog sequence to
find parts on orders.
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Even for tiny stores, this is a clear indication as to why storage should never
be based on the (current) catalogue.
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I think that leaves remarks sorting as the only alternative, and it has many
drawbacks. I would certainly never work with a remark based store. Even if it'd
be only because there are bugs with the field and populating it probably requires
Brickstock, which means no accurate priceguide which matches Bricklink. It's
really not an option for me.
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In 15+ years never had a single problem with the remarks field.
Robert
|
There was. There was a serious bug where each time you did a part out and the
item was already in your inventory, the remarks would be voided. THEN how would
you find the part..  the thought of having my entire inventory sorted by it
scares me a bit. I've used the remarks field for locating minifig parts within
the minifig category, but that bug made it a disaster. The bug was fixed and
then just reappeared again - which is often the case when Bricklink "fixes" something.
I believe this is fixed now so sure, it's reasonable to use it. But I just
don't dare - I'm just a coward I guess.. so you see, you can never be
100% safe.
Besides, my remarks field are used for my software to execute my pricing policy
and keep stats (If those get deleted, it's not a big deal)
|
The remark being voided during upload is most likely an issue with the default
settings you have for uploads. I've been using this for years in conjunction
with BrickStock and bricksync and have never had a real issue.
bricksync allows for nightly automated backups so I don't lose the remarks
and anything else and the price differences within BrickStock are minimal and
mostly based upon the settings the user controls.
If you are going to put yourself through rearranging your store bi-yearly, I'd
reconsider your options. I'd hate for a fellow seller to have to continually
put themselves through that when better solutions are available.
- Big B
|
No, really, it was a bug. To be precise, it happened when you would select "concatenate
old and new remarks". Those remarks didn't get concatenated but just deleted.
Not just for me, for everyone. It was confirmed by Bricklink and fixed, then
it popped up again, then it was fozed again.
Well, you rely on third party software.. IMO it's more risky than relying
on what is part of Bricklink itself in terms of whose interest it is to keep
it working. (Luckily for you ryough, it seems the new Brickstore is going to
enjoy some decent community maintenance) By the way, you are in the US, so yes,
then the Vat problem than BrickStock has doesn't affect you and the prices
should be fairly accurate.
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I always forget about the VAT issues you guys have with BrickStock. That would
make a considerable difference but wouldn't making the adjustment for VAT
after querying the US based prices fix that? Just trying to understand better
so I can be of some assistance.
What is this new Brick Store 2021 that I keep reading about? I licensed BrickStock,
which came after the original BrickStore was retired.
It's true I do rely upon a 3rd party tool or two but I get the feeling from
the way these applications are developed that they creators have a better understanding
of what a seller needs and uses. I have reference files for it to pull prices
or locations from and I control my data and don't have to rely that a database
that I have no control over will always be available. Since I seem to experience
the BrickLink blackout daily, I try to work around the deficiency.
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| Author: | sandman | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2021 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: Two Weeks?! | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | By the way, you are in the US, so yes,
then the Vat problem than BrickStock has doesn't affect you and the prices
should be fairly accurate.
|
Thanks to your detailed analysis in https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/issues/80
this problem has already been fixed in BrickStore at the end of January. I had
to trade precision (only 2 decimals) for VAT correctness, but without support
from BrickLink, this is the best I can do right now. The link to the bug report
tells the whole story.
If you're still using the old BrickStock, you are of course using the broken
price guide data.
cu
Robert
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 23:04 | | Subject: | Re: Category in part titles | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | I understand bricklink is currently working on written guidelines for catalogue naming
|
Well, actually we're not doing that at the moment. It's just something
we will do in the future.
| | is this something they wish to remove from titles or add to the categories that don't have
it?
|
We don't know yet.
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| Author: | Hexy | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 19:48 | | Subject: | Category in part titles | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Most of the categories in the bricklink catalogue have the category title as
the first part of the name. A few don't have that though. I understand bricklink
is currently working on written guidelines for catalogue naming, is this something
they wish to remove from titles or add to the categories that don't have
it?
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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| Author: | mjwest83 | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 12:18 | | Subject: | Re: Set 40449 Approval | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, mjwest83 writes:
| | When will set 40449 be approved for listing?
|
Sorry, we missed this one. Here it is now:
|
Thanks!
Working the inventory now.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 03:13 | | Subject: | Re: Two Weeks?! | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, BigBBricks writes:
| | In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Just curious, I wonder how this works for those that sell on multiple platforms
and don't use remarks as stock locators but rely on a catalog sequence to
find parts on orders.
|
Even for tiny stores, this is a clear indication as to why storage should never
be based on the (current) catalogue.
|
I think that leaves remarks sorting as the only alternative, and it has many
drawbacks. I would certainly never work with a remark based store. Even if it'd
be only because there are bugs with the field and populating it probably requires
Brickstock, which means no accurate priceguide which matches Bricklink. It's
really not an option for me.
|
In 15+ years never had a single problem with the remarks field.
Robert
|
There was. There was a serious bug where each time you did a part out and the
item was already in your inventory, the remarks would be voided. THEN how would
you find the part.. the thought of having my entire inventory sorted by it
scares me a bit. I've used the remarks field for locating minifig parts within
the minifig category, but that bug made it a disaster. The bug was fixed and
then just reappeared again - which is often the case when Bricklink "fixes" something.
I believe this is fixed now so sure, it's reasonable to use it. But I just
don't dare - I'm just a coward I guess.. so you see, you can never be
100% safe.
Besides, my remarks field are used for my software to execute my pricing policy
and keep stats (If those get deleted, it's not a big deal)
|
The remark being voided during upload is most likely an issue with the default
settings you have for uploads. I've been using this for years in conjunction
with BrickStock and bricksync and have never had a real issue.
bricksync allows for nightly automated backups so I don't lose the remarks
and anything else and the price differences within BrickStock are minimal and
mostly based upon the settings the user controls.
If you are going to put yourself through rearranging your store bi-yearly, I'd
reconsider your options. I'd hate for a fellow seller to have to continually
put themselves through that when better solutions are available.
- Big B
|
No, really, it was a bug. To be precise, it happened when you would select "concatenate
old and new remarks". Those remarks didn't get concatenated but just deleted.
Not just for me, for everyone. It was confirmed by Bricklink and fixed, then
it popped up again, then it was fozed again.
Well, you rely on third party software.. IMO it's more risky than relying
on what is part of Bricklink itself in terms of whose interest it is to keep
it working. (Luckily for you ryough, it seems the new Brickstore is going to
enjoy some decent community maintenance) By the way, you are in the US, so yes,
then the Vat problem than BrickStock has doesn't affect you and the prices
should be fairly accurate.
|
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 00:08 | | Subject: | Re: Set 40449 Approval | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, mjwest83 writes:
| | When will set 40449 be approved for listing?
|
Sorry, we missed this one. Here it is now:
|
| Author: | mjwest83 | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 20:34 | | Subject: | Set 40449 Approval | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| When will set 40449 be approved for listing? The set has been out for two days
now, and I'd like to do the inventory. And I can't put the set together,
if I'm gonna do the inventory. So, can it get approved?
Thanks!
|
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| Author: | BigBBricks | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 19:00 | | Subject: | Re: Two Weeks?! | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Just curious, I wonder how this works for those that sell on multiple platforms
and don't use remarks as stock locators but rely on a catalog sequence to
find parts on orders.
|
Even for tiny stores, this is a clear indication as to why storage should never
be based on the (current) catalogue.
|
I think that leaves remarks sorting as the only alternative, and it has many
drawbacks. I would certainly never work with a remark based store. Even if it'd
be only because there are bugs with the field and populating it probably requires
Brickstock, which means no accurate priceguide which matches Bricklink. It's
really not an option for me.
|
In 15+ years never had a single problem with the remarks field.
Robert
|
There was. There was a serious bug where each time you did a part out and the
item was already in your inventory, the remarks would be voided. THEN how would
you find the part.. the thought of having my entire inventory sorted by it
scares me a bit. I've used the remarks field for locating minifig parts within
the minifig category, but that bug made it a disaster. The bug was fixed and
then just reappeared again - which is often the case when Bricklink "fixes" something.
I believe this is fixed now so sure, it's reasonable to use it. But I just
don't dare - I'm just a coward I guess.. so you see, you can never be
100% safe.
Besides, my remarks field are used for my software to execute my pricing policy
and keep stats (If those get deleted, it's not a big deal)
|
The remark being voided during upload is most likely an issue with the default
settings you have for uploads. I've been using this for years in conjunction
with BrickStock and bricksync and have never had a real issue.
bricksync allows for nightly automated backups so I don't lose the remarks
and anything else and the price differences within BrickStock are minimal and
mostly based upon the settings the user controls.
If you are going to put yourself through rearranging your store bi-yearly, I'd
reconsider your options. I'd hate for a fellow seller to have to continually
put themselves through that when better solutions are available.
- Big B
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 15:46 | | Subject: | Re: Two Weeks?! | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
Mine was off indeed, but I have to say, this doesn't exactly strike me as
a Marketing email.
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I agree, not from our end, the catalog user. But from their (TLG) end it may
fall within the framework of needed legalese. As well as being the purpose for
the fairly new feature, I assume: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1259089
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Maybe they need one for "important service updates" too. Then they could also
email things like changes in policy concerning removing incomplete minifigures,
changes in tax collections, and so on. Things that get asked here again and again
that one email telling users what is going on might help clear up.
|
That will be the Marketplace newsletter. BrickLink is now broken into 5 subgroups
that operate somewhat independently: Platform, Catalog, Marketplace, Studio,
and Crowd. The first Marketplace newsletter will probably come out around the
end of this month.
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Will we be able to subscribe to one / individual ones rather than all?
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