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Proposal for extension of the catalog.

I think there is a very big market for monochrome minifigures. So far, these
are considered custom items.
I would like to suggest establishing a separate category for monochrome minifigures
in the "standard version" of all colors.

For example "Minifigure Monochrome - white".

I look forward to your estimation and feedback

Author:

Erikmax

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Apr 15, 2021 17:43

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Default shipping option

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Hi
I don't know if this had been on this forum before, but I really get irritated
by the fact that there is a default shipping (and payment) method preset.

Over and over buyers select the wrong shipping method because this is the default
option. So order a small object for 12 euro and choose parcel track&trace @ 32,50
for shipping. This means I first have to ask them if this is really the option
they want, wait for their answer, correct shipping method etc.

Or in a less extreme example send out the invoice and get buyers who are upset
about the high shipping costs.

Today at least 5 out of ten orders have what looks a not quite logical shipping
method chosen by the buyer. If I make another method default it won't change
this, buyers will select letter untracked for a 2 kg worth 200 euro shipping.

Maybe I do something wrong, so first let me ask if there is a method to let buyers
FORCE to make a choice about shipping (and payment!!) and if this is not possible
PLEASE make it possible to sellers NOT to have the default shipping and payment
method pre-selected in their shop.

As a buyer I also sometimes make the mistake to click to fast and bypass the
option to change the shipping and payment methods. So I understand this happens
and I don't blame my buyers. (but the system...)

So it will be much less frustration for both buyer and seller.

Sorry if this is a silly question for which there is a simple solution, and so
there will be one thanks for telling me how I should change the setting.

Author:

tpr

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Apr 15, 2021 10:51

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Admins - for your consideration

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x1687 Train Wheel RC Train, Metal Axle
Parts: Wheel, Accessory

is in Wheels - Accessory --- totally understandable

2878 Train Wheel RC, Holder
Parts: Wheel

is in Wheels.

It states its a holder, it won't move on its own !! Its not a wheel !!
Should it not be considered in the next batch of items to be moved, and move
it to Wheels Accessories

Thanks

tpr

Author:

MrPetovan

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Apr 14, 2021 20:57

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Toggle lists from wanted list search page

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I have several wanted lists with separated between a few different purposes and
I would like to be able to search in a subset of them, the same way it's
possible to select all or only some wanted lists in the Buy page.

Author:

MrPetovan

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Apr 14, 2021 15:15

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Normalize item/color sorting across website

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Wanted list and Order lists currently are sorted differently for item name and
color name.

As a result, it's been inconvenient to match parts from order placed to wanted
lists.

Example for item name:

Given a "Plate 1 x 8" and a "Plate 1 x 10":
- In wanted lists, "Plate 1 x 10" will appear before "Plate 1 x 8" (strict alphabetical
order)
- In order lists, "Plate 1 x 8" will appear before "Plate 1 x 12" (correct numerical
order)

Example for color name"

Given a "Reddish Brown" part and a "Pearl Gold" part:
- In wanted lists, the "Reddish Brown" part will appear before the "Pearl Gold"
part (plain colors first like in color selection drop down lists)
- In order lists, the "Pearl Gold" part will appear before the "Reddish Brown"
part (strict alphabetical order)

Now, I don't mind either of these couple of ordering (although I have a personal
preference for correct numerical order for item names and plain colors first)
but I'd like for both ordering to be consistent across the whole BrickLink
website.

Thank you for your consideration!

Author:

mpokhylets

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Apr 14, 2021 14:46

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Wanted list: sort by missing qty

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I think it would be useful to sort the wanted list by the quantity of items that
still need to be purchased = MAX(MINQTY - QTYFILLED, 0)

Author:

Greenbutterfly

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Apr 4, 2021 00:48

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Wanted list uploads blocked by custom parts

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I have a very, very large model of a cathedral. I originally designed it in LDD
18 years ago and now updating it in stud.io.

The cathedral has a balcony with railings. I've created a couple of custom
parts for the railings to fit around the columns... the presence of these railings
in my IO file blocks the upload to my wanted list because they are not genuine
parts available through BL.

I'd like to see those parts ignored... or at least an option to do so.

I know there's the workaround of going through the IO file and deleting them
to upload. But my file has over 46000 parts, these custom parts are embedded
several layers deep in multiple sub-sub-sub-models... which means they're
difficult to find because stud.io doesn't have a fully function find-replace
mechanism (I and plenty of others have requested it, and requested that it work
with sub-models as well as main model).

This is still a work in progress, so I'm not really wanting to delete them
because re-instating them is going to be a pain. Plus with the size of the model
stud.io doesn't behave quite as it should anyway because of all the memory
leaks in it (which is going to affect any attempt to copy-paste the file then
delete the custom parts in the copy)...

PS. I'm sure I've requested this before, but for the life of me cannot
find it. stud.io isn't the only thing with memory leaks

Author:

Emporiosa

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Apr 3, 2021 09:02

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Add tax inclusive/exempt option on refund

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Had a thought about the previous discussion where it is quite confusing currently
for processing refunds for US states that have collected sales tax. As it stands,
the refund box has us enter an amount, and then below it calculates the amount
that will come from the seller/PayPal, and the amount from the taxes BrickLink
collected, so a seller has to know the rate of tax for the state of the buyer
and also include it in the total.

Suggestion:
-Beside the box where you enter the refund amount, include a "tax inclusive"
and "tax exclusive" radio button where the seller can select it.

This would allow sellers to not have to know the rate of state for the state
and manually calculate it by selecting "tax exclusive", meaning the calculation
below will take that amount, and ADD tax to the total (not as a % of the total
the seller put in).

But this also allows what Niek (qwertyboy) had suggested where if you want to
give a higher total amount, you can check tax inclusive so it'll act the
way that it's currently programmed.

Author:

tbbarton

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Apr 2, 2021 15:09

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Remove spellcheck from key search fields

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Spellcheck loves to tell you the game of a figure, part or code isn’t a word.
I assume the dictionary is local to devices so maybe don’t allow spellcheck to
overwrite key search fields?

Author:

Stellar

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Apr 2, 2021 11:37

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If color image exists add it co Known Colors

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I know that suggesting new features might mean hitting a wall, but here we go.

As the Catalog Admins only accept pictures of items in colors that are not in
inventories if the part is in hand, then update the known colors list with this
data.

Also, this might tie with an update to be able to find parts that have a color
image from this page: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp (now, if they
are not in a inventory they don't show up.)

And even further, show the selected color image not the standard one...

Hope this is read by a BL Dev someday

Author:

jdinklage

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Apr 1, 2021 14:05

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Lego/Bricklink-Very frustrated with you

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Please stop blocking my access to the parts I need. I am extremely annoyed that
you won't allow me to buy items from so many sellers I need to because they
aren't paying my taxes. They "don't support orders that ship to Massachusetts".
You are literally screwing up my access to rare parts that are only available
on this site. You are hurting part of this hobby for me. STOP IT! I am only
a buyer and not a seller. I understand you must be going through some growing
pains trying to get all the sellers to pay taxes, but don't take it out on
the buyers. Seriously stop blocking my access to the parts I need. Not allowing
me to ship items to my home from sellers who are willing to ship them to me is
a legitimate reason for me to be pissed. You are forcing me to go buy clone
parts off site when I don't really want to as an immediate direct result
of this action.

Author:

brickerking

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Apr 1, 2021 01:09

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Please spend more time on taxes

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Hey BL,

Please spend more time on taxes, that is definitely the one aspect of this site
I care the most about. As a seller, please, please don’t waste your time on developing
seller tools, tools are for dummies. Also, please don’t fix website bugs, they
don’t hurt anyone. And furthermore, please don’t spend any time on catching up
on support desk requests, why bother?

There are only two certainties in life, death and taxes. You can’t develop website
tax implementation when your dead, so please, let’s get these taxes right! From
now on it’s taxes, taxes, taxes! That’s why people visit BL right?

Who’s with me?

Author:

wolbar

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Mar 31, 2021 23:35

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Phone numbers for orders

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International shipments from Canada have to have the receiver's phone number
for security purposes. Please have users enter their phone numbers along with
their addresses for orders automatically.

Thank you

Author:

lcgs13

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Mar 31, 2021 09:15

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Filter for buying in stores

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Hi there.
As a buyer I often use the wanted lists filter for buying in stores.
But, annoyingly, I always see all the parts the store has from the selected lists,
instead of only the parts that I am still missing.
Just add the flag of hidding items where wanted quantity
Thank You!

Author:

Anthony_NL

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Mar 26, 2021 08:01

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Updating ancient Help Center items

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Hello,

I came accross some old images of how a message alert looks like on https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=125.
But since BrickLink doesn't look like that anymore, my suggestion is to update
the pictures. It is (or at least sounds) very simple and turns these useless
images into helpful ones. Maybe there are other images (or even texts) that ask
for an update too, but I only came accross this one.

Regards,

Anthony.

Author:

starbeanie

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Mar 24, 2021 21:35

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Color Addition

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Can we please add Chrome Red to the catalog? It's the only Chrome color missing.

Thanks, Bret

Author:

calsbricks

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Mar 21, 2021 08:45

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Just a thought

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In 13 years on the site I do not believe much as been implemmented that has been
suggested but here is another one to ponder.

Several times a year there are problems on the site regarding e-mails being sent
out. That pertains to either notifies, order notifications, etc. Most recently
there is a problem again with notifies. With orders you can simply check your
order detail page and see if there is something new on there. But with notifies
if you do not receive an email you have nothing. No idea whether the messages
went out nor to how many buyers. And even more importantly you cannot re-do it.
Opportunity lost for both your store and of course, Bricklink. Quite a dilemma
really as apart from your store page (And that is more than limited for this
day and age)there is no other marketing tool available to sellers.

What if the following were implemented

Create a notify log similar to the part out log (which is pretty underwhelming,
but at least it is something).

The notifies log could be created using a query on the SQL transaction log and
it could look something like this in the first instance:

Date No Lots (uniques) No Notifies Status
20/03/2021 333 1257 Success
21/03/2021 158 754 Success

This might take a non-sql person an hour or so to write the code but it would
be worth its weight in gold to sellers. The no of notifies could be a link to
the calendar file which shows the uniques listed and the status, provided it
shows success at least lets you know they were sent out.

Any thoughts?

Author:

VJBricks

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Mar 19, 2021 12:57

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List the items that have no dimensions

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Hi,

I've seen a bad situation where BrickLink can told to use a particular shipping
method but the parts does not fit with the method, because on the restriction
on the dimensions. The problem is due to the absence of dimensions of one part
in the catalog.

In the Inventory page, I am able to list all items missing the weight in the
catalog. It would be great to have an identical filter to identify items without
dimensions.

Regards,

porchy

Author:

enfurnoh

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Mar 19, 2021 05:35

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Part colour matching

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One thing I would find VERY useful would be the ability to pick a selection of
part and then see what colours they have in common.

I do a lot of MOC's in Studio before I build them in the real. A lot of
times I just want to a colour change but many parts are not available in all
colours. If I could choose the parts I want to check and then see which colours
they all have in common it would save a ton of time. I doubt I'm the only
one who would find this useful.

You already have all the data in your system, it wouldn't be that hard to
code that option.

Author:

roguemjr

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Mar 16, 2021 15:44

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Choosing stockroom when adding to inventory

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Is it possible to have the box automatically pick add to stockroom when you use
the drop down menu to pick which stockroom you want to put part in. Right now,
if i pick "B" in the drop down menu, I have to make a second click to add it
to stockroom B even after I pick "B."

Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
Madstone's Emporium

Author:

TechnicBuilt

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Mar 16, 2021 14:03

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Forum for new seller testing

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As a new seller I think it would be nice to have a dedicated forum category where
you can ask people to test your store setup when you first open so they can catch
any issues and provide feedback to ease a new seller into their first few days
of opening.

Author:

Swamp_Kryakwa

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Mar 16, 2021 14:01

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Constraction categorisation needs fixes

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Constraction series parts (Bionicle, HF, SW buildable figures, Slizer, Chima
buildable figures, Ben 10) has really messy categorisation. ATM, there are 4
categories that contain parts from that series, and the way this categorisation
is done isn't best. First and most obvious thing - "Large Figure Torso Armor
2 Chest Holes" (id 90652), which falls off the whole system (mostly, part is
categorised depending on which series presented it first - HF for HF, Bionicle
for Bionicle, Technic for Slizer and Large Figure for any other), being presented
as HF part it's treated as Large Figure one.

But things don't end there. IMO, the way constraction parts are categorised
is really off for Bricklink. What I suggest? We should have 2 categories which
will contain constraction elements: Bionicle-ish ones (parts before 2011), and
CCBS one (constraction parts from 2011 and latter ones), and maybe keep some
ones like socket parts in Technic, but I'm unsure about that. Also maybe
Ben 10 parts should stay in Large Figures, this one is fine to me. This will
suit Bricklink way better than what we have today, IMO.

P.S. If we need to keep things close to what we have today for any reason (having
parts categories based on figure series), I still suggest moving all CCBS to
one single category, their usage is really wide, we can't say about most
of them that it's HF-only part, and part "Technic, Ball Joint 2 x 7 with
2 Ball Joint" (id 32173) should be moved to Bionicle - despite appearing for
first time Slizer, it's too confusing that this part is separated from all
other Bionicle-like parts.

Author:

Doodlebug

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Mar 14, 2021 18:41

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Item number changes

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It would be helpful if Admin would send out a notification when they change an
item number.
How frustrating is it to look for a part in my inventory only to find the number
has been changed.
If a notice is sent out for items marked for deletion, why can't it be done
for changes.

Author:

Swamp_Kryakwa

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Mar 14, 2021 17:08

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Fix color inconsistency

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Bricklink is missing lots of colors, and says that parts produced in that colors
have some different ones. Also, Trans-Medium Blue is treated as non-neon color,
which is big mistake. Trans-Medium Blue IS Neon color, and I want such issues
to be fixed

Author:

aquarian

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Mar 14, 2021 06:08

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Mark wishlist "ordered"

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