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I am always amazed at the large number of minifigures Lego has or had released.
There is Penny from The Big Bang Theory (wish I knew her last name),Nesquick
Bunny,lots and lots of Star Wars, and so many more. But there is holes that
they have complete missed. The ones I would buy are: any Barbie figures, Mr
Clean, Betty Page, Randle McMurphy, Norman Bates, Inspector Clouseau, HAL, V,
any Star Trek, ET, Sarah Connor, Terminator T-800, Katniss Everdeen, Keyser Söze,
Ferris Bueller, The Man With No Name, Forrest Gump, Ron Burgundy, Ellen Ripley,
James Bond, Ariel, Ghostface, and others. Lego should really consider these.

John P

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Hexy

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Nov 10, 2021 19:38

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Colour Guide Images

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When accessing the colour guide [https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp]
and clicking on parts for a certain colour [this one is for coral {https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=220}],
shouldn't the images at least be the right colour? Currently (at the previous
link), it just shows the default image colour but I think it should show in the
coral coloured image.

Thoughts?

Author:

skeletonwizard8

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Nov 8, 2021 11:48

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Ability to filter results in Top Sold

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At the page https://www.bricklink.com/catalogStatsSold.asp?orderNew=U&itemType=P
I find the statistics here to be very helpful. I feel a way to improve the feature
dramatically would be to add a drop-down menu to select part catagory and color.
So you could select lime and see the top 100 sold lime parts, select plate, modified
and see the most sold plate, modified parts, or select both plate, modified as
well as lime and see the most sold lime plate, modified parts.

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macebobo

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Nov 5, 2021 13:40

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Correct "Item No" inconsistancy on inventory.

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Inventory sorting prompt has a selection for Sort items by: "Item No, Color Name"
and since you only see "Item No" in reference to "Set ID" when you click "Edit
More" link, change either the "Set ID" to "Item No" or vice-versa, to be consistent.

Author:

chrisweb

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Nov 5, 2021 10:36

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No altert for order pending quantity approval

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Hello,

I just had a seller messaging me about why for over a week I didn't approve
their quantity change as a bunch of pieces were missing.

- I had visited my profile every day but had no notification of some sort showing
me that a request for me to take action was pending, I red dot next to a link
to that quantity change approval page in the column orders would have been enough
for me to notice something was waiting for me to do something
- I had no message from seller, which is not a technical issue but in my opinion
a mistake from the seller
- I had no alert of some kind on the order page itself, there was no red box
on top of the page with a blinking arrow next to it, telling you to click somewhere
if you wanted to go to another change quantity request page
- The status of the order had not changed, it was just saying "pending", the
same status it has after you place an order with request for invoice, I was expecting
it would have a status of some sort, like "awating buyer quantity change approval"

I however had a mail from bricklink bot (in my spam obviously) telling me about
this pending piece change approval

So then I went to the page to approve the change, but there I had a weird table
not clearly stating what the quantity was that I had ordered and what the actual
quantity change request was, it showed one number but I still don't really
know if this was how much pieces I would get or how much pieces were actually
missing, so I just blindly accepted everything and guess I will need to wait
for the order to arrive to know for sure what I will get

Don't get me wrong, I love bricklink, I mean I placed +-200 successfull orders
the last 4-5 years (and got only scammed once where I paid 200 euro by IBAN and
never got anything), so it is not that I write you all this because I'm raging
behind my desk and swearing at the bricklink admins or product managers

I'm a developer myself and I know how much work it is to build something
like bricklink, so I understand why things are how they are, but still I thought
it was worth mentioning those things that in my oponion can be improved, just
in case they are not already on a todo list

Author:

DWRK

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Nov 4, 2021 15:47

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Wanted list items per page

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Submitted for your consideration:
I would like to see an option for my wanted lists so that I can set my wanted
lists to show 100 per page instead of going in and changing all of them as I
use them. Also I would like to see the wanted lists would by default list the
parts alphabetically no matter what item per page setting that I use.
Thanks for listening, Rich

Author:

calsbricks

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Nov 4, 2021 03:18

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Please add Variant poicy to mandatory terms

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To avoid issues such as what we mentioned yesterday why not get Bricklink to
add to the stores terms page a variant policy statement from the store. I am
sure we will see everything from no policy to a complete novel, but at least
it is something that can be looked at by potential buyers and it may even add
clarity to the current situation.

We very strongly believe this is a stores responsibility and not the buyers.
A buyer should have confidence in the fact they are getting what they ordered.
or a notice from the store to alert them they aren't.

Of course mistake can and will happen but if a policy statement is at least on
the mind of the store maybe it will help them to focus

I do agree that buyers, if concerned could ask for details but of 6 stores who
were asked none replied is not a good result.

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Alico64

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Nov 1, 2021 15:22

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Show if store has VAT enabled Buy Wanted List

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My suggestion is to add a checkbox to the Store Filters where you can select
stores that are VAT enabled.

Reason being that if you buy as a business you can reclaim the VAT, which obviously
doesn't fly for purchases from private sellers.

So essentially this would allow businesses to find other businesses more easily,
save on their cost price, and increase their liquidity. Finally, this results
in more investment, more Bricklink transactions and potentially lower sale prices
to their customers, because they don't have to compensate the 21% difference
(in case of Dutch VAT) in purchase cost.

I could go into more detail with example calculations of course, if required.

Author:

LackBrain

Posted:

Oct 31, 2021 04:07

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Tired of typing "light/dark bluish gray" ...

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It would be really nice if you could just type "lbg" or "dbg" instead of "light
bluish gray" or "dark bluish gray". Saves a lot of typing time ...

Aren't there any shortcuts for colors??

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 29, 2021 18:45

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Keep Have qty when updating Wanted qty in inv

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After updating the Wanted quantity of a part through the wanted list modal on
a set inventory for example, I had the negative surprise of finding out the Have
quantity had been reset to 0.

Reproduction steps:
- Add a part to a wanted list, set the Have quantity to 1.
- On an inventory featuring the same part in the same color, click on the Add
to Wanted list heart-shaped link.
- In the modal, select the wanted list, the existing Wanted quantity shows.
- Change the Wanted quantity, click on the Update button.
- Go back to Wanted List.
- The Have quantity for this part is now 0.

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Snippy1

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Oct 29, 2021 17:07

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exclusions or alerts

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I created a default list of approximately 800 items. The auto select returned
7 stores. I placed orders in the first 6, the 7th would not let me as the seller
had a limit of 3 lots per sale. My order with him was comprised 139 lots. He
has not responded to messages asking for a bypass password, an option he offers.

It would be nice if the auto select could either allow you to exclude particular
sellers, those with lot limits and/or provide some warning up front that a limit
exists prior to placing orders.

I have had to recreate the subset of items in another default list to only now
have another 5 carts created, one of which is the offending store.

I am unable to complete my in a logical manner. Were I able to manually do so,
it will be at significantly increased price do to the added shipping/handling.
I had 4 or 5 projects I was trying to complete. None of them can occur now.

Author:

cosmicray

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Oct 29, 2021 07:42

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Was order successfully delivered ?

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Please add a metric, that would track per buyer (and seller), the success/failure
rate, of orders being delivered as intended. This is different from Feedback,
as it implies no blame to the buyer (or to the seller) but would help to indicate
which buyers (or sellers) are having order delivery issues.

The information would only be available to the two parties involved in a transaction
(and obviously to the Problem Help Desk). This metric only applies to order delivery,
and not to order accuracy.

Nita Rae

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Alico64

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Oct 28, 2021 06:13

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Counting field on My inventory

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I've made it a habit to count a selection of drawers periodically. Personally,
I track what and when I counted on a spreadsheet, but it would be nice to be
able to enter this in my inventory.

I'm not sure if other users would find this useful or not, but I could at
least bring this up to see if this could be relevant for other users.

So the suggestion is to add another field (could be date specific) that kept
track of when you counted those Remarks/locations. I know the Remarks field could
be used, but a separate one would be better in my opinion.

Thoughts?

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cosmicray

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Oct 27, 2021 09:17

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More requiring multiple clicks

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When looking at a Catalog based list of lots/offers, if a seller has an extended
description, there is a 'more' link to click. That link does not display
the extended description, it merely takes you to the seller's store and displays
that listing without the extended description, then you have to click 'more'
a second time. That click results in a modal style overlay that shows the extended
description.

Please change this to show the modal overlay on the Catalog based list of lots/offers,
and only require one click of 'more'. It should improve/reduce the number
of store page loads.

Note that this might actually be a technical, or design, issue, but I'm putting
it under Suggestions for now.

thanks, Nita Rae

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Alico64

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Oct 27, 2021 05:13

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Country flag on community

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Perhaps I've missed the settings, but in case they are non-existing I thought
to suggest the following:

It would be great if every post has a country flag next to the subject on the
Community page. This applies mostly to posts with store promotions and discount
announcements, as you can instantly tell whether the post is relevant to you
or not.

Typically I write (NL) with the post to let people know that way, but most sellers
won't do this.

Author:

Patou

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Oct 26, 2021 14:00

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Sales figures / sales statistics

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with the news VAT and in general, it should be some sales statistics on Bricklink
We must know months per months the sales
Can you please plan that kind of improvement ?

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cosmicray

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Oct 24, 2021 14:10

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Store Settings download

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Please add the ability download Store Settings, as an XML file.

In particular, the Shipping settings (a/k/a the various Shipping methods) would
be a great help to be able to download. When I need to make a change across all
similar shipping methods, it is tricky to keep track of which have done and which
have not been done (a byproduct of having to go back to the list between each
change). A download would allow me to review all the shipping methods, side by
side.

thanks, Nita Rae

Author:

askdrhook

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Oct 23, 2021 15:31

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Has someone built this house?

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On a box, which contains antennas and flags, there was this image of a tiny house.
I never found a building instruction.
Has anybody tried to find out what it could have looked like from the back side?
I tried it and this is my result. Any other design proposals?

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Oct 18, 2021 04:09

Subject:

Add (Not Aplicable) to the Color Guide page

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From the color guide:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp

You can go to see parts in all existing colors except (Not Aplicable), but you
can if you modify the URL:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=0&v=3

So just update that page to include a link to that one missing

Author:

calsbricks

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Oct 16, 2021 10:56

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Add My favourite stores to find stores/find i

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Could we have ann additional filter on these screens please to restrict the search
to our favorite stores.

Thanks

Author:

SudoBoyar

Posted:

Oct 13, 2021 12:56

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Label parts in orders with wanted list name

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I wasn't thinking and recently ordered 13 sets worth of bricks all at once
to try to minimize the price. It's been rough sorting through everything.

It'd be great if, at least after doing the auto-select stores to build out
orders, on the buyer's side the orders were labeled with which wanted list
the part came from and the quantity.

Let's say I have wanted lists A and B. A has 100x 2x4 black bricks and 100x
2x4 white bricks. B has 100x 2x4 black bricks and 100x 2x4 red bricks. I go to
buy, select A and B, and auto select stores, which then gets broken down into
2 orders, one with 200x 2x4 black bricks, and 1 with 100x 2x4 white brick and
100x 2x4 red bricks.

The first order would have a note next to the 200x 2x4 black bricks that said
something like A:100 B:100, and the second order would have A:100 next to the
white bricks, and B:100 next to the red bricks.

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That_1_Guy

Posted:

Oct 11, 2021 10:56

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Add filter by shipping time for auto-buy

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Most stores provide information on what they use to ship, and it tends to be
pretty standard - USPS, DHL shipping (for international), et cetera. Information
on the average range of ship times for those shipping methods are available on
the site of the shipping method. So why not add the ability to filter for those?
Or, at least, filter by shipping method?

Author:

Shintaku

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Oct 10, 2021 05:58

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Show VAT into price guide if BL will add that

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Hello,

it's the second time I get framed.
I bought in a shop which had the lesser price for an item, then in the invoice
VAT came and the price became suddenly unconvenient.

If I do not pay, then, I get a NPB, so I am forced to.

I think it should be NOT my task to know if a VAT will be added to the final
price, but bricklink's.

Plus all the price guide is now falsed because the price I read is not the price
I get.
Since bricklink knows where I live, and it puts me the price in the convenient
local currency, I believe they should as soon as possible add the option to add
or remove the VAT additional price to the final price I read in the price guide.

I am very annoyed today.
This VAT collecting change is really pushing people away from BL...

Author:

Brick.Door

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 14:44

Subject:

Order notice - are there any settings?

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Is there anywhere to change the settings for the notice sellers receive when
an order is placed in their store?

I don't need an email for every order placed. I check Bricklink every day
for new orders to pack and ship. Having dozens of emails in my inbox just to
tell me an order was placed is not helpful - it increases the chance of missing
an actual communication.

Also, is there a way to send a different notice when an order is placed that
doesn't use instant check out? Because in that case I do want to see it immediately
to calculate shipping and send the invoice.

Author:

magicalbricks24

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 10:40

Subject:

Add a “part out” button to my order pages

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…If the seller opts into it of course. I’m sure many sellers also order for themselves,
but 9/10 orders I place are solely for relisting on my own store. It would be
nice to have a part out option like for new sets rather than have to open each
item in a tab and list them.

Just a thought.

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

Nicholas

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 12:41

Subject:

Forum macro tag for User/Member

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Please add a macro tag ( probably u=member_name ) that will insert a member's
ID card into the message. Member number might have to be stored internally, so
as to survive renaming.

Nita Rae

Author:

Graham.

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 12:05

Subject:

Can we do something about "incomplete sets"?

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Incomplete sets listed are becoming more and more of an annoyance, for me at
least.

There are now numerous set entries where "new incomplete sets" take up the entire
landing page - or more. A lot of these consist of so few parts I feel they should
be in a different category (76125 is a good example dum-e and extinguisher are
+/- 20 parts in a set of 524 parts only 4% of the set)

OR

Is there a way to filter them out completely? The only option I can find is "exclude
from my price guide"

Also are they included in "6 month average"? if so that is a major concern

Surely New/Incomplete is intended for missing instructions/stickers/box not 96%
of the set!

Author:

EamonnMR

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 10:58

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Filter by wanted list / incomplete

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If you are trying to complete a project and you have most of the parts and you
filter a store by wanted list you have to sift through pages and pages of already-owned
parts and look for the little red numbers that indicate you still need some.
It would be neat if I could filter just by parts on a wanted list that I don't
already have.

Author:

JulieK

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Oct 7, 2021 22:34

Subject:

Pop up when posting an image/link of a part

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A helpful pop up appears when posting a part to the forum.
Could some info be added to the pop up? Like a link to where the color ids can
be found? and maybe an example of how to properly format it in the forum?
Thanks!

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 3, 2021 08:43

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Auto-Select: add support for max. lot limit

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I ran an Auto-Select search yesterday and it suggested me to create a cart with
24 lots in a store that has a maximum lot limit of 20 lots. This required me
to manually remove items from the suggested cart and find them in other stores
I already had a suggested cart with.

I was able to find a solution without having to fiddle too much this time but
it wasn't very practical.

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cosmicray

Posted:

Oct 3, 2021 08:24

Subject:

Clarification of Forum posting

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Currently, when an Administrator or a Moderator posts to the Forum, there is
no obvious way to tell if they are posting their own opinion as a member, or
if they are posting in their official capacity.

Please enhance the Forum so that Admins and Mods will have to specify if they
are posting officially, and to make that clear to the other members. If a post
if not marked as an official post, then they are posting as to their own personal
input/opinion. The two should be kept apart from one another.

Nita Rae

Author:

Fox_Brickr

Posted:

Oct 2, 2021 19:36

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Custom sorting wanted lists

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Hello!

In Bricklink, when you are looking at your wanted list, it can be sorted 4 ways:
Newest, Alphabetically, Lots, & Completion. When adding an item to a wanted list,
it shows in order of creating list from top (oldest) to bottom (newest). Could
a feature be added to custom sort the wanted lists?

Possibly by clicking an "Edit" button, and then dragging around the lists. It
would also show "Custom" in the Sort By tab.

Author:

Quinn_McBrick

Posted:

Oct 2, 2021 05:45

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Imagine Stud.io with VR

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I mentioned to my local LUG group the subject in the title.
Someone told me to mention it here. So here it is haha.

Imagine though how cool it would feel to actually build with your hands but in
a virtual reality! You'd be like Iron Man. You'd also look pretty funny
to people who don't know what your up to hehe.

Have fun everyone!

Author:

Shintaku

Posted:

Sep 29, 2021 16:01

Subject:

Delete all negative and neutral feedbacks...

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I suggest this.

What if someone gets his buying privileges revoked, you remove all of their negative/neutral
feedbacks as a buyer?
And what if someone gets his selling privileges revoked you remove all of their
negative/neutral feedbacks as a seller?

I had an open order with a problem buyer who later got his privileges revoked.
I have an opened NSS because he states that he didn't receive some items.
This person lost the paypal claim and then put a revenge negative feedback on
me, because he feels he's got nothing to lose anymore so he can try to steal
some money out of good sellers.

I didn't get a neutral/negative since years, now this user spoils the whole
thing.. It's very bad.

If they weren't allowed to cause this harm, that would be better for everyone.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Sep 28, 2021 11:42

Subject:

Missing packing dimensions != 0x0x0

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I have a special shipping policy for items under ¼in which minifigures do not
qualify for, but it was offered to one of my buyers because the following minifigure
doesn't have any packing dimension:

Minifig No: tlm072 Name: Emmet - Wide Smile with Teeth and Tongue

tlm072 (Inv) Emmet - Wide Smile with Teeth and Tongue
Minifigures: The LEGO Movie

In the order page, the dimensions for the minifigure are indicated as "0x0x0"
which is under ¼in but it isn't correct.

Please ignore (=fail) size conditions in shipping policies for items missing
these dimensions.

Author:

Tcarswell98

Posted:

Sep 27, 2021 20:11

Subject:

Photos

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Would it help anyone else to have photos included of the back of built sets?
Also to add front and back photos of the box? Sometimes I just Need to glance
at the back of the set instead of going to its part list and scrolling.

Author:

Lobotomy642

Posted:

Sep 25, 2021 05:33

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Order: buyer to add Paypal transaction Id

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Hello,

As a buyer, when the seller did not enable the "Onsite Payment" yet the payment
is still done through Paypal, it would be nice to have the possibility to include
the Paypal Transaction ID when marking the order as "Paid".

Is this something conceivable ?

Author:

tec

Posted:

Sep 19, 2021 10:01

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Import cart with checks

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The [import cart] feat currently is flawed. Didn't tell if something is missing
during import.

Make a message box with missing items please.
Or a preimport step where you see what is avaible, what not, and qty, and you
can proceed.
e.g. Apply order has a nice verification step where you can even change qty,
too!

Also, fix the counting. See pic. What does 6/25 means?
my carts had 28 lots, 78 parts, and 28/28 got imported. definitely not 6/25

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Sep 19, 2021 09:51

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PayPal/Stripe 1-step vs 2-step

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This suggestion is an attempt to solve multiple different problems. It is a request
for an enhancement of an existing BrickLink feature (onsite payment). The requested
feature would be available to any onsite seller if they enable it on their BrickLink
dashboard. The existing method of doing onsite payments would still be supported,
and would be the default for new/existing sellers.

For many years, refunding a PayPal payment would only cost the seller the fixed
part (for US sellers that was 30-cents). About a year back, PayPal changed their
refund model, such that none of that fee is being returned. Any refund (full
or partial) is entirely funded by the seller. If you have to cancel an order,
the PayPal/Stripe fees have become a cost of doing business.

When a card is charged (regardless of an actual card, an existing balance transfer,
or an ACH transfer) it is actually a 2-step (authorization, then capture) being
handled as a 1-step request to the payment service. Both PayPal and Stripe support
payments as a 2-step service[4]. The first step is the authorization to pay (which
invokes a temporary hold on the funds) and the second step is capturing the funds.

Implementing as a 2-step payment capture requires the seller to review the transaction,
then click a button to invoke the capture. The capture must be done within the
time period that the payment service is holding the authorization active. That
is 3-days (72 hours) for PayPal[3] and 7-days (168 hours) for Stripe. Once the
capture has been done, you are ready to print postage and ship the order.

There is nothing that prevents you from filling the order, during the authorization
period, should you wish to do so. The only requirement is that the capture occur
before preparing for shipment, and before the authorization has expired.

What does 2-step accomplish for sellers ? PayPal charges a 30-cent fee for 'Uncaptured
Authorization Transactions' [1][2]. That is the basic fixed part of the
fee. They do not charge the variable part unless the capture happens. The variable
fee is normally the larger part. Sellers can review the transaction and decide
if they can successfully fulfill it, including reviewing the address for incomplete
addresses and destinations they may not wish to ship to. This negates the need
for BrickLink to implement special code concerning certain countries (e.g. AUS
which currently has a mail stop) or certain forwarding services. The seller would
simply allow the authorization to elapse (for PayPal or Stripe) or could click
the 'Release' button at Stripe (to release the hold prior to 7 days).

Additional possibilities - Both services allow (via the API calls) to actually
capture a smaller amount that the one authorized. That means that shortages could
be accounted for prior to capturing the payment (and negating the need for a
partial refund). It also means that shipping over-estimates could be modified
downwards. These are only possibilities that the API supports, not specifically
part of this suggestion.

More thinking - By splitting the authorization from the capture, the door begins
to open for order additions, and a single payment (more than one authorization,
but a single final capture for the entire amount of the order). This will require
careful thought. The existing 1-step paradigm, when combined with the fees overhead,
is why IC cannot handle order additions. This might, with careful planning, make
that work.

Other comments - From BrickLink's perspective, an authorized, but not captured,
payment would be similar to what we have today with a PayPal eCheck. The payment
is in-flight, but not ready to ship at this time. It is remotely possible that
a card that has been authorized, might be canceled, prior to the capture. That
is most likely when a large number of atypical transactions cause the card issuer's
AI system to flag it as potential fraud. So there are remote instances where
a successful authorization might lead to a capture that fails (which is similar
to an eCheck that never arrives). But then, if you were using a 1-step, you might
ship before the fraud detectors fired, which isn't a happy situation.

Closing - This is not a small suggestion, this is likely a large undertaking.
The potential for improving BrickLink is worth it.

[1] That is for the PayPal US market region. Sellers in other markets may want
to see what that amount is on their PP fee schedule. The implication is that
this specific fee is only charged if the authorization succeeds, then expires
without a capture.

[2] a similar fee is not specifically disclosed in the Stripe documentation,
but I suspect it would be competitive with PayPal.

[3] PayPal actually permits multiple 3-day authorizations within a ~28 days window,
but that is outside the scope of this suggestion. 3-days should be a reasonable
period for most sellers (to review and capture)

[4] PayPal API documentation:

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/business/checkout/add-capabilities/authorization/

Stripe API documentation:

https://stripe.com/docs/radar/reviews/auth-and-capture

Nita Rae

Author:

smc007i

Posted:

Sep 16, 2021 07:16

Subject:

More Settings & Defaults Requests

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Hi,

I've been browsing the site for a while now and feel it would be easier if
there were able to set or save some settings in the following areas - or if I
just can't find the settings please let me know where they are.

1) Default Wanted List "Sort By" option
Can this please be set somewhere? It defaults to "Newest", but I prefer it in
"Alphabetical" and change it everytime I go to that page, could the website have
the option to set a default for this somewhere (and other options like order)
or remember the last order setting maybe?

2) My Search Settings - Locations
Can this include setting a default "Seller Location"? e.g. At the moment I want
to limit sellers to being in the UK, but I have to click "more options" and then
select UK every time I search for an item, can this default be set somewhere?

3) Settings as for 2) above for "Easy Buy". i.e. I have a wanted list that I'd
only like to get fulfilled by sellers in the UK (or maybe set to Europe or Anywhere
at some point, by default seems to be anywhere?). Perhaps this could be in the
wanted list settings, so in theory the user could have different want lists with
different easy buy locations.

Again, I apologise if I've missed these settings somewhere, but I feel I've
looked everywhere for them and cannot seem to see how to set these anywhere?

Regards,
smc007i

Author:

arilou

Posted:

Sep 15, 2021 05:44

Subject:

Order color sort VS. Wanted list color sort

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Why does color sorting at order details
sort differently to color sorting of
wanted list entries?

Each time I want to adapt wanted lists to orders,
this means lots of scrolling and turning pages.

Author:

sonnich

Posted:

Sep 14, 2021 11:08

Subject:

New way to cancel: "Buyer does not want to pa

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Hi

I had a few buyers, who do not relaize that long distance shipping will cost.
Especially for smaller items which here is minimum 250g, and cost accordingly.

I would like to see a new options for cancelling orders

"Buyer does not want to pay for shipping"

WBR
Sonnich

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Sep 13, 2021 12:08

Subject:

They rarely work but ........

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Most eCommerce sites we use here in the UK ask us to confirm we have read and
accept the terms and conditions of the site when we are placing an order. Bricklink
currently does not - it just previews those terms,. Should we have a checkbox
which is mandatory so that buyers confirm their acceptance. Might help if and
when there are disputes

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Sep 13, 2021 10:26

Subject:

IC: accept order or decline order

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Backstory: Instant Checkout (IC) has been a boon for BL, for sellers, and for
buyers. Prior to IC, buyers could request, and sellers could respond to quote
requests (QR). IC and QR are mutually exclusive, You can have one or the other,
but not both.

One of the things that QR permits (although obliquely) is the ability to tacitly
decline an order. That happens when a seller fails to respond to the QR within
three days. Buyers can also decline a completed QR, by not paying for three days.
If either party fails to perform within their three day window, the QR fails,
is terminated, and there is no residual baggage (in either direction). It is
a potential-order, which never happened.

That last bit was lost with Instant Checkout. Buyers have the full opportunity
to review seller's terms, and to see the automated shipping costs. That should
be sufficient for the buyer to complete all due diligence. Unfortunately not
all buyers pay attention to seller's terms, and/or try to place special terms
upon the order (via the comments field). They do not give the seller the opportunity
to decline the order (for whatever reason), and the ability to leave feedback
(i.e. residual baggage) is automatically created, even if the seller OCRs the
order and refunds the payment.

Suggestion: Give the seller the optional capability to review all incoming IC-based
orders, and either accept or decline the order. Declining the order would have
the same effect as not responding to a QR, plus it will generate an automatic
refund. Not selecting one or the other for three days, would have the same effect
as declining it. Accepting an order, would be invisible to the buyer, and the
seller would proceed exactly as they do today. The difference in this, is that
a declined order would not leave either party with the ability to drop feedback
(which is where many problems have happened as of late). It would restore the
seller's ability to control order flow.

Thank You

Nita Rae

Author:

eggletv

Posted:

Sep 8, 2021 05:15

Subject:

Sort Orders Received by Condition, Remarks

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Would it be possible to get an option to sort Order Details by Condition, then
by Remarks. New and used parts are always packed separately (unless I suppose
a buyer says they don't care), so I pick New first, then used, or vice
versa. On very large orders, I have to download the details into a spreadsheet
and force this sort order myself, but it seems like an easy change for Bricklink
to implement, and something that more than a few users would find useful. Thank
you.

Author:

tec

Posted:

Sep 6, 2021 08:02

Subject:

suggest: archive for wantedlists

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I suggest this:
Make an archive for wantedlists,
Let us move lists to the archive of wantedlists.
This means those are no longer searched for
This means also no clutter in buy.page, no highlight when in store, etc

Pro:
- more speed of search, because less lists, less items
- less server load, because at this time i see users do a search, deflag some
lists and redo the search, that is a double op
- solves all users asking an option to "disable" lists: this does the job for
them
- easy implementation: can be just a new sql table with same columns as current
one. Archiving is moving rows there. No need to change all sql in all site

Author:

nastronauta

Posted:

Sep 1, 2021 09:55

Subject:

Tiles with or without stickers

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Hello!
I was looking for some decorated tiles in the [parts] section to insert them
in my wanted list.
In the "tiles, decorated" folder there are a lot of tiles that are printed and
many others that are with a sticker on it: I would like to know if it's possibile
to implement a function to opt-out the ones with a sticker, or to make some quick
workaround to view only the ones without (e.g. search for "(stickers)" and then
invert the selection).

Thank you for all the work behind already excellent Bricklink platform, and for
your attention.

Giorgio

Author:

Gaston.La.Brick

Posted:

Aug 30, 2021 15:01

Subject:

Analytics / Trends in number of sales?

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As I seem to experience a bit of slow sales the last couple of days, the repeating
question comes up once again: is there a global analytics dashboard where one
can view some statistics, like the number of order per day.
I don't think there is, but surely in these days of data and numbers, it's
not that hard to come up with? And it would offer a great insight for sellers,
even greater when we would have the possibility to filter on country, compare
the same month over different years, and so on. But just an overall historic
overview of daily orders would be great!

Author:

Jabbz

Posted:

Aug 24, 2021 09:37

Subject:

Order Detail Page Address Minimizer

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Hi all,

Just had this random idea - an option to hide all the sensitive information on
the order detail page. Could help with content creators showing the content of
orders without revealing the relevant addresses. Could this be integrated with
a minimize/drop-down button?

Anyway, just a random thought

Author:

Gaston.La.Brick

Posted:

Aug 21, 2021 10:24

Subject:

Add median price to items.

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While adding some lots to my inventory, I came across part [P=3069bpb0266,1]
When setting the price to the average sold price last 6 months, it said € 0.65
I found that odd for that part. So I had a look at the selling history. All parts
that were sold, sold between € 0.10 and € 0.20, with a few lower and higher.
But one big exception: one sold for € 12.00
When I wouldn't have spot this, I would have overpriced my part and have
sent it to the end of the list, risking a low chance of actually selling.

Although mathematical correct, I feel the average value is not a trustworthy
way to set the pricing of items for sale. This effect is true for the other way
around: an extremely low price (maybe for an item that was faulty or what not)
will take the average value down a lot.

A good metric to add, would be the median price. When 100 items were sold, the
median value would be the price of the 50th one in the list of sales (from low
to high).

This has nothing to do with "the race to the bottom" of prices, or anything
like that. I don't want to offer the lowest prices, but I don't want
to overprice either. That's exactly why the median value is better indication
of value.

WDYT?

Author:

Younglloyd

Posted:

Aug 18, 2021 20:36

Subject:

Buying multiple orders at once

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Can you find a way to select multiple orders at once and have all transactions
go through at once. Instead of having to manually select each one and add all
the same info over and over again?

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Aug 18, 2021 11:15

Subject:

Addresses

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Most of the problems I have had with BrickLink over the past couple of years,
are directly related to the lack of proper address reporting. This is a suggestion
to hopefully address the problem.

BrickLink only presents one address with each order. Customers apparently have
some ability to flex that address to whatever they want it to say. That has caused
problems with certain customers.

Every order should have three addresses, but they will likely be the same address
for the vast majority of orders.

The first address should be the address of the customer placing the order (i.e.
the entity making payment).

The second address should be the address the order is to be shipped to.

The third address is the final destination address for the order shipment (i.e.
the end customer).

If a customer is ordering for their own consumption, it is likely that all three
will be the same.

If someone is ordering for their own consumption, from another country and using
a freight forwarder, the first and third will be the same, but the second will
be the address of the freight forwarder.

If a drop shipper is ordering for drop shipment to their customer, the first
would reflect the drop shipper, and the third is the final end customer. The
second might be a freight forwader (for international) or the final end customer
(for domestic). In this case, the seller would see two or three different addresses,
but would have full clarity about who is performing what part of the transaction.

Part of the reason for this need, is that freight forwarders may be interfering
with BrickLink's legal need to collect sales tax and VAT. It is also needed
when a dispute arises, and someone is making a false claim against the seller.
It is important to know who all the parties in the transaction are, when sorting
out the dispute.

Anyone entering false information in any of the three addresses, should be subject
to BrickLink member sanctions.

Author:

Xina

Posted:

Aug 17, 2021 18:46

Subject:

Need Way To Sort By Item Name, Color, Price

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Lately I've noticed more stores with multiple listings for the same item,
in the same color, in the same condition (new/used), at different prices.

For example:
NEW Black Brick 2x2 Quantity: 15 Price: $0.20
USED Black Brick 2x2 Quantity: 33 Price: $0.09
NEW Black Brick 2x2 Quantity: 8 Price: $0.10
NEW Black Brick 2x2 Quantity: 7 Price: $0.18
USED Black Brick 2x2 Quantity: 11 Price: $0.07
etc.

I can sort by Item Name/Color, Condition/Item Name, or Price.

Most of the time when I'm shopping, I wish I could see Item Name/Color/Price
and Price/Item Name/Color.

It would make it much easier to find the cheapest entry for a specific part and
color. It would also make it easier to notice if it's just a couple of cents
more to get New instead of Used.

This would be a huge blessing when sorting through disorganized stores. Thanks!

Author:

Xina

Posted:

Aug 17, 2021 17:43

Subject:

Add Multiple Colors Of Part To Wanted List

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I have a wanted list of parts I eventually want to get. When I buy one of my
"dream parts", I take it off this list, so I don't duplicate.

Most of the time, there are only certain colors I want for a part. I usually
don't want the pinks, purples, or neon colors, for example.

Adding a dozen colors of one part to my wanted list, skipping the colors I don't
want, is super tedious. Especially when there are many different parts I want
to add.

I don't want to add the part without color options, because then I won't
know that I already have Blue, Green, and Black but not Medium Nougat and Dark
Brown. By adding each color separately, I can remove the colors I just bought
and leave the ones I still need.

Select color, Add to my wanted list, choose a wanted list, set quantity, Add
to wanted list, wash rinse repeat for each color, even though I want the same
quantity and wanted list for all the colors I need.

Is there some way to get a list of colors and just click a checkbox next to each
of the color options I want?

Perhaps some other way to make this a faster, less tedious process?

Thanks!

Author:

jimontrack

Posted:

Aug 16, 2021 01:02

Subject:

The ability to 'fill the void in a parcel'

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Often, I am faced with a delivery, where, whilst the smallest parcel size available
was provided, there is still, plenty of space in it, of which I could of had
filled with more Lego from that seller/retailer.

I seek some options in, being able to do this when adding to an order.

--- Background ---

As you understand, I have items on each of six levels of priorities as follows,

#1, URGENTLY NEEDED, I have a moc I need to build in the next weeks. Say, its
for a show, or to be done by a particular event such as a birthday or etc.

#2, MOC ON STANDBY, I have a MOC sitting there, needing these missing parts to
complete it.

#3, URGENT SPARES. Similar to the above, but, I do not know how many I need,
and, will always get extras now just in case. Whatever the store has, depending
on finance etc.

#4, ANYTIME SOON. I have a moc idea, for later in time, but will not buy the
parts for that MOC just yet, unless I find them at a good bargain. I am most
likely on the lookout for these parts at a good price, or, if I see it with a
store, I am buying #1 or #2 from, I may buy those there and then also. Otherwise,
I would rather wait.

#5, JUST BOOSTING STOCKS, I dont have a MOC idea for these, but, may like to
add these to a MOC sometime later in the future.

#6, FUN TO COLLECT. I will buy these, only to fill my budget, and/or if I find
them at a good rate.

-------

Naturally, with time, and finances being limited, I need to set priorities on
what to get now, and what to hold off for later. So, I have these many sub-lists.

HOW/WHEN WILL THIS HELP
Often, I, place an order with priorities #1, or #2. But, I still have #3,
#4 and #5 parts I would like to get too. But, naturally, these are not in the
current order, as, I just can not justify them 'just like that'.

However, knowing there is space inside the existing parcel, may be the one thing,
that would have me want to get one or two extra pieces while I am there.

WHAT I SEEK

There are some ways of doing this.

#1, Let the retailer specify how much space there is, and somehow be able to
fill that virtually in some way?

#2, Be able to provide a list to the retailer, and ask, to fill what you can
of these. Perhaps in any order or priority??

#3, Be able to split my wishlist, into these priorities.

Author:

Clara.Moersch

Posted:

Aug 15, 2021 03:37

Subject:

Saving sellers

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Hi! I don’t know if this already exists, if yes then where and if no than please
add something where you can save sellers if you see them and maybe want to buy
more of them.
Something that for example EBAY has.
Bye have a nice day!

Author:

tec

Posted:

Aug 13, 2021 07:11

Subject:

Search in cart

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Hello,
In this suggestion I ask to implement a "search into own carts"

This would enable us:
- check if any item is present/not-present in any cart
- recheck how many are in, add up at any moment
- quicky locate bricks
- coordinate many carts to fullfill big orders
- recheck colors of same brick
- eliminate doubles
- etc..

The wantedlistsearch works great, I'm ok if you recycle that

Author:

ObsidianDude

Posted:

Aug 12, 2021 15:54

Subject:

Streamlining adding items to wanted list

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Vote:

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I'm trying to put together an order for the parts for one of the Kohliiheadz
designed by Swert, and I'm going off of the parts catalogue at the back of
the manual which has been extremely helpful. However, searching up each item
individually and adding them to this Kohliiheadz wanted list is incredibly tedious.
While trying to find a faster option, I went to the list itself and found the
"add item" option, which seems like it would be the no-brainer fast option, but
instead of letting you select an item type and then search, it forces you to
select a category first, and then only search within that category.

That's all well and good if you're just going off of the appearance of
the part and trying to find it manually, but I already know all the part numbers
and just want to search by those without having to find what category they've
been put in. In theory the part out option would be ideal for this, but it's
not actually an official set, so I can't really use that.

I'm new, so if I'm just missing a really obvious alternative here please
tell me, but otherwise this seems like a frustratingly simple fix that would
majorly streamline targeted purchase for a custom set.

Author:

Brick_Qc

Posted:

Aug 7, 2021 10:55

Subject:

Option to ignore shops from price guide

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Hi guys, I don't know about you, but I'm feed up with sellers that &?%#$
the price guide with their inflated prices.

In our price guide setting, we could ignore selected stores as an option.

It's like the ignore list in the discussion forum settings.

What do you think ? Or maybe a better solution ?

Author:

junglekiwi

Posted:

Aug 5, 2021 20:55

Subject:

Designer program regional allocations

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Hi there
can you please fix/adjust the ongoing issues with the regional allocations for
the designer program sets. In particular the Sheriff's safe which is sold
out/unavailable in asia/pacific even though there are plenty of sets still available.

Author:

brickerking

Posted:

Aug 3, 2021 14:54

Subject:

Parting Out Used Sets

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These are two of my pet peeves when parting out a used set:

1. The sticker sheet is included
2. Anything on a sprue, wands, coins, energy packs, etc are included as still
on the sprue

I wish there was a setting for that.

Author:

CanadaFirst

Posted:

Jul 26, 2021 13:37

Subject:

Forcing latin alphabet

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We sometimes receive orders where the address is written in non-latin alphabet.
When that happens we contact the buyer to inform them that our shipping system
does not accept their alphabet and most times they reply promptly with their
address in latin alphabet.

However, sometimes it doesn't work so we're stuck with either canceling
the order or using an online transliteration website and hoping for the best.

There should be a place in the shop options where we can select 'only latin
alphabet addresses' or something to that effect because there is no way for
us (and possibly many others) to use an address in chinese, japanese, cyrillic
and other alphabets.

Author:

CanadaFirst

Posted:

Jul 21, 2021 15:38

Subject:

Buyer requests we commit fraud - a solution

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Vote:

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I imagine we are not the first ones in this situation:

An international buyer requests that we declare a lower value for his package
or that we declare that it is a gift.

We never do it since it would be fraud and we could end up with a hefty fine
and we don't want to chance it.

We have had situations where we canceled orders for buyers because of that and
so far so good, no problems there. However if a buyer were to leave a negative
feedback for this, not sure if briclink would remove it.

There should be a cancellation category where the description is 'buyer requested
false customs declaration' which would stop a buyer from posting feedback
on the order. The evidence is easy to see for it being true since usually the
buyers ask for it on the order comments...

Author:

Guardian_bear

Posted:

Jul 19, 2021 09:02

Subject:

Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first?

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Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.

Author:

SomeRandomStuff

Posted:

Jul 18, 2021 20:40

Subject:

Filter by Payment Method

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I only want to buy from stores that accept Stripe, yet it seems to be impossible
to filter out all stores that only accept Paypal.

When buying from a Wanted List, it is extremely time consuming and frustrating
to go through the entire process and then discover you cant buy these items because
they only accept Paypal.

I dont feel it should be necessary to 'dislike' a store based on my payment
preference. Would that even affect the store's rating? To dislike every store
individually would be incredibly time consuming.

Whilst i have a number of 'favourite' stores that all accept Stripe,
it is becoming more and more difficult to find new stores.

Would it be possible to have a setting/filter to exclude stores based on payment
method on the 'Buy Wanted Lists' page?

Best Regards
Phil

Author:

liisb

Posted:

Jul 18, 2021 19:43

Subject:

allow a picture attachment in messages

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Someone messaged me about a specific part, I would have liked to have sent the
picture keeping within the messaging system but there isn't a "feature" for
that. We now have to communicate outside BL via email which is fine but wouldn't
it be nice if we could attach a pic if we wanted to?

Thanks for allowing me to make a suggestion.

Author:

jimontrack

Posted:

Jul 17, 2021 07:09

Subject:

Money value column to MyCart table

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I am talking about when you select to see the list of carts you have items in.

Or, on the file of, storeCartList.asp

I seek the addition of a third column, showing the money value of items in that
respective cart. I dont know if we just have one, for say the parts value, or,
the total, or, both?

Also, some way to enable us, to mark cart priority. Such could be the text note
like what you have under "Purchases".

While I am here, can we also have the following on this same table too....
....mark which carts are below the 'store minimum'
....When you placed the first item into this cart
....when you last updated the cart

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 06:17

Subject:

Changes to Order Download

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Because of all the changes, administration takes more and more time.
It really would help if the following changes / additions would be made for the
Order Download. An Excel download is of no use, for it's all in text mode.

In my Excel download, I would like to see:
- dates as a date record
- amounts and quantities as a digit record, amounts without currency sign
- a total of Order Cost
- an extra column for location (without state/province)

How nice would it be, that I can use Excel to calculate totals per country!

And if it's not too much, I would also like te be able to select EU and an
extra column EU for the download.

Diana

Author:

jimontrack

Posted:

Jul 10, 2021 23:14

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Combined cart/purchases summary

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Last week, I have been in something of a frantic rush, to get all of the parts
I need, for a MOC, that I need to be ready by the end of next week.

For me, price is vital, due to affordability reasons too. Therefore I need to
plan carefully, then, once the money comes in, time to for an instant splurge
on all of my carts.

I had to place orders with 14 different stores, and before that, I had spent
many days searching through almost 20 carts I had worked up in the lead to the
splurge event.

Then, with money and time running out, there is an almost panic rush to make
sure I have not left anything out of what I need. I found that to be a nightmare,
I gave up on, but my solution idea below, would fix that quite easy.

It is quite a nightmare, scrolling through 14 different stores I have purchased
from, then to add the many of the carts I still need, and so on. There is just
one solution, that is simple to do, yet will help me in a major way.

SOLUTION

Have the ability, for me to get one single, and complete list, of all the items
I have purchased across those many orders I have paid for.

++ One for just the orders I have placed. This will help me tick off, what I
no longer need to purchase. Helps me greatly in knowing how much of what, I
may still need to get.

++ The option to include all carts, across all stores that I have items in their
carts.

++ Some way to compare Purchases vs Cart vs Wishlist.

Also while I am here

I would value having the ability to run a 'cart priority'. Doing a wishlist
is not an option at this stage. only a cart, ready to push through the register,
is good enough here.

I naturally, do one cart for selected items. This guy is the cheapest. But,
I may have a week before I get the funds required to buy it with. He/She may
sell out before I get that cart to the register. So, naturally, I will have
my 'backup cart'. with stocks from a second cheapest store, just in case
store #1 has sold out before I could buy that cart.

A simple means to mark each of the carts, in some way. Perhaps up to three or
four lists. Some ideas to think about.

Author:

WildBricks

Posted:

Jul 7, 2021 09:18

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Refund column added to download of sales

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It is great that we now have the ability to refund directly from within the site.
Now we need to be able to see how much we refunded on each sale at the end of
the month.

We need either a new column added to the current download or the ability to download
a separate report with all of the refund issued in a month.

Author:

azbricker

Posted:

Jul 5, 2021 23:51

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Lack of Features and UI Design / Difficult

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I have been using BrickLink for about a week or so now and as a software developer
and systems engineer and someone who grew up building with Lego's I have
to honestly say, what Dan Jezek build was good and what he family has done since
then has been decent and I applaud their efforts however, the site appears to
be owned by Lego Group now and I think it's time that they dump some real
money into it. The site is extremely difficult to use (others on the Internet
have the same sentiments that I do) and it lacks a ton of features. For example,
looking through the gallery I would like to add them to my wanted list or "save"
them somewhere but I cannot do that. For the ones that have the studio files
available, I can download the files however, most of the ones that I have looked
at (I am into the City-type sets) do not so I would like to reach out to the
creators to see about purchasing their files so that I can build their models
as well but again, this is extremely difficult to do and requires a lot of clicking.
At times, the site is also extremely slow (I see it's also written in ASP
which is a very old language). I know there are some competitors out there but
to be honest, building another one with the community behind BrickLink and Dan's
legacy, just isn't really an option. I would love to help (even for FREE)
build a new website using more modern languages and frameworks to make the site
cleaner, easier to use and have more functionality. Likewise, the Discussion
Forum is absolutely terrible. I still has the UI design of a message board /
news group from the 1990s. I am not trying to be rude and I apologize if I am
but I see so much more potential here. It wouldn't take long for someone
to build another competitor website that works better and has more features though
it would be extremely difficult for them to get the following that BrickLink
has but, it can be done. Please let me know if I can help in anyway. Thank you!

Author:

AZClickyBrix

Posted:

Jul 5, 2021 18:19

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Option to retain original "Date Added"

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Is it possible to have an option to retain the original "Date Added" for lots
when they are consolidated? I would find this feature extremely useful in helping
me determine what items in my inventory are aging and not moving.

Example being: If I have a lot of 100 yellow 3004 bricks that were originally
loaded 2 months ago and I upload 50 more today and want to consolidate lots,
from what I can tell is the the old lot "date added" is overwritten with the
new upload date. I then lose visibility of when I originally loaded the parts.

If there is a way to find this out that already exists, does any know how I can
get to that information?

Author:

BorgMan

Posted:

Jul 5, 2021 06:57

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Bricklink layout like Stud.io forum software?

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Hey guys,

This has been bugging me for a while. Every time I look at the Bricklink Community,
I keep thinking "woah, all those posts in such a cluttered UX... not sure where
I'd start" and then decide not to post. I mean, it took me a little while
to actually get to the forum index, organised in a way I've seen with other
boards. But then I hit a topic (like this one, [Suggestions]) and get thrown
back to the unorganized, plain text hierarchy. Is there no way for us to implement
the same software that runs the Stud.io forums? Why even two separate forums
running separate software? I mean, I think it has to do with Bricklink and Stud.io
being two separate legal entities, but still, it feels weird and counter intuitive.
It's the second decade of the 21st century, why the outdated look and feel?

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Jul 2, 2021 13:03

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Create a "Sales Tax / VAT" topic

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Please create a "Sales Tax / VAT" topic so that I can filter all of those discussions
out of my forum feed.

Thanks,
Randy

Author:

teddywier

Posted:

Jun 29, 2021 14:17

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BLIK -> Polish payment method

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Hello All

It is possible to add for our BL comunnity payment method "BLIK"?

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Jun 29, 2021 05:03

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Minimum buy option for Domestic/International

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It would be useful if there was an option to set a separate minimum buy option
for selling to international customers. For instance whilst I might be happy
to have a minimum buy of £3 for domestic (UK) customers I would prefer to discourage
small purchases from overseas not least because they require more handling time/customs
paperwork plus with the new VAT restrictions on how much you can sell within
the EU before needing to register for VAT I would prefer to be more selective
when it comes to choosing the type of international transactions I'm willing
to accept

It amazes me just how often you get overseas buyers ordering one or two items
even though the shipping is double/trebble the cost?

Author:

Galaktek

Posted:

Jun 25, 2021 16:33

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Track parts purchased in the past

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Most of my LEGO collection is from Bricklink and I've made dozens of orders
over years. As a result I'd love to be able to:
(1) Query what I've ordered in the past to check whether I have something
already
(2) When ordering, see a flag/reminder that I already own the part I'm about
to re-order accidentally

My apologies if this was suggested already, I could not find a reference.

Thanks for considering this.

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Jun 17, 2021 08:49

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Extended Description MUST be included orders

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Currently, there is no way to print out an order, WITH the extended description.

The extended description may contain important relevant details about the item
being order, and is integral to the listing. It must be included when an order
is printed.

Nita Rae

Author:

donossi

Posted:

Jun 16, 2021 13:18

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Mark for orders with messages in overview

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Hello,

as a seller, I work the orders first in first out.
Sometimes an Order has a message "please fast shipping because of Birthday".

This message I only see, if I go into the order. This can be too late.
It would be beneficial if there is an optional mark in the seller order overview
if an order has a message. For example a read-only Checkbox or something else.

Alterterniv the message from the order process can send to the message box.

Kind Regards
Maico

Author:

SF01

Posted:

Jun 16, 2021 12:51

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Stud.io suggestions

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Hello.

Two suggestions.
1. Distance measurement between parts.
2. Moving and rotating parts that are connected on two separate ball joints,
for example two arms holding one accessory in both hands, so that they can be
posed, instead of adjusting both arms separately and than hardly making both
hands hold the item, it requires really patiend and painstakingly precize maneuvering.

Author:

sjl1271

Posted:

Jun 16, 2021 10:43

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Mobile version of website

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Please make a mobile version of the website!

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Jun 16, 2021 07:33

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Add view Relationships pending approval

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I noticed that I can only see my own pending relationships, and there is no mention
of them here for what others may have already submited:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPend.asp

Author:

Ey.Has

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Jun 16, 2021 05:20

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Filter by shop in cart

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Hi.
Is there a way that when I search for store to buy an item ("items for sell"
in item's page), I could filter the results and see only stores that I already
have items in their cart?
I prefer to add items to basket that I already have than to create a new basket.
(that way i pay for shipping only once)
Thanks

Author:

DENIS0081

Posted:

Jun 13, 2021 12:28

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Feature to log inventory of item bought

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Is there an inventory feature or can there be, to log all parts bought directly
from bricklink. Meaning bricklink can show you exactly how many of each piece
you have bought from any number of stores and keep track of it. So if we need
the part again it's listed,as is quantity.so it helps tracking when you have
to buy an item from multiple stores. So you don't have to go back to every
store to count. For example maybe I need 12 and it says I have 8 from marketplace,
now I know I need 4 and there's the part number....

Author:

cof

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Jun 10, 2021 14:23

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Maybe you missed

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I believe this would be usefull feature for example on checkout page where you
would show a "maybe you missed" block with items from your wanted list
that exist at that store and you have not added them to cart

Thanks for reading through

Author:

fletcher13

Posted:

Jun 8, 2021 20:48

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Share Wanted List

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There's a toggle at the bottom of Wanted List settings saying "Share Wanted
List Feature Coming Soon!".

I realize it's been there since 2016, so I'm not holding my breath, but
I wanted to put a vote in for it.

Author:

tralala

Posted:

Jun 8, 2021 12:04

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Wanted Lists / Item filters

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Hello, is this possible to base the select list on the colors of the wanted list
? For exemple my wanted list contains only white and red. Why the list has all
the colors ?

Author:

jlbisschoff

Posted:

Jun 8, 2021 07:48

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EXTRA COLUMN TO MARK ITEMS TAKEN OUT ON ORDER

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Is it possible to add a column (for sellers) to tick off parts that has been
selected - on the orders received page?

This will help sellers a lot, especially for big orders.

Author:

janzenroth

Posted:

Jun 7, 2021 12:44

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Colour Guide suggestion

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I have recently been adding some more inventory and I often use the colour guide
as a quick way to find a part new to my inventory and add it to my store.

Not sure how hard this would be on Bricklink's program side, but when you
click on a part from the colour guide, it would be nice if the part already had
that colour selected. Similar to what happens when you click on a part from
within a set's inventory.

Would this be helpful to anyone else? It is not a huge deal but it would save
a little bit of time when adding new parts.

Evan

Author:

donossi

Posted:

Jun 6, 2021 14:46

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Autofill for MassFeedback

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Hello,

thanks for the very good "Mass Feedback" function

But there is another suggestion for it:

If I have 50 orders to feedback, I must 50 times copy and paste the feedback.
Can Bricklink please add a master auto-input on this page.

As an Example: On the top is a master input field. After filling the master Input
Field and press a Button the input fields of the individual orders get all the
input from the master input field.

Kind Regards
Maico

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Jun 4, 2021 11:55

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Buy page: identify stores with assigned lots

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Suggestion taken from https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1274819 that was
out of scope of the original suggestion it was replying to.

When picking stores manually in the Wanted List Buy page, it would be beneficial
to have an icon in the row of the filtered stores that already have been previously
selected and enable to show them first in the list like favorited stores and
stores with outstanding coupons.

Rationale

This would allow to better control shipping costs when picking stores manually
by visually making it more interesting to pick a store that was already previously
selected.

Use case

Here is the typical use case where it would help me:
1. Run the Auto-Select search.
2. Remove a low-value potential cart from the Selected Store list.
3. For the few remaining parts that were removed, try to find if the other selected
stores carry them.

Currently, my workaround is to open all the selected store page so that their
link is styled as "visited" in the available store list.

Author:

biker72

Posted:

Jun 4, 2021 04:34

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Filter sellers in your cart sale page

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When searching for parts I try to combine multiple parts from the same seller
to save shipping costs. At this moment I have 10 to 20 sellers in my cart.

It would be convenient if I, when listing a part on the "item for sale" page,
would be able to filter or have an indication that a certain seller is in my
cart already.

Regards,
Dennis

Author:

ToastBubbles

Posted:

Jun 3, 2021 10:06

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base part/color search for printed parts

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It would be super awesome if you could search by part and see all printed or
stickered varients of it for each specific color. This would be useful for finding
all variations of specific Star Wars helmets.

For example, yesterday I found part number 12612 in my collection,but when I
searched it, there was no results because the print gives it a separate part
id. instead it should maybe be the same id with a separate sub-id. Or something
along those lines

Author:

geelob

Posted:

Jun 1, 2021 22:01

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Show the year of release when printing invent

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Hi all, Could you consider showing the year of release somewhere at the top of
the first page when printing inventory lists? I find I'm writing it at the
top every time I print one out. Cheers!

Author:

Lord_Barthon

Posted:

May 31, 2021 03:38

Subject:

New Bricklink (Copy of Post)

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Dear Bricklink Admins

I am worried and hope you can help me.
I have just visited the new Bricklink R3 Website and I have a few questions about
this future website.

Altough it looks visually very pleasing, I hvae two concerns / questions.

What happenes to the other 3 Categories Gears / Catalogs / Books? Are they going
to be
deleted? Will it be not anymore possible to buy old OFFICIAL Lego catalogs on
Bricklink?

Secondly, are you going to delete the Sub-Themes /Sub-Categories?
There is only castle and all castle sets cannot anymore be divided in sub-categories,
which was very handy in order to find certain sets?

Is this just an early version of the upcoming website or are these the final
changes?
I really hope Bricklink won't lose that much of information, possibilities
and content!

With the kindest regards
Barthon

Author:

markwell

Posted:

May 29, 2021 22:29

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Add multiple copies of the same wanted list

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Forgive if this suggestion has already been made. (I've not had much success
using the search function on this site, to see if it has already been suggested.)

It looks like it is a fairly recent feature to be able to put a checkbox on multiple
wanted lists on the left side at https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page
.

I use some of my wanted lists as a sort of recipe of submodules I build. It
would be good if the checkbox could be augmented to be a count or a multiplier.
Imagine looking at a recipe and wanting to double it or triple it. Instead of
just searching the stores for a combination of List A and B and C, could I search
the stores for a combination of 2 copies of list A and 3 copies of list B and
1 of list C, etc.?

Author:

Megaturonu

Posted:

May 29, 2021 02:08

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Please allow ordering by Item Number

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Hello, I love Bricklink, but I'd love to be able to search for a minifigure
and see them in chronological order by release date, or the Bricklink Item
Number. For example, when searching for "Nya" or "Lloyd", and then ordering by
Bricklink Number, it would look like:

njo012
njo054
njo126
njo378

etc. I hope you can add this feature! Thanks for the response.

Author:

eddieajau

Posted:

May 28, 2021 20:29

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Pick-a-Brick Wall/Wanted List Matcher

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The Problem:
It currently takes me hours to "plan" my trip to the PAB wall. First, it takes
me a while to research what's on my local wall (which for me is a 6 hour
drive to Auckland), and then it takes some considerable time to match up my Wanted
Lists to what's on the wall. Wouldn't it be great if I can just "hit
a button" and check what's on my local PAB wall that I want? Is it worth
popping into the LEGO store this trip? Wouldn't it be even better if I could
get an email notification that my local PAB has parts I'm interested in?

I could see this feature, which would be a small project in and of itself (in
Scrum speak, this would be the Epic), rolling out in these kinds of steps:

1. Provide a way to submit the local of a PAB for approval to list. (I'm
not sure if all PAB's are LEGO owned or just licensed)
2. Provide a way for either PAB store staff, or community members, to be added
as gardeners of the wall to be able to keep them up to date.
3. The PAB wall is just a register of a part, a colour, a notional quantity(In
Stock|Running Low|Out of Stock), and the date the wall manifest was last updated.
4. When viewing the PAB wall, also show the number of that parts that is on my
wanted list where need qty
5. Add an option to email me when a new item on my wanted list gets listed.

I think this would be a fantastic addition and generate a lot of interest amongst
LUGs as well as generating more interest in BrickLink in general (rather than
it happening off-property on Facebook or other Social Media sites).

I've already written most of the code for this myself (Node.js, SQLite) but
it's extremely cumbersome to keep my wanted lists up to date (would love
a BrickLink API for that). The software itself is not particularly hard to write.

I would be more than happy to code this feature for BrickLink if such a think
was even possible (if so, reach out to me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreweddie/).

Thanks in advance for your thoughtful consideration.

Author:

subx

Posted:

May 25, 2021 09:17

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make a collection of sets and search them

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This is probably more of an end user thing, rather than something that’s going
to help anyone sell anything, but I’ve always thought it would be handy if I
could create a collection of the sets I own. Then being able to ask things like:
whether I have have a particular part in my current sets, which of my sets does
this piece come from, etc.

I’ve had a search through past suggestions and can’t find anything quite like
this, but can’t imagine this hasn’t been thought of before. Or maybe it’s yet
another feature that’s buried in the interface that I haven’t found!

Author:

BrickPhilo

Posted:

May 24, 2021 18:03

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Grammar: Less -> Fewer

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