Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Stuart9  | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 04:15 | | Subject: | Re: How much does your pet mean to you? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Thank you.
In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 11:15 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
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I just finish to configure the new methods and this is an abstract of what I've
done :
- Group 1 : Economic shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 2 : Priority shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 3a : Priority shipment for parcel that can be delivered on Saturdays
- Group 3b : Priority shipment with tracking, for all kind of bubble mailer of
group 2
- Group 4 : Priority shipment with tracking and insurance, for all kind of bubble
mailer of groupe 2
I've setup all this various methods to have constraints on the packaging.
The Swiss Post allow so much options and I tried to apply those options to reduce
the shipping cost.
With options, the buyer would, firstly, choose between Economic and Priority.
And then, if it choose Priority, he will chose the options, like it is able to
do with the tracking and/or insurance.
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That sounds very complicated. Not saying you should do the same, but here's
some food for thought: I don't offer any options. I have put all of my 10-or-so
shipping methods into the same group.
Maybe by introducing some of that philosophy into your system you can straighten
things out a bit. Sometimes good service means not "annoying" a buyer with optionss
- they are not as familiar with postal services as you are, so you're in
a fair position to make some of the decisions on their behalf. It's often
not rocket science what buyers want, they usually just want their order in a
decent timeframe at a good price. I would at most offer one rudimentary choice
between very fast expensive shipping and slow cheap shipping if this really is
a meaningful preference that buyers can have.
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You are almost right. I aim to charge the less shipping fees than possible. For
example, if I don't propose the "Oversize" method (more than 2cm height but
less than 5cm), shipping Hulk (see below) will cost is almost 260% higher (CHF
7.00 for a parcel and CHF 2.65 for an oversized).
By having this "complicated" set of methods, I can charge the lowest shipping
cost to my customers. But it's quite annoying to me to define all these methods,
and I'm not away from mistakes.
By enabling shipping options, I can clearly reduce the amount of methods and
let the buyer choose some options, like being delivered on Saturday.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
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I just finish to configure the new methods and this is an abstract of what I've
done :
- Group 1 : Economic shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 2 : Priority shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 3a : Priority shipment for parcel that can be delivered on Saturdays
- Group 3b : Priority shipment with tracking, for all kind of bubble mailer of
group 2
- Group 4 : Priority shipment with tracking and insurance, for all kind of bubble
mailer of groupe 2
I've setup all this various methods to have constraints on the packaging.
The Swiss Post allow so much options and I tried to apply those options to reduce
the shipping cost.
With options, the buyer would, firstly, choose between Economic and Priority.
And then, if it choose Priority, he will chose the options, like it is able to
do with the tracking and/or insurance.
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That sounds very complicated. Not saying you should do the same, but here's
some food for thought: I don't offer any options. I have put all of my 10-or-so
shipping methods into the same group.
Maybe by introducing some of that philosophy into your system you can straighten
things out a bit. Sometimes good service means not "annoying" a buyer with optionss
- they are not as familiar with postal services as you are, so you're in
a fair position to make some of the decisions on their behalf. It's often
not rocket science what buyers want, they usually just want their order in a
decent timeframe at a good price. I would at most offer one rudimentary choice
between very fast expensive shipping and slow cheap shipping if this really is
a meaningful preference that buyers can have.
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
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I just finish to configure the new methods and this is an abstract of what I've
done :
- Group 1 : Economic shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 2 : Priority shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 3a : Priority shipment for parcel that can be delivered on Saturdays
- Group 3b : Priority shipment with tracking, for all kind of bubble mailer of
group 2
- Group 4 : Priority shipment with tracking and insurance, for all kind of bubble
mailer of groupe 2
I've setup all this various methods to have constraints on the packaging.
The Swiss Post allow so much options and I tried to apply those options to reduce
the shipping cost.
With options, the buyer would, firstly, choose between Economic and Priority.
And then, if it choose Priority, he will chose the options, like it is able to
do with the tracking and/or insurance.
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| Author: | Brick_Qc | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 08:11 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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It's a great idea. Not all of us can use IC for all orders. So with this
option, we can offer the buyer multiple shipping options.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 05:51 | | Subject: | Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 05:35 | | Subject: | Re: Order of shipping methods in store settings | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jbroman writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great to be able to set the display order of the shipping methods.
When adding a new method, it always go at the end of the list. For example, I
want the new method to be in the third position of the list, to group the methods
and to ensure the groups are set correctly.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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Asked for over a year ago, with no changes:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1233836
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Thanks for pointing me, I hope the dev team will do something, it's all about
hope, a new year has arrived 
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| Author: | jbroman | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 19:51 | | Subject: | Re: Order of shipping methods in store settings | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great to be able to set the display order of the shipping methods.
When adding a new method, it always go at the end of the list. For example, I
want the new method to be in the third position of the list, to group the methods
and to ensure the groups are set correctly.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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Asked for over a year ago, with no changes:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1233836
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 16:08 | | Subject: | Order of shipping methods in store settings | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
It would be great to be able to set the display order of the shipping methods.
When adding a new method, it always go at the end of the list. For example, I
want the new method to be in the third position of the list, to group the methods
and to ensure the groups are set correctly.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 04:19 | | Subject: | Re: Adding comments to a lot or part in the cart | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, nadav_birger writes:
| | It would be very useful as a buyer to add personal comment next to a lot or part
in the cart (it should only be visible to the buyer).
Currently it is possible to add comments only to the whole order after it has
been made but something in higher resolution can be helpful.
Personally, I add pieces to an open order and keep it there for a while until
placing the actual order. Later, when I'm about to finalize the order, I don't
always remember what I needed each lot for...
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This would truly be a good idea. I have been using My remarks to keep track of
items on my wanted list, so I do not forget why they are needed. Many times,
I have wanted to know why I had an item in a cart and then have to go into my
wanted list to remind myself why. It is very tedious.
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| Author: | eileenkeeney | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2021 18:39 | | Subject: | make it easier to compare wanted list to sale | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| A feature that would save me a lot of key strokes, and cause me to actual compare
my wanted list to more of the sale postings, would be a one stroke way to get
from the sale posting to a comparison to my wanted list.
I really dislike the way the featured page, for each store, interrupts my page
navigation. If I am looking for a specific part. I have to go through the featured
page each time I use the back arrow to get back to the page that shows the search
results.
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| Author: | Bricks_NW_UK | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 17:58 | | Subject: | Re: Widen the default frame | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi Donna
I have always thought this was a crazy layout. when you try and print pages it
is so wasteful of paper and ink. When you try to zoom in on printer page you
loose half of the columns.
It needs a serious look at!
Steve
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| Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 17:55 | | Subject: | Re: Widen the default frame | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | Although the options on the Orders Received page are unlimited automatic widening
based on the options picked, the Order Details Page and the Inventory Summary
page are fixed.
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+1
I Voted YES.
I experienced the exact scenario today with an order received.
I am also very happy that all the extra stoopid descriptive text from part #
4073 was removed as that caused this error regularly and constantly.
____
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 17:02 | | Subject: | Widen the default frame | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Although the options on the Orders Received page are unlimited automatic widening
based on the options picked, the Order Details Page and the Inventory Summary
page are fixed. Please see the attached photos.
On the Order Details page, the text of the item description wraps to create many
lines and causes printing of the page to run up the number of pages needed to
print. I have tried several settings in my browser to get the frame to widen,
but have been unsuccessful when it comes to the lengthy descriptions like those
shown in my photo.
Related to this: When the "Refund" change was made to this page and caused many
users to have a problem printing this page, I too had problems. When it was
"fixed", it didn't get fixed for me. I reached out to others for a solution,
but I couldn't find something that helped.
On the Inventory Details page, the text also wraps causing Category names to
become difficult to read and lengthening the page.
I am using the Chrome browser on a Win 10 laptop with 16:9 aspect ratio.
This is driving me nuts.
Please consider making these small changes.
To other users: Please comment and support if you are also having the same problem.
Thank You
Donna
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 04:27 | | Subject: | Re: Cancelled quotes | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, atkk writes:
| | Please allow buyers (or sellers) to un-cancel quotes. If parts become unavailable,
the quote could be automatically adjusted with a note.
This way a buyer would not have to start over from scratch.
Thank you for considering this.
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It has been said many times in the past but no change.
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| Author: | atkk | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 20:33 | | Subject: | Cancelled quotes | | Viewed: | 123 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please allow buyers (or sellers) to un-cancel quotes. If parts become unavailable,
the quote could be automatically adjusted with a note.
This way a buyer would not have to start over from scratch.
Thank you for considering this.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 27, 2021 07:34 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | A bit off topic, but maybe informative for someone. About 20% of all gift cards
are never redeemed. 
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That number is skewed somewhat with intentionally restrictive redemption clauses
using among other deplorable methods, unreasonably short expiration dates.
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Short expiration dates are no longer legal. In fact, "a gift card cannot expire
until at least five years from the date it was activated" is what the law says.
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I assume it's the 2010 FTC rules that you are quoting? To be clear, you’re
referring to Federal Trade Commission rules, not laws. There are more impediments,
or games played by some, beyond expiration dates that skew the numbers.
In any case and staying with your line of thinking, the OP's subject is "bricklink
global gift cards" which rules would a global BrickLink need to adhere to then,
not FTC?
An earnest question, not challenging your input, Donna.
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But yeah, good point. What I tried to publicly sidestep with "larger motivations"
and going to "questions surrounding funding" where the funds might be held
Though I do wonder if issued, what BrickLink's numbers might be? Analogous
to LEGO's? Higher, lower?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 27, 2021 07:07 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Llewyn writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | If TLG can’t make them work in all of their own shops, how can they make them
work on BL?
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I don't know why TLG don't make them work in all of their own
shops, but I don't necessarily conclude that they can't.
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Indeed, I said “TLG can’t” and I might as well have said “TLG doesn’t want to,” but,
as you say, what I should have said and what is important here is that “TLG doesn’t.”
But that doesn’t change the fact that I don’t see how or why TLG would extend
to thousands of tiny BL sellers what it doesn’t do for its own few dozen big
shops.
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are quite a number of potential reasons, all of which could be wrong! If I had
to guess I would suspect it's most likely to be either internal accounting
or cross-border taxation, the latter being a somewhat solved problem for Bricklink
as a marketplace.
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That only could explain why LEGO’s gift cards can only be used in the country
where they were bought (except for US+CA where they can be used in both US and
CA).
That does not explain why there’s no gift cards programs in France, Italy, Japan….
I also don’t see how this cross-border thing is “somewhat solved” for BL. What
is “solved” for BL is the taxing buyers for buying (sales tax) or importing (UK
& EU VAT) goods. That has nothing to do with international financiary
transactions and services (which is what international gift cards would be).
If there’s something there (with international financiary transactions and services),
then:
1. that could indeed be what is limiting TLG from offering international gift
cards,
2. but that still does not explain the EU thing because money and people are
supposed to flow freely inside EU’s borders,
3. more importantly, that would also apply to BL, or, more exactly, to BL sellers.
Whatever the reason, LEGO gift cards are only available in a few countries and
can only be used in one country. That would be the same if they were redeemable
on BL: they would only work in BL stores in the country where they were bought.
Or they could even be only redeemable in US+CA as BL is in California.
| | In any event, that was a throwaway hypothetical aside to my overall comment.
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Sure. I answered your message because it was the latest to mention using LEGO
gift cards on BL. An idea / wish that I thought would be worth digging into
a bit in this thread, especially as it also had been made a few times already
on this forum and that’s often answered with a terse “BL is many sellers.”
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Dec 27, 2021 01:25 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | A bit off topic, but maybe informative for someone. About 20% of all gift cards
are never redeemed.
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That number is skewed somewhat with intentionally restrictive redemption clauses
using among other deplorable methods, unreasonably short expiration dates.
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Short expiration dates are no longer legal. In fact, "a gift card cannot expire
until at least five years from the date it was activated" is what the law says.
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But yeah, good point. What I tried to publicly sidestep with "larger motivations"
and going to "questions surrounding funding" where the funds might be held
Though I do wonder if issued, what BrickLink's numbers might be? Analogous
to LEGO's? Higher, lower?
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 19:54 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, danielclark writes:
| | In Suggestions, tdajos writes:
| | over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
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I think there are plenty of prepaid credit/ debit gift card options all ready
out there.
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Which is absolutely a true statement, and a +1. The real subject here, without
trying to drag this off-topic, is how to reward buyers for shopping on BL, and
to encourage them to spend more on BL. It is referred to in the industry as building
a moat, to keep your competitors away. TLG is using VIP points to make that
work. Not everyone who bought a Titanic or AT-AT paid full price. Some of them
cashed in VIP points.
Would that work here ? I don't know, but it's food for thought.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | Llewyn | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | If TLG can’t make them work in all of their own shops, how can they make them
work on BL?
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I don't know why TLG don't make them work in all of their own
shops, but I don't necessarily conclude that they can't. There
are quite a number of potential reasons, all of which could be wrong! If I had
to guess I would suspect it's most likely to be either internal accounting
or cross-border taxation, the latter being a somewhat solved problem for Bricklink
as a marketplace.
In any event, that was a throwaway hypothetical aside to my overall comment.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:34 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In Suggestions, Llewyn writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | I think some are missing the point here. Gift Cards are foremost a marketing
tool. A method to increase exposure (advertise) while increasing locked in revenue
flow to a marketplace and by extension, it's vendors. Among other larger
motivations. It’s primary purpose is not convenience of payment to the consumer.
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Exactly! There's a lot about this that could be useful to Bricklink and sellers,
while having a side effect of convenience for some consumers. It's easy to
see how it might generate a small but worthwhile increase in buyer traffic here.
As dcarmine has just pointed out a significant proportion of gift cards are never
redeemed, making card schemes profitable for the operators. Potentially this
could fund the costs of the scheme itself, allowing BL to offer fee-free payments
(BL transaction fees would presumably still apply) - this alone could provide
enough incentive for a lot of sellers to accept payment through them.
We regularly see posts (perhaps more on Reddit?) from potential customers who
don't have PayPal accounts and want to use other payment methods, which works
for some sellers but not others. A Bricklink/TLG-backed "gift card" payment scheme
could circumvent a lot of these issues without the trust problems of bank transfers
or Stripe's current fraud trend.
Of course there's also a lot to consider around eg refunds, the lack of PayPal
buyer/seller protection) and probably a hundred other things. It's by no
means an obvious trouble-free win.
Who knows though, in a more integrated future, TLG could always potentially extend
Lego gift cards to be valid payment for Bricklink sales...
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+1
All good thinking.
A partnership of LEGO/BrickLink and Paypal could make this work. If Lego/BrickLink
was the merchant who accepted the funds on behalf of Paypal and the funds resided
with Paypal, then Paypal could simply issue the money to the appropriate seller
at the time of purchase. Thus, it would be a Paypal transaction eligible for
Paypal's Seller Protection.
It would likely have to be restricted to those sellers who use Instant Checkout,
but perhaps not (I would hope NOT as a non-IC seller).
Imagine the increased exposure of BrickLink to the whole Lego buying public if
a BrickLink branded Gift Card were available at all Lego brand retail stores
and maybe even the Legoland Parks. And online at Lego Shop At Home. And someday,
available everywhere that gift cards are sold. This could be a huge increase
in BL sales and revenue, both for Lego/BrickLink and individual BL shops.
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Good post. I like the way you think.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:29 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Llewyn writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | I think some are missing the point here. Gift Cards are foremost a marketing
tool. A method to increase exposure (advertise) while increasing locked in revenue
flow to a marketplace and by extension, it's vendors. Among other larger
motivations. It’s primary purpose is not convenience of payment to the consumer.
|
Exactly! There's a lot about this that could be useful to Bricklink and sellers,
while having a side effect of convenience for some consumers. It's easy to
see how it might generate a small but worthwhile increase in buyer traffic here.
As dcarmine has just pointed out a significant proportion of gift cards are never
redeemed, making card schemes profitable for the operators. Potentially this
could fund the costs of the scheme itself, allowing BL to offer fee-free payments
(BL transaction fees would presumably still apply) - this alone could provide
enough incentive for a lot of sellers to accept payment through them.
We regularly see posts (perhaps more on Reddit?) from potential customers who
don't have PayPal accounts and want to use other payment methods, which works
for some sellers but not others. A Bricklink/TLG-backed "gift card" payment scheme
could circumvent a lot of these issues without the trust problems of bank transfers
or Stripe's current fraud trend.
Of course there's also a lot to consider around eg refunds, the lack of PayPal
buyer/seller protection) and probably a hundred other things. It's by no
means an obvious trouble-free win.
Who knows though, in a more integrated future, TLG could always potentially extend
Lego gift cards to be valid payment for Bricklink sales...
|
Good points made in a good read. Thanks
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:18 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | […]
It would likely have to be restricted to those sellers who use Instant Checkout,
but perhaps not (I would hope NOT as a non-IC seller). […]
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I don’t see why.
They would certainly have to be restricted to those sellers who use Onsite Payment
though (and you’re one of those ).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:15 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Llewyn writes:
| | […]
Who knows though, in a more integrated future, TLG could always potentially extend
Lego gift cards to be valid payment for Bricklink sales...
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AFAICT¹, LEGO gift cards only work in:
1. USA and Canada,
2. Denmark,
3. UK,
4. Germany.
And each limited to their country (or region for US+CA).
If TLG can’t make them work in all of their own shops, how can they make them
work on BL?
———
¹ On the shop’s main page, in the dark violet footpage, on the left, there’s,
top to bottom:
0. the LEGO logo,
1. the Change region button,
2. the Gift Cards link,
3. the link to catalogues.
If you check all the regions/languages, all have 1., most have 3., just the four
listed above have 2.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:13 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | A bit off topic, but maybe informative for someone. About 20% of all gift cards
are never redeemed.
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That number is skewed somewhat with intentionally restrictive redemption clauses
using among other deplorable methods, unreasonably short expiration dates.
But yeah, good point. What I tried to publicly sidestep with "larger motivations"
and going to "questions surrounding funding" where the funds might be held
Though I do wonder if issued, what BrickLink's numbers might be? Analogous
to LEGO's? Higher, lower?
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| Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Llewyn writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | I think some are missing the point here. Gift Cards are foremost a marketing
tool. A method to increase exposure (advertise) while increasing locked in revenue
flow to a marketplace and by extension, it's vendors. Among other larger
motivations. It’s primary purpose is not convenience of payment to the consumer.
|
Exactly! There's a lot about this that could be useful to Bricklink and sellers,
while having a side effect of convenience for some consumers. It's easy to
see how it might generate a small but worthwhile increase in buyer traffic here.
As dcarmine has just pointed out a significant proportion of gift cards are never
redeemed, making card schemes profitable for the operators. Potentially this
could fund the costs of the scheme itself, allowing BL to offer fee-free payments
(BL transaction fees would presumably still apply) - this alone could provide
enough incentive for a lot of sellers to accept payment through them.
We regularly see posts (perhaps more on Reddit?) from potential customers who
don't have PayPal accounts and want to use other payment methods, which works
for some sellers but not others. A Bricklink/TLG-backed "gift card" payment scheme
could circumvent a lot of these issues without the trust problems of bank transfers
or Stripe's current fraud trend.
Of course there's also a lot to consider around eg refunds, the lack of PayPal
buyer/seller protection) and probably a hundred other things. It's by no
means an obvious trouble-free win.
Who knows though, in a more integrated future, TLG could always potentially extend
Lego gift cards to be valid payment for Bricklink sales...
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+1
All good thinking.
A partnership of LEGO/BrickLink and Paypal could make this work. If Lego/BrickLink
was the merchant who accepted the funds on behalf of Paypal and the funds resided
with Paypal, then Paypal could simply issue the money to the appropriate seller
at the time of purchase. Thus, it would be a Paypal transaction eligible for
Paypal's Seller Protection.
It would likely have to be restricted to those sellers who use Instant Checkout,
but perhaps not (I would hope NOT as a non-IC seller).
Imagine the increased exposure of BrickLink to the whole Lego buying public if
a BrickLink branded Gift Card were available at all Lego brand retail stores
and maybe even the Legoland Parks. And online at Lego Shop At Home. And someday,
available everywhere that gift cards are sold. This could be a huge increase
in BL sales and revenue, both for Lego/BrickLink and individual BL shops.
____
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| Author: | Llewyn | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | I think some are missing the point here. Gift Cards are foremost a marketing
tool. A method to increase exposure (advertise) while increasing locked in revenue
flow to a marketplace and by extension, it's vendors. Among other larger
motivations. It’s primary purpose is not convenience of payment to the consumer.
|
Exactly! There's a lot about this that could be useful to Bricklink and sellers,
while having a side effect of convenience for some consumers. It's easy to
see how it might generate a small but worthwhile increase in buyer traffic here.
As dcarmine has just pointed out a significant proportion of gift cards are never
redeemed, making card schemes profitable for the operators. Potentially this
could fund the costs of the scheme itself, allowing BL to offer fee-free payments
(BL transaction fees would presumably still apply) - this alone could provide
enough incentive for a lot of sellers to accept payment through them.
We regularly see posts (perhaps more on Reddit?) from potential customers who
don't have PayPal accounts and want to use other payment methods, which works
for some sellers but not others. A Bricklink/TLG-backed "gift card" payment scheme
could circumvent a lot of these issues without the trust problems of bank transfers
or Stripe's current fraud trend.
Of course there's also a lot to consider around eg refunds, the lack of PayPal
buyer/seller protection) and probably a hundred other things. It's by no
means an obvious trouble-free win.
Who knows though, in a more integrated future, TLG could always potentially extend
Lego gift cards to be valid payment for Bricklink sales...
|
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 17:24 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| A bit off topic, but maybe informative for someone. About 20% of all gift cards
are never redeemed.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 17:08 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, danielclark writes:
| | In Suggestions, tdajos writes:
| | over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
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I think there are plenty of prepaid credit/ debit gift card options all ready
out there.
|
I think some are missing the point here. Gift Cards are foremost a marketing
tool. A method to increase exposure (advertise) while increasing locked in revenue
flow to a marketplace and by extension, it's vendors. Among other larger
motivations. It’s primary purpose is not convenience of payment to the consumer.
|
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| Author: | danielclark | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tdajos writes:
| | over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
|
I think there are plenty of prepaid credit/ debit gift card options all ready
out there.
|
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 14:51 | | Subject: | Re: Adding comments to a lot or part in the cart | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I don’t believe I’ve heard this idea presented here before. Seems reasonable
and just might be one of those functions that become more broadly appreciated
as a buyer-tool, the more it’s used.
As long as it’s only seen by the buyer and therefore can’t be used to further
complicate orders for sellers, why not. We sellers do have our Remarks
function: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1304731
-popsicle
In Suggestions, nadav_birger writes:
| | It would be very useful as a buyer to add personal comment next to a lot or part
in the cart (it should only be visible to the buyer).
Currently it is possible to add comments only to the whole order after it has
been made but something in higher resolution can be helpful.
Personally, I add pieces to an open order and keep it there for a while until
placing the actual order. Later, when I'm about to finalize the order I don't
always remember what I needed each lot for...
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| Author: | nadav_birger | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 14:30 | | Subject: | Adding comments to a lot or part in the cart | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be very useful as a buyer to add personal comment next to a lot or part
in the cart (it should only be visible to the buyer).
Currently it is possible to add comments only to the whole order after it has
been made but something in higher resolution can be helpful.
Personally, I add pieces to an open order and keep it there for a while until
placing the actual order. Later, when I'm about to finalize the order I don't
always remember what I needed each lot for...
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 14:13 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | A fundamentally good idea, contingent to the obvious questions surrounding funding.
Otherwise, you make a good case for what seems to be a win-win suggestion.
With the added proviso that it be noncompulsory for the individual seller. Something
a vendor might elect to join (perhaps in an effort to booster sales) and not
require initial proactive disengage from. In other words, not launched as default
member-participation, as can occur here
|
If BL took over managing payments - or introduced it as an option - that would
be one way of enabling this.
|
Yes, that's one way. Though that route would come with it's own set of
concerns, as it did with eBay's implementation. Less so if, as you say, it's
implemented as an option, or is offered.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 13:52 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | A fundamentally good idea, contingent to the obvious questions surrounding funding.
Otherwise, you make a good case for what seems to be a win-win suggestion.
With the added proviso that it be noncompulsory for the individual seller. Something
a vendor might elect to join (perhaps in an effort to booster sales) and not
require initial proactive disengage from. In other words, not launched as default
member-participation, as can occur here
|
If BL took over managing payments - or introduced it as an option - that would
be one way of enabling this.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tdajos writes:
| | over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
|
Give cash. It can then be spent on LEGO here, there, and anywhere or something
else they want.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| A fundamentally good idea, contingent to the obvious questions surrounding funding.
Otherwise, you make a good case for what seems to be a win-win suggestion.
With the added proviso that it be noncompulsory for the individual seller. Something
a vendor might elect to join (perhaps in an effort to booster sales) and not
require initial proactive disengage from. In other words, not launched as default
member-participation, as can occur here
-popsicle
In Suggestions, tdajos writes:
| | over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
|
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 12:18 | | Subject: | Re: bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, tdajos writes:
| | over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
|
Besides the question about who keeps the funds, Bricklink isn't 1 store but
contains thousands of stores which all would need to accept the card.
You can send money to anyone as gift by PayPal to spend in Bricklink.
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| Author: | tdajos | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 12:10 | | Subject: | bricklink global gift cards | | Viewed: | 296 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| over the last several years, my wife would ask me something like "what do you
want?" my response more than often would be, "let me show you my wanted list..."
which would end up getting to be too complicated to answer the question
recently i found that my nephews are really into LEGO as i was/am
what i would like to give them is a bricklink gift card that would be valid over
all the stores, not just the individual store offering it. the reason for this
over a LEGO gift card is that there would be a part, minifig, set ect that is
discontinued but still available in bricklink (do you know how many unitron,
clasic castle of blacktron 1 minifigs i gave away? thats not counting the projectile
parts)
it could work just like amazon giftcards being assigned to an email and login
to recieve
i would like to give the gift that keeps on building
|
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| Author: | CE_Tanja | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2021 20:44 | | Subject: | Re: Help Center - Reasons for suspension | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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BrickLink
ID CardCE_Tanja
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Location:  USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
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Status |
| Feb 17, 2021 |
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Admin |
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| BrickLink Administrator |
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| Thank you cosmicray and DVectored1,
Yes, let’s update the help page for this area (among others) asap, it is in progress
and we should be able to update this withon a couple of weeks.
In Suggestions, DVectored1 writes:
| | In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | Please create a Help Center page that enumerates the reasons (as displayed on
the store front) for suspension, and helps sellers to determine what needs to
be addressed.
Some reasons are rather obvious, but others appear to be a generic suspension
(without any specificity). Please help to pull back the curtain so that sellers
can see what the problem is. It may be that the reason needs to be made more
explicit on the seller's dashboard.
thank you, Nita Rae
|
Based upon my own experience, the non-obvious reasons may include something particularly
uncommon, meriting an admin to actually sit down with you to explain the unique
circumstances that led to the suspension. The problem then however seems to be
resolving the issue because (for whatever reason) it seems to be either left
floating in a queue or passed around multiple admins, to which a situation that
probably could've been resolved in a matter of days or weeks ends up taking
an egregious amount of months. (I'd name names but I don't even know
who's still there or who left.) This could become upsetting if one admin
succinctly explained the problem AND solution, yet there has been no follow-through
despite your following their instructions.
I'd assume common situations are handled faster than uncommon situations,
but as of now I don't exactly have evidence to back this up.
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| Author: | DVectored1 | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2021 20:36 | | Subject: | Re: Help Center - Reasons for suspension | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | Please create a Help Center page that enumerates the reasons (as displayed on
the store front) for suspension, and helps sellers to determine what needs to
be addressed.
Some reasons are rather obvious, but others appear to be a generic suspension
(without any specificity). Please help to pull back the curtain so that sellers
can see what the problem is. It may be that the reason needs to be made more
explicit on the seller's dashboard.
thank you, Nita Rae
|
Based upon my own experience, the non-obvious reasons may include something particularly
uncommon, meriting an admin to actually sit down with you to explain the unique
circumstances that led to the suspension. The problem then however seems to be
resolving the issue because (for whatever reason) it seems to be either left
floating in a queue or passed around multiple admins, to which a situation that
probably could've been resolved in a matter of days or weeks ends up taking
an egregious amount of months. (I'd name names but I don't even know
who's still there or who left.) This could become upsetting if one admin
succinctly explained the problem AND solution, yet there has been no follow-through
despite your following their instructions.
I'd assume common situations are handled faster than uncommon situations,
but as of now I don't exactly have evidence to back this up.
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| Author: | fire6113 | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 01:35 | | Subject: | Re: help desk shortcut | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, fire6113 writes:
| | hi guys
just a suggestion as a newer member I have been trying to get seller verified.
And has done all the steps well over a month ago. When I went looking for how
to get help it did not jump out where to find it on the site. there a message
box on the verified page that appeared no one look at as there been an un answered
question there for 3 weeks. Even thrown up a couple posts in the forum in the
help section.
On reading the help section and others posting re the same issue and being told
to post to the help area. I thought 1st this is insane that we been pointed
to a public forum that no one from the site is responding to from the site.
On further looking around the site I came across the HELP DESK hidden in the
help centre which took a few clicks to get too. From what I can see there is
NO clear and easy way to get to the HELP DESK to rise an issue ticket etc.
So my suggestion is to ADD a short cut to the TICKET HELP DESK up at the top
of the page with other short cuts with the icons...
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Or even put the HELP CENTER up there and maybe look at dropping the forum help
option of the top icons as it very misleading as when you click HELP you are
thinking you are getting help from the site owners NOT the forum....
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| Author: | fire6113 | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 01:28 | | Subject: | help desk shortcut | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| hi guys
just a suggestion as a newer member I have been trying to get seller verified.
And has done all the steps well over a month ago. When I went looking for how
to get help it did not jump out where to find it on the site. there a message
box on the verified page that appeared no one look at as there been an un answered
question there for 3 weeks. Even thrown up a couple posts in the forum in the
help section.
On reading the help section and others posting re the same issue and being told
to post to the help area. I thought 1st this is insane that we been pointed
to a public forum that no one from the site is responding to from the site.
On further looking around the site I came across the HELP DESK hidden in the
help centre which took a few clicks to get too. From what I can see there is
NO clear and easy way to get to the HELP DESK to rise an issue ticket etc.
So my suggestion is to ADD a short cut to the TICKET HELP DESK up at the top
of the page with other short cuts with the icons...
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| Author: | TheBrickResort | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: Seller should be able to change order status | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Could received be changed to delivered, and available to the seller
and buyer?
Or add delivered as a status available to both?
Right now shipped could mean in transit, delivered, lost, or stolen. Knowing
sooner is almost always better.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 15:05 | | Subject: | Re: Tired of typing "light/dark bluish gray" ... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, LackBrain writes:
| | 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??
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That would be really useful, if only to remove my mental doubt about whether
'grey' is spelt the English or American way every single time I type
it in.
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| Author: | TheBrickResort | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 14:42 | | Subject: | Re: Tired of typing "light/dark bluish gray" ... | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Could the color name Light Bluish Gray be modified to Light Bluish
Gray LBG?
The letter combinations lbg and dbg don't happen organically
in English - not sure about other languages.
If you search lbg or dbg you get 15 and 12 result, respectively.
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| Author: | stecre | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 06:43 | | Subject: | Increase length "Slogan" and "Announcement" | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hardly a priority development item but it would be great to get the maximum length
of the "Slogan" and "Announcement" fields in Store Settings increased from the
meagre 50 & 80 characters to something a bit more useful like 200 characters.
Thanks
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 17:52 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Assorted Bionicle Sets | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, garan2017 writes:
| | About 15 years ago, I was really into Bionicle sets, especially 2005-2009 era.
In my dumb, childhood wisdom, I took all of my bionicle sets, mixed them into
a single bin, and determined to build them all again from this huge bin. This
was an impossible goal, so now I have a large bin of 20some scattered bionicle
sets. However, I kept the containers so I know which sets are in this mix and
I know roughly all of the sets are contained within this box. What's the
feasibility of selling this and how much do you think it could go for?
-Garan
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You need to register as a seller in order to sell on this site.
As for your question, if you search for the individual sets that you have, you
will see the 6-month average price and other information about the specific sets
that you have.
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| Author: | garan2017 | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 15:35 | | Subject: | Selling Assorted Bionicle Sets | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| About 15 years ago, I was really into Bionicle sets, especially 2005-2009 era.
In my dumb, childhood wisdom, I took all of my bionicle sets, mixed them into
a single bin, and determined to build them all again from this huge bin. This
was an impossible goal, so now I have a large bin of 20some scattered bionicle
sets. However, I kept the containers so I know which sets are in this mix and
I know roughly all of the sets are contained within this box. What's the
feasibility of selling this and how much do you think it could go for?
-Garan
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 15:32 | | Subject: | Sort Inventory by Date Modified | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please add the ability to sort inventory by date modified. We can sort by created
date and last sold date which is great, but being able to sort by date modified
would be super helpful, thanks!
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| Author: | ck.brick.lego | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 04:59 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping Reflector | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| It is a very ideal, but practical issues include:
(1) volumetric weight v.s. actual weight; size limitation (e.g. small parcels
L+W+D max. 90cm)
(2) base weight (different orders might have different packaging needs)
(3) Postal service availability (if available, there are different services at
different rates)
In fact to set shipping, BrickLink system already has the above rules but sellers
have to look at their country's rules as for how to set up the right cost.
Otherwise, we will need to use the manual quote function.
In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | It would be massively awesome if BrickLink could implement a shipping test tool
for sellers, that would function as follows ...
Seller would build a list of test cases using pseudo destinations (minimum country
and postal code, possibly address as well)
Each destination would have a list of items the seller has on offer (or alternately
N-random items of a given type, like 6 parts and/or 3 sets).
The reflector would run on demand, in batch (like Notifications are run), then
email a report back to the seller telling them if shipping could be calculated
for each test case, and which methods were applicable and costs calculated.
thank you, Nita Rae
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 18:51 | | Subject: | Re: Add Dim X/Y/Z to XML and API respresentations | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, misbi writes:
Yep, good ideas just keep going around and around.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | lorans | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Admin: complete Store verification process | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Admin any service pledge of Seller Verification process? I submitted my request
on 21 Oct 2021 but no reply at all. I have been BrickLink member since 2013,
recently relocating from Hong Kong to Canada, so I followed the instruction to
go through the process to submit a new seller verification. But the experience
is painful, no reply at all.
Any change I could you have feature to update country rather than start another
seller verification? Or you could speed up the new seller verification process?
Thanks!
Sam
In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | Admin please complete the Store verification procedure completely and confirm
to the new sellers.
Daily new sellers complain about the lack of communication of BrickLink customer
service.
In the forum they read it's normal the Verification process takes about 6
weeks.
Many discover they CAN be accessed via the bypass password.
They're not open regularly because Bricklink didn't apply all settings
correctly in the Verification process.
This long and incompleted process is hurting Bricklinks reputation and business,
because the items in these stores don't come up in searches.
We want scammers stopped not a discouraging process for normal people.
Admin,
Please complete every setting of the process and confirm once the process is
completed to these new sellers.
Thank you.
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| Author: | misbi | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 16:23 | | Subject: | Re: Add Dim X/Y/Z to XML and API respresentations | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | There are specific non-currency and non-quantity user representations that exist
on a lot.
MY_WEIGHT is supported by both the XML upload/download files, and by the API
User Inventory / Resource Representation.
Unfortunately, PACKAGING_TYPE (Weight bound, Volume bound, Manual or null), DIM_X,
DIM_Y and DIM_Z are not currently supported in either the XML or API mechanisms.
You can only enter them via the web screen, and there is no way to back them
up.
Please support these fields, on both XML (which I need) and API (which others
may need).
I'm putting this under suggestions, but it comes close to being a Technical
Issue. Admins feel free to move this to T/I if you feel like it is one.
thanks, Nita Rae
|
The more the merrier 😉
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1082760
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 15:59 | | Subject: | Add Dim X/Y/Z to XML and API respresentations | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| There are specific non-currency and non-quantity user representations that exist
on a lot.
MY_WEIGHT is supported by both the XML upload/download files, and by the API
User Inventory / Resource Representation.
Unfortunately, PACKAGING_TYPE (Weight bound, Volume bound, Manual or null), DIM_X,
DIM_Y and DIM_Z are not currently supported in either the XML or API mechanisms.
You can only enter them via the web screen, and there is no way to back them
up.
Please support these fields, on both XML (which I need) and API (which others
may need).
I'm putting this under suggestions, but it comes close to being a Technical
Issue. Admins feel free to move this to T/I if you feel like it is one.
thanks, Nita Rae
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 14:02 | | Subject: | Shipping Reflector | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| It would be massively awesome if BrickLink could implement a shipping test tool
for sellers, that would function as follows ...
Seller would build a list of test cases using pseudo destinations (minimum country
and postal code, possibly address as well)
Each destination would have a list of items the seller has on offer (or alternately
N-random items of a given type, like 6 parts and/or 3 sets).
The reflector would run on demand, in batch (like Notifications are run), then
email a report back to the seller telling them if shipping could be calculated
for each test case, and which methods were applicable and costs calculated.
thank you, Nita Rae
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| Author: | Shintaku | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2021 05:36 | | Subject: | Lots Locations | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello,
I really believe that an useful function would be having lots locations.
Explanation:
I use the "remarks" field to remind me where the items are, but I have always
felt that a little forced. The remarks should tell me other things, not where
the item is actually stored.
If we had a "location" field we would be able to split "remarks" and "Location"
so that one could do a research for all the items one has in location XX to verify
their inventory, and most important, when one uploads a new batch of that one
lot, they could merge also the location but not the remarks if they want to.
I believe that this would be really useful.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 08:56 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
What could also help is a link from this forum - as though it were a subforum
- to the Stud.io forum. Obviously this would require some customization.
|
Yeah, anything that pushes people with issues to where they need to be, first
time.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 08:53 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
What could also help is a link from this forum - as though it were a subforum
- to the Stud.io forum. Obviously this would require some customization.
|
+1
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 08:18 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
What could also help is a link from this forum - as though it were a subforum
- to the Stud.io forum. Obviously this would require some customization.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 07:16 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, paulvdb writes:
| | […]
| | They
think “Studio is from BrickLink” and they arrive here, where they are lost.
|
They probably arrive here, see a link to Community which they think is a place
where they can ask other Bricklink members for help. And they don't realize
that there is a separate forum for Studio under the Studio link.
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Indeed.
So maybe the new link should be in the Community menu?
Eh, but do they wait to see the menu under “Community” or just directly click
on the icon?
So maybe another link should be on this forum?
Or in the post form?
I’m not sure everyone would be happy with all those new links to Studio
Anyway, my point was: they don’t use the application to arrive here and it’s
when they are here that they are lost, so adding an even more obvious link in
the application won’t help.
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| Author: | paulvdb | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 06:58 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | |
There already is a link in Studio. Actually, there’s already two: one on the
Welcome dialog and one in the Help menu. (And there might be one or two others
I don’t remember.)
|
If there is a link there, it is not working too well. I don't know, I don't
use studio. But just from the number of studio only users (no feedback) suggests
these users cannot find the right place to search for their or issue, or seek
help after that.
|
The links in Studio may not work too well but what about this very website?
Whatever these people do (go directly to bricklink.com or search for bricklink
or bricklink+studio or whatever keywords), they end up here on bricklink.com…
where all the pages have the red Studio button, and where all the pages about
Studio have the red Studio button and a bar with “Studio Forum” in it
(like there’s a “Messages Topics Search…“ toolbar on this forum).
And they miss all those clues and end up posting on this forum.
I think one could say the website is not working too well either
And, by the way, there’s 3 entries in Studio’s Help menu that lead directly to
the Studio forum:
User Forum,
Request Missing Part,
Submit Feedback.
That means these people don’t go to the Help menu at all.
I don’t think they even think of looking for something in the program. They
think “Studio is from BrickLink” and they arrive here, where they are lost.
|
They probably arrive here, see a link to Community which they think is a place
where they can ask other Bricklink members for help. And they don't realize
that there is a separate forum for Studio under the Studio link.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 06:25 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | |
There already is a link in Studio. Actually, there’s already two: one on the
Welcome dialog and one in the Help menu. (And there might be one or two others
I don’t remember.)
|
If there is a link there, it is not working too well. I don't know, I don't
use studio. But just from the number of studio only users (no feedback) suggests
these users cannot find the right place to search for their or issue, or seek
help after that.
|
The links in Studio may not work too well but what about this very website?
Whatever these people do (go directly to bricklink.com or search for bricklink
or bricklink+studio or whatever keywords), they end up here on bricklink.com…
where all the pages have the red Studio button, and where all the pages about
Studio have the red Studio button and a bar with “Studio Forum” in it
(like there’s a “Messages Topics Search…“ toolbar on this forum).
And they miss all those clues and end up posting on this forum.
I think one could say the website is not working too well either
And, by the way, there’s 3 entries in Studio’s Help menu that lead directly to
the Studio forum:
User Forum,
Request Missing Part,
Submit Feedback.
That means these people don’t go to the Help menu at all.
I don’t think they even think of looking for something in the program. They
think “Studio is from BrickLink” and they arrive here, where they are lost.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 05:43 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | |
There already is a link in Studio. Actually, there’s already two: one on the
Welcome dialog and one in the Help menu. (And there might be one or two others
I don’t remember.)
|
If there is a link there, it is not working too well. I don't know, I don't
use studio. But just from the number of studio only users (no feedback) suggests
these users cannot find the right place to search for their or issue, or seek
help after that.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 05:07 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Dang, I missed the occasion but I’ll do it nonetheless:
In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
The dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
Please search the forum for your question or suggestion before posting a new
one (the search box is in the very dark grey banner).
There’s indexes of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first:
Studio: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
PartDesigner: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5589
 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 04:17 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Yogi_007 writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
Why not combine the forums 
That way newbie BLers can see the other forum information as well.
Just my two cents worth
Yogi
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What could be done is a new forum that can cater to the catalogue uses like this
one, while temporarily keeping both the older forums, with automatic cross-posting,
for old-timers.
But that will be after I get my poney.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 04:11 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
There already is a link in Studio. Actually, there’s already two: one on the
Welcome dialog and one in the Help menu. (And there might be one or two others
I don’t remember.)
The Studio button is on every page on BrickLink and it’s red (so I don’t know
how it could be made more visible)… but people who never posted or even read
this older forum still arrive here instead of the other forum.
When people are lost, they are lost.
On a side note, people often claim this older forum is old and unusable and yada
yada… while newer forum engines are better and more intuitive and yada yada…
but those “lost users” manage to post their questions in their own threads and,
generally, in an appropriate subforum here. That’s less often the case in the
other, more modern, forum.
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| Author: | Yogi_007 | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 03:57 | | Subject: | Re: Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
Why not combine the forums
That way newbie BLers can see the other forum information as well.
Just my two cents worth
Yogi
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 03:52 | | Subject: | Studio forum link within studio | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| Every day there seem to be numerous threads created by studio users in the main
forum, not in the studio forum. They often get told where the studio forum is.
Why not advertise the studio forum with studio, so anyone needing help can click
through from within studio directly to the studio forum.
|
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 22:17 | | Subject: | Re: 'Complete' stickered parts in set inventories | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| This is a *very* good suggestion, Paul. I think that would be wonderful information
to have available for sellers and those of us on the catalog team.
Cheers,
Randy
In Suggestions, BricksThatStick writes:
| | We have been piecing together Friends sets from a bulk purchase and came to the
conclusion it would be great to have some sort of tag in set inventories that
can be shown when a complete set of stickered counterparts have been added to
a set inventory.
Currently:
- You have to cross reference the stickered parts in the inventory with the sticker
sheet to establish if you have all the correct parts.
Once this suggestion is implemented:
- You would see that the set you are compiling parts for has something stating
'all the stickered counterparts needed for this set are included in the set
inventory'.
Then you simply head to that section of the inventory first and once you find
them all you know you have a complete set of stickered parts before you start
looking for all the plain parts.
Curious if anyone thinks this would be a good idea? If so then you are welcome
to add any other thoughts or functionally for the site to consider.
Paul.
|
|
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 18:59 | | Subject: | Re: 'Complete' stickered parts in set inventories | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Yes!
Also:
It would be very useful when looking for random stickered parts that are not
yet in the catalog to have a flag on sets with or without complete stickered
counterparts. That way, we could start our search with only those sets whose
parts are still missing.
It would need 3 data points: Set has a sticker sheet and set has missing/complete
counterparts.
However, I think this would have to be a background setting that members could
opt into. If it was just indicated by another symbol like the '!' or
the '*' on the thumbnails, it would just generate tons of What's
That? questions.
Jen
In Suggestions, BricksThatStick writes:
| | We have been piecing together Friends sets from a bulk purchase and came to the
conclusion it would be great to have some sort of tag in set inventories that
can be shown when a complete set of stickered counterparts have been added to
a set inventory.
Currently:
- You have to cross reference the stickered parts in the inventory with the sticker
sheet to establish if you have all the correct parts.
Once this suggestion is implemented:
- You would see that the set you are compiling parts for has something stating
'all the stickered counterparts needed for this set are included in the set
inventory'.
Then you simply head to that section of the inventory first and once you find
them all you know you have a complete set of stickered parts before you start
looking for all the plain parts.
Curious if anyone thinks this would be a good idea? If so then you are welcome
to add any other thoughts or functionally for the site to consider.
Paul.
|
|
|
| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 17:35 | | Subject: | Re: 'Complete' stickered parts in set inventories | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| A somewhat serpentine and covoluted breakdown of what is a confusing, yet long
needed catalog-confluence solution.
You gotta ask? Go for it!
-popsicle
In Suggestions, BricksThatStick writes:
| | We have been piecing together Friends sets from a bulk purchase and came to the
conclusion it would be great to have some sort of tag in set inventories that
can be shown when a complete set of stickered counterparts have been added to
a set inventory.
Currently:
- You have to cross reference the stickered parts in the inventory with the sticker
sheet to establish if you have all the correct parts.
Once this suggestion is implemented:
- You would see that the set you are compiling parts for has something stating
'all the stickered counterparts needed for this set are included in the set
inventory'.
Then you simply head to that section of the inventory first and once you find
them all you know you have a complete set of stickered parts before you start
looking for all the plain parts.
Curious if anyone thinks this would be a good idea? If so then you are welcome
to add any other thoughts or functionally for the site to consider.
Paul.
|
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 17:19 | | Subject: | Re: 'Complete' stickered parts in set inventories | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| In Suggestions, BricksThatStick writes:
| | We have been piecing together Friends sets from a bulk purchase and came to the
conclusion it would be great to have some sort of tag in set inventories that
can be shown when a complete set of stickered counterparts have been added to
a set inventory.
Currently:
- You have to cross reference the stickered parts in the inventory with the sticker
sheet to establish if you have all the correct parts.
Once this suggestion is implemented:
- You would see that the set you are compiling parts for has something stating
'all the stickered counterparts needed for this set are included in the set
inventory'.
Then you simply head to that section of the inventory first and once you find
them all you know you have a complete set of stickered parts before you start
looking for all the plain parts.
Curious if anyone thinks this would be a good idea? If so then you are welcome
to add any other thoughts or functionally for the site to consider.
Paul.
|
Could be useful.
I think that’s rare (except for old trains) but what about a note whether all
the stickers on the stickersheet are used or if there are spares or alternates?
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| Author: | BricksThatStick | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 17:11 | | Subject: | 'Complete' stickered parts in set inventories | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| We have been piecing together Friends sets from a bulk purchase and came to the
conclusion it would be great to have some sort of tag in set inventories that
can be shown when a complete set of stickered counterparts have been added to
a set inventory.
Currently:
- You have to cross reference the stickered parts in the inventory with the sticker
sheet to establish if you have all the correct parts.
Once this suggestion is implemented:
- You would see that the set you are compiling parts for has something stating
'all the stickered counterparts needed for this set are included in the set
inventory'.
Then you simply head to that section of the inventory first and once you find
them all you know you have a complete set of stickered parts before you start
looking for all the plain parts.
Curious if anyone thinks this would be a good idea? If so then you are welcome
to add any other thoughts or functionally for the site to consider.
Paul.
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| Author: | eprespite | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 16:00 | | Subject: | Reason: Preventive Action | | Viewed: | 220 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I have sinned, I have taken punished, I have taken note.
It's okay so far.
But why without warning?
Why can't the sanction have steps?
For a user who has never been penalized, why can't the penalty last until
the error is corrected?
The first time without warning, a 1 month penalty is not fair in my opinion.
It should also be noted that I do not have a negative rating and I do not owe
Bricklink any money.
A mitigating circumstance may be that there are no negative reviews and I do
not owe money, and ratings given by customers could also be taken into account.
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| Author: | Poncke | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: Format website for mobile/small screens | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, R00barb writes:
| | Hi,
Is there a possibility that a mobile version of the website will be rolled out?
Browsing on a phone screen is tricky as some screens pop-up out of the visible
area and it requires a lot of zooming and scrolling. Thanks.
R
|
Mobile site is a mess, looks a desktop site on a mobile phone, they should make
an adaptive mobile site. Or an app even.
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| Author: | R00barb | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2021 07:51 | | Subject: | Format website for mobile/small screens | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| Hi,
Is there a possibility that a mobile version of the website will be rolled out?
Browsing on a phone screen is tricky as some screens pop-up out of the visible
area and it requires a lot of zooming and scrolling. Thanks.
R
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| Author: | i_r_on | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2021 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: Enable/Disable column in shipping rate chart | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Alico64 writes:
| |
It is actually possible already. You can group different countries into different
zones and assign countries manually. You can set a weight band and price each
zone individually.
You can also go into the shipping method from your store settings and modify
existing ones, by checking or unchecking them after clicking on the zone header.
I've included some print screens.
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As you can see from the example above I can group 100gr portion but I can't
group for above 1000gr since the prices differ heavily. Creating a separate shipping
method for each country would be tedious and also means duplication of other
settings.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2021 08:27 | | Subject: | Help Center - Reasons for suspension | | Viewed: | 149 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please create a Help Center page that enumerates the reasons (as displayed on
the store front) for suspension, and helps sellers to determine what needs to
be addressed.
Some reasons are rather obvious, but others appear to be a generic suspension
(without any specificity). Please help to pull back the curtain so that sellers
can see what the problem is. It may be that the reason needs to be made more
explicit on the seller's dashboard.
thank you, Nita Rae
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| Author: | Alico64 | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2021 02:20 | | Subject: | Re: Enable/Disable column in shipping rate chart | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, i_r_on writes:
| | Hi there,
Recently there was a change in pricing methodology change from the service we
got from our national post service. With this price change countries can't
be grouped together since prices vary without adhering to a certain logic but
instead possibly some marketing analytic s worked by the postal service...
such as this,
................Germany.........Austria
0-100 gr........6.21............5.41
100-250 gr......6.96............7.33
250-500 gr......8.18............10.56
500-1000 gr.....10.66...........16.91
1000-2000 gr....15.58...........29.69
So in order to have a proper checkout I grouped some countries and priced with
a bit of margin and priced those countries which I have a sales history individually...
Now comes the bitter part, in this pandemic, every now and then shipping to a
certain country gets closed. For me, today it's Germany & Australia...
Wouldn't it be nice if there was a checkbox in each column of the shipping
rate chart so we can exclude that zone/country on and off?
I've disabled instant checkout for international orders at the moment.In
the current setup I would delete the country that shipping is not possible and
later on when shipping possible re-enter the same prices for relevant weight
ranges... Double work...
Best regards,
Nejat
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It is actually possible already. You can group different countries into different
zones and assign countries manually. You can set a weight band and price each
zone individually.
You can also go into the shipping method from your store settings and modify
existing ones, by checking or unchecking them after clicking on the zone header.
I've included some print screens.
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| Author: | i_r_on | | Posted: | Nov 30, 2021 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
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1. Create a rare part list outside of Bricklink
2. Import that list into a wanted list in Bricklink
3. Direct the wanted list to a shop or shops
People are doing like this I guess creating that wanted list themselves though...
With enough data scraped from Bricklink one can algorithmically determine the
list though.
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| Author: | i_r_on | | Posted: | Nov 30, 2021 13:28 | | Subject: | Enable/Disable column in shipping rate chart | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
|
| Hi there,
Recently there was a change in pricing methodology change from the service we
got from our national post service. With this price change countries can't
be grouped together since prices vary without adhering to a certain logic but
instead possibly some marketing analytic s worked by the postal service...
such as this,
................Germany.........Austria
0-100 gr........6.21............5.41
100-250 gr......6.96............7.33
250-500 gr......8.18............10.56
500-1000 gr.....10.66...........16.91
1000-2000 gr....15.58...........29.69
So in order to have a proper checkout I grouped some countries and priced with
a bit of margin and priced those countries which I have a sales history individually...
Now comes the bitter part, in this pandemic, every now and then shipping to a
certain country gets closed. For me, today it's Germany & Australia...
Wouldn't it be nice if there was a checkbox in each column of the shipping
rate chart so we can exclude that zone/country on and off?
I've disabled instant checkout for international orders at the moment.In
the current setup I would delete the country that shipping is not possible and
later on when shipping possible re-enter the same prices for relevant weight
ranges... Double work...
Best regards,
Nejat
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| Author: | Llewyn | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 16:22 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | Well yes, it shouldn't be some kind of official "rarity" rating, based on
magic (ie. a parameter hotchpotch), because of the problems you outline. But
a simple ranking based on how many sellers currently have it (not number of listings
- as yorbricks points out, one seller can list it multiple times). That way it
would be a transparent sorting order not based on shaky concepts like "rarity".
It could be called "sort items by number of sellers".
Like with all tools, it's about knowing when and where to use it. Although
I rarely buy anymore, I can definitely see myself using that when I'm almost
done shopping and want to check if there's something I don't want to
miss in that store.
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I could certainly find this useful, in the simple format you suggest. I tend
to have wanted lists for 3-6 builds on the go at once - there will be one or
two I'm actively collecting parts for, but while putting an order together
I'll scan the wanted lists for the others. If I notice that a future build
needs parts I've already put in my basket I may add them if either the current
or future lot is small.
I also try to check for unusual parts on those lists, eg a part or print I don't
remember seeing in my own sets, and add them while they're easily available
- these are the kind of parts I anticipate might need a dedicated order in future
if I miss them. However it's easy to miss genuinely hard-to-find parts while
looking for the ones I think might be. Many times I've moved on to a new
build and realised certain parts are only available from sellers I've already
bought from recently.
It's probably a pretty niche benefit for most people though!
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | […]
IMO it should just look at the number of listings, regardless of quantity. If
a part has only one seller, it means that's my only opportunity to get it,
no matter how many they have.
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There’s the case of new parts / new colours too: at first, not many sellers have
them. Especially before the sets they are in have been released.
Sometimes, they are even limited to one or two sellers and those may have a good
quantity of them (hundreds or thousands).
Just wait a couple of months and the availability is multiplied and the price
“divided.”
And it may be “your only opportunity to get it now.”
So, who’ll propose to also take the production date into account?
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Well yes, it shouldn't be some kind of official "rarity" rating, based on
magic (ie. a parameter hotchpotch), because of the problems you outline. But
a simple ranking based on how many sellers currently have it (not number of listings
- as yorbricks points out, one seller can list it multiple times). That way it
would be a transparent sorting order not based on shaky concepts like "rarity".
It could be called "sort items by number of sellers".
Like with all tools, it's about knowing when and where to use it. Although
I rarely buy anymore, I can definitely see myself using that when I'm almost
done shopping and want to check if there's something I don't want to
miss in that store.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | |
| | Also: how to handle the difference in rare by lots and rare by quantity?
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IMO it should just look at the number of listings, regardless of quantity. If
a part has only one seller, it means that's my only opportunity to get it,
no matter how many they have.
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The number of listings is not necessarily equal to the number of sellers though.
There might be 20 listings but still only one seller.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 14:01 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | […]
IMO it should just look at the number of listings, regardless of quantity. If
a part has only one seller, it means that's my only opportunity to get it,
no matter how many they have.
|
There’s the case of new parts / new colours too: at first, not many sellers have
them. Especially before the sets they are in have been released.
Sometimes, they are even limited to one or two sellers and those may have a good
quantity of them (hundreds or thousands).
Just wait a couple of months and the availability is multiplied and the price
“divided.”
And it may be “your only opportunity to get it now.”
So, who’ll propose to also take the production date into account?
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 13:15 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
Although this would be useful information (but not as useful as the store's
price in relation to the average price on Bricklink!),
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that would kill bricklink, which is not useful to anyone
| | your buying strategy would
not work due to a flaw in the logic: once you start buying according to this
scheme, the chance you already have this part is no longer distributed the same
as the availability of this part on Bricklink.
|
Why would that matter? It's simply a feature that brings up parts that do
not have many sellers. So that if you're interested in that part, then that
particular shop is probably worth buying it at because there are not many opportunities.
The further down the list, the more opportunity to buy it sometime in the future
from some other seller.
| | Also: how to handle the difference in rare by lots and rare by quantity?
|
IMO it should just look at the number of listings, regardless of quantity. If
a part has only one seller, it means that's my only opportunity to get it,
no matter how many they have.
|
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | |
Although this would be useful information (but not as useful as the store's
price in relation to the average price on Bricklink!), your buying strategy would
not work due to a flaw in the logic: once you start buying according to this
scheme, the chance you already have this part is no longer distributed the same
as the availability of this part on Bricklink.
|
I was just thinking the same thing. It is even worse because as soon as you buy
something then it immediately becomes even rarer on BL, so its rarity score would
go up, and you are even more likely to want to buy it again than before you bought
it if you are not keeping records of what you own and relying only on the distribution
of those available on BL to inform you whether you should buy it.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 11:57 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
Although this would be useful information (but not as useful as the store's
price in relation to the average price on Bricklink!), your buying strategy would
not work due to a flaw in the logic: once you start buying according to this
scheme, the chance you already have this part is no longer distributed the same
as the availability of this part on Bricklink.
Also: how to handle the difference in rare by lots and rare by quantity? There
are parts that there are thousands available at only a few sellers, and there
are parts available at hundreds of sellers, but each has only one or two. And
because of buying these kind of parts before - my own collection does not reflect
the rarity of Bricklink.
Examples:
5 sellers, 1221 parts available
116 sellers, 282 parts available
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| Author: | mgibarian | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
Haven't heard this one before, I like it. And it should be technically possible,
too (sort by number of listings). I can see how it's useful when you happen
to be shopping somewhere and want to make sure there's anything special you
shouldn't miss out on because otherwise there's a fat chance you would
have to come back to that same shop, and pay shipping again.
As with other suggestions, I don't think it will ever happen, but it would
have been a neat feature.
It could increase prices though, as sellers will be more easily cherry picked
and want to counteract this. Basically demand increases, and so price does too.
|
So true! One the one hand, more transparent rarity indication would be fair to
both sides, but on the other hand I appreciate being able to find the hidden
gems of a shop...
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| Author: | mgibarian | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 10:07 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
Nice idea, but I'm afraid this will cause sellers to re-evaluate their rare
parts (perhaps even those that they may not be aware of) and raise their prises
accordingly.
|
True that, I'd be scared of that as well... I guess I'll have to keep
checking manually
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 09:45 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
Haven't heard this one before, I like it. And it should be technically possible,
too (sort by number of listings). I can see how it's useful when you happen
to be shopping somewhere and want to make sure there's anything special you
shouldn't miss out on because otherwise there's a fat chance you would
have to come back to that same shop, and pay shipping again.
As with other suggestions, I don't think it will ever happen, but it would
have been a neat feature.
It could increase prices though, as sellers will be more easily cherry picked
and want to counteract this. Basically demand increases, and so price does too.
|
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| Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 09:07 | | Subject: | Re: Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mgibarian writes:
| | As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
Nice idea, but I'm afraid this will cause sellers to re-evaluate their rare
parts (perhaps even those that they may not be aware of) and raise their prises
accordingly.
|
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| Author: | mgibarian | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 08:52 | | Subject: | Parts sorted by rarity | | Viewed: | 180 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| As a customer, I would appreciate a new sorting option in every store's part
view called "by rarity". Based on the number of each item's availability
worldwide (e.g. by adding up all the items available worldwide of the respective
element in comparison to the average availability of all items), there could
be an indicator of how rare each item is that you are looking at.
Since my collection of parts has grown over the years, this option would help
me rummaging the shops for rare items or items that I likely do not yet own.
On the other hand, items with low rarity indication would tell me that I likely
own them already.
This could also help sellers to identify the rarity of each item they add to
their shop. There may already be ways to figure that out - not sure as I am not
a seller.
What do you think?
|
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2021 00:29 | | Subject: | Re: Promo Codes | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | I love the idea! |
| Author: | PolishPounder | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2021 22:46 | | Subject: | Re: Promo Codes | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, PolishPounder writes:
| | I think it would be incredibly beneficial to Bricklink store owners if they would
add a place to type in a promo code at check out. This would provide data to
store owners on which type of advertising is the most effective. Is there an
official page where I can make such a request?
Matthew
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One can ask the buyer to put it in the Comments field
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While that is true, it wouldn't allow the customer to automatically check-out.
Thank you for that suggestion though!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2021 22:02 | | Subject: | Re: Promo Codes | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, PolishPounder writes:
| | I think it would be incredibly beneficial to Bricklink store owners if they would
add a place to type in a promo code at check out. This would provide data to
store owners on which type of advertising is the most effective. Is there an
official page where I can make such a request?
Matthew
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One can ask the buyer to put it in the Comments field
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