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The catalogDownload.asp page contains checkboxes for downloading year, weight,
and dimensions. However, it downloads stud dimensions rather than the packing
dimensions. Would it be possible to download the packing dimensions instead of
the stud dimensions or include both as separate checkboxes?

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DenHertog

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Jan 30, 2022 11:30

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Back to top Button suggestion

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Hello fellows,

Would'nt it be nice to have a back to top button in the list pages.

My mouse scrolling wheel makes overtime. Ghegeh.

Greetz Jeff

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cosmicray

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Jan 30, 2022 11:07

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Freight Forwarders and sales tax

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Up until now, pretty much all the freight forwarders have operated in states
that have no sales tax. This has allowed them to operate outside of the normal
rules. That is changing.

Last November, the Florida legislature enacted a new statute ( Section 212.06(5)(b)
) allowing freight forwarders, operating as a business within Florida, and with
the explicit requirement that the items being forwarded be leaving the USA, to
register with the State of Florida Department of Revenue ( using an Application
for a Florida Certificate of Forwarding Agent Address (Form DR-1FA) ). Florida
is legitimizing the business, and basically neutralizing the zero tax states
advantage.

This impacts BrickLink in two ways: first, BL's tax calculation system (or
service provider) will need to track these addresses, and second anyone with
a shipment to one of these addresses in Florida should (if properly implemented)
see a zero sales tax rate.

I am requesting that those (known and registered) addresses of freight forwarders
(regardless of state) be tagged and signaled so that seller's can choose
if they wish to ship to them or not.

Note that part of this issue (the sales tax rate being other than what is expected
for the state in question) also applies to some Native American reservations
(as I mentioned in another thread earlier today).

With Florida's aggressive move, I expect other states (and primarily those
with significant air freight connections) to implement similar statutes.

Nita Rae

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markt

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Jan 29, 2022 18:11

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Feature request - please bring back the chat

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Should further description be necessary?

I can't be the only one here who would like to see this feature return.

Author:

Maquis

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Jan 29, 2022 09:15

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Check box for received orders

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Hi

Can I request that you include a checkbox on the order sheets please.
When I receive an order I always check it off and it would be very helpful if
I can just tick a box for my records as I go along as when its delivered, it
doesnt come out in the same order as the list.
It only needs to be for the use of the recipient, but it would be a very useful
tool.
Thanks
Marc

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markt

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Jan 27, 2022 17:00

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Wanted list - color schemes

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Sometimes I find it is the case that I'm constructing a wanted list with
assorted parts and while not too particular about the color, it is nonetheless
important that some different parts be the same color, whatever it is.

So to facilitate that, I would suggest that one have the ability to specify a
color scheme for any wanted list. For example, say that I intend to build a
three color model, but I am not too particular about the colors. The only thing
I might care about, for instance, is that some subset of the parts be specifically
either all black, all white, or all grey, although I may not be particular about
which.

A color scheme for the wanted list would then look something like this:
A: unspecified
B: black, white, grey
C: unspecified

When specifying the desired color of the part in a wanted list, instead of selecting
a standard color (or "unspecified"), I could alternatively select from one of
the color schemes defined for that wanted list (A-C, in this case). In any
case, each color scheme letter would be a unique color, and all parts that utilize
the same scheme letter would be the exact same color. So if white parts were
found for parts using B, for example, then no parts using A or C will be white.
If one is truly indifferent about the color of the part, then one could still
use the existing "unspecified" mechanism. The important thing here is that during
autopick, all parts referring to the same scheme letter would always have the
exact same color.

The existing workaround to this is to create separate wanted lists that are otherwise
identical except for color, each wanted list looking for the same items, but
with a different set of colors. It is quite tedious for wanted lists with many
different parts, however, and I believe something like the above would simplify
that.

Author:

i_r_on

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Jan 27, 2022 16:50

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Exclamation on the order detail / part out

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Exclamation mark on the order detail and in the part out details would be very
handy if a part had a known variant. We do our best to match the specific mold
customer ordered but sometimes incorrect variant ends up in the storage bin of
another variant due to errors in the catalog or with sorting error. If you catch
your error at the inventory level it's still not problematic but once someone
orders a variant more than you have it's almost always more involving with
exchanging messages with customer.

Such exclamation mark on the part out details would increase the chances that
someone submit an alternative part catalog change request. (I don't think
it would be done on the legacy system but that addition of alternative part may
be simplified by just asking the user which part was included in the set instead
of what was shown in the catalog)

In the order detail page it would serve the seller to be extra cautious about
the variant, at least there would be higher chance that the situation is assessed
before the order is in the hands of the customer.

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willubrick

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Jan 24, 2022 15:44

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Missing minifigure

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I could be wrong but it looks like the promo minifigure from Rome with colesseum
is not listed. It can be found as a custom item but that is all I can find.
To clarify not the chariot with figure, the other similar gladiator figure.

Thanks,
Michael

Author:

jennnifer

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Jan 23, 2022 11:14

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Help people find the Studio Forum

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Studio is great, but people sure do have a lot of questions about it! How about
we add a large noticeable link to the Forum Post page directing members to the
other Forum.

Thanks!
Jen

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ccroxton

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Jan 22, 2022 17:53

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Enhance the search on the catalog tree result

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