Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick  | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2023 07:38 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | I guess you could just order them and tell the seller you don't want the
extra parts.
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But the total weight will be higher. It will require manual effort by the seller
to remove the items and so on.
Also with instant checkout, the order might be in a next, more expensive weight
band .
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2023 03:16 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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I looked in each menu, and did not find settings related to the "Items For
Sale" menu. I was able to change the defaults for the "Price Guide"
menu, but I want to change settings for the "Items for Sale" menu.
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You cannot set such a filter in the "for sale" / browsing menu. It has
been asked for many times but never acted upon.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:30 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:
| | In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
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Hover over the My BL icon at the top of any page. Select "Settings" which
is on the right of the dropdown menu. Go through each one and set your preferences.
The shopping settings will allow you to choose either USA or North America.
Once you have set your preferences, you should not have to recheck them each
time.
Cass T
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I looked in each menu, and did not find settings related to the "Items For
Sale" menu. I was able to change the defaults for the "Price Guide"
menu, but I want to change settings for the "Items for Sale" menu.
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https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
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| Author: | evanperryg | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:20 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:
| | In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
|
Hover over the My BL icon at the top of any page. Select "Settings" which
is on the right of the dropdown menu. Go through each one and set your preferences.
The shopping settings will allow you to choose either USA or North America.
Once you have set your preferences, you should not have to recheck them each
time.
Cass T
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I looked in each menu, and did not find settings related to the "Items For
Sale" menu. I was able to change the defaults for the "Price Guide"
menu, but I want to change settings for the "Items for Sale" menu.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | | | Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not
to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller
accept a small value order (and paypal fees on that donation) just because the
buyer is making a charity donation? Plus it is a mess for tax purposes. Is it
the buyer or seller making the donation?
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Sigh. I'm sorry I confused people with the charity part. Forget the charity
part.
I DO understand the reason for a min. buy.
The main part is really simple: add an amount of money to an order without actually
ordering extra items to reach that min. buy.
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I guess you could just order them and tell the seller you don't want the
extra parts.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | The main part is really simple
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It's not!
Re-read?
* people would pay extras to the seller without providing BrickLink fees on
sales,
which isn't correct,
* shops will then have silly competitive prices (down to zero), but will simply
ask for "an extra donation of 10€"
* what about taxes, are this donation dubject to VAT, Sales taxes, whatever?
* PayPal: will not allow partial refund, so the donation will be refunded in
case of problem...
etc.
Solutions:
* buy in good shops with no minimum, like, ermmmm... mine 
* buy the minimum because it's what the shop seller wants.
He doesn't want more money for the same order, just a "better" order.
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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It's not "a threshold": a minimum sale is a minimum.
It's a policy, a term, a choice from the seller.
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Euh, it's still a treshold you need to reach before being able to buy. But
it's just discussing the meaning of words now.
| | Also, otherwise:
* people would pay extras to the seller without providing BrickLink fees on sales,
which isn't correct,
* shops will then have silly competitive prices (down to zero), but will simply
ask for "an extra donation of 10€" 
* what about taxes, are this donation dubject to VAT, Sales taxes, whatever?
* PayPal: will not allow partial refund, so the donation will be refunded in
case of problem...
Millions of problems with this proposal, which wants to ignore people ask a minimum
sale *for reasons*.
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"Millions". Really?
But as I have answered just now in another reply:
I'm sorry I confused people with the charity part. Forget the charity part.
Or even the term "donation".
The main part is really simple: add an amount of money to an order without actually
ordering extra items to reach that min. buy. Just to be able to buy the part
you really need, without forcing you to search for extra items raising the shipping
fee, while still satisfying the seller having his min. income on the order.
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not
to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller
accept a small value order (and paypal fees on that donation) just because the
buyer is making a charity donation? Plus it is a mess for tax purposes. Is it
the buyer or seller making the donation?
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Sigh. I'm sorry I confused people with the charity part. Forget the charity
part.
I DO understand the reason for a min. buy.
The main part is really simple: add an amount of money to an order without actually
ordering extra items to reach that min. buy.
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
|
Hover over the My BL icon at the top of any page. Select "Settings" which
is on the right of the dropdown menu. Go through each one and set your preferences.
The shopping settings will allow you to choose either USA or North America.
Once you have set your preferences, you should not have to recheck them each
time.
Cass T
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:37 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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It's not "a threshold": a minimum sale is a minimum.
It's a policy, a term, a choice from the seller.
Also, otherwise:
* people would pay extras to the seller without providing BrickLink fees on sales,
which isn't correct,
* shops will then have silly competitive prices (down to zero), but will simply
ask for "an extra donation of 10€"
* what about taxes, are this donation dubject to VAT, Sales taxes, whatever?
* PayPal: will not allow partial refund, so the donation will be refunded in
case of problem...
Millions of problems with this proposal, which wants to ignore people ask a minimum
sale *for reasons*.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not
to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller
accept a small value order (and paypal fees on that donation) just because the
buyer is making a charity donation? Plus it is a mess for tax purposes. Is it
the buyer or seller making the donation?
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| Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | | | we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want,
buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00.
simple
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Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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oh, we have a $2.00USD minimum purchase requirement, but just a flat shipping
fee.
shipping materials are not free nor cheap
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want,
buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00.
simple
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Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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| Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want,
buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00.
simple
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:14 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Can’t you just contact the store?
Also, if a seller wants to do that, they could remove their min buy and put a
fee for small orders instead.
They could even make custom, weihtless items for that: “PDF instructions for
charity X” and give instructions for a very simple model. It could even be a
real model related to the charity.
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A lot of effort for a single store to make, when the feature could just be "in
the platform" for the seller to use (if they want to).
Besides: you would need a lot of items for various prices to complete the gap.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:10 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Also, my problem is generally not the store’s min buy, it’s my wallet’s max buy
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Also, my problem is generally not the store’s min buy, it’s my wallet’s max buy
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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Can’t you just contact the store?
Also, if a seller wants to do that, they could remove their min buy and put a
fee for small orders instead.
They could even make custom, weihtless items for that: “PDF instructions for
charity X” and give instructions for a very simple model. It could even be a
real model related to the charity.
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| Author: | BricksOfFaith | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Voted yes. However, I do wonder if people would take advantage of this, and we
would never again see a store with no minimum buy…. 😬
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:07 | | Subject: | Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 226 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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