Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | StarBrick  | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2024 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: Store suspend -> outdated feedbacksystem..... | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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Your overall praise rating is 98.20% which is rather low for a seller with 5825
orders.
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Orders do not equal feedback. They have 2550 feedback of which 46 are non positive.
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And hereby once again the argument why we need a modern kudo/appraisal/scoring/review-system.....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 15:11 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Item(s) For Sale Deleted | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, zorbanj writes:
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Have you asked Bricklink? Your listings may be removed again. They may want to
see proof of your inventory.
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Maybe they have a new AI app that scans for 'frivolous' listings that's
still in learning mode  ?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Mar 3, 2024 04:32 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Well spoken, though I fear few are truly listening and understanding what you
are saying  .
And those that do, have given up.....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 29, 2024 13:51 | | Subject: | Re: EVERY SETS ON SALE! No exception | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Sales, yorbrick writes:
or standard sales?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 29, 2024 05:11 | | Subject: | Re: DAC7 information - what will BL pass on? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| Thanks for directing me to this post.
Didn't answer my questions though.
Will address the Helpdesk directly.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 14:21 | | Subject: | Re: How to Upload previously Downloaded XML File? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| Oke
XML is not supported on that page (it's stupid I know...)
You need to go here:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page?utm_content=subnav
Copy the XML file in a texteditor
And delete the first line
Copy the entire text into the text area of this page (see pic)
Proceed following the onscreen instructions.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 13:56 | | Subject: | Re: How to Upload previously Downloaded XML File? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| Did you use a download option on the BL site?
Or from another site?
If the first: where from / what page on the site?
If the second: use BrickStore to import it and have it correct the changes automatically.
Works fine but not sure that's your problem here....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 15:00 | | Subject: | DAC7 information - what will BL pass on? | | Viewed: | 141 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| It's Q1 again and the annual income tax review is here again ....
On the Dutch tax office website it says the following for operators like BL:
The collection and verification requirements on sellers already registered
on the platform as of 1 January 2023 [so-called "existing sellers"] must
be completed by 31 December 2024. You must report information on these sellers
by 31 January 2025.
This means for sellers already active prior to 1-1-2023, the sales data has to
be shared before 31-1-2025 and the verification data needs to be collected by
BL before 31-12-2024.
Right?
Some questions arise and I have not found the answers on the forum (tax, DAC7
etc.) or in the Terms of BL:
1) How can one check what data BL has passed onto the different national governmental
tax offices in the EU over FY2023? A company that processes personal digital
data has to provide information to these persons regarding what data was shared
with what other agencies and how this data is stored (AVG in The Netherlands).
2) When will BL start collecting the verification data (passport copies?)?
3) Is the sales value balanced with the value of purchases?
Any help is appreciated.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: 10yrs of buying on here... Day 1 of seliing! | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| Welcome to the selling side of BL.
No you are really hooked !
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, randyf writes:
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The fact that third-party tools are actually needed to operate a functioning
BrickLink store is definitely a BrickLink problem in my book.
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Thank you
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| I know MOST errors people report are their own fault due to changes they make.
(made some myself over the years for sure )
I know only a VERY FEW errors people report are not their own fault and DO happen....
I know that downloading an inventory CAN be helpful to find errors made by people.
Because of the merge in operation (and that will take some months I understand!)
we are forced to increase the monitoring of the inventory to CHECK nothing strange
DOES happen to the parts in store.
That's what both of you (SylvainLS and 1001bricks) suggest to do IN ORDER
to be able to PROOF it's not the users' error. That's the ridiculous
part of the response both of you add to the discussion.
And because the merging will be a process that's happening on a daily basis,
sellers are 'forced' to do these downloads and checks on a daily basis?
We are not paid to do these checks, every day. I think we pay the fees in order
NOT to be forced to do these checks on a daily basis.....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:35 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| If the seller didn't change the ID, what/who did?
If the seller didn't change the prices, what/who did?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:31 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| "... that sellers still don't download their Inventory XML everyday and
use
BrickStore to compare or restore any problem."
Seriously?
Do you really say that this is what's required to maintain a correct inventory
on BL these days?
That's the equivalent of checking every aisle in a grocery store after closing
time.
Every day.
Again.
All day's.
....
If this is true, the database and the way it handles orders and other changes
is even more gone astray than I could imagine....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| no chance, they are NOT messaging individual sellers about this.
stupid merge indeed
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 04:59 | | Subject: | Re: VOEC scheme - technocrates rule this world.... | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| Progress is not always for the better.
This is one of those cases where it seems an improvement (technically) what in
real life generates more paperwork so less people will be connected to each other
and the administration world takes control of the real world. The effect: Norwegians
will buy local only. Here's your "..... first!" at play in another
part of the world.
So sad if technocrates decide about processes they seem to refuse to comprehend
and demand non-technocrates to follow and stand in line.
(And no: this is NOT about fair taxing etc. This about a completelly different
issue: an over-controlled government that tries to catch small fishes so the
sharks can grow bigger).
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2024 09:08 | | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| It will take months to complete the proposed merges I just read as it needs to
be done manually by Admin...
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
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In short: apart maybe the more important number of recent changes, it's
always have been the same exact problem.
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Thanks for that reflection. However an old problem felt as new is still a felt
problem.
If it never has been felt as a problem, and now it does, it doesn't make
it a lesser problem.
Even if the 'age' of the problem is several decades, it doesn't make
the effect felt less.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| Uploading the original XML's will default into the same errors you reported.
Downloading the XML's NOW from Rebrickable, fixes this .
Apparently there's a realtime check when the XML's are generated. That's
nice.
So you need to re-download your XMLS .
Opening old XML's in BrickStore will start a migration from the old to the
new ID's (see pic).
Crap, a big list to update this weekend.....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| Does this mean ALL XML's for example at Rebrickable are affected by the merger
too?
I got hundreds of these file in my collection.
And only a manual update will do the trick.... I feared the merge operation when
it was announced, but this is plain stupid!
Many will be affected, collectors, sellers, buyers, all. At places we never been
notified of beforehand.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 14:00 | | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| | Why did this happen? |
| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 13:11 | | Subject: | Re: BDP sets to avoid Server down | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| BTW, these links are copied from the BDP page (yellow button: "pre-order
on lego.com"
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 13:08 | | Subject: | Re: BDP sets to avoid Server down | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| | Stil works for some sets! |
| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 7, 2024 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: R.I.P. BDP page | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| | I guess Lepin hacked the site and is cloning the sets as we speak |
| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:52 | | Subject: | Re: Versturen naar bv Amerika. | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Helder.
Begrijp dat jij van de KOR regeling gebruik maakt, maar daar heb ik tot op heden
voor gepast.
Met de invoering van de 2000 euro grens/30 transacties voor fiscale doormelding
van particuliere verkoop in 2023 is dat inmiddels eerder een noodzaak dan een
mogelijkheid geworden.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:23 | | Subject: | Re: Versturen naar bv Amerika. | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Oe, dan wil ik graag je link waar jij dat zo goedkoop kunt versturen.
Als ik via PostNL een brievenbuspakje (hoezo zwart?) wil versturen krijg ik dit:
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:18 | | Subject: | Re: parts 3070pb052 and 3070p07 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| I noticed as well several tiles were changed in the catalog eary feb.
Very annoying...
Haven't found a link in the catalog forum (or elsewhere) regarding these
changes .
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:15 | | Subject: | Re: Merge 15 Feb - already in progress ? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| That looks nice to have and use.
However here's my Extra's menu (no developer console?).
I on version 2022.10.2 (build 818); not the most recent. Should I update to get
that feature?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 05:21 | | Subject: | Re: Versturen naar bv Amerika. | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Ik heb er enige tijd terug voor gekozen niet meer naar de USA te verzenden.
Sinds COVID zijn de verzendkosten bizar gestegen (ook vanuit de USA naar Europa
overigens).
Inmiddels 12 euro voor een brievenbuspakje met tracking van max 100 gram is mij
echt te gek.
Zélfs als een koper het zou willen betalen begin ik er niet meer aan.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 09:08 | | Subject: | Re: Merge 15 Feb - already in progress ? | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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MAKE SURE AND UPDATE BRICKSTORE DATABASE BEFORE OPENING ANY .BSX FILES THIS MORNING.
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Too late for me.... but that is a genuine warning BL should have send out to
all members like the 'we are going to change some stuff' by direct mail
a couple of days back
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 04:37 | | Subject: | Merge 15 Feb - already in progress ? | | Viewed: | 198 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| Just opened my projects in BrickStore and almost ALL files are edited because
of BrickLink catalog changes?
Are the proposed merges already in progress???
No idea what/which parts are changed and.... why?
Admin, or Catalog people, how did this happen?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 31 | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | Thanks for adding the XML, saves a lot of time |
| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: Automated script to add comments to merging l | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Asked it before, no reply....
Keep my fingers crossed...
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 07:55 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | Thanks for pointing to the stastical errors in the listings..... |
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO market, I propose an analogy | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| USPS doesn't sell the George Washington 10 cents stamp from 1960 does it?
(not sure if it exists, but will you get my point!). At least our national Postal
service sells only NEW stamps.
So the analogy is a false one IMO, as Bricklink (TLG) does sell 1960 bricks and
not only new ones.
Check stampword dot com for instance on stamps, or dive into the AFOS (Adult
Fans Of Stamps) community and you will seek geeks that look for different teethings
on the same stamp.
Same goes here, so if it would be true analogy, follow the catalogue like AFOS
and leave the variants as is. Even if there a just 100 AFOLS who are keen on
this, leave it. Do not have it changed because 'it's easier'.
Effort brings skills. Put some effort in getting around, understanding the catalogue
and ask questions. Members help members.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:13 | | Subject: | Re: Merging piece varian is a BIG PROBLEM | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| +1
Every voice counts and the detail given by the OP makes this for sure not a newbie....
(mmmm, maybe this should apply to general elections: the older one gets, the
more weight one's vote and after 60 the vote is weighed lesser each year.....)
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I get that, and I am definitly NOT a coder/programmer....
I was more thinking of a specific webpage attached to your inventory where at
the back the 4000+ lines of items that will be affected are used to filter ones
inventory.
So that would make a subset (out of your complete inv) and there it can be manually
edited.
Or even better:
- add the 'optional text to be added to the lot' to that page in the
script
- add a yes/no button to it
- sellers can click each filtered lots to their liking.
That would be some nice feature and customer service !
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:05 | | Subject: | Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| And can this be facilitated by BL with some script instead of manually going
over all the entries....?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 02:42 | | Subject: | Re: BL Dev Team: allowance for site enhancements? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | General | |
| | +1 |
| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 02:35 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
| Nicely put into words, but I am afraid it's useless.
The BIG thread on this topic has a massive list of arguments NOT to go forth
with it. But the 'life will be better and who cares' prevails... the
change WILL be made and I feel deeply sorry for all that feel alike.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 02:32 | | Subject: | Proposed Changes - script instead of manual ? | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| On Feb 15th some merging will occur in the database.
No matter what.
This Wednesday I (we?) received a BL message regarding the upcoming change.
With a link to a Help Page. Nice.
Until I clicked it....
If a seller wants to 'add a short line of text' for each lot affected,
sellers need to enterl more than 4000 numbers to check IF they are in their inventory.
And than manually editing the NOTE field.
This will take every seller hours of entering numbers, checking the results,
editing note-fields en checking for the edits to be correctly made.
Urgent request: can BL please provide a script or simple change page where
this actions can be (partially) automated?
Question for Admin_Russell: what happens exactly with my affected inventory entries
when nothing is changed on the sellers end?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 09:38 | | Subject: | Re: 604c01 in black version | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| You could use
You will need more of these as these are a bit smaller.
What are you building?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 09:47 | | Subject: | Re: 604c01 in black version | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| Or using a door/window pane like:
and fixing it between the 'walls' with parts like these:
Do you have a drawing/photo of what you are building?
Might help to get more input.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 06:06 | | Subject: | Re: 604c01 in black version | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| | Catalog says it doesn't exist.... |
| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 05:06 | | Subject: | Re: Quite a dilemma | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I have a buyer from Korea interested in a small set (not too rare), and he wanted
to see pictures. In the middle of this, another member just went ahead and purchased
the set.
What is fair? Who should get the set?
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Definitely the one that bought it. The one wanting pictures would probably be
a PITA anyway.
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Ouch.....
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2024 05:00 | | Subject: | Re: Has Bricklink been hacked. Again? | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, UTLF writes:
| | Have you tried logging out of Bricklink on Studio & signing back in?
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And:
- clearing cache, cookies etc.
- rebooting
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2024 16:47 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal - Why? Did it break ? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Although the effort is praise worthy, I am not sure what would happen if we do
NOT change anything.
I expect no decrease in accessabilitiy, functionality, security etc.
On the otherhand, executing the changes proposed, will probably affect the site
in one ore more ways that is not desirable. Past changes have been numerous in
effecting the system in ways no one expected. I do not want that to happen again.
Can you guarantee it won't?
So, if the current way things are
- didn't kill somebody
- didn't chase new members away
- didn't downed sales
- didn't broke the system
- didn't triggered law suits
why change it in the first place?
If it ain't broke, there's no need to fix anything!
@Russell, you started this outreaching post with:
As a platform, we have decided to take a hard look at some of the mold variants
that we are currently asking you to recognize. For sellers, more variants means
extra sorting and extra work while pulling orders, plus the issues that arise
from variant misunderstandings.
For buyers, excess variants mean that it's harder to assemble a wanted list,
find stores, and ultimately obtain the parts you are looking for.
The platform can not decide. The people using, running the platform
can. But as other stated, why isn't the input form the meetings weighed in
properly?
How many sellers are complaining about the 'extra work'? If you
organize your stock properly, it is no more work. So get your stock
organized people! ('extra work'?)
And a misunderstanding is a learning opportunity for a buyer as much for the
seller. So do not make it sound like it is a punishment ('issues'?).
How many buyers have entered complaints about variants? It's a community
for X sake! Sellers educate new members. It's part of our 'job' here.
And yes, some effort is required to obtain skills; that goes for every new environment
one steps into. No pain no gain.
I object fully for these changes to be made.
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