BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

When clicking Buy All on a Wanted List and then clicking Auto-Select, only third-party
stores are listed. The price of a part is often (but not always) cheaper from
LEGO's PaB website than from any third-party store. Also, PaB shipping is
free if the order is at least $35, whereas shipping costs can really add up when
buying from third-party stores. LEGO has owned BL for almost half a decade.
Why is LEGO's PaB website not included among the stores on BL?

(I tried to search for this suggestion in the Forum but didn't find anything)

Anyone have the data on what percentage of parts/colors/patterns available on
BrickLink is on the current PAB menu?

Also, I think the prices would become much higher if LEGO had to pay enough people
to ship every order as quickly and accurately as a good BL shop does.

~Jen

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 07:16

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In my experience, it's rare that PaB is actually cheaper - if it were I'd
definitely be buying parts there and selling them here.

Author:

Ziegelmeister

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 02:59

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

Because that would directly impact their own sales. Myself and many others focus
solely on new sets and new set part outs, buying multiple copies of high dollar
sets. How many $200, $400, $600+ sets do regular consumers (or BL buyers without
a store) buy per year, and how many do small rinky dink stores like me - or
extremely large stores not like me - buy per month? I'd argue that an enthusiastic
3PS is worth a minimum - minimum - of 40 run of the mill consumers.

Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.

Indispensable and profitable are two different things. Plus how many people
place an order for 50 lots of discontinued parts? Think of at least five of
unavailable parts you're trying to find and go look at the sales history
of it. At best it's current for sale average is probably a couple of bucks
and at least three of those probably have an outlier that's ~50% below the
average. From the sounds of it, you're going to buy from the cheapest store,
and they made "a coupl'a bucks". That's not running a business,
that's running a charity without the benefits of 501c status.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 02:05

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.

When taking over bricklink, LEGO claimed they wouldn't interfere with the
marketplace, implying they wouldn't compete with sellers. If they want to
compete with sellers, then many sellers will leave and move to the independent
marketplace.

They would also need to behave like other BL sellers. I'd leave them negative
feedback unless they improved their order turn around times.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 00:09

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, rtzx9r writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In Suggestions, UTLF writes:

Lego owns Bricklink, and Bricklink is strictly third-party sellers; the site
would die and Lego would lose money on their investment & whatnot

If you want to source parts from PAB and Bricklink, use BrickHunter, a Chrome
extension that lets you upload a wanted list & auto-selects parts from PAB and
shows what you would need to get from Bricklink if parts are unavailable or retired

Yes, BH is amazing, and I often use it. But it adds another layer of complexity
and another step in the process.

Ever order from PAB? Enjoy your bricks 2-3 months later.

For standard bricks but yah it’s crazy.

Author:

rtzx9r

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 00:00

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In Suggestions, UTLF writes:

Yes, BH is amazing, and I often use it. But it adds another layer of complexity
and another step in the process.

Ever order from PAB? Enjoy your bricks 2-3 months later.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 23:52

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

since bricklink is specifically for 3rd party sellers, not lego themselves. if
lego came over to bricklink and started ramping up then most stores on bricklink
would have to close down as they cant compete with lego if they are on the same
site which would then just end up making bricklink a reskinned PAB.

cool pizza flag

pizza!

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

since they make up a good chunk of Lego's revenue. 3rd party sellers buy
from lego and then do lots of work which if lego themselves did and paid employees
minimum wage they probably couldn't make it profitable so with the current
setup all parties involved benefit. Also it seems lego is pursuing this route
as there have been surveys from lego and bricklink trying to improve the lego-reseller
connection.

Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.

To a point but if lego started selling lots on bricklink then a good chunk of
sales would move to them and then the stores that could offer said parts would
have most of their stock not moving since lego takes that and then they probably
wouldn't bother with selling the few parts that lego doesn't sell as
sales would be significantly lower and make it not profitable for many

pardon my ignorance (I'm an AFOL newbie), but could you explain this a little?
what work?

Listing and pulling orders is usually extremely work intensive in comparison
to profit.

Author:

ej76az

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 23:40

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

cool pizza flag

pizza!

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.

pardon my ignorance (I'm an AFOL newbie), but could you explain this a little?
what work?

3rd party sellers... do lots of work which if lego themselves did and paid employees

Author:

ej76az

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 23:33

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, UTLF writes:

Yes, BH is amazing, and I often use it. But it adds another layer of complexity
and another step in the process.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 22:54

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

cool pizza flag

pizza!

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.

Author:

ej76az

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 22:48

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

cool pizza flag

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 22:42

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

Author:

ej76az

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 22:35

Subject:

add LEGO PaB website to stores

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Hal8472

Posted:

Apr 8, 2024 14:17

Subject:

Re: New filter based on % off

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In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:

I have seen a lot of sellers offer multiple different discounts. It would be
nice to have a filter that you can choose the discounts you want to see instead
of just all sales. Like if a shop has different sale percentages at 10, 25, 30,
50 and 75 percent off you could filter for everything above 50%.

This is a comparison to a created number. There are no sales on bricklink.
Just different prices.

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Apr 6, 2024 11:49

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

[…]

I've definitely had buyers leave feedback before they even received their
orders - rare, but it happens.

Yes but this example just illustrates someone not using the system properly and
I'm pretty sure we don't require a system built around a one off user
not using the system correctly?

A system shouldn’t allow its users to use it incorrectly.
(That includes sellers marking orders complete

)

And your point? Removing the Completed option would solve this issue at the same
time?
Besides which as a Seller I have never marked an order as Complete! Once I mark
the order status as 'Shipped' I then leave the customer alone to change
the status from there on in

“You’re holding wrong” is a registred trademark. BrickLink is too cheap to use
it.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 6, 2024 11:19

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

[…]

I've definitely had buyers leave feedback before they even received their
orders - rare, but it happens.

Yes but this example just illustrates someone not using the system properly and
I'm pretty sure we don't require a system built around a one off user
not using the system correctly?

A system shouldn’t allow its users to use it incorrectly.
(That includes sellers marking orders complete

)

“You’re holding wrong” is a registred trademark. BrickLink is too cheap to use
it.

I can imagine the feedback they left was interesting....

"Great Seller, Order is on its way and it will arrive in good time and be
absolutely perfect!"

Have you read the feedback left on other plateforms? It’s sometimes worse than
that.

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Apr 6, 2024 10:53

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

I cannot think of a single situation where a buyer would leave feedback if they
didn't consider the order completed? Presumably they leave feedback when
they've either received goods and are happy (Order Completed) or they leave
negative/neutral feedback because they are unhappy with the sellers lack of resolve
(Order Completed)

On other platforms like ebay there is no Completed status because feedback alone
defines the orders status and rounds up the overall transaction as complete!

I've definitely had buyers leave feedback before they even received their
orders - rare, but it happens.

Yes but this example just illustrates someone not using the system properly and
I'm pretty sure we don't require a system built around a one off user
not using the system correctly?
I can imagine the feedback they left was interesting....

"Great Seller, Order is on its way and it will arrive in good time and be
absolutely perfect!"

I don't know if one can do the same on eBay
(it seems one can click the "Leave Feedback" button but I don't know
if the form can be submitted), but in any case, since eBay also tracks orders,
I imagine the order isn't complete until the buyer has received it (I don't
know what happens in cases where the order can't be tracked).

I think if the buyer marks the order as "Received" and then leaves positive
feedback the order should automatically complete. Maybe when the buyer leaves
any kind of feedback? Not sure about that last part.

The way I see it the very final option in the dropdown should be 'Received'
with no need for a 'Completed' option. The buyer essentially completes
their order by leaving feedback!

i.e they mark as received and then leave feedback once they are happy with their
order or if they are unhappy with their order they mark as received, message
seller for a resolution, wait for issue to be resolved(or not resolved) and then
leave appropriate feedback. By leaving feedback the buyer is finished with that
order and it is essentially complete

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Apr 6, 2024 06:43

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

I've definitely had buyers leave feedback before they even received their
orders - rare, but it happens. I don't know if one can do the same on eBay
(it seems one can click the "Leave Feedback" button but I don't know
if the form can be submitted), but in any case, since eBay also tracks orders,
I imagine the order isn't complete until the buyer has received it (I don't
know what happens in cases where the order can't be tracked).

I think if the buyer marks the order as "Received" and then leaves positive
feedback the order should automatically complete. Maybe when the buyer leaves
any kind of feedback? Not sure about that last part.

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Apr 6, 2024 06:30

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

If the buyer has left feedback prior to item being received/shipped then that
would be a bit silly and they are in no better position regardless of whether
the order has been completed or not!

See Help page of definition of Status Completed.

A positive feedback doesn't mean the order is completed.

It doesn't mean your original statement makes any more sense either?

Kind of, re-read "while it wasn't meant" as "while it could haven't
been meant".

But who cares, the fact is there's no / not always relationship between feedback
and status.

I mean apart if everything's rewritten, like status, feedbacks, alerts...

But as of right now, a quick and easy way to straighten things would be to:

* redefine the Completed status in Help,

* or make seller not able to set the order to Completed.

Right now we're discussing in vain because it's one of the points where
BrickLink doesn't work or can't be used as described

I'm off this subject, sorry.

That's okay I can round-up things then....

Basically a buyer doesn't leave feedback until they consider the order completed
thereby making the status of 'Completed' obsolete

I cannot think of a single situation where a buyer would leave feedback if they
didn't consider the order completed? Presumably they leave feedback when
they've either received goods and are happy (Order Completed) or they leave
negative/neutral feedback because they are unhappy with the sellers lack of resolve
(Order Completed)

On other platforms like ebay there is no Completed status because feedback alone
defines the orders status and rounds up the overall transaction as complete!

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 21:10

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

If the buyer has left feedback prior to item being received/shipped then that
would be a bit silly and they are in no better position regardless of whether
the order has been completed or not!

See Help page of definition of Status Completed.

A positive feedback doesn't mean the order is completed.

It doesn't mean your original statement makes any more sense either?

I'm off this subject, sorry.

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 20:48

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

If the buyer has left feedback prior to item being received/shipped then that
would be a bit silly and they are in no better position regardless of whether
the order has been completed or not!

See Help page of definition of Status Completed.

A positive feedback doesn't mean the order is completed.

It doesn't mean your original statement makes any more sense either?

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 20:16

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

If the buyer has left feedback prior to item being received/shipped then that
would be a bit silly and they are in no better position regardless of whether
the order has been completed or not!

See Help page of definition of Status Completed.

A positive feedback doesn't mean the order is completed.

I've come to the conclusion that you are the type of person who just likes
to disagree for the sake of disagreeing only your counter arguments rarely ever
seem to have any substance or make any sense?

Mom told me not to talk to trolls. Should have listen to her more.

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 19:44

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

If the buyer has left feedback prior to item being received/shipped then that
would be a bit silly and they are in no better position regardless of whether
the order has been completed or not!

I've come to the conclusion that you are the type of person who just likes
to disagree for the sake of disagreeing only your counter arguments rarely ever
seem to have any substance or make any sense?

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 15:22

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

There is a reason sellers might want to set an order to complete.

If you want to delete an old shipping method, you cannot if there is an open
order using that method

There's also NO reason to immediately delete a shipping method.

Simply disable it and forget it, delete it later on - it won't be shown in
your shop while disabled.

In short, there is still no reason a seller would set Completed an order

Sure there are work arounds to solve a problem. But if a seller wants to remove
a method, they cannot

We don't care.

The discussion is about: why a Seller would be able to set Completed.

Final argument being for me that this doesn't comply with the Completed status:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1462312

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 15:04

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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There is a reason sellers might want to set an order to complete.

If you want to delete an old shipping method, you cannot if there is an open
order using that method

Sure there are work arounds to solve a problem. But if a seller wants to remove
a method, they cannot and are warned it is because there are open orders (even
if they are filed). Hence they can be tempted to complete ones that are already
months old.

There is also the issue that store wide minimum orders take into account any
disabled methods. So if you have multiple redundant methods that are disabled
you still have to edit every one of them if you want to raise the store minimum,
even though they cannot be used by a buyer. Of course, this is not the buyer's
fault (or care), just dodgy programming blocking changes.

It also seems strange that you cannot delete a shipping method while an order
is open, but you can change all the variable parameters in that method.

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 13:34

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

There is a reason sellers might want to set an order to complete.

If you want to delete an old shipping method, you cannot if there is an open
order using that method

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 13:29

Subject:

Re: Connect Wanted List to My Collection

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In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:

I asked this same thing previously but it is kind of a manual process that I
chose. You can use the apply order in the Wat list at the top but if you have
2 orders with the same part you can accidently apply some parts twice if you
are not careful.

I ended up using BrickStore which is a free program that connects to Bricklink.
I download my orders and then sort by part number. Once I have this I go to the
Search in the Want List menu and search for that part. Then, I can compare the
numbers and update the have quantities.

Great move!

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 13:05

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

There is a reason sellers might want to set an order to complete.

If you want to delete an old shipping method, you cannot if there is an open
order using that method, even if it was delivered months ago and feedback left.
Obviously you can disable the shipping method, change the name if it conflicts
with another name, set the minimum order value for that shipping method to 9999
if it conflicts with a change in the store minimum order value, but all that
is a faff just because someone hasn't marked an order as complete.

Like you mentioned you can simply choose disable and it will be off and then
in 6-months you can delete it. Plus that way your guaranteed not to potentially
cause issues to the buyer

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 12:50

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

Author:

TheHatter13

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 06:14

Subject:

Re: Connect Wanted List to My Collection

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Author:

mediatlon

Posted:

Apr 5, 2024 05:51

Subject:

Connect Wanted List to My Collection

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

I already found a way to add parts from an order to My Collection (using XML).
To avoid ordering the same part again, it would be helpful to see how many of
that part is already in my collection when building a Wanted List.

The "Have" box in the Wanted List is just valid for that list, and entered
one part by one, as far as I could see, so that doesn't help. I'm not
a seller, so I just want to use My Collection to track what I already have and
use it to build new Wanted lists.

Thanks,

M

Author:

maxx3001

Posted:

Apr 4, 2024 04:47

Subject:

Re: Give access to all colors

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Turez writes:

In Suggestions, maxx3001 writes:

Please give 3001special access to all colors in the catalog, including Modulex
colors.

Often when uploading test bricks, it is hard to find the exact color, so having
all colors available is a must.

Also, some test bricks actually come in Modulex colors.

It would be great if this can be added.

Thanks,
Maxx

Moved to suggestions because this requires a code change. We can't do anything
here with our admin tools.

Thank you 👍

Author:

BB12

Posted:

Apr 4, 2024 04:45

Subject:

stud.io app

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible that Stud.IO will ever become an
app. I would really look forward to be able to make and edit LEGO models on my
tablet!

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 4, 2024 01:16

Subject:

Re: New filter based on % off

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In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:

That could work but I would still have to manually go through them. I use the
want list filter and select the min option to apply in bulk. If I just want parts
at a certain percentage that would not work as the lower sale items would still
be in the list.

If this was common buyer behaviour because a tool allows it, sellers would double
their prices and offer 50 % off on everything.

Some already do that type of thing, and advertise fake sales in the forum.

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 19:48

Subject:

Re: New filter based on % off

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In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:

I think if we had it you would come to see it was useless. If you were choosing
between Walmart, Target, or TRU, it would be useful, but different shops on Bricklink
routinely list things 3-4 times as much as other stores and those tend to be
the ones running sales. You can’t get much of an idea where you will get the
lowest prices by sorting by sale %.

Author:

TheHatter13

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 18:41

Subject:

Re: New filter based on % off

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Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 16:25

Subject:

Re: New filter based on % off

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Topic:

In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:

Just sort by % off descending.

Author:

M_R

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 15:25

Subject:

Re: Give access to all colors

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In Suggestions, maxx3001 writes:

Good one Maxx

Author:

TheHatter13

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 11:23

Subject:

New filter based on % off

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Turez

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 08:28

Subject:

Re: Give access to all colors

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In Suggestions, maxx3001 writes:

Moved to suggestions because this requires a code change. We can't do anything
here with our admin tools.

Author:

maxx3001

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 07:45

Subject:

Give access to all colors

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 04:39

Subject:

Re: Wishlists (like amazon)

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People
could support their favorite content creators and not have acess to their adress,
friends that are not on the adress sharing level can also do that, members of
family can have a way easier time finding something you actually want without
the hassle of looking for it and packing and sending it. It would be a really
fun idea all around imo with a lot of ways to surprise someone.

Voted no, because of the idea of supporting content creators. This would be abused
from both sides. The buyer has no idea if the seller sends the item. Similarly,
there is no eller protection as the buyer asks for it to be sent to a different
address to their payment address.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 01:44

Subject:

Re: Wishlists (like amazon)

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Topic:

In Suggestions, NuteGunray writes:

My idea comes from my friend group and family that lives pretty much all over
Europe and US. We would like to buy each other figures or sets for events
and holidays like Christmas, birthdays or even have a wishlist for any occassion
like a wedding registry. As we don't always know which figure or set someone
is missing and as adresses change it would be nice to have a wishlist like people
on amazon have where you pick figures or sets you need and want and someone else
can buy them for you. Content creators can put them in their bios on social media,
people can put them on their wedding registries, for their birthdays etc. People
could support their favorite content creators and not have acess to their adress,
friends that are not on the adress sharing level can also do that, members of
family can have a way easier time finding something you actually want without
the hassle of looking for it and packing and sending it. It would be a really
fun idea all around imo with a lot of ways to surprise someone.

You can add items to a Wantlist, download the list and send the file.

Author:

NuteGunray

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 00:47

Subject:

Wishlists (like amazon)

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 2, 2024 21:13

Subject:

Re: "Report This Item" Button...

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Topic:

In Suggestions, kzinti writes:

Currently, when shopping, if you run across an item that needs to be reported
for one problem or another, it is a multi-step process to do so. I would like
to propose a simple "report this item" button be implemented so that simply clicking
it will take you to the "problem with item for sale" section, bring with it the
lot number from the item and when you have submitted the item, have a button
to bring you right back to where you left off so you can finish shopping.

Too often things do not get reported due to the current reporting process. A
one click reporting button with a simple return to previous page button would
be wonderful.

success!

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 2, 2024 21:10

Subject:

Re: Make reporting bad listings easier

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Topic:

In Suggestions, renhoffman writes:

The only way I know of to report offending items is as follows...
1) find listing
2) roll mouse over picture of the listing
3) write the number down
4) find the problem report page, and enter the number

Please find a way to make this process easier. This is even more annoying when
after all that, the item has already been reported

.

Darren

even tho its marked as discarded (at least at the time of my writing this) it
has been implemented!

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 17:24

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

Agreed - I have several customers that post FB as soon as I mark it shipped,
and sometimes earlier

Milissa

I appreciate you, Milissa. But please express your opinion more directly here
within the thread you've initiated. Not secondhand or in reply to others
replying. It would carry more weight.

You being the longest held admin position on the site, it won't be unseemly
to express yourself more boldly. Not imho anyway

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 17:19

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

Agreed - I have several customers that post FB as soon as I mark it shipped,
and sometimes earlier

Milissa

I appreciate you, Milissa. But please express your opinion more directly here
within the thread you've initiated. Not secondhand or in reply to others
replying. It would carry more weight.

Author:

MMillere

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 16:38

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

Agreed - I have several customers that post FB as soon as I mark it shipped,
and sometimes earlier

Milissa

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 16:12

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Abolutely not please.

Buyer also can be too kind and post immediately a positive feedback when having
paid, or even before!

This would close the order as "Completed" while it wasn't meant

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 15:32

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Sensible. Put it forward as a Suggestion post, I say.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 12:47

Subject:

Re: Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually

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Topic:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, macebobo writes:

On April 1st of each year.

If they implement this suggestion, then they would have fulfilled this year's
quota and they wouldn't need to implement another until next year!

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 12:26

Subject:

Re: Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually

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Topic:

In Suggestions, macebobo writes:

On April 1st of each year.

If they implement this suggestion, then they would have fulfilled this year's
quota and they wouldn't need to implement another until next year!

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 09:25

Subject:

Re: Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually

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Topic:

In Suggestions, macebobo writes:

On April 1st of each year.

Clever

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 08:43

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

YES - same for Received. Tracking doesn't mean actually received.

To the best of my knowledge sellers can't set orders to received.

You're right, thanks!

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 08:36

Subject:

Re: Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually

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Topic:

In Suggestions, macebobo writes:

On April 1st of each year.

Voted no: hoping they'll implement more often

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 06:37

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, zorbanj writes:

Ideally there would be two types of Complete in the pulldown, one for "Seller
- Complete" and the other "Buyer - Complete".

I don't think that's really necessary - once it's "Shipped"
it's "seller complete".

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 06:33

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

YES - same for Received. Tracking doesn't mean actually received.

To the best of my knowledge sellers can't set orders to received.

Author:

StarBrick

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 03:37

Subject:

Re: Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually

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Topic:

In Suggestions, macebobo writes:

On April 1st of each year.

And we can choose which one?

Author:

macebobo

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 00:22

Subject:

Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

On April 1st of each year.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 1, 2024 00:20

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, zorbanj writes:

But a seller *is* allowed to mark an order as complete. Why is it allowed if
it's so terrible?

Because Completed means:
"Completed - Package received, contents verified, the order is completed."

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1462289

It's terrible because the seller can NOT tell contents' been verified
and the buyer thinks the order is completed.

In a more generic reply, sellers should take care of their inventory, purchase
packaging, review prices, clean terms, make an attractive but sincere shop, prepare
accounting for IRS... whatever ELSE than taking care of the buyers or what's
the status of their orders.

Well put. And as to the question of why is it allowed, it could be for any number
of reasons, an accident, old feature/rules, poorly implemented, etc. it’s not
like bricklink is bug free and everything is perfect. Most things on Bricklink
have slight quirks at the very least

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 23:26

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

As a side note I wonder whether status should auto set to complete once buyer
has left feedback or certainly after both buyer and seller have left feedback

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 21:37

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, zorbanj writes:

But a seller *is* allowed to mark an order as complete. Why is it allowed if
it's so terrible?

Author:

zorbanj

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 21:23

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

Yes. There are no legitimate cases for sellers to ever mark an order as completed.

Then is this functionality enabled? I have posted this question many times on
the forum and no one has posted an answer. So, here we go again:

If a seller should "never" mark an order as complete, then why does BL
allow it?

Even if the buyer says they got their order and are happy it still is no reason
then up to the seller to mark it as complete. Those orders would then just fall
into the same category as the other ~50% of orders that would be in the exact
same circumstance aside for the message. And on the flip side letting the seller
mark it as complete can make things much more difficult for buyers.

But a seller *is* allowed to mark an order as complete. Why is it allowed if
it's so terrible?

Just like
a buyer can’t change the order status from paid to shipped the seller should
not be allowed to change it from shipped to completed.

I really don't see the big deal. Every order has a buyer and a seller, and
if the seller feels the order is complete they have the ability to mark it as
complete. The buyer can always change it back.

Ideally there would be two types of Complete in the pulldown, one for "Seller
- Complete" and the other "Buyer - Complete".

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 20:26

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

Again, in 2024, a buyer should'nt have to click "I received my order,
how lucky I am!"
Etc.

And the Suggestion wasn't about what could or should do the buyer, but if
the seller should or shouldn't be able to set the transaction to "Completed".

This is even easier: no (he shouldn't).

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 20:15

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Saitobricks.ca writes:

We are not Amazon, that’s why buyers are so lazy now.

Be kind with buyers.

Be happy they do what they only HAVE to do: place an order with no problem, and
pay for it in a timely manner.

That's it.

I like to be able to know that my customers have received their orders.

It's not your business.

You're a seller, you ship what you've been ordered for.

If there's a problem in the end, you'll be informed.

Otherwise you leave the buyer alone; we've concerns for Privacy here.

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 20:09

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

Both this concept and Help page are outdated.

1) Fix the Help page(s).
2) Disallow the seller to change to Received or Completed.

It's an updated page:

"This document was last updated on Aug 21, 2023 19:34 by CE_Eric"

But you keep trying... it continues to be fun

Even chatGPT knows better:

"Updated" simply means that some changes or modifications have been made
to a particular piece of information, product, or service. It indicates that
the information has been refreshed or modified in some way, which could include
corrections, additions, or enhancements.

However, "updated" does not necessarily imply that the information is
not outdated. In other words, while updates may have been applied, it's possible
that those updates are insufficient to bring the information completely up-to-date,
especially if significant changes have occurred since the last update.

Therefore, it's crucial to understand that while updates are important for
maintaining accuracy and relevance, they may not always guarantee that the information
is completely current or not outdated. Users should exercise caution and consider
other factors such as the date of the last update, the pace of change in the
relevant industry or market, and any additional sources of information available.

Again, in 2024, a buyer should'nt have to click "I received my order,
how lucky I am!"
Etc.

Author:

Saitobricks.ca

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 19:58

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Under Buyer "Change Order Status to Completed - Change the Order
Status Received when you have received your package (but have not yet verified
its contents or there is a problem). When you verify the contents of your package
and consider the order completed, change the order status Completed"

That's a typical 2000 text

We are not Amazon, that’s why buyers are so lazy now.

Both this concept and Help page are outdated.

1) Fix the Help page(s).

Please do

2) Disallow the seller to change to Received or Completed.

Why?
Other that the incompetent buyers who are to lazy to do it them selfs I see no
problem.
I like to be able to know that my customers have received their orders.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 19:55

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

That's a typical 2000 text

Since somewhere later than 2000, I don't have to tell: "I've received
the order, that's unbelievable!!!"

And then after opening the parcel: "Wow, it contains what I paid for!".

Buyer shouldn't HAVE to do this.

Both this concept and Help page are outdated.

1) Fix the Help page(s).
2) Disallow the seller to change to Received or Completed.

It's an updated page:

"This document was last updated on Aug 21, 2023 19:34 by CE_Eric"

But you keep trying... it continues to be fun

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 19:49

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

That's a typical 2000 text

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 19:04

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Stellar writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

+1!

Just file it.

2) Buyer messages seller, thanking and/or offering praise of service or product
without changing the status.

Just file it.

3) Buyer and seller are in communication over an order issue, which concludes
with the buyer expressing to the seller, their complete satisfaction with the
transaction. Here, the seller might not wish to task the already tasked buyer
further, by asking them to change the status and rather takes care it themself.

Just file it.

There are a good many LEGO fans that simply don’t know, don’t care, or don’t
care to know about order status 'duties’ and just wanna buy LEGO, that’s
it. Which is fine. The changing of order status by the seller simply helps a
vendor clean things up a bit, to stay organized. I does for me anyway.

The only order duty a buyer has is to pay. After that is the seller shipping
it and nothing else, as a commerce platform there is no further need to
do anything else.

What part of this explicit statement of mine...

“There are a good many LEGO fans that simply don’t know, don’t care, or
don’t care to know about order status 'duties’ and just wanna buy LEGO, that’s
it. Which is fine”

... does not align with the sentiment of your reply, or are you just repeating
back in argumentative form, what’s been expressed? The latter does not advance
discussion

My attitude is relatively the same as yours and Milissa's, never really cared
if my buyers used the status change, not as much as is occasionally expressed
in forum by others. Just rather keep the seller ability in place, is all.

As to order status ‘duties’ and importance: None "need" as you
say, fulfill those. But it is a significant form of communications within a transaction,
helpful to both parties. Otherwise, why bother having the ability for both buyer
and seller.

And let's substitute the term "duties" with tasks, if that
facilitates better understand: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1138

Opening sentence: "Buyer and Seller each have tasks to complete
during the lifetime of an order"

Under Buyer "Change Order Status to Completed - Change the Order
Status Received when you have received your package (but have not yet verified
its contents or there is a problem). When you verify the contents of your package
and consider the order completed, change the order status Completed"

I've always maintained that I personally don't care if my buyers fulfill
their task, not really, and will gladly handle it when needed.

-popsicle

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 18:43

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

Thanks to Cory, I reread the Help:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=41&q=status

... which says:

Received - Package has been received but the buyer has not yet verified the contents
on the package.

Completed - Package received, contents verified, the order is completed.

So there is no way the seller could decide that the package is received (as tracking
isn't truth like map isn't territory), and / or the order had been verified
by the buyer, and the buyer to agree the order is completed.

In short, as per BrickLink Help it shouldn't be technically allowed for a
seller to change this.

Implementing this would just, in fact, correspond to the terms of the Help /
guidelines / terms of BrickLink.

Or change the BrickLink Help page.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 18:41

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Stellar writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

+1!

Just file it.

2) Buyer messages seller, thanking and/or offering praise of service or product
without changing the status.

Just file it.

The only order duty a buyer has is to pay. After that is the seller shipping
it and nothing else, as a commerce platform there is no further need to
do anything else.

And let's substitute the term "duties" with tasks, if that
facilitates better understand: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1138

-popsicle

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 18:27

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Stellar writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

+1!

Just file it.

2) Buyer messages seller, thanking and/or offering praise of service or product
without changing the status.

Just file it.

The only order duty a buyer has is to pay. After that is the seller shipping
it and nothing else, as a commerce platform there is no further need to
do anything else.

Author:

MMillere

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 09:54

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

Agreed

Milissa

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Mar 31, 2024 06:18

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

+1!

Just file it.

2) Buyer messages seller, thanking and/or offering praise of service or product
without changing the status.

Just file it.

The only order duty a buyer has is to pay. After that is the seller shipping
it and nothing else, as a commerce platform there is no further need to
do anything else.

But just an opinion based on my experience as a BL vendor, and very obviously
not that some other sellers.

-popsicle

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Mar 30, 2024 13:17

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

Yes. There are no legitimate cases for sellers to ever mark an order as completed.
Even if the buyer says they got their order and are happy it still is no reason
then up to the seller to mark it as complete. Those orders would then just fall
into the same category as the other ~50% of orders that would be in the exact
same circumstance aside for the message. And on the flip side letting the seller
mark it as complete can make things much more difficult for buyers. Just like
a buyer can’t change the order status from paid to shipped the seller should
not be allowed to change it from shipped to completed

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 30, 2024 13:08

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

Rather not, Milissa.

There are fairly common scenarios in which a seller might consider setting a
sent order status to “Completed” Just a few…

1) Buyer leaves positive feedback, but doesn’t change the order status from “Shipped”
2) Buyer messages seller, thanking and/or offering praise of service or product
without changing the status.
3) Buyer and seller are in communication over an order issue, which concludes
with the buyer expressing to the seller, their complete satisfaction with the
transaction. Here, the seller might not wish to task the already tasked buyer
further, by asking them to change the status and rather takes care it themself.

There are a good many LEGO fans that simply don’t know, don’t care, or don’t
care to know about order status 'duties’ and just wanna buy LEGO, that’s
it. Which is fine. The changing of order status by the seller simply helps a
vendor clean things up a bit, to stay organized. I does for me anyway.

But just an opinion based on my experience as a BL vendor, and very obviously
not that some other sellers.

-popsicle

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Mar 30, 2024 12:31

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MMillere writes:

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

YES - same for Received. Tracking doesn't mean actually received.

Author:

MMillere

Posted:

Mar 30, 2024 09:21

Subject:

Setting Orders to Complete!

Viewed:

299 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....

Can we make it so they can't?

Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system

Thanx

Milissa

Author:

joshlobe

Posted:

Mar 29, 2024 16:15

Subject:

Re: Message Limit And Seller Communication Issue

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Original thread, here:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=355637&nID=1461942

In Suggestions, joshlobe writes:

About two weeks ago, I made 23 purchases (carts) over two days.
One of those sellers is MIA, and has not changed the cart status from "paid",
nor is replying to any messages.

So today, I decide to create another wishlist and add those items again.
This split down into two carts.
Since Easter is Sunday, I messaged the sellers directly, pre-purchase, to inquire
about expedited shipping methods, and if they were able to physically fulfill
the order on such short notice.
While corresponding with two separate sellers; I tried to reply, and was told
"Oops, you have exceeded your message limit.".

This created a "frantic" situation for me; as I was already against the
clock. I had to figure out how to message them off-site, and finish my pre-purchase
conversations.

I understand bots and reasons for security measures.
But it feels this ones a little too tight, as I had already made 23 purchases
before this happened.

Author:

joshlobe

Posted:

Mar 29, 2024 16:13

Subject:

Message Limit And Seller Communication Issue

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Author:

Brickman4you

Posted:

Mar 27, 2024 10:45

Subject:

Re: US stores only

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In Suggestions, arminikonic writes:

Why is it that i can set default condition (used or new) when searching things,
but the list of stores from different countries is not an option. i want to look
at just the USA stores, nothing more or less. let me set a default for everything,
or USA only when searching..

There are two issues that keep getting voiced here in 'Suggestions':

- Nobody actually uses 'easy buy' because you can't select Country
/ region.

- You can't save a default location on 'Items for sale' tab.

Author:

joshlobe

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 13:09

Subject:

Re: Buyers orders page sellers store name

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In Suggestions, steelwoolghandi writes:

That looks Awesome! Really nice job, be sure to post pictures of the completed
house.

Thank you so very much!
I took a lot of inspiration from fellow lego enthusiasts via YouTube.
Lol.. I knew when I was watching a video of a 9 year old showing me how to put
together a miniature lawnmower (at about 3am)... I had reached an entirely new
level of Lego-nerdiness

I'll certainly post more as the project completes.
Be well and thanks again!

Author:

steelwoolghandi

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 12:32

Subject:

Re: Buyers orders page sellers store name

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In Suggestions, joshlobe writes:

In Suggestions, bricksahead writes:

On the following page in the drop down menu "Show Seller as" you may
choose from "Username, Name or Store Name".

Yes, the emails from seller, Paypal and Bricklink might be confusing. Not sure
what to suggest.

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

... I would like to see your childhood home built in LEGO. It sounds great.

In Suggestions, joshlobe writes:

I'm in my mid 40's and recently designed my childhood home on stud.io.
Super amazing software. As a cad/cam engineer and software developer myself,
it was a delight!

So, my house has over 8,000 pieces, which resulted in numerous orders through
BrickLink.
After placing over 20 orders, I receive multiple emails.
One from Bricklink for each purchase.
One from PayPal for each purchase.
Another from BrickLink once the order has shipped.
Another from PayPal once the order has shipped.

Each of these emails use various names, or email address, or store names.
It's confusing to identify which email goes with which order.
I often find myself scrolling through emails, looking for a store username, so
I can match it to my BrickLink orders page.

MY SUGGESTION:

Please add the sellers store name (perhaps under the username?) on the buyers
orders page.
This would seriously help with identifying which order goes with which email,
without having to physically click into each order, and find the store name.

Alternatively, if maintaining a single row on the orders page is preferred, could
we maybe add the store name as a "hover" when mousing over the store
username?

Thank you for the consideration.

My apologies.
I just saw the last bit about seeing the house.
That's really awesome that you asked!
I haven't shown anyone yet, so you're the first

I still need...
1) Extend the back yard.. we had over 4 acres, and I'd like to make the wooded
area.
2) Add a street along the front of the house. We played on that street all the
time.
3) Put the entire model on raised plates that can be joined together in sections.
4) Add the roof, chimney, etc.
5) put all the branches and leaves on the tree, but I wanted to leave that until
last. I have nightmares of the trees breaking apart while trying to redesign
the model onto baseplates.. lol.

That looks Awesome! Really nice job, be sure to post pictures of the completed
house.

Author:

joshlobe

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 11:01

Subject:

Re: Buyers orders page sellers store name

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In Suggestions, bricksahead writes:

My apologies.
I just saw the last bit about seeing the house.
That's really awesome that you asked!
I haven't shown anyone yet, so you're the first

Author:

joshlobe

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 10:50

Subject:

Re: Buyers orders page sellers store name

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In Suggestions, bricksahead writes:

Lmao.
How on earth did I miss that option.
I must admit, this site has little hidden options all over the place.
I'll be more attentive before posting next time

That's exactly what I needed.
Thank you so much!

Author:

bricksahead

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 10:46

Subject:

Re: Buyers orders page sellers store name

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Author:

ilovelegostoo

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 10:39

Subject:

Re: US stores only

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This helps with the Price Guide tab. Store settings are about 2/3 the way down
the page. https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp

Author:

joshlobe

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 10:35

Subject:

Buyers orders page sellers store name

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Author:

Ziegelmeister

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 03:00

Subject:

Re: US stores only

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In Suggestions, arminikonic writes:

Look up the piece you want, I'll just randomly pick 4073

Below the image of the piece (and related items) are a few tabs.

Click the left one (items for sale).

Click more options below that on the right.

Click "seller location": USA.

I'm not sure if you can limit that in your settings, but I know you can when
you use the right tab under "price guide". As I store I set that up
so I can quickly go check my prices against everyone else and raise or lower
prices based on other US based stores.

Author:

arminikonic

Posted:

Mar 26, 2024 01:42

Subject:

US stores only

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[Yes|No]

Author:

geali_dor

Posted:

Mar 25, 2024 07:28

Subject:

Sort Wanted Lists in "Add to Wanted List"-Dlg

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Hello Developer Team,

prior to my request I want to thank you all for your great website! I use it
really a lot to manage my Lego collection.

My request:
i have a wanted list for each of my uncomplete set. The lists are named in a
certain pattern. There are some generic wanted lists as well which i prefix with
an exclamation mark.
When adding an item I need to select the wanted list. It would be nice to have
a setting for the sort order of the wanted lists in the add dialog. Currently
it seems it is sorted by id, it would also be great by name or other properties.

Thanks in advance and best regards,
Gerald

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 24, 2024 22:35

Subject:

Re: Security Concerns

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In Suggestions, ricka writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Maybe for more focused attention by both admin and membership alike, a new forum
Topic Charter may benefit the site? To concentrate reporting, solutions, announcements
etc. Unlike most other topics, this one really benefits from expedited awareness.

So structured, black hats may also benefit I suppose?

I don't know, it's just a thought while weeding through the forum for
the newest happenings and concerns with this seemingly ongoing matter.

-popsicle

Agree, an "alert" topic where copies of the "fake" messages can
be safely posted to minimize there effectiveness.

I also must add that we lost 2 days worth of sales just a few days ago because
we got caught by a scammer changed a bunch of our settings and listed a few "Too
Good to be True" sets.

I am grateful admin shut our page down when they caught it before we did. But
we were able to make the needed changes and were back up pretty quick. Still
a pain in the a$$.

Something like that's gotta be a pain. Well done, Admin.

Author:

ricka

Posted:

Mar 24, 2024 22:20

Subject:

Re: Security Concerns

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 11:54

Subject:

Re: Idea for messages Can we fix it?

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In General, George_Lucy writes:

I agree this really ought to be up there as one of Bricklink's priority fixes
as I wonder how many sellers have replied not realizing their reply had gone
to the BL email leaving the buyer thinking they had been ignored. I wonder how
many lost sales opportunities and what overall negative impact this may have
caused to the way buyers perceive Bricklink and its sellers!

Author:

crazylegoman

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 11:49

Subject:

Re: Idea for messages Can we fix it?

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In General, George_Lucy writes:

When someone
messages a seller who doesn’t have an order we get an email from BL with the
message. The message reply email isn’t even to the person asking the question.
You have to remove the BL email and put in their email or it will just go
to a dead box.

Years ago when you would reply to a Bricklink email from a member, it would already
have the member's email address set up as the one for replies. I have no
idea why they changed it. It's like it's fun for them to break working
features and then just leave them broken.

David

Author:

rainbowmist

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 10:56

Subject:

Re: Idea for messages Can we fix it?

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In General, George_Lucy writes:

Why can we not have all our messages go into our inbox on Bricklink? When someone
messages a seller who doesn’t have an order we get an email from BL with the
message. The message reply email isn’t even to the person asking the question.
You have to remove the BL email and put in their email or it will just go
to a dead box. It seems so simple to keep track of if we just keep all messages
on BL. It would even be better if we didn’t give out email addresses like most
other sites already block. They may also stop the spam we are all getting. Just
my 2 cents.

Author:

George_Lucy

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 10:32

Subject:

Idea for messages Can we fix it?

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Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Mar 21, 2024 12:28

Subject:

Re: Security Concerns

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