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 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jul 13, 2013 00:36
 Subject: A nice touch for Bricklink 2 (As and when)
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calsbricks (8519)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Aug 12, 2008 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: CalsBricks
Just a thought for consideration:

Inventories currently have a summary at the end of them showing no of parts and
no of figures as well as alternate parts.

It would be a nice parameter driven option to be able to see a summary of colours
and categories (user could choose either or both). Something like:

Include Colour summary
Include Category Summary

This way at a glance you could see how many different colours were in the set
and which categories it covers. Bearing in mind this is a SQL database this is
a simple extension to what we already have.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: May 17, 2013 04:01
 Subject: Next release of Bricklink
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calsbricks (8519)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Aug 12, 2008 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: CalsBricks
I am sure both admin and development have had a lot of messages concerning the
next release, and I am also sure they have their own agenda of priorities e.g.
making the site secure etc., however; I would like to put another point to them
for consideration.

As the back end of the site is a SQL database and we are SQL people, we would
like to see much more use of the capabilities which exist within the database
itself. For example when we go to catalogue - color guide and look at the page
we would like a sort option to appear so that the information can be sorted by
color name; no parts, no sets, wanted, etc. In an ideal world the headings for
each of the columns woluld simply need to be clicked on to arrange the sort.
This applies to not only the color guide but also in other areas on the site
e.g. inventory, orders etc.

We would also like to see a way to use the data mining capabilities e.g. what
part comes in the most colours? Or which category is most associated with a particular
color or group of colours e.g. Star Wars - grays etc;

There are very long winded ways of doing some of the above at present, but it
would be very helpful if thoughts could go into how we make this an easier process
in the next release.

When I mentioned this in an earlier post, someone suggested a management reporting
capability (either online or offline)- maybe something like Brickstore (but
something that would be supported and or looked after)

I will also go back to a very old suggestion which is becoming increasingly more
important to us. We need the ability to have multiple logins to our store with
permission capabilities set up against each login - from administrator to clerical.
We now have two separate locations for our Lego store - one for picking and one
for packing and processing. Both need access to the store and orders and without
using my login we cannot achieve that. As we continue to grow the store (2,000
items at launch and over 91,000 now)this capability has become more important
and, of course, thee is no real way around it other than using the owner's
login and password.

The entire philosophy behind Bricklink was to provide an opportunity for the
Lego people around the world to acquire what they need in the simplest fashion
possible. The next release needs to go much further in making this process simpler
and easier, not only for the buyher but also the sellers and the 'Bricklink
Experts' that are out there.

Anybody else got any thoughts on this and other features/requirements for the
next release?
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Apr 17, 2013 10:55
 Subject: Improvement to Price guide or more options
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calsbricks (8519)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Aug 12, 2008 Contact Member Seller
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Store: CalsBricks
We want to see all te price data for any items at a glance so for example take
a 3001 2 x 4 brick. Instead of haing to go through each one of the colour price
guides can we go anywehre to see what each colour is making. This would be helpful
to buyers as well as sellers.
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Jan 9, 2013 03:28
 Subject: Two minor nice touches to see in Bricklink 2
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calsbricks (8519)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: CalsBricks
As and when of course.

It would be useful to be able to filter the feedback pages by type e.g. see all
feedback for this member as a buyer or seller. Say something like see feedback
as (drop down list) Seller; Buyer; . The default could remain the same e.g. both.

It would also be useful when you do a catalogue enquiry and bring up a part e.g.
3001 to see the quantities on sale (by colour) broken into two columns new and
used rather than just a single column.
New Used
Black 25 300

Comments?
 Author: calsbricks View Messages Posted By calsbricks
 Posted: Dec 10, 2012 03:37
 Subject: Need to be able to track parts ordered
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calsbricks (8519)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Aug 12, 2008 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: CalsBricks
We have a need to track parts/items that we have on order at any time. This is
due to the fact that many suppliers do not have the full quanity we require so
we have to spread the order over several. Sometimes there are 10+ orders on the
go and it would be very helpful if we were able to say how many 3001's in Black
do we have on order and from whom.

Anybody else agree.

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