BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?
For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.

Perhaps you can change the way you work, because in my routine this is absolutely
no problem, and it's unlikely that Bricklink will change or upgrade anything.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 13:12

Subject:

Re: Add ability to download Part Out Log

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In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

Please add ability to download the list of sets shown on the My Inventory: Part
Out Log.
Thank You.

Bumping. It would be nice to be able to download this info into an excel sheet.
It would make cross checking my records easier.
Thank You.

Hi there - voted no but need to explain. The part out log as it stands at present
isn't really much value. It needs to incorporate the transaction detail (which
it holds) before it would be worthwhile downloading it. The only thing it contains
at present is the set id and the date you parted it out.

But, again, unfortunately nothing is going on on the classic site whatsoever
- all development effort is being utilized on Bricklink XP (or whatever they
end up calling it).

Author:

JulieK

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 12:05

Subject:

Re: Add ability to download Part Out Log

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In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

Please add ability to download the list of sets shown on the My Inventory: Part
Out Log.
Thank You.

Bumping. It would be nice to be able to download this info into an excel sheet.
It would make cross checking my records easier.
Thank You.

Author:

Victorymike18

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 09:59

Subject:

Re: Parting out

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You can part out multiple of the same set at once by adjusting the quantity of
sets parting out.

However, I don't know of a way (on Bricklink) to part out multiple different
sets in one fell swoop.

In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

Author:

superchicken77

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 09:12

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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Well you lived up to your name. Now I'm ROFL.

You can't be serious.

In Suggestions, Mr_Rofl writes:

If it would be opt in, why ask BrickLink to implement.
There should be tools out on the internet (i.e. google maps) to maintain a map
with every store willing to share their location to add a pin to there location.
This can be run on the forum here and maintain else were with a link. Like goatleg
used to be.
Maybe you can be administrator to setup such a thing.

In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

I'd like to be able to search for stores within a specific range (ie 10km,
20km, 50km) from my postal code. Seeing that a seller is in a given province
(in my case) means they could be around the corner or 12 hours way in Thunder
Bay. Being able to search nearby stores would be a fantastic option. It would
be an option to opt into, whereby a store must enable the feature to show up
in nearby store searches. This would allow stores to disable the feature in
case they are uncomfortable with the feature.

Author:

mfav

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 08:22

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

Privacy issue is solved by it being an opt in feature. I list my postal code
in my terms anyway.

Going back to your suggestion about co-ordinates, maybe that's the easier
way to implement it instead of having to code in zip/postal codes and every other
addressing nomenclature of each country. If you can find your longitude and
latitude on google earth, it should be easy enough to find "near me" stores.

https://geocoder.ca
Knock yourself out.

Author:

Mr_Rofl

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 04:10

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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Author:

superchicken77

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 01:33

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

Cool idea, but difficult to implement. And there are privacy issues.

The Canadian zip code database runs over 760,000 records; most of them geolocate
to stationary moose, uninhabited parts of the Yukon, and what have you. I don't
recall exactly, but I think their process was to basically put a grid over the
entire land mass of the country, divide it up into little squares, and assign
a code to each square.

The US zip code database, covering a population several times that of Canada
runs only about 42,000 records and the codes cover arbitrary regions roughly
equivalent to towns, and some post offices that don't offer delivery have
their own code.

Typically these zip codes are associated with a longitude and latitude, and these
data files can be acquired from the post office and maybe other sources.

Then there is some math and code to figure out the "as-the-crow-flies" distance
between two zip codes' associated coordinates.

I don't know that the entire globe...or all the areas serviced by BL...have
these databases. Could be. Just never built one of these things other than US/Canada.

Anyway, bottom line is you need the longitude and latitude of every store...or
something reasonably close. The coding is a bit tricky. And it may have to be
broken into hemispheres because of the math for triangulation over a sphere.

If folks want to publish their longitudes and latitudes, then you can find the
distances with Google Earth or something similar. I'd guess most of the mom-and-pop-hobby-shop
operations aren't going to be enthusiastic about posting their residential
coordinates for the world to see, though.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 00:49

Subject:

Re: Parting out

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In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

Is there any reason why a function to part multiple unique sets can't implemented?

I think to avoid errors. The more different sets in one go the more likely to
have errors.

For example it would save a huge amount of time if I could sort all the lots
from three copies of five different sets and pack everything away once, rather
than having to go through the whole part out process five times.

You can use Brickstock and upload the file.

Author:

SchmickBricks

Posted:

Jan 15, 2019 00:31

Subject:

Parting out

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Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Jan 14, 2019 17:03

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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FYI: they discarded my suggestion to show zip codes so I wouldn't get your
hopes up.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1021174

In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 14, 2019 17:01

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

I think this is a great suggestion, Mike. Dynamic and pragmatic, with little
to no downside as proposed.

Reoccurring ideas such as this, come to mind when I receive orders with shipping
addresses not much further away from our home than our post office

Receiving
orders with shipping addresses not far from my brother's home in Sweden,
also has brought this to mind.

I assume, given initiator of the site-suggestion has a IT background, it must
be doable?

I would add that eBay has had something like this in place, for some time now.
I've taken advantage of it a few times.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 14, 2019 16:55

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

Author:

mfav

Posted:

Jan 14, 2019 16:19

Subject:

Re: Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

Author:

superchicken77

Posted:

Jan 14, 2019 15:11

Subject:

Search nearby stores by postal or zip code

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

BUC

Posted:

Jan 14, 2019 13:50

Subject:

Re: Add sales tax column to order downloads

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Tax time, a whole year later and this still hasn't been implemented.

Please BrickLink, this is crucial for filing sales taxes. Thanks!

In Suggestions, CPgolfaddict writes:

Please add the sales tax field to order downloads.

Author:

Biodreamer

Posted:

Jan 13, 2019 14:38

Subject:

Re: Automated Feedback.

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

Hi all.

Suggestion ….

Feedback is not always left by the customer. Positive is left most times, and
a customer will always leave negative or neutral if there is something wrong.

One assumes that if nothing is heard from the customer, it must have been delivered
and was ok. Therefore - Can we have an automated positive feedback say after
2 months(or whatever length of time is felt suitable) of order being delivered
for all orders still showing as shipped. It could also be implemented if the
seller has not given feedback.

Thanks

Tracy

No, I usually give feedback but people are a bit harsh when it comes to getting
a neutral so in the cases where I think positive is to good and neutral is a
bit harsh, I usually don't leave any and just archive the order.

Any automatic system would be required to give out neutral votes. and few sellers
would want that on their store feedback %.

The only thing the feedback system need is longer feedback notes. 80 characters
is not enough to give a small review of the order and tell what was good/bad
with it. it's just enough for a positive only review.

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Jan 13, 2019 08:17

Subject:

Re: Automated Feedback.

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

I can see how many orders your store has filled if I need to see it.

I wish we had an automated tool to stop people from obsessing about their feedback
score and customers not leaving feedback. If you are trying to figure out how
to catch up to the 5 digit people, don't forget that they also have customers
not leaving them feedback.

Author:

peterab

Posted:

Jan 13, 2019 05:46

Subject:

Re: Automated Feedback.

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

This suggestion would remove the option to not leave feedback which is a middle
ground between leaving positive feedback for a good experience and leaving either
neutral or negative feedback knowing it will penalise a seller. I can't see
any point to this except to pacify those who worry that others don't leave
them feedback. Perhaps those people would be better off not worrying so much
about it or being a bit more introspective.

Author:

Rob_and_Shelagh

Posted:

Jan 13, 2019 05:45

Subject:

Re: Automated Feedback.

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

No thanks for this one, sorry but if a buyer (or seller) does not leave FB it
does not mean the transaction was positive. Many choose not to leave FB if they
were not completely satisfied as they are worried about retaliation FB if they
leave non positive.

Overall FB is optional, it is not a requirement that FB is left for every order.
Elsewhere (other shopping sites eg Amazon) I rarely leave FB for purchases unless
the experience was particularly good or bad. On here I only want to receive positive
FB if the buyer chose to leave it otherwise it would mean nothing to me and I'd
have no idea what my customers think of my service.

Robert

Author:

manganschlamm

Posted:

Jan 13, 2019 04:46

Subject:

Re: Automated Feedback.

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

If feedback would be posted automatically, then we can abandon the feedback system
right away because it makes no sense at all. How can the system decide / judge
automatically if the customer was satisfied? For example, I am very reluctant
as a buyer to post negative or neutral feedback even when I am not too happy
with an order. In such cases I simply do not leave any feedback.

Author:

tpr

Posted:

Jan 13, 2019 04:02

Subject:

Automated Feedback.

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

brickerking

Posted:

Jan 11, 2019 13:40

Subject:

Sales by Year

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Can Bricklink please update their "Sales by Year" page?
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1304

2013 was like 6 years ago.

Thanks!

Author:

Emperor_Penguin

Posted:

Jan 10, 2019 14:02

Subject:

Re: Sort by Country

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In Suggestions, OtherDude writes:

Hello,

New uses, sorry if this has already been suggested and/or is available and I
can't figure it out, but I'm wondering if you can sort by county of seller?

On an item page, click on the 'More Options' button, that will bring
up some options including 'Seller Location'.

Author:

OtherDude

Posted:

Jan 10, 2019 13:55

Subject:

Sort by Country

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hello,

New uses, sorry if this has already been suggested and/or is available and I
can't figure it out, but I'm wondering if you can sort by county of seller?

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 9, 2019 16:57

Subject:

Re: Request official BrickLink app

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In Suggestions, TheBrickGuys writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, KaanDurak writes:

Hi ,
I use my phone alot and I also use Bricklink alot , but the site on phone isn't
that great , so please. Bricklink create a phone app of Bricklink , it would
be easier for phone users.
I hope the staff will see this and an official bricklink app will be created.
Thanks for reading

It's in development https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1094209

wow, that post was 5 years old so it is still a work in progress??

jim

It's still a work in progress I think and it will be released at some point
when Bricklink feels like it.

But until they will add payment methods other than PayPal it's just a gimmic
to me, I am opting out for it and so are some other sellers. Of the remaining
sellers, only a small portion has Instant Checkout, so there is no real reason
using the Bricklink app if you get 10x as many results using a computer. To me
that's easily worth navigating a non mobile friendly Bricklink for.

So I guess the answer is, nope, "proper" Bricklink is not going to be mobile
friendly.

Author:

EthansToys

Posted:

Jan 9, 2019 01:28

Subject:

Re: Request official BrickLink app

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In Suggestions, KaanDurak writes:

This is a great idea! I personally use my phone for shopping and that would make
it much easier for me!

Author:

Dutchblockhead

Posted:

Jan 6, 2019 16:31

Subject:

Better use of page titles

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Some pages use page titles specified, some don't (for instance wanted lists).
I wish we could get better pagetitles (in the tags) programmed. If i
open up multiple tabs of bricklink pages (multiple wanted lists or sets, parts
etc) they all look alike and i have no idea which is which because the site does
not use page titles.

Instead of:
Bricklink - Search your wanted list

I would like to see:
SC Scale Porsche 911 GT3 RS - Wanted list - Bricklink

Pushing the sitename to the end of the page title would already be a helping
factor but you could make better titles.

This would also help the sites SEO, but it's just easier to work with and
use multiple tabs.

my 2 cents/wish.

Thanks for listening

Author:

AngrySquirrel

Posted:

Jan 6, 2019 12:59

Subject:

Re: Search inventory remarks in top search bar

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guess not.

Author:

robosushi

Posted:

Jan 4, 2019 12:22

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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All I suggest is that since the data parameter is already in the database, Why
not allow us to search using it? If it's off a bit who cares? It's
still better than nothing.

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

If the item is big enough for it's weight to be unique, I would think that
typically the element ID is molded somewhere on there large enough to see and
read without too much effort and type in to easily find with the search bar.

With a 1/100th-gram scale, lego pieces have very unique weights. Sure a dozen
pieces might have the same weight but it's easy to spot the one your holding
in your hand by looking at the results. I've weighed many bricks and have
not seen variations based on color. Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

I've seen some variations on a decent scale if you take say 10 different
coloured 2x4 bricks. But then there is a similar variation if you weigh 10 of
the same colour ones. This is the problem when it is said that different colours
have different weights.

If you weigh 1 red brick and 1 blue brick, they might weigh a slightly different
amount, lets say red was heavier. That wouldn't mean all red bricks weigh
more than all blue bricks, for example. Just that the red one was taken from
the heavier end of the weight distribution and the blue from the lighter end.

So if you weigh 1000 red bricks and 1000 blue bricks, the difference between
the piles would not be 1000x(random red one - random blue one).

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 4, 2019 11:16

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Jan 4, 2019 10:58

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

If you only have a gram scale you simply weigh 100 of the brick and divide.
My point is that it would be a simple and useful search criteria.

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

But do the people entering the weights into the database have a 1/100th gram
scale?

Yeah, but everyone entering the weights might not have the same scale calibration
so you could throw a part on the scale and type the weight into the search, and
it might not come up in the results if your scale's single weight comes back
as different than someone weighing 100 and dividing.

Author:

robosushi

Posted:

Jan 4, 2019 10:54

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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If you only have a gram scale you simply weigh 100 of the brick and divide.
My point is that it would be a simple and useful search criteria.

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

But do the people entering the weights into the database have a 1/100th gram
scale?

Author:

BrickSwede

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 22:46

Subject:

Re: Wanted list in seller store

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You'll find it under the "shop" tag at the top of the store...

In Suggestions, BrickFlipper writes:

Firstly love the site.

Been a buyer for a few years now.

And I'm starting to use wanted lists.

And while I'm gooding through a store for a particular part, I'll come
across and item listed in one of my Wanted lists.

If I'm at a large store their maybe a few.

It would be nice to have an option / filter to just list parts in your wanted
list(s).

You may decide to get more parts from that sttore than intended.

Regards

Andrew

Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 22:03

Subject:

Re: Wanted list in seller store

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Already exists.

In Suggestions, BrickFlipper writes:

Author:

BrickFlipper

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 21:42

Subject:

Wanted list in seller store

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 17:17

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

There are definitely variations based on color. Especially between parts made
in ABS and those made in PC using the same mold.

Cheers,
Randy

Some of the really old bricks vary from mold
to mold. But I don't get to many of those anyways. Usually, a single brick
type will only vary a few hundredths of a gram.

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 17:09

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

But do the people entering the weights into the database have a 1/100th gram
scale?

Author:

robosushi

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 17:00

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 12:19

Subject:

Re: Filling My Inventory with WANTED Items

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Your conclusion that it is 'a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing
part quantities currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months' is probably
right. Items sold versus available is a much more reliable source of information
than the wanted lists which are mostly shielded for privacy.

Also just because a part sells in large numbers doesn't mean it is necessarily
a good part to stock. It depends what the buy-in vs sale price is.

And even the current stock to items sold ratio might not be so good to look at,
take a fictitious example:

Part A: 0 currently on BL, 10 sold in 6 months.

Part B: 100000 on BL, 20000 sold in 6 months.

A would be ranked highly as currently understocked (they all sold!) whereas for
B there is currently 5x 6 months stock unsold so quite overstocked. But would
you buy into part B, when the sales are actually low?

There would be so many of these to sort through, unless you could set other parameters
such as minimum numbers sold and so on. Even better if you can restrict it to
specific regions too.

Author:

littlepb

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 12:11

Subject:

Re: Filling My Inventory with WANTED Items

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In Suggestions, Happyakrz writes:

Hello everyone!

I'm a long-term buyer on Bricklink, but have recently started to sell here
as well, and I've been looking through all of the various areas of data in
the site (which has been an amazing process), and I haven't been able to
find anything that shows the most commonly sought-after parts -- either by
direct request, or by inclusion on member "wanted lists".

Is there an area or process that is already programmed for the calculation and
display of the most wanted parts by the members?

Or is this a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing part quantities
currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months, etc.?

Just want to make sure that I'm stocking what people really want to get their
hands on -- aren't we all?

Thanks for any info you can offer!

Todd / Happyakrz

This might help:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogStatsWanted.asp?itemType=P

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 12:09

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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(Has anyone seen a bag in a bag in a bag? I can't remember having seen these)

I think a Friends set had a bag of four lipsticks (when only one was needed)
inside a bag of other small parts (in one of those holey type bags), inside a
normal bag.

Author:

hpoort

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 11:07

Subject:

Re: Filling My Inventory with WANTED Items

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In Suggestions, Happyakrz writes:

Thanks for any info you can offer!

Todd / Happyakrz

For various reasons the information about what is on people's wanted lists
is not freely accessible. The only information I have come across is the catalog
pages that say 'on how many wanted lists' a part-color combination occurs.

As a buyer I would not want that my action of putting item on my wanted list
would be of influence on the prices.

Whether the information 'on how many wanted lists' an item is, is reliable,
I have doubts about. For me, most of the time what is on my wanted lists does
not correspond to what I intend to buy. It either represents the preparation
of a shopping list or a notebook to remember that someday I might want to buy
these items. I might put an item on my wanted list in many non-existent or rare
colors just to see whether they become more readily available later on.

Your conclusion that it is 'a time-crunching labour-of-love process of comparing
part quantities currently for sales vs. sold in the last 6 months' is probably
right. Items sold versus available is a much more reliable source of information
than the wanted lists which are mostly shielded for privacy.

Hans-Peter

Author:

Happyakrz

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 10:57

Subject:

Filling My Inventory with WANTED Items

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Vote:

[Yes|No]

Thanks for any info you can offer!

Todd / Happyakrz

Author:

hpoort

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 10:57

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

The idea is nice to have such an intelligent scale, but this is not feasible.
The weights of parts vary not only per mold variation, but also per color. And
for each weight (plus or minus a few percent) you would find thousands of parts.

However, there is something to say for the idea of using weight to discriminate
between parts:

During production of sets, TLC does use weighing to identify sets that may have
the improper number of parts in it. These are tossed out and supposedly checked
and corrected manually.
For bigger sets, LEGO carefully composes the contents of each of the numbered
bags, to minimize the number of possible mistakes and to maximize the efficiency
of the weighing test. Big and small parts are kept separate, small parts are
mixed with small parts so the relative accuracy is greater, but rarely with the
same part in another color. That is one of the reasons you may find a bag of
mixed small parts in a bag of bigger parts.
(Has anyone seen a bag in a bag in a bag? I can't remember having seen these)
Other reasons of this separation may be to be prevent damage, to distribute the
work load over multiple counting machines, to prevent tiles being caught up in
2x-bricks and so on.

Hans-Peter

Author:

jethroo

Posted:

Jan 3, 2019 10:16

Subject:

Customizable Place Order Button

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142 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

As german seller in order to follow german law I want to be able to customize
the button displayed on the final checkout page (currently "Place Order") so
that it can be localized as needed by the shop owner.

Some background for emphasize the need (german only though sorry!): https://www.haendlerbund.de/de/downloads/whitepaper-button-loesung.pdf

This setting should be implemented in an optional way (when not defined default
BL text will be displayed). Furthermore a checkbox for displaying it to domestic
buyers only might be helpful.

To any other (german) seller: Please add to this idea / feature request so that
we can use BL again

sincerely

Carsten

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 16:27

Subject:

Re: Add weight as a search parameter.

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32 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, robosushi writes:

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

Author:

robosushi

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 15:46

Subject:

Add weight as a search parameter.

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53 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Could the weight of an item be added as one of the search options? It would
really speed up finding unusual parts if I could just plug in the weight and
bring it up.

Author:

Leut

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 14:30

Subject:

Re: Add HTML functionality to shipping message

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Topic:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Leut writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Leut writes:

When I ship an order with a courier and I get a track-and-trace code, I also
add a URL to the message with which the buyer can easily keep an eye on the courier's
website and the status of the parcel.

This URL however can only be inserted as plain text and looks rather old school
and not quite professional as I would like to see. An image is attached to show
what I mean.

Is it a possibility there's some kind of HTML options added to the shipment
message with which we -the sellers- are able to create good looking messages?

If something like this already exists or if there are any other options I might
have overlooked, please do inform so.

Hi there - very strange

We add the tracking url to our drive through messages and it works fine.

This is the URL that we use, replacing the [TRACKING NUMBVER] field with the
Post Office tracking number.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track?trackNumber=[TRACKING NUMBER]

That already looks better than mine.

But wouldn’t it be more nicer to mention the tracking number only in the drive
through message, and this tracking number is a hyperlink, on which the buyer
can click to get routed to the courier’s statuspage?

That above URL is pasted into our drive-thru messages with the appropriate number
in it (replacing the word tracking number) and over 5000 orders later we have
never had a problem other than they click on the link and the post office haven't
updated the information yet but that always goes away after a day or so.

Go to your postal service or courier web site and I am sure in their support
section they will have a list of the URL's to use with examples. That is
what we did

We still agree with you about smartening up the message capabilities so it can
be more of a marketing tool but at least you should be able to do this without
any problems.

I guess that’ll be the most easiest solution for the time being. I’ll look into
the default message section and add some standardized URL’s with the tracking
number then added by the system.

Thanks anyway for your input!

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 13:33

Subject:

Re: Add HTML functionality to shipping message

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Leut writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Leut writes:

Author:

Leut

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 13:26

Subject:

Re: Add HTML functionality to shipping message

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26 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Leut writes:

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 13:11

Subject:

Re: Add HTML functionality to shipping message

Viewed:

27 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, Leut writes:

Author:

Leut

Posted:

Jan 2, 2019 13:00

Subject:

Add HTML functionality to shipping message

Viewed:

63 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Dec 30, 2018 11:41

Subject:

Allow selecting currency per payment method

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56 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hello!

I mainly take payments by three different methods, PayPal, Stripe and IBAN.

I want to be able to accept any currency possible through Stripe, accept only
Euros and USD on paypal and only euros by IBAN. Currently you need to make a
note for all the payment methods, or only acccept some currencies.

For example, for IBAN, I'm sure that no one would pay in any other currency
than Euros, but I wish I would be able to tell buyers that they can pay in any
currency through Stripe, but not paypal. If I allowed all currencies, I'm
sure that a lot of buyers would mistakenly pay by paypal in other currencies,
even if I specified it in the notes. There is no way to really, automatically,
enforce that.

Thanks.

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Dec 28, 2018 09:53

Subject:

Catalog attribute for custom modified parts

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48 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Please consider adding an attribute to the lots DB, specifically for parts, that
indicates the part has been custom modified. This could be a physical dimensional
change (e.g. Removing the clip from a plate mod 1x1 with clip vertical, to yield
a basic plate 1x1) or could be parts which have custom engraving to signify events
(e.g. Wedding, engagement, opening of a business, new baby, life milestones,
etc).

The title says 'catalog', but that is slightly misleading. I can't
image actually having a catalog entry for a custom modified part, when in fact
the entire purpose of the attribute would be to use the existing catalog entry
to house these parts, and to allow them to be found/suppressed (as appropriate).

The description would have to contain user entered information about the custom
mod.

Nita Rae

Author:

pitz8008

Posted:

Dec 27, 2018 10:49

Subject:

Re: Minifig Generator

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44 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, husker92 writes:

I see you have gotten zero responses. I have posed this same question numerous
times throughout the years. Seems it wouldn't be too hard for the rebrickable.com
folks to put this together, but so far no one but you and me seem to think it
is a good idea. Keep trying!

Haha thanks for reaching out. Lol, I can see how it would be a pretty big ask,
but yeah it's pretty similar to what rebrickable would do.

Example: "You can build these figures with the pieces you uploaded"

And if there were an optimization feature which took into account the qty of
pieces you have and you could either tell it to "Build Max Qty" or "Build Max
Value" so once a unique head or something was consumed by a figure, it couldn't
be used to complete another.

I am in complete agreement with this. I have thought it would be a great idea
for years. Wish they would do it with sets as well. Might be too difficult with
sets but it would at least be great for the minifigures.

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Dec 27, 2018 09:37

Subject:

Re: Minifig Generator

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Topic:

In Suggestions, husker92 writes:

Author:

husker92

Posted:

Dec 27, 2018 09:32

Subject:

Re: Minifig Generator

Viewed:

54 times

Topic:

Author:

mfav

Posted:

Dec 26, 2018 15:25

Subject:

Re: Move header buttons to the left side screen

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29 times

Topic:

Possible kludge workaround is to go into the browser preferences, find where
you can adjust the fonts and sizes. Increase the font size. Then there should
be an option to override what the browser specifies. Save those changes. Go back
to browser window and use the control/command-minus keyboard shortcut to zoom-down
the screen. It won't be perfect, but may be somewhat more useable.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Dec 26, 2018 12:17

Subject:

Re: Move header buttons to the left side screen

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40 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

I agree it's way too wide. I have a large widescreen but even here "current
orders" and "filed orders" is off the screen. What you can at least do for those
two particular options (and perhaps others) is bookmark their links and add them
to your bookmark bar of your browser, so you can access them by clicking there
instead of having to scroll right.

I think before improving the interface, first of all a bug needs to be fixed.
This orders received display is way too wide because of all these columns. And
we cannot turn off columns such as additional charges, additional charges 2,
and insurance. I've never used insurance yet it takes up the center of the
display. These columns used to be mandatory for some mysterious reason and their
checkboxes were greyed out in "customize display", but now they have been enabled,
but modifying them doesn't do anything. You can check and uncheck them and
the orders display remains exactly the same. If this bug is fixed, we will be
able to cut down on the width of that page quite a bit, and it can bring a couple
of buttons back in sight. And it will make my list of received orders more comfortable
to look at, too.

In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:

Hi all,

when I am in my order page...all buttons are centered above the site.

But using an old fashioned 4/3 monitor, half of the buttons are outside my view,
and I need to use the sliding bars everytime I want to select one of them.

If all the buttons can be alligned from the left side of the screeen, this would
improve a lot.

Anybody has the same problem?

Be cool and have fun

Eric

I see now that besides this bug there's also another problem that recently
emerged. The orders pages used to have zoom levels that were independent from
the rest of the site. I remember requesting this in the past, this was done specifically
for making these pages fit. That, however, has now been undone again. All pages
have a single linked zoom level. That means you're forced to choose between
either an order list that fits but a Bricklink that's a narrow strip with
half of the screen blank, or a Bricklink that fills the screen reasonably well
but an order page that is cut off on the right side.

This still annoys me every single day but probably won't ever be fixed? I
need to choose between zooming down 30% from how I'd like to view the site
and stare at tiny letters like I'm doing right now typing this, or scroll
left and right through my orders.. I'd be OK with it if this problem wasn't
fixable but this was actually noted by the admins and fixed at some point..

Author:

bb1281094

Posted:

Dec 23, 2018 07:37

Subject:

(Cancelled)

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21 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, Darmzotte writes:
It took me a while to find out where to give feedback, as neither the orders
nor the store pages list that option. That might help.

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Dec 21, 2018 15:57

Subject:

Re: Seller with no honor

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195 times

Topic:

Congrats, you figured out how supply and demand in a free market works regarding
price levels.

In Administrative, shungabubus writes:

Nope, the price was 70 for 2 items (I did not do screenshot as I gave up buying)
so if he sold for 60 he is even worse...

I guess it is better to go back to ebay. You guys really don't have any boundaries...

In Administrative, yorbrick writes:

Also, it looks like the one they sold was at £60 not £70. So they could have
been alerted to their cheap price by the other person buying it

Author:

bahpstore

Posted:

Dec 21, 2018 12:07

Subject:

Re: Seller with no honor

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Topic:

In Administrative, shungabubus writes:

Dear Admins,

I want to share one of my first experiences as a new bricklink member I had to
suffer. There is no response on my complaint (there is no even proper category
for this) so I'm desperate to seek justice.

I was searching for set 60051 and I found a great deal as you can see in the
first image.
I wanted to buy one, but seeing the price I decided to go for both. Unfortunately
shop size policy stopped me from ordering so I contacted the seller (I've
seen replicas on eBay, and that time I was not sure if they can be sold here):
"Subject: 60051
Sent: Jun 12, 2018 18:35
From: shungabubus (0)
To: Mole2704 (20)
Read: Yes

Hello,

I am interested in your High Speed trains. They are real LEGO, aren't they?
If
so, I am thinking to buy both of them, but the shipping cost can be an issue.
I wonder how much it is to 4400 Nyiregyhaza Hungary? I also wonder if it would
be better to take the sealed small packages our ofthe paper box and re-package
them? I don't need the box nor the instructions, if you find it reasonable
I'm
more than happy to leave them with you in exchange for this favor.

What do you say?

Cheers:
Tamas"

The response was that he raised the price but no reply. I am sad to see he managed
to sell one in the meantime...

I submitted a complaint but no response there. I am both upset and angry there
is no way this is allowed on any selling site...

Many thanks:
Tamas

It happened me twice, both after I send a quote since there is no shipping cost
table. If you don't commit to buy, seller may change the price or someone
else may buy it before you.

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Dec 19, 2018 09:17

Subject:

Minifig Generator

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184 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

It would be cool if there wasw a "generate minifigs" button on the inventory
page that would check through your store's inventory and see what official
minifigs could all be created with the individual headgear/hair/head/torso/legs/etc..
pieces you have for sale.

Author:

XoverBrick

Posted:

Dec 19, 2018 04:54

Subject:

Put the forum's topic subject to HTML's title

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66 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hi there!

If I want to find something in this forum via Google or DuckDuckGo, all pages
have the same headline in Google Results: "BrickLink Discussion Forum - All Replies
to Message".

Would be nice, if you could put topic's subject also in the HTML title tag.

Best Regards
XoverBrick

Author:

Tjoho

Posted:

Dec 15, 2018 04:30

Subject:

Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th

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Topic:

In Administrative, Admin_Jaclyn writes:

Hello Everyone,

In June of last year, we introduced a new Wanted List upgrade. This upgrade came
with a newly-designed buying experience which focused on the necessity to compare
and plan out multiple carts at once, as well as make it easier to manage multiple
lists.

Since BrickLink's Wanted List is a core feature for most users, we currently
provide the classic version for members to use as a backup in case there are
glitches with the new version. This is intended to be a temporary solution.

The classic version of the Wanted List feature will become unavailable on
June 5, 2017. At this point, we have ensured that the new version of the
Wanted List covers all desired functionality (plus more) from the classic version.
If you have any issues with the new version, please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you for the continued support, bug reports, and helpful feedback as we
continue to roll out important changes.

Sincerely,

Jaclyn
BrickLink Customer Support

I hope you never remove the Classic Buy feature! Since the new one does not work
it is the only option for me to buy anything at all! In the new feature I see
no shops at all when I choose my wanted lists.

But I want to thank you for a super site!
Best Regards
Tobias Johansson

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

Dec 13, 2018 14:47

Subject:

Re: Have more customers leave feedback

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Topic:

In Suggestions, HallBricks writes:

I would like to see more customers leave feedback after receiving their orders.
It should probably not be mandatory to write something, positive or negative
should be enough and the option to write a message if one wants to.

Feedback really helps the seller, and is a nice gesture after an enjoyable transaction.

-I don't know if it really helps the seller that much.
-Most buyers are sensitive to price more than anything.
-I'm mostly a seller, but have also made 50+ purchases and I've never
taken a hard look at anyone's feedback before buying.
-Generally, the sale is going to go to the seller with the best deal whether
they are feedback score (1) or (100,000). I assume most buyers have this mentality.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Dec 13, 2018 11:35

Subject:

Re: Have more customers leave feedback

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62 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, HallBricks writes:

I don't think leaving a comment is the problem here - currently you can leave
a positive feedback with "OK". If people aren't going to leave feedback,
they aren't going to leave it, even if the message bit is optional.

In fact, I think it should be mandatory to leave a statement in the case of negative
or neutral. Other customers should be told why there was a problem - just seeing
a negative with no explanation helps nobody.

Author:

HallBricks

Posted:

Dec 13, 2018 10:55

Subject:

Have more customers leave feedback

Viewed:

137 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

StormChaser

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 16:36

Subject:

Re: Stickered Parts separate category

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42 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, brickphils writes:

Pls create separate category for stickered parts so that we dont have to go through
them when we are browsing items only with decorated/printed ones.

I definitely want the catalog to give members the ability to easily distinguish
between plain parts, stickered designs, printed designs, and molded designs.
We should be able to easily see what we want to see in search results without
having to go to another website or filter within search results.

However, I don't think more categories are the solution here. I believe
this needs some programming to happen, so I have moved your request to the Suggestions
topic. Suggestions are largely not read or acted upon, but don't worry -
I will continue to advocate that we have this functionality for the catalog in
the future.

Author:

mfav

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 16:16

Subject:

Re: Stickered Parts separate category

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37 times

Topic:

Pls create separate category for stickered parts so that we dont have to go through
them when we are browsing items only with decorated/printed ones.

This may be of help
http://www.v4ei.com/mini-fig-ure-outer/decorated-parts.php

Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 15:23

Subject:

Re: Stickered Parts separate category

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41 times

Topic:

In Catalog Requests, brickphils writes:

Hi,

Pls create separate category for stickered parts so that we dont have to go through
them when we are browsing items only with decorated/printed ones.

Thanks.

While you are waiting for this suggestion, I recommend adding:

-sticker -stickers

to your search or any category you are browsing.

Good luck,
Jen

Author:

agulus

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 11:00

Subject:

Re: Coupons improvement

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57 times

Topic:

A lot of online stores in US are giving "promo code".
It can be any word for example "XMAS". You can write it
into "Promo code" box during check out and which gives
you dedicated to it discount.

In Suggestions, bricksofsweden writes:

How do I do a promo code?

In Suggestions, agulus writes:

What do you think about "promo code"?
That would work for all

In Suggestions, bricksofsweden writes:

Hi,

Not sure if this has been brought up in earlier suggestions but I am giving it
a go anyway.

I would like to see the possibility of creating a coupon which is valid for all
buyers. Right now this is only limited to a certain username.

Kind Regards,

Simon

Author:

bricksofsweden

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 09:41

Subject:

Re: Coupons improvement

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43 times

Topic:

How do I do a promo code?

In Suggestions, agulus writes:

What do you think about "promo code"?
That would work for all

In Suggestions, bricksofsweden writes:

Author:

brickphils

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 09:03

Subject:

Stickered Parts separate category

Viewed:

82 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hi,

Pls create separate category for stickered parts so that we dont have to go through
them when we are browsing items only with decorated/printed ones.

Thanks.

Author:

agulus

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 07:49

Subject:

Re: Coupons improvement

Viewed:

41 times

Topic:

What do you think about "promo code"?
That would work for all

In Suggestions, bricksofsweden writes:

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 07:27

Subject:

Re: Coupons improvement

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41 times

Topic:

I would like to see the possibility of creating a coupon which is valid for all
buyers. Right now this is only limited to a certain username.

Just do a discount on prices instead.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 07:03

Subject:

Re: Coupons improvement

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40 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, bricksofsweden writes:

You're not using instant checkout, so what you could do is mail an advertisement
to your store mailing list and tell them that you'll apply a discount if
they write some promotional code in the comment field when they place an order.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 06:52

Subject:

Re: Coupons improvement

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34 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, bricksofsweden writes:

Sending mass coupons is disabled a few years ago because it was considered as
spam.

Author:

bricksofsweden

Posted:

Dec 12, 2018 05:58

Subject:

Coupons improvement

Viewed:

136 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Dec 9, 2018 21:29

Subject:

Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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Topic:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.

I will submit change requests to get this started.

All of the item names in the catalog with any reference to M:Tron have been standardized
to "M:Tron".

If you run a search for "m:tron" or "m tron" now, you will get all of the results
in the catalog. However, if you run a search for "mtron" now, you will get no
results. This is not ideal, but at least the searches are not inconsistent. Hopefully
what the volunteer admin team was able to accomplish here can help you and others
for now. Anything beyond this solution will need assistance from the BrickLink
development team.

Cheers,
Randy

Fantastic

I restore a tons of that particular theme and I'm happy for
the help and how quickly this was handled. Thank you again

Author:

bb793058

Posted:

Dec 9, 2018 14:09

Subject:

Re: details in "Confirm store selection"

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Topic:

Hi mockingbird, thanks for your message.

In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:

In Suggestions, lda writes:

I face 2 main problems :
1) And during my check, they are not available for other people.ou

I don't think that is what is happening. Items in a cart can still be bought
by another user.
If that happens you will get a message when you view the cart.

Do you talk about some numbers written in red as "(5)" in cart ? If so, thanks
for the information!

2) When I need huge amount of parts ( ~3000 ), during the store selection I don't
find the information of how many required parts a store have for me.

-- In the tag "Buy", could the column "Item count" of the stores list counts
only the availables parts I need ? ( if store has parts ID 3001 x4000, but I
need x26, do not count 4000 but 26). (picture "buy wanted list")

On the left side of the screen you can select to see the wanted items instead
of the wanted lists. If you then select the store by clicking on the row (not
on the store name), you will see which items and how many the store has.

Yes you're right, but with a column for it we can sort by availability of
required parts instead of checking each store.

Using the sort, I prefer to know quickly which store has the most parts of my
list instead of know that a store has more parts than I need. Even more, I think
the current method distorts the result of the sort because I don't see use
cases where a buyer need to buy more parts than he wants. Or an other explanation
is that I've not understand the tool at all..

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Dec 9, 2018 10:16

Subject:

Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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Topic:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

Author:

mockingbird

Posted:

Dec 9, 2018 09:53

Subject:

Re: details in "Confirm store selection"

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35 times

Topic:

In Suggestions, lda writes:

I face 2 main problems :
1) And during my check, they are not available for other people.ou

I don't think that is what is happening. Items in a cart can still be bought
by another user.
If that happens you will get a message when you view the cart.

2) When I need huge amount of parts ( ~3000 ), during the store selection I don't
find the information of how many required parts a store have for me.

Author:

bb793058

Posted:

Dec 9, 2018 08:56

Subject:

details in "Confirm store selection"

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78 times

Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hi,
In my opinion, during the selection of stores in the panel "buy", the information
on the windows "Confirm Store Selection" or "Edit Store Selection" are not sufficient.

I face 2 main problems :
1) Once I've finished to select sellers, I must create a cart to access the
"notes from seller".
In fact "new" or "used" are not enough detailled. For used parts, these notes
are important because some parts could be used in good condition, or used in
bad condition (for example "yellowed", or "scratched").
Furthermore, by creating carts, I book parts before be sure that their conditions
will fit my needs. And during my check, they are not available for other people.

-- I suggest to add the column "note from seller" in the windows "Confirm
Store Selection" and "Edit Store Selection" (picture "edit store")

2) When I need huge amount of parts ( ~3000 ), during the store selection I don't
find the information of how many required parts a store have for me.

-- In windows "Confirm Store Selection" or "Edit Store Selection", I would
appreciate to have the global value of "Total buying" parts in the current storen
near the total cost. (picture edit store)

-- In the tag "Buy", could the column "Item count" of the stores list counts
only the availables parts I need ? ( if store has parts ID 3001 x4000, but I
need x26, do not count 4000 but 26). (picture "buy wanted list")

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 19:28

Subject:

Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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Topic:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Adjour writes:

Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?

Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.

This one has definitely always bothered me.

Cheers,
Randy

Sweet sauce. My sanity thanks you.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 18:51

Subject:

Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Adjour writes:

Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?

Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.

This one has definitely always bothered me.

Cheers,
Randy

Me too.

I wish all punctuation was removed for searches. My claim to fame was getting
Palantir added to the Palantír entry. I failed to get non accented versions of
the names in FEB though.

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 18:41

Subject:

Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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In Suggestions, Adjour writes:

Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?

Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.

This one has definitely always bothered me.

Cheers,
Randy

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 15:42

Subject:

M tron and our terrible search engine

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Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?

Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.

Thanks for the consideration.

Author:

Trickitty

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 14:29

Subject:

Want List: Sort prefs and image lightbox

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Apologies if either of these have been suggested before, they are huge frustrations
for me.

An annoyance I experience with the Want List main page is having to change the
Sort By from Newest to Alphabetically each and every time I visit the page. I
have over 30 lists and could care less when they were created, I just want to
quickly find the one I'm looking for. So, can the Sort order be permanently
saved or turned into an account preference?

Second, in almost every place that parts are listed on BL (including order details),
one can click on the image to see a bigger version in a lightbox modal... that
is, everywhere except for wanted lists. Please consider making the images there
also lightboxes, because it's cumbersome having to open item detail pages
just to get a better view.

Thank you.

Author:

bercik

Posted:

Dec 6, 2018 04:44

Subject:

Re: OR option

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In Suggestions, Milko writes:

So my idea is to add some kind of option that for every slot there is an "OR"
option - I select yellow brick 2x6 in blue but it will be fine too if theres
gonna be 2x yellow 2x3 bricks.

Yes, it would be perfect create multilevel alternatives between subsets of wanted
list.

It's useful for minifigs or combined parts, e.g. 50860c02 can be bought on
different ways:
50860c02 XOR (50860 AND (50859a XOR 50859b) AND 2x (50862c01 XOR (50861 AND 50862)).

It's useful for multiple variant of single parts, for example: 3794 XOR 3794a
XOR 3794b XOR 15573 in many projects is equivalent.

Maybe nested wanted list (wanted list as element of wanted list) with AND / XOR
relation between them?

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Dec 5, 2018 07:22

Subject:

Re: Automatic price while listing items

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In Suggestions, EpicBigG writes:

I hope bricklink sees this!

They do, but they won't do anything.

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Dec 5, 2018 02:13

Subject:

Re: Automatic price while listing items

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In Suggestions, Rainey writes:

I just bought a MacBook Pro and it is very fast! But it has got me wishing that
Bricklink had a seller feature that would automatically have the average price
(or what ever price you set it as) put in the box while adding items like brickOwl
does. I also love how brickOwl has the option to add the same part in multiple
colors at the same time and I really wish Bricklink had the same! I also like
it that if I posted a suggestion in the BrickOwl Forum for a new seller feature,
it would be done in a matter of a few minutes (most likely). I hope this seller
feature suggestion can be acted upon quickly and not years later to never.
Rainey

I agree 100% with everything you ask for!

Author:

Skylar2010

Posted:

Dec 3, 2018 15:01

Subject:

Re: Home page - more stages shown

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In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:

Currently it says
Invoices
Shipments
Drove-thru

Would like to see
Orders
Invoiced
Paid
Packed
Shipped

Orders -- these need to be invoiced
Invoiced-- seller has sent the invoice
Paid --- buyer has paid
Packed-- seller has packed the order
Shipped -- seller has shipped the order, and can complete drive thru here
to move it out of the shipped bucket

Same for buyers. Not sure why everything was condensed to three options when
there are more stages than this and with IC, items move quickly through the stages
and skip some.

Thanks for the consideration.

Kind of surprised there is zero support or feedback on this. It can't
be just me whom dislikes having so many orders within the same bucket (Shipments)
when they have been paid for but not packed or they are packed and ready to print
the shipping label. Personally, I don't pack an order then go print the
shipping info right afterwards. I, and I assume many others, pack all orders
or as many as they can get to, then go print all shipping labels at one time.

And then still show the orders that have been invoiced but a payment hasn't
come through yet. I think this is the most important one as a non-paid for order
can get buried quickly so it would be nice to see that you have an order you've
invoiced and check up on it without having to dig for it.

Yeah I can see why that idea makes sense especially for those who are dealing
with multiple orders at once. I am still too small for that to matter yet though
.But I am all for the idea of making things easier to find lol.

Author:

MidwestBrick

Posted:

Dec 3, 2018 14:54

Subject:

Re: Home page - more stages shown

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In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:

Author:

reuvenk_IL

Posted:

Dec 3, 2018 11:22

Subject:

Addresses in Israel - remove "district"

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Hello,

When entering my address in Israel on Bricklink, the site forces me to choose
a "district". Choices include Mehoz HaMerkaz, Mehoz Tel Aviv, etc.

These are not part of our address in Israel, but rather are used only in the
court system.

Please remove this field from addresses in Israel. I fear that it might create
confusion in the postal service and also among new buyers.

Thank you,
-Reuven

Author:

bb1108372

Posted:

Dec 2, 2018 16:44

Subject:

Re: Share Wanted List Feature

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In Suggestions, LaineeP writes:

In Suggestions, oswaldzachary writes:

Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?

The wanted list already places a picture of the item next to the description.

okay.

Author:

LaineeP

Posted:

Dec 2, 2018 16:33

Subject:

Re: Share Wanted List Feature

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In Suggestions, oswaldzachary writes:

Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?

The wanted list already places a picture of the item next to the description.

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Dec 2, 2018 15:06

Subject:

Re: Share Wanted List Feature

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In Suggestions, oswaldzachary writes:

Just wondering about the share wanted list feature that's coming soon...
Will I be able to upload photos and renderings of my wanted list? or Will
that just make it exactly like the stud.io gallery?

It has been "coming soon" for about three years now, so don't expect to be
able to do it anytime soon.

Cheers,
Randy

Author:

bb1108372

Posted:

Dec 2, 2018 14:56

Subject:

Share Wanted List Feature

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