BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, Brickfox25 writes:

I think shipping cost for items should be on this site. Because I love clicking
on an item and expecting to see the shipping cost. ONLY TO SEE NOTHING EXCEPT
A TBD. I WANT TO SPEND MONEY IT IS REALLY THAT HARD TO JUST SHOW WETHER OR NOT
THE SHIPPING PRICE IS ON THE ITEM ????????????????????????????????????????????????

Yes, it is very hard for some stores, like for most stores in Canada, to add
Instant check-out. This is because the shipping via CanadaPost (and ChitChats)
depends on the weight, on the dimension, on the country and even on the postal
code.

You can check the stores' terms to check the shipping costs.
Some stores, like mine have "request quote" enabled?
See

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2437

Author:

tons_of_bricks

Posted:

May 15, 2020 18:07

Subject:

Re: shipping cost

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In Suggestions, Brickfox25 writes:

If the store has a lightning bolt next to their name, that means they offer Instant
Checkout, which will most likely show you the shipping price. The other stores
will most likely tell you what they charge in their store terms.

Author:

runner.caller

Posted:

May 15, 2020 18:02

Subject:

Re: shipping cost

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In Suggestions, Brickfox25 writes:

Narrow your search to only stores that offer instant checkout.

Author:

bb1736162

Posted:

May 15, 2020 17:54

Subject:

shipping cost

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

randyipp

Posted:

May 14, 2020 20:48

Subject:

Re: Some interface improvement proposals

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In Suggestions, tatane79 writes:

1. It would be great to be able to search for parts in all my orders.

Did you try https://www.bricklink.com/orderSearch.asp?a=p

Have you tried Bricklink XP? That is what Bricklink thinks you need.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

May 14, 2020 20:10

Subject:

Re: Some interface improvement proposals

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In Suggestions, Legoboy_II writes:

[…]
I'm not clear what you're suggesting here? I have my WL's broken
down by projects, and when I shop, I pull up the WL's that I'm working
on. Then on the "Buy Wanted Lists" page, I check or uncheck the other lists when
I need to meet minimums or want to offset S&H.

This is a form of prioritizing?

Another form: in the Wanted Items tab, you can click on the little lock icon
on each part to make it a required part and only show the stores that have it.

[…]
Asked for many times. I have been told these settings exist, but I either haven't
found them (even when given directions) or they're reset after the page refreshes.

A lot of things are refreshed spuriously.
Like “keep me logged in”….

[…]
The fact that system goes down, every day, strongly suggests
the severs are not redundant, or if they are,
are not properly configured.

A number of things are computed off-line during the downtime.
It’s more a problem of code written when it was very costly and not useful to
do them on the fly than non-redundant servers (which there weren’t anyway, I
think).

[…]
Also, having an action extend across multiple pages, that aren't in view,
could have serious unintended consequences, I'm not sure I agree on that
point.

[…]
Okay, I need to research "mosaic". I've seen the term in a few places, but
have no context of what that actually looks like.

OP actually meant “grid view.”

A mosaic is an ancient pixelated stone or faience artwork.

By extension 1 (maybe only in French?): the blurred zone in an image or film
by over-pixelization (generally faces or naughty bits).

By extension 2: an image made of other images.

By abuse (in France French): a special channel where all the channels are shown
in a grid of thumbnails.

Author:

Legoboy_II

Posted:

May 14, 2020 19:38

Subject:

Re: Some interface improvement proposals

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In Suggestions, tatane79 writes:

Hi,

As a BrickLink buyer, I would like to make some suggestions to improve the GUI:

1. It would be great to be able to search for parts in all my orders.

2. In the orders, I would like to keep the ID# of each part. Currently,
only the name of the part is kept.

3. I would like to "prioritize" my Wanted Lists, maybe in two categories
to keep it simple: "priority" and "non priority". Thus, when I shop, I can focus
on the "priority" lists to buy their missing parts, and then potentially add
additional parts to already ordered parts if common with "non priority" lists
(that's what I do manually, currently).

I'm not clear what you're suggesting here? I have my WL's broken
down by projects, and when I shop, I pull up the WL's that I'm working
on. Then on the "Buy Wanted Lists" page, I check or uncheck the other lists when
I need to meet minimums or want to offset S&H.

This is a form of prioritizing?

4. In a Wanted List, in the search options, I would like to be able to save
my usual search parameters, i.e. :
- 100 items per page
- "Hide Items if Have Qty is ≥ Want Qty"
Currently, I have to painfully redo this each and every time I browse my Wanted
Lists.

Asked for many times. I have been told these settings exist, but I either haven't
found them (even when given directions) or they're reset after the page refreshes.

5. 100 items per page is not enough. 1,000 would be cool, so that there
is a good chance to see all parts in one page (in a Wanted List, in a shop, etc.)

1,000 is a huge number. I agree 100 can be a small number, I typically like 200.
Given the site's resources, 100 is a fair compromise to work with and doesn't
slow the system down any further.

There is a LOT of data being processed on the servers, and sent to your browser.
I am not sure how many servers are availalble to process all this information,
but I do know they are stressed every now and then. I have seen this, however,
as a buyer, it is a minor inconvenience and almost goes unnoticed most of the
time; truthfully, I am more upset and concerned when the system goes into maintenance
mode every night (which is when I am up and working). The fact that system goes
down, every day, strongly suggests the severs are not redundant, or if they are,
are not properly configured.

6. In a shop, when you look at a part, BrickLink indicates just below
in a grey line some useful information:
- In which Wanted List this part can be found
- The total wanted and have quantities
a) It would be great to have also an indication of the quantity currently
in orders not yet received.
b) It would be great also to be able to click on or fly over "In XX Wanted Lists"
to see the actual names of the corresponding Wanted Lists.

7. a) In a shop, it would be cool to have a "Max" button on the right
hand side of the "Add to cart QTY" field, to directly fill the field with
the max quantity available in the shop. I know there is the "Min/Max" feature
at the top of the page, but they apply to all fields in the page, not part by
part.

b) By the way, it will not apply to other pages of the search, which is a pitty,
because we need to move from page to page in the search to do the operation as
many times as there are pages.

This is where having 1,000 lines might be useful, but I still worry about the
system impact?

Also, having an action extend across multiple pages, that aren't in view,
could have serious unintended consequences, I'm not sure I agree on that
point.

8. + and - buttons are way too small in the QTY fields. They are also
too close one from each other, so you can easily erroneously click on the wrong
one. Maybe if possible, make the buttons bigger, and put one on the right of
the cell, and one on the left, for instance. (emp. added)

+100%

9. Tab key should go to the next identical field in the page. For instance,
if my cursor is in the HAVE QTY field of a part, typing Tab should send me to
the HAVE QTY field of the next part in the list.

Would be nice and intuitive, but this is a decision that was made by M$ decades
ago and has become the de facto standard. While it can be coded by the developer,
the confusion it would create, would be counter-productive.

10. In the Wanted Lists, I would like to be able to "lock" the "Want" fields,
so that I cannot erroneously modify them while I modify the "Have" field just
below. Maybe a simple tickbox in the preferences of the Wanted List to protect
this field would be great.

I think the larger and saddled +/- buttons would solve this issue.

11. It would be great to be able to present the parts in a "mosaic" view,
like what ReBrickable does. This would be convenient to print in a condense way
the list of parts we are looking for, and maybe keep it with us while going to
the Pick-a-Brick Wall in a Lego shop, for instance.

Okay, I need to research "mosaic". I've seen the term in a few places, but
have no context of what that actually looks like.

12. Export functions could be improved:
a) put the full name of the parts with its color name in REMARK XML field, for
instance

b) allow to export all or a selection of Wanted Lists at once, adding the names
of Wanted Lists in the REMARK XML field, for instance.

c) add export functions to orders

This already exists, however I'd like to see a format added that Brickstock
could import directly, without having to use three different sites to get there.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Jonathan

That's my 2 cents,
James

Author:

Legoboy_II

Posted:

May 14, 2020 18:33

Subject:

Re: Matching of ordered parts with Wanted Lists

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In Suggestions, tatane79 writes:

This feature already exists, though it's not very efficient or intuitive.

For instance, we could imagine to list below each ordered part in an order the
same part wanted in all my Wanted Lists, with integer fields (with +/- buttons)
to allocated the ordered parts to the Wanted Lists.

On the "Orders Placed" page, there is an icon of a scroll, "Items in Order in
Wanted List". When you click that button, it starts a very convoluted process
that allows you to see what WL's those parts are in, then you can go to each
list and apply those parts to the WL.

Be careful, though, if you lose track of your progress, you can post duplicate
entries and it will severely mess up your WL accounting (it can be manually reversed
with effort). You can specify a quantity, but there are no tallies to track what
WL's have been "updated" or the quantities allocated.

Thus, once I've allocated ordered parts to my Wanted Lists, I will be able
to shop again without buying parts already ordered.

When you are shopping, there are fields that shows the quantity wanted and a
number "Have", which the "Buy Wanted Lists" page uses. The application subtracts
"Have" from "Wanted" and only looks for the resulting quantity.

If you open up the left hand pane to "Wanted Items" and expand the appropriate
WL, there is a field under each item that shows how many the system is looking
for, and then if you select a store, that field will reflect how many are wanted
and how many that particular store has of that item.

As you move stores to the "Selected Stores" list, the fields are updated.

In addition, it could be even greater to make a distinction between ordered
parts allocated to Wanted Lists (not yet received) from actually received parts.
It means that for a part added to "Have" in a Wanted List, we could add a status
"ordered" or "received".

This would be a nice feature to have while posting ordered parts to your WL's.
A third field could be added called "On Order", and could be controlled by the
order status?

What do you think?

I use the feature as it exists, and have flubbed it a couple of times, but it
is helpful. I believe, though, that the whole process needs competent review
and a complete re-coding to make it less onerous and more usable.

Thanks,
Jonathan.

James

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

May 14, 2020 08:55

Subject:

Re: can't change order status

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In Suggestions, MADking1999 writes:

I have verified payments from buyers in PayPal, but the order status has not
updated to "paid", and I can't manually change it. I used to be able to do
this. Did you guys change this feature. Also can't change to shipped once
I do, please advise.

Don't know if your issue correlates here, but have a look at the help offered,
if it does: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1197217

-Cory

Author:

MADking1999

Posted:

May 14, 2020 08:42

Subject:

can't change order status

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 14, 2020 06:54

Subject:

Re: Auto messages for shipping options

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In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:

Hi there,

It would be really good if in the sellers store shipping settings page we could
add in a automated message. For example I have a shipping option which is 'I'm
still shopping' it would be good if when someone selected this option it
automatically sent them a message like 'thanks for your order, please message
us withing 7 days to say you have completed your order so we may invoice you'.
It would save a lot of time from having to write them out for each individual
order. Even better would be if this whole shipping option was avaliable for all
sellers to select and turn on instead of making a shipping option and having
to put in prices (in which mine is 0 until the order is done then worked out
manually).

I think if you add a instant checkout shipping method without instant payment
a customized invoice can be send by using the HTML tags.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 14, 2020 06:50

Subject:

Re: Option to update all stock prices

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In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:

Hi there,

Is it possible to have a feature added to a sellers inventory in which everything
or selected catagorys can be update all at once to average pricing like on the
price guide? You can put sales on and increase and reduce prices by a certain
percent but not all items in that catagory will have gone up or down the same
amount so being able to put everything to this average pricing would be handy.

Some sellers use the Brickstock program for it.

Author:

KCFBricks

Posted:

May 14, 2020 06:39

Subject:

Option to update all stock prices

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

KCFBricks

Posted:

May 14, 2020 06:35

Subject:

Auto messages for shipping options

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

tatane79

Posted:

May 14, 2020 04:43

Subject:

Some interface improvement proposals

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Vote:

[Yes|No]

Hi,

As a BrickLink buyer, I would like to make some suggestions to improve the GUI:

1. It would be great to be able to search for parts in all my orders.

2. In the orders, I would like to keep the ID# of each part. Currently,
only the name of the part is kept.

3. I would like to "prioritize" my Wanted Lists, maybe in two categories
to keep it simple: "priority" and "non priority". Thus, when I shop, I can focus
on the "priority" lists to buy their missing parts, and then potentially add
additional parts to already ordered parts if common with "non priority" lists
(that's what I do manually, currently).

4. In a Wanted List, in the search options, I would like to be able to save
my usual search parameters, i.e. :
- 100 items per page
- "Hide Items if Have Qty is ≥ Want Qty"
Currently, I have to painfully redo this each and every time I browse my Wanted
Lists.

5. 100 items per page is not enough. 1,000 would be cool, so that there
is a good chance to see all parts in one page (in a Wanted List, in a shop, etc.)

6. In a shop, when you look at a part, BrickLink indicates just below
in a grey line some useful information:
- In which Wanted List this part can be found
- The total wanted and have quantities
a) It would be great to have also an indication of the quantity currently
in orders not yet received.
b) It would be great also to be able to click on or fly over "In XX Wanted Lists"
to see the actual names of the corresponding Wanted Lists.

7. a) In a shop, it would be cool to have a "Max" button on the right
hand side of the "Add to cart QTY" field, to directly fill the field with
the max quantity available in the shop. I know there is the "Min/Max" feature
at the top of the page, but they apply to all fields in the page, not part by
part.
b) By the way, it will not apply to other pages of the search, which is a pitty,
because we need to move from page to page in the search to do the operation as
many times as there are pages.

8. + and - buttons are way too small in the QTY fields. They are also
too close one from each other, so you can easily erroneously click on the wrong
one. Maybe if possible, make the buttons bigger, and put one on the right of
the cell, and one on the left, for instance.

9. Tab key should go to the next identical field in the page. For instance,
if my cursor is in the HAVE QTY field of a part, typing Tab should send me to
the HAVE QTY field of the next part in the list.

10. In the Wanted Lists, I would like to be able to "lock" the "Want" fields,
so that I cannot erroneously modify them while I modify the "Have" field just
below. Maybe a simple tickbox in the preferences of the Wanted List to protect
this field would be great.

11. It would be great to be able to present the parts in a "mosaic" view,
like what ReBrickable does. This would be convenient to print in a condense way
the list of parts we are looking for, and maybe keep it with us while going to
the Pick-a-Brick Wall in a Lego shop, for instance.

12. Export functions could be improved:
a) put the full name of the parts with its color name in REMARK XML field, for
instance
b) allow to export all or a selection of Wanted Lists at once, adding the names
of Wanted Lists in the REMARK XML field, for instance.
c) add export functions to orders

What do you think?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Jonathan

Author:

tatane79

Posted:

May 14, 2020 03:57

Subject:

Matching of ordered parts with Wanted Lists

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Hi,

I'm using BrickLink as a Lego builder, buying regularly missing parts to
complete two dozens of sets in the form of Wanted Lists.

A great improvement to the tools provided by BrickLink web site would be to be
able to match ordered parts with my Wanted Lists.

For instance, we could imagine to list below each ordered part in an order the
same part wanted in all my Wanted Lists, with integer fields (with +/- buttons)
to allocated the ordered parts to the Wanted Lists.

Thus, once I've allocated ordered parts to my Wanted Lists, I will be able
to shop again without buying parts already ordered.

In addition, it could be even greater to make a distinction between ordered
parts allocated to Wanted Lists (not yet received) from actually received parts.
It means that for a part added to "Have" in a Wanted List, we could add a status
"ordered" or "received".

What do you think?

Thanks,
Jonathan.

Author:

Supam

Posted:

May 12, 2020 19:16

Subject:

Adding a new supported currency.

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Hello there. Could be possible please, to add the Costa Rican Colón (CRC) among
the other supported currencies in Bricklink? It can be helpful when pricing the
shipping cost is not compatible with the USD since the fees given by the local
post service are in CRC and thus this wouldn't make possible to create an
onsite payment. Thank you very much.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 12, 2020 15:40

Subject:

Re: Suggestion for Wanted Lists

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In Suggestions, coreyschaaf writes:

This may not have been an issue previously, but due to COVID-19, I am weary of
buying from international sellers as a result of reduced flights to and from
certain countries. I say that because through no fault of the seller, 5 of my
orders have been delayed by 2 months now. I still have no idea when / if I will
receive them.

The sellers I've dealt with have all been great (even with a language barrier)
but as a purchaser moving forward, I think it would make sense to see feedback
based on geographic location.

For example, if I'm a US buyer and I want to make a purchase from a store,
I've been finding that I go to the feedback, click on the person who left
the feedback and see where they are located. Doing that is entirely manual and
cumbersome. It would be so much easier to filter the feedback from a specific
location and I can see the most recent orders and feedback from that person by
on location. If they have plenty of US buyers, I can make an educated decision
about parcels still being shipped and reliability of those orders making it to
their destination.

Maybe others won't find that helpful, but as someone from the US that has
not received 5 of their orders, seems like a great way to find feedback from
others in my same area to make me feel more confident in buying from overseas
sellers.

Even after COVID - I think that feature makes a lot of sense.

You can turn on 'Show Country Flags in Feedback Profiles' here:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedbackSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

BellaFux

Posted:

May 12, 2020 15:19

Subject:

Re: Suggestion for Wanted Lists

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Or you could ask at the shop if shipping to your place is possible before making
the order .
I asked my buyers via splash page, to check in before they actually order, so
I can give them info about the current situation, as countries on the "stop list"
change sometimes daily.
First I tried to keep up typing the new information daily into my shipping terms,
but after a while there were so much, that it wasnt possible for me to keep up.
Sometimes even only some provinces/postcodes in a certain country aso. SO I
only checked on request.

Sure there is the possibility, that todays info is "country is accepted" and
even with ordering, invoice and payment the same day - next day at the post office
it has changed, but for me it happened only once.
Seeing the geographic info of buyers gives you only a picture of the past. In
fast changing times like this, I believe direct information from the shop is
the most accurate option.
NEvertheless I do see the positive side of geographical information in general,
but not as a solution to CoVid Issues.

stay safe and in good health,
Bellafux

In Suggestions, coreyschaaf writes:

Author:

brickwarsnet

Posted:

May 12, 2020 14:47

Subject:

Suggestion for Wanted Lists

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Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

SchmickBricks

Posted:

May 12, 2020 04:08

Subject:

Re: No Dimensions in Catalog

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Just noticed this thread has had its status changed to “already exists”, but
as I pointed out it doesn’t.
There is no way to search for ALL items without catalogue dimensions.
Russell’s solution only works if the item is set as volume dependant in the catalogue,
which many bulky items which can’t be sent at letter rates (at least in my country)
aren’t.
We need a function to search for ALL items in our inventory without dimensions,
not just volume dependant ones which is what suggested solution does.

In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

Can we please have a function to search for items in our inventory with no catalog
dimensions? We already have one to search for weight, but not dimensions for
some strange reason.

I'm getting tired of bulky items sneaking through Instant checkout at letter
rates because they're missing catalog dimensions, and I have no way of finding
which items need me to manually enter their dimensions.

Author:

bje

Posted:

May 11, 2020 02:29

Subject:

Re: No Dimensions in Catalog

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You are going to have to set instructions' dimensions for yourself at this
time. I'll be adding or correcting those I have in the near future, as time
allows.

Some are the box width and lentgh set to a standard 1cm thickness, as in your
example for set 76139

Almost all are set to 10 mm thick as standard, unless changed already:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1063022

See these threads on how to bulk change them manually in your store:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=262173&nID=1173595
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=262161&nID=1173531

In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

That will only pickup items that are set to volume dependent without dimensions,
not items that are set as weight dependent by default.

Also while I have your attention Russell, about 90% of the instruction books
in the catalog have the wrong dimensions. They're often listed as almost
double their actual size which often trips up IC.... Because I don't have
a shipping method for a 600mm long instruction book which is actually less than
300mm!

By default now I add my own dimensions when parting, but it's a trap for
anyone unaware of the issue.

Are these dimensions auto generated somehow? The issue seems to apply to almost
100% of new sets being added to the catalog. Checkout the listed dimensions
of the 1989 Batmobile instructions (76139) to see what I mean. - Actual size
is 270x195x15mm, but they're listed as being 581x374x10mm. It's a significant
difference, and causes all sorts of issues with instant checkout.

In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:

The solution is already there for you. Be sure you have dimensions / weight turned
on for your store and then select the "Instant Checkout Unavailable" box in the
Show More Options section in your store inventory.

Author:

SchmickBricks

Posted:

May 11, 2020 01:39

Subject:

Re: No Dimensions in Catalog

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