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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

You can get that info from the catalog page, make sure the color info tab is
clicked.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3004&idColor=10#T=C&C=10

Thanks but we already knew that and it isn't what we want. When you search
your inventory you should be able to do the same as you can when you are within
your store. Choose a part no and a condition and a colour. The only way this
can be done currently is via a PCC and a condition filter.

Hope I have now made that clearer.

The issue is that although the search option is labeled "Catalog Name and Number"
it is actually Catalog Name OR Number." BL has the part numbers and part names
in separate fields and it does not search them both at once. If you include a
part number in the search terms it defaults to a part number search and ignores
the other keywords.

So if you search for [3004 dark green] it only searcesh on 3004 and ignores the
"dark green," so it shows you all your 3004s.

To search by color and part, do not search on the part number but use
the part name. Try searching your inventory with "any part of field" selected
for [dark green 1x2 brick] and you should get the results you expect.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 16, 2018 10:20

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

OK, I understand the color part and totally agree. Now can you explain point 2

We seem to be having a two person dialogue on this but, sadly that is what happens
to lots of suggestions, both good and bad.

Currently when you go to the My Inventory page, you see below:

What we would like to see is a sub-total line entered below each major category
e.g. sets; parts, minfigures etc. showing the totals for lots, items and value
and then at the bottom of this we would like a summary which would read something
like this (Not real figures, of course)

On the summary you might want to see the % breakdown on lots, items or value
so this should be 'choosable'

It took ma few minutes to do that so you could image how long it would really
take up if you had to constantly add up numbers. All of which computers are here
for.

Author:

jenwick

Posted:

Jun 16, 2018 09:54

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OK, I understand the color part and totally agree. Now can you explain point
2?

Author:

shungabubus

Posted:

Jun 15, 2018 18:04

Subject:

Re: Price Guide Filter on Qty

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Hello,

That can do the trick, thanks, but I'd still prefer the original idea.

Thanks:
Tamas

Author:

Bionicleseller

Posted:

Jun 15, 2018 15:12

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Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th

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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:

In Administrative, Bionicleseller writes:

[…]
Remember, if we
cannot figure it out, imagine what it must be like for newcomers?

Remember they are not hampered as you are by your knowledge of the olden ways.

They will be worse off than we are because they have absolutely no idea what
it is capable of. At least we know what the wanted list can do. They
don't and what it's really doing is costing all of us sales.

*Thanks for the grammar correction*

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jun 15, 2018 10:39

Subject:

Re: Price Guide Filter on Qty

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In Suggestions, shungabubus writes:

Hello All,

I wonder why I can't set a filter on QTY for the Price Guide. I wonder how
relevant is that when I seek for 200 bricks (3001 black) that there is someone
who is selling 1 piece for HUF 9.69 when I actually can only buy from the guy
sells for HUF 43.74 due to lot size.

Not to mention the shipping costs...

Cheers:
Tamas

Why are you looking in the price guide to buy? It is simpler to look at the item
page, and set the QTY filter there ...

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3001&name=Brick%202%20x%204&category=%5BBrick%5D#T=S&C=11&O={%22color%22:%2211%22,%22cond%22:%22N%22,%22minqty%22:%22200%22,%22reg%22:%22-1%22,%22rpp%22:%22500%22,%22iconly%22:0}

You will pay a premium if you want large quantities. Buying large quantities
normally means a professional store with large inventory that tends to charge
a bit more than a small store run by someone getting rid of small numbers of
bricks that they don't want.

Author:

shungabubus

Posted:

Jun 15, 2018 09:15

Subject:

Price Guide Filter on Qty

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Author:

bb699077

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 19:31

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Re: Set inventory based on individual builds

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I see it, not the implementation I meant but it's a start, just need them
all on the same set page, rather than each build having its own page meaning
a set split over X amount of pages, that is unless the parent set (ie the actual
set number) hyperlinks to each individual page with a new tab (similar to the
Instructions tab) titled "Builds" or similar.

If it needs community manpower to split out each build then I'd get onboard
with it.

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

This suggestion has been asked for a number of times, and is currently being
trialled for a few new sets:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=961&itemBrand=1000

Author:

JulieK

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 13:35

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

You can get that info from the catalog page, make sure the color info tab is
clicked.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3004&idColor=10#T=C&C=10

ok, I misunderstood. "When I want to see how many dark
green 1 x 2 bricks I have I have to put in 3004 and look at hundreds to find
the dark green, rather than just choosing dark green 3004."thanks for clarifying.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 13:32

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

You can get that info from the catalog page, make sure the color info tab is
clicked.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3004&idColor=10#T=C&C=10

One more thing. Everyone knows that behind Bricklink there is a SQL database.
The My inventory page is a query by form (in effect) - that means there is little
if any programming to add the colour filter and writing the code to provide sub
totals and a summary might take half an hour, at most. They already provide a
summary at the bottom of each inventory and although that should be improved
(similar to what Brickset provide) at least the idea exists somewhere.

So many little things that could make the site more helpful.

These are simple things which would make it easier for store owners, most of
whom do these types of things offline because they are not available through
the site. Part of sellers tools ? I don't believe anyone knows as these have
yet to be defined. Perhaps that will be in the new roadmap announcement being
made at Brickworld.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 13:23

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

You can get that info from the catalog page, make sure the color info tab is
clicked.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3004&idColor=10#T=C&C=10

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 13:21

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

Of course

On the right hand side of the My Inventory page there are several options to
choose from, but one that is missing is colour. When I want to see how many dark
green 1 x 2 bricks I have I have to put in 3004 and look at hundreds to find
the dark green, rather than just choosing dark green 3004. You can do this if
you use the PCC but who know those off the top of their head.

On the sub totals when you see your inventory by category it is a simple list
broken by Sets, Parts etc. Rather than having to add up all the totals of lots,
items and value manually, it would be better if they were sub totalled so at
a glance I could see how many of each mainline category we have at any time.

Hoppe that makes it clearer if not let me know and I will put together some screen
shots of how we think it should look for easier use.

See below two very crude attachments - the first shows where we would like the
colour filter and the 2nd shows a small cut-out of the left hand side of the
MY inventory screen where your inventory is shown by category. We would like
subtotals after each main break e.g. sets, parts, minifigures, etc.

A summary at the bottom would be nice so at a glance you can see how your inventory
is broken down e.g.

Lots Items Value % of total

Sets xxxx xxxx xxxx
Parts xxxx xxxx xxxx
Minfigures xxxx xxxx xxxx

Again, at a glance one could tell a good deal more about your inventory from
this simple calculation.

Author:

JulieK

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 13:17

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

You can get that info from the catalog page, make sure the color info tab is
clicked.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3004&idColor=10#T=C&C=10

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 12:53

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, jenwick writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

Author:

jenwick

Posted:

Jun 14, 2018 12:31

Subject:

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

Can you elaborate on what you mean by these two points?

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jun 12, 2018 07:58

Subject:

Improvements needed on My Inventory Page

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Vote:

[Yes|No]

Please consider the following:

1. Add colour as an option
2. When using the 'by category filter@ please show sub-totals by category

It would also be a good idea to incorporate the ability to update selected inventory
items into a superlot.

In addition, whilst you can use external tools to work on pricing it would be
far better if that type of tool existed on the MY Inventory page.

We are aware there has been discussion over sellers tools since 2013, and these
things may or may not be in those new tools, however it is now 5 years since
that discussion began and to date, I am not sure anyone is aware of what may
or may not be coming.

We are led to believe that Admin_Jaclyn is project managing the sellers tools
- Could we have an indication as to what is being considered, please?

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jun 8, 2018 14:34

Subject:

Re: Set inventory based on individual builds

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This suggestion has been asked for a number of times, and is currently being
trialled for a few new sets:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=961&itemBrand=1000

Author:

bb699077

Posted:

Jun 8, 2018 12:18

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Set inventory based on individual builds

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Currently if you look at a set with more than 1 build (60052 for example) you
are greeted with the parts list arranged by part type and colour, for the whole
set.

What I would love to see is this done for each individual build in a set , for
example;
all parts required for this, arranged as usual but given its own heading (Current
ones are for plates, bricks, supplemental etc I believe?

- Locomotive
- Wire Drum Car
- Pallet Car
- Cattle Car
- Fork Lift
- Truck
- Gantry Crane/Office

This would allow users to quickly populate wanted lists for specific aspects
from sets, I don't believe the Part-Out function would do this (although
it did answer my other request).

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 6, 2018 11:29

Subject:

Re: Auto-Wanted based on Set Invoice.

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In Suggestions, Lister192065 writes:

Not sure if I'm missing something but there is no simple want to add a complete
set inventory as a Wanted list.

Example: 10016-1, in order to build a Wanted list of parts for this set I have
to add each piece individually to a new Wanted list.

Am I missing something or does this feature not yet exist.

I have a standard Buyer account so not sure if this feature is available to other
user types.

Go here: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/partout.page

Author:

bb699077

Posted:

Jun 6, 2018 11:15

Subject:

Auto-Wanted based on Set Invoice.

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Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jun 5, 2018 10:46

Subject:

Re: Personal inventory (non sellers)

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In Suggestions, tEoS writes:

use Rebrickable

It’s a suggestion, not a question

The purpose is the following ( https://www.bricklink.com/messageTopics.asp ):
“Suggestions to the BrickLink Admininstration to improve website functionality
and design.”

Yes, Rebrickable allows to check set or public MOCs inventories with personal
part lists/inventories. But having a few inventory/WL features on BL would be
better than having to work around with third party tools (with all the hassles
of exporting / importing and handling the different nomenclatures).

Just having the possibility to merge or substract two wanted lists, or a WL and
an order or a set inventory would be a great improvement.

Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Jun 5, 2018 10:21

Subject:

Re: Personal inventory (non sellers)

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use Rebrickable

In Suggestions, eduardoraon writes:

I suggest that non seller's profiles also have the option for inventory.
And an additional functionality could be to be able cross that info with the
sets' list of pieces. This way one could see which other sets could be built
using the pieces one owns.

Author:

eduardoraon

Posted:

Jun 5, 2018 09:29

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Personal inventory (non sellers)

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Author:

bb568544

Posted:

Jun 3, 2018 12:03

Subject:

Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th

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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

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate the new wanted list! Please keep
the old one available! It's the only one I actually like!!!!!

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

May 31, 2018 17:32

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Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th

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