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I would have probably picked it up and thrown it against the wall at that point

In Help, Brickitty writes:

I remember crying
on Christmas at age 9 when I realized I had missed a few pieces at the bottom
of 6090 Royal Knight's Castle and needed to take it apart to fix it.)

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 23:41

Subject:

Re: No sizes for any of my Items in store

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In Technical Issues, WhiteVanMan writes:

Hi.

I'm not sure if this is indeed a Human error, or not, but I have NOTHING
in my store that is allowed to be sold due to no 'sizes' showing in the
dimensions format.

nothing is showing the weight, size (either in studs or mm sizes)

Have I done something or is it BL?

Paul

Hello?

all these views and no suggestions?

This is very worrying, as I cannot find ANY dimensions for ANY of tyhe items
in my store.

Even some of the items are within the catalogue, and they have no dimensions
( like a friends mini-doll for example)

I'll have to close my store in the meantime, to avoid getting queries from
potential customers.

Paul

Got nothing to add other than I've noticed the same. But as we don't
use IC, I honestly haven't been too concerned about it.

Author:

Brickitty

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 21:00

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, dchamf writes:

Inventory list shows 50, but I do not think that is correct. Closer to 45?

Just went through my instructions for 6086 very carefully, flipping back and
forth between pages to verify I didn't double-count any part. I counted exactly
50 1x2 Light Gray bricks used in the main build of the set.

Also, I inventoried the set before building it a little while back, and my part
count matched the Bricklink inventory. I then built the set, and there were no
extra 1x2 bricks, so I'm doubly sure 50 is the correct number.

To be fair to dchamf, these old instructions are VERY difficult to follow. Which
is part of why I love building the old castles and other large sets: it's
a challenge, even for an adult. (And especially for a kid... I remember crying
on Christmas at age 9 when I realized I had missed a few pieces at the bottom
of 6090 Royal Knight's Castle and needed to take it apart to fix it.)

Author:

jbroman

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 20:50

Subject:

Re: Sellers location

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In Help, Jeva1183 writes:

I placed 2 orders 1 from Maine and the other from Florida. However once shipped
I realized 1 was shipped from Arizona and the other from California. I place
orders based on location closer to me for quicker transit. When a seller says
store is located on 1 state and it ships from another does this break a bricklink
rule? Has anyone else experienced this?

Are they coming from the stores you ordered from?

The only BrickLink legal way for a store to ship from a different location is
if they went to pull the order and realized that they didn’t have the part and
ordered it from another store so you would still get the parts.
I’ve done this for a part in an order when I was short one (damn you brittle
blue). But I don’t think a whole order would work.

Author:

dchamf

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 20:45

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

I would be very surprised if a set from that era had 5 extra 3004s. In fact I'd
be surprised if it had even 1.

Actually, I take that back. It's possible that extras would be needed to
complete one or more of the alternate builds shown on the back, even if they
weren't included in the instructions.

There are alternate builds on the back. I can see that that might be the case.
I'm quite sure that the basic build only needs 45. I have extras so I'll
just include them when I put it up for sale. Thank you for the information.

Author:

antant7

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 20:29

Subject:

Re: No sizes for any of my Items in store

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Not exactly sure what you are seeing and where but when I look at items in my
inventory, all the dimension text boxes are empty but the catalogue dimensions
are shown underneath each one. Does this help at all?

Author:

WhiteVanMan

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 20:01

Subject:

Re: No sizes for any of my Items in store

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In Technical Issues, WhiteVanMan writes:

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 19:48

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

I would be very surprised if a set from that era had 5 extra 3004s. In fact I'd
be surprised if it had even 1.

Actually, I take that back. It's possible that extras would be needed to
complete one or more of the alternate builds shown on the back, even if they
weren't included in the instructions.

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 19:45

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, ryanaitch writes:

Not for sets that old. If only 45 are used in the set, did it originally include
5 extras perhaps that aren't used int the build? Or 45 exactly? Or is it
possible you missed a step somewhere?

I would be very surprised if a set from that era had 5 extra 3004s. In fact I'd
be surprised if it had even 1.

Author:

rylie_aitch

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 19:13

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, dchamf writes:

In Help, psusaxman2000 writes:

In Help, dchamf writes:

Inventory list shows 50, but I do not think that is correct. Closer to 45?

Where did you come up with this number? Unless you can confirm via a sealed
box or other way, the inventory won't be change because you think it is incorrect
and then guess what it might kind of be.

Does LEGO post anywhere what it counts for pieces are?

Not for sets that old. If only 45 are used in the set, did it originally include
5 extras perhaps that aren't used int the build? Or 45 exactly? Or is it
possible you missed a step somewhere?

BrickLink's current inventory came from an "unknown" source, which doesn't
tell us much. But at least it does agree with Peeron's inventory.

Author:

dchamf

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 19:00

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, psusaxman2000 writes:

In Help, dchamf writes:

Inventory list shows 50, but I do not think that is correct. Closer to 45?

Where did you come up with this number? Unless you can confirm via a sealed
box or other way, the inventory won't be change because you think it is incorrect
and then guess what it might kind of be.

Does LEGO post anywhere what it counts for pieces are?

Author:

dchamf

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 18:57

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, psusaxman2000 writes:

In Help, dchamf writes:

Inventory list shows 50, but I do not think that is correct. Closer to 45?

Where did you come up with this number? Unless you can confirm via a sealed
box or other way, the inventory won't be change because you think it is incorrect
and then guess what it might kind of be.

I followed the instructions carefully and built the entire set. When I tore it down, I only had 45 bricks. I then rechecked the instructions and counted out the bricks there and again, did not come to 50. So, the inventory is from someone counting the bricks in a new set?

Author:

WhiteVanMan

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 18:41

Subject:

No sizes for any of my Items in store

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Author:

psusaxman2000

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 16:49

Subject:

Re: 6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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In Help, dchamf writes:

Inventory list shows 50, but I do not think that is correct. Closer to 45?

Where did you come up with this number? Unless you can confirm via a sealed
box or other way, the inventory won't be change because you think it is incorrect
and then guess what it might kind of be.

Author:

fin_and_daddy

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 16:37

Subject:

Re: Stockrooms

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Ah, brilliant. Exactly what I wanted to know, Cheers.

In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, fin_and_daddy writes:

Hello, if I place items in different stockrooms do they all appear for sale or
only items in Stockroom A? Thanks

Items in stockrooms don't appear for sale at all.

Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 16:20

Subject:

Re: Sellers location

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In Help, Jeva1183 writes:

It does break the rules on BrickLink unless the seller has a business location
in both states. (a very rare occurrence) Sellers here are required to have their
items in hand.

Jen

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 16:15

Subject:

Re: Sellers location

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In Help, Jeva1183 writes:

They must have stock, but I don't believe the rules say that the stock has
to be kept at a specific address. There was one case where a seller had stock
in another country which could cause taxation issues, but that doesn't seem
to be the case here.

Also what is the difference in transit time like for those states? As often the
processing time of an order before it is shipped can be multiple days, so orders
from close sellers may take longer than distant ones.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 15:59

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

[…]
I don't know the first thing about creditcards, but at least it would explain
why most of these cases I am seeing are non-EU buyers...

You don’t need to know anything: knowing things would limit your imagination
and bankers are very imaginative.
IOW: everything is possible.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 15:45

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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In Technical Issues, peregrinator writes:

In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

I received a reply from a user that had multiple failed payment entries in my
list:

" I attempted to check out and purchase an item from your Bricklink store using
Stripe. However, it declined my card multiple times - I would guess due to it
being an international purchase. I ended up purchasing the item from another
Bricklink seller, so I don’t know whether Stripe would have allowed me to complete
the purchase if I had tried again after notifying my bank that it was an authorized
purchase."

Interesting - could well be the case that the card was declined due to its being
an international purchase, if that kind of purchase was out of the ordinary for
the buyer using that card.

I don't know the first thing about creditcards, but at least it would explain
why most of these cases I am seeing are non-EU buyers...

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 15:09

Subject:

Re: Stockrooms

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In Help, fin_and_daddy writes:

Hello, if I place items in different stockrooms do they all appear for sale or
only items in Stockroom A? Thanks

Items in stockrooms don't appear for sale at all.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 15:06

Subject:

Re: Stockrooms

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In Help, fin_and_daddy writes:

Hello, if I place items in different stockrooms do they all appear for sale or
only items in Stockroom A? Thanks

I'm failing to understand, Steve... Stockrooms don't "appear for sale"

Can you expand on your question?

Author:

ralphs_bricks

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 15:00

Subject:

Re: Sellers location

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In Help, Jeva1183 writes:

Wait till you find the store that says they are located in PA but they are actually
located and ships from Europe.

Author:

fin_and_daddy

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 14:39

Subject:

Stockrooms

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Hello, if I place items in different stockrooms do they all appear for sale or
only items in Stockroom A? Thanks

Author:

dchamf

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 14:16

Subject:

6086 inventory list for grey 3004 wrong?

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Topic:

Inventory list shows 50, but I do not think that is correct. Closer to 45?

Author:

psusaxman2000

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 12:08

Subject:

Re: Notification when some item have a new seller

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In Help, massmagic writes:

Hi,
there is a way to have a notification about some new seller that sell a piece,box,istruction
that i need?
Now everyday I check all the pages of items that i need but it's a waste
of time..

Thaks

You can create a wanted list of all the parts. From there, you can mark the
items that you want to be notified on. The downside to this is that you only
get notified if the sellers send out notifications. Meaning that when a seller
list parts to there store, they then have an option to sent out a notification
that parts are available. They don't have to do this if they don't want
to, and some sellers don't so as to not draw in buyers that are only looking
for popular or high demand parts.

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 12:04

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

Interesting - could well be the case that the card was declined due to its being
an international purchase, if that kind of purchase was out of the ordinary for
the buyer using that card.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 11:48

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

I'm still having lots of cancelled payments on Stripe. Mostly from American
users, but also some European. There is one user who made 3 attempts in one day,
and did not end up placing an order. Every unsuccessful payment seems to say
"a check-out session has expired".

I receive payments for my own webshop through the same channel, and while I have
more orders, I have maybe one unsuccesful payment per month there.

I've tried to reach out to the buyers but most have not responded. Two told
me it was indeed intentional, but I still worry about the ones that didn't
respond, as there are quite many of these attempts. This could be a real problem,
right..?! Is it because of that last page that Bricklink has where you have to
(redundantly) confirm your payment? Often when I pay onsite I forget this step
exists and find it an hour later somewhere in my browser tabs.. but as it is
mostly American users, it could be because of sales tax changing the buyer's
mind, too.. I really have no idea. And even in the best case that all were somehow
intentional, it was still a lot of time wasted for the buyers.

Author:

edk

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 11:20

Subject:

Re: Notification when some item have a new seller

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In Help, massmagic writes:

Hi,
there is a way to have a notification about some new seller that sell a piece,box,istruction
that i need?
Now everyday I check all the pages of items that i need but it's a waste
of time..

Thaks

wantlist/notify

Author:

massmagic

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 11:16

Subject:

Notification when some item have a new seller

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Hi,
there is a way to have a notification about some new seller that sell a piece,box,istruction
that i need?
Now everyday I check all the pages of items that i need but it's a waste
of time..

Thaks

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 06:55

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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In Technical Issues, peregrinator writes:

In Technical Issues, Mesken writes:

Same here, only just two customers. Stripe tells me, that there is a new customer
created, while no payment has made.
I think too, that the additional step, which conforms the payment, is not necessary.

It's pretty much how PayPal works on many other sides. Maybe the problem
is applying the PayPal paradigm to Stripe payments?

I should add though: I don't have a credit card, I've only paid onsite
here using PayPal, so I don't actually know if Stripe creditcard payments
on Bricklink also work with that extra step or not. Just the fact that it keeps
saying the sessions expired reminded me of how I forget to confirm PayPal payments.
I've never seen that extra step on other websites, so I tend to forget to
complete it. (Actually, Bricklink also doesn't have that extra step when
paying the monthly fees)

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 06:28

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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In Technical Issues, Mesken writes:

It's pretty much how PayPal works on many other sides. Maybe the problem
is applying the PayPal paradigm to Stripe payments?

Author:

Mesken

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 05:51

Subject:

Re: Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 05:05

Subject:

Re: VATCHARGES in XML orders download is wrong

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In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:

In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:

The field VATCHARGES in the XML orders download is calculated wrong, seems it
calculates without taking into account for the Credit Coupon discount.

Will open a ticket too.

PD: Also noticeable the 1 cent problem on the total paid that has been reported
a few times...

BTW: does the XML correctly reflects the tax rate and amount if you've opt
in for IOSS?

Sylvain

The tax rate is not given.

And the VAT amount given is wrong when the order has a Credit Coupon.

Robert from BrickStore tried to make a calculation to get the correct values:

https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/commit/bee7846908493bcdd86be24b33740a6082e3728a

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 21, 2022 04:48

Subject:

Still a lot of cancelled payments......

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Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 22:11

Subject:

Re: VATCHARGES in XML orders download is wrong

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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:

The field VATCHARGES in the XML orders download is calculated wrong, seems it
calculates without taking into account for the Credit Coupon discount.

Will open a ticket too.

PD: Also noticeable the 1 cent problem on the total paid that has been reported
a few times...

BTW: does the XML correctly reflects the tax rate and amount if you've opt
in for IOSS?

Sylvain

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 22:05

Subject:

Re: VATCHARGES in XML orders download is wrong

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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:

The field VATCHARGES in the XML orders download is calculated wrong, seems it
calculates without taking into account for the Credit Coupon discount.

Will open a ticket too.

PD: Also noticeable the 1 cent problem on the total paid that has been reported
a few times...

Actual payment in PayPal is 31.45€

I signaled this problem in ticket 165-25B79479-0019 - dated 19 JAN 2020 !

That's now 2 years ago.

Still "Waiting for an agent" or something like this.

Anyway Russell told me it's in their Jira. I trust him.

Sylvain

Author:

darkfihter67

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 21:11

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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Thanks for the image but it appears for me the option is 'Manage Log ins'
and not 'Auto Log-ins so i can only remove devices i am not willing to use
Any insight on this?

Author:

joesecc

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 20:36

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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In Help, darkfihter67 writes:

In Help, cosmicray writes:

In Help, darkfihter67 writes:

When i log in to my paypal account manually its not happening i mean i log in
normally if u mean that or did u mean something else

PayPal has a friction-less mode (sometimes) that says "we recognize you
on this device", and tries to make the process of completing a payment easier.
You can turn it off, somewhere in the PayPal settings, if you would prefer to
enter the password every time.

Nita Rae

Do you know where it is cause i can't find that one specifically
I have disabled the autopayments

the settings are found here.

Author:

darkfihter67

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 20:12

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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In Help, cosmicray writes:

In Help, darkfihter67 writes:

When i log in to my paypal account manually its not happening i mean i log in
normally if u mean that or did u mean something else

Do you know where it is cause i can't find that one specifically
I have disabled the autopayments

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 19:52

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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In Help, darkfihter67 writes:

When i log in to my paypal account manually its not happening i mean i log in
normally if u mean that or did u mean something else

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 18:24

Subject:

Re: VATCHARGES in XML orders download is wrong

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In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:

The field VATCHARGES in the XML orders download is calculated wrong, seems it
calculates without taking into account for the Credit Coupon discount.

Will open a ticket too.

PD: Also noticeable the 1 cent problem on the total paid that has been reported
a few times...

Actual payment in PayPal is 31.45€

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 18:18

Subject:

VATCHARGES in XML orders download is wrong

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Topic:

The field VATCHARGES in the XML orders download is calculated wrong, seems it
calculates without taking into account for the Credit Coupon discount.

Will open a ticket too.

Author:

darkfihter67

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 17:39

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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When i log in to my paypal account manually its not happening i mean i log in
normally if u mean that or did u mean something else

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 17:34

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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In Help, darkfihter67 writes:

Hey i have a question
When i checkout with paypal it redirects me to my account already logged in
I can't seem to find a way to unlink paypal from bricklink so that everytime
it requests my full information and login elements before finishing a transaction
!
And i have disabled all automatic payments on paypal so i do not understand why
it happens
Anyone has any idea about this ?
Thanks

In your PayPal settings you can turn off automated login - that is why this is
happening.

Author:

psusaxman2000

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 17:02

Subject:

Re: Paypal checkout

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In Help, darkfihter67 writes:

Try clearing your cache and cookies. Might be a preference that you ticked that
held your credentials.

Author:

darkfihter67

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 16:59

Subject:

Paypal checkout

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Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 14:44

Subject:

Re: "Remaining Qty" broken or do I get it wrong?

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In Help, C.S. writes:

Well, a picture is worth a thousand words. I'm talking about that functionality...
Why is there a "Remaining Qty" of 1 although I set Have "3" and Want "3" for
the crane section in my wanted list. Also the other marked figures do not meet
my expectation.

Can anybody explain how the number in the "buy-wanted-list" panel are calculated?

My guess: when you don’t set a wanted quantity, it’s at 0 but it’s understood
as 1… and the same things happens when Want - Have = 0, it’s still shown as 1.
IOW, you “can’t” want 0, it’s at least 1.

But the lot disappears¹ when you’re actually searching (click Apply).

(¹ or the value is shown as 0 if the left box is checked.)

Author:

C.S.

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 14:22

Subject:

Re: "Remaining Qty" broken or do I get it wrong?

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Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 14:00

Subject:

Re: CONSOLIDATION!!!

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In Help, Biglesdug writes:

In Help, popsicle writes:

In Help, Biglesdug writes:

In Help, classitter2012 writes:

HI everyone, is there a way to consolidate your inventory thats in your inventory?
Also Im having this issue because Im parting out using brickstore, am i missing
a a step to consolidate into my inventory?

Not sure about brick store, but if you want to consolidate repeat lots go to
your inventory, search my inventory, select non-unique and go, this will show
repeat lots and from there you can manually adjust and delete repeats.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1229625

"it’s one of the more expressed peeves that shoppers make here. Speaking as a buyer, it’s a pain in
the gluteus maximus browsing such inventory. "

I strongly dislike when I go to a store and they have 547 lots on my wanted list
and only 5 are unique, 175 lots of the same part.

That too. Good point, Doug

Author:

Biglesdug

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 13:54

Subject:

Re: CONSOLIDATION!!!

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In Help, popsicle writes:

In Help, Biglesdug writes:

In Help, classitter2012 writes:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1229625

" it’s one of the more
expressed peeves that shoppers make here. Speaking as a buyer, it’s a pain in
the gluteus maximus browsing such inventory. "

I strongly dislike when I go to a store and they have 547 lots on my wanted list
and only 5 are unique, 175 lots of the same part.

Author:

beaverbrick

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 13:49

Subject:

Re: CONSOLIDATION!!!

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In Help, classitter2012 writes:

Are you ticking the 'Consolidate lots by using' checkbox on the Mass
Upload screen?

You should also consolidate the parts in BrickStore, before uploading to BL (Edit
- Consolidate Items). This is because of a situation where you part out a set
that has the same part in the main inventory and also as an extra i.e. 2 duplicate
lots in BrickStore. If the part does not already exist in your inventory, BL
will not consolidate them during upload (regardless of the consolidate checkbox
setting).

Also, Comments is often a field that catches people out... if you have different
comments between two of the same part, then BL will create a separate lot.

To get around this in BrickStore...
Download your store inventory into one file.
Part out the set in another file.
Consolidate the items (as explained above).
On the 'Edit' menu, use the 'Copy Values from Document' option
and copy the Comments from your downloaded inventory file (just make sure to
set the other fields to Ignore).

This makes sure that the comments in your upload match what is already in your
inventory and stops duplicates being created due to different comments.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 13:20

Subject:

Re: CONSOLIDATION!!!

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https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1229625

In Help, Biglesdug writes:

In Help, classitter2012 writes:

Author:

Biglesdug

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 13:16

Subject:

Re: CONSOLIDATION!!!

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In Help, classitter2012 writes:

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 12:02

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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In Technical Issues, cosmicray writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

In Technical Issues, yorbrick writes:

Is HTML causing this problem?

Maybe they have done it to stop sellers using those stupid smileys and other
non-ASCII characters in the item notes to try to get people to notice to see
those items. I don't think I've seen any for a while so maybe they are
blocked but this has a side effect of stopping other html coding.

The question is, if this is the case, can't I use html anymore?
Did you hear / read something about that?

You can use a limited subset of HTML in the extended description, but not in
the (shorter) immediate comments on the listing.

Nita Rae

Thanks for your reply. Guess I can't use the color code anymore then.
It looks like BR, B and U don't cause any problems.

Diana

Author:

classitter2012

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 11:47

Subject:

CONSOLIDATION!!!

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Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:58

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, firestar246 writes:

In Help, SylvainLS writes:

In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

Hello all, i'm new to bricklink but excited to be able to buy pieces etc.

I'm in the UK and considering buying some bits i would like from Poland,
how do i know if the box and instruction manual will be in english?

Can i find out soemhow?

Thanks in advance

You could ask the seller, but for instruction manuals - I don't think it
would much matter.

It could: more and more sets have an introduction and infos distilled during
the build.

Which, if the European ones are similar to the US ones, have that intro in several
languages, so I'd assume purchased one of those from a European country would
still have that info in English.

https://brickset.com/sets/10283-1/
Check the instructions from TLG: FR, DE, ES, IT, ZHSI & then North America and
International.

The intro text and the tidbits are in the corresponding languages, not a one-size-doesn’t-anybody.

Author:

tons_of_bricks

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:51

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, SylvainLS writes:

In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

You could ask the seller, but for instruction manuals - I don't think it
would much matter.

It could: more and more sets have an introduction and infos distilled during
the build.

Which, if the European ones are similar to the US ones, have that intro in several
languages, so I'd assume purchased one of those from a European country would
still have that info in English.

Author:

CrankyBadger055

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:42

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Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, yorbrick writes:

In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

Most European market sets are in multiple languages. Take a look on the back
of a box, there are about a dozen languages so one product does the whole of
the European (and further) region.

Yes, you appear to be correct. I'll go ahead and order and fingers crossed
its not totally foreign.
Thanks all for your help

Author:

cosmicray

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:39

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

In Technical Issues, yorbrick writes:

Is HTML causing this problem?

The question is, if this is the case, can't I use html anymore?
Did you hear / read something about that?

You can use a limited subset of HTML in the extended description, but not in
the (shorter) immediate comments on the listing.

Nita Rae

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:29

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

Most European market sets are in multiple languages. Take a look on the back
of a box, there are about a dozen languages so one product does the whole of
the European (and further) region.

Author:

CrankyBadger055

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:22

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

You could ask the seller, but for instruction manuals - I don't think it
would much matter.

I've messaged the seller, will wait and see for the response.
Thank you

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:19

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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In Technical Issues, yorbrick writes:

Is HTML causing this problem?

The question is, if this is the case, can't I use html anymore?
Did you hear / read something about that?

Author:

StephenEHewitt

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:19

Subject:

Re: Wanted list and Buy wanted list

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In Help, StephenEHewitt writes:

When I import a wanted list it is created in alphabetical format following the
index. When I try to buy all, the individual store's shopping carts are not
alphabetical. This makes checking the wanted quantities against the shopping
cart quantities difficult. Why is the shopping cart not alphabetical or can it
be modified??

Just found the answer...

Author:

StephenEHewitt

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:16

Subject:

Wanted list and Buy wanted list

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Author:

Yo_Yo_Flamingo

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:13

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, beaverbrick writes:

In Help, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:

In Help, dcarmine writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

I have over 1000 pounds of Lego to list. I am confused by some terminology in
BL store setup. Is each color of each part number a LOT? In other words, black
2x4 is a different lot than red 2x4? What is a group? Why would you want/need
to charge additional fees for a large group of unrelated parts? Any suggestions
for making this enormous task any easier? Do pulled sets sell any better than
just pieces? Are all pieces expected to be washed and cleaned? I have about 25
pounds of sealed bags (new parts), but once you open the bags, handle the parts,
and then put them into the appropriate storage place, they will get slightly
scratched/scuffed. Is this expected, or is there a solution for this?

Sorry for so many questions, but with this many parts, I need to get as much
right as possible the first time around!

Adding used parts using the BL "Add Item" page is not your friend. Go to github.com
and search for "BrickStore". Download and install the app.

This app allows you to create a list of mix lots that then generates an .XML
file. That file can then be used on this page, https://www.bricklink.com/invXML.asp
, to upload many lots at one time. It's easy to use, but if you have trouble
look up "how to" videos on youtube.

HTH
Donna

I've been wanting a better way to mass-upload use parts. Does Brickstore
allow you to price parts at some % of the 6-month average?

Yes it does.
You can set your parts to the 6 month average first, then you can increase/decrease
by x%.

One of the beauties of BrickStore is that you can set pricing for thousands of
parts in just one or two commands.

Well I'm sold- thanks!

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:02

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

You could ask the seller, but for instruction manuals - I don't think it
would much matter.

It could: more and more sets have an introduction and infos distilled during
the build.

Author:

tons_of_bricks

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 10:01

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

You could ask the seller, but for instruction manuals - I don't think it
would much matter.

What they said. Since instruction booklets use pictures, not words, I don't
see a different language being much of a problem.

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:57

Subject:

Re: Items from abroad.

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In Help, CrankyBadger055 writes:

You could ask the seller, but for instruction manuals - I don't think it
would much matter.

Author:

CrankyBadger055

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:55

Subject:

Items from abroad.

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Author:

psusaxman2000

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:47

Subject:

Re: New seller

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In Help, zorbanj writes:

Another method is to go to your own store's home page and click "Wanted List"
under the Shop tab. This will show you each item, the wanted list it is from,
condition, total quantity you have and the price.

I've not actually tried this on my own store, but makes sense. Other difference
here vs using your inventory search is that you don't get anything from your
stock rooms since they are not "available" for purchase.

Author:

zorbanj

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:35

Subject:

Re: New seller

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also is there a way to take all the pieces from a set or your own wanted list
out of your store while also viewing the total price for all those pieces (I'm
sure there is, I'm just overthinking it)

You can kind of do this, but it isn't the greatest. If you go to "My Store"
then "Inventory", under the "Search My Inventory" section, there is a checkbox
for "Items on my Wanted List". Tick this box then just search. The problem
is that is doesn't give you any information about what "wanted list" they
are on if you do find stuff. If you've created a number of list and have
a lot of parts that match, it gets a little tricky, but you at least know you
have it. It also doesn't tell you the needed quantity, again, just that
you have a part.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:31

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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Is HTML causing this problem?

Author:

psusaxman2000

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:29

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

When I list an item I can add comments.
Since the day I joined Bricklink I am using HTML in those comments (most for
vintage items), using Bold, font color and slashes.

It has been a long time since someone ordered one of these items, but I did get
messages from 2 different buyers, who where not able to place an order.

Below the comments field it says:
For security reasons, the special characters are encoded.

My questions are (hopefully someone has the answer):
Is there a list of special characters that I can't use anymore and causes
this problem?
Is HTML causing this problem?

It was working fine all these years. Bold and color font helps me very well to
pick the correct item.

Example:

780 Vehicle, Base 6 x 7
Parts: Vehicle, Base

Diana

Better example: https://store.bricklink.com/TakeAbricK?p=TakeAbricK#/shop?o=%7B%22itemID%22:9073,%22showHomeItems%22:0%7D
(link to that part in your shop, so we can see the coloured comment

)

Thanks

I was able to add these items to my cart and made it all the way to the last
step of checkout. I'm not sure if that is where the problem is or not, but
through the rest of the process it appeared to be ok.

Author:

yoavheskia

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:20

Subject:

Re: Bypass Password non-shipping country doesn't

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Anyway, I hope you'll start to ship to my country again.

Yoav

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 09:20

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

780 Vehicle, Base 6 x 7
Parts: Vehicle, Base

Diana

Better example: https://store.bricklink.com/TakeAbricK?p=TakeAbricK#/shop?o=%7B%22itemID%22:9073,%22showHomeItems%22:0%7D
(link to that part in your shop, so we can see the coloured comment

)

Thanks

Author:

psusaxman2000

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 08:25

Subject:

Re: New seller

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also is there a way to take all the pieces from a set or your own wanted list
out of your store while also viewing the total price for all those pieces (I'm
sure there is, I'm just overthinking it)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 08:19

Subject:

Re: Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

780 Vehicle, Base 6 x 7
Parts: Vehicle, Base

Diana

Better example: https://store.bricklink.com/TakeAbricK?p=TakeAbricK#/shop?o=%7B%22itemID%22:9073,%22showHomeItems%22:0%7D
(link to that part in your shop, so we can see the coloured comment

)

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 08:09

Subject:

Re: Bypass Password non-shipping country doesn't

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In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

The Bypass Password for a non-shipping country doesn't work.

Buyer can add items, but when he opens the cart, there's no box to enter
the bypass password. Only the button [proceed to checkout]. After pressing this
button he gets stuck and the following message appears:

store.bricklink.com diz
DOES_NOT_SHIP: You will be redirected to the cart page

I checked all settings, but can't find anything what I am supposed to do,
then give in a bypass pasword.

Anyone any ideas?

Diana

There is a ship-to-country list. It shows up on your Terms page and it shows
all countries that occur in 1 or more of your shippingmethods.

It doesn't, you have to Invoice Manually.

IMO the system seriously needs an overhaul. We should be able to just specify
anything we want in the shipping methods and then restrict that with a master-setting
on top of that. The bypass procedure would then lifts that restriction, and automatically
find the appropriate shipping method. Right now I find it very confusing.

I think it's already much better then years ago.
At the moment I just want to figure out why this buyer doesn't see the password
box.
I placed an order about a month ago with a bypass password for non-shipping-country,
without any problems.

So the big question is, why doesn't it work in my store?

Diana

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 08:01

Subject:

Re: Bypass Password non-shipping country doesn't

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In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

There is a ship-to-country list. It shows up on your Terms page and it shows
all countries that occur in 1 or more of your shippingmethods.

That's exactly what I mean: The list was not specified, it is a result of
the shipping methods. If the list was specified, a bypass password could simply
ignore that list. But as there is none specified, what should the bypass password
do? How does it know which shipping method to pick?

IMO the system seriously needs an overhaul. We should be able to just specify
anything we want in the shipping methods and then restrict that with a master-setting
on top of that. The bypass procedure would then lifts that restriction, and automatically
find the appropriate shipping method. Right now I find it very confusing.

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 07:51

Subject:

Re: Bypass Password non-shipping country doesn't

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In Technical Issues, Teup writes:

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

There is a ship-to-country list. It shows up on your Terms page and it shows
all countries that occur in 1 or more of your shippingmethods.
If a member from a non-shipping country (not on that list) wants to buy from
you, he can do so when you give him the bypass password for non-shipping countries.

The system doesn't need to know which country, the system only has to show
the box to enter the bypass password, when this member opens his shopping cart.

I also struggle with the minimum buy bypass, since shipping methods obligatorily
(vacuously) need to have that same minimum buy baked into them - so I guess it
would result in a manual invoice if I give a bypass password, even though I just
want one of my shipping methods to qualify.

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 07:44

Subject:

Comments from Seller on Listing encoded

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Topic:

780 Vehicle, Base 6 x 7
Parts: Vehicle, Base

Diana

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 07:39

Subject:

Re: Bypass Password non-shipping country doesn't

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In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

The whole bypass system confuses me.. what is the intended/expected behaviour
exactly? There isn't such a thing as a ship-to countries list, which a bypass
password could then bypass. The ship-to countries are a result of what you have
specified in your shipping methods. Should the bypass password add the country
to one or more shipping methods but if so, how does the system know which ones?

I also struggle with the minimum buy bypass, since shipping methods obligatorily
(vacuously) need to have that same minimum buy baked into them - so I guess it
would result in a manual invoice if I give a bypass password, even though I just
want one of my shipping methods to qualify.

Author:

TakeAbricK

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 07:21

Subject:

Bypass Password non-shipping country doesn't

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Author:

beaverbrick

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 04:41

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:

In Help, dcarmine writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

I've been wanting a better way to mass-upload use parts. Does Brickstore
allow you to price parts at some % of the 6-month average?

Author:

BlueDevilBricks

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 00:50

Subject:

Re: New seller

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In Help, Brickspert_AU writes:

Hi all.
Does anyone know of a good tool for mass uploading parts as I buy bulk used,
sort it and then list it.
also is there a way to take all the pieces from a set or your own wanted list
out of your store while also viewing the total price for all those pieces (I'm
sure there is, I'm just overthinking it)

Here's a list of software Brinklink suggests:

https://www.bricklink.com/links.asp?catID=9

I'm currently using BrickStore as I work to inventory my parts and for my
eventual store.

Hope this helps,

MAK

Author:

Brickspert_AU

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 00:36

Subject:

New seller

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Author:

Yo_Yo_Flamingo

Posted:

Jan 20, 2022 00:02

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, dcarmine writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

I've been wanting a better way to mass-upload use parts. Does Brickstore
allow you to price parts at some % of the 6-month average?

Author:

dcarmine

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 19:50

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, ccroxton writes:

Author:

ccroxton

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 18:46

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, Shiny_Stuff writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

Any bright ideas on storing all of these, so they are easily found again? Right
now I have 23 tubs (18 gals ea) of unsorted bricks, an entire wall of drawers
separated by parts (but not by color), and almost 100 sets that I am in the process
of pulling.

According to the posts I have received, each item will need to be separated from
the others. I can use a ton of zippered bags, but I simply don't have the
space (or the extra $ rn) to buy drawers for each permutation of a part (new,
used, stickered, printed, etc.)

Being organized is very important, but spending big bucks on fancy storage is
not necessary. While vertical storage is often a key thing to have, what you
use on or in that vertical storage does not need to be expensive.

For example, all of my shelving is fitted with corrugated cardboard boxes that
cost me no money to acquire. I add or remove or swap boxes as inventory needs
change. I label them simply with the contents using bits of paper (I like colored
sticky notes) and a piece of tape and I write on them with a marker pen.

I do buy zipper bags by the thousands in various sizes to store all the parts
and I then generally store all colors of identical items in larger sized bags
-- for example, all 1x4 bricks of each color has its own bag which is then
stored inside a larger bag with all of the other 1x4 bricks. This does usually
result in a bag in a bag in a bag which could mean having to open 2 or 3 bags
to put pieces into storage or to retrieve items as they are sold. Some people
really hate this type of storage, but it works for me and cost me very little
money to set up.

What you decide to use for storage depends on how much actual space you have
to use and how much money you are willing to spend to store your inventory.
Always consider the need to make adjustments as you go along, too, as storage
needs change as you add more inventory and as inventory sells.

Good Luck and Have Fun.

____

Many thanks!

Author:

Bond

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 18:19

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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Partial screenshot of Add Item screen.
- Pat

Author:

Bond

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 18:06

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, Shiny_Stuff writes:

Being organized is very important, but spending big bucks on fancy storage is
not necessary. While vertical storage is often a key thing to have, what you
use on or in that vertical storage does not need to be expensive.
(snip)
What you decide to use for storage depends on how much actual space you have
to use and how much money you are willing to spend to store your inventory.
Always consider the need to make adjustments as you go along, too, as storage
needs change as you add more inventory and as inventory sells.

Good Luck and Have Fun.

____

Shiny is correct. How you organize is entirely your call, but please start out
simply.

Whatever you use - bricks in bin #2, plates in box #7, minifigs in cabinet #14
- take advantage of a neat feature called 'My Remarks' when listing items.

As you add each lot to your store, you can use the 'My Remarks' text
box to notate where you stored it. Only you can see these remarks; visitors to
your store cannot. When you get an order, you'll note that the 'Remarks'
for each ordered lot is listed with that lot. I believe that by default, 'Remarks'
are shown in each buyer invoice, unless you somehow disable this (I am uncertain
how, that's why I believe it's a default setting).

You'll see that a lot of sellers use 'Comments' instead of 'Remarks'
when adding items; that's why, in some stores you'll see a lot listing
with a footnote similar to "Bin 8" for example. This is perfectly fine; I choose
not to bother my customers with where my inventory is kept. Then again, not every
seller may know about the 'My Remarks' feature.

Alternatively, you can use any kind of software - MS-Word, Excel, etc. - to organize
your inventory. But that's a bit of a pain, in my view. Whatever you're
comfortable with.

- Pat

Author:

Shiny_Stuff

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 17:46

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, ccroxton writes:

Author:

peregrinator

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 17:24

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, ccroxton writes:

Featured Groups - Designate lots to feature that you want visitors to notice
upon visiting your Shop. from https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=52

Oh yeah that's just to show off what you have in your store. By default it
shows your newest items.

Author:

Shiny_Stuff

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 17:22

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, ccroxton writes:

In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

Thank you for the detailed reply! I guess I have a LOT of bricks to wash!

You have a lot of dirty bricks?

I have built and run ecommerce sites since the 1990s, and each one uses different
terminology! I this case, I am guessing a GROUP would consist of any collection
the seller wants to make? Most recent, best sellers, etc. are common, or things
on sale, unusual items, etc.?

Not sure what you mean by "group" - do you mean a Super Lot?

I noticed there are separate listings for parts with stickers applied, so those
would be additional LOTS, as would any pre-printed bricks? 3001 with a smile,
with a frown, with different texts, these are each a different lot?

Yep, each one different.

Featured Groups - Designate lots to feature that you want visitors to notice
upon visiting your Shop. from https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=52

Think of the Featured Group items as your shop's front window like a real
life bricks-and-mortar shop would have. It gives you a chance to show off items
that perhaps you have in large quantities, or items that are highly desirable
and rare, or items that you have priced to move quickly or just items that you
might think are neat or that buyers would like to see. Use whatever criteria
you want.

BrickLink will automatically select items for you by showcasing items you have
listed for sale most recently unless you select items for the Featured Groups
yourself. So, if you do not select anything to be Featured, BrickLink will do
the work for you and will automatically update it with new items you have listed
for sale.

____

Author:

ccroxton

Posted:

Jan 19, 2022 17:13

Subject:

Re: Newbie confusion!

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In Help, Bond writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

Hi CC!

From your locality and the name of your store, I'd infer that you're
somewhere in central Texas; maybe Llano, perhaps Fredericksburg, possibly New
Braunfels, or none of the above. I'm in Pflugerville.

Any one thing you have in your store is termed an 'item'. So even if
you have 350 used Red Brick, 2x4 for sale, each one brick is an 'item'.
Those 350 2x4 Red Bricks together are termed a single 'lot'. And if you
have 1100 new White Brick, 2x4 for sale, each one of those white bricks is also
an 'item', and all of those 1100 2x4 White Bricks together are another
single 'lot'.

To take it a step further, if that's all you currently had for sale in your
store, a statement at the bottom of your listings would read as follows:

"Total 1450 items in 2 lots available".

Another step further. Notice that - for the sake of example - I indicated that
the Red bricks were 'used', and the White bricks were 'new'.
Lots are also separated by their condition (N or U). Thus, if 500 of those 1100
White bricks were used, and the remaining 600 White bricks were new, you would
now have three lots in your store:

(350) Used Brick, 2 x 4 Red
(500) Used Brick, 2 x 4 White
(600) New Brick, 2 x 4 White

and the statement at the bottom of your listings would now read:

"Total 1450 items in 3 lots available".

Now let's include sets in the discussion. Each one single set you have for
sale, regardless of whether you have one each of a few sets or ten each of ten
sets is - you guessed it - an 'item'. If you have three of these for
sale:

75176-1 (Inv) Resistance Transport Pod
284 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2017
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 8

all of them in New condition, those three sets together would constitute one
'lot'. But again, if one of them were Used, and the other two were New,
then they would be listed separately, and those same sets would be listed in
two lots.

So now, your store item statement might read:

"Total 1453 items in 5 lots available".

For the sake of simplicity and this explanation, let us just say that, in general,
minifigs are like sets, new or used, and like ones together generally constitute
a single 'lot'.

Now, when it comes to what thing sells better than a similar thing, I suggest
taking advantage of the Price Guide information for sets and parts.

Every set, minifig, part, etc. has a Price Guide link that details the BrickLink
sales data for that thing. For example, here's a link to the price guide
for Harry Potter minifig colhp-19:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?S=colhp-19&ColorID=0

This can give you some guidance on what to sell your item for, if you want to
be fairly competitive.

As you can imagine, it only gets more complex from here. Don't drive yourself
nuts; start simple. And keep asking questions.

- Pat (BL ID: Bond)

Many thanks! I am in Kerrville, so not that far from you!

Any bright ideas on storing all of these, so they are easily found again? Right
now I have 23 tubs (18 gals ea) of unsorted bricks, an entire wall of drawers
separated by parts (but not by color), and almost 100 sets that I am in the process
of pulling.

According to the posts I have received, each item will need to be separated from
the others. I can use a ton of zippered bags, but I simply don't have the
space (or the extra $ rn) to buy drawers for each permutation of a part (new,
used, stickered, printed, etc.)

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Bond

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In Help, ccroxton writes:

75176-1 (Inv) Resistance Transport Pod
284 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2017
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 8

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ccroxton

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Jan 19, 2022 17:04

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, ccroxton writes:

Thank you for the detailed reply! I guess I have a LOT of bricks to wash!

You have a lot of dirty bricks?

Not sure what you mean by "group" - do you mean a Super Lot?

Yep, each one different.

Featured Groups - Designate lots to feature that you want visitors to notice
upon visiting your Shop. from https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=52

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peregrinator

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Jan 19, 2022 17:01

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In Help, ccroxton writes:

Thank you for the detailed reply! I guess I have a LOT of bricks to wash!

You have a lot of dirty bricks?

Not sure what you mean by "group" - do you mean a Super Lot?

Yep, each one different.

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yorbrick

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Jan 19, 2022 16:51

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Sorry for so many questions, but with this many parts, I need to get as much
right as possible the first time around!

Start by listing a small amount so you get a slow trickle of orders to learn
from.

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ccroxton

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Jan 19, 2022 16:37

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