Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 18:51 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10214-1 | Viewed: | 17 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
Cool.
If you’re wondering, I made the request to add the alternate version of
I think I managed to not mess it up
| and trying to get BrickLink as correct as possible in the process. For this set
I haven't gone through the entire parts list yet to see if anything else
is different, so if you notice more discrepancies, please let me know. Which
version do you have?
or...
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I’ve the “new” one, with holes and 10 white 2x4 plates. The set was bought in
december (took me time to find time to build it ).
I only noticed that all alternates are the more recent (already listed) variants.
That is, no newer variants. E.g., all¹ jumpers are , not
¹ Well, except tan jumpers: I’ve 88 and 22 .
As for the instructions, I don’t really understand what’s the function of the
2 medium blue 1x2 plates on top of the new white 2x4 (which fills the holes I
guess). Were they used instead of the 2x4 under the 1x2 log brick and 1x1 brick
with stud and then were moved out of the way?
Still, nice that they didn’t remove them
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 18:22 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10214-1 | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part White 3020 Plate 2 x 4 {match ID 0 to 10}
* Change {8 to 10} Part White 3020 Plate 2 x 4 (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
There are two white 2 x 4 plates in the first version and ten in the second version.
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I was just going to ask about that discrepancy!
(Just finished building mine and checking alternates and extras.)
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I am currently building a list of all sets with multiple instructions:
http://brickset.com/sets/list-18333
and trying to get BrickLink as correct as possible in the process. For this set
I haven't gone through the entire parts list yet to see if anything else
is different, so if you notice more discrepancies, please let me know. Which
version do you have?
or...
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 18:01 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10214-1 | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part White 3020 Plate 2 x 4 {match ID 0 to 10}
* Change {8 to 10} Part White 3020 Plate 2 x 4 (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
There are two white 2 x 4 plates in the first version and ten in the second version.
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I was just going to ask about that discrepancy!
(Just finished building mine and checking alternates and extras.)
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Author: | Elenoe | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 16:05 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 41314-1 | Viewed: | 21 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part {Bright Green to Bright Light Orange} 33291 Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Flower Edge (4 Knobs) (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
There are no green flowers of any shade in this set
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 13:45 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10214-1 | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part White 3020 Plate 2 x 4 {match ID 0 to 10}
* Change {8 to 10} Part White 3020 Plate 2 x 4 (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
There are two white 2 x 4 plates in the first version and ten in the second version.
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Author: | electricbaer | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 11:19 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 8494-1 | Viewed: | 20 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 61071pb012 Blue Technic, Panel Car Mudguard Left with 'YUBIHAMA', 'Kyoto', Headlights and Turning Signal Pattern (Sticker) - Set 8494 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 61070pb012 Blue Technic, Panel Car Mudguard Right with 'XRFUEL', 'YUBI', Headlights and Turning Signal Pattern (Sticker) - Set 8494 (Counterpart)
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Author: | TokerSays | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 10:33 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
I think that is what he meant by cherry picking.
I cherry pick. I don’t cherry pick out of indifference to anyone’s opinion or
to avoid confrontation with a valid argument. I have a reply to every reply
to my reply and I fully intend to reply to every reply of my reply but I can’t
reply all at once or I will flood the Basement, aka the forums. As you’ve pointed
out the conversation does at times run in circles and every day that it drags
on I need to give more thought and more consideration into each one of my replies
so that I can do my part to see that the conversation moves forward. So I cherry
pick. People are watching. This is important. To everyone.
In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
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apart from that, he's nuts (well he might not be, just it looks like it
from that post!)
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Are you sure you don't want to be the Overseer? I would nominate you, I
trust your judgement.
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Author: | jblock | Posted: | Mar 27, 2017 09:36 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6199-1 | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, viejos writes:
| In Inventories Requests, jblock writes:
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {10 to 9} Part Black 4032 Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole
* Change {3 to 2} Part Black 4592c01 Lever Small Base with Yellow Lever
* Change {3 to 2} Part Red 4592c02 Lever Small Base with Black Lever
Comments from Submitter:
4032: Only 9 found in instructions: 5 on page 8, 2 on page 10, 1 on page 34,
and 1 on page 37.
4592*: Only 2 of each found in instructions: black/yellow on page 32, and red/black
on page 32. The 3rd copies can be added as extra parts.
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There are 3 of part 4032 on page 10: 1 on each engine and 1 more on the tail.
See image below.
I think you're right about the levers, though. There are 3 of each listed
in the MISB inventory at Peeron.
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Regarding 4032, you're correct, thanks for pointing that out. I'll delete
that request.
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 26, 2017 23:08 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6199-1 | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, jblock writes:
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {10 to 9} Part Black 4032 Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole
* Change {3 to 2} Part Black 4592c01 Lever Small Base with Yellow Lever
* Change {3 to 2} Part Red 4592c02 Lever Small Base with Black Lever
Comments from Submitter:
4032: Only 9 found in instructions: 5 on page 8, 2 on page 10, 1 on page 34,
and 1 on page 37.
4592*: Only 2 of each found in instructions: black/yellow on page 32, and red/black
on page 32. The 3rd copies can be added as extra parts.
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There are 3 of part 4032 on page 10: 1 on each engine and 1 more on the tail.
See image below.
I think you're right about the levers, though. There are 3 of each listed
in the MISB inventory at Peeron.
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Author: | jblock | Posted: | Mar 26, 2017 21:47 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6199-1 | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {10 to 9} Part Black 4032 Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole
* Change {3 to 2} Part Black 4592c01 Lever Small Base with Yellow Lever
* Change {3 to 2} Part Red 4592c02 Lever Small Base with Black Lever
Comments from Submitter:
4032: Only 9 found in instructions: 5 on page 8, 2 on page 10, 1 on page 34,
and 1 on page 37.
4592*: Only 2 of each found in instructions: black/yellow on page 32, and red/black
on page 32. The 3rd copies can be added as extra parts.
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Author: | gian8482 | Posted: | Mar 26, 2017 18:09 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 481-5 | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 3040a Red Slope 45 2 x 1 - without Bottom Tube
* Delete 5 Part 3038 Red Slope 45 2 x 3
* Add 4 Part 3038 Red Slope 45 2 x 3
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Author: | gian8482 | Posted: | Mar 26, 2017 18:02 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 481-5 | Viewed: | 20 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 2 Part 3049a Red Slope 45 2 x 1 Double / Inverted - with Bottom Tube
* Add 2 Part 3049b Red Slope 45 2 x 1 Double / Inverted - without Bottom Tube or Bottom Stud Holder
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Mar 26, 2017 08:51 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 70912-1 | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change {5 to 7} Part White 54200 Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
I parted out 2 sets. I did not get any extra trolley wheels or trans-orange 3024, but I believe we do not remove extras because we don't find them.
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 25, 2017 13:19 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6898-1 | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, tanczy writes:
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Black {3942c Cone 2 x 2 x 2 - Completely Open Stud to 3942b Cone 2 x 2 x 2 - Blocked Open Stud}
Comments from Submitter:
Original set contains the black 3942b instead of 3942c.
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As long as the source is reliable, I agree with making the change instead of
adding an alternate. The part was recently changed to the C type based on the
another 1993 set that requires the C type, and the unreliability of the B type
initially being placed in this inventory.
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Author: | tanczy | Posted: | Mar 25, 2017 12:42 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 6898-1 | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Black {3942c Cone 2 x 2 x 2 - Completely Open Stud to 3942b Cone 2 x 2 x 2 - Blocked Open Stud}
Comments from Submitter:
Original set contains the black 3942b instead of 3942c.
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 13:41 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8850-1 | Viewed: | 25 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, GX81 writes:
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 2 Part 4070 Yellow Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight
Comments from Submitter:
2x Yellow Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight ?
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Alternate model.
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Author: | BLUSER_865112 | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 13:29 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 8850-1 | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 2 Part 4070 Yellow Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight
Comments from Submitter:
2x Yellow Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight ?
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Author: | electricbaer | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 09:49 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75050-1 | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 3 Part 6179pb125 Dark Bluish Gray Tile, Modified 4 x 4 with Studs on Edge with Large Orange Circle in Center Pattern (Sticker) - Set 75050 (Counterpart)
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Author: | BricksShop | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 06:39 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7877-1 | Viewed: | 21 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 47753pb0711 Yellow Wedge 4 x 4 No Top Studs with Black and Red Diamonds Pattern (Sticker) - Set 7877 (Counterpart)
Comments from Submitter:
instruction page 42
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Author: | CALBrickLAB | Posted: | Mar 24, 2017 02:34 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, viejos writes:
| I am all for an efficient notification system, but I do think sometimes people
get worried about things that don't end up happening. Did you have any buyers
complain about something traced to this partout?
Russell
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I didn't have a complaint about this partout, it just served as a good example.
This topic stems from a thread I read earlier today where someone asked how much
it mattered to buyers weither you distinguished between part versions:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1032668
It seemed that the general consensus was that while most buyers don't care
either way, some buyers do care an awful lot. We as sellers should try to satisfy
all of our customers, so we should assume that every buyer will care.
It doesn't matter that you and I think that an arch with cross supports has
the same functionality as one without. There's always a buyer out there that
has found a new way to use the piece and does care if the opening is blocked.
(Or at least a buyer that will use your mistake to ask for his money back.)
Romy
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Author: | jennnifer | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 20:53 | Subject: | Re: Catalog display | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I couldn't agree more. The shading used on all the list features on this
site is one of its most practical, logical features. I can't think of any
reason to stop using it.
Jen
In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| Our store inventory pages have a subtle background color change that alternates
between each item.
I suggest that the catalog pages have that same feature.
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Author: | JulieK | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 18:53 | Subject: | Catalog display | Viewed: | 98 times | Topic: | Suggestions | Status: | Already Exists | |
| Our store inventory pages have a subtle background color change that alternates
between each item.
I suggest that the catalog pages have that same feature.
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Author: | CALBrickLAB | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 18:16 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| Who said you have to count every part in every set? If you are parting out many
copies of one set, surely it makes sense to verify the inventory once for all
the sets with the same batch number.
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You are correct here. That is what we should do, but it doesn't always work
that way. We often dump the bags out into bins long before we actually part out
a set. It's my fault for not taking that extra step to verify before throwing
the LEGO box away, but it happens. We have other ways that work for us rather
than verifying each part.
My point with this post is that it could be an ADDITIONAL tool for sellers.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 16:31 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Who said you have to count every part in every set? If you are parting out many
copies of one set, surely it makes sense to verify the inventory once for all
the sets with the same batch number.
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 16:20 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, CALBrickLAB writes:
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| For the second scenario, don't you count parts when parting out?
If so, there wouldn't be an error that needs correcting.
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Not every lot. Especially if it's a piece that is in a lot of sets, sometimes
it's not worth the time to count out every lot.
The example I gave in the reply I just posted above wasn't arbitrary. I parted
out 24 of set 70751 (temple of airjitzu) on Dec 9, 2015. That set has 1965 parts,
13 mini figures, 447 lots, 51 lots as extra items, 17 lots as counterparts, and
4 lots as alternates. It was inventoried on August 26, 2015, confirmed on Oct
3, 2015, with 9 logs of inventory changes. 3 of those inventory changes occurred
after I parted it out.
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Nothing of consequence changed since you parted out:
Jan 9, 2016 - Treasure Chests moved to counterpart. This saved you the extra
step of assembling 48 treasure chests. But it didn't cause a problem with
a buyer.
Feb 3, 2016 - Spear to specific version. No buyer problem here either. And in
case you would like to use the determined entry, you *were* notified about this
when the undetermined spear entry was marked for deletion.
Mar 16, 2016 - large arch becomes new type. I don't believe there is any
functional difference, just that the newer one has more reinforcements underneath.
And strictly speaking, I do believe the older one is an umbrella entry that includes
the other one:
Part 14707 Brick, Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch
Part 18838 Brick, Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch with 5 Cross Supports
I am all for an efficient notification system, but I do think sometimes people
get worried about things that don't end up happening. Did you have any buyers
complain about something traced to this partout?
Russell
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Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 16:00 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, CALBrickLAB writes:
| I knew I couldn't have been the first person to suggest it! I don't understand
all the objections in that thread. We work hard to identify problems before uploading
sets. OF COURSE we do! That doesn't mean that we might not miss something.
Especially my scenario where the lot piece count changes. Say I am uploading
20 of a set with 2000 parts each, 450 lots. I don't believe that the majority
of stores are counting out all 40,000 pieces.
Sometimes I catch the catalog errors while I'm sorting. But there have been
times when I haven't. This feature would be good for BrickLink because it
would reduce order errors. And order errors seem to be the #1 complaint of buyers.
Happy buyers, more retained customers, more orders, Bricklink corporate makes
more money.
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One of the things I believe would be very helpful to sellers, is that if a set
had an inventory note, this would be displayed in bold on its own page at the
start of the partout process. This is where you look for oddball stuff happening
to sets, and even for sellers not particular about variants etc, everyone really
should read the inv note before parting out. It can save a lot of headaches down
the road.
I am all for a notification system, plus a number of other features to give sellers
more choices during partout.
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Author: | CALBrickLAB | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:56 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| For the second scenario, don't you count parts when parting out?
If so, there wouldn't be an error that needs correcting.
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Not every lot. Especially if it's a piece that is in a lot of sets, sometimes
it's not worth the time to count out every lot.
The example I gave in the reply I just posted above wasn't arbitrary. I parted
out 24 of set 70751 (temple of airjitzu) on Dec 9, 2015. That set has 1965 parts,
13 mini figures, 447 lots, 51 lots as extra items, 17 lots as counterparts, and
4 lots as alternates. It was inventoried on August 26, 2015, confirmed on Oct
3, 2015, with 9 logs of inventory changes. 3 of those inventory changes occurred
after I parted it out.
You can lay as much hate on me as you like, but I did not count out all 47,000+
pieces. Especially because I knew I had more unlisted inventory that I could
fall back on if I ran into a problem. Your store currently has less than 10,000
items. Counting that one upload would be like me counting your whole store 5
times. I'm not trying to be rude here, just trying to give some perspective.
There comes a point where I have to trust the BrickLink catalogue.
On the wrong item scenario, again, look at the Temple of Airjitzu partout I refer
to above. The last inventory change occurred on March 16, 2016. It was changing
the type of arch from "14707 Brick, Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch" to "18838 Brick,
Arch 1 x 12 x 3 Raised Arch with 5 Cross Supports." So I originally had it listed
as the type that doesn't specify, when it turns out that I had the type with
5 cross supports. For whatever reason, those two parts don't even share the
same part ID. So I see 14707, not 14707a or 14707b. Many sellers wouldn't
even know that there is a completely different part to check for unless they
went to that part's individual catalogue page.
Of course, I could argue to a buyer that the unspecified type doesn't exclude
cross supports. But I WANT to give my buyers exactly what they ask for. BrickLink
should too. It's good for business.
Romy
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Author: | FigBits | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:51 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
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All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
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Who said it was a “$10” minifigure?
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The buyers who are willing to pay $10 for it. As I said in my post, it's
only a "$10" minifig because people are buying it for $10. I even put it in quotes
to highlight how that number does not actually indicate something intrinsic in
the minifig.
| The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter?
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It does. But what matters more than what the sellers think it's worth is
what the buyers think it's worth.
I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
| of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me.
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You should. Buyers determine the value.
| Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
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It's worth whatever a buyer who is willing to hand over money thinks it's
worth.
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Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
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Except that your stock market app does NOT show the average price of the stocks
available for purchase. It would show you the prices that it has sold at, and
the lowest price available. BrickLink also does that.
But, your analogy is deeply flawed in other ways.
--
Marc.
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Author: | CALBrickLAB | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:15 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I knew I couldn't have been the first person to suggest it! I don't understand
all the objections in that thread. We work hard to identify problems before uploading
sets. OF COURSE we do! That doesn't mean that we might not miss something.
Especially my scenario where the lot piece count changes. Say I am uploading
20 of a set with 2000 parts each, 450 lots. I don't believe that the majority
of stores are counting out all 40,000 pieces.
Sometimes I catch the catalog errors while I'm sorting. But there have been
times when I haven't. This feature would be good for BrickLink because it
would reduce order errors. And order errors seem to be the #1 complaint of buyers.
Happy buyers, more retained customers, more orders, Bricklink corporate makes
more money.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:11 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Lego isn't like stocks though. How many times do you buy $1 stocks in one
company, $2 in another, 20c in another, all from the same broker. Then have a
fixed fee (shipping on BL) that applies per order rather than per stock trade.
Lego prices fluctuate more than stocks, simply because they are not stocks.
As to the $10 minifigures, if a seller values it at $10 that is what he sees
the value as. Others may see it as a $6 figure, yet the $10 one may still sell
first. There might be a problem with the $6 seller - low inventory, poor feedback,
high shipping, etc that means no-one wants it from them.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 15:03 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| For the second scenario, don't you count parts when parting out?
If so, there wouldn't be an error that needs correcting.
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Author: | Pher | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:58 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| And how can they sell apples at 3.99€?
https://www.amazon.de/verschiedene-Äpfel-Sorten-Bio/dp/B003QY50O8/
In Suggestions, ijkim writes:
| In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
|
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
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Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
|
|
How could amazon do such a thing? They must not believe in Free Market not providing
these 6 month averages from their competitors.
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Author: | electricbaer | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:46 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7962-1 | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 93168pb04 Dark Bluish Gray Cylinder 3 x 6 x 2 2/3 Horizontal, New Style with Vents on Blue Background Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 7962 (Counterpart)
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Author: | bricksahead | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:44 | Subject: | Re: notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=815881
In Suggestions, CALBrickLAB writes:
| BrickLink already keeps track of what sets I have parted out. I can go look up
the log of my past uploads. If would be helpful if sellers were automatically
notified when a set they have parted out in the past has its inventory updated.
Then I would be able to go double-check that lot to make sure it wasn't from
the newer version of the set inventory. It would allow me to provide better customer
service because I would have less errors in my inventory.
Here is the reason for my suggestion:
Say in July 2016 I parted out 20 of a set. In August 2016, someone updates the
inventory with a variant part. I am left completely unaware that half of my parts
were actually the second variant until I notice a mixture while pulling the order.
Another version of this scenario is when LEGO changes the build and the number
of pieces in a lot changes. My inventory might say I have 120 pieces in a lot,
but I actually only have 100. If someone buys out the lot, hopefully I can find
more of that piece in a set I have waiting to part out.
If I were notified of set inventory updates on sets I have parted out, I could
go check my inventory before there is a problem.
Romy
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Author: | bb398322 | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:43 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
|
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
|
Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
|
|
How could amazon do such a thing? They must not believe in Free Market not providing
these 6 month averages from their competitors.
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Author: | electricbaer | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:43 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 70013-1 | Viewed: | 13 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 3039pb105R Blue Slope 45 2 x 2 with Window with Black Ring in Oval with Blue and White Swirls Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 70013 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 3039pb105L Blue Slope 45 2 x 2 with Window with Black Ring in Oval with Blue and White Swirls Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 70013 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 3039pb106 Yellow Slope 45 2 x 2 with Control Panel with Circular Chima Logo Pattern (Sticker) - Set 70013 (Counterpart)
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Author: | electricbaer | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:42 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60045-1 | Viewed: | 13 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 2340pb062L Blue Tail 4 x 1 x 3 with Blue '05' on White Background Pattern Model Left Side (Sticker) - Set 60045 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 2340pb062R Blue Tail 4 x 1 x 3 with Blue '05' on White Background Pattern Model Right Side (Sticker) - Set 60045 (Counterpart)
|
Author: | electricbaer | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:41 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75050-1 | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 48933pb025 Light Bluish Gray Wedge 4 x 4 Triple with Stud Notches with B-wing Engine Exhaust Vent Pattern (Sticker) - Set 75050 (Counterpart)
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Author: | Brettj666 | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:10 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I just went onto Amazon.ca and looked for a death star
It said $599.86
I had to click another link to show what someone else was selling the same set
for (3rd party)
No where did I see a comparison of what the average price is
I didn't see what the cost was at Lego
Or Walmart
Or bricklink
or TRU
How am I supposed to see if the best price is from Amazon if they don't give
me the other figures, or at least the average.
They make me go to Lego, or walmart, or TRU or eBay.
I just want something that's easy and caters to me.
It shouldn't matter that if TRU is having a sale that I'm likely not
to purchase it from Amazon, they should tell me everything I need to know with
out doing any further clicking.
In Suggestions, TokerSays writes:
| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
|
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
|
Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
|
|
|
Author: | CALBrickLAB | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:04 | Subject: | notify sellers when set inventory updated | Viewed: | 130 times | Topic: | Suggestions | Status: | Discarded | |
| BrickLink already keeps track of what sets I have parted out. I can go look up
the log of my past uploads. If would be helpful if sellers were automatically
notified when a set they have parted out in the past has its inventory updated.
Then I would be able to go double-check that lot to make sure it wasn't from
the newer version of the set inventory. It would allow me to provide better customer
service because I would have less errors in my inventory.
Here is the reason for my suggestion:
Say in July 2016 I parted out 20 of a set. In August 2016, someone updates the
inventory with a variant part. I am left completely unaware that half of my parts
were actually the second variant until I notice a mixture while pulling the order.
Another version of this scenario is when LEGO changes the build and the number
of pieces in a lot changes. My inventory might say I have 120 pieces in a lot,
but I actually only have 100. If someone buys out the lot, hopefully I can find
more of that piece in a set I have waiting to part out.
If I were notified of set inventory updates on sets I have parted out, I could
go check my inventory before there is a problem.
Romy
|
|
Author: | TokerSays | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 14:02 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 44 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
|
All of which is fine (more or less). But it becomes a bit of a problem when sellers
who want to list that "$10" minifigure for $10 show up on a BrickLink tool as
being 75% higher than average.
|
Who said it was a “$10” minifigure? The Seller selling it for $10? Was it Lego?
Lego can tell me it’s a $10 minifigure and I have to pay $10 because it’s Lego’s
product. I’m not buying from Lego. I’m buying from a reseller. The official
Lego price no longer comes into play. The price now is what the resellers are
selling it for. 10 other Sellers think its worth $6. Doesn’t their opinion
of value matter? I was previously told that if a piece has an average price
of $0.33 and it’s selling for $1.48 then I need to gauge how much that piece
is worth to me. Shouldn’t that same courtesy be extended to Sellers to who think
their piece is worth $6? If 10 Sellers think the piece is worth $6 then that
piece is now worth $6 and the $10 Seller made an investment that may not have
been wise.
Think of Lego as stock. Sellers purchase stock in Lego and then as a broker
they resell it. They do this hoping that the stock they buy will increase in
price. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Most of that up and down
depends on what other brokers are selling that stock for. It also depends on
the available of stock, and on the reputation of the company. I buy stock in
Lego. I buy it from the Seller brokers. I walk into the Bricklink marketplace
and I see hundreds of Sellers and they’re all showing me their prices and right
next to their price I should see an average 6 month price. That price should
not include shipping, handling, fee and surcharges. Those are brokerage fees.
You research your broker fees before you decide to do business with them. That
research is different from price research. No one takes all brokerage fees,
adds them up and divides them into an average and adds them to the average price
of stock. When I walk into Bricklink I should see prices and right next to them
I should see average prices. Do you know why?
Because I just picked up my phone and opened the app that shows me the actual
real world stock I own. The app shows me the current market value of that stock
and right next to it – it shows me the 52 week high and the 52 week low.
It’s an awfully useful app. I wish Brinklink had one.
|
|
Author: | viejos | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 11:48 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Gear 852748 | Viewed: | 16 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part Black {4085 Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Undetermined Type to 4085c Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 3 (thick U clip)}
Comments from Submitter:
In sets released in 2009, the B and D types mostly appear as alternates (16/19 and 16/16 respectively) while the C type is 43/43 as regular.
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Author: | jboske | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 11:19 | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 4258-1 | Viewed: | 25 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 3 Part {Green to Bright Green} 3865 Baseplate 8 x 16
* Change 1 Part {Green to Bright Green} {3857 Baseplate 16 x 32 to 3334 Baseplate 16 x 24}
Comments from Submitter:
2 more updates.
|
Author: | jboske | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 10:16 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4258-1 | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, jboske writes:
| Here are the box scans of the inventory. Under the tape are the 12x Blue 2x2
bricks.
|
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 09:44 | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | Viewed: | 29 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| I'd like to be able to do one or both of the following:
1) Have a function to split a lot. Say I have 5 of a minifig and I decide I
want to separate two of them to possibly part out later. I'd like to have
a simple tool to make that into a lot of 3 and a lot of 2 where I can quickly
change the remarks or stockroom options, but leave everything else the same.
2) Be able to have part of a lot in the stockroom and part of it for sale. Say
I have a lot of 50 of a part, but on an inventory I only find 45 of them. 5
of them probably got stuck in the wrong place and will be found. I'd like
to be able to make that lot say I have 50, but only 45 for sale.
|
For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
|
I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
|
In that case change the number, click the item number and add more inventory
as a separate lot. I know it's an extra few clucks but it does the job.
|
That's what #1 would be for. I want to do it easily on my iPad.
|
Yeah, I understand. Although there are probably higher priority things to be
done than something that isn't required very often and has an easy work around
that just involves a few more clicks.
|
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 09:33 | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| I'd like to be able to do one or both of the following:
1) Have a function to split a lot. Say I have 5 of a minifig and I decide I
want to separate two of them to possibly part out later. I'd like to have
a simple tool to make that into a lot of 3 and a lot of 2 where I can quickly
change the remarks or stockroom options, but leave everything else the same.
2) Be able to have part of a lot in the stockroom and part of it for sale. Say
I have a lot of 50 of a part, but on an inventory I only find 45 of them. 5
of them probably got stuck in the wrong place and will be found. I'd like
to be able to make that lot say I have 50, but only 45 for sale.
|
For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
|
I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
|
In that case change the number, click the item number and add more inventory
as a separate lot. I know it's an extra few clucks but it does the job.
|
That's what #1 would be for. I want to do it easily on my iPad.
|
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Author: | jboske | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 09:22 | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4258-1 | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| Here are the box scans of the inventory. Under the tape are the 12x Blue 2x2
bricks.
|
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 06:23 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 50 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Pher writes:
| […]
| Funnily, Cointreau, Curaçao, or triple sec make me think of cocktails whereas
Grand Marnier makes me think of desserts (though I don’t especially like strong
alcohol, in desserts or not).
|
You see, it works also the other way round. I'm a chocolatier
|
Ah! That explains the picture ID.
| and for sweet
stuff I usually prefer Grand Marnier over the other three. Could you imagine
how a German who never heard "Grand Marnier" will pronounce it? I had great times
with my coworkers
|
You’re touching a soft point of mine: phonetics
So, according to espeak (a text to speach (or phonetics) program), German rules
would lead to:
Chocolatier: /kˌoːkoːlatˈiːɾ/, approximatively kokolateeT in English (T being
the tt of “better” in RP)
Grand Marnier: /ɡrˈant maɾnˈiːɾ/ (grant maTneeT)
Compare to what English (RP) would be: /tʃˈɒkəlˌætɪɐ/ and /ɡɹˈænd mˈɑːnɪɐ/
Whereas French is¹: /ʃɔkɔlatjˈe/ and /ɡʁˈɑ̃ maʁnjˈe/
¹ I won’t even try to express that in the latin alphabet: English has no simple
vowels (it diphtongs everything!) or nasals (well, some Americans sound like
they only have nasals ).
You can look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
for explanations. Look about half the article, there’s a table for consonants
and a nice diagram for vowels. Each letter has its own article with examples
and a sound sample.
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Author: | Pher | Posted: | Mar 23, 2017 04:55 | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| In Suggestions, Pher writes:
| How could I forget the famous Grand Marnier?
|
Or Cointreau. Let’s not be partial… but still French
Okay, okay, there’s also Curaçao…
Funnily, Cointreau, Curaçao, or triple sec make me think of cocktails whereas
Grand Marnier makes me think of desserts (though I don’t especially like strong
alcohol, in desserts or not).
|
You see, it works also the other way round. I'm a chocolatier and for sweet
stuff I usually prefer Grand Marnier over the other three. Could you imagine
how a German who never heard "Grand Marnier" will pronounce it? I had great times
with my coworkers
|
|
Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 22, 2017 18:59 | Subject: | Re: A Couple New Inventory Management Tools | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| I'd like to be able to do one or both of the following:
1) Have a function to split a lot. Say I have 5 of a minifig and I decide I
want to separate two of them to possibly part out later. I'd like to have
a simple tool to make that into a lot of 3 and a lot of 2 where I can quickly
change the remarks or stockroom options, but leave everything else the same.
2) Be able to have part of a lot in the stockroom and part of it for sale. Say
I have a lot of 50 of a part, but on an inventory I only find 45 of them. 5
of them probably got stuck in the wrong place and will be found. I'd like
to be able to make that lot say I have 50, but only 45 for sale.
|
For 2, just change qty to 45 and leave a remark to add five when found.
|
I use my remarks for location and pricing. I would not want to clutter up the
remarks with more information.
|
In that case change the number, click the item number and add more inventory
as a separate lot. I know it's an extra few clucks but it does the job.
|
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