BrickLink Discussion Forum

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What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.

Author:

Pazzo

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May 14, 2018 05:28

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Bricklink on 4:3 screen or on mobile phone

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Hi all,

I would like BrickLink to change its layout or the possibility to change it myself
in order to be able to use it better on a 4:3 screen instead of a 14:9 xcreen,
also a better GUI for my mobile Phone would be nice.

I am Always on the road and I am tired of used sliders everytime I need to click
an icon.

What's your opinion?

Be cool and have fun!

Eric

Author:

axaday

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May 5, 2018 20:26

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Could We Add PCCs and Inventory Pending Items

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We can add pics of a pending item. Obviously that is a necessity. I inventory
a lot of minifigs and that means I am always adding items with new PCCs and torsos
that need to be inventoried and sometimes adding the minifig and its pieces to
the catalog. The catmins do a great job of moving things through, but obviously
there isn't always one at the desk! I have this routine for adding them
and I have another routine after they get approved and I try to do it promptly,
but things happen. This might not be something that generates a lot of interest
because most people don't do this stuff, but it would really streamline for
me if I could add the PCCs to pending pieces, inventory pending torso assemblies
with pending torsos, and even add the pending pieces to pending minifig inventories.
The same basic things would also help the people who tackle the sets (which
I don't usually do myself). Then when the pieces were approved everything
would just fall into place and it would be done.

Author:

capcreations

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May 4, 2018 06:49

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Put existing remarks onto 1st Part Out Page

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When I go to part out a set, especially a large set, I would like to have this
specifically:

On page 1 where I input the number of sets etc. - A tick box for something along
the lines of "auto add pre-existing remarks to items".

I am aware this is shown on the confirmation page but here is why this is a problem.

Some of my parts don't have any remarks because I have never had them in
my inventory. I and many others use the remarks box to input the a reference
number to their place of storage. If I have the item in my inventory I have to
either click onto a new page or wait until I go to the inventory page.

If I had this tick box on the first page, that I am suggesting, here is what
would happen.

The remarks would be filled in automatically for parts with your "default" remark.
This would occur on the same page where you can alter pricing, quantities, add
notes, etc. This would mean I can go through the part out list, add remarks easily
to new parts, store parts in their rightful places, alter quantities, etc. all
in one page.

Author:

bobbykevin

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Apr 26, 2018 20:44

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Consolidated Items

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I don't know if this is a thing or not since I am new to the site. When I
upload a bricked out set and it consolidates parts I all ready have it should
show the remarks for them instead of having to click part detail. Would make
it easier to put away parts without having to click it. If this can happen please
let me know if not they should have the remarks listed on this page.

Author:

Cob

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Apr 12, 2018 16:44

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Allow for a Quote only option

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Buyers have trouble finding the quote request. I would like to offer a quote
request only option (similar to BO).

Please create and allow for a quote only option that the seller can elect to
use. This way the option to see a quote request is not limited by the shipping
method selected.

Thank you,
Cob

Author:

LaineeP

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Apr 9, 2018 22:42

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Price guide rant

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I know that this has probably been beat to death, but I have a suggestion. I,
as well as others I'm sure, have complained about the average prices that
are grossly inflated due to very high priced parts. On the used side of the guide
it seems it is always the same 2 stores (ex $39.95 for a $0.20 piece).

Why can't we do what they do in some sporting events - throw out the lowest
and highest and then average. I'm sure there is a way to do this.

Lainee

Author:

DeLuca

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Apr 8, 2018 04:05

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“Report” Button

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Due to another spammer having appeared on the Forum, and my having to message
the Admins about it, I now think that Bricklink should have a designated “Report”
button on each Forum post (as is the case on Eurobricks). This would make reporting
spam/problem members/etc much easier, since the Admins could be contacted immediately
upon seeing the offending post and automatically be directed to the specific
post in question.
Is this something that Bricklink can implement?

Author:

RobErNat

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Apr 7, 2018 05:17

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ADYEN

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Dear Bricklink,

please investigate on implementing Adyen integration on BL

https://www.adyen.com/customers

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/why-ebay-abandoned-paypal-for-a-smaller-european-competitor.html

Thanks in advance

Author:

sancho10

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Mar 29, 2018 17:51

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Mobile-Friendly Website

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Hello everyone,

I think it's time to ask Bricklink to make a very simple but very useful
change: a MOBILE-FRIENDLY website!

Nowadays the majority of online worldwide buyers are using the mobile to complete
their purchases.
For example, in China the 83% of customers are buying from a mobile device.

Benefits:
- Buyers are more satisfied and the customer experience would be increased.
- Stores would increase the number of orders received
- Bricklink would have new customers that now are potential customers but, due
to this lack are not customers yet.

The competitor "BrickOwl" has a mobile-friendly website.
But BRICKLINK you are the largest LEGO Marketplace!
Please BRICKLINK, the whole community needs a mobile-friendly site!

Guys please, support my suggestion

Author:

Pazzo

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Mar 28, 2018 15:13

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Move header buttons to the left side screen

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Hi all,

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

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

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

Anybody has the same problem?

Be cool and have fun

Eric

Author:

dreambuilder71

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Mar 25, 2018 01:41

Subject:

Make POSTING in Forum EASIER!

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So I use to post in the forum all the time. About 4 or more years ago before
the new company took over BL and changed things on here.
And it was much easier to find the POST NEW MESSAGE button than it is now. Took
me about 5 minutes to find the damn thing! That is ridiculous!

Why can't I just click on the BIG Community button at the top right on every
BL page and then on that 1st page that comes up is a BIG EASY TO FIND AND READ
button that reads: POST NEW MESSAGE!

NO, what you have to do is look at all the little buttons at the top in the grey
bar that read:
Forum, Messages, Topics, Search, Stats...
Click on Topics, click on one of those topics and in the top right corner of
those pages it says in little size font: Post New Message....

I use to be good at BL. Thanks for the frustration. I was going to post an
announcement sharing that I am only 1 feedback away from the big 5 double 0 after
almost 11 years on BL but I will probably forget how to find the Post New Message
button in the mean time.
(Why do less than half the members on BL leave feedback? I'd be over 1000
if everyone left feedback. lol. It's the same on ebay.)

James

Author:

chetzler

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Mar 24, 2018 16:22

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Default feedback messages

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When I leave positive buyer feedback it usually results in one of three basic
messages:
One general message thanking the buyer for the order,
One thanking new buyers and welcoming them to BL,
One thanking repeat customers.

It'd be great if we had some options at the feedback screen to just select
from 4-5 pre-set messages. Something like radio buttons for message A, message
B, message C, etc.

Author:

_nstbodensee_

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Mar 23, 2018 14:38

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API access to wantlist

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Hello, an API access to the wantlist would be nice. Best regards

Author:

misbi

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Mar 23, 2018 12:45

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API access to DimX, DimY, DimZ

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Please could we have API access to seller's own values for DimX, DimY, DimZ.

Currently, none of the below methods return any seller's own dimension data:

UserInventory.GetInventory
UserInventory.CreateInventory
UserInventory.UpdateInventory

Author:

Teup

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Mar 23, 2018 08:56

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How to offer free shipping +coupon suggestion

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I'm trying to give someone who lives near free shipping over a certain order
total but I tried two ways and both fail. First I tried to create a shipping
method for it, but I can't seem to make it conditional on either region or
password to unlock it. Is there any other way that I forgot to think about?

Next I tried to give this guy a coupon that would correspond to the cost of shipping,
but that also didn't work.

See picture. Why is this part blank? That's weird. Why can you only make
a percentage discount conditional and not a fixed discount?

Suggestion: Allow fixed discounts to be conditional as well.

Author:

EmpireBricksNY

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Mar 20, 2018 20:46

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Tax information in order export

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I'm working on my quarterly tax filing and was hoping to find a column in
the order export information for the tax that was collected on in-state sales.
Alas, it is not.

For those of us that collect sales tax, having that field in the order download
spreadsheet would be extremely helpful, along with the street address and city/zip
code. All of this information is required when filing sales taxes in NY.

Thank you for all you do!

Matt

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Brick.Door

Posted:

Mar 19, 2018 14:39

Subject:

Bricklink: please clean up incomplete sets

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I recently listed another batch of used sets. Once again in reviewing prices
I found in most cases the cheapest one available for sale is listed as "complete"
but missing minifigures.

Bricklink can't you do a sweep of these errant listings and send the seller
a warning? Maybe query sets that are listed as complete but have the word "missing"
or "no minifigs" in the comments

I know you don't want to make changes automatically (the seller could have
written "no missing minifigures" or something) but it is a long and slow process
to find these one by one. And there are thousands of them listed.

Sounds like a lot of work? You are probably losing money too. The average
sold price is lower than it should be because so many incomplete sets are being
sold as complete. If sellers saw the real average price they would set their
prices higher and Bricklink would benefit from the higher commission.

For example I recently listed Star Wars set. The cheapest 3 currently available
(listed as complete) are $15, $20 and $24. None of them are complete according
to the sellers description.

The average sold for this set is $22 but since 3 of the sold sets were prices
$15, $15 and $21 they were probably incomplete but sold as complete and now are
polluting the price guide. The correct average sold is about $27

Author:

alahaka

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Mar 18, 2018 15:30

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Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell

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Mentioned in other posts, I am submitting this as a separate suggestion.

The goal of the $1 payment is to preclude new members from making false orders
and thereby avoid time wasted on pulling order items, attaining packing supplies,
calculating shipping, etc.

Perhaps there is also a benefit with regard to new sellers. Not sure.

I recognize there will be process, payment, and accounting challenges for BrickLink
administrators, along with maybe an undesired initial action to become a member,
however this proposal would screen out false buyers, and benefit the integrity
and positive experiences of the entire new member, buyer, and seller community
-- which for my part is a key reason I'm here.

Author:

alahaka

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Mar 18, 2018 15:05

Subject:

Seller checkout approval for <X new buyers

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Whether X = 0 or some short optional range between say -3 and +3, I suggest
that any seller be able to approve of new zero-or-low-feedback members before
they are allowed to check out.

As a heads-up courtesy, new buyers can be advised by BrickLink, via a notice
both near the cart symbol while shopping and in the cart, that checking out will
require the seller's approval.

Attaining approval would require a BrickLink message from the prospective buyer
to the seller requesting to check out. In lieu of a better indicator, this message,
or perhaps more importantly the simple effort to send it, would allow a seller
to make an approval or disapproval decision.

The seller makes a decision, with ideally everything being on the up & up, and
a bona fide order and purchase follow.

However the rule and process is set up, it can be deconflicted with the "Disallow
members with negative feedback" rule.

- - - -

A better solution that what's above, to minimize time-wasting
fake orders, is to have all buyers pay BrickLink a dollar or euro before being
allowed to order.

I for one am happy to pay a dollar, although I cannot speak for anyone else.

- - - -

I've welcomed several new buyers to BrickLink, and I hope to welcome more.

On the flip side, I spent an hour-and-a-half pulling eight sets last Thursday
night, in order to identify a good shipping box (which to free up involved shifting
around several more sets) and to attain an accurate overseas shipping quote on
behalf of the customer, assuming the best with regard to their intentions. I
did this promptly within three hours of order receipt, in order to set up a timely
invoice.

I almost took everything to the post office the next day, in order to get a better
weight since the big box covered my small scale. Thankfully the member's
first negative arrived before that, and I decided to estimate the weight.

This morning, I spent another hour getting these sets back to their storage places.

I did all this on behalf of someone who is playing a mean game with several BrickLink
sellers ... ... ... simply because he can as a new member. Furthermore,
he's now at -4 and has the BrickLink greenlight to order from unsuspecting
sellers. The wasted-time toll of this false buyer round remains TBD.

My sets are safely stored wherever they fit throughout my place; I do not have
a crystal ball to store them in some purchase and ease-of-access order; and I
do not have a warehouse facility.

In light of such service efforts, extensive or otherwise, sellers should be able
to screen new buyers, even if such an evaluation is limited to interpreting a
message.

Or have everyone pay BrickLink a token amount before receiving buyer privileges.
Probably not easy given payment means and currencies, but it would likely alleviate
an ongoing and possibly growing issue.

Author:

fegged

Posted:

Mar 17, 2018 10:01

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Picture recognition for searches

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I don’t know how easy this would be to do, but picture recognition for searches.
Basically you would use a picture/ active camera on your device to search for
an item.

I had an issue trying to find a couple of bits recently because I can’t describe
the bit in a way that the search would show me similar items to what I was looking
for.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Mar 16, 2018 14:44

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Change the price guide screen

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Currently there is no way you can determine easily from looking at the price
guide what currency conversion has been used to determine the move from USD to
any other currency. As this figure has to be held/determined (calculated) somewhere,
whether in BL or by xe.xom it is available to be displayed and updated as regularly
as the price guide.

If Bricklink displayed that figure it would be very helpful for everyone's
use whether buying or selling. This is especially relevant for the last 6 months
sales which is a floating figure and is not easily determined - (it can be done,
but is very long winded and takes a lot more time and effort to get right.

As for the changes this would require, they are absolutely minimal from a coding
point of view and it would help to solve the never ending threads about currency
conversion and the price guide.

It would also help with Brickstock, but I am sure that is of no concern to Bricklink.

Author:

Brick.Door

Posted:

Mar 16, 2018 14:19

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Stop counting neutral feedback as negative

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Since the change was made to put the large "% Praise" at the top of each store
front page neutral and negative feedback are basically the same thing.

This is not obvious to customers leaving feedback - especially new members.

I suggest to exclude neutral transactions from the % Praise calculation - treat
them the same as if no feedback had been left. This seems more accurate than
counting them as negative.

Also I find it strange that the % praise is calculated to 2 decimal places. Does
anyone really think a 99.74 seller is more trustworthy than 99.68? There are
no standards or guidelines for what makes a positive/neutral/negative transaction
-- it is up to the individual opinion. So there is no way this figure is
that accurate.

Author:

alahaka

Posted:

Mar 16, 2018 13:15

Subject:

New buyer LOE to tie up inventory for 14 days

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Hi,

The new buyer's level of effort required to tie up any given seller's
inventory for 14 to 21 days still stands a very, very firm almost none.

I get that irresponsible and indifferent buyers present a difficult challenge,
but the NPB process needs to be significantly shortened to make it something
less than a sick joke.

Eight sets and one entire lot are now off the market for 14-days or more. Whoopdeedo.

For any decisive administrator of BrickLink, please take action on behalf of
the responsible BrickLink community.

A good day to any readers, Matthew

Author:

Lauren_Luke

Posted:

Mar 15, 2018 19:28

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Minibuilds

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I don’t want to open a can of worms here, but I think this is a valid suggestion.

Can BL create a fourth entry for a set where is states:

‘Set Entry | Instructions Entry | Original Box Entry’

to become

‘Set Entry | Minibuild Entry | Instructions Entry | Original Box Entry’ ?

The ‘Minibuild Entry’ would contain the valid minibuilds (new and used) from
a set. Sellers are selling minibuilds anyway under 'Set Entry' as new-incomplete
and used-incomplete with the minibuld definition the description.

Separating out the minibuilds would...
- clean up the 'Set Entry';
- improve average pricing effectiveness;
- create an additional avenue for buyers and sellers

Author:

brickphils

Posted:

Mar 14, 2018 15:45

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Item code link on cart list

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Pls add item code link on cart list.

This feature was available in previous versions.

This helps in reviewing cart items.

Author:

PaulOfBricks

Posted:

Mar 11, 2018 07:16

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Save for later option.

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I have mentioned it before but it seems it would work even better now with the
New chckout layout

I know we are not eBay or amazon, but the checkout now is simular and it would
be good for items you are not ready to buy in the current order but would like
to buy in the future. (Obviously if the seller still has it)

When you remove an item from your basket currently, you would have to find the
shop/item again, search again the store to find the item and add it again to
your basket.

Id rather it just be saved

Author:

calsbricks

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Mar 11, 2018 05:49

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Must have improvements

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As there is almost constant changes going on in the catalogue stores need more
features to ensure they are up to date. For example - we received orders over
the weekends for many of our

3794 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud, Jumper (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Plate, Modified

pieces which of course have been changed
to

3794a Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper)
Parts: Plate, Modified

. I had to go to my inventory page for the part and change each and
everyone of these from 3794 to 3794a, That 'dropped 4 or 5 small images -
(we will re-do those photos and submit) but they had photos before we changed
them from 3794 to 3794a.Hmmmm

It is a very simple select and update query in SQL - surely one of the developers
can put together a screen to allow us to update multiple items in our inventory
at once. We are in the dark ages here really.

In addition I noticed yet another quirk which is simple enough to sort out but
untouched

We hold bulk amounts for many standard items (in the thousands of each of them)
and decided to set up a tiered pricing schedule for each of those taking 1p off
at each quantity break. Fine - it was still a manual exercise for over 100 items
but we went through that - only to find that we either had to repeat this each
time we added to that part or we would lose that tiered pricing. The options
on consolidate are far too limited. We need at least another method of new price
and retain old tiered pricing.

Neither of these changes require huge amounts of time or development effort but
both have needed doing for some time.

It may be a question of priorities or design or ????? but surely such simple
mods can be dealt with quickly and efficiently.

It does get exasperating sometimes. And Brickstock will not allow you to make
these changes offline and upload them either. We have tried that and failed.
We have also advised Patrick but he has gone missing at present.

Come on Bricklink - the stores need their tools (just like buyers, if not more
so)

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Mar 7, 2018 04:33

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Separate professional and private sellers

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I have no real personal reason to be posting this suggestion and haven't
thought about what it would mean for my own business, but just something I want
to throw out there as I've been thinking about it for a while.

Why not separate professional sellers and private sellers? I mean with an icon,
a label, a colour, something like that. Right now there are private persons just
getting rid of some old parts they aren't using, and online stores that use
Bricklink as their platform. An entirely different world in every aspect, but
they will show up in exactly the same way.

For years and years there's this eternal clash going on between buyers and
sellers and it seems like they sometimes speak different languages when the buyers
demand "their rights" and the seller has no idea what they're talking about.
Much if not most of the grief going on on Bricklink may be caused by buyers buying
from private sellers and expecting business service. The main example I can think
of now is about whose problem it is when a package is lost, but also tax and
refund issues get confusing if it's unclear whether we're talking about
two people trading or about consumer rights.

So how about labels for private sellers and professional sellers?

Author:

othellico

Posted:

Mar 3, 2018 09:29

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"Hide Items if Have Qty is ≥ Want Qty" option

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Hi,
the "Hide Items if Have Qty is ≥ Want Qty" option in wishlists does not work
any more.
Thanks
Claudio

Author:

Cob

Posted:

Feb 28, 2018 20:50

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Incorrectly marked as Ready

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Quit marking orders that the buyer checks out using instant checkout as "ready".

Here is the definition of Ready.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=41

Ready - Items in order verified, shipping or any additional costs added. Seller
sends an Invoice to the buyer.

It is not possible for BrickLink to verify the items in the order, therefore
the order cannot be marked ready.

Thank you,
Cob

Author:

bb680938

Posted:

Feb 28, 2018 13:11

Subject:

Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink

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I'm starting to get really frustrated now with Bricklink. Maybe you'll
reply?

Is the quote function broken? I had a quote come in 5 days ago and I had no notification
or anything regarding it. I only knew because the buyer messaged me last night.
This is not acceptable.

Your site has duplicated lots on numerous occasions, this is not acceptable.

Also on numerous occasions I've had customers tell me that they cannot checkout
after ironing out potential issues I have found out it's the site, not me.
I've lost money to this and again, this is not acceptable.

Most things you post are vague from every angle and you sit in the shadows whilst
everyone is up in question. Regardless of if the feedback is good or bad you
still push out the garbage updates anyway. This is not acceptable.

Your site is very slow at times and it's getting more and more frustrating
when trying to work. All of a sudden the site will grind to a standstill. This
is not acceptable.

Your ability to inventory used Lego is appalling. Why not work on this rather
than Brickarms? that's right. Money. If it won't make you money then
you won't bother. This is not acceptable.

I sell on BrickOwl too and I've never had a single issue. You may be the
market leaders currently but your cockyness will catch up with you soon. I pay
my monthly fees on time every time and this is the mess I have to work with?
Can't it just 'work'? Why is everything difficult and half made?
Not acceptable. I'm tired of apologising to customers because of the issues
on this site. I dread to think how many people have turned away from my store
and not said anything.

I'm just frustrated and the quote issue lastnight was the tipping point for
me. Fix your site.

I'm aware there's trolls on here so please keep your witty comments to
yourself.

Thanks
Reece

Author:

RobNeptune

Posted:

Feb 26, 2018 15:03

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Search Locally

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As someone often buys pieces for a project in progress, I wanted to suggest that
the search feature allow you to filter by local sellers. This typically provides
a faster delivery, including occasions where I have been able to meet someone
nearby the same day.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Feb 23, 2018 10:25

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Interface improvement

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In my opinion, icons that accurately represent functionality are a key part in
having a good interface. It has come to my attention that the icon of the Community
tab is outdated and needs improvement. Briklink has changed alot and the smiley
face simply does not suit a modern Bricklink where a forum is intended for poorly
informing the community of unwanted selfish business decisions only to ignore
the responses.

I've designed a better icon for this tab. Hope to see this implemented soon!

Author:

calsbricks

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Feb 18, 2018 10:30

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Minor improvements to add inventory

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I am sure there are lots of sellers who are waiting to see what enhancements
Bricklink as and when the finally release the sellers tools they hafve talked
about..

We would like to see a small modification done now to help on the 'add inventory
screens'. This would take a programmer less than an hour to accomplish and
it would aid most sellers.

When you manually add an item to your inventory you can do it in one of several
ways. When you go this route some things, which are important are missing.

From the main catalogue page for any given part choose Add to my inventory. This
takes you to the add inventory page and fills in some of the details for you
e.g. part no; colour etc, leaving you to add the quantity, price, condition and
any remarks you wish to make. You then click on the review item button at the
bottom and it takes you to the review item page where you do not see all the
relevant information No part no - no remarks. How can you really review the information
if it isn't all presented to review. Good memory? Maybe if you are only doing
the odd one, but if you are using this in anger it would be very helpful if the
review item page had the part no on it as well as the remarks field.

A similar situation occurs with the mass inventory upload. Once you paste your
xml file into the window you choose verify and all the parts in that file are
listed but instead of displaying the part nos for the items it drops them off
despite being in the xml upload.

Again a very minor programming job which would aid the sellers.

Think about it Bricklink. Make the site easier for us to use.

See images attached.

Author:

TenHove

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Feb 16, 2018 08:35

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Languages

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Hello,

Although Bricklink is an America-based website, is serves a worldwide audiance
now.

My store is base in the Netherlands and I modified the emails from Bricklink
(like the invoice etc.). Now people get these bi-lingual. (Dutch and English)
The only way to make them uni-lingual again is by deleting the non-desired language-text.

It might be an idea to extend the 'List of E-Mail Conditional Block Macro
Tags' with a language-tag. When poeple prefer the text in Dutch, they can
get the Dutch-tekst, if the shop-owner provides it.

If this system is implemented, there should also be a default-tag for the text
that is to be used, if the desired language is not specified in the mail.

This will contribute to a better user-experiance.

As a web-developer, I realize that this is not easely implemented. But it might
be an idea to keep in mind for a next version of Bricklink.

With kind regards,
Carel ten Hove
Fricatho

Author:

zimoch

Posted:

Feb 15, 2018 05:55

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Make shippment rate charts visible or able to

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Could it be an option to show shipment rate charts in shipment policy tab to
buyers in order to avoid making own tables with these prices?

Author:

alahaka

Posted:

Feb 14, 2018 14:09

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Store logos no longer visible in tabs

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Hello,

A couple weeks ago when I had close to ten carts and tabs open (in addition to
several other non-BrickLink tabs), I found the miniature store logos in the tabs
to be very helpful for quick navigation to pertinent shops. (And I consequently
made my own quick logo for shoppers.)

As of about a week ago however, all tabs, including stores, now have the BrickLink
standard logo.

I don't know if this lost distinction is the result of a BrickLink site change
or something else. I use Windows 7 and Firefox 58 by the way.

Thanks for your time, Matthew

Author:

JulieK

Posted:

Feb 14, 2018 11:54

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Add ability to download Part Out Log

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

Author:

alahaka

Posted:

Feb 14, 2018 00:30

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My-Note-On-User visibility; push-pin colors

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Hi,

Please make My Note On User notes an icon-hover-view-note option when visiting
a particular store, placed in the upper-right screen corner with the other small
icons, in order to allow customers to easily review any past notes on a particular
store they are visiting.

Recommend using the red push-pin icon as seen in Orders Placed and wherever else,
and recommend allowing for two or three push-pin color options, instead of just
red.

Thank you for your time, Matthew

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Feb 13, 2018 09:58

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Wants list: don't suggest stoplisted stores

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The "buy wanted lists" feature currently suggests stores that have stop listed
the buyer if the other criteria the buyer uses are all met. This seems pointless.
Why does BL suggest a store that refuses to sell to the customer?

Of course, once I go to the store and find out I am stoplisted, I can least favourite
the store and then exclude least favourited stores from the wants list calculation,
but surely it should automatically exclude stores that refuse to sell to me (just
as I can exclude stores that will not ship to me).

Author:

alahaka

Posted:

Feb 12, 2018 13:13

Subject:

Retain color in My Inventory searches

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Hello,

The subject problem, or new shortfall, has been going on since the roll-out of
BrickLink 2.0.

When conducting an inventory search using the top-center field on each BrickLink
page, for example a search on "dark bluish gray wedge plate" as pictured, the
color gets dropped from the top-center field once the search results are posted.

This behavior is unlike a store search or Items-For-Sale parts search, where
the color is retained in the search field for possible follow-on searches using
the same color, a highly likely circumstance for many projects.

It would be nice if the color were also retained in the top-center field, given
the likelihood that a user will search their inventory for a different part of
the same color.

This desired trait or attribute or whatever term applies, would alleviate the
need to repeatedly type things like "dark bluish gray" under 2.0, just as it
did under 1.0.

Sincerely, Matthew

Author:

alahaka

Posted:

Feb 11, 2018 13:55

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My Store Carts nixes open-link-in-new-tab

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Hello,

My pc needed a memory clearing and restart. Then with a goal of reopening my
present carts in individual tabs, I landed on the new (global) My Store Carts
page.

In the recent past, right-clicking on each listed store name with cart items
allowed me to quickly open a new tab for each different cart. From there, I
could continue to check for and verify parts in each store from tab to tab while
progressing on a rough build design. (I tend to search stores for common items,
and use the Wanted List for less-common ones, since the start-to-finish Wanted
List process is more cumbersome than simply shopping, and since numerous varying
parts are needed to ensure builds work, are solid, and are in desired colors.)

Now I can no longer open new tabs from the My Store Carts page (nor is it possible
from upper-right cart icon drop-down store options, btw). Furthermore after
clicking on View Cart, a new cart page shows up which is vague on how to shop
in the store associated with the new cart page. (This vagueness is different
than the weird "Search in this store" claim made in the store search field --
weird because it's inaccurate when confined to Wanted List items. However
I am reminded of it, since the similarity is that I don't see how newcomers
are supposed to figure out such unclear or absent navigation information.)

Back to the topic:

Prior steps from prior store carts summary page:
1. Right click on store name;
2. Open store cart in new tab

New and maybe "improved" steps since the above process is now not possible from
the My Store Carts page:
1. Open new tab;
2. Type or Copy & Paste "bricklink.com" into address field;
3. Hover over cart icon and click on View Cart in the drop-down options (By
the way, this generates a new page in which the pertinent store name is not readily
evident in the tab when multiple tabs are open. Instead this tab-name space
is now primarily taken up with the less informative word "BrickLink".);
4. In lieu of having a clear option to continue shopping on the newly opened
page, click on the store name to see what happens -- store shopping page
opens

So assuming one does not want to see the different and more familiar shopping
cart view from the shopping page (i.e. Step 5), the new process is twice as long
as the one which existed a few days ago. (And it involves the creation of a
wholly new alternate shopping cart page, which is interesting.)

In and of itself the above comparison shows only two added steps. However cumulatively
over the course of a project and over months, it adds hundreds and thousands
of new steps to individual shopping, and for the community I guess millions or
billions of newly required user steps are added. And such additions are the
norm, which is now not-so-surprisingly accepted by BrickLink the company.

In short, many visualizations have been spread out and many new process steps
added -- these are the two overarching design elements of BrickLink 2.0,
with some but few exceptions. And some processes get broken along the way and
seemingly left in the dust to never be repaired (e.g. My Store Shopping Settings
... more hundreds, thousands, millions, and possibly billions of added navigation
steps ... to now do this formerly-once task over and over and over again).

I suggest that BrickLink (a) never make previous processes longer; (b) stop spreading
out data to minimize customers' need to scroll and page; and (c) focus on
repairing existing problems in lieu of new page roll-outs.

Sincerely, Matthew

Author:

blackbaron

Posted:

Feb 11, 2018 08:43

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Shopping cart (Hidden "View Cart" button)

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Hello,

I have noticed several times that the shopping cart is not working properly when
the cart icon is located at the top right browser window. For some reason the
"View Cart" button is hidden and I have no access to jump directly to the shopping
cart of the corresponding brick shop owner.

The cart works with the centered page layout, however when the cart icon is fixed
to the top right browser window, the "View Cart" button is hidden.

Is there a chance to improve this?

Yorh Ekin

Author:

CanadaFirst

Posted:

Feb 10, 2018 21:28

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Damage Tick Box

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Hi, we would like you to add a damage tick box under the used condition that
would work like incomplete set tick box. That would avoid that customers buy
damaged parts without knowing it and will level up the average price to what
is should be.

Author:

bb1086932

Posted:

Feb 10, 2018 18:28

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Payment other than paypall

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Please make payment by credit card available so those of us that cant figure
out your payment method can make purchases.

Author:

Gaston.La.Brick

Posted:

Feb 10, 2018 10:07

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Invoice only by email?

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Hi, I'm not sure if it's actually a suggestion. It might be already in
place, but I'm just missing it?

I'm unsure if I can see my invoices (both for orders I have placed as for
orders I have sold) in BL. For all I know, they only get sent by email. Which
is kind of annoying, since I have to switch back & forth between the website
and my mailbox to complete orders. E.g. for searching out the IBAN number that
was in the invoice.

Not only that, but sometimes a buyer requests another sending method, which will
alter the price. It would be very useful to have kind of a version history on
the invoices of a single order.

In general, I believe email is fine for notifications, but all data should be
inside BL, including the generated invoices.

If it isn't: it would be very useful to store the invoices.
If it is: can someone tell me where to find them?

Thanks all!
Henri

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Feb 10, 2018 04:24

Subject:

Please bring Order Download up to date

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To Admin/Development

The order download feature is clumsy and nor set out to work in today's IT
environment. Please bring it up to date and provide choice for which columns
that the user wishes to download. Choosing include details is insufficient. More
people would use this feature if the flexibility in design was improved.

Bring the formats up to date as well as even Excel 2010 is unhappy with the MS
excel download. Stop combining the colour field with the description field etc.,
etc etc.

If improvements here are planned for sellers tools, please let us know and provide
an anticipated delivery date for that. We want to download our orders into our
off-line system and at present this is a totally manual exercise.

Those of us who use off-line systems need more flexibility to deal with data
from Bricklink.

We haven't pout this as a suggestion cause quite honestly we do not feel
that route works very well at all.

Author:

Majerr

Posted:

Feb 8, 2018 05:00

Subject:

New, previously unsold items, for sale

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Hello,
I wonder if it would be useful to have an automated notification option for new
items available for sale, that have not been sold on Bricklink before (newly
released set or previously unsold brick or minifigure). I am not sure if such
cases can be dealt with via the wishlist tool.
Thank you and sorry if I missed something obvious.
Radek

Author:

expos1994

Posted:

Feb 6, 2018 15:23

Subject:

Shopping cart compare function

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