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Hi everybody,

Would it be possible to keep Bricklink 2.0 compatible or able to work with the
program Brickstore. I find it very useful to be able to download my orders. Sice
they get purged after 6 month, it is the only way to keep them forever.

Thank you for reading.

Best regards,

Olivier

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calsbricks

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Jul 19, 2013 03:25

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For Bricklink 2.0

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I am not sure these have all been covered completely before or it may have
been in several different items/issues, but we would like to see the following
improvements in the next release of Bricklink.

1. Improve the colour samples to include larger swatches, Lego Colour Name; Pantone;
CMYK, RGB. It might even help to include the Peeron Colour name. Colours are
very important to lots of people and they also have a direct bearing on pricing
(unlike Lego)
2. Improve the images in the catalogue both small and large. Remove sketches
and where there are subtle differences between parts e.g. ....a and ....b make
it clear what those are (in photos of course).
3. Major issue with tire and wheel identifications. The relationship idea helps
somewhat as does the visual wheel thing, but neither are complete and they are
not kept up to date. Where Lego has a part number fine, but many do not or it
is impossible to read. Considering Lego are the world's largest tire manufacturer
we should do better here.
4. Our age old - please allow multiple users to have access to the stores. The
larger the store, the more likely there is more than one person dealing with
it and all of the individuals need to be able to get in with different permissions,
as required. We are based in two locations and share access to the store at both.
That is not ideal, as you can imagine, and of course with only one login everyone
can do everything.

There are many. many more itmes to be dealt with but the suggestion forum does
not seem to be the best place to get things moving.

Author:

TMM

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Jul 19, 2013 05:37

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BL 2.0 - Storage & Remarks

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Hi Everyone,

I know that a lot of what's being suggested is already implemented however
most of the people posting the topic didn't know so I'm sorry if this
is something which is ready available in BL or a third party program to which
I am unaware.

My suggestion comes around the storage and remarks system, after all most of
us stock more parts, and a larger breakdown of parks than your average online
store.

Point A.

Firstly, when I part out a new set and I choose to consolidate old remarks I
don't find out if the item has any previous remarks until I have entered
the remarks myself.

I would personally like to see you choose to part out a set and a list come up
of all the parts that are in that set which you already have in store and the
remarks section to be pre-filled with where you have the same item in the same
condition, allowing you to quickly put away all the parts you already have in
stock.

Then the next page would show you the parts which you don't already have
in your inventory and you would add those parts just like you do now, filling
in the fields you require.

I know this may not be an option to everyones taste but I think it would make
my life easier, so perhaps just the option to have a set up like this or similar
would be nice.

Point B.

To take this further I thought about a system where you documented your storage
system for example I use small boxes which are numbered. I use an excel document
to mark what is in each box by colour, category, part type and condition.

So what if I loaded those details into a database and the database told me what
I had in each box based on the remarks field and what I have said should be in
there for example...

All new 2x2 tiles should be stored in box 20.

I add that to the database.

I can then use the database to see what is in box 20 and based upon my inventory
it says I have the following;

x1 Black New 2x2 tile

x4 Yellow New 2x2 tile.

This would allow me to do a stock check much faster, and would allow me to find
errors not just on the stock levels but on remarks. In addition to this I think
if this was successfully implemented it would remove the need for remarks when
stock counting and order picking all together.

But what about when your listing items...

Well...

Based upon what I have entered into the database... that all new 2 x 2 tiles
should be stored in box 20 the system could provide me with a storage recommendation
even if I for example don't have that colour in the box already it would
see that the tile is in new condition, it is a category tile, and the size is
2 x 2 therefore based on what I have entered it should be stored in box 20.

I hope this makes sense, and I hope you all say it's something which I haven't
found yet but is ready available because I want it NOW!! haha.

Thanks

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BLUSER_262860

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Jul 19, 2013 07:16

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BL 2.0 Store Lists - Overview

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Hello

I also have a proposal that could be implemented without much effort.

Everybody sees in all Shoplists (summaries), only the total number of stones.

I am of the opinion that the number of different lots is also an important information.

Example:

Shop A - 1,500,000 Stones but only 100 lots
Store B - 50,000 but 10,000 Lots

If I had many different stones Store B is much more interesting, for me.

But you find not so good such stores, because the Lots are not indicated in the
tables. (Store B looks at first glance less attractive as Store A.)

You always have to go into every shop to see the number of lots.

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WILYKAT

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Oct 15, 2013 06:25

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remove old link to chat room

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Click MyBrickLink tab
click My Activity
scroll down to the bottom

If you have been in the chat room before it was killed over a year ago, it'd
show the time spent in char room. Oddly the link still "works" even though it
leads to error page since the chat no longer exists.

Suggestion: remove link tag, convert "Minutes in Chat" to plain text for us old
people.

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ToriHada

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Mar 11, 2014 17:32

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System Generated Superlots

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Superlots are a great way to list multiple items for sale together. However,
superlots are confusing and difficult for many to bother setting up. To help
increase the usage of superlots and avoid misunderstandings with buyers regarding
what items do or do not go together, I suggest that BrickLink add pre-set
system generated superlots. These superlot templates would be created by contributors
to the BL catalog. Thus, for example, when adding a collectible minifigure to
the BL catalog, the submitter can also have the option to submit a superlot that
others can use to sell that minifigure with accessories as a superlot. Similar
superlots can be proposed for commonly paired items - like windows and glass,
window/door frames and their matching window or door, right and left wedges,
etc. When listing these items for sale in one shop, BL can simply offer sellers
the option of listing in an already existing system generated superlot. Just
fill in the blanks for quantity and price.

Thor

Author:

enig

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Apr 28, 2014 19:37

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Red Letter reported listings

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When a listing gets reported and action "from the above" not yet taken, highlight
that listing (in-store) in red and/or place a WARNING Icon next to it.

This way potential buyers will be aware that there is potentially something wrong
with that listing, and pay some attention to the extended description (which
is usually the reason why listings get reported).

This would open the gates for abusive reporting, but it is possible to put some
safeguards for that if you really want.

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Andy_Bell

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Apr 4, 2014 18:08

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Clarify nature of the forum

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based on comments here:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=804419
In Administrative, admin_alice writes:

We have another addition to the CS team to help keep up on the forum. As some
members have noted, it is not possible for us to be on the forum 24/7 and respond
immediately to questions and issues that arise.Amanda will be checking in periodically
throughout the day to keep tabs on trends and concerns. Although she can't
be there all the time either, this will improve our awareness of urgent issues
and improve our responsiveness to questions that arise.

and here
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=804904
In Administrative, cs_amanda writes:

Up until now, the Customer Service team has not been focused on monitoring the
forums. That's not to say that they never came in and checked on things/responded
to issues, but that wasn't their primary focus. Honestly, it's just not
typical for Customer Service at most companies to actively monitor forums for
issues or concerns. However, BL is unique and the management team has realized
that there is a need for someone to do this.

snip

my first focus will be on monitoring the forums to address concerns and improve
communication back and forth between BL Members and Management.

I also think some people might be equating Customer Service to Forum Moderators.
If we were just adding a moderator, then it would certainly make the most sense
to use existing members of the forum for this position. However, this job requires
significantly more then that and my extensive Customer Service experience comes

snip

If BL sees the forum as only a peer-to-peer communication location that should
be made clear.

Or that only posts in suggestions, problem, problem orders, news, help and administrative
will be monitored? Topics monitored by BL staff should be noted on the topics
page.

I think the BL forum is different than that from other game and software company
forums. And should be seen and a public communication tool for the BL team in
the way that other companies use Facebook or Twitter. And they monitor those
feeds very closely.

When a post is started by or participated in my a BL staff member I think some
are under the impression that they read all posts in the thread. Comments by
BL staff indicate otherwise.

Author:

LastingToysInc

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May 29, 2014 09:55

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Change Bulk (x10) to say (in 10s) or (by 10s)

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The (x10) seems easily confused by new buyers to mean you get 10 for each purchase.

Ie they are thinking (*10)

And I think a clearer text would not hurt things at all right??

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MassBricks

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May 29, 2014 10:19

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Sort by best price at Min Qty.

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For sorting search results.

Say you want 240 of some part, you put in "Min Qty: 240"

Seller 1 has "500x at 0.10 each"

Seller 2 has "400x at 0.12 each; buy 50 or more for 0.09 each"

The current sort will show seller 1 first, but the cheapest option (all other
things being equal) would be seller 2.

A Sort by "Best Price at Min Qty" would sort by the price of the highest bulk
tier under the specified "Min Qty" of each listing.

Another option could take into account savings if the min qty is near a bulk
tier. E.g. Seller 3 has "buy 250 or more for 0.08 each" - buying 250 from this
seller costs less than buying 240 from seller 2.

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Locutis

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Jan 28, 2011 08:39

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Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink

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BrickLink should setup a system where a seller would need to have a credit card
to sell on BL, and BL charges the seller a small amount (say $5) to setup the
store, and activate it, and verify the seller's information that is on BL against
the credit card.

The $5 would offset any costs associated with checking names/addresses. Once
BL has a card # and a charge on it, they can verify the name and address to the
card, and they know that they are dealing with a real person, at a real address.
Or, maybe make this an option, and have a store icon that shows that the seller
is verified.

Or, perhaps make this a requirement only if the seller wishes to sell high value
products, or lots of items valued at a high value.

I would gladly do this for my store, to show that I'm legit and serious about
selling.

Locutis
Resistance is futile.

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DarkDragon

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Mar 8, 2011 13:37

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Make a Wanted List Public

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Would be nice to have the ability to make one or more wanted lists "public" so
that if a link was provided to the list other folks could see the list. This
would work similar to Amazon.com wish list in that others can see but not edit
the list.

In my mind, this would be a check box on the wanted list settings (and creation)
screen. Default would be unchecked (meaning private).

[X] Public List

It would be useful in facilitating purchases for gifts (like little Tommy wants
a bunch of batman minifigs so he adds it to his wish list so grandma can buy
one for him by viewing his list), and for facilitating trading because people
can see what the seller would like as payment for the trade items.

Everything else about the wanted list would work the same as it does now - except
that if viewing by someone other then the owner there would be no editing fields
available.

Author:

Lonely_Brick_OH

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Apr 21, 2011 19:45

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Locked forum for ADULTS ONLY.

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Based upon the message posted by;

Re: I am falling off the list -- here's why - legoman77

A forum where you cannot be banned. You can speak your mind, argue like an idiot,
mock people, attack people at will, be a jerk, be a jack wagon, or whatever else
you wish.

THIS WOULD BE AN OPT IN ONLY with an adult warning on it!

Think it would be fun.

This forum would NOT be listed on the forum post stats! And it would be a no
man's land for banned and unbanned people alike.

If it gets out of hand NO SUPPORT AT ALL BY MODS/ADMIN/G-D.

Since it would be an opt in ONLY, just do not go there if you do not wish to
be offended!

Great idea.

I would like to see it called THE WILD, WILD FORUM (with a cowboy and Indian
as the icon's for it).

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JediRob

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Oct 5, 2011 14:30

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Shunning

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I would like the ability to not "Ignore" but "Shun"

When someone is being a Troll, or even being somewhat unhelpful, and also posting
on the wrong thread...

Shun, not block, just list in red. That way, I know he's being a "Troll light."
Posting relevant comments, but in the wrong thread...

Or, Reconnect would be good... Remove the posts from Brasletty's post, and put
them where they belong...

Or... Posters could bother to rename the thread (lazy BrickLinkers!)

-R (also with many

's)

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monkeynut12

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Nov 15, 2011 09:04

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Buying from yourself

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There may be an action for this that is similar and I don't know about it, but
here is my random suggestion anyway.

I operate out of two locations, one location has my personal collection (home),
and my apartment has my store. I commonly visit home and need items from my store
at my apartment. I believe it could be nice to have the ability to shop in your
own store and place an order with your self, that way you have a nice record
of everything you want to take from your own store and it would remove it from
your own store in one action. OF COURSE!! you would not be able to feedback
yourself, and this transaction would not effect the price guide, it would have
to be a separate system. For example, you build your cart in your own store,
and on the check out page select "personal order" so that your "order" is not
technically a Bricklink order. I hope this makes sense. And if something like
this exist, please let me know because I will use it like crazy!

Henry

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AlbusDumbledore

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Jan 4, 2012 16:08

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Bricklink should remember your cart

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I would like to suggest that you can choose to 'save' a cart on BL, and that
i kept for, eg a week. At the moment it isn't kept after you log off, so if I
want to place an order tomorrow, I either have to do it today or copy & paste
into word, then go to the trouble of finding all the items again. Thoughts?

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aftepes

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Dec 21, 2011 12:49

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Update Help Desk and OCR for Customs issues

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Based on the discussion of this post:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=599326

A formal suggestion to update to the Help Desk to include:

"BrickLink is fully committed to fair and honest competition among all sellers
who use this site. Compliance with applicable laws is the best means by which
to ensure that such competition is fair and honest. Although it is not BrickLink's
job to police or enforce those laws, for the benefit of the entire BrickLink
community and to put into practice the commitment noted above, we reserve the
right to take action against any members we reasonably believe have violated
any laws to gain an unfair competitive advantage over other members. Such action
may include a warning, temporary suspension of site privileges, or termination
of membership for repeat offenders. We believe a clean honest marketplace best
serves the interests of BrickLink and all its members. If you cannot play fairly
with others, you may be asked to play elsewhere."

In addition, add "Buyer requested customs fraud" as a reason for sellers to cancel
an order AND to remove feedback (but, for feedback removal, only if the request
is made in the Order Comments or via a BrickLink message which can be easily
confirmed by Admin, or if undisputed by the buyer).

Author:

TorontoLego

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Oct 20, 2010 13:58

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Allow Banned Subjects.

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I propose that the Forum rules that outlaw discussion of Religion or Politics
should be lifted in times of

"Extreme discourse".

We could have a pre-set background colour change as the discourse becomes more
extreme.

The Green background could turn to Yellow if discussions are ongoing about items
for sale --
Chrome bricks, custom parts etc.

The background would then turn to RED if discussions are ongoing about individuals
and ethics/morality.

When the Yellow background is up - members would be encouraged to post OFF TOPIC
items, jokes, links to cute videos etc.

When the RED background is up - free for all -- anything to change the subject
-- Dirty Jokes, links to "other" videos, Religion and Politics discussion --
EVEN posts to e-bay LINKS selling LEGO instead of just posting all the info necessary
to see it without a simple one click solution !!!!

Author:

ToddWebb

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Nov 17, 2010 15:02

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Alert to typos!

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Obvious typo: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?sID=105097&itemID=15921285

Nobody intends to sell this for $33 EURO a piece:

3901 Minifigure, Hair Male Smooth
Parts: Minifigure, Hair

My solution shown here. Hey new Admins, please consider adding this feature.
See my photoshopped red text in the image. This would be awesome.

(and personally, I'd love to know when my items are 25% or more below
average, too)

Thank you,
Todd

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Timothy_Smith

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Dec 11, 2010 06:25

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Stop purging data

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My suggestion: stop purging data.
It's the 21st century, mass storage is cheap.
There's no at all reason to purge data ever.

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bb75359

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Dec 30, 2010 07:14

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Are suggestions still worth making?

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Are suggestions still worth making. I ask as none have been implemented since
September.
Without sounding rude..... the reasons are known to all of us why, but no suggestions
have been implemented since September so is the new Admin going to do them or
is Bricklink now running as good as it is ever going to run with no more implemented
suggestions?

Author:

TorontoLego

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Dec 20, 2010 17:30

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Committee for Listing Violations

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The responses to this got me thinking:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=498526

Would committees be a good thing for BL?

I suggest a committee of 3 people for Listing violations: Have the problem reports
sent to 3 members (maybe even conceal the store/user name) and let them vote.
2 votes and the listing gets removed.

I'm sure we would be able to find members for a committee of 3 or maybe 5 very
quickly and that decisions on listings would be decided very quickly.

Obviously Admin and/or the CO would be able to appoint/remove those committee
members and Admin and maybe the CO would also be able to overrule them.

Mike.

Author:

renhoffman

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Dec 31, 2010 19:35

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Wanted list notification time out, solution 2

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Ok, I have two different ideas to solve the problems with wanted lists timing
out. Here is solution one, solution two will follow shortly, please just vote
on the one you think might be the best way to address this.

So, when a seller uploads a large number of lots, and then attempts to notify,
the system can time-out due to too many emails being sent. When a seller tries
to send the notifications, a certain number are sent, and then the system stops
them from being sent. If the seller tries again, the same number of notifications
are sent, and then the system stops them at about the same point. This appears
to the buyers that have received multible emails from said seller, that the seller
is trying to spam them, when in fact they are just trying to send out notifications
once. Here is the real problem, this seller can no longer send out correct notifications,
because the original notifications remain in the system as "unsent". If they
add more lots, and try again, it repeats the cycle shown above, sending the same
people notifications.

Please allow sellers to "clear notifications", so that if they have too many
lots to notify, they can start over, and continue to add notifications at a later
date, only for new lots.

Again, please check my other suggestion, and vote on the best idea to solve the
problem.

Thanks so much,

Darren

Author:

renhoffman

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Dec 31, 2010 19:35

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Wanted list notification time out, solution 1

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Ok, I have two different ideas to solve the problems with wanted lists timing
out. Here is solution one, solution two will follow shortly, please just vote
on the one you think might be the best way to address this.

So, when a seller uploads a large number of lots, and then attempts to notify,
the system can time-out due to too many emails being sent. When a seller tries
to send the notifications, a certain number are sent, and then the system stops
them from being sent. If the seller tries again, the same number of notifications
are sent, and then the system stops them at about the same point. This appears
to the buyers that have received multible emails from said seller, that the seller
is trying to spam them, when in fact they are just trying to send out notifications
once. Here is the real problem, this seller can no longer send out correct notifications,
because the original notifications remain in the system as "unsent". If they
add more lots, and try again, it repeats the cycle shown above, sending the same
people notifications.

Please add a "reccommended maximum lot addition" that will fall within the limitations
of the Bricklink system, to the help section on mass uploads. This would require
the help of some sellers, perhaps keeping track of some uploads, and notifications.
the info could be used to come up with a realistic number of lots that most likely
would not time out.

Again, please check my other suggestion, and vote on the best idea to solve the
problem.

Thanks so much,

Darren

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Lonely_Brick_OH

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Jan 27, 2011 20:39

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Daily or Weekly limit on new sellers!

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I have some ideas on how to fix this problem.

Put a limit on the number of transactions allowed for new sellers.

One per day or 3 per week until established as a seller.

That would limit the damage done by a new seller.

I feel for the buyers that are not familiar with feedback system to spot these
styles of fraud.

Author:

Old_No7

Posted:

Feb 19, 2011 14:37

Subject:

In store show wanted list options.

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Hello,

Love the wanted list, but a few things are hit and miss. I think one of the misses
is when browsing a store with a large wanted list, you often get multiple hits
for items (new & used) so I figured why not choose which you want to see when
you get to a store.

Here's what it could look like.

Thank you for voting,
Eric

Author:

Scrp749

Posted:

Mar 2, 2011 14:35

Subject:

Adding 'pending items' to wanted list

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I do know 'pending items' are pending for a reason: no one offically has them
yet, Lego has not released them for sale or display. However, I'm assuming the
people who add certain 'pending items' to the catalog have inside info that the
general population doesn't have. Please let me know if I am wrong, but items
that are currently pending have a high probably of officially being released?

My suggestion would allow items pending on Bricklink (i.e. soon-to-be-released
sets) to be added to an individual's wanted list now. That way someone could
be notified as soon as someone else on Bricklink is either selling the set or
inventorying it.

Example: I'm very interested in set 8110-1 Unimog U400. When will it officially
come out? Either I have no general idea, or I've missed a thread somewhere giving
these details. Or maybe I suck at Online researching. What better, and more lazy,
idea than to let Bricklink's wanted list notifications send me a message?

Just throwing another suggestion on the table for ya'! Thanks for reading,

- Chris

Author:

DetBrk

Posted:

Apr 22, 2011 14:48

Subject:

Wanted list feature I'd love to see

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Color selection when adding an element to the wanted list:

"All colors EXCEPT xx colors"

This may have ben suggested before...if so, please forgive. I'm not sure how
such a thing could be implemented with the current pull-down interface, but MAN,
this feature would save me a lot of time and wanted list clutter.

Thanks for considering

Author:

Warp

Posted:

Apr 30, 2011 15:03

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See Wanted list

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I find it hard to see who is wanting a piece in my store, but mostly
showing what I want is hard. I think this would help with marketing and
trading--a lot!

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Warp

Posted:

May 18, 2011 19:14

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Make Wanted list Public

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We need publicly visible Wanted lists!
I think that would be better for the trading on here, so that you don't have
to poke around trying to find what someone wants...

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bb219749

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Jan 13, 2012 17:58

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Sub-condition for Wanted Lists

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My first suggestion. It probably won't be implemented, but it's worth a shot.

Let's say I'm looking for one of these:

7595-1 (Inv) Army Men on Patrol
73 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Toy Story

I add it to My Wanted List as a "New" conditioned set. I also want it to be
"Complete" or "Sealed". There is no option for this, so when I look for the
set through my wanted list, I see new sets, but not necessarily complete or sealed
sets.

I have to manually check the shops to see if it's not just the "Jeep Only" or
something like that.

Do you think that we could get something that would add a sub-condition to the
filter for wanted lists?

If there is something like this already, please reply with a link and let mods
cancel the thread.

Thanks in advance,

--JDB

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bb295435

Posted:

Mar 19, 2012 19:02

Subject:

Wanted List Update from Shopping Cart

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I would like to recommend that after placing items in a shopping cart, my wanted
list gets updated to indicate that the item/quantity that has been allocated
for purchase (in x shopping cart at y store for example).

The justification is that I frequently find that not all my wanted list items
are satisfied by one vendor so I end up exerting alot of effort to manage what
I've allocated and what's remaining.

With this feature it could be possible to better determine the full actual cost
of the wanted list collection before committing to a purchase - which would be
the case today. This feature would allow shoppers to maximize the lowest price
or most convenient approach to purchasing parts before making any actual commitment.

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BLUSER_305068

Posted:

Mar 13, 2012 17:35

Subject:

Close & Best Price Matches For Wanted List

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There should be an option to get both the "Cheapest Match" and "Close Match"
for your Wanted list.

Cheapest Match Idea: This would compare stores that have all of your wanted
items and meet the minimum quantity needed by total price. It could calculate
the total cost to buy all of those items at the minimum quantity from each store
within the results and compare them in order to provide the cheapest store with
the best overall price. I have seen stores that have all my items charging $600
for the parts and then seeing another store with the same parts charging less
than $150. It would be nice to know which store is the cheapest for my particular
wanted list right off the bat rather than sifting through and filling 100s of
carts with items just to find out manually.

Close Match Idea: For example if you have 3 items set with a minimum quanity
of say 30x, there could be a store that has 30x of two items wanted and only
29x of the third item and because of that the store won't show at all. When
in reality it would be helpful to use that store if there is nothing better just
to minimize the amount of separate orders needed to fulfill your needs. If it
showed close matches it would not only offer more options but would eliminate
the need to keep changing your wanted list quantities trying to find a store
that carries all of your items closest to the quantity you need. So you could
get 29 of that item and know that you only need to add 1x that part in another
order to complete your wanted list.

So you would have the following filters:

Exact Match - The current feature that will only show stores with all your wanted
items that meet the minimum requirement set.

Close Match - This would show stores that have all of your wanted items but a
few of them do not meet the minimum requirement. It could maybe calculate that
at least 90% of the items wanted meet the minimum requirement OR it could calculate
whether all of the items meet at least 80-90% of the minimum requirement. Whichever
produces the best results.

Thanks for reading.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Dec 7, 2012 04:53

Subject:

Add wanted lot quantity when in store

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Dear Admin,

When viewing "Items On My Wanted List" in a store it shows "xx Lots Found".
The Wanted List quantity is not shown.

Please add the option to remove "(Ignoring My Wanted Qty and Price Criteria)".
The system would display the Wanted quantity per List as on the "By Shop" tab.

This option makes it easier to see how many wanted lots remain.
This new option could be added as checkbox on this page: http://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp.

Thank you for reading.

Author:

bb89567

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Aug 20, 2012 13:38

Subject:

Mass change notify box on wanted list items

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Not sure if this has been suggested before but I didn't find it in a cursory
search.

It would be nice if you could mass-select the Notify checkbox for all the items
in the edit view of a wanted list, just like you can do with the Move, Delete,
and Query Shops options.

For instance, I uploaded an XML wanted list (omitting the NOTIFY tag) - now I'd
like to change them all to NOT notify without having to select each item's checkbox
individually.

I could be missing a setting that dictates the default value for NOTIFY when
uploading items but this would still be a useful addition I think. Thoughts?

Author:

Lonely_Brick_OH

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Dec 25, 2011 08:42

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RELIGION RULE CHANGE NEEDED for Forum

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Due to the current number of religious based symbols being made by the LEGO Group
of companies.

I do believe we should have a rule change in the forum to be able to discuss
ANY LEGO based item that has a religious basis.

As well I do believe we should be able to wish other people well upon any major
religious holiday, like Christmas.

That is my opinion on this matter.

Have a wonderful holiday.

Author:

goshe7

Posted:

Nov 2, 2012 19:09

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Add BrickLink Banner

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I suggest an addition to the BrickLink banner at the top of all pages: Optimized
for Microsoft Internet Explorer

In this day and age, people expect that websites will generally work seamlessly
for all browsers. That is not the case at BrickLink. And it is a continous
source of frustration for users.

While I am confident this issue (along with 936 other suggestions) will be rectified
whenever BrickLink 2.0 is finally implemented, it seems simple enough to make
the change now and hopefully avoid some of the confusion while we wait.

Author:

bb289632

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Oct 20, 2012 22:23

Subject:

New forum topic - Just Listed

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Just a thought, since the team isn't busy enough fixing real problems like bugs
and rules....

A quick glance at the calendar shows over 10,000 lots being added per day.

Yes you can filter a search, but doing this daily, and filtering down to a small
number of potential items that might get listed once a day, week or month is
tedious and generally not worth it but makes me think - wouldn't it be good if
for sellers of sets or parts, that they could advertise in a dedicated forum
topic with drill down by sub-category as per the buying function, that they'd
uploaded something for sale.

This would help sellers and buyers alike. If everyone flooded the general sales
topic, it would be flooded, and not everyone is looking for someone's latest
mass inventory of a thousand unrelated parts.

Just a thought - what do others think?

Author:

BLUSER_190932

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Jan 9, 2013 00:16

Subject:

Faverite Sellers in Wanted List (s)

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I am a fairly new user to Bricklink and am trying to "Part Out" some modular
buildings.

First off, the tools to part out and manipulate parts are awesome, 2 thumbs up.

What I (and many others) experience is the debilitating task of finding the cheapest
order (optimum number of stores with lowest piece price).

At the moment I can see who has the most parts I am looking for (assuming they
haven't multi-listed the same part - GRRR!)
or
I can see the seller with the lowest price for each part.

I can also see how many parts my favorite sellers have.
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What I would like to see is to use my favorite sellers (ideally an additional
"Active" sellers List).
When looking at my wanted list(s) I would like the option to show "Active" sellers
first.

Reasoning:

As I find sellers with multiple, low price parts, I can add them to my active
list.

My wanted list will show Active sellers at the top (With a Star like the by shop
listing)
Parts without active sellers are easily identified and still need an active seller
found for them.

After I have found an active seller for all (most) parts, I would then be able
to easily select the cheapest active seller for each item.

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An extra feature could be an automatic Move to active seller wanted list.

So, my "Set10101" Wanted list could be automatically (based on lowest price)
be moved to "Set10101-SellerABC","Set10101-SellerEFG","Set10101-SellerHIJ", Wanted
lists.

More functionality:
Option to suppress items with an active seller already found.
That way I can concentrate on finding sellers for the remaining parts.

Thanks,
Dirac

Author:

Gladeye

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Mar 3, 2013 23:58

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Will there ever be a chatroom again?

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I know the site was hacked a few months ago and maybe that has something to do
with its removal, but I sure do miss the immediacy and intimacy of live chatting.
Thanks for answering this question, which has probably been asked and answered
many times!

Author:

par016

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May 23, 2014 15:09

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Combine Wanted List Items Being Moved

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Please fix the problem when you try to move a piece from one wanted list to another
that has the same item in it. Some form of a combined item option as opposed
to an error message would be much appreciated. It is a pain to have to switch
wanted lists, find the part, change the quantity,go back to the original wanted
list and then delete it from that one.

-Pete

Author:

StarBrick

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Jun 16, 2014 06:26

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Fee deduction program

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As this is still a community build and moderated site, all efforts by members
to improve the site, listings, behaviour of members etc, should result in a discount
on fees to be paid.

Bricklink should have a program that rewards members who:
- catalog contributions
- image improvements
- price guide corrections
- listings corrections
- adding help files/video's/translations
- .....

At this day, only BAD behaviour is santioned (NSS, NPB's, site and forum
bans etc....). Let us not emphasize the negative behaviour but reward the positive
behaviour.

Author:

Miro78

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Jun 19, 2014 22:30

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Item Traffic Counter within Store

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Enable a viewer traffic/view counter for items in the store to give the seller
an idea how much traffic specific items are bringing to the store. Perhaps if
it's priced too high and people are not even looking at the item. This would
be counting customer traffic from either price guide and item search, not so
much from within the store. There could be monthly stats for those lots. I understand
this would be an additional task and perhaps too resource consuming for the site,
but perhaps something useful might come of it. I know some might say, if it hasn't
sold, it's priced too high. So there you go.

Miro

Author:

Miro78

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Jun 19, 2014 22:30

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Buyer Point System within Store

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Enable for the store to track buyer's accumulated purchase total for lifetime/period
to enable a point reward system, kind of like VIP points on S@H site. This way,
once the seller sees that a seller has purchased X amount total in the store,
he/she could offer freebies, discounts, raffle/contest point accumulation, etc.
This could be an opt in option for the seller, in case some have a problems displaying
it to their buyers, as if this expensive Lego addiction wasn't obvious already.

Miro

Author:

ToriHada

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Jun 29, 2014 13:05

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Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members

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To help reduce the drama and flame wars that infect this forum, I suggest that
Forum moderators be given the ability to block a member from replying to the
posts of another member with whom they do not get along. Kind of like a forum
stoplist. Not a full forum ban; just a ban on posting replies to another member.
And not a forced ignore either. They should still able to read all posts they
want; just not be able to reply to certain ones if they have a history of not
being able to respond appropriately to that member. Furthermore, this feature
should be reciprocal. So, if the mods decide to remove the ability of Member
A to reply to posts by Member B, Member B should also be unable to reply to posts
by Member A. It takes two to tango, and it would be grossly unfair to allow Member
B to post anything they want about Member A if Member A cannot respond. So make
it reciprocal.

I don't ignore anyone in the forum. Even those I personally dislike or
do not get along with. Because regardless how I personally feel about someone,
they often post something interesting or of concern to me or my LEGO business,
and because I can still agree with them on some things. So I don't think
bans or forced ignores are the answer. Just cut off the line of communication
between the two if they cannot communicate with each other properly.

Thor

Author:

Pazzo

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Jun 30, 2014 06:42

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better definition for incomplete sets require

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Hi all,

somehow...(even bigger and experienced sellers) want to sell a set that just
isn't a set!

How much can one take from a set before it doesn't qualify as a set anymore.

After all those years of Bricklink, why aren't there easy rules for this?

I understand when a box is missing, it is incomplete, or when a few parts are
gone...it is incomplete....

But listing a set without the box, instructions, minifigs and weapons doesn't
leave more than a handfull of bricks....NOT a set!

for example:

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?pg=1&itemID=99724&advOpt=Y&sz=100&searchSort=P

when you click on only new sets.... personally I think the first 11 do NOT qualify
as a set!

And I understand when you are a newbee...perhaps you did not know the definition
of a set, but this is getting out of hand!

just my 2 cent incomplet set (it used to be a dollar set, but I took 98 cents
for own use)

be cool and have fun!

Author:

Pazzo

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Jun 30, 2014 07:04

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better NPB rules

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Hi all,

every month we get more and more new buyers here on Bricklink... a good thing!

but...as I can see in my own shop, more and more NPB's are given.

And I think the NPB system does not work at all!

A seller who accepts the penalty can have his buying privilges revoked after
3 times....

BUT... when they just ignore the NPB, nothing happens, nothing at all! We have
to cancel the order as we do not want to pay for fees on an order that was not
paid to us...

why is it possible to ignore wthe NPB system? It should be automatically go into
NPX status after 2 weeks.

You either buy and commit yourself to this binding contract or you solve the
problem.

If a buyer kindly asks me, I cancel the order, no problem.

But ignoring me or just wasting my time deserves proper warnings!

NPB should automatically change to NPX after 2 weeks, simple as that, or solve
it properly!

Just my 2 cents (not paid yet)

Be cool and have fun!

Author:

davidmdsk

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Jul 2, 2014 05:05

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Sorting in the shop by itemid and price

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Many sellers list the same item several times (even in the same color and conditions).
So when I create a wishlist and then want to add all the items from the wish-list
into the shopping cart I must for each part decide what quantity I want. But
when I need 1x1 brick and I am shown a list of 50 bricks of the same color and
condition, I am only interested at the best price and finding such brick is time
consuming

I suggest that the following two functions:

1. Functionality called "Auto-Fill Car Low Price". It would behave similarly
to "Auto-Fill Cart Min", but if some part (same color and condition) is listed
several times then it would fill-in desired quantity to the item with lowest
price. Alternatively, a user could chose whether he want to ignore condition
and color - so a user could easily find the lowest condition/color part.

2. Provide possibility to sort store list of items by itemid, color and price
or by itemid and price.

Author:

TakeAbricK

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Jul 4, 2014 13:36

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Error Message Inventory Change Request

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One should not be allowed to make an Inventory Change request for an item, when
there's already a request pending for the same item in the same set.

This would be good for the change request submitters ánd for the admins

The list of pending requests would be a lot smaller.

Diana

Author:

calsbricks

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Jul 7, 2014 10:15

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Improvement to search

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