BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, Shintaku writes:

This is something that crossed my mind reading the forum.

What if you have to leave a message to the counterpart BEFORE leaving a non positive?

Like: "I am leaving this negative feedback, the counterpart may reply to this
message within XX days before the feedback becomes effective".

If I am a seller, I may want to contact a rushy buyer who is leaving me a negative
for an order that had a bad outcome before warning me about that. This way I
can offer refunds, coupons, reshipping or whatever, and the buyer may be discouraged
from leaving me bad feedback.

If I am buyer, I may want to contact a rushy seller who is leaving me a negative
without even contacting me, and I may want to settle things in order to avoid
the feedback.

I have received sometimes rushy feedbacks that underwent all the feedback removeal
procedure... this may have been just spared if the person was aware that I had
in my intentions to settle things.

The feedback page encourages to resolve issues before leaving feedback:

Please try to resolve any disputes before posting a complaint. Feedback must
not be used to communicate with your trading partner or ask them a question

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 23, 2020 12:17

Subject:

Re: Personal inventory price

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In Suggestions, Wicked.Bricks writes:

Is there something on here or could there be, a way that we can keep track
of the sets we own and what the current new value is along with the current used
value is and what the totals are?? Something like what BrickEconomy has.

Brickset.com
Rebrickable.com

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 22, 2020 06:24

Subject:

Re: Remember the old chat rooms?

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In Suggestions, fab_track writes:

I don't know if this will ever happen but I would love to see that chat rooms
return. They really helped me out when I was new and other as well. It was
also nice to make friends and talk Lego with others to get ideas and tips on
projects. I would hope that admin and the new owner of BL may see that chat
was an addition to the site. It was not the cause of BL 1.0's downfall so
it really makes no sence to take it out

Bump.

Can the voting be re-activated?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 22, 2020 06:20

Subject:

Re: Bring back Chat...please!!

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In Suggestions, SKotK writes:

Just another vote to bring the Chat function back to this site. I really miss
being able to converse with my fellow BrickLinkians in real-time...

/quit BRING BACK CHAT (seriously)!

--SKot

Bump.

Can the voting be re-activated?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 11, 2020 13:48

Subject:

Re: Enable 'Inventory' (For Non-Sellers)

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In Suggestions, Osensnolf writes:

I have no interest in selling bricks but I want to keep track of full and partial
sets that I have. I think the Inventory feature will work well for that.

Can this be enabled for those of us who want to use it for ourselves and not
to sell to others?

Thanks
Steve

Websites as Rebrickable.com and brickset or the Brickstock program have these
features.
You can always upgrade your account to seller and keep the store closed.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Aug 31, 2020 04:28

Subject:

Re: Seller Location Default

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In Suggestions, wasp_sting writes:

It would so much improve the searching/buying experience if the seller's
location (under the 'More options' drop-down) could be saved as a default
preference. It really bugs me to have to change it with each part I'm costing.
Anyone else agree?

Unless I'm overlooking a setting, in which case, please illuminate me

Select the country or region here:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Aug 24, 2020 11:44

Subject:

Re: personal inventory

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In Inventories, griecke writes:

Can I make an inventory of my parts on bricklink and keep it and print it for
my reference?

If not do you have a link to one that works well.

Gary

Other options are Rebrickable.com or the Brickstock program.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Aug 17, 2020 04:18

Subject:

Re: Can inventory putonhere without being a seler

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In Suggestions, KitBane writes:

There should be a way to put your inventory into BrickLink without being a seller
so that it’s easier to part out sets for wanted lists

If I’m missing something please direct me to the page

It's possible to part out a set into a Wantlist without being a seller.

You can upgrade your account to seller without opening the store.
Or keep track of your personal inventory on Rebrickable.com.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Aug 16, 2020 16:27

Subject:

Re: Possible to search how many parts u bought

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Topic:

https://www.bricklink.com/orderExcel.asp?orderType=placed

In Suggestions, Dragunov2 writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Dragunov2 writes:

Hi,

I want the possibility to see how many parts I already bought from a certain
item.

Cheers,

Already exist: https://www.bricklink.com/orderSearch.asp?a=p

thx, but it doesn't work very well

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Aug 16, 2020 13:33

Subject:

Re: Possible to search how many parts u bought

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In Suggestions, Dragunov2 writes:

Hi,

I want the possibility to see how many parts I already bought from a certain
item.

Cheers,

Already exist: https://www.bricklink.com/orderSearch.asp?a=p

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jul 30, 2020 10:40

Subject:

Re: Pictures

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In Inventories, pete_brick writes:

Hello

Is it possible to insert my own pictures of a item in my inventory?

Yes, click 'I use my own picture' .

Can pictures only be added through "Add" function?

Can pictures be sent with messages?

Only as link.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/myimages_modal.page?CKEditor=splash-editor-6013&CKEditorFuncNum=1&langCode=nl

Thanks, peter

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jul 23, 2020 12:43

Subject:

Re: Organization of Wanted list

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In Suggestions, paalrise writes:

Hi,

with over 100 Wanted Lists, I would like the chance to organize my Wanted Lists.
Perhaps something like superlists or categories, for instance;

- active (buying)
- save for later

Or the possibility to name them yourself

This is already possible.

Just my 2 cents.

Reach out if you want to discuss this more

PS! Keep up the good work

Kind Regards, Pål R

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jul 10, 2020 05:27

Subject:

Re: Am I right and everyone else wrong?

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In Colors, Superbar writes:

Ok so you guys have more experience of this than me so I'm going to take
your word that the tile is dark red. My issue then is what does Dark red look
like to Reddish Brown and what does reddish brown look like to Brown. All the
parts I sell are used parts so its likely a lot of brown could exist so going
on that basis I was assuming everything with a reddish tint was reddish brown
and I don't have any dark red, if I'm incorrect on this then I have a
major inventory reshuffle to do.

Check this page:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp?v=2&itemType=P&itemNo=

In Colors, Brickwilbo writes:

In Colors, pitz8008 writes:

In Colors, iprice writes:

In Colors, Superbar writes:

For further clarity, another image showing the plates are definitely Brown and
the tile is reddish brown

In Colors, pitz8008 writes:

In Colors, BasKrie writes:

In Colors, randyf writes:

In Colors, Superbar writes:

Hi,

So I'd like someone to have a look at this and see if I am going mad please.
Have a look at the first picture without looking at the second you will see both
parts stuck together look identical in colour. Both are brown. Now look at the
second picture the same part Plate 1x1 with the design on that side of it is
listed only as reddish brown and never as brown. Should this not be listed as
brown?

Kind regards

Barry

The 2x2 tile looks like dark red to me and the plates reddish brown when next
to it.

Do you actually have any old brown bricks/plates to put the "others"?

TBF the plates do look brown in the first two photos. But lighting and images
can make something look very different.

Tile looks dark red to me.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jul 10, 2020 05:16

Subject:

Re: Am I right and everyone else wrong?

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In Colors, pitz8008 writes:

In Colors, iprice writes:

In Colors, Superbar writes:

For further clarity, another image showing the plates are definitely Brown and
the tile is reddish brown

In Colors, pitz8008 writes:

In Colors, BasKrie writes:

In Colors, randyf writes:

In Colors, Superbar writes:

Tile looks dark red to me.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 18:15

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

curious how many of those mods are still active moderating?

All of them are.

are they? when a couple scam reported posts are still up most of the day after
being reported it just tells me there is not a good spread of mods to cover all
time zones.

Thank you for reporting.
There were two scam posts reported around 5 at night, in my timezone.
Both were canceled immediately after I woke up. 😉

figured it was you that removed them, in fact feels like you are the only moderator
working.

You can be assured that all active moderators are working together.
It's visible below the canceled post who canceled it.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 18:05

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

curious how many of those mods are still active moderating?

All of them are.

are they? when a couple scam reported posts are still up most of the day after
being reported it just tells me there is not a good spread of mods to cover all
time zones.

Thank you for reporting.
There were two scam posts reported around 5 at night, in my timezone.
Both were canceled immediately after I woke up. 😉

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 13:36

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

yeah but a bit redundant when you have to go thru 3 clicks just to get tot the
report post section.

sorry make that 4 clicks before you get to the page where you give the post number
and reason.

Yes, it's a lot of clicks and copy/paste. Not easy on a mobile phone.

while a simple report post button on the post itself would make it so much easier

It would probably also lead to accidentally clicked reports.
I prefer a more visible button with two-step verification to report a message.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 03:24

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

yeah but a bit redundant when you have to go thru 3 clicks just to get tot the
report post section.

sorry make that 4 clicks before you get to the page where you give the post number
and reason.

Yes, it's a lot of clicks and copy/paste. Not easy on a mobile phone.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 01:31

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 21, 2020 08:18

Subject:

Re: incoming orders to inventory load

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In Suggestions, fobya71 writes:

It would be wonderful to have a function to load an incoming order into the personal
inventory, as it is done for partout.
Actually the loading of parts shall be done manually...

I think it would be a good function for both the re-sellers and the users that
want to simply use the inventory function.

It's possible to download orders and upload the xml file to your inventory.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 16, 2020 01:37

Subject:

Re: Buyer Inventory

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In Suggestions, ChildofAthena23 writes:

It would be really useful if there was an inventory system implemented for buyers
not just sellers. That way if I buy a set for parts I can simply come on here
and add those parts to my inventory and then any wish list I have containing
those parts would be updated accordingly.

You can upgrade to seller and keep your store closed.

Or keep inventory on Rebrickable.com or with Brickstock.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 11, 2020 13:49

Subject:

Re: Search for Wanted Parts in My Inventory

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In Suggestions, CrispyBassist writes:

Hello!

I'm finding it could be useful to be able to search my store inventory for
parts from my wanted lists, or for them to come up when I go to buy from my wanted
list. I would assume my the auto buy thing searches my store as well, but considers
the cost of the pieces. Maybe it could be improved to show parts from my store
as free for me (I have a buyer/seller account, rather than separate ones).

Thanks!
Matt

On your My Inventory page you can click in the Search option for Items in a Wantlist.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 11, 2020 08:47

Subject:

Re: Bricklink Gift Cards

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Topic:

In Suggestions, captaincofresi writes:

I would really welcome a Bricklink Gift Card, e.g. for 5, 10, 20, 50 euro. Since
that would be a perfect gift for me as a AFOL Lego designer. So a gift card that
anyone can buy directly online from the main Bricklink page, without needing
a membership or login. Because the people gifting, are mostly not Lego fans themself.

Bricklink consists of thousands of stores.
Who should hold the funds for the card?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 4, 2020 05:52

Subject:

Re: We have a new Catalog Administrator!

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Congratulations.

In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

Hello everyone,

I have some long-awaited news for you! We have created a new Catalog Admin position
which has privileges on both sides of the system, the catalog and inventories.
This is a culmination of about 3 years of work, and we are so proud of our first
ever member to take this position, Hygrotus.

He has steadily worked his way up to this level from his years of being an outstanding
and reliable contributor, to a special class of contributor known as an Inventories
Verifier, to one year experience as an Inv Admin, and then most recently about
14 months as a Catalog Associate. We are pleased that he has stuck with the program
and now is going to forge ahead.

We are combining the two "halves" of the system for many reasons, but the main
one being efficiency. If only one admin is available on a given weekend, for
example, we can take care of contributions on both sides, which are often dependent
on each other.

We will retain the Catalog Associate and Inv Admin positions for the purpose
of training new Catalog Admins. They will be considered transitory positions.

For more info on the Community Expert Program, please see this post:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1196395

You may also visit our Community Expert Program page:

https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp

and also read a few FAQs in the Help Center:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=974

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 26, 2020 01:30

Subject:

Re: Comments during instant Checkout

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In Suggestions, BHamBricks writes:

I recently decided to add instant checkout to my store. I received my first
ever neutral feedback because I didn't include a note as requested in the
buyer's comment section. My suggestion is to add the buyer's comments
section on the sellers invoice (like it always has been on the invoice when an
invoice was requested). There is no buyer's comments section on the email
I receive notifying me that an order has been placed. In this instance, this
caused an unpleasant experience for the buyer.

In the order confirmation email under the shipping method is a 'Comments
from Buyer:' section. Below it are the items of the order.

The Comments from Buyer are also visible below the items on the orders details
page.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 25, 2020 12:51

Subject:

Re: Cross matching wanted list and parts from set

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In Inventories, Bricksonbricks7 writes:

Hello!

I wanted to see if anyone had any advice when it came to putting together incomplete
sets with the parts that you already have on your inventory? I'm looking
to cross match items on my wanted list, and the parts from a specific set but
every time I do that, all items that are on my wanted list appear instead.

Thank you in advance!

On your My Inventory page, on the right under search options, enter the set number
at Search items from set # and check Items on my Wantlist.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 16, 2020 17:54

Subject:

Re: Add Zelle to payment offsite methods

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

We've been using Zelle, which is a Wells Fargo payment method to send/receive
money.
I believe it's only available in the USA but it is a payment method powered
by one of the largest banks in the US- Would it be possible to add this as an
offsite payment method? It is not currently showing on the long list of payment
method that we'd be able to add to our payment profiles as a seller.
Thanks for considering.

It's been suggested before:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1104097

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 14, 2020 06:54

Subject:

Re: Auto messages for shipping options

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In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:

Hi there,

It would be really good if in the sellers store shipping settings page we could
add in a automated message. For example I have a shipping option which is 'I'm
still shopping' it would be good if when someone selected this option it
automatically sent them a message like 'thanks for your order, please message
us withing 7 days to say you have completed your order so we may invoice you'.
It would save a lot of time from having to write them out for each individual
order. Even better would be if this whole shipping option was avaliable for all
sellers to select and turn on instead of making a shipping option and having
to put in prices (in which mine is 0 until the order is done then worked out
manually).

I think if you add a instant checkout shipping method without instant payment
a customized invoice can be send by using the HTML tags.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 14, 2020 06:50

Subject:

Re: Option to update all stock prices

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In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:

Hi there,

Is it possible to have a feature added to a sellers inventory in which everything
or selected catagorys can be update all at once to average pricing like on the
price guide? You can put sales on and increase and reduce prices by a certain
percent but not all items in that catagory will have gone up or down the same
amount so being able to put everything to this average pricing would be handy.

Some sellers use the Brickstock program for it.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 12, 2020 15:40

Subject:

Re: Suggestion for Wanted Lists

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In Suggestions, coreyschaaf writes:

This may not have been an issue previously, but due to COVID-19, I am weary of
buying from international sellers as a result of reduced flights to and from
certain countries. I say that because through no fault of the seller, 5 of my
orders have been delayed by 2 months now. I still have no idea when / if I will
receive them.

The sellers I've dealt with have all been great (even with a language barrier)
but as a purchaser moving forward, I think it would make sense to see feedback
based on geographic location.

For example, if I'm a US buyer and I want to make a purchase from a store,
I've been finding that I go to the feedback, click on the person who left
the feedback and see where they are located. Doing that is entirely manual and
cumbersome. It would be so much easier to filter the feedback from a specific
location and I can see the most recent orders and feedback from that person by
on location. If they have plenty of US buyers, I can make an educated decision
about parcels still being shipped and reliability of those orders making it to
their destination.

Maybe others won't find that helpful, but as someone from the US that has
not received 5 of their orders, seems like a great way to find feedback from
others in my same area to make me feel more confident in buying from overseas
sellers.

Even after COVID - I think that feature makes a lot of sense.

You can turn on 'Show Country Flags in Feedback Profiles' here:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedbackSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 7, 2020 12:22

Subject:

Re: Items missing from Inventory after been added

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In Inventories, Superbar writes:

Hi all,

I know I definitely added some particular items to my inventory some days ago
but now they seem to be missing?! Is it possible that if someone adds them to
their cart they are removed from my inventory even if they didn't buy them?
and is there any way to check this?

Kind regards

Bar

No items are removed from the inventory when in a cart.
Maybe the items are in a stockroom or you have a filter on.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 6, 2020 16:57

Subject:

Re: Request to remove items from order...

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Topic:

https://www.bricklink.com/retractOrderItem.asp

In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:

The functionality to request to remove items from an order, generates an email
to the buyer with this request.
Email is fine!
However, the action that the buyer needs to take (accept or reject, I guess)
is not in that email! It's absolutely unclear where the buyer can accept
this change!
In short: put a functioning link in that email that points to the action(s) that
need to be taken please. I still haven't found where to accept the request.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 3, 2020 07:14

Subject:

Re: Please add new Forum Topic

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Topic:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

To save the almost constant threads that come up in the forum for things like
dealing with shipping to , as well as sales history as well as .... Please add
a new topic to the forum for Knowledgebase items.

That way Brickwilbo and others can refer people to the knowledgebase area for
their answers - it will save a lot of time and effort on everyone's part.

The Help tab should return to the top of the page.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 3, 2020 06:59

Subject:

Re: Please add new Forum Topic

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Topic:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

I’d say most of the answers should be in the help pages….
(Brickwilbo points to them when they are. The rest of the time, we copy-paste….)

😉

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 30, 2020 01:20

Subject:

Re: Organize Want List

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In Suggestions, burghbricks writes:

If it's feasible, it'd be nice to be able to organize your want lists
into custom categories. For example, I'd like to be able to have categories
for MOCs, Restoration, and so on. That way I could quickly find lists without
having to change the order or toggle categories to hide them what I don't
immediately need.

I name my Wantlists for their intended porpose.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 25, 2020 06:32

Subject:

Re: Stock Room Versus Sellable inventory

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Topic:

In Inventories, LEGO_ROB_2020 writes:

I have entered a couple of "Inventory" Items but have designated them as "Stock
Room". I can't figure out how to get back to the stockroom list to edit it.

On top of the Categories on the My Inventory page you can click on different
viewing option.
Click on By Availability.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 23, 2020 14:43

Subject:

Re: Wanted list on inventory?

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In Inventories, Bricksonbricks7 writes:

Hi all!

I'm trying to reconstruct a set and I was wondering if there's a way
to check my wanted list on my own inventory? I see that I can view all items
in my wanted list on my inventory, but I just need to check ONE specific wanted
list. Is there a way to do this?

Collapse the extra search options on the right of the My Inventory page.
Click Items on my Wantlist.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 20, 2020 14:16

Subject:

Re: Order Item Removal Request

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Topic:

In Suggestions, atkk writes:

Hello,
Can a link for "Order Item Removal Request" please be added to the page for when
a seller view's an order, so that it can be found much easier.
Thanks
Andre

Already suggested.😉
Vote here: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1050359

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 20, 2020 02:21

Subject:

Re: A few more Preference options

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Topic:

In Suggestions, JWBDolphins writes:

Here are a couple Preference options I'm suggesting be considered.

First, when I open one of my Wanted Lists, it Always defaults to 25 items per
page. Most of my Wanted Lists are larger than that and I have to Change the
default size every time (so that I can see everything on 1 screen). With internet
speeds the way they are today, 100 items pop up quickly. I would like to see
the number of items per page be an option that is remembered. (In fact, in general
I would like to see number of items per page be a preference saved across Bricklink.)

Yes. It has been suggested before.

Secondly, along these lines, I would like to see a few more preferences saved
when I select a part. Specifically, a lot of times I have to click "More Options"
and I always have to select "Seller Location". I would like to see both of those
as saved options so I don't have to select them every time I bring up a new
part.

You can select location:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Thanks for your consideration!

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 3, 2020 04:32

Subject:

Re: wanted list indicated into a set inventory

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Topic:

In Inventories, Pampuk writes:

Bonjour,

maybe I write in the wrong place,

but I wanted to know if there is a way, in the inventory list for a set, to
make visible pieces in my wanted list ?

2nd checkbox https://www.bricklink.com/catalogOptions.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 2, 2020 08:37

Subject:

Re: Fix the NPB and Cancellation Process

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

I'm going through the this situation at the moment, buyer placed an order
for 650 parts and didn't respond to 1st invoice. He then added another 900
parts 3 days later and it's now been 4 days since the second batch. He has
not responded to a second invoice. I didn't pick out the 2nd batch as I had
a feeling it might be a waste of time and marked the order as packed to prevent
more being added. Now I am struggling to keep on top of my inventory as I like
to check I have the correct amounts left as I pick orders.

Now I know there may be a good reason he might not have paid but, as he already
has one negative feedback out of 18 as a buyer my gut feeling is this is a problem
buyer. If I cancel the order at this point to get these 1550 parts back in my
store I am then open to negative feedback. I cannot file a NPB for another 3
days and then wait another week, maybe more before I can recover these parts.

We should be able to cancel an order after 3 days without the risk of negative
feedback.

Change the orderstatus to packed then no new batches can be added.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 14, 2020 15:30

Subject:

Re: Bulk Coupon Create Functionality

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Surplus writes:

I think that an option to create coupons in bulk would be very useful.

The submission form could include the basic coupon parameters and then have some
way of selecting the members that will receive the coupon. This could be filtering
options such as everybody over x number of orders, or it could be a text box
where the usernames could be copied and pasted in bulk.

The bulk coupons feature has been terminated because of spamming.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 14, 2020 08:04

Subject:

Re: Item cost auto worked out when parting out

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Topic:

In Suggestions, NelisSolis writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:

Hi there,

Do you think a feature will be added in which when you part out a set you can
add in how much the set cost and then the system would calculate how much was
paid per piece? It's a pain adding it in individually especially when you
have over 300 items! It would be nice if a feature like this also worked out
how much each part cost based on how much they sell for (depending on if you
picked current average/6 month average etc). For example if you bought a set
for $20 and it had 4 parts equally the cost would be $5, however if two of the
parts average was $10 each and the other two were $1 each having a cost of $5
for each part wouldn't make sense. Having to work that out for each part
by hand is just way too time consuming, but if the system did it on part out
entry it would be awesome.

Use Brickstock to do that.

BrickStock doesn't have an option to calculate / add the MyCost per item.

I've read it's easier to add the costs on Brickstock and upload the file
than entering the costs one by one on Bricklink.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 14, 2020 07:30

Subject:

Re: Item cost auto worked out when parting out

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Topic:

In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:

Use Brickstock to do that.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 28, 2020 14:54

Subject:

Re: Allow sellers ability to check red 'paid' box

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Topic:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=121

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

In Suggestions, BricksThatStick writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

We allow payment both onsite and offsite.
The issue is that offsite payments require the buyers to check the 'red'
paid box.
some buyers (specially new ones) mistakenly take this to mean that their offsite
payment didn't go through and re-submit payment for the second time (sometimes
even after the order was shipped) which creates more work to refund and with
the new paypal policy might also cost sellers extra fees.

It would be great if seller can manually check this paid box and switch it to
green in order to avoid this misunderstanding. i know we can mark the order paid
and shipped but a buyer yesterday in one of many examples wanted to make sure
they paid because they saw the box was red and ended up paying for the second
time.
Thanks for considering.

If you click on the edit order icon you get to change the payment status to paid/not
paid independently of the order status dropdown menu on you orders received page.

Does that help you in the meantime?

Sometimes buyers mark as paid (by ticking the paid box) when they havent - you
can change the status back to not paid on the edit order page in the same way.

I don't think i understand your answer, perhaps if you walk me step by step
then i might be able to understand better.
we change the 'order status'; drop menu to 'paid' or 'shipped'
but the buyer still sees a red checkbox next to the 'paid' checkboxes.
those checkboxed are not showing for me as a seller.
i do understand that buyers can check the 'paid' box even if they didn't
which is a different issue that doesn't really concern me however it would
be nice if the buyer checked the box accidentally if i was able to uncheck it-
but i don't want to sidestep the underline issue i raised initially:
Buyers that paid via link or sent a payment manually are not always aware that
it is up to them to check the 'paid' box to turn it green and mistakenly
think that their offsite payment did not go through and end up paying a second
time.
If i was able to check the box for or before they do and they would see it green
instead of red- it would reduce the occurrences of duplicate payments which has
been happening 1-3 time per month for us.

BricksThatStick is right, with this method you can check that box (separating
payment and order status in the settings and then change the payment status to
submitted or something like that).

But do you really need this? The box means "payment submitted" (not "paid") so
it is by definition a status update that only the buyer can make. The only thing
you can do from your side is verify the payment and update it to "paid". I don't
see why you'd want to update the status to "payment submitted", the buyer
can do this by themselves. The box can't be red if the order status is "paid".

Thank you, i'm going to try adjusting the setting to see if that works.
I agree that the buyer needs to change the box BUT in reality 1-3 times per month
i get a buyer (usually new) that doesn't know that it is their task and probably
believes that the system should have automatically change this to 'green'
paid status. when they see 'red' they believe that the payment they submitted
didn't go through and they pay a second time.

When a seller changes the drop menu to 'paid' or 'shipped' the
buyer still sees the paid box as red indicating unpaid (only when payment was
off Bricklink)
Thanks for taking the time to help, i'll let you know after i go through
the settings section.
Best wishes.

Ah I see, well, in that case it probably won't help much even if you change
it, because in such cases it seems like they are expecting realtime feedback
from the site. I include a standard instruction in my invoice asking buyers to
mark the order as paid after sending payment, might help too.
Probably good if Bricklink would improve the interface a little so that it is
clear for new users they need to do this. Best if it shows up in their to-do
items in the top right corner - that way they'd be more likely to understand
the system and more likely to do it.

Separating payment and order status can be done here by the way:

https://www.bricklink.com/orderSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

I am not 100% sure it corresponds to the checkbox, but I know that the grand
total showing up in a bold font on the seller's side corresponds to a checked
box at the buyer's side.

That does help!! Thank you!
I wonder if when i change the payment status to 'completed' would the
buyers box turn green?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 26, 2020 13:56

Subject:

Re: Add rejected to payment status options

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Topic:

In Suggestions, WildBricks writes:

Have your tried with the payment status Returned or Bounced?

Sergio

Yes, I have tried both of those. If we had a status of rejected then the system
would need to be programmed to then allow a NPB. I've also reset the status
to pending.

Check the order received page settings to Separate the payment status from the
order status.
Change the Order status from Paid, then you can change the payment status as
none and start the NPB process.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 2, 2020 11:15

Subject:

Re: Feature which shows if BL member is active

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Topic:

In Suggestions, yapke writes:

Hello,

I was wondering if a feature or timer, to see whether a BrickLink
member is active or has been active (like on FB messenger or WhatsApp), would
be a great idea.

What exactly can be considered as active, logged in or not?

The reason why I'm wondering:
I'm sure there are members who logs in daily to see if another
member has reacted to their order('s invoice)/message, and are nervously
waiting until he/she/they react(s).

Be patient.

It will also be handy to see if a member (who placed an order on your store)
is active on BL and isn't responding to your multiple messages (or just ignoring),
and easier to decide to cancel an order.

If the buyer doesn't respond you should start the NPB-process and complete
it before canceling the order.

For example (my example):
There is a member (USA) who has placed an order on my store (Belgium) a few days
ago. I instantly filled in and sent the invoice to serve him and be able to send
the parcel (after payment) as quickly as possible. But until now, two days later,
he hasn't read the message nor has paid for the order. Now I'm just wondering
if he was active or not lately... cause the hole situation is making me nervous.
I know I should be patient... but I find it kind of weird he responded very quickly
to my last call for buying, and afterwards not responding anymore.

So if you recognize yourself in such a situation, maybe vote 'YES' and
perhaps selling on BL will be more pleasant and more serious. I'm sure there
is a lot of members thinking this way, isn't it?

Kindly greetings,

Yapke

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 11, 2020 05:44

Subject:

Re: catalogue problem - zero lots showing up

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Topic:

In Catalog, Yogi_007 writes:

Hi All,

Ive been looking for through the catalogue for various parts and have found that
some lots are coming up as zero available but still showing up for sale.

I was looking at 3700 technic 1x2 brick in dark green last week and the stores
showed up with zero in stock in the catalogue. I checked again today and all
resolved.

I then looked at orange part 6005 and same thing.

Whats going on ??

Seems off to me or is it related to these rarer parts ?

Help please

Yogi

The item doesn't show up in the items for sale.
I guess the Price Guide isn't shown in Real Time.
Maybe the items are in void of the payment process.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 11, 2020 05:17

Subject:

Re: Ability to identify parts for a specific set

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Topic:

In Suggestions, HillbillyBricks writes:

How can you get a list of parts that you have in your inventory for a specific
set.

On your My Inventory page in the extra options Search My Inventory you can enter
a set number.

In the price guide it will tell you how many parts you have in inventory
for a set. I want to knw what those parts are.

Check the option Show Items in My Inventory to see if you've got the items
in your inventory on the Catalog page:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogOptions.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 9, 2020 01:28

Subject:

Re: Search for parts from favourite sellers

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Topic:

In Suggestions, nzcam writes:

Via check-box option, It would be very handy to be able to restrict part searches
to just those sellers included in your favourite list, and separately to this,
those sellers you have open carts with.

This would be useful when adding to existing open orders (to save on shipping
or small batch orders) - If I know I'm already going to be placing orders
with Sellers A, B, C, & F, and I realise I need some more of a particular part,
being able to see which of those sellers have that part and what they're
chargning for it, is useful since I don't need to go back out to the wider
market (and shipping cost), AND I don't need to go to each open seller's
Store to search on them individually. One search does the trick.

Here you can Sort your Favourite sellers on top:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 7, 2020 06:30

Subject:

Re: Ability to search through order history

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Topic:

In Suggestions, badlego writes:

In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:

In Suggestions, badlego writes:

to enable me to see what I've already purchased, it would be good to search
my completed orders.

It already exists.
On your orders placed page, click on "Find Orders"

thank you. I was hoping to search through my entire order history but this is
a good start. I have tried searching for a recent item by minifigure reference
number.

Maybe it's possible to download old data, the same as with old purged received
orders.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 1, 2020 06:52

Subject:

Re: Items Being Deleted

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Topic:

In Catalog, justisonn writes:

Hello,

As I am going through my LEGO parts I am finding a couple of items that have
the banner that says it will be deleted. It is the only listing of that part
that I can find. Am I not able to list these parts that I have?

Thanks for your help!

Nik

On the partpage usually is a note and a link to the correct part to list.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Nov 29, 2019 12:44

Subject:

Re: Create a Have List

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Topic:

In Suggestions, tsystem writes:

Hi,

After all, thanks for this website ans studio, it's really great tools to
create and find parts !

My idea is to have the possibility to create an "have list" like the "wanted
list" but to reference my parts and so to be abble to make difference between
want / have lists to know wich parts i need to purchase. it will be great for
multipart/large model so i can purchase and work on a first part and continue
searching for other part but making a different wanted list for different submodels
...

I don't know if it's really clear ...

Let me know

Thanks by advance

Mr

You can upgrade to seller,keep the store closed for personal inventory.
Or use Brickstock for personal use.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Nov 25, 2019 01:37

Subject:

Re: streamline payment process

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Akhoover writes:

The process for payment, when buying from multiple vendors should not be so time
consuming. I purchased from 21 vendors, still waiting to hear from one. but the
checkout time was very lengthy, possible look at how amazon checks out.

Check your email spam folder for invoice emails from @Bricklink.
Probably at least a few of those 21 stores use instant checkout, Bricklink automatically
sends invoices.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Oct 30, 2019 02:33

Subject:

Re: Lego doesnt always include the "extra" parts?

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Topic:

In Inventories, allstar005317 writes:

I am parting out a set that I have three of, but only one of the sets seems to
have the "extra" parts. I'm newer to selling and thus parting out sets like
this, but is this normal? Every other set have have parted out always has the
exact number of "extras" as Bricklink says it should have.

Tha Catalog should be used as guide.
Always verify the parts when uploading stock.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 24, 2019 05:13

Subject:

Re: Sort by in Wanted List

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Topic:

In Suggestions, iprice writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, iprice writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, GregSwiss writes:

Hello

Would it be possible to implement a new sort by-option in the Wanted List?
What I would like to see is "Missing" what would be the difference between "Wanted"
and "Have".

Cheers
Greg

The current Have feature is useless. It's the same as Want.
Easier is to create an Ordered Wantlist and move the items there until they're
received.

I actually find the "Have" feature to be very useful, though I would like an
"Ordeded/Purchased" feature too; I've purchased loads of parts multiple times
accidentally, as I'd forgotten I had already ordered them and didn't
check through my current orders properly. If I could mark wanted parts as "Ordered"
it would save me time. money and storage space.

That's exactly what the Have feature was supposed to do, but it doesn't
subtract anything from Want.

It does though. If you look in your Wanted list it clearly shows how many you
Want and how many you Have in hand. Now go to a store and select Wanted List
it shows sjhows your Wanted Qty (which is original Wanted minus Have).

As for Have - I don't want it

I just checked and it still doesn't subtract Have from original Want.
Usually I don't want to search for the original Want quantity but for new
Want quantity.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 24, 2019 04:51

Subject:

Re: Sort by in Wanted List

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Topic:

In Suggestions, iprice writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, iprice writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, GregSwiss writes:

Hello

Would it be possible to implement a new sort by-option in the Wanted List?
What I would like to see is "Missing" what would be the difference between "Wanted"
and "Have".

Cheers
Greg

The current Have feature is useless. It's the same as Want.
Easier is to create an Ordered Wantlist and move the items there until they're
received.

That's exactly what the Have feature was supposed to do, but it doesn't
subtract anything from Want.

If it does now, the Have feature probably has been tweeked.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 23, 2019 13:06

Subject:

Re: Sort by in Wanted List

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Topic:

In Suggestions, iprice writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, GregSwiss writes:

Hello

Would it be possible to implement a new sort by-option in the Wanted List?
What I would like to see is "Missing" what would be the difference between "Wanted"
and "Have".

Cheers
Greg

The current Have feature is useless. It's the same as Want.
Easier is to create an Ordered Wantlist and move the items there until they're
received.

That's exactly what the Have feature was supposed to do, but it doesn't
subtract anything from Want.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 23, 2019 07:24

Subject:

Re: Sort by in Wanted List

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Topic:

In Suggestions, GregSwiss writes:

Hello

Would it be possible to implement a new sort by-option in the Wanted List?
What I would like to see is "Missing" what would be the difference between "Wanted"
and "Have".

Cheers
Greg

The current Have feature is useless. It's the same as Want.
Easier is to create an Ordered Wantlist and move the items there until they're
received.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 17, 2019 12:50

Subject:

Re: Request a Quote

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Topic:

In Suggestions, kelmgo writes:

I am after a few pieces to complete a few kits and am going from one checkout
to another, then to another and then cancelling the orders (before payment) because
the vendors haven't got the "Request a Quote" provision set up.

You can always use the Contact Store button and inquire about the shipping costs.

Clearly it would save a lot of stuffing around if you know the full cost incl
P&H before hand.
Even better - there should be a little icon or something next to the vendors
name to indicate whether they send quotes or not so you don't have to go
through the checkouts to find out right at the end.
This is what I'm experiencing in Australia

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Sep 13, 2019 03:35

Subject:

Re: We have a new Catalog Associate!

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Topic:

In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Congratulations.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Aug 18, 2019 09:06

Subject:

Re: Specific Lots -> Specific Countries

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Topic:

In Inventories, Cheshire_Bricks writes:

Hi,

Just wondering if you're able to make specific lots only available to specific
countries?

I'm looking to sell some sets but I want to set them to UK only (if you can
do this then how?)

Thank you in advance for any help!

It's not possible to differentiate.

In theory you could describe the item as for UK only and mark the item for manual
invoice and cancel orders with the item from other countries.
It would probably lead to issues, because many people don't read. You'll
get a discussion if it's a valid order.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 23, 2019 07:43

Subject:

Re: Tutorial

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Topic:

In Inventories, The_Brick_Freak writes:

Hey peoples! i would really like to be able to contribute by adding New set inventories
into bricklink but i am worried i will make a mistake.
Is their a tutorial on how to do it correctly with a run down on how everything
works? If so, please point me to the video or link. If not is this something
a more experienced person might be interested in doing to teach us?

Cheers
James

As start here are the Helppages:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=38

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 21, 2019 13:22

Subject:

Re: search my inventory

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Topic:

In Inventories, Rickaroo72 writes:

I don't have a public store. But, is there a way that I can upload parts
into my store and then use that in order to search my inventory for my want list
items?

You can search using the checkbox 'items on Wantlist' in the search options
on the right by of the My inventory page.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 8, 2019 05:52

Subject:

Re: 'Prefer My BrickLink Classic?'

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Topic:

In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:

Can we please remove the 'Prefer My Bricklink Classic?' (and the corresponding
one from the old screen) from the top of the 'My Bricklink' page.

Yes, please remove "View My New BL" from the top of the 'My Bricklink'page.

It takes up loads of screen real estate and would be as a tick box on a display
settings option.

I think after it being there a year most people will have chosen which style
they prefer.

Matt

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jun 1, 2019 03:06

Subject:

Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:

This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.

I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.

This hasn't been implemented yet because having a store minimum doesn't
have to be intended for the money, it's often there to save time for not
having to pick small orders.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 28, 2019 11:19

Subject:

Re: Embedding pictures in contact function

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Topic:

In Help, CCBricks writes:

Good morning all,

Is there a way to send photos via the contact option? I have a potential buyer
interested in a certain minifigure and wants photos. I'm happy to oblige,
but can't figure out how to send photos. I dont have the email address so
I can't send then that way. I tried using the Help section. But was unsuccessful.
any help is appreciated.

Brian

Upload images to your My Images and add the links into your message.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/myimages_modal.page?CKEditor=splash-editor-6013&CKEditorFuncNum=1&langCode=nl

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 28, 2019 05:21

Subject:

Re: Warning to seller for inconsistent config

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Topic:

In Suggestions, alexbinary writes:

Hello,

After some time as a buyer, I just opened my store on BrickLink.

At first I was only shipping domestic so I configured domestic shipping method
and checked only the domestic checkbox for PayPal payments.

I am now opening to international sales, so I configured international shipping
methods, but I had forgotten about the international checkbox for PayPal and
did not check it.

I got messages from potential buyers saying they could not checkout because I
had not configured a payment method.

I do not understand how enabling international shipping without international
payment can make sense, so I would assume that anyone who did this made a mistake.

My suggestion is to have BrickLink check for this inconsistent configuration
and at least warn sellers about it, or maybe even prevent it from happening.

Thanks
Alex

BrickLink can't know the intention of the seller for certain configurations.
It's the sellers responsibility to make sure that the settings are correct.
There should be a proper way to test settings though.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 21, 2019 07:25

Subject:

Re: wanted list with the help of my store room

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Topic:

In Inventories, Broodyfour writes:

I thought that when I make a wanted list of things I wish to buy that any items
already in my store's stockroom that appear on this new wanted list would
show up as a quantity I have already in-stock? I see this feature on my lists
but the spot is always left blank even when i know I have some in my stockroom......Is
there a setting I may have wrong or not turned on?

No, the Have is not about the inventory but after applying an order to a Wantlist.

To search your My inventory click on the extended search options and select Items
on my Wantlist click. Then you can manually adjust the quantities of the Wantlist.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 8, 2019 01:08

Subject:

Re: Unklarer Button

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Topic:

https://www.bricklink.com/helpLang.asp?helpID=1256

In Inventories, Erik17 writes:

Hallo in die Runde

Was bezwecke ich mit diesem Button ?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 3, 2019 01:05

Subject:

Re: Change NPB Timeline

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Topic:

In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:

I had enough of these in the last few weeks that waiting 2 full weeks is painful
to complete them.

I don't mind the 1 week to pay before it is started. But another full 7 days
to complete the NPB is not necessary.

I would propose 3 additional days and that is it. Let us get our stock back
in our stores to sell to someone else instead of being held at our will for 14
full days when 10 is plenty enough.

I can't be the only one that feels this way and 14 days might have worked
10-15 years ago when access to Smart-Phones wasn't as widespread, but these
days, you can't go far without having the ability to respond. Thanks

Use instant checkout and instant payment or enable the checkbox for Use instant
checkout for low feedback buyers in the Store settings.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 1, 2019 01:15

Subject:

Re: Make website mobile-friendly

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https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1094209

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, gsgonsior writes:

Please consider making a mobile-friendly version of the site. I really love Bricklink,
but the browsing experience is absolutely terrible on a mobile device. E.g. constantly
having to zoom in/out to interact with the website is extremely painful from
a UX perspective.

Alternatively (or in addition to the above suggestion), consider developing a
mobile app. That would be awesome!!

Thank you for your consideration.

A new Bricklink is in development.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

May 1, 2019 01:13

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Re: Make website mobile-friendly

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In Suggestions, gsgonsior writes:

A new Bricklink is in development.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 29, 2019 17:02

Subject:

Re: Searching my inventory

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In Inventories, Bitsnpieces writes:

Hello!

This might be a stupid question, but how can I search my inventory for parts
that are marked as stockroom items, but has a greater quantity than zero? There
has to be an easier way than going manually through all 30 pages.

-Sebastian

Use the Show extra search options on the right, All Stockrooms, minimum 1 quantity.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 22, 2019 02:17

Subject:

Re: Want List - Item match in inventory

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In Suggestions, mroppoli writes:

When entering a part number, instructions or minifig to inventory if said part
and color, instruction or mini Id number matches alert message displays, Item
in inventory. You can have this as an option to turn off or on in Want List section.

This kind of already exists, select:

Show Items in My Inventory
Show Items in My Wanted List
Here: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogOptions.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 13, 2019 11:47

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Re: Grays & Browns

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In Colors, uticabrix writes:

I am having trouble with brown vs Reddish brown, and also light grey vs light
bluesish gray. Does anyone have any suggestions how to identify which is what?
Are these current colors with Lego?
Thanks in advance!!

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 9, 2019 18:33

Subject:

Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator!

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In Inventories, Admin_Russell writes:

Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed a new Inventories Administrator,
to fill in the place that Marek left when he was promoted to Catalog Associate.

For this position we have selected member Paulvdb (Paul), whom many of you may
know as a catalog contributor, inventories contributor, and Forum participant.
He is also an established seller (since 2011, I believe) so many of you may know
him also through that channel.

Paul has distinguished himself especially by his work with older inventories,
sharing many sealed set contents data with the site for some of our precious
old vintage sets. We have found his contributions to be ultra reliable and think
he is going to do very well in this new role.

Congratulations are in order!

Russell

Welcome and congratulations to you Paul.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 5, 2019 00:17

Subject:

Re: Grouping Parts

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In Suggestions, Sammynater writes:

Bricklink should implement something in Studio where you can group pieces together.
so that if you were making a robot mask or a robot leg you could make it and
group the pieces together so that they can be easily moved around without highlighting
the entire thing and making mistake in the process.

You can suggest it in the dedicated stud.io forum
https://forum.bricklink.com/

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Apr 3, 2019 11:58

Subject:

Re: Help identifying these brown colors

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In Colors, Juster_Bricks writes:

Help identifying these brown colors

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 27, 2019 21:40

Subject:

Re: Welcome our new administrator!

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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

We have some great news for our catalog contributors - we have promoted Hygrotus,
one of our current Inventories Administrators to a new position, Catalog Associate:

https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp

The Catalog Associate position is the same in terms of privileges as our former
Catalog Admin position. However, it is only a temporary position that we will
use as a stepping stone to the new Catalog Admin position, which will include
both catalog and inventories privileges plus a few other things.

Marek recently completed one year as an Inventories Administrator:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1133413

and has done an excellent job. He has brought steadiness and reliability to our
admin team and we look forward to seeing what he will do now on the catalog side
of things. Please welcome him to this new position!

Russell

Welcome Hygrotus👍

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 26, 2019 09:42

Subject:

Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide

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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, relhak writes:

It would help if the price guide had an option to display qty avg sales by my
own country too. I'd love to be able to part out sets at local rates, instead
of having the prices dragged down by someone in Europe who selling parts bought
in massive bulk from the factory store, or artificially inflated due to a particular
set having gone on a massive sale.

Stuart

You can change it to only view the prices of your country:
On Price Guide Detail Current Items for Sale Include only Items in Stores which
are Located:
https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

And here:
In View and E-Mail Notifications, Include only Items in Stores which are Located:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

In Suggestions, aaol1 writes:

Hey there, hope your all doing well!

I wanted to run an idea by you guys see what you think, I think it would be really
beneficial and helpful. In the price guide, for any particular set, you can see
the purchase history ( which is awesome). I was thinking, would there be a way
to add which country an item sold in? I feel like that would give us sellers
an idea where an item is hot, and compare that with the pricing. Anyways I think
it would be great, let me know what you think

Sam

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 26, 2019 09:35

Subject:

Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide

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In Suggestions, relhak writes:

In Suggestions, aaol1 writes:

Sam

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 25, 2019 21:15

Subject:

Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale

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In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, Brickwilbo writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, Brickwilbo writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

Hello, I saw a problem regarding catalog view. I cant's see all color variants
listed on sale. When I add a brick in a unique color, it does not appear to me
on the list of bricks available for sale. Does anyone know what the reason is?

Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?

Hi, no mater what will I choose card Color info and Lots For Sale doesn't
show all available color variants. I guess I can see only "Popular" colors. Do
you know how it change?

Do you have a filter in place?
Not all known colours are available for sale, and will not be visible in the
list with colours for sale.

Hello, i have no filter, but still can't see all colors listed for sale in
general color info tab. I have many rare pieces in unique color variants, all
of them are listed in my store but I guess nobody can't see it. It doesn't
change even If i log out or change the browser, computer etc, etc. Any ideas
how to fix it?

Are they in one of your Stockrooms instead of available?

Hello, all pieces are available on sale. For example I have 2903 wheel in LBG
color but color info tab doesn't show it. You can find it only visiting my
store.

The part appears here in the items for sale:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2903#T=S&C=86&O={"color":86,"ss":"NL","rpp":"50","iconly":0}

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 25, 2019 09:32

Subject:

Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale

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In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, Brickwilbo writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?

Hi, no mater what will I choose card Color info and Lots For Sale doesn't
show all available color variants. I guess I can see only "Popular" colors. Do
you know how it change?

Do you have a filter in place?
Not all known colours are available for sale, and will not be visible in the
list with colours for sale.

Are they in one of your Stockrooms instead of available?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 25, 2019 09:10

Subject:

Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale

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In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, BombaFett writes:

Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?

Hi, no mater what will I choose card Color info and Lots For Sale doesn't
show all available color variants. I guess I can see only "Popular" colors. Do
you know how it change?

Do you have a filter in place?
Not all known colours are available for sale, and will not be visible in the
list with colours for sale.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 20, 2019 12:09

Subject:

Re: Minifigures visitors tv serie

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In Inventories, jesuguty writes:

Good

I found these photos on the Internet on several pages, I would like to do with
one, but can not find where they sell, I think they have made people for their
own collections, you know someone to tune torsos or faces, etc to commission
some?

Best regards

Have tried contacting the guy from the Flickr account?

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 16, 2019 14:38

Subject:

Re: Search for multiple items ?

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In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

This already exists. Use the Wantlist add and. Buy and Search features.
Click the heart icon and add items to a Wantlist: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/list.page

It has always fascinated me that one the core functionalities of this site is
so often overlooked. How many times has a new (or not at all new) member come
to the Forum to ask for this very thing? They shouldn't have to!

How hard would it be a include elements in pages to educate users on the best
shopping and searching methods? Microsoft used to do it with a big animated paperclip.
lol

Jen

You're right it is typical it's overlooked.
The Help pages are below lot of pages:

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 16, 2019 08:16

Subject:

Re: Search for multiple items ?

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In Suggestions, ThomasW78 writes:

Why is it not possible to search for 2, 3 or more items at the same time ?

Often I am looking for more than one minifig and would like to buy them all from
the same store. I can only search for one minifig and manually have to check
each store if they also have the other minifigs I am looking for.

So please: Make it possible to search for multiple items across stores so results
can come up with store that have all the items looked for. It would be a time
saver of gigantic porportions.

This already exists. Use the Wantlist add and. Buy and Search features.
Click the heart icon and add items to a Wantlist: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/list.page

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 10, 2019 17:39

Subject:

Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide

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In Suggestions, aaol1 writes:

Sam

This already exists: https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 7, 2019 11:26

Subject:

Re: find nearby stores, based on my ZIP code?

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In Suggestions, ejv writes:

Hello,

After hitting a bug where Buy All failed to create orders that totaled my entire
Wanted List (and I didn't realize it until starting to build the models,
too late to ship another order before my time deadline!), I tried to place another
order but search for stores near me so I could pick up locally. I could find
no way to do this.

How about adding a "Stores near me" option in "Sort By" dropdown menu? It could
be based on ZIP code without compromising any store's address. As it was,
I had to manually compare the "284 stores found" list (after I'd limited
it to U.S. stores) with the dozens of stores in my state, finding only two that
matched.

From a programming perspective, it seems like this feature should be easy, with
a big payback in functionality of your wonderful website. And stores still retain
the option to share their address or not, as mine did, after a buyer Contacts
them.

Best regards,
ejv

This has been suggested before and hasn't been implemented because of privacy
issues and perhaps also because of the free market.
When a store is nearby it doesn't mean that the store accepts a pick up.
The easiest way is to send the stores a message.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Mar 2, 2019 19:39

Subject:

Re: Deleting purchased items from wanted list

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In Inventories, lorivanderbilt writes:

New to this. I just ordered over 200 bricks from a seller. I want to place
another order but need to eliminate the purchased ones. How do I easily do this?
Any way besides doing it one by one?

The easiest way to manage is to enable the 'Items in order on Wantlist'
icon in the settings of the orders Placed page. A little scroll will appear.
It takes you to all bought items in that order.
Select the bought items and move all bought items into a new Bought Wantlist.
Then you can do a new search for the remaining items.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 26, 2019 01:09

Subject:

Re: Comparing Wishlist to Parts Available in Sets

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In Suggestions, AsgardianStudio writes:

With shipping cost being very expensive where I live I tend to order large quantities
or bricks at once to justify shipping costs. Still, making an order is extremely
expensive for the relatively few pieces I order. I would like a method to cross
reference wishlists with parts available in official sets, so I can buy the sets
that have most of the parts I need and order the remaining on bricklink. This
tool could also be useful to sellers that need to source bulk parts for unofficial
kits, or for just finding the best source of parts.

I think that Rebrickable.com does that.
You enter parts and it tells you which set you can build.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 26, 2019 01:05

Subject:

Re: Folders in Wanted List

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In Suggestions, oldgruplego writes:

Is it possible to add a folder feature to the Wanted List?

You can add multiple Wantlists.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 24, 2019 05:11

Subject:

Re: search box repeated problem

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In Catalog, snapper212 writes:

Hi, might be a stupid question, but I have had a long running problem with the
search box.
Is it just me, maybe a browser issue? I am using Chrome.

Just now I typed in 4032(2x2 round plate) and it would not bring it up.Tried
it 3 times. Yet when I checked the catalogue manually that is the correct number.

I can go to google to search Lego and 98% of the time just a single search shows
me what I want on the first try.

Thanks.

More experienced users are encouraged to use the advanced Catalog Search:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalog.asp
See post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1129949

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 19, 2019 07:02

Subject:

Re: Adding my orders to my inventory

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In Inventories, peterc76 writes:

Sorry if this has been discussed before but couldnt find any posts

How do I add my orders and everything I have brought to my own inventory. So
I know exactly what I have . I seem to be recounting bricks over and over to
check and see what I have. It would be so much easier to look at my inventory
and see and know exactly what I have. I don't have a shop on here .my inventory
is for my own reference

Thanks in advance

Peter

Perhaps this also works:
On your Orders placed page download the order to xml and upload the file to your
inventory.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 19, 2019 06:51

Subject:

Re: multiple orders with the same shop

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In Suggestions, NelisSolis writes:

In Suggestions, AlphonsR writes:

When I want to place multiple orders with the same shop, the site adds the second
order to the first order. So the bill from the first order is on its way, and
the second bill is not just for the second order, but it automaticaly includes
the firtst order as well.
While I want to have them seperate. Is there a way to avoid this?
Rommelse

I think a new order is automatically added to an existing order if the first
order is not marked “paid” by the buyer or marked as “packed” or “ shipped” by
the seller.

If a seller has Instant Checkout enabled and you use an on-site payment method,
you can sort of avoid the merging of the orders.

Correct. Just pay the final invoice.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 17, 2019 03:31

Subject:

Re: Return the Catalog tab

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In Suggestions, JulieK writes:

Please put it back.
It was the perfect word to describe where it took users.

Voted yes

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 6, 2019 07:17

Subject:

Re: New and Used: more shades of grey are needed

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In Suggestions, JusTiCe8 writes:

Hi,

as a buyer, I found having only two choices for parts condition is far too basic
and not useful, mostly for buyers, but also for sellers who seek accuracy and
honesty regarding their inventory.

I mean, for now a seller can only pick new or used, but pretty much everyone
has his/her own standard and I got some used parts which are like new, some others
which are closer to the one way ticket to trash, if you see what I mean

.

It's not good nor practical to force seller to put actual picture(s) of all
the used parts, both hobbyist and professional has better use of their time I
guess.
Plus, asking for every single part before ordering is not good either, some sellers
didn't took time to reply to potential buyer's question already.

And when seller put description, it's quite subjective, one adjective is
far to describe actual shape of a part: "bite marks, yellowish", ok but how many
marks, how deep ?
how much "yellowished" is the brick ?
Some may claims "quite good", some other "I can't send them to trash".

A quality score could be added to a used part. It would be used as well to set
the sell price, as trash-ready used parts can lower the infamous "average 6 months"
and lower ALL prices, which is very unfair for like new parts.

Any thoughts?

Who will control the scores.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 23, 2019 01:18

Subject:

Re: Allow to import my inventory to see sets

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In Suggestions, runner.caller writes:

In Suggestions, alexey101 writes:

I would like to be able to import my inventory into bricklink.com and see which
sets I can build, what is the completion %, for each set and which parts are
missing.
So I can quickly buy missing parts for these sets that I can build and then start
building new sets using the bricks I already have.

rebrickable.com already does this

From there you can create Wantlists and upload them into Bricklink.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 19, 2019 02:50

Subject:

Re: adding orders

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