Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:58 | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | Viewed: | 29 times | Topic: | Inventories | |
| I know MOST errors people report are their own fault due to changes they make.
(made some myself over the years for sure )
I know only a VERY FEW errors people report are not their own fault and DO happen....
I know that downloading an inventory CAN be helpful to find errors made by people.
Because of the merge in operation (and that will take some months I understand!)
we are forced to increase the monitoring of the inventory to CHECK nothing strange
DOES happen to the parts in store.
That's what both of you (SylvainLS and 1001bricks) suggest to do IN ORDER
to be able to PROOF it's not the users' error. That's the ridiculous
part of the response both of you add to the discussion.
And because the merging will be a process that's happening on a daily basis,
sellers are 'forced' to do these downloads and checks on a daily basis?
We are not paid to do these checks, every day. I think we pay the fees in order
NOT to be forced to do these checks on a daily basis.....
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:35 | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Inventories | |
| If the seller didn't change the ID, what/who did?
If the seller didn't change the prices, what/who did?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:31 | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Inventories | |
| "... that sellers still don't download their Inventory XML everyday and
use
BrickStore to compare or restore any problem."
Seriously?
Do you really say that this is what's required to maintain a correct inventory
on BL these days?
That's the equivalent of checking every aisle in a grocery store after closing
time.
Every day.
Again.
All day's.
....
If this is true, the database and the way it handles orders and other changes
is even more gone astray than I could imagine....
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:15 | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | Viewed: | 57 times | Topic: | Inventories | |
| no chance, they are NOT messaging individual sellers about this.
stupid merge indeed
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 04:59 | Subject: | Re: VOEC scheme - technocrates rule this world.... | Viewed: | 80 times | Topic: | Taxes | |
| Progress is not always for the better.
This is one of those cases where it seems an improvement (technically) what in
real life generates more paperwork so less people will be connected to each other
and the administration world takes control of the real world. The effect: Norwegians
will buy local only. Here's your "..... first!" at play in another
part of the world.
So sad if technocrates decide about processes they seem to refuse to comprehend
and demand non-technocrates to follow and stand in line.
(And no: this is NOT about fair taxing etc. This about a completelly different
issue: an over-controlled government that tries to catch small fishes so the
sharks can grow bigger).
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 17, 2024 09:08 | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| It will take months to complete the proposed merges I just read as it needs to
be done manually by Admin...
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 15:53 | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
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In short: apart maybe the more important number of recent changes, it's
always have been the same exact problem.
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Thanks for that reflection. However an old problem felt as new is still a felt
problem.
If it never has been felt as a problem, and now it does, it doesn't make
it a lesser problem.
Even if the 'age' of the problem is several decades, it doesn't make
the effect felt less.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 15:47 | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| Uploading the original XML's will default into the same errors you reported.
Downloading the XML's NOW from Rebrickable, fixes this .
Apparently there's a realtime check when the XML's are generated. That's
nice.
So you need to re-download your XMLS .
Opening old XML's in BrickStore will start a migration from the old to the
new ID's (see pic).
Crap, a big list to update this weekend.....
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 15:27 | Subject: | Re: Variant merger causing XML files to fail | Viewed: | 53 times | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| Does this mean ALL XML's for example at Rebrickable are affected by the merger
too?
I got hundreds of these file in my collection.
And only a manual update will do the trick.... I feared the merge operation when
it was announced, but this is plain stupid!
Many will be affected, collectors, sellers, buyers, all. At places we never been
notified of beforehand.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 14:00 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Why did this happen? |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 13:11 | Subject: | Re: BDP sets to avoid Server down | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| BTW, these links are copied from the BDP page (yellow button: "pre-order
on lego.com"
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 13:08 | Subject: | Re: BDP sets to avoid Server down | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| Stil works for some sets! |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 7, 2024 11:27 | Subject: | Re: R.I.P. BDP page | Viewed: | 65 times | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| I guess Lepin hacked the site and is cloning the sets as we speak |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:52 | Subject: | Re: Versturen naar bv Amerika. | Viewed: | 44 times | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Helder.
Begrijp dat jij van de KOR regeling gebruik maakt, maar daar heb ik tot op heden
voor gepast.
Met de invoering van de 2000 euro grens/30 transacties voor fiscale doormelding
van particuliere verkoop in 2023 is dat inmiddels eerder een noodzaak dan een
mogelijkheid geworden.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:23 | Subject: | Re: Versturen naar bv Amerika. | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Oe, dan wil ik graag je link waar jij dat zo goedkoop kunt versturen.
Als ik via PostNL een brievenbuspakje (hoezo zwart?) wil versturen krijg ik dit:
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:18 | Subject: | Re: parts 3070pb052 and 3070p07 | Viewed: | 24 times | Topic: | Help | |
| I noticed as well several tiles were changed in the catalog eary feb.
Very annoying...
Haven't found a link in the catalog forum (or elsewhere) regarding these
changes .
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 06:15 | Subject: | Re: Merge 15 Feb - already in progress ? | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Related Software | |
| That looks nice to have and use.
However here's my Extra's menu (no developer console?).
I on version 2022.10.2 (build 818); not the most recent. Should I update to get
that feature?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 05:21 | Subject: | Re: Versturen naar bv Amerika. | Viewed: | 61 times | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Ik heb er enige tijd terug voor gekozen niet meer naar de USA te verzenden.
Sinds COVID zijn de verzendkosten bizar gestegen (ook vanuit de USA naar Europa
overigens).
Inmiddels 12 euro voor een brievenbuspakje met tracking van max 100 gram is mij
echt te gek.
Zélfs als een koper het zou willen betalen begin ik er niet meer aan.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 09:08 | Subject: | Re: Merge 15 Feb - already in progress ? | Viewed: | 72 times | Topic: | Related Software | |
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MAKE SURE AND UPDATE BRICKSTORE DATABASE BEFORE OPENING ANY .BSX FILES THIS MORNING.
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Too late for me.... but that is a genuine warning BL should have send out to
all members like the 'we are going to change some stuff' by direct mail
a couple of days back
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 04:37 | Subject: | Merge 15 Feb - already in progress ? | Viewed: | 198 times | Topic: | Related Software | |
| Just opened my projects in BrickStore and almost ALL files are edited because
of BrickLink catalog changes?
Are the proposed merges already in progress???
No idea what/which parts are changed and.... why?
Admin, or Catalog people, how did this happen?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 15:16 | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 31 | Viewed: | 74 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Thanks for adding the XML, saves a lot of time |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 14:35 | Subject: | Re: Automated script to add comments to merging l | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Asked it before, no reply....
Keep my fingers crossed...
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 07:55 | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Thanks for pointing to the stastical errors in the listings..... |
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:50 | Subject: | Re: LEGO market, I propose an analogy | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| USPS doesn't sell the George Washington 10 cents stamp from 1960 does it?
(not sure if it exists, but will you get my point!). At least our national Postal
service sells only NEW stamps.
So the analogy is a false one IMO, as Bricklink (TLG) does sell 1960 bricks and
not only new ones.
Check stampword dot com for instance on stamps, or dive into the AFOS (Adult
Fans Of Stamps) community and you will seek geeks that look for different teethings
on the same stamp.
Same goes here, so if it would be true analogy, follow the catalogue like AFOS
and leave the variants as is. Even if there a just 100 AFOLS who are keen on
this, leave it. Do not have it changed because 'it's easier'.
Effort brings skills. Put some effort in getting around, understanding the catalogue
and ask questions. Members help members.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:13 | Subject: | Re: Merging piece varian is a BIG PROBLEM | Viewed: | 67 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| +1
Every voice counts and the detail given by the OP makes this for sure not a newbie....
(mmmm, maybe this should apply to general elections: the older one gets, the
more weight one's vote and after 60 the vote is weighed lesser each year.....)
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:41 | Subject: | Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I get that, and I am definitly NOT a coder/programmer....
I was more thinking of a specific webpage attached to your inventory where at
the back the 4000+ lines of items that will be affected are used to filter ones
inventory.
So that would make a subset (out of your complete inv) and there it can be manually
edited.
Or even better:
- add the 'optional text to be added to the lot' to that page in the
script
- add a yes/no button to it
- sellers can click each filtered lots to their liking.
That would be some nice feature and customer service !
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:05 | Subject: | Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| And can this be facilitated by BL with some script instead of manually going
over all the entries....?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 02:42 | Subject: | Re: BL Dev Team: allowance for site enhancements? | Viewed: | 50 times | Topic: | General | |
| +1 |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 02:35 | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | Viewed: | 84 times | Topic: | Announce | |
| Nicely put into words, but I am afraid it's useless.
The BIG thread on this topic has a massive list of arguments NOT to go forth
with it. But the 'life will be better and who cares' prevails... the
change WILL be made and I feel deeply sorry for all that feel alike.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 02:32 | Subject: | Proposed Changes - script instead of manual ? | Viewed: | 93 times | Topic: | Catalog | Status: | Open | |
| On Feb 15th some merging will occur in the database.
No matter what.
This Wednesday I (we?) received a BL message regarding the upcoming change.
With a link to a Help Page. Nice.
Until I clicked it....
If a seller wants to 'add a short line of text' for each lot affected,
sellers need to enterl more than 4000 numbers to check IF they are in their inventory.
And than manually editing the NOTE field.
This will take every seller hours of entering numbers, checking the results,
editing note-fields en checking for the edits to be correctly made.
Urgent request: can BL please provide a script or simple change page where
this actions can be (partially) automated?
Question for Admin_Russell: what happens exactly with my affected inventory entries
when nothing is changed on the sellers end?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 09:38 | Subject: | Re: 604c01 in black version | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| You could use
You will need more of these as these are a bit smaller.
What are you building?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 09:47 | Subject: | Re: 604c01 in black version | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| Or using a door/window pane like:
and fixing it between the 'walls' with parts like these:
Do you have a drawing/photo of what you are building?
Might help to get more input.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 06:06 | Subject: | Re: 604c01 in black version | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| Catalog says it doesn't exist.... |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 05:06 | Subject: | Re: Quite a dilemma | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | General | |
| In General, yorbrick writes:
| In General, SDF_Bricks writes:
| I have a buyer from Korea interested in a small set (not too rare), and he wanted
to see pictures. In the middle of this, another member just went ahead and purchased
the set.
What is fair? Who should get the set?
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Definitely the one that bought it. The one wanting pictures would probably be
a PITA anyway.
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Ouch.....
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 13, 2024 05:00 | Subject: | Re: Has Bricklink been hacked. Again? | Viewed: | 105 times | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, UTLF writes:
| Have you tried logging out of Bricklink on Studio & signing back in?
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And:
- clearing cache, cookies etc.
- rebooting
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Jan 9, 2024 16:47 | Subject: | Re: Important proposal - Why? Did it break ? | Viewed: | 71 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Although the effort is praise worthy, I am not sure what would happen if we do
NOT change anything.
I expect no decrease in accessabilitiy, functionality, security etc.
On the otherhand, executing the changes proposed, will probably affect the site
in one ore more ways that is not desirable. Past changes have been numerous in
effecting the system in ways no one expected. I do not want that to happen again.
Can you guarantee it won't?
So, if the current way things are
- didn't kill somebody
- didn't chase new members away
- didn't downed sales
- didn't broke the system
- didn't triggered law suits
why change it in the first place?
If it ain't broke, there's no need to fix anything!
@Russell, you started this outreaching post with:
As a platform, we have decided to take a hard look at some of the mold variants
that we are currently asking you to recognize. For sellers, more variants means
extra sorting and extra work while pulling orders, plus the issues that arise
from variant misunderstandings.
For buyers, excess variants mean that it's harder to assemble a wanted list,
find stores, and ultimately obtain the parts you are looking for.
The platform can not decide. The people using, running the platform
can. But as other stated, why isn't the input form the meetings weighed in
properly?
How many sellers are complaining about the 'extra work'? If you
organize your stock properly, it is no more work. So get your stock
organized people! ('extra work'?)
And a misunderstanding is a learning opportunity for a buyer as much for the
seller. So do not make it sound like it is a punishment ('issues'?).
How many buyers have entered complaints about variants? It's a community
for X sake! Sellers educate new members. It's part of our 'job' here.
And yes, some effort is required to obtain skills; that goes for every new environment
one steps into. No pain no gain.
I object fully for these changes to be made.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 31, 2023 09:52 | Subject: | Re: shop shutdown | Viewed: | 63 times | Topic: | Announce | |
| Hi,
too bad; hope these events are not too dramatically for you and next of kin.
Have a safe yearending and a happy new one!
StarBrick
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 04:28 | Subject: | Re: (order received) page very slow | Viewed: | 49 times | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP lol
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Wise advice to take very seriously ....
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 26, 2023 06:51 | Subject: | Re: Unprofessional customer | Viewed: | 96 times | Topic: | Selling | |
| Sorry to read you had his experience.
On the FB Help page:
"Feedback is how you let other members know how well a transaction went."
As this transaction was cancelled, no feedback is apropriate IMO.
My suggestion is to move on from the cancelled order, leave NO feedback and block
the buyer for future orders.
And, only start picking and packing an order AFTER payment has been received.
This will not prevent future experiences like this, but it will minimize your
efforts made .
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 25, 2023 04:09 | Subject: | Re: BL Helpdesk Timeline? 3wks - No response! | Viewed: | 51 times | Topic: | Help | |
| And don't forget there is a backlog of reopening accounts due to the problems
last month....
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 25, 2023 04:04 | Subject: | Re: ChatGPT creates amazing box art - experiences | Viewed: | 52 times | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| amazing....
thanks for sharing!
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 25, 2023 02:49 | Subject: | Re: ChatGPT creates amazing box art - experiences | Viewed: | 95 times | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| (made by ChatGPT, input form Adam Greenbaum) |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 25, 2023 02:39 | Subject: | Re: Instant checkout vraagje | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Nice ! |
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 24, 2023 11:01 | Subject: | Re: DAC7 - directions from Admin required ? | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Taxes | |
| Would be nice of BL Staff/Admin to provide some more details and answers following
up on this thread: https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=332298&nID=1383573
Over a year, nothing answered AFAIK....
@Admin: can you compile and share a roadmap regarding this?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 24, 2023 10:55 | Subject: | Re: Instant checkout vraagje | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Heb zelf nooit gemerkt dat een low-order-value fee klanten heeft weggejaagd.
Daarnaast vind ik het niet bezwaarlijk om kleine orders te hebben. Kost voor
je gevoel misschien meer tijd, maar of dat écht zo is waag ik te betwijfelen.
Oké, voor 2 stenen een ziploc, envelop, etiket, postzegel is per steen misschien
meer ten opzichte van een 40 steens order. Maar ik bekijk mijn orders zo niet.
Is nog steeds een uit de hand gelopen hobby .
Maar als je je 'uren' moet vermarkten, ja dan zou ik er misschien ook
anders naar kijken...
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 24, 2023 10:15 | Subject: | Re: Instant checkout vraagje | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
| Voor zover ik begrepen heb is instant checkout alléén mogelijk met een PayPal
betaling. Dus IBAN is geen optie hier.
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 23, 2023 08:48 | Subject: | Re: Email from Brick Link Admin about scam | Viewed: | 67 times | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| Earlier this day same issue concerned a store suspended somewhere in August this
year.
Maybe backlog actions going through a newly started automated proces?
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Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Dec 20, 2023 14:18 | Subject: | Re: New inventory - help needed please | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Help | |
| When adding individual items of a part already in your store, you can
1) have them in a new separate 'compartment'
2) have them added to an existing 'compartment'
you choose, but choose wisely
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