Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | edeevo  | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 18:31 | | Subject: | Re: Done... | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, BricksThatStick writes:
| | Done.
For today 
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These are the continued efforts that keep Bricklink updated... much appreciated!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2020 13:55 | | Subject: | Re: Copper? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Dixi78 writes:
| | Hi, I've got this bionicle-mask and I'm wondering what color it is.
I'm guessing copper but I'm not sure...I don't have anything else
in that color.
When I'm looking at the color info for this part (Item no: 32571) I can choose
from copper and metallic gold, it seems too dark for gold. On the picture it
is next to pearl gold and reddish brown.
What do you think?? Thanks!
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Having had both colors at one point, I believe it to be Copper... though I would
just use the photo you took, crop it down, and use it in your listing for the
item so any Buyer would be aware that it is the actual item.
The Bionicle part colors have always been tough to identify... that reminds me
of a bag of Zamor Spheres I still need to identify, sort, and add to my inventory;
which may just drive me insane... 
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 24, 2020 18:00 | | Subject: | Re: Changing rules of feedback | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
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Part of the problem is buyers keep buying from sellers with relatively poor feedback,
suggesting (some) buyers don't care.
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I think it’s more a “it won’t happen to me” attitude.
Remember HouseOfLogo (and what a real mess it was).
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I 'memba that member... they gave many Buyers quite the wild ride...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | May 13, 2020 17:05 | | Subject: | Re: 2555 - even more variants | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, enig writes:
| | Happy day The time that is spent differentiating between mold variants is
certainly not worth it money-wise, but worth it in other ways.
A customer purchased some classic 2555's. Apparently we still sent two different
variants to him. Sure, most of the older parts have various mini-differences,
just never thought anyone would actually care about getting a specific variant.
Either way, I was not aware of this particular difference.
Our customer described it as 'The wider ones and the narrower ones' and
sent us a picture, circling the different variants. A bit hard to see, I am attaching
one more.
The difference itself is in the sharpness of the outside/inside edges - the very
tops the clips. Principally kind of similar to the difference between classic
and modern 2555, except much more subtle. Difficult to judge if looking at the
edge itself, but becomes easy when comparing from the top view. At least when
you have two pieces to compare
The left one has, call it, completely sharp edge. The right one has a slight
roundness to it. That rounding comes at a cost of reducing the top surface area
of the clip.
Complete list of the differences between the two:
The 'flat top' type:
* Sharper edge / bigger top surface area of the clip
* mold pip on a side
* now looking from yet another side, the sidewall of the clip is completely straight
in all dimensions - does not get narrower towards the top and forms a straight
rectangle (the last picture)
The 'slightly slightly rounded top'
* Slightly rounded top edge of the clip, reduced flat surface area of the top
* mold pip at the bottom
* sidewall is of slightly concave shape - forms a trapezoid
Some more differences, but only concerns the construction of the mold and the
ejection pins placement.
Question(s).
1 - How many of you have/have not noticed this particular difference before?
Curious.
2 - any other different classic 2555s than these two?
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I'd say it's pretty commonly known; the squared-top kind are the older
type, whereas the rounded-top kind are newer (the catalog entry has a note indicating
the difference)...
I actually keep the two types separated in my inventory in anticipation of a
new entry for each--which will likely never happen--but having each type
together really helps me to give a Buyer the same type whenever they buy any.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2020 15:24 | | Subject: | Re: Category Definitions Discussion - Parts B sect | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, bje writes:
| | That being said, it is sort of pointless to have a hundred themed categories
for parts. In thinking about it, I do honestly think that a Bellville part is
an oversized part specifically for that theme, but is that reasonably obvious
from the present definition? Also, for instance, back to the ball discussion,
I think Bionicle fans (*), would prefer Bionicle weapons to be under the Bionicle
theme, provided we clearly define what is a part for the Bionicle theme category
of parts.
(*) I only found out yesterday that this was one of TLG's most successful
themes ever. Grrr I am on intensive learning curve here after 10 years
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Did you also learn that Bionicle was pretty much the theme that saved LEGO from
bankruptcy?
People love to hate on it, but without Bionicle, the modern company may have
never existed as it does now. Personally, I love the theme, and I love a toy
company that is constantly trying out new things.
Cheers,
Randy
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This has always fascinated me... I have a fond appreciation for the Bionicle
theme nowadays, but I was a little too old to care about them much when they
initially came out (though my younger brothers loved them!)... & if TLG had never
tried to hit that market of "story-based, buildable action figures" for the young
men crowd, they never would have realized how successful it was going to be...
of course, then TLG got a little cocky about it and introduced Galidor not
long after the initial Bionicle success; so there can be drawbacks from trying
new things occasionally...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2020 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: What does undetermined means in this case. | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, tonnic writes:
| | If I have this part in hands, plate modified 1x2 with 1 stud jumper undetermined
bottom type.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3794#T=C
What does this means when selling this piece? Is it the lazy way of selling this
piece, or the way to sell it if you do not know the differences?
Is it the sort of term I can use when I do not know if it has a groove or not,
does or does not have a bottom stud holder?
In fact, if I sell a part like this, does it means I sell it in the way: I don’t
know, buy it an expect 1 of the 3 different types that are mentioned as related
items?
If not the above mentioned, what does this type of modifies plate looks like?
What can a buyer expect when they buy it?
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It's so one can expect to get a mix of any or all the different types of
that part:
Personally, I try to avoid using the "undetermined" catalog entry when I list
items in my inventory to sell (as I prefer to specify the exact type a Buyer
would be purchasing)... and I believe that the Catalog Admins are trying to remove
all "undetermined" from the catalog (at least that seems to be the trend); though
I don't think that is entirely wie to do...
I can understand the need to have the "undetermined" category, as many Sellers
out there are not as concerned about separating all the different part types
for their respective inventories... and if I were buying from one of those Sellers,
I would at least like to know that they are *not* making a distinction between
the different types and use that category for the listing (it's be kind of
like a blind-bag of parts there!)… additionally, if I were looking for a specific
part-type, I'd rather not have to reference some obscure sentence in their
Store Terms that says they don't make a distinction, and because there is
no "undetermined" category, they have to list their items as the specific type
anyways... THAT can be frustrating.
Other examples of this "undetermined" category of items includes:
* | | 30359 Bar 1 x 8 with Brick 1 x 2 Curved Top End (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Bar |
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, edeevo writes:
... the auto closing of the store is
| | something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
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That feature does indeed exist, I guess my suggestion is linking into that but
using an additional trigger of "seller has not responded to buyer within x days"
where x is the number of days the seller has set as his response time. The response
could either be the issuing of an invoice or sending a message in the BL system
or similar criteria.
Robert
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Ah, that makes sense... I agree with that also; lock a Seller in, and hold them
accountable to the response timeframe they have chosen to advertise... sounds
good to me.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:25 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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I agree with you that this can be an issue. Personally I would like to see a
feature where all sellers have to state an order response time in their terms
(a required field) and if they do not respond within that time then the buyer
can just cancel the order with no risk of NPB or bad feedback and the store automatically
closes until the seller wakes up.
Robert
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Could not agree more; that feature would be a welcome addition to addressing
this issue.
Even considering the current global circumstances, if a Seller keeps their store
open, they should be responding to their Buyers in a matter of days (3 max);
if they do not, then a Buyer should be able to cancel the order outright with
zero risk of it affecting their feedback... the auto closing of the store is
something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2020 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: Question about part x168 | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, edeevo writes:
| | I'm confident we're in good hands with StormChaser at the helm…
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I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I am not at the helm of anything.
I am the merely the newest of three catalog associates and we all work together
as a team with the two inventory administrators.
My role on the team is to spend most of my time posting in the discussion forum
while others do the actual work. 
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...an important calling nonetheless... 
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2020 12:00 | | Subject: | Re: Question about part x168 | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, LordSkylark writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, jonwil writes:
| | is labeled as "underwater" when it has never
appeared in any underwater type sets?
Should it be renamed?
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It has been renamed.
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Is there a reason that the "x" number is still the primary number when the actual
part number is now known?
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I'm guessing it also has to do with all the dependencies within the site
that would be affected if the numbers were simply changed... & it's probably
a bit of a chore to verify and test such dependencies *before* making the change
each time, though I'm confident we're in good hands with StormChaser
at the helm…
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2018 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: Wondering if part 53588 exists - want to buy | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, RoswellGinny writes:
| | I have sold a bunch of these. I did list one that I thought had no marbling,
but then when I got ready to ship it I realized there was a tiny bit of marbling
at one corner. I think that there were some produced that had such a small amount
of marbling that if you didn't look at it closely you could mistake it for
solid as I did. Luckily my buyer seemed happy with it regardless.
This is the total of what I have currently in stock, but I'll check my storage
and if I see more I'll shoot you a message.
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^^This^^
I've also sold a bunch of these items over the years and a few had very little
marbling on them, but it was still there... I recall one of them had the marbling
that could only be seen on the bottom of the base, except for a slight marbled
curved line that ran down one side of it (the whole top looked like a solid color
with a weird curved line in it)... I remember it, because on at least a few occasions
I would see it in a certain light, and think the part was actually cracked.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2018 19:13 | | Subject: | Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In LEGO, randyf writes:
| | In LEGO, StormChaser writes:
| | In LEGO, WoutR writes:
| | Assemblies that are combined simply because they are "easy to sell" or "probably
wanted by buyers" are no real counterparts according to this definition. (Although
I do usually buy my hinges combined/as a pair, so I have some mixed feelings
about those.)
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As I said, I imagine the catalog entries would remain. You could still buy and
sell assemblies (like the hinges you prefer to buy as a pair), but they wouldn't
be included in inventories.
As for assemblies that aren't really legitimate counterparts, I only made
two exceptions: parts with wheels and wheel and tire assemblies. I don't
feel like two exceptions is too many. The other exceptions are special/large
assemblies and those will likely have their own section in inventories at some
point.
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Just to reiterate, I am not in favor of wheel and tire assemblies in inventories
unless they came that way and are listed in the Regular Items section. Wheels
and tires are not hard to take apart. My kids have been doing it since they were
young.
| | Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. It seems like everyone who
has responded are on pretty much the same page. The only real problem I can
see with better defined inventories is that it will create more orphaned catalog
entries (entries without appearances in sets or timelines of release). These
orphaned entries are somewhat off the beaten path and thus are more difficult
to locate.
How do you feel about that?
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Orphaned entries in the catalog do not bother me. There are tons of items in
the catalog that will never be attached to any inventory, and there are also
tons of items in the catalog that will never be sold. Database storage is cheap.
If people want to use the entries to sell assemblies, so be it.
Cheers,
Randy
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I can't honestly remember if these came assembled:
What I do know is if you find one assembled still, and it doesn't have cracks,
keep it that way; because I have had very little success removing them without
cracking them(!)
Though, in general, I agree with Randy about his view on tire and wheel assemblies...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 16:01 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, edeevo writes:
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Except that the problem with doing this (removing the undetermined entry) will
only cause many Sellers to list either/or version of the flag into either/or
entry... meaning that they will continue to not make a distinction between the
two, but list them in one of the two available entries (and *maybe* leaving a
note stating that they "do not distinguish between versions of this part" if
you're lucky)... In other words, you may think you will not have a catalog
"stuffed with undetermined entries", but the two catalog entries will actually
be stuffed with items that are really undetermined (i.e. if the goal was to force
Sellers into listing their items into the appropriate catalog entries, this will
not fix that... many still list similar items in one category or another without
an undetermined entry)...
To be clear, I will more than likely separate each of the flags in my inventory,
to maintain consistency in having my listings correctly identified... but having
been a Buyer from numerous Sellers with the same sort of parts, I can confidently
say I am one of the rare Sellers that does make those distinctions; hence the
problem I identified above...
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Thing is, if there were an “Undetermined LEGO Part” entry, some sellers would
use it to list all their parts
(Well, maybe they would need two entries: one for cheap parts and one for expensive
parts )
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I don't see the point in mocking the issue I raised: the fact is that many
Sellers will not list each flag correctly... all that will happen is the shifting
of "undetermined" from the catalog entry to the actual parts entered into the
two catalog entries; which makes the catalog look good and clean, but not accurate
for Buyers... which is why I typically turn to other resources now when I am
looking to buy specific variants of parts, because I cannot rely on many Bricklink
Sellers to make distinctions between the variants, and it makes finding the ones
that do very difficult... when there is an "undetermined" catalog entry, it at
least gives many Sellers a chance to list all their specific parts (regardless
of variant) in one place, and doesn't clutter up the *actual* variant entries
with a ton of undetermined items...
This is not even addressing the Sellers that only place their undetermined items
into the more expensive variant entries, then add a note stating that they "don't
distinguish between variants"... not only does that negatively affect the catalog
and price guide, it creates a situation where it makes wanted lists problematic
(i.e. they will not distinguish between stores that do separate variants and
ones that simply put all of them into one variant with a note)...
I am not saying I know what a good solution would be to this, but I do see the
above problems with adding two variant catalog entries, whilst simultaneously
removing the undetermined one... and hopefully, I'm not just screaming into
the abyss on this one (I've been known to do that)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 14:17 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
In Catalog, Dino1 writes:
[SNIP]
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And which clown decide to delet the origin entry?
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We're not going to have a catalog stuffed with undetermined entries. When
a decision is made to split an entry, the original one has to go. We plan to
move this process along much faster, btw, than in the past. Six months is plenty
of time for sellers to move their stock, not the years and years that is has
taken in the past.
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Except that the problem with doing this (removing the undetermined entry) will
only cause many Sellers to list either/or version of the flag into either/or
entry... meaning that they will continue to not make a distinction between the
two, but list them in one of the two available entries (and *maybe* leaving a
note stating that they "do not distinguish between versions of this part" if
you're lucky)... In other words, you may think you will not have a catalog
"stuffed with undetermined entries", but the two catalog entries will actually
be stuffed with items that are really undetermined (i.e. if the goal was to force
Sellers into listing their items into the appropriate catalog entries, this will
not fix that... many still list similar items in one category or another without
an undetermined entry)...
To be clear, I will more than likely separate each of the flags in my inventory,
to maintain consistency in having my listings correctly identified... but having
been a Buyer from numerous Sellers with the same sort of parts, I can confidently
say I am one of the rare Sellers that does make those distinctions; hence the
problem I identified above...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 21, 2016 17:15 | | Subject: | Re: BL Message Invoice Option... | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Macaronis writes:
| | You know all the years I have been here and it just dawned on me. I dug around
and never saw this as a suggestion or at least I do not think I have.
When Invoicing why not just add the ability as a Check Box to Send as a (BL message
INVOICE), Rather then a Copy and Paste if your someone who sends your invoice
as a BL message rather then a straight email.
All the stuff for this to happen is already in place... just need to make some
code additions to the Invoice window.
W
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but isn't this already in place? When I
send invoices to my Buyers, it is sent as both a BL message *and* an e-mail...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2016 18:13 | | Subject: | Re: My 2 cents on the new website | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In General, Mistress_Lisa writes:
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I miss the page that had 'My orders' and on the left was orders placed,
on the right was orders received. Now each under a separate place: one under
My BL, the other under My Store. No....I still want to have both together, and
then I can choose when I have the page showing them both. The way it is now,
it is too many steps to go from one to the other.
Am I making any sense with both of these?
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It makes sense that those pages might feel like they are farther apart, but in
fact they are not. They are both just a single click away from each other. And
they are both just a single click away from *any* BrickLink page, whereas they
used to be two or three clicks away from a random page.
--
Marc.
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There seems to be a bug with the menu that appears when you hover over the "My
Store" or "My BL" on numerous pages within the site (specifically the Orders
Received page for me, though it always seems to work on the main page)... and
that's regardless of browser used (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)... so,
until that's fixed, I have to keep going back to the main page to get to
that single click... once fixed though, you are correct, and it'll just come
down to familiarity with the new location(s)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2016 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: My 2 cents on the new website | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In General, Mistress_Lisa writes:
| | Most of it I like, and am just re-learning to navigate, as we all are. Patience,
patience, patience; I keep telling myself.
While I love the little icons at the top: Shop, Community, Help, My Store, My
BL, Want & Cart....one is missing: Catalog! I realize it is a sub-category when
you hover over 'Shop' but my gut instinct is for it to be a sub-category
in Community, not Shop. Then I realized....it should actually be it's OWN
icon up at the top, not a sub-category at all. It is important, and I want it
to be up there to access.
I miss the page that had 'My orders' and on the left was orders placed,
on the right was orders received. Now each under a separate place: one under
My BL, the other under My Store. No....I still want to have both together, and
then I can choose when I have the page showing them both. The way it is now,
it is too many steps to go from one to the other.
Am I making any sense with both of these?
Lisa at Brick Dungeon
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You are making total sense, and I agree entirely (in that there are too many
more steps added to what was a very simple way of navigating between orders placed
& received)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | May 8, 2016 12:19 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 8214-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 6881pb09 Blue Tile 6 x 6 with White Triangle and Lamborghini Logo Pattern (Stickers) - Set 8214
Comments from Submitter:
Add as Counterpart to Blue Tile 6 x 6.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 21, 2015 13:35 | | Subject: | Re: remove 640x480 limit for large iamges | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In 1999/2000, there was a valid reason for 640x480. In 2015, there is no reason.
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There is.
Most notebooks still have a resolution of max. 800-900 pixel in height.
This gives you a net height in stores of ~430-550 pixel, depending on browser.
See image below.
Allowing larger images requires more scrolling than we already have.
Having to scroll on images is the worst user experience since the internet exists.
Voted NO.
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Your logic is impeccable. Maybe you should inform Google, et al, why they should
drop all large images (and make scrolling easier).
My impression has been that most sites with any decent code will reconfigure
the images dynamically to deal with smaller views. I think there may be even
HTML tags that deal with that.
My original suggestion is valid.
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You beat me to the punch... well done!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 21, 2015 13:34 | | Subject: | Re: remove 640x480 limit for large iamges | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In 1999/2000, there was a valid reason for 640x480. In 2015, there is no reason.
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There is.
Most notebooks still have a resolution of max. 800-900 pixel in height.
This gives you a net height in stores of ~430-550 pixel, depending on browser.
See image below.
Allowing larger images requires more scrolling than we already have.
Having to scroll on images is the worst user experience since the internet exists.
Voted NO.
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Except that there is simple coding tweaks that allow for image resolution adjustments
regardless of the max pixels for a screen (loads of websites use it... click
on image, it opens at a max size based upon the resolution of the device... click
on it again and pan left, right, up, & down to see it in high-res)...
Additionally, should the site be restricted based upon the resolution restrictions
of one notebook? Does *any* website work that way?
So, again, I agree that large images *should* be *large*.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 21, 2015 12:34 | | Subject: | Re: remove 640x480 limit for large iamges | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In 1999/2000, there was a valid reason for 640x480. In 2015, there is no reason.
Please remove the 640x480 limit on large images.
Many search engines now explicitly require a minimum of 800 or 1000 on the long
side. BL can do much better with larger images.
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Wholeheartedly agree on this one...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 24, 2015 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: Display number of orders store is yet to proc | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, theboystoys writes:
| | In Suggestions, activoice writes:
| | I find that some stores process orders a lot faster than other stores. Most
of the time this is proportionate to the number of outstanding orders that the
store has yet to fill (IE how backlogged they are)
In some cases I've waited 3 weeks from the day I paid for an order until
it was actually shipped.
From a buyers perspective if I knew how many orders there were ahead of mine
it would help me make a decision as to whether or not I was going to order from
this store or not... (in many cases you have no choice because you are selecting
the store because they have most of the items on your wanted list)
But at least if I knew that the store had 100 orders ahead of mine I could make
an informed decision whether I wanted to buy from them or if I would be better
off splitting my order across a few stores that have much fewer orders ahead
of mine.
In the brick and mortar world it's like being in a food court... I could
really want Chipotle, but I can see they've got a huge line... but hey there's
no line at Subway... that's good enough... I'll go there...
So what would count against the seller would be things like
- Order Placed but not yet invoiced
- Orders Paid for by the buyer but not yet shipped
Things that would not count against the seller
- Orders invoiced but not yet paid for by the buyer
You could even display an average for number of days from the day the Buyer marks
the invoice as PAID to the day the SELLER sets the status to SHIPPED. This would
be simpler and tell you how fast a SELLER processes orders on average.
(Hopefully most people are honest... once again I've had a seller outright
lie and tell me that they shipped something out, but when I actually received
the item I can see what date it was post marked, and it's more than 2 weeks
later.. I understand people get busy and they have lives... but at least be
honest about it)
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Many years ago I ran a garage for Walmart and they decided they wanted 90% of
all oil changes done in 15 minutes or less and tires done in 40 minutes or less.
They called it their 15/40 percentages. When this program started they used paper
work orders. I filled out the times on the in and out accurately and was able
to achieve about 65% on oil and 80% on tires. The 9 other stores in my district
were able to achieve 90% + week after week. I'd get yelled at by my boss,
the other managers would heckle my store. Then one day they went "paperless"
and did every work order through a new computer system. All of a sudden the percentages
on the other 9 stores dropped well below 20% and mine stayed unchanged.
The district meetings were enjoyable immediately after the switch.
It didn't take long for the managers who were being yelled at to figure out
a way to manipulate the computer tracking by simply filling out an old paper
work order when the customer arrived, perform the service, then everything was
done in the computers after the fact.
My long winded point is if the system relies totally on honesty, many will find
a way to manipulate it anyway.
Matt
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Exactly! Nothing beats consistently doing it the right way... my fear is that
implementing a new system to *enforce* honesty will only cause initial headaches
for the people who are already being honest in their dealings... and on that
note, it's these sort of positive feedback responses that ensure you are
doing it the right way (glad to say they were for me):
"SuperFast! This shop beat 7 others by 2 days in getting me my product!"
"A great seller! Received exactly what I ordered, sooner than expected!"
"Everything perfect, as always! Fast shipping, parts as expected. Thank you!"
"One of the best stores for customer service and items packed well. Thanks again"
"Thanks for the great communication and superior customer service!"
...always brings a smile to my face...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2015 10:54 | | Subject: | Re: Inventories changed, sellers not informed | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, renhoffman writes:
| | I recently had a buyer purchase these two minifigures from me, which I have had
in my inventory since September 2012, and January 2014, when I parted out the
sets these came in...
The buyer sent me a message claiming that I sent these...
These where added to the catalog in February of 2015. Now, I am a fan of accurate
listings, and satisfied customers, but how am I supposed to know to check my
inventory for these new listings? I was never notified that I might have these
figures listed incorrectly, and I don't have time to read every change log
that is posted. Is there any plan for notification of catalog changes in the
future? Bricklink already knows that I parted these sets out, as they are shown
in my part-out log. A simple canned message stating that a change was made to
X set, that shows in my part-out log, please check your inventory. Or, even just
a tag on MY Bricklink page, like the one that alerts you to items slated for
deletion. Is that plausible? anyone know?
Darren
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Having gone through a similar experience with that exact minifigure, I voted
"yes" as well. It is a pain to have to go back and verify sometimes, but it
would be nice to get a message or *something* to notify us that there was a change/addition
so we would know to do so...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2014 11:25 | | Subject: | Re: BL Development Team: Test before rollout! | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, picabo writes:
| | In Suggestions, akunthita writes:
| | I voted yes, of course, and I'm very upset that currently I can't shop
because of the missing tabs (that's why I'm hanging out here), but to
put things in perspective, LEGO's own shop has been down since yesterday
morning when they did a major update.
I called them about it on the afternoon and the shop started working for me later
in the afternoon, but I was just on the Brickset forum and there are still people
who can't access the site. The issue appears to be browser related.
So yeah, even big companies like LEGO screw up on testing before they roll something
out. Or maybe they did test it and things still broke. I don't know, but
it is funny that right now a lot of people can't shop either on Bricklink
or on LEGO's website. 
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I just placed an order without any issues.
Pam
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If people are still having issues accessing LEGO S@H, they just need to clear
their browser history and reconnect to the site...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2014 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: better definition for incomplete sets require | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:
| | Hi all,
somehow...(even bigger and experienced sellers) want to sell a set that just
isn't a set!
How much can one take from a set before it doesn't qualify as a set anymore.
After all those years of Bricklink, why aren't there easy rules for this?
I understand when a box is missing, it is incomplete, or when a few parts are
gone...it is incomplete....
But listing a set without the box, instructions, minifigs and weapons doesn't
leave more than a handfull of bricks....NOT a set!
for example:
http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?pg=1&itemID=99724&advOpt=Y&sz=100&searchSort=P
when you click on only new sets.... personally I think the first 11 do NOT qualify
as a set!
And I understand when you are a newbee...perhaps you did not know the definition
of a set, but this is getting out of hand!
just my 2 cent incomplet set (it used to be a dollar set, but I took 98 cents
for own use)
be cool and have fun!
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I don't really see an issue in this case (with the Maersk Train), provided
the Seller posts an actual photo of what is being sold as a "set"
(such as the ones in the link you provided being sold by Trainsgalore-n-more
and Great Trains)... just using the stock photo with everything in the
set being shown, and only selling a portion of it as a "set" is somewhat a deceptive
selling tactic as far as I'm concerned (or at least laziness on the part
of a Seller)... that's not to say there aren't other "set" examples that
illustrate your point better (I believe that there are), it's just in this
case, I don't see an issue with it so long as a Seller adheres to what I
described above...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2014 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: Remove MSRP Price | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, vampyr66213 writes:
| | Big Yes!
You brought up a very good point I didn't think about, Foster.
I have never seen a store advertising the MSRP lower price, next to their higher
price. That is ridiculous when put that way.
Voted yes, remove the MSRP.
Mel
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Exactly! Doing so would probably kil the Toys-R-Us business model.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 9, 2014 13:10 | | Subject: | Re: Search bar improvement? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Kenopolis writes:
Excellent suggestion! Hopefully it isn't a monumental task for the Admins
to improve the search function on this site to allow for the finding of specific
parts/sets/etc. (it has been a poor "feature" for a very long time now). Let's
hope that the Admins see this and look into what it would take to improve it...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2014 16:11 | | Subject: | Re: Waive BL MOC Shop fees | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
| | ;Drop the fees on the MOC shop and I bet you someone will post a bulk lot as a
MOC (that he only has 1 off) and get charged less by bricklink.
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There goes my "Multi-Colored Mountain of 2x2 Bricks MOC" idea... dagnabit...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2014 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: Seller Assistance Program | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Garys_Toys writes:
| | Upon reading the forums over the last few weeks I have noticed a few sellers
that are getting a lot of negative feedback, having issues with customers, getting
NSS, etc... A couple of these sellers I know personally. I do not know of their
issues and what is causing them and frankly it has been my experience not to
even get involved.
However, it does give me an idea that I think could only help. I know not all
sellers are bad and there are plenty that are. But what if we had some sort of
Seller Assistance Program that could reach out to some of these stores that are
not looking so good. Maybe we can get them on the right track and show them things
that we notice that may improve their store and their overall customer experience.
I know I will be helping one of these stores over the next few weeks as I have
already talked to him. Just from having a look at the forum posts, his feedback,
etc... I seen multiple things that I do that may help him improve on his end.
I know its easy to just warn everyone, ruin their name, and go on about your
business but helping them when they may be in need can't hurt and it can
only help the Bricklink community as a whole IMO.
Thoughts? Ideas?
Gary
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Speaking as someone who runs his store on his own (and has a full-time job that
does not involve LEGO), I would welcome the opportunity to participate in such
a program (i.e. the aforementioned "Seller Assistance Program"). I'm not
a huge Seller here, but I have an extremely diverse inventory that had me complete
over 700 orders last year while somehow managing to balance a family (my daughter
just turned 13), a career, school (just finished my second Masters Degree), a
home purchase (and subsequent move), as well as a hobbyist pursuit in photography
(eDeevo Photography) and the occasional travel (road-trip) to visit family and
friends in other states... I am guessing because of that balance, I may be able
to offer some advice to the occasional Seller that may prove beneficial to them.
I believe there is one (generally) good Seller that you may be referring to as
running into these problems recently (who I had recently had a problem with).
Their issues were really compounded through a lack of (or frankly, dishonest)
communication. In my particular case, all the advice, encouragement, patience
and communication I used didn't get the (overall) good Seller to send me
anything other than vague responses and (assumingly deceptive) excuses (or "lies",
depending upon how one would define it). I would have been fine with an "I'm
sorry, I don't have xx parts you ordered" or "sorry for the delay, I've
been swamped with (*insert life challenge here*) lately" (we all have them
from time to time), if the response would have been prompt or timely.
Instead, I get a vague "oh you didn't get them? I'll look again" after
an inquiry into the order after two weeks, with no response for another two weeks
(only after I sent another inquiry)... I did receive my money back through PayPal,
but not after wasting a lot of time doing so.
Again, that particular issue is not to diminish the value of a Seller Assistance
Program, which I am wholly in support of... just keep in mind that such a program
would in no way guarantee these issues would not spring up again with any particular
Seller... it would basically be advice on how other Sellers (who wish to share)
handle different details of selling (who knows, it may just be a simple process
that a Seller is overlooking that would make all the difference, or maybe they
are making a process overly complex when it could be made simple).
Just my 2¢.
Life is Good.
~eD.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2014 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: Verification of new seller for possible fraud | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Excellent post! What I find hard to understand is what the motivation for Bricklink
would be in these situations... are these scammers actually paying Bricklink
fees on those sales? (highly doubtful), so why one Earth would avoiding these
issues benefit Bricklink? (other than the negative benefit of lost sales on would-be
buyers who got scammed)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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