Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | speshy  | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2022 19:44 | | Subject: | FREE Hot dog Guy/Unicorn Girl orders over $60 | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| Hey guys,
Haven't been active in the forum for a while, but I'm still around!
Wandered over here because business has been slow. Nice to see familiar usernames.
And on that note, I'd like to offer a FREE, sealed OR
with any order of $60 or more in my shop (you choose 1). 1 order per user.
Offer valid until this Friday, 11:59 PM EDT. I have plenty to go around.
Thanks!
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2020 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Thanks for the suggestion. As you hinted at, I would end up with many lots of
zero quantity hanging around in my stockroom, which is undesirable. Also, I'd
like to maintain the ability to notify shoppers when I put new stock in my store.
If I retain, and simply change the quantity from zero to X when I add inventory,
there's no way to notify shoppers of the change.
K
In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | That's indeed very useful info. But your problem can be fixed: Use the Retain
option. That way empty lots stay in your inventory. This is also useful when
you turn out to have more of a part than was ordered/listed. Simply delete zero
quantity lots from your inventory once in a while (if you wish)
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 22:08 | | Subject: | Re: Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Hi Joel,
Thanks for the reply and recommendation. I also already use the remarks field.
As you might have noticed from my image, under the item description it says
"bin1". This is a code I use to direct me to an area where these parts are.
I suppose I could type the date onto every item I upload in the remarks box,
but if that information is already stored in the system by default, why not just
open it up to sellers?
In Suggestions, StrayBricks writes:
| | This might not help you, but I will sometimes use the Remarks field to tell myself
where I put something. That field also shows up on the order summary.
Play well,
Joel
In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 17:23 | | Subject: | Include "Date Listed" on Order Summary Items | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Hi,
I would like to suggest that "Date Listed" information be made available to a
seller on each "Item in Order" listed on an Order Summary. This is particularly
helpful when an entire lot has been purchased. Allow me to explain:
On several occasions, I have found the "Date Listed" information to be quite
useful when looking for a part that I am unable to locate in my inventory. For
example, when I see that I listed Part X last Tuesday, I might remember that
I put Part X in Tray Y, in preparation for storage. However, "Date Listed" information
is only available when an item is still in stock or in a stockroom. Once the
lot is sold, the information is no longer available (to the best of my knowledge).
Which puts one in an unfavorable situation if they have misplaced a part and
are on the clock for shipping an order out!
Such a feature might look something like the attached image.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Sep 4, 2019 17:11 | | Subject: | Re: Add "Part Out Value" Link to Set Entry Page | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In this suggestion I'm suggesting a simple link at each set's page (probably
the better function would be a button). Clicking on it would provide the same
function as navigating through Market Price Guide entering the set's
number, then clicking "Get Value". It doesn't need to be information saved
on the page, but if I'm looking at a set on BL and wondering what its part
out value is, I should be able to find out quicker than taking the above steps.
K
In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, speshy writes:
| | I'd like to suggest that each set's "Part Out Value" be linked directly
from its Set Entry page (assuming 6 mo. value of "new" parts). It would remove
a few annoying clicks to obtain a set's part out value after browsing it
in the catalog.
Thanks,
K
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I'm not an expert but I think this would be too heavy for the website. Even
asking 1 part out value the system needs to process all priceguide data of all
parts in that set. If a totally random user would be browsing through 10 sets,
that whole process has to happen 10 times. It's only useful for sellers and
only at those moments that they want to purchase something, so I think it would
be an overkill of constant processing on the server for a small advantage.
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2019 11:07 | | Subject: | Re: Help identifying these blue colors | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| 1 might be bright light blue.
K
In Colors, speshy writes:
| | 2 might be dark blue. 3 might be medium azure
K
In Colors, Juster_Bricks writes:
| | Help identifying these blue colors
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2019 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: Help identifying these blue colors | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| 2 might be dark blue. 3 might be medium azure
K
In Colors, Juster_Bricks writes:
| | Help identifying these blue colors
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Feb 7, 2019 17:57 | | Subject: | Re: Please approve, in hand | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Are those the limited edition brickheadz? Got any pics?
K
In Catalog Requests, starbeanie writes:
| | Please approve. I received them today.
Thanks.
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2018 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Minifig for Black VIP gift | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Same in the US.
K
In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | In the UK they’re issuing a redeemable code via email to be used on an online
only purchase.
In Catalog, superchicken77 writes:
| | I don't see that promotion and I bought mine in Dec of last year. Is there
some special way of unlocking it?
In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | What are people’s thoughts on the minifig that comes with the black VIP card
display promo set being offered from today, would it be classed as a SW minifig
or something else?
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Nov 24, 2018 23:15 | | Subject: | Re: Seventh Catalog Project - Titles Update | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I think each fig should, at the very least, include in its title the exact phrasing
that is given it on the LEGO S@H website (English), where possible. I'm
not sure if that's done now as a standard now on BL, but S@H is a good place
to start for standardization. Added details, such as cowl types, torso descriptions,
printing distinctions, etc. are fine.
Random example:
On the website you can see the following in the set description:
Includes 13 LEGO® minifigures: a hotel bellhop, hotel customer, bus driver, ice
cream attendant, skateboarder, street musician, city traffic cop, 2 construction
workers, tourist, IT businessperson, kiosk attendant and a museum caveman.
The minifigure listings on BL should include those words in their respective
titles. This way, if someone is looking for the bus driver, they can type "Bus
driver" and it will show up. If the word order gets complicated (..."Driver,
Bus"...), it may not show up in an otherwise no-brainer search.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 08:37 | | Subject: | Re: Seventh Catalog Project Underway | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I would only want to see set numbers in the title of a minifig if the minifig
appears in one unique set only. Once it is released in a second set, I'd
like the set number removed from the title.
In catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | First, let me thank you all for your assistance with these projects. Thanks
to your hard work and discussion we have completed four projects within the last
month and three are ongoing:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2473
The seventh project consists of moving every 47th item in the Set item type to
the Gear item type. This is necessary because the Set item type just seems larger
than the Gear item type. When these items are moved, perhaps we can also give
them funny titles.
On a more serious note, this project actually consists of standardizing
whether set numbers appear in minifigure titles. Here are some examples of different
ways set numbers are included or not included in minifigure titles:
I realized that standardizing this would be as simple as a single sentence added
to the appropriate section of this page (which hasn't been updated since
2010):
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=179
But before we change anything, let us discuss. Do you want minifigure titles
to include set numbers? Do you find set numbers in minifigure titles useful
or can you live without them? Once we decide and get written policy in place,
then we only need to examine the titles of all the minifigures and adjust as
necessary. If we go with including set numbers, then the format would be this
(with the words Multiple Sets instead of individual set numbers for figures that
appear in more than one set):
Minifigure Name (Set 1000-1)
Minifigure Name (Multiple Sets)
If we go with not including set numbers, then we just need to remove existing
set numbers from titles. I don't have a preference either way on this one.
Thoughts?
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2018 20:29 | | Subject: | Re: Minibuilds | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| To me it seems like a very reasonable way to handle minibuilds and their parent
sets' price guides. Should also make it easier for those interested in parting
in minibuilds. Drawback - lots of work to bring sets up to speed. Surely that's
no good reason to prevent progress though.
K
Inuggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Lauren_Luke writes:
The 18 Juniors Cars "minifigs" are an experiment. You are correct that another
type of item would ultimately need to be created, but for the time being we are
using the minifig type because the different partout values (assembled/broken)
can easily be seen.
I would like to hear from people who are interested in listing larger assemblies
like this. I would also appreciate hearing from those who think it's not
a good direction for the site to take.
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2017 16:19 | | Subject: | Add Icon Next to Parts Unique to Sets | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| I would like to suggest that when viewing a set's inventory, an icon be displayed
next to each part that is unique (element number + color combination) to that
set. In the event a new set is inventoried and contains a previously unique
element, the icon disappears.
Thanks for your consideration.
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2016 16:09 | | Subject: | Re: SUGGEST: replace white image w 'no image' | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I'd still rather see an image of the part vs. no image at all. I don't
know the nomenclature of every part offhand, but when I see an image I get it
almost immediately. How about something like, show the white image, but add
a stamp across it saying "color not shown"?
K
In Suggestions, BUC writes:
| | For parts that have no pic available in the specified color, would like to see
the 'image not available' pic instead of the part in white. Having the
white image is confusing when pulling orders.
Thanks!
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2016 22:39 | | Subject: | Re: Uniform Fee Disclosure Statement for Sellers | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Clearly presented, and most straightforward solution yet, I like it. Voted yes.
K
In Suggestions, Proprietor writes:
| | BL should create a uniform fee disclosure template that will appear on each seller's
Store Terms page. It should be the same format for every store, and once sellers
enter the various fees into their store settings the chart would automatically
populate and appear on the seller's page.
ONLY fees that are clearly disclosed on the chart could be included in an invoice,
and a buyer would have the right to cancel any order when invoiced with undisclosed
fees, without fear of receiving negative feedback. Same for sellers who cancel
orders when the buyer cancels over fees that were validly charged.
Here's an idea of what a chart COULD look like; anything clear and uniform
works, not unlike the fee disclosure information that must be included with credit
card and home mortgage offers in the US:
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2015 10:29 | | Subject: | Add "Part Out Value" Link to Set Entry Page | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| I'd like to suggest that each set's "Part Out Value" be linked directly
from its Set Entry page (assuming 6 mo. value of "new" parts). It would remove
a few annoying clicks to obtain a set's part out value after browsing it
in the catalog.
Thanks,
K
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2015 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Stop the Auto Log Out Now! | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In BrickLink, can't you just hit the back button on your browser from a timed-out
page to get back to your message pre-post/send? That usually works for me if
I get an unexpected logout before completing a task. Then I just open a new
tab and log in, and go back to the original and send/post.
K
In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:
| | I seem to get logged out every 15-20 minutes or so, sometimes it is completely
random
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2015 10:31 | | Subject: | Re: Sort by Last 6 Months Sales | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Then more the reason it should be easy to do with BrickLink, too. I don't
think suggestions should be denied because other websites / software have those
features set up for you...
K
In Suggestions, mikmo writes:
| | This is really easy to do with brckstock.
Mikael
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2015 15:20 | | Subject: | Sort by Last 6 Months Sales | | Viewed: | 141 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| I would like to suggest the "Sort by" function add "Last 6 Months Sales" as an
option. This could be used when looking at a Wanted List, a set's Inventory,
and anywhere else with a Sort By feature (applicable to sets & parts).
I think it would be very helpful to arrange items on my Wanted List by Last 6
Months Sales averages, or to see which items in a ses I am parting out are most
expensive, without doing exhaustive research.
Perhaps 3rd party software has these capabilities, but I'm not interested
in those.
Thanks,
K
PS - I don't know if this has been discussed before (A quick forum search
reveals nothing). Sorry if it's been brought up already.
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| Author: | speshy | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2015 18:03 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink Scam Advisory System | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I would tend to agree with this opinion. I wouldn't touch an entire marketplace
website, let alone a store within the website, if the top of the page reads "Possible
scam activity occurring right now" in a red box.
I think more can be done to quietly prevent scamming, though, such as putting
caps on a new seller's transaction activity for a short period.
K
In Suggestions, picabo writes:
| | In Suggestions, blackballoon writes:
| | I propose an advisory system be implemented to issue notice of heightened risk
for scam and fraud sellers, as well as fraudulent and non paying buyer activity
on the site.
If Admin has the power to prevent even just one scam transaction from occuring,
then it is worth it in my opinion. Not everyone files disputes and not everyone
remembers to follow through with disputes, and some new honest sellers even ship
before getting paid, so scams do often result in real lossea for members.
I propose some kind of scam alert level, similar to the terror advisory color
levels that some developed nations now have around the world to combat global
terrorism.
During times of heightened reported or anticipated sitewide negative activity
(as measured by suspensions, NRS/NSS activity, negative feedback, etc) (or during
media events like the recent Lego Movie, or during holiday times) there could
be banners on all or some pages of the site, with a corrsponding color to indicate
the severity of the threat.
When such activity returns to more normal historical levels, the advisory notices
can be removed.
Advisory notices could be issued with various buying and selling recommendations,
for example to raise your store minimum, or do not transact with members with
X number of feedback, or do not transact with members or a particular country
or join date. Email notices, messages, and forum posts could be issued depending
on the threat. These are just a few basic suggestions.
Of course with such a system there may be the risk of alienating otherwise good
buyers and sellers, but one can always bypass recommendations and proceed with
caution. The benefit of the advisory hopefully will outweigh the risk.
I am open to other ideas or suggestions relating to this concept.
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While I applaud your reasons, I vote no. Simple reasons really. Banners across
the pages would be a business killer.
People need to read store terms.
If it's too good to be true.....
No one here likes it when a buyer gets taken advantage of. People on this forum
are pretty savvy and are excellent at weeding out the "takers".
Pam
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