Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | RobErNat  | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2018 13:09 | | Subject: | Re: Need Work | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StormChaser writes:
| | We inventory administrators have used up all the work. There are no inventories
or inventory change requests pending approval. I can't speak for Marek,
but I feel rather useless with nothing to do.
There are still 410 sets which haven't been inventoried, including 68 sets
from this year. Send us some work!
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Which includes 'items marked for deletion' 
It will be hard to get those inventoried 
Granted, only a few among those 410
I might be wrong, but I'm sensing people seem to be less pro active on submitting
inventories, maybe the current 'offer' ain't good enough
For instance, I notice a lot of 'Lego brand Store' kits are uninventoried,
I got a few (like 'several' from that list, but hey, they will drop
value if I start on them, any specific compensation you're able to offer?
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2018 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Need Work | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, Cob writes:
| | In Inventories, StormChaser writes:
| | We inventory administrators have used up all the work. There are no inventories
or inventory change requests pending approval. I can't speak for Marek,
but I feel rather useless with nothing to do.
There are still 410 sets which haven't been inventoried, including 68 sets
from this year. Send us some work!
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Looks like there is plenty to do in the Catalog add or change section.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPend.asp
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Inventory Admins manage 'inventories', not 'catalog entries',
that's for the cadmins to handle...
I know, it's confusing: 2 teams working 2 sides of the database 
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 4, 2018 12:18 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 726-1 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | The set in your photo doesn't look in MIB condition. At least the two brown
inner boxes are missing.
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The term MIB is oftenly misinterpreted.
Read: Mint In Box, which therefor applies to the content (in), not to the box
(which would be part of a description)
I did not say MIMB: Mint in Mint Box
| | There should also be a wire similar to
(but I haven't add it yet). I think you set does have this wire.
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Is it visible in the sealed set?
I can't remember about mine (as the wire wasn't in BL's inventory,
I may have removed it) it came with other things like extra rails, transfo, and
other loose parts, but that was 8 years ago
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 3, 2018 00:56 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 726-1 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | I have seen photos of few sealed and used copies of this set. The windows 29
came with glass. This set was released between 1976-77 (by best of my knowledge
not after 1977). One sealed copy was from 1977 in which these windows came with
glass.
I checked the log of changes for this set. First, the windows 29 were listed
and then 29c01 was added as alternative.
The instructions shows glass for red 29c01 but shows a yellow glass for yellow
29c01 (or maybe they intended not to show a glass at all. I think the instructions
were not properly designed for yellow windows 29c01)
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You are right about the 'with glass', reason I added them as alternate
(MIB set).
The set was inventoried many years before, not sure on what the inventory was
based (no log back then), so the change of adding alternates in 2010 was 'safer',
particulary as some sellers have sets for sale and BL does not send warnings
when an alternate become 'regular' without alternates), which may lead
to issues between buyers and sellers when a set sells and the seller took the
'previous' version of the inventory to list a set.
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In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 4 Part 29 Yellow Window 1 x 1 x 2 (match ID 2)
* Delete 4 Part 29 Red Window 1 x 1 x 2 (match ID 1)
* Change 4 Part Red 29c01 Window 1 x 1 x 2 with Glass {Alternate to Regular} {match ID 1 to 0}
* Change 4 Part Yellow 29c01 Window 1 x 1 x 2 with Glass {Alternate to Regular} {match ID 2 to 0}
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | May 10, 2018 05:54 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 529-1 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | * Change {4 to 6} Part Blue 3437 Duplo, Brick 2 x 2
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This one is incorrect. The part count should remain at 4.
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Still wrong. It should go up to five. Clearly I should've studied this
box more carefully before making change requests.
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It is good to be carefull and doublecheck things and try to be as accurate as
possible, yet, in a case like this, without actual content or at least a good
view on the content, I do not think it is/was wise to confirm accuracy of the
set based on just the images of the box.
Cheers, Eric
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2018 14:43 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Minifig sim009 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Lime {73617 Minifig, Skirt Cloth Length Undetermined to 16816 Minifig, Skirt Cloth Length 10mm}
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2018 10:17 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Minifig sim040 | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Dark Turquoise {73617 Minifig, Skirt Cloth Length Undetermined to 99257 Minifig, Skirt Cloth Length 8mm}
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2018 10:15 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Minifig sim038 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Bright Pink {73617 Minifig, Skirt Cloth Length Undetermined to 16816 Minifig, Skirt Cloth Length 10mm}
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2018 02:04 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75184-9 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 4085b Light Bluish Gray Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 2 Part Light Bluish Gray 4085d Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 4 (thick open O clip) {match ID 0 to 1}
Comments from Submitter:
found this alternate in several sets (mixed quantities)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2018 01:47 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sw251 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
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Good to see you contributing again!
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Just to be clear, I never stopped contributing. But I only deal with very rare
missing details or serious errors in the database like this one, otherwise
they gonna stay like this for another decade or so
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You make a compelling case and I think LBG is certainly more accurate than sand
blue even if the color may not be precise. We're discussing it now and will
get back to you.
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Sure, take your time...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2018 05:50 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sw251 | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory: [M=sw251]
* Change 1 Part {Sand Blue to Light Bluish Gray} 522 Minifig, Cape Cloth, Standard - Traditional Starched Fabric - Height 4 cm (22231)
Comments from Submitter:
This fig has been wrongly inventoried with a sand blue cape... Sand blue capes therefor do not exist
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In addition: The cape is displayed among the Light Bluish Gray parts, no close
to the sand blue legs in this set.
When looking at the info on parts replacement for this set, TLG clearly states
'Medium stone gray'.
And the ID displayed 4549632 in the instruction is already a know ID for Light
Bluish Gray on Bricklink
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In Addition:
Compare image between my
[M=sw251]
A baggie of spare (so called) 'sand blue' capes (just got them in)
and
For Dark bluish Gray
Alltough my HP042 is 'used', I think it's clear the image (daylight,
no artificial light) shows an exact match between Lupin and Lando
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2018 05:18 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sw251 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory: [M=sw251]
* Change 1 Part {Sand Blue to Light Bluish Gray} 522 Minifig, Cape Cloth, Standard - Traditional Starched Fabric - Height 4 cm (22231)
Comments from Submitter:
This fig has been wrongly inventoried with a sand blue cape... Sand blue capes therefor do not exist
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In addition: The cape is displayed among the Light Bluish Gray parts, no close
to the sand blue legs in this set.
When looking at the info on parts replacement for this set, TLG clearly states
'Medium stone gray'.
And the ID displayed 4549632 in the instruction is already a know ID for Light
Bluish Gray on Bricklink
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2018 05:08 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Minifig sw251 | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory: [M=sw251]
* Change 1 Part {Sand Blue to Light Bluish Gray} 522 Minifig, Cape Cloth, Standard - Traditional Starched Fabric - Height 4 cm (22231)
Comments from Submitter:
This fig has been wrongly inventoried with a sand blue cape... Sand blue capes therefor do not exist
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2018 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: New buyer LOE to tie up inventory for 14 days | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | In Suggestions, matejo writes:
| | Hi,
The new buyer's level of effort required to tie up any given seller's
inventory for 14 to 21 days still stands a very, very firm almost none.
I get that irresponsible and indifferent buyers present a difficult challenge,
but the NPB process needs to be significantly shortened to make it something
less than a sick joke.
Eight sets and one entire lot are now off the market for 14-days or more. Whoopdeedo.
For any decisive administrator of BrickLink, please take action on behalf of
the responsible BrickLink community.
A good day to any readers, Matthew
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Why not make sure that every buyer has to use the instant checkout? That should
solve your problem.
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And what about non instant payment methods like IBAN/Cash/etc. Auto-checkout
with non instant payment methods will still cause a problems... If autocheckout
becomes more of a 'standard', part of the problem will be solved, but
not 'all', so those should have shorter timeframes depending on 'method'
(and IMHO it should be flexible and a seller setting, not a site wide setting)
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2017 14:11 | | Subject: | Re: Employ real support staff | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, nectara writes:
| | In Suggestions, Hypertrophy writes:
| | In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | As I understand it, BL sellers and buyers are earning BL several million quid
a year via commission. Can I humbly suggest that some of this profit is redirected
into giving the platform an active customer support staff that is available 24-hours
per day. That such a site relies on volunteers to keep the wheels greased is
a bit perverse given the circumstances.
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The site does not run on volunteers, only the forum and the catalog does (translators
of pages as well).
Development and Admin tasks are run by 'professionals' (= paid staff).
A 24/7 service just on the Admin team would require 4x as much people (8 in stead
of 2) to cover a full week, I doubt Bricklink is making enough to cover that
(considering there is also an IT team working during workdays)
And if you check online, BL is not making 'several' million per year.
I can't access US tax reports, but I'm sure a larger US seller can obtain
actual figures?
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There have been almost 1.3 million orders in the last 12 months. At a $40 per
order average, that's $52,000,000. The 3% fee on that is $1,560,000 USD.
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Average order is much lower
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Most likely yes, It's probably $40 (or more) on average for a very small
amount of sellers. The large batch of smaller and average sized sellers probably
have average orders between the $10 and $30. This drops the total amount of montly
charged fees quite a bit...
Besides, even if it would be the case, 1,5 M is not 'several million'
And certainly not enough to have a 30 or 40 persons staff (about 10-12 now?)around
if one counts all people (including cadmins/IA's/moderators).
Count servers and offices and computers, phonelines, Inet, softwares, cellphones,
cars maybe, and dozens of other costs, then taxes, and even a couple of million
ain't enough to have such a crowd around, even if only part of the crowd
would be on 24/7 service
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2017 12:43 | | Subject: | Re: Employ real support staff | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | As I understand it, BL sellers and buyers are earning BL several million quid
a year via commission. Can I humbly suggest that some of this profit is redirected
into giving the platform an active customer support staff that is available 24-hours
per day. That such a site relies on volunteers to keep the wheels greased is
a bit perverse given the circumstances.
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The site does not run on volunteers, only the forum and the catalog does (translators
of pages as well).
Development and Admin tasks are run by 'professionals' (= paid staff).
A 24/7 service just on the Admin team would require 4x as much people (8 in stead
of 2) to cover a full week, I doubt Bricklink is making enough to cover that
(considering there is also an IT team working during workdays)
And if you check online, BL is not making 'several' million per year.
I can't access US tax reports, but I'm sure a larger US seller can obtain
actual figures?
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2017 12:07 | | Subject: | Re: SPAM | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | That works fine if the moderators approve posts quickly. If they take days to
allow the post then you have lost that new BL user.
I don't find the spammers to be a problem. If they post loads, just use the
ignore feature.
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When posts are 'tagged' by members all moderators get a message asking
to review it, that's a matter of minutes to half an hour, an hour sometimes,
depending on the moderators occupations...
So how hard can it be to disallow new members (FB less then 3, e.g.) to post
new threads by sending a messages to the moderators 'please review this new
thread before this goes public'.
And limit members with less then 3 FB's (again, e.g.) so they only can post
1 'reply' per hour.
And give the ability to moderators to 'tag' a member so they need to
review messages from that member before it goes public (handy in case of 'noticed'
problems by any moderator).
This is simple IF / THEN / ELSE programming...
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2017 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig col271 | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, maggiec writes:
| | It's not your fault, Jon, I should have thought more before approving this
torso in particular. And no, unfortunately the system was set up to make it
very difficult to send a mass notification to sellers listing the items because
of the worry about spamming people.
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Bottomline: warn the Inv.Admin(s) to not approve on these changes...
The different torso variations could be dealt with in another way (I'm willing
to share my ideas on it), but it would need some thinking 'trough' and
it would need adjustements from/by the site developers to be able to keep the
current listings and still make it 'more obvious' for collectors to have
a 'guideline' on torso variations and thus without messing up the inventories
or peoples listings. Sitewise it would be prerable to give this a big 'freeze'
untill something is set up where all 'parties' can be comfortable with.
You know where to find me if you wanna brainstorm
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| Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2017 01:01 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig col271 | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 973px126c01 White Torso Paradisa Windsurf Board with Sunset Pattern / Yellow Arms / Yellow Hands
* Add 1 Part 973px126newc01 White Torso Paradisa Windsurf Board with Sunset Pattern, Inside with Ribs (Reissue) / Yellow Arms / Yellow Hands
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May I ask what the difference is on this 'Inside with ribs' torsos compared
to the same torsos that are 10 years old?
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The original torsos first appeared in 1994, so those are ~23 years old. The torsos
back then had short ribs inside the torso (like a jumper with bottom stud holder)
instead of the long ribs that appeared around 1998 and continue into today. Therefore,
there would be no difference between a modern torso and one 10 years ago, but
there would be a difference between a modern torso and the original version of
this torso. I believe this helps to set up a nice precedent to get more modern
torsos with classic prints into the catalog, so that vintage minifigs and modern
minifigs both have the proper torso mold for the time period they were released.
Cheers,
Randy
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The large X-rib on that particular torso has been around for at least 8 years...
So what is the intention? Change the inventories of all the minfigs attached
to it 
That would cause quite a lot of problems with listed ones, which means new minifigs
would need to be created, old ones marked for deletion, and the same would need
to be done with the torsos themselves...
And then some of you wanna do the same for hundreds of minifigs
I think it would be a really bad precedent, as it's gonna clutter up to catalog
if done 'the right way'. And any other way is gonna mess up peoples listings.
Count to that the many figs that might have been made with both torsos (transitions
periods) and it's gonna be hell to manage it, not to mention it's gonna
mess peoples collections who have figs sorted 'by number', when suddently
they are going to be renumbered or marked for deletion, and +20% of minifigs
will need to be added in catalog...
The catalog should not handle such (and that was Dan's desire as he made
the initial rules about minifigs), people can handle that for themselves if they
want to.
This is a marketplace in the first place, not a 'collectors database'
place, there are other sites for that...
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| | It ain't clear on the images (no comparison image between 'old' version
and 're-issue':
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