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View Thread Re: 88072 in Light Gray - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] An admin appears to agree that the additional notes are "fairly snarky" out of "frustration over sellers just not getting the difference." (URL) In my opinion, since [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 8, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 88072 in Light Gray - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Merging the entries will of course rid the admins of any more problems, but only by handing them off to the users. The parts are not always interchangeable. The assembly [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 7, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 88072 in Light Gray - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] In my opinion, the additional notes are not best used to admonish sellers in a patronizing and condescending tone.
(47 months ago, Jun 7, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 88072 in Light Gray - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] I have several light gray with the shorter arm. They are light gray, not yellowed LBG, and they are marked 4623.
(47 months ago, Jun 7, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Did horizontal become vertical & vice versa? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Perhaps the OP simply set up their labels in a way that makes sense by describing the part itself rather than how it is sometimes used, and his error is that he assumed [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 7, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Why are these Hinges? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] [...] That is an extreme example, but it is a good point. So the conclusion might be that "First letter of the common English name" is not a suitable attribute for [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Why are these Hinges? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] It might well be that after setting a hierarchy of attributes, all the hinges end up in the same category again - but that would be the result of making choices about [...]
(48 months ago, May 26, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Why are these Hinges? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] You can already see what it looks like, because the catalog already follows it up to a point. It is where the catalog departs from it that we run into issues. Categories [...]
(48 months ago, May 26, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Why are these Hinges? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] No, you would not end up with one single category called parts. You would end up with categories that describe the parts themselves so that someone not already familiar [...]
(48 months ago, May 26, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Why are these Hinges? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] The question is not where to draw the lines, but which lines should be drawn in the first place. The categories that are based on one particular type of attachment or [...]
(48 months ago, May 25, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Part Lists - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] That describes the definition of "extra parts" for purposes of the inventory pages. Bricklink has a different definition of "extra parts" for purposes of defining a [...]
(48 months ago, May 6, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Part Lists - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] The extra parts section shows parts included in the box that are not on the "official" parts list (if there is one). Additionally, any parts that came attached [...]
(48 months ago, May 6, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Part Lists - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] If you are comparing Bricklink inventories to a list of parts needed to build the set, they will not always match. Bricklink inventories do not document the parts needed [...]
(48 months ago, May 5, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Set 75248 Inventory Awareness - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] As the admin who personally undid fifteen years worth of past practice on dozens of former extra part entries, Randy, your input would be most welcome. Don't explain [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 12, 2020, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Set 75248 Inventory Awareness - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] This does not fit with the current policy that it is the box contents, not the building instructions, that are the basis of the inventories. And if a part is present [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 12, 2020, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Set 75248 Inventory Awareness - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] This feels like a false choice. Of course we would all like to see greater convenience and functionality, but that does not mean we should allow information and functionality [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 12, 2020, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Set 75248 Inventory Awareness - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Yes, the OP is correct, but for the wrong reason. The inventory would still be "correct" even if the instructions only showed the two darts that can be held by the model, [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 12, 2020, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Set 75248 Inventory Awareness - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] [...] You have forgotten to boldface plus any other parts on the official parts list. Since there will be no parts in the building instructions that are not also on [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 12, 2020, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Set 75248 Inventory Awareness - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Bricklink set inventories are not based on the building instructions at all. The printed parts list is the only thing that matters. It is a widespread misunderstanding [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 12, 2020, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6274-1 - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] This is already Bricklink's position. A complete set is one that includes all the parts required to construct the set per instructions. It's not my opinion, it's [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 11, 2020, to Inventories Requests)

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