Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick  | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2023 07:38 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | I guess you could just order them and tell the seller you don't want the
extra parts.
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But the total weight will be higher. It will require manual effort by the seller
to remove the items and so on.
Also with instant checkout, the order might be in a next, more expensive weight
band .
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2023 03:16 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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I looked in each menu, and did not find settings related to the "Items For
Sale" menu. I was able to change the defaults for the "Price Guide"
menu, but I want to change settings for the "Items for Sale" menu.
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You cannot set such a filter in the "for sale" / browsing menu. It has
been asked for many times but never acted upon.
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:30 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:
| | In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
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Hover over the My BL icon at the top of any page. Select "Settings" which
is on the right of the dropdown menu. Go through each one and set your preferences.
The shopping settings will allow you to choose either USA or North America.
Once you have set your preferences, you should not have to recheck them each
time.
Cass T
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I looked in each menu, and did not find settings related to the "Items For
Sale" menu. I was able to change the defaults for the "Price Guide"
menu, but I want to change settings for the "Items for Sale" menu.
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https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
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| Author: | evanperryg | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:20 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:
| | In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
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Hover over the My BL icon at the top of any page. Select "Settings" which
is on the right of the dropdown menu. Go through each one and set your preferences.
The shopping settings will allow you to choose either USA or North America.
Once you have set your preferences, you should not have to recheck them each
time.
Cass T
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I looked in each menu, and did not find settings related to the "Items For
Sale" menu. I was able to change the defaults for the "Price Guide"
menu, but I want to change settings for the "Items for Sale" menu.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | | | Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not
to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller
accept a small value order (and paypal fees on that donation) just because the
buyer is making a charity donation? Plus it is a mess for tax purposes. Is it
the buyer or seller making the donation?
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Sigh. I'm sorry I confused people with the charity part. Forget the charity
part.
I DO understand the reason for a min. buy.
The main part is really simple: add an amount of money to an order without actually
ordering extra items to reach that min. buy.
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I guess you could just order them and tell the seller you don't want the
extra parts.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | The main part is really simple
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It's not!
Re-read?
* people would pay extras to the seller without providing BrickLink fees on
sales,
which isn't correct,
* shops will then have silly competitive prices (down to zero), but will simply
ask for "an extra donation of 10€"
* what about taxes, are this donation dubject to VAT, Sales taxes, whatever?
* PayPal: will not allow partial refund, so the donation will be refunded in
case of problem...
etc.
Solutions:
* buy in good shops with no minimum, like, ermmmm... mine 
* buy the minimum because it's what the shop seller wants.
He doesn't want more money for the same order, just a "better" order.
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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It's not "a threshold": a minimum sale is a minimum.
It's a policy, a term, a choice from the seller.
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Euh, it's still a treshold you need to reach before being able to buy. But
it's just discussing the meaning of words now.
| | Also, otherwise:
* people would pay extras to the seller without providing BrickLink fees on sales,
which isn't correct,
* shops will then have silly competitive prices (down to zero), but will simply
ask for "an extra donation of 10€" 
* what about taxes, are this donation dubject to VAT, Sales taxes, whatever?
* PayPal: will not allow partial refund, so the donation will be refunded in
case of problem...
Millions of problems with this proposal, which wants to ignore people ask a minimum
sale *for reasons*.
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"Millions". Really?
But as I have answered just now in another reply:
I'm sorry I confused people with the charity part. Forget the charity part.
Or even the term "donation".
The main part is really simple: add an amount of money to an order without actually
ordering extra items to reach that min. buy. Just to be able to buy the part
you really need, without forcing you to search for extra items raising the shipping
fee, while still satisfying the seller having his min. income on the order.
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not
to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller
accept a small value order (and paypal fees on that donation) just because the
buyer is making a charity donation? Plus it is a mess for tax purposes. Is it
the buyer or seller making the donation?
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Sigh. I'm sorry I confused people with the charity part. Forget the charity
part.
I DO understand the reason for a min. buy.
The main part is really simple: add an amount of money to an order without actually
ordering extra items to reach that min. buy.
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, evanperryg writes:
| | As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
|
Hover over the My BL icon at the top of any page. Select "Settings" which
is on the right of the dropdown menu. Go through each one and set your preferences.
The shopping settings will allow you to choose either USA or North America.
Once you have set your preferences, you should not have to recheck them each
time.
Cass T
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:37 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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It's not "a threshold": a minimum sale is a minimum.
It's a policy, a term, a choice from the seller.
Also, otherwise:
* people would pay extras to the seller without providing BrickLink fees on sales,
which isn't correct,
* shops will then have silly competitive prices (down to zero), but will simply
ask for "an extra donation of 10€"
* what about taxes, are this donation dubject to VAT, Sales taxes, whatever?
* PayPal: will not allow partial refund, so the donation will be refunded in
case of problem...
Millions of problems with this proposal, which wants to ignore people ask a minimum
sale *for reasons*.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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Minimum buys are there because low value orders are not worth fulfilling, not
to force a buyer to pay a certain amount in one transaction. Why would a seller
accept a small value order (and paypal fees on that donation) just because the
buyer is making a charity donation? Plus it is a mess for tax purposes. Is it
the buyer or seller making the donation?
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| Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | | | we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want,
buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00.
simple
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Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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oh, we have a $2.00USD minimum purchase requirement, but just a flat shipping
fee.
shipping materials are not free nor cheap
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want,
buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00.
simple
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Ok, but until all stores start removing the min. buy treshold, it remains a problem
(regardless of what you do in your specific store).
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| Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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we just do a $5.00 flat rate shipping fee on all orders, buy as much s you want,
buy 1 piece or fil lup a box... it's only $5.00.
simple
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:14 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Can’t you just contact the store?
Also, if a seller wants to do that, they could remove their min buy and put a
fee for small orders instead.
They could even make custom, weihtless items for that: “PDF instructions for
charity X” and give instructions for a very simple model. It could even be a
real model related to the charity.
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A lot of effort for a single store to make, when the feature could just be "in
the platform" for the seller to use (if they want to).
Besides: you would need a lot of items for various prices to complete the gap.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:10 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Also, my problem is generally not the store’s min buy, it’s my wallet’s max buy
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Also, my problem is generally not the store’s min buy, it’s my wallet’s max buy
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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Can’t you just contact the store?
Also, if a seller wants to do that, they could remove their min buy and put a
fee for small orders instead.
They could even make custom, weihtless items for that: “PDF instructions for
charity X” and give instructions for a very simple model. It could even be a
real model related to the charity.
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| Author: | BricksOfFaith | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Voted yes. However, I do wonder if people would take advantage of this, and we
would never again see a store with no minimum buy…. 😬
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| Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:07 | | Subject: | Solve minimum buy treshold by "donation" | | Viewed: | 226 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It happens the parts I want to buy don't meet minimum buy treshold. Sometimes
with a large gap, but usually with a small gap.
When trying to find some extra items to reach the treshold, it happens I go into
a next shipping band, making it more expensive for the second time.
My suggestion is really simple: add a "give-extra-money" (or "donation"
box to reach the min. buy treshold.
Let's say I have 3.75 USD in my cart and the min. buy is 5.00 USD. I just
fill in 1.25 USD in the "donation" box (a sort of a "special service
product" to reach min. buy treshold while still keeping the same weight
and dimensions of my order.
You could even think about linking the extra money to a charity. If the seller
would configure his shop saying he allows going under min. buy treshold when
the buyer pays the gap to charity (preferably managed by BrickLink, so the surplus
is automatically donated to charity).
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| Author: | evanperryg | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 09:06 | | Subject: | Save seller filtering preferences | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to tell BrickLink to save my preferences
on the "Items For Sale" menu. See screenshot for context. As a result,
every time I open a product listing on BrickLink, I have to go through the same
6-step process:
1. Set "Seller Ships To" to USA
2. Check "Instant Checkout Only"
3. Click "More Options"
4. Set "Seller Location" to North America
5. Set "Seller Accepts" to US Dollar
6. Click "Search"
It would be much more convenient if BrickLink would allow me to set my own defaults
for these fields.
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| Author: | crocushorselady | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 23:00 | | Subject: | My Collections sort by colour | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
would it be possible have and option to sort my collections by colour? Then I
could see how many pieces I have in each colour.
Thanks
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| Author: | BrickScope | | Posted: | May 29, 2023 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Provisional new buyer restrictions | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, BrickScope writes:
| | Please consider restricting new buyers from placing a second order until their
first order has been paid or shipped. This would avoid the situation where
a bad actor places several orders without intent of completing the transactions
and wasting sellers' time. For example: https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=Skeletonamaska
Zoe
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Voted No. I think lots of new buyers come with a project / Wanted List and need
to buy from multiple stores from the start.
BL is already complicated enough for new buyers.
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I see now that BL already has this optional feature as a seller protection: "Show
only Instant Checkout methods to new buyers". This solves my problem, and
I will withdraw my suggestion.
Zoe
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 29, 2023 08:25 | | Subject: | Re: Provisional new buyer restrictions | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BrickScope writes:
| | Please consider restricting new buyers from placing a second order until their
first order has been paid or shipped. This would avoid the situation where
a bad actor places several orders without intent of completing the transactions
and wasting sellers' time. For example: https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=Skeletonamaska
Zoe
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Voted No. I think lots of new buyers come with a project / Wanted List and need
to buy from multiple stores from the start.
BL is already complicated enough for new buyers.
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| Author: | shady060805 | | Posted: | May 27, 2023 21:41 | | Subject: | collection searching and organization | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Would it be possible to add a search function in the collection screen to help
find pieces or sets a little easier as well as adding a few more organizational
categories to the collection page. I.e. (recently added, quantity...etc.)
Thanks to everyone for all they do.
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| Author: | Amien | | Posted: | May 27, 2023 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: Filter on VAT | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Stellar writes:
| | In Suggestions, Amien writes:
| | Dear community
When you go to a shop, some of them have : "21% VAT included" in the
banner of the shop. % can be different of-course.
It would be create if i can filter my wanted list (besides country, new/user
etc) as-well on "VAT" yes/no.
I would like to have this feature, because i want to know if the seller can sell
with VAT invoice.
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I too, as a business, want to search for stores that have VAT enabled to order
with a proper invoice, I would appreciate a filter for that as of now I have
to check manually each result.
PD: Moved this thread to suggestions as people can vote for it.
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Thanks for moving this suggestions .. this should not be that difficult to implement
right
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 27, 2023 10:17 | | Subject: | Re: Filter on VAT | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | It would be create if i can filter my wanted list (besides country, new/user
etc) as-well on "VAT" yes/no.
I would like to have this feature, because i want to know if the seller can sell
with VAT invoice.
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VAT sellers SHOULD provide a proper more or less legal Invoice showing VAT.
And if it's not a pro, or a pro without VAT, then the Invoice shows no VAT
- at least.
In short, I'm not sure what you mean.
Frankly, as a pro, I'd like something that shows sellers with VAT that are
willing to provide an Invoice WITHOUT VAT to pro sellers (of a different Country).
Few pro sellers are refusing to remove the VAT in this case.
I'm not sure it's even legal, I tried to find the info in EU laws but
failed to - so be it.
In short, a sign "B2B no VAT Invoice available here" would be a nice
addition.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 27, 2023 07:02 | | Subject: | Re: Filter on VAT | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Amien writes:
| | Dear community
When you go to a shop, some of them have : "21% VAT included" in the
banner of the shop. % can be different of-course.
It would be create if i can filter my wanted list (besides country, new/user
etc) as-well on "VAT" yes/no.
I would like to have this feature, because i want to know if the seller can sell
with VAT invoice.
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I too, as a business, want to search for stores that have VAT enabled to order
with a proper invoice, I would appreciate a filter for that as of now I have
to check manually each result.
PD: Moved this thread to suggestions as people can vote for it.
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| Author: | Amien | | Posted: | May 27, 2023 05:15 | | Subject: | Filter on VAT | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Dear community
When you go to a shop, some of them have : "21% VAT included" in the
banner of the shop. % can be different of-course.
It would be create if i can filter my wanted list (besides country, new/user
etc) as-well on "VAT" yes/no.
I would like to have this feature, because i want to know if the seller can sell
with VAT invoice.
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| Author: | enig | | Posted: | May 25, 2023 10:16 | | Subject: | Re: NECESSITY: Buyer's VAT ID on invoices | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, enig writes:
| | Please add a way to displayBuyer's VAT ID on invoices. For now at least a
quick and dirty fix - maybe in a way of having an option to enable a clickable
icon on the order's received page where buyer's VAT ID can be entered
by the seller. Plus a Basic Macro Tag to place it where you want it in the invoice.
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I put it in the tracking field (that I don't use).
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Addition: and I use this field as a macro/conditional tag to show it in the Invoice
email.
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We use the tracking field for other notes - when the order has been collected
prior invoicing, which carrier/website we used to get the best shipping cost,
when we are awaiting a reply from the buyer in regards to missing pieces etc.
All that gets replaced by the tracking number afterwards. The edit order/order
note feature for this is useless as the notes are not visible at a glance (require
mouse hovering), also require loading of multiple pages just to change the note
AND we can not update our 'notes' on multiple orders at once.
Besides, the location of that field is super convenient for this.
And no, we are not asking to provide us with an additional field - the layout
even with the unnecessary columns disabled is already too wide to fit on a Full
HD (1920*1080) screen. Hence the ask to have the VAD IT not as a field but as
an icon.
We do store the VAT IDs in the 'My Note on User', as well as the phone
numbers - so we do not have to keep asking the same customers for the 30th time.
But even if it would be possible to make that field show up in the invoice via
a Macro Tag - it would not really work because there can be different info in
that field. As is its intended use
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 12:49 | | Subject: | Re: NECESSITY: Buyer's VAT ID on invoices | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, enig writes:
| | Please add a way to displayBuyer's VAT ID on invoices. For now at least a
quick and dirty fix - maybe in a way of having an option to enable a clickable
icon on the order's received page where buyer's VAT ID can be entered
by the seller. Plus a Basic Macro Tag to place it where you want it in the invoice.
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I put it in the tracking field (that I don't use).
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Addition: and I use this field as a macro/conditional tag to show it in the Invoice
email.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: NECESSITY: Buyer's VAT ID on invoices | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, enig writes:
| | Please add a way to displayBuyer's VAT ID on invoices. For now at least a
quick and dirty fix - maybe in a way of having an option to enable a clickable
icon on the order's received page where buyer's VAT ID can be entered
by the seller. Plus a Basic Macro Tag to place it where you want it in the invoice.
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I put it in the tracking field (that I don't use).
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| Author: | enig | | Posted: | May 24, 2023 11:10 | | Subject: | NECESSITY: Buyer's VAT ID on invoices | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Please add a way to displayBuyer's VAT ID on invoices. For now at least a
quick and dirty fix - maybe in a way of having an option to enable a clickable
icon on the order's received page where buyer's VAT ID can be entered
by the seller. Plus a Basic Macro Tag to place it where you want it in the invoice.
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| Author: | jgrossman1025 | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 17:59 | | Subject: | Re: Checkboxes for sellers on orders | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hello,
I never realized this was an option, helped me out too.
Thanks, Noah
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 14:29 | | Subject: | Re: Checkboxes for sellers on orders | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DiscoBertBricks writes:
| | It would be a really useful feature if the items list in orders could be filtered
or checked off on the screen, even if the checkboxes didn't save in reloadings.
For example, a current order of mine is 17 unique lots with 15 unique items.
They get sorted by color alphabetically, but that isn't how I store and pack
orders. I might find a piece in black and then at the end, go back to the same
area to find the same exact piece in white. I spend a lot of time scrolling up
and down the order list and reminding myself that I've already gotten that
piece out and packed.
Thanks,
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You can change the sort settings in your "My Order Settings" here: https://www.bricklink.com/orderSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
If you use the remarks field (as I do), you can sort by remarks and then it will
put your orders in order by the remark keeping you in the same picking section.
There is also a "Show Temporary Checkboxes" option.
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| Author: | DiscoBertBricks | | Posted: | May 23, 2023 14:23 | | Subject: | Checkboxes for sellers on orders | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be a really useful feature if the items list in orders could be filtered
or checked off on the screen, even if the checkboxes didn't save in reloadings.
For example, a current order of mine is 17 unique lots with 15 unique items.
They get sorted by color alphabetically, but that isn't how I store and pack
orders. I might find a piece in black and then at the end, go back to the same
area to find the same exact piece in white. I spend a lot of time scrolling up
and down the order list and reminding myself that I've already gotten that
piece out and packed.
Thanks,
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 14:01 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | […]
Nearly impossible yes, but impossible no.
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Impractical
| | […]
Not exponentially, but of some order of O(N2) I believe.
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Yeah, sorry, I was talking a bit like a journalist
AFAIR, the approximation algorithm should be in O(n²) or O(n³). But it’s all
in the constant factors / operations (database accesses…).
Now, the way I see it is that you had n parts in your WL, and you end with n
parts + n sets or minifigure = 2n items in your WL (best case, when you only
add the “cheapest”), because the feature wouldn’t be useful/asked for if you
only had one part to look for.
Also, those n added items are substitutes: you aren’t looking for items, you’re
looking for couples (part OR substitute-minifig/set). That’s another algorithm
altogether.
| | I am not sure that the limitation on computing power is still a valid argument
nowadays.
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The more resources we have, the worse we use them.
| | The argument of complexity might be void if an AI is trained on the
full catalog data.
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Maybe you would be interested in joining my new venture?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1411695
| | I would not expect a 100% best answer, but a suggestion like:
"You are trying to buy some parts of set X, have you considered buying the
set instead?" might be in the line of what the marketing people of Bricklink
come up with in the far future.
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That could be done even more quickly when you’re adding parts to your WL by using
the part out page or from a minifigure/set inventory
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 12:48 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | Another solution to the problem you mentioned:
Insert into the result the cheapest "set" that contains the item. If
I'm looking for a part of the set, I care less about the rest of the set,
I care that the item I'm looking for is there (and of course, the other items
on my list) I don't want to find a store that sells me 5 minifigures with
red pants, because in the end I'll settle for the cheapest minifigure which
contains these pants, because the main item I'm looking for is the pants.
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There’d still be the problem of defining “cheapest.”
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Cheapest is not so difficult to define, it is the actual amount you pay for the
item; the only uncertainty is the shipping costs in relation to the total order
amount as that adds to your total cost. And that only only when you have to compare
shop were this varies greatly.
What you do have to consider is the rest value of the assemblies you find. When
you need e.g. the arms and the legs, and both pairs are on your wanted list,
then both of them have value (But if the torso that's not on your wanted
list does have value to you? Nobody knows.) Even if you find a complete minifigure
to fulfill your need for arms, they also fulfill your need for legs. The value
of the legs for you is defined as what you are currently paying for those legs
while fulfilling your wanted list. It is cyclic, since when you find cheaper
legs, their value is less, and thus the complete minifigure might be not so profitable
to you anymore.
| | If it’s about choosing a store (Auto-select…), “cheapest” is already complicated
(shipping, fewest stores…). Anyway, the feature is nearly impossible:
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Nearly impossible yes, but impossible no.
When I started the major part of my collection, I implemented this 'advanced
wanted list' feature in Excel. I did have to feed it with information about
all part compositions that I was considering (mostly the plain and HTF torso
assemblies and the corresponding HTF minifigure assemblies, in the hundreds)
and I did manually pre-select the shops I was considering (also in the hundred).
It was a lot of work, it was very complicated, but it did work.
| | the algorithm
already cuts corners for items you (really) want, it won’t have the resources
to add substitute items, that would blow the search space exponentially.
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Not exponentially, but of some order of O(N2) I believe. Still more than I'd
expect from Bricklink. Even simpler suggestions to make the wanted lists more
tolerant with regard to variants have been denied by Bricklink as being 'too
complicated for new users' and 'we don't want this'.
I am not sure that the limitation on computing power is still a valid argument
nowadays. The argument of complexity might be void if an AI is trained on the
full catalog data. I would not expect a 100% best answer, but a suggestion like:
"You are trying to buy some parts of set X, have you considered buying the
set instead?" might be in the line of what the marketing people of Bricklink
come up with in the far future.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | Another solution to the problem you mentioned:
Insert into the result the cheapest "set" that contains the item. If
I'm looking for a part of the set, I care less about the rest of the set,
I care that the item I'm looking for is there (and of course, the other items
on my list) I don't want to find a store that sells me 5 minifigures with
red pants, because in the end I'll settle for the cheapest minifigure which
contains these pants, because the main item I'm looking for is the pants.
|
There’d still be the problem of defining “cheapest.”
1. If it’s about adding the set to your Wanted List, then you may be able to
choose min/max/average/lot-average & for sale/6-months. That’s 8 choices for
a definition of “cheapest,” coupled with New/Used/Any, that’s 32. It’s almost
as complicated a form to fill as doing it yourself
2. If it’s “I have a part in my WL and I want searches to also give me the cheapest
minifigure(s) / set(s) that contain it,” it’s more complicated.
If you’re already in a store, it’s almost simple because the search is limited
to what the store has. But I understood that was not your situation.
If it’s about choosing a store (Auto-select…), “cheapest” is already complicated
(shipping, fewest stores…). Anyway, the feature is nearly impossible: the algorithm
already cuts corners for items you (really) want, it won’t have the resources
to add substitute items, that would blow the search space exponentially.
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| Author: | Ey.Has | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 11:55 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| The cheapest item is of course the item itself, but not all the stores have the
item itself. So if I find store that have all my wanted items except one, and
this part is in 3 another sets\minifigures in this store - I want to get cart
with all my wanted parts+the cheapest set IN THIS STORE that contain this last
missing part.
In this way, thogh the store have'nt the item I want "alone" - I
still have a "full" cart..
In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | Another solution to the problem you mentioned:
Insert into the result the cheapest "set" that contains the item. If
I'm looking for a part of the set, I care less about the rest of the set,
I care that the item I'm looking for is there (and of course, the other items
on my list) I don't want to find a store that sells me 5 minifigures with
red pants, because in the end I'll settle for the cheapest minifigure which
contains these pants, because the main item I'm looking for is the pants.
|
I think I understand what you're asking for now. In my experience, the cheapest
"set" that contains the item is usually the item itself, at least for
parts. I suppose BrickLink could add a feature to the wanted list buy algorithm
that searches not only for the items you want but any items containing them,
but I don't think the results would be much different.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | Another solution to the problem you mentioned:
Insert into the result the cheapest "set" that contains the item. If
I'm looking for a part of the set, I care less about the rest of the set,
I care that the item I'm looking for is there (and of course, the other items
on my list) I don't want to find a store that sells me 5 minifigures with
red pants, because in the end I'll settle for the cheapest minifigure which
contains these pants, because the main item I'm looking for is the pants.
|
I think I understand what you're asking for now. In my experience, the cheapest
"set" that contains the item is usually the item itself, at least for
parts. I suppose BrickLink could add a feature to the wanted list buy algorithm
that searches not only for the items you want but any items containing them,
but I don't think the results would be much different.
|
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| Author: | Ey.Has | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Another solution to the problem you mentioned:
Insert into the result the cheapest "set" that contains the item. If
I'm looking for a part of the set, I care less about the rest of the set,
I care that the item I'm looking for is there (and of course, the other items
on my list) I don't want to find a store that sells me 5 minifigures with
red pants, because in the end I'll settle for the cheapest minifigure which
contains these pants, because the main item I'm looking for is the pants.
In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:
| | […]
Conversely, if you have a particular part in mind and want to see all of the
minifigures that contain it, locate the part in the catalog. Then, under "Item
appears in", there is a link that will take you to a page that lists all
of the minifigures that have that part in their inventory.
|
They don’t want to find the parts in the catalogue, they want a new feature (suggestion)
that would automatically add to the WL the minifigures and sets the part appears
in.
So that they wouldn’t have to do what you propose AND click add to WL each time.
The problem I see is that, if it were to exist, such a feature would have to
be limited to a few parts only. (So, more work: make a list of parts or set
a threshold….)
(First part I looked
is in almost 6000 minifigs and 4000 sets.
I didn’t even want to look at 1x1 plate (even with a set colour)
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| Author: | Ey.Has | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 11:20 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
|
| Thanks for the answer.
I know all the part's numbers\names.
I talking about "wanted list" (if I buy through the wanted list, or if
I search in specific store).
Let's say that I want to buy 3 minufigure A, B, C, minifigure2 and minifigure3.
I don't mind if they are "alone" (only minifigure A, B, C) or with
their items (collectible, A1, B1, C1). If I add them in both option to my wanted
list (6 minifigures: A,B,C,A1,B1,C1), I get store that sell the same minifigure
in both option (A + A1). But I want only to buy each minifigure one time, and
I don't mind if one of them is "collectible", and I want to get store
that sell each one in one option (A+B1+C, or A1+B1+C but not A+A1+B+B1).
Another example: I want to buy some parts that one of them is blue cape. If I
find one store that sell all the items except the cape, and also sell a minifigure
that contain the cape - that great...
(in that example, it really hard to add to my wanted list 50 minifigures that
contain blue cape, and in the search results ignore all the results that contain
more than 1 minifigure that contain blue cape)
hope it more understanable
In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | First of all - thanks.
Second, I know how to "part out" set. But if I want to find minifigure's
parts (cape\hat\legs etc.) Sometime it hard to find them but to find minifigure
that contain them - it easier. So I need to search it multiple time: individually,
in minifigure1, in minifigure2...
So I if it possible, in one search, to find all the options to get the parts...
|
If you're looking for a particular minifigure part, and you don't know
the part but you know what minifigure it's in, locate the minifigure in the
catalog. Then, under "Item consists of", there is a link that will take
you to the minifigure inventory which lists all of the parts in the minifigure.
Conversely, if you have a particular part in mind and want to see all of the
minifigures that contain it, locate the part in the catalog. Then, under "Item
appears in", there is a link that will take you to a page that lists all
of the minifigures that have that part in their inventory.
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:
| | […]
Conversely, if you have a particular part in mind and want to see all of the
minifigures that contain it, locate the part in the catalog. Then, under "Item
appears in", there is a link that will take you to a page that lists all
of the minifigures that have that part in their inventory.
|
They don’t want to find the parts in the catalogue, they want a new feature (suggestion)
that would automatically add to the WL the minifigures and sets the part appears
in.
So that they wouldn’t have to do what you propose AND click add to WL each time.
The problem I see is that, if it were to exist, such a feature would have to
be limited to a few parts only. (So, more work: make a list of parts or set
a threshold….)
(First part I looked
is in almost 6000 minifigs and 4000 sets.
I didn’t even want to look at 1x1 plate (even with a set colour)
|
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 10:57 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | When I search for small parts, sometimes, I agree to buy them in "full-set"
(especially: minifigure in "collectible minifigure", or minifigure
parts), so maybe adding a check box or something like this to find also set that
contains the part...
|
You could try the "Appears in" search field.
1. Hold your cursor over the Market tab on the top middle of your screen.
2. Click the "Appears in" link".
3. Under the "view appearance" button there is a link "Find multiple
items in inv." Click this link.
4. Fill in the form with up to 3 parts.
5. Right above "View appearance" you can select sets, parts, minifigures,
gear, or books.
6. Click the "View appearance" button. It will give you all possibilities
that those 3 parts can be in.
I hope this helps.
Cass T
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 10:50 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | First of all - thanks.
Second, I know how to "part out" set. But if I want to find minifigure's
parts (cape\hat\legs etc.) Sometime it hard to find them but to find minifigure
that contain them - it easier. So I need to search it multiple time: individually,
in minifigure1, in minifigure2...
So I if it possible, in one search, to find all the options to get the parts...
|
If you're looking for a particular minifigure part, and you don't know
the part but you know what minifigure it's in, locate the minifigure in the
catalog. Then, under "Item consists of", there is a link that will take
you to the minifigure inventory which lists all of the parts in the minifigure.
Conversely, if you have a particular part in mind and want to see all of the
minifigures that contain it, locate the part in the catalog. Then, under "Item
appears in", there is a link that will take you to a page that lists all
of the minifigures that have that part in their inventory.
|
|
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| Author: | Ey.Has | | Posted: | May 22, 2023 04:22 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| First of all - thanks.
Second, I know how to "part out" set. But if I want to find minifigure's
parts (cape\hat\legs etc.) Sometime it hard to find them but to find minifigure
that contain them - it easier. So I need to search it multiple time: individually,
in minifigure1, in minifigure2...
So I if it possible, in one search, to find all the options to get the parts...
In Suggestions, ghyde writes:
| | In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | When I search for small parts, sometimes, I agree to buy them in "full-set"
(especially: minifigure in "collectible minifigure", or minifigure
parts), so maybe adding a check box or something like this to find also set that
contains the part...
|
If you want particular parts of minifigs from Collectible Minifig series, you
should add them either individually or break the minifigs in the set or break
the inventory for the Collectible Minifig you're after.
It seems like currently there's a lot of manual work to add an entire set
of minifig parts and accessories from a particular Collectible Minifig series.
I don't see it changing anytime in the near future.
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| Author: | ghyde | | Posted: | May 21, 2023 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:
| | When I search for small parts, sometimes, I agree to buy them in "full-set"
(especially: minifigure in "collectible minifigure", or minifigure
parts), so maybe adding a check box or something like this to find also set that
contains the part...
|
If you want particular parts of minifigs from Collectible Minifig series, you
should add them either individually or break the minifigs in the set or break
the inventory for the Collectible Minifig you're after.
It seems like currently there's a lot of manual work to add an entire set
of minifig parts and accessories from a particular Collectible Minifig series.
I don't see it changing anytime in the near future.
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| Author: | Ey.Has | | Posted: | May 21, 2023 02:16 | | Subject: | Wanted list add "containing set" | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| When I search for small parts, sometimes, I agree to buy them in "full-set"
(especially: minifigure in "collectible minifigure", or minifigure
parts), so maybe adding a check box or something like this to find also set that
contains the part...
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| Author: | tatmitchell | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 10:39 | | Subject: | Please Save Search Options | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would love to have the options in the search functionality stored. It was nice
to have a preference in the settings to display them without having to click
the link all the time but seriously, the options should be stored for user friendliness.
For the record I do work in software development.
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