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 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Nov 9, 2018 18:05
 Subject: Re: Wondering if part 53588 exists - want to buy
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In Catalog, RoswellGinny writes:
  I have sold a bunch of these. I did list one that I thought had no marbling,
but then when I got ready to ship it I realized there was a tiny bit of marbling
at one corner. I think that there were some produced that had such a small amount
of marbling that if you didn't look at it closely you could mistake it for
solid as I did. Luckily my buyer seemed happy with it regardless.

This is the total of what I have currently in stock, but I'll check my storage
and if I see more I'll shoot you a message.

^^This^^

I've also sold a bunch of these items over the years and a few had very little
marbling on them, but it was still there... I recall one of them had the marbling
that could only be seen on the bottom of the base, except for a slight marbled
curved line that ran down one side of it (the whole top looked like a solid color
with a weird curved line in it)... I remember it, because on at least a few occasions
I would see it in a certain light, and think the part was actually cracked.

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Aug 17, 2018 19:13
 Subject: Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs
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In LEGO, randyf writes:
  In LEGO, StormChaser writes:
  In LEGO, WoutR writes:
  Assemblies that are combined simply because they are "easy to sell" or "probably
wanted by buyers" are no real counterparts according to this definition. (Although
I do usually buy my hinges combined/as a pair, so I have some mixed feelings
about those.)

As I said, I imagine the catalog entries would remain. You could still buy and
sell assemblies (like the hinges you prefer to buy as a pair), but they wouldn't
be included in inventories.

As for assemblies that aren't really legitimate counterparts, I only made
two exceptions: parts with wheels and wheel and tire assemblies. I don't
feel like two exceptions is too many. The other exceptions are special/large
assemblies and those will likely have their own section in inventories at some
point.

Just to reiterate, I am not in favor of wheel and tire assemblies in inventories
unless they came that way and are listed in the Regular Items section. Wheels
and tires are not hard to take apart. My kids have been doing it since they were
young.

  Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. It seems like everyone who
has responded are on pretty much the same page. The only real problem I can
see with better defined inventories is that it will create more orphaned catalog
entries (entries without appearances in sets or timelines of release). These
orphaned entries are somewhat off the beaten path and thus are more difficult
to locate.

How do you feel about that?

Orphaned entries in the catalog do not bother me. There are tons of items in
the catalog that will never be attached to any inventory, and there are also
tons of items in the catalog that will never be sold. Database storage is cheap.
If people want to use the entries to sell assemblies, so be it.

Cheers,
Randy

I can't honestly remember if these came assembled:
 
Part No: 7039bc02  Name: Wheel with 4 Studs and Axle Cam for Motor with Light Gray Tire Smooth - Small Solid (7039b / 132old)
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7039bc02 (Inv) Wheel with 4 Studs and Axle Cam for Motor with Light Gray Tire Smooth - Small Solid (7039b / 132old)
Parts: Wheel & Tire Assembly
What I do know is if you find one assembled still, and it doesn't have cracks,
keep it that way; because I have had very little success removing them without
cracking them(!)

Though, in general, I agree with Randy about his view on tire and wheel assemblies...


Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Jul 30, 2018 16:01
 Subject: Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b
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In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog, edeevo writes:
  […]
Except that the problem with doing this (removing the undetermined entry) will
only cause many Sellers to list either/or version of the flag into either/or
entry... meaning that they will continue to not make a distinction between the
two, but list them in one of the two available entries (and *maybe* leaving a
note stating that they "do not distinguish between versions of this part" if
you're lucky)... In other words, you may think you will not have a catalog
"stuffed with undetermined entries", but the two catalog entries will actually
be stuffed with items that are really undetermined (i.e. if the goal was to force
Sellers into listing their items into the appropriate catalog entries, this will
not fix that... many still list similar items in one category or another without
an undetermined entry)...

To be clear, I will more than likely separate each of the flags in my inventory,
to maintain consistency in having my listings correctly identified... but having
been a Buyer from numerous Sellers with the same sort of parts, I can confidently
say I am one of the rare Sellers that does make those distinctions; hence the
problem I identified above...

Thing is, if there were an “Undetermined LEGO Part” entry, some sellers would
use it to list all their parts

(Well, maybe they would need two entries: one for cheap parts and one for expensive
parts )

I don't see the point in mocking the issue I raised: the fact is that many
Sellers will not list each flag correctly... all that will happen is the shifting
of "undetermined" from the catalog entry to the actual parts entered into the
two catalog entries; which makes the catalog look good and clean, but not accurate
for Buyers... which is why I typically turn to other resources now when I am
looking to buy specific variants of parts, because I cannot rely on many Bricklink
Sellers to make distinctions between the variants, and it makes finding the ones
that do very difficult... when there is an "undetermined" catalog entry, it at
least gives many Sellers a chance to list all their specific parts (regardless
of variant) in one place, and doesn't clutter up the *actual* variant entries
with a ton of undetermined items...

This is not even addressing the Sellers that only place their undetermined items
into the more expensive variant entries, then add a note stating that they "don't
distinguish between variants"... not only does that negatively affect the catalog
and price guide, it creates a situation where it makes wanted lists problematic
(i.e. they will not distinguish between stores that do separate variants and
ones that simply put all of them into one variant with a note)...

I am not saying I know what a good solution would be to this, but I do see the
above problems with adding two variant catalog entries, whilst simultaneously
removing the undetermined one... and hopefully, I'm not just screaming into
the abyss on this one (I've been known to do that)...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Jul 30, 2018 14:17
 Subject: Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b
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  In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
In Catalog, Dino1 writes:
[SNIP]
  
And which clown decide to delet the origin entry?

We're not going to have a catalog stuffed with undetermined entries. When
a decision is made to split an entry, the original one has to go. We plan to
move this process along much faster, btw, than in the past. Six months is plenty
of time for sellers to move their stock, not the years and years that is has
taken in the past.

Except that the problem with doing this (removing the undetermined entry) will
only cause many Sellers to list either/or version of the flag into either/or
entry... meaning that they will continue to not make a distinction between the
two, but list them in one of the two available entries (and *maybe* leaving a
note stating that they "do not distinguish between versions of this part" if
you're lucky)... In other words, you may think you will not have a catalog
"stuffed with undetermined entries", but the two catalog entries will actually
be stuffed with items that are really undetermined (i.e. if the goal was to force
Sellers into listing their items into the appropriate catalog entries, this will
not fix that... many still list similar items in one category or another without
an undetermined entry)...

To be clear, I will more than likely separate each of the flags in my inventory,
to maintain consistency in having my listings correctly identified... but having
been a Buyer from numerous Sellers with the same sort of parts, I can confidently
say I am one of the rare Sellers that does make those distinctions; hence the
problem I identified above...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Sep 21, 2016 17:15
 Subject: Re: BL Message Invoice Option...
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In Suggestions, Macaronis writes:
  You know all the years I have been here and it just dawned on me. I dug around
and never saw this as a suggestion or at least I do not think I have.

When Invoicing why not just add the ability as a Check Box to Send as a (BL message
INVOICE), Rather then a Copy and Paste if your someone who sends your invoice
as a BL message rather then a straight email.

All the stuff for this to happen is already in place... just need to make some
code additions to the Invoice window.

W

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but isn't this already in place? When I
send invoices to my Buyers, it is sent as both a BL message *and* an e-mail...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Jun 9, 2016 18:13
 Subject: Re: My 2 cents on the new website
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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
  In General, Mistress_Lisa writes:
  ...
I miss the page that had 'My orders' and on the left was orders placed,
on the right was orders received. Now each under a separate place: one under
My BL, the other under My Store. No....I still want to have both together, and
then I can choose when I have the page showing them both. The way it is now,
it is too many steps to go from one to the other.

Am I making any sense with both of these?


It makes sense that those pages might feel like they are farther apart, but in
fact they are not. They are both just a single click away from each other. And
they are both just a single click away from *any* BrickLink page, whereas they
used to be two or three clicks away from a random page.

--
Marc.

There seems to be a bug with the menu that appears when you hover over the "My
Store" or "My BL" on numerous pages within the site (specifically the Orders
Received page for me, though it always seems to work on the main page)... and
that's regardless of browser used (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
... so,
until that's fixed, I have to keep going back to the main page to get to
that single click... once fixed though, you are correct, and it'll just come
down to familiarity with the new location(s)...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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 Posted: Jun 9, 2016 12:59
 Subject: Re: My 2 cents on the new website
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In General, Mistress_Lisa writes:
  Most of it I like, and am just re-learning to navigate, as we all are. Patience,
patience, patience; I keep telling myself.

While I love the little icons at the top: Shop, Community, Help, My Store, My
BL, Want & Cart....one is missing: Catalog! I realize it is a sub-category when
you hover over 'Shop' but my gut instinct is for it to be a sub-category
in Community, not Shop. Then I realized....it should actually be it's OWN
icon up at the top, not a sub-category at all. It is important, and I want it
to be up there to access.

I miss the page that had 'My orders' and on the left was orders placed,
on the right was orders received. Now each under a separate place: one under
My BL, the other under My Store. No....I still want to have both together, and
then I can choose when I have the page showing them both. The way it is now,
it is too many steps to go from one to the other.


Am I making any sense with both of these?

Lisa at Brick Dungeon

You are making total sense, and I agree entirely (in that there are too many
more steps added to what was a very simple way of navigating between orders placed
& received)...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: May 8, 2016 12:19
 Subject: Inventory Change Request for Set 8214-1
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Please make changes to the following inventory:
 
Set No: 8214  Name: Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Polizia
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8214-1 (Inv) Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Polizia
801 Parts, 2010
Sets: Racers: Lamborghini

* Add 1 Part 6881pb09 Blue Tile 6 x 6 with White Triangle and Lamborghini Logo Pattern (Stickers) - Set 8214

Comments from Submitter:
Add as Counterpart to Blue Tile 6 x 6.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Sep 21, 2015 13:35
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In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, therobo writes:
  In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In 1999/2000, there was a valid reason for 640x480. In 2015, there is no reason.

There is.
Most notebooks still have a resolution of max. 800-900 pixel in height.
This gives you a net height in stores of ~430-550 pixel, depending on browser.
See image below.
Allowing larger images requires more scrolling than we already have.
Having to scroll on images is the worst user experience since the internet exists.

Voted NO.

Your logic is impeccable. Maybe you should inform Google, et al, why they should
drop all large images (and make scrolling easier).

My impression has been that most sites with any decent code will reconfigure
the images dynamically to deal with smaller views. I think there may be even
HTML tags that deal with that.

My original suggestion is valid.

You beat me to the punch... well done!

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Sep 21, 2015 13:34
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In Suggestions, therobo writes:
  In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In 1999/2000, there was a valid reason for 640x480. In 2015, there is no reason.

There is.
Most notebooks still have a resolution of max. 800-900 pixel in height.
This gives you a net height in stores of ~430-550 pixel, depending on browser.
See image below.
Allowing larger images requires more scrolling than we already have.
Having to scroll on images is the worst user experience since the internet exists.

Voted NO.

Except that there is simple coding tweaks that allow for image resolution adjustments
regardless of the max pixels for a screen (loads of websites use it... click
on image, it opens at a max size based upon the resolution of the device... click
on it again and pan left, right, up, & down to see it in high-res)...

Additionally, should the site be restricted based upon the resolution restrictions
of one notebook? Does *any* website work that way?


So, again, I agree that large images *should* be *large*.

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In 1999/2000, there was a valid reason for 640x480. In 2015, there is no reason.

Please remove the 640x480 limit on large images.

Many search engines now explicitly require a minimum of 800 or 1000 on the long
side. BL can do much better with larger images.

Wholeheartedly agree on this one...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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 Posted: Jun 24, 2015 12:12
 Subject: Re: Display number of orders store is yet to proc
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In Suggestions, theboystoys writes:
  In Suggestions, activoice writes:
  I find that some stores process orders a lot faster than other stores. Most
of the time this is proportionate to the number of outstanding orders that the
store has yet to fill (IE how backlogged they are)

In some cases I've waited 3 weeks from the day I paid for an order until
it was actually shipped.

From a buyers perspective if I knew how many orders there were ahead of mine
it would help me make a decision as to whether or not I was going to order from
this store or not... (in many cases you have no choice because you are selecting
the store because they have most of the items on your wanted list)

But at least if I knew that the store had 100 orders ahead of mine I could make
an informed decision whether I wanted to buy from them or if I would be better
off splitting my order across a few stores that have much fewer orders ahead
of mine.

In the brick and mortar world it's like being in a food court... I could
really want Chipotle, but I can see they've got a huge line... but hey there's
no line at Subway... that's good enough... I'll go there...

So what would count against the seller would be things like
- Order Placed but not yet invoiced
- Orders Paid for by the buyer but not yet shipped

Things that would not count against the seller
- Orders invoiced but not yet paid for by the buyer

You could even display an average for number of days from the day the Buyer marks
the invoice as PAID to the day the SELLER sets the status to SHIPPED. This would
be simpler and tell you how fast a SELLER processes orders on average.

(Hopefully most people are honest... once again I've had a seller outright
lie and tell me that they shipped something out, but when I actually received
the item I can see what date it was post marked, and it's more than 2 weeks
later.. I understand people get busy and they have lives... but at least be
honest about it)

Many years ago I ran a garage for Walmart and they decided they wanted 90% of
all oil changes done in 15 minutes or less and tires done in 40 minutes or less.
They called it their 15/40 percentages. When this program started they used paper
work orders. I filled out the times on the in and out accurately and was able
to achieve about 65% on oil and 80% on tires. The 9 other stores in my district
were able to achieve 90% + week after week. I'd get yelled at by my boss,
the other managers would heckle my store. Then one day they went "paperless"
and did every work order through a new computer system. All of a sudden the percentages
on the other 9 stores dropped well below 20% and mine stayed unchanged.

The district meetings were enjoyable immediately after the switch.

It didn't take long for the managers who were being yelled at to figure out
a way to manipulate the computer tracking by simply filling out an old paper
work order when the customer arrived, perform the service, then everything was
done in the computers after the fact.

My long winded point is if the system relies totally on honesty, many will find
a way to manipulate it anyway.

Matt

Exactly! Nothing beats consistently doing it the right way... my fear is that
implementing a new system to *enforce* honesty will only cause initial headaches
for the people who are already being honest in their dealings... and on that
note, it's these sort of positive feedback responses that ensure you are
doing it the right way (glad to say they were for me):

"SuperFast! This shop beat 7 others by 2 days in getting me my product!"
"A great seller! Received exactly what I ordered, sooner than expected!"
"Everything perfect, as always! Fast shipping, parts as expected. Thank you!"
"One of the best stores for customer service and items packed well. Thanks again"
"Thanks for the great communication and superior customer service!"


...always brings a smile to my face...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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 Posted: Jun 9, 2015 10:54
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In Suggestions, renhoffman writes:
  I recently had a buyer purchase these two minifigures from me, which I have had
in my inventory since September 2012, and January 2014, when I parted out the
sets these came in...

 
Minifig No: sh019  Name: Batman - Wings and Jet Pack (Type 1 Cowl)
* 
sh019 (Inv) Batman - Wings and Jet Pack (Type 1 Cowl)
Minifigures: Super Heroes: Batman II
 
Minifig No: sh025  Name: Batman - Light Bluish Gray Suit with Yellow Belt and Crest, Dark Blue Mask and Cape (Type 1 Cowl)
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sh025 (Inv) Batman - Light Bluish Gray Suit with Yellow Belt and Crest, Dark Blue Mask and Cape (Type 1 Cowl)
Minifigures: Super Heroes: Batman II

The buyer sent me a message claiming that I sent these...

 
Minifig No: sh019a  Name: Batman - Wings and Jet Pack (Type 2 Cowl)
* 
sh019a (Inv) Batman - Wings and Jet Pack (Type 2 Cowl)
Minifigures: Super Heroes: Batman II
 
Minifig No: sh025a  Name: Batman - Light Bluish Gray Suit with Yellow Belt and Crest, Dark Blue Mask and Cape  (Type 2 Cowl)
* 
sh025a (Inv) Batman - Light Bluish Gray Suit with Yellow Belt and Crest, Dark Blue Mask and Cape (Type 2 Cowl)
Minifigures: Super Heroes: Batman II

These where added to the catalog in February of 2015. Now, I am a fan of accurate
listings, and satisfied customers, but how am I supposed to know to check my
inventory for these new listings? I was never notified that I might have these
figures listed incorrectly, and I don't have time to read every change log
that is posted. Is there any plan for notification of catalog changes in the
future? Bricklink already knows that I parted these sets out, as they are shown
in my part-out log. A simple canned message stating that a change was made to
X set, that shows in my part-out log, please check your inventory. Or, even just
a tag on MY Bricklink page, like the one that alerts you to items slated for
deletion. Is that plausible? anyone know?

Darren

Having gone through a similar experience with that exact minifigure, I voted
"yes" as well. It is a pain to have to go back and verify sometimes, but it
would be nice to get a message or *something* to notify us that there was a change/addition
so we would know to do so...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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 Posted: Aug 20, 2014 11:25
 Subject: Re: BL Development Team: Test before rollout!
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In Suggestions, picabo writes:
  In Suggestions, akunthita writes:
  I voted yes, of course, and I'm very upset that currently I can't shop
because of the missing tabs (that's why I'm hanging out here), but to
put things in perspective, LEGO's own shop has been down since yesterday
morning when they did a major update.

I called them about it on the afternoon and the shop started working for me later
in the afternoon, but I was just on the Brickset forum and there are still people
who can't access the site. The issue appears to be browser related.

So yeah, even big companies like LEGO screw up on testing before they roll something
out. Or maybe they did test it and things still broke. I don't know, but
it is funny that right now a lot of people can't shop either on Bricklink
or on LEGO's website.


I just placed an order without any issues.

Pam

If people are still having issues accessing LEGO S@H, they just need to clear
their browser history and reconnect to the site...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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 Posted: Jun 30, 2014 13:48
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In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:
  Hi all,

somehow...(even bigger and experienced sellers) want to sell a set that just
isn't a set!

How much can one take from a set before it doesn't qualify as a set anymore.

After all those years of Bricklink, why aren't there easy rules for this?

I understand when a box is missing, it is incomplete, or when a few parts are
gone...it is incomplete....

But listing a set without the box, instructions, minifigs and weapons doesn't
leave more than a handfull of bricks....NOT a set!

for example:

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?pg=1&itemID=99724&advOpt=Y&sz=100&searchSort=P

when you click on only new sets.... personally I think the first 11 do NOT qualify
as a set!

And I understand when you are a newbee...perhaps you did not know the definition
of a set, but this is getting out of hand!

just my 2 cent incomplet set (it used to be a dollar set, but I took 98 cents
for own use)

be cool and have fun!

I don't really see an issue in this case (with the Maersk Train), provided
the Seller posts an actual photo of what is being sold as a "set"

(such as the ones in the link you provided being sold by Trainsgalore-n-more
and Great Trains)... just using the stock photo with everything in the
set being shown, and only selling a portion of it as a "set" is somewhat a deceptive
selling tactic as far as I'm concerned (or at least laziness on the part
of a Seller)... that's not to say there aren't other "set" examples that
illustrate your point better (I believe that there are), it's just in this
case, I don't see an issue with it so long as a Seller adheres to what I
described above...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
 Author: edeevo View Messages Posted By edeevo
 Posted: Apr 10, 2014 11:00
 Subject: Re: Remove MSRP Price
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In Suggestions, vampyr66213 writes:
  Big Yes!
You brought up a very good point I didn't think about, Foster.
I have never seen a store advertising the MSRP lower price, next to their higher
price. That is ridiculous when put that way.
Voted yes, remove the MSRP.
Mel

Exactly! Doing so would probably kil the Toys-R-Us business model.

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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In Suggestions, Kenopolis writes:
  I've frequently tried to search for a set by the theme name, and have not
had any luck.

For example, when you search the catalog for "Teenage Mutant" you only get one
result.

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?G=p13ctytnt01

I know that there are categories by theme, but these are not listed as catalog
search results.

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=S&catString=790

It would save me having to go to "that other site" for set numbers if searches
could be done this way.

Perhaps this is just that one theme, but I've encountered it before.

Thanks!

Excellent suggestion! Hopefully it isn't a monumental task for the Admins
to improve the search function on this site to allow for the finding of specific
parts/sets/etc. (it has been a poor "feature" for a very long time now). Let's
hope that the Admins see this and look into what it would take to improve it...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:
  ;Drop the fees on the MOC shop and I bet you someone will post a bulk lot as a
MOC (that he only has 1 off) and get charged less by bricklink.

There goes my "Multi-Colored Mountain of 2x2 Bricks MOC" idea... dagnabit...

Life is Good.
~Ed.
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In Suggestions, Garys_Toys writes:
  Upon reading the forums over the last few weeks I have noticed a few sellers
that are getting a lot of negative feedback, having issues with customers, getting
NSS, etc... A couple of these sellers I know personally. I do not know of their
issues and what is causing them and frankly it has been my experience not to
even get involved.

However, it does give me an idea that I think could only help. I know not all
sellers are bad and there are plenty that are. But what if we had some sort of
Seller Assistance Program that could reach out to some of these stores that are
not looking so good. Maybe we can get them on the right track and show them things
that we notice that may improve their store and their overall customer experience.

I know I will be helping one of these stores over the next few weeks as I have
already talked to him. Just from having a look at the forum posts, his feedback,
etc... I seen multiple things that I do that may help him improve on his end.

I know its easy to just warn everyone, ruin their name, and go on about your
business but helping them when they may be in need can't hurt and it can
only help the Bricklink community as a whole IMO.

Thoughts? Ideas?

Gary

Speaking as someone who runs his store on his own (and has a full-time job that
does not involve LEGO), I would welcome the opportunity to participate in such
a program (i.e. the aforementioned "Seller Assistance Program"). I'm not
a huge Seller here, but I have an extremely diverse inventory that had me complete
over 700 orders last year while somehow managing to balance a family (my daughter
just turned 13), a career, school (just finished my second Masters Degree), a
home purchase (and subsequent move), as well as a hobbyist pursuit in photography
(eDeevo Photography) and the occasional travel (road-trip) to visit family and
friends in other states... I am guessing because of that balance, I may be able
to offer some advice to the occasional Seller that may prove beneficial to them.

I believe there is one (generally) good Seller that you may be referring to as
running into these problems recently (who I had recently had a problem with).
Their issues were really compounded through a lack of (or frankly, dishonest)
communication. In my particular case, all the advice, encouragement, patience
and communication I used didn't get the (overall) good Seller to send me
anything other than vague responses and (assumingly deceptive) excuses (or "lies",
depending upon how one would define it). I would have been fine with an "I'm
sorry, I don't have xx parts you ordered" or "sorry for the delay, I've
been swamped with (*insert life challenge here*) lately" (we all have them
from time to time)
, if the response would have been prompt or timely.
Instead, I get a vague "oh you didn't get them? I'll look again" after
an inquiry into the order after two weeks, with no response for another two weeks
(only after I sent another inquiry)... I did receive my money back through PayPal,
but not after wasting a lot of time doing so.

Again, that particular issue is not to diminish the value of a Seller Assistance
Program, which I am wholly in support of... just keep in mind that such a program
would in no way guarantee these issues would not spring up again with any particular
Seller... it would basically be advice on how other Sellers (who wish to share)
handle different details of selling (who knows, it may just be a simple process
that a Seller is overlooking that would make all the difference, or maybe they
are making a process overly complex when it could be made simple).

Just my 2¢.

Life is Good.
~eD.
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Excellent post! What I find hard to understand is what the motivation for Bricklink
would be in these situations... are these scammers actually paying Bricklink
fees on those sales? (highly doubtful), so why one Earth would avoiding these
issues benefit Bricklink? (other than the negative benefit of lost sales on would-be
buyers who got scammed)...

Life is Good.
~Ed.