Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | kzinti  | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2011 15:20 | | Subject: | Re: One way to make performance better | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bricksahead writes:
| | In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, oasis writes:
| | | | it would be nice if someone would share something, anything,
as I feel like things are in limbo lately.
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agreed.. unfortunately, lack of communication of this nature often means lack
of interest..
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Maybe there IS no interest in improving the site?
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I actually think there is an interest in improving the site but it conflicts
with a wise saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Just imagine having to
maintain a one man's huge piece of software let alone adding new features or
improving performance ...
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I live that nightmare every day at work. LOLOL
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2011 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: One way to make performance better | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, oasis writes:
| | | | it would be nice if someone would share something, anything,
as I feel like things are in limbo lately.
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agreed.. unfortunately, lack of communication of this nature often means lack
of interest..
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Maybe there IS no interest in improving the site?
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Doubt that. I believe that they are having troubles at the moment mapping out
all the procedures and interlinked work that was done to make BrickLink because
it was programmed over time, by one individual, who basically added and subtracted
stuff as it made sense to him. Now, without any real prior knowledge of the system
other than taking care of the hardware aspects, people are having to not only
maintain the current system (through some pretty hectic stuff I must admit),
but also perform a sort of forensic analysis on it to understand the intricacy
of it and from that, map out the future of the system. I think it comes down
to a simple choice, does it make sense to keep it going as is or get people involved
to do a complete rewrite of everything from the ground up to make it more modular
and allow for easier, simpler infrastructure changes. Just the programming behind
the exchange rate stuff is mind boggling, imagine the coding for the whole site.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2011 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: One way to make performance better | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, oasis writes:
| | | | Knowing a bit about infrastructure and networking, there are a few things that
should come before a vote for a fee hike.
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yes, I know all of these things, too, but it's great that you broke out many
of the details here, because most folks probably don't see all the things that
come into play, to make a decision like this..
but I do want to point that I was just saying that I'm in favor of the idea,
if the "informed decision" is made.. 
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Often times, people think it's just something simple like adding memory or upgrading
a processor to run better. Not so with large scale web operations. I would support
decisions made that make the site more secure, user friendly, stable and any
advertising activity that reaches out to the world wide community to help drive
sales. As I said before, it would be nice if someone would share something, anything,
as I feel like things are in limbo lately.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2011 18:03 | | Subject: | Re: One way to make performance better | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, oasis writes:
| | we all know that server equipment and maintenance can cost.. I, for one, would
welcome a small bump in the fees if I knew it was gonna make the sytem work better!
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Knowing a bit about infrastructure and networking, there are a few things that
should come before a vote for a fee hike.
First, a detailed server process mapping should take place and then a complete
system hardware, software and network analysis to determine where and what the
bottlenecks are. Second should be developing the future state map that shows
ideally how the system should operate. Then comes the technical planning stage
where Admin sits down with various techies and lays out the scope of work and
gets pricing for each segment. Then, when everything is down on paper, the decision
can be made as to which of the improvements are cost effective to implement.
I think Admin understands the scope of the project before him, being the Head
IT Guru in Charge, but I do wish that he would share a bit with us as to where
they are in their timeline. Is a complete re-write of the software necessary?
Will additional hardware help (front end or back end)? Is the firewall helping
or hindering network flow? And even further beyond the hardware, software and
network issues, when are we going to be able to opt in for BrickLink co-op advertising?
Have secure login features and better verification functions. I for one would
be more than interested to hear what the proposed direction BrickLink will take
in the future.
While I know that BrickLink is a privately held company and they really owe us
little in the way of this type of information, it would be a great public relations
gesture to at least acknowledge that someone is listening and actively seeking
solutions to the current problems, that they are indeed looking into future upgrades
to the system and even perhaps some sort of timeline for improvements to ease
our current worries.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2011 19:28 | | Subject: | Re: Is this a feature on Bricklink? | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brasletty writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rockys writes:
| | Can you search for shops that sell Lego from a smoke and pet free home?
If it isn't a feature, do you think it can be a future possibility?
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what if the bricklink store owner dont smoke and is pat free and he have buy
sam sets or parts from a garage sale where they have pets and smoke 100 sigerets
a day for yaers?
regards rohnny
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Exactly. Have received several lots from Fleabay that ended up going to Craigslist
because of that very reason...
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2011 02:25 | | Subject: | Re: *Question- add items w/ same description? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, vampyr66213 writes:
| | This may be a question, or a suggestion, not sure. I really could use the help
with it, either knowledge of system, or hopefully something that could be implemented.
So, as an example, I have a buyer right now, who's order is at over 10,000 pieces,
over 2,000 lots and more than 100+ batches. The issue I am having is if the buyer
buys the same type of item, each time it gets listed (example: DBG 1x1 slopes),
and has over 20 lots of the exact item and color, is there not a way to combine
them when I print it out, for ease in pulling the order?
I know you can group by batch, by color, etc. But it seems no matter what, I
will still have to manually add up every lot of like items anyway, meaning no
way to combine for just one qty total. If anyone knows a way around this, please
let me know. Otherwise, I am making a suggestion: for the order settings page,
have a checkbox that can be selected, so the seller may have the full qty listed
in one spot (or lot) of like items. I am not asking for it to change the total
lots count on the order, but just somewhere have it shown the total qty of an
item bought. Kind of how it is now where it shows the qty they order, and next
to it can show qty you have left in stock. Maybe just have one more that shows
"total qty" next to that item.
Thanks, Melissa
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I know! You could import the order into Brickstore and do a merge there!
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2011 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: Shop Name - additional field | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, susanmary writes:
| | Hi Admin
Currently the shop set up has a main Name field which shows up in various places,
and a secondary field that only shows up in the shop.
Sellers have in the past, and still do add to their shop name when having a sale
or promotion.
Recently a shop did this and someone created a shop with their original name
as it wasn't taken (due to the member adding extra wording)
Would it be possible to have an extra field - that say you could put in up to
10 characters that could be added to the shop name to promote various sales without
the shop name changing
i.e.
In set up:-
Shop Name : THIS SHOP
Additional details : - SALE 40%
Combined shop name :- THIS SHOP - SALE 40%
Hope this makes sense
Susan
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Good idea!
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2011 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Notification about Forum post replies | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MassBricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Jan_K writes:
| | Basically, the subject already says it:
I would like to get email notifications whenever a Forum post of mine gets a
reply.
A desirable optional setting: email and/or BL message notification - including
the text of the reply (just like a facebook notification) and a link to the thread/post.
Various other optional features I can think of:
- notify for all new posts in threads I started
- notify for all new posts in threads I contributed to (like facebook)
- notify for all new (direct) replies to posts of mine
- notify for all new posts in the reply tree of posts of mine
- individual selection (by checkbox when posting) if I want any of the notifications
above for the very post I submit only.
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Anyone else here familiar with reddit? Instead of having email or bl message
notifications, simply have a little icon appear at the top of the page when someone
has replied to a message you posted, clicking the icon will show you the list
of replies to your post which you have not yet read. On the UI end, this could
be something as simple as making the "!" on the forum tab red if a post was a
reply to you. On reddit, this only goes one level deep i.e. it shows up only
when a message is a direct reply to your message, not a reply to a reply, and
I think this works well.
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Or they could setup any standard forum software package that does all that stuff
and more. Cheap, if not free.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2011 23:51 | | Subject: | Re: Reinstate Feedback-Smileys! | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | I miss them!
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Uh, maybe. Can I think on this a bit?
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2011 23:49 | | Subject: | Re: Reinstate Auctions! | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Master_Jedi_Rob writes:
Um, already brought this up many times and every time, they keep saying no, no
and heck no. Maybe in BrickLink II...
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jul 13, 2011 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: On a lighter note...emoticons? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WILYKAT writes:
| | In Suggestions, The_Mimed_One writes:
| | We sell and buy LEGO products here, yes?
YES WE DO!!
Anyway, why are our emoticons not LEGO
emoticons?          
I suggest that we use these. Someone
can contact this guy about using some of
these!!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/865261@N22/pool/
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Only if there's an animated barfing icon for those extra nasty situation.
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I did not see one in there for beating a dead horse...
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 29, 2011 10:48 | | Subject: | Re: This just came up again...................... | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, NEW_WAREHOUSE writes:
| | Morning Brick Link buyers and sellers.
This came up again today.
We were told this policy is an "attitude" when it is just a plan to keep our
prices down.
I would again like to suggest that the system allow the seller to set the lot
limits for purchases.
People just do not read the splash page!
Then when they are informed of the information, they say we have a bad attitude
or worse leave negative feedback.
We have no choice in the matter. We cannot afford to get 1.00 20+ page orders.
We are barely making it now with the current lot limit/discount in place.
Thank you for understanding, and I hope that this gets put in place soon!
Have a great week.
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I certainly understand your need for such a feature. I have a 1,400+ item, 200+
lot order I'm filling. In my case, simply informing the Buyer that it may take
a few days to pull such a massive order, communicating the delay, worked well
and they were very understanding. Perhaps, as has been suggested, you should
up your lot quantities so that minimum amounts of product are being moved every
time you have to touch a bin.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 27, 2011 08:01 | | Subject: | Re: Remove Top 10 Forum Posters League Table | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickcounter writes:
| | Increasingly, I've been wondering if the ambitions of some members to achieve
a position on this list are at the root of many of the problems we've been seeing
in the forums lately.
I'd like to suggest that the Top 10 Forum Posters League Table be removed, as
it serves little constructive purpose other than to provide an incentive to those
members who, for whatever reason, are motivated to appear on it.
Please note that I do not mean to imply that all of those who currently appear
on the list desired to be so.
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Big thumbs up!
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 24, 2011 04:45 | | Subject: | Re: Store Most/Least Favorite Communication | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, LEGOMASTER writes:
| | In Suggestions, kzinti writes:
| | When someone Most or Least favorites a store, it would be nice to have some sort
of feedback mechanism to the store so they can understnad why people like or
dislike their store. Perhaps a text box to type in why you selected the store
as most or least favorite, the contents of which would then be sent in an anonymous
system message format to the Seller. It would give them an opportunity to better
understand what customers find important and they could then drive for increased
customer satisfaction.
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I vote no.
This would created more problems, debates, abuse, and MORE work for the Mods
and Admin. Bricklink should not deal with people who hide anonymous to either
hurt or force some one to change their store terms.
You either 'really' want the part/set or move to the next store.
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This idea is about finding what your customer likes/dislikes. The change or lack
thereof is always in your hands as the Seller. If they don't like your store
because you sell parts for more than a penny, you don't have to implement that
change. It is entirely up to you. It is a growth, development and learning tool.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 24, 2011 04:37 | | Subject: | Re: Store Most/Least Favorite Communication | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, kzinti writes:
| | When someone Most or Least favorites a store, it would be nice to have some sort
of feedback mechanism to the store so they can understnad why people like or
dislike their store. Perhaps a text box to type in why you selected the store
as most or least favorite, the contents of which would then be sent in an anonymous
system message format to the Seller. It would give them an opportunity to better
understand what customers find important and they could then drive for increased
customer satisfaction.
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Sorry, no...
I care for my buyers and my orders in the best way possible, so as all sellers,I
end up with feedbacks for that...
But I couldn't care less to know why someone would put me on their 'least' favorite
list...
If someone does, for any reason, it means they would probably not place an order,
so what? I consider it 'their' loss...
When it comes down to the 'most favorite' list, I see that number increase mounthly,
probably related to shipped orders/quality provided, so for me it means I'm on
the right track...
What customers find important: read your feedbacks, you can find some hints
Eric
PS BTW this kind of thread and the other one, is 'stiring the pot', make the
wrong answer and you get some extra 'least favorite'
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I hadn't really considered this or the other post as stirring the pot, just noting
some menu items that I never really look at often. My objective is to get some
sort of feedback on why people choose to most or least favorite you as a store,
in case there was something you could do to fix that. Such as: Minimum buy is
too high, you might reconsider lowering it if enough people least favorited you
for it.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 24, 2011 04:33 | | Subject: | Re: Store Most/Least Favorite Communication | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, LEGOMASTER writes:
| | In Suggestions, kzinti writes:
| | In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, dvsntt writes:
| | In Suggestions, kzinti writes:
| | When someone Most or Least favorites a store, it would be nice to have some sort
of feedback mechanism to the store so they can understnad why people like or
dislike their store. Perhaps a text box to type in why you selected the store
as most or least favorite, the contents of which would then be sent in an anonymous
system message format to the Seller. It would give them an opportunity to better
understand what customers find important and they could then drive for increased
customer satisfaction.
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I voted yes. It may be someone is concerned about retaliatory feedback, or for
some other reason does not wish to be identified, and I would really value that
persons opinion.
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It may not be someone who has ever ordered from you. What if the reason given
is something offensive? What if it's about religion or politics?
I see this causing some problems.
--
Marc.
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If it is something outside of your control, then there is nothing you could do
anyway. But if somoene least favorites you because of shipping costs or slow
shipping, those are things you can have a look at and control.
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I vote no. Just more problems and headache for the Admin and the Mods.
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Yet, if it was a simple, it would not be any hassle after implementation.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2011 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Store Most/Least Favorite Communication | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tomsmith writes:
| | In Suggestions, kzinti writes:
| | When someone Most or Least favorites a store, it would be nice to have some sort
of feedback mechanism to the store so they can understnad why people like or
dislike their store. Perhaps a text box to type in why you selected the store
as most or least favorite, the contents of which would then be sent in an anonymous
system message format to the Seller. It would give them an opportunity to better
understand what customers find important and they could then drive for increased
customer satisfaction.
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There was a system in place for this in the past with the Stop List feature.
It was abused by people wanting to get a last word in and then was removed.
-Tommy Smith
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I can see where that would have been a problem, but an anonymous note that says,
"Hey, I most favorited you because of your great prices" or "I least favorited
your store because of your terms page being too hard to understand", those would
be helpful. If someone simply said, "I don't like you", well, not much you can
do there.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2011 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: Store Most/Least Favorite Communication | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, dvsntt writes:
| | In Suggestions, kzinti writes:
| | When someone Most or Least favorites a store, it would be nice to have some sort
of feedback mechanism to the store so they can understnad why people like or
dislike their store. Perhaps a text box to type in why you selected the store
as most or least favorite, the contents of which would then be sent in an anonymous
system message format to the Seller. It would give them an opportunity to better
understand what customers find important and they could then drive for increased
customer satisfaction.
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I voted yes. It may be someone is concerned about retaliatory feedback, or for
some other reason does not wish to be identified, and I would really value that
persons opinion.
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It may not be someone who has ever ordered from you. What if the reason given
is something offensive? What if it's about religion or politics?
I see this causing some problems.
--
Marc.
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If it is something outside of your control, then there is nothing you could do
anyway. But if somoene least favorites you because of shipping costs or slow
shipping, those are things you can have a look at and control.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2011 16:38 | | Subject: | Store Most/Least Favorite Communication | | Viewed: | 299 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| When someone Most or Least favorites a store, it would be nice to have some sort
of feedback mechanism to the store so they can understnad why people like or
dislike their store. Perhaps a text box to type in why you selected the store
as most or least favorite, the contents of which would then be sent in an anonymous
system message format to the Seller. It would give them an opportunity to better
understand what customers find important and they could then drive for increased
customer satisfaction.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2011 17:20 | | Subject: | Re: Add "Pending Payment" to Order Status | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, FigBits writes:
| | In Suggestions, waltzking writes:
| | It would be nice to have this status for payments that have been sent, but not
yet received (ie. Money Order, PayPal eCheck, etc.).
The intent is to prevent order additions to an order once payment is initiated
by the buyer as well as correctly define the current status of the order.
In essence it would work the same as the "packed" or "paid" status, but with
a new, more appropriate, and descriptive name.
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There's a payment status for "clearing".
This doesn't block additional batches?
--
Marc.
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Good question, anyone know if this blocks additions?
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2011 19:47 | | Subject: | Re: Locked forum for ADULTS ONLY. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Can we beat dead horses there? How about dead hookers? |
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2011 22:32 | | Subject: | Re: Save a thousand clicks | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TheHawkins writes:
| | Please change the redirect after sending an invoice to a buyer:
After sending an invoice to a buyer, the system should return the user to the
"Orders Received" page, which is where they were before sending the invoice.
Currently, the user is redirected to a screen with one field so you can type
in an invoice number and see any invoice. I don't remember invoice numbers.
It would be much better to redirect to the "Orders Received" screen where I
can see all orders and use the user friendly controls on that screen to access
orders.
A simple change which makes a common sense improvement to Bricklink.
David
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And can we do that for the feedback as well?
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2011 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: Forced Consolidation-Multiple Identical Lots | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| You have Packing Minions? Sooo jealous right now...
In Suggestions, fwlynch writes:
| | In Suggestions, bsohn writes:
| | I suggest that the admin create a system for forced consolidation of multiple
identical lots.
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FAIL! I may list common parts (i.e. 2x2 bricks) multiple times (2) on purpose.
One listing may be for bricks sold individually and another for bricks sold in
bulk lots (x100). These are stored in physically separate locations and have
separate remarks. The remarks tell the packing minion where to pull the bricks
from. Forced consolidation like this would be problematic for me.
But I am in general agreement that sellers don't need 7 different listings of
the same item.
-Billy
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2011 19:25 | | Subject: | Re: Addition to the screen choices! | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Normally, I pull orders as they come in. If an order is on Hold, I keep that
order bin aside and as they update the order, I will pull the updates. This keeps
me from having to pull the entire order when they signify they are done.
In Suggestions, AlltRightBricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Perterz writes:
| | In Suggestions, AlltRightBricks writes:
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I think this would be great. It would also be nice if there was a feature by
which the buyer could select hold order open, and then select order is now complete.
This way the feature might read :
1.) 2 Orders Held Open
2.) 1 Open Order Now Complete
Actually I think it would be great if buyers had to select if they want the order
held open before they can submit it. This would eliminate getting additions after
an order has been invoiced (that's the hope anyway)
Katie
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For now the 'open order' option is a shipping option in my store.
On checkout buyers can make a choice that way and I immediatly see if this buyer
has intentions to add to their order.
Only 'problem' is to close an open order, I communicate to let the buyer know
I'm aware of his order and I state that processing the order only begins when
I have received a comment from them stating they're finished with shopping.
I ask for this comment with the last added batch. All communication is attached
to the order so emails/communication normally can't get lost or mixed up.
So far, no issues with this, it works.
But a direct option for the buyer to choose to keep the order open AND close
it would be very nice, less hassle, more effective.
YES for me
Kevin
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I have just implemented this in my store.
It's nice to be able to add items to cart in your own store and "checkout" to
see how everything looks from the side of the buyer, although I can't help but
wonder if such an order would actually go through.
I have implemented both Hold Order Open, and Order is Now Complete. This way
they will hopefully select one or the other.
I'm excited to see how well this works.
But yes I think it would be nice to eliminate the step of having to double check
with the buyer every time to see if they are done shopping. Communicating back
and forth is nice, but it can slow processing the order down unneccessarily.
Katie
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