Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | brickerking  | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2024 17:08 | | Subject: | 8562 Gahlok | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | | For: | Catalog Associate | | Status: | Completed | |
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| Here is a better image from LEGO.com for this set that doesn't include the
black teeth as stated in additional notes. You can find it by searching LEGO.com
for the instructions for this set.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Part Dimensions in Quotes | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, brickerking writes:
| | Is there a way to enable part dimensions in quotes I have received? This is enabled
in orders I have received, but not visible in quotes as far as I can tell.
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Please!
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 15:19 | | Subject: | Re: Help with this minifig head needed | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Maulee writes:
Might not be lego. Do you see the lego logo inside the top stud?
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 11:19 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Removed Stickers | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Selling, zorbanj writes:
| | In Selling, brickerking writes:
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So just to follow up on this one...
I asked the help desk:
Can I list an incomplete set of peeled off stickers stored on wax paper as a
used sticker sheet with notes and a photo?
They got back to me and said it would need to be listed as a custom item.
So then I reported a couple other stickers listed in the above condition and
they were all removed from the store within a couple days.
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The help language was changed:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
It now reads (second sentence is new):
"Sticker sheets missing stickers must be listed as used. Individual stickers
not attached to the original sticker sheet must be listed as Custom Items."
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Yes, as a result of the complaints against these sticker listings, we have decided
to address the issue in the listing rules.
The main problem with individual stickers separated from the sheet is that we
don't have catalog entries for them. It is simply a practical concession
that we allow sheets with missing stickers to be sold as used, since for the
most part, used complete stickers sheets are very uncommon and of questionable
market value.
In the listings that were pulled down, the used stickers were placed on felt
and this is not great, with the fibers from the felt getting stuck to the back
of the sticker. Wax paper (freezer paper) is better since this is similar to
the surface the stickers were originally stuck to.
However, I do believe there is a valid market for used stickers for vintage sets,
especially some of the plastic based stickers (e.g. Fabuland). So I will be consulting
with our Marketplace and Catalog teams to see if we can make a provision for
listing them in some way under the sticker entry and not as custom items.
Until we make a decision on this, we won't be removing any more used sticker
listings.
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Thanks Russel,
I understand a few sellers have spent a lot of time on these, taking photos,
sourcing wax paper, writing descriptions and it would be very frustrating to
have these just removed.
It’s also frustrating for potential buyers to add a sticker sheet to a wanted
list, buy the wanted list automatically and then receive something they were
not expecting because there is too much that can be altered from the original
sticker sheet listing.
Thanks for taking the time to discuss a better solution for everyone.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 09:37 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Removed Stickers | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, zorbanj writes:
| | In Selling, brickerking writes:
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So just to follow up on this one...
I asked the help desk:
Can I list an incomplete set of peeled off stickers stored on wax paper as a
used sticker sheet with notes and a photo?
They got back to me and said it would need to be listed as a custom item.
So then I reported a couple other stickers listed in the above condition and
they were all removed from the store within a couple days.
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The help language was changed:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
It now reads (second sentence is new):
"Sticker sheets missing stickers must be listed as used. Individual stickers
not attached to the original sticker sheet must be listed as Custom Items."
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Didn’t notice this, thanks!
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Removed Stickers | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, zorbanj writes:
| | In Selling, brickerking writes:
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They got back to me and said it would need to be listed as a custom item.
So then I reported a couple other stickers listed in the above condition and
they were all removed from the store within a couple days.
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I wouldn't have done this. Why not message the sellers first and give them
the chance to care of it themselves?
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I had a bad experience with this seller, that’s why.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 02:03 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Removed Stickers | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, zorbanj writes:
| | In Selling, brickerking writes:
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OK, I see that sticker sheets can be sold if incomplete as used: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
I don't think selling stickers peeled off lego parts and sold as incomplete
sticker sheets should be a thing. To me, it seems misleading. They should be
listed on the parts they were found on as stickered parts. If that part isn't
in the catalog, add it. This is a lazy loophole that should be fixed.
Since LEGO stickers are not intended to be removed (they are not marketed as
reusable as far as I know), why can they be listed after removal from a part?
Doesn't make sense to me. I suppose you can list broken lego parts if they
are clearly marked that way, and maybe that's the justification, but why?
A sticker sheet is a physical thing. If the original sticker sheet from lego
is absent, then can a few peeled off stickers from that sticker sheet still be
called a sticker sheet? I don't believe expectations are being met by listing
peeled off stickers as used sticker sheets.
Please tell me why i'm wrong.
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The requirement states:
"Sticker sheets missing stickers must be listed as used."
To me that's vague enough to include re-applied peeled off stickers.
edk makes a good point:
"Carefully removed, adhesive stayed with the stickers, placed them on a waxy
backer
sheet, scanned an image and listed as used. I do not see a problem with this
method."
Also, what about high quality stickers that were applied to the wrong part?
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So just to follow up on this one...
I asked the help desk:
Can I list an incomplete set of peeled off stickers stored on wax paper as a
used sticker sheet with notes and a photo?
They got back to me and said it would need to be listed as a custom item.
So then I reported a couple other stickers listed in the above condition and
they were all removed from the store within a couple days.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 01:22 | | Subject: | Re: Ghost Buy feature from sellers own store | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, brickerking writes:
| | In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | It would be much easier if I could just treat it like a regular sale, so that
I could remove all the parts from my inventory in one operation and then pull
them from the drawers the way I would any other order. Maybe I'm missing
something and there's an easier way to accomplish what I want to do?
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I'm bringing back old suggestions that should have been implemented years
ago, k? This one has 263 views. Would BL admins be able to reveal the yes/no
results of this one?
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Just FYI, I like every week remove full lists from my shop using BrickStore,
it takes a couple of clicks:
* open your WL
* import Shop
* shop minus WL
* mass update your Shop to BrickLink.
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Thanks, but i've never used BrickStore. I'm making the point that BL
should have had this functionality years ago. Why not?
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Because they have other priorities?
Maybe they also know you can do it in a few clicks, so they may wish (or have
to) to concentrate on something different or more important?
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BL's no. one priority should be marketing and developing the site for buyers
and sellers. This is a simple and obvious one that should be implemented. Making
excuses for BL - they're much too busy - they have so many other things to
do - is not something we as part of the BL community should do. If we pay to
use a service, we should expect it to get better and improve all the time. You
are apologizing for BL for what? Are you being paid to do this? If not, why argue
against making small improvements to the website you use every day?
Actually, please don't answer, you're probably much to busy - I wouldn't
want to bother you. 
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2024 23:33 | | Subject: | Re: Ghost Buy feature from sellers own store | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | It would be much easier if I could just treat it like a regular sale, so that
I could remove all the parts from my inventory in one operation and then pull
them from the drawers the way I would any other order. Maybe I'm missing
something and there's an easier way to accomplish what I want to do?
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I'm bringing back old suggestions that should have been implemented years
ago, k? This one has 263 views. Would BL admins be able to reveal the yes/no
results of this one?
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Just FYI, I like every week remove full lists from my shop using BrickStore,
it takes a couple of clicks:
* open your WL
* import Shop
* shop minus WL
* mass update your Shop to BrickLink.
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Thanks, but i've never used BrickStore. I'm making the point that BL
should have had this functionality years ago. Why not?
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2024 23:14 | | Subject: | Re: Ghost Buy feature from sellers own store | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mgiglio writes:
| | It would be great if I could make purchases from my own store, in a ghost mode
that doesn't allow for feedback and doesn't charge fees.
Often when I'm restoring a batch of used sets, I have a wanted list for each
one of them to figure out what I'm missing. Then, once I go through my unlisted
bulk LEGO, I find that have parts in my store that I need to complete these sets.
The only way I can figure to get those parts is to use the inventory search tool
to select items on my wanted list, pull them from my drawers, and then adjust
my inventory quantities appropriately for each item.
It would be much easier if I could just treat it like a regular sale, so that
I could remove all the parts from my inventory in one operation and then pull
them from the drawers the way I would any other order. Maybe I'm missing
something and there's an easier way to accomplish what I want to do?
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I'm bringing back old suggestions that should have been implemented years
ago, k? This one has 263 views. Would BL admins be able to reveal the yes/no
results of this one?
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: One time pin random generation | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, brickerking writes:
| | In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In General, brickerking writes:
| | In General, Ianpugh writes:
| | Is anyone else getting random one time pin notifications? I’ve had about 6 sent
at times when i have not tried to log in to my account so far……. Not sure if
this is happening to everyone or just me?
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They just turned that on for everyone without warning: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423
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Yep, went to check my store settings and it was on. 
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You can turn it off if you wish.
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I actually have to turn it off as both my wife and i are on separate devices
using the same account which leads to constant pin generations.
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doesn't it last 30 days? i have 3 devices i use for bricklink so just once
every 30 days i enter in the pin and have no issues.
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Huh, maybe it would work. I didn't have the patience to find out.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 14:44 | | Subject: | Re: One time pin random generation | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In General, brickerking writes:
| | In General, Ianpugh writes:
| | Is anyone else getting random one time pin notifications? I’ve had about 6 sent
at times when i have not tried to log in to my account so far……. Not sure if
this is happening to everyone or just me?
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They just turned that on for everyone without warning: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423
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Yep, went to check my store settings and it was on.
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You can turn it off if you wish.
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I actually have to turn it off as both my wife and i are on separate devices
using the same account which leads to constant pin generations.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 14:25 | | Subject: | Re: One time pin random generation | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Ianpugh writes:
| | Is anyone else getting random one time pin notifications? I’ve had about 6 sent
at times when i have not tried to log in to my account so far……. Not sure if
this is happening to everyone or just me?
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They just turned that on for everyone without warning: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! (but...calm...) | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Bond writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | Permanent? Nothing can be permanent in Security.
It's just a perpetual race between hackers and sites.
Stop spreading FUD please.
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Here I feel compelled to intervene. With all due respect, both to you and my
Forum associates, tacking the word "please" at the end of a condescending,
dismissive statement is the discourse equivalent of spreading chocolate frosting
on a pile of merde.
Speaking strictly for myself, I can't buy into the notion that UTLF was spreading
Fear, Uncertainty, or Doubt. BrickLink members should have the perfect right
to raise intelligent and legitimate questions regarding perceived BL staff actions
(or lack thereof) having to do with account security, personal information, and
equal policy enforcement, regardless of how loosely they may word their concerns.
It is not at all presumptuous to expect a community of grown, intelligent human
beings to express increasing frustration regarding the resolution of raised concerns,
particularly when said concerns are met with unhelpful, curt, and dismissive
replies replete with toxicity.
Look...I don't want any enmity between myself, you, or any other BrickLink
denizen. May I please make an attempt at restating what I believe are the issues
at stake in this thread?The collective goal of these people is not to stir up
a hornet's nest. All they're looking for is regular, honest, and open
communication from BrickLink staff regarding issues which, left unattended, could
potentially and negatively impact both users' BL experience as well as BrickLink's
reputation. To be sure, "reputation" is in no way used dramatically here.
If people feel they can't buy or sell LEGO products on BrickLink, they'll
be happy to find their way to BrickOwl, Amazon, eBay (shudder), etc.
The logic behind regular communication should speak for itself, provided that
it supplies useful information. Not all of us understand the finer details about
the labors and dedication it takes to run BrickLink (me included), particularly
under the shadow of TLG's rightful oversight. But most of us acknowledge
that it's no cakewalk, either. Almost all necessary tasks requiring arduous
effort can be termed as thankless. That being said, regular statements regarding
the status of current anomalies shouldn't be too much to ask. Let us suppose,
say, every fortnight? Once a month on the same day (e.g. the third Friday of
each month)? The statements could be as short or detailed as BrickLink staff
desired.
Ex: "Hello BL Community. As we are all aware, last Tuesday this site was
maliciously hacked by Darth Vader of the Planet Vulcan, who threatened to melt
our brains if we didn't pay him a monthly tithe of all collected BL fees.
In response, we have taken the following actions...(etc. etc.). At this time,
we cannot predict when this crisis will end, and we beg your continued patience.
If the issue isn't resolved by (date), we will post another update on (date).
Thank you."
One last thought. I submit, with an admitted degree of trepidation, that threads
like this one would be shortened and be less emotional in tone if we all made
an effort to be as understanding and civil as possible. I am guilty of having
given in to the temptation to "own" my detractors on the Forum in the
past. I was wrong, and I can only hope that my all-too-wordy reply will result
in something positive.
With all Respect,
- Bond
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Thanks for understanding the situation and contributing with a voice of reason.
I wish more would do this. It would make a difference.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 12:57 | | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, brickerking writes:
| | In Administrative, zorbanj writes:
| | In Administrative, brickerking writes:
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IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?
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Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.
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IT: Wait, what? Why would we merge parts? I can make a drop down that will manage
that for you. Would that work?
Manager: Rats, I ran out of gummies, do you have any?
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hehe...
http://v4ei.com/comics/2024/03/otp.php
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 12:52 | | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Mevitsbricks writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Send a freaking email would ya! No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.
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+1k
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 12:04 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, UTLF writes:
| | I love how techbros flex their coding experience and how they make $100k/year,
but as soon as you ask them to do their job they make 100 excuses as to why it's
impossible; I guess that's why this site still runs on spaghetti code
This isn't some startup that can't afford to pay people, this is a marketplace
owned by a billion-dollar company & can afford to pay the costs of revamping
a website
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I have a feeling BL is run by corporate IT. In general, IT doesn’t make good
management (also management doesn’t make good IT). However, when corporate IT
runs the company they tend to make a small box within which to operate the company.
On the other hand, the right management will bring vision to a company and drive
the IT department out of their box. In my opinion, BL has been focused on small
boxes in which to operate for a long time, which leads to my suspicious feeling.
Where there is no vision, the people perish!
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 11:52 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, brickerking writes:
Not “was” but “scheduled to be.” Like BL is scheduled to be updated….
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Exactly as it was before!
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 11:22 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, DanialR writes:
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Can't, can't, can't. Two words that means no hard work will ever
be done: spaghetti code
(and all the IT guys now nod their heads and say, yup, yup yup)
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Do I like the spam, CBD ads, etc? NO!!!!!, but if reporting them when I see a
new one is the cost of allowing the Dev Team to focus on long term fixes then
it is a price I'm willing to accept. If the price becomes too great then
I have choices, Bricklink is not the only game in town.
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Sure, we can just throw BL away. That's the easy way out. This is a throw-away
society, I guess. But wouldn't it be better to fight for this community that
we're all apart of. Wouldn't it be great to discuss the things that suck
about BL and make a case that they need to be fixed? That's all this thread
is about. Not, whether it's possible to enable capcha or not. It's about
the right for people to speak their minds and be heard instead of shut down by
those who just apologize for BL all day long. Why do we need to apologize for
the BL dev team? Why can't we instead insist that maybe they need a larger
dev team with bigger goals!
After all, even Notre Dam was re-opened after a few years: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459460
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 00:27 | | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, zorbanj writes:
| | In Administrative, brickerking writes:
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IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?
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Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.
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IT: Wait, what? Why would we merge parts? I can make a drop down that will manage
that for you. Would that work?
Manager: Rats, I ran out of gummies, do you have any?
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