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| | | Author: | UtinniBricks  | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2019 22:02 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10704-1 | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 93595 Black Wheel 11mm D. x 6mm with 8 'Y' Spokes (Extra)
* Delete 1 Part 4589b Dark Bluish Gray Cone 1 x 1 with Top Groove (Extra)
* Delete 1 Part 3957b Black Antenna 1 x 4 - Flat Top (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
I've recently parted out these sets and after receiving orders, found shortages equal to the quantity of the sets I parted out. These pieces are not typical extra parts in any set.
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2019 22:56 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10704-1 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, JawaBricks writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 93595 Black Wheel 11mm D. x 6mm with 8 'Y' Spokes (Extra)
* Delete 1 Part 4589b Dark Bluish Gray Cone 1 x 1 with Top Groove (Extra)
* Delete 1 Part 3957b Black Antenna 1 x 4 - Flat Top (Extra)
Comments from Submitter:
I've recently parted out these sets and after receiving orders, found shortages equal to the quantity of the sets I parted out. These pieces are not typical extra parts in any set.
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From the Additional Information About Extra Items section of the Inventory
Sections: Regular, Extra, Counterpart, and Alternate help page:
Removing or Changing Extra Items - Extra parts can vary depending on when
and where a set was manufactured, meaning that some new sets may include them
and others may not. The quantity of these extra parts can also vary. Extra parts
are typically not removed or reduced in quantity unless it can be determined
that they were originally added or increased in error.
These extra parts were found in some copies of this set so they will not be removed.
Cheers,
Randy
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| | | | | | | Author: | UtinniBricks | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2019 17:46 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10704-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| Quite unfortunate, as this creates far more headaches for sellers parting it
out, creating potential inventory shortages. Perhaps there is another way to
document the extra pieces being present in some (perhaps a small quantity) of
this set? There must be a better way to document this, especially if unknown
quantities of these released sets exist.
How do I/can I challenge the original accepted inventory entry? Again, based
on these pieces, I've NEVER come across these specific parts as extras in
any other Lego sets...
Anyone else out these experience this error?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2019 18:37 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10704-1 | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, JawaBricks writes:
| | Quite unfortunate, as this creates far more headaches for sellers parting it
out, creating potential inventory shortages. Perhaps there is another way to
document the extra pieces being present in some (perhaps a small quantity) of
this set? There must be a better way to document this, especially if unknown
quantities of these released sets exist.
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This argument has come up time and time again on BrickLink. The information in
the BrickLink inventories is meant to be used as a guide and is not guaranteed
to be correct. In fact, there is a disclaimer at the bottom of every inventory
page:
"Disclaimer: BrickLink does not guarantee an inventory to be correct and
therefore an inventory should be only used as a guide."
It is up to each seller when parting out a set using the provided BrickLink inventories
to ensure that their store inventories are correct. In other words, the argument
you are putting forth for the Extra Items section in a BrickLink inventory can
just as easily apply to all of the other sections of said inventory. What if
the Regular Items section of the BrickLink inventory contains errors? Do you
just blindly accept that it is completely right when parting out the set or do
you actually check your stock?
As you can see by the number of Inventory Change Requests that come through the
forums, there are always errors in BrickLink inventories being fixed. If sellers
are not careful when using the BrickLink inventories, then *any* errors in them
get passed on to their store inventories, whether it be parts in the wrong color,
part shortages, part overages, wrong part variants, etc. So you can see that
the same exact logic applies to every section of the BrickLink inventories including
the Extra Items section.
| | How do I/can I challenge the original accepted inventory entry? Again, based
on these pieces, I've NEVER come across these specific parts as extras in
any other Lego sets...
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What exactly do you want to challenge? The pieces were found as extras in some
sets and not in others. Therefore, they meet the BrickLink definition of an Extra
Item as far as the BrickLink inventories are concerned and they will not be removed.
You may also want to look at the history of the parts you are discussing to see
what has occurred with them in the past.
has appeared as an extra in 41 sets to date. I have personally confirmed quite
a few of those sets from sealed set contents, so I have seen them as extra parts
a number of times.
has appeared as an extra in 30 sets to date. I have not personally confirmed
any of those sets, but I do trust the members that added those parts as extras
(which just so happen to include our other current Inventory Admin as well as
admin Russell at BrickLink headquarters).
| | Anyone else out these experience this error?
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As stated above, these extras are not errors in the BrickLink inventory. They
are just the data as is. You were just one of the unlucky ones to not get more
extra pieces in your set. 
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Best regards,
Randy
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USA, Wisconsin
