Have you ever considered allowing inventories for parts in the Sticker over Assembly
category? Some of these titles are ridiculous and the only reason they have
to be like that is because someone long ago decided that these parts shouldn't
have inventories.
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BA067pb01 Stickered Assembly 4 x 2 x 1 with Classic Fire Logo Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 590 & 374-1 - 1 Plate 1 x 4, 2 Plate 1 x 1, 1 Plate 2 x 2, 1 Plate, Modified 1 x 4 with Tow Ball Socket, Long, 2 Slots Parts: Stickered Assembly
There's only a single good reason that I know of not to inventory the parts:
because individual stickers don't have catalog entries and thus cannot be
included in the inventories.
I wonder if that's reason enough, though. I'm thinking it's not.
Am I missing another reason not to inventory them?
And I see now that a few items have no part inventories at all in their titles:
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BA001pb02 Stickered Assembly 3 x 2 x 1 2/3 with Exxon Tank Number 1 Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 6375-2 - 2 Plate 2 x 3, 1 Brick 1 x 2, 1 Brick 1 x 3, 1 Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight Parts: Stickered Assembly
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BA082pb02 Stickered Assembly 3 x 2 x 1 2/3 with Exxon Tank Number 2 Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 6375-2 - 2 Plate 2 x 3, 1 Brick 1 x 2, 1 Brick 1 x 3, 1 Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight Parts: Stickered Assembly
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BA001pb01 Stickered Assembly 3 x 2 x 1 2/3 with Shell Tank Number 1 Pattern (Sticker) - Set 6610 - 2 Plate 2 x 3, 1 Brick 1 x 2, 1 Brick 1 x 3, 1 Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight Parts: Stickered Assembly Marked for Deletion
Have you ever considered allowing inventories for parts in the Sticker over Assembly
category?
Honestly, I have never even given a single thought to these parts.
Some of these titles are ridiculous
Yes, they are. I am in total agreement with you on that.
and the only reason they have
to be like that is because someone long ago decided that these parts shouldn't
have inventories.
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BA067pb01 Stickered Assembly 4 x 2 x 1 with Classic Fire Logo Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 590 & 374-1 - 1 Plate 1 x 4, 2 Plate 1 x 1, 1 Plate 2 x 2, 1 Plate, Modified 1 x 4 with Tow Ball Socket, Long, 2 Slots Parts: Stickered Assembly
There's only a single good reason that I know of not to inventory the parts:
because individual stickers don't have catalog entries and thus cannot be
included in the inventories.
That is one reason.
I wonder if that's reason enough, though. I'm thinking it's not.
Am I missing another reason not to inventory them?
The other reasons are the same reasons as for any other part that gets inventoried:
(1) part inventories can't have alternates in them, (2) if there are changes
to the main set inventories, the assembly inventories in the set may have to
be separately maintained, (3) proliferation of notes on items, etc. These are
the reasons why we stopped adding Special Assemblies, because they were becoming
an administrative nightmare.
What do you (and anyone else) think?
There are a finite number of stickered Brick Assemblies and their inventories
are rather small. I guess I personally would not have a problem with having inventories
for them, but not having the sticker associated with the inventory for a *stickered*
part is a big reason for not having them. How do you stop a seller from just
selling a couple of bricks as a stickered Brick Assembly when the inventory shows
they are in the right even though the sticker is the most important part of the
stickered Brick Assembly? So even though I wouldn't be personally against
it, I believe it is best to keep things as they are.
How do you stop a seller from just
selling a couple of bricks as a stickered Brick Assembly when the inventory shows
they are in the right even though the sticker is the most important part of the
stickered Brick Assembly?
I assumed this would come up, so I prepared a response. First, there will always
be sellers who abuse whatever systems are in place. I think it's fair to
say those sellers are very much in the minority. Most sellers, I would hope,
want to do right by buyers - so most sellers are going to sell what the catalog
entry intends.
Second, this argument could be made for many other catalog entries and inventories.
Yet we still continue to have catalog entries and inventories, trusting that
sellers will do right by buyers. I'm not convinced that the catalog and
its inventories should be structured with bad actors as our primary focus.
(1) part inventories can't have alternates in them, (2) if there are changes to the main set inventories, the assembly inventories in the set may have to be separately maintained, (3) proliferation of notes on items, etc.
Those are better arguments and I can understand the logic behind them. So maybe
stickered assembly inventories would be too much work to keep up with. I don't
have strong feelings either way.
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