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 Author: RagingR2 View Messages Posted By RagingR2
 Posted: Apr 12, 2020 07:33
 Subject: How to flag incomplete items
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 Topic: Suggestions
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RagingR2 (66)

Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
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Mar 20, 2020 Contact Member Seller
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Store: R2-Brick2
Hi there,

Maybe this idea has been launched by other people.
But I regularly come across items that are not labeled as "incomplete", therefore
at first glance you assume they are complete, but reading the description you
quickly discover the item is not complete (i.e. "missing minifigs and weapons,
otherwise complete"). Which I would argue, is clearly a case of *not complete*.
As a user I would like 1) to be able to quickly filter these offerings out, but
of course this all depends on the seller correctly labeling his offering, and
therefore 2) I would like a quick option to flag such items.

Frankly, I think it's pretty unacceptable to have sellers keep labeling their
items as "complete" when clearly they are not. This is just a sneaky way to mislead
people, or in the "least worst" case, a way to make your item pop up on top of
a search query when really, it shouldn't be there. I don't want to see
your incomplete items when I am searching for complete ones.

N.B. Of course I read descriptions before I read them. But this becomes increadibly
tedious when you are searching for multiple items. And frankly, this shouldn't
be necessary to check for completeness since there is a filter for that, and
it kinda bugs me that sellers are trying to circumvent this system.

Is there a way to fix this that I am missing? Or could something be implemented.

Greetings,
RaginR2
 Author: saosivert View Messages Posted By saosivert
 Posted: Apr 12, 2020 07:57
 Subject: Re: How to flag incomplete items
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saosivert (633)

Location:  Russia, Tatarstan
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Store: Kazan Bricks
You can report such lots to admin. Go to Problem Center — Items for sale
https://www.bricklink.com/problemInventory.asp

Select reason: Item is incorrectly defined as New/Used or Complete/Incomplete/Sealed
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Apr 12, 2020 11:08
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Store: ConstrucToys
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 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Apr 12, 2020 13:50
 Subject: Re: How to flag incomplete items
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popsicle (6652)

Location:  USA, Washington
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In Suggestions, RagingR2 writes:
  Hi there,

Maybe this idea has been launched by other people.
But I regularly come across items that are not labeled as "incomplete", therefore
at first glance you assume they are complete, but reading the description you
quickly discover the item is not complete (i.e. "missing minifigs and weapons,
otherwise complete"). Which I would argue, is clearly a case of *not complete*.
As a user I would like 1) to be able to quickly filter these offerings out, but
of course this all depends on the seller correctly labeling his offering, and
therefore 2) I would like a quick option to flag such items.

Frankly, I think it's pretty unacceptable to have sellers keep labeling their
items as "complete" when clearly they are not. This is just a sneaky way to mislead
people, or in the "least worst" case, a way to make your item pop up on top of
a search query when really, it shouldn't be there. I don't want to see
your incomplete items when I am searching for complete ones.

N.B. Of course I read descriptions before I read them. But this becomes increadibly
tedious when you are searching for multiple items. And frankly, this shouldn't
be necessary to check for completeness since there is a filter for that, and
it kinda bugs me that sellers are trying to circumvent this system.

Is there a way to fix this that I am missing? Or could something be implemented.

Greetings,
RaginR2

+1
 Author: zzed View Messages Posted By zzed
 Posted: Apr 14, 2020 19:11
 Subject: Re: How to flag incomplete items
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zzed (88)

Location:  USA, Indiana
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I sympathize. It is frustrating when there is a listing for a "new" minifigure.
Then the description says it is missing a few body parts & priced accordingly
... but that the remaining head/whatever is perfect condition. So, naturally
the auto select feature adds that store to my shopping carts since it is lower
priced. All I know to do at that point is to add the store to my disliked list
to stop auto select from grabbing it.