although I have been a regular buyer and seller on BrickLink, something isn't
clear regarding the attribute "pkg type" on an item and the effect of it. I hope
someone can explain or point me to a help page / post explaining it how the
setting volume/weight bound works? I thought I understood, but sometimes I see
odd shipping options, that I can't explain. I see other users have similar
unclarities (https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1274373).
Can someone explain or point me to a clear explanation?
although I have been a regular buyer and seller on BrickLink, something isn't
clear regarding the attribute "pkg type" on an item and the effect of it. I hope
someone can explain or point me to a help page / post explaining it how the
setting volume/weight bound works? I thought I understood, but sometimes I see
odd shipping options, that I can't explain. I see other users have similar
unclarities (https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1274373).
Can someone explain or point me to a clear explanation?
As far as things go on the catalog side, this is the guidelines we have been
given to help make things in the system work better for everyone:
- All parts start out as Weight Bound by default.
- Any parts that are 2cm cubed or larger should be set to Volume Bound.
- Any parts that have at least one dimension of 8cm or larger should be set to
Volume Bound.
- All flat parts should be Volume Bound, such as baseplates, sticker sheets,
and items in the Plastic and Cloth categories.
- Flexible parts should stay as Weight Bound, such as hoses, string, power cables,
and chains.
We are pretty quickly getting a lot of these things into place on the catalog
side so that individual stores will not have to deal with these things any longer.
As with all things, though, patience is required since the amount of packaging
settings needed in the entire database is quite large.
Cheers,
Randy
In Shipping, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
Hello all,
although I have been a regular buyer and seller on BrickLink, something isn't
clear regarding the attribute "pkg type" on an item and the effect of it. I hope
someone can explain or point me to a help page / post explaining it how the
setting volume/weight bound works? I thought I understood, but sometimes I see
odd shipping options, that I can't explain. I see other users have similar
unclarities (https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1274373).
Can someone explain or point me to a clear explanation?
although I have been a regular buyer and seller on BrickLink, something isn't
clear regarding the attribute "pkg type" on an item and the effect of it. I hope
someone can explain or point me to a help page / post explaining it how the
setting volume/weight bound works? I thought I understood, but sometimes I see
odd shipping options, that I can't explain. I see other users have similar
unclarities (https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1274373).
Can someone explain or point me to a clear explanation?
Belgium
USA, Ohio
