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 Author: Guardian_bear View Messages Posted By Guardian_bear
 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 09:02
 Subject: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first?
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Guardian_bear (204)

Location:  USA, New York
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Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 09:12
 Subject: Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first?
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SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Suggestions, Guardian_bear writes:
  Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.

You can do that on the Buy page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page

All you need is a Wanted list….
 
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 09:19
 Subject: Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first?
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Brickwilbo (1534)

Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
  In Suggestions, Guardian_bear writes:
  Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.

You can do that on the Buy page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page

All you need is a Wanted list….

And here too: https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 19, 2021 10:23
 Subject: Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first?
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SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
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  You can do that on the Buy page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page

All you need is a Wanted list….

And here too: https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

Yes, and then you can see them when viewing your WL, after having enabled the
“Show (Items for Sale)” in your WL (see pic).

But this shows stores item per item, while you can choose multiple items on the
Buy page
 
 Author: Llewyn View Messages Posted By Llewyn
 Posted: Aug 19, 2021 05:49
 Subject: Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first?
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Llewyn (203)

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That may be a helpful alternative for you, Sylvain, but I'm with the OP here.
If I have a part - let's assume I've already added it to a list, because
it's probably come from a Studio build - and am looking for where to buy
it I have two options. I can go to Buy which will show me whether my preferred
sellers have it but hides prices behind another interaction, or to part search
which will give me a good indication of competitive prices as well as the specific
prices of stores but hides my preferred sellers behind another interaction.

The Buy option you suggest is considerably more work for a user than just recognising
store names from a part search.

Adding the option to display favourite sellers first in part searches would speed
up the process considerably for me, though just including some indication of
bookmark status in the search results would be a huge help.

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
  In Suggestions, Guardian_bear writes:
  Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.

You can do that on the Buy page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page

All you need is a Wanted list….