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| | | Author: | blueclad1  | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 17:48 | | Subject: | Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 144 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hello Friends at Bricklink!
I have a suggestion for the "Orders Placed" page. Please allow for a
longer history of orders. I (as well as other professional builders) get to write
off our Bricklink orders on our taxes, and it doesn't help that my orders
expire from the page. If I need to reference them for tax season, they aren't
there. Currently I only show orders up till September 2023, but not before. It
would help to have access to orders *at least* going back to January 2023.
Thank you for considering this. It would make a huge difference to see this change
take place.
Bruce
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 17:55 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, blueclad1 writes:
| | Hello Friends at Bricklink!
I have a suggestion for the "Orders Placed" page. Please allow for a
longer history of orders. I (as well as other professional builders) get to write
off our Bricklink orders on our taxes, and it doesn't help that my orders
expire from the page. If I need to reference them for tax season, they aren't
there. Currently I only show orders up till September 2023, but not before. It
would help to have access to orders *at least* going back to January 2023.
Thank you for considering this. It would make a huge difference to see this change
take place.
Bruce
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You should download your orders before they are “purged.” https://www.bricklink.com/orderExcel.asp?orderType=placed
BTW, you can still download your purged orders: the purge removes all the details
(items, quantities, unit prices) but the rest (“header”) is still available.
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| | | | | | | Author: | blueclad1 | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 17:58 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| That's helpful... (and a fast reply!)
How long are purged orders available for viewing? And where do I go to download
the purged orders?
Bruce
In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, blueclad1 writes:
| | Hello Friends at Bricklink!
I have a suggestion for the "Orders Placed" page. Please allow for a
longer history of orders. I (as well as other professional builders) get to write
off our Bricklink orders on our taxes, and it doesn't help that my orders
expire from the page. If I need to reference them for tax season, they aren't
there. Currently I only show orders up till September 2023, but not before. It
would help to have access to orders *at least* going back to January 2023.
Thank you for considering this. It would make a huge difference to see this change
take place.
Bruce
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You should download your orders before they are “purged.” https://www.bricklink.com/orderExcel.asp?orderType=placed
BTW, you can still download your purged orders: the purge removes all the details
(items, quantities, unit prices) but the rest (“header”) is still available.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, blueclad1 writes:
| | That's helpful... (and a fast reply!)
How long are purged orders available for viewing? And where do I go to download
the purged orders?
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AFAIK the purged orders are kept indefinitely. The purge happens after 6 month
(or 180 days, not sure exactly, it must me be written somewhere).
The link to download the orders is at the bottom of the list of your orders (My
BL | Orders for a buyer)… but only when the list is not empty.
So look in your Filed orders too.
Otherwise, you need to bookmark or remember the link: https://www.bricklink.com/orderExcel.asp?orderType=placed
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 00:27 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | AFAIK the purged orders are kept indefinitely. The purge happens after 6 month
(or 180 days, not sure exactly, it must me be written somewhere).
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at the bottom of the orders page
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| | | | | Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 19:10 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, blueclad1 writes:
| | Hello Friends at Bricklink!
I have a suggestion for the "Orders Placed" page. Please allow for a
longer history of orders. I (as well as other professional builders) get to write
off our Bricklink orders on our taxes, and it doesn't help that my orders
expire from the page. If I need to reference them for tax season, they aren't
there. Currently I only show orders up till September 2023, but not before. It
would help to have access to orders *at least* going back to January 2023.
Thank you for considering this. It would make a huge difference to see this change
take place.
Bruce
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Agree. On all other platforms I sell and systems I use for selling, transactions
are kept for many years. For tax purposes 5 years would be the least. The '6
moth's is from a period that data storage costed a multiple of what is cost
now. And in some cases it is practible to an overview of transactions with a
specific buyer. I now have to print all invoices out.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 19:41 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Erikmax writes:
| | Agree. On all other platforms I sell and systems I use for selling, transactions
are kept for many years. For tax purposes 5 years would be the least. The '6
moth's is from a period that data storage costed a multiple of what is cost
now. And in some cases it is practible to an overview of transactions with a
specific buyer. I now have to print all invoices out.
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BrickLink does retain transactional data, it's order detail data that get
purged.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | crimson30 | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 14:24 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| If the order details are gone, what good is that really?
I only started downloading order data a year ago. I really wish I had thought
to do it much, much sooner 😢
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, crimson30 writes:
| | If the order details are gone, what good is that really?
I only started downloading order data a year ago. I really wish I had thought
to do it much, much sooner 😢
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You don't keep e-mails neither?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | crimson30 | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 17:22 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | | | Author: | Autour | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 14:28 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, blueclad1 writes:
| | Hello Friends at Bricklink!
I have a suggestion for the "Orders Placed" page. Please allow for a
longer history of orders. I (as well as other professional builders) get to write
off our Bricklink orders on our taxes, and it doesn't help that my orders
expire from the page. If I need to reference them for tax season, they aren't
there. Currently I only show orders up till September 2023, but not before. It
would help to have access to orders *at least* going back to January 2023.
Thank you for considering this. It would make a huge difference to see this change
take place.
Bruce
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+1 !
It should at least be possible to view the history of the last 2 years IMHO (without
having to perform special tricks).
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| | | | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 14:51 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for longer order history... | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I would go further and say all of the history should be available. Data storage
costs are almost nothing nowadays.
In Suggestions, Autour writes:
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It should at least be possible to view the history of the last 2 years IMHO (without
having to perform special tricks).
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| | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 18:01 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | (Cancelled) |
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