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 Author: Martin_MD View Messages Posted By Martin_MD
 Posted: Nov 28, 2025 10:33
 Subject: Identifying least amount of "Items for sale"
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Martin_MD (29)

Location:  Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt
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Hi,
my WL is huge. I want to start buying now. In general my approach is too look
for those items that are rare and try to buy those first, so I can reduce S&H.
If not in the end I have 10 rare parts left, that I have to buy from 10 stores.
Not ideal.

As there any way to quickly see which items in my WL have the least amount for
sale?
 Author: hpoort View Messages Posted By hpoort
 Posted: Nov 28, 2025 11:02
 Subject: Re: Identifying least amount of "Items for sale"
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hpoort (428)

Location:  Netherlands, Groningen
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In General, Martin_MD writes:
  Hi,
my WL is huge. I want to start buying now. In general my approach is too look
for those items that are rare and try to buy those first, so I can reduce S&H.
If not in the end I have 10 rare parts left, that I have to buy from 10 stores.
Not ideal.

As there any way to quickly see which items in my WL have the least amount for
sale?

On the Search Wanted List tab, you can select "Show Items For Sale" and
will get a list of the top 20 lots of each of your wanted list items. It also
shows you how many lots match. So if you see a low number (or no number at all),
it means: rare. If you see a high number, it means: many shops have this item
available.

See: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/search.page?type=A&sa=1&showStores=1&sort=1

What I usually do is to focus on those items that are important to me and are
available in only a few shops; then I check those few shops out; I also do a
quick [Ctrl]+[F] search on the wanted list page for that shop name. If I see
that same shop name appear several times in the top 20, it might be a good choice
since they have more from what I want for a reasonable price. If I only get a
single hit, that means that either they don't have what I need, or they are
more expensive than at least 20 other shops for each item.
 Author: Martin_MD View Messages Posted By Martin_MD
 Posted: Nov 28, 2025 14:10
 Subject: Re: Identifying least amount of "Items for sale"
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Martin_MD (29)

Location:  Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt
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Oh wow, perfect Didnt see that tab. It also does exclude all shops that are
higher than the max price. Which is also already a decent indicator.

But I have to say, it is quite hard to overview. I have 500 items I need. Every
item has a next tab shown the stores. But is there any chance now to sort my
items according "amount of stores"? Or do I have to go through every
item?

In General, hpoort writes:
  In General, Martin_MD writes:
  Hi,
my WL is huge. I want to start buying now. In general my approach is too look
for those items that are rare and try to buy those first, so I can reduce S&H.
If not in the end I have 10 rare parts left, that I have to buy from 10 stores.
Not ideal.

As there any way to quickly see which items in my WL have the least amount for
sale?

On the Search Wanted List tab, you can select "Show Items For Sale" and
will get a list of the top 20 lots of each of your wanted list items. It also
shows you how many lots match. So if you see a low number (or no number at all),
it means: rare. If you see a high number, it means: many shops have this item
available.

See: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/search.page?type=A&sa=1&showStores=1&sort=1

What I usually do is to focus on those items that are important to me and are
available in only a few shops; then I check those few shops out; I also do a
quick [Ctrl]+[F] search on the wanted list page for that shop name. If I see
that same shop name appear several times in the top 20, it might be a good choice
since they have more from what I want for a reasonable price. If I only get a
single hit, that means that either they don't have what I need, or they are
more expensive than at least 20 other shops for each item.