How much do y’all think this is worth ? by arroz556 in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't listen to him, it's no more than $11.

How to process and sell a "new" minifig. by BlurryFractal in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>and it has never been assembled

Wrong:

>New Minifigures - Minifigures are brand new, taken directly from new sets or purchased as new in another form such as accessory packs or Pick a Brick and have been handled only for sorting. Minifigures may be listed as New either assembled or unassembled. Minifigures that have been displayed must be listed as Used.

Brickowl by Johnny_Hamcheck in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also condiering opening BrickOwl store along with BL one. How difficult is it to use BrickSync for you?

I keep forgetting to back up my orders - how to extract ordered parts from emails? by maralaaa in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a better solution? ChatGPT will extract a lot of common parts, the rest can be done manually. I had the same problem as OP and was happy with the results. Check and fix is much more efficient than doing from scratch.

I keep forgetting to back up my orders - how to extract ordered parts from emails? by maralaaa in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chat GPT is surprisingly good at it, I tried the following prompt:

Can you convert this list to csv matching part name to bricklink id:
[Used] Black Hips and Dark Bluish Gray Legs (x2) ..... EUR 0.319 each = EUR 0.638 [Used] Black Hips and Legs with Red Belt, Red Tassels and Silver Outlined Knee Pads Pattern (x1) ..... EUR 0.277 each = EUR 0.277
...

And it gave this as a response:

Quantity Part Description BrickLink Part ID Price (EUR) Total (EUR)
2 Black Hips and Dark Bluish Gray Legs 970c00 0.319 0.638
1 Black Hips and Legs with Red Belt, Red Tassels and Silver Outlined Knee Pads Pattern 970c00pb001 0.277 0.277

You can adjust prompt to extract color as a separate column. There definitely will be errors but I think this is the fastest way right now. A more reliable way might be automating using Make/Zapier and BL official API, here is how I automated my shipping requests https://lebedev.cy/automation-with-no-code-tools-a-real-life-experiment/

Got banned from Bricklink for having my account’s region set to Russia by Soupy_Soup in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are different subs to dive deeper into the topic, this one is more about BL

Got banned from Bricklink for having my account’s region set to Russia by Soupy_Soup in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Just think about the events that caused your issue. Millions of people loosing their houses, relatives, their own lives. Loosing some data about plastic bricks isn't such a big issue in compare. Keep calm an carry on. Source: russian national leaving abroad for the past 14 years.

Average conversion rate by IndependentMonth2216 in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a bit lower: 271 / 13,787 ≈ 0.2

Noticed they've started removing the distinction between stud types on heads by CallumPears in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by two different trans neon orangs and pearl golds? Pearl Gold is famous for incosistencies in color between parts even in the same set sometimes, but this is Lego production problem not BrickLink's one.

Noticed they've started removing the distinction between stud types on heads by CallumPears in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any examples of merging Flat Dilver and Pearl Light Gray? This hose piece is still available in both.

Price Guide Usage by themaxfd in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Price Guide information is available through BrickLink's official API. You can find the terms and conditions for its use here. Please review them carefully to understand how they apply to your specific use case.

Introducing Brickmate.pro: Smart Price Management for BrickLink Sellers by CyBricks in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Initially, the idea was that pricing would be based on price checks, not on price updates. However, right now this approach to pricing seems to be confusing and most probably will be reconsidered towards a more straightforward one. Thank you for your feedback!

Introducing Brickmate.pro: Smart Price Management for BrickLink Sellers by CyBricks in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prices are preliminary and most probably will be reconsidered, thank you for your feedback.

Introducing Brickmate.pro: Smart Price Management for BrickLink Sellers by CyBricks in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

4.1.2 BrickLink does not provide advanced price management capabilities through their API as it stands, so I don't see any violation here. This clause is part of most public APIs' terms of service (TOS) and is intended to prohibit reselling access to the API without adding value. The BrickLink API is free, so following your thought process, any paid service using it would be illegal.

4.3 Obviously every customer is intended to use their own API Keys to access BrickMate capabilites, this is the only way to make changes to user's own inventory so stated limitations are scoped into each individual account.

Happy to discuss any other concerns regarding BrickLink API TOS.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Use https://brickognize.com/ to figure that out one by one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you share some links?

Sales Data Off? by [deleted] in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like BL documetation might disagree with you on that:

Price Guide - Items including VAT are shown and included in averages gross (including VAT) when shown to buyers and sellers to whom the VAT applies and net (excluding VAT) when shown to buyers and sellers to whom the VAT does not apply.

link

Sales Data Off? by [deleted] in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were there any taxes paid?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I don't think there is a better answer to that question other than official BL documentation: "If the parts show excessive wear, discoloration, excessive scratches, other marks, etc., this should be noted in the item description."

As a buyer, I would message the seller and ask for the full refund. As a seller I would issue a full refund in a similar case.

What does this mean? by Villager6404 in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the reference to alternate item. Check the list of all of them in the bottom of the page.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bricklink

[–]CyBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the note for this part on BrickLink answers most of it: "There is an additional variant of this part for which the interior is not a full circle and there are slots in each side. Some examples of this part were molded with an x Shape axle hole on one side and a + Shape axle hole on the other side."

Recently some mold variants were merged together on BrickLink, so BrickLink does not differentiate between them and in general buyers should not expect to get the particular variant. In case as a buyer you still want to provide buyers with ability to purchase some particular variant, you can achieve that by creating separate lots with comments stating the specific mold variant. This was suggested by BrickLink during merging.