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or maybe I am doing something wrong
Need to add this one to the buying section:
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/3662/automated-bricklink-cost-minimization-program-available/p1
^ *Slaps Forehead* Thanks, I had it on there at one point; must have gotten dropped in one of the edits.
As someone else already mentioned, most of the links just re-direct me back to this page. I'm sure atkinsar can fix it in the morning.
Need to add the following to Selling:
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/8857/minifigures-and-their-secondary-market-value#latest
Many thanks to @Joseph for putting this together, I know he's spent a lot of time and effort on it and I think it will be very useful.
This will get announced once we've ironed out the kinks.
Online Fraud Drop Shipped Lego etc. Ebay, Amazon, Marketplace, Bricklink, etc.
How Often Are You Missing a Piece, Discover a Broken One?
and What is the Easiest way to make professional instructions?
are broken.
Artificial Light Brick Discolouration needs a new line and an "h" before the "ref="
Other than that, they're all fixed. Thanks @Atkinsar!
Hope you find it useful, and thank @Joseph, not me.
It may be worth explicitly pointing out before the list of threads that there is preference/policy to not create new threads if they're not needed and that it's fine to post on an old thread if the subject is relevant.
This thread may be useful to include too, in the buying section:
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/784/ordering-from-bricklink/p1
One thing though I have not found, is there a thread for how to identify whats in a CMF package, or the best way to "feel" whats in the package?
If you're wondering about series 10 in particular, you might want to take a look at this thread: http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/154922/#Comment_154922
Oh, and thanks everyone for the comments; I'm glad I could help!
Added a "Miscellaneous" category and put "How many bags?" in there, if there's any suggestions about a more suitable category to put it in, let me know.
We seem to have more and more people starting new threads to show off their collections. Or are new "I own all this" threads acceptable now?
Or should we have a new personal collections section of the board where everyone gets a thread if they want one?
PS I prefer pictures to be included, rather than a link. If you have to leave the forum to see them, then there is an extra step.
When you're in the middle of nowhere using a smart phone on the end of a tenuous link to civilisation, pages can take forever to load - and sometimes won't load at all.
And some people like to include massive images that are more suited to displaying on billboards than any computer, and take forever even if you've gigabit ethernet.
And then people post replies that also includes the image, so there's even more to download.
Argh!
You're in danger of walking down the same road as some web designers who expect everybody to have the latest versions of everything, the fastest processors, massive amounts of memory and ultra-fast links. The same web designers forget they they're supposed to design things to be usable by their, uh, users, and not just to massage their own egos.
Aim low and everybody can be satisfied.
If you want a text only forum, then turn off images. It looks fine, apart from double names at the start of posts and no like / share type buttons.
Now I am not saying that people should just go ahead and post 20 high resolution photos without thinking. But splitting images from a post often takes away from the discussion as it is harder to follow.
Often? That's slightly different from what you've been saying. Often, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference.
Post a deal on a set, prefix the set number with "#" and you get a link. If somebody doesn't know what it is, they've got an easy way of finding out. If, instead, the picture was automatically included, I suspect even you would get a bit fed up.
Getting it right means exercising a bit of discretion, and unless somebody says something, a lot of people don't even realise there's a potential issue. This is supposed to be a community with people working together in a common interest and therefore discretion and compromise are good things.
If somebody posts an ultra-high resolution picture of a part or a set they want identifying, they're looking for somebody to help them - the community working together. If the person who knows the answer is on the end of a poor mobile signal, there might not be an answer simply because the person requiring help isn't being considerate toward his potential helpers. Being sensible is actually in everybody's interest.
The slowest connection can join in if there are inline images, by turning images off.
Actually including a smallthumb nail of the set and / or its name when using the # would be great. Especially for those on mobile devices where the # links don't always work. Although they are improved recently.
Indeed, there is even a rule about it (400*300) but it doesn't seem that (m)any of the rules apply any more.
I mean, mobile speeds (in terms of network speed and hardware/processing power) have increased since 2012, but it seems that it's still worth enforcing some kind of limit. FWIW, I find it very annoying in my phone as the page scrolls upwards as the massive pictures load, even when I'm on fast WiFi, so I can only imagine what it's like on data.
I'd say for the most part, the other rules are obeyed, though. In spirit if not in word - and I've noticed the community will often self-moderate in the case of watermarked images, etc.