Author:  Ey.Has  Posted:  May 22, 2023 11:55  Subject:  Re: Wanted list add "containing set"  Viewed:  23 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Ey.Has (161) Location:  Israel, Mehoz HaMerkaz Member Since Contact Type Status Oct 2, 2019 Buyer

The cheapest item is of course the item itself, but not all the stores have the item itself. So if I find store that have all my wanted items except one, and this part is in 3 another sets\minifigures in this store - I want to get cart with all my wanted parts+the cheapest set IN THIS STORE that contain this last missing part. In this way, thogh the store have'nt the item I want "alone" - I still have a "full" cart.. In Suggestions, wildchicken13 writes:    In Suggestions, Ey.Has writes:    Another solution to the problem you mentioned: Insert into the result the cheapest "set" that contains the item. If I'm looking for a part of the set, I care less about the rest of the set, I care that the item I'm looking for is there (and of course, the other items on my list) I don't want to find a store that sells me 5 minifigures with red pants, because in the end I'll settle for the cheapest minifigure which contains these pants, because the main item I'm looking for is the pants. I think I understand what you're asking for now. In my experience, the cheapest "set" that contains the item is usually the item itself, at least for parts. I suppose BrickLink could add a feature to the wanted list buy algorithm that searches not only for the items you want but any items containing them, but I don't think the results would be much different.

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Re: Wanted list add "containing set" - wildchicken13 (876)

[...] I think I understand what you're asking for now. In my experience, the cheapest "set" that contains the item is usually the item itself, at least for parts. [...] (13 months ago, May 22, 2023, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - Ey.Has (161) 13 months ago May 21, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - ghyde (203) 13 months ago May 21, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - Ey.Has (161) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - wildchicken13 (876) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - SylvainLS (46) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - Ey.Has (161) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - wildchicken13 (876) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 « - Ey.Has (161) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 - SylvainLS (46) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - hpoort (416) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 11 - SylvainLS (46) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 12 - Ey.Has (161) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 13 - pcthurman (1216) 13 months ago May 22, 2023 to Suggestions