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 Author: Brickspert_AU View Messages Posted By Brickspert_AU
 Posted: Jan 29, 2024 20:08
 Subject: Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants
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I've taken some time to gather my thoughts about this before sharing.
I think it's going to happen no matter what. That being said there are definitely
some better ways to do it rather than deleting/merging part/mold variations.
If there was a note added to the piece in the notes section stating the different
varients and what makes them different and their associated part numbers, and
an image of each varient in the images section highlighting the differences,
for those who care about that.

An alternative, which I've seen others suggest is something like a tick/check
box system or a order of preference system for the varients and keep the listing
of each of the varients so they can still be listed individually. As well as
being easy to find for those who care/want/need that specific version of the
piece.
The system would have an option for "I don't care/I don't know".

I find myself of the fence about this, in some ways I can see the benefit of
it (quicker and easier to list used pieces, and easier to buy the wanted amount
of a piece), both as a buyer and seller, at the same time I can see the negatives
(harder to sell older/discontinued varients and harder to find them too).

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View Thread Important proposal regarding catalog variants - Admin_Russell
Hello everyone, As a platform, we have decided to take a hard look at some of the mold variants that we are currently asking you to recognize. For sellers, more variants means [...]
(5 months ago, Jan 9, 2024, to Catalog)

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View Thread Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants - Brickspert_AU (186)
I should also add that I think a community vote for each merge/deletion should take place, that's probably the fairest way to do it, but that's just me.
(4 months ago, Jan 30, 2024, to Catalog)

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