Author:  Brickwilbo  Posted:  Mar 8, 2011 14:18  Subject:  Re: Make a Wanted List Public  Viewed:  48 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Brickwilbo (1534) Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Oct 24, 2007 Seller  Store: Brickwilbo Betuwe Bricks BrickLink Discussions Moderator (?)

In Suggestions, darkdragon writes:    Would be nice to have the ability to make one or more wanted lists "public" so that if a link was provided to the list other folks could see the list. This would work similar to Amazon.com wish list in that others can see but not edit the list. In my mind, this would be a check box on the wanted list settings (and creation) screen. Default would be unchecked (meaning private). [X] Public List It would be useful in facilitating purchases for gifts (like little Tommy wants a bunch of batman minifigs so he adds it to his wish list so grandma can buy one for him by viewing his list), and for facilitating trading because people can see what the seller would like as payment for the trade items. Everything else about the wanted list would work the same as it does now - except that if viewing by someone other then the owner there would be no editing fields available. This could lead to offers to sell outside BL.

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Make a Wanted List Public - DarkDragon (664)

Would be nice to have the ability to make one or more wanted lists "public" so that if a link was provided to the list other folks could see the list. This would work similar [...] (161 months ago, Mar 8, 2011, to Suggestions)

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Re: Make a Wanted List Public - Tracyd (418)

[...] Talking about something you want/asking if someone has something you want in the forums could lead to sell outside BL. (161 months ago, Mar 8, 2011, to Suggestions)

Re: Make a Wanted List Public - therobo (9708)

[...] Hi, years ago I made a similar suggestion. I suggested to publish the wanted lists anonymously. By that way sellers only can make their offers through BrickLink, without [...] (161 months ago, Mar 8, 2011, to Suggestions)

7 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - DarkDragon (664) 161 months ago Mar 8, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 « - Brickwilbo (1534) 161 months ago Mar 8, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - Tracyd (418) 161 months ago Mar 8, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - InanimateReason (3466) 161 months ago Mar 8, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - junkpile (992) 161 months ago Mar 8, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - therobo (9708) 161 months ago Mar 8, 2011 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - DarkDragon (664) 161 months ago Mar 10, 2011 to Suggestions