Author:  DadsAFOL  Posted:  Jun 21, 2016 01:19  Subject:  Suggest: New Wanted List -- Exclude Bulk Lots  Viewed:  96 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Discarded Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card DadsAFOL (53259) Location:  USA, California Member Since Contact Type Status Jan 31, 2009 Seller   Store: Brickfans.com

I've been working with the new Wanted List and Auto Finder, and it seems to be working really well. However there is one problem that I'm not sure how to work around. Some stores (especially in Germany) have some discounted lots that require a purchase of 1000x, 2000x, or even 5000x. It would be great if we can add another option on the store filters to "exclude bulk lots". This would actually exclude only lots, not entire stores because the store may have the same part in another lot without the multiples at a good price. There should be a threshold setting. If the seller is selling something by the 2's and I needed 1 or 3, I wouldn't mind if I had to purchase an extra unit. But if I need 50x of something, auto-finding a lot with a 5000x bulk doesn't help me. Ideally the algorithm that optimizes price should add the extra cost of the difference between the wanted quantity and the bulk purchase quantity. So the 5000x lot would be too "expensive" for the auto-finder and get automatically excluded in favor of a "cheaper" lot. That seems like a longer term more complex fix, so the simple store filter would be sufficient for the short term.

Message Has 2 Replies:

(Cancelled) - yorbrick (1185)

(Cancelled) (96 months ago, Jun 21, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Suggest: New Wanted List -- Exclude Bulk Lots - JayBeeOnline (191)

Voted Yes... (96 months ago, Jun 21, 2016, to Suggestions)

3 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 « - DadsAFOL (53259) 96 months ago Jun 21, 2016 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - yorbrick (1185) 96 months ago Jun 21, 2016 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - JayBeeOnline (191) 96 months ago Jun 21, 2016 to Suggestions