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Re: Cool new features at Brickbay
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:27:31 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> > This gives me an idea on what features should be improved more. I
> > originally thought to include a Bulk upload of wanted list but since the
> > inventory upload is used so little, I'll probably work on improving the
> > search engine.
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> I'm not sure if this is the right place to post a response (if there's a
> better group, please let me know)
I was hesitating for a second to post the original message here also but
didn't find a more relevant NG.
> , but I would *love* the ability to search
> by LEGO part reference number. I often know that I'm looking for a part
> like #4444 in black, but I can only get to it by searching for
> "castle wall black" (which brings up other wall elements, too). Granted,
> the extra entries aren't too bad in this case, but sometimes I'm looking
> for a specific hing piece and have to wade through several hundred entries
> to find what I want...
Problem is that the search will only give you the items that a seller has
picked from the internal parts/sets catalog. If a seller adds their own
item that is not listed, the item doesn't get tagged with the part ID / Set
number and will not show up in the search.
You can _sort of_ search by the part ID already. Let's say you're looking
for red brick 1x1 part #3005:
1) Go to myBrickbay - wanted - add parts
http://www.brickbay.com/wanted_add.asp?a=p
2) select category "Brick" - part "1 x 1" from menu
3) select color "Red" (selecting N/A for color will show part regardless of
color)
4) click on verify item
5) you'll get a listing of all red Bricks 1x1 in the search engine format
incuding sale, excluding seller location / minimum order. Click on the shop
name next to each item to view that item in the shop / buy it. (I found 17
matches for Red Brick 1x1)
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| (...) That's OK with me. :) (...) Part of the problem with that method is that I don't always know what category a part is in. It's similar to the problem that I run into with the regular search engine -- I don't always know what a part's name is. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Cool new features at Brickbay
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| D. Jezek wrote in message ... (...) But Dan, that still requires you to know what the part is called. Searching by part number is great when you have this weird doohickey, you don't know what it's called, but it has the number on it, so you can (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Cool new features at Brickbay
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| (...) Dan, As a seller, I have a two fold problem listing oddball parts. If I know the part number (but not the category) *or* I know the name (but not the category). In the second case, I can sort of fudge a search and see where everyone is putting (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Cool new features at Brickbay
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| (...) I'm not sure if this is the right place to post a response (if there's a better group, please let me know), but I would *love* the ability to search by LEGO part reference number. I often know that I'm looking for a part like #4444 in black, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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