(12-12-2022, 10:42 PM)jack pfiester Wrote: I don't see why you would have to use the duplicate item button in order for the cards not to be deleted.
It shouldn't happen regardless.
You are right, it is confusing.
Terminology -
Collection: Cascading/Folder-type organization of your card collection(s)
Organize App: The Organize application on Beckett.com that is a database of your collection or collections
Item: A single entry in your collection
Tag: A descriptor attached to a single item in your collection
All Items: Your entire collection of cards/items
Add To: Button in your Organize page that attaches a tag (or multiple tags) to an item in your Organize All Items collection
Duplicate: Button that creates a new item in your collection, matching the Beckett Price Guide information of the card duplicated
Organize View: The columns displayed on your Organize App page (Default, Pricing, Trade, Selling, Buying, Grade, Shopping, eBay, MDR, Custom)
Choose Columns: Columns available to choose in custom layout (Img, Card Description, Have, Trade For, Trade Away, Want, Beckett High, Beckett Low, Condition, Condition Value, Price Paid, Serial Number, Grading Company, RC, Mem, AU, SER, Comments, Buy on Marketplace, Print Run, Keep, Sell, Want to Buy, Buy Price, Sell Price)
Add Collection: Creates a new grouping (or TAG) for a set of cards
Add Folder: Creates a cascade level above collections or tags to improve the organization of your collections
Send To Trash: Move the item (or items) selected to the Trash Folder
Recently Traded: Cards that you have traded away or traded for
As an example of how to use Beckett Organize (the way I do it):
Daily viewing of my collection is the All Items Collection. I use a Custom layout (Card Description, Have, Trade For, Trade Away, Want, Beckett High, Condition, Condition Value). I click the Calculate Current Value button under both Total Collection Value and Total Beckett Value every day, first thing. Next, I will click the Beckett High column heading to sort ascending and review n/a items (numbers will show up here when Beckett enters brand new pricing). Clicking Becket High one more time will sort descending. This is where I look for up and down arrows on my higher-valued cards.
The folders I have created in Organize are Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Premium. I create a collection for each set release, then file the collection in the proper sport folder. I use the Premium folder as a tag I attach to all cards with a value of $30 or more (a way to Print only my high-value cards).
When I purchase new cards, I sort them and then get to work on adding them to my Organize. In the Add to Collection pop-up, I choose the collection to add it to, from the dropdown list of all the sets previously created or create a new collection. Then I will populate the Have QTY and Trade Away QTY. Variations to this depend on the situation.
I use the duplicate button for a couple of reasons: I have duplicates of a card with different conditions or I have duplicates of a card and I need to keep one separate for some reason or another.
I do not have a good method for cleaning up trades. It is a mess and not worth documenting here, except to say when I trade away all my copies of a card, I will send that item to trash. I do not like to have items with the Trash tag, so I will almost imediately go to the trash folder and Empty Trash. I would do the same with the Recently Traded tag if it was easier to clean up.