BrickLink Discussion Forum

In General, BrickDeals writes:

Then Europeans whine about VAT even though they voted for welfare states, so
they want you to lie on customs form, which is a federal crime.

And in 45 U.S. states, it is a felony to NOT pay sales tax on items you purchase
for use and yet millions of 'muricans committed this crime for decades abetted
by Amazon, eBay, etc.

Author:

yonatanderson

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 18:48

Subject:

10% off Sale

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All parts 10% off!!!

Author:

RebelliousBrick

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 18:11

Subject:

Re: Messages and Orders purged!

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Problem Order

In Problem Order, vrod2000 writes:

Can anyone help?

After 6 months of not getting my money back for a refused international package.
(shipping was 50% higher than quoted, so I sent the package back)

Why did you pay once you saw the shipping was higher than quoted?

The seller (Oasis in South Carolina) refused to refund my money until the package
came back to him. There is no detailed tracking on return packages, but it shows
that it came into the USA on October 28th.

He told me that it could take 6 months for it to come back. Since it is almost
6 months, I want to check back with him.

He told you 6 months because that is the cutoff point for PayPal to file a
dispute!

All of my prior orders are gone and so are my old messages.

Orders & messages are purged after 6 months

I was able to download the order (without much details, but it had the prices).

Is there a way to get back my messages? Or order? I did not delete these things.

Try contacting the Admins, they need to keep order details etc longer than
6 months for legal purposes

thanks!

Author:

PBM

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 18:04

Subject:

Store displays plastic buttons?

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General

We are in need of a few 2 inch lit screw in LEGO buttons.

One of ours melted today from an incorrect bulb and our replacement unit does
not look good with all of the other cool buttons.

Author:

Lonely_Brick_OH

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 17:06

Subject:

Re: Give up overseas shipping?

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General

In General, 1001bricks writes:

In General, Lonely_Brick_OH writes:

In General, 1001bricks writes:

In General, Lonely_Brick_OH writes:

I have seen quite the spike in "we did not get our package" things.

To where problems arrised, mainly?

How do you ship? Tracked? Insured? Bad shipper change shipper?

Do you prefer to lose 100% (not exporting) or lose part of it? Did you calculate
this?

Two right now (today). UK and Belgium.

Tracked, arrived but either refused or just lying. Cannot tell yet but I have
two angry contacts. One is saying "they are not stupid and they will not
pay VAT" the other I have no idea. He may have got it, may have not. He
is all over the place. Either way I am looking to cut off overseas for awhile
to see if that stops this. We are taking hit after hit after hit on the overseas.

Confusing, as "they will not pay VAT" means they can't have received
the package.
So it can't be "arrived", or at least at destination.

Otherwise "lying"? One says it didn't arrive while tracking shows
it's delivered??
It's technically possible - it even happens to a delivery to me.

Will you let PayPal decide? Why not trying for at least an order?

Something's wrong as 10/80 is absolutely NOT normal for every seller I've
heard of.

Anyway - as you wish.

Yes confusing for me also.

I just refunded everyone and locked out the overseas shipping.

This week has been wonderful. No major issues, no missing packages and NO vat
dodging BS. Just glad it is over.

Back to enjoyment of the product again.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 16:05

Subject:

Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes

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In Shipping, stevetq2 writes:

Hi

Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.

Cheers

Steve

And it now costs £1.70 on top of the postage price to add signed for. Crazy.

Author:

puffenuff

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 16:03

Subject:

Re: Incorrect Shipping Classification

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Perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Jonathan

In Shipping, yorbrick writes:

In Shipping, puffenuff writes:

Yes I am aware of this, and have done that on the past. The issue is not with
my settings. The item in question says the incorrect dimensions. I am wondering
who I can talk to about changing the dimensions.

You don’t need to talk to anyone, just fill in a change request.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp

You can also enter your own dimensions in your inventory if it is causing an
issue still.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:59

Subject:

Re: Incorrect Shipping Classification

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In Shipping, puffenuff writes:

You don’t need to talk to anyone, just fill in a change request.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp

You can also enter your own dimensions in your inventory if it is causing an
issue still.

Author:

puffenuff

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:54

Subject:

Re: Incorrect Shipping Classification

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In Shipping, puffenuff writes:

Not sure if this is the right category for this message but I just received an
order for something that is larger the lettermail, but Bricklink classified it
as lettermail. I have instructed the customer that this isn't possible, and
I don't expect for there to be problem there, but I am wondering who to contact
so the classification for that item can be changed so people in the future don't
have the same issue?

Thanks for your help.

You can set a max size restriction in your shipping settings.

Author:

GerritBaarssen

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:34

Subject:

Crashed my car, 25% off all huge fig stock

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sale ends 19-04 ( i ship worldwide and very cheap on small orders)

Author:

zorbanj

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:26

Subject:

Re: To open a box or not?

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Topic:

Selling

In Selling, NikisNiche writes:

I have a bunch of sets that I plan to sell. A few of them (I think) got water
damage to the box. The sets are still sealed. One end of the box is kind of crushed,
and my guess is that it got a bit wet and then the weight of the rest of the
box made it get crushed. So I am leaning towards opening the box to confirm the
instructions aren't messed up, so that I can disclose that when I sell it.
But then again, I hate to break the seal of the box. What would you do? (They
are big sets - Disney castle, Big Ben, and Ghostbusters firehouse.)

Stickers, electronic components and cloth can also be damaged by water. You might
also have mold on the instructions and/or inside of the box. Lastly, there could
be bugs that were attracted by the water and died in there.

I would open the box up and see what you're dealing with. If I were looking
for a New In Box set I wouldn't buy one with water damage unless the price
reflected it. You could always list it as New, Complete instead of New, Sealed:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102

Author:

stevetq2

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:20

Subject:

Royal Mail Postage Changes

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Author:

cmorphew

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:04

Subject:

5% off Sets & Minifigures

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After seeing the May the 4th releases, I need to get some extra funds so am selling
already competitively priced sets with a further 5% discount!

Shipping in the UK only - please help a guy out!

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 15:01

Subject:

Re: Messages and Orders purged!

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Topic:

Problem Order

In Problem Order, zorbanj writes:

In Problem Order, jennnifer writes:

In Problem Order, vrod2000 writes:

He told me that it could take 6 months for it to come back. Since it is almost
6 months, I want to check back with him.

I do not believe this is accurate. Any package without movement within 2 months
is considered lost.

Where did you get this 2 month "rule"?

For us it's 1 month.

Using normal rates - not "ground" or such, there's no destination
from here where it takes a month to arrive...

But already wrote another day, it took 7 months (SEVEN) for a single envelope
to arrive in South America, and the buyer didn't even complain and wrote
us when he got it!
Those are real excceptionnal exceptions

Author:

Lagunda

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 14:41

Subject:

Technic & Decorated Pieces 10% Off All Month!

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All Technic and Decorated pieces will be on a 10% Sale all month long.

Decorated sale - does not include Minifigure parts.

Check your order for new magnets.

Free pack of Haribo on orders with a subtotal over $20 in the USA.

Shipping Worldwide

Free Shipping on orders over $50

Standard Shipping in the USA under 4oz is $5.25

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 14:31

Subject:

Re: Incorrect Shipping Classification

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In Shipping, puffenuff writes:

You can set a max size restriction in your shipping settings.

Author:

Nubs_Select

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 14:30

Subject:

Re: To open a box or not?

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Selling

In Selling, NikisNiche writes:

Since the boxes have water damage and that can mess up instructions like you
mentioned I’d recommend opening them and selling them as open box as otherwise
you might end up selling someone some badly damaged instructions and it would
make things complicated

Author:

puffenuff

Posted:

Apr 15, 2024 14:30

Subject:

Incorrect Shipping Classification

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