Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | edk  | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 14:08 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, WildBricks writes:
| | As a seller, 9 times out of 10 I will contact the buyer to let them know something
is missing before shipping and then NEVER HEAR from the buyer. So then their
package is sitting around for days waiting on a response from them. Then their
feedback is 'took a long time to ship and missing parts'. We have no
way of knowing who is going to be a quick responder and who isn't, which
parts are the most important and which is filler.
If you have something in your order that is the reason you placed the order,
then mention it in the notes so that we know and can reach out to you. I've
found that it is always about communication.
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I do not run into not having all parts ordered often but EVERY time I have messaged
the buyer Before shipping an incomplete/partial order they have replied to let
me know how they would like to proceed with the order issue.
I do not see why a buyer is expected to or should have to add a note stating
why they placed the order. Isn't it as simple as they wanted to order the
parts in the order?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 13:19 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Buying, WildBricks writes:
| | As a seller, 9 times out of 10 I will contact the buyer to let them know something
is missing before shipping and then NEVER HEAR from the buyer.
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Same, I message the buyer (usually the night before I ship as I pull orders the
night before) and then unless I’m contacted saying it’s an issue I ship it out
normally the next day (or sometimes even in several hours) and I havnt had an
angry customers message me wondering why I didn’t delay shipping their package
for a week waiting for a response since a .15 part on a $30 was missing so I
think most customers don’t care about being contacted. If it’s an obviously important
part I’ll delay it but 99% of the time it isnt
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Slight correction.
I meant most customers don’t care about responding if contacted that a small
part is missing. Based on the very low response rate it seems most take it as
kinda an “announcement” that they hear but nothing else.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, WildBricks writes:
| | As a seller, 9 times out of 10 I will contact the buyer to let them know something
is missing before shipping and then NEVER HEAR from the buyer.
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Same, I message the buyer (usually the night before I ship as I pull orders the
night before) and then unless I’m contacted saying it’s an issue I ship it out
normally the next day (or sometimes even in several hours) and I havnt had an
angry customers message me wondering why I didn’t delay shipping their package
for a week waiting for a response since a .15 part on a $30 was missing so I
think most customers don’t care about being contacted. If it’s an obviously important
part I’ll delay it but 99% of the time it isnt
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 13:02 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, WildBricks writes:
| | As a seller, 9 times out of 10 I will contact the buyer to let them know something
is missing before shipping and then NEVER HEAR from the buyer. So then their
package is sitting around for days waiting on a response from them. Then their
feedback is 'took a long time to ship and missing parts'.
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Exactly 
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| Author: | WildBricks | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 12:54 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| As a seller, 9 times out of 10 I will contact the buyer to let them know something
is missing before shipping and then NEVER HEAR from the buyer. So then their
package is sitting around for days waiting on a response from them. Then their
feedback is 'took a long time to ship and missing parts'. We have no
way of knowing who is going to be a quick responder and who isn't, which
parts are the most important and which is filler.
If you have something in your order that is the reason you placed the order,
then mention it in the notes so that we know and can reach out to you. I've
found that it is always about communication.
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| Author: | nellydesign | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 09:43 | | Subject: | Re: Why is buying so difficult? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Thank you, I appreciate the info.
In Buying, joshlobe writes:
| | In Buying, nellydesign writes:
| | Did I do something wrong? My build was only like 20 pieces. I can't imagine
what a larger build would be like. I also paid far more in shipping than what
the actual pieces cost, but I assume that's because I had such a small build
(I actually ordered parts to make 4).
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This was my first time as well.
I built a model of my childhood home.
Just over 8,000 pieces.
All added to a wanted list, imported from stud.io.
This equated to 27 different stores and carts.
I paid about $1,200 for pieces; and about $160 in shipping.
I agree. It wasn't the best experience.
I still have two stores which have refused to ship or respond.
BUT....
1) Do I have all my pieces? Yes.
2) Did I somehow receive "mysterious" quantities? Yes. I think this
has to do with an individual store requiring a minimum amount or quantity (which,
from what I can tell, get's automatically adjusted. You REALLY have to pay
attention to your individual store carts).
3) Did I meet two OUTSTANDING store sellers? YES!! And I will continue to try
to order from only these two stores in the future.
So... your miles may vary. But that's been my experience with a fairly large
first time order.
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| Author: | nellydesign | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Why is buying so difficult? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Thank you, I will try that next time.
In Buying, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Buying, nellydesign writes:
| | I made a small model and then tried to order the parts. I got multiple stores
with multiple parts and more parts in my cart than I actually needed for the
very small build I was ordering. The whole process was very confusing. I had
to refer back to my model to see if I was ordering the correct number. I was
hoping it would be more streamlined. Like Bricklink just finds the parts wherever
they might be, puts the correct amount of parts in your cart, you place your
order, and then they figure out where they are coming from on the back end. I
would accept a larger flat rate shipping charge if they would just handle that
stuff for us.
Did I do something wrong? My build was only like 20 pieces. I can't imagine
what a larger build would be like. I also paid far more in shipping than what
the actual pieces cost, but I assume that's because I had such a small build
(I actually ordered parts to make 4).
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Try creating a wanted list with all the parts you need, then hit the instant
buy button.
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| Author: | joshlobe | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 21:15 | | Subject: | Re: Why is buying so difficult? | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, nellydesign writes:
| | Did I do something wrong? My build was only like 20 pieces. I can't imagine
what a larger build would be like. I also paid far more in shipping than what
the actual pieces cost, but I assume that's because I had such a small build
(I actually ordered parts to make 4).
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This was my first time as well.
I built a model of my childhood home.
Just over 8,000 pieces.
All added to a wanted list, imported from stud.io.
This equated to 27 different stores and carts.
I paid about $1,200 for pieces; and about $160 in shipping.
I agree. It wasn't the best experience.
I still have two stores which have refused to ship or respond.
BUT....
1) Do I have all my pieces? Yes.
2) Did I somehow receive "mysterious" quantities? Yes. I think this
has to do with an individual store requiring a minimum amount or quantity (which,
from what I can tell, get's automatically adjusted. You REALLY have to pay
attention to your individual store carts).
3) Did I meet two OUTSTANDING store sellers? YES!! And I will continue to try
to order from only these two stores in the future.
So... your miles may vary. But that's been my experience with a fairly large
first time order.
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| Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 21:08 | | Subject: | Re: Why is buying so difficult? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, nellydesign writes:
| | I made a small model and then tried to order the parts. I got multiple stores
with multiple parts and more parts in my cart than I actually needed for the
very small build I was ordering. The whole process was very confusing. I had
to refer back to my model to see if I was ordering the correct number. I was
hoping it would be more streamlined. Like Bricklink just finds the parts wherever
they might be, puts the correct amount of parts in your cart, you place your
order, and then they figure out where they are coming from on the back end. I
would accept a larger flat rate shipping charge if they would just handle that
stuff for us.
Did I do something wrong? My build was only like 20 pieces. I can't imagine
what a larger build would be like. I also paid far more in shipping than what
the actual pieces cost, but I assume that's because I had such a small build
(I actually ordered parts to make 4).
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Try creating a wanted list with all the parts you need, then hit the instant
buy button.
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| Author: | nellydesign | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 21:07 | | Subject: | Why is buying so difficult? | | Viewed: | 192 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I made a small model and then tried to order the parts. I got multiple stores
with multiple parts and more parts in my cart than I actually needed for the
very small build I was ordering. The whole process was very confusing. I had
to refer back to my model to see if I was ordering the correct number. I was
hoping it would be more streamlined. Like Bricklink just finds the parts wherever
they might be, puts the correct amount of parts in your cart, you place your
order, and then they figure out where they are coming from on the back end. I
would accept a larger flat rate shipping charge if they would just handle that
stuff for us.
Did I do something wrong? My build was only like 20 pieces. I can't imagine
what a larger build would be like. I also paid far more in shipping than what
the actual pieces cost, but I assume that's because I had such a small build
(I actually ordered parts to make 4).
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 14:10 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
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I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
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Refuse delivery of the package so it goes back to the seller. After this happens
One or 2 time the seller learns not to engage in this cruddy business practice.
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| Author: | rtzx9r | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, bobnikolov writes:
| | In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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Sorry, this can't be serious
Any buyer should have templates just in case...
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Yes, I was serious. If the buyer is having the same issue with multiple orders,
it makes sense to ask sellers not to ship if they cannot fulfill the whole order
or the important parts.
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As a seller it can happen… can’t find a brick, or you find it and it’s turned
yellow (white pieces) or perhaps cracked (dark red, reddish brown). I always
send a buyer an email with options… credit, full cancellation, etc and let them
decide.
I find it a terrible business practice to send an incomplete order with just
a note in the order… you’ve wasted a week plus of time the buyer could have sourced
their parts elsewhere. Too busy e isn’t an excuse either… it’s just poor customer
service.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, bobnikolov writes:
| | In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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Sorry, this can't be serious
Any buyer should have templates just in case...
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Yes, I was serious. If the buyer is having the same issue with multiple orders,
it makes sense to ask sellers not to ship if they cannot fulfill the whole order
or the important parts.
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| Author: | bobnikolov | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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Sorry, this can't be serious
Any buyer should have templates just in case...
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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Yes. This seems to be the only way to defend against this unfortunate seller
practice.
Also, if sellers want to just refund parts without telling you, and they don't
advertise this practice in their terms, they ought to refund your shipping as
well so you can shop elsewhere.
~Jen
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 11:22 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 10:54 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
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I'm sorry but here we don't write before shipping.
That may be possible for a small shop, but more difficult when you've to
permanently process (every day, all day long) orders.
Much more, we tested this solution to write before shipping.
It simply didn't work or made buyers unhappier.
* Buyer may take 1 to a few days to read his e-mails/messages, the he asks to
ship - but is already unhappy because having lost a few days.
* Some buyers don't communicate at all, for various reasons, or hardly
(language...)
* Or one may ask for a compensation in different part(s), which may be complicated
(different price), or bad luck could ALSO be missing in qty, so then what do
we do, write again?
Note one may say it was the most important part of the order, while representing
1% of the order price or quantity
Shipping is also exactly what does LSAH and PAB (and many generic online shops)
- if something's missing they simply don't charge you but ship the remaining.
Personnaly when I buy I'm aware that I may not receive some parts of an order.
So if something is critical I either ask before the order, or at least would
write in the order comment "3001 Red is critical, please let me know if you
don't have it!" or something like this - and of course hoping the seller
will read (some simply don't, some very busy may simply miss the message)...
In short, no, for practical reasons I don't expect shops to warn me before
shipping.
HTH?
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| Author: | theboystoys | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 10:29 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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It shouldn't happen, but it does.
Mistakes happen from every seller from time to time. But when a seller knows
they're missing a piece, they should contact the buyer BEFORE shipping and
let the buyer decide what to do. If I were you, I would request a refund for
the part plus the cost to have it shipped from another seller.
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| Author: | edk | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 09:55 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Sad to say that is all too common. Seems like many sellers are so concerned they
will lose a few dollar order that they do not dare let the customer know in advance
of shipping they have an issue with the parts ordered.
I ALWAYS send a message Before shipping with an explanation so the buyer actually
has a choice to cancel.
I think non positive feedback was earned in a case such as this. You should
also get a full refund.
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| Author: | bobnikolov | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 08:46 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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It depends. Some sellers send package then message with missing parts which i
dont like too. As seller If something missing i always contact buyer how to proceed,
given option to cancel entire order. Its horrible to open an order for important
part which is missing and the seller contact you after the fact they shipped
the order
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| Author: | TempleOfBricks | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 08:37 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Off course as a seller we have sometimes parts missing, but I ALWAYS contact
before shipping. and ask the Buyer what he wants..
Have a nice day!
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| Author: | Chestercu15 | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 07:32 | | Subject: | Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 194 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 12:25 | | Subject: | BrickLink please allow more messages to this user | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| See the story below.
I didn't know there was a limitation on the number of messages...
Please "unlock" him if possible?
Please consider a higher limit as soon as the buyer has 1 or even more in
FB rating for example, like 250 per day for instance?
Note that if a buyer/seller abuses, some (like me) will report them anyway, and
then you can "lock" them for good 
In Buying, joshlobe writes:
| | Well, I was able to place the orders and then communicate with the sellers off-site
via email. Thanks SO much to "Lets Play Bricks" and "CoffeeBricks"
for working with me personally, replying to my questions immediately, and providing
additional options to specifically fit my needs!
Let's Play Bricks
https://store.bricklink.com/Letsplaybricks?p=Letsplaybricks#/shop
CoffeeBricks
https://store.bricklink.com/Coffee.bricks?p=Coffee.bricks#/shop
Now, what happened??
I made 28 orders over 2 days, about 10 days ago.
Two of the sellers are unresponsive, have never changed the status from "paid",
and do not reply to messages.
So, I made yet another cart with all the pieces from the two unresponsive sellers.
I then went to purchase this cart, which broke down to two stores.
I messaged each store, asking if they could get it shipped today with expedited
shipping (it's Easter weekend).
As I'm working it out with these amazing sellers, BrickLink tells me I can't
reply to them anymore.
I had to complete the purchase, then I was able to finish correspondence with
the seller via the order form.
What a bad experience.
What did I do wrong here?
In Buying, joshlobe writes:
| | I am communicating with a seller regarding a potential order, and I receive the
following message when trying to reply:
Oops! There was a problem processing your request:
You have exceeded your message limit.
I can't reply to the sellers last request.
What gives?
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| Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: Easter Weekend: Free Shipping from $25 USD! | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| That sounds like a good deal, but after looking at your store, I just can't
shop there. The number of duplicate lots you have is extremely high, and that
makes it quite a pain to shop a store.
David
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| Author: | joshlobe | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 10:12 | | Subject: | Re: Oops?? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Well, I was able to place the orders and then communicate with the sellers off-site
via email. Thanks SO much to "Lets Play Bricks" and "CoffeeBricks"
for working with me personally, replying to my questions immediately, and providing
additional options to specifically fit my needs!
Let's Play Bricks
https://store.bricklink.com/Letsplaybricks?p=Letsplaybricks#/shop
CoffeeBricks
https://store.bricklink.com/Coffee.bricks?p=Coffee.bricks#/shop
Now, what happened??
I made 28 orders over 2 days, about 10 days ago.
Two of the sellers are unresponsive, have never changed the status from "paid",
and do not reply to messages.
So, I made yet another cart with all the pieces from the two unresponsive sellers.
I then went to purchase this cart, which broke down to two stores.
I messaged each store, asking if they could get it shipped today with expedited
shipping (it's Easter weekend).
As I'm working it out with these amazing sellers, BrickLink tells me I can't
reply to them anymore.
I had to complete the purchase, then I was able to finish correspondence with
the seller via the order form.
What a bad experience.
What did I do wrong here?
In Buying, joshlobe writes:
| | I am communicating with a seller regarding a potential order, and I receive the
following message when trying to reply:
Oops! There was a problem processing your request:
You have exceeded your message limit.
I can't reply to the sellers last request.
What gives?
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| Author: | joshlobe | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 09:49 | | Subject: | Oops?? | | Viewed: | 161 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I am communicating with a seller regarding a potential order, and I receive the
following message when trying to reply:
Oops! There was a problem processing your request:
You have exceeded your message limit.
I can't reply to the sellers last request.
What gives?
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 00:44 | | Subject: | Re: Ví dụ Cách các nhà cái xác định Odds qua Tình | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 789clubga writes:
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2024 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| | | For me, they are usually more accurate than Bricklink sellers
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Interesting, from my experience when buying best seller I always expect +/- 10
qty whenever I order 100+ of something
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| Author: | BrickBonder | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2024 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| | | Meanwhile, I came here to point out that LEGO themselves sent me too many parts
on an order this week. It's better than an under count, but I'll still
let them know for their own inventory purposes.
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Very true. The people who fill Lego.com Pick a Brick orders make mistakes, just
like the rest of us.
For me, they are usually more accurate than Bricklink sellers, but the same general
rules apply: If I limit an order to 20 or fewer different part types, or keep
all quantities 4 or less, the result is usually 100% accuracy. But orders with
more than 20 line items at quantities above 4 will usually result in at least
one error.
For example, I am building a collection from scratch, so I often order a part
in every color available (except for ugly highlighter yellow). Rarely do I ever
receive the exact ordered quantities. Usually the mistakes are tiny overages
in one or two colors, but about half as often they go under for one color.
One time I ordered 200 and 100 masonry bricks in different colors and they sent
me 200 of each. Another time they sent me 20 fairly expensive earth green 6x6
plates on an order without any plates. Once, they forget to include a line item
of 50 hotdog pieces. Out of 50 or so Pick a Brick orders, a line item has been
completely missing a total of 5 or 6 times.
Most importantly, Lego is very good about fixing mistakes if you contact them.
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| Author: | joshlobe | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2024 11:05 | | Subject: | Re: Payment process | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| You are most welcome.
I'm sure there are other methods, but found this one works best for me.
If you encounter any issues, just post back in the forum.
This community is pretty amazing, and very helpful.
In Buying, TheZanezx writes:
| | In Buying, joshlobe writes:
| | In Buying, TheZanezx writes:
| | Hey yall, I am new to this website and community. When I wanted to buy a set
it mentioned paypal. I am quite cautious and I want to make sure that I dont
mess up my purchase, could someone assit me in this please?
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Hello, and welcome to the community!
So, I'm fairly new here myself, but have made many purchases.
I have found that paypal seems to be the preferred payment method.
Once you have your items in a store cart, and continue to checkout, you will
be provided with a 5-step process.
1) The store mentions any important information regarding orders, shipping and
processing times, etc.
2) You will confirm your shipping address.
3) You will be prompted with how you'd like to pay. NOTE: I typically try
to find sellers who offer "instant checkout". This will allow the payment
to post immediately, and not have to wait for an invoice or other payment options.
4) You will select the shipping method (if more options are available from the
seller).
5) You will be redirected to PayPal to complete the purchase. Once completed,
the page will redirect you back to BrickLink, to an order confirmation page.
Afterwards, you will receive emails regarding your purchase.
And another email once the item has shipped.
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ahh I see, I very much appreciateyour help josh. I will do just that, thank you
for the help.
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| Author: | TheZanezx | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2024 10:43 | | Subject: | Re: Payment process | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, joshlobe writes:
| | In Buying, TheZanezx writes:
| | Hey yall, I am new to this website and community. When I wanted to buy a set
it mentioned paypal. I am quite cautious and I want to make sure that I dont
mess up my purchase, could someone assit me in this please?
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Hello, and welcome to the community!
So, I'm fairly new here myself, but have made many purchases.
I have found that paypal seems to be the preferred payment method.
Once you have your items in a store cart, and continue to checkout, you will
be provided with a 5-step process.
1) The store mentions any important information regarding orders, shipping and
processing times, etc.
2) You will confirm your shipping address.
3) You will be prompted with how you'd like to pay. NOTE: I typically try
to find sellers who offer "instant checkout". This will allow the payment
to post immediately, and not have to wait for an invoice or other payment options.
4) You will select the shipping method (if more options are available from the
seller).
5) You will be redirected to PayPal to complete the purchase. Once completed,
the page will redirect you back to BrickLink, to an order confirmation page.
Afterwards, you will receive emails regarding your purchase.
And another email once the item has shipped.
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ahh I see, I very much appreciateyour help josh. I will do just that, thank you
for the help.
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| Author: | joshlobe | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2024 10:39 | | Subject: | Re: Payment process | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, TheZanezx writes:
| | Hey yall, I am new to this website and community. When I wanted to buy a set
it mentioned paypal. I am quite cautious and I want to make sure that I dont
mess up my purchase, could someone assit me in this please?
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Hello, and welcome to the community!
So, I'm fairly new here myself, but have made many purchases.
I have found that paypal seems to be the preferred payment method.
Once you have your items in a store cart, and continue to checkout, you will
be provided with a 5-step process.
1) The store mentions any important information regarding orders, shipping and
processing times, etc.
2) You will confirm your shipping address.
3) You will be prompted with how you'd like to pay. NOTE: I typically try
to find sellers who offer "instant checkout". This will allow the payment
to post immediately, and not have to wait for an invoice or other payment options.
4) You will select the shipping method (if more options are available from the
seller).
5) You will be redirected to PayPal to complete the purchase. Once completed,
the page will redirect you back to BrickLink, to an order confirmation page.
Afterwards, you will receive emails regarding your purchase.
And another email once the item has shipped.
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| Author: | TheZanezx | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2024 09:58 | | Subject: | Payment process | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hey yall, I am new to this website and community. When I wanted to buy a set
it mentioned paypal. I am quite cautious and I want to make sure that I dont
mess up my purchase, could someone assit me in this please?
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| Author: | joshlobe | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 19:00 | | Subject: | Re: payment | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Defiante1 writes:
| | This is my first purchase from a site. Unfortunately I have been unable to find
out how to pay. I have set up saying paypal but have not found a link on where
I go to give payment details.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as I've even contacted the seller
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Just what 1001bricks said.
I was confused my first time as well.
The seller was very quick to email me with an invoice, and I was able to pay
directly from a link in the invoice (or from your cart on bricklink; which I
remember reading was the preferred method). Just watch your email.
Just as an FYI; here are the steps I take:
1) Create a wishlist and add all your required parts to this wishlish.
2) When finished, view the wishlist.
3) There is a "Buy All" button from the wishlist. This will take you
to a page which lists all the stores, and there are some filters.
4) I always filter to the USA (to avoid international delays); AND filter for
"Instant Checkout".
The instant checkout is what allows you to complete the payment immediately,
and not have to wait/watch for an invoice.
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 18:19 | | Subject: | Re: Russia | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Mannsky writes:
| | Hello,
I have a question. Does anyone know when the ban on buying things from Russia
will end? Because I have something in my cart from Russia that won't let
me buy it that I was really excited for.
Thanks in advance,
Mannsky
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Hopefully after the country recognizes the errors of its ways and financially
contributes to rebuilding the country it has destroyed! Perhaps at that point
trade and normality can resume but sadly there appears to be no end in sight!
In other words probably best not to hold out any hope in being able to buy what
you need any time soon!
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 18:12 | | Subject: | Re: payment | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Defiante1 writes:
| | This is my first purchase from a site. Unfortunately I have been unable to find
out how to pay. I have set up saying paypal but have not found a link on where
I go to give payment details.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as I've even contacted the seller
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If this shop you bought to doesn't have auto checkout and instant payment,
the you simply have to wait for a manual invoice.
It can take as much time as it needs to...
But as of right now it's weekend and evening, so it's much normal you
didn't get a reply
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| Author: | Defiante1 | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 18:09 | | Subject: | payment | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| This is my first purchase from a site. Unfortunately I have been unable to find
out how to pay. I have set up saying paypal but have not found a link on where
I go to give payment details.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as I've even contacted the seller
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 15:42 | | Subject: | Re: Russia | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Mannsky writes:
| | Hello,
I have a question. Does anyone know when the ban on buying things from Russia
will end? Because I have something in my cart from Russia that won't let
me buy it that I was really excited for.
Thanks in advance,
Mannsky
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I think you should expect it to be at least a year.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 15:22 | | Subject: | Re: Russia | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Dino writes:
| | In Buying, Mannsky writes:
| | Hello,
I have a question. Does anyone know when the ban on buying things from Russia
will end? Because I have something in my cart from Russia that won't let
me buy it that I was really excited for.
Thanks in advance,
Mannsky
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Ask Putin!
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You could. But asking the country being sanctioned rather than those doing the
sanctioning, doesn't make a whole lot of sense. That is if you earnestly
want to know "when" the restriction will be lifted
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| Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: Russia | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Mannsky writes:
| | Hello,
I have a question. Does anyone know when the ban on buying things from Russia
will end? Because I have something in my cart from Russia that won't let
me buy it that I was really excited for.
Thanks in advance,
Mannsky
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Ask Putin!
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| Author: | Mannsky | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 14:56 | | Subject: | Russia | | Viewed: | 232 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hello,
I have a question. Does anyone know when the ban on buying things from Russia
will end? Because I have something in my cart from Russia that won't let
me buy it that I was really excited for.
Thanks in advance,
Mannsky
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 10:20 | | Subject: | Re: Looking to buy many Duplo minifigures | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Ydhaa writes:
| | Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a wide variety of minifigures, could be more pieces of
the same model, but mostly I want a lot for a project (male, female, different
jobs etc) it's tedious to search to find a store that has a lot of pieces
and at a price that's not too high (ideally 1-2 USD max per piece)
Also I'm in Romania so a seller in the EU would be great
Do you have any tips on how to better search for what I'm looking for?
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In short, built a wanted list of all figures you might find interesting and set
a max price on each.
I would start by downloading the catalog at https://www.bricklink.com/catalogDownload.asp?utm_content=subnav
Secondly, use a spreadsheet like Excel to filter the Duplo figures you are potentially
interested in, set a max price and transform your list into a wanted list xml.
Then upload the xml in Bricklink and use the various wanted list search and buy
functions.
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| Author: | Ydhaa | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2024 09:32 | | Subject: | Looking to buy many Duplo minifigures | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a wide variety of minifigures, could be more pieces of
the same model, but mostly I want a lot for a project (male, female, different
jobs etc) it's tedious to search to find a store that has a lot of pieces
and at a price that's not too high (ideally 1-2 USD max per piece)
Also I'm in Romania so a seller in the EU would be great
Do you have any tips on how to better search for what I'm looking for?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 14:21 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers and bricks | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Author: | Rushtie | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 14:14 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers and bricks | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
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| Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 19:33 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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Oddly, that is how I do my orders. Each line item is checked, using a basic no-name
Chinese fountain pen. Ink I'm using is Noodler's Lexington Gray.
Nita Rae
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Super off-topic, but how 'bout those Ferris Wheel Press inks? I don't
have fountain pens but I would get one of those just to have as a treasure!
Have an epic day! ---Katrina
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 18:31 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| | -If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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Oddly, that is how I do my orders. Each line item is checked, using a basic no-name
Chinese fountain pen. Ink I'm using is Noodler's Lexington Gray.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:58 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers and bricks | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Author: | Rushtie | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:55 | | Subject: | Stickers and bricks | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hey everyone,
I'm after a part No. 6147448 from set 75150 (star wars set)
Was wondering if anyone also has the sticker set to go with this part??
Really just need the wings stickers but don't mind buying the full set.
Thank you to anyone who can help.
Paul
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, zorbanj writes:
| | In Buying, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | I made a little contraption out of technics parts that scoops
up 99 at a time so I prefilled bags of 1000/500.
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If you have a video photos I'd love to see them.
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I don't - yet, but someone else asked, so I can make that happen. A video
would be easier because you need to make a small adjustment for tiles. I need
to get about 15,000 pieces off the sorting table and I'll put something together.
Meanwhile, I came here to point out that LEGO themselves sent me too many parts
on an order this week. It's better than an under count, but I'll still
let them know for their own inventory purposes.
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