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Re: Save Offsite Paypal! - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I know stores can select which payment options to accept. I also know that when looking up an item in the catalog, you can filter by any type of payment option. Once [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 19, 2018, to Suggestions)

Save Offsite Paypal! - PurpleDave (969)

Bricklink famously ground to a halt, twice, because it got hacked. The site may have been restored to working condition, but a lot of us want nothing to do with risking exposure [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 18, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Enable instant checkout, and it won't stop anyone from selecting any other payment option offered. Restrict payment to instant checkout, and you lose all the customers [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 18, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Some people probably are dealing with people intentionally jerking their chain when it comes to false orders. Either they said something here that ticked someone off, [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 18, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] My favorite example of misunderstood geographic scale in the US (in part because it shows how full of it foreigners are for griefing us over lack of world geography [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 6, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Much of that travel time is probably tied up in wading through NYC itself. I was once in the LA area and suggested getting together some evening with some friends of [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 6, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] That's not true in my experience. Yes, there are sorting hubs all over the US. If the package is shipped from the same region as the destination, it only has to [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 5, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] First Class (letter) postage is flat rate. When you get into packages, I know weight and even size can come into play. I believe distance is also a factor with [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 5, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Some shipping is the same, like first class stamps. Other shipping costs are based on distance. But the critical thing for me is that shipping _time_ is based on distance. [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 5, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I know how to get a list of all stores in the US split up by state, but that has zero compatibility with the Want List. So, yeah, you're pretty much shooting blind [...]
(75 months ago, Mar 5, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink - PurpleDave (969)

[...] So...if someone switched to Onsite Paypal, it sounds like that's been shut down to force users to sign up for Marketplace. If you have Instant Checkout, I'm [...]
(76 months ago, Mar 1, 2018, to Problem)

Re: Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink - PurpleDave (969)

[...] It's working fine for me. All I do is select standard "Paypal" as the payment option (or empty my cart if it's not available), wait for the invoice to [...]
(76 months ago, Mar 1, 2018, to Problem)

Re: Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Exactly. New, you part out and list an entire set all at once. Used, you track down and list a single piece. Then the next one is the same piece, but you have to list [...]
(76 months ago, Feb 28, 2018, to General)

Re: Search Locally - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I'd be happy enough with being able to filter by state, or cluster of states in the US. Europe has something very similar to this in being able to search by individual [...]
(76 months ago, Feb 26, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7735-1 - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Introduced =/= exclusive. Old molds can be run alongside new ones for various amounts of time. Old parts can be in inventory for years as they bleed the stock down, [...]
(76 months ago, Feb 23, 2018, to Inventories Requests)

Re: The utter powerlessness of buyers - PurpleDave (969)

[...] It should. And maybe it would be if the feedback system wasn't abused by individuals on both sides of the transactions. As it stands, there's a ton of retaliatory [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 26, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: The utter powerlessness of buyers - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Bricklink is a community on top of being a place of business. I suspect that influences decisions very differently than being purely profit-motivated. They also never [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 26, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: The utter powerlessness of buyers - PurpleDave (969)

[...] When you're shopping in a Bricklink store, the feedback percentage is visible in the upper right. The problem is the feedback system here is so unreliable that many [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 24, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Add option to Exclude Paypal for EU - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I know someone who got scammed, once, in a way that tracking probably wouldn't prevent. It was for a set, and I suspect those are more likely to be targeted by scam [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 14, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Add option to Exclude Paypal for EU - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I don't really have to worry about that, since anyone who wants US buyers pretty much has to offer Paypal. But what I miss now is the feature that I very briefly [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 11, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Add option to Exclude Paypal for EU - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Heh. I hadn't ever thought of that, but it does sound inconvenient to have a Paypal account that's flush with Euros if you can't find anyone in the EU who [...]
(77 months ago, Jan 11, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: wanted list - PurpleDave (969)

[...] When you submit an order, there's a link on the next page that brings up any and all Want List items that are included in the entire order (not just the latest [...]
(78 months ago, Jan 2, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Login problems on ipad - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Inside it's just a regular old iPhone with a bigger battery and screen. It even runs the same basic OS as an iPhone. It's a mobile device, and, as Apple seems [...]
(78 months ago, Dec 23, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: No Instant Checkout = Force must offer Quote - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Multiple currencies cease to be much of an issue when, as a seller, you can choose to only accept the one you actually use on a daily basis, and when, as a buyer, you [...]
(79 months ago, Nov 30, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: No Instant Checkout = Force must offer Quote - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Yeah, I got that. I didn't at first, but I only had time to read the first post before I got home. By the time I did, you'd clarified your position. However, [...]
(79 months ago, Nov 28, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: No Instant Checkout = Force must offer Quote - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I voted No. On the surface, I don't really care if sellers enable the Quote function, but I don't want to see it become a mandatory part of my shopping experience. [...]
(79 months ago, Nov 27, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: No Instant Checkout = Force must offer Quote - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I regularly shop in waves. I might get a Want List notification for something I _really_ want and just place an order for that to secure it (something Quote pointedly [...]
(79 months ago, Nov 27, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Printed v Stickered Tiles - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I do remember how to do that sort of thing, sorting by "-sticker -stickers", sorting by "-female" when I want a male head or torso, etc. I'd still like to see stickers [...]
(80 months ago, Oct 18, 2017, to Suggestions)

Re: Excluding Sellers with Minimum Order Amount - PurpleDave (969)

[...] When I do a Store Query from a Wanted List, all of the returns list the store minimum in the far right column. That space is blank if they have none. It works for me, [...]
(105 months ago, Sep 16, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: bug - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Under the old system, back before I got a Paypal account, every time I put a USPS money order in the mail, I marked the order as Paid. I no longer had the money in my [...]
(107 months ago, Jul 19, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Catalog - listing don't open in new Tab - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I've never had a new tab open when just clicking any link on BL, whether using Explorer or Safari. I suspect this is something that may be specific to Chrome, or [...]
(107 months ago, Jul 19, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Wanted List Suggestion - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I tried it and ended up turning it off, but there is a setting that allows you to get a set of checkboxes for each Wanted List when using that feature within a store. [...]
(108 months ago, Jul 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: search including parts in a part or in a set - PurpleDave (969)

[...] A year ago at the Brickworld roundtable I actually requested this. If I'm searching for green minifig hands, give me results for any minifig with green hands. And [...]
(108 months ago, Jul 6, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventories changed, sellers not informed - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Could have been even earlier, but for a while one or both of them was still theoretical. I know the black I/II Batman got approved very quickly because the Type II was [...]
(109 months ago, Jun 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventories changed, sellers not informed - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Minifigs aren't allowed to have alternate inventories. Why that is might be the better question to ask.
(109 months ago, Jun 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventories changed, sellers not informed - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Buyers already might get tons of e-mails due to want list notifications. Not every inventory change is going to be sent to every seller (just the ones that matter), [...]
(109 months ago, Jun 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventories changed, sellers not informed - PurpleDave (969)

[...] This was a change that was a long time in happening. DC Superheroes launched in early 2012, at which time everything still used the Type I cowl (which was still [...]
(109 months ago, Jun 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventories changed, sellers not informed - PurpleDave (969)

[...] No, the catalog descriptions for both of these minifigs state quite definitively that they both have Type I cowls, because that's the only cowl that was available [...]
(109 months ago, Jun 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Issue, I didn't bring up at the RoundTable - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Specifically? No. But "¢" is sometimes used interchangeably with "$", in relation to USD. When it's written to the right of the number, it means cents. To the [...]
(109 months ago, Jun 4, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Issue, I didn't bring up at the RoundTable - PurpleDave (969)

[...] And even less well known is that ¢0.50 is equal to 50¢. I don't know why it was decided that left or right placement changes the meaning, but I know that it does.
(109 months ago, Jun 4, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] That's exactly right. And the reason I do that is so any random virus or malware that I run into while just surfing the internet can't keylog me when I'm [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 15, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Ooh, or they could be registered outside of the US, in which case different TOS apply, and maybe Paypal _can't_ hit the buyer with the CC fees, so the seller does [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 14, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] If they mention nothing about Goods vs Friends, it could just be that it's left in their TOS from the days when the seller got hit with any CC fees, so Balance-Funded [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 14, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I think it used to be, but now I believe the buyer gets socked with extra fees for submitting a card-funded transaction. Because Paypal can legally charge that fee back [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Setting the exchange rate and dictating _who_ can set the exchange rate are so very not the same thing. If BL set the exchange rates, they would likely not change more [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] So if the store terms state that a "Balance Payment" will get no added fees, and that's all it says, and someone pays as "goods" with "balance payment", that would [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I guess he hasn't heard that the USPS saves data on all 1st class mail that it has delivered. Sure, they don't know the contents, but they know where it came [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] No. They pull exchange rate data from XE.com on an hourly basis.
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] It depends on where the account is registered. US accounts can't tack Paypal fees on when you pay by Paypal, per Paypal TOS. European accounts are fully allowed [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] That is pretty underhanded, but not something I have to worry about as I don't use e-mail and Paypal on the same computer. Embedded payment links are a huge pain [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Ban sellers asking for Friends PayPal payment - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I get the "personal payment" and "friends/family" issues, but what does "balance payment" have to do with anything. Doesn't that just mean they prefer you pay with [...]
(111 months ago, Apr 13, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sp007 - PurpleDave (969)

[...] To message every affected member, right? Because automatically switching store listings over to the correct version could cause people to sell the incorrect parts. [...]
(112 months ago, Mar 6, 2015, to Inventories Requests)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Way to ignore the rest if the post. Fine. I dug up all my old emails associated with the six orders I've placed with you (all have been purged). After reading [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Well, there ya go. We have a member who is in a similar situation. We don't hinge upon him being there, but we welcome him when he is. Hopefully travel will become [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 9, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I came close to doing that myself, which I suspect you might have noticed by your phrasing. [...] I know I've ordered from you, and I don't recall any problems [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] That works really well with eBay because everything is priced with shipping for single-unit sales. Here, bulk orders are the norm, and I find myself adding to way too [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Both club sites have contact links, and you might be able to get better information that way. [...] Muskegon seems a bit small for one of his exhibits, but I know he's [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] (URL) (URL) The top link is the main club, and the second one is the western chapter. Membership in WMLTC automatically enrolls you in MichLUG, but I don't know [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I don't know where in Virginia you're from, nor do I know if you're right or wrong, but zoom in on your corner of the map and see if maybe there's a LUG [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Yeah, the current fees are what, 3% of total sales? So a $10 monthly minimum fee means you'd have to clear $333.34 _every_month_ to cover your fees. I imagine most [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Giving the hobby sellers the finger and taking the priceguide/part listings away from them is not the answer. Remember, most of what is being said here points to sloppy [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] If it turns out that it's buyer error, then the seller would be able to note that they "fixed" it by educating the buyer on why the shipment was correct. And in [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] And again, would you see this fee charged to stores even when they're closed? How about when they're closed but accessible by password? Regardless, as a buyer [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] That would be a sticky situation. It's not fair to charge someone a full monthly fee if they aren't even open during that month (it's not a mall where [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 8, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Until _Bricklink_ does something to at least red-flag them, they are by default lumped in with everyone else. And the feedback system isn't doing the job.
(113 months ago, Feb 7, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] You don't see retaliatory negative feedback, retaliatory negative bannings, and retaliatory (but false) naming-and-shaming resulting in more bogus bannings [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 7, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Our LUG does a ridiculous amount of shows (most active in the entire world, with the only real competition coming from the western chapter of our same club). [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 7, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Time to address seller quality issues - PurpleDave (969)

[...] And that's because the feedback system is broken. If a buyer leaves a negative against a seller for a clear error in shipping, they expect to get a retaliatory negative, [...]
(113 months ago, Feb 7, 2015, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig sh025 - PurpleDave (969)

[...] This still isn't fixed yet? I pointed this out for all three if the early 2012 Batmen when I discovered that the Type II cowl was showing up in later runs of the [...]
(117 months ago, Oct 9, 2014, to Inventories Requests)

Re: Remove from my wanted list on order - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Figure out how to make it delete items from the _correct_ wanted list first. Then come back and propose this idea again. I have items that may be on three or more secondary [...]
(137 months ago, Feb 26, 2013, to Suggestions)

Re: Wanted! Dead or Alive! - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Only if you set every Wanted List entry to "Notify", which would constantly flood your inbox with garbage messages. Also, if you get the notification, so does anyone [...]
(137 months ago, Feb 10, 2013, to Suggestions)

Re: Two minor nice touches to see in Bricklink 2 - PurpleDave (969)

[...] That's not what the number in the brackets means. It tells you how many _lots_ are for sale. So, for Dark-Purple 2x4 bricks, you currently have a bracketed number of [...]
(138 months ago, Jan 9, 2013, to Suggestions)

Re: Two minor nice touches to see in Bricklink 2 - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I think he means on the Catalog entry page. You get a lump sum for how many lots are listed for each color, but you have no idea how many of them are New or Used until [...]
(138 months ago, Jan 9, 2013, to Suggestions)

Re: Items vanish from wanted list when bought - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I left your entire question intact. _My_ post is still available directly above it. [...] Then perhaps you need to do a better job at providing context. The discussion [...]
(139 months ago, Dec 24, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: Items vanish from wanted list when bought - PurpleDave (969)

[...] It doesn't delete the items from your want list. Only you do that, and if you're thinking ahead, you're moving them to a Purchased list when you place the order, a Missing [...]
(139 months ago, Dec 24, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: Items vanish from wanted list when bought - PurpleDave (969)

[...] There are too many potential reasons to not want this to happen. What if you need 200 pieces and you only ordered 50 from the first store? What if it's an item you [...]
(139 months ago, Dec 23, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: Please add a step to form the contract - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I just voted No, and I don't even have a store. I have, however, considered the one issue that all of you sellers seem to have overlooked. If you set this up, I guarantee [...]
(142 months ago, Sep 9, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: SUGGEST: add "OTHER" as payment method - PurpleDave (969)

[...] Bricklink doesn't enforce the choice of Payment Option. You could have a handshake agreement that the buyer will do yard work for the seller, the buyer could be forgiving [...]
(142 months ago, Sep 5, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: Unbuyable Item in Custom lot - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I don't know if it would be a TOS violation, but in theory you could set the minimum purchase way higher than the price of the model so nobody would be able to place [...]
(143 months ago, Aug 29, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: For consideration in the new Bricklink (when - PurpleDave (969)

[...] I posted a suggestion recently where I'd like to see the Want List system changed such that I can do a single WL entry that covers all variants of a single part. Like [...]
(143 months ago, Aug 7, 2012, to Suggestions)

Re: Please consider add reserve function to cart - PurpleDave (969)

[...] It would also hinder the shopping experience. Speaking as a non-seller here, if I show up in a store, looking for something specific at a great price, I _DO_NOT_ want [...]
(144 months ago, Jul 19, 2012, to Suggestions)