BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

curious how many of those mods are still active moderating?

All of them are.

are they? when a couple scam reported posts are still up most of the day after
being reported it just tells me there is not a good spread of mods to cover all
time zones.

Thank you for reporting.
There were two scam posts reported around 5 at night, in my timezone.
Both were canceled immediately after I woke up. 😉

figured it was you that removed them, in fact feels like you are the only moderator
working.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 18:03

Subject:

Re: Changing rules of feedback

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In Suggestions, Tracyd writes:

The definition of retaliatory is in the eye of the beholder. If I think I did
everything right and did not deserve the feedback left for me then it is not
deserved. But the other party thinks they are right and it should stand. This
would make Bricklink the final judge and jury of feedback. I look at seller's
feedback and the buyer's feedback if I am evaluating a seller. Some buyers
are unhappy at every little thing. Some sellers overreact to even the smallest
criticism.

yes that is why it should be an option to let the admin decide, take this recent
case into question, this buyer received negative feedback because of negative
feedback he left the seller who failed to deliver items the buyer bought and
refused to deal with the situation, the seller deserved the negative feedback,
the buyer did not and it is obviously retaliatory in nature:

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=sludgemonster

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 17:45

Subject:

Changing rules of feedback

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

As it goes a rule not allowing retaliatory feedback should also be added for
removal of said feedback since as the rules stand retaliatory feedback is allowed:

Feedback you Received:
The following are currently the only valid reasons for which you can request
feedback you received to be removed:
Feedback you received contains vulgar language.
Feedback you received contains personally identifying information including your
name, address, e-mail address or telephone number.
You are the seller and the buyer has not paid. Non-Paying Buyer Alert has been
completed or the buyer has accepted the NPB penalty via NPX.
You are the buyer and the seller has not responded or shipped. Non-Responding
Seller Alert or Non-Shipping Seller Alert has been completed.
Feedback you received was posted by a duplicate account of a user who had their
membership terminated.
Feedback you received was posted by a duplicate account of a user who was on
your Stop List before the order was placed.
If you're requesting feedback to be removed for the last 2 reasons above,
you should contact the Help Desk before you submit the request and let us know
the original username of the duplicate account.
Requests can be submitted until the order is purged from the system - up to 6
months from the order date. Requests are submitted to the BrickLink Administration
for approval. If the feedback is removed, it cannot be reposted. Each request
has a status:

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 14:23

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

Should be all. But to what degree each are, dunno. Here are the Hall of Fame
Discussion Mods, in any case

think the hall of fame refers to past mods.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 14:22

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

curious how many of those mods are still active moderating?

All of them are.

are they? when a couple scam reported posts are still up most of the day after
being reported it just tells me there is not a good spread of mods to cover all
time zones.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 14:12

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

Can you imagine the level of misuse such a convenient tab would allow for?

The Discussions Mods might have to give up their day jobs, considering the amount
of time it would take in filtering through the invalid to find the valid claims.

On the other hand, I could be wrong and if all the Discussions Mods were to call
for it, or at least back the suggestion, I’d say why not.

-Cory

you forgot to mention i've seen some serious spam posts like buying fake
ID's and such and I almost gave up reporting them because finding the report
post function is not user friendly. when you have to go here:

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

Then go here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=18

then go here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1107

just to get to here:

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

My suggestion is to reduce that greatly. to go straight to the last part.

Yeah, I understood with this morning spam why you posted the suggestion. I connected
those dots before I posted my reply.

So my thoughts stand: have the mods endorse the suggestion. It's their wheelhouse.

other then Brickwilbo being on the fence (agrees it is complicated but not sure
how to fix it) have not heard from any other mods, in fact not sure who the other
mods are if any others?

https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp?utm_content=subnav

I’d add Russell, as well

curious how many of those mods are still active moderating? cause noticed a couple
of posts reported were still around for a long while.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 14:02

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

other then Brickwilbo being on the fence (agrees it is complicated but not sure
how to fix it) have not heard from any other mods, in fact not sure who the other
mods are if any others?

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 13:46

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 13:44

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

yeah but a bit redundant when you have to go thru 3 clicks just to get tot the
report post section.

sorry make that 4 clicks before you get to the page where you give the post number
and reason.

Yes, it's a lot of clicks and copy/paste. Not easy on a mobile phone.

while a simple report post button on the post itself would make it so much easier

It would probably also lead to accidentally clicked reports.
I prefer a more visible button with two-step verification to report a message.

well when you have to click the button on the post then fill in the info and
click report that would be like a 2-step verification. my suggestion would be
to have the button on the post go right to the report function, avoiding all
those extra steps and such to get there. in other words the button on the post
would take you here https://www.bricklink.com/problemMessage.asp

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 13:23

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

yeah but a bit redundant when you have to go thru 3 clicks just to get tot the
report post section.

sorry make that 4 clicks before you get to the page where you give the post number
and reason.

Yes, it's a lot of clicks and copy/paste. Not easy on a mobile phone.

while a simple report post button on the post itself would make it so much easier

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 02:11

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

yeah but a bit redundant when you have to go thru 3 clicks just to get tot the
report post section.

sorry make that 4 clicks before you get to the page where you give the post number
and reason.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2020 02:09

Subject:

Re: Report post button

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In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

This was suggested before.

The Problem Center is below the page. Click forum, then enter the message number.

yeah but a bit redundant when you have to go thru 3 clicks just to get tot the
report post section.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 22, 2020 23:44

Subject:

Report post button

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Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

I feel we should get a report post button added since trying to find that page
is very not user friendly.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 17, 2020 13:43

Subject:

Re: Pickable Models and In-Store Builds

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Catalog

In Catalog, StormChaser writes:

In Catalog, bje writes:

Can I resubmit my pickable models from 2012 or are you just going to change
the instruction entries to sets?

It doesn't appear to cause any problems to change instructions to
sets, so for existing instructions this is probably what will occur - except
possibly in cases where there are large numbers of items for sale.

Here's one changed:

TORQUE-1 (Inv) Toys "R" Us Exclusive Build - Rod "Torque" Redline
30 Parts, 2011
Sets: Building Event: Cars: Cars 2

I tried listing those instructions when I listed the sticker sheet for the set
and it got denied, guess rules changed?

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jan 28, 2020 16:53

Subject:

Re: Attack of the Blusers

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In Suggestions, BLUSER13161 writes:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

bluser numbers assigned already
but just happen to be known by our chosen usernames instead.

Yes, your bluser number can be seen by going to your Account Info page. The
second bit of information there is titled User ID. That's your bluser number.

Someday in the distant future, when we're all dead, they'll eject us
from the system and make us blusers, too. Not too fond of the idea, as I'd
rather be remembered as StormChaser, not BLUSER_13161.

Doesn't matter what I want, though.

I'm BLUSER 9140

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Apr 6, 2017 20:54

Subject:

Re: Add Bricklinked/Not original in Sales

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In Suggestions, Kael944 writes:

We need to add a new category to the sales process, i.e. Bricklinked/Not Original.
It would weed out false hits for those of us who only seek original sets!

you can add the category but if there is a price discreprency don't count
on many using it, furthermore some of them resell sets so no clue if those sets
are bricklinked either.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Apr 5, 2017 10:09

Subject:

Re: Ban selling custom parts

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In Suggestions, metropolis1927 writes:

OK, didn't know LEGO build custom parts, off catalog stuff. That's different
"pair of sleeves". And think that that parts can easy be checked, they have letters
LEGO marks. TLG guarantee for plastic and print that are not toxic and harmful.

I was referring to fake LEGO brands and custom parts build in "garage". I don't
say that there's no quality custom parts, but who can say that this and this
custom part is of good quality and this and this isn't (and everything that
came with it; durability, paint peeling, what king of plastic and paint, how
safe are for kids to play with them...). All sellers of those parts will write
that their parts are high quality.
Example, you all heard of custom minifigs from Christo7108, that are praised.
But he has some custom parts (and prints) that are copied by others like Sheng
Yuan (fake Lego brand), like Flash's helmet (SY269), see pics.
I'm for banning all, as 1974 write, 3rd party stuff.
Marko

not all LEGO is marked LEGO.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Apr 3, 2017 10:13

Subject:

Re: Ban selling custom parts

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In Suggestions, Brettj666 writes:

In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, metropolis1927 writes:

Hello

I suggest to ban selling custom parts from bricklink that aren't official
LEGO parts.
LEGO guarantee for quality of their parts and we can't know of what kind
of plastic are made custom parts. Plastic maybe toxic or another way harmful.
And what guarantee we have that those parts aren't from fake LEGO brands
like Lepin or similar.
Let those fake parts be on ebay and other sites, let bricklink be just for LEGO
and not for "Lego".

Cheers
Marko

I see this is still being discussed and has been discussed over so long, now
if you wanted to ban items that are duplicate of LEGO items I might be behind
it, but alas LEGO does not make all things many seek to obtain and custom parts
makers do fill that niche, while also giving good quality items.

So, any piece that Tyco or Megablocks make which Lego hasn't, should be fair
game?

no since I consider Tyco and Megablock competition with LEGO while customizers
and their parts are not, they accentuate LEGO.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Apr 3, 2017 10:04

Subject:

Re: Ban selling custom parts

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In Suggestions, metropolis1927 writes:

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Aug 29, 2015 20:32

Subject:

Re: Prohibit Vigilante Orders

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In Suggestions, Rick_S. writes:

In Suggestions, Leftoverbricks writes:

+1

I notice by myself that I'm getting more and more irritated by lengthy posts
from 'sellers' who have nothing to sell, yet they have very strong opinions
on everything going on here on BL. Not only Thor, but Rick_S as well.
To those people I would say: go on with your life and have fun with LEGO - but
not in this forum...

Best wishes,
Martin

seriously you just said that? lets look at your feedback, hmm smaller then mine,
hmm lets see your start date, wow a recent date, maybe BL should ban all members
with less then 5 or 10 years from posting? and lets see I've sold a lot here
before, did rather well, helped with other things on this site, your comment
would be akin to say ignore the old or those over 40 years of age or 50 or 60
since they do nothing, congrats you made my stoplist for being insulting.

my bad your already on it for stoplisting me

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Aug 29, 2015 20:31

Subject:

Re: Prohibit Vigilante Orders

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In Suggestions, Leftoverbricks writes:

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Aug 25, 2015 13:46

Subject:

Re: Ranking up ideas to slow down potential SCAM

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In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:

Over the years a lot of suggestions have been made to prevent scam sellers from
getting loads of orders, take the money and run.
I'm sure BL is trying to work out systems to prevent such things from happening
in future, so it would be good to rank up all the potential options one could
imagine to have limitations, to have faster action on potential scam stores and
to potentially send warnings to buyers with open orders.
Please don't make this thread into a discussion, just state a clear idea,
without too much blah blah and without arguing about pro's and contra's,
without repeating or applauding to another ones suggestion, so just simple
things like the one below, with a brief indication/explanation of the option

Certain things could apply for new sellers with no feedback or when a member
opens a store (if if the member has hundreds or thousands of feedbacks from buying),
untill either they proof themselves by generating selling feedback, and/or by
giving proof items are in stock and/or by prooving who they are. Some of the
suggestion may conflict with eachother, but that is besides the intention of
the thread, let's just rank up the ideas in an easy to review thread for
the site admins so they can compile the ideas.

* Lot limitation: New sellers usually start pretty small and build up their store
along the way, so a lot limitation could prevent scammers using the PO function
on high valued sets. Example: maximum 200 lot's (legit sellers would probably
get a few orders a long the way and build up feedback)

* value limitation: example 500$, legit sellers would probably start small with
a limited inventory, get a few orders and work their way up. This limit would
exclude newbies from selling high valued sets soon they open a store, and for
legit sellers starting small, $500 is most likely quite a nice base to get started
(parts/minifigs/small and medium sets) and rank up some orders and feedbacks.

* maximum on 'number' of orders during the first month, for example 1/day
and 3/week, if no complaints during that month (no negatives, no neutrals, no
NSS/NRS statusses), upgrade to 2/day and 5/week the next month, if still no complaints,
full access

* Tags on high valued sets, so the admins would get a warning, sellers with a
sellers feedback lower then 10 for example.

* As admins can't be around 24/7: select a number of people worldwide who
can tag stores or listings, if a store or an item get's tagged by 3 different
people: Closure as 'preventive action', or block an item from being bought,
so the admins can review if there is a problem or not, the next business day
or their next avaliable moment online, with offcourse a mail to the admins to
check the situation or the item for sale that was 'locked'.

* If a store is locked (except if the reason is non payment of fees): a warning
to all buyers with open orders to either delay payment for a few days, to contact
seller to ask for tracking or proof of postage if shipped or ask information
about the status of the order and expected shippingdate if not yet shipped.

* Obligation for brand new sellers to have Paypal among the offered accepted
payment methods (after all they'll need to pay fees to BL for the sales,
so they need Paypal anyway).

* BL as temporary withholder of funds particulary on larger orders from newbie
sellers (I'm not in favor of this myself, but I do consider it an option).

* More proof on who sellers are, prior to being allowed opening a store: ID card
/ Drivers license / a small Paypal payment / Business documentation / etc, so
BL has the sellers details on record and can compare it to the registered address.

So, ideas like that with brief explanation and again, please don't make it
a discussion, just state your idea on what could help to improve BL in regards
to prevent scams

Eric

My one suggestion was to verify they are who they say they are thru payment from
a verifiable source like PayPal and such, where a new seller would pay a $5 fee
thru PayPal or such which admin would then apply towards their account to pay
their fees.

paying money will deter many scammers, paying thru a site like PayPal verified
will also verify the seller is who they say they are.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2015 19:46

Subject:

Re: Display number of orders store is yet to proc

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In Suggestions, activoice writes:

I find that some stores process orders a lot faster than other stores. Most
of the time this is proportionate to the number of outstanding orders that the
store has yet to fill (IE how backlogged they are)

In some cases I've waited 3 weeks from the day I paid for an order until
it was actually shipped.

From a buyers perspective if I knew how many orders there were ahead of mine
it would help me make a decision as to whether or not I was going to order from
this store or not... (in many cases you have no choice because you are selecting
the store because they have most of the items on your wanted list)

But at least if I knew that the store had 100 orders ahead of mine I could make
an informed decision whether I wanted to buy from them or if I would be better
off splitting my order across a few stores that have much fewer orders ahead
of mine.

In the brick and mortar world it's like being in a food court... I could
really want Chipotle, but I can see they've got a huge line... but hey there's
no line at Subway... that's good enough... I'll go there...

So what would count against the seller would be things like
- Order Placed but not yet invoiced
- Orders Paid for by the buyer but not yet shipped

Things that would not count against the seller
- Orders invoiced but not yet paid for by the buyer

You could even display an average for number of days from the day the Buyer marks
the invoice as PAID to the day the SELLER sets the status to SHIPPED. This would
be simpler and tell you how fast a SELLER processes orders on average.

(Hopefully most people are honest... once again I've had a seller outright
lie and tell me that they shipped something out, but when I actually received
the item I can see what date it was post marked, and it's more than 2 weeks
later.. I understand people get busy and they have lives... but at least be
honest about it)

I would rather see a turn around average per order listed.

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

Jun 23, 2015 19:44

Subject:

Re: Display number of orders store is yet to proc

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In Suggestions, Miro78 writes:

I see your point here, but generally speaking, feedback comments tell you a lot
in regards to level of service a store provides (speed, packing, part quality,
communication, etc). Your suggestion would hurt those stores that allow buyers
to hold orders open while the buyer takes more time to add additional items over
a course of few days. That's just one example. Some of the big stores state
in their TOS and/or Splash page about their turn around time. Not all, but over
time you will see which ones are honest and speedy. I have my favorite go to
stores for when I need stuff fast.

Miro

well doubt buyer feedback is being honest considering you have sellers who leave
a negative feedback when a buyer leaves a neutral because of slow shipping (6
days for a 1 part order).

the way this system is designed sellers can hold feedback hostage, plain and
simple as a buyer I do not leave feedback till after the seller does, regardless
of how the order went, as a seller I leave feedback once the order is shipped,
but that is because I have faith in how I process and ship orders and my feedback
speaks to that(not a single neutral or negative feedback ever received as a seller).

Author:

Rick_S.

Posted:

May 28, 2015 11:10

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Re: Dealing with orders

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