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 Author: enig View Messages Posted By enig
 Posted: Jun 17, 2021 10:14
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enig (6329)

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By a pure chance from a channel that I occasionally watch - a short video about
USPS happenings lately. Maybe it will be of a little help/insight for some:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QSwjfRvw3o
 Author: zorbanj View Messages Posted By zorbanj
 Posted: Jun 17, 2021 10:12
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Buyer might not have known this. Found this out on the forums myself many years
ago.


In General, nallen44 writes:
  In General, firestar246 writes:
  In General, nallen44 writes:
  I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?

Yes, Lego used to create large baseplates then cut them to size. So many baseplates
will have that "cut" look on at least one side.

Thanks. That is what I thought. Have a feeling the buyer was looking for a
little extra discount. Oh well.
 Author: nallen44 View Messages Posted By nallen44
 Posted: Jun 17, 2021 09:55
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nallen44 (279)

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In General, firestar246 writes:
  In General, nallen44 writes:
  I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?

Yes, Lego used to create large baseplates then cut them to size. So many baseplates
will have that "cut" look on at least one side.

Thanks. That is what I thought. Have a feeling the buyer was looking for a
little extra discount. Oh well.
 Author: tons_of_bricks View Messages Posted By tons_of_bricks
 Posted: Jun 17, 2021 07:12
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tons_of_bricks (12739)

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In General, nallen44 writes:
  I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?

Yes, Lego used to create large baseplates then cut them to size. So many baseplates
will have that "cut" look on at least one side.
 Author: nallen44 View Messages Posted By nallen44
 Posted: Jun 17, 2021 07:03
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nallen44 (279)

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I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?
 Author: Grego View Messages Posted By Grego
 Posted: Jun 17, 2021 01:44
 Subject: Re: New or used? How do you see it?
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In General, Hurt writes:
  In General, peregrinator writes:
  In General, gwurst writes:
  In your situation I might ask for a partial refund and then list them as used
but like-new and only stacked once.

BL policy discourages listing items as "like new":
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102

"Please do not use phrases such as "Like New" or "As New" in the description
of any item, regardless of whether it is being listed as NEW or USED."

I wonder why? It's clear for NEW items to not do this, but for USED ones?

Goes back to eBay listing rules ...it's called keyword SPAMMing
 Author: Daragh View Messages Posted By Daragh
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 19:53
 Subject: Re: New or used? How do you see it?
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Daragh (3167)

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Unfortunately they are "used" in my mind.

At least they stagger-stacked them. I had a similar issue some time ago and over
1000 1x2, 1x3 and 2x2 plates were stacked. Boy did I have sore fingers after
separating them all.

I resold them as used after a partial refund from seller, but I understand that
might not suit you, so I would look to return the whole order.
 Author: bricknationtoys View Messages Posted By bricknationtoys
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 17:28
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bricknationtoys (7353)

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Of course the buyer wouldn't know but it isn't about if you can tell
the difference or not. You also wouldn't know if someone built a set first,
carefully took it apart and sold the parts as new.

In my dictionary Lego parts that were joined together count as used. Wheater
you build a stack for shipping or a tiny skyscraper. The moment you join two
new parts together you have two used parts. Hopefully the photo illustrates it
well.
 
 Author: Fr0stByt3 View Messages Posted By Fr0stByt3
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 16:11
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Fr0stByt3 (215)

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I'm not picky about parts unless they're scuffed, cracked, or obviously
worn. Personally as a buyer I wouldn't mind it too much since I was used
to clicking parts together at the Pick-A-Brick wall in the local LEGO store anyway
to get more for my money. I'd rather clicked bricks than loose scuffed ones
but some buyers aren't like me and so OP's concerns are noted.

But this brings up a good point. How many sellers here would buy parts from the
Pick-a-Brick, click them together, then sell them new on Bricklink with or without
taking them apart before shipping them out? Would the buyer even know in most
instances?
 Author: tons_of_bricks View Messages Posted By tons_of_bricks
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 13:31
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  it isn't a new seller. Over 300 orders in that store. 100% feedback. A partial
refund doesn't really fix the issue for me.

Does the store allow returns? I'd request then to return the whole order.

On one hand I feel slightly bad for the seller to be in this position, especially
for such a high value order. On the other hand, they should know better than
to do this.

I would show them this thread so they know it's not you just being overly
picky but that most people don't find this acceptable.
 Author: bricknationtoys View Messages Posted By bricknationtoys
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 13:27
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Your probably right that the parts were stored that way. It's a 4000 parts
order so very unlikely that the seller sat down and put it all together just
for shipping.
 Author: bricknationtoys View Messages Posted By bricknationtoys
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 13:19
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it isn't a new seller. Over 300 orders in that store. 100% feedback. A partial
refund doesn't really fix the issue for me.
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 11:54
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, Bond writes:
  In General, patpendlego writes:
  In General, Bond writes:
  In General, patpendlego writes:
  New can come from TLG or an official by TLG licensed reseller only.
Any other source is Used. Regardless of stacked or not.

Of course BL's definition is a bit less strict.

A fair argument. That being stated, BL *is* TLG, now that the latter owns and
defines policy for the former. Not to put too fine a point on it, of course.

- Pat (not pending)

Lol. However, BL is not the seller here. Not yet at least

Ah, I see now. I had misconstrued your use of the word 'source'.

Well, BL sold and will sell (or is that TLG now?) Designer Program sets….

The way things go BL/TLG will become the sole seller here and we merely suppliers...
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jun 16, 2021 11:11
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In General, Bond writes:
  In General, patpendlego writes:
  In General, Bond writes:
  In General, patpendlego writes:
  New can come from TLG or an official by TLG licensed reseller only.
Any other source is Used. Regardless of stacked or not.

Of course BL's definition is a bit less strict.

A fair argument. That being stated, BL *is* TLG, now that the latter owns and
defines policy for the former. Not to put too fine a point on it, of course.

- Pat (not pending)

Lol. However, BL is not the seller here. Not yet at least

Ah, I see now. I had misconstrued your use of the word 'source'.

Well, BL sold and will sell (or is that TLG now?) Designer Program sets….
 Author: Bond View Messages Posted By Bond
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In General, patpendlego writes:
  In General, Bond writes:
  In General, patpendlego writes:
  New can come from TLG or an official by TLG licensed reseller only.
Any other source is Used. Regardless of stacked or not.

Of course BL's definition is a bit less strict.

A fair argument. That being stated, BL *is* TLG, now that the latter owns and
defines policy for the former. Not to put too fine a point on it, of course.

- Pat (not pending)

Lol. However, BL is not the seller here. Not yet at least

Ah, I see now. I had misconstrued your use of the word 'source'.
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
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In General, Bond writes:
  In General, patpendlego writes:
  New can come from TLG or an official by TLG licensed reseller only.
Any other source is Used. Regardless of stacked or not.

Of course BL's definition is a bit less strict.

A fair argument. That being stated, BL *is* TLG, now that the latter owns and
defines policy for the former. Not to put too fine a point on it, of course.

- Pat (not pending)

Lol. However, BL is not the seller here. Not yet at least
 Author: Hurt View Messages Posted By Hurt
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In General, peregrinator writes:
  In General, gwurst writes:
  In your situation I might ask for a partial refund and then list them as used
but like-new and only stacked once.

BL policy discourages listing items as "like new":
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102

"Please do not use phrases such as "Like New" or "As New" in the description
of any item, regardless of whether it is being listed as NEW or USED."

I wonder why? It's clear for NEW items to not do this, but for USED ones?
 Author: Bond View Messages Posted By Bond
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In General, patpendlego writes:
  New can come from TLG or an official by TLG licensed reseller only.
Any other source is Used. Regardless of stacked or not.

Of course BL's definition is a bit less strict.

A fair argument. That being stated, BL *is* TLG, now that the latter owns and
defines policy for the former. Not to put too fine a point on it, of course.

- Pat (not pending)
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In General, gwurst writes:
  In your situation I might ask for a partial refund and then list them as used
but like-new and only stacked once.

BL policy discourages listing items as "like new":
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102

"Please do not use phrases such as "Like New" or "As New" in the description
of any item, regardless of whether it is being listed as NEW or USED."
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?

New can come from TLG or an official by TLG licensed reseller only.
Any other source is Used. Regardless of stacked or not.

Of course BL's definition is a bit less strict.
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.

Or even more frightful, the seller stores their inventory this way while continuing
to list it as new. I only mention this because the sheer number of parts indicated
by the two pics, as well as the fact that a lot of them are small, at least suggests
this. I cannot see any seller with a customer-first mentality taking the extra
time to stack this many parts at the expense of delaying shipment.

For my part, I agree with other commenters on this thread that the parts in questions
have now - however inadvertently - been rendered used. Before I continue, however,
it might be well to highlight BrickLink's current policy regarding New vs
Used parts (https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102):

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* New Parts - Parts are brand new, taken directly from new sets or were purchased
"as new" in another form such as accessory packs or Pick A Brick and have been
handled only for sorting. These parts have never been used in any manner. If
a minifigure or part assembly was originally sold assembled by LEGO, its component
parts after disassembly can also be listed as new.

* Used Parts - Parts which have been previously used and are presumably still
in good, usable condition. If the parts show excessive wear, discoloration, excessive
scratches, other marks,etc. this should be noted in the *Comments* field. Sticker
sheets missing stickers must be listed as Used.
-----------------------------
(Note: I had a devil of a time finding this. A proper quest.)

The one anomaly here that may serve in the seller's favor are the words "have
been handled only for sorting." Can 'handled' entail the act of stacking
for the sole purpose of consolidating shipping space? I realize of course that
the very next sentence reads "These parts have never been used in any manner."
But does 'used' here mean 'connected to another part'? I see
no mention of it, but I welcome correction if I'm mistaken. In the absence
of such clarification, however, it could be construed as circular logic.

Potential Action Items:

For Original Seller (for that matter, any BL seller) - Strongly suggest ceasing
connecting any parts together, new or used, prior to shipping unless buyer requests
such clearly and in writing. Observe what happens otherwise.

For BrickLink (TLG, et al) - Suggest clarification of New parts vs Used parts
to include or exclude stacking for sole purpose of shipping. (Although again,
for my part, I agree that once parts are connected, they are rendered used.)

- Pat (BL ID: Bond)
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Technically correct answer - the stacked parts are now used.

My personal opinion - as a buyer (not a reseller) I wouldn't care if I ordered
new parts and got them stacked. I'm buying new for their condition and being
undamaged (other than typical damage from banging-around in a bag). I would
assume most people plan to actually use their pieces, and not plan to display
them in a pile to maintain their "newness".

Again, as a seller as well I understand the rules and do not stack any new parts
I sell. I made the same mistake of stacking new parts when I started selling
until I found-out it was not appreciated.

In your situation I might ask for a partial refund and then list them as used
but like-new and only stacked once.
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?

Is it a newer seller? Maybe it just didn't cross his mind that this shouldn't
be done for new pieces. I know when I started out I wasn't aware at how particular
I should be about new pieces. However, if he isn't a new seller, then he
should definitely know better.

I'd ask for a partial refund for the stacked pieces; maybe 50% of their value
or something along those lines.
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?

I agree, anything assembled is used. It shows you are one the good sellers by
asking this question, we have bought from each other a few times and I'll
continue to do so.
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?

The ones that have been stacked are used.
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In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?

I know that feeling :-/

Bricklink says:
"New Parts - Parts are brand new, taken directly from new sets or were purchased
"as new" in another form such as accessory packs or Pick A Brick and have been
handled only for sorting. These parts have never been used in any manner. If
a minifigure or part assembly was originally sold assembled by LEGO, its component
parts after disassembly can also be listed as new."

The part "If a minifigure or part assembly was originally sold assembled by LEGO,
its component parts after disassembly can also be listed as new." - so I guess
it's not a problem if you have other cases where they have been stacked.

Of course you can also confront the seller with it, asking for a partial refund
or so (maybe the difference of what the prices are between new and used - if
you're listing them as used in your shop now).
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Should have specified that the exception is where it was preassembled by Lego
before packaging for sale.




In General, Stuart9 writes:
  Completely unacceptable to me as these effectively are now used, they have been
assembled.

I believe that BL’s definition of new includes the specification of unassembled.






In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?
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Completely unacceptable to me as these effectively are now used, they have been
assembled.

I believe that BL’s definition of new includes the specification of unassembled.






In General, bricknationtoys writes:
  Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?
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Just received an order of new parts that were supposed to go into my inventory.
The seller probably tried to be helpful and stacked almost all the parts.
I don't feel I can sell them now as new.

What are your thoughts?
 


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In General, Turez writes:
  In General, Erkiles writes:
  So, could anyone point out where one would be able to join this newsletter?

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


I have my settings to accept marketing and newsletters. Never seen the newsletter
yet. Did it just go out to a select few? Just wondering...
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In General, Stellar writes:
  In General, kaat writes:
  In General, Stellar writes:
  But which for North Ireland? UK 20% or Seller %?

United Kingdom 20

And what about Monaco?

https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/eu-vat-rules-topic/territorial-status-eu-countries-certain-territories_en

There are special rules for Northern Ireland, from within the EU it should be
20% (based on UK VAT rate I guess) and then the code XI is used as if it were
an EU country. See https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/vat-news/brexit-northern-ireland-vat-and-eoro--xi--number.html

As for Monaco, I think that is part of the French VAT system so its 20% is used.

Thanks!

Hi,

as the 1st of July is comming closer, I want to ask if there are any news about
this?

Will Bricklink provide any tools to support EU-VAT-Sellers on that matter?

Thank you very much!
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In General, Erkiles writes:
  So, could anyone point out where one would be able to join this newsletter?

https://www.bricklink.com/pref_contact.asp
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In General, legomaster100 writes:
  does BL have an active carts function ?

For buyers: yes: top right of the screen.

For sellers: no. You can't see which future buyers you might get when they
bring their carts to a buy.
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does BL have an active carts function ?
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Hi Russell,

Sorry to "rain on this parade" but how is it something like this stays so well
hidden under the radar?
I've just spent 5 minutes searching all over this platform and cannot for
the life of me find any mention outside of these forum posts of a "catalog news
letter", nor did I receive any communication about the possibility to receive
this news letter.

I would have expected something like this to appear here:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?nID=&ID=78&v=c&max=20&mTP=Y
Too logical?

Seems one has to enroll into an e-mail listing to receive it. Wouldn't it
make more sense to just send the newsletter out to every member of this website?
That would even make sense from an HR POV as it might entice lesser / non active
members to return to the platform to do their buying.

This remains up to date my largest pet peeve with this platform and is something
which I've aired in the market place forum as well: this is NOT an intuitive
website. One has to search all over the place for both the simplest of things
as the more technical issues.

One should not need a Forum to find out where things are; IMO it should be possible
for a 5 year old to find the basic functionalities.

OK, rant over and apologies to be negative about something that is clearly a
very positive development.

So, could anyone point out where one would be able to join this newsletter?



Erikk


In General, Admin_Russell writes:

  
Are you on the marketing email list?
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Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In General, hpoort writes:
  […]
For batches of 20-5000 parts with wide variety, low lot counts and few stickers,
I find Studio working the fastest. […]

Studio, part of the much awaited Seller Tools
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In General, legomaster100 writes:
  Hello,
I have adding quite a few parts over the last few days, and it seems to take
too long.
Any tips on sorting these parts and cataloging them?
I currently am just adding them into brickstore and mass upload-ing.
Thanks,
The Brick llama

For batches of 20-5000 parts with wide variety, low lot counts and few stickers,
I find Studio working the fastest.
Pre-sort your parts by major category, then by shape and end by color. Just place
the bricks in piles on the grid. Collision detection off. Piles of 5 or 10 can
easily be copied for larger quantities. Don't bother with the few parts you
can't find in Studio; you can always add them manually.

Finally, just export the Model Info / Bill of Materials into a wanted list.
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In General, Admin_Russell writes:
  In General, Shiny_Stuff writes:
  In General, TechnicBuilt writes:
  In General, Admin_Russell writes:

  
  
Thank you for the nice comments. I have included the newsletter here for anyone
who missed it.

I didn't get this sent to me. I have my settings set to receive emails from
Bricklink.

Is there somewhere this can be accessed so we can clock the links in it?


I just checked my emails from May 28 and I did NOT receive the Catalog Newsletter.

Are you on the marketing email list?


I am now -- newsletter now enabled.

.
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In General, Shiny_Stuff writes:
  In General, TechnicBuilt writes:
  In General, Admin_Russell writes:

  
  
Thank you for the nice comments. I have included the newsletter here for anyone
who missed it.

I didn't get this sent to me. I have my settings set to receive emails from
Bricklink.

Is there somewhere this can be accessed so we can clock the links in it?


I just checked my emails from May 28 and I did NOT receive the Catalog Newsletter.

Are you on the marketing email list?
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In General, TechnicBuilt writes:
  In General, Admin_Russell writes:

  
  
Thank you for the nice comments. I have included the newsletter here for anyone
who missed it.

I didn't get this sent to me. I have my settings set to receive emails from
Bricklink.

Is there somewhere this can be accessed so we can clock the links in it?


I just checked my emails from May 28 and I did NOT receive the Catalog Newsletter.
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In General, axaday writes:
  In General, legomaster100 writes:
  Hello,
I have adding quite a few parts over the last few days, and it seems to take
too long.
Any tips on sorting these parts and cataloging them?
I currently am just adding them into brickstore and mass upload-ing.
Thanks,
The Brick llama

If they are plain bricks try parting out a classic set that has a whole lot of
them. If they are special pieces, see if you can figure out a set that has a
bunch of them.

I've never done this because I don't do that, but it seems like it could
help.

thanks that is a good idea
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In General, legomaster100 writes:
  Hello,
I have adding quite a few parts over the last few days, and it seems to take
too long.
Any tips on sorting these parts and cataloging them?
I currently am just adding them into brickstore and mass upload-ing.
Thanks,
The Brick llama

If they are plain bricks try parting out a classic set that has a whole lot of
them. If they are special pieces, see if you can figure out a set that has a
bunch of them.

I've never done this because I don't do that, but it seems like it could
help.
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Hello,
I have adding quite a few parts over the last few days, and it seems to take
too long.
Any tips on sorting these parts and cataloging them?
I currently am just adding them into brickstore and mass upload-ing.
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The Brick llama
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STOCK UPDATE SALE - 15% OFF ALL ITEMS
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In General, wildchicken13 writes:
  In General, calsbricks writes:
  […] and total for the moths wewre between 2000 and 3000. […]

That's a lot of moths!

I wouldn't necessarily assume this to be indicative of long-term trends,
though. Summer is always slow, and with many countries relaxing COVID-19 restrictions,
I expect this summer to be even slower.

certainly is
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In General, calsbricks writes:
  […] and total for the moths wewre between 2000 and 3000. […]

That's a lot of moths!

I wouldn't necessarily assume this to be indicative of long-term trends,
though. Summer is always slow, and with many countries relaxing COVID-19 restrictions,
I expect this summer to be even slower.
 
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With just over a couple of weeks to go until 1st July, it would be useful to
know Bricklink's IOSS VOEC, ABN numbers etc in advance, so sellers can set
up electronic customs/CN22 values in advance, rather than leaving it to the last
minute.
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In General, rab1234 writes:
  I've got lots of bulk lego to sell, but how would anyone ship 10 pounds for
$10? Seems like the cheapest I could find would be over $20.


In General, legomaster100 writes:
  Hello,
I will purchase your Bulk Lego for $6 a pound and I will pay $60 max for 10 pounds.
I will pay $10 for shipping. For a total of 70$ for 10 pounds. I can also pay
$1 for each minifigure.
Please let me know if interested.
We can do a private sale on BL.
Thanks,
The Brick Llama

Priority mail cubic.

Over 8-10 use www.parcelmonkey.com they have UPS deals at sometimes u der $20
for 35 pounds.

Andreas

Andreas
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And if you just want random mismatched figs, I've got 3 lots of 20 in my
store for $10 each (+ shipping costs).


In General, legomaster100 writes:
  Hello,
I will purchase your Bulk Lego for $6 a pound and I will pay $60 max for 10 pounds.
I will pay $10 for shipping. For a total of 70$ for 10 pounds. I can also pay
$1 for each minifigure.
Please let me know if interested.
We can do a private sale on BL.
Thanks,
The Brick Llama
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I've got lots of bulk lego to sell, but how would anyone ship 10 pounds for
$10? Seems like the cheapest I could find would be over $20.


In General, legomaster100 writes:
  Hello,
I will purchase your Bulk Lego for $6 a pound and I will pay $60 max for 10 pounds.
I will pay $10 for shipping. For a total of 70$ for 10 pounds. I can also pay
$1 for each minifigure.
Please let me know if interested.
We can do a private sale on BL.
Thanks,
The Brick Llama

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