Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 09:55 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
| In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
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Many sellers state on their splash pages or in their store terms that they
do not differentiate between similar molds. This is entirely up to the seller
and has nothing to do with the BL catalog or policies.
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I’d say it has because it messes up the Price Guide.
I’d say it has because I remember Russell saying so.
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Oh, I agree! I wasn't saying that it was okay to do this. I was saying that
it is entirely the seller's issue and is not the fault of our catalog. The
OP was seeming to say that because these items had a similar relationship, that
they got the wrong part from their seller. That is very, very not true.
Jen
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Oh, okay, so, yes, it’s the seller that’s at fault, but I don’t totally agree
the catalogue isn’t: there’s variants some buyers don’t care about, or sometimes.
It should be easier to know which ones are okay and which are not, a better way
than the presence of an undetermined entry.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
| In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
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Many sellers state on their splash pages or in their store terms that they
do not differentiate between similar molds. This is entirely up to the seller
and has nothing to do with the BL catalog or policies.
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I’d say it has because it messes up the Price Guide.
I’d say it has because I remember Russell saying so.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 09:40 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
| In Catalog Requests, firestar246 writes:
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Agree with Turz here. Similar does not mean same. If Bricklink considered them
the same, then there would only be one listing.
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To play the Devil’s advocate, I’d say the problem is all variance relationships
are not equal:
and its a, b, c, d variants.
They all have the same ID but with a different letter, and the functional difference
isn’t obvious (I’m not sure but some may fit where others don’t, e.g. in rotation).
But 4085 is undetermined and can be used in WLs & store inventories (it’s not
“marked for deletion” to prevent it), and many people don’t care which version
they sell/buy. Does BL really care when a seller doesn’t use the 4085 entry
when they don’t differentiate? Is it enforced?
Or the first two are grooved or not, that’s
more aesthetics than function, only the last brings a difference in function.
I’m guessing more people care about the functionnality added by 15573 than for
4085. But there’s also an entry for the undetermined version, and it covers
the three versions, so is it allowed to not differentiate?
And then, there’s
* | | 55982 Wheel 18mm D. x 14mm with Axle Hole, Fake Bolts and Shallow Spokes
Parts: Wheel |
* | | 55981 Wheel 18mm D. x 14mm with Pin Hole, Fake Bolts and Shallow Spokes
Parts: Wheel |
They have the same “similar mold” relationship
in the catalogue but are really not the same. There’s no undetermined entry.
So, it’s not allowed to not separate them, is it?
Now, where does the “mold similarity” between 48723 & 68888 fall? 
Shouldn’t there be two “mold similarity” relations to prevent this confusion,
or is the presence/absence of an undetermined entry sufficient? It doesn’t seem
to be sufficient for this seller.
| | I would not suggest buying from that seller again.
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Yes. There’s sellers who say “we don’t differentiate,” but they rarely go into
detail about where they draw their line. I’d rather they all use the undetermined
entry (as I guess they should) but looking if they have the other variants sometime
helps: after all, they wouldn’t use one entry for, say, the Red parts, and another
for the Blue ones, or would they?
Right. So the only way to be sure is to avoid them 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 08:38 | | Subject: | Re: EU Vat e-commerce email | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:
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If this is the case then why the original email? If BL have already registered
for an IOSS number and they are taking the vat and allowing sellers to add the
IOSS number to the parcel address I fail to understand why the need for requesting
we register for an OSS number.
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The IOSS VAT, Import One Stop Shop VAT, is for Imports, so for non-EU sellers
and marketplaces. When a non-EU sellers goes through a marketplace, it’s the
marketplace that’s responsible, the seller has nothing to do (but give BL’s IOSS
when necessary).
BL is registered to the IOSS, has an IOSS VAT ID, has implemented the mechanism
on time for July 1st, has already messaged about it (both e-mail and on the forum:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1277484
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1278461 ), and has written two FAQs
about it:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517 .
The OSS VAT, One Stop Shop VAT, is for sellers in EU and Northern Ireland. It’s
the one which has a threshold of 10,000€ of sales in other EU countries.
No, we don’t know why the message was sent to everyone.
Yes, it’s not very specific about whom is concerned. (Though “other EU countries”
is a hint you have to be in a EU country, and the rule was already mentionned
in the first message about VAT, it would have been nice if it had been clearer…
even as a precision in a second message.)
| | Seriously if this is just a storm in a teacup then I apologise,
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No real need for apologies, the message was not clear.
| | I`ve just not
been able to confirm what you have stated myself due to zero EU sales since end
of April.
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Well, there’s the other messages and the FAQs that say how it works.
There’s also a bunch of threads for sellers, generally because they didn’t get
the invoice or the IOSS, either because the sale didn’t need it (above €150 or
VAT-registered buyer) or because the buyer bypassed the Onsite payment to pay
off-site (so BL didn’t get the VAT but the seller did).
So there’s both theory and practice to confirm what Stellar said 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 17:59 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io instruction maker | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, crimson30 writes:
| | Thanks. Where is that forum linked from?
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As I explained: (hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio
Forum”).
The red Studio icon is on every page on BrickLink, between the green Market icon
and the yellow Community icon.
| | Even simple google searches don't turn up that forum.
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Well, Google isn’t part of TLG 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 17:53 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io instruction maker | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, crimson30 writes:
| | How can I create a line between the pieces? The default red line to show which
new pieces have been added is great, but it's difficult to tell what's
been done with dark pieces... is there a way to add a thin red line *between*
the *new* pieces?
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The dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
Please search the forum for your question before posting a new one.
There’s an index of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 10:45 | | Subject: | Re: Oss registration | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, infinibrix writes:
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If and when you sell to EU again although you may be limitied by the 10k limit
for Europe
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There’s no “may,” the “10k limit” if for EU (and Northern Ireland) sellers only.
BL’s last message was sent to everyone and wasn’t specific enough and even if
the official EU websites are full of blah and not always clear either, there’s
a lot of web pages out there that explain particular cases if you look for them.
So, in short, again:
— OSS = for EU and NI sellers only, if they sell in EU (but not home country)
for more than 10,000€ per year, or if they want to.
— IOSS = for marketplaces, or non-EU sellers that don’t use a marketplace.
Non-EU, non-NI sellers: you sell through BL, BL takes care of the VAT when necessary,
there’s no thresholds nor other reasons for you to register anywhere.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 10:11 | | Subject: | Re: Oss registration | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, benji25110514 writes:
| | Just a quick one, am I right in thinking that I don't need to register for
anything, providing I just continue to sell in the UK? […]
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Even if you sold to EU, you shouldn’t have to register:
1. To the “OSS” (One-Stop-Shop) VAT platform, with the 10,000€ threshold: It’s
for EU and Northern Ireland sellers. You’re not in EU and you’re not in Northern
Ireland.
2. To the “IOSS” (Import OSS) VAT platform: You are selling through a marketplace
(BrickLink), it’s the marketplace that’s responsible, and BL has implemented
that.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Problem UK orders: NO VAT Invoice !!! | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, jbroman writes:
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That contradicts the help page that I linked to.
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Help pages are not necessarily up-to-date.
You can check the date at the bottom (2010 & 2017 respectively).
There was no onsite payment methods in 2010.
| | As a seller and a buyer, I know that a buyer can check off that an order is paid
as per my linked help file.
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1. Yes, a buyer can check the box… when the box is here to be checked. But it’s
not here if the chosen payment method is “on-site,” in this case, it’s replaced
with a “Pay” button (that leads you to the payment site).
2. AFAI’ve been told, checking the box doesn’t change the status to Paid, it
just indicates that the buyer has said they have paid. The seller still needs
to change the payment status (generally after having checked the payment was
received).
| | There are also dozens of forum questions about it.
As for your issue, I don’t have any other answers or suggestions.
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