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In Shipping, jennnifer writes:

In Shipping, Mistress_Lisa writes:

So I tried to print out a first class international label today. According to
my charts, pulled from the USPS website, the UK is in zone 5, and so a small
package should be $14.49 (commercial rate). Paypal had it as $15.44. So I cancelled
the label, and contacted Paypal to say their zone chart was wrong. They responded
that the rates are set by the USPS, not Paypal. So I tried to print out a label
through the USPS (a pain since I have to copy all the information for the buyer
address). Lo and behold, the rate they were charging me was the retail amount
for zone 9, or $16.25! So even though their chart says the UK is in zone 5,
why did it come out as zone 9??? No, I haven't contacted USPS, since I am
sure it will be a while until I get an answer from them. Just wondered if anyone
else came across this?

Lisa at Brick Dungeon

Yes, I noticed the UK switched zones (and to the $15.44 rate) earlier this year.
I found a chart somewhere that said they were now in Price Group 20 which looks
to be made up just for them.

Jen

Thanks, Jen! Good to know I am not crazy! (well, at least not in this instance)

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Jul 6, 2021 15:27

Subject:

Anyone else notice this? UK has changed zones

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Shipping

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

May 25, 2020 21:28

Subject:

Re: Disable Buyer's Ability to mark order Paid

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:

Someone just ordered from me and marked the order paid when I haven't even
sent an invoice yet! But now the line is grayed out, and I am unable to send
an invoice! Why is there even the option for a buyer to mark the order paid?
As a seller, it doesn't matter to me if the numbers are in bold (showing
'paid'

since I don't think it is paid until I check Paypal to make
sure it is in my account. (or received the check in the mail or whatever).
Like Scrooge, I don't ship until I have the 'cash in hand', so I
should be the only one to mark it paid. (or the Paypal link, that is fine too,
just not the buyer).

Lisa at Brick Dungeon

Regardless of weather this suggestion is accepted- there is a function that you
can use now in order to 'uncheck' and undo the buyer's action of
marking the payment as sent:
-Go here: https://www.bricklink.com/orderSettings.asp
-Check this box: Separate order payment status from order status
-Then go back to your current orders, the payment status will be separated from
from the status.
-Change the payment status from 'sent' to none
- voila, your order and payment status are reset and you can send an invoice
and the 'paid' box that the buyer checked falsely will be unchecked.

Big thanks to Brickwilbo who thought us this valuable feature which we use daily.

Taught lol

Thank you! I did not know of this feature either. Hey, I learned something today!

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

May 25, 2020 12:26

Subject:

Re: Disable Buyer's Ability to mark order Paid

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In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:

Someone just ordered from me and marked the order paid when I haven't even
sent an invoice yet! But now the line is grayed out, and I am unable to send
an invoice!

I'm pretty sure that's a bug.. buyers can't change the order status
to paid, only sellers or onsite payment can.

Why is there even the option for a buyer to mark the order paid?
As a seller, it doesn't matter to me if the numbers are in bold (showing
'paid'

So.. are you talking about the order status, or about the grand total showing
in bold because the buyer submitted the payment? You'd want to remove the
latter just because you don't need it?

Well, I need it.. not everyone
works with PayPal. If buyers send me bank transfers, I need to see that so that
I can ship their order or verify the payment. It's a pretty important feature
to me.

Well, drats. I guess that isn't the solution either. But I have checked my
Paypal account, and there is NO payment from the buyer. And yet, since he marked
it paid, everything is grayed out and I cannot add a shipping amount or send
an invoice! Frustrating!! Okay, so a better solution may be that BrickLink does
NOT gray out the options!!

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

May 25, 2020 11:41

Subject:

Disable Buyer's Ability to mark order Paid

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Sep 8, 2019 21:46

Subject:

Re: new tile category - with stickers only

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In Suggestions, 62Bricks writes:

In Suggestions, TeeBoxLu writes:

I would love to see tiles with stickers as a separate category from printed tiles.
I have seen this topic discussed on a few Lego Facebook Groups as well.

You can isolate parts with stickers from the search results by adding sticker*
to your search terms (to find only parts with stickers) or -sticker* (to filter
out parts with stickers)

You can also use goatleg.com as a shortcut

Yes, I use the above method as I am sure many others do as well. But the crazy
organizing gene in me thinks they should be in different categories.

So I
vote for splitting out not only tiles that are stickered and printed, but ALL
decorated parts into stickered parts, and printed parts.

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Aug 12, 2019 19:42

Subject:

Re: What set does this piece go to???

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Inventories

In Inventories, JayEll3 writes:

I have this piece and I don’t know what set it belongs to. I don’t even know
how to search for it. Any help would be appreciated!!

It is this part:

30619 Cockpit 6 x 6 x 5 with Hinge
Parts: Cockpit

According to the catalog, this part comes in 5 sets in that color. All are Jack
Stone, from the 4 Juniors collection.

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Jul 8, 2019 18:02

Subject:

Re: From Champ to Loser

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In Suggestions, superchicken77 writes:

I have no idea what this is about. Can anyone enlighten me?

In Suggestions, bwes writes:

You can buy the loser in my shop

Maybe because the US women won the world cup by beating Netherlands 2-0?

So perhaps there are some soccer players in his inventory?

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Mar 13, 2019 13:52

Subject:

Re: Help adding stickered parts please?

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In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:

In Catalog, Mistress_Lisa writes:

Hello,

I have several stickered parts that I would like to add to the catalog. It has
been ages that I have done this, so I forget how to do it. Is it adding or changing
to the catalog? Is it a change or addition to the item or the inventory? In other
words, I am not even sure where to start any more! Anyone have a link and some
advice, please?

Lisa

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1085264

Thank you so much! Just as in the other discussion, I was confused even after
reading it several times! So perhaps the instructions need to be rewritten?

Thanks again,

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Mar 13, 2019 13:10

Subject:

Help adding stickered parts please?

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Open

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Feb 3, 2019 15:53

Subject:

Re: My Pet Peeve of the day

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In Suggestions, edk writes:

In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:

Whenever I am looking up a stickered part in the catalog to identify, I then
look at past and current sales of this part. So my pet peeve is this: how can
a stickered part possibly be listed as 'new'?? Just by the fact that
you took the sticker off the sheet and attached it to the part makes it, by definition,
USED! It doesn't matter if you never used this part to build the set, it
is still used! Is there any way we can disable the 'new' button when
listing these types of parts?

Lisa

I have made this argument regarding boxes listed as new to no avail. I finally
gave up and listed most of my used boxes as new just like most sellers do.

Agreed. A box cannot be new if it has been opened! Now, if you have a sealed
box and you have magically transported the contents out of the box without opening
it, then I would make an exception and it can be listed as 'new'.

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Feb 3, 2019 14:49

Subject:

Re: My Pet Peeve of the day

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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:

In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:

"Pet Peeve d'jour"

I'm sure you're not peeved daily, Lisa

We're talking about adopting a dog, as my son has out grown his allergy.
If we do, what do you think about naming our new pet, Peeve?

But seriously, it makes sense what you're proposing

Oh, my gosh. Get a lab! I had German Shepherds for over 30 years, and we finally
let my son, Daniel, have a choice. He wanted a lab, so we found someone with
lab puppies and he chose a yellow one and named him Archer. He has been with
us almost 4 years and he is the happiest dog I know! I take him to the dog park
almost daily (it is very close to the post office!) and I love to watch him play
with other dogs, or just to play with me: he loves tennis ball, frisbee, tug
toys, etc. A really good, friendly family dog! (and doesn't have the double
coat shedding that the German Shepherds have!)

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Feb 3, 2019 12:47

Subject:

My Pet Peeve of the day

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Nov 12, 2018 11:57

Subject:

Re: Can decorated hips be sold separately?

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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

In Catalog, Mistress_Lisa writes:

I have this set of hips from Patrick, without the legs:

970c90pb02 Hips and Light Nougat Legs with Purple Flowers on Lime Shorts Pattern (SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick)
Parts: Minifigure, Legs, Decorated

But it shows no inventory for that assembly to split up the legs from the hips.

As far as I can see in the catalog, only solid color hips and legs are sold separately.
Am I missing something? Can the decorated hips and legs be sold separately?

Thanks,

Lisa

No.

Drats! So I guess I would have to list these hips (and any other decorated legs
or hips I find) as a custom item?

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Nov 12, 2018 11:35

Subject:

Can decorated hips be sold separately?

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Open

I have this set of hips from Patrick, without the legs:

970c90pb02 Hips and Light Nougat Legs with Purple Flowers on Lime Shorts Pattern (SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick)
Parts: Minifigure, Legs, Decorated

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Oct 19, 2018 18:50

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 351-1

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Inventories Requests

In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, Mistress_Lisa writes:

Please make changes to the following inventory:

351-1 (Inv) Loader Hopper with Truck
165 Parts, 1971
Sets: LEGOLAND: Construction

* Change {6 to 7} Part Blue 3009 Brick 1 x 6

Comments from Submitter:
Upon reviewing instructions and building this set, it can be seen that the count of this part should be 7, rather than 6.

Indeed. Good catch.

The 7th one is kinda shy and is hiding out at the back left in step 5. This
change will align the set inventory to match that of its USA counterpart which
also includes seven 1 x 6 blue bricks.

Thanks!!

Funny thing, I had this set sitting here for a while. Long ago, I took inventory,
according to BrickLink, and noticed I had an extra brick. So I set it aside in
my 'old Pat Pend' brick pile. Then months later (today), I decided to
build it. Noticed I was short a brick, went to the pile and retrieved the brick!
Thankfully I hadn't sold it or lost it or something!

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Oct 19, 2018 17:26

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 351-1

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Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

351-1 (Inv) Loader Hopper with Truck
165 Parts, 1971
Sets: LEGOLAND: Construction

* Change {6 to 7} Part Blue 3009 Brick 1 x 6

Comments from Submitter:
Upon reviewing instructions and building this set, it can be seen that the count of this part should be 7, rather than 6.

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Oct 6, 2018 19:36

Subject:

Re: color

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Colors

In LEGO, Skylar2010 writes:

Hi I have a friends party hat that makes me think of hot pink but it does not
appear to be a known color for this part or I can't seem to find it. Anyone
have any ideas?

Is it this hat?

24131 Minifigure, Hat with Small Pin, Party Hat
Parts: Minifigure, Headgear Accessory

Then perhaps it is Magenta?

Lisa at Brick Dungeon

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Sep 27, 2018 16:40

Subject:

Re: Random cape with extra oval hole

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In Catalog Identification, axaday writes:

In Catalog Identification, hipchickmck writes:

It looks Lego not custom. Any ideas?

I don't understand how a hole can look like it was made by Lego.

LOL!! I think it was meant that the CAPE looked like it was made by Lego, not
the hole.

Anyway, I don't know of any capes that would have that extra oval hole in
them. What purpose would it serve? In case the minifig had a tail?

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Sep 26, 2018 21:54

Subject:

Re: Is this baseplate faded?!

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In Help, SezaR writes:

I got this for first time:

2552px1 Baseplate, Raised 32 x 32 with Ramp and Pit with Ice Pattern
Parts: Baseplate, Raised

It is not new. All the studs on the top are whitish and not 100% blue. It looks
strange. I am not sure if this is faded or not. If it is faded, it is faded in
a consistent way.
Let me know if you have or had this baseplate in the past and how you find mine
( it has dust on it but that is not an issue)

I would say it is sun damage.

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Aug 24, 2018 11:18

Subject:

Re: Could these sticker entries be combined?

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In Catalog, kzinti writes:

In Catalog, Mistress_Lisa writes:

I have a couple stickers, still new on their backing. But when I look up the
number on the stickers, 170900 and 170910, I get multiple catalog numbers for
them:

[p=1737stk03]
[p=6815stk01]

and 4 more entries, and

[p=1737stk01]
[p=5129stk01]

and 6 more identical entries!

Now, I know this was done originally to show which set it was from, but since
these are identical, and it is even mentioned in each entry that it is identical
to the others, shouldn't they be combined?

Otherwise, how should I list these stickers? There is no way for me to know which
set they came from?

Lisa at Brick Dungeon

This causes a lot of issues, especially in the old 9V train stuff, since the
same sticker sheet was used across several sets too. I know it's been brought
up before, and they left things as they were

Drats. So what do you think of my solution for my listing problem: I list the
sticker under ALL of the catalog entries, but in my description, I state that
I only have ONE sticker, not 6 of them, and it can be used for any of the sets.

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Aug 23, 2018 21:24

Subject:

Could these sticker entries be combined?

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Open

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Aug 19, 2018 18:49

Subject:

Re: Where are these Bionicle parts from?

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In Help, randyf writes:

In Help, Mistress_Lisa writes:

In Help, ghyde writes:

In Help, Mistress_Lisa writes:

I cannot find these in the catalog in parts or gear. To me, they look like
a backpack or belt clip, but can't find anything under those search words
either. I have these two masks:

47308 Bionicle Mask Huna (Toa Metru)
Parts: BIONICLE, Kanohi Mask

47309 Bionicle Mask Komau (Toa Metru)
Parts: BIONICLE, Kanohi Mask

but they both have a large black clip where you would attach them to the head,
so cannot be used in building.

I also thought they were canister tops? But can't find anything there either.
Anyone know?

Thanks in advance!

Lisa at Brick Dungeon

Take some images with your mobile device or a digital camera. If you show them
next to the Bionicle masks you do have that will give a sense of scale.

They'll be a lot faster to identify visually.

Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde

Thanks, Geoffrey, I will do that!

The official Lego masks are the ones on the far right and far left. The inside
ones are the ones I can't figure out where they come from. As you can see,
they do have a large plastic black clip inside. If there is any marking, it is
covered up by the clip and I can't see anything. Maybe these are some sort
of knock-off?

Lisa

See ebay listing 142085671497

HTH,
Randy

Thank you, Randy!! So Julie, you were on the right track! However, when I looked
up backpack, shoelace, clip, etc. in Gear category, I could find nothing. So
no one has added these to the catalog, perhaps?

Lisa

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Aug 19, 2018 17:51

Subject:

Re: Where are these Bionicle parts from?

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In Help, ghyde writes:

In Help, Mistress_Lisa writes:

I cannot find these in the catalog in parts or gear. To me, they look like
a backpack or belt clip, but can't find anything under those search words
either. I have these two masks:

47308 Bionicle Mask Huna (Toa Metru)
Parts: BIONICLE, Kanohi Mask

47309 Bionicle Mask Komau (Toa Metru)
Parts: BIONICLE, Kanohi Mask

Author:

Mistress_Lisa

Posted:

Aug 19, 2018 13:55

Subject:

Re: Where are these Bionicle parts from?

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