Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | leggodtshop  | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 16:32 | | Subject: | Re: Can BL help in this matter? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, McBricks writes:
| | Another buyer and I with the same last name got our orders mixed up. I have his
order and he has mine. I understand the mix up, but the seller will not even
respond to either of us to fix this problem. I clicked on Report problem on the
order form, but it only says
Send message (done multple times) (the other buyer and I have made contact twice)
&
File a non-shipping alert.
Where is the non-responding seller?
The other buyer and I could mail each other their items but I would be out priority
mail cost to the 1st class shipping cost of my original package and both of us
have already paid shipping to the selling store HHH Brick Depot.
Can BL help with this or not?
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I suggest you take your loss of the cost of shipping to each other, then at least
that problem is solved.
Of course start a NSS or NRS with the seller, but if that will resolve much
is uncertain. I don't think BL can do much or anything at all, what would
you like them to do?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2022 01:13 | | Subject: | Re: ebay is getting to be a pain | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:
| | In Off Topic, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | More than a wife or girlfriend or both.
John P
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Both? Bu-but you can't possibly have both together at the same time - I mean,
can you?
Anyway, BrickLink fees are simple, straight and reasonnable, which is the good
way to make business in the long run.
And this is also why many of us do love BrickLink.
So, stop complaining  and please stay away from eBay dear John!
And please PM me about this story one could get "both"  )
Take care of you.
Sylvain
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I cannot stay away from ebay. I am selling my huge collection of Simpsons.
I started with over 4200 different Simpsons items, from Kidrobot figures, Neca,
toasters, bowling balls, dinner ware, and fine china.. And I am selling my Wizkids
Star Trek Attack Wing and Heroclix. I had both lines complete and the Attack
Wing is selling very quickly. So I need ebay more than ebay needs me.
John P
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Clearly, that's why they charge so much ebay knows you need them 
Power to the OMP's!!
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 03:00 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, patpendlego writes:
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Well, obviously I can't give any details but also obviously I have emails
to prove this. Emails from shipping company / customs that shipment was on hold
until taxes were paid. Despite the fact that local state taxes were already paid
to BrickLink through PayPal.
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Can you tell us what was the amount (of the product)?
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Nope, no details, sorry.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 02:52 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Selling, patpendlego writes:
| | In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, patpendlego writes:
| | Vice versa is the same. I really don't like at all that I have to invoice
local US State Tax, that it gets transfered to my PayPal account and that PayPal
is taking it off again, transferring it to BrickLink and we all just have to
hope and pray BrickLink is indeed transferring it to the US State Tax authorities
again.
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It's not the same because U.S. customs won't try to collect state sales
tax when packages from outside the U.S. are delivered into the U.S. You won't
have a U.S. buyer come to you saying, "hey! They wouldn't give me my package
unless I paid sales tax/customs duties! I want a refund!"
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Not true. They do.
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If someone is telling you this, then they are lying to you. US customs will
only hold something if they fell it is illegal or otherwise a problem. They
have nothing to do with sales taxes as they are each managed at the state level.
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Well, obviously I can't give any details but also obviously I have emails
to prove this. Emails from shipping company / customs that shipment was on hold
until taxes were paid. Despite the fact that local state taxes were already paid
to BrickLink through PayPal.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2022 17:50 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, patpendlego writes:
| | Vice versa is the same. I really don't like at all that I have to invoice
local US State Tax, that it gets transfered to my PayPal account and that PayPal
is taking it off again, transferring it to BrickLink and we all just have to
hope and pray BrickLink is indeed transferring it to the US State Tax authorities
again.
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It's not the same because U.S. customs won't try to collect state sales
tax when packages from outside the U.S. are delivered into the U.S. You won't
have a U.S. buyer come to you saying, "hey! They wouldn't give me my package
unless I paid sales tax/customs duties! I want a refund!"
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Not true. They do.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2022 15:44 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Shintaku writes:
| | This is happening every single time.
I buy on an extra EU store, then I have to pay VAT.
I didn't until some months ago, so now it's very annoying, but ok.
Then, I expect that VAT is paid and I have nothing more to pay.
And every single time I receive a package, the postman says there's more
to pay.
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
If the seller didn't attach the VAT invoice, that's the seller to blame.
But it happened also with VAT invoice attached.
I am tired of paying double every time. Bricklink did a mistake forcing us to
pay the VAT in advance, I'll stop buying from extra EU if this doesn't
find a solution soon.
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The EU wants to get a piece of the pie of small sales. Simple as that. In total
this small trades are a huge amount of money. The rest of the world however has
to deal with these new EU rules, do you really think they like doing that?
Vice versa is the same. I really don't like at all that I have to invoice
local US State Tax, that it gets transfered to my PayPal account and that PayPal
is taking it off again, transferring it to BrickLink and we all just have to
hope and pray BrickLink is indeed transferring it to the US State Tax authorities
again.
Local Tax money is travelling all over the world through accounts of people that
have nothing to do with it. And we have only to hope it all goes well.
In the meantime, the 10 richest men in the world has seen their wealth grown
by 100% in just 1 Corona year. There is something really really wrong with the
monetary system.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2022 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Shintaku writes:
| | This is happening every single time.
I buy on an extra EU store, then I have to pay VAT.
I didn't until some months ago, so now it's very annoying, but ok.
Then, I expect that VAT is paid and I have nothing more to pay.
And every single time I receive a package, the postman says there's more
to pay.
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
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It's illegal, but who is going to pay for the laywer to prove that?!?
As long as no one does, it can and will continue.
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If the seller didn't attach the VAT invoice, that's the seller to blame.
But it happened also with VAT invoice attached.
I am tired of paying double every time. Bricklink did a mistake forcing us to
pay the VAT in advance, I'll stop buying from extra EU if this doesn't
find a solution soon.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2022 14:54 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Shintaku writes:
| | In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | In Selling, bobnikolov writes:
| | In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | | | If the seller didn't attach the VAT invoice, that's the seller to blame.
But it happened also with VAT invoice attached.
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It sounds like your local government agency doesn't know what it is doing
then, if they are charging VAT on every order that you import even if VAT is
already collected and displayed correctly.
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It happens here too. Even the VAT invoice is attached. So i stopped buying outside
of EU till this is cleared
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So long as BL is supplying sellers with the correct documentation there is not
really any more they can do. The cannot teach incompetent government systems
or officials.
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So basically, people from the EU will stop buying outside EU. This will damage
a lot the non-EU sellers.
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Do you really think the EU cares? Money going outside EU is a loss for businesses
inside EU, so they prefer(!) that you buy inside EU.
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However, what is the case that the seller did NOT attach the VAT invoice?
Because in this last case the seller did not attach anything and he claims that
bricklink did never send him a VAT invoice.
Is this possible?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2022 17:25 | | Subject: | Re: VAT issue | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, CanadaFirst writes:
| | We shipped an order to Italy and included the VAT invoice.
The buyer says that they had to pay VAT again when they picked up their package
and now want us to refund them the VAT.
Our response was, so far, to tell them that we had included the VAT invoice as
we are supposed to do and that we can send them a copy of the VAT invoice by
email so that they can request that the taxes they paid in Italy be refunded
as they had already been paid.
We're waiting for their response but wondering how to handle this, if the
Italian authorities do not want to refund them I imagine they would have to get
in touch with Bricklink since we did not receive the amount for the VAT so we
can't refund it. How does this work in this case?
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Sorry for you this situation. For sure it's a local Italy issue, not yours.
Not the first time this happens and not the last too I guess. This whole implementation
of BrickLink is terrible. Local VAT/Tax charged by BrickLink, paid by buyer to
seller and then confiscated again by PayPal, transferring it to BrickLink again.
It's a circus.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 17:57 | | Subject: | Re: VAT invoice | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, patpendlego writes:
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Now now, a bit harsh reponse don't you think? The OP meant it well.
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So did I (meant it well, that is). From your reaction, I get now that someone
could read it as scoffing too but it’s just a genuine interrogation on what OP
meant by “not printed” (which I think is clear I took as “not physical” while
OP meant “written by hand,” as it was clarified in the next messages).
It’s the usual pitfall of written communication: the tone is missing and each
adds their own¹.
I’ll try to add more clues from now on.
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Well, it could have been my mood of the moment that read it like such. No hard
feelings I hope 
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(¹ Reminds me of this kid’s reaction just after seeing a Tintin movie: “It was
great but captain Haddock didn’t have the same voice as in the book.”)
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LOL
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 02:58 | | Subject: | Re: VAT invoice | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, rick_holl writes:
| | Hi,
I have to include a VAT invoice with a package.
Does it have to be a printed one?
My printer is not working right now.
Thank you
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As you say yourself, the invoice is to be included with the package.
So it must be printed and accessible from the outside of the package. Generally
it’s put in a transparent pouch.
Otherwise, what do you think “include an invoice with a package” might mean if
you don’t have a physical copy of said invoice? Write “the invoice can be seen
on https://…” on the package? 
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Now now, a bit harsh reponse don't you think? The OP meant it well.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2022 16:01 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to USA | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, MRGolden51 writes:
| | Why on quite a few non-USA-based Sellers' Terms pages does it list the USA
as a country to which the Seller ships, but then a notice at the top of the page
states: Seller does not support orders shipping to New Mexico? Are foreigners
unaware that New Mexico is a USA state??
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If US states could be selected/unselected for shipping then New Mexico (in this
case) would have been unselected. But BrickLink allows for countries only to
be selected/unselected.
So, it is no that foreigners don't know New Mexico is a USA state but that
it can't be unselected.
Why sellers do not want to ship to New Mexico? Tax issues? Shipping issues?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2022 07:11 | | Subject: | Re: White brick with holes? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, normann1974 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Stuart9 writes:
| | Looks a little home made but unsure as it's not in front of me.
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I didn't think of that, but that's probably it. The holes are a bit unevenly
positioned (maybe 1/10th of a mm, but it's clear by comparison).
Thanks.
/Jan
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Well, I just thought about it some more. If it was a customized brick, what part
was it made from? I can't think of any.
BTW - It has "Pat. pend" in the bottom.
/Jan
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Nice find! I have never seen this brick before.
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 17:47 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, helge writes:
| | I have an order to Germany that Bricklink has charged VAT on, and the buyer is
asked to pay VAT on again to receive it.
The value of the parts is 149,3 EUR, and shipping is 6,9 EUR. Bricklink has calculated
the VAT on the total of that, but should that have been done?
The value is 156,2 EUR, and is above the 150 EUR limit.
The order were sent with IOSS number and all correct labels and documentation.
Who is correct: the German customs service or Bricklink?
Regards,
Helge
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Did you know we owe a thank you to the French for introducing VAT?
In 1953 the French started with TVA (la Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée). Soon after
it got introduced in Germany and then The Netherlands could not stay behind..........
The rest is history.
Have nice evening
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Technical Issues, patpendlego writes:
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Nope, not me. I do not even understand it at all, come on 99 pages to explain
VAT? Way to complex.
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Indeed, I got my Dutchmen named Paul all mixed up: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1226302
Sorry, Paul & Paul,
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No problem.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 17:16 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Stellar writes:
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That PDF has a very good example:
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Yes.
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That should clear everything, thanks for finding it.
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I’m not the one who found it first, I think I was made aware of its existence
here, maybe by patpendlego himself?
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Nope, not me. I do not even understand it at all, come on 99 pages to explain
VAT? Way to complex.
| | And I now try to link & quote it in every discussion about the new EU VAT rules
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | If the shipping price doesn't contain VAT (like for stamps) or if you charge
the exact shipping price (with not any discount or not any addition), this is
tolerated and could fit in tax examptions, depending the Country.
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Sorry, that is a common mistake. Stamps are perhaps VAT free for the Postal Company
issuing the stamps but never for the user of stamps. Exact shipping price is
neither relevant.
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Then I guess it's different in France.
If you invoice an ***exact*** stamp price, then you're allowed not to charge
VAT.
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I guess it is. I have checked again several Dutch sources on this subject and
all state the same: charge VAT on S&H. No mentioning whatsoever on exact shipping
cost. Well... I guess I have to go talk to an expert about it
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:58 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | | | In fact, the BrickLink calculation depends (I guess) on the check boxes you've
set up in your shop settings about where VAT is applied, like: items, additional
fees 1 & 2, shipping, credit...
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That's right Sylvain, but most out of EU sellers don't have the VAT settings
(attached image) for those and probably they are unchecked by default. The calculation
should take that into account.
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Most don't have those enabled???
Mine are:
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I still think these are odd options. VAT must be charged on the total, including
all additional cost. Period. So far I've never heard or read about exceptions
like "exact shipping cost". I definitely would like to see proof of that case.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:49 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Seems rather odd. In what situation would a seller charge VAT on the goods but
NOT on the S&H?? Afaik this is not allowed, the VAT % charged on S&H must be
the same as the % charged on the goods.
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If the shipping price doesn't contain VAT (like for stamps) or if you charge
the exact shipping price (with not any discount or not any addition), this is
tolerated and could fit in tax examptions, depending the Country.
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Sorry, that is a common mistake. Stamps are perhaps VAT free for the Postal Company
issuing the stamps but never for the user of stamps. Exact shipping price is
neither relevant.
But it might be different per country, although I doubt that very much inside
the EU it should be the same for all countries.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:26 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Technical Issues, helge writes:
| | I have an order to Germany that Bricklink has charged VAT on, and the buyer is
asked to pay VAT on again to receive it.
The value of the parts is 149,3 EUR, and shipping is 6,9 EUR. Bricklink has calculated
the VAT on the total of that, but should that have been done?
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This seems pretty obvious for me.
IF shipping has a VAT, then the total including shipping should be accounted
in the 150 threshold.
IF the shipping has no VAT, then it shouldn't count in the threshold.
In fact, the BrickLink calculation depends (I guess) on the check boxes you've
set up in your shop settings about where VAT is applied, like: items, additional
fees 1 & 2, shipping, credit...
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Seems rather odd. In what situation would a seller charge VAT on the goods but
NOT on the S&H?? Afaik this is not allowed, the VAT % charged on S&H must be
the same as the % charged on the goods.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, StarBrick writes:
| | In Technical Issues, helge writes:
exactly and this is why I stopped looking for parts outside the EU and selling
outside the EU....
Call me stupid, but this is exactly what the EU politicians wanted: (economic)
walls around fortress Europe  . To my opinion, this is part of the Trump-heritage.
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Ofcourse the EU wants more trade within their borders and less money going out.
It's what every commercial oriented system does: less cost, more income.
Any way.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:18 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, helge writes:
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Do anybody has actual information?
Is the 150 EUR limit for goods only, or is it for goods + shipping?
Regards,
Helge
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Ask your local experts on the subject. This kind of questions is depending on
too much variables, EU-law, local law, your business, etc. etc.
Good luck!
Paul
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Thanks, bud I am asking what the rules are into Germany. This is not a complex
question, and it does not depend on anything on my side. The limit is either
on the value of the goods or the value of goods + shipping.
Helge
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Still, a local expert on this should know the situation in Germany too. Here
on the Forum you will get a lot of opinions but who knows if these are expert
opinions.
Anyway, up to you what to believe
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 11:23 | | Subject: | Re: VAT calculation into Germany | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, helge writes:
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The value of the parts is less than € 150, so Bricklink has to calculated the
VAT. But VAT must be calculated on the value of goods and shipping costs.
Now, the German custo calculated the new VAT: value of the goods + shipping costs
+ VAT
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But what is correct? It can't be correct that ordres with value of goods
bellow 150, but total cost above 150 shall be charged VAT twice. Even EU is not
able to come up with such a law.
Helge
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Do anybody has actual information?
Is the 150 EUR limit for goods only, or is it for goods + shipping?
Regards,
Helge
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Ask your local experts on the subject. This kind of questions is depending on
too much variables, EU-law, local law, your business, etc. etc.
Good luck!
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 00:59 | | Subject: | Re: Buying from Russia (to EU) - VAT question | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Hurt writes:
| | Hi everyone,
I'd like to buy from a Russian store, but the checkout page seems weird (see
image).
EUR 33.66 for items, EUR 8.12 for VAT ... but why is it EUR 51.54 + shipping
at the end?
Thanks!
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Together with import duties and all, it might become quite expensive. I would
suggest asking a quote first before ordering.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 01:25 | | Subject: | Re: Sales Tax | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, Dino1 writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, patpendlego writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, BrickLady314 writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, peregrinator writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, BrickLady314 writes:
| | I'm just realizing that in the 2 months I've been making sales on Bricklink
that all the sales tax collected is actually coming to me in Paypal.
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It isn't - it's being deducted as a "Partner Fee"
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And I juuuuust figured that out. I thought I was losing my mind for a minute.
Thank you! I'm going to leave this up in case someone else is an idiot and
misses that major detail.
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One little detail that may or may not be important to anyone:
BrickLink does collect the sales tax on our behalf. AND they keep ALL OF IT.
There is no percentage of the sales tax for the actual seller -- only for
BrickLink, since they do the actual collecting and remitting to the tax collectors.
However, it is the actual SELLERS on BrickLink who get stuck paying the Paypal
fee on that entire tax amount. So whatever percentage of fee you are paying
to Paypal to process the payments, you are also paying that fee on the sales
tax money that you never even see.
If I am wrong about this, someone please say so. I would love to be wrong on
this.
____
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You guys are all in the US, so its at least your own country. However I am in
The NL and have nothing to do with US State Sales Tax whatsoever! Nevertheless
a sale to PA results in a PA Sales Tax on my account! PayPal fee to pay on it
too. Ridiculous.
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Thay do the same for "our" import tax.
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Yeah I know. What a ridiculous system. Local taxes traveling all over the world
into accounts of people who have nothing to do with it and no control over but
pay fees on it. Well, to "soften" the blow a tiny bit I can deduct the fee (as
cost) from my income and pay a little less income tax. How did they come up with
it...
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 00:15 | | Subject: | Re: Sales Tax | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, BrickLady314 writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, peregrinator writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, BrickLady314 writes:
| | I'm just realizing that in the 2 months I've been making sales on Bricklink
that all the sales tax collected is actually coming to me in Paypal.
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It isn't - it's being deducted as a "Partner Fee"
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And I juuuuust figured that out. I thought I was losing my mind for a minute.
Thank you! I'm going to leave this up in case someone else is an idiot and
misses that major detail.
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One little detail that may or may not be important to anyone:
BrickLink does collect the sales tax on our behalf. AND they keep ALL OF IT.
There is no percentage of the sales tax for the actual seller -- only for
BrickLink, since they do the actual collecting and remitting to the tax collectors.
However, it is the actual SELLERS on BrickLink who get stuck paying the Paypal
fee on that entire tax amount. So whatever percentage of fee you are paying
to Paypal to process the payments, you are also paying that fee on the sales
tax money that you never even see.
If I am wrong about this, someone please say so. I would love to be wrong on
this.
____
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You guys are all in the US, so its at least your own country. However I am in
The NL and have nothing to do with US State Sales Tax whatsoever! Nevertheless
a sale to PA results in a PA Sales Tax on my account! PayPal fee to pay on it
too. Ridiculous.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 03:49 | | Subject: | Re: How to activate bank transfer for buyers | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Exopose writes:
| | In Help, Dino1 writes:
There are only two options here: PayPal or Stripe.
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Bank transfer is default not available. Contact the helpdesk and ask if BrickLink
wants to make it available to you.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2022 11:35 | | Subject: | Re: ?How to Watch a Store for an Item? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, bricedue writes:
| | Hi all, I want to watch a specific store for a specific item. I would like to
get a notification when they add the item. Is this possible? For example, I currently
want to know when Sunshinebricks adds more black elephant trunks.
I've googled and tried all the obvious stuff but I can't find a way to
restrict wanted list notifications to specific stores.
Why do I want this? To find old versions of parts that are useful to me. Some
stores specialize in recycling old bricks.
High volume used parts stores often add items in a rotation. Bricksy (Germany,
"up to 75% off") and Sunshinebricks (Florida) work like this. They sort used
bricks by category and add items in groups by category. For example, all colors
of 2x4 plates will get added together on the same day. But 2x4 plates might only
get added/sorted a few times each year.
If I want a specific part from one of these stores, I have to keep checking all
year to know when they add that category/part. Can BL notify me when a specific
item is added at a specific store?
Thanks!
-brice
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You can put the item on a Wanted List, and get notified. But not for a specific
store. However, you might be able to filter the email notifications by your Mail
Program to filter out all except the store you want.
Good luck!
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 8, 2022 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Bright green 3010 1 x 4 brick | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, ricardo1475 writes:
| | I have found a Bright green 1x4 brick in my collection. In the catalog this part
does not exist, but it has the Lego logo on it. How much would it be worth?
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Please post a picture
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 8, 2022 11:20 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink calculates VAT incorrectly | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Teup writes:
| | In Selling, patpendlego writes:
| | In Selling, Teup writes:
| | Inspired by an incorrect comment yesterday in the EU distance selling call that
shipping costs don't include VAT, I went to check a VAT invoice of my orders
to the UK and yep, I noticed that VAT was only calculated over the item total
and not the shipping costs. This is not right, VAT needs to be calculated over
the grand total. I wonder, could this be the reason for some situations where
people need to pay VAT twice? I don't know what invoices (if any) get attached
when importing into the EU, but if the ex.VAT price of the grand total does not
match with the VAT percentage charged, it is logical that authorities will not
accept it.
I don't know precisely for which countries shipping costs have VAT (I checked
UK, seems yes), but even if there would be a country that doesn't, it would
still be incorrect because S&H charges include handling which is always subject
to VAT. (And sometimes the postage costs are visible on the label, and if that
doesn't match the shipping cost in the invoice, for which no VAT was charged,
that's going to raise some eyebrows)
Or is this just in my store, because I haven't switched on VAT on shipping
costs? (I don't use Bricklink to calculate my VAT, I just entered the correct
shipping prices the way they should be, so I didn't need this feature)
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In The NL the VAT % charged on shipping, handling, etc. must be the same as the
VAT % charged on the goods shipped. So, if seller must charge 21% VAT on the
goods, s/he also must charge 21% on the shipping. If the seller sells margin
goods (which cannot be charged VAT) there is also no VAT on the shipping.
If there is a mix of VAT % on the goods, then the highest % must be charged on
the shipping.
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Yikes, I read on a British site that they calculate VAT on shipping proportionally
to the rates of the products, rather than assuming the highest percentage. Good
luck implementing that too.. this VAT stuff is a neverending head ache for Bricklink
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Yeah, VAT is nightmare and the EU doesn't have the guts to implement one
system for all EU-countries. Although they tend to move slowly into that direction.
BrickLink does not support VAT by far all that is needed. Luckily I sell margin
goods only and do not have to use the BrickLink VAT "feature" at all
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 8, 2022 10:19 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink calculates VAT incorrectly | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Teup writes:
| | Inspired by an incorrect comment yesterday in the EU distance selling call that
shipping costs don't include VAT, I went to check a VAT invoice of my orders
to the UK and yep, I noticed that VAT was only calculated over the item total
and not the shipping costs. This is not right, VAT needs to be calculated over
the grand total. I wonder, could this be the reason for some situations where
people need to pay VAT twice? I don't know what invoices (if any) get attached
when importing into the EU, but if the ex.VAT price of the grand total does not
match with the VAT percentage charged, it is logical that authorities will not
accept it.
I don't know precisely for which countries shipping costs have VAT (I checked
UK, seems yes), but even if there would be a country that doesn't, it would
still be incorrect because S&H charges include handling which is always subject
to VAT. (And sometimes the postage costs are visible on the label, and if that
doesn't match the shipping cost in the invoice, for which no VAT was charged,
that's going to raise some eyebrows)
Or is this just in my store, because I haven't switched on VAT on shipping
costs? (I don't use Bricklink to calculate my VAT, I just entered the correct
shipping prices the way they should be, so I didn't need this feature)
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In The NL the VAT % charged on shipping, handling, etc. must be the same as the
VAT % charged on the goods shipped. So, if seller must charge 21% VAT on the
goods, s/he also must charge 21% on the shipping. If the seller sells margin
goods (which cannot be charged VAT) there is also no VAT on the shipping.
If there is a mix of VAT % on the goods, then the highest % must be charged on
the shipping.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 5, 2022 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: Double inverted slope 45 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
| | In Off Topic, tec writes:
| | | | I noticed while parting out that one looked like it had a nasty scratch on the
side. On closer inspection, it turned out to be the sprue mark! Really surprised
to find a slope with the sprue mark on the side in 2021.
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strange indeed
they should be out of sight
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On many (most?) pieces these days the sprue mark is on a stud - definitely the
case for 2x1 inverted slopes now, for example.
I saw these slopes and I wondered if TLG resurrected an old mold.
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Could be, or they reused old inventory.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 5, 2022 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: In the EU it is legal to charge PayPal costs! | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Cob writes:
| | In Selling, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | In Selling, Stellar writes:
| | In Selling, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | It is often repeated in the forum that charging PayPal costs to the buyer would
be illegal in the EU. I was of that opinion myself.
However, this is not the case.
It is legal for a company to charge the customer the costs for paying
with PP with the restriction that only the actual cost charged by PP may be transferred
to the buyer; so not a plain fee or an overall percentage.
Source Google https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=paypal+transactiekosten+doorberekenen
Since the introduction of PSD2 (February 2019), companies are no longer allowed
to charge surcharges for payments with debit card, credit card (from Visa and
Mastercard), transfer and direct debit. This is allowed for other payment methods
such as PayPal, iDeal and post-payment methods such as Klarna and Afterpay.
An eye-opener for me.
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It is against PayPal Terms not against the Law, they say something in the lines
that you must not charge any fee for one Payment method you offer and not for
others, so the same for all or nothing for all.
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The laws of the EU are dominant, PP should obey these laws.
Here's a popular analogy: two persons (or companies) could make a legal contract
that one can kill the other without consequences. For the law however this is
still murder and you can't get away with your contract - even if it's
agreed upon between the participants.
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Regardless of the laws, PayPal can discontinue doing business with anyone who
breaks their terms of service.
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They might, but you can contest that on grounds of discrimination.
Whether you can afford the right laywer is another question.......
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 5, 2022 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: How does everyone do their inventory? | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, JerseyBrickGuy writes:
| | Like the topic states, I’m curious to see how other sellers keep their inventory
up to date?
Thanks
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Local registration, upload through CSV, download through API. Local is leading,
inventory on BrickLink is following. Works great.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 17:39 | | Subject: | Re: EU distance selling - Online session | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink member,
We have recently launched a new feature enabling EU distance selling on the BrickLink
site. Because we have had a number of questions and concerns expressed from some
of you, we are setting up an online sessions to take you through the new guidelines
in more detail as well as addressing your concerns. The online session will take
place this Friday at 9-10 am PST
During the meeting you will have the option to write additional questions in
the session chat and have them answered directly in the session to the best of
our ability.
In order to participate in the session you will need to sign up, in order to
sign up, please write to CE_Tanja and share the email you would like to participate
with and we will invite you to the session. The deadline for signing up is Thursday
1/6 at 9 am PST.
There is a limit of 350 participants. Participation will be on a first come first
serve basis. We will be recording the session for those of you that are unable
to participate, this way you will be able to watch the recording afterwards.
Kind regards,
The BrickLink Marketplace team
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Great! I would like to see the recorded session. Will it be available shortly
after the life session?
Thank you,
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 18:38 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | | | There needs to be an indicator of the piece "slope" degree, even if not accurate,
but it serves to know which ones share the same angle.
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IMO there does not... Slope 2 x 1 or Slope 3 x 1 says it all. No confusion about
the 45 or 33 (which is incorrect anyway).
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So how about you ignore them, and other people that want to use them to identify
parts that naturally fit together can use them. I find there are many keywords
added to descriptions that I never use and are therefore superfluous (at least
to my way of searching).
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In all my 50 years of playing, collecting, buying, selling and talking about
lego slopes I never ever had the need of something like a 45 degree roof or 33
degree rampage I just wanted to built a good looking roof .
So I never gave it any thought or attention, indeed just ignoring it most
of the time. The one time it is practical is when sorting the slopes online to
find all the ones alike.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 18:29 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, eileenkeeney writes:
| | […]
So folks are measuring different things, explaining the different results. That
makes complete sense.
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Yes… well… except for “33”: the only way I can find to get to that number is
to say “the brick is 3 units long and 1 unit high which makes it a 33% slope”
(%, not °, not a typo), except that the vertical unit is not the same as the
horizontal one and it counts the stud.
That or discaculia or dislexia (changing 31° into 33)…
… and a mighty bunch of people just repeating without understanding and/or correcting.
Just enough mystery for the words “Templars” or “aliens” to come to mind
Also makes me think of this joke:
A foreign lord is visiting a monastery, and the abbot explains how the monks
work at copying manuscripts. And the lord asks:
“So, the monks copy the original books?”
“Oh, no! Those are too precious and fragile, they are copying the last copy.”
“But what happens if someone makes an error in copying? Then the error will
be copied again and other errors will be added?”
At these words, a monk working next to them jumps from his seat and rushes out.
Everyone is astounded for a minute and then they hear wails and cries and go
check what it’s about.
They quickly find the monk in the archives, were the oldest books are kept.
He’s holding an old parchment and crying.
“What’s he holding?” asks the lord.
“Oh, it looks like the original of our order’s rules” answers the abbot.
“And why is he crying?”
And the crying monk says “It’s celebrate! Not celibate!”
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | I really don’t see any need for the 45 or 33, even if they were accurate. No
one is using Lego to help with their math homework or to do technical drawings.
The footprint dimensions and the picture together ought to tell anyone what they
need to know.
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I agree to a certain point but if we would get rid of the angles, then we would
need the height for some slopes. Not sure what would be best though.
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Convention is that if the height is 1 brick high that is not mentioned.
However 3300 is less high so it would be Slope 2 x 2 x 2/3 Double ?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 11:42 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Shiny_Stuff writes:
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And Here is the origin of the name Bevelled Brick:
In 1987 catalogs, LEGO decided to name 33 degree slopes as 25 degree slopes
____
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Looking at the inventory of 5152-1 it contains Slope 33 not 25 as the set implies
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 09:46 | | Subject: | Re: Winkel sluiten bij 9.900 euro verkoop ? | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, Teup writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, patpendlego writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, BoekelbriX writes:
| | Ik vraag me af of je de verplichte registratie als bedrijf kunt voorkomen door
je winkel "op slot te gooien" bij de stand van EUR 9.900 euro ?
En loopt dit van 01-01 tot 31-12 ?
Want de hobby is leuk en ik heb er veel schik mee, maar een bedrijf oprichten
met alle registraties die daarbij horen, de belastingdienst die precies kan zien
wat je naast je werk nog aan inkomsten genereert, liever niet
Zomaar een gedachte...
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Het gaat alleen om 10k verkoop naar andere landen binnen de EU. Dus niet
de verkoop in eigen land of buiten de EU.
Als je tegen de 10k aanzit, hoef je alleen maar de EU landen uit te sluiten en
kan je nog gewoon doorverkopen in eigen land en buiten de EU.
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Zoals gezegd moet je inkomen altijd geregistreerd staan. Ik vind het heel
raar dat deze vraag openlijk gesteld wordt en dat er ook dit soort antwoorden
gegeven worden. Tenzij dit een "puur academische" discussie is over een hypothetische
verkoper die gratis zonder winstmarge werkt hebben het hier echt over fraude
van duizenden euro's. Dat is gewoon een misdrijf.
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De vraag vind ik heel normaal, wat te doen bij 9.900 omzet. Daar geef ik gewoon
antwoord op.
De opmerking daarna, ja die is nogal naïef
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 09:25 | | Subject: | Re: Winkel sluiten bij 9.900 euro verkoop ? | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, BoekelbriX writes:
| | Ik vraag me af of je de verplichte registratie als bedrijf kunt voorkomen door
je winkel "op slot te gooien" bij de stand van EUR 9.900 euro ?
En loopt dit van 01-01 tot 31-12 ?
Want de hobby is leuk en ik heb er veel schik mee, maar een bedrijf oprichten
met alle registraties die daarbij horen, de belastingdienst die precies kan zien
wat je naast je werk nog aan inkomsten genereert, liever niet
Zomaar een gedachte...
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Check deze pagina onder 'Changes at a glance' 7e bullet:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
Zoals ik het lees, staat daar:
Het gaat alleen om 10k verkoop naar andere landen binnen de EU. Dus niet
de verkoop in eigen land of buiten de EU.
Als je tegen de 10k aanzit, hoef je alleen maar de EU landen uit te sluiten en
kan je nog gewoon doorverkopen in eigen land en buiten de EU.
Voor deze zekerheid, win informatie in bij de belastingdienst e/o je adviseur.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 09:11 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stellar writes:
| | In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | I really don’t see any need for the 45 or 33, even if they were accurate. No
one is using Lego to help with their math homework or to do technical drawings.
The footprint dimensions and the picture together ought to tell anyone what they
need to know.
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There needs to be an indicator of the piece "slope" degree, even if not accurate,
but it serves to know which ones share the same angle.
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IMO there does not... Slope 2 x 1 or Slope 3 x 1 says it all. No confusion about
the 45 or 33 (which is incorrect anyway).
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| |
In Catalog, patpendlego writes:
| | I always assumed the 45 in Slope 45 means 45 degrees, and in Slope 33 it means
33 degrees, however if you calculate the exact degrees based on brick measures
it is not.
A standard 1 x 1 brick measures 7.9375 mm x 9.5250 mm (length/width x height
without the stud).
Building with Slope 45 bricks results in a slope of 50 degrees, not 45.
Building with Slope 33 bricks results in a slope of 31 degrees, not 33.
As is well know, assumptions are the mother of all f*ups, so I most likely assumed
wrong
Therefore... just curious, where do the 45 and 33 come from?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2021 19:26 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| You couldn't be more wrong
Remeasure and recalculate.
In Catalog, tEoS writes:
| | You are correct. With my digital angle tool for wood trim, it appears to be
between 43 and 43.3 degrees.
The 33 1x3 is about 25.5 degrees.
| | It has to be less than 45, not more than 45 because when I put two together (slope
to slope) I get an angle very slightly less than 90 degrees. This was the easiest
test for me to do. The measurement of the actual slope can not include the full
length and height, just the length and height of the part containing the actual
slope.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? Resolution | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, patpendlego writes:
| | LEGO got stuck with the lip height of 1.5870 which does not match e.g. a Plate,
just because they wanted a 45° angle at the start.
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No, they didn't want that from the start, it's a logical result. That
lip is simply a panel width. Brick width + panel width = brick height. Removing
one panel width from the bottom of the brick and you're left with a perfect
cube. Then you cut the cube diagonally (=45 degrees) to get the slope.
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A panel? Back in the old days when the Slope 45 was created there were no panels.
So, I don't think that was considered at all.
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| | Then the next Slope brick (known as Slope 33) was created with the same lip height.
Somehow this got called 33 on BrickLink, but it's not 33° but 31° close enough.
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Hmm, I think it's like 26.57 degrees? 2 steps wide and 1 step high, that
gives a tangent of 0.5... calculator says that's 26.57 degrees...
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 09:26 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? Resolution | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Thanks for all the replies, so now it seems that:
LEGO made the first Slope brick (known als Slope 45) where the slope itself is
as high as it is wide both 7.9375 mm resulting in 45° angle and a lip of 1.5870
mm and when building a roof resulting in 50° angle.
Then the next Slope brick (known as Slope 33) was created with the same lip height.
Somehow this got called 33 on BrickLink, but it's not 33° but 31° close enough.
LEGO got stuck with the lip height of 1.5870 which does not match e.g. a Plate,
just because they wanted a 45° angle at the start.
I was looking at Cobi parts, they made a different choice. They set the lip height
to Plate height, thus 3.1750 mm. Resulting in smoother models to be built with
these parts if put along side. This is how I got to my question.
In Catalog, patpendlego writes:
| | I always assumed the 45 in Slope 45 means 45 degrees, and in Slope 33 it means
33 degrees, however if you calculate the exact degrees based on brick measures
it is not.
A standard 1 x 1 brick measures 7.9375 mm x 9.5250 mm (length/width x height
without the stud).
Building with Slope 45 bricks results in a slope of 50 degrees, not 45.
Building with Slope 33 bricks results in a slope of 31 degrees, not 33.
As is well know, assumptions are the mother of all f*ups, so I most likely assumed
wrong
Therefore... just curious, where do the 45 and 33 come from?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 09:03 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, patpendlego writes:
| | In Catalog, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | I presumed it was for 1 brick up for 1 stud along and then 1 brick up for 3 studs
length.
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For a Slope 45 2 x 1 that would result in 1 up 1 along = 45 degrees
For a Slope 33 3 x 1 that would result in 1 up 2 along = 27 degrees, not 33
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Or
| | 1 up 3 along = 18 degrees
Seems not to work like that
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It works for that for 2x1 (45) and 4x1 (18) slopes, seems like 3x1 slopes are
the issue. I'd recommend against changing them now however
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So it seems, the 33 is the odd exception. Hence the "confusion".
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 09:01 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, patpendlego writes:
| | I always assumed the 45 in Slope 45 means 45 degrees, and in Slope 33 it means
33 degrees, however if you calculate the exact degrees based on brick measures
it is not.
A standard 1 x 1 brick measures 7.9375 mm x 9.5250 mm (length/width x height
without the stud).
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You forgot about the lip (around 1.6mm), so the slope is ~8mm long and ~8mm high,
which makes it ~45°.
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For just one slope it is ~45° but building a roof won't result in a roof
of ~45° due to the lip it will turn out to be 50°
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(Skedadling before you think about apply the same reasoning to the 33 slope….)
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Doesn't work for 33
| |
| | Building with Slope 45 bricks results in a slope of 50 degrees, not 45.
Building with Slope 33 bricks results in a slope of 31 degrees, not 33.
As is well know, assumptions are the mother of all f*ups, so I most likely assumed
wrong
Therefore... just curious, where do the 45 and 33 come from?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 08:50 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | I presumed it was for 1 brick up for 1 stud along and then 1 brick up for 3 studs
length.
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For a Slope 45 2 x 1 that would result in 1 up 1 along = 45 degrees
For a Slope 33 3 x 1 that would result in 1 up 2 along = 27 degrees, not 33
Or
1 up 3 along = 18 degrees
Seems not to work like that
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 08:45 | | Subject: | Re: What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, John_Miller writes:
| | In Catalog, patpendlego writes:
| | I always assumed the 45 in Slope 45 means 45 degrees, and in Slope 33 it means
33 degrees, however if you calculate the exact degrees based on brick measures
it is not.
A standard 1 x 1 brick measures 7.9375 mm x 9.5250 mm (length/width x height
without the stud).
Building with Slope 45 bricks results in a slope of 50 degrees, not 45.
Building with Slope 33 bricks results in a slope of 31 degrees, not 33.
As is well know, assumptions are the mother of all f*ups, so I most likely assumed
wrong
Therefore... just curious, where do the 45 and 33 come from?
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I'm going with it's close enough to determine the difference in the slopes,
no need to be that accurate.
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That seems rather likely. It also does not say 45º just 45. Then it is more like
a name/type to distinghuish then a number indicating something like degrees.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 08:35 | | Subject: | What the 45 means in Slope 45 ? | | Viewed: | 330 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I always assumed the 45 in Slope 45 means 45 degrees, and in Slope 33 it means
33 degrees, however if you calculate the exact degrees based on brick measures
it is not.
A standard 1 x 1 brick measures 7.9375 mm x 9.5250 mm (length/width x height
without the stud).
Building with Slope 45 bricks results in a slope of 50 degrees, not 45.
Building with Slope 33 bricks results in a slope of 31 degrees, not 33.
As is well know, assumptions are the mother of all f*ups, so I most likely assumed
wrong
Therefore... just curious, where do the 45 and 33 come from?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 06:18 | | Subject: | Re: Where to sell 1.edit. Pokemon Booster packs ? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, TrevithickLego writes:
| | Hi there. I hope everybody is fine. I recently found my old Pokemon English 1st
Edition Dschungel Booster Box. The box is open and only three boosters are missing
the other 33 are all present and still factory fresh sealed. My question is now,
where can I sell those for a good price. Okey a lot will say Ebay, but are there
any other market plattforms in the internet ? Please advise. Thanks in advance.
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https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Pokemon
Good luck!
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2021 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: Selling new Lego as used? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 9_lives_bricks writes:
| | Hi,
I was wondering if anyone is listing both there new and used Lego as used. I
can see a lot of benefit to it and very little reasons why I shouldn't. Just
wondering if anyone has tried it and how it effected sales.
Thanks
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Yes, i've done that a long time it works just fine. There is a saying to
support this kind of approach to selling.
Better to underpromise and overperform, that the other way round.
It's all about managing expectations.
Good luck!
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2021 18:42 | | Subject: | Re: Is this old brick lego? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Andrsv writes:
| | I bought a lot of old lego bricks. There was about 50 2x4 bricks. As far as I
can tell they were all lego. But there is one brick which stands out. It doesnt
have a logo. Also when dropping it gently to a wooden table, it makes a metallic
sound. It looks and feels like plastic.
Its the red one in pictures.
Does anyone know what it is?
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You can see on the picture that the red brick is a bit higher than the lego bricks,
which I have not seen on old lego bricks.
Also a metallic sound, or a sound as if it was made of glass, is not found in
lego bricks.
IMO it is not lego. My best guess is still ABC Copex.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2021 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: Missing IBAN option in shipment store options | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, patpendlego writes:
| | In Help, Johny1982 writes:
| | Hello,
Im just building the store and specialy for domestic market and EU, its great
option IBAN transfer.
How can be this option enabled? Dont need to pay 5% to Paypal.
Thank you.
Johny
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Look under Settings - Payments - Offsite Payments - Add an offsite payment method
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It doesn’t work like that for new sellers:
“““
Offsite payment methods are no longer available for new sellers as of June 8,
2017. However, you may request special permission to enable IBAN during or after
the New Seller Verification process by contacting the Help Desk.
***All new sellers will be required to have at least one onsite payment method
available in their store to receive IBAN permission.**
”””
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=18
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Okay, thx. I didn't know that.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2021 12:41 | | Subject: | Re: Winkel sluiten bij 9.900 euro verkoop ? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, Teup writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, pineBRICKS writes:
| | He is selling mostly used parts so that should be okay?
Maybe even sharing his hobby with his partner?
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Well you can buy used stuff with the intention of making profit, but yes, technically
if they are selling off their own collection without a significant profit margin
(basically getting spent money back), then it is ok. I guess it would take a
huge amount of space to have a collection that's good for several years of
€20000+ sales but well, some people have the space.. I just know that I don't
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Selling your own collection is not seen as income, you can do that only once.
Buying LEGO just to sell it again with the intention to make a profit, that is
income and must be reported. However if the cost of doing so is higher than what
you earn, then not. Obviously you cannot report a loss as income hahaha.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2021 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: Missing IBAN option in shipment store options | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Johny1982 writes:
| | Hello,
Im just building the store and specialy for domestic market and EU, its great
option IBAN transfer.
How can be this option enabled? Dont need to pay 5% to Paypal.
Thank you.
Johny
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Look under Settings - Payments - Offsite Payments - Add an offsite payment method
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2021 01:33 | | Subject: | Re: Is this old brick lego? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Andrsv writes:
| | I bought a lot of old lego bricks. There was about 50 2x4 bricks. As far as I
can tell they were all lego. But there is one brick which stands out. It doesnt
have a logo. Also when dropping it gently to a wooden table, it makes a metallic
sound. It looks and feels like plastic.
Its the red one in pictures.
Does anyone know what it is?
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It sounds like ABC Copex
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 13:38 | | Subject: | Re: EU Distance selling feature is now live! | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Teup writes:
| | Bricklink is a place for selling and buying Lego, that appears to think the part
where you can actually buy stuff properly, as well as the part where you can
actually sell stuff properly, are overrated. I don't think there's any
rationale behind any of it, it's just Bricklink's empty cockpit again.
I think the simple answer is that currently there are no people who have an immediate
interest in a prospering Bricklink. The people who work there simply want job
security, and seem OK with spending their working hours in this stagnant system,
and TLG hasn't really taken the lead yet - on purpose, because they respect
Bricklink and the AFOL community and want to watch it from a distance before
changing anything. Maybe once the new head of Bricklink is properly installed,
the cockpit will, finally after all these years, no longer be empty and we might
see a bit of vision.
For now, I'm also very happy to sell outside of Bricklink. It's just
very annoying that this 10K limit is for your whole business, so having to stay
under it because of Bricklink's mess-ups means you have to do that both on
and off Bricklink, so it's also impacting our business outside of Bricklink.
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Ik doe mee aan de KOR, de omzetgrens ligt dan op 20.000 euro.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 04:10 | | Subject: | Re: EU Distance selling feature is now live! | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, TakeAbricK writes:
| | In Administrative, patpendlego writes:
| | In Administrative, TakeAbricK writes:
| | In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Hi!
I strongly support what others wrote here; we in Europe need to be able to manage
B2B orders.
IOSS or not, but with the legal choice to account VAT or not.
Concerning our shop, those B2B sales represent approx 10 to 15% of our recent
yearly sales.
I guess that it's even higher for bulk/wholesalers - like those in Germany,
Netherlands, Poland, Czech Rep, Hungary, in no specific order - etc.
Also, forgive me if I remind you that B2B may represent *more than a double income*
for BrickLink: you get BrickLink fees when a shop is buying PLUS an higher fee
when the shop is reselling at higher price...
In short: for the sake of all of us, including yours - see above - PLEASE do
consider IOSS (which is mandatory) along with a VAT check box exclusion (or such
feature), which is also mandatory, in case of B2B transactions.
Thank you!
PS: While I'm still reading Forum for now 15 years (yes!), I've voluntarily
been off of it those last years for personal reasons (too few time...)
But now this feature / decision directly concerns us and many others - including
friendly shop owners here (hi !) - it forces me to post again.
Please all of you who remember my zillion posts please thank you, you wonderful
people - wishing you the best.
Sylvain
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Everything that concerns VAT is a mess.
- EU VAT has to be calculated on NET price
- B2B as said (no VAT-id registered on Store Terms Page)
- Price Guide is a mess, within EU it's registered with VAT and outside EU
without VAT, while my sale price is in both cases exactly the same
The first problem shouldn't be there in the first place, because it has been
on the forum 6 months ago, HOW it should be done. And now there are no replies
at all from Bricklink.
I really don't know what to do, I didn't register for OSS yet.
Thinking about removing EU shipping every year when I'm about to reach the
10.000
$$$$$
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It all seems quite clear... BrickLink complies with law as far as they absolutely
need to, but that is about it. Sellers position is not interesting, and why should
it? It seems to me TLG is more interested in selling directly from them, then
selling indirectly through BrickLink. The profit resellers make on BrickLink
is a loss for TLG. So... discourage selelrs on BrickLink.
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Why would this be a loss for TLG? Alle Lego that is sold on Bricklink comes from
TLG.
As I see it, they earn an extra 3% (on a much higher price) for every part they
ever sold from every seller on Bricklink. A lot of parts are even sold several
times. They are also still making profit on parts that they produced in the 50's,
etc.
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Profit on direct sales is higher then profit on indirect sales.
It is nonetheless a weird situation that TLG first sells directly to resellers
and then earn 3% fee on sales by those resellers on the SAME item!
Do they count direct sales to resellers as turn-over and profit? Although these
items are not sold to consumers? If TLG would be registered on the NY stock exchange
they would have a major issue on this, because it is not real turn-over or profit.
The items are just lying around with resellers. And TLG owns the OMP those resellers
are active on. Weird.
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Imo TLG earns a lot on every single part they produce.
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Move away is what it suggest, implicitly.
Well.. there are alternatives.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 04:08 | | Subject: | Re: EU Distance selling feature is now live! | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, TakeAbricK writes:
| | In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Hi!
I strongly support what others wrote here; we in Europe need to be able to manage
B2B orders.
IOSS or not, but with the legal choice to account VAT or not.
Concerning our shop, those B2B sales represent approx 10 to 15% of our recent
yearly sales.
I guess that it's even higher for bulk/wholesalers - like those in Germany,
Netherlands, Poland, Czech Rep, Hungary, in no specific order - etc.
Also, forgive me if I remind you that B2B may represent *more than a double income*
for BrickLink: you get BrickLink fees when a shop is buying PLUS an higher fee
when the shop is reselling at higher price...
In short: for the sake of all of us, including yours - see above - PLEASE do
consider IOSS (which is mandatory) along with a VAT check box exclusion (or such
feature), which is also mandatory, in case of B2B transactions.
Thank you!
PS: While I'm still reading Forum for now 15 years (yes!), I've voluntarily
been off of it those last years for personal reasons (too few time...)
But now this feature / decision directly concerns us and many others - including
friendly shop owners here (hi !) - it forces me to post again.
Please all of you who remember my zillion posts please thank you, you wonderful
people - wishing you the best.
Sylvain
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Everything that concerns VAT is a mess.
- EU VAT has to be calculated on NET price
- B2B as said (no VAT-id registered on Store Terms Page)
- Price Guide is a mess, within EU it's registered with VAT and outside EU
without VAT, while my sale price is in both cases exactly the same
The first problem shouldn't be there in the first place, because it has been
on the forum 6 months ago, HOW it should be done. And now there are no replies
at all from Bricklink.
I really don't know what to do, I didn't register for OSS yet.
Thinking about removing EU shipping every year when I'm about to reach the
10.000
$$$$$
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It all seems quite clear... BrickLink complies with law as far as they absolutely
need to, but that is about it. Sellers position is not interesting, and why should
it? It seems to me TLG is more interested in selling directly from them, then
selling indirectly through BrickLink. The profit resellers make on BrickLink
is a loss for TLG. So... discourage selelrs on BrickLink.
Move away is what it suggest, implicitly.
Well.. there are alternatives.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 06:44 | | Subject: | Re: EU Distance selling feature is now live! | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Teup writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Members,
We have released our Distance Selling feature for sellers who plan to or have
reached the EUR annual 10 000 distance sale of goods threshold. To see where
your current BrickLink sales totals are, you can download the order information
here:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderExcel.asp?orderType=received
To turn this feature on, navigate to your Store Settings page and enable distance
selling. You will be asked to enter your One Stop Shop (OSS) number:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/oss_en
or foreign VAT registration information and provide valid documentation. Once
enabled, the prices of your items will remain the same on your storefront, however
the VAT rate charged and collected will be changed to match the country’s rate
in which the buyer is located.
This has been implemented to comply with the new EU marketplace regulations.
For more information, please see the European Commission article on this topic
here:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/online-sellers_en
You can find additional guidance on the BrickLink EU Marketplace Changes Help
Page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
This message will be sent via email to all sellers at the beginning of next week.
Please add any questions about this feature (along with any bug reports) to this
thread.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Bricklink, we really need a response now. It's becoming very awkward for
Bricklink and offensive for the sellers.
Simply tell us: Will the bugs be fixed or will they not be fixed. I need to know
whether I need to register for OSS and modify my software before January 1 or
not. Sellers need to be informed and be able to make a decision.
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It is not as if they are on holiday or something...
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1318023
I would think with such an important feature like Distance Selling and it's
deadline, that it would be accompanied by solid explanations and quick bug fixing!
All in all I've reduced my sales on BrickLink during this and the previous
year, with the idea to "sit out" all changes but it seems to go on and on. Are
they really interested?
Anyway, alternatives are popping up and they thrive
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2021 18:45 | | Subject: | Re: Can you test my store please? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Hurt writes:
| | Hi everyone,
as I don't want to create additional bricklink users (is this even allowed)
- can someone from EU and non-EU check if they can buy from my store please?
It was a little bit quiet with new orders recently
Is "Distance Selling" now something that I need to enable (even if I don't
get anywhere near EUR 10.000 per year)?
Thanks!
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It seems to work all right. I got to checkout, but did not buy as I don't
need anything.
If you do not get to 10k distance selling you do not need to enable.
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 02:41 | | Subject: | Re: Again with the feedback "trap"... | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, SezaR writes:
| | In Problem Order, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | I offer the option for buyers to come over and collect orders at my location.
Recently, a buyer has chosen this method and paid using PayPal. He can't
come over and collect, and refuses to pay the extra shipping cost. So he wants
to cancel the order. Of course with me covering the PayPal fee.
It has been one day since the buyer requested the refund - didn't have time
to respond yet - and now the buyer starts sending me emails just with "???" in
the body. Wonderful! Gives me such a warm feeling.
I'll refund him of course, and I'll take the PayPal fee. And I even will
put up with the "???" mails. Sure, why not. But it's bitter I won't even
be able to leave a negative feedback, as I suspect I will get one too.
It kind of brings me down.
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Just curious: why can he select "local pick-up" AND "payment via PayPal"? I mean:
in your shipment settings, how do you allow a buyer be able to choose both?!
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Why not? Pickup does not mean you want to walk around with (a lot of) cash in
your pocket. Especially if the goods are of high value I prefer online payment
AND pickup.
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If a buyer, in Canada or international, wants intentionally pay via PayPal and
pick-up the items, he simply cannot choose these two together at check-out.
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Why not? Maybe the buyer can't pickup in person, but has someone else to
do it. It happens now and then.
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For local pick-up, the only option is "payment in cash or e-transfer (Bank transfer)"
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No, the two can't be linked simply for practical reasons as stated above.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 02:37 | | Subject: | Re: Again with the feedback "trap"... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, cosmicray writes:
| | In Problem Order, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | I offer the option for buyers to come over and collect orders at my location.
Recently, a buyer has chosen this method and paid using PayPal. He can't
come over and collect, and refuses to pay the extra shipping cost. So he wants
to cancel the order. Of course with me covering the PayPal fee.
It has been one day since the buyer requested the refund - didn't have time
to respond yet - and now the buyer starts sending me emails just with "???" in
the body. Wonderful! Gives me such a warm feeling.
I'll refund him of course, and I'll take the PayPal fee. And I even will
put up with the "???" mails. Sure, why not. But it's bitter I won't even
be able to leave a negative feedback, as I suspect I will get one too.
It kind of brings me down.
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Please support my suggestion concerning authorize then capture (2-step) capabilities.
This would have saved you the fee.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1304728
Nita Rae
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Nita Rae,
Voted YES. Solid idea.
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2021 20:20 | | Subject: | Shipping to Pensylvania not supported?? | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| Hoi,
Koper uit Pensylvania wil een order plaatsen maar krijgt de melding: Seller does
not support orders shipping to Pensylvania.
Ik heb USA in mijn Shipping staan en PayPal als internationale betaalmethode.
Verder Manual invoicing, en alleen EURO.
Wat moet ik wijzigen zodat de order geplaatst kan worden?
Alvast bedankt,
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2021 00:52 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory API query | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, carlwain74 writes:
| | So I’m looking to track my inventory in an excel spreadsheet and use the API
to keep the brick link inventory in sync.
I’ve got a script that does a few things
1) Create new inventory item
2) Update existing inventory item
3) Update excel quantities from items in bricklink inventory
Item 1) is done
Item 2) confused me as the update inventory merged the quantities from the API
call with what was already in the inventory doubling the total.
So do I need to delete the existing inventory (I have the inventory Id in my
excel sheet) and create another one or is there a bug/limitation with the API?
Item 3) is work in progress.
Any thoughts on item 2)?
Cheers
Carl
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In the upload xml version it is needed to specify + or - with the quantity, I
guess for the API version it is the same.
Apparently you did not specify (+ or -) so the system assumed + therefore merged
the quantities.
Good luck!
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2021 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: What part id is this? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Yes, its looks little different arms are round not flat.
So it is probably some other brand.
Thx!
In Catalog Identification, Stuart9 writes:
| | Just realised that the arm part appears round, no flats.
Possible clone.
In Catalog Identification, Stuart9 writes:
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In Catalog Identification, patpendlego writes:
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2021 14:26 | | Subject: | What part id is this? | | Viewed: | 126 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| | Thx for helping! |
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 05:04 | | Subject: | Re: Are waffle plates CA by definition ? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, patpendlego writes:
| | In General, cosmicray writes:
| | In General, Fragty writes:
| | The bricks might be CA. If they look shiny, more translucent and perhaps warped
they're probably made of CA
The waffle plates however were made from different materials(s)
From Gary Istok's collector guide: LEGO waffle bottom and early circle bottom
plates did not seem to have the same problem of warping that befell the other
LEGO elements. This appears to be due to the fact that the LEGO plates of 1955-63
were made of a composite plastic that contained other plastic materials besides
Cellulose Acetate. This appears to have stopped these 2x8, 4x8, 4x8 curved and
6x8 plates from warping. What that other additive to the Cellulose Acetate is,
has not been revealed by LEGO.
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The bricks are shiny, esp the red ones. The white bricks seem brighter than typical
ABS white bricks. The 1x2 bricks (both colors) are without the pin under the
bottom.
I pulled a random 2x4 brick out of the bag, and put it under a magnifying glass/lamp.
Of the eight studs, one has the logo upside-down. Several are pitched a few degrees
out of true, but one is rotated 180-deg. I wonder if that's clue that they
are Samsonite bricks.
Nita Rae
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Some older CA bricks contained Cadmium which made the bricks having a deeper
color. Especially good seen with red bricks. Obviously because Cadmium is toxic
they had to quit using it.
Paul
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Number 13 on the list:
https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/parts.php?group=4&withimages=yes&language=en
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 05:03 | | Subject: | Re: Are waffle plates CA by definition ? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, cosmicray writes:
| | In General, Fragty writes:
| | The bricks might be CA. If they look shiny, more translucent and perhaps warped
they're probably made of CA
The waffle plates however were made from different materials(s)
From Gary Istok's collector guide: LEGO waffle bottom and early circle bottom
plates did not seem to have the same problem of warping that befell the other
LEGO elements. This appears to be due to the fact that the LEGO plates of 1955-63
were made of a composite plastic that contained other plastic materials besides
Cellulose Acetate. This appears to have stopped these 2x8, 4x8, 4x8 curved and
6x8 plates from warping. What that other additive to the Cellulose Acetate is,
has not been revealed by LEGO.
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The bricks are shiny, esp the red ones. The white bricks seem brighter than typical
ABS white bricks. The 1x2 bricks (both colors) are without the pin under the
bottom.
I pulled a random 2x4 brick out of the bag, and put it under a magnifying glass/lamp.
Of the eight studs, one has the logo upside-down. Several are pitched a few degrees
out of true, but one is rotated 180-deg. I wonder if that's clue that they
are Samsonite bricks.
Nita Rae
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Some older CA bricks contained Cadmium which made the bricks having a deeper
color. Especially good seen with red bricks. Obviously because Cadmium is toxic
they had to quit using it.
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2021 05:25 | | Subject: | Re: Linking people toBrickowl store on splashpage | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | Maybe bricklink needs to hide a clause in the middle of their terms of service
saying if you link to another site selling LEGO then there is a fee of $200 per
month or part thereof.
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That's an idea... instead of forbidding it, make money out of it
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2021 05:23 | | Subject: | Re: Linking people toBrickowl store on splashpage | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | In Selling, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | In Selling, cosmicray writes:
| | In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | Hey everyone. Just wanted to ask and this is probably not allowed as it will
take fees out of Bricklink but wanted to inquire anyways.
Since I have a 2 figure limit in my Bricklink store due to my figures being the
lowest prices in the USA, Is it allowed to link people to my brickowl store on
our splash page if they want to buy more than 2 figures as we dont have the figure
limit there but have them at way higher prices there for our customers who need
more than 2 figures.
Also please dont bash on the terms of my store. My customers like it and thats
all that matters.
Thanks for all the help!!
-Jean Pierre
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Have many other buyers who love my store
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Yet another remark showing your ego is playing up with you.
| | | | | | | | So, if I'm understanding this correctly, you are inquiring about the correctness
of using BrickLink to drive traffic to your BrickOwl store, where you charge
higher prices.
Do I understand this correctly ?
Nita Rae
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A simple “ I don’t think so “ would suffice mate . You need to take a chill pill
with the sassy remarks
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And there's another seller added to my least favorite list.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2021 05:22 | | Subject: | Re: Linking people toBrickowl store on splashpage | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | In Selling, patpendlego writes:
| | In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | In Selling, cosmicray writes:
| | In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | Hey everyone. Just wanted to ask and this is probably not allowed as it will
take fees out of Bricklink but wanted to inquire anyways.
Since I have a 2 figure limit in my Bricklink store due to my figures being the
lowest prices in the USA, Is it allowed to link people to my brickowl store on
our splash page if they want to buy more than 2 figures as we dont have the figure
limit there but have them at way higher prices there for our customers who need
more than 2 figures.
Also please dont bash on the terms of my store. My customers like it and thats
all that matters.
Thanks for all the help!!
-Jean Pierre
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It was not a friendly remark. She was clearly being sarcastic.
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Definitely not, it was a clear question to confirm, nothing else. You knew you're
doing something wrong and therefore interpreting this negatively. Take a step
back.
| | | | | | | | So, if I'm understanding this correctly, you are inquiring about the correctness
of using BrickLink to drive traffic to your BrickOwl store, where you charge
higher prices.
Do I understand this correctly ?
Nita Rae
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A simple “ I don’t think so “ would suffice mate . You need to take a chill pill
with the sassy remarks
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Please, you do no want your terms to be bashed, but here you get a friendly confirmation
response on your question and what do you do????
You clearly need a mirror to look into.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2021 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Linking people toBrickowl store on splashpage | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | In Selling, cosmicray writes:
| | In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | Hey everyone. Just wanted to ask and this is probably not allowed as it will
take fees out of Bricklink but wanted to inquire anyways.
Since I have a 2 figure limit in my Bricklink store due to my figures being the
lowest prices in the USA, Is it allowed to link people to my brickowl store on
our splash page if they want to buy more than 2 figures as we dont have the figure
limit there but have them at way higher prices there for our customers who need
more than 2 figures.
Also please dont bash on the terms of my store. My customers like it and thats
all that matters.
Thanks for all the help!!
-Jean Pierre
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So, if I'm understanding this correctly, you are inquiring about the correctness
of using BrickLink to drive traffic to your BrickOwl store, where you charge
higher prices.
Do I understand this correctly ?
Nita Rae
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A simple “ I don’t think so “ would suffice mate . You need to take a chill pill
with the sassy remarks
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Please, you do no want your terms to be bashed, but here you get a friendly confirmation
response on your question and what do you do????
You clearly need a mirror to look into.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2021 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: Linking people toBrickowl store on splashpage | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | Hey everyone. Just wanted to ask and this is probably not allowed as it will
take fees out of Bricklink but wanted to inquire anyways.
Since I have a 2 figure limit in my Bricklink store due to my figures being the
lowest prices in the USA, Is it allowed to link people to my brickowl store on
our splash page if they want to buy more than 2 figures as we dont have the figure
limit there but have them at way higher prices there for our customers who need
more than 2 figures.
Also please dont bash on the terms of my store. My customers like it and thats
all that matters.
Thanks for all the help!!
-Jean Pierre
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OMG you know it is probably not allowed and still asking?!!
Sigh....
-Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 17:00 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Scalpers should be banned | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Runescope writes:
| | I don't usually involve myself with hate. It's a losing battle. But
I really wanted a couple of the new Santa Sleigh sets that came out this year.
But you know what happened? Two hours after they were available, they were
sold out because greedy scalpers had snapped up every set and are now reselling
them for stupidly inflated prices. These kinds of people do NOT love Lego.
They are filth and anyone reselling one of these sets should be immediately banned
from this site as punishment. Not just for this set, but because they do it
with every set, creating false scarcity to drive up the price. Once again, these
people should not be allowed on a site for people you love Lego, because they
don't, they love money. Let them trade stocks like the rest of the parasites
on the planet.
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Scalpers are not the cause of this issue, TLG itself is the cause. They create
limited edition sets and allow them to be sold out in matter of hours.
Blame TLG for creating limited edition sets! Why do they do it? To boost sales
and profit, no other reason exists for limited editions. They don't love
Lego, the love money.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 16:46 | | Subject: | Re: VAT payment | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, cuddlycj writes:
| | Hi!
Received a customs document. All good!
However, buyer has paid all including the VAT Tax.
BUT I don't know how to pay it to VAT?
Please send instructions so I can do for future purchases. (I don't have
many from Europe!)
Thanks Cate
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The buyer paid it to BL (which triggered BL sending you the invoice to accompany
the customs declaration) and BL will transfer it to the tax authorities.
The VAT amount appears as a “partner fee” on the PayPal transaction but it never
reached your account.
IOW, you have nothing to do… but send the package
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Is this your personal opinion? Or your statement as BrickLink cooperative?
Or you are an expert on VAT issues?
You're not even a seller... so how would you know this be accurate advice?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 14:29 | | Subject: | Re: Hoe zat het precies met het VK.. | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, SylvainLS writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, patpendlego writes:
| | […]
Now that is confusing. Your role is BrickLink Dicussions Moderator so someone
with authority at BrickLink gave you that role, not? So one way or the other
that role is part of BrickLink. Now you are saying it is not part of BrickLink?
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Yes, it’s an appointment from BL, not an elective position, but we don’t represent
BrickLink the corporation in any way, we don’t represent BrickLink the community
either (which an election would support), we are just members of the community
who are given powers to help enforce forum rules.
(I guess, in my case, it’s more like giving a hat and a broom to the always-there
vagrant so that he can be useful )
You may want to read this thread, https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=310286&nID=1306987
, especially Brickwilbo’s post.
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Thx for the link. I agree with the statement posted. IMO the hat and broom should
be given a seperate account which does not have selling/buying privileges at
all. In that way your own account is indeed 'just a member'. Now your
account is not 'just a member'.
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| | Sorry I put that up though. It wasn't meant to offend you in any way. Sorry
about that.
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It’s not offending, it’s mostly surprising that the role is mistaken.
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Back in the days, when BrickLink was of us, it might not have been a 'problem'
but nowadays since BrickLink is normal business company owned by TLG things are
different. So, why are you doing volunteer work for a company that makes a profit
and hires people to do the work for them? It's odd.
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AFAICT, the role has always been the same here. I’ve also been present on the
forum for a long time before being designated moderator and I didn’t change how
I post much since I’ve been. So I don’t get why one would think what I say is
BL’s words now.
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The role might be the same, the context of the role is not (anymore). That's
the difference.
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| | Having said that, I still won't take your comments as advice...
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As I said, it was not meant to be an advice at all.
| | as BrickLink
clearly stated on their help page. The best way to approach this tricky subject
of VAT, UK, etc. is to consult a tax expert which has proven knowledge.
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Yes. And I said the same more than once, especially for this mess with import
VAT.
A forum is a bar stool conversation, it might be insightful and helpful, or it
might be the blabbering of drunkards
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: Hoe zat het precies met het VK.. | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, SylvainLS writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, patpendlego writes:
| | […]
Sylvain,
Since your role is part of BrickLink […]
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Wrong. My role is Discussions Moderator, that means I’m here to help enforce
the forum rules and I have a few priviledges to do so (I can cancel or lock posts…).
I’m not part of BL. I’m not an Admin. I don’t make official statements. And
I don’t shill for BL either. When I take part in a discussion, unless it’s to
remind or warn about the rules, I’m just another user.
Teup seemed confused about the post-Brexit agreement between EU & UK about Northern
Ireland, and I just stated what I understood of them. That’s all.
I did not comment on how BL implemented the rules or how well they did or how
they should implement them. I did not comment on how a BL seller should understand
and follow the rules.
What’s with you people reading more than there’s to read?
Just the other day cosmicray went on a diatribe because I pointed her to someone
else’s message.
Do you have the same reaction to what a catalogue or inventory admin says in
a discussion that does not concen the catalogue?
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Now that is confusing. Your role is BrickLink Dicussions Moderator so someone
with authority at BrickLink gave you that role, not? So one way or the other
that role is part of BrickLink. Now you are saying it is not part of BrickLink?
Sorry I put that up though. It wasn't meant to offend you in any way. Sorry
about that.
Having said that, I still won't take your comments as advice... as BrickLink
clearly stated on their help page. The best way to approach this tricky subject
of VAT, UK, etc. is to consult a tax expert which has proven knowledge.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 11:59 | | Subject: | Re: Hoe zat het precies met het VK.. | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, SylvainLS writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, Teup writes:
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Nou, Bricklink claimt dat zij het allemaal ondervangen...
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2514&q=brexit
Twijfel dus of ik hierop moet afgaan of op de info van Brexitloket.nl. Ik zie
daar trouwens wel dat je volgens deze info van Bricklink voor klanten uit Noord-Ierland
wél BTW moet innen, dus dat is nog even tricky qua administratie.
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Northern Ireland is both in the EU VAT zone and the UK VAT zone:
— If the seller is in UK, the NI buyer pays UK VAT. It’s not an import.
— If the seller is in EU, the NI buyer pays EU VAT. It’s not an import.
(— If the seller is neither in UK nor EU, the NI buyer pays UK VAT, as an import.)
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Sylvain,
Since your role is part of BrickLink I read your comments on this in the same
way as BrickLink states on the first sentence on the help page on this subject...
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2514&q=brexit
Quote: "This material has been prepared
for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not
be relied on for advice"
Paul
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 11:43 | | Subject: | Re: Hoe zat het precies met het VK.. | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, Teup writes:
[snip]
De eerste zin op deze pagina, en ik citeer: "This material has been prepared
for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not
be relied on for advice"
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Twijfel dus of ik hierop moet afgaan of op de info van Brexitloket.nl. Ik zie
daar trouwens wel dat je volgens deze info van Bricklink voor klanten uit Noord-Ierland
wél BTW moet innen, dus dat is nog even tricky qua administratie.
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De VK staat bij mij op plek 4 met 7.47% van alle verkoop. Het is mij de rompslomp
en risico niet waard.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 05:16 | | Subject: | Re: Hoe zat het precies met het VK.. | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| In LANG Nederlands, Teup writes:
| | Ik had met de Brexit het Verenigd Koninkrijk maar gewoon uit mijn bereik gezet
om administratieve problemen te voorkomen. Nu wilde ik even checken of het inderdaad
'veilig' is om toch weer naar het VK te leveren. Hier blijf ik even op
steken: Bricklink zegt dat je gewoon naar het VK kunt verkopen en dat zij verder
alles regelen. Je plakt denk ik het IOSS-nummer op de envelop en gaan met die
banaan. (en bij bestellingen boven 135 pond doe je uberhaupt niks want dan is
de ontvangende kant verantwoordelijk voor BTW-afdracht)
Maar op Brexitloket.nl vind ik deze passage:
Platforms die geen crossborderleveringen doen
In het geval van platforms die niet aan crossborderleveringen doen (bijvoorbeeld
Etsy en E-bay) is de situatie anders. Zij bieden u alleen een plek om uw glazen
te verkopen. Dat lijkt dus eigenlijk heel veel op het verkopen via je eigen website,
want de levering doet u zelf.
Als u via zulke platforms producten aan uw Britse klanten wil verkopen, moet
u ook een Brits EORI-nummer en een Brits btw-nummer (VAT) aanvragen. Bij Tips
2 en 3 leest u er meer over.
https://www.brexitloket.nl/actueel/nieuws/2020/12/22/nieuwe-regels-webwinkels
Als ik Bricklink onder "platforms" mag scharen, is dat toch wel een vrij expliciete
waarschuwing dat je bij de Britse overheid moet registreren. Is het toch echt
OK om dat niet te doen?
En als ik het goed begrijp interesseert het de Nederlandse Belastingdienst helemaal
niks, het lijkt me dat als je naar het VK levert zonder BTW te heffen zij het
verder prima vinden, omdat zij alleen over Nederlandse/EU burgers gaan, en een
BTW-plichtige Engelsman aan de Britse overheid interesseert ze dan dus niet.
Dus je hoeft voor de Belastingdienst geen extra admistratie erover te bewaren,
klopt? Gewoon business as usual, een buiten-EU zending zonder BTW dus.
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Ik gok het er (voorlopig) nog niet op. Zoals ik het lees zou het via Amazon prima
kunnen want Amazon regelt alles met douane en btw etc. Andere sites en zeker
BrickLink doen dat niet, dus ben je zelf verantwoordelijk voor de juiste douanepapieren
en btw-aangifte.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2021 05:04 | | Subject: | Re: A delicate question for collectors | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:
| | A delicate question for collectors: I am being serious, probably the most serious
I can be. I am building Agora (Hachette) model of the Bismarck. It is a kit
that lights and lots of motors and electrical stuff and extremely detailed to
match the original battleship to the tune of around $1,200. I was also a race
relations equal opportunity counselor in the Army for about 3 years. My corundum
is that the nazi symbol has was not included. However, there is a modification
for the kit that one can buy to to correct that. From a collector's point
of view I would like the ship to be a perfect match. But as a feeling human
being I do not want this symbol in my house (I do have it on the jackets of several
books, but they are hidden by the books on either side on the shelf.)
The advise I need is should I make it a perfect reproduction or or not? This
may seem like a petty concern, but I really would like some thoughts on which
way to go.
thanks in advance to those that might help me,
John P
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If this is such a big concern of you, why do a replica of the Bismarck at all?
It is not just the symbol that represents the nasty history, but the complete
ship and what has been done with it.
On the other hand, a replica of e.g. USS Enterprise would be the same thing.
With that ship many people have been killed as well.
So... it seems to be just a matter of where you draw the line.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2021 16:04 | | Subject: | Re: 2 x 4 brick with lego logo invert? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, wendybrowne writes:
| | Hello,
I was sorting some old 2 x 4 bricks last eve and I found a white 2 x 4 with no
center supports, I know this is kind of 2 x 4 is normal but the interesting
things is this, the top left stud on the brick has the LEGO logo printed UPSIDE
DOWN. the font has an open o in lego.
I have not seen this before, is this a recognized variety of the 2 x 4 brick,
or is it an oddity?
I dont know how the brick mold were made, if each mold part that makes the studs
were screwed to the rest of the brick mold, but that is the only way I can imagine
such a invert could be created.
the underside of the brick says g-18 and pat. pend.
thanks for sharing your expertise on this.
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It's just a brick from a mold with misplaced logo part. The mold is made
up of several parts, included 8 logo parts.
It's not a variety, just an oddity. Of which there are more from the old
days
So far I've found 42 different 2x4 bricks, at that point I stopped collecting
them
https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/parts.php?group=4&withimages=yes&language=en#top
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2021 06:42 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake LEGO | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Help, infiniter writes:
| | In Help, jeffgerry writes:
| | Is the 7L real or FAKE?
Thank You!
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Why would you call it "fake"? LEGO is only one manufacturer of many, not holding
the patents anymore, so if the same part is from another manufacturer, which
can nowadays produce even better quality than LEGO, then it's just not from
LEGO, but it's no fake.
Since not all part can have a LEGO logo, you can never know. Does it matter?
No!
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It's important. If it's not produced by Lego, it's not Lego and can't
be sold on Bricklink.
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Yes, but that does not mean it's fake. Non-lego brand items are as real as
lego items themselves.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2021 13:56 | | Subject: | Re: Bank Transfer / IBAN disabled? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Kortexpress writes:
| | Hello everyone,
So this morning a buyer ask me to pay with IBAN, somehow this option got removed
from my settings. This was still active yesterday..
Does anyone have the same issue?
Thanks in advance!
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Do you have the seller protection checkbox enabled?
This way new buyers can only use PayPal Onsite at instant checkout.
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Seller protection checkbox? Where is that located?
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2021 11:57 | | Subject: | Re: Bank Transfer / IBAN disabled? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Kortexpress writes:
| | Hello everyone,
So this morning a buyer ask me to pay with IBAN, somehow this option got removed
from my settings. This was still active yesterday..
Does anyone have the same issue?
Thanks in advance!
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No, it is still there in my settings.
You're welcome!
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2021 03:40 | | Subject: | Re: Zero FB users: delete this seller option | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | Not the first time we're discussing this but this new user made a perfectly
good point:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1305978
Bricklink shouldn't give sellers the option to not selling to zero FB
users (= new welcoming buyers).
I don't think that LEGO.com requires that a new buyer has to prove he/she
is trustworthy.
@admin: please act NOW!
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Where is this option located anyway? I have been looking but can't find it.
I did find this one though:
Disallow members with negative feedback score to buy from my store
But then it has to be -1 or more, not zero feedback...
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2021 02:47 | | Subject: | Re: Unusual part for identification | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, slider551 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, RecycledBrick writes:
| | It is Tyco or at least I find them connected to Tyco bricks. I keep the ones
I find
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I suppose that makes sense. There's no manufacturer's marking anywhere
on it, but I've never intentionally purchased any Tyco bricks, myself. This
one actually came out of my brother's Lego collection (long story), and I
don't believe he's ever knowingly received/bought any Tyco bricks, either.
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Well, since it is a fact that more and more brands are not lego but do fit with
lego it is no surprise that you will find more and more non-lego items in your
lego. A Catalog like BrickLink will become increasingly valuable as a reference
of the original lego items.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2021 06:07 | | Subject: | Re: Pleae BL, no more Wild West! | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, patpendlego writes:
| | In Buying, 1974 writes:
| | Oi!
It's for the good of EVERYONE here that the prices of parts actually reflects
the cat/avg price guide
I'm VERY tired of sneaky ways to turn up the invoice to eleven!
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[snip]
Take a look on BrickOwl, where it is impossible to have additional charges. There
you have item prices and shipping cost, nothing more. Sellers can't have
their own Terms & Conditions either. All is completely determined by BrickOwl.
No Wild West there.
Don't misunderstand, this is not a commercial I am NOT selling there. Personally
I don't like the dogmatic approach, your hands as seller are completely tied
up all you can do is follow the rules set by the site. And if you don't...
the risk of automatic suspension which can be very difficult to overcome.
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Another good thing about brickowl is that you (normally) know the shipping price
at all stages of the order as the cart costsare clearly displayed, not just at
the third or fourth page of checkout.
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Indeed, almost all is know in advance, except for possible VAT charges that might
possibly be know exactly only when the order is placed. But that is not a specific
BrickLink or BrickOwl problem, all distance sales has that issue.
Personally, I don't like it being completely submissive to the rules of an
OMP like this. Your independance as a seller is out the window, it looks too
much like you're an employee without being an employee.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2021 03:37 | | Subject: | Re: Pleae BL, no more Wild West! | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1974 writes:
| | Oi!
It's for the good of EVERYONE here that the prices of parts actually reflects
the cat/avg price guide
I'm VERY tired of sneaky ways to turn up the invoice to eleven!
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[snip]
Take a look on BrickOwl, where it is impossible to have additional charges. There
you have item prices and shipping cost, nothing more. Sellers can't have
their own Terms & Conditions either. All is completely determined by BrickOwl.
No Wild West there.
Don't misunderstand, this is not a commercial I am NOT selling there. Personally
I don't like the dogmatic approach, your hands as seller are completely tied
up all you can do is follow the rules set by the site. And if you don't...
the risk of automatic suspension which can be very difficult to overcome.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2021 09:47 | | Subject: | Re: Real lego? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | I had a look at the ones in my inventory, and although they do seem to have a
seam, it's not anywhere that obvious. Color seems indeed strange as well.
I can see a mark where the mold was at the bottom (smallest end), but there is
no mold mark at the top (widest end).
As there is no LEGO brand mark on this piece, it's hard to tell for sure.
But given all those elements, it's most likely not genuine. Seller might
not be aware he picked and shipped fakes (unintentional).
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Copy brands are getting better by the year/month... besides the brand name stamped
on it, it is more and more hard to tell which is which.
It pushes purchases to buying New only or from trusted source, second hand is
by definition suspicious.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 11, 2021 10:09 | | Subject: | Re: I need help fast! Can someone please help me? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brick_professor writes:
| | Hello,
Someone placed an order on my BrickLink store, and that's nice but I have
a question about the paypal fees (he payed with paypal onsite): If I need to
pay paypal fees to paypal every month, how can I get that from the buyer? Do
I immmediately need to calculate the paypal fees and add it to the additional
charges of his order or is there a way/button to do it faster or better?
Or have te buyer already payed the paypal fees? Or is it free? Or does BrickLink
pays it?
I dont know! PLEASE HELP!
Kind regards,
Arne
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Calculate it into your prices. If you charge for PayPal fees, the total amount
increases and the PayPal fees will increase as well, so you will have to charge
more for PayPal fees, which increases the total amount, etc. It won't work.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2021 14:12 | | Subject: | Re: No More Grill Bricks at BrickLink | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | It is no longer possible to search for GRILL BRICK and get the proper results
-- part number 2877. Somebody thought it would be smart to change the name
and NOT provide any cross-reference to the old name.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2877
Everybody I know calls them Grill Bricks. Nobody ever says Fluted Bricks.
Nevermind -- buyers will just have to buy them someplace else like BrickOwl.
According to the records, it was a low-feedback user who changed the name, which
I assume has to be approved by an admin. What flannel-wearing cud-chewing cross-eyed
moronic milkman did this??
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Regardless if the change is correct or not, this name-calling is complete out
of order. I vote your account will be suspended.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2021 03:03 | | Subject: | Re: Sesame Street, why not Duplo scale? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, eileenkeeney writes:
| | I noticed that LEGO sells a Sesame Street set. I am a bit disappointed that
this is not done in Duplo scale. I think it would be awesome if they came out
with some Sesame street themed sets in Duplo scale.
Is Sesame Street popular with adults and older children?
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Yeah... interscaleability has been a problem for lego always. E.g. the very first
"brick people" were approximately 8 cm high but the doors about 2 cm! The old
figures, minifigures, duplo figures, fabuland, jack jones, you name it their
scale does not match. There are probably a lot more examples.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2021 02:08 | | Subject: | Re: 2 x 4 plate with two holes | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, NicksVintage writes:
| | It's got the Pat. Pend. on the bottom so I know it's old, but that's
about all I can tell... any help? Thanks!
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It is a glued part of e.g. this motor:
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Sep 1, 2021 11:02 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback Destroyed | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jprei28 writes:
| | I just had my 100% feedback rating destroyed due to a cancelled order because
of the buyer not following store terms.
All that hard work worth nothing because of a flawed feedback system. This needs
to be changed and sellers need to be protected
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Don't worry too much about Neutrals or Negs, stay positive yourself and respond
with understanding. Negs can be the best ever happened if you deal with it maturely.
Well, it might take a learning curve but on the long run it does work.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 04:46 | | Subject: | Re: Old lego set from 1974 | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Blodram writes:
| | Hi i was wondering how much would 1974 lego sets costs, i have several of them
at home but i cant find any price in here on this page. Ive got for example set
number 190 and 200 and lot of 1974 lego star sets.
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These are not particularly interesting or collectible sets. Are yours in MISB
condition? That might help a bit otherwise imo the parts are worth more that
the set as a whole.
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Aug 12, 2021 19:25 | | Subject: | Re: My inventory is WAY off and it wasn't me!! | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, cosmicray writes:
| | In Selling, firestar246 writes:
| | 3. My current guess is something to do with the uploading of bricklink. Such
as uploading a file to BL to update the inventory, and perhaps also in regards
to uploading items through part-out and cancelled orders where it's all automatic.
Of course I have no idea if those all use similar functionality so I could be
way off base here.
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I highly doubt this, as I have used the upload in the past with no issues. Having
said that, I used the upload in a very special way to avoid problems ... for
any item that I already had listed, and was about to add inventory, I would first
delete the old lot (via an upload) and then add a new lot with the new quantity.
I did not allow the BL upload to add 1 + 1.
The other issue I wonder about has to do with pending orders ... what happens
if you do an upload against a lot that involves a pending order ? The way I was
doing it (delete then add) would certainly protect against pending orders (because
the old lot # would be deleted).
The XML file for the various deletes allows the seller to visually inspect that
all the lots intended to be deleted are matching to the quantities on the system.
Nita Rae
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I think that is a good way to do it. The upload to update (+1) is not foolproof.
I am using that but only if my store is closed and no orders can be placed.
The core BL system has been built 20 years ago with just a few members as a transactional
database system. However with thousands of users that doesn't work 100% correctly
and other methods are needed. I am not surprises errors like the ones mentioned
occur. Every now and then these problems pop up.
Check, upload and check again. I also have no idea how the system behaves if
there are pending orders.
Arnoud
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