Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | dima2803  | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2022 20:44 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 303 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
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I live in Kazakhstan and have a lease agreement in this country.
I transferred the store to this country and sent all the documents by the BrickLink
administrator.
I would like to get an answer from you as soon as possible and continue my activities.
Ticket number [22C-29D6064B-0017]
I will be very grateful to you for solving this issue.
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| Author: | ReSOLVeR | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2022 17:37 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 216 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
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Crypto payment option will work for sure. there is could be a deposit / prepaid
card for store owners to use.
shipping from/to russia could be a problem now due to logistics issues, but
at least let russians to trade with russians only.
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| Author: | TerminalTitan | | Posted: | Mar 28, 2022 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 187 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, TerminalTitan writes:
| | We work hard last month and open Limited Liability Partnership in Kazakhstan.
This gave us a chance to continue working with our foreign customers. Now we
will move the Bricklink Store to this country. There are all the necessary documents
and an address to confirm the existence in this country.
Admin_Russell, I and all guys from Favorite Cubes kindly ask you to make the
address change confirmation fast, as we cannot wait 1-2 weeks.
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Several months ago we started measuring the time it took us to process New Seller
Verification requests. The good news is that it has dropped now to an average
processing time of one day.
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Thx very much. Country changed. Waiting...
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 09:35 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 151 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, popsicle writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
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Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
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Allowing the stores to show stock means that buyers can contact sellers that
have what they want and if they cannot deal formally on bricklink, they can deal
informally outside the bricklink order process.
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Unsure of the point being made, but this might shine light on whichever:
"There is no rule that says you can't sell what you have listed on BrickLink
some other way. Just don't be trying to convert BrickLink orders into non-BrickLink
orders. That would be fee circumvention.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1213165
In any case, no need to look for demons, there's no shortage.
-popsicle
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The point is if BL allows stock to be shown that cannot be bought through a normal
order, the buyer and seller will find a way.
So a Russian buyer sees a set they want in a Russian store, but they buyer cannot
buy and the seller cannot sell. But the buyer can contact the seller and ask
to buy it. And tge deal gets done, just without fees.
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So I assumed, but was unsure. Here’s the pertinent bit of the conversation linked:
Member concerned about a payment method once used in a manner that would generate
fees for BL, now no longer available to them as a seller ~
“I sometimes sell items from my store to people in my local LUG and they pay
cash, but I pay the Bricklink fees. Since you are doing away with the cash option,
are you anticipating losing out on those fees, since all one would have to do
is tell the store owner "I want x, y, and z" and the store owner removes them
from their store and sells them for cash?”
Admin reply to the member's question of transactional fees ~
“There is no rule that says you can't sell what you have listed on BrickLink
some other way. Just don't be trying to convert BrickLink orders into non-BrickLink
orders. That would be fee circumvention.”
-popsicle
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 09:01 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 140 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, TerminalTitan writes:
| | Do you think we like this whole situation in the world?! We are decent people
who understand everything, we are trying to get out of this difficult situation.
We are trying to find alternative solutions! We are generally against everything
that is happening in our country! I didn't think I'd get this kind of
news from Bricklink! I have always been for Bricklink and believed that it was
an independent platform!
In general, this is not a reason to turn off Bricklink in Russia due to payment
systems. It's not the Lego fans' fault!
If you close Bricklink, Favorite Cubes will find a way out and we will continue
to trade on or off Bricklink. But a huge number of Lego fans will not do this,
you will simply lose them! Silly! This is Bricklink's stupidest decision
ever! I do not respect this decision!
You will change the attitude of good people who are fans of Bricklink and Lego!
There are many good people in Russia in the real sense! You just don't know
anything! I don't want you to end up in such a mess.
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The issue here is can you pay your fees? Yes, you can keep selling to other Russian
buyers (at least while you have stock, as LEGO have halted shipments to your
country) and they can pay using a domestic payment method. But can you pay for
using the service? With all regulated international financial systems blocking
money moving in and out of Ryssia, you cannot. It may seem stupid, but is it
fair on other sellers if they have to pay fees whereas Russians can build up
large debts without paying.
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A side comment, over the past few years, without accepting non-US payments, buyers
in other countries (notably HK and China) seemingly have found ways to fund payments
(via US based PayPal accounts) for packages being sent to freight forwarders.
With the various closures of payment exchanges and package movement, I would
not be in the least surprised if side businesses begin to appear, purely facilitating
payment clearance and package reshipment. Obviously, this time around, they would
be contravening national policies, so they would have a high risk of legal action.
The black market always seems to find a way (e,g, DPRK).
Nita Rae
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 06:25 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 135 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, popsicle writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
|
Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
|
Allowing the stores to show stock means that buyers can contact sellers that
have what they want and if they cannot deal formally on bricklink, they can deal
informally outside the bricklink order process.
|
Unsure of the point being made, but this might shine light on whichever:
"There is no rule that says you can't sell what you have listed on BrickLink
some other way. Just don't be trying to convert BrickLink orders into non-BrickLink
orders. That would be fee circumvention.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1213165
In any case, no need to look for demons, there's no shortage.
-popsicle
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The point is if BL allows stock to be shown that cannot be bought through a normal
order, the buyer and seller will find a way.
So a Russian buyer sees a set they want in a Russian store, but they buyer cannot
buy and the seller cannot sell. But the buyer can contact the seller and ask
to buy it. And tge deal gets done, just without fees.
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| Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 02:35 | | Subject: | Re: unImportant update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 137 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, eileenkeeney writes:
| | In Administrative, legoman77 writes:
| |
My post got canceled and I said some things you did. Lego and Bricklink did the
right thing but we must be silent on the reasons at times. It seems to me unreasonable
to cancel posts that do no massage the message or feelings of the posters that
agree with Lego. I also used a quote by Jefferson and I guess that is off limits.
Is that in deference to another movement in the US?
John P
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Are you certain it was admin that cancelled your message?
I can click cancel and it works at least as far as taking me to the confirmation
screen where I see a confirmation button. I haven't tried it on anyone else's
post, but it looks like it might work.
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I tried it but you cannot cancel someone else's post, unless you have the
keys to the kingdom. What you can do is change the subject line.
John P
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| Author: | eileenkeeney | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 20:51 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, Stuart9 writes:
| | Doesn’t work, you get a message saying it’s not your message.
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Thanks for testing 
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I probably should have actually taken that last step before posting this.
I tried it on your post, and it did let me click the confirmation button, but
after that it gave me the red error message.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:40 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Stuart9 writes:
| | Doesn’t work, you get a message saying it’s not your message.
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Thanks for testing
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:34 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Doesn’t work, you get a message saying it’s not your message.
In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, eileenkeeney writes:
| | […]
Are you certain it was admin that cancelled your message?
I can click cancel and it works at least as far as taking me to the confirmation
screen where I see a confirmation button. I haven't tried it on anyone else's
post, but it looks like it might work.
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It would be a big bug if everybody had the possibility to cancel anyone’s messages.
It could also have been overlooked for years because no one tried… so, please,
do try to cancel this one.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:22 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, eileenkeeney writes:
| | […]
Are you certain it was admin that cancelled your message?
I can click cancel and it works at least as far as taking me to the confirmation
screen where I see a confirmation button. I haven't tried it on anyone else's
post, but it looks like it might work.
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It would be a big bug if everybody had the possibility to cancel anyone’s messages.
It could also have been overlooked for years because no one tried… so, please,
do try to cancel this one.
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| Author: | eileenkeeney | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:14 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 109 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, legoman77 writes:
| |
My post got canceled and I said some things you did. Lego and Bricklink did the
right thing but we must be silent on the reasons at times. It seems to me unreasonable
to cancel posts that do no massage the message or feelings of the posters that
agree with Lego. I also used a quote by Jefferson and I guess that is off limits.
Is that in deference to another movement in the US?
John P
|
Are you certain it was admin that cancelled your message?
I can click cancel and it works at least as far as taking me to the confirmation
screen where I see a confirmation button. I haven't tried it on anyone else's
post, but it looks like it might work.
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| Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 18:51 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, TerminalTitan writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
|
Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
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1. Do I understand correctly that nobody can place orders in stores located in
Russia?
2. Can buyers from Russia place orders in stores out of Russia?
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Yes, you understand it correctly.
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| Author: | eileenkeeney | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 18:26 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 124 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| I came across a store a few weeks ago, that was not in Russia, however indicated
in their terms that all of their shipping was routed through a parent company
in Russia, and to expect the order to take several weeks to arrive. I don't
remember, for certain, what country the store was in, but I think it was in Kazakhstan.
I choose not to order due to known shipping issues out of Russia and deleted
the cart.
Unless you are actually shipping out of Kazakhstan, without routing through Russia,
all of the same shipping issues, as exist with Russia, are likely to impact the
order.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 18:14 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 141 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
|
Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
|
Allowing the stores to show stock means that buyers can contact sellers that
have what they want and if they cannot deal formally on bricklink, they can deal
informally outside the bricklink order process.
|
Unsure of the point being made, but this might shine light on whichever:
"There is no rule that says you can't sell what you have listed on BrickLink
some other way. Just don't be trying to convert BrickLink orders into non-BrickLink
orders. That would be fee circumvention.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1213165
In any case, no need to look for demons, there's no shortage.
-popsicle
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| Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 17:27 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 138 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, chetzler writes:
| | In Administrative, infinibrix writes:
| | In Administrative, qwertyboy writes:
| | I'd like to say I really appreciate the restraint moderators show in judging
posts in this thread. These are difficult times for all, regardless of your opinion
on the matter at hand.
Niek.
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That's as maybe although whilst I anticipated my own posts inevitably ending
up being cancelled they were in response to this statement which still remains?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1334327
It only reads one way to me?
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The most surreal aspect of this whole situation is that the we, the global BrickLink
community, are observing sellers from one country report on disruptions to their
businesses and we just have to pretend like we don't know the real reason
that these sellers are experiencing difficultly. Contrast this to the fact that
no one feels the need to tread lightly while talking about disruptions cause
by natural disasters. Meanwhile, I don't think we've seen a single post
from anyone in an adjacent country that is experiencing actual life-or-death
disruptions. The reason for that silence is morbidly obvious and it speaks volumes.
I understand the reasoning behind carefully moderating political topics but in
this instance the consequences of such moderation is troubling. Sanctions are
political and, by extension, so are their results. To be truly fair, any discussion
about the difficulties sellers in any sanctioned country are experiencing should
be taken up directly with BL admins/management and not discussed in the forum
at all. I realize this is an unprecedented situation (at least as far as BrickLink
is concerned), but this feels like it would be a more equitable reading of the
"no political discussion" rule. To continue to allow such posts normalizes a
situation that is far from normal and adds insult to injury by giving a platform
to comfortable, peripheral victims who are likely posting from a couch or a desk
while completely ignoring victims in actual, physical danger who probably have
much graver concerns right now.
|
My post got canceled and I said some things you did. Lego and Bricklink did the
right thing but we must be silent on the reasons at times. It seems to me unreasonable
to cancel posts that do no massage the message or feelings of the posters that
agree with Lego. I also used a quote by Jefferson and I guess that is off limits.
Is that in deference to another movement in the US?
John P
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 17:07 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 123 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
|
Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
|
Allowing the stores to show stock means that buyers can contact sellers that
have what they want and if they cannot deal formally on bricklink, they can deal
informally outside the bricklink order process.
|
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| Author: | TerminalTitan | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 16:46 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 130 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
|
Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
|
1. Do I understand correctly that nobody can place orders in stores located in
Russia?
2. Can buyers from Russia place orders in stores out of Russia?
|
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| Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, chetzler writes:
| | The most surreal aspect of this whole situation is that the we, the global BrickLink
community, are observing sellers from one country report on disruptions to their
businesses and we just have to pretend like we don't know the real reason
that these sellers are experiencing difficultly. Contrast this to the fact that
no one feels the need to tread lightly while talking about disruptions cause
by natural disasters. Meanwhile, I don't think we've seen a single post
from anyone in an adjacent country that is experiencing actual life-or-death
disruptions. The reason for that silence is morbidly obvious and it speaks volumes.
I understand the reasoning behind carefully moderating political topics but in
this instance the consequences of such moderation is troubling. Sanctions are
political and, by extension, so are their results. To be truly fair, any discussion
about the difficulties sellers in any sanctioned country are experiencing should
be taken up directly with BL admins/management and not discussed in the forum
at all. I realize this is an unprecedented situation (at least as far as BrickLink
is concerned), but this feels like it would be a more equitable reading of the
"no political discussion" rule. To continue to allow such posts normalizes a
situation that is far from normal and adds insult to injury by giving a platform
to comfortable, peripheral victims who are likely posting from a couch or a desk
while completely ignoring victims in actual, physical danger who probably have
much graver concerns right now.
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+1000
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| Author: | chetzler | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 163 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, infinibrix writes:
| | In Administrative, qwertyboy writes:
| | I'd like to say I really appreciate the restraint moderators show in judging
posts in this thread. These are difficult times for all, regardless of your opinion
on the matter at hand.
Niek.
|
That's as maybe although whilst I anticipated my own posts inevitably ending
up being cancelled they were in response to this statement which still remains?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1334327
It only reads one way to me?
|
The most surreal aspect of this whole situation is that the we, the global BrickLink
community, are observing sellers from one country report on disruptions to their
businesses and we just have to pretend like we don't know the real reason
that these sellers are experiencing difficultly. Contrast this to the fact that
no one feels the need to tread lightly while talking about disruptions cause
by natural disasters. Meanwhile, I don't think we've seen a single post
from anyone in an adjacent country that is experiencing actual life-or-death
disruptions. The reason for that silence is morbidly obvious and it speaks volumes.
I understand the reasoning behind carefully moderating political topics but in
this instance the consequences of such moderation is troubling. Sanctions are
political and, by extension, so are their results. To be truly fair, any discussion
about the difficulties sellers in any sanctioned country are experiencing should
be taken up directly with BL admins/management and not discussed in the forum
at all. I realize this is an unprecedented situation (at least as far as BrickLink
is concerned), but this feels like it would be a more equitable reading of the
"no political discussion" rule. To continue to allow such posts normalizes a
situation that is far from normal and adds insult to injury by giving a platform
to comfortable, peripheral victims who are likely posting from a couch or a desk
while completely ignoring victims in actual, physical danger who probably have
much graver concerns right now.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 15:03 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 223 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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BrickLink
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Location:  USA, California |
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| In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | Will items from Russian stores continue to remain visible when looking at the
catalog? That would seem a tad strange, as there is currently no way for buyers
to purchase those items. It's almost like those items don't exist at
all for now.
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Yes, unless the store is closed, the items in the store will remain visible to
all users in the catalog. In the same way, stoplisted buyers can view items in
a store and fill a cart. This is the same in other cases as well, such as geographical
restrictions due to tax collection, insufficient shipping methods, high minimum
buy, etc.
The block at checkout will not close the store, but stores may be closed independently
by the store owner at any time (of course), and all members will still be subject
to the Terms of Service, which means that selling privileges could be revoked
by the system automatically for completed NSSs or non-payment of fees.
Selling privileges could also be revoked manually by admin for a variety of reasons,
but revoking seller / buyer privileges is not part of the overall plan in handling
this situation with Russian members.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 13:01 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 149 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | […]
Several months ago we started measuring the time it took us to process New Seller
Verification requests. The good news is that it has dropped now to an average
processing time of one day.
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Dang!
We were all (well, at least I was) stuck to the 3-weeks-if-you’re-lucky.
Russell, BrickLink needs to learn to communicate more, especially on good news!
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 12:53 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 142 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, qwertyboy writes:
| | I'd like to say I really appreciate the restraint moderators show in judging
posts in this thread. These are difficult times for all, regardless of your opinion
on the matter at hand.
Niek.
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That's as maybe although whilst I anticipated my own posts inevitably ending
up being cancelled they were in response to this statement which still remains?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1334327
It only reads one way to me?
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 12:21 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 176 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| I'd like to say I really appreciate the restraint moderators show in judging
posts in this thread. These are difficult times for all, regardless of your opinion
on the matter at hand.
Niek.
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