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View Thread Re: Struck out at the LEGO store - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] There is also the added value from ordering the new modular online, the free Blacktron spaceship.
(16 months ago, Jan 2, 2023, to LEGO products)
View Thread Re: Stores in China - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I have seen the same pattern with some stores located close to one of the main factories in eastern Europe. They had rare parts even before the release of the set. Now [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Stores in China - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I have ordered from two stores in China with positive experience. One order was some rare minifigure heads in decent quantity at a decent price. The second was hair [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Buying)
View Thread Re: How sharp are your eyes? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I am sure soon someone will complain that the banner does not show the LGBT+ colors and feel offended by not being included.
(17 months ago, Dec 17, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Etiquette for lost shipment completion - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I would not just accept the claim from the seller that the fault was on your side. If you paid with Paypal for example, the seller has to make sure that the goods reach [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 17, 2022, to Help)
View Thread Re: Does Not Ship To Me - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I could add that some of the stores that do not ship to me or do only ship to me if I order at least for 150 Euros ship to me on the other platform. And they offer [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 17, 2022, to Buying)
View Thread Does Not Ship To Me - manganschlamm (1938)
Hello, this is going to be a rant about the ever increasing shipping restrictions on this site. I am collecting mainly rare minifigures and minifigure parts and would say that [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 17, 2022, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Repairing cracked minifigure torsos? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Thanks to all for useful advice. As it happened today I experienced another issue with old Dark Brown parts. I received a used leg assembly of Uruk-hai, which looked [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 14, 2022, to General)
View Thread Repairing cracked minifigure torsos? - manganschlamm (1938)
Dear all, I am looking for suggestions how to most effectively repair cracked minifigure torsos. The cracking of torsos is a particular problem with old parts and with certain [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 12, 2022, to General)
View Thread Re: How to build instructions for a MOC? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] So what will happen if I use an illegal build technique? Will a good squad enter my home and arrest me?
(17 months ago, Dec 10, 2022, to My Own Creation)
View Thread Re: Unscheduled down time - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Too bad that the cartoon guy is not around any more. Or is he actually?
(17 months ago, Dec 3, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Karen attack - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I can understand your frustration and as a buyer I would not have issued negative feedback after the matter has been settled in a generous way from your side. But what [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 3, 2022, to Feedback)
View Thread Re: feedback before NPB Completed as warning - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Controversial, to be honest. Then with the same right non shipping sellers should also get this as long as the NSS is running. And wait. What is about retaliatory feedback [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 3, 2022, to Problem Order)
View Thread Re: Recurring buyer has different profile - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Sorry, but I think this is none of your business. This is the typical German attitude to control and report your neighbors for about anything. We have seen in the past [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 2, 2022, to Problem Order)
View Thread Re: Still broken - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] For me several functions are broken. Cannot go to my account or see my messages. System asks to log in again (despite being logged in already) and then goes to [...]
(18 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Paypal and Politics in the news... - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] The drivers behind this are the totalitarian forces which want to take away all our freedoms, including the freedom of speech, and turn now humans also into a commercial [...]
(19 months ago, Oct 9, 2022, to General)
View Thread Re: Neutral feedback for cancellation - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Do not prepare orders before payment has been made. Make new buyers pay exclusively with OnSite payment.
(27 months ago, Feb 8, 2022, to Feedback)
View Thread Re: Feedback that does not correspond to reality. - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Officially you cannot get this removed, as long as the feedback does not contain insults or inappropriate language. But my suggestion would be that you contact the buyer, [...]
(27 months ago, Jan 30, 2022, to Feedback)
View Thread Re: PAB & B&P Merging - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Another issue concerns the current limitation to 200 of each part that you order from B&P. That limit is not in PAB. So what will be the new limit?
(28 months ago, Jan 14, 2022, to LEGO products)
View Thread Re: Buying from Germany - ship to UK - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] At least you got rid of most of the New Normal restrictions. Her in Germany we are really suffering.
(28 months ago, Jan 12, 2022, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Ungerechtfertigte Bewertung - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Ich würde versuchen, Kontakt herzustellen und eine einvernehmliche Lösung zu finden. Die lächerlich geringe Paypal Gebühr ist nicht eine weitere negative Bewertung [...]
(30 months ago, Nov 6, 2021, to LANG Deutsch)
View Thread sw1167 - manganschlamm (1938)
Hello, along with a recent purchase I received a freebee minifigure head which according to the picture appears to be the head of the stormtrooper sw1167. Now I have the trouble [...]
(31 months ago, Oct 23, 2021, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Something is wonky? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I think this has been broken for weeks now. You see the first page, but it does not display in the navigation the other pages of this category. However, you can go forward [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 29, 2021, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Fees gone wild - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Please consider another reason why people occasionally may want to place orders with many lots. They might have purchased MOC instructions, and are working their way [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 29, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Fees gone wild - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I would full agree to this as well, provided that in case an order is cancelled in such as case there would be no possibility to leave feedback for either the buyer [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 29, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Fees gone wild - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I would report your case to admin. They cannot just make up fees as they feel and include them into an arbitrarily set shipping cost. Again, IC with onsite payment is [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 29, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Fees gone wild - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I was ripped off by such stores when I was a first time buyer on this site and wanted to get the parts together for a MOC. The only way to solve this problem is to consistently [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 29, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Are these the same person? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Agree, I just wanted to highlight where the definitions BL uses in their terms cannot address the real situation any more. Even if both stores have one inventory physically [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 27, 2021, to Problem)
View Thread Re: Are these the same person? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] But what do want to do if a coupled runs two stores, each partner is formally the owner of one of them. They will have separate accounts, separate businesses. They can [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 27, 2021, to Problem)
View Thread Re: Get rid of Kentuckiana Bricks - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] At least they do not punish buyers who give them neutral feedback by retaliatory neutral or negative as one large particular Czech store does. The latter then also adds [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 25, 2021, to Problem Order)
View Thread Re: Pleae BL, no more Wild West! - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] A while ago I had a case where I placed an order with a store that offered IC with onsite Paypal payment. Couple hours after I had paid the order, seller comes back [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 20, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Pleae BL, no more Wild West! - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Fully agree. It is a common observation that stores with many intransparent or dubious fees often have a considerable number of negative or neutral feedback. This together [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 20, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Pleae BL, no more Wild West! - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I could not agree more. You are absolutely right. All these fees hidden in the pages of terms of some stores have only one purpose, to lure the buyer into placing an [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 20, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: IC: accept order or decline order - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Sorry, but if an order is placed with IC and onsite payment, the buyer can put into the comment field whatever he/she wants, it is not relevant. Payment is immediately [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 13, 2021, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: IC: accept order or decline order - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Fully agree. Many buyers do not read terms, but not out of laziness but because they do not have time. They are not the professionals here, but the sellers are. And [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 13, 2021, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: IC: accept order or decline order - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] And it would open the door to this kind of behavior that good buddies get desirable parts and some unknown buyers are turned down. This can be done on flea marked or [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 13, 2021, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: IC: accept order or decline order - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] And they do not want orders to be cancelled for arbitrary reasons. Because for example the seller does not like the name of the buyer or disapproves of forum posts and [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 13, 2021, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: IC: accept order or decline order - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I strongly disagree with this proposal, simply because it puts the buyer in a bad position in multiple ways. For example, if a seller has a desirable item, a buyer may [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 13, 2021, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Extra item not included - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] This is surprising, because in my experience grille tiles are normally not included as extra parts with sets.
(32 months ago, Sep 11, 2021, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: About cancel orders - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I think this reason for cancellation applies to the buyer in the first place. The correct sequence would be: 1) Ask the buyer if he/she would like to cancel the order [...]
(32 months ago, Sep 11, 2021, to Help)
View Thread Re: White glove treatment? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I guess a good argument would be that using rubber gloves during the pandemic would be a useful thing to do.
(32 months ago, Sep 9, 2021, to Selling)
View Thread Re: Seller raises price after I ask him question. - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Add the seller to least favorite list and move on. There will be a better opportunity for this instruction.
(32 months ago, Sep 5, 2021, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Why does Lego never release a church building - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] You can find many nice custom church designs on Rebrickable. Even some free instructions.
(32 months ago, Sep 4, 2021, to General)
View Thread Re: removal of custom listings - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Just move your stuff to Rebrickable. With parts lists, people can right away create wanted lists for Bricklink and purchase the bricks.
(32 months ago, Sep 4, 2021, to General)
View Thread Re: PENDING BUT PAID ? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Hello, I had this couple times when paying (as a buyer) with Paypal onsite payment. It occurred specifically when purchasing from stores in the UK in cases where [...]
(34 months ago, Jul 29, 2021, to Help)
View Thread Re: AWFUL BUYER - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] You are exposing personal communication and link it to the public username. This is against the rules of the community. I am certain that forum admin will cancel your [...]
(34 months ago, Jul 7, 2021, to Problem)
View Thread Re: AWFUL BUYER - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Exposing personal information like you are doing is also not in agreement with the rules of the community.
(34 months ago, Jul 7, 2021, to Problem)
View Thread Re: Onsite payment: Top-up invoice afterwards - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Dear all, thanks for the helpful comments. Based on this, I have explained the situation to the seller, emphasizing the fact that this is against BL rules, and the seller [...]
(35 months ago, Jun 19, 2021, to Payment Methods)
View Thread Re: Onsite payment: Top-up invoice afterwards - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I actually did not check, because I assumed that instant checkout with onsite payment would imply that I see what I pay before I place the order. It has been always [...]
(35 months ago, Jun 18, 2021, to Payment Methods)
View Thread Onsite payment: Top-up invoice afterwards - manganschlamm (1938)
Dear all, I would like to hear your opinion / judgement on the following case. I placed an order in a European Union country (I am located in Germany). The seller offered [...]
(35 months ago, Jun 18, 2021, to Payment Methods)
View Thread Re: Compulsory message before negative/neutral fb - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I fully agree. This will alert inexperienced people to the fact that BL culture is to try to resolve issues to the extent possible. But lets face it: There are cases [...]
(44 months ago, Oct 1, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Add feature of minimum FB for listings. - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] This is so complicated that it will create a major inconvenience to buyers and will be huge mess to figure out. I would strongly object this. There is a much simpler [...]
(46 months ago, Jul 13, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Attack of the Blusers - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Considering that they are stoplisted, it probably should not matter any more. The purpose of the stoplist is to stop them from buying from your store. It could well [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 6, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Item Type Discussion - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I guess that loosening the definition of parts was needed in view of an increasing number of parts that did not come in sets, like e.g. the BAM parts. The latter never [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 24, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Item Type Discussion - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Question: Will animals be now figures as well?
(49 months ago, Apr 24, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Automatic feedback - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I fully agree that if the buyer has paid swiftly without making any problems, the buyer right away deserves positive feedback. But my impression is that some stores [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 11, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: 3024 plate 1x1 metallic gold : does it exist? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] The Pearl Gold has shown quite some color tone variations. I have seen quite a lot of such variations for different parts. I would think that the two 1 x 1 plates are [...]
(50 months ago, Apr 6, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Clips Ahoy, part three. - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I think a cartoon with an individual named Tomás de Torquemada would make a lot of sense.
(50 months ago, Mar 22, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Clips Ahoy, part three. - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Great work, very helpful and instructive, keep on doing your excellent work, wherever it may appear. Keep making these wonderful cartoons as well.
(50 months ago, Mar 22, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: An ongoing issue... - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Had that once with an order that did not get shipped. Was marked as Paid. Then I issued NSS, good communication with the seller, problem solved, positive feedback and [...]
(51 months ago, Feb 14, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Nougat is the new Flesh - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I think he referred to the reply to your message, not to your message.
(52 months ago, Feb 5, 2020, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Identifying minifigures - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] When I searched for the term "flesh", the search returned only custom parts. So it appears that at least the descriptions of the legit parts have been updated.
(52 months ago, Feb 5, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: We have a new Catalog Associate! - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Congratulations and all the best from me as well.
(52 months ago, Feb 4, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: PUT COLOURS BACK & DISCUSS WITH LEGO - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] There are two aspects to be considered in this color business: 1) useful and meaningful choice of color names, and 2) consistency between different platforms [...]
(52 months ago, Feb 2, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Nougat is the new Flesh - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] So this has then been changed again from yesterday? Initially it was Medium Dark Nougat. So much about this whole thing causing confusion. But indeed this is better now.
(52 months ago, Feb 2, 2020, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Nougat is the new Flesh - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Could be, but then they renamed Medium Dark Flesh to Medium Dark Nougat, while the official TLG color name of that one is Medium Nougat. So the outcome is more fragmentation [...]
(52 months ago, Feb 2, 2020, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Anyone Know the Color on fab5e Head? - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Maybe Fox Red Brown.
(52 months ago, Feb 2, 2020, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Have A Heart - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Actually the spokesperson from TLG stated that BrickLink wants contributions and BrickLink wants an involved community. Let us take a step back and have an objective [...]
(52 months ago, Jan 24, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: My own private warehouse to keep my inventory - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I do this by a set of wanted lists where I set number of items equal to the number of items I want. Not the perfect solution, but it works OK.
(52 months ago, Jan 20, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Set 11010 White Baseplate with 48x48 studs - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Great that it is now confirmed that this will indeed be a 32 x 32 baseplate. So long ago that a white baseplate was available. Fits perfectly to this time of the year, [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 2, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Policy change - Undetermined versus Unknown a - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] This all boils down to one important question: Will TLG as the new owner put more resources into this site (i.e. more people)?
(53 months ago, Jan 2, 2020, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Set 11010 White Baseplate with 48x48 studs - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] This picture is shown on all platforms, including Bickset and Brick Owl, and also as you say in the LEGO online shop. The description however clearly identifies the [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 2, 2020, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Please approve - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I just note that all these sets are already on BO, although without inventories as of yet. Cannot wait for the plant parts in new colors (olive green, lime).
(53 months ago, Dec 27, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: BRICKS & PIECES availability and price - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Right now, I do see both BL and B&P as complementary sources for new pieces. Some pieces that came out very recently are considerably cheaper at B&P, while at BL it [...]
(53 months ago, Dec 26, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Guardian " lego take ovrer BL" - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] The only thing about this world what is just as it is are the laws of mathematics and natural sciences. We cannot change what is predicted by that. But we can change [...]
(53 months ago, Dec 21, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Status of Friends Central Perk 21319 - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Thank you, very nice indeed. I am waiting for the minifigures from this set to become available in greater abundance, because I like to populate my modulars with this [...]
(56 months ago, Oct 3, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: 4070a - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Why do you think that smooth slopes is not an appropriate entry? I actually prefer textured slopes and when I order textured slopes and get smooth slopes it does not [...]
(60 months ago, May 25, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Change NPB Timeline - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] OK then in return I propose that we buyers can initiate and complete NRS and NSS after proportionally shorter time. If sellers want to give us buyers less time to make [...]
(61 months ago, May 3, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Shipping adress Belgium - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] I would just fill something like N/A into that field. Read by anyone as not specified.
(61 months ago, May 1, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Feedback removal - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] Fully agree on this one. We must use common sense and reason. Reasonable buyers will not complain about small things, like the little bit more expensive shipping, the [...]
(64 months ago, Jan 24, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Automated Feedback. - manganschlamm (1938)
[...] If feedback would be posted automatically, then we can abandon the feedback system right away because it makes no sense at all. How can the system decide / judge automatically [...]
(65 months ago, Jan 13, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Restore the price comparison on Buy Wizard - manganschlamm (1938)
Dear Members of the BrickLink community, as many of those of you who buy LEGO parts etc. on this site may know, for quite a while the Buy Wizard (as invoked from a Wanted [...]
(87 months ago, Mar 20, 2017, to Suggestions)