Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek  | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2023 13:19 | | Subject: | Re: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe MOC | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| That looks very nice! I love the Chronicles of Narnia so you have my support!
Fingers crossed it will reach 10,000 supporters!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2022 18:31 | | Subject: | Re: Series 24 of minifigures | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Are you even allowed to sell these here in advance of the official release?
Don't forget Lego owns this platform now, so you could get into trouble as
a seller.
Just a fair warning.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2022 07:06 | | Subject: | Re: new clr for 2x4 brick or new clr altogether? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Ah yes, those pictures are more clear as well.
Too bad, would have loved to see a pearly blue brick! 
Erikk
In Colors, tonnic writes:
| | Hi Erik,
When you check the Dutch and Polish version it says Medium Azure so I think the
one from your picture is the same color.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2022 04:25 | | Subject: | new clr for 2x4 brick or new clr altogether? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Just saw this among the newly added catalog items:
Could anyone confirm what the color is of that 2x4 brick?
Looks like a pearly blue to me but that could be due to lighting of course or
an effect of the plastic bubble as the orange brick also seem to have a pearly
glance to them.
So, wishful thinking of an avid 2x4 collector or for real a new color?
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Sep 15, 2022 04:37 | | Subject: | Re: did your Bricklink font change too? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Am I the only one in thinking the top one / previous one was better?
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Sep 8, 2022 08:40 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING: Young Maxx picture! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Brilliant story! Thanks for the fun read!
Erikk
PS: the gist of the story reminded me of an infamous Belgian author called
Hugo Matthysen who's an expert in writing these kinds of stories
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2022 08:00 | | Subject: | Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member! | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| 217?
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Aug 22, 2022 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member! | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| 238
(thanks for holding this contest; mighty generous of you! )
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jul 27, 2022 16:07 | | Subject: | Re: RAAAAWWWRRRR! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Very nicely done!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jul 25, 2022 16:40 | | Subject: | Re: NOW OPEN AGAIN | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Glad to hear you're recovering well!
Wishing you a continued good health.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jul 25, 2022 16:28 | | Subject: | Re: Can't stay logged in | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, zkyoo writes:
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I'm on Chrome, only extension that would be messing with it is adblock which
is disabled.
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Have you tried using a different browser?
Other than that: if you can write a forum message it means you're logged
in as you cannot do that "anonymously".
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jun 26, 2022 09:12 | | Subject: | Re: Goodbye Bricklink Forum. | | Viewed: | 124 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| a good rule of thumb regarding religion in general is to treat it as your private
parts: don't show it in public unless you're in the correct forum, don't
impose it on others and stop thinking the world is being run by it 
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2022 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: Please welcome our newest Translator! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Vällkommen till familjen!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2022 18:00 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Catalog Administrator! | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | congrats Randy! |
| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 19:15 | | Subject: | Re: Designer Program Round 3 | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| I can't even find that page anymore ... where can it be found?
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2022 16:54 | | Subject: | Re: Marbled pieces for sale | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| good one  |
| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Mar 3, 2022 14:47 | | Subject: | Re: We Have a new Discussions Moderator | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Congrats Stellar!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2022 06:29 | | Subject: | Re: IOSS issues still - UK sellers | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, hedgehog_bricks writes:
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Also, do you include valid customs codes like 950300 for Lego parts? Again, shouldn't
be a problem, but thinking of all possible options!
Jonathan
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Valid custom codes for goods are obsolete in H7 declarations as no import
duties are due (ALL H7 declarations have a value of below the treshold of €150
for import duties).
Checking the OP it does not seem to me he did anything wrong. Most likely the
automated system of the mail carrier in the recipient's country failed the
IOSS check, which happens thousands of times a day all over the EU.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2022 06:25 | | Subject: | Re: IOSS issues still - UK sellers | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Dino1 writes:
| | The IOSS number has to be on the CN22 or CN23.
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No it doesn't. There's no field on that form to write that nr and it
shouldn't be.
As other people have already mentioned: the nr should be entered into the electronical
declaration, not written anywhere on the parcel.
Would not mater anyway as your postal / courrier service does not check the physical
package for evidence of an IOSS nr. If not properly entered electronically the
buyer WILL end up paying VAT twice (speaking from experience unfortuantely).
By now it's very clear to me that USPS is lacking considering the entering
of the IOSS nr (100% issues when Americans send me something via USPS; no issues
whatsoever when sent via DHL or other courrier).
On European side, many national postal services indeed still don't have a
properly working system in place to handle the H7 declarations (again, speaking
from experience; Belgian Post is so amateuristic in handling international mail
it looks like Kafka is their CEO).
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 08:23 | | Subject: | Re: My new Lego Ideas project - the Viking House | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| Very nice build! You've got my support!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2022 10:57 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown element - Chewbacca in sand green | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| You seem, as so many others, to confuse "counterfeit" with "illegitimate" items.
Those parts you speak of are not counterfeit: they have been produced
in Lego factories using official Lego equipment.
They have been produced without license however which makes them illegitimate,
hence the post from Admin Russell statint such offerings will be deleted from
the platform.
I have yet to see counterfeit Lego parts that are indistinguishable from the
genuine ones considering the markings.
However, in the question if one could distinguish these items from officially
produced parts the answer is quite suimple: there is no difference. All of them
are real Lego parts. Just as real as all those test bricks and red test parts
you can still find for sale.
I don't think Lego has a problem with items like that being sold as usually
they are very limited in quantities.
However, it's clear there's now a serious market for parts being produced
in unofficial colors, most probably done illegally by factory workers.
I get that Lego is trying to put a stop to such activities, but practices like
this are also happening with other brands.
Perhaps it's one of the down sides of moving your production to low wage
countries where making a few Dollars on a few plastic parts on the side means
big bucks for their employees ... food for thought IMO.
Erikk
In Off Topic, calebfishn writes:
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I think that the onus should be on the seller to provide evidence that it was
made legitimately. Particularly when some sellers were listing dozens of Vader
helmets in each of Trans Blue, Trans Purple, trans Orange, Trans Pink etc.
The illegitimate or counterfeit parts apparently had all to lego trademarks etc.
to make them almost indistinguishable from genuine, legitimate parts.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 17:36 | | Subject: | Re: Be aware of a scammer!!! | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| You cannot put someone's private details in a forum post; it will be deleted.
I understand your frustration, but airing someone's private details on the
Internet like that is just as criminal.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 10:03 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Please check my previous posts on this: Customs do not check each and every parcel
that enters a member state. It's not even feasible to check 1% of all parcels
entering the EU.
Certain parcel get a red flag due certain parameters or even random checks but
99.999999% of all parcels are electronically handled by the postal services /
courriers.
As to your remark regarding the "obligation" to do this electronically, I'd
like to refer you to this page:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/news/new-form-customs-declaration-low-value-consignments-2019-07-11_en
It's an older page from the EC stating the companies should start developing
the necessary software to be able to declare H7 customs declarations.
So there is an obligation to declare low value shipments electronically:
From 1 January 2021 the existing VAT exemption for goods up to 22 € will disappear.
In order to allow VAT to be levied, all imports into the EU will have to be declared
at the border using an electronic customs declaration.
Full legislation:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv J.L_.2019.181.01.0002.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2019:181:TOC
You as a lay person are obviously under no obligation to fill in any kind of
customs declaration. That obligation lies solely with the entitiy shipping your
parcel and the company importing and delivering your package. You as a sender
are obligated to provide the necessary details to them to fill in any such form.
The CN22/CN23 form is nothing more than a summary of the declaration's details
on the outside of the parcel.
All those details (and often more) have been filled in already at that point
into a digital system as there doesn't exist a company on this planet that
would do this manually.
As to mentioning the IOSS nr: there isn't on obligation to use an IOSS nr,
period. Any European citizen is free to import (legal) goods without paying taxes
at checkout. There are still hundreds of thousands of webshops outthere who don't
use the IOSS functionality.
But IF you want to be able to benefit from such a system you need to provide
the necessary details to Customs at declaration level (meaning your shipper needs
to do this).
H7 is a highly simplified declaration system created to handle a huge amount
of parcels on a daily basis. Over 800 million such parcels pass Belgium each
year, can you imagine the nrs for countries like France or Germany?
It has been designed to work fast with little to no "wiggle room" for travesties
like IOSS not being properly handled.
As Calsbricks rightfully stated, it is still a heavy flawed system with various
results in each member state as far as I'm aware and which will create hiccups
until 2024-205 I'm afraid at this rate.
Just to be clear: it's not something I'm personally happy about. I have
had to pay double VAT twice now on American orders, so I do share the frustration
of many.
Erikk
In Selling, Llewyn writes:
| | Electronic interfaces refers to online marketplaces, it doesn't refer to
couriers.
I've seen nothing to indicate that the IOSS has to be communicated electronically,
except perhaps in individual member states' implementations of the directive.
You helpfully refer to the CN22/CN23, which is a paper document for customs inspection
which is required to be attached. You theoretically look at every single one
of those so yes, I would expect the IOSS inspection to happen (or realistically
not happen due to the volume issues you describe) in exactly the same way.
There is, as far as I'm aware, no requirement in EU legislation for the IOSS
number to be communicated electronically with the parcel.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Could not agree more with you, unfortunately 
Erikk
In Selling, calsbricks writes:
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Design is one side of this issue - the other and perhaps more important is the
implementation. Trying to coordinate the rest of the world to a EU specific
system has not gone well. Some areas seem okay and others are a long way short.
And that is with or without an electronic version.
Overall a score of very low for the overall project.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 08:45 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| "The IOSS allows suppliers and electronic interfaces selling imported
goods to buyers in the EU to collect, declare and pay the VAT to the tax authorities".
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/ioss_en
The whole idea of IOSS has been designed for e-commerce, emphasis on the
"e" for electronic, aka automated systems.
As I've said before: there's no entity that could work through the amount
of parcels arriving daily by hand. You'd need a workforce of at least 10000
people checking parcels 24/7. Or people should expcect delivery times of up to
2 years
If people are expecting their postal services or courrier to manually check their
parcel for an IOSS nr on the CN22/CN23 slip they are not being realistic IMO.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 05:36 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Just to show everyone what Customs see in their system when declarations enter
the automated system: the nr you see on the left of the origin country code is
the IOSS nr.
For those where that field is empty VAT will automatically be calculated and
charged by the company handling the delivery of the parcel.
In both cases the parcel will then be presented to Customs (via an automated
system) to verify if the declared value is acceptable or whether further checks
considering health / economic regulations are deemed necessary.
So the IOSS check is happening by the automated system of the company handling
your package and not by Customs as many here seem to think. So asking Customs
to refund your VAT is pointless.
IMO, the only party that can and should refund your VAT is the seller* as they
are responsible for the shipment.
Let's say you order a 400USD set from an American seller. Without your knowledge
that seller puts 10USD as declared value and "gift" as description (with an invoice
in the parcel).
The buyer in this case will end up with a hefty surcharge of VAT and import duties
and in some cases might even receive a fine for tax evasion.
Who do you think should refund these extra costs then?
Erikk
*by this I mean it would be the seller refunding the buyer but ultimately
Bricklink should obviously refund said seller afterwards
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 05:23 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| No, they shouldn't. They did their work correctly. If they don't see
an IOSS nr allocated to the parcel they are obligated to charge VAT. Period.
Again: if the IOSS nr is not visible in the automated system for the company
delivering the parcel in the EU member state (postal services or courrier) then
VAT will be charged automatically as per EU legislational obligation.
I work for Customs myself and I can tell you that about half of the parcel arriving
via Bpost do not have an IOSS nr allocated to the declaration. I'm sure many
of those buyers DID pay VAT at invoice.
It is the seller's obligation to make sure the IOSS nr is properly communicated
with their shipper. It's nowhere the buyer's responsibility.
If the shipper is at fault it is still the seller's responsibility to refund
the buyer as is the same for goods lost / destroyed in transit.
Erikk
In Selling, yorbrick writes:
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It should really be the other way around. If the buyer can prove they already
paid it then the collection agency should refund the VAT they are double charging.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 04:31 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I think it's more about discouraging people from buying outside of the EU,
which makes sense IMHO.
Non-European goods (genuine and counterfeit or under-valued) are flooding our
markets and are making life for European businesses very hard.
I know from personal experience that these cases of double charged VAT can be
a serious PITA, but it's almost always the seller's / shipper's fault.
If the company sending the goods does not enter the BL IOSS nr (which the seller
has to properly provide to them) into the automated system it's hardly the
European country's postal service's fault for charging VAT when there's
no proof (in the automated system) that VAT has already been paid.
There's millions and millions of e-commerce packages arriving in each member
state on a daily basis. Do you truly believe they'd be able to verify the
paper documents for each and every parcel? Dream on
What I propose is that when a buyer can deliver proof that he / she had to pay
VAT again on delivery the seller is olbigated to refund this VAT which BL can
refund to the seller.
In the end it's the platform (aka BL) that has the obligation to fulfill
the VAT duties.
If you don't have trust in the platform you're using to earn your living
then perhaps you should consider changing platforms or creating your own.
Erikk
In Selling, patpendlego writes:
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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: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2022 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Admins, Please help | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Talking about that shipping process: doesn't the seller openly admit there
that he doesn't actually have the items he is selling in stock as is obligated
per BL rules?
Erikk
In Help, psusaxman2000 writes:
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It may be worth taking a look at your processes and trying to figure out why
there are so many NSS/NRS. Looking at your feedback there is much more than
just shipping issues. In one year, this is not a good feedback report IMO and
many other larger store that fulfill at your rates don't seem to have these
problems.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 30, 2021 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: EU Distance selling | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
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| Dit staat er sinds 1,5 week bij elke verkoper en staat standaard op "disabled".
Het werd gedaan om te voldoen aan de nieuwe Europese wetgeving.
Afhankelijk van je fiscale situatie die je dit zelf actief te zetten of niet.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2021 06:40 | | Subject: | Re: Lost packages: is this coincidence or... ??? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/11/22/duizenden-pakketjes-vast-na-verzegeling-depot-postnl-wat-nu-met/
I don't think packages get lost at "Customs", that's just something courriers
and postal services claim to avoid talking to their customers.
PostNL is an extremely dodgy company now under investigation for fraud and malpractices.
Perhaps you were rather lucky 8/10 packages got delivered?
Hope they will find their way to your home in the end!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 10, 2021 04:44 | | Subject: | Re: Calendar | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| I don't get any of the sets meeting the treshold as they were all so expensive.
The windmill doesn't even include any minifigures. Perhaps the exclusivity
is an appeal to many?
But ok, to each his own, and kuddos to the creators and those who got the set
they wanted (I was about to order the Lego store but it's apparently sold
out for Europe ).
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2021 17:51 | | Subject: | have the prices been changed? | | Viewed: | 153 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| I just want to check the projects one more time hoping I could finally come to
a decission.
Is it just my imagination or have all the prices dropped a bit? I could've
sworn the Lego store was aorund €180 or €200 and now it's priced at €149.
Same for the other sets I think or perhaps I'm just imagining things.
Could anyone confirm?
Most of them are still priced too high for my taste, but I guess that won't
stop people from selling them out within the hour
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 18:44 | | Subject: | Re: VAT double charged (continued) -> Admin?? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Interesting ... so it seems that when filling in a CN22 using Paypal (I assume
that's because you use create the shipping label via PP?) the IOSS nr is
actually transmitted into the electric customs form.
It might very well be that it comes down to failures, perhaps even on both sides,
of the parties doing the customs formalities (like postal services or courrier
services).
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 13:40 | | Subject: | Re: VAT double charged (continued) -> Admin?? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SezaR writes:
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Based on European rules or whatever rules, the IOSS should be given to the courier
and submitted electronically. I did that for a shipment to the Netherlands and
included the BL invoice on the package too. The buyer was requested and paid
VAT for the second time.
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Yes, it's true that some parcel handlers in the EU (Belgian Post among them)
haven't updated their IT-systems properly to acknowledge those nrs into their
system.
But if the nr was included on the Bricklink customs invoice and / or on the customs
parcel slip there would be proof for the consignee to at least ask for a refund.
Now I have no proof at all and I just have to swallow an amount that almost doubled
my order total.
Look, in the end if nothing will be done about this, non-European sellers will
lose a lot of business. Over 33% of all members on this platform are located
in the EU.
Probably not an issue for a lot of sellers, but still a significant amount of
business to lose.
Not to mention any future new members experiencing such an issue on their first
purchase and not being aware of the VAT-rules decide against using Bricklink
altogether which will cost European sellers business as well.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 13:02 | | Subject: | VAT double charged (continued) -> Admin?? | | Viewed: | 198 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| There are already a few threads out there regarding this issue (https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?nID=&q=VAT&qS=Y&qM=Y&v=c&max=20&mTP=Y)
and I now finally know what is causing European buyers to pay VAT twice on their
non-European orders.
The "customs invoice" sellers are asked by BL to include in their parcels does
NOT mention the IOSS nr of Bricklink.
To Customs this simply means no VAT has been paid. Only, and ONLY when
a valid IOSS nr is mentioned in the customs declaration will it be accepted that
VAT payment has already been fulfilled.
I cannot imagine other e-commerce platforms are failing to ignore such a blatant
omission, otherwise we (Customs) would see a 90% decline in international orders
(which is clearly not the case).
I can however imagine international trade on Bricklink is heavily suffering from
this.
Could the people responsible correct this so the Bricklink IOSS nr is mentioned
in the customs invoice? It should be mentioned on the customs declaration on
the outside of the package as well btw.
If people keep being asked to pay VAT twice they will eventually turn to other
platforms to fulfill their Lego needs.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2021 18:07 | | Subject: | Re: Double charged VAT | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, SylvainLS writes:
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It needs to be readable by the customs agents, so on the outside.
And the buyer already received their copy of the invoice from BL.
(Note that some buyers have had problems even when the document was on the outside
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Just to chip in here: Customs has very rarely something to do with the fact that
you're being charged VAT twice. It is the agent declaring your parcel that
is at fault.
From personal experience (see my previous post in this thread) I can say now
that Belgian Post is extremely unprofessional in handling these kind of shipments
and I think that goes for most postal services of the EU member states as far
as I hear from similar tales.
Writing an IOSS nr on a package does not help at all. The info of your package
is all digitalized, meaning the IOSS nr included. If the company declaring your
parcel doesn't have a proper working IT-system to handle IOSS nrs (as is
the case with Belgian Post) you will get screwed every time. I firmly believe
most postal services just see a package coming from outside of the EU and they
automatically charge VAT. Then, and only AFTER VAT has been paid by the recipient,
they will present (= declare) your package to Customs.
I also had to pay VAT twice on my US order which I will try to get reimbursed
for by Belgian Post but fat chance I'll ever see that money back.
By my estimation already milions of Euros have been paid all over Europe in double
VAT which will ultimately lead to what they (the politicians) wanted in the first
place: to discourage people to buy outside of the EU.
For me personally I can say that it works: buying Lego outside of the EU will
only happen when there is really, REALLY no store at all to pruchase from in
the EU. It's just not worth the extra cost anymore unless they'd be offering
an extremely rare item at half price of what EU sellers would be asking.
To end on a positive note: you'll have better chances when asking your seller
to use a courrier like DHL or Fedex or the likes instead of the postal system.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2021 16:26 | | Subject: | Re: 20 years on BrickLink | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Gefeliciteerd Stefaan! (we worden oud ...)
Dat er nog vele jaren mogen bijkomen!
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2021 11:12 | | Subject: | Re: Duty charges from EU into the UK ? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Just to clarify: no duties (= import taxes) are due for amounts below €150, only
VAT.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2021 14:46 | | Subject: | Re: 5006890-1 Rebuildable Flying Car: thoughts? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, zorbanj writes:
Cheers, missed that one!
Glad I'm not the only one
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2021 10:07 | | Subject: | 5006890-1 Rebuildable Flying Car: thoughts? | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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I know one can't / shouldn't argue about tastes and preferences but I
have to admit that when I saw a leak about this set on social media a couple
of weeks ago I figured it was someone trolling as the item seemed far to amateurish
/ childish to be a real Lego set.
Imagine my surprise seeing this fugly thing becoming a GWP ...
Again, just my POV, but this is to me the most disappointing GWP to ever come
out and seems at best a joke. I can't imagine more than 30 seconds of thought
went into this "project".
The color scheme just hurts my eyes and the build looks like something that belongs
in the monthly mini-build series.
All kidding aside: was this a special project where a child could enter to create
the next GWP? If so, kuddos to the child for succeeding in making its build into
an actual Lego set.
If this was genuinely created by a certified Lego builder: how drunk was that
person and moreover, how drunk was his / her boss to approve this for a GWP?
Friday rant over.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2021 04:05 | | Subject: | 40512 Fun and Funky VIP Add On Pack | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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Could anyone confirm whether this catalog addition means this will become a "regular"
set to buy? Or perhaps something one could buy with VIP points?
I seem to remember these were "tested" in the UK not long ago but since then
I haven't heard any news on these, hence my surprise seeing it pop up in
our BL catalog.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2021 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: What the heck is this? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, kantorj writes:
| | Found this in a bin I got a few weeks ago. I'm stumped! Any thoughts?
Jeff
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General tip: just type in the nr you see on the bottom of the item as shown in
your second pic in the catalog search field
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2021 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: New to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| Unless extremely rare (and thus expensive) parts I can imagine, but in general
I think you're right.
I agree on being able to set certain limits.
Erikk
In Price Guide, yorbrick writes:
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It might work for sets, but probably less so for parts. I doubt many sellers
want to go through lists of lots of parts where individual offers on each part
are made. Maybe the whole order could have an offer, but then prices would probably
just go up to account for 10% off offers.
And so long as you can turn it off, or set a minimum percentage price below which
offers are rejected. EBay has it and some of the offers people send are ridiculous.
Fortunately you can auto reject the time waster ones.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2021 04:44 | | Subject: | Re: New to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| That's actually not such a bad idea ...
A compromise could be to offer sellers a functionality like the quoting system
in which buyers would be able to make an offer on an item in a store.
In my mind it would be a functionality that sellers could activate / turn off
for each separate item (like the option to make something a stockroom item).
I'll pitch the idea in the Marketplace Panel, see if it's feasible or
not.
Erikk
In Price Guide, yorbrick writes:
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You'll get the best price for rare items at ebay. They really need an auction
format rather than a fixed price. To get the best price here, you have to price
high then slowly reduce until someone buys.
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2021 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: Display cases for Lego | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I concur as I have bought several of their cases already.
Absolutely top notch merchandise. Ordering has become extremely expensive for
us Europeans due to
Brexit but I can highly recommend them if you're looking for high quality
display cases.
Erikk
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| Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2021 10:09 | | Subject: | Re: Price Guide Bug | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Dino1 writes:
| | The sold price include the German VAT of 19%.
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That doesn't sound correct.
When a non-European buyer buys from a European store they don't pay VAT.
If the country's VAT is included in the price guide no matter the sort of
transaction it should also be reflected in the price of the items currently available.
So the price should be the same on both sides of the overview.
Erikk
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