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 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 20, 2023 10:05
 Subject: Re: Moving everything to stockroom
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In General, Stuart9 writes:
  Can someone point me in the right direction to move all my store items to a stockroom
in one go.

If I can, presumably I can then put each item back into store one part at a time,
hope someone can advise.

Store is closed at present.

Thanks in advance.

On the inventory page:
 
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 19, 2023 17:54
 Subject: Re: Help, paypal onsite, add fee?
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In Payment Methods, RoVaBen writes:
  Hi, I am a new seller, I just found out my only option for receiving payment
is through paypal, but I can't seem to find an option for adding a % for
paying through paypal. (I don't want to lose another 3%, so would like the
buyer to pay this.)

Or do I add this % as a shipping and handling fee?

Why not just increase your prices a bit?
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 19, 2023 17:43
 Subject: Re: Should I be skeptical of new member buyers?
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In General, Gleaming writes:
  I was wondering if any of you have ever had an issue with new member buyers trying
to scam you or anything like that. I haven’t had a problem with them so far
but there seem to be a lot of new members buying from my store. I don’t think
there’s any reason to worry but it’s also interesting that bricklink tells you
they’re new members if there hasn’t been a problem in the past.

I once had an issue with a new buyer placing an order and not paying. But most
new buyers are great, in fact I welcome them to my store.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 19, 2023 07:01
 Subject: Re: What's the correct process - bogus chargeback
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, 129samot writes:
  Aren't the fees PayPal gets on transactions enough to solve disputes?
These charges for disputes sound like scams

they often are but whether thru stripe or Paypal it's always a $20 or so
fee as a slap in the face basically

And Stripe recently changed their terms so that you get dinged for the $15 even
if you win (because they get charged by the bank regardless)
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 19, 2023 06:51
 Subject: Re: Rent Free in Rivendell?
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In Off Topic, axaday writes:
  I saw more bad hospitality than good in the Lord of the Rings.

"The courtesy of your hall is somewhat lessened of late, Théoden son of Thengel."
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 19, 2023 06:49
 Subject: Re: Rent Free in Rivendell?
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In Off Topic, axaday writes:
  In Off Topic, yorbrick writes:
  In Off Topic, axaday writes:
  As I am sitting here building 10316-1, I suddenly wondered why Elrond put Bilbo
up. I know Bilbo helped Thorin, but did he help Elrond? Will Elrond put up
anyone who will follow the rules?

Because Elrond (and Gandalf) knew Sauron had captured Gollum and tried to (and
continued to) use him to get to the Ring. They knew Bilbo was likely next and
so him being in Rivendell both protected him but also protected any information
he knew about the Ring.

So he was a prisoner and didn't know it or didn't own it.

In a way yes - when Bilbo first sees Frodo again in Rivendell after *checks notes*
18 years or so, he mentions that he thought of going back for the Ring but that
Gandalf and Elrond wouldn't let him:

"I hear all kinds of news, from over the Mountains, and out of the South,
but hardly anything from the Shire. I heard about the Ring, of course. Gandalf
has been here often. Not that he has told me a great deal, he has become closer
than ever these last few years. The Dunadan has told me more. Fancy that ring
of mine causing such a disturbance! It is a pity that Gandalf did not find out
more sooner. I could have brought the thing here myself long ago without so much
trouble. I have thought several times of going back to Hobbiton for it; but I
am getting old, and they would not let me: Gandalf and Elrond, I mean. They seemed
to think that the Enemy was looking high and low for me, and would make mincemeat
of me, if he caught me tottering about in the Wild."
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 18, 2023 15:13
 Subject: Re: net weight
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In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  That’s what NET weight would mean

AFAIK, you will have to sum all the individual weights.
Maybe BrickStore can do it for you.

Problem: the same part can have different weights IRL, depending on colour (transparent
parts in PC are heavier) or depending on the variant.


  If not, every set has normally its weight indicated.

Note that this one can vary too IRL: some sets have leaflets / catalogues or
different versions of the instructions (different language for instance).

You could make an educated guess by taking the weight of the set and subtracting
the weights of the box and instructions.

e.g.

 
Set No: 10497  Name: Galaxy Explorer
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10497-1 (Inv) Galaxy Explorer
1219 Parts, 5 Minifigures, 2022
Sets: Space: Classic Space

The weight of the set, in box, is 1758g; the weight of the instructions is 290g;
and the weight of the box is 264g. So the parts plus bags (which are *very* light)
should weigh about 1204g (approximately 2 lbs 10 oz). Of course BL doesn't
have weights for every box and instruction booklet.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 18, 2023 12:01
 Subject: Re: USA taxes HELP!
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In Help, dedaviswright writes:
  I'm not a math person at all. I realized that we collect taxes from our sales,
but is there a program or a way to disperse the taxes to various states? I was
told I would have to pay each individual state the taxes I collected. That
would be ridiculous to pay some stated $.10 and file the paperwork. Can so
Some help me?

As long as your customers paid onsite the sales taxes were collected by BrickLink
and remitted to the proper authorities. No need to worry.

When I file my quarterly sales and use taxes return in my state I list all of
my BL sales as exempt.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 18, 2023 11:59
 Subject: Re: Is Stripe available for Invoiced Orders?
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In Payment Methods, Shiny_Stuff writes:
  2. Do buyers get to choose which payment method to use or only shown the Paypal
option?

This is what I see when testing the checkout in your store:
 
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 18, 2023 06:17
 Subject: Re: Rent Free in Rivendell?
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In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
  Agreed! It would have to be 10-20 movies tho

With someone of Peter Jackson's ilk at the helm, it could easily be 30+ movies!
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 17, 2023 22:42
 Subject: Re: Rent Free in Rivendell?
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In Off Topic, axaday writes:
  As I am sitting here building 10316-1, I suddenly wondered why Elrond put Bilbo
up. I know Bilbo helped Thorin, but did he help Elrond? Will Elrond put up
anyone who will follow the rules?

I'm sure it was at Gandalf's request, otherwise Bilbo could have been
captured by the Enemy and given up who knows what information.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 17, 2023 18:16
 Subject: Re: Possible Scam...
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In General, uticabrix writes:
  According to all of them, none have been refunded. And if they did, they did
not change or revise their comment, nor remove it.

I think they actually have to take action to complete the NSS - it's not
enough merely to file it and wait.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 17, 2023 16:35
 Subject: Re: Possible Scam...
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In General, uticabrix writes:
  I placed an order from GY Bricks 3 months ago. Still no package. I tried on
4 different occasions reaching out to this store and no response. I looked
on his account and many people are reporting him as a scammer, doesn't ship,
never responds and do not buy from. They have 11 negatives and 6 neutral in
the last year. My fault I should have researched before buying.
How is this store still being allowed to sell on BL?

I guess not enough of the people leaving negative feedback are starting NSSs?

Anyway, I agree with Nubs - start an NSS and file a PayPal claim (if you paid
via PayPal ... I see some feedback suggesting he only accepts bank transfers).
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 17, 2023 10:12
 Subject: Re: Double entry?
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In Catalog Requests, Turez writes:
  In Catalog Requests, Akir writes:
  Hey all,
just stumbled over these two:
 
Part No: 973p70c02  Name: Torso Bomber Jacket and Black T-Shirt Pattern / Reddish Brown Arms / Yellow Hands
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973p70c02 (Inv) Torso Bomber Jacket and Black T-Shirt Pattern / Reddish Brown Arms / Yellow Hands
Parts: Minifigure, Torso Assembly, Decor.
 
Part No: 973p70c01  Name: Torso Bomber Jacket and Black T-Shirt Pattern / Brown Arms / Yellow Hands
* 
973p70c01 (Inv) Torso Bomber Jacket and Black T-Shirt Pattern / Brown Arms / Yellow Hands
Parts: Minifigure, Torso Assembly, Decor.

Both are in the catalogue in Brown and Reddish Brown, though neither the brown
one with reddish brown arms, nor the reddish brown one with brown arms, actually
exist in sets (obviously). I suspect they should be consolidated?
Cheers,
Patrick

The first torso was only released in reddish brown, the second torso only in
brown. Since they have different arm colors (reddish brown/brown), the different
entries are correct. and will not be changed or merged in any way.

It may be just me an my monitor, but the pictures look like they could use some
color correction. The brown version looks reddish brown to me.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 17, 2023 10:10
 Subject: Re: PP business set up or not
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In Help, Kathleen_55 writes:
  My Question is do I need a PP set up in the small business or can I revert back
to non business without hurting taking the taxes off? The BL team helped me with
fixing my invoicing to the USA and all is great, I'm happy 😊 I only changed
my PP to business because I didn't know what else to do. I'm not trying
to avoid paying the taxes and don't want to jeopardize that.

I do not have a PP business account and the taxes seem to come out just fine.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 17, 2023 09:25
 Subject: Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118
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In Catalog, wyvern writes:
  But I don't know why they're holding out on Minas Tirith. When Lego LOTR
was announced, if they had said they were only doing 3 sets, I would have bet
anything that Minas Tirith would be one of them, or at least a section of
it like the Uruk-hai Army set has a section of Helm's Deep. In my eyes, the
Battle of Pelennor Fields is a no-brainer set: it could have a part of the Minas
Tirith wall, Eowyn, the Witch King, the orc general Gothmog, a Fellbeast, and
maybe even a Mumakil and the Haradrim, none of which have yet to be produced
by Lego. It might be the biggest missing piece in the Lego LOTR lineup, it's
like the whole design and marketing teams skipped that part of the movie

I would do the gates of Minas Tirith with Grond, minifigures would be Gandalf
upon Shadowfax and the Witch-king plus assorted orcs and trolls.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 20:07
 Subject: Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118
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In Catalog, Darth_Smithy writes:
  At 6:14 in the linked vid, there are 3 dwarves.

Ah yes, to be clear I was referring to the book, I've tried to blot the memory
of the movies from my mind.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 10:43
 Subject: Re: NRS
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In Help, SDF_Bricks writes:
  Greetings All,

Lately I am traveling quite a bit for work, and have very little time to invest
in this hobby. My splash page does say that orders will be delayed because of
this.

An ungrateful/impatient &^#$* buyer wrote me about his order, I replied to them
immediately (3 days ago), and now he decided to file an NRS against me.

How bad is an NRS for reputation?

Thank You,
SDH Bricks.

If it's completed the buyer can still leave negative feedback while you won't
be able to leave feedback in response. It also counts as one of three NRS/NSS
strikes that will close the store. Again, if it's completed.

So you might want to take steps to address it now before it's completed.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 09:20
 Subject: Re: accidentally changed status to completed
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In Help, kreativsnail writes:
  I accidentally changed the status of an order I sold to completed, but it wasn't
even shipped yet. I went to change it back, but it won't let me. The info
page says I have a week to change it. I tried to fix it right away.

The buyer has a week to change Completed to something else. The seller can't.

Just message the buyer and tell him or her what happened.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 09:19
 Subject: Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118
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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
  
  So based on that I see no reason why we should not call him Gloin.

The set is based on the movie, and he is not named in the movie credits. Also
the description of the set does not name him. It is only a press release in which
he is named.

He's not named in the movie credits, I think, because his role is not a speaking
one. From what I've read the elderly Dwarf who accompanies Gimli into Rivendell
in the film, played by the same actor who played Gimli, is supposed to be Gloin
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 07:45
 Subject: Re: Issues with orders
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In General, Nubs_Select writes:
  Old parts in good condition are quite difficult to come by. I’ve got an entire
drawer of solid stud heads and almost all of them are in horrible condition

I can put up with anything except bite marks and faded prints. Even some light
fading is fine.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 07:40
 Subject: Re: Why is FL sales 7%?????
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In Taxes, FLbricks21 writes:
  In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
  In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:

  ?!
It says 6% also:

BL will also collect local sales tax where applicable. If you look at orders
from California, for example, you'll see wildly different tax rates.

This. Florida's state sales tax is 6%, but there are also local taxes. If
like me you're in Palm Beach County, the county adds another 1%.

I just checked a recent order I got from Florida and it was taxed at 7.5%. I
googled the city's sales tax and sure enough, its combined sales tax rate
is 7.5%.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 06:51
 Subject: Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118
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In Catalog, Turez writes:
  On the other hand, the video also shows a part of the press release (that is
still online on lego.com) which states "additional elves and a dwarf (Gloin)
are also included"

https://www.lego.com/en-de/aboutus/news/2023/february/lego-icons-the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell

So based on that I see no reason why we should not call him Gloin.

The best reason of all to call him Gloin is that's what people will think
he is and will search accordingly.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 15, 2023 22:20
 Subject: Re: Why is FL sales 7%?????
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In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:

  ?!
It says 6% also:

BL will also collect local sales tax where applicable. If you look at orders
from California, for example, you'll see wildly different tax rates.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Mar 15, 2023 22:18
 Subject: Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118
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In Catalog Requests, Darth_Smithy writes:
  At 6:14 in the linked vid, there are 3 dwarves. It's neat in the vid that
the designer said he was specifically told to clarify that the figure was not
Gloin. I wonder if it was TLG or the LOTR guys that wanted that clarified.

*other designers smiling* "I've been told to say that this Dwarf that
is obviously Gloin is not in fact Gloin"

My guess is that they were allowed to have another Dwarf but not call him Gloin,
and so designed him to look just as one would expect Gloin to look.

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