Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | peregrinator  | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2023 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Moving everything to stockroom | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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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.
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On the inventory page:
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2023 17:54 | | Subject: | Re: Help, paypal onsite, add fee? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Payment Methods | |
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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?
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Why not just increase your prices a bit?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2023 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: Should I be skeptical of new member buyers? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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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.
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2023 07:01 | | Subject: | Re: What's the correct process - bogus chargeback | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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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
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they often are but whether thru stripe or Paypal it's always a $20 or so
fee as a slap in the face basically
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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)
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2023 06:51 | | Subject: | Re: Rent Free in Rivendell? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, axaday writes:
| | I saw more bad hospitality than good in the Lord of the Rings.
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"The courtesy of your hall is somewhat lessened of late, Théoden son of Thengel."
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2023 06:49 | | Subject: | Re: Rent Free in Rivendell? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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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?
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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.
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So he was a prisoner and didn't know it or didn't own it.
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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."
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2023 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: net weight | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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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.
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Note that this one can vary too IRL: some sets have leaflets / catalogues or
different versions of the instructions (different language for instance).
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You could make an educated guess by taking the weight of the set and subtracting
the weights of the box and instructions.
e.g.
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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2023 12:01 | | Subject: | Re: USA taxes HELP! | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | 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?
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2023 11:59 | | Subject: | Re: Is Stripe available for Invoiced Orders? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Payment Methods | |
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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?
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This is what I see when testing the checkout in your store:
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2023 06:17 | | Subject: | Re: Rent Free in Rivendell? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Agreed! It would have to be 10-20 movies tho 
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With someone of Peter Jackson's ilk at the helm, it could easily be 30+ movies!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 22:42 | | Subject: | Re: Rent Free in Rivendell? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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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?
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 18:16 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam... | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
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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.
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I think they actually have to take action to complete the NSS - it's not
enough merely to file it and wait.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam... | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | General | |
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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?
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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).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 10:12 | | Subject: | Re: Double entry? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, Turez writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, Akir writes:
| | Hey all,
just stumbled over these two:
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
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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.
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: PP business set up or not | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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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.
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I do not have a PP business account and the taxes seem to come out just fine.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2023 09:25 | | Subject: | Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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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 
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 20:07 | | Subject: | Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | At 6:14 in the linked vid, there are 3 dwarves.
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Ah yes, to be clear I was referring to the book, I've tried to blot the memory
of the movies from my mind.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 10:43 | | Subject: | Re: NRS | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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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.
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 09:20 | | Subject: | Re: accidentally changed status to completed | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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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.
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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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 09:19 | | Subject: | Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118 | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | So based on that I see no reason why we should not call him Gloin.
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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.
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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
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: Issues with orders | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | General | |
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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
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I can put up with anything except bite marks and faded prints. Even some light
fading is fine.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 07:40 | | Subject: | Re: Why is FL sales 7%????? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, FLbricks21 writes:
| | In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
| | In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
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.
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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%.
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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%.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2023 06:51 | | Subject: | Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118 | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Turez writes:
The best reason of all to call him Gloin is that's what people will think
he is and will search accordingly.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 22:20 | | Subject: | Re: Why is FL sales 7%????? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
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.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 22:18 | | Subject: | Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118 | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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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.
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*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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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 21:37 | | Subject: | Re: Please change minifigure name for lor118 | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, N.Ryan writes:
| | lor118 - currently named 'Gloin the Dwarf - White Hair' has already been
confirmed by the set designers to not be Gloin, but instead an unnamed dwarf.
Please rename to 'Dwarf - White Hair'
View the interview where it is mentioned below:
https://youtu.be/1uiVZIIcGt8?t=333
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There weren't any dwarves other than Gimli and Gloin at the Council of Elrond.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 09:29 | | Subject: | Re: An issue and a suggestion ????? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Forty to 50%? That seems very high, I hardly ever see figures with accessories
included.
In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Could we introduce a suffix based system to differentiate between the two types
– so sw0001 has an alternative sw0001a01 ? The software already allows for this
so not much development time would be required and that would ensure the price
guide is more accurate than it currently is.
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How would that possibly be enforced?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 09:23 | | Subject: | Re: Favorite theme | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Always Classic Space
In Off Topic, pcthurman writes:
| | I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to build a Lego set.
After I finished it and ran it around for about 2 minutes checking to make sure
it worked on all 3 channels; I started thinking about how much fun I had building
it. This led me to think about my favorite theme which led me to think about
my top 3 and top 5 themes.
1) Harry Potter-I am super passionate about this theme!
2) Western
3) Castle & Ninjago are pretty much tied
4) Town / City
What is / are your favorite theme(s)?
Cass T
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 09:22 | | Subject: | Re: Rivendell set | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I wonder if there is a political order by TLG
or the BL Admins to hold back on this inventory because the sale of individual
parts may negatively impact the sales figures of this expensive set.
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Why would they want to stop parts being sold here? It would push their sale to
ebay and other sites.
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Also the people selling the parts have to buy the set in the first place!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 08:52 | | Subject: | Re: Rivendell set | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, manganschlamm writes:
| | Is there any time line when the Rivendell set inventory will be available? I
see that stores are already selling individual figures under the entry Incomplete
Set, and also complete or partial sets of minifigures using the same type of
entry. What appears unusual is that obviously an incomplete inventory of only
the standard parts has been uploaded some 10 days ago, but not a single one of
the new parts has been included. I wonder if there is a political order by TLG
or the BL Admins to hold back on this inventory because the sale of individual
parts may negatively impact the sales figures of this expensive set.
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All inventories are done by volunteers - I see that this one is already pending
approval so someone is working on it. In fact you can see that it's progressed
pretty far already and is in good hands:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=10316-1
No need for any conspiracy theories about TLG or or the BL admins.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2023 21:49 | | Subject: | Re: Change Set & Original Box dimensions in bulk? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | It's fairly easy to update a bunch of stuff to the same dimensions or weight
as the data is saved in the form if you hit the Back button on your browser.
I use this technique extensively when adding new parts to the catalog.
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You should pay attention when using the Back button of your browser!
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You can say that again!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2023 20:14 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, jennnifer writes:
| | I will call it: Trans-Light just-different-enough-that-people-will-cry-fake Blue.
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But does it have the logo on the studs? 
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2023 17:27 | | Subject: | Re: are the arms sand green is the question | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| I would say sand green. Medium green is wildly different.
In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
| | That is not sand green
I'd say it is closer to medium/light green?
In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | since sand green seems to be one of the biggest trouble colours do you think
that the arms are the correct sand green colour to get added. Thanks!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2023 07:37 | | Subject: | Re: Setting up a new store | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, ClarkFamily5080 writes:
| | In Shipping, ClarkFamily5080 writes:
| | New to this I was wondering for invoices what method do you use to get the shipping
quote for USPS packages and also UPS packages?
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I am finding t5hat if I get a price on UPS that when I go to paypal and ship
it with ship station it can be so far up to $7.00 cheaper. So you just usually
use the quote from the USPS or UPS site?
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I would not quote a retail rate (which is what you will find if you go to USPS
or UPS) if you can buy the postage at a commercial rate - take the commercial
rate and add a small amount for handling (say, $0.50 to $1.00). Your customers
will appreciate your inexpensive shipping.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: Very long pending time/catalog contributions | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, UTLF writes:
| | | | They could but that might well mean higher fees.
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They could increase incentive by giving credits to seller fees, even if it's
a few cents off per X amount of approved inventories
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I think your having the admin side mixed up with the user side
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Yeah, I'm all for incentivizing submitting inventories for sets, but that's
not where the backlog discussed in the OP is happening.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Very long pending time/catalog contributions | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Biglesdug writes:
| | ok, I was incorrect about the 6 months but it has been a long time now. Bricklink
is now owned by a multi billion, that's billion with a B company. Seems like
they could hire more people to help with the catalog, that's all.
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They could but that might well mean higher fees.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 10:04 | | Subject: | Re: Crack in torso's or not? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I don't see a crack in the dark blue torso. The brown one, maybe - it's
possible it's a seam. Does it appear to widen if you wiggle the arm in the
socket?
In Help, Brick_professor writes:
| | Hi lego fans,
This week I have bought some special star wars figures for my personal collection.
I paid a lot for it because quality is the most important for me, so I asked
every seller if all the figures were free from cracks (they al checked the figures
and said: Yes).
However I do find some small stressmarks/scratches/cracks under the arms of 2
figures (please check the pictures).
Can anyone please tell me if this are cracks or not, I really have no clue.
If you need more pictures, for example in dark with a flashligt, let me know.
Thanks in advance
Kind regards,
Arne
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 07:25 | | Subject: | Re: Off-Brand ChatGPT | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | and it was later revealed he stepped on a Lego brick and ceased to exist
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Nubs_Select believed his years of collecting Lego had toughened his feet to the
point at which he could step on a 2x4 brick and feel no pain. And so when he
came downstairs and saw a silver 2x4 brick on the floor, he went to step on it
even though his feet were bare. "I have the hardened feet of a karate champion,"
he said to himself; but upon reflection he decided to pick up the silver brick
instead and stow it carefully away, lest he damage the delicate piece with one
of his many thick calluses.
Later that same day, he resolved that, should he find another Lego brick on the
floor, he would indeed test the strength of his bare foot against it. And so
when he saw the strange, dull black brick on the floor - it's probably not
even Lego, he thought - if it gets broken I will just throw it away and it won't
be any loss! when he saw it, he pulled the fluffy sock from his right foot and
stepped on the brick. Unfortunately, the brick was an experiment by Lego in a
new material - antimatter ABS - and when his foot came down upon the brick and
he put all his wait upon it, the magnetic containment field that allowed the
brick to be handled safely shattered, and both Nubs_Select and the brick disappeared
in a cloud of particles, never to be seen again.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 20:05 | | Subject: | Re: Chineese knock off sold on BrinkLink | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, chgans writes:
| | I have just received an order from one of the store in New Zealand.
This guy is shipping chineese knock off parts, not original lego.
How am I 100% sure?
Simple: I bought myself these chineese knock off, and was not happy with the
quality.
This is why i am now buying exclusively original parts.
I keep these chineese knock off in a box as to not mix them with original Lego
parts.
These chineese parts have a slightly different mechanical design and it is easy
to spot a knock off from an original.
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Yes, typically the studs won't have the Lego logo on them - is that the case?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 16:54 | | Subject: | Re: Drop shipper | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, ImperialFleet writes:
| | but the account name is the same
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I don't know if it's possible to re-use a username
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I think it may be referring to the customer name
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Wouldn't the customer name be different, if the user were drop-shipping?
Unless all of his customers have the same name.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 15:10 | | Subject: | Re: Drop shipper | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, ImperialFleet writes:
| | but the account name is the same
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I don't know if it's possible to re-use a username
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 11:20 | | Subject: | Re: Manually marking a order paid | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| Do you have a custom invoice? There may be something wrong with it that is causing
this error and preventing its being sent. I've never tried to customize my
invoice and I can send one with no problem.
In Technical Issues, Kathleen_55 writes:
| | Yes I still get the error page, I have contacted BL help and have been issued
a ticket. Their answer is that I am trying to avoid paying taxes, and if it continues
my store will be suspended indefinitely. I'm 67 yrs and not PC savvy unfortunaly,
I have been going over YouTube video's and nothing is said about the sending
of a invoice where taxes are applied.
To make myself a little more clearer, I don't have self check-out and I was
always able to send a invoice to a US buyer until the taxes came into affect.
The page I get states “The page cannot be displayed because an internal server
error has occurred”
Also Just to let anyone know I CAN send a invoice to the US when there are no
taxes a few are out there (or at least they were) I haven't see any lately.
Any help/advice thanks. Kathleen Onebrick@atime
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: Cash payment? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | I’m not sure that’s possible: BrickLink thinks it isn’t paid, so there’s no BL
fee on it, and cancelling altogether could be seen as fee evasion (technically
speaking).
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Pretty sure BL assesses fees even if orders are not paid.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 14:20 | | Subject: | Re: Order status | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, grasshopper8711 writes:
| | How do I update order status?
I already shipped items to buyer. Sent Paypal invoice. Paid fees. Buyer paid
for item.
There is no option to choose "shipped" only "ready", "packed","processing",
"pending"....so status can't get to completed.
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Has it been a while since you've sold on BrickLink? Things have changed a
bit starting in 2020. BrickLink collects sales tax (and VAT in the EU) now, so
if the buyer orders from a place where BL collects tax, payment has to be made
on-site (and the invoice should be sent from BL).
If you collected sales tax on the order, at the very least you should refund
that to the buyer since you have no way of remitting it (unless you and the buyer
happen to be in the same state and you're registered with the state).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: New Color: 375 Transparent Black | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
| | […]
Or we call the new black Transparent-Dark black
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Transparent-Really Black
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Trans-Fuligin, even darker than black
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: Search for technician details | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, Deck writes:
| | I'm looking for this detail. Please help.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 19:30 | | Subject: | Re: New Color: 375 Transparent Black | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Nubs_Select writes:
| | ah i haven't watched the show so I didn't know the colour was different
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Oh as far as I know it isn't. I'm just not a fan of drab Star Wars ships,
I would that TLG could liven them up a bit
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 19:23 | | Subject: | Re: New Color: 375 Transparent Black | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Colors, ryanaitch writes:
| | Which puts BrickLink in a situation, since we already call 111 Transparent Brown
"Trans-Black" here It's Medium Brown all over again.
Ryan
[pic via TLG — Brothers Brick has a bunch more]
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I don't get why that set is getting so much hate. I love the set and figures
personally
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The design is great but I'm not crazy about the color. Of course it's
Star Wars so it's going to be gray. But it would look much better in classic
space blue.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 15:24 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain taxes for Canadian sellers | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Micheal_m writes:
| | So new to this site, and I have several classic full sets I'm looking to
sell. What is the deal with Canadian sellers having to pay hst for the buyer
outside of Canada?
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The buyer pays the sales tax (USA) or VAT (EU). PayPal charges a small fee for
processing the sales tax/VAT payment (so, I assume, does Stripe) and that will
come out of your funds. But just the processing fee - the tax that the buyer
pays in will also come out.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2023 11:46 | | Subject: | Re: Include a big warning on orders that have tax | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Emporiosa writes:
| | Since marketplace tax inception, there have been countless posts about sellers
not understanding why they can't change an order to Paid/Shipped etc when
they've received payment by PayPal offsite. This is not impacting only small
sellers. The following two very recent threads are from a small store, and a
very large store:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1395788
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The large store seems to be having a completely separate issue related to orders
being picked up and paid for at the retail store.
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