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 Author: jonwil View Messages Posted By jonwil
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Does this mean anything for an Australian seller who sells to an Australian buyer?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Administrative, QBricks writes:
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There's no GST payable on a private sale of used goods but say you bought
someone's used collection and resold it here and made a profit, then if you
were registered for GST, it would be payable on any value you add.

I believe you can claim a GST credit on used goods though, even if you didn't
pay any when you bought them.

For VAT, that’s called the “margin VAT” scheme (you collect VAT only on your
margin, so it’s not that you deduct VAT you didn’t pay, it’s that what you paid
isn’t included in the calculation).  And you can see a lot of threads here about
BL not supporting it….
 Author: QBricks View Messages Posted By QBricks
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In Administrative, Yogi_007 writes:
  In Administrative, QBricks writes:
  In Administrative, nevyn68 writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

On June 1, 2023 we plan to implement new marketplace features and settings to
handle Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will mostly affect transactions
where an Australian buyer is purchasing from stores outside of Australia, but
it will also affect all Australian BrickLink members to a degree (both buyers
and sellers).

Here is a summary of what will change:

1. BrickLink will now collect Australian GST for all orders being shipped into
Australia from the outside with a consignment value under $1,000 AUD. As with
other taxes collected on the BrickLink site, this means that all such orders
will require an onsite payment method.

2. When seller invoices go out on June 5th, GST will now be added to the invoice
for Australian sellers.

3. Australian business sellers who are GST registered will now have the option
to upload tax information to their BrickLink seller profile. GST will not be
added to the monthly fee invoice for such sellers.

We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.
For a deeper explanation of this implementation, please see our new Help Page,
Australian Tax:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597

Thanks for reading, and feel free comment below if you have further questions.

The BrickLink Team

Since when do we pay GST on 2nd hand goods?
New = Yes.... Used = No....
How are you going to seperate this?

GST has always applied to second-hand goods from GST registered suppliers, so
there's no need for them to separate new and used.

For low value imports, the EDP/online marketplace is deemed to be the supplier,
so if the marketplace is GST registered, second-hand goods will attract GST.

https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

My understanding is that any GST is only collected when the item is first sold
if sold in Asutralia to Australians. And as such, the GST responsibility is
discharged at that time. Hence no additional GST on used items sold within Australia.


There's no GST payable on a private sale of used goods but say you bought
someone's used collection and resold it here and made a profit, then if you
were registered for GST, it would be payable on any value you add.

I believe you can claim a GST credit on used goods though, even if you didn't
pay any when you bought them.

  However, GST is payable on items sold to Australia from outside Australia.

What Id like comment on is whether this applies to the product only i.e. lego
bricks or whether it also applies to the shipping and other charges. The BL
help page suggests the whole order cost which I didnt believe was correct.

Yogi
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: May 24, 2023 10:17
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In Administrative, QBricks writes:
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  (Besides, if you have the same rules as us with VAT, there’s no GST/VAT on shipping
only when the seller “acts on behalf of the buyer.”  That is, when the seller
charges the exact price they pay, no service added.  As soon as the seller adds
a service (handling, or even commercial prices), then they don’t act on behalf
of the buyer any more, and everything is taxed.)

We do pay GST on shipping but can claim a credit for that and any other GST we've
paid on purchases & other expenses against the GST that's payable on sales
and any other added services, handling etc.

It's done through a Business Activity Statement that we have to lodge with
the ATO every quarter.

Yeah, that’s the same with VAT.

What I meant is that, but for stringent exceptions, shipping is considered a
product/service you offer and so you have to collect VAT on all of it (even if
you didn’t pay VAT on it / there’s no VAT to deduct).

When people look at the postal services, they see it’s “VAT-free” and they think
all shipping is untaxed.
 Author: QBricks View Messages Posted By QBricks
 Posted: May 24, 2023 09:55
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In Administrative, KynanG writes:
  
  GST has always applied to second-hand goods from GST registered suppliers, so
there's no need for them to separate new and used.

For low value imports, the EDP/online marketplace is deemed to be the supplier,
so if the marketplace is GST registered, second-hand goods will attract GST.

https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

Isn’t BL just the platform on which we buy from registered stores. I’d love to
see how many stores actually qualify for GST inclusion on here (75000aud).

Probably more than you'd think. It's not just the order value that counts
towards the $75000 threshold, it's the total amount a buyer pays, including
shipping and handling.

  Bit of a shame though I don’t reckon as many people will want to drop 10%gst
5%paypal 1%currency plus shipping on items which had their relevant gst paid
when first bought. Feeding too many mouths with each purchase.

If you've bought from some of the larger Australian stores, you'd have
been paying GST, but it would have been included in the listed price, not shown
separately.

The tax on low value imports isn't a new thing, it was introduced in 2018,
it's just new to BrickLink. If you've bought from an overseas business
with a large enough turnover here, or from sellers on larger marketplaces you'd
have been paying it for the last few years.
 Author: QBricks View Messages Posted By QBricks
 Posted: May 24, 2023 09:26
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, Yogi_007 writes:
  […]
  https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

My understanding is that any GST is only collected when the item is first sold
if sold in Asutralia to Australians. And as such, the GST responsibility is
discharged at that time. Hence no additional GST on used items sold within Australia.

However, GST is payable on items sold to Australia from outside Australia.

What Id like comment on is whether this applies to the product only i.e. lego
bricks or whether it also applies to the shipping and other charges. The BL
help page suggests the whole order cost which I didnt believe was correct.

It’s in the page linked by QBricks :
“When purchasing low value imported goods, shipping and insurance costs are part
of the price of the delivered goods that GST is calculated on.”

I think the rationale is: for importations, the government can’t check what is
what and wants to be sure they get taxes on everything, so everything is taxed.
On domestic sales, that it’s secondhand and shipping and insurance can be checked,
at least when auditing the seller, even if that doesn’t happen often.

(Besides, if you have the same rules as us with VAT, there’s no GST/VAT on shipping
only when the seller “acts on behalf of the buyer.”  That is, when the seller
charges the exact price they pay, no service added.  As soon as the seller adds
a service (handling, or even commercial prices), then they don’t act on behalf
of the buyer any more, and everything is taxed.)

We do pay GST on shipping but can claim a credit for that and any other GST we've
paid on purchases & other expenses against the GST that's payable on sales
and any other added services, handling etc.

It's done through a Business Activity Statement that we have to lodge with
the ATO every quarter.
 Author: KynanG View Messages Posted By KynanG
 Posted: May 24, 2023 08:37
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  GST has always applied to second-hand goods from GST registered suppliers, so
there's no need for them to separate new and used.

For low value imports, the EDP/online marketplace is deemed to be the supplier,
so if the marketplace is GST registered, second-hand goods will attract GST.

https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

Isn’t BL just the platform on which we buy from registered stores. I’d love to
see how many stores actually qualify for GST inclusion on here (75000aud).

Bit of a shame though I don’t reckon as many people will want to drop 10%gst
5%paypal 1%currency plus shipping on items which had their relevant gst paid
when first bought. Feeding too many mouths with each purchase.
 Author: Yogi_007 View Messages Posted By Yogi_007
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, Yogi_007 writes:
  […]
Ive never paid for GST for an overseas item UNLESS it was collected by the selling
platform. This has been overlooked / too hard to implement by the local postal
service.

Lucky you… well, not any more

Depends on the platform - BUT not on BL anymore
 Author: Yogi_007 View Messages Posted By Yogi_007
 Posted: May 24, 2023 08:04
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, Yogi_007 writes:
  […]
  https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

My understanding is that any GST is only collected when the item is first sold
if sold in Asutralia to Australians. And as such, the GST responsibility is
discharged at that time. Hence no additional GST on used items sold within Australia.

However, GST is payable on items sold to Australia from outside Australia.

What Id like comment on is whether this applies to the product only i.e. lego
bricks or whether it also applies to the shipping and other charges. The BL
help page suggests the whole order cost which I didnt believe was correct.

It’s in the page linked by QBricks :
“When purchasing low value imported goods, shipping and insurance costs are part
of the price of the delivered goods that GST is calculated on.”

Missed that bit Must be my old eyes or scanning too fast or both !

  
I think the rationale is: for importations, the government can’t check what is
what and wants to be sure they get taxes on everything, so everything is taxed.
On domestic sales, that it’s secondhand and shipping and insurance can be checked,
at least when auditing the seller, even if that doesn’t happen often.

(Besides, if you have the same rules as us with VAT, there’s no GST/VAT on shipping
only when the seller “acts on behalf of the buyer.”  That is, when the seller
charges the exact price they pay, no service added.  As soon as the seller adds
a service (handling, or even commercial prices), then they don’t act on behalf
of the buyer any more, and everything is taxed.)
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: May 24, 2023 08:01
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In Administrative, Yogi_007 writes:
  […]
Ive never paid for GST for an overseas item UNLESS it was collected by the selling
platform. This has been overlooked / too hard to implement by the local postal
service.

Lucky you… well, not any more
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Administrative, Yogi_007 writes:
  […]
  https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

My understanding is that any GST is only collected when the item is first sold
if sold in Asutralia to Australians. And as such, the GST responsibility is
discharged at that time. Hence no additional GST on used items sold within Australia.

However, GST is payable on items sold to Australia from outside Australia.

What Id like comment on is whether this applies to the product only i.e. lego
bricks or whether it also applies to the shipping and other charges. The BL
help page suggests the whole order cost which I didnt believe was correct.

It’s in the page linked by QBricks :
“When purchasing low value imported goods, shipping and insurance costs are part
of the price of the delivered goods that GST is calculated on.”

I think the rationale is: for importations, the government can’t check what is
what and wants to be sure they get taxes on everything, so everything is taxed.
On domestic sales, that it’s secondhand and shipping and insurance can be checked,
at least when auditing the seller, even if that doesn’t happen often.

(Besides, if you have the same rules as us with VAT, there’s no GST/VAT on shipping
only when the seller “acts on behalf of the buyer.”  That is, when the seller
charges the exact price they pay, no service added.  As soon as the seller adds
a service (handling, or even commercial prices), then they don’t act on behalf
of the buyer any more, and everything is taxed.)
 Author: Yogi_007 View Messages Posted By Yogi_007
 Posted: May 24, 2023 07:51
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, ghyde writes:
  […]
Interesting. If I am the buyer and order within the next 24 hours, do I have
to manually pay GST on a parcel from the US?

Don’t you already do that?  Pay GST to the postman / delivery man when you import?

Ive never paid for GST for an overseas item UNLESS it was collected by the selling
platform. This has been overlooked / too hard to implement by the local postal
service.

  
  I'm setting up to place an order and just need to know if I should expect
GST on something around $50-$60 AUD in value, not including GST.

So how does this work if the order gets paid so close to July 1?

When the GST is (will be) collected by BL, there’ll be a receipt that the seller
will join to the package so that AU customs don’t re-collect it.

When the GST is not collected by BL / when there’s no proof it was collected,
you’ll pay it at reception.


  I'm also looking into selling some LEGO parts, definitely after June 1st,
though, do I need to do anything in particular?

As an Australian yourself, before or after that date, your obligations to Australy
are the same.
Check the help page https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597 , there’s
a link to an Australian page explaining when you need to do something (register
for GST or not for instance…).

You dont need to register for GST if you sell less than $ 75k AUD turn over.
GST doesnt need to be added to your sales below that value of turnover. See
here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/GST/Registering-for-GST/ for local businesses.
 Author: Yogi_007 View Messages Posted By Yogi_007
 Posted: May 24, 2023 07:34
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In Administrative, QBricks writes:
  In Administrative, nevyn68 writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

On June 1, 2023 we plan to implement new marketplace features and settings to
handle Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will mostly affect transactions
where an Australian buyer is purchasing from stores outside of Australia, but
it will also affect all Australian BrickLink members to a degree (both buyers
and sellers).

Here is a summary of what will change:

1. BrickLink will now collect Australian GST for all orders being shipped into
Australia from the outside with a consignment value under $1,000 AUD. As with
other taxes collected on the BrickLink site, this means that all such orders
will require an onsite payment method.

2. When seller invoices go out on June 5th, GST will now be added to the invoice
for Australian sellers.

3. Australian business sellers who are GST registered will now have the option
to upload tax information to their BrickLink seller profile. GST will not be
added to the monthly fee invoice for such sellers.

We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.
For a deeper explanation of this implementation, please see our new Help Page,
Australian Tax:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597

Thanks for reading, and feel free comment below if you have further questions.

The BrickLink Team

Since when do we pay GST on 2nd hand goods?
New = Yes.... Used = No....
How are you going to seperate this?

GST has always applied to second-hand goods from GST registered suppliers, so
there's no need for them to separate new and used.

For low value imports, the EDP/online marketplace is deemed to be the supplier,
so if the marketplace is GST registered, second-hand goods will attract GST.

https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/

My understanding is that any GST is only collected when the item is first sold
if sold in Asutralia to Australians. And as such, the GST responsibility is
discharged at that time. Hence no additional GST on used items sold within Australia.

However, GST is payable on items sold to Australia from outside Australia.

What Id like comment on is whether this applies to the product only i.e. lego
bricks or whether it also applies to the shipping and other charges. The BL
help page suggests the whole order cost which I didnt believe was correct.

Yogi
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In Administrative, KynanG writes:
  Will there be an option to forego adding gst to some items a user imports? To
my understanding it is not payable on secondhand goods here so I am not sure
where the money is going if we do get charged. Does BL have a link to the tax
code they are working within?

See QBricks’ answer about secondhand items: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1412159
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Will there be an option to forego adding gst to some items a user imports? To
my understanding it is not payable on secondhand goods here so I am not sure
where the money is going if we do get charged. Does BL have a link to the tax
code they are working within?
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In Administrative, nevyn68 writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

On June 1, 2023 we plan to implement new marketplace features and settings to
handle Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will mostly affect transactions
where an Australian buyer is purchasing from stores outside of Australia, but
it will also affect all Australian BrickLink members to a degree (both buyers
and sellers).

Here is a summary of what will change:

1. BrickLink will now collect Australian GST for all orders being shipped into
Australia from the outside with a consignment value under $1,000 AUD. As with
other taxes collected on the BrickLink site, this means that all such orders
will require an onsite payment method.

2. When seller invoices go out on June 5th, GST will now be added to the invoice
for Australian sellers.

3. Australian business sellers who are GST registered will now have the option
to upload tax information to their BrickLink seller profile. GST will not be
added to the monthly fee invoice for such sellers.

We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.
For a deeper explanation of this implementation, please see our new Help Page,
Australian Tax:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597

Thanks for reading, and feel free comment below if you have further questions.

The BrickLink Team

Since when do we pay GST on 2nd hand goods?
New = Yes.... Used = No....
How are you going to seperate this?

GST has always applied to second-hand goods from GST registered suppliers, so
there's no need for them to separate new and used.

For low value imports, the EDP/online marketplace is deemed to be the supplier,
so if the marketplace is GST registered, second-hand goods will attract GST.

https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/Australian-consumers-importing-goods-and-services/
 Author: nevyn68 View Messages Posted By nevyn68
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Location:  Australia, Victoria
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

On June 1, 2023 we plan to implement new marketplace features and settings to
handle Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will mostly affect transactions
where an Australian buyer is purchasing from stores outside of Australia, but
it will also affect all Australian BrickLink members to a degree (both buyers
and sellers).

Here is a summary of what will change:

1. BrickLink will now collect Australian GST for all orders being shipped into
Australia from the outside with a consignment value under $1,000 AUD. As with
other taxes collected on the BrickLink site, this means that all such orders
will require an onsite payment method.

2. When seller invoices go out on June 5th, GST will now be added to the invoice
for Australian sellers.

3. Australian business sellers who are GST registered will now have the option
to upload tax information to their BrickLink seller profile. GST will not be
added to the monthly fee invoice for such sellers.

We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.
For a deeper explanation of this implementation, please see our new Help Page,
Australian Tax:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597

Thanks for reading, and feel free comment below if you have further questions.

The BrickLink Team

Since when do we pay GST on 2nd hand goods?
New = Yes.... Used = No....
How are you going to seperate this?
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: May 22, 2023 18:03
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Nubs_Select (3768)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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  Now waiting for comments from Canadians….

i still have headaches every year with taxes until its implemented
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Administrative, ghyde writes:
  […]
Interesting. If I am the buyer and order within the next 24 hours, do I have
to manually pay GST on a parcel from the US?

Don’t you already do that?  Pay GST to the postman / delivery man when you import?


  I'm setting up to place an order and just need to know if I should expect
GST on something around $50-$60 AUD in value, not including GST.

So how does this work if the order gets paid so close to July 1?

When the GST is (will be) collected by BL, there’ll be a receipt that the seller
will join to the package so that AU customs don’t re-collect it.

When the GST is not collected by BL / when there’s no proof it was collected,
you’ll pay it at reception.


  I'm also looking into selling some LEGO parts, definitely after June 1st,
though, do I need to do anything in particular?

As an Australian yourself, before or after that date, your obligations to Australy
are the same.
Check the help page https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597 , there’s
a link to an Australian page explaining when you need to do something (register
for GST or not for instance…).
 Author: ghyde View Messages Posted By ghyde
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

On June 1, 2023 we plan to implement new marketplace features and settings to
handle Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will mostly affect transactions
where an Australian buyer is purchasing from stores outside of Australia, but
it will also affect all Australian BrickLink members to a degree (both buyers
and sellers).

Here is a summary of what will change:

1. BrickLink will now collect Australian GST for all orders being shipped into
Australia from the outside with a consignment value under $1,000 AUD. As with
other taxes collected on the BrickLink site, this means that all such orders
will require an onsite payment method.

2. When seller invoices go out on June 5th, GST will now be added to the invoice
for Australian sellers.

3. Australian business sellers who are GST registered will now have the option
to upload tax information to their BrickLink seller profile. GST will not be
added to the monthly fee invoice for such sellers.

We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.
For a deeper explanation of this implementation, please see our new Help Page,
Australian Tax:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597

Thanks for reading, and feel free comment below if you have further questions.

The BrickLink Team

Interesting. If I am the buyer and order within the next 24 hours, do I have
to manually pay GST on a parcel from the US?

I'm setting up to place an order and just need to know if I should expect
GST on something around $50-$60 AUD in value, not including GST.

So how does this work if the order gets paid so close to July 1?

I'm also looking into selling some LEGO parts, definitely after June 1st,
though, do I need to do anything in particular?

Cheers ...

ghyde
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink members, […]

Thanks for the headsup, Russell


  […]
We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.

Hurrah!

(Still adding Australia, the $1000 limit, and the new help page to my copy-pasta
library though )


Now waiting for comments from Canadians….
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear BrickLink members,

On June 1, 2023 we plan to implement new marketplace features and settings to
handle Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will mostly affect transactions
where an Australian buyer is purchasing from stores outside of Australia, but
it will also affect all Australian BrickLink members to a degree (both buyers
and sellers).

Here is a summary of what will change:

1. BrickLink will now collect Australian GST for all orders being shipped into
Australia from the outside with a consignment value under $1,000 AUD. As with
other taxes collected on the BrickLink site, this means that all such orders
will require an onsite payment method.

2. When seller invoices go out on June 5th, GST will now be added to the invoice
for Australian sellers.

3. Australian business sellers who are GST registered will now have the option
to upload tax information to their BrickLink seller profile. GST will not be
added to the monthly fee invoice for such sellers.

We plan to send out emails to all affected BrickLink members later this week.
For a deeper explanation of this implementation, please see our new Help Page,
Australian Tax:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2597

Thanks for reading, and feel free comment below if you have further questions.

The BrickLink Team
 Author: Reki_Lobsheek View Messages Posted By Reki_Lobsheek
 Posted: Apr 28, 2023 09:21
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Thanks for sharing this most excellent news!


Erikk
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
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  The way I read this, there was no actual increase. There just appeared to be
an increase because the tickets were not getting lost any more.

+1
 Author: legoman77 View Messages Posted By legoman77
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  
  Because we do not anticipate needing a Missing Help Desk Ticket topic any more,
I have removed that topic from public view. It has been over two months since
anyone posted under that topic, and it just isn't a good look. I trust you
will agree.

AI?

John P


Dear valued seller,

Thank you for reaching out to BrickLink customer service! We're here to help
you build your business brick by brick.

But before we dive into your question, we have to ask: are you a master builder,
or just a humble apprentice? Either way, we're happy to share our knowledge
with you!

Now, what's the issue you're facing? Is it as puzzling as trying to find
that one missing piece in your massive Lego collection? Don't worry, we're
up for the challenge!

Please let us know the details of your question, and we'll do our best to
provide you with an answer that's as sturdy as a Lego castle.

Brick on!

Best regards,
The BrickLink Customer Service Team


chatGPT

Will it be?:
"Best regards,
The BrickLink AI Customer Service Team"

John P

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