Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | 1001bricks  | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 19:36 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | Now we have Nubs-GPT 17.0.9, which is self-aware.
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Self-aware, self-aware... I'm not sure it reached this level.
Of course, for now 
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 19:24 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, macebobo writes:
| | In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, 1001bricks writes:
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Sometimes I'm not sure it's you or some sort of chatGPT who replies
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You’re thinking about Nubs-GPT-bot:
— It can answer any question with so-so answers by rehashing (= mangling) answers
from others.
— It can create part images on a prompt, the images are uncanny.
— When it doesn’t know, it says “ ” or “pizza!”
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I remember when we convinced Nubs-GPT 0.8 beta, that YELLING WAS NOT GOING TO
GET THEM MANY SUPPORTERS. Now we have Nubs-GPT 17.0.9, which is self-aware. What
have we done?
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I must admit I don't remember the yelling but Remember When I Talked Like
This
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| Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 19:22 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, 1001bricks writes:
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Sometimes I'm not sure it's you or some sort of chatGPT who replies
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You’re thinking about Nubs-GPT-bot:
— It can answer any question with so-so answers by rehashing (= mangling) answers
from others.
— It can create part images on a prompt, the images are uncanny.
— When it doesn’t know, it says “” or “pizza!”
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I remember when we convinced Nubs-GPT 0.8 beta, that YELLING WAS NOT GOING TO
GET THEM MANY SUPPORTERS. Now we have Nubs-GPT 17.0.9, which is self-aware. What
have we done?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 19:10 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, 1001bricks writes:
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Sometimes I'm not sure it's you or some sort of chatGPT who replies
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You’re thinking about Nubs-GPT-bot:
— It can answer any question with so-so answers by rehashing (= mangling) answers
from others.
— It can create part images on a prompt, the images are uncanny.
— When it doesn’t know, it says “” or “pizza!”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:52 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
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Sometimes I'm not sure it's you or some sort of chatGPT who replies
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You’re thinking about Nubs-GPT-bot:
— It can answer any question with so-so answers by rehashing (= mangling) answers
from others.
— It can create part images on a prompt, the images are uncanny.
— When it doesn’t know, it says “” or “pizza!”
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:30 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Help, LegoCal writes:
| | We would like to change the shipping method on an order that was made at our
store. Our setting automatically charged the buyer for insurance and tracking
and they would like it sent regular mail. How do I make that happen?
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With the edit order button you can change the shipping method.
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Sometimes I'm not sure it's you or some sort of chatGPT who replies
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 18:28 | | Subject: | Re: Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoCal writes:
| | We would like to change the shipping method on an order that was made at our
store. Our setting automatically charged the buyer for insurance and tracking
and they would like it sent regular mail. How do I make that happen?
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With the edit order button you can change the shipping method.
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| Author: | LegoCal | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 17:23 | | Subject: | Change shipping charge on an order | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| We would like to change the shipping method on an order that was made at our
store. Our setting automatically charged the buyer for insurance and tracking
and they would like it sent regular mail. How do I make that happen?
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 16:50 | | Subject: | Re: Can someone help me find this torso?? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, cweir1969 writes:
It is just the orange torso color bleeding through the white ink to make it look
off-white. Not all of them are printed with the same white density.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
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Maybe he wishes to evade the evasion?
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AFAICR, it doesn’t end well. Don’t take the motorbike!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, LegoLovr writes:
| | I'll deal with it with BrickLink support.
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If you had read the message I linked to, you’d know it’s useless. They’ll say
you’re committing tax evasion and tell you to refund the buyer.
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Maybe he wishes to evade the evasion?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, LegoLovr writes:
| | I'll deal with it with BrickLink support.
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If you had read the message I linked to, you’d know it’s useless. They’ll say
you’re committing tax evasion and tell you to refund the buyer.
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+1 there is no other way
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:11 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoLovr writes:
| | I'll deal with it with BrickLink support.
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If you had read the message I linked to, you’d know it’s useless. They’ll say
you’re committing tax evasion and tell you to refund the buyer.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:07 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoLovr writes:
| | I've already sent the items and gave tracking once I saw payment was made.
If I refunded the customer and asked him to pay again on-site, he may or may
not choose to do that? Lol
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sadly sometimes lessons have a price in selling 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoLovr writes:
| | Well that's annoying... yes BrickLink is suppose to collect like $5.16 in
taxes... how do I fix this?
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The only solution is to refund and have the buyer pay Onsite / use the Pay button.
See https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 15:01 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoLovr writes:
| | Well that's annoying... yes BrickLink is suppose to collect like $5.16 in
taxes... how do I fix this?
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you have to refund them and have them pay onsite or else cancel the order.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:54 | | Subject: | Re: Changing order to paid status | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| you can change it here. unless sales tax was collected by bricklink in which
case payment HAS to be made onsite otherwise its tax fraud 
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| Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: GDPR issue for cancelled drop shipping orders | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | There is a GDPR issue if you cancel a drop shipper's order. If you cancel
and they have already changed their name and address to another customer's
details, then this is shown in the cancellation. They are giving out the name,
address and possibly the phone number of someone with no connection whatsoever
to the order.
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good thing no one ever buys a present for their nephew Billy who wants 'Esmarelda's
Castle' for their birthday in 2 weeks & Uncle Lego Store Owner didn't
have it but wants to surprise nephew Billy & bought it from another store to
have it shipped to him in time for his birthday. not mentioning it to the store
as it was not pertinent to the purchase.
uncle Lego Store Owner should pay the initial shipping fees to have it shipped
to them directly & then pay a secondary shipping fee to mail it out to nephew
Billy, hoping it gets to him by his burthday....
because, reasons
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 14:20 | | Subject: | GDPR issue for cancelled drop shipping orders | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| There is a GDPR issue if you cancel a drop shipper's order. If you cancel
and they have already changed their name and address to another customer's
details, then this is shown in the cancellation. They are giving out the name,
address and possibly the phone number of someone with no connection whatsoever
to the order.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:54 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | Russell: “How many fingers am I showing you?”
Me: “Er, 12?”
Russell: “Okay, sign here for 12 years.”
Me: “Woohoo!”
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Unbelievable, I thought you'd get wrong to this one! Congratulations then!
| | Your pic actually shows there’s a place for the data… for when there’s data to
show (which you just confessed in another message there isn’t for your store).
Want to become a mod, Zwei?
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I aleady have enough difficulties to moderate myself, so...
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
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Apparently there's no IQ test to be a Forum Moderator on BrickLink
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Ah, but there’s one!
Russell: “How many fingers am I showing you?”
Me: “Er, 12?”
Russell: “Okay, sign here for 12 years.”
Me: “Woohoo!”
Your pic actually shows there’s a place for the data… for when there’s data to
show (which you just confessed in another message there isn’t for your store).
Want to become a mod, Zwei?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:42 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | According to you feedback you are still a rooky so i forgive you,
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You know what happens when someone gets old: they become young again… in some
ways
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Apparently there's no IQ test to be a Forum Moderator on BrickLink
See Einstein:
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | | | According to you feedback you are still a rooky so i forgive you,
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You know what happens when someone gets old: they become young again… in some
ways
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Apparently there's no IQ test to be a Forum Moderator on BrickLink
See Einstein:
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:36 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jbricks writes:
| | In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, dlaw1_lego writes:
| | Where can I find the list of sets I parted out?
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In your head, or the lists you made in a text file, a Text processor, a Spread
Sheet, on post-it notes, anything.
Apart this; not on BrickLink.
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Ofcourse you can
https://www.bricklink.com/inventoryInvLog.asp
According to you feedback you are still a rooky so i forgive you,
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LOL Janet, didn't know this, never parted out anything on BrickLink!
Thank you VERY much.
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| Author: | Ber_i | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:23 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping options not showing at checkout | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Dad275 writes:
| | Hello everyone
I have been having problems with my Shipping options showing, when someone buys
from my store. The thing is, that when a customer goes to checkout it will show
them only the cheapest shipping option. Ive looked at all the settings, when
it comes to shipping and store settings and i just can not find what is causing
this, therefore i sent a message to Bricklink, however they have not responded
for a very long time.
Thank you ahead of time for any answer!
Dan
NO tricks Just Bricks!
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Did you put al of you shipping methods in the same group?
Only the cheapest option of a group is shown.
Select group ‘none’ and al the options meeting dimension and weight requirements
should show.
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| Author: | Dad275 | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 13:16 | | Subject: | Shipping options not showing at checkout | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| Hello everyone
I have been having problems with my Shipping options showing, when someone buys
from my store. The thing is, that when a customer goes to checkout it will show
them only the cheapest shipping option. Ive looked at all the settings, when
it comes to shipping and store settings and i just can not find what is causing
this, therefore i sent a message to Bricklink, however they have not responded
for a very long time.
Thank you ahead of time for any answer!
Dan
NO tricks Just Bricks!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:21 | | Subject: | Re: International Paypal Issues | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Dadueven writes:
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We prefer to use paypal but it isn't working for the onsite payment the EU
customer says when they push the button that error comes up. So after several
attempts he just sent payment to our paypal, when we contacted BL to get this
set to paid and find out how the VAT that was deducted is handled they didn't
address the issue that we tried for a week adjusting settings. So currently we
have a EU order that we cant mark paid, we can't mark shipped sitting in
our order list. They said to refund the customer but now they still can't
pay onsite. Paypal says all is okay on their end.
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Ah, then that would be the major problem: you aren’t allowed to be paid offsite
when BL has to collect taxes (be it because you asked the buyer or because the
buyer took it upon themselves to pay that way).
You aren’t registered with the EU to collect EU VAT. BL is the one that’s registered
and that has to collect the VAT, not you.
When you do that, you’re committing tax fraud: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
The only way is to refund and go through Onsite.
That being said, it seems the Help Desk just focused on that first part (offsite
payment) and didn’t look into why there’s an error when the buyer tries to pay.
I’d try contacting them again _but only for that problem_. Don’t talk about
offsite or finding another way to pay or making an exception focus on the error
message. Otherwise they may again be stuck on it.
Also, maybe there’s still a problem with PayPal: I think some have reported problems
here when a buyer was trying to use some PayPal options, like “PayPal credit”
or something like that (sorry, I’m not a PayPal specialist).
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| Author: | Dadueven | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 11:55 | | Subject: | Re: International Paypal Issues | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Dadueven writes:
| | Hi,
We are in South Africa and decided to open up to EU. We are having an issue with
EU customers paying onsite. They keep getting an error. We accepted Euro as payment,
our Paypal has been linked for two years.
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Hi,
From what I can see in your terms, it seems to be properly set (I don’t think
there’s anything else to do than have Onsite and associate it to a shipping method).
| | We contacted BL customer service which they admonished us for trying to avoid
fees which we are absolutely not doing we appreciate the service BL provides
and have no problem paying our dues. What we needed was help, so our EU customers
could pay onsite, because of VAT being deducted for orders under 150 Euros. We
still have no assistance and no solution.
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Maybe there was a misunderstanding… or are you asking your buyers to pay offsite?
Did you give Help Desk the error message & reference number?
Have you tried contacting PayPal? (I guess they’ll say it’s BL’s problem… but
well, maybe not.)
| | Anyone familiar with settings as we have Euro enabled in PayPal and in Bricklink
and our current customers are unable to pay so we have had to close international
as an option.
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Looks open to me.
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We prefer to use paypal but it isn't working for the onsite payment the EU
customer says when they push the button that error comes up. So after several
attempts he just sent payment to our paypal, when we contacted BL to get this
set to paid and find out how the VAT that was deducted is handled they didn't
address the issue that we tried for a week adjusting settings. So currently we
have a EU order that we cant mark paid, we can't mark shipped sitting in
our order list. They said to refund the customer but now they still can't
pay onsite. Paypal says all is okay on their end.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 11:34 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jbricks writes:
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According to you feedback you are still a rooky so i forgive you,
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You know what happens when someone gets old: they become young again… in some
ways
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| Author: | dlaw1_lego | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 11:30 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | Thanks Janet I knew it was there somewhere just couldn't find it. |
| Author: | jbricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, dlaw1_lego writes:
| | Where can I find the list of sets I parted out?
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In your head, or the lists you made in a text file, a Text processor, a Spread
Sheet, on post-it notes, anything.
Apart this; not on BrickLink.
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Ofcourse you can
https://www.bricklink.com/inventoryInvLog.asp
According to you feedback you are still a rooky so i forgive you,
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| Author: | jbricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| on the my inventory page, all the way down.
https://www.bricklink.com/inventoryInvLog.asp
Best regards
Janet
In Help, dlaw1_lego writes:
| | Where can I find the list of sets I parted out?
Thanks in advance
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 11:22 | | Subject: | Re: part out log | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, dlaw1_lego writes:
| | Where can I find the list of sets I parted out?
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In your head, or the lists you made in a text file, a Text processor, a Spread
Sheet, on post-it notes, anything.
Apart this; not on BrickLink.
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 10:45 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I just broke a piece off of a dark green 2x16 plate the other day when cleaning
and rebuilding my Sopwith Camel. Not fun since that's the only set with that
piece... Thankfully it was still usable and I was able to put it in a spot where
you can't see the damage.
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| Author: | 0v0c05 | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 10:38 | | Subject: | Re: Add Inventory items to a Wanted List | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, 0v0c05 writes:
| | Hello – I have a Wanted list called Up House Modular and I also have an inventory
list that I know contains parts that are needed in the Up House Modular wanted
list. However, I ‘m stuck as to how I can apply the ‘inventory list’ to the ‘wanted
list’ so I get a true picture/account of what I need to order. Is anyone able
to guide me please.
Thank you.
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Hi,
Unfortunately, you can’t substract, merge, or intersect Wanted Lists on BrickLink.
You’ll need to use third-party tools, like BrickStore (application) or Rebrickable
(website).
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That'll be why I can't work it out. Thanks for letting me know.
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 08:00 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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I've had a ton of Dark Red and Reddish Brown parts break in my early Winter
Village sets. Between uses, they have always been stored carefully unbuilt and
indoors. I expect my LotR will behave the same way if I ever risk building them
again.
~Jen
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 03:57 | | Subject: | Re: When tax becomes governmental theft | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Taxes, StarBrick writes:
| | If this is right, something must be very wrong....
2.100 USD tax on a 32 USD order
Wonder what the shipping fee will be on this. 12.000 USD I guess. Anyone else?
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This happens sometimes when a seller has set up a shipping method that doesn't
show the estimated cost to the buyer cart, in this case the seller is probably
using a 10.000 USD value as a default that manually changes when invoicing after
placing the order.
(10,000 + 32.06) x 0,21 (VAT %) = 2106,73
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 02:45 | | Subject: | Re: When tax becomes governmental theft | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Taxes, StarBrick writes:
| | If this is right, something must be very wrong....
2.100 USD tax on a 32 USD order
Wonder what the shipping fee will be on this. 12.000 USD I guess. Anyone else?
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I posted something similar in April - https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=337609&nID=1403718
Yours is a tad harder in the pocket than mine though!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 02:42 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Dark red breaks very very often. I had found a in a used lot, and
when taken apart, 25% of the dark red pieces ended up either breaking or at least
cracking. Brown is even worse.
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I lost numerous dark red parts taking this ship apart too. :'
In fact, I've lost more dark red parts than reddish brown (although there've
been a fair few of those too).
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| Author: | MarioBrickz | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 20:42 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Earlier this year, I purchased a custom LEGO set from Heart Bricker's Ebay
store that used reddish brown pieces to create a custom car based on a 1969 Ford
Mustang. Included in the set was a bag with some extra 1x4 reddish brown tiles,
and it had a note on the bag that basically stated that these particular pieces
were notorious for being brittle, and the parts in the bag were extras just in
case they were needed. Well... they certainly WERE needed, as three of the 1x4
reddish brown tiles in the main set literally snapped in two while I was building
the car! It's a good thing those extra 1x4 tiles were included, or I would
have had to get on BrickLink and order replacements... and THOSE potentially
could have snapped apart too!
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| Author: | Brockmeister | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 19:41 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Depending on the era, and what type of climate/conditions/storage it was subjected
to, Dark Red can be extremely brittle! I have broken a large amount of Dark
Red and Reddish Brown parts during disassembly using a brick separator. Once
I have a suspect batch, I start grabbing the parts and give them a slight bend-
and they snap like crackers in my hands. Then into the circular file (trash)
they go.
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| Author: | bengreen28 | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I have had 1x8 tiles, 4x6 plates, 2x8 plates, the curved slope 2 x 1 x 1 1/3
with Recessed Stud, to name a few, break even when being super careful in taking
them apart all in dark red, there was a few years when dark red as well as reddish
brown were very brittle.
In Help, here4bricks614 writes:
| | In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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The only Dark Red pieces to break on me were 2x4s rolled over with an office
chair.
Currently sorting through my 2012 collection and only 5 Reddish Brown pieces
have snapped!
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| Author: | BricksOfFaith | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Dark red breaks very very often. I had found a in a used lot, and
when taken apart, 25% of the dark red pieces ended up either breaking or at least
cracking. Brown is even worse.
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| Author: | here4bricks614 | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:13 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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The only Dark Red pieces to break on me were 2x4s rolled over with an office
chair.
Currently sorting through my 2012 collection and only 5 Reddish Brown pieces
have snapped!
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| Author: | LordBricks | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 17:38 | | Subject: | How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 15:18 | | Subject: | Re: When tax becomes governmental theft | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Taxes, UTLF writes:
| | This sounds like something the government would say... 
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| Author: | 1974 | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 15:11 | | Subject: | Re: When tax becomes governmental theft | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| That headline is very uncool ... and quite political to boot
Either it's a (BL?) glitch or a seller manipulating
It's _NOT_ the "government" (whatever that might be) robbing you
Cheers,
Ole
In Taxes, StarBrick writes:
| | If this is right, something must be very wrong....
2.100 USD tax on a 32 USD order
Wonder what the shipping fee will be on this. 12.000 USD I guess. Anyone else?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 14:44 | | Subject: | Re: When tax becomes governmental theft | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Taxes, StarBrick writes:
| | If this is right, something must be very wrong....
2.100 USD tax on a 32 USD order
Wonder what the shipping fee will be on this. 12.000 USD I guess. Anyone else?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 14:41 | | Subject: | When tax becomes governmental theft | | Viewed: | 257 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| If this is right, something must be very wrong....
2.100 USD tax on a 32 USD order
Wonder what the shipping fee will be on this. 12.000 USD I guess. Anyone else?
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