Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Re: New Zealand Tax Implementation - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] (It's entirely possible Russell eventually posted this) but I also had posted a message I received from Russell/BL legal about it with that note. They mentioned [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 2, 2023, to Administrative) |
| Re: Account address: buyer vs seller - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I completely hear you on this; it's very common in Canada since we hug the US border. There are types of parcel holding facilities where we get to have US shipping [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 14, 2023, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Linking to tracking numbers - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] You'll likely need to make something custom to do the API calls required, or use a type of BrickLink specific SaaS/product that can do this.
(6 months ago, Nov 13, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Joblot of minifigures advice - Emporiosa (5533) | (We can't edit threads and I just realized I forgot your photograph question) That's one of the great things about BrickLink - you don't need photographs. [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 10, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Joblot of minifigures advice - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] [...] Welcome to BrickLink :) For all licensed/rare figures, selling individually is absolutely the way to go. Most collectors already have many figures of a particular [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 10, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: XML upload doesn't work - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] How many lots are you trying to upload? I think usually it might throw an error, but if you're trying to upload too much at a time (over 1K lots) it'll [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 9, 2023, to Technical Issues) |
| Re: CMF Marvel 2- Do you Send the Boxes? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] So that comes back to my question - why you would suggest that they go as far as listing as Incomplete for excluding the CMF packaging when you aren't doing so for [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 1, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: CMF Marvel 2- Do you Send the Boxes? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Now that I think about it, did the CMFs change in how they were inventoried meaning you couldn't set incomplete on more recent series (and this is what you meant [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 1, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: CMF Marvel 2- Do you Send the Boxes? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Most are excluding the boxes (including myself). I make sure to put a note about it. I've purchased a lot of this series as well and none of the sellers (all [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 1, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: CMF Marvel 2- Do you Send the Boxes? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] All of your CMFs are listed as complete but with no foil/instructions (all 168 different lots). On top of that, many of your listings say you don't include [...]
(6 months ago, Nov 1, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Canadian Province filter plz :) - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Like you touched on for a lot of the points (and even the fact that we see some of the definitions differently), it definitely seems too vague for how they defined [...]
(6 months ago, Oct 31, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: Canadian Province filter plz :) - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] It's still $30K for them as a platform. The fees part they already collect taxes. I believe that BL is saying they do not qualify for the definition of a "distribution [...]
(6 months ago, Oct 31, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: Canadian Province filter plz :) - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Thanks; that definitely confirms it! That's why I find it so bizarre that they didn't just customize a version for Canada based on this exact same framework that's [...]
(6 months ago, Oct 31, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: Canadian Province filter plz :) - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Not the size or value because it's $30K revenue (including shipping) in 4 quarters which many individual sellers already qualify for. All other marketplace [...]
(6 months ago, Oct 31, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: Canadian Province filter plz :) - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Not that I disagree with the idea, especially as I'll touch on another possible benefit, but if they can do filtering based on provinces (like how we do for [...]
(6 months ago, Oct 31, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: HS code for cloth - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Thanks Jen! I was mainly worried because they ordered that, and only that (if there's at least some plastic brick in the order I through it all together in the [...]
(7 months ago, Oct 10, 2023, to Help) |
| HS code for cloth - Emporiosa (5533) | Would someone happen to know the HS code that is used for cloth pieces such as (Part 37566,157) Thanks! :)
(7 months ago, Oct 10, 2023, to Help) |
| Sticker sheet quality in new sets - Emporiosa (5533) | Curious if this is an anomaly as the image for it in the catalogue looks perfect. But I'm certain I have other new sticker sheets from recent sets that have this poor quality [...]
(7 months ago, Sep 22, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: Discussion about instruction's QR codes - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I understand both sides of the discussion, but in reality... trying to manage the points thing will be a nightmare. How does one prove if a seller did or did not scan [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 11, 2023, to General) |
| Re: Missing Minifigs in some sets! - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I completely understand the rationale for it, but still curious (as I'm not aware of any prior discussion, so forgive me if this was already argued ad nauseum)... [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 10, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: How do I get my first sales? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Right now you're only accepting Euro but are based in the US. You may want to add US $ to encourage domestic buyers. And I see that instant checkout is setup, but [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 9, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: UPS charging $108 - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] ^ this is it. UPS is the worst of the worst. Fedex is up there. DHL is probably the best I've found. USPS/Canada Post started charging brokerage charges too but [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Buying) |
| Re: UPS charging $108 - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I went to check again the amount you said was for brokerage and it's exactly the following two charges: Entry Prep Fee $60.15 Disbursement Fee $7.00 Subtotal: [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Buying) |
| Re: UPS charging $108 - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Exactly, and that aligns with the $200-350 range which is $60.15 charge and then they have the other fees (I put it in a big reply for the breakdown). It's [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Buying) |
| Re: UPS charging $108 - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] A couple of questions... $186 for the set - is this USD? 13% would be $24.18, but in USD it makes more sense. It means it's around like $245ish I think or $250CAD. [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Buying) |
| Re: UPS charging $108 - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I agree about avoiding the big carriers, but his fees were actually correct for UPS unfortunately. It's all in their rate guide.
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Buying) |
| Re: Cannot mark order as Shipped - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Were any taxes/VAT collected for their order? If so you, you need to refund them on the transaction you received and have them pay onsite via the PAY button that they [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Problem) |
| Re: Feedback - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I have the opposite issue... I did a fresh install on my computer and I lost all of mine that I used! ;) It has to do with clearing the saved data from your browser. [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 8, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: Issues with minifig shipping - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Ah the 7x2x10 - were you indenting for those to be in inches? I believe the shipping profile operates in centimeters. I tried (Minifigure sw0221) and it worked fine [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 3, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Why not add History of Part Sales - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Agree with Sylvain; I'm not sure I follow what you're asking for that's different from what we see in the PG. You can see precisely how many times it sold [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 3, 2023, to General) |
| Re: Issues with minifig shipping - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] OP ships to only Canada, I'm not sure what you're referring to :( In Canada, we most definitely ship using Lettermail service (the largest % of orders [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 3, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Issues with minifig shipping - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] What do you currently have setup for your Lettermail shipping dimensions (in that shipping profile)? And do you have an example fig ID that you noticed it triggered [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 3, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Invoicing vs Instant Checkout? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] What is it that you're trying to achieve as you already have IC? If IC is working for you, adding "manual" invoicing (and even quotes) doesn't [...]
(8 months ago, Sep 3, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Tracking Letter Mail in Canada - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] About charging the buyer; only if your terms are clear about it (like saying that orders over $50 must ship with tracking) or give them the option to cancel.
(8 months ago, Sep 1, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Slow sales.... What do I do? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] +1 to all other comments; just the usual slow time, even if slower than the previous year :) But it makes for the perfect time to ramp up for the busiest time of [...]
(8 months ago, Aug 30, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: 500 - Internal server error - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I'm not sure if there were possibly some server issues at the time you were posting this, but is this a set with over 1000 lots by chance? If so, it'll timeout [...]
(8 months ago, Aug 27, 2023, to Technical Issues) |
| Re: code help - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I can never find it for that same reason. It has the little grooved ends too which I think we usually only see on stemmed parts. For example, this one they put the bar [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 17, 2023, to LEGO products) |
| Re: Canadian Sales Tax - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I see you're charging everyone 13% HST, but making a note in the terms "If you live in a province with less sales tax you may want to change the shipping method [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 16, 2023, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Canadian Sales Tax - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Russell reached out to me about a month ago saying they're no longer doing that as they're not required to (but could voluntarily do it should they wish in [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 15, 2023, to Suggestions) |
| Re: USPS SUCKS!!! - Emporiosa (5533) | From now on I'll only buy [...] I know USPS has its issues with redirection, but as a seller who ships to the US with UPS, they aren't without their own problems as [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 15, 2023, to Off Topic) |
| Re: Force shipping for specific item - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] If you set very specific dimensions and/or weight for this item via a dedicated shipping method for it (and ensure the other shipping methods don't overlap for [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 14, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Lazy Susan Rack for Parts Organizers? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I shouldn't laugh at that comment, but oh my gosh from looking at the picture lol! My anxiety wouldn't be able to handle it! It was great seeing the pic posted [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 10, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Beyond amazing! Indeed - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] They're also wonderful as a buyer; I recall them being just so happy/kind and you can tell that's just how they always are! It's without a doubt that BL [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 10, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Lazy Susan Rack for Parts Organizers? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I haven't seen someone try to build anything of that size to rotate like a tower, but I have seen some build shelving that they attached drawer style rails so you [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 10, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: Receiving email about my wanted list - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] It's from a setting you flagged on the part. Pic included of the options when you add to a list. If you check the part you received a notification for, you'll [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 10, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: Minimum buying issue - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] You will need to enable either PayPal Onsite or Stripe Onsite (or both) for it to work as BrickLink will be collecting taxes from the buyer automatically. Offsite [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 6, 2023, to Selling) |
| Re: I need honest toughts, why I don't sell - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Many prefer to see clear costs in the terms. I tested it and could see that you do have instant checkout setup which is great, but the price shows as $4.12 for an under [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 4, 2023, to General) |
| Re: Tax - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Definitely recommend getting tax advice from a professional if you're new to selling and reporting business income. It can also help save you money/income tax in [...]
(9 months ago, Aug 4, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: Buyer very rude.... - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I share the same concern as it's out of my control. This also allows the buyer to potentially purchase other items at the same time for the same shipping costs (assuming [...]
(9 months ago, Jul 26, 2023, to Problem Order) |
| Re: Buyer very rude.... - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] If ever I can't fulfill a part, I always check with them if it's a critical part of their build. If it is, I offer to refund their shipping for the order if they [...]
(9 months ago, Jul 26, 2023, to Problem Order) |
| Re: PAYPAL POSTAGE - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] SE in Canada responded to me that it's fixed, and it's working now for me. Not sure if it's the Stamps side or has to be fixed on the other platforms. I'd [...]
(9 months ago, Jul 26, 2023, to General) |
| Re: PAYPAL POSTAGE - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Downdetector showing lots of reports of issues for Stamps.com (which many postage resellers like PayPal use for their address verification service in the backend). [...]
(9 months ago, Jul 26, 2023, to General) |
| Re: PAYPAL POSTAGE - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] It's Stamps.com causing the issue I think with their address verification. I can't print with another carrier here in Canada as it says it's failing the Stamps [...]
(9 months ago, Jul 26, 2023, to General) |
| Re: Another ticket closed with no response - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] The post is not about a feature that they haven't done/may include later. It's referencing a feature they added but there's no communication about it, and [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 20, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Canada will not have marketplace taxes - Emporiosa (5533) | From a previous ticket I had sent in to BrickLink, I was inquiring when they would be implementing the marketplace tax for Canada. I thought they would formally communicate this [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 20, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Another ticket closed with no response - Emporiosa (5533) | Ticket number: 3CF-2C39685E-0012 When tickets are responded to, it's quick (and the newer portal system appears like it's functioning better) so overall it's [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 20, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Re: New buyer not responding - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] As much as Canadians would love to use this for sets, it is not recommended (unless you're using a crazy high flat rate). Our rates across the country have [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 17, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: New buyer not responding - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Do you mean it's a buyer who ordered but isn't paying for their order? After 5 days you can file a Non-Paying Buyer (NPB) here (URL) After 7 days you [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 17, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: What do you think? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I somehow missed this whole discussion. That's the first thing that comes to mind. Samples should be requested from sellers with stock that's they're wanting [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 16, 2023, to Catalog Identification) |
| Re: Selling privileges revoked. - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I believe the closure would be related to the previous month's bill (for May). They allow 30 days + a grace period of an additional 10 days (which aligns [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 15, 2023, to General) |
| Re: Where can I see my income? - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I see you're registered for PayPal and Stripe. You would need to log into your account for the site that was used for the payment of the order. BrickLink is not involved [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 14, 2023, to Help) |
| Re: Mini Figure Heads - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Hello from Emporiosa (up in Ottawa)! :) I unfortunately don't have a heck of a lot of variety in the "human" range of colours for hands, but I [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 13, 2023, to Searching) |
| Re: More brittle parts encountered - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] That was very kind of you to test and report for other sellers. Rather than part out new sets, since the parts mentioned are rather cheap, perhaps sellers would prefer [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 13, 2023, to Problem) |
| Re: Canadian Postal Issues - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] I'm on the Canada side and never heard of something like this. To be sure; you're not sending Lettermail with a stamp, right? These are items with proper customs [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 11, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Third party Insurance for CanadaPost - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] 5KG with $1000 CAD insurance = $144.11CAD (approx 99 Euros). And that's not even equivalent because we can only insure a max of $1000CAD with Xpresspost International. [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 6, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Third party Insurance for CanadaPost - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] And here's what the Tracked Packet version. You can see the Coverage section is grayed out. The pic I posted in the other reply showing Xpresspost has it not grayed [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 6, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Third party Insurance for CanadaPost - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] Oh sorry not the insurance itself, it's a flat $2.50 per $100. The Xpresspost service is VERY expensive. So to a random address in France, a 100g #0 bubble mailer [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 6, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Third party Insurance for CanadaPost - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] For international packages, Tracked Packet service (which I believe is what they are referring to), is limited to $100. So is the US version. You cannot purchase [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 6, 2023, to Shipping) |
| Re: Canada - B2B Verification (new...?) - Emporiosa (5533) | [...] It's why I'm hoping it might have been there for a while, and it's not applicable anymore (in the sense that they had put it in place incase they weren't [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 5, 2023, to Taxes) |
| Canada - B2B Verification (new...?) - Emporiosa (5533) | Sorry BL for constantly being on your case about the tax issues in Canada... Hopefully I'm jumping the gun and this is not related to Canada somehow, although in this context, [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 5, 2023, to Taxes) |
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