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View Thread Re: PayPal’s Seller Protection changes? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] I guess you have to decide if the glass is half full or half empty, to make this call. At one time (I think it was on a site I used to sell on) they supported [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 7, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: PayPal’s Seller Protection changes? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] The answer is to look at how Stripe handles these chargebacks. They act as a go-between, with the incoming chargeback being routed to the seller, and the seller's [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 7, 2023, to General)
View Thread Lego Fortnite: Gaming giant launches Minecraf - cosmicray (3490)
Lego Fortnite: Gaming giant launches Minecraft rival (URL) and this caught my eye ... [...] If those are issued are IRL minifigs ... Collect the entire set ! Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 7, 2023, to Media)
View Thread Re: PayPal’s Seller Protection changes? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Additional thoughts ... PayPal is specifically pointing at card-funded transactions. So, I'm taking the view that INR protection is still active for existing balance [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 7, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: PayPal’s Seller Protection changes? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] There is something curious about this, and the way they worded it. It almost sounds like a double-negative in the wording. Is PayPal saying that the entirety of an INR [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 7, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: Should I accept a prepaid level from buyer? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] +1
(5 months ago, Dec 6, 2023, to Help)
View Thread Re: technical Issues - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Or even 1,50 (because some countries reverse the decimal point and comma). That would easily explain what happened. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 6, 2023, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Facilitate entire store sale. - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Which both drastically limits the audience, while solving the shipping problems. Not everyone lives where there is concentration of LEGO sellers. Prior to the 'local [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 6, 2023, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Facilitate entire store sale. - cosmicray (3490)
[...] What are you suggesting, a full store buyout price ? As a single store setting, I can almost see that. But I doubt anyone has a shipping method capable of handling it. [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 5, 2023, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Should I accept a prepaid level from buyer? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] A prepaid label will have the destination address that the buyer supplies. If that doesn't match to what PayPal supplies, then you have a problem. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 5, 2023, to Help)
View Thread Re: Slow Seller - cosmicray (3490)
[...] While the tax issue (alluded to above) may be the factual reason, there is (at least in this thread) a view that the entire inventory offered to US customers [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 5, 2023, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Kentuckiana Bricks - cosmicray (3490)
[...] What may be missing here, is something that displays more recent real world performance than feedback. Right now we are entering tracking information (for US sellers [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 5, 2023, to Terms and Policies)
View Thread Re: purchase prices for existing stock - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Every lot has a price on it, when it was originally created. If you are asking about changing prices, yes that can be done via an XML file. Otherwise help me to understand [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 5, 2023, to Selling)
View Thread Re: Slow - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Some people in AUS mentioned a Fortnite update, that was clogging the inter-tubes. Might be part of what you observed. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 4, 2023, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Compensation for a damaged box - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Was there any insurance/indemnity coverage on the shipment ? Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 4, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: Buyer not picking a parcel at local post - cosmicray (3490)
[...] What country is the destination post office ?
(5 months ago, Dec 4, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: How do I ship a "new in box" set? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] The best thing you can do, is to pre-configure a list of sets that you are selling, to know what size box the require. Then convert the box dimensions to cubic-feet. [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 3, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: no shipping method available - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Do you have any lots tagged as Manual for the shipping calculation method ? If a buyer is having problems checking out, ask what items are in their shopping cart. Then [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 2, 2023, to Help)
View Thread Re: This is Space. Not City. - cosmicray (3490)
[...] This is another example of why categories need to have a many-to-many relationship, and not purely a hierarchical tree structure. While this is about sets, a similar [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 2, 2023, to LEGO products)
View Thread Re: I have some legos sealed in a bag with holes - cosmicray (3490)
[...] The perforated bags allow air exchange between the parts and the outside. Must have been something in there that TLG decided needed it. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 2, 2023, to Help)
View Thread Re: Heads-up Buying Opportunity - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Of course, when a few thousand copies of that land at BL, there may be a bit of price competition that leaks in. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Dec 1, 2023, to Retail)
View Thread entering dimensions for a playmat - cosmicray (3490)
This is about this item ... (Part 4182737) It does not have dimensions in the catalog. I have several in stock. They were factory packed folded in half (so half the long [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 30, 2023, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Please Add Data Point for # of Bags in Set - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Most of the older sets did not have numbered bags. You got a bunch of clear bags (sometimes with air perforations). Sometimes stickers were in a bag, and sometimes [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 30, 2023, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: EasyPost - cosmicray (3490)
[...] The G is now BOLD and solid, where (with Pitney Bowes) it was an outlined G. There may also be minor changes to some of the not well known coding numbers along [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 30, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: Please Add Data Point for # of Bags in Set - cosmicray (3490)
[...] I have witnessed this situation, when parting out multiple copies, they were organized slightly differently. Not always a different number of bags, but the exact composition [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 30, 2023, to Suggestions)
View Thread EasyPost - cosmicray (3490)
As of this morning, PirateShip labels are by EasyPost. Looks very similar to the Pitney Bowes labels, but with minor differences. New QR codes are still present. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 30, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: HELP: International shipment damaged - cosmicray (3490)
[...] It may also be that the package was caught in a mail sorting machine, and the marks/damage were caused by the belts. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: Negative feedback - cosmicray (3490)
[...] You need to understand the underlying reason this happened (if it can be determined). Did you print electronic postage containing the buyer's address, or did [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Help)
View Thread Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - cosmicray (3490)
[...] In one sense you are correct, but the other variable is how many other sellers are offering the same item/color. Many/most items offered in 2023 are from recent sets, [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)
View Thread Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money - cosmicray (3490)
[...] and sometimes with an event horizon that stretches over decades. I've never investigated the regs concerning long term capital gains but that may apply here. Nita [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 29, 2023, to Selling)
View Thread Re: 2 questions: Payment & Rating - cosmicray (3490)
[...] If you configure for Instant Checkout, then it erases question #1, and mostly eliminates issues with question #2. If the buyer is required to provide payment when creating [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 28, 2023, to Terms and Policies)
View Thread Re: Clones that almost get through - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Any thoughts about where the STAR parts or originating from ? That is a name I've not seen yet at the dollar-store. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 28, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: Set recommendations? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] LEGO tended to stagger their set lines by ages, and kept the larger pieces to the younger ages. PRIMO and DUPLO were for the ages up to 3, and System generally began [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 28, 2023, to LEGO products)
View Thread Re: Anyone getting an uptick in crushed elements? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] What vintage were the sets ? Could they have been from the era of brittle parts ? Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 28, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: On the buy wanted list it shows the price - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Showing you the shipping is tricky, because you may be offered multiple shipping costs at checkout. Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 28, 2023, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: mysterious electronic device - cosmicray (3490)
[...] That is what it kinda looks like. OP, any idea what's inside ? Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 27, 2023, to Catalog Identification)
View Thread Re: Paypal API issue - cosmicray (3490)
[...] In the screen shot, it says CAPTURE VOIDED. Capture is the second part of the sequence authorize then capture. It almost sounds like the authorize succeeded, but the [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 27, 2023, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Site Dark Mode - cosmicray (3490)
[...] It makes the background something like dark blue (actually feels more like dark medium blue, if there is such a color). Honestly, a proper dark mode would help [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 27, 2023, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: option for quote should be shown - cosmicray (3490)
[...] So basically, you are pulling an order, that you do not know if the buyer will go thru with. The amount of time required here, is also a factor in why RFQ are not universally [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 25, 2023, to Buying)
View Thread Re: option for quote should be shown - cosmicray (3490)
[...] This a very convoluted subject. In a store, it is possible to have certain lots on manual-mode, and not have any RFQ methods active. It sounds like you have encountered [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 25, 2023, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Getting sick and tired with Lego shipments. - cosmicray (3490)
[...] I would not be surprised if I have more box sizes here, than that warehouse has. At one time, I was up over 60 unique sizes. As the years go by, shipping costs go up, [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 24, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: Best technic set - cosmicray (3490)
[...] I am partial to this one, my first LEGO set ... (Set 8480-1) Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 24, 2023, to Buying)
View Thread Re: Getting sick and tired with Lego shipments. - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Obvious (to me) that your orders are being filled from a different warehouse than the EU ones. If TLG is farming out the fulfillment, it may well be different [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 23, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: Paypal Claims - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Was the shipping address the same as the address on the PayPal transaction detail page ? Was the transaction detail marked Eligible for Seller Protection ? Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 23, 2023, to Problem Order)
View Thread List of E-Mail Basic Macro Tags is broken - cosmicray (3490)
When I went to the this page ... (URL) The left column is supposed to be a list of the tags. On my browser (Firefox 119.0.1, macOS 13) it is not showing them. Nita [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 23, 2023, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: PayPal errors still happening - cosmicray (3490)
[...] I'm not seeing this. What can you tell us about your PayPal account (business or personal) and where the customers are located (USA or foreign) ? Are [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 22, 2023, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Reply to emails from blservice@bricklink.com? - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Part of the story, is that some of those header fields, and under specific combinations, conflict with best spam-prevention practices. I know that at one point in time, [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 22, 2023, to Technical Issues)
View Thread Re: Shipping large orders internationally with in - cosmicray (3490)
[...] Insurance does not cover everything that could go wrong, generally only damaged/destroyed in transit, and then only if you can prove you packaged it according to best [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 22, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: awswaf.com suspicious activity - cosmicray (3490)
[...] What kind of browser ? What operating system and version number ? Have you tried completely emptying your browser cache and restarting the computer/device ? Nita Rae
(5 months ago, Nov 22, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: Introducing One-Time Pin - cosmicray (3490)
[...] My first reactions is that the OTP is being tied to an email account. If I then tie the email account to a 2FA SMS based authentication (similar to what BL is doing [...]
(5 months ago, Nov 21, 2023, to Administrative)

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