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 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 01:37
 Subject: Gummy Spam Poll ... Round 2
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PlanetEarthToys (118)

Location:  USA, Arkansas
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Store: Planet Earth Toys
as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.
 Author: Wyosaint View Messages Posted By Wyosaint
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 07:30
 Subject: Adalgiss
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Wyosaint (44)

Location:  USA, Virginia
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Store: The Brown Brick
Greetings,

Is there a way to check if a member is active? This guy keeps showing up on my
list with things I want to buy, but the guy hasn’t been active for almost a year.
I’ve sent messages without replies. I don’t trust buying from him for fear of
sending money and not getting anything back.

Thanks in advance.

Name: Adalgiss
 Author: infinibrix View Messages Posted By infinibrix
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 04:24
 Subject: Dupe Accounts to push Variant Merge Argument?
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infinibrix (5004)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: infinibrix
I hope the admins are taking note only there are people here like myself that
have always followed the rules despite wanting and being denied a second account
for legitimate reasons (separate business from personal) and yet there are clearly
members here using second accounts to strengthen the voice of their own opinion
in the forum?

How is it possible that so many replies against the variant merge are from people
with barely any feedback yet they still appear to have the highest/most complex
level of understanding when it comes to variants?
Yes perhaps one or two of these never buy or sell and only use Bricklink as a
database reference in which case are they the best voices to be listening to
anyway given they don’t actually contribute to the core element of the site which
is to buy and sell Lego!
But let’s be honest having an opinion is one thing but using a second account
to voice that same opinion again is unhelpful spamming and so I hope admins will
investigate and merge these accounts!

Ultimately as far as peoples opinions go in general I understand the arguments
on both sides and to a degree sympathies but generally a lot of these arguments
seem to be along the lines that the merge is a bad idea because people will no
longer be able to easily distinguish the correct variant? Yet this appears to
be the exact intention, since Bricklink has already openly stated that they do
not particularly want members of its community (New or Old) being overly bogged
down and concerned with these variants. They essentially want them dismissed/forgotten
about! (Pretty much their own words)
With this in mind it really isn’t in Bricklinks best interest to put in place
any specific solution that only further prevents them breaking away from what
they are trying to break away from? Therefore in the end it can only be for individual
members who care about this stuff to either use the comments field or ask the
question!
The way I see it, this change is probably going to hinder maybe 1% of the community
whilst making things smoother and more efficient for 99% of the community. It’s
a no brainer from Bricklinks perspective!
 Author: brick.warehouse View Messages Posted By brick.warehouse
 Posted: Jan 25, 2024 00:45
 Subject: BL Dev Team: allowance for site enhancements?
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brick.warehouse (11483)

Location:  Australia, Western Australia
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Store: Bricks Warehouse
Hello,

It's been interesting seeing the various initiatives that LEGO's marketing
team have pursued since taking over the site (MOC shop, BDP program) etc.

The compliance work around taxation is also good to see.

However, I believe the majority of visitors to the site are here for the parts
marketplace, particularly the non-XP experience, and unfortunately it appears
that this has been left with zero allocation of developer time for feature enhancements,
just basic maintenance and bug fixes.

While I don't want to share exact numbers, I will say that by selling on
multiple platforms since before the takeover, we have observed a significant
and increasing decline in Bricklink's marketshare amongst part buyers, as
it's competition has continued to improve upon the core marketplace experience,
while the Bricklink team are distracted.

I'm sure that the marketing team has more ideas up their sleaves, but I hope
that they are also able to recognise the importance of improving upon the core
experience to protect their investment.

Thanks
 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
 Posted: Jan 24, 2024 23:35
 Subject: Official Planet Earth Toys Thank You Extended
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PlanetEarthToys (118)

Location:  USA, Arkansas
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Store: Planet Earth Toys
we would like to thank the ebay user who had 4 feedback for selling us his 2.07
pound mini-figure horde for $99.99...

basically every figure is mint, handfuls of star wars -- multiple double
cup HANDFULS.

with guns, weapons, accessories, etc. etc.

hope the $99.99 ( + Tax i might ad... ) gets you things you desire.

as for you people reading this here...

incoming goodies....
 








 Author: garyjerry View Messages Posted By garyjerry
 Posted: Jan 23, 2024 07:29
 Subject: how did this store get reinstated??
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garyjerry (9)

Location:  USA, Oregon
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Aug 18, 2023 Contact Member Buyer
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https://store.bricklink.com/TabithaBricks?sID=3121567&itemID=384743651#/shop

complete and total scammer, lots of NSS completed and the store was suspended
and closed. bricklink even emailed buyers directly to tell them it was a scam.
just super surprised to see the store reinstated. just look at that feedback
(!!) I know several people in my facebook group who got scammed by this store.
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Jan 22, 2024 15:24
 Subject: Excessive damage in a sealed set
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Ziegelmeister (225)

Location:  USA, Ohio
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Aug 27, 2021 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Ziegelmarkt
How in hades does this happen? What's more, none of the other pieces in
the set appear this damaged or have matching marks where they would have caused
the gouge. There are two of these in the same set (1x12) which is funny because
I believe one of my Hogwarts sets was missing 1-2 of these in the rafters
above the dining hall.
 




 Author: SDF_Bricks View Messages Posted By SDF_Bricks
 Posted: Jan 22, 2024 09:55
 Subject: Female minifigs more expensive
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SDF_Bricks (297)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store Closed Store: SDH Bricks
I've noticed that, mostly, female minifigs in any given set are MORE expensive
than male counter-parts. This is especially true if such minifig appears in one
set only. Any specific reason for this or ... is it because this is still a male
dominated hobby and we're all enamored by cute faces?
 Author: ricki2023 View Messages Posted By ricki2023
 Posted: Jan 21, 2024 21:22
 Subject: "Stay Logged In" Feature not working
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ricki2023 (55)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Is there a specific reason why Stay Logged In doesn't work? I have ad-block
shut off and don't use VPN. Anything else? (BL is only site this happens
to me, everywhere else is OK)
 Author: SimplyBricks View Messages Posted By SimplyBricks
 Posted: Jan 21, 2024 08:57
 Subject: ORDERS RECEIVED PAGE
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SimplyBricks (18733)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: Simply Bricks
On the orders received page, the page defaults to the new layout. If you want
the classic view you have to select it!

Is there a way of keeping the classic view without selecting it?

Thanks
Mike
 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
 Posted: Jan 20, 2024 11:20
 Subject: I'm doing a SMH
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cosmicray (3495)

Location:  USA, Florida
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Store Closed Store: Cosmic Toys
I am looking at the ID card of a member. The member has been on site slightly
more than 3 years. Thus far, they have racked up 189 negatives and 152 neutrals.
Their selling privileges are still green/intact. There is some evidence (based
on contra-feedback from another member) that they may have been suspended at
some point. Did they not solve the reasons that triggered all those negatives,
or only the ones that got them suspended ?

Obviously the information is there for a buyer to see, but how many check FB
and how many just hit Easy Buy ?

Nita Rae
 Author: SDF_Bricks View Messages Posted By SDF_Bricks
 Posted: Jan 19, 2024 23:14
 Subject: Quite a dilemma
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SDF_Bricks (297)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store Closed Store: SDH Bricks
I have a buyer from Korea interested in a small set (not too rare), and he wanted
to see pictures. In the middle of this, another member just went ahead and purchased
the set.

What is fair? Who should get the set?
 Author: StormChaser View Messages Posted By StormChaser
 Posted: Jan 19, 2024 09:58
 Subject: Anonymizing Members
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StormChaser (569)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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Store Closed Store: Penultimate Harbinger
As many of you know, I strongly disagreed with the significant disservice done
to the people who built this website's catalog with the haphazard and poorly-handled
anonymizing of catalog contributors around the time of the sale to the LEGO Group.

Yes, this is the Bluser issue. Yep, I'm speaking about it again . . . probably
because the site has repeatedly shown its contempt and disregard for the catalog
and its contributors (most recently with its poor handling of the variant issue).

So anyway, the anonymizing was so poorly handled that by performing a couple
of basic and simple Google searches I can tell you the full name of this member
and his home address:

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=bb257520

There are numerous other "anonymized" members on BrickLink for whom information
can be quite easily discovered, including full name, age, home address, telephone
number, relatives, etc., etc.

Screenshot this post if you want to keep it, because the site will probably delete
the post and ban me from the forum again for expressing myself.
 Author: Valera.L View Messages Posted By Valera.L
 Posted: Jan 19, 2024 04:49
 Subject: Authentic accessory check
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Valera.L (105)

Location:  Spain, Catalonia
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Store: ValeraBricks
Hi,

While searching on internet, found out that some accessories (and very expensive)
are made by chinese, like plumes and shields. And as I know there is no like
a Lego logo on it so they can be easily copied.

Is there a way to authenticate them?

And another question: if this item can be easily copied, how can we check the
store selling authentic items?
Thanks!
 Author: oak73 View Messages Posted By oak73
 Posted: Jan 17, 2024 19:26
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oak73 (11)

Location:  USA, Indiana
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Store Closed Store: Island of Missing Bricks
Wondering what size Ziplock bags do you recommend to someone new to selling Legos?
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Jan 17, 2024 13:28
 Subject: Pleased with builds
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Stuart9 (1067)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: Top Slot
Haven’t built anything for some time but decided to build some flower based sets
for my wife.

She doesn’t like cut flowers, they die and she can’t stand the feeling of them
and the slime you sometimes get in the vase.

Not a fan of dried flowers or fake flowers, so the logical thing to me is Lego
based.

Just built 10313, 10311 and 10280 in that order, love the result.

 
Set No: 10313  Name: Wildflower Bouquet
* 
10313-1 (Inv) Wildflower Bouquet
939 Parts, 2023
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Botanical Collection

 
Set No: 10311  Name: Orchid
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10311-1 (Inv) Orchid
608 Parts, 2022
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Botanical Collection

 
Set No: 10280  Name: Flower Bouquet
* 
10280-1 (Inv) Flower Bouquet
756 Parts, 2021
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Botanical Collection

The only minor criticism is that some connections were a little loose, however
they worked
 Author: uticabrix View Messages Posted By uticabrix
 Posted: Jan 16, 2024 15:10
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uticabrix (11949)

Location:  USA, New York
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Aug 30, 2018 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Utica Brix
How do stores found out how much year end we have spent on Shipping? (for tax
filing).
Bricklink only includes what stores charge overall. Paypal used to have this
until Ship Station took over, and they don't have this option. Any suggestions?
 Author: eracine View Messages Posted By eracine
 Posted: Jan 14, 2024 11:18
 Subject: Drop shippers how does it really work?
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eracine (13009)

Location:  USA, Massachusetts
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Jul 12, 2011 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Need a brick or 2
Just trying to figure out how people drop ship for parts and figs. I have as
I am sure a lot of us had the orders where there are notes saying please don't
leave a packing slip ect. We have processed over 100 of these orders between
both platforms.

How do they keep there "store" inventory accurate or listings? I am
assuming it works because of the frequency of the orders and other sellers mentioning
it in the forum. Just sold a HP figure for $3 so was theirs listed for 4 or
5? How are they making money?

Just curious if anyone has the answers.

Have a blessed day

Eric
 Author: DanialR View Messages Posted By DanialR
 Posted: Jan 13, 2024 17:34
 Subject: Kudos to the Admin Team
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DanialR (83)

Location:  USA, Washington
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Store Closed Store: Robbins' Roost
Over the past few days I've stumbled across late in the day Forum posts with
a bunch of links off site to CBD products and other inappropriate content. Obviously
timed late enough in the day to try and get them ignored until the next morning.

When I see them, I file a Problem Forum Message Report in the Problem Center.
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMessage.asp

Within minutes the messages are taken down.

I'm sure others are also finding and filing similar reports.

Thank you Admins for working hard and reacting quickly to keep the Forums from
becoming a spam dumping ground.

You have a thankless job. Not sure everyone realizes the 24 x 7 effort all of
you share to manage the site and forums.

 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
 Posted: Jan 13, 2024 06:51
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PlanetEarthToys (118)

Location:  USA, Arkansas
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Store: Planet Earth Toys
not wanting to say some members live in the forum... but here is the top 10 running
total stats

#1 slot goes to Nubs
8990 post in 36 months

Nubs average: 1 post every 3 hours for 36 months straight

10 members encompass 22.8% of the conversations
 
 Author: 401_Bricks View Messages Posted By 401_Bricks
 Posted: Jan 12, 2024 21:00
 Subject: Listing items in store
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401_Bricks (304) 
(was Patm31)

Location:  USA, Maryland
Member Since Contact Type Status
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Store: 401 Bricks
Looking for some advice.

I recently opened my store and have been making a few sales. Today I got a message
from Bricklink that they deleted some of my minifigures because they were incomplete.
The figures were stormtroopers that came with a shoulder pauldron and I listed
them as used and "no pauldron". BL told me that was incomplete and it
was taken down. The figure has all the other pieces but just no cloth pauldron.

How should I list this in my store? Do I have to break them up and part each
figure out (legs, torso, head, helmet)?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thank you
 Author: uticabrix View Messages Posted By uticabrix
 Posted: Jan 12, 2024 06:39
 Subject: Lost Package or Still Transit International
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uticabrix (11949)

Location:  USA, New York
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Store: Utica Brix
We have a package shipped that is still in Transit in Mexico City New Mexico
since Oct 19th. No updates since. What is protocol for a store to due in
a case like this?
 Author: rlh View Messages Posted By rlh
 Posted: Jan 11, 2024 08:36
 Subject: Price Check: Rare Tomi PodBrix "Woz" t-shirt
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rlh (0)

Location:  USA, North Carolina
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Back in 2006, I bought a pair of sized Medium shirts from an artist named "Tomi"
as part of his PodBrix line. At the time he was known for making these LEGO
mini-sets of Apple products, events or commercials.

Here's a Wired article from 2006 showing off one of his creations:
https://www.wired.com/2005/02/steve-jobs-in-l/

From my observation, several of these mini sets have gone for thousands of dollars,
which is something I never expected. Back in '06, he also released these
t-shirts. They are a picture of Woz on the front in minifig form, and in his
hand was a 6502 processor clipped on by magnets so you could take it off and
wash the shirt.

I still have both of these. One was the shirt I wore. It's in used, but
not abused condition but the 6502 is lost. The other one is still in the original
shipping box, in it's shipping bag and has it's insert from Tomi.

There were only 300 of these made. Even though they are a fan-made item, considering
the value of the LEGO sets, I wonder if these t-shirts have any value? I've
tried to ask around on places like Reddit and no one has an idea of the price,
though people have agreed that at least the new shirt is probably desirable to
someone. People have also pointed me here, so that's why I'm asking
about it. Does anyone know what these are worth and what's the best way
to sell them at the best price? Thank you (and additional links below)!

A Wired Article for the shirt:
https://www.wired.com/2006/01/new-from-podbri/

My Flickr Album of the new shirt (Ignore the crypto coin):
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB4zHU
 
 Author: infinibrix View Messages Posted By infinibrix
 Posted: Jan 11, 2024 06:24
 Subject: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts?
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infinibrix (5004)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: infinibrix
Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
I know Lego is ever evolving and molds, parts, colours can be discontinued at
any time but maybe it’s a place dedicated to getting parts pre a specific era
where there has been substantial changes such as the place to get old brown and
grey colours perhaps? Pre mid 90’s parts or whatever?
It’s probably a dead in the water idea as I appreciate bricklink and most users
here will probably just want a one stop place for all their Lego needs but maybe
instead just a really scaled down vintage site for all those nerdy types that
want their variants along with those relevant parts of the catalog to remain
intact. Obviously people will still have to use the main site to buy the vast
majority of their Lego so really just a place for the hardcore vintage guys

That’s not me by the way, but with so many appearing to be concerned about some
of the upcoming changes and variant merges I’m just throwing ideas around and
causing trouble!
 Author: outofthe60s View Messages Posted By outofthe60s
 Posted: Jan 10, 2024 12:48
 Subject: MILS - What is it?
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outofthe60s (1370)

Location:  USA, Washington
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Store Closed Store: Rob's Brick Alliance
I often see the term MILS in reference to plates. What does MILS stand for?
Thanks, Rob
 Author: Leftoverbricks View Messages Posted By Leftoverbricks
 Posted: Jan 10, 2024 11:33
 Subject: Fishy store?
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Leftoverbricks (2225)

Location:  Netherlands, Overijssel
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Store: Leftoverbricks
This store has zero feedback as a seller. They have 1 FB as a buyer.
Yet it has many very desirable sets available at mostly lower costs than average.
The combination of desirable sets is suspect.
They also added a large number of those sets in the past couple of weeks.

Death Star UCS, Mountain Cave, BDP sets....

This is ringing all the alarm bells for me.

https://store.bricklink.com/Misterutrecht19#/shop
 Author: rdukker View Messages Posted By rdukker
 Posted: Jan 10, 2024 07:44
 Subject: Total produced or released
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Location:  Netherlands, Zuid-Holland
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Is it an idea to also add to the sets how many were produced by Lego?
Can we find these quantities somewhere?
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jan 9, 2024 21:40
 Subject: Why are some allowed to stay in business?
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TheBrickGuys (13286)

Location:  USA, California
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We have had our share of neutral and negative feedbacks - at total of 26 - but
how are some stores still allowed to do business? There is a store in Germany
with around 8850 total feedbacks but out of his 7151 feedbacks for selling he
has 393 negative / neutrals. This past year alone he has 503 positive but 48
negative / neutrals - that is almost 10%!! That means 1 out of every 10 customers
are getting bad service and how many more are getting bad service but are afraid
to leave a negative feedback out of fear of getting retaliatory feedback.

Sometimes when I stumble across a store with a really bad reputation, like the
one above, I am surprised that they are still allowed to keep their selling status.

Just a rant.

Jim
 Author: BrixAhoy View Messages Posted By BrixAhoy
 Posted: Jan 6, 2024 23:05
 Subject: A few General Questions about Selling
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BrixAhoy (1)

Location:  USA, Florida
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Hello, I am new to the store and have never shipped anything before, so I have
some questions about these practices.

1) Should I be using USPS Ground Advantage for all large sets? are the price
bands for the shared method accurate?

2) what information about shipping should I give to the buyer and where should
I give it?

3) is there anything else I should consider about selling and shipping?

4) I don't have any government ID and where I am it takes months to set up
an appointment and get one, the closest thing I have is a school ID, is there
anyway I can get my store verified?
 Author: Caroline77 View Messages Posted By Caroline77
 Posted: Jan 6, 2024 16:58
 Subject: Just want to vent about color consistency...
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Caroline77 (1526)

Location:  USA, Utah
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Store: Space Baby Bricks
Parting out a single 76269 Avengers tower and the color consistency between the
trans light blue parts out of the same box is extremely disappointing.

The fact that it's different between the same part out of the same bag is
even more infuriating. I know for some people it doesn't matter, but I'm
sure glad I didn't buy this set to build for myself, because the difference
would drive me insane.

I haven't pulled it out of the bag yet, but I saw even the two halves of
30294c01 are different.
 
Part No: 30294c01  Name: Rock 4 x 4 Octagonal Boulder (30293 / 30294)
* 
30294c01 (Inv) Rock 4 x 4 Octagonal Boulder (30293 / 30294)
Parts: Rock {Trans-Light Blue}

I have no need for Lego to replace the parts (since I'm not actually building
the set) as I know customer service will do, but do you think there's any
point in contacting them to just raise awareness to maybe bump up the color QC
a bit? Sort of how light bluish gray parts were all over the place for awhile.

Anyway, rant over...
 




 Author: BrickCompulsion View Messages Posted By BrickCompulsion
 Posted: Jan 5, 2024 11:55
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BrickCompulsion (3031)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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About 3-4 years ago I picked most of the set out of a load of loose stuff that
I bought. I am missing 2 pieces. Just found this so am only missing 1 !

This bit is not light bluish grey
 
 Author: ArcherBricks View Messages Posted By ArcherBricks
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Location:  USA, Florida
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Am I allowed to promote my YT channel on these forums? (just for future reference)
 Author: ArcherBricks View Messages Posted By ArcherBricks
 Posted: Jan 4, 2024 13:07
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ArcherBricks (1)

Location:  USA, Florida
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are there some items that just don't sell on this site?
 Author: BrixAhoy View Messages Posted By BrixAhoy
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BrixAhoy (1)

Location:  USA, Florida
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There have been many transgressions towards the newest members of the chat of
lately. Try to mind your manners and stay in your lane especially regarding matters
of status
 Author: ArcherBricks View Messages Posted By ArcherBricks
 Posted: Jan 4, 2024 12:59
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Location:  USA, Florida
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After browsing through some conversations, I'm stumped by a lot of Lego terms.
can someone give a rundown of what they mean?
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 Posted: Jan 4, 2024 08:22
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Nomercy01 (2)

Location:  USA, Wisconsin
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I am trying to see if people can share pictures of their storage so I can determine
the best way to go forward with storing around 200k parts.
 Author: ArcherBricks View Messages Posted By ArcherBricks
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Location:  USA, Florida
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I see a lot off comments in the forums mentioning sales, is this against forum
rules hmm seems there a grifter problem on brick link.
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Location:  USA, Florida
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Is Brink link really a profitable way to resell Legos; how much time usually
elapses between the listing and selling of an item?
 Author: Pottersgate View Messages Posted By Pottersgate
 Posted: Jan 3, 2024 16:49
 Subject: I got Scamed. With a very odd result.
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Pottersgate (4)

Location:  New Zealand, Canterbury
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Felt i needed to share this experience. Its bizarre...

about 3 weeks ago we purchased a UCS Millennium Falcon New in sealed box from
our Local New Zealand trading site.
We used the Buy Now feature as the price was very sharp.
We discussed it first as it was a little to good to be true.
The trader had 18 trades, 100% positive feedback and had been a member of the
site for 8 years.
Photos showed a genuine lego box, little bit of storage damage but intact seals.
I asked a question and it was well answered.

So we took the gamble. and hit Buy Now.

We were soooo excited. This set has been at the top of our wish list for a long
time.

After we had made the payment to their account and supplied delivery instructions
we got an email from the Trading site saying the account was a scam and had been
removed.
Well S@*#!!

We went threw all the usual steps. Its became a fraud investigation with the
trading site and our Bank. Told not to expect any type of result really and gave
our money up as gone.
Time to chalk it up to an expensive live lesson and move on. Pretty Bummed.

Flash forward to today and our posty turns up with a fairly large long cardboard
box.
Bit odd, we are expecting deliveries but nothing that large. The box has all
the markins of coming out of China. I get quite a lot for our business. Gave
it a wee shake and Hmmmmm sounds like lego.

Take it inside, Open it up and sure enough its an Unbranded UCS Millennium Falcon
in 17 sealed bags. What the?
After a bit of a search online were pretty sure this is a Mars Toy set.

So it seems we got done by a scammer with a small conscience.
Totally scammed for a decent amount of money and sent a brand new copy for a
quarter of the money.

Who does that ?

At least now were are smiling and laughing about the whole experience if not
a bit baffled and have what by reviews is a pretty tight model to build. So a
win I guess, well maybe a distant 3rd..
 


 Author: SDF_Bricks View Messages Posted By SDF_Bricks
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SDF_Bricks (297)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store Closed Store: SDH Bricks
I had listed a large set as complete and sold it to an individual. Because of
the busy holiday season, I had made a mistake and forgot to include some parts.
I did ship the missing parts later, added a gift/freebie (~8.00), gave the buyer
a generous discount, and yet he decided to leave me a negative feedback. My first
ever. I guess you can't please crazy trigger happy cow-boys out there. Good
thing is all my other reviews are stellar.

** just venting ** ... Happy New Year everyone.
 Author: Dad275 View Messages Posted By Dad275
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Dad275 (61)

Location:  Czech Republic, Praha
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Store: Brickery.
Happy New Year everyone!

We wish everyone a joyful and pleasant 2024!

Brickery.
 Author: ExplodingFruit View Messages Posted By ExplodingFruit
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ExplodingFruit (803)

Location:  USA, Wisconsin
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Store: The Exploding Brick Store
Is it possible to tell if you have orders via a third-party website on BL? My
store on another platform is mostly sales through Rebrickable but I have never
seen or paid(that I know of)any fee to a third party on BL. To me, that is strange
since BL is way more popular. And yes, my affiliation box is checked. Thanks!

Happy New Year to a great community!
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
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Stuart9 (1067)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Thank you to all those here on BL, you’ve all been a great distraction to some
difficult issues, long may it last.

Wishing you all a great and prosperous 2024, hope I can find the items you want,
my shop will re-open soon, I promise.
 Author: KACL View Messages Posted By KACL
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KACL (45)

Location:  USA, Connecticut
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Store Closed Store: Bricking It Old School
Hello everyone!

I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Happy 2024. I would also like
to thank all of you who have answered my endless questions and supported my store
this year. If my mom continues to recover as well as she has been, I should be
back and open in about 8 weeks. It’s been quite a year and I’m looking forward
to the new year and some exciting things coming up.

Please stay safe and healthy.

Karen
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Dec 31, 2023 13:27
 Subject: Example of catalogue note of 2335p30 error
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Part No: 2335p30  Name: Flag 2 x 2 Square with Rounded Skull and Crossbones on Black Background Pattern on Both Sides (Jolly Roger)
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2335p30 Flag 2 x 2 Square with Rounded Skull and Crossbones on Black Background Pattern on Both Sides (Jolly Roger)
Parts: Flag, Decorated

Error on one side only ( image 1 ), reverse standard ( image 2 )

Appears as note in catalogue.
 


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 Posted: Dec 31, 2023 05:29
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Messac35 (1293)

Location:  France, Bretagne
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Hi,
I want to change my account email adress, is it possible ? And How to proceed
?
Regards.
Isabelle (FR)
 Author: BrickOutLoud View Messages Posted By BrickOutLoud
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BrickOutLoud (4802)

Location:  USA, West Virginia
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Store: Brick Out Loud
As our community is from all over the world, some of us will be entering 2024
much sooner than others. Happy New Year to all of you!
 Author: tabbunny View Messages Posted By tabbunny
 Posted: Dec 30, 2023 16:58
 Subject: Older Lego builder with newby questions
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tabbunny (0)

Location:  USA, California
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Hello,

I am really wishing I did not buy a used/incomplete Lego set! 😳 It’s missing
pieces that I am trying to figure out and order before I actually build. So I
am figuring out how to order. I have some general questions and then some specific
to the Lego set with missing parts 75947 (Hagrid’s Hut: Buckbeak’s Rescue).

General questions:

1. If only 3 bags (of parts) are shown in the instructions for a set, does that
mean are there ONLY 3 bags? The 3 bags are numbered (1, 2, and 3) in the instructions.
At the start of the instructions it shows a photo of bag 1 and the start of a
building and some minifigs, another photo of bag 2 with the rest of the building
completed and additional minifigs, and another photo of bag 3 with decorations
and a second building. No other bags besides these 3 are shown in the whole 100+
page instructions.

2. I have looked up several missing part numbers in the back of the the official
Lego instructions, but none of the part numbers match up to those on Bricklink
where I started creating a wishlist.

3. I got offer emails last night from the first few parts I added to my wishlist
on Bricklink, but in all four of the seller emails a quantity is specified (that
equals the max amount of money that I entered in my wishlist—that I am willing
to spend for that part). Should I care? I mean I will not place an order based
on offer emails and have turned off receiving email notifications from now on
now anyway.

Specific to set 75947 questions:

1 a There was a small factory-sealed “mystery” bag of mostly loose parts (some,
like the minifigs, still attached together) included in the gallon-size zipper
bag that included the printed instructions for the set. This mystery bag is fairly
small and is not numbered. It cannot be bag 1, 2, or 3 from the set—as it does
not contain enough and the correct parts if the answer to general question number
1 is correct/true. However, the mystery bag does contain a specific-to Harry-Potter
part that is in this set (already present in the gallon bag of loose parts).
The other pieces in this mystery bag appear to be random building trim pieces
and stems, leaves, branches, and three connector-type pins—one blue, two black.
What about this whole mystery bag?

1 b I noticed a unique gray cone-shaped part 4296788 (from the Instructions)
(aka same part 3943b for the set on Bricklink) in with the loose pieces (that
per the instructions there should be a quantity of 2 for the set but there is
just the one). See two attached photos to see this part. From looking at box
photo/Instructions, this cone piece is part of the roof on both roofs on the
two buildings in this set. So the question is: Is there a better way to tell
which (if any) supporting pieces (by/of) for this one that are missing, other
than looking at the instructions for those in immediate proximity to it (where
it attaches to the roofs on both buildings)? Besides starting to build the set?

Thank you,
tabbunny
 


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 Posted: Dec 30, 2023 05:31
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Posting, replying to original post and replying to replies.

New tactic ?
 Author: flandresq1 View Messages Posted By flandresq1
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Location:  Canada, Quebec
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Store: 1234Mtl
When I am ordering the system block some piece in pink saying that l can’t ask
for more pieces that available, but it isn’t thrue ex. Asking 2 of a piece and
3 are available or when 1 piece is needed and 1 available.
How to resolve this situation?

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