Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | 1001bricks  | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 18:53 | | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
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You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.
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I know, but the Help page doesn't 
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| Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 18:45 | | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
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You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 17:32 | | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
* https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currenciesm as in your page is an erroneous
link
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2024 21:37 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| i see what you did there  |
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2024 21:08 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
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| Author: | Milann | | Posted: | Feb 11, 2024 18:57 | | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Thankyou for the update! 🍕🍕🍕
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 11, 2024 07:09 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, WoutR writes:
| | […]
Ehm... I am no specialist but at first sight BrickLink does risk liability if
they share private data that is not relevant for the purpose. […]
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I was only answering the “BL should moderate the sale feature” part, not the
part (in parentheses) about IP addresses.
IIRC, I didn’t say anything about IP addresses because I had nothing to say for
or against it, contrarily to the main point 
Sorry, I should have snipped that part or answered before (thus leaving the quote
but below my answer), to make it clearer I wasn’t addressing it (pun intended).
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 18:06 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
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I didn’t remember the exact post, I just knew you never posted sales. I checked
your history and dug the post out
| | That's an iniquitous rule!
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Well, you can’t both complain we don’t implement suggestions and implement them!
Especially it’s your suggestion that’s implemented!
| | What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
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Posts about pizza with gummies and pizza-flavoured gummies get cancelled every
day!
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| Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 18:02 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, Teup writes:
| | […]
...which is actually against EU law
https://sellforte.com/en/blog/eu-law-change-on-promotions/
I mean, it's not my business so I don't really care, but if it's
BL wish to be law-compliant, this isn't enough. They'd have to moderate
the sale function itself, not just the forum. (And, talking about law-compliancy,
change several other things, such as stop pumping seller's mailboxes full
of IP addresses of their buyers, which is a GDPR violation because it counts
as private data and it counts as irrelevant for the purpose).
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BL is law-compliant when BL risks something and, AFAIK, BL doesn’t risk anything
here, only the sellers do. Actually, also AFAIK, nothing says marketplaces should
enforce those laws in acting, preventing, warning the sellers, applying to the
local authorities or whatever.
OTOH, members can apply to the local authorities to investigate the sellers.
But then I won’t bet on the chances of something happening to those small fishes.
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Ehm... I am no specialist but at first sight BrickLink does risk liability if
they share private data that is not relevant for the purpose. (A seller needs
the buyer's address to ship an order, but does for example not need that
IP address). If this data is collected and shared, then BrickLink is the party
doing that. By offering their services in the EU, the GDPR applies. If anyone
files a complaint to the relevant authorities, I think that could make BrickLink
liable for 1) possibly collecting more data than needed, and 2) a data leak because
they share the information with others (the sellers). The related fines can be
serious, so BL does risk something. Compared to other offenders, I think BL is
not at the top of their priority list, but that is no reason not to comply with
the law.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 17:17 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
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I didn’t remember the exact post, I just knew you never posted sales. I checked
your history and dug the post out
| | That's an iniquitous rule!
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Well, you can’t both complain we don’t implement suggestions and implement them!
Especially it’s your suggestion that’s implemented!
| | What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
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Posts about pizza with gummies and pizza-flavoured gummies get cancelled every
day!
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:58 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
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If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
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You're used to post on BrickLink and then realize Facebook may be a better
place to hang around... what a shock!
Bye for now, in a moment here we'll be festing (for no real reason) while
building
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
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If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:47 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| | | Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
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If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:46 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
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AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore
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Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
That's an iniquitous rule!
What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
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only since we must defend ourselves against the soldiers of mustard!
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:43 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
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AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore
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Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
That's an iniquitous rule!
What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:39 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
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AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| | | If you can post in the Forum now, you are not banned. The ban feature is all
or nothing when it comes to different topics.
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There is also the case of this Seller... who isn't really a Seller... and
who's the second poster on BrickLink...
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
Please have a good weekend - all!
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 15:55 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 136 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, TorontoLego writes:
| | Hi,
I posted a sale yesterday and got a message alerting me to this message (below).
Sorry I had missed that. One of the things it says is: Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
I'm not sure if this applies to me (ie if there's now a ban); however,
I wanted to confirm that I have no been made aware of this new policy and agree
to abide by it.
Thanks and all the best,
Mike
(TorontoBricks)
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If you can post in the Forum now, you are not banned. The ban feature is all
or nothing when it comes to different topics.
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| Author: | TorontoLego | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 134 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Hi,
I posted a sale yesterday and got a message alerting me to this message (below).
Sorry I had missed that. One of the things it says is: Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
I'm not sure if this applies to me (ie if there's now a ban); however,
I wanted to confirm that I have no been made aware of this new policy and agree
to abide by it.
Thanks and all the best,
Mike
(TorontoBricks)
In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
We are implementing a change of policy in regard to Sales posts in the Forum.
As the number of sellers has grown and as our site becomes more and more of a
premium marketplace, there is more incentive to advertise in the Forum and this
has led to an overabundance of posts under the Sales topic.
To be sure, there are a few members who have abused the Sales post feature, running
what seem to be constant deep discounts on everything in their store or in certain
categories. Most members who post in Sales, however, are not currently abusing
the feature, but we want to reduce the overall prominence of Sales posts.
The policy has been changed from a maximum of one per day to a maximum of one
per month. Please see the screenshot below.
Sellers posting more frequently may incur a friendly flooding ban for one month.
These are non-cumulative bans and will not go on your record. Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
Only the initial post in a thread counts toward the total Sales posts. Replies
will not count unless it is obvious that someone is posting to circumvent the
new policy.
This policy will be in place for the next 6 months after which we will assess
the situation.
**************
A word about "good" sales posts
On the BrickLink platform, visual presentation is a big part of our success.
This is why nice images are so critical to the catalog. When we see the same
one-line-of-text Sales posts cut and pasted over and over, it doesn't really
engage buyers. In fact, you may turn people off with such posts, especially if
they are done with frequency.
We're thinking of running a little contest over the next 6 months to reward
the best and most creative sales posts. More details on that later.
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| Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2024 16:09 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 121 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Feenix99 writes:
| | Can they ship from Russia to US? That is what I’m trying to do.
Melissa
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Maybe, but you can't buy in a russian store.
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| Author: | Feenix99 | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2024 16:03 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Can they ship from Russia to US? That is what I’m trying to do.
Melissa
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
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| Author: | Lord_Mortis | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 17:26 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Lord_Mortis writes:
Looks like I hit a nerve.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 04:32 | | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| | In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| | […]
Sorry I pressed the go button by mistake and changed the topic.
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The famous (among Francophones): “J’ai glissé chef !”
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Indeed it was my thumb aiming for the 'minimise keyboard' button on my
phone that glisséd and caused the damage.
| | | | But I don't have the power to change it back 
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They fixed it 
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I guess even forum admins don't have the power to change the topic back to
administrative?
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There is a way, it involves a trick.
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