Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | wildchicken13  | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2024 22:38 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, UTLF writes:
| | No it isn't
They've been letting spam accounts run rampant for the past year despite
announcing a "fix" coming "soon"
MrEvil from Ukraine was supposedly the culprit, he's been banned since August
2023, and the spam continues... somehow we're supposed to think they care
about keeping the site safe?
If they can't even deal with simple forum spam, how the hell are we to trust
them with our account security?
"Oh just report it so the forum mods can deal with it"
Yeah, rely on the volunteers instead of paying your security team to come up
with a premanent fix for it... makes total sense
What a goddamn joke
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How do you propose we solve the forum spam problem?
A "member" registers in India or the USA, starts a single thread in the
discussion forum advertising gummies or escorts, the thread is cancelled by the
moderators within minutes or hours, and the account is deactivated and anonymized
the same day that it was created. Rinse and repeat.
It happens a few times every night, and it seems that, with the help of the community,
a few human moderators can keep on top of the spammers without too much difficulty.
Yes, BrickLink could implement more advanced technical solutions to prevent spam
accounts from being created in the first place, but it's not necessarily
worth the investment just to prevent a few relatively harmless spam posts every
night. I'm sure the BrickLink developers are busy dealing with more important
bugs and vulnerabilities.
The only time is was a real problem was on December 12th, 2022:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?msgDate=12/12/2022
I'm not sure what happened there and whether all those posts were cancelled
by mods or by admins, but I sense that BrickLink's primary weakness is
not its leadership but its age. A switch to a newer, more modern platform might
help tighten security, but that's not a simple fix and will probably face
a lot of resistance from longtime members like XP did.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2024 22:08 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Daragh writes:
| | Was the genuine email that Bricklink send a link to follow?
I got one but deleted it, surely a genuine link about a scam should not be another
link to follow??
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The one they sent out on Monday, March 4th? (Subject: BrickLink phishing email)
Yes, that email does contain a link to the following help page regarding One-Time
Pin (OTP) for sellers: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615
But the body of the email does not ask you to click on or open the link; it merely
cautions against logging in from links sent in suspicious emails and advises
sellers to enable OTP to add an additional layer of protection to their account.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2024 21:58 | | Subject: | Re: Becoming a Seller | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Jomonkeyboy writes:
| | So step 3 of becoming a seller is proof of identification. In the list of what
they accept as proof they label driver license, passport or identity card. I
provided my drivers license thinking that is enough since that is what they ask
for. The website will not accept it even though it is not expired and it also
shows my birth date. I am unsure if I should trust this website because of this
issue.
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As far as trusting this website is concerned, BrickLink is trustworthy; you can
take my word for it…
Did they give a reason why your driver's license was not accepted? You do
have to be at least eighteen years of age to have a BrickLink account, even if
you have a valid unexpired driver's license showing your date of birth.
It could also be some stupid technical reason that has nothing to do with your
proof of identification (e.g. image size is too big, image is in the wrong format),
and therefore "the website will not accept it".
But as Carissa pointed out, you already have a storefront, so you may not be
as far from selling as you think. It may be a simple matter of opening your store.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 23:09 | | Subject: | Re: missing tile due to recent part merging ? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
| In Catalog Identification, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | I have a red 2 x 2 tile - see photo
Now I can see
but my arrow points right not left. Has this part been merged or deleted in the
recent catalogue upheaval?
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There used to be four separate variants of this part in the catalog (one for
each of the four directions), but BrickLink merged them all into one.
Now, no one can tell which direction BrickLink is going.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:50 | | Subject: | Re: Make-up brush as a viable cleaning tool? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | I recommend a paint brush.
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You paint LEGO???
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:47 | | Subject: | Re: Duster, BrickLink Retractable | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
| In LEGO products, QBricks writes:
| | I always thought the brush was for keyboards
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It's for makeup.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:27 | | Subject: | Re: IWD, come and gone unremarked? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| |  What are you talking about?
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International Women's Day (March 8th)
Normally, such a holiday would trigger a flurry of sales posts from sellers trying
to capitalize on the celebration, but alas, there was no such frenzy.
Perhaps the new limit of one sale post per month is preventing sellers from running
(or announcing) such holiday sales? https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1437060
At least one seller has decided to run a "March sale", grouping some
of the month's major holidays (International Women's Day, Ramadan, and
Saint Patrick's Day) into one: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1458584
I admit that International Women's Day came and went this year without my
notice, but rest assured without fail I notice the women themselves.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:12 | | Subject: | Re: IWD, come and gone unremarked? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | I've faith you'll work it out on your own...
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I'm not so sure; you may need to "mansplain" this one
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:08 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | Well I read a fair amount of the messages but not all - would you say that the
majority of posters were for the idea ?
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Just based on pure observation it seems like most forum users are vehemently
opposed to the merges.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:06 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, 1001bricks writes:
Nice assembly.
44301c69?
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:04 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | There would be absolutely no chance of jeopardizing site performance if there
was no merge
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BrickLink would find some way to jeopardize site performance regardless. 
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 22:01 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Nothing has been merged by mistake, and nothing will be.
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Famous last words, they always say nothing can go wrong, then everything blows
up!
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Yeah, I'm a bit skeptical about that last part…
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 21:57 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | When does it start? When does it finish?
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The BrickLink Catalog Merge Period commenced around 800 BC/BCE and is expected
to conclude sometime between 4000 and 5000 AD/CE.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 21:55 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Then Russell can be a politician
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If Russell were a politician, he would merge Canada with the U.S.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 21:54 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | “Ladies and gentlemen a functional difference has been found!”
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Well, technically I think that would be considered a cosmetic difference rather
than a functional difference, since the grooved jumper plates could simply be
replaced by regular 1 x 2 plates, but then it wouldn't look the same.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2024 21:50 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | And Bricklink didn't win either, because they're out on $1500 in
fees a year from me. Voting with your feet isn't a win for anyone.
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I'm sure BrickLink makes good money from fees. They're not missing much
from one or a few sellers that decide to close their shop because they're
unhappy about the way the site is run.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 22:41 | | Subject: | Re: paying international VAT tax WHY | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | I had to pay for FD/HDD/SSHD/SSD for years!
But no LSD, never - I'm only a nerd.
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Wow, I didn't know they made a liquid-state drive!
I used to take LSD on my way to work every day.
Speaking of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, of course.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 22:38 | | Subject: | Re: PayPal 1099K help | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| In Taxes, TravelBound writes:
| | Does the gross payment reported on the 1099 include the PayPal fees paid and
the sales tax collected by Bricklink?
In other words are the PP fees and sales tax collected deductible from the gross
reported?
Looked online but couldn't find a definitive answer. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Heidi
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This is not a definitive answer, but I'm pretty sure they are included.
Like Peregrinator, I list PayPal fees and sales tax as business expenses.
Technically speaking, I think sales tax is not supposed to be included in the
total, but, for whatever reason, PayPal includes it anyway.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 22:19 | | Subject: | Re: paying international VAT tax WHY | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | ps here in Canada we general call it "tax" like the usa not gst/hst/pst/qst
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Indeed. I was just making fun of the number of acronyms they use.
If someone is talking about GST/HST/PST/QST, you know they're talking about
Canada. There's no "SST/LST" here, just state and local sales tax.
Sales tax and VAT are essentially two different names for the same thing: "consumption
tax".
From Wikipedia:
Consumption taxes are usually indirect, such as a sales tax or a value-added
tax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption_tax
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 22:07 | | Subject: | Re: Spring flash sale!! 95% off, am I ready? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | Wow, so lucky! Plenty of bugs on BrickLink!
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Yes, that's why I keep coming back!
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 22:06 | | Subject: | Re: paying international VAT tax WHY | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | Sales Tax.
Sales Tax is "normal" for you in USA to pay, not VAT.
You said: "but if I order from someone internationally I have to pay the
VAT?"
No, you din't have to pay any VAT.
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I think Connie is complaining because BrickLink supports VAT exemptions for European
buyers with a VAT number but not sales tax exemptions for American buyers with
a sales tax number, which is a grievance some have passionately expressed in
the forum: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1268303
Connie is confusing sales tax with VAT. Americans pay sales tax; Europeans pay
VAT. Canadians pay GST/HST/PST/QST.
To Connie: Sales tax applies to everything you buy regardless of where it comes
from. Europeans still pay VAT on things they buy from other countries.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 21:54 | | Subject: | Re: Spring flash sale!! 95% off, am I ready? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Help, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | I was shocked to see he had ordered, he only has ordered twice off this site!
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And it looks like you left them their 100th feedback! It's an Earth-shattering
coincidence!
Or maybe Arkansas-shattering, depending upon your perspective.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 21:51 | | Subject: | Re: Spring flash sale!! 95% off, am I ready? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Help, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Where I live the internet stinks
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Wow, impressive that in some places you can smell the internet.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 21:48 | | Subject: | Re: Spring flash sale!! 95% off, am I ready? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Help, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | If you need more proof plantearthtoys already ordered 75% of the mini dolls.
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I am not surprised that PlanetEarthToys is into Friends…
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 21:47 | | Subject: | Re: Spring flash sale!! 95% off, am I ready? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Help, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | That what I love about this site. I can still run it!!
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Yeah, I find that a lot of newer websites actually run kinda slow due to all
the extra code they run in the background and whatnot.
Or maybe it's just my computer that's slow.
BrickLink, when it's working, actually runs quite smoothly for me.
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