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| In Catalog Identification, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are these Lego? They say "Lego" on them but I just wanted to be sure.
They also say "60596" if that helps. Thanks all!
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They look fine. The note also mentions end studs that are partially hollow.
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| Author: | yorbrick  | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: What are the guidelines, really? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | General | |
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So getting back to the subject of the post, if you don't mind that is
What should be the guidelines or parameters for what is "official"
LEGO here on BL?
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The simplest rule would be items from official sets. Then other items as custom
items on a case by case basis as BL sees fit, which is pretty much what it is
now.
Not that that would necessarily stop stolen, nightshift or similar items. If
illegitimate copies of (expensive) production parts are made, who is to know
of the origin? The only reason some parts stand out is that they are not known
in sets. Only allowing items that have appeared in sets could just shift what
is made by bootleggers. Although a lot of that bootleg jellybean type minifigure
trade still exists on ebay and facebok for the "rare", "prototype"
parts or whatever other description they want to use.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 14:50 | | Subject: | Re: What are the guidelines, really? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | Cutting back towards the point: These items were produced on an official LEGO
injection molding machine by a LEGO affiliated employee. Would these unique items
hypothetically then be allowed into the BL catalog? I say hypothetically, as
we no longer have the parts. Tossed them long ago, actually
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Into the catalogue? Definitely not. There are many parts made by machines owned
by LEGO and sold by LEGO that should not be in the catalogue. For example, LEGO
Discovery Centres used to have engraving machines where they would engrave your
name or a word on a brick. They might still do it, it's been a long time
since I went. They own the machine, they sell the part. There would be unlimited
catalogue entries if they were allowed. Same with the new torso printing machines.
As to whether they should be allowed to be sold as customs, that is another issue.
However, if something was made on a LEGO owned machine, how can you tell? If
those are allowed as customs, they'd have to allow parts engraved or printed
on other machines, as they wouldn't be able to tell them apart. And then
they could end up allowing the sale of IPs they don't have the license for.
As for undecorated but custom parts, is there really a difference? If they are
custom ordered, made on demand, then there is little difference.
| | Now to the point: What does actually qualify as "officially" LEGO
and therefore allowed to be sold here? Maybe more definitive guidelines would
be useful to all of within the secondary marketplace?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, Swatson217 writes:
| | I listed sand blue 2x2 macaroni tile and it was deleted. It is from one of the
newer space sets.
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If it is from a new released set that just hasn't been inventoried yet, then
that is really silly. You'd think they would have more things to do than
delete parts like that from sale.
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I just checked ... no inventory yet.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Swatson217 writes:
| | I listed sand blue 2x2 macaroni tile and it was deleted. It is from one of the
newer space sets.
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If it is from a new released set that just hasn't been inventoried yet, then
that is really silly. You'd think they would have more things to do than
delete parts like that from sale.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 10:30 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | | | | | It is not from PAB. That was just an example to show that there are also legit
ways to get unreleased lego parts.
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| | The part has been retired for 30 years. This is 99.9% sure just a test part that
escaped the factory.
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"Escaping the factory" is not the same as legitimate routes such as from
a PAB wall.
It is old. It might have happened a long time ago. But if LEGO wants to stop
illegitimate pieces from being produced and stolen now, they have to put a stop
to all pieces like that. Otherwise, in 30 years time, those new illegitimate
Vader helmets all become fair game to list as they are old and it happened a
long time ago.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 03:09 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, yorbrick writes:
| | | | It is not from PAB. That was just an example to show that there are also legit
ways to get unreleased lego parts.
I bought the part from bricklink my self in 2014.
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Which parts have been on a PAB wall that have not been released? The BAM minifig
parts get catalogued and I cannot remember any examples of parts from PAB walls
that have never been released. Even if there were other legitimate routes for
other unreleased parts, it doesn’t mean all unreleased parts should be allowed
here.
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I believe a lot of Warm Yellowish Orange parts were recently released at the
Florida LEGOLAND PAB? They definitely were never released in anything else, and
they were most likely old product from the model shop that had been sitting around
for almost 20 years. There have been lots of legitimate ways over the course
of LEGO history to obtain many rare and unique items.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/14999163358
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Yes from individual LEGOLAND centres (I also mentioned them earlier) but not
from regular PAB walls.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 03:07 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, M_R writes:
| | In General, yorbrick writes:
| | | | It is not from PAB. That was just an example to show that there are also legit
ways to get unreleased lego parts.
I bought the part from bricklink my self in 2014.
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Which parts have been on a PAB wall that have not been released? The BAM minifig
parts get catalogued and I cannot remember any examples of parts from PAB walls
that have never been released. Even if there were other legitimate routes for
other unreleased parts, it doesn’t mean all unreleased parts should be allowed
here.
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Parts like that are officially released, same with all the BAM exclusive parts.
They are not in retail sets, but they are widely available and catalogued here
as existing. Hence there is no issue with them being listed compared to the illegitimate
parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 17:09 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | It is not from PAB. That was just an example to show that there are also legit
ways to get unreleased lego parts.
I bought the part from bricklink my self in 2014.
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Which parts have been on a PAB wall that have not been released? The BAM minifig
parts get catalogued and I cannot remember any examples of parts from PAB walls
that have never been released. Even if there were other legitimate routes for
other unreleased parts, it doesn’t mean all unreleased parts should be allowed
here.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 17:02 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Sadly it has now happened to me too.
A happy customer has posted neutral feedback.
Couldn’t expect to keep 100% forever but hate to lose it this way.
Messaged them asking why a neutral, explaining result of a neutral on my score,
awaiting a reply.
Oh well, it won’t affect sales as buyers can see the customer was happy with
items.
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Seems, as I've argued over the years, a misunderstanding of the BL "neutral"
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=868453
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It looks more like a mistake when leaving feedback than a misunderstanding to
me. If they misunderstood what they were doing then why leave lots of positives
with similar comments previously?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 14:48 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Sadly it has now happened to me too.
A happy customer has posted neutral feedback.
Couldn’t expect to keep 100% forever but hate to lose it this way.
Messaged them asking why a neutral, explaining result of a neutral on my score,
awaiting a reply.
Oh well, it won’t affect sales as buyers can see the customer was happy with
items.
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They have left positive for others. Hopefully they realise they have made an
error based on the comments and change the feedback.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 14:44 | | Subject: | Re: How long for missing parts? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, builditbuildit writes:
| | How long on average does it take for bricklink stores to have the missing pieces
you need?
My wanted list got 60% fulfilled in one day
How long on average does someone have to wait for the whole wanted list to fulfill?
Thank you
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It depends on the parts. If the parts you want are no longer in production and
hard to find now, then probably never.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Colors, adpb writes:
| | Hello,
The Bricklink administration removed one of my selling listings. The reason was
that the parts were listed in a non existent color.
The part was actually a genuine lego part, listed in the correct color. Only
was it never released in an official set, so it does not show up in the color
guide in any set. Is it no longer allowed to list such parts? As far as i know
this type of parts could be obtained in a legal way from a pick a brick wall.
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Please tell us which part it was that was removed. It could have been a mistake,
but it could have also been an unwritten rule that we have had to enforce because
of the problem of fake parts. Unfortunately we do not have a log of deletions.
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I have an idea. If you're going to enforce a rule, then write that rule
into the Bricklink Rules and Policies. That way people will actually know
what the rules are. Enforcing unwritten rules will just create chaos and resentment.
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There is already a rule that sort of covers it...
Items Pending Official Release: Items may not be listed prior to their official
LEGO release date, either as custom lots or under related catalog entries.
These items have not been officially released, so these items are listed before
the official release date. Of course there might be no release date, especially
for night-shift parts, or there might not be a known official release date but
that doesn't mean that date would never happen so they are still listed prior
to an official release.
It would be interesting to know which part it was as the OP states they were
obtainable from a PAB wall, so this suggests it was already in an official store
and so would not be a night-shift type part.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 08:12 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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I wonder what would that proof could look like....
An invoice from PAB with a line 'prototype part'?
Can someone give an actual example of proof of purchase that would be accepted
by BL?
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If bought from online PAB, then the paper invoice they send has all parts listed.
If instore PAB, maybe a photo of the PAB tower, although the majority of parts
I have ever seen on a PAB wall have already been common parts. Whereas online
PAB has had parts that were not (yet) released in the past.
It is more likely that they would be from one of the German warehouse type stores
or LEGOLAND builder stock than from PAB.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 04:46 | | Subject: | Re: Nougat Arms Actually Orange? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BrickSix writes:
| | Hey guys. Not sure where else to post this query, but has anyone noticed that
"Nougat Arms" left and right are actually orange? Is this a known issue?
In one photo on the catalog they look orange. When you click the photo, they
look Nougat. I placed an order recently from a fellow Canuck, and received arms
that definitely looked more orange than nougat. Is this a known issue?
I've illustrated the issue with this crappy photo, but you see what I'm
getting at.
-Todd
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The lighting is bad, but they look like they could be nougat hands and medium
nougat arms or light nougat hands and nougat or medium nougat arms. It is a good
idea to photograph and compare them to something where you know the colours are
correct.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 04:42 | | Subject: | Re: parts in non existent colors deleted | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, adpb writes:
| | Hello,
The Bricklink administration removed one of my selling listings. The reason was
that the parts were listed in a non existent color.
The part was actually a genuine lego part, listed in the correct color. Only
was it never released in an official set, so it does not show up in the color
guide in any set. Is it no longer allowed to list such parts? As far as i know
this type of parts could be obtained in a legal way from a pick a brick wall.
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They have removed parts that are not in official (retail set) colours, especially
minifigure parts, where they have been made by "night shift" workers
that then steal and sell them. I imagine that possibly legitimate parts have
been caught up in this.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1322014
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 04:14 | | Subject: | Re: Come visit! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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If they buyer did not answer you, you could still reply to his feedback something
like: "reached out to resolve if there was any issue but the buyer didn't
reply"
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The issue was "good prices". Anyone that cares enough to look into feedback
scores can see that the buyer that left the neutral feedback was an idiot.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 16:38 | | Subject: | Re: BLOCKED FROM WEBSITE | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Technical Issues, 9_lives_bricks writes:
| | Over a month ago, Bricklink blocked us from their website
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But, how then did you post this?
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I assume they were blocked from using the API. They still have buying and selling
privileges.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: Buyers Spend Limit | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, grammasbricks writes:
| | Hi there,
Just looking for information on how to increase your buyers spend limit.
Thank you,
Grammas Bricks
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Do you mean the minimum order price (store minimum)? If so, it is under EDIT
STORE MANAGEMENT.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: What would you do? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| | | | | But as far as shipping the whole thing back for a full refund - isn't that
EU law? I don't see that you have a choice here.
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Correct, and I accept returns. But as I offer an alternative solution, return
shipping costs would be on the account of the buyer. That's at least how
I see it. Would you agree in this situation?
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If the item is damaged, the buyer should not pay for the return. Whereas if it
is change of mind, they should pay for it as long as you have made it clear in
your terms that the buyer pays for unwanted item returns.
I also wouldn't want to have to switch out arms in an old torso as a buyer
of it. If the buyer says the torso cracked when switching the arm, then you should
also then have to replace that. You could send them a replacement torso and ask
them to ship the one with the cracked arm back to you (at your expense) if you
wanted to switch the arm out yourself.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 02:35 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Amazingly writes:
| | In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I think most do not make the right claims with Bricklink for them to take action
though. I see people with the worst feedback where they didn't send all the
parts and it only takes 3 people to make the right claim for them to be suspended.
At least that is what I thought.
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If the seller refunds for the missing / damaged / wrong parts and shows proof
of it, then the NSS will be removed. However, the buyer might still leave negative
feedback. So the store can have a poor feedback score without being suspended.
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I know but 3 NSS and you are suspended until it is resolved. Then you submit
proof and how long do you have to wait? One guy was waiting 3 weeks to reopen.
If they all did an NSS the bad stores would be gone more often.
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I don't know how long you have to wait. I know we get reports here of people
waiting multiple weeks, but I don't know how common that is. Similarly I
don't know how many buyers go on to complete a NSS after they start one,
especially when there is evidence a parcel was delivered or money has been refunded.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 11:12 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| | | I think most do not make the right claims with Bricklink for them to take action
though. I see people with the worst feedback where they didn't send all the
parts and it only takes 3 people to make the right claim for them to be suspended.
At least that is what I thought.
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If the seller refunds for the missing / damaged / wrong parts and shows proof
of it, then the NSS will be removed. However, the buyer might still leave negative
feedback. So the store can have a poor feedback score without being suspended.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 10:32 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, aimeekey4 writes:
| | I have filed a couple of complaints over the last 2 years that I filed with Bricklink
after trying to resolve the situation with the sellers over numerous weeks.
One issue was they shipped bootleg minifig parts and we even submitted clear
pictures of what was shipped. The second order with a different buyer, they
shipped minifigs with the wrong colored parts. I've lost a total of $65
over these two orders - both of which were gifts for my son. There's no
buyer support and no protection from scammers. This last guy had 12 complaints
in the last year for the same issues and Bricklink is doing NOTHING about it.
The guy is a jerk and I'm out the money. Anyone else having this trouble?
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Bricklink does support buyers in that it bans sellers if they have performance
issues reported and completed in the correct way by buyers. PayPal will refund
you if you make a complaint to them, as they are the one that deals with the
finance side (if you paid that way).
Bricklink also supports buyers through publishing feedback from previous customers.
If a seller obtains lots of negative feedback for issues before you buy, then
you are warned about it if you look at the feedback. The seller you bought from
had already received quite a bit of negative feedback before your order was placed
and would have had a low percentage rating. Did you look at it before you bought?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 08:13 | | Subject: | Re: Creating a diagonal striped pole/block? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, toolman123 writes:
| | Hi there,
I am wanting to create a striped pole that would be used in a Christmas build
as a "North Pole". I wanted to create the stripes angled rather than
straight and then possibly put a light brick in the top surrounded by transparent/translucent
blue bricks. However, I am struggling to create the stripes in a cube.
Can anyone recommend the best way to do this, or suggest which brick number(s)
I could use?
Many thanks!
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The old macaroni bricks could be used staggered, so that might work, but it would
be rather large, much bigger than minifigure scale.
On a smaller scale, you could use one of these in white:
and wrap a long thin red sticker around it to create the candy cane effect. Or
use a red one and wrap a white sticker around it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 04:55 | | Subject: | Re: Selling vintage sets with replica stickers? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | - Is it acceptable / legal to offer vintage sets which use replica stickers?
(Of course with the explicit note in the offer listing that replicas were used.)
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Not really. At the very least they should be listed as incomplete sets, as they
are not complete if they are missing the original stickers. Personally, I think
the replica stickers should be removed so as not to cause confusion later on.
I think third party direct copy replacements for official LEGO parts to be problematic.
You know they are not original and you may say this when you sell them, but when
the next person comes to sell them, they might not have realised when they bought
it or they find it years later and sell it as having the original stickers, when
in reality they have replica or fake parts (as in copies of the genuine LEGO
items masquerading as the originals). In that sense, I find custom created items
that are different to genuine LEGO products less a problem, as they are not pretending
to be something that they are not and there should not be confusion as to whether
they are genuine.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 02:33 | | Subject: | Re: Updating Store Inventory Pricing | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, Ladyandabrick writes:
| | Hey All
re: Update my store inventory section.
The following option can be selected:-
Make sale prices (and all tier prices) the base prices.
Round results to 2 decimals.
Does this option work across the whole store inventory by selecting the Current
Items for Sale pricing?
Thanks in advance to all.
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It works on whatever categories you select.
If you are not sure what you are doing, then download your inventory and close
your store before you try it. That way, you can restore if you mess up.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: Can't mark order as shipped | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Blue82Da writes:
| | In Problem, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Problem, Blue82Da writes:
| | I have an order that has been paid for thru PayPal and the money has cleared.
The order didn't make as paid and I now can not mark as shipped. Please
help? Thank you in advance!
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Were taxes involved? If so did they pay with PayPal onsite or just PayPal you
directly? If taxes were involved it has to be paid directly on bricklink so bricklink
can collect sales tax otherwise the buyer sends you the sales tax which is not
allowed.
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Thank you so much for your answer ...yes there was sales tax of 1.68 on the order
which is probably exactly what my problem is. New problem is...how do I correct
it now? I guess I need to put in my terms that you have to pay me directly onsite
with PayPal to avoid this moving forward. Thank you so much for your help, it
is very appreciated!
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You have to refund the PayPal payment and ask the buyer to pay again using the
onsite button.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 10:09 | | Subject: | Re: Seller not shipping and not sending refund | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, peregrinator writes:
| | In Problem Order, yorbrick writes:
| | If from your bank, I'd email the seller saying you want the order cancelled.
Then tell the bank that you have told the seller to cancel the order. Also complete
the NSS anyway.
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Isn't there an option to cancel the order when the NSS is completed?
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It is more abut the bank here. They cannot tell whether an order is cancelled
on BL or not. However, if they are asking if it is cancelled, the buyer giving
a seller notice that they want to cancel (and the order has not been sent) then
it should be enough for the bank.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Seller not shipping and not sending refund | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Mkwill96 writes:
| | Hi, I am having an issue with a seller that does not respond to any of my messages
and is refusing to ship the order after payment. It has been a month since payment
was made and seller constantly lies about shipping dates, says they'll be
shipped in 2 days only to delay it and not respond to me after. On one of the
orders I've cancelled he's said that he's initiated a refund, it
has been 2 weeks since and I haven't received my money back so I contacted
my bank, only to be told that no refund was initiated.
I have filed a dispute but my bank is telling me to cancel the order, only then
can they do something about it but if I cancel the order, I have to mark the
NSS as complete eventhough it isn't.
These orders are about £2.5k in total and I really need some advice and guidance
on what to do here. Any help is appreciated, many thanks!
Seller 'Collectabrick'
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That seller has been suspended for almost two weeks for "preventative action".
Did you pay by bank transfer through PayPal, or direct from your bank?
If from your bank, I'd email the seller saying you want the order cancelled.
Then tell the bank that you have told the seller to cancel the order. Also complete
the NSS anyway.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: Spam | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | Circling back to: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=145974
Seems to me anyway, that simply restricting zero feedback members the use of
links in the forum, would immediately eliminate most current spam posts and deter
future ones. Haven’t been looking that close at these posts, but from what I’ve
seen, it’s presenting links they have as a common purpose or motivation. Removing
motivation is often a subtle yet effective tack in life.
Could be that it’s not all that simple, technically to implement. I don’t know,
but if doable, why not? Personally don't find the spam posts all that bothersome.
Many do though, and if there's an easy fix to tidy things up a bit...
-popsicle
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The spam posts tend to get removed really quite fast, at least at the times of
day when I see them (and report them). Links only work if people click on them.
If nobody clicks on them then there is no motivation to post more. Yet still
they post and post.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | They then sent an email saying that they had sent the payment to me via email.
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I don't think it is possible to send money by email.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 10:52 | | Subject: | Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ra writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.
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That is for regular people and companies. I'm sure they could find a way
round if they wanted to do it. Such as having three different LEGO BL stores,
one for standard parts, one for bestsellers Europe and one for bestsellers North
America, or however many locations they ship from.
But it would still go back on what they said originally, and I think would damage
new parts sales from regular sellers who would then shift their stores completely
to brickowl. Moving both used and new parts sellers, moving customers and losing
BL fees.
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We don't know how lucrative PaB is, but I am sure it isn't just for the
benefit of lego enthusiasts. If TLG were to capture more actual sales then just
fees, I am sure they would be making more money then just fees alone. So if a
brick only costs a few cents to manufacture and they can capture the same profit
as PaB that will be more than 3-2% of what a part sells for on here.
Example:
PaB part cost to manufacture, 5 cents, sells for 10 cents that is 5 cent profit.
Where a seller sells that part at 10 cents TLG makes 2 cents (from a major seller).
Sure you can say but TLG has overhead, where? They are already manufacturing,
storing, sorting for sets and PaB so no additional overhead.
TLG has a global foot print, way more than any seller has on here along with
better shipping rate options.
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Sure they could try to capture more of the market for inividual new parts, but
at what long term cost? They cannot keep up with PAB standard as it is. PAB best
seller is OK for speed but that s relatively small inventory.
If they aim to kill small businesses selling on bricklink then there is little
point in owning bricklink. Longer term,it would be worse for sellers and buyers.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 07:46 | | Subject: | Re: Closing in on purple brick | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Made it. 
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Congratulations!
The downside is that it is even further to the next change.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.
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That is for regular people and companies. I'm sure they could find a way
round if they wanted to do it. Such as having three different LEGO BL stores,
one for standard parts, one for bestsellers Europe and one for bestsellers North
America, or however many locations they ship from.
But it would still go back on what they said originally, and I think would damage
new parts sales from regular sellers who would then shift their stores completely
to brickowl. Moving both used and new parts sellers, moving customers and losing
BL fees.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2024 18:30 | | Subject: | Re: Closing in on purple brick | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Didn’t think I’d get there as I’ve been closed for two years or more.
Opened again recently and orders have been good, more than enough orders without
feedback to get me there.
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Not long now!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2024 02:19 | | Subject: | Re: Pay to sort | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Hello all! How much would you pay someone to sort a 12 gallon tub of Lego?
I buy Lego at about $2 - $4 a pound if that helps.
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I wouldn't. I'd cherry pick the figures, pick any obvious decent / expensive
parts and sell the rest as bulk.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2024 02:05 | | Subject: | Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | |
Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?
Also, third-party stores would still be indispensable, because there are so many
parts that are unavailable from the PaB website.
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When taking over bricklink, LEGO claimed they wouldn't interfere with the
marketplace, implying they wouldn't compete with sellers. If they want to
compete with sellers, then many sellers will leave and move to the independent
marketplace.
They would also need to behave like other BL sellers. I'd leave them negative
feedback unless they improved their order turn around times.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: Store suspended - Fees | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | In Help, zorbanj writes:
| | This is the one bill I pay immediately, as soon as I receive it.
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Same here. You get, what is it, about 6 weeks to pay it so there really shouldn't
be any excuse to missing it. Especially if going away, paying it before leaving
is sensible. You don't have to remember once you are back.
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One feature that might be helpful here is the ability to pre-pay fees.
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It might cause issues with paying in the wrong financial year. If you pay a lot
in one year, then ask for a refund the next.
For anyone using the site frequently, maybe just a different coloured notice
on a screen if you have fees due that disappears when you pay.
Doesn't the banner go red if you are a month late? I know I missed making
a payment a few years ago when ill, and I'm sure the banner went red after
a month but before the final deadline which i noticed and paid so I didn't
get a suspension. Lesson learned, and I tend to pay on receipt.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 10:50 | | Subject: | Re: Retirement Sale | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Brickpickers writes:
| | My grandkids say I'm too old to play with Lego now!!!
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Tell them they are too young to play with LEGO. Or wait until after they have
gone to bed.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: Store suspended - Fees | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, zorbanj writes:
| | This is the one bill I pay immediately, as soon as I receive it.
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Same here. You get, what is it, about 6 weeks to pay it so there really shouldn't
be any excuse to missing it. Especially if going away, paying it before leaving
is sensible. You don't have to remember once you are back.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 06:02 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, tjb01527 writes:
| | To insure a parcel up the value of £50 for small parcels in the UK is now £12.95
[special delivery} with Royal Mail. Thats up from £4.65!! Reluctantly, I've
started using Evri. Since RM have gone into private ownership, prices have shot
up & the service down hill. One way to kill a business.
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For ~£50 parcels I am still using RM but just the basic Tracked 48 version at
£3.39 (plus 20p extra as I often drop off at PO for convenience). When booking
online it still says that it has compensation to £150. Tracking is enough to
protect against "not delivered" claims and I feel insurance is probably
overkill for damage although it does mean I tend to package boxed sets so they
shouldn't be damaged. I find that decent enough for up to 2kg parcels and
never had an issue with late or lost deliveries with the parcel service (unlike
the large letter service).
I know Evri is slightly cheaper if dropping off light parcels, but there is no
convenient drop-off point for me.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 16:05 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, stevetq2 writes:
| | Hi
Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.
Cheers
Steve
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And it now costs £1.70 on top of the postage price to add signed for. Crazy.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 15:59 | | Subject: | Re: Incorrect Shipping Classification | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, puffenuff writes:
| | Yes I am aware of this, and have done that on the past. The issue is not with
my settings. The item in question says the incorrect dimensions. I am wondering
who I can talk to about changing the dimensions.
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You don’t need to talk to anyone, just fill in a change request.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp
You can also enter your own dimensions in your inventory if it is causing an
issue still.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: Min-Buy not working | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Shipping, yorbrick writes:
| | | | So anyhow, we added a min-buy for shipping outside our country, but it seems
not to be working.
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You cannot have a minimum buy for shipping internationally and no minimum buy
for domestic. You can only have one minimum buy value for the store. If you try
to do it through the shipping settings, it will normally offer whatever default
shipping method you have when all other shipping methods fail. So if you only
have an international shipping option above a certain cart value, you will still
get orders below that, but that shipping option won't be offered. They are
still valid orders though, in that they reach your minimum buy for the store
(of zero, since you don't have one).
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Yes but no - see my post:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1464775
I thought you could set up a fail safe international method with a minimum.
If it doesn't allow you to buy, then there's no shipping method, then
the buyer won't be able to buy.
I'm not sure, never tried, no minimum or such here, but it seems logical
to me?
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I don't know now, maybe possible you can. I don't ship internationally
any more to try.
But whatever they do, the default shipping if everything else fails should have
the international shipping destinations turned off.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 04:53 | | Subject: | Re: Min-Buy not working | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| | | So anyhow, we added a min-buy for shipping outside our country, but it seems
not to be working.
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You cannot have a minimum buy for shipping internationally and no minimum buy
for domestic. You can only have one minimum buy value for the store. If you try
to do it through the shipping settings, it will normally offer whatever default
shipping method you have when all other shipping methods fail. So if you only
have an international shipping option above a certain cart value, you will still
get orders below that, but that shipping option won't be offered. They are
still valid orders though, in that they reach your minimum buy for the store
(of zero, since you don't have one).
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 04:47 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping order lost - Refund | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Greeks_Rulez writes:
| | Hello,
I shipped an order to a buyer with tracking, but the order has been lost.
I've recieved the money ftom the post office and now I want to refund the
buyer.
I refund him from Bricklink or Paypal?
So i have no issues with Bricklink platform and the buyer?
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If he paid through paypal(onsite) via Bricklink, then use the refund button for
the order. If he paid offsite through PayPal, use the refund button on the payment
details page at PayPal.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 01:11 | | Subject: | Re: My entire room of Lego! | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | You need to put them into your store to sell them. |
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 14, 2024 07:44 | | Subject: | Re: 60% off all parts | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, landmbrick writes:
| | 60% off all parts,no international
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Your terms say you ship to ...
Australia
Costa Rica
Italy
Taiwan
Canada
Egypt
Malaysia
United Kingdom
China
Germany
Singapore
USA
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 05:40 | | Subject: | Re: MY ORDER PLACED LIST iS INCOMPLETE | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, romanelli writes:
| | Hello Bilders.
I looking for a long time who knows why on my ORDER PLACED list is only last
16 orders.
Rest of them disappeared and i can't check them.
I send the message to the BL but nobody responded.
Thank for Your help if You can.
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Either:
1) you filed them
2) older than 6 months.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 03:08 | | Subject: | Re: Received order not sure why | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, LegendaryConch writes:
| | That really didn’t make a ton of sense… you received an order that you didn’t
order?
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It appears they placed an order, paid for it and have now received it and received
feedback for it. But cannot remember placing it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 03:03 | | Subject: | Re: Hi I'm thinking of selling some LEGO's | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | any help is appreciated! I would just like to know the "Dos and don'ts"
of selling LEGO's
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Do: Open a store before advertising you have sets for sale.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2024 10:31 | | Subject: | Re: Finding the right (old) variant in shops? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, Dino writes:
| | In Searching, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Searching, Dino writes:
| | For a few weeks now you have to clarify with the seller whether it is the part
you want. So you can no longer use these functions.
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That difference never was recognized in the catalogue by different entries, only
by a note as it is now.
You ALLWAYS had to clarify with the seller for such variants.
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Then this entry is missing in the catalog.
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Not really. There are loads of minor or unimportant variations that have never
been individually catalogued, just mentioned in notes.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2024 06:40 | | Subject: | Re: Honey, where are my Pants? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, novabrick writes:
| | Hello there!
Could we maybe start giving Legs a bit more descriptive names?
Items like:
are a bit hard to find for people who haven't memorized the whole catalog
of Star Wars Characters and Uniforms.
Thanks you for your consideration.
Christian
novabrick-team
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It often happens with highly specialised designs and it can be a problem if you
have to know what you have to be able to search for it. But how would you describe
these parts to make them searchable? There will be a lot of parts with a description
like "with dark bluish grey lines".
I find Google lens is now quicker and more reliable than searching by words.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 19:09 | | Subject: | Re: Should I trust this? | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, sonnich writes:
| | I have has weird orders before, and have has scammers on here and other places.
I has a similar request some years ago, which was ok - someone wanted one brick,
to pay and get the feedback. I Cannot remember what I did, but I found it wrong
so I probably cancelled
Now this - 0 feedback, but actually ordered a set and something else.
But - what do people here think?
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It is a bit strange. They are a member for 5 months and don't buy anything
in that time. Then ask for feedback and get told they need to buy something.
I would have thought they'd pick a cheap item with domestic postage to keep
costs down and have fast feedback tyrnaround, but instead go for an international
seller. They also contact to ask about feedback rather than just buying. And
coincidentally the seller they pick is a forum user.
If you reply, make it clear what the postage costs are, in case they don't
realise this is an international site.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers Package Type | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | |
For some years now, whenever I add a sticker to my Inventory I set Package Type
manually to Weight, and then when someone change it to Volume Bound it changes
my initial setting.
It shouldn't, should it?
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I agree. If you manually override something, someone changing it in the catalogue
should not change your manual setting.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: What is the norm here | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | Thank you for the replay and making a good point. the refund total was $0.14.
but it will cost 6 bucks in shipping to order from someone else. I assume as
get further into custom builds you just naturally build up spare bricks.
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Yes, you will naturally build up spares. It is annoying when you need just a
few cheap parts, so overbuying parts you are likely to need in future is a good
idea.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers Package Type | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | Sorry if I have missed something, but who and why is changing Stickers Package
Type from Weight To Volume Bound thus making Instant Checkout unavailable?
Thank you.
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The sticker sheets I have appear to be a mixture of both volume and weight bound.
The majority of the volume bound ones have dimensions, but not all.
Ideally, these probably all should be volume bound. Or at least the larger ones
that might get creased more easily and/or not fit in a regular bubble mailer.
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All my orders ship in a box.
I set all my stickers' package type to Weight and that works for me.
When someone changes it to Volume Band (without dimensions) it disables Instant
Checkout, which is annoying.
I'm not sure why someone would that? It should be at store's discretion,
right?
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Volume bound for any parts with large dimensions makes sense to me, and it should
probably be consistent. Individual items are always at the store's discretion
as you can set them manually to weight or volume bound. Of course, if the dimensions
are entered then the IC issue goes away.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 10:45 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers Package Type | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | Sorry if I have missed something, but who and why is changing Stickers Package
Type from Weight To Volume Bound thus making Instant Checkout unavailable?
Thank you.
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The sticker sheets I have appear to be a mixture of both volume and weight bound.
The majority of the volume bound ones have dimensions, but not all.
Ideally, these probably all should be volume bound. Or at least the larger ones
that might get creased more easily and/or not fit in a regular bubble mailer.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 10:39 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out a set not recognized in catalog | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, NuggetHead writes:
| | Hi all,
I'm attempting to part out 4 sets of 10291, but after setting options and
clicking the 'Submit for Edit' button I'm getting an error that the
set is not recognized in the catalog. Yet, I can add the set in 'Add Item'
and it is recognized.
Any help appreciated!
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Instead of parting out 4 copies of set 10291-1, are you changing the numbers
in the boxes on the part out screen to 1 copy of set 10291-4? As doing that will
cause this error.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 03:12 | | Subject: | Re: Questions regarding VAT | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, luddman writes:
| | Hello
I am new to Bricklink. I ONLY buy sets for use in livestreams and YouTube. I
am wondering how I can register my company name and VAT number somewhere to get
it on the invoices so it's easier to get the VAT back.
Any suggestions? I only seem to find answers about SELLERS adding their VAT info,
not about buyers.
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Be aware that not all sellers here will charge VAT, or be able supply a VAT invoice.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 11, 2024 03:08 | | Subject: | Re: What is the norm here | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, GWD683 writes:
| | I’m new to the custom Lego builds and am learning how the community operates.
I’m building the Naboo starfighter and used the auto order function to match
me with sellers.
Most of the orders shipped but one was talking a while and when it shipped they
refunded me for 2 pieces they didn’t have. All fine so far.
But it’s really hard to just order two pieces due to minimum order requirements
and overpaying for shipping.
Is there a way to tell the sellers not to complete the order if you can’t complete
the whole order?
Also the seller is highly rated
Any advice or past experiences would help. Thanks!!
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It shouldn't happen but it does.
Something else you can do, especially if the parts are cheap, is double up by
ordering the same parts from other sellers if you are already buying parts from
them. It helps avoid missing lot problems and gives you spares if some (used)
parts are not up to quality or if you drop any.
And if you are not in a hurry, space the orders a day or two apart. If one seller
has an issue, there are still others on your list that could provide parts to
make up for other sellers errors.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2024 18:58 | | Subject: | Re: Order Refund timeframe | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Mkwill96 writes:
| | I have placed an order on a store and he hasn't shipped in 3 weeks and hasn't
replied so I've logged a NSS, seller says he's refunded me but I haven't
received anything. (STRIPE PAYMENT). Am wondering how long I should wait for
the refund. (Refund initiated on 8th April)
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How did you pay through stripe, as bank transfer refunds can be a few days, back
to credit card can take a couple of weeks to show depending on issuer.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 9, 2024 04:51 | | Subject: | Re: Want a laugh !! | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| | At least it didn't go missing in the post! |
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 9, 2024 04:26 | | Subject: | Re: 10% OFF! Cheapest price Barracuda Bay in EU. | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, niinai writes:
| | Come take a look. I also reduced shipping costs.
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Did Germany leave the EU?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2024 13:45 | | Subject: | Re: Lego boxes | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | You need a store to sell them here. |
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2024 03:07 | | Subject: | Re: what was your first LEGO set? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| I don't think I had one. My childhood LEGO was second hand, we had a bucket
full of it. But no sets, instructions, or boxes. Maybe that is why I have always
enjoyed building MOCs.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 7, 2024 03:59 | | Subject: | Re: Getting logged out/Search function | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, here4bricks614 writes:
| | How do I stop this website from logging me out on mobile browsers despite the
preferences cookies being enabled? I’ve been logged out four times today.
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Which browser? Are you using one with a setting that clears cookies when closing
the browser?
| | Why is the search function absolute garbage? I tried to look for solutions using
a few words and they were all excluded from the search results.
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Searching for what? LEGO parts, or how to solve your issue?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: Looking to spend 10k new sets any kind | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickMafiaCo writes:
| | Looking to spend 10k new sets any kind Need new sets in bulk
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Try here ...
https://tinyurl.com/3sjxrae4
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 11:58 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers Beware | | Viewed: | 131 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Tuffduck writes:
| | Hi Sellers,
Please beware of Adrianmaelstrom. Does not comply with your store policies and
I have reported as a Non-Paying Buyer.
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If you want to warn others, then leave appropriate feedback.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | Why is it ALWAYS the UK/EU stores
that whine and moan about servicing their customers?
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It isn't.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 03:32 | | Subject: | Re: Give up overseas shipping? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | Then Europeans whine about VAT even though they voted for welfare states, so
they want you to lie on customs form, which is a federal crime.
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Wow. What a sweeping statement.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: Setting Orders to Complete! | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | | |
There is a reason sellers might want to set an order to complete.
If you want to delete an old shipping method, you cannot if there is an open
order using that method
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There's also NO reason to immediately delete a shipping method.
Simply disable it and forget it, delete it later on - it won't be shown in
your shop while disabled.
In short, there is still no reason a seller would set Completed an order 
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Sure there are work arounds to solve a problem. But if a seller wants to remove
a method, they cannot and are warned it is because there are open orders (even
if they are filed). Hence they can be tempted to complete ones that are already
months old.
There is also the issue that store wide minimum orders take into account any
disabled methods. So if you have multiple redundant methods that are disabled
you still have to edit every one of them if you want to raise the store minimum,
even though they cannot be used by a buyer. Of course, this is not the buyer's
fault (or care), just dodgy programming blocking changes.
It also seems strange that you cannot delete a shipping method while an order
is open, but you can change all the variable parameters in that method.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: Setting Orders to Complete! | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, MMillere writes:
| | Since sellers are NOT supposed to set orders to Complete.....
Can we make it so they can't?
Because when a seller does it by mistake, we can not send a ship notice thru
the system
Thanx
Milissa
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There is a reason sellers might want to set an order to complete.
If you want to delete an old shipping method, you cannot if there is an open
order using that method, even if it was delivered months ago and feedback left.
Obviously you can disable the shipping method, change the name if it conflicts
with another name, set the minimum order value for that shipping method to 9999
if it conflicts with a change in the store minimum order value, but all that
is a faff just because someone hasn't marked an order as complete.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: SELLING SOME O/M RARE MARBLED STUFF. question | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, matthi writes:
| | I've added some rare stuff for sale from my collection, but when catalogue
this (picture) round brick 2x2 I've noticed mine having all a closed stud,
while there are here only with open stud in the inventory. Is this a newer mould
not being add on bl yet? Or it exists for a while but they never uodated the
description with a closed stud variant?
Kind regards,Matth
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Read the note in the catalogue entry.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 06:20 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Personally, I think it is better to use the existing tools, such as using a minimum
lot value or maximum number of lots as these are displayed in the store. Using
more hidden fees that are only seen when viewing the final cart cost or after
placing an order are likely to make a buyer leave the store or cancel the order.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2024 13:37 | | Subject: | Re: Cancelled order | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, morrispd writes:
| | Hi, could someone help please as it is my first time ordering. I ordered and
paid for some parts to complete a set but since I completed the order it has
been cancelled by the seller. Comment on message informing me says feedback
is required to order? I tried to message seller to ask but it says I am on their
stop list.
Can someone give me a good reason not to leave bad feedback, is this the seller
or the system which has failed me? Should I be able to order just a few parts
and pay the postage?
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There is no way a seller can block zero feedback buyers, so some sellers just
cancel orders. You can leave feedback if you like, but you will get a negative
back. For you, that could be serious, as it is possible to block buyers with
negative feedback and that will mean you cannot buy form significantly more sellers
that have this option turned on.
So long as you got a refund, I'd leave it. Least favourite the store though,
and don't return to it in future. Or alternatively, place an order with someone
else and get feedback, then return to the first seller asking if you are worthy
enough now.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2024 05:27 | | Subject: | Re: Are other themes possible? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| | | Is it possible to have offerings from other themes, maybe branded themes like
Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc? I wonder what everyone else's thoughts are?
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There is no chance for licensed themes to be done without the IP holder's
agreement.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2024 02:29 | | Subject: | Re: what is max number of neutral and neg comment | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Gambit57 writes:
| | I should have read the comments/feedback before buying from this one seller.
He left me a negative feedback after I left him a neutral one. Most of the comments
about him concerned his high price of shipping . My feedback to him was about
stuffing over 100 in two snack sized baggies. I tried talking to him but he is
very belligerent. Why does Bricklink still allow him to have a store
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I cannot see LEGO banning someone selling on bricklink for using a small number
of bags with 100 parts in each, when this is how LEGO sells its products. Especially
now they are trying to cut down on plastic waste, banning someone that is trying
to be more environmentally conscious is very unlikely.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2024 01:16 | | Subject: | Re: New filter based on % off | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:
| | That could work but I would still have to manually go through them. I use the
want list filter and select the min option to apply in bulk. If I just want parts
at a certain percentage that would not work as the lower sale items would still
be in the list.
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If this was common buyer behaviour because a tool allows it, sellers would double
their prices and offer 50 % off on everything.
Some already do that type of thing, and advertise fake sales in the forum.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2024 01:07 | | Subject: | Re: what is max number of neutral and neg comment | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Gambit57 writes:
| | I should have read the comments/feedback before buying from this one seller.
He left me a negative feedback after I left him a neutral one. Most of the comments
about him concerned his high price of shipping . My feedback to him was about
stuffing over 100 in two snack sized baggies. I tried talking to him but he is
very belligerent. Why does Bricklink still allow him to have a store
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There are no limits. It is up to potential buyers to look at feedback and decide
for themselves.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2024 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: New filter based on % off | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TheHatter13 writes:
| | I have seen a lot of sellers offer multiple different discounts. It would be
nice to have a filter that you can choose the discounts you want to see instead
of just all sales. Like if a shop has different sale percentages at 10, 25, 30,
50 and 75 percent off you could filter for everything above 50%.
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Just sort by % off descending.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2024 04:39 | | Subject: | Re: Wishlists (like amazon) | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | People
could support their favorite content creators and not have acess to their adress,
friends that are not on the adress sharing level can also do that, members of
family can have a way easier time finding something you actually want without
the hassle of looking for it and packing and sending it. It would be a really
fun idea all around imo with a lot of ways to surprise someone.
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Voted no, because of the idea of supporting content creators. This would be abused
from both sides. The buyer has no idea if the seller sends the item. Similarly,
there is no eller protection as the buyer asks for it to be sent to a different
address to their payment address.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2024 04:31 | | Subject: | Re: Why can't I access the instructions? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, CykillsGarage writes:
| | Hi there! I've be pretty peeved by some of the new rules and instructions
for BrickLink. I can't view the instructions for a build unless it is not
related to a licensed brand or product. this goes for the same on Moc page on
BL. is there a way to turn the instructions back on for my licensed product related
builds? I don't need it to have the downloadable function, but just a way
to turn the instructions back on.
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LEGO cannot be seen to be making money from intellectual property that they have
no agreement to use. If they allow instructions to be available for designs based
on other companies' IP, that is what they would be doing.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2024 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: BL says 2 Lots for sale but I just see one?!? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, leggodtshop writes:
| | BL says 2 Lots for sale but I just see one?!?
Bug? Or something else I don't know about?
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One is a superlot, so doesn't show by default.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2024 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: EU Right of Withdrawal | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoLDK writes:
| | In Help, popsicle writes:
| | 2) When you joined (it's after-all, a membership contract) you may have not
agreed with the TOS, but you did accept them This is how the proprietors of
the site have chosen to best operate globally.
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A check box does not allow an opt out of legal rights and obligations.
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The buyer got their refund to which they were entitled to. Site specific rights
such as the ability to place orders, feedback, etc are not cover by legal rights.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2024 04:59 | | Subject: | Re: Shpment went AWOL, Refund is complete | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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File it or ignore it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 15:00 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, edk writes:
| | In Buying, WildBricks writes:
| | As a seller, 9 times out of 10 I will contact the buyer to let them know something
is missing before shipping and then NEVER HEAR from the buyer. So then their
package is sitting around for days waiting on a response from them. Then their
feedback is 'took a long time to ship and missing parts'. We have no
way of knowing who is going to be a quick responder and who isn't, which
parts are the most important and which is filler.
If you have something in your order that is the reason you placed the order,
then mention it in the notes so that we know and can reach out to you. I've
found that it is always about communication.
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I do not run into not having all parts ordered often but EVERY time I have messaged
the buyer Before shipping an incomplete/partial order they have replied to let
me know how they would like to proceed with the order issue.
I do not see why a buyer is expected to or should have to add a note stating
why they placed the order. Isn't it as simple as they wanted to order the
parts in the order?
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Of course it is best that s seller contacts the buyer if they are missing parts.
But not all sellers do. So if some parts are especially important to the buyer
then indicating this makes sure the seller is aware of it.
It is not always as simple as they need / want all the parts in the order. I
just placed an order with a store, I only need about half the items I ordered.
The other parts are cheap enough, so I'll buy them even though I don't
need them right now. But I wouldn't place the order just for those extra
parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: Mattel Buys BrickLink | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Trades | |
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| In Trades, WildBricks writes:
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... and it's been taken down.
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Was it ever up though? Some of it is very BL specific humour for those in the
know.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO To Impose Lifetime Limits w/ LEGO Max | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, 1001bricks writes:
It wouldn't be a bad idea if not an Aprils Fools joke. Think of how much
prices would rocket for existing stock.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink implement 1 suggestion annually | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, macebobo writes:
| | On April 1st of each year.
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If they implement this suggestion, then they would have fulfilled this year's
quota and they wouldn't need to implement another until next year!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 08:39 | | Subject: | Re: Weird Seller | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| | | refuses to accept PayPal because "the British" always complain about
his orders.
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If every British person that buys from him complains, then chances are he sends
poor quality parts.
Can't you just file a cancellation request, if he refuses then report for
not allowing paypal even though it is offered. Asking for IBAN when offering
paypal is no different to offering PayPal then demanding friends and family.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, bobnikolov writes:
| | In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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Sorry, this can't be serious
Any buyer should have templates just in case...
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Yes, I was serious. If the buyer is having the same issue with multiple orders,
it makes sense to ask sellers not to ship if they cannot fulfill the whole order
or the important parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 11:22 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces from an Order: 2 times now | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chestercu15 writes:
| | I’m having a hard time with this, as I’ve been trying to buy some specific parts
missing from some sets and 2 times now, I’ve ordered specific parts, added on
a few others to meet the minimum buy for the seller and the seller sends me a
message AFTER shipping that they don’t have or can’t find the parts I actually
needed and still shipped the package. They provide a refund for the missing
parts, but those were the only reason I was buying in the first place.
Is that common business practice, to communicate after shipping that parts are
missing? Would this warrant less than positive feedback?
Newer member here, just seeking some help
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Put a note with the order ... DO NOT SHIP IF MISSING PARTS A, B AND C.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 06:59 | | Subject: | Re: EU Right of Withdrawal | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | EU consumer law as with any laws around the world, is the province of the people
and their respective nations. EU law is not binding elsewhere if not otherwise
accepted elsewhere. Iow, we here live by the laws created by the representatives
we elect to do just that, and not by the laws other people of the world create
for themselves. Put another way, it's not binding nor enforceable elsewhere.
But now back down to Earth for me There is compliance with law (money returned
as the seller did) and then there are the TOS for the adherence of the entire
membership. Othewise, it just doesn't work. Strikes for behavior on a membership
site, have little to do with the satisfying of any law, as I see it.
Happy to be proven wrong and learn. Sure this is eye-opening for others too
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I think the direction of travel is actually the opposite. We have seen it with
GDPR laws, tax laws, the German packaging law. That is, if an American seller
wants to sell in the EU (and by advertising to the EU, that is what they are
doing), then they should abide by EU consumer laws. If they don't want the
transaction to be covered by EU consumer laws, then don't sell to te EU.
This is pretty much what happened in the early days of GDPR, even relatively
minor things like cookie tracking for advertising. Many US (and elsewhere) based
sites blocked access to EU viewers as they were not GDPR compliant at the time
and it was easier to block users than resolve the issue quickly. It wouldn't
surprise me if the same happens with consumer laws, that if a US company wants
to access customers in the EU then they have to comply with EU consumer law.
They have the option to not advertise to EU customers. This doesn't always
help the buyer, of course. Quite a few ebay sellers stopped shipping to Germany
due to the packaging law registration costs. Of course, if the German consumer
chooses instead to pretend to not be in the EU, using a VPN forwebsite access
or a US reshipper for their delivery address, then that is (presumably) different.
There are of course other barriers to returns. I buy a fair bit of hobby electronics
from China. If I decided to return a cheap product, the cost for me to return
it is likely to be more than the cost of the product. So the business can easily
comply by saying the consumer can return at their expense but are unlikely to
have to deal with returns.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 05:24 | | Subject: | Re: EU Right of Withdrawal | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, StarBrick writes:
| | In Help, yorbrick writes:
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There is a downside to this though. If an EU (or UK) buyer wants to cancel an
order and not receive an NPB, then it is better to pay, then invoke their right
of return once it is sent (or just once paid) and then post about it in the forum.
It is especially hard on the the seller if they don’t indicate who pays for return
costs.
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I think not. BL states this when a NPB may be filed (its NOT obligatory!):
"If there is no payment or communication from the buyer within seven days
of submitting an order, the seller may file a Non-Paying Buyer (NPB) alert."
Seller misused the NPB here as payment was made.
So BL did the only right thing here: remove the NPB as it was incorrectly used
by the seller.
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Yes, and if a seller says they will NPB a buyer for not paying, the buyer just
needs to pay then cancel to avoid the NPB.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 04:37 | | Subject: | Re: EU Right of Withdrawal | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | What could be argued is that BL parts orders are “goods made to order or clearly
personalised.” Those are exempt from the “cooling-off” period.
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It used to be that lego.com PAB orders were not returnable. They have changed
their rules so that they are now returnable so long as the whole PAB order is
returned. So if LEGO have relented on their 'no PAB returns' line, presumably
there is some legal reason behind it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 04:33 | | Subject: | Re: Any theories on why a used part costs more ? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, getlego writes:
| | I randomly looked at some parts in my inventory and I found one example of a
used part costing ten cents more that a new part. I'm sure I've seen
other examples but that's not the issue. What is it that drives prices the
best. Is it possibly part of the algorithm to fill someone's wanted list
or do people mostly default to used parts on that list? I thought this could
help us sellers use better methods of selling somehow.
The part I'm talking about is 3068bpb0929 2x2 map tile. Last six months .27
cents used, compared to .17 cents new.
any thoughts on this ? I've sometimes thought about listing everything used
unless it was a rare part. You would lose money up front but possibly make more
sales ???? Apparently on this part you would make more money. Just a strange
topic I thought would be fun to discuss.
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It can happen when a once relatively hard to find part suddenly becomes more
common as it is in a new set. There is often a lag for prices to stabilise especially
if people using wants lists don't care if they overpay a little to get it
all in one order.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 04:28 | | Subject: | Re: EU Right of Withdrawal | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, StarBrick writes:
| | In Help, Admin_Russell writes:
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Since you originally paid for the order, the NPB has been removed.
This is the same case with a seller - if a buyer receives the order, any NSS
on that order is removed.
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Glad this was the conclusion!
Enjoy the rest of the Easter weekend .
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There is a downside to this though. If an EU (or UK) buyer wants to cancel an
order and not receive an NPB, then it is better to pay, then invoke their right
of return once it is sent (or just once paid) and then post about it in the forum.
It is especially hard on the the seller if they don’t indicate who pays for return
costs.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2024 04:18 | | Subject: | Re: Seller not Replying to Postage Question | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LL_0937 writes:
| | Hi,
3 weeks ago I messaged an overseas seller's store to ask if I could have
an approximate cost for shipping an item to Australia, as shipping to here can
sometimes cost more than the item being purchased.
The seller still hasn't read my message. Am I doing something wrong?
Usually I would request a quote, but the seller did not have that option, so
I messaged the store, because the seller doesn't want to be contacted.
Does the seller just ignore messages relating to shipping cost, as they don't
want to waste time trying to find the cost of shipping unless they know I'm
going to buy, or do they not check their store messages?
I would appreciate any help.
Thank you,
Levi
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You could message them and ask them why ...!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2024 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: EU Right of Withdrawal | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Bibosstone writes:
| | In Help, crazylegoman writes:
| | I think you need to provide another piece of information for people to understand
the situation better: Why did you order something and then send it back? Was
the order damaged or incomplete?
David
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please understand that as a consumer you have extensive rights in europe.
if you do not like the quality of the goods, you can return them to the retailer
for any reason. this is normal day-to-day business in europe.
but sometimes there are dealers who do not like this. the only thing i want to
discuss here is the "Non-Paying Buyer Alert system" has been abused by
the dealer and what i can do about it and this is a problem for all buyers from
Europe if they buy from European dealers.
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It has not been abused. Tge seller refunded you according to the law. However
your right to cancel is totally different to the right for a seller or marketplace
to refuse service and stop you buying if you place many orders and keep returning
them, even though you are entitled to return them.
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