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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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