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Author:

Admin_Russell

Posted:

Jun 13, 2022 13:12

Subject:

Please welcome our newest Translator!

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Hello Everybody,

I am pleased to announce that we have another new member in the Community Experts
Program - user Jjcchh has been appointed as Translated Help Editor for the Swedish
language:

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/member/community_experts.page

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

Our translator positions are an important part of the CEP since they represent
the "global" nature of the BrickLink userbase:

https://www.bricklink.com/helpLangMain.asp?utm_content=subnav

Please join me in welcoming Jjcchh to this new position!

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jun 13, 2022 12:16

Subject:

Re: Monthly Maintenance Postponed

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In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:

[…]
True. Even I get it mixed up sometimes. Is it 12:50 to 1:00? or 1:50 to 2:00?

But at least it is at the same time every day/night.

It starts at xx:45.

And I think it depends on daylight saving time because California changes to
(from) DST 2-3 weeks before (resp. after) EU and so we (EU) have two 2-3 periods
where the maintenance time is different.

What OP is suggesting is
that the downtime should be randomized so that people outside of the USA are
not always experiencing it during the daytime, which sounds like a good idea
at first until you consider the fact that no one will know when the next downtime
is. Imagine trying to do a part out right as the site goes down, not knowing
that it was about to go down because it goes down at a different time every day.

I don’t think reformy meant ‘totally unpredictable,’ but, anyway, anything other
than ‘always the same’ quickly becomes unpredictable.

Even knowing the time I get surprised….

Author:

wildchicken13

Posted:

Jun 12, 2022 23:25

Subject:

Re: Monthly Maintenance Postponed

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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:

Sounds like a good idea at first, but I think regularly scheduled downtime is
better than randomly scheduled downtime. At least I know when the site will go
down ahead of time.

It IS actually random time.
Do you have an idea what means 9:00 EDT time for an European basic customer?
It's just random.

True. Even I get it mixed up sometimes. Is it 12:50 to 1:00? or 1:50 to 2:00?

But at least it is at the same time every day/night. What OP is suggesting is
that the downtime should be randomized so that people outside of the USA are
not always experiencing it during the daytime, which sounds like a good idea
at first until you consider the fact that no one will know when the next downtime
is. Imagine trying to do a part out right as the site goes down, not knowing
that it was about to go down because it goes down at a different time every day.

Author:

1001bricks

Posted:

Jun 9, 2022 11:26

Subject:

Re: Monthly Maintenance Postponed

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Sounds like a good idea at first, but I think regularly scheduled downtime is
better than randomly scheduled downtime. At least I know when the site will go
down ahead of time.

It IS actually random time.
Do you have an idea what means 9:00 EDT time for an European basic customer?
It's just random.

I'd also prefer a 30 minutes or 1 hour warning just before.

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Jun 9, 2022 02:29

Subject:

Re: (Cancelled)

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In Administrative, SHARIF1981 writes:

In Administrative, Stellar writes:

In Administrative, SHARIF1981 writes:

(Cancelled)

Hello Sharif,

You can't post your email address public on the forum, if you want to contact
BrickLink you can open a ticket here:

https://helpdesk.bricklink.com/Main

But if you have a suggestion it would be better to post it on the Suggestions
forum topic where other buyers can vote for it.

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?ID=8

Hello again,

My apology. I didn’t know that I can’t add my email address. The ticket is requiring
my log in and every time I try it says tgat it’s wrong or unrecognized even though
I am logged in to my account already.

I sent a message to the help desk but not sure if it was received. I have been
trying to communicate with BrickLink admins since December but no luck

Please advise

Regards,

Sharif

On the helpdesk page you need to register again, it is not the same credentials
as in Bricklink. But use the same email address and your ticket will appear in
your account.

Author:

wildchicken13

Posted:

Jun 9, 2022 00:08

Subject:

Re: Monthly Maintenance Postponed

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In Administrative, reformy writes:

In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:

Hello everyone,

We have decided to postpone the hour-long monthly maintenance session from Tuesday
evening May 17, 2022 to eaxctly one week later, on May 24.

Thank you!

The BrickLink Team

Thank you.
May I ask here too, to move the daily ten minutes downtime to an earlier hour?
We here in Israel are getting it every morning at 9am.
Maybe randomize it a bit so we all share it...

Sounds like a good idea at first, but I think regularly scheduled downtime is
better than randomly scheduled downtime. At least I know when the site will go
down ahead of time.

Author:

SHARIF1981

Posted:

Jun 8, 2022 20:47

Subject:

Re: (Cancelled)

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In Administrative, Stellar writes:

In Administrative, SHARIF1981 writes:

(Cancelled)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jun 8, 2022 08:59

Subject:

Re: Enabling of B2B transactions for EU orders

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In Administrative, MISB_Collector writes:

Is it the same for Businesses in the USA to register their EIN numbers?

It’s only for EU VAT.

For US Sales tax, see this answer: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1329257

Author:

MISB_Collector

Posted:

Jun 8, 2022 04:18

Subject:

Re: Enabling of B2B transactions for EU orders

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