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In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:

In Suggestions, Stellar writes:

In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:

This should be a no-brainer.

Please add state sales tax or other taxes such as VAT to the invoice.

Cass T

This is already possible; the seller needs to have the appropriate macro tags on
their invoice templates.

Here are mine for example, they work for all TAX, VAT and GST orders.

Thank you! I looked back at several pages of messages and found that only 1 of
10 stores actually include the (tax) line on the invoice which begs me to ask...

How come the tax line is not automatically included?

Cass T

As the invoice are custom templates they need to be updated or reset manually,
they have specifications from each seller so if the admins reset them all that
would be lost and become a mess for all.

They could inject the code instead but I don't think the bricklink system
is so capable...

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 13:15

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Re: Adding sales Tax or other tax on invoices

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In Suggestions, Stellar writes:

In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:

This should be a no-brainer.

Please add state sales tax or other taxes such as VAT to the invoice.

Cass T

This is already possible; the seller needs to have the appropriate macro tags on
their invoice templates.

Here are mine for example, they work for all TAX, VAT and GST orders.

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 11:42

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Re: Adding sales Tax or other tax on invoices

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In Suggestions, pcthurman writes:

This should be a no-brainer.

Please add state sales tax or other taxes such as VAT to the invoice.

It is very annoying to see:

Total: US $43.77
Shipping: US $10.80
Insurance: US $0.00
Additional Charges: US $1.00
Credit: US $0.00
Grand Total: US $57.94

$43.77
$10.80
$ 1.00
-------
$55.57

There is clearly a discrepancy between the Grand Total and what is actually showing
for charges. Since taxes are not included in those charges, the discrepancy must
be the taxes.

1) This discrepancy will likely confuse many buyers.
2) Anyone who prints the invoice for business reasons will not have a paper record
of the taxes paid.
3) In case of an audit, having a record of taxes paid on paper is beneficial.

Cass T

This is already possible, the seller needs to have the appropiate macrotags on
their invoice template.

Here are mine for example, they work for all TAX, VAT and GST orders.

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 11:12

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Adding sales Tax or other tax on invoices

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[Yes|No]

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 06:40

Subject:

Re: Setting Orders to Complete!

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In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:

In Suggestions, zorbanj writes:

Ideally there would be two types of Complete in the pulldown, one for "Seller
- Complete" and the other "Buyer - Complete".

I don't think that's really necessary - once it's "Shipped"
it's "seller complete".

But is it really "seller complete"?

If the buyer should receive their order and find inconsistencies with the order,
the buyer reaches out to the seller. The seller then needs to communicate with
the buyer to try to find a solution that both can agree to.
this scenario is in play, then the seller's side is NOT complete until an
agreement can be reached, and the seller honors the agreement.

IMO the only person that should have final say on whether or not an order is
complete, is the buyer! If the buyer does not mark an order as complete, then
leave it as such. The buyer has 6 months to make a claim on any order they pay
for and after 6 months the order is "purged" from the system.

If you are a seller and it bothers you that an order is just sitting there after
you have shipped it, I say "To Bad". It is the buyer's right
to make a claim for up to 6 months REGARDLESS of your store terms because Bricklink
terms supersede store terms.

Some sellers file an order once they believe the order to be complete. I do not
know how this affects the seller's ability to help a buyer if there is a
problem, but this would seem like a decent solution for a seller if having an
order on your orders list for 6 months bothers you.

In truth no order is fully complete until it has been purged from the system
after 6 months.

I vote "YES"

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 16:11

Subject:

Re: (Cancelled)

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In Suggestions, DreadHeadDad writes:

[…]
Ok sorry. Did't know that.
My fault. Won't happen again...

No harm done

The problem is that we can’t edit posts and can only cancel them.

Author:

DreadHeadDad

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 15:58

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Re: (Cancelled)

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In Suggestions, DreadHeadDad writes:

(Cancelled)

Ok sorry. Did't know that.
My fault. Won't happen again...

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 08:57

Subject:

Re: Merge Want Lists OR Easy Buy on Multiple List

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In Suggestions, MOC_Brick_Steve writes:

I was recently purchasing parts for two different builds that were in different
want lists.
[…]

EasyBuy is easy but dumb. Use the Buy page instead (Buy All button in a WL or
hover over the white heart-shaped icon and click Buy when the menu appers).
On the Buy page, you can use Auto-select that’ll give similar results to EasyBuy,
just with a couple clicks more.
Bonuses:
— you can select multiple lists,
— there’s filters (location…),
— you can even cherry-pick lots in multiple WLs (using the Wanted Items tab on
the left).

As for merging lists, yes, it’s been missing and we asked for it since the inception
of the “new” Wanted List pages, in 2016.
As a workaround, you can ‘merge’ WLs by downloading your lists and uploading
them into a new one.
Not very user-friendly but you then don’t need to use or create a tool to do
it.

Author:

MOC_Brick_Steve

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 08:46

Subject:

Merge Want Lists OR Easy Buy on Multiple List

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I was recently purchasing parts for two different builds that were in different
want lists.

I discovered you can only easy buy for a single wantlist at a time which meant
losing a lot of the efficiency of a single order, and because some of the orders
were small meant not qualifying for the minimum order, even though the combined
total of the wantlists was sufficient.

I subsequently merged the XML files by writing a Python script and reported it
as a new want list. This would be much easier if it were an internal feature.
Preferably I would select distinct want lists and easy buy would merge on the
back end so that I can maintain the sorting of the part lists, but it would be
acceptable to have a "merge want lists" feature internally.

This tool needs to resolve the very common situation that there will be duplicate
parts between lists being merged. Ideally it would use the merged total for calculations
but have a drop down showing the two required amounts from the premerged sources.
The former is simple the latter a little more difficult since the XML format
doesn't have a tag that would allow this.

Thank you.

Author:

MOC_Brick_Steve

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 08:39

Subject:

Search "Alternate Item Number" when importing

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Hello,

This morning I was importing an XML file with the attached results. In every
case, removing the letter from the part number correctly resolved the issue,
but I noticed while confirming the parts that for each of these parts the site
has recorded the below numbers as "alternate item numbers".

My suggestion is that the import utility also search the alternate numbers when
attempting to import, and update the Wanted List with the most appropriate current
number. This should probably generate an import warning message but should allow
the import to proceed.

Thank you

The following items in the XML file are invalid or do not exist in the Bricklink
Catalog.

Please fix the following errors:

Item No: 3068b
Item No: 3068b
Item No: 3068b
Item No: 3069b
Item No: 3069b
Item No: 3069b
Item No: 3069b
Item No: 3070b
Item No: 3070b
Item No: 3070b
Item No: 44302a
Item No: 553b

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 11:14

Subject:

Re: Spam

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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

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.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 09:42

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Re: Spam

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In Suggestions, v100Bricks writes:

Would seem to be harsh on new users that may need genuine help. Especially considering
the delays with the help desk just now.

Considered that and why focusing on link restriction only. Don't think new
users need to post links to get the help needed

Author:

v100Bricks

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 09:36

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Re: Spam

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Would seem to be harsh on new users that may need genuine help. Especially considering
the delays with the help desk just now.

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 09:28

Subject:

Spam

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Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 10:52

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Author:

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 09:10

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 07:45

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.

Author:

Ziegelmeister

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 05:36

Subject:

Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, nbbhav writes:

In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

It would create an interesting marketing problem for LEGO. If you've not
read LEGO's Fair Play statement, it's worth reading it:
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/legal/notices-and-policies/fair-play/

I'm not a lawyer, but would it be considered unfair competition if PaB was
added into BrickLink?

I think LEGO has more opportunities promoting BrickLink longer term for both
New and Used pieces. I've had problems in orders from PaB which weren't
ideal for me, but from the LEGO perspective this is additional cost they have
to manage.

For Used pieces, promoting their support for BrickLink helps in environmental
sustainability through recycling of used bricks.

Not to mention that stores on BL can not have more than one physical location
from which they ship from.

Author:

nbbhav

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 05:15

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Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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In Suggestions, ej76az writes:

Why would LEGO care whether any third-party stores (i.e. competitors of LEGO's
PaB website) close down?

Author:

Stellar

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Apr 17, 2024 11:17

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Re: add LEGO PaB website to stores

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