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I would like to have implemented that members that are stoplisted by me
- would also not be able to send me messages
- would also not be able to enter my store

If I remember it right, this is how it was before.
Today I received another request to unblock a member. I don't want messages
from member I stoplisted, for they are stoplisted for a very good reason.

I am stoplisted by some sellers I never had any transaction with, not as seller,
not as a buyer. It's very annoying when I spend a lot of time searching for
parts and fill my shopping cart and then get the message that I can't buy
from this seller.

Diana

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Feb 15, 2017 10:32

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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We even have our
own sets/parts database at playmodb.org
But this community lacks a global and well-organized marketplace like Bricklink.
So why not expand? It would be a bit of work from the Bricklink team's part,
but adapting Bricklink's framework to Playmobil products should be doable,
especially if you use the playmodb database which would spare you quite some
trouble.

I'm not sure they have what they need in terms of the catalogue. Are the
community willing to give up this catalogue to a commercial organisation, for
them to shut off access to it by anyone else that wants to use it commercially?
One of the first things BL owners did when buying BL was to lock down the catalogue.

Author:

CrazyChris

Posted:

Feb 15, 2017 10:31

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Maybe you meant to use the Bricklink "engine" for other brands (e.g. Playmobil),
but not necessarily Bricklink itself.

Author:

Shahennian

Posted:

Feb 15, 2017 10:14

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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I agree completely with all of you, my suggestion is just a suggestion, it doesn't
have to be implemented tomorrow.
Bricklink works very well for me so I don't really see what you want to improve,
but I don't use this website that much and I understand it's not perfect.
Thanks for your input!

In Suggestions, WoutR writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:

In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Here is my suggestion: why not expand Bricklink towards Playmobil products?

How about getting BrickLink right before going off in other directions?

Not necessarily a bad idea, although I would have no interest in off-brand collectibles
and anything other than LEGO should be marketed on a completely different website.

More than agreed +++++

I agree.

Currently (and in my opinion) here is not enough customer support to get this
site working properly. If they would have to divide attention to several subsites,
then customer support would be even more understaffed and overloaded.

I think I proposed blocklink in the past

Author:

WoutR

Posted:

Feb 15, 2017 06:23

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:

In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Here is my suggestion: why not expand Bricklink towards Playmobil products?

More than agreed +++++

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Feb 15, 2017 05:02

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:

In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Here is my suggestion: why not expand Bricklink towards Playmobil products?

More than agreed +++++

Author:

StormChaser

Posted:

Feb 15, 2017 04:27

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Here is my suggestion: why not expand Bricklink towards Playmobil products?

Author:

M.Boss

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 19:15

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Hello,

I hope someone from the Bricklink team reads me.
Here is my suggestion: why not expand Bricklink towards Playmobil products?
While the AFOP community isn't quite as vibrant as the AFOL community, there
are many adult fans of Playmobil out there (including me) who have been sharing
and buying/selling for years now on different internet forums. We even have our
own sets/parts database at playmodb.org
But this community lacks a global and well-organized marketplace like Bricklink.
So why not expand? It would be a bit of work from the Bricklink team's part,
but adapting Bricklink's framework to Playmobil products should be doable,
especially if you use the playmodb database which would spare you quite some
trouble. And it ultimately would mean more money for you.
I'd very much like you to consider this project. If playmolink or klicklink
or whatever its name was ever created, I'd certainly be the first to set
up shop and do publicity on your behalf to the AFOP community.
Thank you for your attention and have a nice day

While I believe many users on here are fans of Playmobil, I believe the users
who aren't (including myself) would become frustrated if all of a sudden
BrickLink decide to put its focus on developing a Playmobil marketplace, instead
of focussing on instant checkout, and many other features that could greatly
improve this site.

Just my thoughts,
M.Boss

Author:

Shahennian

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 19:05

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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While today Playmobil is more and more going Fisher Price-y, I think the old
sets were much more creative. For exeample, I'm a medieval/knights collector
and the possibilities are endless with the sets from the 90s and noughties, especially
regarding castle building.
I agree completely that Lego and Playmobil are not the same, I never implied
that. That's why I talked about separating the two marketplaces in the event
a marketplace for Playmobil with a Bricklink-style framework is ever created.

In Suggestions, laurenyves writes:

I have to say that it is not even to be considered. At a time when we are trying
to escape the Megabricks, Sluban and others out of the mind of kids and creation,
Playmobil does not offer the same as LEGO. LEGO is the genesis of building and
assembling in its own style. Playmobil does not. Yes, Playmobil are solid and
last for long. Ebay and LeBonCoin.fr can do the job for them.

Author:

Shahennian

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 19:01

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Yes, I like that idea! Because Bricklink is definitely very well-organized and
clear, so why not use that framework for more collectibles ?

In Suggestions, Zuki85 writes:

Perhaps BrickLink could add sub-BrickLinks, similar to Reddits sub-Reddits.
Providing links on the main site, but making sure they are separate from the
actual Lego Brand items.

Just my two Cents,
Jessica Corbitt
Owner of Pandorica
Lover of All things Lego

Author:

Shahennian

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 18:58

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Thanks for your input!

In Suggestions, Stuart9 writes:

It would be good to have the ability to switch from one site to another, if only
to check which manufacturer a particular part came from.

I like the idea of a site for each or a combined site for less popular brands,
some are very collectable e.g. Kiddicraft.

Others have proposed they should all be sold here, that's why you might get
a frosty response from some who like me don't want this site changed in that
way.
Once they understand what you are proposing some may see the possibilities.

In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Oh my god calm down, I never said it should happen here, I only said the Bricklink
team has the necessary tools/means to do it imo. Of course it could be on another
website (I did mention the names playmolink or kilcklink, if you readproperly)
and I think it should. Or there could be a button on the top of the website to
switch from the Lego version to the Playmobil version, for example.
That's it really, nobody is going to soil your precious Lego with all these
disgusting Playmobil.

Author:

bb562110

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 18:44

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Author:

laurenyves

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 18:34

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Author:

Stuart9

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 17:53

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Author:

Shahennian

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 17:37

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 17:19

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Please no. This is 'BrickLink: an unofficial Lego marketplace.' Start
a different marketplace for other brands.

In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Author:

Stuart9

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 14:54

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Wouldn't be against those running BL opening other similar sites for other
products/brands, not really my business, i wouldn't want to see them sold
on here.

Happy to see a site for Kiddicraft or a combined site for brands other than Lego.

In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Author:

Brettj666

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 14:20

Subject:

Re: Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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In Suggestions, FauconRoyal writes:

Wouldn't playmobil be more of a competitor to Duplo, which is allowed on
here?
If playmobil is not a Lego product, and I don't believe it is, then someone
could say the exact same thing of any building toy, could they not?

Author:

Shahennian

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 13:44

Subject:

Expanding Bricklink towards Playmobil

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Discarded

Author:

bb208226

Posted:

Feb 14, 2017 08:32

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Batches

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Already Exists

Is there any way to have the number of batches in an order show in the order
recap line of the Orders received page. In the order summary, there is blank
space at the top to have a line number of batches or a flag "MORE THAN ONE BATCH."
Finally in the order summary when you select print view for the order, have a
setting where that could include all batches. This would save on paper, confusion,
and weight if you include the pick reports with your orders.

Batches just require constant double check-and it seems they could be dealt with
programmatically. If I am missing a current setting my apologies.

Mike

Author:

Jan_K

Posted:

Feb 13, 2017 04:02

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:

[snip]

But I don't sell anymore so I don't care either.

[snip]

most likely the best decision for you, after reading your previous post.

Dealing with buyers must have been a constant pain for you, let alone reflecting
on what a buyer's need could be in case they dare not to elaborate their
desires in full sentences that please you.

Jan

Author:

Made_In_Bricks

Posted:

Feb 9, 2017 13:49

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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Rule #5 is completely subjective and I have no idea how it would ever actually
be enforced in a legal dispute with no definition of "too high" and as a seller,
Bricklink GIVES me the authority to determine this based on how the order cancellation
process goes. This rule is actually misleading to the buyers.

But I don't sell anymore so I don't care either. (except I might have
some personal items up for sale shortly but I will actually change my terms,
and they are going to be great)

as to the original comment about "Cheapest shipping possible"

If you take the time to write:

"cheapest shipping possible"

with no clear indication of what that means from the buyer to the seller what
this means

Cheapest for you or cheapest for me?

The cheapest shipping for ME is local pick up. Can you imagine if I wrote a
buyer saying, hey, you requested the cheapest shipping. But since you gave no
other indication I assumed you meant cheapest for me, your package is available
for pick up now.

Cheapest for you?

Hey, I will drop off your package sometime in the near future when I am going
by your delivery address. It might be sometime next week, sometime next year,
I don't know, but delivery won't cost you a dime.

I would actually consider ANY buyer comments that aren't some type of feedback
and NOT a complete sentence completely worthless.

Some examples

best parts possible - (I actually had someone say this when they ordered exactly
1 of each item and I had exactly 1 of each in stock)

not in rush - how much not in a rush?

Let's take the "best parts possible" statement

best parts possible - takes about 2 seconds to type

I am working on a used set and needs the best possible used parts from your inventory
please. - takes about 5 seconds to type

If the 3 seconds of your time is too valuable to get me the correct information,
then I will ignore it

because the buyer doesn't want to spend 3 extra seconds to give a clear sentence
on what they want, I should delay their order by writing back, or GUESS what
they want.

I chalk it up to being not that important to begin with.

Author:

donniesoprano

Posted:

Feb 9, 2017 10:25

Subject:

Feature Request - Tiered Pricing % not fixed

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

I would like the feature for tiered pricing to allow me to state a quantity and
% off of the regular price. As it is, the system allows you to set a tiered
quantity and tiered price, but this makes managing prices across large inventories
of tiered items tedious. Having a % off feature would enable automatic pricing
adjustments to the tiered pricing when you adjust the standard pricing.

For your consideration.....

ds

Author:

Jan_K

Posted:

Feb 9, 2017 08:20

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:

In Suggestions, Jan_K writes:

In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:

for example, when a buyer puts in the comments:

cheapest shipping possible

I should have made a store term that stated this comment resulted in a 5 dollar
penalty.

What's wrong with this very plausible (and not that uncommon, by the way)
order comment that you believe it warrants a $5.00 penalty? There are several
stores out there that even specify a shipping option in such a way.

Jan

it shows they didn't read the store terms [...]

1) With your current shipping terms:
"Brick It Yourself Will Not Cancel Orders Because Shipping is Too High"
you are in direct conflict with the BrickLink cancellation policies:
http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=79 - see valid reason #5.

2) By stating "Oversized packages will have actual postage on the invoice and
the charts do no apply to oversized packages" - without giving any idea what
an "oversize package" actually is (where are the size limits?), a request to
chose the cheapest possible option is very reasonable, imho - your charts are
not of big help here, I'm sorry.
Even stating "International International orders will be shipped via International
First Class (Air Mail). Priority Mail and Express Mail are available upon request,
and at the buyer's expense." does not give any idea of the cost, and may
only help guessing that First Class Air Mail is ALWAYS the cheapest option.

and there is a little sarcasm in there too

...since you believe your terms are just perfect, or what might be the reason?
I really do not understand what justifies any sarcasm here.

Jan

Author:

Heartbricker

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 22:43

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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In Suggestions, NDToys writes:

Hello,

Would it be possible to get a notification (in the inbox) of a buyer's comments
when an order is submitted? Currently, when an order is submitted with a comment,
sellers aren't notified that the buyer left them a comment. The only way
for a seller to know the buyer said anything is to discover the comment by opening
the order page. On the other hand, if a buyer places an order and then sends
the seller a message later on, the seller is notified. So, can we treat the original
comment submitted in an order the same way as a message and notify the seller?

I can also understand that sellers may be opposed to this because often times
the comments submitted with an order do not require a response, such as a simple
"Thank you." However I believe it is more important to have these comments show
up in a seller's inbox to ensure that the message is at least read and responded
to, if necessary.

Best regards,
Netaniel

I personally think it's a great idea.
it's very easy to sometimes overlook the comments even though we do try our
best not to.
The only 'tweek' i'd make is to maybe have a flag for buyer's
comments in the orders received page.

Shows your commitment to great service.

Author:

Made_In_Bricks

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 20:43

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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In Suggestions, Jan_K writes:

In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:

for example, when a buyer puts in the comments:

cheapest shipping possible

I should have made a store term that stated this comment resulted in a 5 dollar
penalty.

it shows they didn't read the store terms and there is a little sarcasm in
there too

ken

Author:

QA_Sheryl

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 19:08

Subject:

Re: Enable HTTPS

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In Suggestions, mjwest83 writes:

When is HTTPS going to be implemented on Bricklink? At this point of the internet,
any website that requires a password should be accessed entirely with HTTPS rather
than HTTP. When is that going to be implemented?

Thanks!

It already exists, type https into your browser when navigating to BrickLink.

Thanks!

Author:

mjwest83

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 14:27

Subject:

Enable HTTPS

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Discarded

Author:

Brettj666

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 09:26

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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Comments also come in the order email, got one the other day

If a seller doesn't read the order email, why would one think that a second
email saying you got a comment on the first email add value?

In Suggestions, NDToys writes:

Author:

Rob_and_Shelagh

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 04:30

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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In Suggestions, NDToys writes:

I would personally not want the "no action needed" comments made on many orders
to be notified as messages. To me a comment on an order is something to be dealt
with, if need be, when you look at the order for processing. Separate messages/questions
on the other hand are typically something that need to be answered quickly and
separate to order processing, I would personally not want those diluted. That
is not to say we ignore messages on orders of course. Maybe if there was a separate
optional notification of comments on orders that sellers could choose to highlight
in their action box (or not) it would be OK but we would not use it as we look
at ALL incoming orders for anything unusual ASAP after receiving them in case
WE have a question for the buyer which we need answering before processing the
order - and these questions can arise whether or not the buyer left a comment
on the order so notification of such an order comment would not change our work
process at all.

Robert

Author:

Jan_K

Posted:

Feb 8, 2017 04:22

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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In Suggestions, BrickItYourself writes:

for example, when a buyer puts in the comments:

cheapest shipping possible

I should have made a store term that stated this comment resulted in a 5 dollar
penalty.

Author:

Made_In_Bricks

Posted:

Feb 7, 2017 22:36

Subject:

Re: Notification of buyer's order comments

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for example, when a buyer puts in the comments:

cheapest shipping possible

I should have made a store term that stated this comment resulted in a 5 dollar
penalty.

Author:

NDToys

Posted:

Feb 7, 2017 22:26

Subject:

Notification of buyer's order comments

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Author:

viejos

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 15:51

Subject:

Re: Enable Modification of Submission Comments

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In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:

Please allow submitters and catalog administrators to modify comments while items
are pending approval. In the example shown in the screenshot below I decided
to modify the title of the book after submission and would've liked to modify
the last part of my comment, but was unable.

Modifying comments can already be done for pending inventories and is useful
for communication between submitters and administrators. See this pending inventory
for an example:

6861-3 (Inv) Space M:Tron Bundle Pack (Copack of Sets 6877, 6896, and 6923) - Secret M:Tron Space Voyager
3 Sets, 1 Book, 1993
Sets: Space: M:Tron

For pending catalog items, though, submitters and administrators have only the
option of communicating using the title of the pending item. See this example:

[B=9789401401524]

This has been needed for quite some time and no suggestions are pending for the
improvement. Thanks for considering it.

Voted yes. More communication is a good thing.

Author:

VicMic

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 05:36

Subject:

Re: Order stores by alphabet

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In Suggestions, VicMic writes:

When I search for stores in the Netherlands I get a list by province, but then
it is not ordered by alphabet. It would help if I could list all the stores within
a country by alphabet and preferrably have the option to sort by number of elements.

I always click in the top level menu on shop | stores in [my country]. It refers
to http://www.bricklink.com/browseStores.asp?countryID=NL&groupState=Y, but it
would be better if refers to a search result of 'Search stores'.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 04:56

Subject:

Re: Order stores by alphabet

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In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:

In Suggestions, VicMic writes:

Not sure of the need for by alphabet but you can sort by number of items or number
of lots within country here:-

http://www.bricklink.com/storeFilter.asp#?utm_content=subnav

set:-

Seller is located in "Netherlands"

Sort stores by "Number of items, lots" or "number of lots, items"

HTH

Robert

And you can go even further than that looking at the number of specific lots
or items using the search tool that Robert has highlighted. I still think making
the columns clickable would be a good idea. Drive the analysis from one screen
not through several.

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 04:54

Subject:

Re: Order stores by alphabet

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In Suggestions, VicMic writes:

You can sort sellers by username and then narrow it by province
http://www.bricklink.com/memberList.asp?countryID=NL&v=5&viewUserType=2

Author:

Rob_and_Shelagh

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 04:46

Subject:

Re: Order stores by alphabet

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In Suggestions, VicMic writes:

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 04:25

Subject:

Re: Order stores by alphabet

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In Suggestions, VicMic writes:

Hello there

We understand the reasons behind not doing that but there is no reason why they
cannot do the same as they have done for the inventory page. See image

Author:

udenbricks

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 04:18

Subject:

Re: Order stores by alphabet

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In Suggestions, VicMic writes:

It is to avoid all store change their names so they get on top of the list

Author:

VicMic

Posted:

Feb 4, 2017 04:10

Subject:

Order stores by alphabet

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Discarded

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 14:52

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:

[…]
there is still a
potential of 2450 members who'd jump right in on offers that are 'too
good to be true'.

Hmm, I may have to rethink my career plans….

Author:

RobErNat

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 14:39

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, FigBits writes:

Quite right: too many people are just naive in those regards...
I recently got a mail that I considered 'strange', after reading about
10 words I dropped it in the trash can.
2 days later the receivers have been notified it was a 'test' and the
results where this:
Out of near 6000 receivers, 668 people (so over 10%) tought they could actually
'cash in' a bit of money for free by replying to the mail, about 2% actually
even provided 'personal details' in the reply.
Crazy...
Compare this to a website like BL with 613000 registered users, and you have
12260 users who might actually fall for such crap. Even if the amount of 'active
users' is only 20% of the registered members (so 122600) there is still a
potential of 2450 members who'd jump right in on offers that are 'too
good to be true'.

Author:

FigBits

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 14:03

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

I prefer the route of buyers should show common sense.

Education of buyers is much better fraud prevention than trying to remove scammers.
For every hurdle there is a way around it.

I've already suggested that Bricklink put a 'safe buying guide' on
the login page but that got shot down and ignored as well. I'm guessing that
the mention of scammers has very negative conitations for the site and off putting
for potential new members.

The people who would need to read it wouldn't read it. We are trying to protect
people who naively jump at the chance to send unsecured payments to strangers
who have listed items online at too-good-to-be-true prices. That is not the type
of person to click on a "safe buying guide" link.

Until BL add instant payment (which should then be required to be Paypal Onsite
for new sellers), the buyer should receive an automated email and BL essage when
a purchase is made, as I described here: http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1024951

--
Marc.

Author:

Jamesf077

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 13:32

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

I prefer the route of buyers should show common sense.

Education of buyers is much better fraud prevention than trying to remove scammers.
For every hurdle there is a way around it.

Author:

Brettj666

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 13:15

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

I prefer the route of buyers should show common sense.

Education of buyers is much better fraud prevention than trying to remove scammers.
For every hurdle there is a way around it.

I'm with you on that one.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 13:13

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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I prefer the route of buyers should show common sense.

Education of buyers is much better fraud prevention than trying to remove scammers.
For every hurdle there is a way around it.

Author:

Brettj666

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 11:24

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, jonwil writes:

Oh yeah another idea (based on rules I have seen for sellers in a non-LEGO forum
I frequent) could be a requirement that if you want to sell certain items (i.e.
those commonly targeted by the scammers) you have to upload a picture showing
your item plus your username proving you actually have the item in your possession.
Wouldn't apply to every item, just to those items that are the most common
targets for the scammers.

If you legitimately own a 10179 UCS Falcon, there should be no problems spending
a little bit of time to take a photo with the UCS Falcon box and a piece of paper
showing your username or something, just to prove you actually own the item.
The number of sets targeted by the scammers is fairly limited anyway (Star Wars
UCS, modulars, a few other rare/valuable items) so its not likely to be a huge
impost on most sellers.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
For every measure put in place, there will always be an effot to get around it

What about people that have one copy of one of these expensive sets, takes a
picture and sells it and simply doesn't send it.

I like the idea of an escrow account, but playing devil's advocate
1) would bricklink be able to do this (are there legal obsticles,
2) would bricklink want to do this.. Remember, of all the transactions that
happen, a very very very low % would be 'scammers'
3) would this disuade legitimate sellers from coming on because they didn't
read any fine print or weren't willing to go through an escrow service.
To bricklink, what would cost more, losing legit sellers who are impatient vs
a low % of people that scamming the system.

Author:

jonwil

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 07:49

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jonwil

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 07:40

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Maybe Bricklink can do what eBay has started doing and require new sellers who
are selling things in categories with high rates of scammers to go through escrow
of some sort until they have received enough positive feedback and prove themselves
as legit (I dont know exactly how the eBay system works, I just know they introduced
one)

Yes a scammer can do a bunch of small legit transactions for a while until they
get to the point where they aren't restricted anymore and can then unload
the dodgy stuff but the scammers will be reluctant to put in the effort if they
can scam (LEGO or otherwise) on some other marketplace with less effort.

Also if BL isn't already doing it, they should record details of scammers
(email address, physical address and other relavent data) and if someone registers
with those same details again, detect it and block things pending examination
by an admin.

Yes scammers can change that information each time they register but its just
that much more effort for them to do so (and just that much more likely they
will go elsewhere)

Author:

Stuart9

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 06:24

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There are at least two scammers that come back day after day, one of them can
come back two or three times a day.
They get a couple of big orders before they are shut down, so they believe it's
worth the effort.

A store was reported by at least two people, one hours ago and once a short time
ago, they had two orders at that stage ( second report ) and were listed as 1
favourite but it's still open.
This is one of the repeat scammers.

In Suggestions, tomletsinger writes:

When an order is placed, the ordered inventory is removed from the store's
stock, right? What's to stop us from just "ordering" all of the underpriced
high value sets that these zero feedback new sellers list? They won't bother
going through the NPB process because it's a pain and they just want a quick
buck. If this happens to a scammer repeatedly, they will move their operation
somewhere else.

In Suggestions, j7r7o7c7k7 writes:

In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

That's.... Actually a good idea. It would have to be a minimum of five reports
within say one week before it gets shut down (and it resets every week). Otherwise
sellers or members who don't like each other would just spam each others
stores with reports and keep them closed.

I would suggest that once a store has been checked out by the bricklnk admin
it should be exempt from further automatic suspensions to prevent rival stores
starting a war. And only apply to zero feedback stores.

There are sellers on ebay that do this. They set up account sell a bunch of $1
free shipping items, build up 100 feedback or so, then unload all the really
big items. Its a much sneakier scam. Give them the trust of a decent feedback
score and boom. So they could do the same on here. Actually sell a couple cheap
items and then drop the high $ stuff. Just so they could get past that 1 or 2
feedback rule.

Honestly anything put in place someone will find a way around it. But the main
key is to slow it way down. 75% stop rate would be awesome. Even if every idea
I have ever read about on here were all in place right now, there would still
be people getting around all of them. Its just a fact. Where there is a honest
way to make some money (big or small), just know the bad guys are not far behind.
They can sniff it out. And most times bad guys are one step ahead. You fix a
hole in the fence, they tunnel under the fence, you build it deep in the ground,
they get a ladder and climb over. But you don't just leave the hole and think
they will stop coming though. So something needs to start being put in place
to at least really slow them down, before this place becomes like a mine field.

Author:

Stellar

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 04:51

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, mmookk61 writes:

Ahhhh. Shoot, I didn't think about that, having more than one Bricklink
account. How many can we have?

In Suggestions, tomletsinger writes:

Fight fire with fire? Make a dummy account for just this purpose?

In Suggestions, mmookk61 writes:

What happens if they do go through with the NPB?

Do you pay or get an NPB
on your record? Sure it is not likely they will do one but . . . .

Just 1!

Author:

bb316892

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 03:23

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Ahhhh. Shoot, I didn't think about that, having more than one Bricklink
account. How many can we have?

In Suggestions, tomletsinger writes:

Fight fire with fire? Make a dummy account for just this purpose?

In Suggestions, mmookk61 writes:

What happens if they do go through with the NPB?

Do you pay or get an NPB
on your record? Sure it is not likely they will do one but . . . .

Author:

tomletsinger

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 03:17

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Re: Another anti-scam idea

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Fight fire with fire? Make a dummy account for just this purpose?

In Suggestions, mmookk61 writes:

What happens if they do go through with the NPB?

Do you pay or get an NPB
on your record? Sure it is not likely they will do one but . . . .

In Suggestions, tomletsinger writes:

In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

Author:

bb316892

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 02:51

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Re: Another anti-scam idea

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What happens if they do go through with the NPB?

Do you pay or get an NPB
on your record? Sure it is not likely they will do one but . . . .

In Suggestions, tomletsinger writes:

In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

Author:

tomletsinger

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 02:47

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Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

Author:

j7r7o7c7k7

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 02:17

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

Author:

Jamesf077

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 01:41

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Re: Another anti-scam idea

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Author:

IndoorJungle

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 01:26

Subject:

Re: Another anti-scam idea

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In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

I know bricklink admin investigate suspect scam report but it can take time to
get round to it and by then a number of people may have fallen foul of the dirty
little theives.

How about giving some power to the community who are collectively online 24 hours
a day across the globe and spotting these immediately.

Three seperate suspect scam reports from seperate members and the store is automaticaly
suspended until admin have time to check it out. The rule could be a report has
to come from established users with a minimum positive feeback score.

Say for example, when you have over 100 feedback you are allowed access to a
'scam
report' button. I'm sure a simple programme could be installed to facilitate
this.

Author:

Jamesf077

Posted:

Feb 3, 2017 01:02

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Another anti-scam idea

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Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 20:34

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, caseyne writes:

[…]
You can add more to it. Like have inventory of more then 50 lots.

Defining thresholds is hard and by piling conditions you’re making it harder
for genuine occasional stores too (someone selling their few childhood sets or
their children’s).

The scammer
will not wait 30 days. The whole reason they do it, because its so easy. List
sets thats highly in depend for cheap and then close. Next day start a new store
and do it again. This is probably the easiest to program and get going.

That was my point: I’m not sure they won’t have that patience if it’s just waiting
doing nothing. Unless you add conditions… which will make it too complicated
for everybody.

Genuine sellers will go elsewhere too.

(Granted, occasional sellers might be less numerous than scammers….)

Heartbricker’s proposal already bothers me for that same reason: you should be
able to sell without buying first.
All the “forbid to sell this or that before this or that” proposals bother me…
unless there’s also the option of a real vetting process (of which buyers are
informed, else, it’s useless).

We don’t know much about the current vetting process’s efficacity. Mainly because
we don’t know which stores were or not vetted and if it prevented scams. But
all it does is allow other payment methods than Paypal. And that Paypal obligation
is easily bypassed with gullible buyers, so, actually, scammers don’t even need
to be vetted.

There’s another vetting process already in place: feedback. And we already know
it’s not efficient. It’s not sufficient to prevent buyers to get scammed as they
happily enter unbelievable deals with 0 FB sellers.

So, either get buying FB first (BLers’ vetting), or go through a real admin vetting.
No need to add conditions to what can be sold when.

Author:

estaswick

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 20:29

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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This. I've been selling for a year and still only have 6 buys. 500+ transactions
as seller.

In Suggestions, WindyCity writes:

The only problem is not all sellers buy.It could take a while to get 10 feedback
if you don't buy much.

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

I believe that if Bricklink will allow new sellers to set up a shop ONLY AFTER
THEY HAVE COMPLETED 10 successful transactions as buyers- the scams by 0 feedback
sellers (that pop everyday) will stop by a high margin.

The beauty of this is that they can't start multiple new seller accounts
to prop up their buying feedbacks too.

I think this will work...

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 20:28

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

How about giving some power to the community. Three seperate suspect scam reports
from seperate members and the store is automaticaly suspended until admin have
time to check it out. The rule could be a report has to come from established
users with a minimum positive feeback score.
Say, when you have over 100 feedback you are allowed access to the 'scam
report' button. I'm sure a simple programme could be installed to facilitate
this.

I agree. That would be a good added safety feature.

Jim

Author:

bb451451

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 19:45

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, caseyne writes:

[…]
How about limiting all new stores to sell only parts for 30 days. They can list
sets at 31 days of having a store open.

So scammers will only have to wait a month doing nothing?
I know they are greedy and impatient but that’s too easily circumvented.

You can add more to it. Like have inventory of more then 50 lots. The scammer
will not wait 30 days. The whole reason they do it, because its so easy. List
sets thats highly in depend for cheap and then close. Next day start a new store
and do it again. This is probably the easiest to program and get going.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 17:41

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, caseyne writes:

[…]
How about limiting all new stores to sell only parts for 30 days. They can list
sets at 31 days of having a store open.

So scammers will only have to wait a month doing nothing?
I know they are greedy and impatient but that’s too easily circumvented.

Author:

bb451451

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 17:29

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

How about limiting all new stores to sell only parts for 30 days. They can list
sets at 31 days of having a store open.

Author:

Kinggregus

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 16:08

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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Fantastic idea.

Author:

Jamesf077

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 15:52

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Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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Author:

nectara

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 15:27

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Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, axaday writes:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, axaday writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

What is stopping them from making a few fake seller accounts and "selling" themselves
some fake stuff and giving themselves feedback for it?

They can’t create those “few fake seller accounts” because these accounts also
would need to buy before starting selling.
If you can’t create one seller account before having bought, you can’t create
10 more.

Ah, yes. Just so.

Just setup a window chat on all new stores so the experienced user can ask or
write their opinion
After you have the window chat is enough to ask for real pictures and everybody
can see the answer
It will stop 100% of the scammers

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 15:18

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, axaday writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

What is stopping them from making a few fake seller accounts and "selling" themselves
some fake stuff and giving themselves feedback for it?

Ah, yes. Just so.

Author:

WhiteVanMan

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 15:10

Subject:

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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In Suggestions, bagelboybugle writes:

In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:

It would be very helpful if you could include some horizontal lines (and possibly
an alternating light background shade) on the "Orders Placed" page between the
listed orders so the eye can easily track from the order number on the left to
the Status & Feedback fields to ensure buyers are changing the Status and adding
feedback to the correct order.

I can see each order without any issues.

Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?

Paul

I cant see the difference in colours on mine either, id actually completely forgot
they were ever alternate colours, having a tiny store it isnt an issue for me
either.

But I will say this much, even though this one doesnt affect me, user changing
the computer screen contrast is inconvenient if the user has their monitor set
up to specific settings for a particular reason as it would have to be changed
back every time the other reason comes into play.

I personally dont see any harm in making lines available, even if its on an optional
toggle on/off basis from store settings, that way BL can very easily help users
out with no extra fuss

I'm beginning to think that this issue is actually limited to certain PC's.

I have a HP TouchSmart 300 PC, and the screen is actually a 20inch LCD one...

Colours are bright and are very noticeable...

Maybe having the ability to change the colour bars when on that particular page
will help?

Paul

Author:

bagelboybugle

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 14:57

Subject:

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:

I can see each order without any issues.

Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?

Paul

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 14:56

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Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

Putting aside all the posts that say it wont work, I think it is a great idea.
It will not stop 100% of all the scammers but it will stop at least 95% (like
you said). Yes, as one poster said, coming up with an idea that would stop 100%
of the scammers of course would be better but to stop 95% with just one simple
change like this would be great.

Here are just 3 thoughts as to why I think your idea would work great at stopping
95% of the scum scammers:

1, Scammers like to make their money fast and disappear. Needing 10 FB's
would cause them to have to wait until they placed 10 orders, receive invoices
and pay for all 10, and then wait until they receive their needed 10 FB's
from 10 sellers. This would take more time and effort them most scammers would
be willing to spend.

2, Going along with the #1 above, scammers like to set up one fake account take
as many suckers as they can then disappear as that seller and then open up different
fake account, scam some more suckers, etc. They cant do that with out waiting
for those 10 feedbacks for every account they open. Also, for every false account
they open they will need a real address for each fake account or they will not
be getting any of their orders. Some of those orders will be returned which will
also start to raise flags.

3, Scammers DO NOT like to spend their own money, they only want to take ours.
Even if they only place 10 cent orders the postage will still be at least around
lets say $2.50 so times that by 10 equals at least 26.00 bucks.

Jim

Author:

Stuart9

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 13:05

Subject:

Marker to show stores that have items listed.

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This would help in searching for scammers, no stock, no immediate problem.
Many scammers launch quickly with stock as they need fast orders, payments and
then leave.

If we could see this on the members listings along with the squares denoting
buyer and / or seller it would allow these to be checked first rather than wade
through them all.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 12:58

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, axaday writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

What is stopping them from making a few fake seller accounts and "selling" themselves
some fake stuff and giving themselves feedback for it?

Author:

axaday

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 12:24

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

What is stopping them from making a few fake seller accounts and "selling" themselves
some fake stuff and giving themselves feedback for it?

Author:

FigBits

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 12:16

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Proprietor writes:

I thought the implementation of on-site payments was supposed to help in some
way. Was it only by requiring Paypal for new sellers? We know that's no
guarantee.

I'm pretty sure it is, actually. If the purchase qualifies for buyer protection,
the buyer is protected (regardless of whether Paypal can successfully recover
the funds or not). They changed their terms while back.

Wonder if there's a way for BL to work with PP so that new BL
sellers have their funds held at PP for a number of days until buyers confirm
receipt. And maybe it needs to be receipt by buyers who have a minimum of X
feedback or Y years of membership, so it's not sham buyers validating delivery.

Question is whether the burden dissuades more legit new sellers than it thwarts
shams. Considering the surplus of sellers here, I'd think it worth a try.

Having an escrow-type way to hold funds was part of the plan that was rolled
out at the summit in Chicago a year and a half ago. When BL discussed it on the
forum, a lot of people on the forum complained very loudly that it was a terrible
idea, and we haven't heard a lot about it since then. It's too bad, because
I thought (and still think) that it's a fantastic idea. (A side benefit of
it is that BL could LOWER our Paypal fees, as well.)

--
Marc.

Author:

udenbricks

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 12:16

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

In Suggestions, udenbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

I dont think this will work, it is very easy to make some fake accounts and
buy 10 times and give 10 x feedback.

Maybe it is possible to add a sort of "verified account" status.
Only if an account is verified they can sell.
Or only If they are verified a red flag turns in a green flag. As long as a seller
has a red flag every buyer in that shop gets a popup at checkout with warnings
to be carefull before purchasing.

A group of "certified" volunteers can verify all the adress and account-info
before turning it into a green flag. With every adress or account change a seller
must go through the process of verifying again. (to prefend hackers or accounts
taken over by other persons)

Subscribe me as a volunteer.

regards,

Nico

The whole point of starting from 10 successful buying transaction is that they
cannot start multiple seller accounts to gain feedback.
Also isn't it better to make a scammer jump through some obstacles before
being able to scam? this suggestion makes the seller do some work to gain access
to selling where NOW he can just scam, if it doesn't work he opens a new
account and starts again- so easy. having to make 10 purchases will make the
person get a paypal account (most scammers don't have PP they ask for wire
transfers)
This idea is good because it is simple to implement- it won't solve the problem
100%- but will over 90%

I agree with you, your idea is great.
But why not going for 99,8% instead of 90%

I've seen scammers do more for less effort.
Also here on Bricklin; making several accounts, buying from each other for several
weeks and then at a sudden they sell the "If it seems too good to be true, it
probably is" things

My 2 Euro

Author:

FigBits

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 12:10

Subject:

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

The risk is that for the scammers who put in that extra work, their account now
looks a lot more trustworthy, so when they move on to the scam, they are a lot
more likely to be successful at it. Ebay had a similar problem (I don't know
if they still do) -- sellers would sell a few dozen items for a penny, take
the loss, and then when their account looked great, with lots of praising feedback,
they'd flip it into a scam.

--
Marc.

Author:

Heartbricker

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 11:28

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Proprietor writes:

I thought the implementation of on-site payments was supposed to help in some
way. Was it only by requiring Paypal for new sellers? We know that's no
guarantee. Wonder if there's a way for BL to work with PP so that new BL
sellers have their funds held at PP for a number of days until buyers confirm
receipt. And maybe it needs to be receipt by buyers who have a minimum of X
feedback or Y years of membership, so it's not sham buyers validating delivery.

Question is whether the burden dissuades more legit new sellers than it thwarts
shams. Considering the surplus of sellers here, I'd think it worth a try.

I'd agree with you BUT the normal scam is that the new sellers claim to have
a PP account and then tell the buyers to send the money through wire transfers/western
union/other methods that cannot be circumvented...

Author:

Proprietor

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 11:23

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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Author:

Heartbricker

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 10:20

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, udenbricks writes:

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

regards,

Nico

Author:

FigBits

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 10:04

Subject:

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:

Agree. I still don't understand the new BL's love for contrasting white
with extremely light gray. This applies to set inventories, part-outs, etc. as
well. It's hard to enough to sell Lego just having to figure out Light Gray,
Light Bluish Gray, Pearl Light Gray, Flat Silver...!

This tracking from left to right that you describe has become a kind of bottleneck
in my otherwise smoothly automated selling routine. It's a potential cause
for mistakes, it's tedious and there's no reason for it to be that way.

I can see each order without any issues.

Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?

Paul

I do also see the alternating shades for each line. However, this doesn't
do a lot to avoid the issue of having to scroll horizontally (and potentially
losing track of what line we are looking at).

There are a few ways this could be fixed. I think the first thing would be to
let each order take up 2 lines. Even though this would take up more vertical
space, vertical scrolling is MUCH better than horizontal scrolling on a webpage.

Second, all of the editable fields and button should be grouped together. We
shouldn't need to scroll all the way over to click the feedback button
or add a tracking number. Anything interactive should be on the left, so we know
it all belongs to the same order, and the non-interactive info (the dates, the
payment type, the grand total) can be off to the side a bit. Better yet, let
us arrange the columns however we like.

And third, a lot of this should be editable on the Order Details screen. That
way, we have a single order up, we can see exactly what is in the order, making
it really easy to enter information like shipping cost, tracking number, and
leaving feedback (and knowing for sure that we are entering this on the right
order).

--
Marc.

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 08:53

Subject:

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:

I can see each order without any issues.

Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?

Paul

Hmm, I will check, thanks. Well, I guess I can "see" it, but it does involve
some frequent frowning and since my screen is 60 cm wide it's not immediately
clear at first glance. I mean, it only takes me 2 seconds to figure out who paid,
but if if they did something about the layout it could be clear to me in 0.1
second instead of 2 and I would have more overview. (An option to turn on colour-coding
the entire line would be helpful for me, for example when a buyer marks an order
as paid). It's no immediate problem, but I do experience it as the least
smooth part of the routine that could be improved easily.

Author:

WhiteVanMan

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 08:43

Subject:

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:

I can see each order without any issues.

Maybe you could change the contrast on your computer screen?

Paul

Author:

Teup

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 08:38

Subject:

Re: Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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In Suggestions, brisbane_qld writes:

Author:

brisbane_qld

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 08:07

Subject:

Orders Placed page - add horizontal lines

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Already Exists

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 07:51

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

How do you verify their address? They could easily buy a few penny parts and
have them shipped for minimal postage costs to a random address. Do that ten
times. They don't care if they arrive or not.

The first scam they do easily outweighs the costs of the postage to a false address.

Or they will buy pennies worth from stores, say sorry that they placed the order
by mistake and they'll pay for the parts anyway to compensate the seller
(and so the order doesn't actually cancel). That'll be 10 completed sales
for less than 50c.

Even worse, they'll scam sellers as buyers before scamming buyers as sellers.
They'll place 10 orders, get them, do their selling scams, get shut down
and then scam the original sellers by claiming non-receipt.

Author:

udenbricks

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 05:59

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

regards,

Nico

Author:

wanderer101

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 05:27

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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In Suggestions, WindyCity writes:

The only problem is not all sellers buy.It could take a while to get 10 feedback
if you don't buy much.

Well they can buy somebody's Lego on sale to put in their store. I agree
with Heartbricker's suggestion. After all you should know something about
buying Lego and how to package etc. before selling it. Not to mention it would
be nice to know a few things about parts and colors too.

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

Author:

BricksShop

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 00:48

Subject:

Out-of-office message for shops

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Already Exists

Good morning,

In my normal life beside LEGO I have to travel a lot. During that time I am not
able to manage any orders and my children are to Young to do this Job alone.

Now I have two possibilities at Bricklink which are more or less OK:
a) closing the shop completely - my experience Shows that it takes again a few
days after my shop is re-opened to receive some orders
b) using the announcement in my Settings as a dismissable message. The message
Shows when I will be back to ship the orders. I am afraid that the buyers can
oversee this banner although it's with red Background.

My Suggestion is to have a out-of-Office message like you can have it at - sorry
for using it here - eBay with a Shop. The buyers can see the message that I am
out-of-Office and that there could be delay during the shipment. And in Addition
the buyers are getting an additional message to their order confirmation which
was generated by the System.
The Advantages are that there are two ways of Information of the "delay" for
shipment and that the late shipment is not negative for me (Feedback System at
eBay).

I know that I could Change the auto-Messages in my Settings - but I guess I will
Forget to delete this sentence after return.

Any comments are welcome.

Best regards from Paris (just on a Business trip),
Oliver.

Author:

MasterMinifigs

Posted:

Feb 2, 2017 00:16

Subject:

Re: This will reduce scammers by 95%

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The only problem is not all sellers buy.It could take a while to get 10 feedback
if you don't buy much.

In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

Author:

Heartbricker

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 23:40

Subject:

This will reduce scammers by 95%

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Discarded

Author:

QA_Sheryl

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 17:51

Subject:

Re: Print option for the "wanted list"

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In Suggestions, JayBeeOnline writes:

SUGGESTION:

In the "old" BL interface it was possible to print out the wanted lists.
This functionality hasn't been released in the "new" BL interface.

I would highly recommend that this could be implemented.

In a plain, simple, printer- friendly layout please...

This issue has been added to the road map. For further tracking and status information
please refer to the Road Map Page: http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453.

Author:

nicobubulle

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 15:10

Subject:

Re: Scam awareness idea

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In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:

How about some safe buying advice on the loging page warning buyers of common
scams? I.E, brand new store with a massive inventory, lots of orders with no
feedback, prices too good to be true on rare, valuable and sought after items.

Hello, I start to add notification on wanted list for modular building for 2weeks
and I spot 3 scammers... Bricklink should do something for this, it's easy
to spot them, it's the same : newbees so no feedback, low price on rare item.
There is no moderator ?

++ Nico

Author:

QA_Sheryl

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 14:33

Subject:

Re: Exclude superlot items from Pricing Guide

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In Suggestions, mjwest83 writes:

Please exclude all superlot entries from the Price Guide. There are too many
people who do superlots with one item for some insane price, then list all other
entries for a penny or something. That ends up screwing up the averages for everything
in the superlot. If superlot items were just excluded from the Pricing Guide,
then it won't prevent anyone from doing their preferred pricing, while not
harming the pricing averages.

Note that this even helps with other pricing strategies, as the general use is
to price the individual items lower than they otherwise would be, which still
screws up the averages.

This issue has been added to the road map. For further tracking and status information
please refer to the Road Map Page: http://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453

Author:

Geist

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 12:27

Subject:

Re: Put part numbers in checkout

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In Suggestions, Cosy writes:

+1!

Hey Cosy! How's Callan?

Author:

Leftoverbricks

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 10:14

Subject:

Re: Put part numbers in checkout

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+10!
Also make it a link, so when you are at checkout you can click the link and open
it in a new window to verify the item before you give the order a go.

In Suggestions, Cob writes:

Please add the part numbers to the checkout page.

Currently the checkout page only has the image, description, condition and the
condition notes. I prefer to verify my purchase at checkout and I am getting
the correct part numbers. I am unable to with the current checkout page layout.

Thank you,
Cob

Author:

Cob

Posted:

Feb 1, 2017 09:09

Subject:

Put part numbers in checkout

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