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 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 19, 2023 11:44
 Subject: Re: How to refund and change the final amount
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, CynaBricks writes:
  Hello everyone,

I would like to refund a buyer because the shipping cost was a little less than
expected. As we're taxed on the final amount, I'd like this refund to
appear on my order so that I'm not taxed on an amount I didn't receive
in the end. I do see a "refund" column on the order page but I can't
enter anything in it and I can't change the shipping amount as the order
has already been paid. Do you know how to change this shipping amount so that
the final amount of my order is correct? Thank you in advance and happy holidays!

Nadia

Use the refund button on the order page.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 19, 2023 11:20
 Subject: Re: Help. Buyer filed an NSS wrongly
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 Topic: Selling
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In Selling, JamesHall writes:
  One of my orders to South Korea, the buyer has placed an NSS and he has told
me he has received it, the reason he filed it was because one part was the wrong
colour. I have no idea what to do.

That is technically a valid reason to start an NSS.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=110

Reach out to your buyer to find out what part is wrong and either resend the
part, or offer them a refund for the part including shipping.
They shouldn’t be penalized for not getting everything they ordered.

After that is done the buyer should remove the NSS.

Of course they may have ordered the wrong part and if you sent what they ordered,
then they should remove the NSS.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 15, 2023 03:19
 Subject: Re: A Gentle Soul...
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Cory,

My heartfelt condolences on the loss of your brother.
Cherish the memories.

Johan
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Nov 27, 2023 20:26
 Subject: Re: Can I find when I listed something that sold?
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 Topic: Sales
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In Sales, sixf00t4 writes:
  I know we can see when we added items to inventory as a seller, but someone bought
something from me and I can't find it. Knowing when I added it to my inventory
might give me a clue on where it is. How can I find that?

If you had it set to keep in inventory after sold, it will show in your inventory
when it was listed and last sold.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Oct 1, 2023 22:15
 Subject: Re: My little brother...
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In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
  

Hey Cory,

Beautiful garden.
Stereotypical red house in the background.

My best wishes for Rand’s health.

Where in Sweden is your brother?
My dad moved back to Sweden about 15 years ago after 35 years in Canada. He lives
in Bålsta, about 55 km (34 miles) NW of Stockholm.

Johan
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Sep 19, 2023 16:10
 Subject: Re: Excluding an incorrect part from Wanted List
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 Topic: Wanted
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In Wanted, SylvainLS writes:
  In Wanted, forwildlife writes:
  Hi there,

I am new to Bricklink.

Hi and welcome


  […]
One of the items I want is a particular set of instructions, which comes in two
parts/sets. I want both sets 1 and 2 of these.

When I use the auto-select button to find the shortest list of sellers to complete
my wanted list, it's pretty awesome apart from one issue. A seller has listed
the set 2 only of the instructions I want, and the auto select thinks that item
is now found. I'd like to exclude that particular (set 2 only) item as it's
not what I want and then resubmit auto select to create a shortlist of sellers
that sells the full wanted list.

IIUC, it’s the same item (instructions) but it appears in two sets?

If there’s only one entry in the catalogue, there’s no way to differentiate the
sets they came from but by comments added by the sellers.

It’s like saying you want one
 
Part No: 3001  Name: Brick 2 x 4
* 
3001 Brick 2 x 4
Parts: Brick {White}
from a particular set and only from this set (not from other sets, not from PaB…).

If I understood wrong, please tell us exactly the items you want, it will be
clearer

I think he means that the instructions comes as two books.

For the OP, the only way to exclude that seller, is to stop list them. Then that
seller will not come up in any of your searches.

Also, search the forum for previous help on wanted lists. There is a lot of good
information on how to search and to buy (i.e. don't use Easy Buy).
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Sep 1, 2023 02:10
 Subject: Re: Two different invoices?
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, Baarlo_Bricks writes:
  Can I make two different invoices, one for domestic and one for international?

I see domestic buyers sometimes pay via PayPal as it's in our invoice. But
we force them (as in no other option) to use IBAN as it's free and common
in The Netherlands. PayPal always has additional costs and on small orders it
makes you might even lose money on it.

Regards,

Dennis

On this page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/payments.page make sure that
Domestic PayPal is not selected.

Under Offsite Payments, make sure that Domestic is selected for IBAN.

Add the Macro Tags as shown in the picture to the default invoice template. The
Invoice template can be found here: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/message_templates.page

PAYMENTTYPE-EQ:18 is IBAN
PAYMENTTYPE-EQ:27 is PayPal onsite
Further payment types can be found here https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=662

BL will use the Macro Tag to only show the payment instruction related to the
payment type.
Domestic buyers will then only have IBAN as a payment choice and International
will only have PayPal onsite.

You can test to see if these settings work, by clicking on the invoice button
on old orders. Just don't send the invoice again.

Let us know if it works for you.

Johan
 
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Aug 25, 2023 21:30
 Subject: Re: Does anyone know the best way to do this?
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In Help, Amazingly writes:
  I want to give my nephew a MOC for his birthday and the 2nd half for Christmas.
I have all the parts needed in my store. It will take forever to type in each
part and manually edit the amount. I also need to do this to see the remark on
where each part is located. I think giving my brother a coupon that would cover
the entire order is best since it would take the parts out of inventory and tell
me where they are at. Does that mess up the stats?
Anyone know of the best way to do this?
Thanks for your help.

It shouldn’t mess up the stats as they are still being “sold” at the listed price,
but then covered by a coupon.
You will be dinged the BL seller fee for it though.

You can always look for the parts by looking at the wanted list in your store.
You will see the remarks that way, but will still need to remove them from your
store manually.

If the BL fee isn’t an issue, the easiest way would be to send the MOC studio
file, or wanted list XML file, to your brother so he can create a wanted list
and then buy from your store.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Aug 12, 2023 02:18
 Subject: Re: JW115 package dimensions incorrect
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 Topic: Catalog
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In Catalog, Hal8472 writes:
  Hello
Please change JW115 From 2.6 x 4.3 x 2 cm To 2.6 x 4.3 x 1 cm
This is a significant difference for Canadian shipping as under 2cm permits oversized
envelope. As it is identified, its not permitted.
Thanks
Andrew

You can always change your dimensions in your inventory. Or change it to weight
bound instead of volume bound
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jul 12, 2023 00:38
 Subject: Re: Canceled Order/ Relisting Items
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 Topic: General
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In General, Darkcorner84 writes:
  I gave someone who paid a full refund through brick link. Can you relist all
the stuff all at once or do you have to manually do it.

First you have to cancel the order.
Refunding does not automatically cancel the order.

Follow the directions here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=74

Or enter the order number here:
https://www.bricklink.com/retractOrder.asp

If you initiate a cancellation, you have the option to have the parts in the
order uploaded back into your inventory, and to edit them at the same time. You
can choose to have them placed in regular inventory, or in stockroom. And you
will be cued to a choice about sending out notifications.

What I have found, and have had confirmed in previous posts, is that the default
is to put the parts back into Stockroom A.
This can be confirmed by going to your inventory, sort by Stockroom A and then
sorting by reverse quantity. This will show any parts with any quantity in the
stockroom.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jul 8, 2023 02:10
 Subject: Re: Status doesn’t offer shipped
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 Topic: Shipping
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In Shipping, KACL writes:
  In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
  In Shipping, KACL writes:
  Yes, payment was made. I’d never ship without that.

So is it currently showing with a status of "Paid" here?

https://www.bricklink.com/orderReceived.asp

No, it does not. The only status options that it shows are Pending, Processing,
Ready, and Packed. I’ve supplied the tracking information to the buyer so he
is aware that it is on its way. I double checked PayPal to see if I could find
something on there that I had missed but I didn’t see anything that looked off.

Looks like your buyer may have paid offsite, meaning the taxes aren’t going where
they’re supposed to.

One way to check for this is in PayPal.
Is there a line that says “partner fee”?
This would be the state tax that BrickLink collects on your behalf.
If that line is not there, your buyer paid offsite.

If that is the case, you will need to refund the buyer and have him pay via PayPal
on-site (through BrickLink).
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jun 17, 2023 16:53
 Subject: Re: Failed with error return
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 Topic: Technical Issues
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In Technical Issues, Eddie2134 writes:
  When i go to create a cart a message at the top saying "failed with error
return" appears, a red button saying "fix" replaces the edit button
and I cant seem to work out whats I need to do.

I’ve only seen this happen when you already have items in your cart from that
store and then try to add more from the buy wanted list page.
It can also happen if a part is sold in the time between selecting the store
and making the cart.

Any “errors” will be shown when you click fix.
Any parts with an error will be highlighted in a red box will have a line stating
the error.
Usually the error is “you can not buy more than is available”.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jun 13, 2023 20:36
 Subject: Re: wanted list
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, thelegoman writes:
  hello,
Is there a way to change colors in wanted list to current Lego colors? For
example I have parts in Dark Bluish Grey in my wanted list from my creation in
the studio but I would like to change them to Dark Stone Grey. When I pull up
the color chart it doesn't have Dark Stone Grey. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
Eric

Hi,

BrickLink uses its own colour names.  LEGO’s Dark Stone Grey is called Dark Bluish
Gray by BrickLink.

And Studio, being made by BrickLink and linked to BrickLink’s catalogue, uses
BrickLink’s colours

See this website http://www.ryanhowerter.net/colors.php to see the match between
LEGO’s, BrickLink & Studio’s, and other AFOL’s colour numbers and names.

Staying within BL, there is a colour comparison at the bottom of this help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2594
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jun 12, 2023 19:21
 Subject: Re: revoked account but no multiple accounts
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 Topic: Terms and Policies
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In Terms and Policies, wagnerio writes:
  Dear community,

I completed my detailed verification process on Sunday. One day later my store
was suspended and all my inventory was removed.

The reason was "multiple accounts" but I never had any other accounts
or stores. I just contacted the support for clarification. Maybe I could find
out more about this other account. The response didn't give any further details
like another account name. I also asked my neighbour who already is an experienced
seller. Maybe it could be an issue that two stores have their offices in the
same building? But we don't think this shouldn't be a problem. He also
had no clue and recommended me to ask the community. Any ideads how I could find
out more about the issue and how to solve it? What was my fault here? I don't
have any other account to use as stated. I'm confused and just hope to find
some answers. Thanks in advance.

Here is the original reason:
"You have multiple accounts. This is a violation of our Terms of Service.

In the “Eligibility” section of our Terms of Service it states:

"You are limited to one (1) account on this Site unless we have granted you
permission to have additional accounts, such permission being in our sole discretion.
You may access the Site with your account credentials. You may not transfer or
sell your account or account credentials to another party.”

Your wagnerio account has been revoked. You can still use your other account,
[insert other BrickLink account username]."

Is the other account name close to yours?
In the same county?

You can look up where the other account is here https://www.bricklink.com/members.asp?utm_content=subnav

If you haven’t already done so, go to the help desk and register there (it’s
separate from your normal BL account).

Create a trouble ticket and they will look into quickly.

Good luck
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: May 18, 2023 23:34
 Subject: Re: Order Status
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In Help, SezaR writes:
  In Help, tradingjoes writes:
  I cannot change my order status from “packed” to “shipped” on an order. I keep
getting an error message every time I try to do that. The buyer has paid. I sent
them an invoice on PayPal. I also sent them one on Bricklink (first time doing
that. So I am wondering if that is causing the problem because maybe the buyer
paid the invoice on PayPal and not through Bricklink?

You accept payments in so many currencies. Are you sure you want this?
If a buyer pay you in for example Australian dollars, you receive the payment
in Australian dollars and it goes to your PayPal balance. When you want do exchange
it to American dollar, PayPal deducts 4% of it.

To add to this, if you don’t have those currencies enabled in PayPal, the buyer
will get an error.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: May 13, 2023 00:02
 Subject: Re: Grey Poupon ice cream
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In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
  More for you to try.

Why?
I just don't know why you would want to try some of these.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: May 10, 2023 23:15
 Subject: Re: X346 vs 41669 and other part numbers
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 Topic: Catalog Identification
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In Catalog Identification, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
  
  The x numbers come from the community (namely Peeron), and they should be retained
as the main part number whenever possible. Part numbers really should only be
corrected when they are wrong. x numbers are not temporary designations and they
are not incorrect. bb numbers are temporary and maybe changed when the true number
is discovered.

So what about [p=2543,5] that used to be x70


or [p=6093,86] that used to be x104


and other parts numbers that changed recently such as rubbers, etc?

I thought the goal was to get rid of xXXX numbers whenever an official LEGO number
was known, but you say otherwise, so why the above examples have changed?

Looks like those have gone back to x numbers

 
Part No: x70  Name: Minifigure, Headgear Hat, Cloth Wrap / Bandana with Single Tail in Back
* 
x70 Minifigure, Headgear Hat, Cloth Wrap / Bandana with Single Tail in Back
Parts: Minifigure, Headgear {Red}
 
Part No: x104  Name: Minifigure, Hair Female Ponytail
* 
x104 Minifigure, Hair Female Ponytail
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Light Bluish Gray}
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: May 7, 2023 00:32
 Subject: Re: Why shipping is so expensive for small orders
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In Shipping, what writes:
  Recently I am looking for the star wars minifigs that I missed ( around 40) on
bl, the one seller usually have only a have 1-2 that I want, I usually look for
Europe sellers because shipping from us seller starting from 10 usd while Europe
seller from around 4 euro, but recently I try to place a us order for 3 minifigs
and the shipping was around us$20 (term said start from 3us so I give it a try),
yesterday I asked a quote for 4 minifigs cost are hnd 45 euro, the bl automatic
shipping starting from 9 euro, so I asked a seller for a quote for cheapest untracked
shipping, terms said shipping starts from 1.6 euro, but the quote ended up around
11 euro plus 5 euro for charges, this is out of portion, I notice the shipping
inflated after bl calculate shipping automatically.

Does anyone have the same feeling? And any good suggestions? Thanks

There are some countries where it is very expensive for international shipping.
The destination will also determine the cost.

Yes, there are some sellers who pad the shipping costs, but not all.

BrickLink, as a company, does not calculate the shipping costs, that is up to
the seller to calculate.
The seller’s shipping terms may have a broad range of prices. With the “from”
price being the closest destination. Some have prices listed by country.

If you are really curious, you can always go to the post office website of the
seller’s country, and check on the cost yourself.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Apr 1, 2023 18:43
 Subject: Re: Simpsons snake figure
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 Topic: LEGO products
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In LEGO products, sasquatch_eater writes:
  How do I tell if a lego simpsons snake head is genuine lego or not?

What makes you think that it’s not real?

If the legs and torso have the LEGO mark, the chances that the head is real is
high.

Not all real parts have the LEGO logo.

Try looking for a small logo, part number or a “C” inside the head.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Mar 20, 2023 00:29
 Subject: Re: Refunding/canceling order
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 Topic: Selling
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In Selling, ashandriuolo13 writes:
  Hi guys, new here. I have an order I need to cancel. For reference, the buyer
chose local pick up as the shipping method but actually wanted the item shipped.
My guess is they tried to skip out on the shipping price. I refunded them their
total, does refunding them automatically cancel their order? Or is there another
step I have to take for it to be fully canceled? Thanks for any help!

Refunding does not automatically cancel the order.

Follow the directions here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=74

Or enter the order number here:
https://www.bricklink.com/retractOrder.asp

Alternately, if the buyer still wants the item, you can set the order to ready,
input the shipping cost and re-invoice them.

I find that "local pick-up" will always be the default shipping method
listed as there is no shipping cost. It is very easy for a buyer to miss this
and just skip through this step to order.
Sometimes it is easier to have this shipping method listed as "Request for
invoice/Local Pickup". It won't be eligible for IC though.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Mar 16, 2023 09:10
 Subject: Re: Instant Checkout Unavailable
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 Topic: Technical Issues
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In Technical Issues, leopard37 writes:
  I have numerous items that have no missing information, yet show up as instant
checkout unavailable. Is there a reason why this is occurring? Is there a fix
to enable these items?

I've attached an example.

Thanks in advance,

Tyson.

Just tried ordering these items.
The black and dark red showed the IC unavailable icon.

These colours do work with IC at other stores, so must be a setting on your end.

What happens if you delete the listing and then re-add it?

During the checkout process, it showed this error under all but the request for
invoice shipping method.

  “Instant Checkout/Invoice is not currently available for this method due to missing item information.“

It can’t be a shipping setting as it lets the other colours go through as IC.

It also gave me the AB, QC, NWT, NV, YK Package shipping method, instead of BC,
MB.

On that note, BC and MB should be treated the same as AB, QC etc. we only pay
the GST, that is until BL gets their Canadian tax situation sorted out

Also, you have your PayPal me address listed under payment policies. You should
probably remove that so buyers have to use on-site and can’t just send you the
payment directly, thereby avoiding BL tax collection.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Mar 6, 2023 22:52
 Subject: Re: Wanted List: Updating "Have" is broken
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 Topic: Technical Issues
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In Technical Issues, pstein writes:
  Anytime I try to update the quantity the error message "Only one item/color
combination is allowed per wanted list". I'm trying to adjust from 0
to 1. No issues from the other day, just all of a sudden.

Any help is appreciated.

The error points to an error in *ANY* of your wanted lists. This was not caused
by you, but is a side effect of a merge on the catalog side. You have to first
correct the duplicate in the list that is causing the problem, then continue
editing the wanted list you want to change.
There should be a warning sign next to the wanted list that is causing the problem.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Mar 1, 2023 00:48
 Subject: Re: The Five Most Feared Words
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In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
  The five most feared words for BrickLinkers in the USA:

"In Transit, Arriving On Time"

I though it was "I didn't receive my order".
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Feb 25, 2023 15:36
 Subject: Re: How is this not feedback manipulation?
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 Topic: Feedback
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In Feedback, infinibrix writes:
  In Feedback, UTLF writes:
  It's not really feedback manipulation if there's an error with the order;
the guy bought 12 parts and got 10, reached out, and what they said is fair -
they gave you a chance to fix the issue, and if not, they would leave a neutral/negative

Neutral would be reasonable, but a negative would be too far - instead of coming
to the forums, why not try to resolve with the customer first?

But it is feedback manipulation! in other words blackmail i.e If you don't
do this I will do this?
The buyer is entitled to have the matter resolved to their satisfaction but if
I was the seller I would be telling the buyer not to bring feedback into discussion
as the feedback is for them alone to decide upon once the transaction is completed.
It should never be used as a bargaining tool especially since when a seller refunds
a buyer they want it to be clear that they've resolved the issue themselves
out of their own goodwill and not just because of their backs being against the
wall due unnecessary threats which will only be frustrating from a seller perspective!

Unfortunately, since it was sent via email and not the BL message system, the
help desk won’t do anything about it.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=97&q=Email+

“Reporting suspected Feedback extortion
Please note that we can't accept reports of Feedback extortion received through
email outside of BrickLink because these can be easily falsified. In order to
protect you, we recommend you always use the BrickLink Contact form to communicate
with your buyer or seller.”
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jan 21, 2023 21:08
 Subject: Re: Color name chart?
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 Topic: General
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In General, Darth_Smithy writes:
  Does BL have a list of BL color names vs TLG color names? I swear it did, but
I can't find it.

This has been created by BL member ryanaitch

http://ryanhowerter.net/colors.php

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1380543
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jan 17, 2023 21:29
 Subject: Re: Address Change
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, Koldpizzza writes:
  I changed my address in the system but whenever I go to finalize my purchase,
it says it's going to ship to my previous address.

There are two places for address changes. One is for your BrickLink account and
the other is for your store.

My BL Account settings...
https://www.bricklink.com/pref_general.asp?rD=Y

Store Settings...
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/management.page
Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and there's a Store Address.

Note: this will not change your address on any existing orders.
If you change the country, you will need to reapply to reopen your store.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jan 15, 2023 02:52
 Subject: Re: Administration
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 Topic: Buying
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In Buying, MarshMan80 writes:
  Good day administration. I have a buyer that is blackmailing me and if you could
reach out to me ASAP I would appreciate that.

Marshal

You can also report the member here:
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Jan 11, 2023 12:22
 Subject: Re: Alternate box designs
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In Catalog, Alizarin writes:
  Hello,

I was recently looking up a set online, and came across images of it with two
different box designs. From what I can tell comparing the boxes of both types,
the two designs of boxes have the same box dimensions. It is just the visuals
on the box that are different. The set is 4884 Wild Hunters, from 2005

Would Bricklink care about differentiating between the two design types? I know
for some sets they make a note of different box designs, such as 10242-1 or 10220-1,
but I don't know if they are not as concerned if there is no change in the
size of the box, just a change in the visuals.

Attached below are some images to show the difference between the two designs
of boxes. The first 2 images are of one design, and the last 2 are of the other
design. Sorry for the blurry images for some, it is hard to find good images
online.

Any insight would be appreciated,

Alizarin

The first two images are from a non-North American release and the last two images
are from a North American version.

The USA requires part quantities to be listed on the packaging.
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In Searching, paulibus writes:
  Trying to identify these parts. Thanks in advance.

 
Part No: 47543  Name: Cone Half 8 x 4 x 6
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47543 Cone Half 8 x 4 x 6
Parts: Cone {Light Bluish Gray}
 
Part No: 30562  Name: Cylinder Quarter 4 x 4 x 6
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30562 Cylinder Quarter 4 x 4 x 6
Parts: Cylinder {Light Bluish Gray}
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
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Happy New Year’s Cory!

You scared me until I read some other comments
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In Catalog Requests, fusionwalrus writes:
  According to both Brickpedia and March 1998 Lego Mania magazine,
the original Hydronaut and Stingray mini-figures did have names:
aqu030 is Navigator Hip "Muddy" Waters

Should be Waders and not Waters
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In Off Topic, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  Merry Christmas y’all!!

For me here I’m Australia it’s Christmas Day, for some it might Be Christmas
Eve so merry Christmas Eve then. Hope you guys have an awesome day, whether that’s
with family or relationships or on your own.

Have a good one and have a fun time.

The Cute and Merry Giraffe



Merry Christmas!
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 Posted: Dec 16, 2022 23:54
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In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Off Topic, jbroman writes:
  Nubs, is this you? 😂

https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/comments/znp7ez/pizza_bro/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

nah I’d never do a face reveal
Thanks for sharing tho!

The first thing I thought of when I saw this was you.
Couldn’t resist posting it.
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Nubs, is this you? 😂

https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/comments/znp7ez/pizza_bro/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 16, 2022 22:36
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In Technical Issues, superchicken77 writes:
  I'm sure it has nothing to do with this.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lego-bricklink-bugs-let-hackers-hijack-accounts-breach-servers/

So, what's BL doing to fix this?

From the article:
The security researchers reported the discovered vulnerabilities to LEGO, and
the company took action to fix all issues.

Looks like it was already taken care of.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 15, 2022 23:15
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In Wanted, The_Lego_Addict writes:
  Is there an easier way to delete wanted lists than opening each one and hitting
delete?

Somewhat faster is clicking the setup button on the right of every wanted list
and then clicking delete.
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In My Own Creation, WILYKAT writes:
  Make a build duplicate sub section multiple times instruction? Like 16x panel
build in instruction manual for s=10030-1?

Because it looks like I can't consolidate duplicate builds like LEGO instruction,
and having repeating pages of duplicate builds seem silly (and wasteful if someone
printed it).

You need to make it into a sub-model and then copy that sub-model to the other
spots.
Make sure each has the same name. This is known as Linked submodels
Only then will you have a consolidated duplicate build

https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/categories/360002182253-Instruction-Maker

https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/7124823329815-Linked-submodels

The dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).

Please search the forum for your question before posting a new one (the search
box is in the very dark grey banner).
There’s indexes of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first:
Studio: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
PartDesigner: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5589
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 12, 2022 15:21
 Subject: Re: Undo "Completed" order status
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In General, jennnifer writes:
  In General, normann1974 writes:
  Today, I tried to manage my orders on my mobile phone for the first time. So
working checkboxes is a whole other experience. I therefore accidentally set
all my shipped orders to status "completed" instead of "shipped".

I believe I have done this by accident before and was able to change it immediately
afterwards. But now the status is locked.



Come on BrickLink! This has been reported for ages and ages. Can someone at least
respond that you know that it's a bug that causes unnecessary hassles for
buyers and sellers? Is it on your radar or a list or a roadmap somewhere?

Jen

It’s a feature not a bug. /s

It came as a part of XP
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Dec 7, 2022 14:37
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In Selling, ffilz writes:
  I just got a $20 order that resulted in a $60 shipping cost and the result is
about $16 taxes. The Bricklink and Paypal fees on the entire transaction equal
about 1/3 the parts sale price. I figure my "cost" for the items was somewhere
between $10-12, resulting in my getting just a few bucks margin for this sale...

I'm wondering what other folks do to mitigate issues like this? I currently
charge exact postage and don't have any handling fees.

I'm wondering if one thing I should do is bump up my minimum order for international
orders.

Thanks for any thoughts you might have.

Frank

Remember, you don’t pay BL fees on shipping. Just for the parts.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
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In Selling, calebfishn writes:
  In Selling, reidstep writes:
  When an order is cancelled do the part in the order get added back to my inventory
automatically or do I have to do that manually?

If you initiate a cancellation, you have the option to have the parts in the
order uploaded back into your inventory, and to edit them at the same time. You
can choose to have them placed in regular inventory, or in stockroom. And you
will be cued to a choice about sending out notifications.

I just did this five minutes ago.

What I have found, and have had confirmed in previous posts, is that the default
is to put the parts back into Stockroom A.
This can be confirmed by going to your inventory, sort by Stockroom A and then
sorting by reverse quantity. This will show any parts with any quantity in the
stockroom.
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 Posted: Nov 20, 2022 22:16
 Subject: Re: Orange Tile 1 x 4 with keyboard and gamer
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In Catalog Identification, MargieC101 writes:
  Hi
I have this piece, it has come from a Lego set (unknown), but have not been able
to locate it in Bricklink.
Orange Tile 1 x 4 with a quirky keyboard and gamer controls.

Is someone either locate it Bricklink or know the set is comes from? Or if not
in Bricklink identify the set and add it into Bricklink, I have provided a photo
for reference.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Margaret

This is from set 60194
And is on sticker sheet
 
Part No: 60194stk01  Name: Sticker Sheet for Set 60194 - (38706/6226802)
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60194stk01 Sticker Sheet for Set 60194 - (38706/6226802)
Parts: Sticker Sheet

You can add the part yourself, and add it as a counterpart to this set here:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Nov 20, 2022 03:06
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In Searching, cmferreira writes:
  Hello,

Since this four Lego astronauts are aboard Artemis I, and not available as Minifigs,
can anyone give me a help in trying to identify each part, in order that I can
get them in my wanted list?
Thanks for your help in advance !!

Legs:
 
Part No: 973pb4625c01  Name: Torso Spacesuit, Dark Azure Neck and Straps, Classic Space Logo, Silver Pin Pattern / Bright Light Orange Arms / Dark Azure Hands
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973pb4625c01 (Inv) Torso Spacesuit, Dark Azure Neck and Straps, Classic Space Logo, Silver Pin Pattern / Bright Light Orange Arms / Dark Azure Hands
Parts: Minifigure, Torso Assembly, Decor. {Bright Light Orange}
torso:
 
Part No: 970c110pb03  Name: Hips and Bright Light Orange Legs with Dark Azure Straps, Dark Orange Patches Pattern
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970c110pb03 Hips and Bright Light Orange Legs with Dark Azure Straps, Dark Orange Patches Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Legs, Decorated {Dark Azure}
helmet:
 
Part No: 49663pb01  Name: Minifigure, Headgear Helmet Space, City Astronaut with Molded Black Neck Base Pattern
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49663pb01 Minifigure, Headgear Helmet Space, City Astronaut with Molded Black Neck Base Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Headgear {White}
visor:
 
Part No: 89159  Name: Minifigure, Visor Large with Trapezoid Area on Top
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89159 Minifigure, Visor Large with Trapezoid Area on Top
Parts: Minifigure, Headgear Accessory {Dark Blue}

The four LEGO astronauts:

Kate:
 
Minifig No: cty1430  Name: Lunar Research Astronaut - Female, Bright Light Orange and Dark Azure Suit, White Helmet, Dark Blue Visor, Open Mouth Smile
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cty1430 (Inv) Lunar Research Astronaut - Female, Bright Light Orange and Dark Azure Suit, White Helmet, Dark Blue Visor, Open Mouth Smile
Minifigures: Town: City: Space Exploration
head:
 
Part No: 3626cpb0633  Name: Minifigure, Head Female Black Eyebrows and Eyelashes, Medium Nougat Lips, and Open Mouth Smile with Teeth Pattern - Hollow Stud
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3626cpb0633 Minifigure, Head Female Black Eyebrows and Eyelashes, Medium Nougat Lips, and Open Mouth Smile with Teeth Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head {Yellow}
hair:
 
Part No: 62696  Name: Minifigure, Hair Female Ponytail Long with Side Bangs
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62696 Minifigure, Hair Female Ponytail Long with Side Bangs
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Dark Brown}

Sebastian:
head:
 
Part No: 3626cpb2534  Name: Minifigure, Head Gray Eyebrows and Stubble, Medium Nougat Cheek Lines and Chin Dimple, Black Glasses Pattern - Hollow Stud
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3626cpb2534 Minifigure, Head Gray Eyebrows and Stubble, Medium Nougat Cheek Lines and Chin Dimple, Black Glasses Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head {Yellow}
hair:
 
Part No: 21778  Name: Minifigure, Hair Male with Coiled Texture
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21778 Minifigure, Hair Male with Coiled Texture
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Black}

Kyle:
head:
 
Part No: 3626cpb1569  Name: Minifigure, Head Black Eyebrows, Medium Nougat Chin Dimple, Open Mouth Smile with Teeth Pattern - Hollow Stud
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3626cpb1569 Minifigure, Head Black Eyebrows, Medium Nougat Chin Dimple, Open Mouth Smile with Teeth Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head {Yellow}
hair:
 
Part No: 98385  Name: Minifigure, Hair Spiked
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98385 Minifigure, Hair Spiked
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Black}

Julia:
head:
 
Part No: 3626cpb1211  Name: Minifigure, Head Female Black Thin Eyebrows, Eyelashes, Nougat Lips, Grin Pattern - Hollow Stud
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3626cpb1211 Minifigure, Head Female Black Thin Eyebrows, Eyelashes, Nougat Lips, Grin Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head {Yellow}
hair:
 
Part No: 85974  Name: Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Right Shoulder
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85974 Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Right Shoulder
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Bright Light Yellow}
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In Searching, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  Heres the hair for them,

 
Part No: 21778  Name: Minifigure, Hair Male with Coiled Texture
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21778 Minifigure, Hair Male with Coiled Texture
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Black}
(in black)

 
Part No: 62696  Name: Minifigure, Hair Female Ponytail Long with Side Bangs
* 
62696 Minifigure, Hair Female Ponytail Long with Side Bangs
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Dark Brown}
(in dark brown)

 
Part No: 98385  Name: Minifigure, Hair Spiked
* 
98385 Minifigure, Hair Spiked
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Black}
(in black)

 
Part No: 85974  Name: Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Right Shoulder
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85974 Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Right Shoulder
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Dark Orange}
(in dark orange)

The Cute Giraffe

I believe Julia's hair (the blonde) should be
 
Part No: 85974  Name: Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Right Shoulder
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85974 Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Right Shoulder
Parts: Minifigure, Hair {Bright Light Yellow}
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Nov 12, 2022 00:03
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In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
  In Help, mbreimayer writes:
  Does anyone know if BL has any rules against having the word "Brick" or "Bricks"
in your official business name if you're running a BL selling account through
a business (LLC for example)? I know that BL store names often have the word
"Brick" or "Bricks" in them since they're not the word "LEGO", but I didn't
know if there was any sort of stipulations regarding what cannot be included
in a BL seller's official business name that they're operating through.
Thanks for your help with this random question.

The general rule is the you cannot use the trademark of another company in the
name of your business. The word "brick" would be pretty difficult to trademark,
so I think it's safe to assume that it's okay to use in the name of your
business. Plenty of BrickLink stores have the word "brick" in their name (e.g.,
1001bricks, Brick Takeover, etc.) and I don't see why being a registered
business would make it not be okay. That being said, it is not okay to use words
like "BrickLink" or "LEGO" which are registered trademarks.

That being said, in Canada there is a big box store called “The Brick”, so I
don’t think that would work as a company name in Canada.
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
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In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  This thing?

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=853303#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}

Check prices.

The Cute Giraffe

 
Gear No: 853303  Name: VIP Chrome Red Minifigure Key Chain with LEGO Logo Tile, Modified 3 x 2 Curved with Hole - White Label
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853303 VIP Chrome Red Minifigure Key Chain with LEGO Logo Tile, Modified 3 x 2 Curved with Hole - White Label
Gear: Key Chain
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
 Posted: Nov 6, 2022 01:36
 Subject: Re: GST Applied to Canadian BrickLink Fees
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In Taxes, SezaR writes:
  In Taxes, jbroman writes:
  In Taxes, SezaR writes:
  That's great.
Now the BL fees are %3.15 for Canadians, instead of %3 !

It will change depending on your province.
3.05% (3% fee + 5% GST) in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories,
Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon

That's where you are making a mathematical mistake and don't figure out
how much you are paying extra

Assume you sold $100. They before tax, your fees are $3
Now GST is applied and you get charged an extra %5 calculated as a percentage
of the fees (not on the total price of what you sold), so your GST is
3 * 0.05 = $0.15
So your fees are $3.15 instead of $3.
In other words, your fees are
3 + 3 * 0.05 = 3 * (1 + 0.05) = 3 * (1.05) = % 3.15

Now you entirely forgot about these extra 47¢, didn't you?

  3.13% (3% fee + 13% HST) in Ontario
3.15% (3% fee + 15% HST) in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
and Prince Edward Island

For these provinces, the fees will be
3 + 3 * 0.15 = 3 * (1 + 0.15) = 3 * (1.15) = % 3.45

For those people living in these provinces, I recommend to move to BC

Yes.
I realized my mistake after hitting post. I looked at it again, and it didn’t
look right. I should have canceled my post and redone it, but had to go out.
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In Taxes, SezaR writes:
  That's great.
Now the BL fees are %3.15 for Canadians, instead of %3 !

It will change depending on your province.
3.05% (3% fee + 5% GST) in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories,
Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon
3.13% (3% fee + 13% HST) in Ontario
3.15% (3% fee + 15% HST) in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
and Prince Edward Island
 Author: jbroman View Messages Posted By jbroman
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In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
  unless I'm missing something I was only charged tax for last month's
commission?

You're fine.
As I hadn't sold much recently (as I haven't added to my inventory in
a while) I was charged fees on my accrued fees.

I should have only had to pay GST on the new order fees and not the accrued fees.

It's only 47¢, but I needed to rant.
 
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I'm sure some of you Canadian sellers have noticed that BL has started to
add GST/HST or QST/PST/RST to our BL fees.

In an email from BL on 3 October 2022 they stated:
"Canadian tax will be applied to commission fees starting from October 2022,
which will be reflected in your bill on November 5. The tax amount will be displayed
as a separate line."

I'm okay with that as that was announced.
What I'm not okay with is that GST was applied to all accrued fees from billing
cycles before October. (I hadn't reached the $10 USD threshold to pay fees
for a few months.)

It's not a lot of money, and definitely won't break the bank, but it's
the principle of it.
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 Posted: Nov 1, 2022 23:28
 Subject: Re: 4073 1x1 round plate in Trans Neon Yellow
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What are the three colours in the picture?

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