BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Selling, Ajiki writes:

Hi all,
Lately I have been seeing more small orders where the shipping costs are many
times the actual value of the parts.

Why don't people wait until the order is a bit larger and in proportion to
the shipping costs. Are people afraid that the parts will no longer be there
(fomo)?

Are other sellers also seeing this trend?

Thoughts?

I see this a lot for international orders, i would send a shipping quote first
before sending an invoice. What surprises me is why US buyers buy from me when
they have pretty much all the parts available in country. Orders from Europe
surprises me too.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Mar 1, 2024 02:38

Subject:

Re: Store suspended with only two active NSS

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In Help, Llewyn writes:

In Help, Saitobricks.ca writes:

In Help, Jens_Christian writes:

Hi
My store godt suspended last week with only two NSS. The only two I ever have
had. Is down to one now and this is only because off a buyer who wants two be
the big boss after he got a refund.
No response from admin.
Just normal ?
Anyone else who has tried the same?

Scary stuff, could happen to any one of us. Rotten buyers are the worst.

It really couldn't. I ship my orders promptly and can demonstrate that I
have. Same goes for the hundred or so different sellers I've bought from
in my time here, whether new stores with single-digit feedback or established
ones with 10k+.

Refund your buyers and show customer service the proof, that is the quickest
way to remove the NSS and have your store back up.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Mar 1, 2024 02:30

Subject:

Re: About Price Guide

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In Help, s0l0kr writes:

Well I cant understand what price should I set.
Last 6 months average.
Last 6 months average by qnty
Current Price average
Current Price average by qnty

First of all I ve figured out that my prices was around 15% higher than on the
market, idk why but I have fixed it, now I should understand when I am uploading
parts to bricklink, which of this choices should I choose. Which is normal price
for parts?

Thanks!

Your Marble Bricks

One more question, not related to price guide, does Black Pearl parts sells fasts?
Like this big black pieces which costs around 50 euros per piece, or it will
be waste of money and time to buy black pearl (have deal for 200 euros new, without
minifigs)

Rare and expensive parts are slow movers for me but they do move, you just have
to wait for the right buyer. Anyway, I priced my parts nearer to the sold average,
but I've raised before that the 6-month average seem to include sales from
earlier months.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Dec 19, 2023 03:40

Subject:

6-Month Avg Sold Price

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Price Guide

It seems like the average 6-month average sold price is including sales from
older months. Is this something that can be changed in the setting.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Oct 7, 2023 01:27

Subject:

Re: Star Wars ghost ship

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LEGO products

In LEGO products, Tdejacob writes:

Just wanted some advice! I have someone who wants to sell me 75053 for $325 factory
sealed but a damaged box. Is that a good deal, I would resell it on my store
but I don’t have too much knowledge on that set, any advice would be greatly
Appreciated!

Thank you for the advice, I also didn’t know much about the kanan. Do all sealed
sets contain the black haired one or can you get there updated one and the set
be worth way less?

I think it only came from the Ghost-Phantom bundled pack.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Sep 22, 2023 04:57

Subject:

Re: I received a complaint.

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In Help, ManilaBrick writes:

In Help, BrickDeals writes:

In Help, ManilaBrick writes:

The gist of it is that Fedex didnt seal the envelope for the package I sent and
the package was lost. I refunded the buyer in full and yet I was given a complaint
feedback. I wish that there was a way for reasonable people to remove the complaint,
I filed a feedback removal but this case doesn't seem to fall on the conditions
given.

I'm not sure if Fedex works differently for your country, but here, they
have a very convenient pick up service so I can leave the package with our lobby
guard and they pick it up there. The problem is they don't provide the pouches
where you put the waybills in, I have to put the waybill inside the envelope
and they are the ones who attach the pouch and seal the envelope. The picture
provided by fedex as proof showed the envelope but the plastic strip for the
gum wasn't even removed.

I've lost the figs, I lost the money I paid for shipping, and got a complaint
as a bonus.

Rework your business so this doesn't happen in the future.
Buy the pouches yourself from a supply company.

If the pouches have to be made by Fedex, which I doubt, tell the person who picks
up your packages to bring you an extra 100 or so. (or call Fedex and tell them
you need a supply) Believe me, they don't want to do the extra work of attaching
them to your packages.

In US, buyer is responsible for all packaging with FedEx. I would never trust
a shipping agency to seal a package.

Fedex has been pretty good with my packages despite the set-up, i've sent
over 100 packages without issue, i"ve called them and they said they'll
send some pouches to me, I don't know why they don't have it available
for request on the website along with the envelopes and boxes.

Thank you to the great people of bricklink for removing the complaint. I'm
a buyer myself and I understand that some things are beyond the seller's
control. Thank you for understanding.

Fedex found my package in china, their customer service was in touch through
the process and was really helpful. They asked for a picture of what's inside
and somehow found the package in another country. This is probably the best customer
service i've received ever.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Sep 17, 2023 20:11

Subject:

Re: I received a complaint.

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In Help, BrickDeals writes:

In Help, ManilaBrick writes:

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Sep 15, 2023 04:31

Subject:

I received a complaint.

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Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Sep 1, 2023 23:34

Subject:

Re: Dark red, new dark red and new new dark red.

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, Namsey writes:

There is no differentiation between these shades on Bricklink and it had caused
me to order the same pieces from different stores several times until I had the
correct amount of pieces in the correct shade I wanted. This is especially frustrating
with the most uncommon pieces in dark red. For those of you who don't know
the differences, here's a link to an article that explains it well :
https://www.newelementary.com/2019/05/has-lego-color-dark-red-changed.html?m=1
Since the original dark red and the newest dark red have a similar translucid
effect, I think they should be in the same category. The dark red shade produced
between 2009 and 2018 is more opaque and most importantly, more brittle. So I
suggest a new category for this specific shade but I don't know how to rename
it. Please give your suggestions.

My suggestion is create a color category for off shade colors that commonly seen
with LBG bricks, Blue, Tan, Sand Green, White, etc. I open sealed old Starwars
sets and most of the LBG parts are already of a different shade. I have so many
blue minifig legs where one leg has turned to a darker shade.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Aug 14, 2023 01:21

Subject:

Re: Seller removed items and then shipped?

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In Help, Ghiojo writes:

Hey!

So recently I made an order at a BL store, and I bought a couple of items from
it. I got a message later saying that 1€ from my order was refunded because 2
pieces were actually out of stock, the problem is that the seller filed it as
if them and I agreed on this even though I quite literally never got a message
from them.

The seller then proceeded to immediately mark the order as shipped. My problem
is that I made the order specifically because of a part they had, and I'm
concerned that the part that isn't available happens to be that one part.
Is this even against TOS? Can a seller just go "Oh yeah this was out of stock
so I'mma just pay you back the money for it and then ship it so you can't
cancel or do anything with your order"? It feels sleazy and scummy.

I always ask the buyer first if they want to proceed when some items are missing.
On my terms, I stated that if there's an important piece that would make
the buyer cancel the order, please let me know before hand so I don't have
to continue picking parts.

Author:

ManilaBrick

Posted:

Mar 28, 2023 04:14

Subject:

Re: Selling used instructions

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Selling