| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calebfishn  | | Posted: | Nov 5, 2019 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Sticky/ oily vintage wheels...trash? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Help, runner.caller writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | Anyone know why this happens? I notice the also melt the bricks they are sitting
against, so I'm presuming some sort of chemical reaction.
I'm guessing heat? I've run into this 3 times now one the lots also had
heat warped baseplates. I've never seen it on my own/original lego which
has never experienced a hot garage.
Are they trash? Can I clean them?
I just got some in light grey and was pretty stoked (only came in 3
sets) and they are awful gooey messes, I have more on the way and I don't
want it to be a total loss. The weird color on a common part is so neat in person.
Thanks everyone
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Weird! I've encountered oily tires before, but just assumed it was a coating
to help them pop out of the mold at the factory or a light coating to help guard
against dry rot.
I've seen the leaching before in my fishing tackle box when old plastic "twister
tails" would start to leach through the plastic baggies and even start to melt
the plastic in the utility box they were inside.
I didn't know this could happen to lego tires too!? Makes me nervous about
my stored childhood sets.
So too much air, and they dry out and get dry-rot, not enough, and they melt.
Nice....
I'll note that the tackle box spent many a thermal cycle in a garage, whereas
the lego temps have always been more stable.
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I don't think tackle box trouble has much to do with hot and cold temperature.
All of your soft plastic lures and worms seem to be a vinyl plastic that will
react strongly with styrene plastic. Fishing boxes of that material work well
for weights and hooks, and usually don't interact with the paint on your
jigs, bu they are trouble if they come into contact with . Good quality tackle
storage should not be that shiny clear styrene plastic.
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2019 10:31 | | Subject: | Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, matejo writes:
| | Mentioned in other posts, I am submitting this as a separate suggestion.
The goal of the $1 payment is to preclude new members from making false orders
and thereby avoid time wasted on pulling order items, attaining packing supplies,
calculating shipping, etc.
Perhaps there is also a benefit with regard to new sellers. Not sure.
I recognize there will be process, payment, and accounting challenges for BrickLink
administrators, along with maybe an undesired initial action to become a member,
however this proposal would screen out false buyers, and benefit the integrity
and positive experiences of the entire new member, buyer, and seller community
-- which for my part is a key reason I'm here.
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No. It is not necessary to screen out false buyers. Although it is true that
this is very frustrating, it is part of doing business and running a store to
give quotes, calculate shipping, etc. When i walk into walmart, they don't
charge me a dollar to make sure I am a "real" customer.
Most so called "false" orders, are really in my view "Failed" orders, and those
are most often the result of new buyers, or people who could not figure something
out on the website interface. The percentage of "failed" orders is very small
compared to successful orders. I can deal with the odd inconvenience.
We should reject every single suggestion that would make it harder for first
time, and one time buyers from ordering lego in our stores.
I agree that community is important, and that is why I am here also. However,
I believe the health of the community depends on being open and welcoming to
newcomers, rather than being a closed community that wants to screen new arrivals
and place obstacles in their path.
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2019 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: New and Used: more shades of grey are needed | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I think that many sellers know how to properly describe their lego and to ensure
that "used" lego is not junk. Bite marks, discolouration, deep scratches, and
damage are not part of what "used" means. All of those can only pass as filler
and should be clearly described as such.
I believe the best assurance a buyer has that used parts will be of good quality
is to choose a seller with a significant amount of positive feedback.
Buyers can also help themselves by regularly informing sellers if used parts
do not meet the standards for listing.
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jan 8, 2019 16:37 | | Subject: | Re: Please change "Coral" to "Vibrant Coral" | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Classicsmiley writes:
| | I'm not sure who to address this to, but could the color "Coral" please be
renamed to the official "Vibrant Coral"?
Thanks!
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I'm not in favour of this. I don't know how the word "vibrant" modifies
"coral" in any meaningful way, (not like, "dark" or "Medium")
if there are not multiple shares of coral, (which I am pretty sure is a shade
of pink or red) then there is no value in adding a modifier just to be consistent
with Lego's conventions.
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| Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2018 14:20 | | Subject: | Re: Who akes OCR cannot leave feedback | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Bricklord writes:
| | The purpose of feedback is to give others a fair review of ones dealings with
another, be it as a seller or as a buyer. If a buyer makes a bogus order in my
store, I need the ability to warn others of the conduct of said buyer. I should
not be smeared by the buyer for warning other sellers about the buyer.
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There are bogus orders, but in my experience the bogus buyer will never bother
to ask for an order cancellation. They are the ones that place the order and
then just disappear, forcing an entirely justified NPB with negative feedback.
That warns other sellers, without the risk of an unearned negative feedback.
But for polite requests to cancel, my feeling people make mistakes all the time,
and it isn't necessary that every one of those result in a negative consequence.
I prefer to treat others as I would like to be treated.
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