BrickLink Discussion Forum

I almost feel tempted to mess with these people a bit by following the link,
then entering "BIGSC" as the username and "AMMER" as the password.
Maybe even submitting random jumbles of letters, numbers, and quotation symbols
as both the username and password.

I did a few yesterday with fake details. They instantly ask you for the OTP once
you have entered the account details, so presumably they are not being read by
a human but just automatically scraped and submitted to bricklink to generate
the OTP passcode request to be sent to your email, which the scammed user is
then meant to give to the scammer through their website.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 09:27

Subject:

Re: Getting quotes

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Help

In Help, zorbanj writes:

In Help, calebfishn writes:

In Help, zorbanj writes:

This is because most quotes don't result in a sale, which is a waste of the
seller's time.

66% of quotes I provide are accepted. I like this system and I don't think
it is a waste of time. I think that is because the buyer actually fills out a
cart.

I think my post was vague. I've had quotes enable in my shop since the beginning.
I even have a link in my terms to the BL help page for how to request a shipping
quote.

My own conversion rate is about 1/3, mostly because international buyers are
shocked a the shipping cost.

I found something similar.

When I was shipping internationally, most quotes were not accepted but I believe
that was mainly because (1) most domestic customers should not need to ask for
a quote as the shipping prices should have been clear from terms (or later, from
IC) so I got few domestic quote requests and (2) the high shipping prices for
lowish value international orders were nearly always rejected.

Once I stopped shipping internationally, I didn't get many quote requests
as domestic shipping was nearly always already calculated though IC so there
should not be any reason to ask for a quote. I can understand asking for a quote
when IC did not calculate shipping for larger sets or very heavy orders. But
I really don't know why some buyers were still asking for quotes when IC
would have calculated it for their prospective order. Nearly all the of the few
I received on such prospective orders did not actually lead to an order once
I entered the same postage costs as IC would have told the buyer. I can only
assume they were hoping that I would give them a lower price than what was being
shown to them through the checkout.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 06:52

Subject:

Re: Change filters on Wanted Lists

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Help

In Help, v100Bricks writes:

I am not aware of a way to do this either and find it annoying.
Unless anyone can suggest a way I would raise this in the Suggestions forum so
people can vote. Not sure if it makes a difference or not

I don't think it makes a difference. The ability to set your own default
settings for searches (whether on want lists or catalogue searches) has been
suggested many times before.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 03:21

Subject:

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai

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You have some very good points here. The whole communication architecture on
BrickLink is definitely in need of some upgrades. They may want to start looking
into it sooner rather than later.

For example, every transaction I have on eBay has everything done through the
eBay platform. There is never any communication outside of the platform between
myself and anyone that I purchase something from. In that way, the user on the
other end remains completely anonymous. It would be a good model to look into.

That is partly so they can monitor communication and partly (probably mostly)
to stop deals being done outside of eBay. Anonymity is just a by-product. Here,
any businesses selling on ebay (or elsewhere) are required to have their identity
and address shown before a buyer decides to buy.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 22, 2024 02:55

Subject:

Re: 92590 Backpack open

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Topic:

Catalog Requests

In Catalog Requests, kittybrickz writes:

In Catalog Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:

In Catalog Requests, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:

92590 Minifigure Backpack / Bag Open
Parts: Minifigure, Body Wear {Dark Tan}

Can this part be renamed to say "Minifigure Backpack/Bag Open" instead
of "Minifigure Backpack Open"? Thanks!

Add the word “sack” to that.

Satchel

Rucksack!

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 21, 2024 14:10

Subject:

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai

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In Problem, randyf writes:

In Problem, chetzler writes:

I don’t know why BrickLink has suddenly become such a juicy target.

All of it started fairly shortly after all of the extremely unpopular part merges
started to actually occur. I have a strong feeling that a user here that was
very upset about the decisions made is having some "fun" at BrickLink's
expense.

And judging from the people who are receiving phishing emails (e.g I'm not),
the phisher is probably part of an online BrickLink group somewhere else (Facebook?
Discord?) that all of you are also part of or maybe they ordered from all of
the phishees in the past and already have all of your contact information to
use.

I checked earlier, the .net site is about two months old and the bricklink-com.co
just two weeks. Whether it is linked to merges, I don't know. Haven't
some people mentioned high value sets being added? That suggests financial fraud
rather than just messing about.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 21, 2024 13:32

Subject:

Re: Something to keep in mind about picture reqs

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General

In General, Nubs_Select writes:

In General, crazylegoman writes:

Doesn't every buyer have the seller's address anyway, once an order is
placed?

+1 since I started selling on bricklink I’ve given up on privacy as someone dosnt
been need to place and order, just a quote, and they can see my name, address,
and email.

Have they changed it then? It used to be that a quote didn't send the seller's
email address or postal address.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 21, 2024 12:20

Subject:

Re: Selling bulk Lego help

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Selling

In Selling, Catfish240 writes:

Hi, I am relocating to another country and want to sell my kids Lego. I don’t
have time to create an inventory of each individual piece. But have separated
it into colors and figures.
What is the best way to get a good price to sell it this way?
Thanks!

You won't get a good price if you sell it as mixed up bulk.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 21, 2024 12:07

Subject:

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai

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Anyway, with a very official looking email in hand, I clicked the suggested logout
from all devices link and had just about entered my credentials in the new window
to log back in when I noticed two minor things that seemed just a bit off. I
won’t mention those things in case the fraudsters are reading. I looked at the
URL and it was very close to BrickLink’s (it was not the .net one that was mentioned
before). Needless to say, I immediately changed my PW and reenabled the one-time
PIN (I had turned it off because I was being repeatedly prompted for a new PIN
over very short time spans even when I hadn’t logged out). I’ll also be downloading
my inventory

It must be a different one, as the .net one that goes to bricklink-com.co doesn't
really look anything like the frontpage of BL. No BDP banner, no "Browse"
box. Plus the login box is very different as it is a full page rather than a
pop-up. Also none of the buttons like "remember this login" tickbox work
if you click them.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Mar 21, 2024 12:06

Subject:

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai

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