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In Suggestions, enig writes:

And while you are at it - submit an inv. change request for the set inv. if you
find something, instead of relying on other people to do that work for you.

I have a question about this. Why can anyone add or change an inventory, but
only an official "Inventories Verifier" can verify an inventory?

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BLUSER_29702

Posted:

Feb 13, 2014 20:14

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Re: Automate Costs When Parting Out

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In Suggestions, bsohn writes:

Funny thing is I actually do all of this within an Excel file that I use for
inventory uploading though I not only have it give me a price per part in the
set but it weights the costs based on the average cost per part in the set. So
say a set costs $10.00 for 100 parts or $.10 each part and the part out value
is $20.00 but one part is worth $5.00.. The Excell setup I have takes that part
and will weight it 25% in comparison with the other parts making that parts cost
$2.50 with the other 99 parts being .076 each. Granted when you have all the
different values the calculations get a little more intense but it makes it so
all parts that are low value their cost remains below the selling cost.

I wish I was more intune to data bases and scripting so that I could actually
gather the data easier when I have parts that cannot be exported with pricing..

I Have to manually due the average by quantity when I have similar parts as was
shown by someone earlier in this post as bricklink doesn't seem to do this..

I have my own scripting using imacros and a webpage I made to crete an XML upload
file from the Excel CSV output.

It is complex but it does ease having to figure out costs of parts.

Brion

Do you guys have to track this for tax purposes, or is it enough to just say
"This year I spent $$ on buying new product, and made $$ from selling"?

Author:

BLUSER_29702

Posted:

Jan 22, 2014 23:58

Subject:

Re: Verification of new seller for possible fraud

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In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:

In Suggestions, ABS_bricks writes:

Good post and thanks for being vigilant in sniffing out fraudulent accounts.

What I don't get is, if you use PayPal, don't you get your money back
if the "seller" can't prove they sent you something?

Not if the seller withdrew the funds from his account before the claim was filed.

Is PayPal as bad as they used to be about freezing accounts for long periods
of time over little things? I remember being told to always clear the account
as fast as possible because they would tie up your whole account for weeks or
months.

Author:

BLUSER_29702

Posted:

Jan 21, 2014 22:05

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Re: Verification of new seller for possible fraud

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In Suggestions, Pokernut writes:

In Suggestions, Locutis writes:

Back in the fall of 2010, I was a victim of a scam among a list of 25+ people
who were also scammed:
-=[snip]=-
I know I'm unpopular in the forums because of my view on this, but I still
believe Bricklink should do more than they currently do. Maybe enough time has
passed that this should be looked at again?

Locutis
Resistance is futile.

Having read all these replies I see some reasonable ideas that could be implemented,
and some that are just too over the top.

I dare say I am gonna get a fair bit of stick for this suggestion but hey, we
all have a voice and we all have an opinion.

This thread is about preventing NEW sellers, or very new sellers running scams
and having success..... so why not KISS it.

Simplest thing I can come up with.........Prevent new accounts from opening a
store until they have SPENT a reasonable amount ($100), over a few orders (5),
over a few weeks (10). If they exceed this then ok let them sell.

( numbers in brackets are just examples)

Ok I agree that this prevents the odd person with a box of bits selling them
off, but there are other marketplaces available to do that )

The target is now on my back...go ahead and shoot.........

I like this idea, and it ties in with what Elenoe was saying, too. Sellers should
have some experience with the site before they are trusted to represent the BrickLink
brand.

Author:

BLUSER_29702

Posted:

Dec 24, 2013 23:49

Subject:

Re: Sort Your Inventory By Part # Or Color?

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