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In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:

In Catalog Requests, SylvainLS writes:

In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:

[…]
Many sellers state on their splash pages or in their store terms that they
do not differentiate between similar molds. This is entirely up to the seller
and has nothing to do with the BL catalog or policies.

I’d say it has because it messes up the Price Guide.
I’d say it has because I remember Russell saying so.

Oh, I agree! I wasn't saying that it was okay to do this. I was saying that
it is entirely the seller's issue and is not the fault of our catalog. The
OP was seeming to say that because these items had a similar relationship, that
they got the wrong part from their seller. That is very, very not true.
Jen

Oh, okay, so, yes, it’s the seller that’s at fault, but I don’t totally agree
the catalogue isn’t: there’s variants some buyers don’t care about, or sometimes.
It should be easier to know which ones are okay and which are not, a better way
than the presence of an undetermined entry.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 17, 2021 09:44

Subject:

Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold?

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Catalog Requests

In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:

I’d say it has because it messes up the Price Guide.
I’d say it has because I remember Russell saying so.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 17, 2021 09:40

Subject:

Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold?

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Catalog Requests

In Catalog Requests, firestar246 writes:

[…]
Agree with Turz here. Similar does not mean same. If Bricklink considered them
the same, then there would only be one listing.

To play the Devil’s advocate, I’d say the problem is all variance relationships
are not equal:

4085 Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Plate, Modified
Marked for Deletion

and its a, b, c, d variants.
They all have the same ID but with a different letter, and the functional difference
isn’t obvious (I’m not sure but some may fit where others don’t, e.g. in rotation).

But 4085 is undetermined and can be used in WLs & store inventories (it’s not
“marked for deletion” to prevent it), and many people don’t care which version
they sell/buy. Does BL really care when a seller doesn’t use the 4085 entry
when they don’t differentiate? Is it enforced?

Or

3794a Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper)
Parts: Plate, Modified

3794b Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove (Jumper)
Parts: Plate, Modified

15573 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove and Bottom Stud Holder (Jumper)
Parts: Plate, Modified

the first two are grooved or not, that’s
more aesthetics than function, only the last brings a difference in function.

I’m guessing more people care about the functionnality added by 15573 than for
4085. But there’s also an entry for the undetermined version, and it covers
the three versions, so is it allowed to not differentiate?

And then, there’s

55982 Wheel 18mm D. x 14mm with Axle Hole, Fake Bolts and Shallow Spokes
Parts: Wheel

55981 Wheel 18mm D. x 14mm with Pin Hole, Fake Bolts and Shallow Spokes
Parts: Wheel

They have the same “similar mold” relationship
in the catalogue but are really not the same. There’s no undetermined entry.
So, it’s not allowed to not separate them, is it?

Now, where does the “mold similarity” between 48723 & 68888 fall?

Shouldn’t there be two “mold similarity” relations to prevent this confusion,
or is the presence/absence of an undetermined entry sufficient? It doesn’t seem
to be sufficient for this seller.

I would not suggest buying from that seller again.

Yes. There’s sellers who say “we don’t differentiate,” but they rarely go into
detail about where they draw their line. I’d rather they all use the undetermined
entry (as I guess they should) but looking if they have the other variants sometime
helps: after all, they wouldn’t use one entry for, say, the Red parts, and another
for the Blue ones, or would they?
Right. So the only way to be sure is to avoid them

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 17, 2021 08:38

Subject:

Re: EU Vat e-commerce email

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In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:

[…]
If this is the case then why the original email? If BL have already registered
for an IOSS number and they are taking the vat and allowing sellers to add the
IOSS number to the parcel address I fail to understand why the need for requesting
we register for an OSS number.

The IOSS VAT, Import One Stop Shop VAT, is for Imports, so for non-EU sellers
and marketplaces. When a non-EU sellers goes through a marketplace, it’s the
marketplace that’s responsible, the seller has nothing to do (but give BL’s IOSS
when necessary).

BL is registered to the IOSS, has an IOSS VAT ID, has implemented the mechanism
on time for July 1st, has already messaged about it (both e-mail and on the forum:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1277484
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1278461 ), and has written two FAQs
about it:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517 .

The OSS VAT, One Stop Shop VAT, is for sellers in EU and Northern Ireland. It’s
the one which has a threshold of 10,000€ of sales in other EU countries.

No, we don’t know why the message was sent to everyone.
Yes, it’s not very specific about whom is concerned. (Though “other EU countries”
is a hint you have to be in a EU country, and the rule was already mentionned
in the first message about VAT, it would have been nice if it had been clearer…
even as a precision in a second message.)

Seriously if this is just a storm in a teacup then I apologise,

No real need for apologies, the message was not clear.

I`ve just not
been able to confirm what you have stated myself due to zero EU sales since end
of April.

Well, there’s the other messages and the FAQs that say how it works.
There’s also a bunch of threads for sellers, generally because they didn’t get
the invoice or the IOSS, either because the sale didn’t need it (above €150 or
VAT-registered buyer) or because the buyer bypassed the Onsite payment to pay
off-site (so BL didn’t get the VAT but the seller did).
So there’s both theory and practice to confirm what Stellar said

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 17:59

Subject:

Re: Stud.io instruction maker

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In Help, crimson30 writes:

Thanks. Where is that forum linked from?

As I explained: (hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio
Forum”).

The red Studio icon is on every page on BrickLink, between the green Market icon
and the yellow Community icon.

Even simple google searches don't turn up that forum.

Well, Google isn’t part of TLG

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 17:53

Subject:

Re: Stud.io instruction maker

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In Help, crimson30 writes:

How can I create a line between the pieces? The default red line to show which
new pieces have been added is great, but it's difficult to tell what's
been done with dark pieces... is there a way to add a thin red line *between*
the *new* pieces?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 17:52

Subject:

Re: help meeee with this

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In Help, luka_inaudi writes:

I can't find this captain america helmet in bricklink studio 2,0, can someone
help me?

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.
There’s an index of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579

There’s a thread, aptly named “Studio Parts,” to ask for parts: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewforum.php?f=6
And there’s a nice “I can’t find this part” FAQ https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6368

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 10:45

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Re: Oss registration

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In Selling, infinibrix writes:

[…]
If and when you sell to EU again although you may be limitied by the 10k limit
for Europe

There’s no “may,” the “10k limit” if for EU (and Northern Ireland) sellers only.

BL’s last message was sent to everyone and wasn’t specific enough and even if
the official EU websites are full of blah and not always clear either, there’s
a lot of web pages out there that explain particular cases if you look for them.

So, in short, again:
— OSS = for EU and NI sellers only, if they sell in EU (but not home country)
for more than 10,000€ per year, or if they want to.
— IOSS = for marketplaces, or non-EU sellers that don’t use a marketplace.

Non-EU, non-NI sellers: you sell through BL, BL takes care of the VAT when necessary,
there’s no thresholds nor other reasons for you to register anywhere.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 10:11

Subject:

Re: Oss registration

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In Selling, benji25110514 writes:

Just a quick one, am I right in thinking that I don't need to register for
anything, providing I just continue to sell in the UK? […]

Even if you sold to EU, you shouldn’t have to register:

1. To the “OSS” (One-Stop-Shop) VAT platform, with the 10,000€ threshold: It’s
for EU and Northern Ireland sellers. You’re not in EU and you’re not in Northern
Ireland.

2. To the “IOSS” (Import OSS) VAT platform: You are selling through a marketplace
(BrickLink), it’s the marketplace that’s responsible, and BL has implemented
that.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 17:06

Subject:

Re: Problem UK orders: NO VAT Invoice !!!

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, jbroman writes:

[…]
That contradicts the help page that I linked to.

Help pages are not necessarily up-to-date.
You can check the date at the bottom (2010 & 2017 respectively).
There was no onsite payment methods in 2010.

As a seller and a buyer, I know that a buyer can check off that an order is paid
as per my linked help file.

1. Yes, a buyer can check the box… when the box is here to be checked. But it’s
not here if the chosen payment method is “on-site,” in this case, it’s replaced
with a “Pay” button (that leads you to the payment site).

2. AFAI’ve been told, checking the box doesn’t change the status to Paid, it
just indicates that the buyer has said they have paid. The seller still needs
to change the payment status (generally after having checked the payment was
received).

There are also dozens of forum questions about it.

As for your issue, I don’t have any other answers or suggestions.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 13:32

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, SylvainLS writes:

I forgot one other problem: the sale is not realized/finished for BL, so BL won’t
take its fees on it. It could then be considered a circumvention of BL (start
the sale on BL but finish it outside BL) or fee avoidance. Unless the sale is
not automatically cancelled at some point?

BL assesses fees whether the order is Paid or not.

Well, that’s one problem solved then

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 13:32

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, jennnifer writes:

[…]
I am sticking with my
principles here and not hiding my actions in any way. I want to pay this money
where it needs to go. They are not accepting it.

It’s understandable and was understood

Also, I forgot one disclaimer: “if one wants to be punctilious….”
IOW, I was just counting angels on a pinhead again

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 12:59

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, SylvainLS writes:

In Help, jennnifer writes:

[…]
I have accepted a sale from a repeat customer who couldn't get Paypal Onsite
to work for whatever reason and just sent the payment directly. I just believe
that it's bad service and bad business from BrickLink to not offer people
options just because it's not easy. The only penalty I got was that I cannot
mark the order Shipped because of BL's infantile new payment status rules.
So, the order will be in my notifications for 6 months or so I guess! I am happy
to forward BrickLink the tax money from this sale as soon as they are organized
and professional enough to receive it.

Jen

I’m not a lawyer, I’m not an accountant, but I believe you just committed tax
fraud: you collected money that you say is taxes but it can’t be taxes because
you don’t have the right to collect taxes.
At the minimum, the money should be consigned with an indenpendant entity, it
should not stay on your own accounts.

Probably the best thing to do would be to refund it to the customer, who can
then pay the sales tax.

Probably.

I forgot one other problem: the sale is not realized/finished for BL, so BL won’t
take its fees on it. It could then be considered a circumvention of BL (start
the sale on BL but finish it outside BL) or fee avoidance. Unless the sale is
not automatically cancelled at some point?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 12:46

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, jennnifer writes:

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 10:08

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, Cob writes:

In Help, Stellar writes:

In Help, ihave36paws writes:

Good Morning:

I have a Buyer that wants to pay with a MO and I have my store set for auto
checkout. But I also have it set that you can pay with a MO or check.

[…]
Missouri isn’t a collection state yet.

MO = Money Order

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 08:42

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, cosmicray writes:

[…]
While true, I thought there was some proviso for sellers with older accounts,
and this seller certainly meets those cutoffs.

The subject has come up in the past vis-a-vis US sellers who may want to accept
IBAN from EU buyers.

That’s not exactly how it works.

There’s indeed cutoffs to allow a seller to use other payment methods than PayPal
Online, which is the default and unique method for (very) new sellers: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=18

But for buyers (and transactions) on which BL needs to collect taxes, BL only
presents the buyers with shipping methods that use on-site methods.
Thus the confusing “seller does not ship to you” message when there’s no shipping
method left for the buyer to use while the seller has put the buyer’s country
in their ship-to list.

So, the seller can be allowed to set-up (or grandfatheredly keep) off-line payment
methods… but the buyers can’t use them.

It’s like when a parent authorizes their kid to have a basket ball… but the kid
is not to play with it the house, or in the basement, or in the drive, or….

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 08:31

Subject:

Re: OSS registration

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In Selling, patpendlego writes:

In Selling, SylvainLS writes:

In Selling, Teup writes:

[…]
Ok, still I wonder, is it OK to register, file a 0-report as you say, and report
the EU VAT the way you always did it, since you're staying under the €10000?
Or does registering mean "OK, I am now obligated to use the new system"?

My understanding is that when you’re registered, you’re obligated to collect.

It’s the same thing with domestic VAT registration: there’s a threshold above
which you’re obligated to register, but you can choose to register below, and
if you choose to, then you need to follow the rules, even if you stay under the
threshold.
VAT registration is a status: by registering, you declare you need to or want
to have that status. Once you have it, you have to act it… or you need to de-register
/ change your status.

Correct. And then there is the Small business registration (Kleine ondernemings
regeling, Kleinunternehmung). If registered as Small business you are not allowed
to charge or declare VAT.

Indeed, there’s other business statuses than VAT-registered. When I said “de-register,”
I meant “de-VAT-register” / get out of the VAT status you’re in.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 07:51

Subject:

Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout.

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In Help, ihave36paws writes:

Good Morning:

I have a Buyer that wants to pay with a MO and I have my store set for auto
checkout. But I also have it set that you can pay with a MO or check.

He tells me that he can not check out unless he pays with PayPal and can not
find away around that option.

Can anyone give me the directions to send him to check out so that he can place
his order.

Thank you in advance.

Barbara

Where’s your buyer?

If they are in:
— UK,
— EU,
— most of the US states,
then BL may¹ need to collect taxes (Sales tax or VAT) on them and can only do
that with on-site payments (PP Onsite or Stripe).

The system automatically removes all your shipping methods that don’t use an
on-site payment for these buyers.

And, no, there’s no way to bypass that, the taxes are due and BL has to collect
them….

(¹ UK: only if below £135, EU: only if below €150, that is, for both, below $180.)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 07:45

Subject:

Re: OSS registration

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In Selling, Stellar writes:

[…]

I don't think there is such a thing as a OSS id. In the confirmation letter
they say they registered my VAT id as a member of the "unieregeling" and tell
me to report every quarter via their site. That's it.

As far as I know, and I have seen the form to submit the sales here in Spain,
no, the is no such thing as OSS ID, it is just your VAT ID.

“What’s in a name…”

The OSS ID is indeed your VAT ID, the name is “OSS VAT ID.”
Same thing with IOSS ID (ImportOSS, for marketplaces), the complete name is “IOSS
VAT ID.”

It’s a bit like your “Intra-EU VAT ID” which is just your domestic VAT ID….

[…]
It's optional before the 10.000€, but I don't know if you register to
be able to report it then you need to charge Buyer VAT rate to all transactions.
Just in case I already updated my accounting software to handle all sales with
the buyer country VAT.

I think you need, see my answer to Teup: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1295180

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 15, 2021 07:35

Subject:

Re: OSS registration

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In Selling, Teup writes:

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 18:51

Subject:

Re: VAT Questions

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In Selling, Ice writes:

Hi.

Sorry for adding to the confusion, but...

You are in the USA, you’re not concerned.

10 000 ??? Does this mean 10,000 Euros? Or is the limit lower? Is it a single
shipment, or all shipments combined?

10,000€, per fiscal year, for all intra-EU sales.
It only concerns EU sellers and their sales in other EU countries (not their
own).

Registration ??? Is there a way to register through Bricklink, or is it at another
site and Bricklink will need to be identified?

Thanks for all clarifications.

You’re in the USA, you sell through BL (or other marketplaces).
BL is a registered marketplace in EU.
So you have nothing to do, just be sure to have an “on-site” payment method (PayPal
Onsite or Stripe) for your shipping methods to EU (and UK and the USA for states
with Sales tax) and BL will take care of the taxes when it’s needed.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 17:46

Subject:

Re: How do I restrict Countries I ship to?

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In Help, infinibrix writes:

[…]
If you or anyone else from EU could just check you can no longer order from me
it would be much appreciated plus maybe someone from USA, Canada, Australia can
confirm they are able to order without restriction? thanks again!

Red box, “does not ship to me” and all that.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 15:15

Subject:

Re: EU Vat e-commerce email

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In Selling, BasKrie writes:

In Selling, RecycledBrick writes:

I received the email as well so it could have just been sent to everyone

The mail is also sent to buyers only.
My wife has her own account and she got the mail as well

Okay, not confusing at all….
I guess BL is only able to either send to everyone or to no one.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 15:10

Subject:

Re: Awoke to a couple of emails from BL members

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Terms and Policies

In Terms and Policies, popsicle writes:

[…]
Thanks. I appreciate you setting me straight. Think my sense of humor just might
need a tuneup

Wouldn’t it rather need a clue?

(Have to live with your new nickname

)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 15:09

Subject:

Re: UK to Non-UK Shipment Custom Forms

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Shipping

In Shipping, infinibrix writes:

[…]
I have decided it might be best to restrict shipping to EU for now but just want
to make sure I've made the changes within Bricklink correctly? Is anyone
from the EU able to check whether they can still purchase from me

Seems to work for me: I put a thing in the cart, got a shipping price, went to
the first stage of checkout, saw the terms and that it would be PayPal Onsite
belo, so I guess it would be okay if I went further.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 11:56

Subject:

Re: Problem UK orders: NO VAT Invoice !!!

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:

There's no link anymore to dowload the VAT Invoice, nor did I receive a VAT
Invoice in my mailbox. So now it's impossible to ship UK order, that are
already paid with PayPal Onsite, including the 20% VAT.

Please fix this ASAP and send me VAT invoices for the orders already received.

I just noticed the difference with previous UK Orders.
This order from yesterday shows: Est. VAT
Figure this stands for Estimated and that this is the reason I don't get
a VAT Invoice.

But why don't I get a VAT Invoice, the VAT is 100% correct and 100% paid
by the buyer.
And why is called Estimated VAT all of a sudden.
Like all the other UK orders, it has been paid during instant checkout with PayPal
Onsite. I don't offer any other option.

Is it marked paid on BL?
Maybe it’s a return buyer who knows your PP address?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 11:29

Subject:

Re: EU VAT - 10.000 EUR calculation formula?

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In Selling, fooleeze writes:

Just trying to make sure I'm covered. . . in the past 18 months I've
sold about $800 USD to European countries. I'm assuming I don't need
to do anything with this?

No, you’re not a EU seller and it’s BL that collects VAT from your EU buyers
when there’s a need.

(Well, you need PayPal Onsite or Stripe for your EU buyers… but you already needed
that for your US buyers who must pay Sales tax.)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 11:26

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Re: EU VAT guidelines

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In Help, andreaFirenze writes:

Hi,
also I need help to understand this, so this threshold of 10k euros is only for
sales abroad, outside my country, for domestic sales nothing changes? thanks.

Nello

Yes, total sales to EU buyers but not to Italian buyers.

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SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 11:26

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Re: Pricing a 1575-1 (Finnjet ferry)

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In Selling, Royroy writes:

[…]
My page says about the same (in Euro) but that is based on the BrickLink price
guide (if you click the link). And that price guide is...non excisting

Maybe Brickset keeps the info longer than BL?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 11:26

Subject:

Re: EU Vat e-commerce email

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In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:

[…]
its seems to be a all-consuming mess that`s confusing EU and NON-EU sellers combined
and honestly it does not seem to be bricklinks fault in this case, but I would
point out that if it doesn't affect me (or UK sellers) then maybe not sent
the email to UK sellers.

Yeah, that’s why TakeAbricK and I are puzzled you received the letter.
But it also may be that there’s exceptions for Northern Ireland… and then it
may affect all UK sellers by ricochet.

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SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 09:32

Subject:

Re: Stud.io keeps crashing and freezing.

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, Sanderv19v writes:

Hello,

I build my projects in stud.io and they tend to get quite big (10.000 pieces).
But every time I build a bigger project the program becomes unbearable and unusable.
The program freezes after every brick I put in and has a full crash every half
an hour. If I don't save my project I lose it all, because the recovering
function or autosave doesn't work at all.
The recover function get stuck on ''Parsing a File'' but I hope
never to need to use this function every 20min.

I have a good pc: 1660Ti + 6GB, 28 GB of Ram, i7-7800K and 2 TB free storage.
I tried to reinstall the program but the program still had the same problems.

I searched the Internet for solutions but all of them ended with a link to the
help forum main page. Can you please help me (And pls don't send me a
link to nowhere).

Kind regards,
Sander van Gent

Hi Sander,

this is not a link to nowhere but to the dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner:
https://forum.bricklink.com/ (hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then
click “Studio Forum”).

Generally, if you’re using Studio, you would need to post here: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewforum.php?f=4
and if you’re using Studio Early Access, you would need to post here: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewforum.php?f=12

You may also want to read this post: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6637
for a more direct way to reach the devs.
You’ll need to join the Prev_Player.log file, which can be found:

On Mac: Users YOUR USERNAME .local share Stud.io and the file name is
“Prev_Player.log”.
(Note: to see the hidden folders in your user folder (.local), press Shift+Cmd+.)

On Windows: find it under \Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\Stud.io\Prev_Player.log
(As AppData is hidden, the easiest way to reach AppData is to enter %appdata%
(with the % signs) and navigate from there.)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 09:20

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Re: EU Vat e-commerce email

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In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:

[…]
Uk sellers don't have to be registered for VAT in the UK until Gross income
tops £85k, but these new rules cover all sales into EU countries so all sellers
selling over Euro 10k need to have an IOSS number or be registered in an OSS
scheme. (this is my understanding so far) so the only thing I pay VAT on with
bricklink is my fees.
There is also no exception for low value sales anymore Euro 22 or less. […]

This “EU threshold” applies only to EU sellers, for their intra-EU sales (excl.
domestic).

Non-EU sellers are in the other scheme, the marketplace scheme (already implemented
by BL):
— for sales under €150 to final buyers, VAT is collected by the markeplace (BL),
— for sales above €150 or to EU VAT-registered businesses, VAT is collected at
delivery (as before).

(Big sellers could register for IOSS on their own but then they are not in the
marketplace scheme anymore.)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 08:22

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Re: Paypal 5% fee

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In Help, Brick_Qc writes:

In Help, infinibrix writes:

In Help, TheLastBrick writes:

Hello, how I can add automatically to my store the 5% paypal fee to when the
people are buying from and go to auto pay with paypal, the final price have already
the 5% included, how I can do that? Thanks

To be honest you'd be better off incorporating the 5% into the sale price
of your items as adding paypal fees at the end is never good for business as
no one likes a hidden surprise at checkout!

+1

Also check your country's Paypal rules, it's against PP's rules in
some countries to do so.

It may also be against the law in you country (it is in France: no surcharge
for any payment method… but you can give a discount on all the others… use the
carrot, not the stick

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 08:18

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Re: EU Vat e-commerce email

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In Selling, TakeAbricK writes:

[…]
Hi David,

I don't understand your message and I don't understand why you received
the same message as EU sellers.

When I would buy from your store, Bricklink collects 21% VAT for you.
So this is all it takes, isn't it?

If VAT is already paid by Bricklink, why would you have to register for OSS?

Diana

Yes, that’s surprising. Or is there (again) some complicated scheme with Northern
Ireland and either it affects all UK sellers or BL decided to send to all UK
sellers anyway?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 08:02

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Re: EU VAT Registration Guidelines

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Administrative

In Administrative, TakeAbricK writes:

[…]
I also sold VAT Items to the UK from 01-07-2021 to 31-12-2021 which were EU sales
for that period.

There’s a problem with your dates. It should be 2020, no?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 07:56

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Re: EU VAT - 10.000 EUR calculation formula?

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In Selling, dicky writes:

In Selling, ErwinNL writes:

In Selling, Gaston.La.Brick writes:

* I understood only sales to other EU countries (excluding the one of the seller
himself). Correct?

excluding the one of the seller?

Yes, excluding domestic sales.

If you sell only to your own country (under the 10000 EUR), you have to register
but won't be taxed?

No, you don’t have to register.

Also, it’s not the seller who is taxed, it’s their buyers. What the seller may
be is liable to collect and remit taxes.
Au contraire, VAT-registered businnesses are less taxed because, in the end,
they don’t pay VAT (if they paid some VAT, they deduct it from the VAT they collected
before declaring and remitting it to the tax authorities).

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 14, 2021 07:54

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Re: EU VAT - 10.000 EUR calculation formula?

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In Selling, DaBliss writes:

I'm confused about the domestic part.

In their first communication they said:

' EU sellers that sell more than €10,000 of goods within the EU (but excluding
domestic transactions) per year will be required to be VAT registered in each
EU Member State it sells to or will need to register for the One Stop Shop (OSS)
scheme. '

Today they are speaking of 'Distance Sales'

If your sales in the preceding 12 months are above the new EUR 10 000 distance
sales of goods threshold, you will need to register for the OSS or in each individual
EU Member State where you sell on BrickLink.

My problem is, that the term distance sales and domestic sales are not equal.

What is missing in today’s statement is that the threshold is for non domestic
distance sales in EU (so, your sales to EU countries that are not your own EU
country).
That should be clear from the previous messages and from the EU texts but it
sure could have been repeated here too.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 13, 2021 04:42

Subject:

Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1

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In Designer Program, yorbrick writes:

In Designer Program, RonnyNussbaum writes:

There was a way to end this situation better than this...

Cancel all the orders and restart the process to give everyone a fair chance.

There's no reason why you couldn't do that since nothing was shipped
yet anyway.

What does fair chance mean? They already told people when they would go live
and let them order according to the published rules. How can they make it fairer
than that?

Hmm, I think I’ll try that with the lottery: “Hey! It’s not fair! I didn’t
win! Cancel and redraw!” …until I win.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 18:29

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Re: 1970s Blue

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Colors

In Colors, SylvainLS writes:

[…]

Not all colors were changed then, just some: https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/35684361676

Reading the chart: 25 Brown is out, it’s replaced with 192 Reddish Brown, oh
and there’s a new colour, 217 Brown.

Yeah, way to go and confuse people TLG!

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SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 18:20

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Re: Liked/Disliked Stores

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Buying

In Buying, munster84 writes:

This is probably a pretty dumb question, but please tell me how to "dislike"
a store.
A store frequently pops up when I "autoselect" to place an order. I feel the
store is WAY overpriced and I don't want to buy from them. Please advise.
Thanks so much.
Connie

In the store, upper right, you “favorite” them, the choice between like/dislike/follow
is after.

Or you can enter their name here:
https://www.bricklink.com/pref_favorite.asp
(My BL Fav. Stores, on every page)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 18:17

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Re: 1970s Blue

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Colors

In Colors, ryanaitch writes:

In Colors, SylvainLS writes:

In the Great Colour Shift of 2003-2004, all the colours were changed because
the way they are made changed, so even a pristine old Blue isn’t quite like the
modern Blue.

Not all colors were changed then, just some: https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/35684361676

Some were deleted in that period, while some were newly introduced, but most
of the "perennial" colors (blue, yellow, red, green, white, black) were unchanged.

It wasn't until... I want to say 2006—2008?... that Lego started mixing their
own colors instead of receiving precolored granulate from their suppliers.

Yes, I think 2006 is the year most-often advanced for the start… for the end,
well, it’s TLG’s usual stock management.

I mixed up my dates (points in time; no rendez-vous nor fruits were harmed during
this brain fart).
Thanks for the correction

Regards,
Ryan Howerter
(I made my own account since I'm not living anywhere near my mother's
BL store anymore, but it's still me! )

No reasons not to believe you

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 17:21

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Re: 1970s Blue

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Colors

In Colors, Adam_12 writes:

[…]
So, are these standard blue, and just discolored? […]

Yes, old standard blue, a bit discoloured.

In the Great Colour Shift of 2003-2004, all the colours were changed because
the way they are made changed, so even a pristine old Blue isn’t quite like the
modern Blue.
Plus, there’s LEGO colour quality

But yours is just slightly yellowed.

Maersk Blue is totally different, what you could confuse it with is Medium Blue,
not Blue.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp
http://www.ryanhowerter.net/colors.php (click on a colour and you’ll great pictures
of real example parts)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 17:04

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Re: Re-Selling?

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In Feedback, Runescope writes:

I have what may be a silly question (I don't always think normally, so bear
with me please):

When you were talking about the limits of five per customer and how you're
going to limit it to one per customer now, you said :

Unfortunately, we saw a very small number of opportunistic customers hoarding sets and re-selling them for inflated prices.

I'm curious how people are re-selling them when they haven't even been
shipped yet? Have others had theirs ship? Because mine haven't.

First, nothing will ship before January. The sets are not produced yet, they
barely made it to be okayed for this round (one didn’t and was postponed to a
future round).

Am I missing something?

Some people are putting for sale items they don’t have. Sometimes, they call
it “pre-order,” sometimes they don’t even bother.

Of course, most of the marketplaces have terms that forbid or regulate that.
E.g. it’s totally forbidden on BL, eBay has a 30 days limit to ship or something
like that.

Some may not even have a valid pre-order from LEGO. A rank up (or is it down?)
on the scammers scale….

In this instance, it’s rather easy to spot them, that’s what BL/TLG is saying…
but that’s a whack-a-mole game with many moles.

If people would stop buying from such sellers….

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 11:49

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Re: Inventory of non-seller

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In Selling, Brickwilbo writes:

In Inventories, GonzagueB writes:

Hello,
I'm new here but I have already around 10000 bricks.
I wanted to know if it's possible, for a non-seller, to inventory items and
bricks to help me follow my stock. I think it could be useful when you make a
MOC to know on Bricklink how many you have of items you need for your MOC, and
then don't buy what you already have.

I have try to "import in my inventory" but it seems that it's only for sellers.

Thank's for your help !
Gonzague

You need to upgrade your account to seller and complete the new seller verification
process, but you can keep your store closed.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2440

Are you sure the verification is mandatory? Does the non-verification also blocks
using the inventory? I thought it only prevented the store to be opened.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 11:46

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Re: Identification of found pieces

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Catalog Identification

In Catalog Identification, wafehling writes:

[…]
Really wanna know how it ended up splattered in an alley somewhere.

Obnoxious kid in the back seat + overwrought parent at the wheel?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 12, 2021 09:56

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Re: New knockoff store in my town.

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General

In General, spirited1 writes:

[…]

So I'm curious, which Florida city was this flea market located in ?

[…]
Melbourne

My, Florida extends way more South than I thought

https://xkcd.com/2480/

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 11, 2021 19:05

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Re: Priority mail only option

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Shipping

In Shipping, bricks2you writes:

Do you know if different devices may limit the shipping choices?

Does an iPhone or iPad limit the shipping choices or are they on a drop down
box that customers may not notice?

Are you talking about customers in your shop?

If so, BL only presents shipping methods with PayPal Onsite (or Stripe but you
don’t propose Stripe) to your buyers if BL needs to collect taxes from them (Sales
tax for most US customers as you don’t ship anywhere else).

If not, don’t mind me, I’ve seen too many nails, I can only think about a hammer
now

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 11, 2021 17:59

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Re: Anyone know what this is?

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Catalog Identification

In Catalog Identification, patpendlego writes:

[…]

3001oldb Brick 2 x 4 without Cross Supports, with Hole in Top
Parts: Brick

Still odd that this brick isn't in the Modified category...

It went unseen?
Or it’s (or was) considered a standard brick?

BTW, what’s the use of the hole? To pass a string through?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Jul 11, 2021 12:17

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Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1

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In General, Teup writes:

[…]
Yeah, I know about the previous run, but yes since now it's part of TLG,
putting this in Bricklink seems like not the most efficient way to do it, given
that there are resources and expertise over at Lego.com.

Well, apparently, not that much expertise: it’s not Ideas, and it’s not the previous
ADP either, and they got burnt.

And as far as I can
see there isn't really a Bricklink-specific ingredient to it. For example
if the parts were sourced from Bricklink's sellers it would make a whole
lot more sense to me... […]

BL is where AFOLs are, and they want it to be more than just a marketplace and
a catalogue (proofs with Studio on BL’s side and the failed LDD-make-your-own-set
on TLG’s).

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SylvainLS

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Jul 11, 2021 07:58

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Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1

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