Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Stellar  | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 14:42 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Book b11cty10 | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Stellar writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Stellar writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Set 11900-1 Parts for City - Brickmaster (Book b11cty10) polybag (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
Item name states origin.
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There is already a note on the set entry concerning where it comes from because
the inventory system cannot handle this situation correctly.
Therefore, this request will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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Aren't there many books on the catalog that only have 1 set as inventory?
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The original production runs of this book did not contain the "set",
so the book is inventoried like all other books that did not contain a "set".
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Then should not the “set” be removed from the catalog? After all it is technically
just a bag being used as a containment device for the parts.
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In that case I suppose it would be best to add the inventory of parts to the
book and add the set as an alternate to all the parts. But I don't know if
the system is capable of that.
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Go back up and read my original reply. 
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Book b11cty10 | | Viewed: | 14 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Stellar writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Set 11900-1 Parts for City - Brickmaster (Book b11cty10) polybag (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
Item name states origin.
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There is already a note on the set entry concerning where it comes from because
the inventory system cannot handle this situation correctly.
Therefore, this request will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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Aren't there many books on the catalog that only have 1 set as inventory?
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The original production runs of this book did not contain the "set",
so the book is inventoried like all other books that did not contain a "set".
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Then should not the “set” be removed from the catalog? After all it is technically
just a bag being used as a containment device for the parts.
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In that case I suppose it would be best to add the inventory of parts to the
book and add the set as an alternate to all the parts. But I don't know if
the system is capable of that.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 10:32 | | Subject: | Re: Continued Forum Spam | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Nicolasamico37 writes:
| | In General, popsicle writes:
I am on the forum all day and report at least 4 or 5 spam members per day.
I would be very appreciated. But the last spam doesn't have any link in its
post...
Nicolas
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It was auto hidden by the website because the spammer put it in HTML tags.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 05:30 | | Subject: | Re: BL part changes destroy valid XMLs | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Linse writes:
| | Hi guys,
sadly the process of changing and merging parts on Bricklink (BL) is going on
and on, which is in some cases good and in some very bad.
I am a MOC designer and doing MODs of existing MOCs. For those modifications
I normally provide Studio generated Bricklink wanted list XMLs next to my instruction
pdfs.
In the last months I received more and more emails that complain about those
XML files.
I always test those XMLs right after I create them by importing them into my
default BL wanted list. So I know the XMLs are valid and work on BL at the moment
I created them.
But the strange way (at least in my opinion) of changing the parts lib on BL
and the way the poor implemented XML importer works on BL, those XMLs are suddenly
invalid.
So I have to regenerate the XMLs or cause Studio and BL are not synchronized
on the part changes, I have to manually fix the XMLs. This means I have to spend
a serious amount of my spare time for something that should really not be my
task.
My question is, why does it have to work this way?
All other tools and platforms, like Rebrickable, are still able to import those
"invalid" XML files.
I would expect BL just sets the old part numbers to "deprecated" or adds
the old numbers as valid alternatives to the new ones. So the import tool can
automatically switch those parts to the new valid number while the import process
Or another simple solution, the import tool has a "whitelist" of those
old parts integrated. So if the part is not found in the BL database, it checks
the "whitelist" and if the part is found there it automatically converts
it to the new number.
Really strange that such a situation is reality in 2024 with all that AI around
us.
Kind regards
Joerg aka Linse
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Indeed that is a huge problem, sadly with the current tools within Bricklink
there no option, wish they updated the import to also match to alternate IDs.
For the time being your best option is to use the software Brickstore, import
the XML there and it will fix all the entries to match Bricklink, then you can
export as XML again.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 04:10 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Book b11cty10 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Set 11900-1 Parts for City - Brickmaster (Book b11cty10) polybag (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
Item name states origin.
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There is already a note on the set entry concerning where it comes from because
the inventory system cannot handle this situation correctly.
Therefore, this request will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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Aren't there many books on the catalog that only have 1 set as inventory?
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 11:23 | | Subject: | Re: Current items for sale avg calculation ... | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
| In Price Guide, peregrinator writes:
| | ... wildly wrong. This is just one example for these tiles. If the highest is
$3.19 then the average cannot be $10.60.
Seems to be an issue for Trans-Red, Trans-Yellow, and White (left side or right)
at least. 6-month sales avg looks fine.
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There is a German store that parts out sets and list all the items at the same
high money amount $$$ then a day or so later it changes the prices of those items
to be on the high end of the current PG. Maybe the PG autocalculation is cached
for some time, IDK if it is just a few minutes or some hours, but I think this
is what is happening.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 06:36 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink Program | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Ossdorp writes:
| | Hi all,
I have gotten an email that the Bricklink Program products will be send in three
months.
That sounds good, but i have forgotten my order.
Can I find those orders some where?
In Bricklink I find nothing and in my Lego-account either.
In the email is no link or something. Only the message that I must check the
address and payment method.
There is a button somewhere in Bricklink with "my Pre-order", but that
leads to the Lego site, where I can't find the pre-orders.
Can anyone help me to find my pre-orders?
Probably very simple and jsut in my face 
Kind regards,
Tim
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It should show on the LEGO site, I can see all my orders from many years ago,
maybe you are logged in there with a different account than the one you did the
purchase?
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 14:03 | | Subject: | Re: What is an incomplete set? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
| In Terms and Policies, yorbrick writes:
| | This comes from the May newsletter. I am now totally confused.
Listing incomplete sets
Let's talk about incomplete listings! Our Item Condition policy only allows
certain parts of a set to be missing, such as instructions or original packaging,
to qualify it as Incomplete.
When you list sets that are missing minifigures or just the minifigures from
a set, they should not be listed as an incomplete set. They are qualified as
'Custom items'. The process for listing them is the same, except that
you should check the 'Custom item' check box, as shown below.
Listing items as 'Custom' not only helps buyers in their search for specific
items, but it also helps keep our price guide more precise for sellers.
OK, so it seems if you remove the minifigures from a set, or sell part of a set,
that set can no longer be listed as incomplete but has to be listed as a custom
lot. What is an incomplete set. It says this policy change (?) is to keep the
price guide precise for sellers, but what are you comparing when looking at incomplete
sets?
If a set has 10 minifigures, and is missing 1, is it an incomplete set? What
about 5, or 9. According to the official statement missing all 10 is not an incomplete
set but a custom lot. So where is tge critical point?
Same with parts, how much can be missing and still be an incomplete set? And
if someone else has sold an incomplete set, how do I know how complete/incomplete
it was?
This seems to be a huge policy change, especially the part that an incomplete
set can only be missing the box and instructions. That was previously allowed
under the definition of a used but complete set, and my understanding was that
a used set could be complete if it was missing just the box and/or instructions,
but a seller should add comments to say these were missing.
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I have been reading the help page a few times now and I think they are referring
just to New Incomplete sets maybe, but the example of the email is a used one.
So IDK really, seems contradictory...
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: BDP, series 2? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, runner.caller writes:
| | Why is this considered series 2?
Are the sets from 2019, 2021, 2022, & 2023 all considered series 1?
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https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/past/main.page
ADP - AFOL Designer Program
BDP 2021 Invitational Round 1 to 3.
MOC Pop-Up Store
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 5, 2024 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: XML Export with Figure Names | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, ghoete writes:
| | Hello!
It would be great if xml export would have The Minifigs names.
Sincerely,
ghete
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You can import the XML in the software Brickstore to export as a pdf or other
formats to have more data of each item visible.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 3, 2024 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: Error while searching for 2524 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, v100Bricks writes:
| | Getting an error while searching for a particular item 2524
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Working for me, strange!
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 05:30 | | Subject: | Re: Duplicate line items in order | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Selling, JMBricks21 writes:
| | I just received an order, and every item that was ordered shows up as two lines
with the exact same number of items ordered and the exact same number of items
remaining in my inventory (partial image below). The total number of items (136)
at the bottom adds up to the sum of all the lines, including the duplicates.
This seems to be a problem, as it indicates I have twice as many items available.
However, when I check my inventory, it matches a single line, not the sum of
the two lines. For example, I had 38 black technic axles, and the buyer appears
to have ordered 2x17=34, but my inventory says I still have 21 left. The total
cost of the order amounts to all the items, including the duplicates. Anyone
else ever have this issue?
Thanks in advance.
Adam
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Try to contact the customer to see what they intended to buy. Do you have clicked
separate order batches on the bottom of the order screen?
Moved to Technical Issues the thread too.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 05:25 | | Subject: | Re: Import tax | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
| | In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Taxes, cosmicray writes:
| | In Taxes, yorbrick writes:
| | In Taxes, Hm79.botay writes:
| | Hello,
Is there any country that does not tax Lego imports?
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Yes, the USA doesn't. However, individual states charge sales tax.
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USA imports are exempt under the Section 321 de-minimas rule, up to $800
USD per day. If someone orders a large amount of LEGO from a single non-USA seller,
and they ship it all in one package with a proper customs declaration form, then
the Section 321 rule does not apply.
The seller could, in theory, break it up into multiple packages and ship them
spaced out to avoid this.
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Yes but...
"CBP can also deny the exemption if it has reason to believe that a shipment
is one of several lots covered by a single order or contract but shipped separately
in order to obtain the benefits of the exemption."
More interesting is then, and especially in the case of LEGO Sets, Parts or any
items (Plastic Toys 950300 or 95030035), what would be the import fees in USA?
Like some % for the Country, or local Sales Tax (+ duty clearance fees)?
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There aren't any duties on 9503 items in the USA, generally speaking, so
I don't think the $800 de minimus limit of Section 321 applies. That's
for items that *do* have tariffs or duties.
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Good to know, I shipped some big orders there and didn't receive any news
about extra payments as I feared.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 05:09 | | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, yhagger writes:
| | As fare as I know there has been no changes for the better. When will this be
fixed Bricklink? There are a lot of sellers not sending to Norway now because
of this problem. You need to fix this! At least let the seller return only VAT
to the buyer!
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If by sellers not sending to Norway you mean Bricklink shows a message that the
seller does not support orders to Norway then you can try to contact those sellers
as they just need to accept PayPal Onsite or Stripe as payment methods.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 05:06 | | Subject: | Re: Covesion | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Problem, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Problem, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
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Bricklink XML can't be uploaded there.
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But yes?
Opening the file with Notepad, select all, copy, go the tab "Upload BrickLink
XML format", paste?
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I see two possible explanations for Stellar’s statement
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I see 2 more:
3. He's just got married, maybe some difficulties to concentrate?
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Got engaged now planing the wedding
Indeed...
PD: I did take upload strictly and I suggested Brickstore because I know many
afols nowadays that don't have a computer at home and do all on mobile. And
some phones doesn't let you open XML nicely to be able to copy the content.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 05:01 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value question | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
| In Price Guide, Nikilyn writes:
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Try with a small set whose part-out price you can check by hand?
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Oh yes that worked! I chose a small HP set and compared the part out to how much
it would cost to buy the parts from my store. Buying from my store was cheaper
then the part out value. So to answer the question for the future, it appears
the part out value is the before sale price or base price.
Thank you!
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Good to know, thanks for sharing!
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 1, 2024 04:44 | | Subject: | Re: 3 week Refund | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, Mkwill96 writes:
| | In Problem, Familybuild writes:
| | Ive noticed once that refunds through stripe, use the same dates as payout to
seller (stripe holds the funds for some amount of time and pays out on set dates,
if so orders will be accumulated)
Payouts in refunds follow the same time frame but the other way around (stripe
to buyer)
Stripe wont go into negative on the sellers account.
So the seller needs to have the 1.8K gbp or more in his stripe balance , to make
this refund go through from stripe to in this case you.
I feel like the seller is not aware of this.
I think his balance in stripe is not high enough to set the refund through.
If his funds got paid out to his bank account before the refund was set; this
could be a likely scenario.
Please ask to seller to check in his stripe account, check if the balance is
enough.
And wich date the next payout would be.
He should see somewhere that there is a pending refund also.
Note; for high value orders like these the paypal fee's are a pain but it
does come with extra buyer protection.
Also refunds with paypal are much faster paid out
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This is what he's sent me as proof of refund... not sure if it's fake
or real
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This is my latest Stripe refund (from 2021), checked all the details and seem
to match your screenshot, except the conversion fee. Maybe as being a large amount
Stripe needs to verify something, but 3 weeks its quite some time, try to contact
them and see.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 1, 2024 04:33 | | Subject: | Re: Covesion | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, 1001bricks writes:
Bricklink XML can't be uploaded there.
You can import it into https://www.brickstore.dev (available on all platforms)
and export as bsx or XML to clipboard and paste it.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 1, 2024 04:29 | | Subject: | Re: Sticker Organization ideas | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, rprebel writes:
| | I use baseball card protector pages (9 slots to a page) for the smaller stickers
and other sizes for the larger ones. I just zip tied about a dozen of them together
as they're all the same overall 8.5x11 size with holes already in them. That
was 5 years ago and I'm still using it.
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If they are small and fit in a drawer then go there as one lot more in the store,
else most go to a couple of CD drawers that have slim numbered plastic tabs,
and the bigger ones go to a binder folder and a half binder folder.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 07:11 | | Subject: | Re: Many errors in the catalog | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Shintaku writes:
| | In Catalog, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | In Catalog, Shintaku writes:
| | In Catalog, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, Shintaku writes:
| | Hello,
probably I'm not the first person to point this out but there are a lot of
2x2 printed tiles listed in the wrong way.
I suppose the part code is 3068b, so all the printed tiles should be 3068bp*,
but many are 3068pb*
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3068b doesn't exist anymore, now it is just 3068 to conform with LEGO number.
We have now 3068 for the regular current tile with groove and 3068a for the old
tile without groove.
Thus printed tiles with groove are now 3068p*
Hope that helps?
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But there are many tile printed in 3068bp*
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I don't see any. Can you give an example?
| | So either all are moved to 3068p* or not.
This is inconsistent.
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You are right.
The problem is not the result, but the research.
3068bp* finds SOME result of the 3068p* but not ALL THE results.
Instead, it should return nothing.
The search is broken, not the inventory
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The old item numbers 3068bpXXXX were put as Alternate IDs in the corresponding
parts to help locate them for users who don't know about the changes.
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