BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Selling, waltzking writes:

In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:

if its over like 150 EURO or something bricklink doesn't collect vat

Seems it is right in that range, so probably so (buyer paid USD). But still,
why will the shipping services not let me bypass the VAT requirement? Guess
I'll need to talk to them.

Thanks for the clarification though on BL side of tings.

Jonathan

If you manage to ship, you should inform your customer that he will have to pay
taxes when importing 😉 else he might be suprised

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Sep 4, 2022 17:58

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Re: Should I agree to cancel this order?

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In Problem Order, Kefir101Awesome writes:

Hello there,

A rather large domestic ($50 USD) order was confirmed by a completely new buyer,
but then 30 minutes later the buyer made an order cancel request, citing the
reason under, "System Problem", with details "urgent buy, cannot wait for the
pending order". Bricklink says that buyer remorse or finding cheaper prices is
not a valid reason for canceling this order, and this is probably the case here,
but I also do not want to risk receiving negative feedback and ruin my 100% seller
praise. I reached out to the buyer yesterday with a high-priority flag, but no
response. What should I do?

Thank you.

Definitive cancel the order and refund if he paid.

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Aug 2, 2022 02:13

Subject:

Re: Just a general question for sellers! (USA)

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Shipping

In Shipping, GoodNiteGrandma writes:

What is your shipping rate for domestic orders? It seems USPS is going up a little
bit through the last couple years (which is understandable) I charge $4 for any
order which I can end up losing money on shipping but I feel like keeping a low
and steady shipping rate helps sales come in. Just wondering other sellers thoughts.

-Danny

I have a fixed rate which is a bit below what it costs to send 350g. This way
I earn some on shipping for small orders (needed as it takes some time to pack,
envelope cost, delivering at post office etc). I loose some money on large orders
which is fine as I get my profit on the actual parts.

Hope this helps, good luck

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Jun 23, 2022 06:13

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Re: Missing Orders

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In Problem Order, atlhutch1 writes:

Due to their lot limit, I have several orders placed with Bricks4Pieces (898).
The orders were supposedly shipped on 06/12/22, but even living in the same
state, I still have not received the orders and now I find out that they have
been suspended! I need to know how do I either get my merchandise or get my
money back? We are talking about 12 orders!

Kathy Hutchins

Open a dispute in PayPal

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Apr 21, 2022 05:58

Subject:

29% off most of our inventory.

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Sales

https://store.bricklink.com/Andrsv

We have a time limited sale of all our inventory, most items are 29% off.

About us:
- Norways largest variety of bricks
- ship to most countries
- accept paypal and stripe (Credit cards)
- accept USD and NOK
- instant checkout
- 99.82% customer satisfaction

Get everything from one store. Welcome 😀

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 29, 2022 15:08

Subject:

Re: $0.01 non payable fee

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In Help, 1001bricks writes:

Anyone know what will happen when I don't pay the $0.01 fee?

Normally it's death penalty - but you may deal 30 years with no possibility
of parole.

Hoping it helps

Uh oh.

Thanks for the heads up. Where can I hide? Maybe under a large pile of lego 😀

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 29, 2022 15:06

Subject:

Re: $0.01 non payable fee

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In Help, Admin_Russell writes:

In Help, Andrsv writes:

I noticed on my profile page it says I have $0.01 unpaid fee. However, when I
got to the Fee's payment page it says $0.00, and the pay button is disabled.

I've already paid my fees for this month, but I got afraid bricklink will
ban me for the unpaid fee.

Anyone know what will happen when I don't pay the $0.01 fee?

I erased it. This is known bug and we will always remove the fee for you if this
happens.

Thanks

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 24, 2022 16:51

Subject:

$0.01 non payable fee

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Author:

Andrsv

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Mar 24, 2022 01:48

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Re: Box with no piece count

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In General, C0lsanders_ writes:

I'm not the expert here, but I've heard that US sets have the piece count,
but those produced for Europe don't. Hopefully someone else may chime in
and confirm/deny that.

Miles (C0lsanders_)

In norway (europe) sets have the piece count

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 3, 2022 13:08

Subject:

Re: How much to pay sorters?

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Off Topic

In Off Topic, axaday writes:

In Off Topic, The_BrickRoom writes:

Hey everyone! I was wondering how much do you guys pay sorters? I'm trying
to make a chart of how much the average person pays. Thanks in advance! And if
you have any catalogers how much you pay them. If I collect enough data I will
share if people want.

-Phil

I give my sorter a set to build now and then and odds and ends pieces that she
likes while sorting.

I also give her room and board and rides to wherever she needs to go.

I also do all that stuff for my wife, but still she wont sort my lego :/

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 2, 2022 01:17

Subject:

Re: Brick Seller

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Related Software

In Related Software, The_BrickRoom writes:

So I haven't really heard much about this. (just happened to stumble upon
this) So does anyone use Brick Seller? I am currently using Brick Freedom but
it charges 1% on the order total which I think is a little to much for me an
so was thinking about swiching over to Brick Seller. thoughts anyone.

-Phil

I used brickseller a bit, but it didnt quite fit my usage. I needed multiple
storage positions for each lot. Also it automatically made all remarks uppercase.
Also it was rather slow. Other than that it worked Great.

I made my own solution instead

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 1, 2022 14:01

Subject:

Re: why is it so annoying?

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Searching

In Searching, firestar246 writes:

I am mostly annoyed that, when making inventory changes, the search box no longer
stays on the search inventory setting like it used to do. It takes far more
clicks than it should to go from one inventory item to another.

It stays on the search inventory setting for me.

For me too. Did you try another browser?

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 1, 2022 13:54

Subject:

Re: Lost another customer... need bank transfers!

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In Help, mkim05 writes:

I managed to get 6 positives in the past 3 months, mostly from overseas buyers...
but in the meantime, I feel like I need to making a good first impression...
and instead I'm having to keep turning people away.

You got 7 positive(as seller) in past 2 months.

Increase inventory or decrease price and sales will grow faster

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Mar 1, 2022 03:28

Subject:

Re: why is it so annoying?

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Searching

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Feb 26, 2022 17:16

Subject:

Re: Should I keep the boxes for my sets?

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In General, LegoJay76 writes:

Hello.. new here to the community forums. I'm currently in my 50's and
I've been collecting sets on and off since I was about 7. I have several
hundred sets and I've got about 90% of the boxes for those sets as well.
Boxes are all in good to excellent condition as I always opened from the ends.
I literally have a closet full of just boxes as most of my sets are on display
in my Lego room. Wife however has been asking me to open up some storage space
in the house for my other projects. I'm wondering how important it is to
keep the boxes for my sets and if they add any value to the collectors out here
should the wife win and I end up having to sell off some of my collection?

Thanks in advance.

Some old boxes are worth hundreds of dollars. Search for the set number on bricklink
and you will find an entry for the box

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Feb 25, 2022 08:11

Subject:

Re: Sort by seller on Items for sale tab on part

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, biker72 writes:

Hi all,

Is it possible to add a sort option on seller in the Items For Sale tab on the
parts page?
At this point of time each color is seperately shown as intended.

As I am often looking for more colors of the same part it is convenient if I
can sort on seller. So I can easily see if a certain seller has more than one
color available.

Regards,
Dennis

Sounds like you should create a wanted list and add all needed parts there

then you can search for sellers who has all parts you need, much more convinient

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Jan 25, 2022 16:59

Subject:

Minifigure search tool - avSearch

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Hi,

I made a minor mistake with the previous release of avSearch. I'm very thankful
for all the feedback you guys gave in PM when it was down

I finally spent the time to fix it. It should now be up running again. In case
it still doesn't work for you, try pressing "ctrl-F5" to force refresh the
page.

For those who use the hidden tools on the page, it now has a new version (item
v2) of the item pages which makes it easier to keep track of multiple storage
locations for lots in your inventory.

avSearch is based on goatleg. A special thanks to "62 Bricks" who shared the
sourcecode for goatleg.

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Jan 17, 2022 01:02

Subject:

Re: How big am I?

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https://www.bricklink.com/storeFilter.asp#?utm_content=subnav

In General, Gizmo1969 writes:

How do you search to find out how big your store is compared to others… in the
world or country or state / province.

Thanks in advance!

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Jan 16, 2022 03:26

Subject:

Re: 7 days without invoice, what do I do?

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In Problem Order, musen2100 writes:

Hello everyone.

Jan 9 I placed an order at a store, where I had asked that seller before placing
the order if they could send it with priority mail instead of having it tracked
(cheaper). They accepted and I can see on the order I placed that the seller
have updated the shipping cost with the correct price, however I have not been
invoiced yet. January the 14th, 5 days after placing the order I tried contacting
the seller and asking for an invoice, however as of today I still haven't
received a response even though I can see they have read the message. They payment
method is PayPal (Onsite), but I have no idea what to do since the seller seems
to ignore me. What can I do?

Any help is appreciated, thanks for reading.

There may be a pay now button on the orders overview page (right side of the
table)

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Jan 4, 2022 03:54

Subject:

Re: What am I not getting?

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Selling

Hi Dave, that's a very time consuming setup you have there. Honnestly I wouldn't
want to have to do orders that way.

You need storage cabinets with hundreds of drawers and/or top open bins for large
quantities items.

I know it's a important investment, but it pays in the long run time wise.

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Jan 2, 2022 16:54

Subject:

Re: API address

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Off Topic

In Off Topic, smileysbricks writes:

Does anyone have an easy way to access their store API address, please?
Thank you in advance.

I havent found it yet... its not the only thing missing in bricklink api...

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Dec 27, 2021 18:06

Subject:

Re: Order wrong content, seller not responding

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In Problem Order, goosestore writes:

I ordered some pieces at a Belgian shop with 98,46% praise.
When I recieved the package it had the wrong content. A paper with a different
ordernumber was included.
I guess my order was switched with somebody else’s.
I sent three e-mails through bricklink and three private e-mails, but no response.
Maybe seller doesn’t check his mails during this holiday season, but it has almost
been a week now.
What should I do?

Maybe the paper included the email address of the correct recipient? You could
try there, maybe he got your lego

Also you can file a NO Shipping Seller and ask for a paypal dispute.But I suggest
to wait a bit more since its holidays

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Dec 19, 2021 19:17

Subject:

Re: Unusual 2 x 4’s, slotted bricks, hollow brick

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Wanted

In Wanted, Stuart9 writes:

Thought I’d put a speculative request out for anything that is not already listed.

Looking for unusual 2 x 4 bricks in the 3001old range, especially trans clear
with split/slotted tubes.

Unusual 3001’s.

bslot range, all sizes, all colours.

bhol range, all sizes, all colours.

Any marbled versions of items above.

Japanese OLO Lego, all types and colours.

I still havent listed mine which I recently got. I guess its around 50 2x4 bricks
from the 50s. As far as I can remember there was no transparent. Youve already
seen pictures of few of them in the other thread. Picture is representative
for the quality. Let me know in pm if youre interested and I can send some pictures
😀 I think all except 1 had lego logo.

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Dec 19, 2021 19:12

Subject:

Re: Is this old brick lego?

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In Help, patpendlego writes:

In Help, Andrsv writes:

I bought a lot of old lego bricks. There was about 50 2x4 bricks. As far as I
can tell they were all lego. But there is one brick which stands out. It doesnt
have a logo. Also when dropping it gently to a wooden table, it makes a metallic
sound. It looks and feels like plastic.

Its the red one in pictures.

Does anyone know what it is?

You can see on the picture that the red brick is a bit higher than the lego bricks,
which I have not seen on old lego bricks.

Also a metallic sound, or a sound as if it was made of glass, is not found in
lego bricks.

IMO it is not lego. My best guess is still ABC Copex.

You might be right. Sound could be of glass, not metal. Its interesting to hear
your insight. Now Im really confused wether I can list it or not and with what
description

Author:

Andrsv

Posted:

Dec 17, 2021 17:38

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Re: Is this old brick lego?

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