Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774)  | [...] Ultimately the consumer will pay in any case - if a corporation has to pay fees and taxes on their goods those will be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 24, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774) | [...] They are not paying 22% but they are definitely paying customs fees because of the volume they're importing - they might even have to pay dock fees. Of course TLG [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Stores in China - peregrinator (774) | [...] Yeah, IIRC, 2012 is around the time the switch from 'b' to 'c' was made so it shouldn't be surprising that a minifigure from 2012 could be found with [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774) | [...] Ah, yes, if $400 was written on the customs form instead of $320, then the seller is responsible for the higher fees there and should refund the buyer for that at the [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774) | [...] I guess you got a text because you used your phone number and not the buyer's when filling out the customs form? The customs fees are the buyer's responsibility. [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Stores in China - peregrinator (774) | [...] I wonder what will happen once the Virginia factory is up and running
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774) | [...] There is also the feast of the seven fishes, but an Italian friend of mine tells me that's actually an Italian-American custom
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Funds not sent to Seller - peregrinator (774) | [...] Do you mean PayPal, above? BrickLink doesn't handle funds at all. [...] You have to wait 2 weeks for the NSS to complete but there's nothing stopping you from [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Problem Order) |
| Re: 88009 vs bb0892c01 - peregrinator (774) | [...] Importantly, the train motor and light also come as sets and separate parts as well.
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774) | [...] What can be worse about it now is that buyers can be double-charged for VAT if the IOSS number isn't sent correctly by the seller or received correctly by the destination [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774) | [...] They have to pay VAT, which BrickLink will automatically collect if the value is under 150 euro. I don't know how UPS works in Europe but in Canada they have very [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Marked as shipped - peregrinator (774) | [...] It doesn't bother me that other sellers do it (within reason) though I myself don't do it on BrickLink (I don't mark it as Shipped until the day [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 21, 2022, to Shipping) |
| Re: For sw0112 Collectors out there... - peregrinator (774) | [...] There also is not, as far as I could tell, a torso assembly with that torso and yellow hands - that is the primary reason for my question. So it seems the original submitter [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 21, 2022, to Catalog) |
| Re: Early Lego Colors. - peregrinator (774) | [...] Hmmm, that particular darker shade of light gray isn't nearly as dark as the air tanks in your picture. Maybe the lighting is off?
(17 months ago, Dec 20, 2022, to Colors) |
| Re: where have all the sales gone? - peregrinator (774) | [...] Mine have been good but I've not had an order in a few days, which I've chalked up to people doing Christmas shopping - that is, they're no longer placing [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 20, 2022, to Sales) |
| Re: parts exclusive to sets - peregrinator (774) | [...] I think I understand what the OP is saying and it's not quite this. He's asking if a set's inventory can show the parts that are exclusive to the set. For [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 20, 2022, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Early Lego Colors. - peregrinator (774) | [...] CA also would not have yellowed like that. I have 1-2 white CA parts and they are dynamite white
(17 months ago, Dec 19, 2022, to Colors) |
| Re: Acquiring boxes and packaging - peregrinator (774) | [...] This is true but Priority Mail can be significantly cheaper if you use your own boxes and get the commercial Cubic rate (which you can get through e.g. Pirate Ship). [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 19, 2022, to Shipping) |
| Re: How do buyers predict shipping fees? - peregrinator (774) | [...] I wonder if there are circumstances under which it would be cheaper to ship to the USA then ship from the USA to Canada! For example I could ship a 2lb package to anywhere [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 19, 2022, to Shipping) |
| Re: Order still says Paid - peregrinator (774) | [...] There is another status available and that is "Packed" Paid --» Packed --» Shipped Considering that the order was placed on Friday, it shouldn't be alarming [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 18, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: Neutral/Negative Feedback - peregrinator (774) | [...] A handling fee of $1 might be minor but $2 really isn't in my opinion. Maybe buyers seek to cancel because the handling fee you charge isn't really transparent [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 15, 2022, to Feedback) |
| Re: Neutral/Negative Feedback - peregrinator (774) | [...] I believe it's not a violation of PayPal's TOS if you charge the same thing for all payment methods you accept, but it looks a bit sketchy if the only payment [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 15, 2022, to Feedback) |
| Re: Seller Automatic Invoice - peregrinator (774) | [...] There's a setting under each shipping method. Personally, I'd recommend keeping Instant Checkout enabled, but setting your sets/large items to Manual. I'll [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 15, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: what to do in case of fraud - peregrinator (774) | [...] Weirdly it was shipped in two packages as one part of the order was "backordered" - and I've already received that part :D
(17 months ago, Dec 14, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: what to do in case of fraud - peregrinator (774) | [...] Oh this was "in the warehouse" for about a week until it was "shipped" on Dec 7 ... but DHL didn't receive it until Dec 13.
(17 months ago, Dec 14, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: what to do in case of fraud - peregrinator (774) | [...] I just had an order that was placed on November 29 ship (not received!) yesterday. But Lego S@H is usually fairly prompt.
(17 months ago, Dec 14, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: Common Courtesy - peregrinator (774) | [...] To be clear I've not often had something else either. But I've read enough accounts here and elsewhere to know that a partial shipping refund isn't always [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 12, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: My collection button???? - peregrinator (774) | [...] So, as far as stockrooms are concerned it depends on how it was set up. Like let's say each stockroom has a unique identifier. Then if there are fields stockroomA, [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 11, 2022, to General) |
| Re: Cancelled due to missing item - peregrinator (774) | [...] I think in this case the seller could simply say that they hadn't updated their inventory yet. But I could be wrong - this is a grey area.
(17 months ago, Dec 11, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: Common Courtesy - peregrinator (774) | [...] I don't know if that's what usually happens but it's what ought to happen.
(17 months ago, Dec 11, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: Feedback amnesty - peregrinator (774) | [...] What if that buyer is no longer registered because he or she had such a poor experience?
(17 months ago, Dec 11, 2022, to Suggestions) |
| Re: US tax requirements - peregrinator (774) | [...] The reporting level for individuals and businesses hasn't changed (you have to report all your income). What's changed is that PayPal, Venmo, etc. now [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 10, 2022, to Taxes) |
| Re: IPv6 to get API - peregrinator (774) | [...] I beg to differ. There are rules for going from IPv6 to IPv4. Of course it won't be a 1-1 correspondence since there are many more IPv6 addresses than IPv4
(17 months ago, Dec 9, 2022, to Help) |
| Biggest store? - peregrinator (774) | This is the greatest number of items I've ever seen in a single store. Has any store surpassed 20,000,000 items?
(17 months ago, Dec 9, 2022, to General) |
| Re: Identify pattern - peregrinator (774) | [...] True, it is just dumb luck - the description/keywords could be a lot better.
(17 months ago, Dec 9, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: Identify pattern - peregrinator (774) | [...] FWIW it does come up pretty quickly under "white tile 1x2 pattern -sticker"
(17 months ago, Dec 9, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: Shopping Lego sets - peregrinator (774) | [...] Agreed - hopefully the refund will be sufficient for the buyer in this case to acquire the missing pieces.
(17 months ago, Dec 8, 2022, to Buying) |
| Re: Seller Story? - peregrinator (774) | [...] It could be tied to parting out sets or otherwise making additions to the catalogue
(17 months ago, Dec 8, 2022, to Selling) |
| Re: Correct part identifying in stores. - peregrinator (774) | [...] Speaking only for myself, I'm not sure a color chart would be helpful, at least not for the colors I typically have difficulty telling apart (light gray and light [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 7, 2022, to Help) |
| Re: New 1x4 hinge plate molds - peregrinator (774) | [...] Yes, I noticed Rebrickable has the new parts/assembly in their 10497 Galaxy Explorer inventory - the ones I've gotten have all had the older one, as in the BL inventory, [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 7, 2022, to Catalog Requests) |
| Re: 25% fee hidden and charged on tax as well - peregrinator (774) | Of all the things mentioned I think the fee on the tax is the least outrageous, since one must pay PayPal fees on sales tax even though the sales tax is collected and remitted [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 6, 2022, to Buying) |
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