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View Thread Re: "New, Sealed" item in store description query - peregrinator (774)
[...] I guess it should be "New, Complete" although even that is debatable if the original foil package isn't included.
(17 months ago, Dec 24, 2022, to General)
View Thread 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)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Boba Fett sw0107 Graded 93.3 Sealed Value? - peregrinator (774)
Thus far I've read in the forum: (1) it's better to store minifigs with the hips off since leaving them on can cause the torso to crack, and (2) it's [...]
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to General)
View Thread Re: Mustard gang strikes again - peregrinator (774)
[...] you definitely don't want to mess with les moutardins
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Off Topic)
View Thread 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)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774)
[...] UPS is notorious for their brokerage fees
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Selling)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Is this a custom minifig, if so, it is good - peregrinator (774)
[...] This is not at all uncommon
(17 months ago, Dec 23, 2022, to Help)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Stores in China - peregrinator (774)
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(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Buying)
View Thread 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)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Buyer claims mising parts, but I know I shipp - peregrinator (774)
[...] The refund is reasonable - $1.80 in parts plus $3.20 partial shipping. PayPal dispute seems a bit unreasonable though, depending.
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Problem Order)
View Thread 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)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Customs in Italy? - peregrinator (774)
[...] It's not a new thing
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Selling)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: Sweet Little Bricks 1M Pieces and counting - peregrinator (774)
[...] BRB buying 85 copies of the World Map
(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Selling)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 1974-2 - peregrinator (774)
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(17 months ago, Dec 22, 2022, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread 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)
View Thread 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)
View Thread Re: For sw0112 Collectors out there... - peregrinator (774)
[...] Great info! But what I don't get is - why are the hands and head yellow in the rogue minifig?
(17 months ago, Dec 21, 2022, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Which, if any, are Lego? - peregrinator (774)
[...] The Lego version of that part has open studs, not the hollow studs shown in the picture.
(17 months ago, Dec 21, 2022, to Help)

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