Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:58 | Subject: | Re: Stickers and bricks | Viewed: | 50 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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Author: | Rushtie | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:55 | Subject: | Stickers and bricks | Viewed: | 112 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hey everyone,
I'm after a part No. 6147448 from set 75150 (star wars set)
Was wondering if anyone also has the sticker set to go with this part??
Really just need the wings stickers but don't mind buying the full set.
Thank you to anyone who can help.
Paul
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Author: | Ziegelmeister | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:51 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 51 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, zorbanj writes:
| In Buying, Ziegelmeister writes:
| I made a little contraption out of technics parts that scoops
up 99 at a time so I prefilled bags of 1000/500.
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If you have a video photos I'd love to see them.
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I don't - yet, but someone else asked, so I can make that happen. A video
would be easier because you need to make a small adjustment for tiles. I need
to get about 15,000 pieces off the sorting table and I'll put something together.
Meanwhile, I came here to point out that LEGO themselves sent me too many parts
on an order this week. It's better than an under count, but I'll still
let them know for their own inventory purposes.
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 14:04 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| What do you need ink/toner for? do you not use thermal printers?
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Yes, but the thermal paper isn't free, Einstein!
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Last I checked thermal paper isn’t “ink/toner”
| Ah, and you need paper and toner sometimes if you do real business - unlike clowns
like you.
Ha!
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besides how I used to do taxes with my old method I never use ink
or toner at all for anything that stuff is expensive so if it ain’t important
it’s best to avoid it
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 13:57 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| What do you need ink/toner for? do you not use thermal printers?
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Yes, but the thermal paper isn't free, Einstein!
Ah, and you need paper and toner sometimes if you do real business - unlike clowns
like you.
Ha!
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 13:52 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| What do you need ink/toner for? do you not use thermal printers? Or
do you also print everything out for taxes
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 13:46 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| In Buying, zorbanj writes:
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60 lots is no big deal if you're organized. ~ 4 lots per minute = 15 minutes
+ packing up the order. Say 20 minutes in total. $20 for 20 minutes or $60/hour
isn't bad for low value parts.
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Because these parts cost you nothing and magically appeared already sorted
in your stock?
With a 2:1 return on cost, those $20 are actually $10.
And those 20 min are more like 40 min if you took as long to sort and store them
as it takes you to pick them.
So your $60/hour are now down to $15/hour.
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Then double the time to stock and pick because you've a large shop, with
1000s drawers and hundred square meters to walk.
Then add time to manage everything, research and development, cost of packaging,
going to the post office, replying to buyers communication, toner or ink, stickers,
paper, tape, packaging materials, client zip bags, stock bags...
Then add accounting costs (here 2500€/year), insurance, legal costs (company
taxes) and of course eventual taxes on profit, power bill, internet (2 different
here, in case of), PCs, printers, routers, cables (all has to be replaced at
one moment), software licences...
Remember 3-6% PayPal fees, ah and the roughly 3% BrickLink fees of course, count
the lost orders you've to refund, various extra costs like Fuel Surcharge
we've here and which varies (and can't count), etc.
So many things that you end up to $5/hour.
| But then, it’s selling LEGO, not pushing rocks around
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... and then you realize you may have end up picking the wrong one
Tonight we'll have a (super) rare KFC, yay!!!
We'll be soooooo happy !!!
Until we'll realize the 19 yrs girl serving earns more than us.
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Author: | oukexergon | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 11:50 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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Zero. As a seller, I don't accept any errors on my part, seeking 100% accuracy.
As a buyer, I reach out to the seller even with small issues. Even if not seeking
a replacement or refund, it may help them become better sellers (or help straighten
their inventories).
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Author: | zorbanj | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 09:00 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Ziegelmeister writes:
| I made a little contraption out of technics parts that scoops
up 99 at a time so I prefilled bags of 1000/500.
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If you have a video photos I'd love to see them.
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Author: | Biglesdug | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 08:42 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| None. Always inform the seller about errors.
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This!
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 08:14 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 42 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, zorbanj writes:
| […]
60 lots is no big deal if you're organized. ~ 4 lots per minute = 15 minutes
+ packing up the order. Say 20 minutes in total. $20 for 20 minutes or $60/hour
isn't bad for low value parts.
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Because these parts cost you nothing and magically appeared already sorted
in your stock?
With a 2:1 return on cost, those $20 are actually $10.
And those 20 min are more like 40 min if you took as long to sort and store them
as it takes you to pick them.
So your $60/hour are now down to $15/hour.
But then, it’s selling LEGO, not pushing rocks around
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Author: | BrickBonder | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 08:00 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Thank you all for your replies.
It was especially helpful hearing from the various sellers saying they would
prefer to know for customer service reasons and to keep inventory accurate.
Also, that put a smile on my face to hear about the buyer that informed Ziegelmeister
of a 6003 vs 6000 overage.
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 23:04 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 86 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| One observation that surprises me from reading this thread is just how many sellers
count and list their entire inventory on Bricklink down to the very last part?
I guess a business seller may feel the need to do this or the seller may already
know the exact quantity they have after parting out sets themselves and sorting/counting
as they go but generally speaking I feel it’s more important to be precise over
counting parts for an order rather than for inventory and by that I mean sometimes
it might be easier to only list part of your inventory at a time, that way you
can estimate the quantity listed in your store without feeling the need to count
it all
For instance if you estimate you have around 500 of a part. Maybe only list 400
and then worry about accurately counting and updating your store inventory as
you start to get down to the last 100 or so!
Also people mention human error and that's fine since we all make mistakes
but there's usually more to it than that since 1 or 2 errors in every 50-100
orders may very well be acceptable as human error but 1 or 2 errors in every
5-10 orders well that's more a case of carelessness and these types of mistakes
usually come about from cutting corners and not wanting to give the counting
process the required time and care it needs in order to be accurate. If low value
parts are not worth a sellers time to count carefully and accurately then that's
fine but then they also shouldn't mind over counting by an extra 5 or 10
pieces to be sure the buyer isn't left short!
Either way for those wanting to be more accurate I'd recommend using a bun
baking tray and counting five per section, Any section short a piece will stand
out a mile with just the quickest of glances!
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Author: | kittybrickz | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 20:41 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| As a seller I would rather someone tell me, reach out and let me know something
is wrong, even if it is one piece. I know I'll try to make things right,
and there will be less bad feelings.
Also, I have missed things even when I have printed out the invoice and checked
things off, however I was in the middle of re-organizing my entire inventory,
I just finished a few doubles at my primary job, and I'm super ADHD. Hey,
maybe I'm a crap seller and this gig is not super great for me.
Either way, I'd rather know. If a seller doesn't want to know that they
are missing pieces, then they are for sure a crap seller and this gig is not
for them. But I figure it will all wash out in the feedback.
Have an epic day!
---Katrina
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Author: | zorbanj | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 20:28 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 56 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickDeals writes:
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I'm guessing you are mostly buying from sellers with no lot limits who will
pick a $20 order with 60 lots.
These sellers aren't usually going to be professional, because they don't
know how to value their time. Not valuing their time correctly leads to other
problems, like a messy disorganized inventory, a delay in getting orders out,
incorrect variations and colors etc.
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60 lots is no big deal if you're organized. ~ 4 lots per minute = 15 minutes
+ packing up the order. Say 20 minutes in total. $20 for 20 minutes or $60/hour
isn't bad for low value parts.
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Author: | Ziegelmeister | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 20:12 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 51 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickDeals writes:
| I'm guessing you are mostly buying from sellers with no lot limits who will
pick a $20 order with 60 lots.
These sellers aren't usually going to be professional, because they don't
know how to value their time. Not valuing their time correctly leads to other
problems, like a messy disorganized inventory, a delay in getting orders out,
incorrect variations and colors etc.
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That's a bold logic leap just because someone has no min/maxes. Honestly
I think it's the inverse. I spend an inordinate amount of time on the front
end making sure everything is organized for maximum efficiency while picking.
The whole "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" thing.
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Author: | Ziegelmeister | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 19:56 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 52 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Brickman4you writes:
| As a seller I encourage all buyers to make contact with an order mishap (overage
too), because a lot audit needs to be conducted to keep store inventory straight.
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Those are the buyers you want. At the start of last week I uploaded about 50,000
1x1 round plates. I made a little contraption out of technics parts that scoops
up 99 at a time so I prefilled bags of 1000/500. Every now and then I toss 1
extra in to the scoop. Someone bought 6000 of one and sure enough they let me
know that they received 6003.
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Author: | Carissamiss | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 19:38 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| With respect, I do not agree with your opinion here at all - it’s a pretty harsh
generalization to say that a seller with no lot limits, who is willing to pick
a $20 order with 60 lots, is usually unprofessional and disorganized. Many sellers
can pick orders quickly, efficiently and accurately. I really don’t see how you
can equate a seller with no lot limits - or even a large lot order - to inaccuracy.
I agree with randyf: find sellers with excellent reputations for accuracy, favourite
them and shop among those.
In Buying, BrickDeals writes:
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I'm guessing you are mostly buying from sellers with no lot limits who will
pick a $20 order with 60 lots.
These sellers aren't usually going to be professional, because they don't
know how to value their time. Not valuing their time correctly leads to other
problems, like a messy disorganized inventory, a delay in getting orders out,
incorrect variations and colors etc.
For comparison, the error rate when I buy from sellers is around 2%, and the
mistake is usually minor and is part of a large quantity (999 instead of 1000
plates).
Like most things in life, you get what you pay for.
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Author: | SezaR | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 19:23 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| In Buying, SezaR writes:
| In Buying, Cob writes:
| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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How many errors on your restaurant order would you tolerate before contacting
the server?
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From now on, I am gonna tolerate many mistakes from my local restaurant:
Last night in my local restaurant (for pick-up) with the guy with who I make
many jokes and teases:
I ordered food A ($19).
He: It takes 6-7 minutes.
...some conversation skipped...
Me: Few weeks ago, you made a mistake: I ordered "C" ($12) but you gave
me "D" (also $12).
He: We have the power of making decisions!
Me: That is a great power. I wonder why you don't accidentally give me "B"
($34) when I order "A" ($19). That only happened with "C" vs.
"D".
Few minutes later he brought the food and placed them in a bag. I went home and
opened the bag and food container. It was "B"!
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legendary employee!
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Author: | BrickDeals | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 18:33 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 71 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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I write the seller for a refund if the missing/damage is worth more than $1.00.
Otherwise I don't worry about it.
I'm guessing you are mostly buying from sellers with no lot limits who will
pick a $20 order with 60 lots.
These sellers aren't usually going to be professional, because they don't
know how to value their time. Not valuing their time correctly leads to other
problems, like a messy disorganized inventory, a delay in getting orders out,
incorrect variations and colors etc.
For comparison, the error rate when I buy from sellers is around 2%, and the
mistake is usually minor and is part of a large quantity (999 instead of 1000
plates).
Like most things in life, you get what you pay for.
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Author: | Swatson217 | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 17:55 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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Ohhh it's soooo complex!
When I made some furnitures or home projects, even if I needed 19 screws I'd
buy a bag of 25 or why not a 250g box of them.
I would have never bought 19 exactly.
Right now on BrickLink and elsewhere, wanted-lists are made by computers and
are "perfect" (to some extent).
Reality is different; you may receive 19 screws or say 258 tiles, but you may
lose one in your own carpet, or damage it.
So the whole idea to order 258, receive and place 258 is a bit biased IMHO.
Some orders are 3000 or 10000 parts, whith many of them counted by an human being
who basically counts every day - just imagine.
Which is also why, in my Country anyway, nuts & bolts shops won't sell you
19 screws, but by bags of 25, or per bow, or by weight like 1 lbs.
We've to tolerate the human part of an human job, and requiring 3707 little
parts should show some tolerance.
Personnaly I don't care about missing parts or even lots.
I prefer to know if something's missing, and have a little compensation -
any kind, like coupon, partial refund, or a couple more of another lot...
Even if missing, and in a general meaning, I really don't care for small
bits - like less than $1 or 1€.
I'd be you, I'd notice the seller if something's missing.
But again, and IMHO, many times it's not important, especially considering
the hours of an human work an order can take.
HTH?
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Author: | Brickman4you | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 17:47 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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As a seller I encourage all buyers to make contact with an order mishap (overage
too), because a lot audit needs to be conducted to keep store inventory straight.
In regards to errors we have found close to 100% pulling accuracy upto about
100 lots (our lot limit), and a single error occurs about every three months
or 100 orders.
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Author: | calebfishn | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 16:41 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 59 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Mistakes are never "OK".
But they happen. When handling thousands of parts in thousands of variations,
human fallibility means mistakes will happen from time to time.
Because of this, what becomes most important is how the mistakes is dealt with,
i.e. what the seller does to try to fix the mistake, so that the buyer has an
enjoyable and satisfying experience.
As a seller, I hope that I never make a mistake, of course. But I also hope that
if I do make a mistake the buyer will contact me and let me know about it. Two
reasons what this is important.
1. Sellers want to fix mistakes, and make things right. They can't offer
a resolution to a problem they don't know about.
2. Mistakes on orders, especially in parts, result in inventory errors. Inventory
errors beget more mistakes on orders, and more unhappy buyers. If I sent the
wrong number, or wrong color of a particular part, it may be no big deal to the
buyer who just lets it slide. But next time someone orders, I would be going
nuts trying to figure out why I don't have the part that person ordered.
Please, always inform sellers you found a mistake. I always value when people
do this for me, and I appreciate how amazingly patient and understanding my buyers
are.
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 16:38 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 51 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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Ohhh it's soooo complex!
When I made some furnitures or home projects, even if I needed 19 screws I'd
buy a bag of 25 or why not a 250g box of them.
I would have never bought 19 exactly.
Right now on BrickLink and elsewhere, wanted-lists are made by computers and
are "perfect" (to some extent).
Reality is different; you may receive 19 screws or say 258 tiles, but you may
lose one in your own carpet, or damage it.
So the whole idea to order 258, receive and place 258 is a bit biased IMHO.
Some orders are 3000 or 10000 parts, whith many of them counted by an human being
who basically counts every day - just imagine.
Which is also why, in my Country anyway, nuts & bolts shops won't sell you
19 screws, but by bags of 25, or per bow, or by weight like 1 lbs.
We've to tolerate the human part of an human job, and requiring 3707 little
parts should show some tolerance.
Personnaly I don't care about missing parts or even lots.
I prefer to know if something's missing, and have a little compensation -
any kind, like coupon, partial refund, or a couple more of another lot...
Even if missing, and in a general meaning, I really don't care for small
bits - like less than $1 or 1€.
I'd be you, I'd notice the seller if something's missing.
But again, and IMHO, many times it's not important, especially considering
the hours of an human work an order can take.
HTH?
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 16:33 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 57 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, SezaR writes:
| In Buying, Cob writes:
| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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How many errors on your restaurant order would you tolerate before contacting
the server?
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From now on, I am gonna tolerate many mistakes from my local restaurant:
Last night in my local restaurant (for pick-up) with the guy with who I make
many jokes and teases:
I ordered food A ($19).
He: It takes 6-7 minutes.
...some conversation skipped...
Me: Few weeks ago, you made a mistake: I ordered "C" ($12) but you gave
me "D" (also $12).
He: We have the power of making decisions!
Me: That is a great power. I wonder why you don't accidentally give me "B"
($34) when I order "A" ($19). That only happened with "C" vs.
"D".
Few minutes later he brought the food and placed them in a bag. I went home and
opened the bag and food container. It was "B"!
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legendary employee!
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Author: | SezaR | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 16:14 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 62 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Cob writes:
| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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How many errors on your restaurant order would you tolerate before contacting
the server?
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From now on, I am gonna tolerate many mistakes from my local restaurant:
Last night in my local restaurant (for pick-up) with the guy with who I make
many jokes and teases:
I ordered food A ($19).
He: It takes 6-7 minutes.
...some conversation skipped...
Me: Few weeks ago, you made a mistake: I ordered "C" ($12) but you gave
me "D" (also $12).
He: We have the power of making decisions!
Me: That is a great power. I wonder why you don't accidentally give me "B"
($34) when I order "A" ($19). That only happened with "C" vs.
"D".
Few minutes later he brought the food and placed them in a bag. I went home and
opened the bag and food container. It was "B"!
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Author: | randyf | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 11:13 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 79 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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None.
If it is a glaring issue (e.g. used sold as new), I will ask for a refund.
If it is something simple (e.g. a missing part), I will just send a friendly
notice to the seller so that they can adjust their inventory accordingly. When
I do this, sellers have always been very appreciative.
However, I rarely get errors in orders. Order from stores you know are good and
keep them on a short list to check when it comes time to purchase something again.
| For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 10:55 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 52 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, peregrinator writes:
| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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If the mistakes are only a few cents worth of items then I don't bother.
Doesn't have much to do with the number of lots - I don't tend to order
larger quantities, but I've definitely fulfilled such orders!
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Even then, I'd still inform (without complaining) the seller about it. At
least they know they have made an error and can correct their inventory and hopefully
avoid making the error again. I don't think informing has to be complaining.
I've told a seller before that a couple of cents part was the wrong one or
was missing but don't worry about sending the right one or refunding. Especially
if it is the wrong part, they might have a lot more of the same part incorrectly
inventoried and will make the same mistake again and again until told about it.
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Author: | Cob | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 09:46 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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How many errors on your restaurant order would you tolerate before contacting
the server?
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Author: | zorbanj | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 09:41 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 57 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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| In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
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I prefer being contacted, even if the buyer isn't looking for a replacement/refund.
It helps keep inventory accurate, especially if a buyer was sent too many of
something. For larger stores, they won't know there's a performance problem
with an employee unless buyers speak up.
| Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
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I don't order often, but when I do it's a large order with many lots.
I think it depends on the store.
| -If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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Yes! I always use a printed checklist.
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 09:09 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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I was a seller for many years and if you feel like not telling them because you
are nice, it is a nice sentiment, but it may not actually be nice. A seller
who makes a mistake with your order now has incorrect inventory and may not notice
it before that in turn causes ANOTHER order error. It can be difficult to figure
out where things went wrong. So a good expression of niceness is to start you
message to them nicely, but send the message.
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Author: | chris.morgan | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 08:09 | Subject: | Re: See what is missing from Want List on order? | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Perfect. Thanks Sylvain
In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| In Buying, chris.morgan writes:
| I have a complicated want list with many different parts. If a store shows that
it can fulfill 80% of those, is there a way to see what the 20% unfulfilled is?
...without placing the order. I realize that I could place the order and then
apply that order to the want list, but can I do the equivalent thing before committing
to the order?
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Hi and welcome
Use the Wanted Items tab on the Buy page (mark (2) on first pic here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2445
).
If the box “Show excluded items” is NOT ticked, the items that are “selected”
/ in the pre-cart(s) will be hidden.
If the box is ticked, they will still show but they’ll have a quantity (number
just below the image) of zero.
You can also see what a shop has without selecting them: just click on the line
of the store in the list (not its name, not the select button, but somewhere
in the line) and the quantity of each item will be changed to N/M and there’ll
be a colour frame around the item (green = full quantity, orange = some but not
enough).
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 07:37 | Subject: | Re: See what is missing from Want List on order? | Viewed: | 29 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, chris.morgan writes:
| I have a complicated want list with many different parts. If a store shows that
it can fulfill 80% of those, is there a way to see what the 20% unfulfilled is?
...without placing the order. I realize that I could place the order and then
apply that order to the want list, but can I do the equivalent thing before committing
to the order?
|
Hi and welcome
Use the Wanted Items tab on the Buy page (mark (2) on first pic here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2445
).
If the box “Show excluded items” is NOT ticked, the items that are “selected”
/ in the pre-cart(s) will be hidden.
If the box is ticked, they will still show but they’ll have a quantity (number
just below the image) of zero.
You can also see what a shop has without selecting them: just click on the line
of the store in the list (not its name, not the select button, but somewhere
in the line) and the quantity of each item will be changed to N/M and there’ll
be a colour frame around the item (green = full quantity, orange = some but not
enough).
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 06:54 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 67 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
|
If the mistakes are only a few cents worth of items then I don't bother.
Doesn't have much to do with the number of lots - I don't tend to order
larger quantities, but I've definitely fulfilled such orders!
| In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
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A $4 error is worth a complaint. If I were the seller I would want to know about
a mistake like that.
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Author: | chris.morgan | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 06:40 | Subject: | See what is missing from Want List on order? | Viewed: | 52 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I have a complicated want list with many different parts. If a store shows that
it can fulfill 80% of those, is there a way to see what the 20% unfulfilled is?
...without placing the order. I realize that I could place the order and then
apply that order to the want list, but can I do the equivalent thing before committing
to the order?
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 06:39 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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You should always notify the seller of mistakes however small since they've
already inconvenienced you and therefore it only right that you inconvenience
them in return else there is no incentive for a seller to improve on their service
and attention to detail.
As a seller myself I know how costly and time consuming it can be to respond
to and rectify mistakes and issues therefore you soon learn that it better to
try and get things correct to begin with and that's the message we should
try to convey to all that sell here!
Frustratingly I often find that if you buy out all the remaining stock of an
item shown in a sellers store quite often they will just give you whatever they
have left assuming its correct quantity but without wanting to bother to check,
this often means a buyer ends up doing the counting job of the seller which seems
wrong to me especially since a buyer may feel the need to count for a second
time just to make sure its not them that's counted incorrectly!? (After all
you would assume a seller has sent correct amount!!)
Since accuracy is important I actually think Bricklink should implement an Accuracy
rating that is separate from main feedback where after leaving positive, Neutral
of Negative the buyer can also leave 1-5 stars for things like accuracy, condition
etc.. else how else do we improve the overall service here and keep sellers on
their toes?
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Author: | SezaR | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 05:29 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
|
Zero!
If I order a set consisting of 300 parts and only a few common parts are missing,
I won't bother. Mistakes happen.
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For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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I guess I make one mistake over 100 lots.
As a buyer, most my orders are very small, like 3-10 lots and only one mistake
in the last 15-20 orders happened: from a friendly seller with very high feedback
rate in UK.
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Author: | Ziegelmeister | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 04:52 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Short answer: zero.
Long answer: zero.
Anything above that reach out to the seller and tell them there are errors.
If they are responsible they will rectify the problem at their own costs.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 04:31 | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 76 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| None. Always inform the seller about errors. |
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Author: | BrickBonder | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 04:24 | Subject: | How many mistakes in an order are OK? | Viewed: | 331 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
For egregious cases the decision is easy, but I just received yet another order
leaving me with a frustrating decision to make. I understand quantity errors,
but what gets to me are the missing lots that occur in roughly 50% of all orders
that have missing lots that bother me.
In this case, I probably will not say anything, because only 2 of 60 lots are
missing, they are not minifigures, and because I can get them from Lego.com for
$4 total. However, the decision is still annoying because one of the lots is
for right wedges to match left wedges that did get included.
Notes:
-Yes, I have tried ordering fewer lots, but it seems you have to keep it under
20 lots in order to prevent most seller mistakes. Those smaller orders are usually
not cost effective for me after factoring in shipping costs.
-If you receive an order containing a printout with a hand-written check mark
next to each lot, consider favoriting that seller. Those sellers are rare and
almost never make mistakes.
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Author: | Brickwilbo | Posted: | Mar 17, 2024 18:35 | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy: set to country or region? | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chinny21 writes:
| Is there a way when using easy buy from my wanted list to only display options
from my country or my region?
|
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
| Alternatively is there a way to get a second option to stop it defaulting to
the same seller?
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 17, 2024 14:34 | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy: set to country or region? | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| In Buying, Chinny21 writes:
| Is there a way when using easy buy from my wanted list to only display options
from my country or my region?
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I don’t believe so.
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You need to use the Buy page: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page
(Hover over the white heart-shaped Want icon on top of almost every page and
select Buy.
Or open a Wanted List and choose Buy All.)
See the help page for more info: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2445
| | Alternatively is there a way to get a second option to stop it defaulting to
the same seller?
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Just dislike the seller that it’s defaulting to and that should work.
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You can do that from the store, through the “Favorite Stores” dropdown on the
top right.
Note: Sellers don’t know who stoplists them.
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Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks | Posted: | Mar 17, 2024 14:29 | Subject: | Re: Easy Buy: set to country or region? | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Chinny21 writes:
| Is there a way when using easy buy from my wanted list to only display options
from my country or my region?
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I don’t believe so.
| Alternatively is there a way to get a second option to stop it defaulting to
the same seller?
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Just dislike the seller that it’s defaulting to and that should work.
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Author: | Chinny21 | Posted: | Mar 17, 2024 14:10 | Subject: | Easy Buy: set to country or region? | Viewed: | 71 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Is there a way when using easy buy from my wanted list to only display options
from my country or my region?
Alternatively is there a way to get a second option to stop it defaulting to
the same seller?
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 17:52 | Subject: | Re: Ukraine paypal? | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, danielclark writes:
| Are payments to stores in Ukraine restricted via PayPal, from USA?
|
For commercial or business accounts, the restriction is still in place, I believe.
Ukrainian personal PayPal account holders are able to send with some restrictions,
but only receive via what they've termed as "Expansion of Services"
in the updated contract. Essentially, what we know as "Friends and Family"
type of transaction, with it's limits
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1444795
Then there's the question of shipping from there:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1344299
Deterioration of the interdependent logistical mechanisms, has only worsened
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 15:53 | Subject: | Re: Ukraine paypal? | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, danielclark writes:
| Are payments to stores in Ukraine restricted via PayPal, from USA?
|
I don't think there's a legal restriction, but PayPal as a Company is
free to determine if it's too complicated, too expensive or too risky...
and then deciding to temporarily not provide their service there.
Even if payment service would be possible, PayPal may also NOT provide Buyer
Protection when the Country is in war/such events.
All this's probably in their fine terms somewhere...
So buy wisely, and communicate with the to shops there before anything.
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Author: | bricksahead | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 15:35 | Subject: | Re: Ukraine paypal? | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| There is another message related to a similar problem:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=335666&nID=1396275
If you don't find a solution I would contact Paypal.
In Buying, danielclark writes:
| Are payments to stores in Ukraine restricted via PayPal, from USA?
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Author: | danielclark | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 14:45 | Subject: | Ukraine paypal? | Viewed: | 139 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Are payments to stores in Ukraine restricted via PayPal, from USA? |
Author: | allbrickbuffet | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 14:31 | Subject: | Re: No Inventory present | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| LOL thanks I was searching own store for a lot missing remarks looking for other
parts with same date added hoping to track down.
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 13:53 | Subject: | Re: No Inventory present | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, allbrickbuffet writes:
| All stores have zero lots zero items to see or search, however say they do?
Is there a current bug? is shopping working for others?
|
It's because you browsed too much BrickLink for today, you're "blocked"
until midnight EDT.
One shop page of 50 lots makes already 100 or 150 requests, the limit of 5000
is easily reached.
Please better use wanted-lits or price guides, avoid browsing "randomly"
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Author: | allbrickbuffet | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 13:48 | Subject: | No Inventory present | Viewed: | 98 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| All stores have zero lots zero items to see or search, however say they do?
Is there a current bug? is shopping working for others?
Thank you
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Author: | terrig8 | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 21:52 | Subject: | Re: parts of set 10777 | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, psusaxman2000 writes:
| You should create a wanted list and then buy from there. That is your best option
to find the fewest buyers.
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^sellers.
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I am going nuts, trying to figure out how to set up a wanted list
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 23:11 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 74 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, popsicle writes:
| In Buying, jbroman writes:
|
No the feedback is in the “them” column.
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"Our current orders placed" They are sellers in the transactions, Johan.
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I missed the placed. Took it as orders received.
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The point to make is membership diversity, by highlighting individual sellers
order-processing protocols. How each of us widely perceive buyer and seller behavior.
Expect and do things uniquely, all while staying within the guardrails the site's
minimal guidelines of expectation provide. Allowing for more individualism. Which
is what our nature deeply desires, but often denies itself for reasons I won't
go into
Afterthought: You'd ideally as a vendor, want to settle into those behaviors
which most (if not all) individuals expect and prefer. Find the sweet-spot.
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It’s structured, but still allows some individualisms.
Some may think the way it works is straightforward, and very rigid in its process.
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That's enough, my heads hurts Gonna have my coffee now and go workout at
the shore.
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Need more coffee. Real coffee, not the PNW “specialty” stuff.
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PNW and specifically, Seattle, is home to Starbucks and countless of other peddlers
of the "specialty" coffee brews
For me, it's...
Arabica - Dark Roast Pacific Bold (or extra bold)
Enjoyed black.
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 22:00 | Subject: | Re: parts of set 10777 | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, psusaxman2000 writes:
| You should create a wanted list and then buy from there. That is your best option
to find the fewest buyers.
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^sellers.
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Author: | psusaxman2000 | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:43 | Subject: | Re: parts of set 10777 | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| You should create a wanted list and then buy from there. That is your best option
to find the fewest buyers.
In Buying, terrig8 writes:
| looking for as many as I can of these parts from one person for a reasonable
price
4600294 white bone
6315024 white plate 2 x 4 with 2 studs
4616211 teal slope
6144805 hot dog
6147214 hot dog bun
6133847 green plate half circle 4 x 8
6138068 gold frying pan
6047056 legs minnie
9342 legs mickey
6342626 yellow dog
6393602 yellow bow
6172318 head minnie mouse
6172316 head mickey mouse
6395230 torso minnie mouse
6395225 torso mickey mouse
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Author: | terrig8 | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:27 | Subject: | parts of set 10777 | Viewed: | 77 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| looking for as many as I can of these parts from one person for a reasonable
price
4600294 white bone
6315024 white plate 2 x 4 with 2 studs
4616211 teal slope
6144805 hot dog
6147214 hot dog bun
6133847 green plate half circle 4 x 8
6138068 gold frying pan
6047056 legs minnie
9342 legs mickey
6342626 yellow dog
6393602 yellow bow
6172318 head minnie mouse
6172316 head mickey mouse
6395230 torso minnie mouse
6395225 torso mickey mouse
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Author: | jbroman | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 12:50 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 56 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, popsicle writes:
| In Buying, jbroman writes:
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No the feedback is in the “them” column.
|
"Our current orders placed" They are sellers in the transactions, Johan.
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I missed the placed. Took it as orders received.
|
The point to make is membership diversity, by highlighting individual sellers
order-processing protocols. How each of us widely perceive buyer and seller behavior.
Expect and do things uniquely, all while staying within the guardrails the site's
minimal guidelines of expectation provide. Allowing for more individualism. Which
is what our nature deeply desires, but often denies itself for reasons I won't
go into
Afterthought: You'd ideally as a vendor, want to settle into those behaviors
which most (if not all) individuals expect and prefer. Find the sweet-spot.
|
It’s structured, but still allows some individualisms.
Some may think the way it works is straightforward, and very rigid in its process.
|
That's enough, my heads hurts Gonna have my coffee now and go workout at
the shore.
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Need more coffee. Real coffee, not the PNW “specialty” stuff.
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 12:42 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
|
All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
|
How about the second order that hasn't even shipped yet, and the buyer has
already left positive feedback.
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Seller you meant?
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No the feedback is in the “them” column.
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Seller
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 09:49 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 78 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
|
All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
|
How about the second order that hasn't even shipped yet, and the buyer has
already left positive feedback.
|
Seller you meant?
|
No the feedback is in the “them” column.
|
"Our current orders placed" They are sellers in the transactions, Johan.
The point to make is membership diversity, by highlighting individual sellers
order-processing protocols. How each of us widely perceive buyer and seller behavior.
Expect and do things uniquely, all while staying within the guardrails the site's
minimal guidelines of expectation provide. Allowing for more individualism. Which
is what our nature deeply desires, but often denies itself for reasons I won't
go into
Afterthought: You'd ideally as a vendor, want to settle into those behaviors
which most (if not all) individuals expect and prefer. Find the sweet-spot.
That's enough, my heads hurts Gonna have my coffee now and go workout at
the shore.
|
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Author: | jbroman | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 06:31 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 70 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
|
All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
|
How about the second order that hasn't even shipped yet, and the buyer has
already left positive feedback.
|
Seller you meant?
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No the feedback is in the “them” column.
|
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 01:36 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 68 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, jbroman writes:
| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
|
All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
|
How about the second order that hasn't even shipped yet, and the buyer has
already left positive feedback.
|
Seller you meant?
|
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Author: | jbroman | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 23:15 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 89 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
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All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
|
How about the second order that hasn't even shipped yet, and the buyer has
already left positive feedback.
I've had a lot of (new) buyers recently that haven't marked it received/completed,
let alone leaving feedback.
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 22:42 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, popsicle writes:
| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| In Buying, popsicle writes:
| For me, it’s the individualism of its vendors and buyers, among other
reasons. Our current orders placed within the last five days, note the processing
protocols; Beautiful (imho).
Let's keep it that way, Admin. No further attempts towards homogenization
Pull back and think bigger picture factoring human nature
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All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
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Yeah, that's not actually USD, but another dollar currency.
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"another currency" that is
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| I guess buying all of those classic SW sets back when they were cheap really
paid off!
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 21:37 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 97 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| In Buying, popsicle writes:
| For me, it’s the individualism of its vendors and buyers, among other
reasons. Our current orders placed within the last five days, note the processing
protocols; Beautiful (imho).
Let's keep it that way, Admin. No further attempts towards homogenization
Pull back and think bigger picture factoring human nature
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All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
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Yeah, that's not actually USD, but another dollar currency. Those kind of
buys are well behind us
| I guess buying all of those classic SW sets back when they were cheap really
paid off!
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Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 14:45 | Subject: | Re: Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 135 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, popsicle writes:
| For me, it’s the individualism of its vendors and buyers, among other
reasons. Our current orders placed within the last five days, note the processing
protocols; Beautiful (imho).
Let's keep it that way, Admin. No further attempts towards homogenization
Pull back and think bigger picture factoring human nature
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All I'm seeing right now is that $1,100 order at the top of your screenshot.
Very impressive!
I guess buying all of those classic SW sets back when they were cheap really
paid off!
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 13:49 | Subject: | Why BL is special, and should remain so… | Viewed: | 454 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| For me, it’s the individualism of its vendors and buyers, among other
reasons. Our current orders placed within the last five days, note the processing
protocols; Beautiful (imho).
Let's keep it that way, Admin. No further attempts towards homogenization
Pull back and think bigger picture factoring human nature
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 13:16 | Subject: | Re: Hogwarts Express - Platform Extension | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, wattonp44 writes:
| Hello Everyone
I want to expand the station platform to it runs the length of the train and
looks more authentic. Basically i need bags 36 through to 45 to extend the station
platform. Does anyone have all the parts i would need?
Thanks
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Hi,
The problem with asking this way is that:
— We don’t know what’s in those bags exactly.
— The only ones who would know are sellers who have the set still in one spot,
who want to sell the parts, and who have not yet distributed the parts into their
inventories. Rare beasts.
The best for you would be to find the list of parts you need (not funny to do)
and put them in a Wanted list (https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1 )
and then search for sellers who have the parts with the Buy page (https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2445
).
Good luck
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Author: | wattonp44 | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 12:58 | Subject: | Hogwarts Express - Platform Extension | Viewed: | 92 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hello Everyone
I want to expand the station platform to it runs the length of the train and
looks more authentic. Basically i need bags 36 through to 45 to extend the station
platform. Does anyone have all the parts i would need?
Thanks
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 10, 2024 14:03 | Subject: | Re: non lego pieces | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Kiddybrick writes:
| In Buying, UTLF writes:
| No, this is not normal or allowed on Bricklink
Bricklink is for genuine Lego items only, no knockoffs/clone brands; the seller
needs to make things right & maybe review their inventory so this doesn't
happen again
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thanks you for confirming,that is the reason i join brick link ,have been refunded
for single item, but worried how many buyers have received non genuine pieces
from this seller.
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If it's an error, anybody can make one or a couple.
If it seems to be a pattern in this shop, give a proper Feedback (Neutral at
least), even if refunded. Otherwise no one will know your thoughts.
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Author: | Kiddybrick | Posted: | Mar 10, 2024 07:20 | Subject: | Re: non lego pieces | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, UTLF writes:
| No, this is not normal or allowed on Bricklink
Bricklink is for genuine Lego items only, no knockoffs/clone brands; the seller
needs to make things right & maybe review their inventory so this doesn't
happen again
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thanks you for confirming,that is the reason i join brick link ,have been refunded
for single item, but worried how many buyers have received non genuine pieces
from this seller.
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Author: | Kiddybrick | Posted: | Mar 10, 2024 07:01 | Subject: | non lego pieces | Viewed: | 160 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| hi
new to brick link ,up to now all my sellers have been great ,but for one seller
have waited nearly 4 weeks for parts, stating death in family and behind on brick
link
,these things happen and agreed to wait a bit longer, but feel taken advantage
off and message again to find they posted 5 days after message, now received
order and find non lego piece ,as it only 1 piece a 1x4 plate, they state it
come under brink link terms for non lego item, my question is this normall practise
as i am
building a genuine lego sets, if so i may have to look elsewhere
for parts.
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 7, 2024 14:46 | Subject: | Re: Ninjago | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| if you add the items to your wanted list you can choose "buy all" on
said wanted list and see who has the most
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Author: | gcmarschka | Posted: | Mar 7, 2024 14:36 | Subject: | Ninjago | Viewed: | 97 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| really interested in all things ninjago. Looking for accounts who have plenty
of it. trying to complete my collection and its difficult to find people who
are selling a handful.
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Author: | LegoCharlieP | Posted: | Mar 2, 2024 23:17 | Subject: | Unable to increase/decrease item Quantity | Viewed: | 73 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Never have this problem before now, anytime I try to change the quantity on a
item I get a red message “Only one item/color combination is allowed per wanted
list” anyone have this same problems or is there something I am doing wrong?
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Author: | LEGOfan1138 | Posted: | Feb 29, 2024 12:10 | Subject: | Anyone have one of these for sale? | Viewed: | 185 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Looking for one of these but none in stock. Dm me if you have one. Tried attaching
macro but it was being weird with me.
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Author: | rickcraine | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 14:03 | Subject: | Re: Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| | answer:
"I prefer 212th over almost any other clone division"
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LOL, what else should I have expected
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Author: | PlanetEarthToys | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 13:56 | Subject: | Re: Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 44 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, rickcraine writes:
| So, I was browsing the clone troopers on the catalog here and happened to set
my parameters to "Highest Quantity First".
My question is to sellers, why is the price so high on the 212th clone if the
quantity is so similar to the 501st troopers? Is the quantity disproportionate
to the difficulty to acquire the 212ths?
I prefer 212th over almost any other clone division, so this is a genuine curiosity
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"My question is to sellers, why is the price so high on the 212th clone if
the
quantity is so similar to the 501st troopers? Is the quantity disproportionate
to the difficulty to acquire the 212ths?"
answer:
"I prefer 212th over almost any other clone division"
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 13:36 | Subject: | Re: Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| […]
the Christmas Callender which is only valuable for a couple
months
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*Calendar and *available
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Autocorrect didn’t save me this time
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 13:28 | Subject: | Re: Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| […]
the Christmas Callender which is only valuable for a couple
months
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*Calendar and *available
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 13:20 | Subject: | Re: Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, rickcraine writes:
| So, I was browsing the clone troopers on the catalog here and happened to set
my parameters to "Highest Quantity First".
My question is to sellers, why is the price so high on the 212th clone if the
quantity is so similar to the 501st troopers? Is the quantity disproportionate
to the difficulty to acquire the 212ths?
I prefer 212th over almost any other clone division, so this is a genuine curiosity
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There aren't many 212th figs in cheap sets, so even the cheapest of them
is quite high compared to the very plentiful 501st.
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 13:18 | Subject: | Re: Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| demand and sets available in. The cheaper was in a battle pack which is one of
the cheapest ways to get sw figures and in it is 4 similar figures and the other
is in a large set, a “rare” set (the paper bag as they are only available in
some countries), and the Christmas Callender which is only valuable for a couple
months
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Author: | rickcraine | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 13:08 | Subject: | Question about seeming price anomaly | Viewed: | 183 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| So, I was browsing the clone troopers on the catalog here and happened to set
my parameters to "Highest Quantity First".
My question is to sellers, why is the price so high on the 212th clone if the
quantity is so similar to the 501st troopers? Is the quantity disproportionate
to the difficulty to acquire the 212ths?
I prefer 212th over almost any other clone division, so this is a genuine curiosity
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Author: | Eruluvatar | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 15:17 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| In Buying, thodie writes:
| In Buying, peregrinator writes:
| In Buying, thodie writes:
| Another hint: Their Shop terms seems identical btw
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Lots of sellers copy terms
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I agree, both stores where created on the same day, both offer rare aka expensive
sets below market price, i see a lot of red flags.
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Agree with this.
OP, if the offer seems really abnormally low + those flags, simply report the
Shop, and the Administration may decide something, or not.
Here, fill the user name once, and use "Member suspected of fraud..."
Give main reasons in a short text.
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
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Thank you all for the answers. I got an answer from admin' that confirm this
seller is running a scam. But I'm quote surprise that the store is still
live. BrickLink should take immediate action...
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 12:26 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 53 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, thodie writes:
| In Buying, peregrinator writes:
| In Buying, thodie writes:
| Another hint: Their Shop terms seems identical btw
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Lots of sellers copy terms
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I agree, both stores where created on the same day, both offer rare aka expensive
sets below market price, i see a lot of red flags.
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Agree with this.
OP, if the offer seems really abnormally low + those flags, simply report the
Shop, and the Administration may decide something, or not.
Here, fill the user name once, and use "Member suspected of fraud..."
Give main reasons in a short text.
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
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Author: | thodie | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 09:07 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 65 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, peregrinator writes:
| In Buying, thodie writes:
| Another hint: Their Shop terms seems identical btw
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Lots of sellers copy terms
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I agree, both stores where created on the same day, both offer rare aka expensive
sets below market price, i see a lot of red flags.
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 08:06 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 75 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, thodie writes:
| Another hint: Their Shop terms seems identical btw
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Lots of sellers copy terms
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Author: | thodie | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 06:18 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 70 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, thodie writes:
| In Buying, Eruluvatar writes:
| Hi,
I was going through BrickLink yesterday and came upon some very good deal - maybe
too good to be true. I know that some ID verification if being done before someone
can have selling privilege but I wanted to ask the community if "fraud store"
are a thing and if yes how to confront them? On one hand I don't want to
have to go through a claim process if I don't receive goods and on the other
hand I would be disappointed to miss an opportunity...
P.S: to be more detailed - I saw two store created the same day with pretty similar
set being sold at (very) low prices. Both seller made only one purchase on the
same day but to two different stores (I trust to get selling privilege) and then
left same feedback...
Thanks,
Thibaud
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I saw it too, and it smells like scam. I´m monitoring the accounts to see if
there is negative feedback or not.
Regards Gerhard
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Another hint: Their Shop terms seems identical btw
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Author: | thodie | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 06:15 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 68 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Eruluvatar writes:
| Hi,
I was going through BrickLink yesterday and came upon some very good deal - maybe
too good to be true. I know that some ID verification if being done before someone
can have selling privilege but I wanted to ask the community if "fraud store"
are a thing and if yes how to confront them? On one hand I don't want to
have to go through a claim process if I don't receive goods and on the other
hand I would be disappointed to miss an opportunity...
P.S: to be more detailed - I saw two store created the same day with pretty similar
set being sold at (very) low prices. Both seller made only one purchase on the
same day but to two different stores (I trust to get selling privilege) and then
left same feedback...
Thanks,
Thibaud
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I saw it too, and it smells like scam. I´m monitoring the accounts to see if
there is negative feedback or not.
Regards Gerhard
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 04:51 | Subject: | Re: New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 88 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Eruluvatar writes:
| Hi,
I was going through BrickLink yesterday and came upon some very good deal - maybe
too good to be true. I know that some ID verification if being done before someone
can have selling privilege but I wanted to ask the community if "fraud store"
are a thing and if yes how to confront them? On one hand I don't want to
have to go through a claim process if I don't receive goods and on the other
hand I would be disappointed to miss an opportunity...
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You have a choice:
Do not buy from them. No hassle to you, but you miss out if genuine.
Buy, but pay using a secure form of paypal with buyer protection. Maybe some
hassle to file a complaint later, you don't miss out if genuine. I had to
do this with a store that turned out to be a fraud recently. It wasn't that
hard. A few clicks at PayPal and filing a NSS here.
Buy and use a form of payment with no buyer protection. You get the deal if genuine,
you lose out if fraud.
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Author: | ZwarteMagica | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 04:42 | Subject: | Re: How to exclude shops from want lists | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I`m not sure if that function even works.
You can work around this problem by:
- click on want in the menu
- in the dark blue menu bar click buy
- on the left check/click the wanted list you want to include, and click apply
- in the middle open store filters (if not already open then it says collapse)
- adjust the pull down menu`s to the european union, and only european union
stores will come up.
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Author: | Dino | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 04:41 | Subject: | Re: How to exclude shops from want lists | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| If you go to "buy" on your wanted list, you can exclude dislike stores.
In Buying, Aranruth writes:
| Hi everyone,
I keep fumbling on a theoretically easy-to-solve thing, but apparently it's
beyond my capabilities.
I have a want-list I'd like to convert in bricks. Every time I go to the
Easy Buy button, I'm prompted to a Thailand shop as supplier. Nothing against
Thailand, and the shop has a lot of good feedback, but it's absolutely not
practical (I'm in Italy and customs and shipping will kill me). So, I thought
there should be a way to let's say buy from the European Union, but apparently
it's not working.
This is what I did:
- opened the want list
- clicked on more options
- then from the dropdown menu, I checked in the rightmost column, under region,
ship from European Union (both as "Hide" and "Show", whatever
they mean)
- clicked apply
- moved out of the want list to the main page where all my want-lists are
- clicked on Easy Buy
- and voilà, Thailand shop returned
Can anyone kindly point me at the mistakes that I might have been making?
Thanks in advance
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Author: | Aranruth | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 04:26 | Subject: | How to exclude shops from want lists | Viewed: | 73 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hi everyone,
I keep fumbling on a theoretically easy-to-solve thing, but apparently it's
beyond my capabilities.
I have a want-list I'd like to convert in bricks. Every time I go to the
Easy Buy button, I'm prompted to a Thailand shop as supplier. Nothing against
Thailand, and the shop has a lot of good feedback, but it's absolutely not
practical (I'm in Italy and customs and shipping will kill me). So, I thought
there should be a way to let's say buy from the European Union, but apparently
it's not working.
This is what I did:
- opened the want list
- clicked on more options
- then from the dropdown menu, I checked in the rightmost column, under region,
ship from European Union (both as "Hide" and "Show", whatever
they mean)
- clicked apply
- moved out of the want list to the main page where all my want-lists are
- clicked on Easy Buy
- and voilà, Thailand shop returned
Can anyone kindly point me at the mistakes that I might have been making?
Thanks in advance
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Author: | Eruluvatar | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 03:56 | Subject: | New store - how to detect potential fraud | Viewed: | 209 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hi,
I was going through BrickLink yesterday and came upon some very good deal - maybe
too good to be true. I know that some ID verification if being done before someone
can have selling privilege but I wanted to ask the community if "fraud store"
are a thing and if yes how to confront them? On one hand I don't want to
have to go through a claim process if I don't receive goods and on the other
hand I would be disappointed to miss an opportunity...
P.S: to be more detailed - I saw two store created the same day with pretty similar
set being sold at (very) low prices. Both seller made only one purchase on the
same day but to two different stores (I trust to get selling privilege) and then
left same feedback...
Thanks,
Thibaud
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Author: | faro | Posted: | Feb 24, 2024 16:46 | Subject: | LEGO Life on Mars certificates | Viewed: | 108 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Hi Bricklinkers,
I already have 4 different certificates but I am still missing some:
1 x certificate with lime lom "Altair" (lom003) --- search "lomcert5"
on www.bricklink.com
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=LoMcert5#T=S&O={%22rpp%22:%22200%22,%22iconly%22:0}
1 x certificate with sand purple lom "Mizar" (lom009)
1 x certificate with light gray lom "Pollux" (lom010)
1 x certificate with black lom "Rigel" (lom011)
1 x certificate with orange lom "Vega" (lom012)
Please get in contact with me. We will find a fair price, I think
Thanks and greetings
Farid
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Author: | Nikilyn | Posted: | Feb 23, 2024 00:04 | Subject: | Re: Setting Easy Buy to a preferred region? | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, gessner.robertg writes:
| Is there a way to set Easy Buy to search your region only? In my case, I want
it to search only the US region. Currently it searches the entire world of Bricklink
Stores.
Thank you.
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Click on the heart for "Want" then choose buy. It will give you the option
of selecting a region. Then select your wanted list on the left and search.
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 23, 2024 00:02 | Subject: | Re: Setting Easy Buy to a preferred region? | Viewed: | 24 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Try buy all. It has more options |
Author: | gessner.robertg | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 23:46 | Subject: | Setting Easy Buy to a preferred region? | Viewed: | 67 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Is there a way to set Easy Buy to search your region only? In my case, I want
it to search only the US region. Currently it searches the entire world of Bricklink
Stores.
Thank you.
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Author: | Omenspirits | Posted: | Feb 21, 2024 20:04 | Subject: | Re: I've a list | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Omenspirits writes:
| I have a list of lego that I'm interested in and wonder how I approach a
seller to see if they have the complete list I need.
Is there a protocol?
thanks.
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thank you all for the replies.
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Author: | Brickwilbo | Posted: | Feb 21, 2024 05:28 | Subject: | Re: I've a list | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Omenspirits writes:
| I have a list of lego that I'm interested in and wonder how I approach a
seller to see if they have the complete list I need.
Is there a protocol?
thanks.
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See under Wantedlist: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=176
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