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 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: Jun 7, 2025 11:47
 Subject: Re: PayPal payment processing notice
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jennnifer (3654)

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In Administrative, bricknationtoys writes:
  I think I just found the reason the payments were "rejected".

There is a setting on PayPal set by default to block all eCheque payments except
eBay. I don't remember seeing it before.

The page with the payment settings is in Account Settings Account & Security
   Payment Preferences Block Payments or https://www.paypal.com/businessmanage/preferences/payments

Interesting! I just checked and found that setting. But for me, the option to
block was not turned on. Don't know if that's the default or not, but
I don't remember even having seen it before.

~Jen
 Author: bricknationtoys View Messages Posted By bricknationtoys
 Posted: Jun 7, 2025 10:57
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bricknationtoys (8417)

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I think I just found the reason the payments were "rejected".

There is a setting on PayPal set by default to block all eCheque payments except
eBay. I don't remember seeing it before.

The page with the payment settings is in Account Settings Account & Security
   Payment Preferences Block Payments or https://www.paypal.com/businessmanage/preferences/payments
 
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: May 18, 2025 15:50
 Subject: Re: Norway Tax Implementation
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SylvainLS (52)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Administrative, stevetq2 writes:
  […]
This VAT collection
regime should not really have been put in place without at least all relevant
country's postal services being able to deal with it.

For information, all these new VAT schemes (NO, UK, EU…) were discussed, voted,
and published and explained, especially to all the main postal services, years
before they were effective.
They had years to prepare (not like with recent events).

The EU one was even postponed 6 months because of COVID and “oh dear, oh dear,
we’re not ready!”


If a country had to wait for other countries’ postal services to be ready, that
country wouldn’t be able to make any change ever.
No one is ever ready for change, and it’s never their fault.
 Author: stevetq2 View Messages Posted By stevetq2
 Posted: May 18, 2025 15:18
 Subject: Re: Norway Tax Implementation
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stevetq2 (8393)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Hi

Thanks for the response.

DHL isn't a viable option for shipping to anywhere to be honest, they charge
£25 just for customs processing. Having spoken to Royal Mail (the only cost
effective postal service to ship outside the UK) they don't seem to have
any way of doing this electronically, for Norway, although they do for IOSS for
EU shipping but it took TWO years before this was working properly and most UK
sellers halted shipping (including me) to the EU for that reason.

Perhaps there is some pressure your organisation could apply to Royal Mail or
at least open a discussion with them in order to advise your significant UK seller
base as Norwegian buyers are being put off due to this. This VAT collection
regime should not really have been put in place without at least all relevant
country's postal services being able to deal with it.

Regards

Steve


In Administrative, novabrick writes:
  From what I have learned recently with DHL they have a button at the bottom of
their CN23 customs form for 'additional/optional Informations' where
you can add these numbers. Which was a function we didn't know about. Maybe
Royal Mail has a similar option?

At least this is how think it works/should work.

Christian

novabrick-team




In Administrative, stevetq2 writes:
  Has anyone yet found where to enter the VOEC number when sending orders to Norway
from the UK via Royal Mail, I've asked Royal Mail a number of times and they
don't seem to know.

Thanks Steve
 Author: novabrick View Messages Posted By novabrick
 Posted: May 12, 2025 08:18
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novabrick (15020)

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From what I have learned recently with DHL they have a button at the bottom of
their CN23 customs form for 'additional/optional Informations' where
you can add these numbers. Which was a function we didn't know about. Maybe
Royal Mail has a similar option?

At least this is how think it works/should work.

Christian

novabrick-team




In Administrative, stevetq2 writes:
  Has anyone yet found where to enter the VOEC number when sending orders to Norway
from the UK via Royal Mail, I've asked Royal Mail a number of times and they
don't seem to know.

Thanks Steve
 Author: stevetq2 View Messages Posted By stevetq2
 Posted: May 12, 2025 05:05
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stevetq2 (8393)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Has anyone yet found where to enter the VOEC number when sending orders to Norway
from the UK via Royal Mail, I've asked Royal Mail a number of times and they
don't seem to know.

Thanks Steve

In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.

Here is a summary of changes to come:

1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.

For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
 Author: stevetq2 View Messages Posted By stevetq2
 Posted: May 12, 2025 04:49
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stevetq2 (8393)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: Technic-NXT-Rare & More
Has anyone yet found where to enter the VOEC number when sending orders to Norway
from the UK via Royal Mail, I've asked Royal Mail a number of times and they
don't seem to know.

Thanks Steve

In Administrative, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
  In Administrative, helge writes:
  In Administrative, LeeGo73 writes:
  In Administrative, braten1 writes:
  The same happend to me on my first order after the new system, seller forgot,
and did not write VIEC number on the outside.

The cost for handling at the post office you wont get refunded, but it should
be Bricklink's task to refund the taxes if you got proof of payment. It have
happen me a few times on ebay and its really easy to get them to refund taxes
as long as you have a copy of the recipt for paying taxes at Norwegian post office.
Norwegian post office on the other hand would never refund you as long as its
not possible to read VOEC number on the package some wear.


In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Tunsberg writes:
  Yesterday I recieved my first package after this new system, and sadly I had
to pay the VAT again at pick up since the VOEC number was not registered or printed
on the package by the seller.

What is my next step to get a refund of the VAT paid to BL?

VOEC HAS to be written at least in the postal address/sticker.

The BrickLink receipt to include for Customs office is sent to the seller and
he has to put it in a clear plastic pocket outside the envelope/parcel.

It's not BrickLink fault, and they won't refund you.

Please contact the seller who apparently didn't do it properly, and try to
discuss with them. Please be cool; it's brand new for Norway (on BrickLink)
and I guess MANY aren't aware...

According to bricklink instructions "You MUST NOT use BrickLink’s VOEC number
for any other purpose and NEVER write this number on your packages."

This contradicts what has been said above. Which one is it; MUST or MUST NOT?

MUST: registered on the CN 23 electronically (will not be visible on the printout)
MUST NOT: written on the package

Same as shipping from Norway to EU. Which did not work very well in the beginning
either as the Norwegian postal service had not made it possible to register the
number electronically in the start, but (except for Sweden) works very well now.

In Sweden they will charge VAT again if they suspect something is wrong, and
if you complain and document that all were correct, they will answer something
like "Yes, we can see that your information is correct, but since we charged
VAT, something must be wrong" And they will never admit that it was themselves
that made the mistake.

I'm trying to fill BL VOEC 7digit number in UPS site and it says format is
wrong.

So, I tried to add NO in the beginning and it didn't work, also played with
MVA and didn't work either.

So, is BrickLink's VOEC/TAX ID wrong or is it UPS site wrong?
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: May 9, 2025 19:50
 Subject: Re: New, Official BrickLink Account
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, axaday writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

So the id Pictures still can work, you just have to be an administrative account
and not a lowly seller and prolific catalog submitter. SMH.

Something is rotten in Denmark and it not the Lutefisk!

I think those are just the default options for the images. Axaday’s pic was custom

If I used a stock photo, what would that even mean?

from what I understand, in the profile image changing area, you can choose from
several default profile pictures instead of uploading one. In theory those should
work even if the custom pic upload thing is broken
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: May 9, 2025 19:37
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axaday (7901)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

So the id Pictures still can work, you just have to be an administrative account
and not a lowly seller and prolific catalog submitter. SMH.

Something is rotten in Denmark and it not the Lutefisk!

I think those are just the default options for the images. Axaday’s pic was custom

If I used a stock photo, what would that even mean?
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: May 9, 2025 17:57
 Subject: Re: New, Official BrickLink Account
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1001bricks (54702)

Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam
https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

Ahhh this account looks shinier, thank you!


  This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Pretty diplomatic wording IMO

But thanks also for this! Even if we know you and me that the pizza gang propaganda
will understand it as an incentive to pollute even more our (former) civilized
forum...

Oh wow - O tempora o mores, o brother where art thou - a bit lost in translation
and quotes maybe
 Author: macebobo View Messages Posted By macebobo
 Posted: May 9, 2025 17:08
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macebobo (2947)

Location:  USA, Oregon
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In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

So the id Pictures still can work, you just have to be an administrative account
and not a lowly seller and prolific catalog submitter. SMH.

Something is rotten in Denmark and it not the Lutefisk!

I think those are just the default options for the images. Axaday’s pic was custom

+1

Oops, my bad. Thanks Saito and Nubs.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: May 9, 2025 17:06
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Nubs_Select (4536)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Nub's Select
In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

So the id Pictures still can work, you just have to be an administrative account
and not a lowly seller and prolific catalog submitter. SMH.

Something is rotten in Denmark and it not the Lutefisk!

I think those are just the default options for the images. Axaday’s pic was custom

+1
 Author: Saitobricks.ca View Messages Posted By Saitobricks.ca
 Posted: May 9, 2025 16:48
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Saitobricks.ca (64)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

So the id Pictures still can work, you just have to be an administrative account
and not a lowly seller and prolific catalog submitter. SMH.

Something is rotten in Denmark and it not the Lutefisk!

I think those are just the default options for the images. Axaday’s pic was custom
 Author: macebobo View Messages Posted By macebobo
 Posted: May 9, 2025 16:29
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Location:  USA, Oregon
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In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

So the id Pictures still can work, you just have to be an administrative account
and not a lowly seller and prolific catalog submitter. SMH.

Something is rotten in Denmark and it not the Lutefisk!
 


 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: May 9, 2025 15:13
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, TheBrickLinkTeam writes:
  In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Please note this account will not respond to direct messages or emails.

See you on the Forum!

Welcome! Don’t forget to celebrate with pizza!

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, look forward to joining the community!

🍕🍕🍕
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Location:  USA, California
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In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Please note this account will not respond to direct messages or emails.

See you on the Forum!

Welcome! Don’t forget to celebrate with pizza!

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, look forward to joining the community!
 Author: The_Boyz_Bricks View Messages Posted By The_Boyz_Bricks
 Posted: May 9, 2025 14:27
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Location:  USA, Idaho
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Please note this account will not respond to direct messages or emails.

See you on the Forum!

Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

Yay! What does the team like on their pizza?

Ketchup, mustard, and ice-cream!
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: May 9, 2025 14:26
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Nub's Select
In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Please note this account will not respond to direct messages or emails.

See you on the Forum!

Welcome! Don’t forget to celebrate with pizza!
 Author: Saitobricks.ca View Messages Posted By Saitobricks.ca
 Posted: May 9, 2025 14:19
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Saitobricks.ca (64)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
  In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Please note this account will not respond to direct messages or emails.

See you on the Forum!

Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

Yay! What does the team like on their pizza?
 Author: CE_Uday View Messages Posted By CE_Uday
 Posted: May 9, 2025 14:08
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Location:  USA, California
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In Administrative, Admin writes:
  Hi BrickLink Community,

We've just launched a new account: TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=TheBrickLinkTeam

https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?uID=4630275&max=20

This official BrickLink account was created to share important updates and announcements,
connect with the BrickLink community, and finally weigh in on the longstanding
pizza/mustard debate — just kidding, we love them both equally.

Please note this account will not respond to direct messages or emails.

See you on the Forum!

Wooooo!! Please welcome the new team account to the BrickLink Forum

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