Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | RedSun  | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 19:39 | | Subject: | Long time Lego lover, new seller | | Viewed: | 255 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| Hello all!
I have been a long time lover of Lego, and several years ago I got out of my
"dark ages" and began buying up a ton of bulk lots locally. My goal is to complete
my Classic Space collection first, and then move onto Futuron, etc.
The second intent is to sell complete or nearly complete, used-vintage sets to
keep the hobby going. I'm sure this is what many of you are doing as well.
I have been building up a very large list of sets, and my thought has been to
"hit the ground running" listing everything at once so that buyers are encouraged
to add some smaller sets to their purchase, to save on shipping costs. The small
sets may be difficult to sell without something rarer or bigger to draw the buyer
in first.
Is this a sound idea?
I have read in several posts here, and on other forums that say it is potentially
a bad sign to list a ton of valuable sets/pieces with very little feedback as
scammers tend to do such things. I intend to provide original photos of each
set with my seller name watermarked in said photos.
I have a decent amount of experience selling items on Ebay (vintage automotive
parts, nearly 500 items sold in 2 years), but none whatsoever as a seller on
Bricklink.
I have been sorting and cataloging hundreds of pounds of bricks off-and-on for
nearly two years now, and hope to get a lot listed here shortly. At this point
I do not intend to sell individual pieces unless they are particularly rare or
valuable due to the fact that nearly 100% is good condition used parts. My loose
bricks will be used to complete other sets to be sold.
Any advice, questions, or critiques are welcomed!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 19:06 | | Subject: | Re: Who Pays to Reship Returned Int'l Order? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Teup writes:
| | I agree though it's not an ideal system and ideally there'd be a system
where they automatically match so any possible confusion would disappear (or
maybe it already works like that with IC?)
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That's exactly how it works with IC - the BrickLink address is the PayPal
address for the order.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:57 | | Subject: | Re: Who Pays to Reship Returned Int'l Order? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, zorbanj writes:
| | In Shipping, Andrsv writes:
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I can't see that your store terms says that you ship to PayPal address. Was
his bricklink address also wrong? If not, then it's seller who did a mistake.
I would also blame seller even if terms said that you ship to PayPal address.
From the eyes of a buyer, he added his shipping address in bricklink, he buys
from bricklink. Invoice says it will be shipped to bricklink address. When paying,
he doesn't see his PayPal address which could have been added years ago.
I'd say that it's sellers responsible to verify that PayPal address and
bricklink address are the same before shipping to PayPal address.
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I disagree. Sellers *must* ship to the PayPal address or they lose seller protection.
If you do not ship to the PayPal address, the buyer can open a PayPal case and
the seller will automatically lose even if the shipping status shows that the
package was delivered to the "updated" address. This is a common scam.
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I doubt this is common. 90% of my orders used to go untracked worldwide for many
years, so it would not even have mattered if addresses matched or not, and I
never had a single problem with that. If people want to steal, they can do this
easily whether addresses match or not. Just order untracked or disallow PayPal
to draw funds form the connected bank account. That will undo the payment without
even needing to start a claim. Bottomline, it's easy to get screwed over
as a seller with PayPal in either case  But it's just not common - or,
at least, never happened in my case.
The Bricklink address is the address the buyer expects the order to be shipped
to, otherwise why would they enter it. It doesn't serve any other purpose
than that, while PayPal address do have other purposes (e.g. the billing address,
or account verification). So the most logical assumption would be that the Bricklink
address would be used (also because that's similar to entering a shipping
address in webshops).
Of course, sellers can specify otherwise in their terms if they want, but it
has to be really clear.
I agree though it's not an ideal system and ideally there'd be a system
where they automatically match so any possible confusion would disappear (or
maybe it already works like that with IC?)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:47 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Ilikepandas writes:
| | ohhhhhhhh
huh
well
hmm
makes sense
ill have to keep looking into it
i was going to buy some
but i really only want to use one store and i cant find one that has all the
pieces i need
also i dont want to spend alot on it
so idk what imma do
but if anyone has alot of these pieces i might be interested
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Yeah, well, I thought you already had some of the parts but if you haven’t any,
and if you don’t want to build or complete an old set, I wouldn’t buy them just
to use on a MOC. Not only this system has been discontinued, it didn’t last
very long.
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:42 | | Subject: | Re: Who Pays to Reship Returned Int'l Order? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, NedsBrickShop writes:
| | I shipped an order (from USA) to Mexico a couple weeks ago. The shipping cost
was over $50, which the buyer paid. I just got the notification that the package
is being returned to me "because it could not be delivered as addressed."
I entered the shipping address in PayPal exactly as it appears on the BrickLink
order, so the fault is not mine. The buyer has made a slight change to his shipping
address and wants me to resend it. But now I'm worried about who's going
to pay for it? If I tell the buyer to pay another $50, I fear they will balk
and want a refund instead of reshipment. Then I am out $50 anyway.
Fellow sellers, what do you think is the right course of action?
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How slight is the change? We had a similar case and was able to remove the return
stickers, change the address with a pen, and reship it. It arrived no problem
and no one had to pay another shipping charge.
Then there was another case where the post office returned the package even though
the address was correct. We just reshipped it with the same label and it got
to the customer.
So no one may have to pay another shipping charge.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:31 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, rab1234 writes:
| | I've never had an incomplete listing removed, but I also don't think
I've ever listed something without the vast majority of the parts. Is there
a written rule somewhere about what constitutes an incomplete set? I know I've
seen plenty of 'middle train car' or 'middle floor of modular'
listings.
-Blockbusting Bricks
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Only time I do this is with a photo provided. (for sets)
Of course I've had figs removed that got listed before the rule can into
effect.
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| Author: | bradysbricks | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:26 | | Subject: | Moving Sale. Coupon for all! | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Coupons | |
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| | I've got 4k parts that are all 20% off. |
| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:18 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, rab1234 writes:
| | Haha. You’re probably right about that. I’ve had a lot of figs deleted that I
listed as incomplete before I knew the rule. The good thing is now that I have
more inventory, I usually have what I was missing so I just relist. 😀. Happened
today in fact.
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Uhmmm - now that you know the rule, you might want to go over your minifig listings
again. You have several with comments saying there are parts missing...
Niek.
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| Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:09 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Haha. You’re probably right about that. I’ve had a lot of figs deleted that I
listed as incomplete before I knew the rule. The good thing is now that I have
more inventory, I usually have what I was missing so I just relist. 😀. Happened
today in fact.
In Sales, zorbanj writes:
| | I would characterize many of these requests for deletions as coming from competitors
vs well meaning users.
In Sales, rab1234 writes:
| | Kesleyk,
Yep, I completely misread your post and this is the exact reason your item got
deleted as well. Some well meaning user thought you were trying to be shady
by listing 292 as 292a for more money.
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| I would characterize many of these requests for deletions as coming from competitors
vs well meaning users.
In Sales, rab1234 writes:
| | Kesleyk,
Yep, I completely misread your post and this is the exact reason your item got
deleted as well. Some well meaning user thought you were trying to be shady
by listing 292 as 292a for more money.
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| Author: | Ilikepandas | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 18:04 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| ohhhhhhhh
huh
well
hmm
makes sense
ill have to keep looking into it
i was going to buy some
but i really only want to use one store and i cant find one that has all the
pieces i need
also i dont want to spend alot on it
so idk what imma do
but if anyone has alot of these pieces i might be interested
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| Author: | Andrsv | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:58 | | Subject: | Re: Who Pays to Reship Returned Int'l Order? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, zorbanj writes:
| | In Shipping, Andrsv writes:
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I can't see that your store terms says that you ship to PayPal address. Was
his bricklink address also wrong? If not, then it's seller who did a mistake.
I would also blame seller even if terms said that you ship to PayPal address.
From the eyes of a buyer, he added his shipping address in bricklink, he buys
from bricklink. Invoice says it will be shipped to bricklink address. When paying,
he doesn't see his PayPal address which could have been added years ago.
I'd say that it's sellers responsible to verify that PayPal address and
bricklink address are the same before shipping to PayPal address.
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I disagree. Sellers *must* ship to the PayPal address or they lose seller protection.
If you do not ship to the PayPal address, the buyer can open a PayPal case and
the seller will automatically lose even if the shipping status shows that the
package was delivered to the "updated" address. This is a common scam.
Buyer is fully responsible for ensuring that the shipping address is correct
for PayPal and Bricklink. I don't see why the seller should assume this role.
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From a sellers perspective it makes sense to send to PayPal address.
From a buyer perspective (at least here in Norway) it makes sense that it is
sent to bricklink address.
Regarding a PayPal claim PayPal will take side according to PayPal shipping address.
Regarding a bricklink claim bricklink will take side according to Bricklink shipping
address.
What if customer pays with something else than PayPal, where should the seller
send it?
If seller should always send to PayPal address, then why does bricklink have
addresses for buyers?
Why does the invoice say that items will ship to bricklink address?
If seller wants to be safe, he have to check both addresses. And if he doesn't
check both then he'll have to accept the risk of it.
If you order something from lego.com: if you have recently moved and your credit
card is still registered with your old address, but you provide the new and
correct address to lego.com. Who's fault would it be if Lego send your package
to your old credit-card address?
I buy and sell on bricklink.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: US Buyers can't order in Germany | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Technical Issues, popsicle writes:
| | […]
Just to reinforce what Tim has said, Stefan.
Enable an onsite payment method, either Stripe or PayPal. It’s needed to facilitate
the required online sales tax collection here in the states. The third party
BL has contracted with, has agreements with the aforementioned online payment
processors,
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Actually, it’s BL, the seller, and PayPal (or Stripe) who have a tripartite agreement
that allows BL to look into and intercept the payment request, the payment realisation,
and a potential refund.
For PayPal, this agreement is called “PayPal for marketplaces.” For Stripe,
I guess it’s the “standard” agreement.
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Thanks, Sylvain...
BL has not partnered with the third-party for collection and remittance, but
for the calculation and application (bullet point #7): https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2501
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| | hopefully they’ll expand their available payment options, going forward.
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Let’s hope. They’ll certainly need it for EU very soon.
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| Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:37 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Kesleyk,
Yep, I completely misread your post and this is the exact reason your item got
deleted as well. Some well meaning user thought you were trying to be shady
by listing 292 as 292a for more money. I'd recommend not bothering with
the extra explanation and just relist it. The good news is it sounds like the
price has gone up so you were probably pricing it too low.
-Blockbusting Bricks
In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | I have no idea where your characterization could have come in, but that is not
even close to what I said. We parted out set 10257, which had the alternate
minifigure twn292a included (torso for twn292a, NOT twn292). We listed the complete
minifigure twn292a. The difference between twn292a and its alternate twn292
in set 10257 is the torso. One torso makes that minifigure twn292 (not the one
we had). The other makes it twn292a (the one we had). We never had the torso
to make twn292. We had the torso to make twn292a. So we listed twn292a. We
were trying to indicate that there is a difference between twn292a and twn292,
and that difference is a different torso.
We never listed 10257 in our inventory so your comment about complete/incomplete
set is not applicable.
We never listed an incomplete minifigure, so comments about incomplete minifigures
is not applicable.
We never indicated the minifigure was incomplete, so comments about incomplete
minifigures is not applicable.
We never substituted a different torso trying to sell it as a different minifigure.
It was not, in fact, the cheaper minifigure. In fact, when the minifigure was
first listed in 2019, there was no price difference between the two, and I take
exception to your suggestion that anything done was inappropriate.
In Sales, rab1234 writes:
| | I have to disagree with how you listed this Kesleyk. The minifigure as a
whole is an alternate for the set that it was in. There is a separate listing
for each minifigure. You can't claim that the alternate torso makes your
figure the same as the other minifigure. You could however claim that the set
is complete with either minifigure. Maybe it was an honest mistake on your part,
but the appearance is that you tried to list it as the more expensive minifigure
with a description that it was in fact the cheaper minifigure.
-Blockbusting Bricks
In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Thank you for your assistance. My point is that the minifigure that was removed
for being incomplete was in fact complete per both the instructions and BL inventory,
yet it was removed for being incomplete. This was in response to the potential
of reports made to remove items and in fact experience that those reports can
and are wrong, yet the items are still removed without review.
In Sales, Tracyd writes:
| | In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Interesting observation.
We recently had our listing for twn292a deleted because it was "incomplete".
Our comments indicated that the minifigure torso was an alternate to twn292
as a heads-up to potential buyers that may have intended to buy twn292 instead.
(You may notice that this note is now included in the official database). No
clue how that note could be misinterpreted as indicating the minifigure was incomplete,
but to your point, there are reports being made in error and items getting deleted
without question off of them. It sure would be nice if they were placed in stockroom
rather than dumped, especially when the report itself is the error, but that's
where we find ourselves.
* | | twn292a (Inv) Carousel Ticket Vendor - Blue Shirt with White Stripes and Red Bow Tie (Printed Back), Dark Blue Legs, Dark Bluish Gray Swept Back Hair, Moustache and Glasses
Minifigures: Town |
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Figures cannot be listed as incomplete. Either they are complete per the instructions
or they should be parted out or sold as custom.
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:36 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
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We recently had our listing for twn292a deleted because it was "incomplete".
Our comments indicated that the minifigure torso was an alternate to twn292
as a heads-up to potential buyers that may have intended to buy twn292 instead.
(You may notice that this note is now included in the official database).
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If your twn292a was complete as shown in the BL photo it should not have been
deleted. Maybe your description referencing twn292 is what caused the deletion.
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clue how that note could be misinterpreted as indicating the minifigure was incomplete,
but to your point, there are reports being made in error and items getting deleted
without question off of them.
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Not sure if deletions are made based on reports only or if there is now an algorithm
that also deletes based on key words.
| | It sure would be nice if they were placed in stockroom
rather than dumped, especially when the report itself is the error, but that's
where we find ourselves.
* | | twn292a (Inv) Carousel Ticket Vendor - Blue Shirt with White Stripes and Red Bow Tie (Printed Back), Dark Blue Legs, Dark Bluish Gray Swept Back Hair, Moustache and Glasses
Minifigures: Town |
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This would be great. I list incomplete minifigs in my stockroom until I complete
them.
I just listed over 50 incomplete minifigs in my stockroom. Forgot to check the
stockroom box on one listing and it was deleted within a few hours.
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| Author: | landmbrick | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:26 | | Subject: | 60% off all parts | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| | 60% off all parts!! (No international) |
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:24 | | Subject: | Re: US Buyers can't order in Germany | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, popsicle writes:
| | […]
Just to reinforce what Tim has said, Stefan.
Enable an onsite payment method, either Stripe or PayPal. It’s needed to facilitate
the required online sales tax collection here in the states. The third party
BL has contracted with, has agreements with the aforementioned online payment
processors,
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Actually, it’s BL, the seller, and PayPal (or Stripe) who have a tripartite agreement
that allows BL to look into and intercept the payment request, the payment realisation,
and a potential refund.
For PayPal, this agreement is called “PayPal for marketplaces.” For Stripe,
I guess it’s the “standard” agreement.
| | hopefully they’ll expand their available payment options, going forward.
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Let’s hope. They’ll certainly need it for EU very soon.
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| Author: | schili | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:22 | | Subject: | Re: US Buyers can't order in Germany | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| Thanks for your replies. I change my settings  |
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:15 | | Subject: | Re: US Buyers can't order in Germany | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, schili writes:
| | Hi there,
I'm a seller from germany.
Since last year i get some feedback from US-buyers, they can't order in my
store. They get a popup window in ordering process "seller does not ship to US
state ..." (here Maine, California).
In my settings i only see "sending to 100% of all countries worldwide". Where
is a setting for single US states? Interesting also that states like Florida,
Colombia are still working. Is there any tax setting missing?
Hope somebody can help me.
Attached a screenshot from a buyer.
Regards
Stefan
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Just to reinforce what Tim has said, Stefan.
Enable an onsite payment method, either Stripe or PayPal. It’s needed to facilitate
the required online sales tax collection here in the states. The third party
BL has contracted with, has agreements with the aforementioned online payment
processors, hopefully they’ll expand their available payment options, going forward.
-popsicle
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: New Lego Colors | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, SpaceODC writes:
| | Ryan,
would you please confirm that it is actually 366 and 367. 366 would be bad news
as we already have a LDraw color in place: 366 - Earth_Orange
How about shadow RGBs for these opal colors?
Cheers, Willy
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If LDRAW is following Lego's numbers, Earth Orange should be 12. If LDRAW
is not following Lego's numbers, then there's no problem, just use another
random number for these new ones. If LDRAW is inconsistent in its numbering,
that should probably be addressed before adding new colors
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:10 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | […]
So, a 2x8 plate with contacts, two 1x2 light brick on top, on the long side (2
studs occupied by a light brick, 4 empty studs, 2 studs for the other light brick
= 8 studs long), then the 1x8 prisms brick on top of the lights.
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http://peeron.com/scans/735-1/19/
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:05 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Ilikepandas writes:
| | huh
okay
i think i got it
so say i was going to get "Electric Light Brick 1 x 8 with 3 Front Light Prisms"
would i just connect "Electric Plate 2 x 4 with Contacts" to the things on the
bottom?
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Nope, it’s a brick with prisms, there’s no light. But there’s two holes on the
bottom in which you can put the light of a light brick (and the prisms then redirect
the light to the front).
So you need two 1x2 light bricks (with light on top) between the plate and the
1x8 prisms brick.
So, a 2x8 plate with contacts, two 1x2 light brick on top, on the long side (2
studs occupied by a light brick, 4 empty studs, 2 studs for the other light brick
= 8 studs long), then the 1x8 prisms brick on top of the lights.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Help required on Iron Man Visors please | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, tpr writes:
| | Hi
has this one been produced with no Logo inside?
I have this with the Lego Logo inside with code 32962 instead of 10908 ?
Thanks for any info
tpr
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Snapshots of unboxing videos through a photo editor was a bust.
Bump for info
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| Author: | Kesleyk | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| I have no idea where your characterization could have come in, but that is not
even close to what I said. We parted out set 10257, which had the alternate
minifigure twn292a included (torso for twn292a, NOT twn292). We listed the complete
minifigure twn292a. The difference between twn292a and its alternate twn292
in set 10257 is the torso. One torso makes that minifigure twn292 (not the one
we had). The other makes it twn292a (the one we had). We never had the torso
to make twn292. We had the torso to make twn292a. So we listed twn292a. We
were trying to indicate that there is a difference between twn292a and twn292,
and that difference is a different torso.
We never listed 10257 in our inventory so your comment about complete/incomplete
set is not applicable.
We never listed an incomplete minifigure, so comments about incomplete minifigures
is not applicable.
We never indicated the minifigure was incomplete, so comments about incomplete
minifigures is not applicable.
We never substituted a different torso trying to sell it as a different minifigure.
It was not, in fact, the cheaper minifigure. In fact, when the minifigure was
first listed in 2019, there was no price difference between the two, and I take
exception to your suggestion that anything done was inappropriate.
In Sales, rab1234 writes:
| | I have to disagree with how you listed this Kesleyk. The minifigure as a
whole is an alternate for the set that it was in. There is a separate listing
for each minifigure. You can't claim that the alternate torso makes your
figure the same as the other minifigure. You could however claim that the set
is complete with either minifigure. Maybe it was an honest mistake on your part,
but the appearance is that you tried to list it as the more expensive minifigure
with a description that it was in fact the cheaper minifigure.
-Blockbusting Bricks
In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Thank you for your assistance. My point is that the minifigure that was removed
for being incomplete was in fact complete per both the instructions and BL inventory,
yet it was removed for being incomplete. This was in response to the potential
of reports made to remove items and in fact experience that those reports can
and are wrong, yet the items are still removed without review.
In Sales, Tracyd writes:
| | In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Interesting observation.
We recently had our listing for twn292a deleted because it was "incomplete".
Our comments indicated that the minifigure torso was an alternate to twn292
as a heads-up to potential buyers that may have intended to buy twn292 instead.
(You may notice that this note is now included in the official database). No
clue how that note could be misinterpreted as indicating the minifigure was incomplete,
but to your point, there are reports being made in error and items getting deleted
without question off of them. It sure would be nice if they were placed in stockroom
rather than dumped, especially when the report itself is the error, but that's
where we find ourselves.
* | | twn292a (Inv) Carousel Ticket Vendor - Blue Shirt with White Stripes and Red Bow Tie (Printed Back), Dark Blue Legs, Dark Bluish Gray Swept Back Hair, Moustache and Glasses
Minifigures: Town |
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Figures cannot be listed as incomplete. Either they are complete per the instructions
or they should be parted out or sold as custom.
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| Author: | donja_nl | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: New color ?? white metalic 2x4 brick | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | I missed this message. Nice color that metalic green too. |
| Author: | booknut | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:56 | | Subject: | minifigs need cataloging | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | | For: | Catalog Associate | | Status: | Already Exists | |
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| | The mini-dolls of set 41446-1 need cataloging. |
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:54 | | Subject: | Re: US Buyers can't order in Germany | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| An onsite payment option is required for USA state sales tax. Consider setting
up PayPal onsite.
In Technical Issues, schili writes:
| | Hi there,
I'm a seller from germany.
Since last year i get some feedback from US-buyers, they can't order in my
store. They get a popup window in ordering process "seller does not ship to US
state ..." (here Maine, California).
In my settings i only see "sending to 100% of all countries worldwide". Where
is a setting for single US states? Interesting also that states like Florida,
Colombia are still working. Is there any tax setting missing?
Hope somebody can help me.
Attached a screenshot from a buyer.
Regards
Stefan
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| Author: | Ilikepandas | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: New color ?? white metalic 2x4 brick | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | looks nice |
| Author: | schili | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:48 | | Subject: | US Buyers can't order in Germany | | Viewed: | 162 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| Hi there,
I'm a seller from germany.
Since last year i get some feedback from US-buyers, they can't order in my
store. They get a popup window in ordering process "seller does not ship to US
state ..." (here Maine, California).
In my settings i only see "sending to 100% of all countries worldwide". Where
is a setting for single US states? Interesting also that states like Florida,
Colombia are still working. Is there any tax setting missing?
Hope somebody can help me.
Attached a screenshot from a buyer.
Regards
Stefan
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| Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: New color ?? white metalic 2x4 brick | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, donja_nl writes:
| | Hello all,
With my last purchase from S@H, I decided to buy a keychain with 2x4 brick in
white metalic. I like it very much and wondered if this is a new color.
Item 854084 2x4 White Metallic Key Chain
What do you think about this keychain and color?
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See https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=290785
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| Author: | donja_nl | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:40 | | Subject: | New color ?? white metalic 2x4 brick | | Viewed: | 140 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello all,
With my last purchase from S@H, I decided to buy a keychain with 2x4 brick in
white metalic. I like it very much and wondered if this is a new color.
Item 854084 2x4 White Metallic Key Chain
What do you think about this keychain and color?
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| Author: | Ilikepandas | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:40 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| hmm
thanks
i mostly understand it now
i think
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| Author: | Ilikepandas | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:36 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| huh
okay
i think i got it
so say i was going to get "Electric Light Brick 1 x 8 with 3 Front Light Prisms"
would i just connect "Electric Plate 2 x 4 with Contacts" to the things on the
bottom?
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| Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:33 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| I have to disagree with how you listed this Kesleyk. The minifigure as a
whole is an alternate for the set that it was in. There is a separate listing
for each minifigure. You can't claim that the alternate torso makes your
figure the same as the other minifigure. You could however claim that the set
is complete with either minifigure. Maybe it was an honest mistake on your part,
but the appearance is that you tried to list it as the more expensive minifigure
with a description that it was in fact the cheaper minifigure.
-Blockbusting Bricks
In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Thank you for your assistance. My point is that the minifigure that was removed
for being incomplete was in fact complete per both the instructions and BL inventory,
yet it was removed for being incomplete. This was in response to the potential
of reports made to remove items and in fact experience that those reports can
and are wrong, yet the items are still removed without review.
In Sales, Tracyd writes:
| | In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Interesting observation.
We recently had our listing for twn292a deleted because it was "incomplete".
Our comments indicated that the minifigure torso was an alternate to twn292
as a heads-up to potential buyers that may have intended to buy twn292 instead.
(You may notice that this note is now included in the official database). No
clue how that note could be misinterpreted as indicating the minifigure was incomplete,
but to your point, there are reports being made in error and items getting deleted
without question off of them. It sure would be nice if they were placed in stockroom
rather than dumped, especially when the report itself is the error, but that's
where we find ourselves.
* | | twn292a (Inv) Carousel Ticket Vendor - Blue Shirt with White Stripes and Red Bow Tie (Printed Back), Dark Blue Legs, Dark Bluish Gray Swept Back Hair, Moustache and Glasses
Minifigures: Town |
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Figures cannot be listed as incomplete. Either they are complete per the instructions
or they should be parted out or sold as custom.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:31 | | Subject: | Re: 3046 a or b? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Drevil44 writes:
| | I just found 3 black 3297 Slope 33 3 x 4 that are "smooth" among my large pile
of regular "textured" ones. Is there a separate item code for these?
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Nope, or they would in a note on the part’s page:
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| Author: | sandman | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:30 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock issue, brickstore issues, ugh | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, husker92 writes:
| | Read that it is no longer being supported, so figured it was time to upgrade.
Downloaded brickstore, but when I try to open it, I just get a blank white screen.
Anyone else have that issue (Win10 X86)?
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I haven't received any bug-reports for such a problem.
There are however three things to check:
1) In the case the BrickStore installer told you to restart your system, you
really should do it. This is not my idea of aggravating users, but Microsoft
decided to distribute mini-Windows updates with their C/C++ runtime packages
that I have to install alongside BrickStore.
2) Disable your anti-virus (all of them) and see if BrickStore starts now
3) Update the drivers of your graphics card (especially if you don't have
a dedicated one and you are using the integrated Intel graphics)
See also here for currently known problems and workarounds (also has a link to
the Intel drivers):
https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/wiki/Announcements
--
Robert
PS: Use the x64 version if possible - the 32bit x86 one is constantly running
out of memory with the high-resolution item images in use nowadays.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:29 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Ilikepandas writes:
By what?
There are metallic connectors on the side of the studs and on the anti-stud at
the bottom.
They are more visible on the black plate-connectors of the wire.
The “cabinets” go on top of a light brick (here a 1x4, with two lights).
The light brick has metallic connectors at the bottom.
These connect to the metallic connectors on the studs on on of the plate-ends
of the wire.
The other plate-end of the wire connect, by the metallic connectors it has at
the bottom, on the top of the yellow battery box (in which you have to put a
9V battery before).
They connect to the studs on top of the yellow battery also include metallic
connectors.
So the wire goes from the bottom of one side of the battery box to the top of
the other side.
And another light brick (a 1x2) is put on top on the wire’s plate connector.
When you push the grey button on the battery, the lights light. If you turn
the light brick around, it behaves differently (blink / continuous).
Anyway, page 6 explains the general principle.
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| Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:24 | | Subject: | Re: Order ID: #16412064 | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, eduard52 writes:
| | order is geannuleerd maar ik heb nog geen reactie vande verkoper gehoord dus
weet niet waar mijn betaling heen moet.
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Je contact button staat gedeactiveerd, ik kan je geen pm sturen met een reactie.
Een verkoper kan zomaar een bestelling annuleren zonder contact op te nemen met
een klant.
Dit schijnt, en nu chargeer ik een beetje, vrij normaal gedrag te zijn.
Althans, dat was de reactie die ik zo ongeveer kreeg toen mij dat recent overkwam
bij een voor mij zeldzame rol als klant van iemand.
Zelf vind ik dat een verkoper iets communicatiever mag zijn voordat dit zomaar
zonder overleg of uitleg gebeurt.
Je hoeft nu niets te betalen, de bestelling gaat blijkbaar niet door.
Ik ben wel benieuwd naar de verkoper, mail mij dat maar eens als je dat zou willen
doen.
Succes!
Ton.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: Order ID: #16412064 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, eduard52 writes:
| | order is geannuleerd maar ik heb nog geen reactie vande verkoper gehoord dus
weet niet waar mijn betaling heen moet
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Waarom is de order geannuleerd? Voor zover ik weet, moet u een nieuwe order
plaatsen zodra een order is geannuleerd.
Groetjes uit Amerika,
cycbuild
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| Author: | Drevil44 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: 3046 a or b? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| I just found 3 black 3297 Slope 33 3 x 4 that are "smooth" among my large pile
of regular "textured" ones. Is there a separate item code for these?
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| Author: | Ilikepandas | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:13 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | im still sooooo confused |
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| Author: | Ilikepandas | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Electric lights? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| hmm
okay
cool
thanks
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 16:01 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | […]
"Alternate" may be a hot-button word for some but is defined by BL and should
not cause deletion unless the item is in fact not listed in accordance with the
instructions or BL inventory, neither of which were indicated in this note.
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But minifigure inventories don’t have an alternate section, so, yes, I believe
it’s really a “hot-button” for a description of a minifigure.
Anyway, reviewers are human, they can miss subtleties.
| | Still, the point is that listings are in fact being deleted that are in fact
in accordance with BL policy for items that are in fact exactly as described
in the BL inventory.
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I don’t agree:
— OP’s may have been judged not complete enough: I don’t know if there’s a hard
threshold but Russell said a couple of times they have very few exceptions for
incomplete sets with “not enough” parts.
— Yours was badly described.
I think the problem is bad or not enough communication on the reasons for removal.
| | This was meant to be an extension of the issue brought up by the OP, but should
not have been the main focus of their thread. For this hijack, I apologize.
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Discussions are organic, they evolve 
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| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:58 | | Subject: | Re: 3046 a or b? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Coincidentally, it does. In a bulk LEGO bin I found about 70% of the parts needed
to build the following set:
I have 14 of the required 34 Reddish 3684b Brown Slope 75 2 x 2 x 3 Smooth. All
the 14 look similar and they look different from the other Slope 75 2 x 2 x 3
I have.
[p=3684b,88]
Now, buying 20 Reddish Brown 3684b Slope 75 2 x 2 x 3 Smooth would cost me $23
on average in North America, while buying 20 Reddish Brown 3684a Slope 75 2 x
2 x 3 would cost me $10 on average, the difference is pretty hefty for just 20
parts.
But I know that if I bought the non-smooth one, they would look visibly different
from the 14 I already own and it would bring disappointment to me or any potential
buyer of the restored set. In any case, I wouldn't be able to sell it for
as much without the variant.
I hear you about the hassle of the sorting for subtle difference. I've grown
to hate Light Gray and Dark Gray colors so much that I won't keep any in
my personal collection and I put them all for sale.
In Catalog Identification, Kesleyk writes:
| | Sorting, trying to determine the difference between smooth and not smooth variants,
inventory management, listing management. Anything that removes an unnecessary
variant is less unnecessary time that can be focused elsewhere.
Does having smooth and not smooth variants provide you with a huge amount of
benefit?
In Catalog Identification, MrPetovan writes:
| | What would it change for you?
In Catalog Identification, Kesleyk writes:
| | Boy, that would be nice! There's really not a "functional" difference, even
if there is an appearance difference.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: 4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Thank you for your assistance. My point is that the minifigure that was removed
for being incomplete was in fact complete per both the instructions and BL inventory,
yet it was removed for being incomplete. This was in response to the potential
of reports made to remove items and in fact experience that those reports can
and are wrong, yet the items are still removed without review.
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If you listed it as "incomplete" it was removed because you are not allowed to
list a figure as "incomplete" even if there is an option to do so. If you listed
it as "complete" and described it as incomplete it would be deleted as well.
The removal reasons are form answer which do not always reflect the real reason.
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In Sales, Tracyd writes:
| | In Sales, Kesleyk writes:
| | Interesting observation.
We recently had our listing for twn292a deleted because it was "incomplete".
Our comments indicated that the minifigure torso was an alternate to twn292
as a heads-up to potential buyers that may have intended to buy twn292 instead.
(You may notice that this note is now included in the official database). No
clue how that note could be misinterpreted as indicating the minifigure was incomplete,
but to your point, there are reports being made in error and items getting deleted
without question off of them. It sure would be nice if they were placed in stockroom
rather than dumped, especially when the report itself is the error, but that's
where we find ourselves.
* | | twn292a (Inv) Carousel Ticket Vendor - Blue Shirt with White Stripes and Red Bow Tie (Printed Back), Dark Blue Legs, Dark Bluish Gray Swept Back Hair, Moustache and Glasses
Minifigures: Town |
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Figures cannot be listed as incomplete. Either they are complete per the instructions
or they should be parted out or sold as custom.
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| Author: | eduard52 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:47 | | Subject: | Order ID: #16412064 | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| order is geannuleerd maar ik heb nog geen reactie vande verkoper gehoord dus
weet niet waar mijn betaling heen moet
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:46 | | Subject: | Re: 3046 a or b? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Kesleyk writes:
| | […]
Does having smooth and not smooth variants provide you with a huge amount of
benefit?
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They don’t look the same when used in a build.
Think a roof with different slopes.
But then colour varies too….
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| Author: | Kesleyk | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:35 | | Subject: | Re: 3046 a or b? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Sorting, trying to determine the difference between smooth and not smooth variants,
inventory management, listing management. Anything that removes an unnecessary
variant is less unnecessary time that can be focused elsewhere.
Does having smooth and not smooth variants provide you with a huge amount of
benefit?
In Catalog Identification, MrPetovan writes:
| | What would it change for you?
In Catalog Identification, Kesleyk writes:
| | Boy, that would be nice! There's really not a "functional" difference, even
if there is an appearance difference.
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| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: 3046 a or b? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| What would it change for you?
In Catalog Identification, Kesleyk writes:
| | Boy, that would be nice! There's really not a "functional" difference, even
if there is an appearance difference.
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| Author: | Astro1328 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: Tyres and wheels | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Dino1 writes:
| | The tires are not LEGO system.
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Too bad - thank you!
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