Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | cycbuild  | | Posted: | May 27, 2021 18:15 | | Subject: | Re: Has 4477-1 ever had production problems ? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Problem, cosmicray writes:
| | Customer ordered this set ...
When I pulled it from inventory, something about the sound coming from the box
bothered me. All 3 copies I have are sealed (i.e. glued shut). The weights I
found are ...
240.61 gms
206.09 gms
205.81 gms
That is a rather large discrepancy between the first one and the other two. The
one in the middle shows distinct signs that the factory injected too much adhesive.
No obvious signs of having been opened and resealed. Seems rather odd to me.
Nita Rae
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A catalogue / leaflet?
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A second pair of instructions would be my guess
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 27, 2021 03:49 | | Subject: | Re: Minifigure Inqury | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, tEoS writes:
| | It has what appears to be a Dark Forestman collar on a regular Forestman torso.
I don't think it is a real piece.
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Looks a little ruff around the edges. Also the belt is backwards.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 23:52 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer not updating order status to completed | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, zorbanj writes:
| | And if they buyer opens up a can of BS after the 30 days are up, what then? You're
stuck.
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That's true. The grace period should be extended to 181 days to match PayPal.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 23:42 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer not updating order status to completed | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, zorbanj writes:
| | Disagree. I don't think instant feedback means anything one way or the other.
There are good reasons for a seller to leave feedback *after* the buyer does.
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I understand. But in practice, you can always hit the small gray button within
30 days.
https://www.bricklink.com/feedbackDel.asp
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 14:19 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer not updating order status to completed | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, stansbrickstore writes:
| | So far I've always left feedback as soon as I have shipped the order.
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I love this. Instant feedback is the mark of an honest seller and/or the confidence
to handle accidents as they come up. It's saying we trust ourselves, or we
trust you. Both are reassuring to the buyer.
The cleverclog stores prefer to leave mass feedback at the end of the month.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 14:03 | | Subject: | Re: Prolonged store closure | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Stuart9 writes:
| | Having struggled to cope with long distance house hunting, now made an offer,
selling a property, under offer , crazy work conditions, caring, running a BL
store and changing jobs it's now evident that something has to give.
I've decided that my store will remain closed indefinitely, almost certainly
until 2022, anything outstanding will be shipped and one order on hold will be
invoiced and shipped when requested by buyer.
If I understand correctly, I have to be active in my store from time to time
to prevent my listings from being deleted, please advise if this is correct and/or
whatever else I need to do.
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I've closed my store since July 2020 and none of my listings have disappeared.
But it was only open for short periods of time, for visits, since the max buy
was crazy high.
| | I'll still be active on the forum and may still purchase anything of interest
that may turn up.
Hope to add large number of items when I reopen.
Packing unlisted stock into moving boxes, can't believe how many I've
used and nowhere near finished.
Here's to a more settled 2022 and finally a less stressful job, cheers everyone.
Stuart
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Cheers Stuart!
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Any pointers for running a store? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, enig writes:
| | We use part-ID system for Technic pieces. For everything else it is a different
address system, completely unrelated neither to colour nor to part ID. For one
- makes space management easier when your space is limited. Also makes it relatively
easy to track down inventory errors when they happen.
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Hate to be a bother, but can you tell me more about your separate address system?
| | Do not waste time in parting out just one or two copies of a set. Not a perfect
example but imagine that you would go to shop 15 times back and forth buying
a single apple at a time instead of buying 1kg at once.
Might sound like a huge amount but in my eyes - anything less than 100kg of USED
parts is not worth the time either. 100kg is the absolute minimum - aim for much
more. Amass a larger quantity of parts before your sort / price / list. Same
1kg apple analogy but with used parts think that you need 1kg of pistachios instead
of apples.
Parting out huge sets may seem appealing but if you are working with a limited
budget - I would avoid it. Yes you will get some rarer in-demand parts to sell
but, generally speaking, it is not good enough of a payout. $1000 spent on three
large sets will take you an insanely larger amount of time spent per lot, compared
to parting out 20 copies of $50 set.
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Thanks for sharing your insights!
| | Use brickstock/brickstore. I can not imagine doing anything bricklink without
it.
DO NOT auto-price *anything*. Price every single part according to supply / demand.
These are the basics of the basics. Many people are running their stores and
losing money without realizing. Assuming your acceptable hourly rate on working
on your store is not $0/hr...
Less popular and harder to sell parts - I would actually list them first. If
you list the easygoing parts first - that is the only thing your buyers will
take. List the best parts last - it will increase the chances of your customers
picking up some stuff that sells poorly in addition to buying the parts that
made them to visit your store in the first place.
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D'oh!
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Need Rock Monsters | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| In Wanted, pikachu3 writes:
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I would like to buy several of these, let me know if you have 3+ that you'd
be willing to part with, the more the better  USA only due to shipping costs.
thx!
Ryan
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I did a little digging and you could actually save a couple bucks by ordering
from Canada. Good luck with your color vignette and I hope somebody sees this
and gives you a better offer!
all things building bricks ( Ontario, Canada )
$18.92 USD + $11.50 (Could be CAD?) = $30.42
Doyle Replay Toys ( Virginia, USA )
$28.23 USD + USPS First Class Shipping = about $32
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 04:56 | | Subject: | Re: Any pointers for running a store? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, maxx3001 writes:
| | Thank you, here, just for you, enjoy
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Extremely cool! The marbling is barely there, but let me know if you'd like
to trade anything for a Cylinder 3 x 3 x 5 with Handle!
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 01:24 | | Subject: | Re: Any pointers for running a store? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, wendybrowne writes:
| | hi,
I am a small fish, but no shame in my game, i dont have the $$ fancy floor to
ceiling shelf systems like you see on you tube. I have all my working stock in
the dining room.
I do use smaller plastic organizer boxes ( from harbor freight)and large plastic
drawers. I find at yard sales or walmart, and use zippy bags in the large drawers.the
large amounts of primary color brick i kee in shelves in the garage, it gets
to cold ot there so keep the "good stuff" inside in the dining room. heat...
yes!!!
I use a short shop stool on wheels so I can scoot around the room (hard wood
floor) and go to the drawers and cases I need to go to.
I store my inventory first by parts, all the same part gets put in the same container
no matter what color. When i get to overflowing on that container I take out
the color of that part that I have the most of and start a second container of
just that part and just that color that I have the most of, I keep both containers
next to each other..
for mailers, i use the 8.5 by 11 padded envelopes and cut them in halves
or quarters as I mostly have small orders that fit inside the cut quarter size
portion of the envelopes. I also reuse the mailers from the parts that I order,
to mail out other orders. i go through at least one container a day to recheck
my inventory numbers and make sure no stray other parts got in the container
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That's a Pro to storing by color; the stray parts are easy to find.
| | , i stack the like parts together to conserve space in my storage containers.
I have an inbox for "to be pulled orders", and another box next to my ship station
( printer, tape and sizzors }for the outgoing orders. good luck with your business!
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Thank you wendybrowne! A small fish, maybe, but you know your pond better than
most!
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