Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | peregrinator  | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2022 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: "New, Sealed" item in store description query | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ghyde writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/sandpitcam?itemID=316227315#/shop?o={%22invID%22:%22316227315%22}
The above store has the above item for sale, and lists it as "New, Sealed",
however it states in the description the following:
Contents removed and rebadged in baggie, comes with all parts, accessories and
instructions
Is it allowed to state a set is "New, Sealed", if it has been removed
and rebadged in baggie?
I would not normally expect this to be listed as an actual "New, Sealed"
set, however, it's been a while since I've purchased anything on BrickLink
and the description of this item, to me, does not match it's condition.
If anyone can point out the relevant BrickLink policies that make this an actual
and valid listing, please enlighten me.
If this post belongs in a different topic please move it and notify me, if possible.
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I guess it should be "New, Complete" although even that is debatable
if the original foil package isn't included.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2022 10:21 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
| | The United States does have customs fees, but there is a certain threshold below
which customs fees do not apply. So, individuals generally do not need to worry
about paying customs fees, but large corporations such as the LEGO Group definitely
do.
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Ultimately the consumer will pay in any case - if a corporation has to pay fees
and taxes on their goods those will be passed on to the consumer in the form
of higher prices.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 22:28 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I wonder if TLG pays a 22% fee on all sets they import in the US ... hmmm ...
time to start my own company, any brave souls willing to join?
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They are not paying 22% but they are definitely paying customs fees because of
the volume they're importing - they might even have to pay dock fees. Of
course TLG isn't the "buyer" in this case.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 20:30 | | Subject: | Re: Boba Fett sw0107 Graded 93.3 Sealed Value? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Thus far I've read in the forum:
(1) it's better to store minifigs with the hips off since leaving them on
can cause the torso to crack, and
(2) it's better to sell new minifigures assembled since the torsos can crack
when the legs are put on
In General, rab1234 writes:
| | I keep seeing people say that torsos crack from legs being kept inserted. Personally
I’ve had hundreds of heavily played with figs from 1980 to early 90s that were
then stored in a variety of attics and basements for the next 30 years and none
of them developed cracks in the torsos from legs being left in. My experience
tells me that it’s the removal and swapping of arms that is far more likely to
cause damage. That being said, I didn’t have any figs from mid 90s to about 2015
and plastics could be different (like reddish brown and dark reds from around
2010). None of my display figs or kids’ figs from around 2015 onward have developed
cracks either.
In General, Elkenwood writes:
| | In General, liger99 writes:
| | Hi All - I sent in one of my Boba Fetts for grading as a test case and just received
it back. The few that I have sold were always questioned if it was authentic,
so I decided to try grading. It graded at 90+ (93.3), which I'm happy with
as the helmet is a little off.
I'm unsure if I'm going to sell it, but I'm curious about the value
now. Any thoughts on the list price if I was to list it? I also have Cloud
City Lando (92.1) and Luke (93.8).
Thanks, Liger99
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I'm wondering if this will actually preserve the figure.
Generally it's better to store with hips off since side cracking usually
forms from pressure of the legs being pressed onto the torso.
Shouldn't be an issue, but abs plastic does off-gas as well, many years after
production. Though I've personally had no issue with parts sealed in air-tight
bags for decades.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 15:20 | | Subject: | Re: Mustard gang strikes again | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | When will the violence end
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you definitely don't want to mess with les moutardins
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 11:51 | | Subject: | Re: Stores in China | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Buying, ImperialFleet writes:
| | Actually the funny part is they used the wrong head mould. They used blocked
open stud instead of hollow which is why we have 2. And yes it was proven that
someone had used the machines after certain times of production. Maybe it was
a video not an article....
MBA
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How would the use the wrong head type since he is already know to come with both
types? Other head types weren’t in production back then I’m pretty sure
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Yeah, IIRC, 2012 is around the time the switch from 'b' to 'c'
was made so it shouldn't be surprising that a minifigure from 2012 could
be found with both types.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | While the buyer is responsible for knowing about it and paying them, you have
cost them about an extra 17 euros because you inflated the value. They might
well refuse it because of that or want compensation from you. You should have
insured it for 320 euro, the price paid.
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Ah, yes, if $400 was written on the customs form instead of $320, then the seller
is responsible for the higher fees there and should refund the buyer for that
at the very least.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jennnifer writes:
| | It seems pretty normal for customs fees. You are only responsible for the postage
and for providing the correct documentation. I don't know if the process
is any more or less expensive with UPS via USPS.
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UPS is notorious for their brokerage fees
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 10:16 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I just got a text from UPS this morning to pay the duty fees. So, to recap, here
is what I have:
1. Purchase value: $320
2. Shipping: $70
3. Insured Value: $400 (next available same item on Bricklink)
4. VAT: 3.30 Euros
5. Brokerage: 15.00 Euros
6. Government Charges: 107.45 Euros
Total Due: 125.75 Euros
This is totally ludicrous ... The buyer is not too happy, and neither am I.
Any way around this?
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I guess you got a text because you used your phone number and not the buyer's
when filling out the customs form? The customs fees are the buyer's responsibility.
If I were in your shoes I would offer to pay the brokerage fee and VAT on the
brokerage (that's the VAT charge you see above - 22% of 15 euro is 3.30).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 09:25 | | Subject: | Re: Is this a custom minifig, if so, it is good | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, sonofagunk writes:
| | I think someone took real legos and painted on them
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This is not at all uncommon
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 20:54 | | Subject: | Re: Stores in China | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | the only one that's a real concern, for the most part, is the Mexico factory.
that place needs some serious action done by the lego and some legal action done
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I wonder what will happen once the Virginia factory is up and running
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 20:49 | | Subject: | Re: Stores in China | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | [...] which is what makes me question how they acquire them
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Grrrr - Who woke up Big Brother???
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 19:56 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I sold an item to a customer in Italy, and now UPS is asking him to provide a
lot of documentation, and naturally he is concerned if he has to pay customs.
The item's list value is $400 (also on insurance).
DO European buyers need to pay customs for goods purchased overseas?
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Italy does have customs, such as greeting close friends with a light kiss on
either cheek.
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There is also the feast of the seven fishes, but an Italian friend of mine tells
me that's actually an Italian-American custom
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 17:51 | | Subject: | Re: Funds not sent to Seller | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, Parkegc writes:
| | I placed an order and paid at the same time. I have the invoice & it was marked
as PAID immediately.
The seller is claiming they did not receive the funds from Bricklink as their
account was inactive at the time. They have therefore not dispatched my items.
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Do you mean PayPal, above? BrickLink doesn't handle funds at all.
| | If the seller does not dispatch my order, do I have to wait 2 weeks to cancel
the order?
Will my refund be automatic?
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You have to wait 2 weeks for the NSS to complete but there's nothing stopping
you from filing a PayPal claim (assuming that's how you paid). In fact you
should do just this.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer claims mising parts, but I know I shipp | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, ccroxton writes:
| | In Problem Order, Nubs_Select writes:
| | there's always the possibility that the part got lost in shipping (no matter
how well it was packed) or lost when the package was opened. I've had
it before that a part I clearly remember shipping and was a physically larger
part as well but was only like .30 on a $20 or so order the buyer couldn't
find it anywhere so I refunded the part and moved on. unless the buyer is specifically
trying to get a refund for a higher $ part it's quite likely there isn't
any ill intent so it's probably just best to refund the part and move on
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He is asking for $5 for $1.80, and opened a PayPal dispute. Seems rather extreme
to me?
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The refund is reasonable - $1.80 in parts plus $3.20 partial shipping. PayPal
dispute seems a bit unreasonable though, depending.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: 88009 vs bb0892c01 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jennnifer writes:
| | In Help, adidas_guy71 writes:
| | Are these items the same?
If no, what are the differences? I'm trying to get a power supply for sons
train and there are limited items of:88009 but seems to be lots of bb0892c01
and I'm just looking to see what the difference is.
Thanks in advance.
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Is a set that contains only this part:
which also comes in 7 other sets.
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Importantly, the train motor and light also come as sets and separate parts as
well.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
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20% is a HUGE markup ... this will kill foreign trade 
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It has been this way for decades (it’s a requirement to enter EEC/EU).
Before the IOSS scheme of 2021, it was even more expensive as you had to pay
the brokerage fee for packages between €22 and €150 too.
Thas is,
before 2021: 0-22 = free, 22-150 = VAT + fee, 150+ = duty + VAT + fee
now: 0-150 = VAT, no fee, 150+ = duty + VAT + fee
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What can be worse about it now is that buyers can be double-charged for VAT if
the IOSS number isn't sent correctly by the seller or received correctly
by the destination country
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 12:04 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I sold an item to a customer in Italy, and now UPS is asking him to provide a
lot of documentation, and naturally he is concerned if he has to pay customs.
The item's list value is $400 (also on insurance).
DO European buyers need to pay customs for goods purchased overseas?
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20% is a HUGE markup ... this will kill foreign trade
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It's not a new thing
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Customs in Italy? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I sold an item to a customer in Italy, and now UPS is asking him to provide a
lot of documentation, and naturally he is concerned if he has to pay customs.
The item's list value is $400 (also on insurance).
DO European buyers need to pay customs for goods purchased overseas?
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They have to pay VAT, which BrickLink will automatically collect if the value
is under 150 euro.
I don't know how UPS works in Europe but in Canada they have very high brokerage
fees in addition to customs fees (that is, they charge you an additional fee
for acting as the broker in paying customs). I would avoid using them for international
packages.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Sweet Little Bricks 1M Pieces and counting | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Selling, SweetLBricks writes:
| | Almost 1 million new pieces in store, more added every week! In the process of
adding almost 500,000 used pieces starting with plates. Add us to your favorites
to see what we add next!
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1M pieces in a few months: it took us a few years.
Times are changing.
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You can get to 1M parts for a £20k investment now, and that is at LEGO's
full RRP. Selling those parts is the hard part!
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Indeed! Variety is a key part of it! And for basic/common parts you need lots
and lots of variety to sell it
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BRB buying 85 copies of the World Map
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 09:01 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 1974-2 | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:
| | From an auction. I can't see Trans-Red in the picture.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 14:23 | | Subject: | Re: Marked as shipped | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, ihave36paws writes:
| | I try not to complain about things but I was wondering if it bothers anyone else
when Sellers send you a message with your tracking number and say that your order
has shipped, only to find our that it has not shipped but they have only printed
the shipping label.
You might have to go back several times to find out if it really shipped.
Just asking.
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It doesn't bother me that other sellers do it (within reason) though I myself
don't do it on BrickLink (I don't mark it as Shipped until the day it's
sent). But if you use integrated shipping with i.e. eBay or Etsy they'll
100% mark the order as Shipped/Completed once the label is created.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: For sw0112 Collectors out there... | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, par016 writes:
| | In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, par016 writes:
| | - I began digging into this a bit more and received information from the original
submitter of the figure that confirmed a suspicion of mine: When they took the
photo, they just took it of a minifigure they had assembled in that set without
looking up what the instructions had assembled.
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Great info! But what I don't get is - why are the hands and head yellow in
the rogue minifig?
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That's the one question I still have myself. The original submitter may
have grabbed a minifigure from a different set by accident and put the parka/hood
on, I'm really not sure. Regardless, there is no set that contains a yellow
headed Solo with a parka/hood. The catalog submissions were a little more lax
back then, which is probably how it initially got through.
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There also is not, as far as I could tell, a torso assembly with that torso and
yellow hands - that is the primary reason for my question. So it seems the original
submitter must have taken the light nougat hands off the torso assembly and put
yellow hands on it.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 10:33 | | Subject: | Re: For sw0112 Collectors out there... | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, par016 writes:
| | - I began digging into this a bit more and received information from the original
submitter of the figure that confirmed a suspicion of mine: When they took the
photo, they just took it of a minifigure they had assembled in that set without
looking up what the instructions had assembled.
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Great info! But what I don't get is - why are the hands and head yellow in
the rogue minifig?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: Which, if any, are Lego? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LeeGo73 writes:
| | The trans-red could be . The trans-red is mentioned as color in the
catalog, but could be wrong.
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The Lego version of that part has open studs, not the hollow studs shown in the
picture.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 07:02 | | Subject: | Re: Superior Iron Man | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| No knockoffs on BrickLink I'm afraid
In Wanted, million_suns writes:
| | Hey All,
I am after the knock-off version of Superior Iron Man (DLP9045).
Anyone have one to trade or sell? Please let me know.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 19:31 | | Subject: | Re: How sharp are your eyes? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
| | Pffft error 404 for everyone, not me 
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Yes, but you can only order MegaBlox
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 16:55 | | Subject: | Re: Grayed out Payment drop down menu | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, BasKrie writes:
| | In Technical Issues, TorontoLego writes:
| | Paid for, shipped, and been this way for the whole time since it was placed.
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Did the buyer actually use PayPal onsite?
Normally with onsite the status should automatically go to paid and then you
set another status
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That would explain why the seller can't change the payment status
from None
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 16:24 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | In Colors, yoavheskia writes:
| | I think that the Air Tanks are Pearl dark gray
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Nope definitely a darker version light gray which they made in other parts like
4085a.
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Hmmm, that particular darker shade of light gray isn't nearly as dark as
the air tanks in your picture. Maybe the lighting is off?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 16:23 | | Subject: | Re: where have all the sales gone? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Nubs_Select writes:
| | yah sales were up for about a week but have called back down again. probably
due to the recession we are in/about to enter as for the most part lego would
be one of the first things people cut out
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Mine have been good but I've not had an order in a few days, which I've
chalked up to people doing Christmas shopping - that is, they're no longer
placing BL orders because they wouldn't arrive until after Christmas Day.
Not completely unexpected - of course the last two years I was already closed
at this point.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 16:20 | | Subject: | Re: Canadian Sales Taxes - Any news!!! | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Joew3200 writes:
| | I'm a pretty new seller and I haven't charged tax on my sales so far.
Is that something that I should be doing? I don't make enough to put it down
in my taxes so I'm just not sure.
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I don't know much about Canadian tax law but sales taxes/VAT are typically
separate from income taxes.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: parts exclusive to sets | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Stuart9 writes:
I think I understand what the OP is saying and it's not quite this. He's
asking if a set's inventory can show the parts that are exclusive to the
set. For example click on
and you would see that
only appears in this set and nowhere else. (Of course there could be other parts
as well.)
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: Grayed out Payment drop down menu | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, TorontoLego writes:
| | Same issue
In Technical Issues, jennnifer writes:
| | In Technical Issues, TorontoLego writes:
| | This is the only order that I have had this happen that I can remember. I cannot
change the payment status, and since I cannot mark it as completed, I cannot
mark the shipment as shipped.
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Did you try and change it on the Edit Order page as well?
Jen
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Maybe revert the status from Packed to something else? Has it actually been paid
or do you still need to send an invoice?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: where have all the sales gone? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Sales, MYLEGOBRICKS writes:
| | WOW . worst month in my 12 years of selling. November had 6 orders and so far,
only 1 order for this month, what's going on? is everyone slow? does anyone
see any improvements i need to make or errors with my store that i need to fix?
Thanks, Happy Holidays
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The colours on your terms page are a bit distracting and I genuinely don’t know
what language this is
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"We are off on weekends"
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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Maybe something like the finger sleeves some gamers use? I've not tried them
but I'm thinking of it, I don't have thin skin on my fingers (yet) but
I have occasionally felt some pain in my fingertips while building.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: Full refund to a buyer before he cancel order | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, June_Low writes:
| | Hi everyone, i Had a buyer just asked me to cancel an order and refund me. I
did issued a full refund with a reason mutual agreement between buyer and seller.
but i can't submit a cancellation request. Will bricklink automatically change
the status of the order to cancelled once the refund went through?
Thanks for the comments.
Regards
June
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BrickLink will not automatically change the status of the order
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: adding used inventory | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jennnifer writes:
| | In Help, BigOhbricks writes:
| | Greetings all & happy holidays!
I am new here and haved a rather large quantity of bulk used LEGO that I am currently
sorting and processing. What I have pretty much runs the spectrum of bricks,
windows, panels, plate, technic etc.
What I am wondering is if there is a higher demand for one type of brick/plate
etc that I should prioritize getting posted to my inventory to sell ? I woud
like to get the items in highest demand posted ASAP
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or input.
Thank! Jamey
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In order:
Minifigs
Stuff that minifigs hold and wear
Animals
Tiles
Bricks
Printed parts (not stickers)
Train stuff
Windows and doors
Rare colors
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Great list but I would put plates in, and ahead of bricks
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 17:47 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Not sure if they are yellowed and not tan. They both have more of a pinkish hue
in certain natural lighting. And like I said they are a lighter weight plastic.
Maybe the acetate plastic.
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The part dates from 1980. LEGO switched from acetate to ABS in the 1960s.
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CA also would not have yellowed like that. I have 1-2 white CA parts and they
are dynamite white
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: Pearl light gray? Found a few 1x2 bricks | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Colors, WILYKAT writes:
| | https://i.imgur.com/F2BZkZT.mp4
Looks pearl-like in light gray but these parts do not come in any known sets.
I found 8 of the 1x2 bricks in this color. Placed them on a bley 2x8 plate for
color guide
Bought a small mixed lot from Goodwill that has mostly Friends parts. If these
8 do not come in any sets, where did they come from?
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perhaps from legoland. I've heard that sometimes they have parts in exclusive
colours there
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There are a few for sale so they do at least exist. Amazing that the OP found
them in a Goodwill lot though - and in pretty good condition
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 13:35 | | Subject: | Re: Acquiring boxes and packaging | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, MidwestBrick writes:
| | Priority Shipping - Pick up some flat rate USPS padded envelopes, they get used
rarely but do come in handy to have a few on hand at all times. Order other
priority mail boxes from USPS, they work great.
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This is true but Priority Mail can be significantly cheaper if you use your own
boxes and get the commercial Cubic rate (which you can get through e.g. Pirate
Ship). The USPS's Flat Rate Priority boxes in particular are not ideal for
shipping Lego.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 09:00 | | Subject: | Re: Want 'Connection Types' Associated with Parts | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
I guess that's a pin that can fit into an arm?
Anyway I don't like the terms at all, I think most bricklinkers know what
a pin is.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 08:31 | | Subject: | Re: How do buyers predict shipping fees? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Not many sellers have that as an option in Canada which makes senses as in canada
as opposed to the USA Shipping rates vary drastically. In Canada I can ship a
parcel for under. $10 to one person and the exact same parcel would cost $20+
in the same province or $30+ to a different province depending on the final location
of the buyer
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I wonder if there are circumstances under which it would be cheaper to ship to
the USA then ship from the USA to Canada! For example I could ship a 2lb package
to anywhere in Canada for $15.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 07:55 | | Subject: | Re: Who has free shipping in the USA | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, bluedragon1994 writes:
| | Who has free shipping in USA ? Thanks
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I do - for $50 and up
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2022 07:10 | | Subject: | Re: Order still says Paid | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, OhLxcas writes:
| | In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Buying, OhLxcas writes:
| | hello I'm new to purchasing on bricklink and I paid for all 3 of my orders
which 2 were shipped but, one of them is highlighted in yellow as paid. what
does that mean?
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It means the seller hasn’t shipped the order out. Some stores only ship once
a week or different so it’s best to read their terms page to find information
on shipping times from that store
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alright thank you for letting me know
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There is another status available and that is "Packed"
Paid --» Packed --» Shipped
Considering that the order was placed on Friday, it shouldn't be alarming
that the status hasn't changed.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2022 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Article about a BrickLink data breach | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
From the article, which then goes on to describe vulnerabilities totally unrelated
to the API:
| | Security analysts have discovered two API security vulnerabilities in BrickLink.com
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2022 14:08 | | Subject: | Re: I would like to see new order status choices! | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Lonely_Brick_OH writes:
| | How about;
Packing
Lost
OMG panic state
Everyone quit will be a few days!
Eaten by LEGO monster!
Any others suit your fancy?
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My Dog Ate It
I Spilled [Pizza|Mustard|Beer] on It
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2022 09:21 | | Subject: | Re: Selling to USA | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
| | My advice is to create a separate shipping method with the USA as its only destination
and put a maximum order value restriction on your international shipping methods
to prevent buyers from outside of the USA from buying the set in the first place.
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Great advice!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2022 08:01 | | Subject: | Re: Sending invoices | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Help, WeBuyBrickss writes:
| | Hi,
Recently when sending invoices to some buyers we get an error 'The page cannot
be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.' (see attached).
Is there anything we are doing wrong or is this just a bug?
Any help would be very muchly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
WeBuyBricks
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Have you tried changing your store name to "We Sell Bricks"?
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No: We Sell Brickss
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we sells brickses to nice hobbitses, precious, O yes
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2022 07:25 | | Subject: | Re: Update order status for unresponsive buyer? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | here are my terms:
FEEDBACK
I'll leave feedback once I know you're fully satisfied with your order.
I can communicate a lot and I know some people just don't want to be bothered
with emails, so if you leave positive feedback and move your order to "completed"
status, I'll assume everything is golden. Otherwise I'm very on top
of emails so PM or email me if you have any concerns.
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Speaking only for myself, as a buyer I don't leave feedback until the seller
leaves it.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2022 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Neutral/Negative Feedback | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Krazee4Lego writes:
| | I only charge actual shipping + PayPal and minor ($1-2) handling fees, which
is clearly stated in my store policies.
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A handling fee of $1 might be minor but $2 really isn't in my opinion. Maybe
buyers seek to cancel because the handling fee you charge isn't really transparent
in your terms?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2022 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Neutral/Negative Feedback | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, yorbrick writes:
| | PS I thought it was against PayPal terms for US sellers to charge buyers for
PayPal fees. If one of your disgruntled buyers reports you, you could be in trouble
with them.
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I believe it's not a violation of PayPal's TOS if you charge the same
thing for all payment methods you accept, but it looks a bit sketchy if the only
payment method you accept is PayPal.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2022 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: Missing all my parts (10,000) | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | I'm at an age where I start to slightly worry about Alzheimer
Wish I were there, before.
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1001marbles, sounds like
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2022 07:27 | | Subject: | Re: Seller Automatic Invoice | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, boratsellslego writes:
| | Ok thank you how do I disable that?
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There's a setting under each shipping method. Personally, I'd recommend
keeping Instant Checkout enabled, but setting your sets/large items to Manual.
I'll post how to do that later if someone else doesn't log in.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2022 21:43 | | Subject: | Re: Seller Automatic Invoice | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, boratsellslego writes:
| | Hello,
Last night somebody purchased one of my sets but for some reason it didn't
give me the option to invoice them and set the sipping price. Instead, I was
payed and the shipping price was automatically set to a low number and I'm
not sure if it's something on my end or the buyer's. Has anyone else
encountered this before? Please let me know how I can fix this.
Thank you.
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You do appear to have Instant Checkout enabled.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2022 19:59 | | Subject: | Re: Mailing Books with parts | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Pam_Shaver writes:
| | Can Lego books that have some parts attached be shipped by media mail or because
they also include some parts must they be sent by parcel mail?
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I would not want to chance sending them Media Mail
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2022 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: what to do in case of fraud | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | except in canada where it stays in a warehouse for about a week before it gets
shipped when you look at tracking
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Oh this was "in the warehouse" for about a week until it was "shipped" on Dec
7 ... but DHL didn't receive it until Dec 13.
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thats lego for you!
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Weirdly it was shipped in two packages as one part of the order was "backordered"
- and I've already received that part
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2022 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: what to do in case of fraud | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | except in canada where it stays in a warehouse for about a week before it gets
shipped when you look at tracking
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Oh this was "in the warehouse" for about a week until it was "shipped" on Dec
7 ... but DHL didn't receive it until Dec 13.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2022 13:52 | | Subject: | Re: what to do in case of fraud | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, UTLF writes:
| | It's only been 2 days since the label was created, I think you should be
a little more patient... if you want speed, buy from Amazon or Lego S@H, otherwise
you need to understand most sellers do this as a part time thing and have other
obligations in their life outside of Bricklink
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You must be joking if you want fast deliver buy from LEGO S@H tell
me you haven’t ordered from LEGO without telling me you haven’t ordered from
LEGO in Canada
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I just had an order that was placed on November 29 ship (not received!) yesterday.
But Lego S@H is usually fairly prompt.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2022 09:09 | | Subject: | Re: Can't find this poster in the catalog. | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, fredjh writes:
| | I saw that, and an Ebay listing, and I think there was a site in a language I
didn't know that said something about it...
But, IOW, it's not in the catalog.
I absolutely cannot recall how I came by it. I have been to MOA and, of course,
the LEGO Store there - but it was in 2017 or 2018, but not anytime near 2012.
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Add it to the catalogue
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2022 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Common Courtesy | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Interesting since I can’t say I’ve had more then a handful of times that something
else has happened
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To be clear I've not often had something else either. But I've read enough
accounts here and elsewhere to know that a partial shipping refund isn't
always included.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2022 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Recent Forum spam | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
As you can see, we had a spam incident a couple hours ago. Our Discussions Moderators
have handled it very well and all the posts are now canceled.
If you would rather not see canceled posts, you can change your peresonal settings
here:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?
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What were they advertising? Pizza or mustard?
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Pizza but with mustard on it instead of tomato sauce
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2022 09:43 | | Subject: | Re: "Stay logged in for this browser" bug? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| I don't think this is a bug, I think it is by design.
In Technical Issues, Quarterdane writes:
| | What I did:
- Ticked the "Stay logged in for this browser" on the log-in screen.
What I expected:
- That I would remain logged in from this browser, even after restarting the
browser/computer - unless I go for a long enough period of time (multiple days/weeks/months)
without visiting the site.
What happened:
- I am directed to the log-in screen each time I restart the browser/computer.
Is this the expected behaviour for the aforementioned feature (making it inconsistent
with most other similar implementations on other websites), or is there a bug
that's causing the session to get timed out quicker than it should be?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2022 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Star Wars holiday special | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Just seen a few clips from the Star Wars holiday special for the first time.
That has to be one of the worst things ever produced, surprised the Star Wars
idea survived after that disaster.
Did anyone see the whole thing before it was pulled ?
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I may be dating myself but I saw it on TV in 1978 (I've seen it on YouTube
since then).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2022 14:02 | | Subject: | Re: My collection button???? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, axaday writes:
| | I don't understand why I can't have more stockrooms.
But my understanding is that some coders are working on the whole revamp of the
whole system and have continued to do so while other coders made this new feature.
You can't necessarily get the revamp done faster by putting more cooks in
the kitchen. I'm not a coder. I took a class 20 years ago and learned the
basics, but the biggest thing I learned was that I couldn't imagine the jump
from "making a program that could receive a date and output the day of the week"
to "making a program that has 100 soldiers marching around on the screen fighting
with swords while 100 more dig up gold and run some farms". I just don't
know.
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So, as far as stockrooms are concerned it depends on how it was set up. Like
let's say each stockroom has a unique identifier. Then if there are fields
stockroomA, stockroomB, and stockroomC associated with a user record, those unique
identifiers can go there. On the other hand, if you set it up in such a way that
you can store an enumerated list of stockroom IDs for each user, or (relationally)
a separate table linking user identifiers to stockroom IDs, then there's
not necessarily a limit.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2022 08:39 | | Subject: | Re: Cancelled due to missing item | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, wildchicken13 writes:
| | However, section 1.2.8 of the seller terms of service clearly states:
The quantity of the item that you are listing for sale must not be greater
than the quantity you have on hand.
which I believe this particular seller has violated.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service.page
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I think in this case the seller could simply say that they hadn't updated
their inventory yet. But I could be wrong - this is a grey area.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2022 08:35 | | Subject: | Re: Common Courtesy | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | usually when a piece or 2 are missing sellers refund the price of the part(s)
plus enough to cover shipping or enough to somewhat offset shipping when a buyer
inevitably orders from another store
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I don't know if that's what usually happens but it's what ought to
happen.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2022 08:34 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback amnesty | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bricks2you writes:
| | I propose BrickLink consider removing feedback posted by sellers/buyers no longer
registered.
Or perhaps deleting neutral/negative feedback on an annual basis. Maybe I for
every four years of membership, or 1 for each 2500 positives.
Jim
Bricks2you
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What if that buyer is no longer registered because he or she had such a poor
experience?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2022 10:51 | | Subject: | Re: US tax requirements | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, sickofthis88 writes:
| | I was watching the news this morning. It seems that $600 instead of $20,000
is the new reporting level for income from paypal and venmo. Has anyone thought
about how this is going to affect Bricklink?
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The reporting level for individuals and businesses hasn't changed (you have
to report all your income). What's changed is that PayPal, Venmo, etc. now
have to send you a 1099 if your income received from that source is $600 or more,
and report that to the gov't as well. But your individual responsibility
to report your income hasn't changed.
Those marketplaces that use their own payment processor are also affected.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 20:51 | | Subject: | Re: How to invoice | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jennnifer writes:
| | In Selling, Rare_Sets writes:
| | I have a customer that has emailed me a photo of a large list of parts they want.
I agreed to parts out a lot of sets for more of the parts but he want me to send
him an invice.
He doesn't want to bother selecting the parts in my store and wants me to
do it for him.
Is there any way for me to select the parts?
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You can reserve the items for him so it will be easy for him to select the parts.
But he has to add them to a cart and check out. There's no other option.
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He could put them all in one custom lot and reserve that
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 19:55 | | Subject: | Re: When was this handy feature implemented... | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SurplusParts writes:
| | In Selling, popsicle writes:
| | Just noticed it today, myself. It gives a dropdown with useful details of the
orders placed yet not available for process, with the added caveat “Your items
will be reserved for up to 30 minutes until payment is cleared”
Are buyers seeing something similar on the orders placed page? I've no current
orders placed.
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I can't be 100% sure, but that feature has been there for years. I wouldn't
know exactly when but at least the last couple of years.
Sometimes orders get stuck 'in progress' for 24 hours and then are cleared.
I would say that someone may get to the last confirmation page and then not
confirm so the order is stuck in limbo. Or perhaps there is a problem with paypal
with funds so again the order is stuck in limbo.
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It's definitely been there a while - I only noticed it because someone had
an order "in progress" in my store a couple of times.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 19:54 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Collection sale: Every space and castle | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, AJColella writes:
| | In Sales, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Unfortunately you can only sell stuff on bricklink thru bricklink so it would
need to be listed in your store if you wanted to sell it here
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Hey! Yes. That is what I did for the last two collections. I am still in the
process of figuring out the inventory. I figured I could just make a super lot
and sell it as one item - if you can still make those.
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You can but they can be difficult for prospective buyers to find.
What you could do is list everything and then set a high minimum on your store.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: IPv6 to get API | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | (¹ Well, you could have a router that translates/encapsulates your IPv4 into
an IPv6 to talk to IPv6-only servers but, for the server, you would be connected
on IPv6 with an IPv6 address. The other way is not possible.)
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I beg to differ. There are rules for going from IPv6 to IPv4. Of course it won't
be a 1-1 correspondence since there are many more IPv6 addresses than IPv4
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 09:20 | | Subject: | Biggest store? | | Viewed: | 171 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| This is the greatest number of items I've ever seen in a single store. Has
any store surpassed 20,000,000 items?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 09:16 | | Subject: | Re: Identify pattern | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | I don't think I would have ever guessed those keywords. No mention of dots/spots
or stripes or description of identifiable parts of the print, unless you know
what it is.
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FWIW it does come up pretty quickly under
"white tile 1x2 pattern -sticker"
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Presumably that is just luck where it occurs in the list. If it had been on the
last page, it would have taken longer. I'm guessing there is no artificial
intelligence that puts parts with bad descriptions higher up in searches.
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True, it is just dumb luck - the description/keywords could be a lot better.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2022 07:56 | | Subject: | Re: Identify pattern | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | I don't think I would have ever guessed those keywords. No mention of dots/spots
or stripes or description of identifiable parts of the print, unless you know
what it is.
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FWIW it does come up pretty quickly under
"white tile 1x2 pattern -sticker"
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 21:02 | | Subject: | Re: Alternative to Maersk Blue | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Colors, dope_integra writes:
| | Hello everyone,
I was wondering what the best shade of blue is best to use instead of Maersk
Blue. Has anyone done this and how did it work for you? Thanks
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LEGO themselves used Medium Azure in the last Maersk set:
IMO Maersk Blue is much closer to Medium Blue. Medium Azure is closer to Sky
Blue.
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Medium Blue is a very attractive color IMHO. Miles better than Medium Azure
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: Obviously lying sellers: can anything be done | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rab1234 writes:
| | Out of several stores that I checked out offering really old "new" figures, I
did see a couple that seemed legit because they had classic sealed sets or various
other indicators.
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Ah yes and then there's the listing that says it's "totally legitimate"
in the comments, just in case anyone would think to question it
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 15:20 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Anyway, the latter (old function notation) is more easily copied here.
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Use pastebin or such, things don't go through forum...
https://pastebin.com/
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yeah yeah yeah
Anyway it works I'm thinking about the possibility of turning it into
a browser extension (unless there's already one out there).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | $$( "input[ name='tempBox' ]:checked" ).forEach( (item) = {
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You may have to replace this line with:
$$( "input[ name='tempBox' ]:checked" ).forEach( function(item) {
The first one worked in one browser but not another 
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The joys of ECMAScript….
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Actually, I see what the problem is, I had an arrow but the message board replaced
it with a mere =
Anyway, the latter (old function notation) is more easily copied here.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | console.log( `Lots = ${lots}, Quantity = ${qty}` );
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Do it in ASM or you aren't a real man.
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It was very trying to accomplish it in vanilla JS (I'm much more used to
working with jQuery) so I'm afraid I have to say
NON
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 12:19 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | $$( "input[ name='tempBox' ]:checked" ).forEach( (item) = {
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You may have to replace this line with:
$$( "input[ name='tempBox' ]:checked" ).forEach( function(item) {
The first one worked in one browser but not another
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 12:04 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | PS I've just tested this on a very large (for me) order and it worked like
a charm. It might also be possible to get the quantity but I haven't attempted
that yet.
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OK, assuming that BL doesn't change the layout of the page, and that the
quantity is the first column encountered with the specific CSS class, and that
temporary checkboxes are enabled, this will give you the # of lots checked and
the total quantity of lots checked:
let lots = 0;
let qty = 0;
$$( "input[ name='tempBox' ]:checked" ).forEach( (item) = {
++lots;
if ( item.closest("tr").querySelectorAll( "td._bltrightalign" ).length ) {
let itemQty = item.closest("tr").querySelectorAll( "td._bltrightalign" )[0].innerHTML;
if ( !isNaN( itemQty ) ) {
qty += +itemQty;
}
}
});
console.log( `Lots = ${lots}, Quantity = ${qty}` );
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: Obviously lying sellers: can anything be done | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rab1234 writes:
| | I'm not sure if your comment about displaying a figure for 40 years was serious,
but I doubt almost anyone was displaying Lego figures 40 years ago.
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I think it's a lot more likely than someone putting a figure away for 40
years, or not opening a box at all.
Admittedly, this is just speculation, and not based on anything in my own experience.
When I think of what I was doing to minifigures 40 years ago....
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 09:24 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, Fizzers writes:
| | At the bottom of the order page there is the function "Show Temporary Checkboxes".
It would be very useful to show a counter beside that how many checkboxes are
checked. So you can easily check if an order is complete especially for orders
with a high lot count.
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If you're comfortable using the browser console, you can do this:
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Ugh emojis
document.querySelectorAll( 'input[ name="tempBox" ]:checked' ).length
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PS I've just tested this on a very large (for me) order and it worked like
a charm. It might also be possible to get the quantity but I haven't attempted
that yet.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 09:23 | | Subject: | Re: Shopping Lego sets | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, tons_of_bricks writes:
| | In Buying, Thomasch writes:
| | Hi
just wanted to ask how many else have similar problems and any tips what to do
if it happens. I bought a quite expensive set here from brick link site and i
got in few days as promised.Nicely wrapped and all the intructions and box where
in good shape but it had unfortunately parts missing ( there were plenty of extra
parts but none of them helped). I was in touch with a seller first response was
from him that i have missed them and are somewhere in the box or bags. 7 out
of ten times that can happen but not in this case i went all parts thru separated
them in to bags and douple checked everything. In sellers add it was said it
is complete set. I been in touch with seller he responded to me compensating
me with 7€ and i can look the missing parts myself. Is it my job to look those
parts ..? Money plays no role here its just what are those sellers responsobilities
on these issues. Comments tips much appreciated
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In situations where I miss pieces in orders, I will offer to replace them if
I have them or give a refund for them. I have never bought replacements myself
for a buyer, as I feel it is less complicated and overall better for the customer
if I refund them and they do it themselves.
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Agreed - hopefully the refund will be sufficient for the buyer in this case to
acquire the missing pieces.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 09:21 | | Subject: | Re: Obviously lying sellers: can anything be done | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, zorbanj writes:
| | In General, rab1234 writes:
| |
Unfortunately, I don't think it's right to issue problem reports against
a seller's listings either though. Because you really don't have any
proof without buying the items yourself. So really not sure what can be done
other than complain in the forum. :/
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Don't know if it is still being done, but Amazon used to make test buys of
jewelry from third party sellers. I doubt BL would do that but it's the only
sure way to get proof.
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I'm not sure that would actually be helpful in many cases - I've no doubt
that many used-sold-as-new minifigures here on BL actually look new. And isn't
it much more likely that a minifigure was displayed in a case for 30-40 years
than it was stored away?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 08:50 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, Fizzers writes:
| | At the bottom of the order page there is the function "Show Temporary Checkboxes".
It would be very useful to show a counter beside that how many checkboxes are
checked. So you can easily check if an order is complete especially for orders
with a high lot count.
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If you're comfortable using the browser console, you can do this:
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Ugh emojis
document.querySelectorAll( 'input[ name="tempBox" ]:checked' ).length
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 08:49 | | Subject: | Re: Counter for Show Temporary Checkboxes | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Fizzers writes:
| | At the bottom of the order page there is the function "Show Temporary Checkboxes".
It would be very useful to show a counter beside that how many checkboxes are
checked. So you can easily check if an order is complete especially for orders
with a high lot count.
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If you're comfortable using the browser console, you can do this:
document.querySelectorAll('input[name="tempBox"]:checked' .length
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Seller Story? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | | | For promotion Bricklink looks at Turn arounds. So stores that are already familiar
with a great audiance are easy to find. But it would be nice to give smaller
stores a chance to present themselves to the audiance (en grow a little on been
giving the chance.)
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There are many, many small sellers. Who would be responsible for picking the
small stores to advertise this way, and who would resolve complaints about unfairness
in the selection made? Personally, I think a level playing field is more appropriate,
where any store can advertise whatever information about themselves they want
to and buyers find the stores that they want to deal with through stock availability,
checking feedback, etc.
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It could be tied to parting out sets or otherwise making additions to the catalogue
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2022 18:07 | | Subject: | Re: window 1 x 3 x 4 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | For the record, I don’t drink wine.
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"Je suis français" card REVOKED
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2022 17:44 | | Subject: | Re: Correct part identifying in stores. | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Help, pcthurman writes:
| | Recently (2 years now) I have been experiencing a large number of orders that
the store is sending me the wrong parts or broken parts. In some cases, very
expensive parts. It is becoming very annoying to have to contact the stores that
have these items first to make sure they have the correct parts in the variation
I need.
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As a seller, I understand how difficult it can be to maintain accuracy. Most
sellers here are doing this as a hobby and not as a primary source of income,
so they don't have the time and money to invest in a color chart and learning
all of the different variants. And when an order has many lots, it is easy to
make a mistake.
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Speaking only for myself, I'm not sure a color chart would be helpful, at
least not for the colors I typically have difficulty telling apart (light gray
and light bluish gray).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2022 17:41 | | Subject: | Re: USPS - Tracked letter going in circles ... | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | I did, but no answer yet.
Secondly, when completing the online form, when coming the last page where it
asks for "The sender's address?" : you can choose The Netherlands (Yaay!)
but after submitting: "Only senders from the US can complete this form".
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Hmmm, maybe they want you to go through PostNL? Worth a try.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2022 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: Help on part 4221...... | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Give.Me.A.Brick writes:
| | In Help, rainbowmist writes:
| | Ok. I know part 4221 is an arm grab jaw. And it shows 2 jaws in the picture.
So are you supposed to send out as 2 like the picture? And in your inventory?
A little confused.
Thank you.
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Mesmerizing
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2022 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: New 1x4 hinge plate molds | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
| | I've been watching out for this one for a while in new inventories. Thanks
for posting the images!
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Yes, I noticed Rebrickable has the new parts/assembly in their 10497 Galaxy Explorer
inventory - the ones I've gotten have all had the older one, as in the BL
inventory, but maybe it's something to watch out for as an alternate
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2022 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: USPS - Tracked letter going in circles ... | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | The shipping label printed like this:
John Doe
High St 678-APT 123
SC
29201 Columbia
USA
Is it true these differences will make the item un-deliverable for USPS?
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It should not be but if it's going through automated machines then the street
address might be confusing. It's clear the postal code is being read just
fine, that is why it keeps going to South Carolina (SC).
However I really don't understand why you can't contact USPS. Ask the
buyer for his phone number.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2022 19:20 | | Subject: | Re: Cannot see a shop content, on ANY shops. | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, peregrinator writes:
| | In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | It seems it's all displayed in Font Size 666 or more.
Scrolling doesn't change, you just see a part of a shop.
Tried on my favorite guinea pig:
https://store.bricklink.com/Nubs_Select
Tested on Firefox (latest) and Edge, same result.
It's very recent, it worked a few hours ago.
Other pages seem OK, including forum.
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My guess is this, they have the CSS file on a separate server (this is normal)
and *that* is down (not necessarily normal, but it did happen with AWS this afternoon).
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And it's back! And I looked at the code and they have a separate server for
static content (which would include CSS, JS, images, etc.)
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2022 19:19 | | Subject: | Re: Cannot see a shop content, on ANY shops. | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | It seems it's all displayed in Font Size 666 or more.
Scrolling doesn't change, you just see a part of a shop.
Tried on my favorite guinea pig:
https://store.bricklink.com/Nubs_Select
Tested on Firefox (latest) and Edge, same result.
It's very recent, it worked a few hours ago.
Other pages seem OK, including forum.
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My guess is this, they have the CSS file on a separate server (this is normal)
and *that* is down (not necessarily normal, but it did happen with AWS this afternoon).
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2022 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: 25% fee hidden and charged on tax as well | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| Of all the things mentioned I think the fee on the tax is the least outrageous,
since one must pay PayPal fees on sales tax even though the sales tax is collected
and remitted by a third party. Still, 25% is exorbitant regardless - indeed,
anything over 5% for PayPal*, and 3% for BrickLink**, is.
*Yes I know the math doesn't quite work out - 4.99% of $100 + $5 is $5.24.
**Same as above with math, additionally charging your customers for your own
selling fees is a bit greedy, imho
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2022 16:55 | | Subject: | Re: WantedU.S. store with lots of city/town figs | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| In Wanted, TexMexSu writes:
| | Hello. We are looking for a U.S. based BL store with a large inventory of common
city/town minifigs. Not looking for heavy themed, fleshies or rare figures. These
are used to populate our builds.
Also looking for a decent Metroliner train if you have one.
Thanks.
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I have a fairly decent selection of Town minifigs. Not sure how common they all
are.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2022 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: Update order status for unresponsive buyer? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, kscarf1 writes:
| | I'm relatively new to selling here and I have a dumb question. I have an
order that's sitting at "Shipped" status for a package that was delivered
nearly two weeks ago. My messages to the buyer to confirm delivery and make sure
everything got there OK haven't been read. I see that I *can* update the
status to Completed, but *when* (if ever) should I do that? Thanks for any advice
you have.
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Just file it and don't worry about it, above all don't update to "Completed"
or contact the buyer about it any more.
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