Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Tracyd  | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 12:15 | | Subject: | Confirmation code to leave feedback | | Viewed: | 160 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Is it a new thing to require a code to leave feedback for a seller. It says
to access my seller features. I am a buyer, if this is a new requirement people
will stop leaving feedback. I am very disinclined to deal with this.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 11:42 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, chetzler writes:
| | I had a couple of these this in my inbox this morning. They looked completely
legitimate. I did login in to BL from my work computer yesterday. When I have
logged in from work before, I have never gotten an email like this, but I thought
that maybe it was a new security feature.
Anyway, with a very official looking email in hand, I clicked the suggested logout
from all devices link and had just about entered my credentials in the new window
to log back in when I noticed two minor things that seemed just a bit off. I
won’t mention those things in case the fraudsters are reading. I looked at the
URL and it was very close to BrickLink’s (it was not the .net one that was mentioned
before). Needless to say, I immediately changed my PW and reenabled the one-time
PIN (I had turned it off because I was being repeatedly prompted for a new PIN
over very short time spans even when I hadn’t logged out). I’ll also be downloading
my inventory
BE DILIGENT! I’m a pretty suspicious person when it comes to online activity,
but, in my groggy state when I woke up this morning, I almost fell for a phishing
scheme presented as a very authentic looking email.
I don’t know why BrickLink has suddenly become such a juicy target. These people
have no hope of accessing any of my monetary accounts. I assume the goal is
to gain access to a legitimate shop so they can list high-dollar items to scam
other members.
I don’t envy the task that management has ahead of them, but they need to take
some substantive action soon. This is not a primary income stream for me, so
at some point, when all the gummy spam, phishing attempts, and slow helpdesk
response times become too much, I may simply close my store for a while. I don’t
need the extra headache of worrying about online security for a part-time job.
Had I fallen victim to this phishing attempt, I’m really not sure how much effort
I would have put into trying to recover my account. BrickLink just feels like
a dicier selling proposition lately.
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I feel slighted I have none.
From a cybersecurity standpoint you never click a link in a text or an email
about suspicious activity. You go straight to how you normally access the site
and see if there is a message there, if it is legitimate, you can then do what
is needed. Even if there isn't you might consider change your password. I
keep getting texts that my bank account is in jeopardy from a bank that I haven't
had an account with for 15 years, needless to say I don't click that link.
I have even gotten texts from PayPal about a dire issue, but when I access PayPal
normally there is nothing there. Thinking before you click is always your first
action. My job sends out test phishing emails. While some look official they
are never using a correct email address and are for things that I expect to be
notified of before an email requiring action.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 11:35 | | Subject: | Re: What powers have newcomers | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Tracyd writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | In Help, Tracyd writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | | | | | In my opinion new users should not be allowed to leave NEGATIVE feedbacks until
they have at least 10 points.
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This is obviously incorrect for many reasons.
It also makes the newusers powerless and leaves room for bad sellers to rreat
newbies anyway they want.
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I didn't mention new BUYERS, I said new USERS.
The fact you already side on the sellers it's strange to me.
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I do not see a negative for this issue, however on your other negatives your
responses to them are hostile. Also, anytime you post in the forums you have
a hostile tone. Yes, you can have a tone in writing based on the words used.
I look at negative feedback left for sellers, and their responses. Yours would
make me think very hard before placing an order. I know in other countries the
customer service norm isn't "the customer is always right", but they
are still a customer and a person. Yes, some are horrible and can cause a strong
reaction, however, you are running a business, you are supposed to be a professional,
act like one. You can type out a scathing mean insulting answer to their feedback,
and instead of posting it, delete it and write one that reflects what happened
without the hostile emotions. That makes you look professional, that says you
can be trusted. An answer for this one of expecting a pair based on the description
would be, sent what they ordered, but they expect different. Simple, explains
what happened and doesn't insult anyone. Granted it isn't there and
is not an issue now. And I agree you didn't deserve a negative for a misleading
catalog description, but if it had stood a simple response would reflect better
on you then any hostility.
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The negative you don't see has been removed by the admins.
And "The customer is always right" is an old quote from early 1900s,
today we know as a fact that a business doesn't need all customers, bad customers
happen and they are surely not right, I may suggest you some quick readings like:
https://www.tonyrobbins.com/career-business/is-the-customer-always-right/
or
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2019/05/23/the-customer-is-not-always-right-here-are-five-reasons-why/
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I grew up in a restaurant, and we didn't bow down to the customers, however
we always tried to treat them with respect, but never accepted bullying and abusive
treatment. But if asked about it later we never badmouthed the people. We just
said there was a disagreement and we will no longer serve them.
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I also come from the Southern US and we have so many ways to passive/aggressively
insult someone we don't have to do it blatently.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 11:33 | | Subject: | Re: What powers have newcomers | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | In Help, Tracyd writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | | | | | In my opinion new users should not be allowed to leave NEGATIVE feedbacks until
they have at least 10 points.
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This is obviously incorrect for many reasons.
It also makes the newusers powerless and leaves room for bad sellers to rreat
newbies anyway they want.
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I didn't mention new BUYERS, I said new USERS.
The fact you already side on the sellers it's strange to me.
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I do not see a negative for this issue, however on your other negatives your
responses to them are hostile. Also, anytime you post in the forums you have
a hostile tone. Yes, you can have a tone in writing based on the words used.
I look at negative feedback left for sellers, and their responses. Yours would
make me think very hard before placing an order. I know in other countries the
customer service norm isn't "the customer is always right", but they
are still a customer and a person. Yes, some are horrible and can cause a strong
reaction, however, you are running a business, you are supposed to be a professional,
act like one. You can type out a scathing mean insulting answer to their feedback,
and instead of posting it, delete it and write one that reflects what happened
without the hostile emotions. That makes you look professional, that says you
can be trusted. An answer for this one of expecting a pair based on the description
would be, sent what they ordered, but they expect different. Simple, explains
what happened and doesn't insult anyone. Granted it isn't there and
is not an issue now. And I agree you didn't deserve a negative for a misleading
catalog description, but if it had stood a simple response would reflect better
on you then any hostility.
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The negative you don't see has been removed by the admins.
And "The customer is always right" is an old quote from early 1900s,
today we know as a fact that a business doesn't need all customers, bad customers
happen and they are surely not right, I may suggest you some quick readings like:
https://www.tonyrobbins.com/career-business/is-the-customer-always-right/
or
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2019/05/23/the-customer-is-not-always-right-here-are-five-reasons-why/
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I grew up in a restaurant, and we didn't bow down to the customers, however
we always tried to treat them with respect, but never accepted bullying and abusive
treatment. But if asked about it later we never badmouthed the people. We just
said there was a disagreement and we will no longer serve them.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 10:11 | | Subject: | Re: What powers have newcomers | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | | | | | In my opinion new users should not be allowed to leave NEGATIVE feedbacks until
they have at least 10 points.
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This is obviously incorrect for many reasons.
It also makes the newusers powerless and leaves room for bad sellers to rreat
newbies anyway they want.
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I didn't mention new BUYERS, I said new USERS.
The fact you already side on the sellers it's strange to me.
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I do not see a negative for this issue, however on your other negatives your
responses to them are hostile. Also, anytime you post in the forums you have
a hostile tone. Yes, you can have a tone in writing based on the words used.
I look at negative feedback left for sellers, and their responses. Yours would
make me think very hard before placing an order. I know in other countries the
customer service norm isn't "the customer is always right", but they
are still a customer and a person. Yes, some are horrible and can cause a strong
reaction, however, you are running a business, you are supposed to be a professional,
act like one. You can type out a scathing mean insulting answer to their feedback,
and instead of posting it, delete it and write one that reflects what happened
without the hostile emotions. That makes you look professional, that says you
can be trusted. An answer for this one of expecting a pair based on the description
would be, sent what they ordered, but they expect different. Simple, explains
what happened and doesn't insult anyone. Granted it isn't there and
is not an issue now. And I agree you didn't deserve a negative for a misleading
catalog description, but if it had stood a simple response would reflect better
on you then any hostility.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: Help with this minifig head needed | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Maulee writes:
Google image search doesn't bring up a match. If it is an authentic head
part, then it is a custom print.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 16:06 | | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, ErwinNL writes:
| | In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
| | In Administrative, calebfishn writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.
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November 2023 wasn't early enough?
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Did you read this?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423
Because that was about today's change from opt-in to opt-out.
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Oops, missed it by that much. Too much back and forth on that thread for me to
look at.
Yeah, a few days' notice would have been nice.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 16:00 | | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, calebfishn writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.
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November 2023 wasn't early enough?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or... | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is this head a misprint? The mouth doesn't look right (like she has fangs
or something) and there's no beauty mark.
I can take more photos if needed.
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Any help would be great! Thanks!
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Are those bite marks? If so, I would say wear and tear. But it looks odd for
sure.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Administrative, Mevitsbricks writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Send a freaking email would ya!
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Yes a e-mail would be very helpful.
| | No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.
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Hey, I like to. I can’t even navigate the studio forum, so this is great for
me.(+my internet is soooo bad the studio one takes forever to load)
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And yet, you are all here.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 12:48 | | Subject: | Re: $5 FREE! | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Swatson217 writes:
Now I need to change mine.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: $5 FREE! | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | I'm curious to see if the Sale topic in the forum actually drives sale, so
in the name of science I am offering anyone that posts on this thread a
$5 coupon to be used on orders with an order total of $10 or more
In honor of Pi day, just comment your favorite flavor of pie below to be eligible
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Peach.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Sale of store | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rathdolcu writes:
| | Is it possible to sell an entire store with feedback and inventory?
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No, inventory can be sold, but not the Bricklink account and the associated feedback.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 17:38 | | Subject: | Re: Blue Trailer. Long 16 | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, seclimar writes:
| | Hi all
I have this Blue Trailer. Long 16
large 4
anyone can help on the part number ?
I searched all trailers, but didn't find
thanks for the help
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 17:30 | | Subject: | Re: Hips with Leather Belt (Red Studs) Pattern | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Amstys writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, Amstys writes:
| | Hi there, I have a piece labeled "Hips with Leather Belt (Red Studs) Pattern"
Item No: 970p4f
Because Bricklink is deleting printed hips and individual legs I cannot find
out the legs that attach to these hips. Brickognize does not pick up the piece
either. I currently have plain black legs attached to them. If anyone knows the
correct part number for the hips and legs that would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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What color are the hips?
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They are black
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 17:00 | | Subject: | Re: Hips with Leather Belt (Red Studs) Pattern | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Amstys writes:
| | Hi there, I have a piece labeled "Hips with Leather Belt (Red Studs) Pattern"
Item No: 970p4f
Because Bricklink is deleting printed hips and individual legs I cannot find
out the legs that attach to these hips. Brickognize does not pick up the piece
either. I currently have plain black legs attached to them. If anyone knows the
correct part number for the hips and legs that would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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What color are the hips?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2024 12:46 | | Subject: | Re: Unjustified Neutral Feedback | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, yoavheskia writes:
| | Hi,
I got my first Neutral Feedback without any justification.
The buyer made the order at 17.2, I shipped it at 18.2 and he received it at
21.2
Although it took less then a week and although the Israeli PO is not under my
command (I wish it was!) the buyer gave me the following feedback:
Everything I asked for arrived, even the used one feels like new but the shipping
time takes quite a long time
I submitted Feedback Removal Request.
My questions are:
1. What to expect? The feedback will be cancel?
2. How long does it take normally?
Thanks,
Yoav
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It won't be removed based on all the forum posts by other sellers. But by
blocking new buyers you are blocking people with perfect feedback scores. 0
feedback means no negatives or neutrals.
Do not obsess over the perfect feedback score.
Answer his feedback truthfully and it shouldn't hurt you. I agree a neutral
should not lower your score, but it is not my decision to make. IF I am worried
about a less than perfect score, I look at the feedback left and their responses
to it. You have some interesting stuff in your store, people who are looking
for that will buy it even without the perfect score, as long as you answer the
bad feedback in a calm truthful manner. Shipping time isn't your fault unless
you don't process the order for days after it was made/paid.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 17:50 | | Subject: | Re: PayPal Marketplace & No More Invoicing??? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Dhobeck writes:
| | In Selling, joethedean27 writes:
| | Guys,
I've sold on BL since 2010. I closed my store in early 2022 and just re-opened
last month.
What happened to Invoicing?
I've gotten four orders, all were immediately paid for.
The system auto-calculated shipping, gave me no opportunity for me to add my
handling fee, or any other Invoicing needed.
Is this a result of PayPal Marketplace?
Is this just how it is from now on?
I'd have to raise prices because I'm getting killed on too-low shipping
costs..
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Set your shipping methods to manual this will force costumers to invoice
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Thou without instant checkout you might get less orders. People don't want
to wait on the invoice. Someone knowledgeable can help you with setting up your
postage right.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 11:01 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING !! fake email copying Bricklink | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Problem, Nicolasamico37 writes:
Yes, but nothing new.
We've learnt to NEVER EVER open a site we've to log in from an e-mail.
Don't we?
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UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH maybe?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 09:58 | | Subject: | Re: Is this lego? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, techdubb writes:
| | If so, which part?
Thanks!
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Megabloks.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 14:06 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | There are many of us who lost a significant portion of our lives
to the merges that just occurred, and we have every right to mourn the loss of
that information and the significant time and money we poured into the obtaining
of that information for the use of the worldwide LEGO-fan community.
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I came a hair's breadth from losing my marriage recently and the time I have
poured into Bricklink was a major factor in it. Less than a hair's breadth.
She left for 70 days. So in any case, I have to cut back. But what I cut back
would have been a lot more difficult to decide without this coming along at the
same time. It stings VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH. To find out that they don't
even value what I was doing. I almost lost my family doing a labor that I believed
would help the community, but it won't because the leaders of the community
threw it in garbage half done.
It doesn't look like the vitriol in these thread got directed at me personally,
but to read someone saying "Hey it wasn't your decision. Don't be
so entitled" feels very personal.
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I respect you, so please don't view anything I say negatively.
I personally, don't understand why people keep complaining, and then KEEP
HELPING. Like if a person IRL doesn't respect your opinion, or time, continuing
to give that person your advice and time, is honestly not healthy. At all.
I appreciate your honesty here. I admit I see low key signs of addiction to the
site (and/or the product) in many many Lego users, including many popular youtubers
and bricklink store owners. It seems alot of you (general you) get stuck
obsessing over this place, and then freak out when something out of your control
happens. The whole thing looks irrational to myself and several other users and
we aren't trying to pick on you guys, but its honestly the very concerning
(to me personally at least) to see people get SO upset, over what in reality
is not a big deal.
I know I come off as blunt and uncarring, but really I know, at least I am personally
responding the same way I would if someone in real life was freaking out, try
to point of they are overreacting.
Anyway in closing, if the merge (or anything I've seen people get upset about
over the years) causes so much emotional anguish that you (general) can't
let it go, its time to go touch grass, and I mean that in a kind way. Honestly
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Back in the late 2000's I was heavily active in the forums. So heavily that
at one point I was the #2 poster in the forums. Ahead of forum overseers'
(who were a lot more active then than now) and all but 1 of the catalog admins.
It was a problem, so I took a break, a dark age for BL but not for Lego. I
try to be sporadic in here, but this issue with the variants has people thinking
their opinion is the most important and that is the one that should be followed.
I do respect and appreciate all, and the other catalog contributors have done
for BL, but you knew it was unpaid and that any contribution became theirs to
use as they see fit. If you are unhappy and it is affecting your life, then stop.
Yes, your work will be missed, but your well-being and sanity is far more important
than bits of plastic. And in the grand scheme of things that is what Lego is,
bits of plastic. Some more interesting than others, but still bits of plastic
and fighting over them is pointless really. To put it in perspective, your name
will still be in the contribution section of BL as long as it exists, but the
names of the people who built other things are forgotten. Who built the Brooklyn
Bridge? Not the architect, not the building firms, the names of the workers.
Forgotten, but yours will still be here. I know you weren't in it for the
glory, that you truly wanted to help and give the best information you could.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 12:11 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, BrickCompulsion writes:
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No idea. But they people who get to make the decision are for it.
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OK -
well the general feeling I got was that most posters were not for it and seeing
issues with doing it.
Therefore I suggest that "they" were hearing but not listening
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If you own something, do you solicit others' opinions on what to do with
it? If you want to do X, but a lot of people say no do Y with it, do you do
what you want or what they want? They don't have to listen, that they have
changed some doesn't mean they have to change all.
Again, they can do anything they want as they own the website. Or for the pedantic,
they work for the owner of the website.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | - no consultation
- no debate or poll
- short notice of it happening
- when announced there was not a lot of certainty over what was happening and
when and how
- changes happening over a long period of time due to poor implementation. I
think if you aren't able to make the changes easily then perhaps there are
other more pressing issues to attend to
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There was consultation and plenty of debate. Some parts were thought about again,
so they were listening.
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Well I read a fair amount of the messages but not all - would you say that the
majority of posters were for the idea ?
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No idea. But they people who get to make the decision are for it.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 11:35 | | Subject: | Re: Store’s 1 year Anniversary! Minifigure Sale! | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Swatson217 writes:
| | 24-hour sale on minifigures!
30% off our minifigures, to celebrate The BrickWitch being open for one amazing
year!
Thank you to all of the fantastic buyers and sellers who have helped us during
this first year of being open!
10 a.m. EST Wednesday March 6 through 10 a.m. EST Thursday March 7
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Congrats on your first anniversary. I look forward to many many more from you
here.
To any who haven't bought from BrickWitch, they have great customer service
and will take care of you right.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | In Catalog, oukexergon writes:
| | In Catalog, Adjour writes:
| | | | BL will survive just fine this time, but if
another batch of merges ever comes, at least they will lose my business.
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Yet another user making another empty, histrionic threat. It's almost a script
at this point.
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Threat? How is this a threat? The site will literally lose its value if it continues
down this path (not saying it has yet).
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If you literally can't understand how you threatening to stop shopping here
is a considered a threat. I can't help you.
| | In the end people will need a different source to complete sets accurately.
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Ok. I sort of agree with that point, but I don't get the emotional gyrations.
It is what it is. You don't own the site.
You and the other, 10 ish people who are super upset could be putting all that
energy and time into creating that if it matters as much as you all insist. But
no, time is better spent complaining. Per usual.
Crystal
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What she said. I am getting so tired of hearing the same thing over and over.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: Part Identification Help? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Searching, GorillaBrick writes:
| | Hey all you LEGO sleuths, I'm putting out an APB on these babies. I've
searched multiple times using a variety of keywords and all my resources including
BL, Brickowl, Google, and most recently Brickognize and still turning up nothing.
Can you help me identify these baby doe's, so I can return them to their
rightful sets? Both heads are clearly marked LEGO both inside of the hollow
stud and inside the head itself. The swaddling blankets were already on them
and although they fit well, are not Logo'd at least that I can find, so they
may/may not be LEGO.
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Probably fake, the prints on the faces don't look right.
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Many of what you would call fakes are custom printing on real Lego parts. The
heads aren't fakes as you call them but are custom printed.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 12:11 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers - I'd please | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, Sean_Stevens writes:
| | Has anybody got an idea what set these are from please?
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* | | 3443c10pb04 Train Battery Box Car with Two Contact Holes, Red Switch Lever, Blue and Red Magnets, and Red Wheels with 'TRANSPORT' on Yellow Box and 'COMPANY' Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 180
Parts: Train {Red} |
This?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 12:09 | | Subject: | Re: Stickers - I'd please | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Sean_Stevens writes:
| | Has anybody got an idea what set these are from please?
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* | | 3443c10pb04 Train Battery Box Car with Two Contact Holes, Red Switch Lever, Blue and Red Magnets, and Red Wheels with 'TRANSPORT' on Yellow Box and 'COMPANY' Pattern on Both Sides (Stickers) - Set 180
Parts: Train {Red} |
This?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 11:57 | | Subject: | Re: Snake 30115 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Bricksgram writes:
| | This part comes in two variants, with circular indentations down the length of
the underside and one without those marks.
Is there any information which one is older and from which year lego introducted
snake with circular indentations?
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The technical term is ejector pin marks, and it may depend on the mold that produced
them rather than a design difference. But there are far wiser experts on this
than I.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 11:55 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 126 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | BrickLink does not believe itself to be a historical resource anymore. Surely
this means we’ll be getting rid of the (objectively useless) x000 part IDs?
Grooved variants were added to help users find what they need. What’s stopping
the rest of the grooved variants from being merged in the near future? This sorry
excuse of a project sets this precedent and introduces a slippery slope that
seriously undermines community trust.
Why are other issues that were “addressed” years ago still on the shelf without
solutions? Why does site admin insist on following through with inconsistent
changes that have proven themselves to be wildly unpopular? (Apart from the four
Yes-men lurking in the catalog)
Where is the Rust solution? Where is the Light Pink solution?
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Dan did not originate Bricklink to be a historical resource. I saw his posts
in the forums when it was brought up long before you knew this site existed.
He established Bricklink to facilitate buying and selling Lego parts and sets.
The fact that people put a lot of work into identifying differences made it
into a historical resource, but that was not the intent. Lego has become far
more mainstream today than ever before, but most of the newcomers have no idea
about variants and just want to buy what they want or need, without the confusing
variants. For the people who really care about a variant, there will still be
stores who break them out and will sell them to those who care or need them.
I do recognize all the work that people put in as volunteers to identify and
establish the variants and I do respect their work. It would be nice to have
a variant page/section for reference and to recognize the work they put into
it.
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Knowing “what you need” is based on available information, which has now been
condensed for no good reason. The only reason I know that a set has a specific
variant is because of the work put in by catalog contributors. People aren’t
going to care anymore because the distinction isn’t being explicitly made anymore.
Defending ineptitude and inconsistency is much easier, though.
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That is just it, the VAST majority don't care. Also, because you seem to
not understand something really simple, but very important. This isn't your
site, you don't own it, you don't operate it and you don't get to
make the decisions. It is great that they still listen to the community at large,
however this is a business, and it will be run in the manner that they decide
is best for it.
And as far as ineptitude and inconsistency go, it is still here, it is still
up and running and it is still majorly successful.
If you don't like the direction, they are taking you can find another place
to buy from.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, here4bricks614 writes:
| | BrickLink does not believe itself to be a historical resource anymore. Surely
this means we’ll be getting rid of the (objectively useless) x000 part IDs?
Grooved variants were added to help users find what they need. What’s stopping
the rest of the grooved variants from being merged in the near future? This sorry
excuse of a project sets this precedent and introduces a slippery slope that
seriously undermines community trust.
Why are other issues that were “addressed” years ago still on the shelf without
solutions? Why does site admin insist on following through with inconsistent
changes that have proven themselves to be wildly unpopular? (Apart from the four
Yes-men lurking in the catalog)
Where is the Rust solution? Where is the Light Pink solution?
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Dan did not originate Bricklink to be a historical resource. I saw his posts
in the forums when it was brought up long before you knew this site existed.
He established Bricklink to facilitate buying and selling Lego parts and sets.
The fact that people put a lot of work into identifying differences made it
into a historical resource, but that was not the intent. Lego has become far
more mainstream today than ever before, but most of the newcomers have no idea
about variants and just want to buy what they want or need, without the confusing
variants. For the people who really care about a variant, there will still be
stores who break them out and will sell them to those who care or need them.
I do recognize all the work that people put in as volunteers to identify and
establish the variants and I do respect their work. It would be nice to have
a variant page/section for reference and to recognize the work they put into
it.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Mar 1, 2024 12:21 | | Subject: | Re: What in the world could’ve caused this?! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, toontexas writes:
| | In General, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | Just found this on a minifigure. It’s about the size of a thumbtack, and it’s
perfectly centered. It doesn’t go all the way through. What do you guys think
caused it?
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Act of god.
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Magic.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 28, 2024 17:52 | | Subject: | Re: 75% OFF on Parts | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Swatson217 writes:
If you got it, then I know it will be handled correctly.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 28, 2024 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: 75% OFF on Parts | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Swatson217 writes:
| | That’s because people bought his stock today.
😃
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You are people now?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 28, 2024 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: What gives? | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | After reading a now cancelled post:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1457020
In which the OP highlighted Carol’s first non positive (neutral) feedback in
over a staggering 25,000 orders, I noticed something: The neutral didn’t produce
an effect on Carol's percentage number displayed.
Has this suggestion been implemented?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=868453
Or is it that her order numbers are so large that the percentage affected can’t
be shown or formatted as is?
Two store banners, both with a single selling neutral
https://store.bricklink.com/carolannee
https://store.bricklink.com/par016
A very nice post about carolannee, btw. Here's my readied reply to it.
Carol was my inspiration early on here as to what a BL seller could become.
Her comms, packaging, listing practices, processing times, all exemplary. She
set the bar high for other BL sellers. I’m privileged to have gotten to know
her some personally over the years. A wonderful personality who happens to also
enjoy her garden
She and I trading location in a manner of speaking. We were in Olympia for years
while she was up in the Seattle area. Nearly at the same time, she and her hubby
moved down to Olympia where we lived, while we move up to the Seattle area where
they had just left. She also has been fazing out her inventory in order to close,
nearly as long as we have been
-popsicle
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Very well could be rounding.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 17:27 | | Subject: | Re: Projectile Launcher ammo? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In General, rylie_aitch writes:
| | In General, Tracyd writes:
| | In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | The projectile launcher shooting cannon shoots which kind of projectiles?
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why doesn't get any love?
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It was retired before the cannon was introduced — but more importantly, the cannon
has a bar through the center that goes through the round brick's stud, so
it couldn't launch the old type as effectively.
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But would that part not work with,
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Hint: "Non Shooting"
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Well, I have no shooting ones. I am so deprived.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 16:27 | | Subject: | Re: Projectile Launcher ammo? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | The projectile launcher shooting cannon shoots which kind of projectiles?
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why doesn't get any love?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2024 15:46 | | Subject: | Re: Counterfeit Stamps - UK users | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Tracyd writes:
| | In Shipping, Adjour writes:
| | In Shipping, Stuart9 writes:
| | Are they using older stamps that are now not recognised ?
They should have exchanged them for current stamps which Royal Mail will only
recognise now, you had to send them to Royal Mail with a card/paper and not take
them to a post office.
I did this with those that I hadn’t used yet.
Not sure if this option is still open.
In General, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | Good morning all
This post is for sellers using Royal Mail in the UK. I am looking for any sellers
that have had a £5 fee applied by Royal Mail with an explanation of counterfeit
stamps being used.
If this is anyone then please do get in touch with me as I may have an opportunity
to get your money back and help solve this issue !
Cheers
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whaaa? You guys can't use old stamps?
I can cover an evelope in hundreds of penny stamps from the 80's and it will
send. Interesting.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/04/eventually-it-will-just-be-a-barcode-wont-it-why-britains-new-stamps-are-causing-outrage-and-upset
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If the stamps were bought at the post office, they might have been misprints
and would show as not rel/counterfeit.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2024 15:44 | | Subject: | Re: Counterfeit Stamps - UK users | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Adjour writes:
| | In Shipping, Stuart9 writes:
| | Are they using older stamps that are now not recognised ?
They should have exchanged them for current stamps which Royal Mail will only
recognise now, you had to send them to Royal Mail with a card/paper and not take
them to a post office.
I did this with those that I hadn’t used yet.
Not sure if this option is still open.
In General, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | Good morning all
This post is for sellers using Royal Mail in the UK. I am looking for any sellers
that have had a £5 fee applied by Royal Mail with an explanation of counterfeit
stamps being used.
If this is anyone then please do get in touch with me as I may have an opportunity
to get your money back and help solve this issue !
Cheers
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whaaa? You guys can't use old stamps?
I can cover an evelope in hundreds of penny stamps from the 80's and it will
send. Interesting.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/04/eventually-it-will-just-be-a-barcode-wont-it-why-britains-new-stamps-are-causing-outrage-and-upset
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 11:16 | | Subject: | Re: Brick Sauce is now open! 10% Off! | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, orteRetro writes:
| | In New Stores, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Welcome to the selling side of BL!
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Thank you!
Forgot to add - no minimum or maximum order size, and no extra handling fees!
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Good luck and keep adding stock. You don't have what I need yet. But I
will keep checking back.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 16:42 | | Subject: | Re: The Five Most Feared Words | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, macebobo writes:
| | In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
| | "eggs sunny side up pizza"
In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, legomalego writes:
Is that a question or another example of the Five Most Feared Words?
| | […]
| | "Only pizzas with pineapples left"
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"let's have a gummy poll"
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He is just a friend.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 16:11 | | Subject: | Re: When will upcoming sets be listed? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, Tracyd writes:
| | TLG does nothing to help facilitate uploading
set inventories. It is all volunteer work.
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Well, yes and no, BL does get initial data from Lego which works very well for
parts that are already in the catalogue, but not too well for parts that aren't
yet in the catalogue. That's the real issue with adding new set inventories.
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See. Better info already.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2024 15:49 | | Subject: | Re: When will upcoming sets be listed? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, robsuddaby writes:
| | When will the March 1st sets be listed on here so we can sell parts of it? The
Star Wars Clone Battle Pack from Jan 1st took quite a few weeks to be listed
if I recall correctly, thanks.
R
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As long as it takes for someone to get the sets. Inventory and upload the sets,
then having BL check the upload. TLG does nothing to help facilitate uploading
set inventories. It is all volunteer work. If you have the sets, you can submit
the inventories. I know there are more experience people on here who can point
you in the right direction to do so, if you don't want to wait for someone
else to do the work.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2024 16:08 | | Subject: | Re: Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Reki_Lobsheek writes:
| | In Catalog, brickbiters writes:
get your priorities straight
Perhaps people like you should follow their own advice?
Talking about 1st World problems ... sheesh
With all due respect to the (to me) borderline autistic fetish for part variants
some people seem to have, I cannot comprehend that of all the technical issues
and necessary adaptations due to changed international commerce laws to this
platform, this issue gets so much attention. It simply baffles me.
I can go as far as understanding why it could be important to a small group of
avid collectors but to expect a platform with over 1.6 million users to compromise
its functionality to adhere to the rants of a niche minority within the very
small minority that is the group of BL members that actually use the forum is
going too far IMO.
I think it's safe to say that these changes will be a headache less for the
bigger fish among the sellers here.
Erikk
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We need a like button.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2024 15:00 | | Subject: | Re: Unidentified Minifigures | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Muttley1977 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Nubs_Select writes:
| | does the top of the torso say lego? if it does its custom printed on real parts
and if not its a complete knockoff
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It does have LEGO imprinted on the neck stem. New to minifig collecting, I don't
have much knowledge on custom printing. Seems like alot of work as the legs,
back, and arms are printed.
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There are a lot out there that are better than this one. I don't recognize
it.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2024 10:21 | | Subject: | Re: Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, brickbiters writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | |
We only know this because of complete databases like the BrickLink Catalog.
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It isn't complete and never will be. With the rate new sets are produced
and the lack of information about old sets and items, there will always be uninventoried
sets, errors and guesses in old inventories, variants that are not recorded or,
if they are recorded, not catalogued as a variant, and so on.
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which is why it's important to keep historical research data so that when
something is found you're not starting from scratch every time. this is garbage
and if russell really believed what he was saying he would open up the discussion
and voting on each part to the community since this database was built by the
community, not some group of people who think they know what's good for us
and forcing it down our throat and trying to gaslight us into believing 'we'll
come around.....'. RIP bricklink.
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I picture you sitting in a concrete bunker surrounded by cases and cases of MRE's.
Bricklink is not a democracy, it never has been. Not everyone would vote even
if it was put out there, so it wouldn't be a true representation anyway.
It would just be the vocal minority that makes the biggest fuss.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 17:48 | | Subject: | Re: Incomplete Minifigs | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, marlinjc writes:
| | Yes to C, no to B, A possible.
In Suggestions, TorontoLego writes:
| | Rant:
I am tired of looking in stores to find Minifigs that are missing parts -- Particularly
Feathers and Plumes from Castle Minifigs -- frequently the most expensive part.
Suggestion:
A) Add complete/incomplete to minifig listings -- this might be too large of
a change - not sure how hard this would be.
OR
B) Make a rule that ALL minifigs MUST be complete as inventoried. Otherwise
they should be listed as their component parts.
OR
C) Make a rule that ALL incomplete minifigs must have the phrase INCOMPLETE included
in the comments so that they can be excluded from searches somehow.
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And B is the rule.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: Items that make you wonder was Lego thinking? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Tracyd writes:
| | In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | And drink wine (but cool). I'm French, what can you do?
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How people can enjoy that is beyond me I've tried many different wine
types but they are just so weird
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I’ve never drank don’t plan to ether, in my opinion it’s, drink, drank, drunk.
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Tbh it almost impressive if you can force your self to think enough to reach
that 3rd state even the smell keeps me 10 feet away
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Me too, the stuff stinks soooo bad. They call it alcohol, and alcohol is a form
of poison.
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Dihydrogen monoxide kills around 236,000 people a year. It's one of the deadliest
and most powerful elements on the planet. But you are around it every day.
Like alcohol its only dangerous if you don't respect it.
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Yes buy why drink poison if you don’t have to?
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If you don't drink dihydrogen monoxide you will die. Too much will kill
you thou.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Items that make you wonder was Lego thinking? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Tracyd writes:
| | In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | And drink wine (but cool). I'm French, what can you do?
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How people can enjoy that is beyond me I've tried many different wine
types but they are just so weird
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I’ve never drank don’t plan to ether, in my opinion it’s, drink, drank, drunk.
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Tbh it almost impressive if you can force your self to think enough to reach
that 3rd state even the smell keeps me 10 feet away
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Me too, the stuff stinks soooo bad. They call it alcohol, and alcohol is a form
of poison.
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Dihydrogen monoxide kills around 236,000 people a year. It's one of the deadliest
and most powerful elements on the planet. But you are around it every day.
Like alcohol its only dangerous if you don't respect it.
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Another estimae lists it as 320,00 per year. So many deaths.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 14:05 | | Subject: | Re: Items that make you wonder was Lego thinking? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | And drink wine (but cool). I'm French, what can you do?
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How people can enjoy that is beyond me I've tried many different wine
types but they are just so weird
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I’ve never drank don’t plan to ether, in my opinion it’s, drink, drank, drunk.
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Tbh it almost impressive if you can force your self to think enough to reach
that 3rd state even the smell keeps me 10 feet away
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Me too, the stuff stinks soooo bad. They call it alcohol, and alcohol is a form
of poison.
|
Dihydrogen monoxide kills around 236,000 people a year. It's one of the deadliest
and most powerful elements on the planet. But you are around it every day.
Like alcohol its only dangerous if you don't respect it.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 17:56 | | Subject: | Re: Items that make you wonder was Lego thinking? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Off Topic, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Found this today under a section called Smoking supplies.
Also the 1 at the end of the item name implies that there may be more related
items
What was LEGO thinking when they branded this??
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Sort of like:
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Yep, what was LEGO THINKING! That is probably the worst of all.
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I don't think they marketed them to kids. I doubt they were sold. They
are most likely Business to Business gifts.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 10:14 | | Subject: | Re: NSS and suspended store | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, goldknight writes:
| | In Help, apple_brick writes:
| | In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, DizneyBricks writes:
| | I did years ago. still no help from admin.
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Let me repeat: open 1 ticket per NSS, send a proof of full refund.
Even for the oldest ones.
Wait.
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And wait some more..
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I’m in the same boat—it’s like fishing. Must wait and wait!!!!! My scenario
is very similar as package was delivered to the correct address but customer
did not get package. No he filed NSS all docs sent to admin.
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It is your responsibility to get the package in the hands of the buyer. Marked
as delivered is not the same as in the hands of. You as the shipper need to get
onto the shipper about the issue. If Wal-Mart or Amazon says they delivered
a package to you and you don't get it, do you just go "oh well, I guess
it's ok"? No, you expect them to make it right. Just because you aren't
selling at the same scale of them doesn't relieve you of being as responsible
as them in getting the buyer their goods or a refund.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 10:28 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback Extortion | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Figitentiary writes:
| | In Feedback, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | I had a buyer leave negative feedback. In his email message he writes, "If
this is not dealt with appropriately I will be forced to leave my first negative
review of a Bricklink thus far." To me this is clearly extortion and against
policy, correct?
I put in for feedback removal, does BL Admin look at the email messages to determine
if it can be removed or just the feedback itself? I hope they look at everything.
There was nowhere to write anything when i asked for removal.
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How is it feedback extortion... simply because YOU say so? I don't think
it works like that either? You don't even say what actually happened, so
readers can decide for themselves if the trans. warranted negative feedback?
Were the parts described accurately & accordingly? Were they ALL included? Did
you respond, in a timely enough fashion, for the buyer? That's why it's
called FEEDBACK... it's supposed to be subjective.
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FEEDBACK is how a buyer and a seller feel about the transaction. Looking at
the feedback you have received you may need to reconsider how you run your store.
No, I don't have the details of the issues or what was done to fix them,
but there are a lot of consistent complaints. If you are worried about your
feedback rating, then you need to change how you do things. You give no details
about the issues or what you have done/proposed to fix them so you may be a bit
premature on your claim of extortion. And if a buyer has to threaten you to
get you to fix things, then you really need to reconsider if you should be a
seller. No, the customer is not always right, but to keep them happy you sometimes
have to act like they are. If you can't do that then you end up like this.
I am not saying you are a bad seller, but your feedback is indicating that I
would stay away from you. BTW I love your custom TACO TUESDAY building. Very
nice work.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Did my best but still received neutral FB | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, ReclaimedComp writes:
| | No, I guess I should have, but I already I charge the minimum amount on shipping.
But, the feedback states that I didn't reply and I did. As soon as I was
notified. If he would have asked for a refund on shipping I would have given
it to him. It was one $0.15 cent part but the feedback will cost me alot more.
Chris
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Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Don't obsess over a neutral FB.
Did I say, don't obsess over a neutral FB?
Just keep doing the right things and you will continue to get business.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 7, 2024 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: Gummy Spam Poll ... Round 2 | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident...  , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.
these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.
maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.
Poll:
Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution
A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.
being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.
please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.
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poll is only open for 48 more hours!!!!!!!,
be sure to vote...
voting matters especially in these times of Taylor Swift, $15 big mac meals &
the absolute reckoning known as the word 'Literally'...
choose wisely..... the Future depends on it
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Where you finding the Big Mac meal that cheap?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2024 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 31 | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | You’re unfortunately right. 
They know that slugger was 100 and 10 % right! That’s why they haven’t said anything
about his video.
If I didn’t respect Admin_Russell for all of his hard work I would call him a
traitor. 
I wish that it was not so. 
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Sluggo is wrong. Bricklink is a Marketplace site, Dan created the site to facilitate
buying and selling Lego. The catalog grew out of necessity to standardize and
make searching for what you wanted easier than scrolling through all the stores
one by one. An offshoot of this was the variants listings. Bricklink was never
intended to be a history of Lego, or an all-inclusive catalog of every permutation
of bricks manufactured by TLG. It was never intended to be the Rosetta Stone
for sets. You are entitled to your opinions, but this site was not born from
your opinion. Nor mine. If you read all the information available and talk to
the people who knew Dan you will realize his dream wasn't a catalog of variations,
but a site to facilitate people's ability to obtain what they need. You
can argue how do they know what they need without the variants. Most won't
care about the variant if it works. Too many variants' bogs things down,
it is like walking into an ice cream shop and ordering a vanilla ice cream cone
and they ask you which of the 15 vanilla flavors you want.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2024 18:01 | | Subject: | Re: Bionicle is handled incredibly poorly | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | What does that say about their experts?
If accuracy isn't important anymore, then what is?
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From your store terms:
Minor Mould Changes
Lego likes to alter moulds like, a lot. A lot a lot. I think I have like 4 different
variants of the black 2l pin or something? Little changes like this are not
my responsibility.
Which seems strange for someone so into details, more than the catalogue crew.
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Pins are Technic not Bionicle. Everyone has their focus, but the catalog team
has to focus on all Bricklink and keep up with the things the vast majority are
interested in.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: Fake or real? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, runner.caller writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Anje572 writes:
| | We've had these two brown rifles with our Lego for over 20 years, they look
like part 30141, but they don't have any logo or numbers, are they fake?
The bottom one is part 30141, reddish brown.
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I think they're probably fake. The plastic slag on the shoulder stocks isn't
something I've seen on any of the rifles.
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I've seen plenty of the flintlock rifles with the slag on them from sets
pre 2000.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: Fake or real? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, ghyde writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Anje572 writes:
| | We've had these two brown rifles with our Lego for over 20 years, they look
like part 30141, but they don't have any logo or numbers, are they fake?
The bottom one is part 30141, reddish brown.
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The top two both show signs of mold flashing on the stock, and therefore might
be convincing fakes or third party custom items. Either way, it means they are
not genuine LEGO and should not be sold on this site.
I recall a lot of weapons made by "brick arms" or some similar sounding
site, a long time ago. The top two are likely from them or another custom weapons
manufacturer.
Cheers ...
ghyde
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Brickarms does not copy Lego weapons. Most likely a Chinese made knock-off.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, oukexergon writes:
| | In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
| | In Catalog, Tarkur writes:
| | Something else I'm slowly being aware of with this change that I actually
supriseingly thinks is a good thing. Which is that I now know all the stores
on this site which I should block. As the further we go along the people who
agree with this update do not care about me, fans or the hobby in full and would
rather make a quick buck than provide a good service.
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You got it finally. This whole change is about you. I have seen arrogance before,
but you take the cake, In a post before this you said the people have spoken
and are against this change. Take all the people who have spoken up about this
change being bad and it is still not a meaningful percentage of users on the
site. People have their reason for not wanting the merge and have the right
to express them. But the owner of the site has the right to do what they wish.
If you don't like what is going on do what Dan did all these years ago.
Start your own site and do what you want. You will find it is not easy or small
task.
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By my estimation, it's even fewer people actually speaking out defending
this move (like 6 people total, just posting over and over again). What % of
the BL population is that?
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Still not a meaningful percentage. But a lot of people are afraid of being stoplisted
for what they say or think. I don't, for everyone who stoplists me there
are thousands more who will take my business. Some people also love to argue
for the sake of arguing, how many of them have posted? Some people take the
approach of trying to wear down the people with opposing viewpoints, so they
stop responding and the other side will call it a win for their side. Honestly,
I don't give one flip about the merge or if it were to be cancelled. Either
way it won't change how I buy. But when people demand that they have a right
to dictate how the site is run I will remind them that this is not their personal
site, and they don't get to make the decisions. A lot of people have volunteered
their time and effort to this site, but that doesn't make it their site either.
I appreciate all their hard work and commitment and if any stop helping because
of this then we have lost a valuable asset to the site. This site is a business,
and the way to make a business take notice of of your opinions is to vote with
your wallet. If this is so wrong, then take your business elsewhere.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 14:15 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Tarkur writes:
| | Something else I'm slowly being aware of with this change that I actually
supriseingly thinks is a good thing. Which is that I now know all the stores
on this site which I should block. As the further we go along the people who
agree with this update do not care about me, fans or the hobby in full and would
rather make a quick buck than provide a good service.
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You got it finally. This whole change is about you. I have seen arrogance before,
but you take the cake, In a post before this you said the people have spoken
and are against this change. Take all the people who have spoken up about this
change being bad and it is still not a meaningful percentage of users on the
site. People have their reason for not wanting the merge and have the right
to express them. But the owner of the site has the right to do what they wish.
If you don't like what is going on do what Dan did all these years ago.
Start your own site and do what you want. You will find it is not easy or small
task.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 12:25 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown Classic Doctor minifig torso sticker | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Classicsmiley writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Rosquaqua writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Classicsmiley writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Rosquaqua writes:
| | Hi there, I am brand new to the Bricklink community and finding it an amazing
resource, so first off want to say thanks for eveyone's hard work.
Last week I picked up a character in amongst a large box of old lego at a charity
shop. This particular minifigure I just can't find registered on this site
or across other web resources and wondered if anyone could help identify it.
It looks same as 1978 - 1979 Classic city doctor figure perhaps the 623-1 set?
However, it has a different sticker on it which is the same design as the later
doctors with prints not stickers - the 6364 set.
I can't even find this sticker as a part either?
Any help would be gratefully received.
I'll be upfront about it, if its super rare I am thinking of selling it.
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It could be from this.
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WOW @Classicsmiley that is serious knowledge right there!! Awesome, that certainly
might explain it. Many thanks
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I had that idea book as a kid. Some things just stay with you.
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I still have it as an "adult". I grew old not up.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: Bulk Order | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, iba5000 writes:
| | A customer wants to make a bulk order but the seller wants to split up the order
into smaller orders due to splitting up the shipping, is there a way to do so?
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Why do they want to split it? Seems it would be cheaper in one shipment.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 12:53 | | Subject: | Re: *** The Gift Shop Now Open! *** (US Based) | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, mattthecatt_1 writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Welcome to bricklink!
Just a heads up you have this
“ Orders not marked as completed by the buyer within 30 days of being marked
as shipped by the seller will, barring any additional communication, automatically
be closed under the assumption that the transaction went smoothly.”
In your terms. You should never ever marked an order complete unless it is an
order you placed. Yes sellers have the option to mark an order as complete but
it should never be done. Only the buyer can truly know when it’s done. I’ve placed
orders and it’s multiple times taken multiples weeks+ to go thru them and if
the seller marked it as complete and messed it up or annoyed a buyer that can
result in a buyer leaving negative feedback. Yes many orders will never be marked
as received or complete and even more will never have feedback left buts it’s
ok none are required and you don’t need to worry about it if you don’t want
to see the order you can file it and it will disappear
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While I appreciate this copy-and-paste from some of your other posts, this consideration
was not an arbitrary one. I did my research before setting up the store, and
this was something I gleaned from those with more experience than me. It's
specifically there in the terms to set the expectation beforehand and will only
go into effect after there have reasonable attempts to communicate first, which
is also noted.
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Most of your buyers will not read your terms. And you expect them to follow
an arbitrary time frame to mark an order complete, but you don't commit to
a time frame for invoicing or shipping.
People need to let go of this order complete marking. I am old school and will
mark an order complete, I usually skip the received option as I get it done right
away. But I have been using this site a long time when feedback was more important.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Weird Messages... Message from a Russian | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, SezaR writes:
| | In Off Topic, SezaR writes:
| | I occasionally receive weird messages from buyers. One common aspect of these
messages is that no matter what I write back to them, I won't hear from
them any more. So , I decided to reply them with a weird message from now
on! Here is the first one:
Subject: shipping costs to Switzerland
Hello
How much is your shipping cost to Switzerland
Best regards
XXXXX
********
My message:
Hello,
I can ship for free but only if you buy out all the items in my store.
Best regards,
XXXX
********
If I get more of these messages, I reply to this thread!
Feel free to enrich this thread with a copy of weird messages you have received.
We can at least have fun with these messages!
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Message sent from a buyer in Russia on 16th January 2020:
Hello. Please tell us the cost of sending a parcel to Russia. Is it possible
to get a discount when buying several sets at once?
Unfortunately I had not developed my new skills in answering those questions.
Now, I would answer:
If and only if you buy all items in my store, I ship for free and will
give you one extra set for free.
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For you I will give the special buy 2 at full price get 3 more at full price
each deal.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 16:38 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, tec writes:
| | we need more variants really, like other platforms do! but any discussion is
useless, they already decided it in 2023 without asking.
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They don't have to ask. It is their website, not mine, not yours, not ours.
They own it, lock, stock and both smoking barrels. How many other websites listen
to their users as Bricklink does? They do listen a lot, but in the end, they
can make unilateral decisions regardless of your or anyone else's opinions
or desires. In life you either evolve and adapt or you go extinct. If you choose
to go elsewhere because of this then I wish you luck, if not you will learn to
adapt to the new normal. That goes for everyone. I think quite a few of the
older sellers will continue to keep variants separate and sell them correctly,
others won't care, right now I guarantee there are plenty who don't care
and it won't affect them at all.
This is being done to streamline the listing and buying process for the vast
majority of the people who use this site. You don't hear them because they
aren't in the forums, they just want to buy and/or sell, they aren't
interested in anything else.
I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Merging piece varian is a BIG PROBLEM | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, rickcraine writes:
| | In Catalog, rickcraine writes:
| | In Catalog, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Now, this is a BIG PROBLEM.
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I don't wish to look arrogant or such - but opinion of a 1 Order Member,
sincerely...
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Thanks to the guys who defended me over this. I am not new to Bricklink, however,
this account is new. Also, i'd like to not 1001bricks is one of the people
who have been defending the switch to the new format, quote from the thread thats
trending right now on this , "AFOLs are the most often casual builders. Site
should be casual for them." I hope even if people are casual they care that
they get the piece that they ordered.
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Side note, on my real account, I am still relatively new, but with a year under
my belt I like the way Bricklink works as it mostly has since I've joined.
Idk,
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Why not post this from your real account? Frankly Bricklink will do what is
best for Bricklink. As is their right as owner of the site, and I am not belittling
all the contributions made by every volunteer who gave their time and energy
into identifying these variants. My understanding, and I could be wrong, is that
the information will still exist for the variants, but they won't be listed
separately. As far as the buyers who specifically want a certain variant it is
probably a far lower percentage then the buyer who doesn't know or care.
Merging them makes the search and decision to buy faster and easier for those
who don't know/don't care. I think several shops will continue to sort
out and list at least by comments these variants and will become the go to stores
for those who seek out specific variants. It will probably allow them to price
them higher and make more profit.
I could be totally wrong thou and this change could destroy the whole space time
continuum. Oh wait, wrong discussion for that.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2024 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: Please help me make historical minifig list | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, basoort writes:
| | A fellow dutch teacher made a great website illustrating a great portion of human
history using minifigs. He made his collection through years of kitbashing from
his own collection and he hasn't kept a list of what parts were used.
For illustration: see https://www.geschiedenisinminifiguren.nl/alle-minifiguren
(it's in Dutch but the images speak for themselves i think). It's a great
website and resource that the children find very appealing.
I'd love to make a set just like his but it's a giant task to find all
the parts. And in some cases rare parts/minifigs are used, so some smart replacements
will make the set more affordable for schools. My plan is to publish a list for
other schools so they know how to purchase the entire history in minifigs. All
public, open source etc, i do not want anything from this except the ability
to source a full set for my class. I will also send the list to the maker of
the website so he can help other schools source these minifigs.
So my big question is: who can help me figure out what parts are needed for which
minifigure. When is it smart to buy a complete minifig, when do i buy separate
components? Is there a way to share this newly gained knowledge? Would it be
possible to say 'i want Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Hawking' and just
have a one click to wish-list for all the parts?
Currently i think i've gotten the first 10 minifigs reconstructed in a big
wishlist. So about 90 to go...
Is anyone interested in this to help me figure this out?
(i'm new to your discussion forum so if i posted this in the wrong category
or violate a rule or bylaw i have not seen, please help by informing me)
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Start by looking at all the Collectable Minifigs, I see a lot of them in there
with no mods. I see two 3rd party items, Adolf Hitlers gun and Richard Winters
helmet. Not sure if any of the torsos are custom prints.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 17:02 | | Subject: | Re: Excessive damage in a sealed set | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | How in hades does this happen? What's more, none of the other pieces in
the set appear this damaged or have matching marks where they would have caused
the gouge. There are two of these in the same set (1x12) which is funny because
I believe one of my Hogwarts sets was missing 1-2 of these in the rafters
above the dining hall.
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What sets are they from?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 13:55 | | Subject: | Re: held to indentify | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, peregrinator writes:
| | In Searching, nounou69 writes:
| | hi
i brought a lot of vintage minifigs!! i found classic space minifig i`ve no glue
help me to indentify
sp003new2
sp003new
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it's
You can tell by the position of the Space logo on the torso - sp003new is closer
to the middle.
Hope this helps.
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The logo looks really odd where it is to me.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 08:47 | | Subject: | Re: Is it "normal" here to get stop listed? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, zordid writes:
| | Hey folks!
I have only ever placed like 5 orders on Bricklink in the past. So far, only
good interactions and everything always nice & friendly.
But today, Bricklink auto selected a bunch of pieces to 3 carts that I just placed
one after the other and when I reached the last of 3, I noticed something that
luckily caught my attention:
An order worth 35€ of Lego was given another 35€ of S&H on top...
A 100% increase of cost for no apparent reason (in comparision to the other orders
I have ever placed).
Now, I though I did something wrong, so there would be something I could do to
get this lower, like increase the lot values, or such.
So - I "dared" to simply ask the seller...
Their reaction within minutes... was not an answer but an immediate stop listing
without ever interacting with me.
Is such a behaviour to be expected here when contacting sellers?
Thanks for your feedback!
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It is not normal but it happens. Some sellers have a take it or leave it attitude.
My stop listings have come because of the forums. That's ok someone else
is happy to take your and my money, you just have to find them.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2024 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: All 50 states baby! | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, romax1989 writes:
| | In Off Topic, BrickBuy writes:
| | In Off Topic, romax1989 writes:
| | I know I posted this question a year or two ago about Arkansas, but after
5 years and 1262 orders I have finally sold to all US states. I don't know
why Arkansas took so long. I mean I shipped to Puerto Rico and military bases
over seas before Arkansas. They are ranked like 33rd for population so I don't
know why I've shipped more to Wyoming than Arkansas. Anyway how many orders
have y'all shipped to Arkansas or what is your hold out state or states?
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I've shipped 140 orders to Arkansas....
Shipped to all states, and also to DC, Puerto Rice, Guam, and Virgin Islands.
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Well the sample size is bigger 😂
According to some rough math .2% of you orders have gone there for me it is .08%!
If orders correlated to population, people should have about .9% go to Arkansas.
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IT all depends on if you have what the people there want and at a price they
are willing to pay. Until BL had to start collecting sales tax I would avoid
TX stores to avoid sales tax.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2024 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Pleased with builds | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In General, zorbanj writes:
| | The looseness of the connections worsens over time and the petals become a bit
droopy.
In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Haven’t built anything for some time but decided to build some flower based sets
for my wife.
She doesn’t like cut flowers, they die and she can’t stand the feeling of them
and the slime you sometimes get in the vase.
Not a fan of dried flowers or fake flowers, so the logical thing to me is Lego
based.
Just built 10313, 10311 and 10280 in that order, love the result.
The only minor criticism is that some connections were a little loose, however
they worked
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You could use superglue.
Oh crap, now I will banned on the forums
Jim
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Dabs of clear silicone caulk. Pulls right off.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2024 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: NSS removals | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SapphireBricks writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, Yor_bricks writes:
| | hello
i have some open NSS that won't go away.
- order has been lost and refunded
- buyer has arrived order but don't know how to close NSS
- buyer hasn't paid but started NSS try to contact hem in weeks but no reply
i have already send proof to the removal page but without any succes is
their an extra adjustment or mail I need to send ?
thanks in advance
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Backlog form the helpdesk is 3-4 weeks rights now so unfortunately take a while
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I've been waiting 5 weeks for one now, can't wait to get rid of it!
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Well you have to wait until they get to it.
Sorry my OCD nade ne post this.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2024 15:18 | | Subject: | Re: Legoland Watch | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, peregrinator writes:
| | In Price Guide, Tracyd writes:
| | In Price Guide, kph_82 writes:
| | Thanks. Here is another pictur. If it helps
In Price Guide, popsicle writes:
| | In Price Guide, kph_82 writes:
| | I need info and a aprox price on this Watch.
Hope someone know somerhing about this
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Looks like a Skagen Unisex Stainless model, as promotional. Which is a good portion
of the Danish company's business.
Maybe helps to narrow the search grid some
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How are you connecting it to Legoland? I see no Lego logo or indicators.
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It says "Legoland" on the face
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Stopped zooming around 200%, getting old sucks.
It is a nice looking item.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2024 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: Legoland Watch | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, kph_82 writes:
| | Thanks. Here is another pictur. If it helps
In Price Guide, popsicle writes:
| | In Price Guide, kph_82 writes:
| | I need info and a aprox price on this Watch.
Hope someone know somerhing about this
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Looks like a Skagen Unisex Stainless model, as promotional. Which is a good portion
of the Danish company's business.
Maybe helps to narrow the search grid some
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How are you connecting it to Legoland? I see no Lego logo or indicators.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2024 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: Forum Resident Stats | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | not wanting to say some members live in the forum... but here is the top 10 running
total stats
#1 slot goes to Nubs
8990 post in 36 months
Nubs average: 1 post every 3 hours for 36 months straight
10 members encompass 22.8% of the conversations
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I took a long break not long after Dan passed away when I reached the #2 spot
for posting in the forums.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 09:40 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, kittybrickz writes:
| | All members must make a yearly pilgrimage to Billund and pay homage to the creator
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Including the 10 foot barefoot Lego walk.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 09:28 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Flamebeard writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
[…]
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A niche of a niche of a niche…. It’s niches all the way down!
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Oh it will be much more niche than that because in order to sign up an account
on the BricklinkV site potential users will need to answer a series of vintage
questions correctly where only a 99% score rate will secure account approval.
I’m anticipating around 10-20 users will make the grade whereby they will be
in the privileged position of being able to exclusively trade amongst themselves
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And don't forget: Signup and handling will be processed either via mail or
(for the evolved grognard) through verified 24k modem handshake!
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And you can't place another order until you leave feedback for your last
order for buyers and sellers can't accept orders until they have left feedback
on their last order.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 09:15 | | Subject: | Re: Please help identify | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, mayhem75 writes:
| | I cant identify this piece, any help will be appreciated thanks
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 16:40 | | Subject: | Re: Abrew's e-Bricks Update | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, dcarmine writes:
| | You provided a password, but there is no place to enter it?
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There's a place to unlock the store for me. Under the note in the yellow
box.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: BEFORE XMAS AFTER XMAS SALE GOING ON | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Sales, Tracyd writes:
| | What is considered a large order?
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That's my XXXX order on the way.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 11:51 | | Subject: | Re: BEFORE XMAS AFTER XMAS SALE GOING ON | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, zero42593 writes:
| | THE SALE STARTS NOW BUT IT IS OUR AFTER-CHRISTMAS SALE
FREE SHIPPING ON LARGE ORDERS
NO MINIMUM - HIGH LOT LIMIT (JUST SO BL DOESN'T CRASH)
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What is considered a large order?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2023 17:52 | | Subject: | Re: My item was removed - why? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| |
While here it's more about Trademark (a registered one) than an IP (if I'm
not mistaking) but that's basically the same problem.
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Short answer. You don't have the right to use the brand name of Ford in
any automotive context without their permission. You can say inspired by the
famous first successful mass-produced car.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2023 10:58 | | Subject: | Re: Can't identify these head patterns | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, belokan writes:
| | Hello
The actual parts are real Lego, but I can't find the patterns. Could it be
that they are custom prints?
Thanks in advance!
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Bottom two are custom prints.
Eclipsegrafx on the baclava head, not sure who did the duct tape head.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2023 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: the Entire Planet is now 15% off !!!!!! | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | running a end of year sale for my fellow USA-ians.
everything is 15% off until it's not anymore...
$5.00 flat rate shipping... fill up a box, it's only $5.00 shipping
have fun...
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Sale is over already?
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2023 17:43 | | Subject: | Why does it have RC in the name. | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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This part predates the RC functionality and is not exclusive to the RC train
line. It seems slightly disingenuous to have it in the title, unless the reason
is to make it easier to search. But it still feels wrong to have RC in the name.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2023 11:43 | | Subject: | Re: Disallow adding fees to the order | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| | In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, zorbanj writes:
| | I would have this be an account setting. For my shop I would set this to 3 days.
The order could also be auto-cancelled after 3 days like quotes, with no feedback
allowed by either the buyer or seller.
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Interesting! However, as much as I would love to give my buyers time to decide
having stock out of my inventory but still in my physical shop that long will
create errors. What if I am adding stock to any of these lots? How will I note
the quantity discrepancy?
~Jen
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I've always struggled to understand why sellers need a sale so badly that
they won't even allow that stock to be held up for 3 days! I mean 3 days?
really?
Any inconvenience you may have as a seller is comparatively minor compared to
the buyer who just wants to secure some items whilst they wait for a quote? It
takes a buyer a lot of effort to put a quote together and having a single item
disappear invalidates that quote making the process of requesting a quote next
to useless and extremely unhelpful from the buyers perspective!
Besides I don't really understand your concerns? You just add your new stock
to your inventory and regardless of which way the quote goes inventory will be
corrected accordingly however even if I'm overlooking something here we're
still probably talking about a 1 in 500 chance of an inconvenience to a seller
compared to a 1 in 5 chance of inconvenience to the buyer as there is a very
high chance of a quote being invalidated due to another buyer taking an item
contained within that quote!
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Former inventory control guy here. That would create headaches for people who
check their old stock amounts when adding new. There would need to be an additional
field showing items on "hold" for payment in addition to the current
stock level and the sellers would have to account for it when checking their
inventory. And all sellers should be checking their inventory when adding new
stock to old. Accidents happen so verifying while you are touching stock is
a good practice.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 20, 2023 17:41 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted List | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, Tracyd writes:
| | Doing a wanted list by hand because the XML file isn't working (as usual).
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Different posts about that after the ‘Nov 3-8 blackout’ but ‘it works for me’™.
| | Why in the blue hell do we have to pick a part type when it is driven by the
item number?
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Not so:
(Many other examples….)
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Parts vs gear. Right now, it's chose a part, then the type i.e. brick
or tile. Then the item number. And in case of duplicates, it gives you all just
like the a,b,c versions of the same part. And the general search gives you all
the combos to choose from, why isn't the wanted list?
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| | Wasted step, waste of time.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 20, 2023 16:34 | | Subject: | Wanted List | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| Doing a wanted list by hand because the XML file isn't working (as usual).
Why in the blue hell do we have to pick a part type when it is driven by the
item number?
Wasted step, waste of time.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 13, 2023 10:13 | | Subject: | Re: Account recovery | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, stanislaw writes:
| | In Help, Tracyd writes:
| | I am sure they will get to it when they can. A closed store doesn't generate
fees for Bricklink to collect. It is in their best interest to get them open
as soon as possible.
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Of all the locked-out stores I know, the first one has finally reopened. It was
actually almost the highest-volume store in the country, which adds some appeal
to the theory that Bricklink tends to protect its own turnover.
Yet I still observe 20% of active stores in some countries being locked out,
Serbia for instance. Even the small stores have orders to fulfill and they are
prevented from doing so the full week already.
Things are getting a little bit absurd. I know of a hacked store which has received
support within 6 hours and restored to normal condition. A bit later BrickLink
went offline and now the store owner is locked out for days, needs to be formally
verified even though the attack to his store already ended.
And the verification queue is too long because Bricklink was profiling stores
with a combination of weak passwords, having history of closing for the summer
vacation and what not, such stores are locked out even though they scored no
abnormal/fradulent activity. While "validating" such cases, those few
who were really hacked, hell knows when those store owners will be looked at
to reclaim their store.
The store owners were locked out based on unfair profiling, regardless of unusual
activity. Weak password? It's not their fault, BrickLink allowed it. Hacked
store? It's not their fault BrickLink didn't report logging into account
from another device (Today I've seen this feature working, how nice!)
So the weekend is upcoming and some store owners will remain locked out. There
are also legit open orders from the stores suspended for verification, not fulfilled
yet. Did the store owners make it happen? I don't think so.
Admins wrote, Customer Service will work on store verification. Social media
accounts write, it's admins who are working on it... Ofcourse I don't
expect realtime updates, but the locked out BrickLink partners, even those who
submitted for the verification on the first day, are still waiting for a first
customer service statement about their waiting time. It will be days, weeks or
whatever?
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Profiling has become an ugly term and unfairly used to imply discrimination.
If the actions of a store trigger a need for extra verification it is in the
best interest of the store and all of Bricklinks users and Bricklink itself to
fully verify the store in question. You just said one of them was just reopened
so it is being worked on. You are assuming that the stores have addressed all
the issues that Bricklink has identified. Yes, it is no secret that there needs
to be more full-time personnel working for Bricklink, but that is not something
that we can influence. Bringing in more help right now means training and those
people won't be working on the verification in the meantime. The sheer volume
of what they need to review is why they can't give estimates. If they tell
someone 2 days and events prevent that from happening, then that opens a new
set of problems. Let them work.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 10, 2023 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: Account recovery | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, igor023 writes:
| | I have written the post about this couple days ago, so I just wanted to ask -
if someone else waiting for some kind of response from Bricklink team and how
long this can last?
I mean, 2 days past and no answers for me.
I see that more Serbia stores are also closed.
I don't see how it is fair that some stores can work normally, and other
don't?
At least they can send us some message to let us know we are not forgotten
I have patience and all, just want some update or answers
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I am sure they will get to it when they can. A closed store doesn't generate
fees for Bricklink to collect. It is in their best interest to get them open
as soon as possible. And I am sure the sellers effected by this would rather
have Bricklink working thru the issues then spending time issuing updates about
the issues.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2023 13:31 | | Subject: | Re: New classic space torso colors | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rtzx9r writes:
| | In General, UTLF writes:
| | I don't think these are "genuine" Classic Space torsos, since they're
just custom printed (even though they were done at a Lego store) and haven't
been taken from an official set; a green CS torso did appear in the Ideas Exo
Suit set, though
Not to mention that the printing techniques differ, as Lego uses pad printing
for official sets & UV printing on these custom, in-store minifigures
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Agree. Lego store printed parts is (IMHO) no different than anyone printing something
at home. It’s not factory.
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But LEGO printed the parts, on official parts. That is not the same as someone
printing in their garage. But adding them to the catalog would be wrong as they
are one-offs and not a production item.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2023 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Welcome back and thank you for your patience. We were down for longer than anyone
would have wanted. Now that we’re back up and running, we can share with you
what’s happened.
As many of you will know, we received a threat and ransom demand on Friday, November
3rd. We’d been aware of and actively managing some limited suspicious activity
since mid-October, with unauthorized sellers offering products at huge discounts
and fraudulently accepting payment from buyers.
As soon as we were aware of the potential escalation on November 3rd, we put
the site into maintenance mode out of an abundance of caution. We did this to
protect our members and keep complete control of the platform while investigating.
We found that a relatively small number of BrickLink accounts may have been accessed.
It is important to note that there is no evidence so far that our systems were
compromised.
At this stage we believe this was a ‘credential stuffing’ incident, where
someone obtains lists of usernames and passwords from a third party, often illegally,
and opportunistically tries to use them on a website.
Actions we’ve taken
Although we know that the BrickLink site was not breached, we've further
strengthened our security. We take the safety of BrickLink and our members very
seriously and will continue to step up security across the platform.
We’ve informed people where we have reason to believe that their accounts or
stores may have been impacted, and reminded members of ways they can make their
accounts safer and more secure by practicing good data security. Keep your systems
up-to-date with the latest patches, Use security software and create strong,
unique passwords for each website you use.
Again, we’re sorry for the interruption and inconvenience this has caused you.
If you have any questions or concerns, have a look at the FAQ for more details,
or reach out to customersupport@bricklink.com.
Many thanks,
Your BrickLink Team
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Thank you and great job on stopping the issue when it became apparent and finding
out what was impacted.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2023 13:11 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink is back! | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Off Topic, Chickaroo writes:
| | In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
🍕 🍕
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🍕🍕🍕
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It's been so long I have forgotten what we do here.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2023 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Trying to open new store | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, crb4059 writes:
| | I cant for some reason open my new store
I get this error message:
This store is currently closed to the general public. If the seller has authorized
you to buy from this store, enter the store password below.
and
Seller does not support orders shipping to Florida.
what steps should i take to get this open? Have lots of sealed lego ready to
go!
thanks in advance!
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I have no trouble accessing your store.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: $50,000+ Of Fake Deadpools Sold On BrickLink | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, UTLF writes:
| | | | At the last 6 month rate every Deadpool sold would have to have been fake for the last 2.5 years.
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Not saying that every single one has been fake, but the minifigure is 10+ yrs
old so stock should be running low; how do 2 sellers have ~50 each?
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Technically they aren't fake. The parts are real and verified. The printing
is custom so wouldn't they be more of a bootleg?
Unpopular opinion. There isn't much that can be done unless Bricklink started
requiring proof of purchase for everything listed on Bricklink. And I don't
know about you, but I don't have the receipts for the sets I received as
a kid so I can't prove they are real. And if you say I am being factious
I am a little, but where is the line drawn? At what point do they have to require
proof? Is it only figures? Is it based on # of figures? Value of figures? Not
fair to require retroactive proof so anything listed would be grandfathered in.
Also they will just shift to selling on FB Marketplace and Ebay and Amazon.
Will you be upset if I post a couple of hundred Green Army Men from Toy Story?
They were only in one set. And yes I do have that many, purchased from Target,
Wal-Mart and Bricklink. No I don't have proof at this point.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Oct 20, 2023 14:11 | | Subject: | Re: Pick-A-Brick Orders | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickDAD22 writes:
| | I wish there had been (or perhaps I wish I had seen/read) a notification that
when ordering from Pick-A-Brick, that their "standard" designated bricks
can take up to 28 days to deliver!
That seems crazy to me as I've received all overseas orders usually within
a week. How is it that LEGO themselves can't fulfil orders?
Please be advised and warned that if you order through Pick-A-Brick (which I
did only because I was supporting one of the MOC Popup design builds) it might
take 4 weeks to get order! Be warned.
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My last 3 orders didn't even ship in the 28-day period, so if you get them
in that range be happy.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 17:47 | | Subject: | Re: What MF does this belong to? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, kittybrickz writes:
| | Seeking your expertise! Any idea what MF this is from? This is soft and NOT starched.
This is the reverse. The obverse is a little fuzzy. Thanks in advance!
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2023 14:01 | | Subject: | Re: Classic LEGO Star Wars Minifig Sale | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, popsicle writes:
Thought you were going to Sweeden?
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