Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Amazingly  | | Posted: | May 4, 2024 09:15 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SezaR writes:
| | In Selling, BrickDeals writes:
| | In Selling, Amazingly writes:
| | Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
Thanks
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Not only against Paypal terms, but it is illegal in California starting in July.
It isn't hard to simply add 3% to your store prices to cover the fee.
But sellers who tack the fee on later get the advantage in the price guide, which
I just consider to be dishonest.
Personally, I least favorite stores that do this, but I will continue to push
Bricklink to change to terms of the site to prohibit junk fees.
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I particularly like this one that I came across with today:
In my store, I have no lot limit, or any other hidden fees. I only charge
$1.50 to cover handling and shipping supply costs (in addition to shipping cost)
plus 3.5% of total invoice value to cover my store's overhead cost. We will
not send missing items. We only refund their value.
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I saw a store in the US that said 2.00 was added for things like bubble mailers,
tape, pens, stamps and even gas to get to the post office. The list had a lot
more but the stamps and Pens really had me laughing.
I don't understand how people do not put themselves in the buyers shoes.
If you are going to charge a fee like that you are better off not saying anything
at all.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 16:47 | | Subject: | Re: Space Minifigures Series 26 - UFO Costume Guy | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, RouvenSch1982 writes:
| | I got the Minifigure and it has a yellow leg.
Has anyone found the same "mutation".
Searched the internet but couldnt find any information.
Kind regards
Rouven
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This is like the Golden Ticket in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 16:42 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | | | | | You have the choice: accept it and pay, or shop elsewhere.
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... or report the shop/member if it's not authorized by Law, or PayPal -
which means not on BrickLink.
I'm 100% kind with amateurs sellers, but less to big shops who doesn't
give a brick of anything.
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That is really the same as shopping elsewhere, if they want the parts. The helpdesk
is so slow, nothing will get done very quickly if reported.
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Thanks for your time, and the others who commented.
I'm going to open the rest of the series 26 cases to see if I get one with
a yellow leg like the one posted this morning 
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | In Selling, Amazingly writes:
| | In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | In Selling, Amazingly writes:
| | Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
Thanks
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Sure you can. You just add the fixed fee to your S&H costs for all transactions
and the percentage to your part prices.
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So everyone else is wrong?
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Well, you cannot add on a fee saying it is to cover PayPal fees. Adding on a
large fixed fee to cover it for an average size order or a percentage fee
at checkout for no specified reason is likely to get the buyer to dump their
cart and least favourite the store. So while a seller can try to pass the fees
on in other ways, more open pricing is more buyer friendly. And slightly higher
prices don't really matter if a buyer comes to your store because of parts
availability, it only really matters if you aim to be the absolute cheapest store.
But then, if a buyer comes to your store because you are cheapest and you suddenly
add on a large fee, again they might back out and least favourite the store so
as not to be caught again.
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It says right in their terms that all electronic payments including PayPal which
is listed, you pay 3.5%. I know everything you are saying and I agree with you.
Thanks for clarifying
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | In Selling, Amazingly writes:
| | Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
Thanks
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Sure you can. You just add the fixed fee to your S&H costs for all transactions
and the percentage to your part prices.
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So everyone else is wrong?
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, runner.caller writes:
| | In Selling, Amazingly writes:
| | Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
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I think using that verbiage is against paypal's TOS.
I also think someone else once mentioned that it's against paypal's TOS
to have a cheaper payment option than paypal if multiple options are available
at checkout. So if paypal is offered as a payment option, it can't be a higher
price than like a check or cash order. This was probably more relevant in the
days before onsite payments were required.
One thing I've questioned though is if it's just the verbiage.
So, in theory, a store could charge a 3.49% fee + 0.49 extra and call it an "admin
fee", "service fee", or "general fee", and be safe as long
as they didn't call it a "paypal fee".
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It says in their terms that 3.5% is added for all electronic payments and it
was added to the order. Just wanted to make sure before I cause problems.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | May 2, 2024 14:33 | | Subject: | Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 241 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 00:11 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I think most do not make the right claims with Bricklink for them to take action
though. I see people with the worst feedback where they didn't send all the
parts and it only takes 3 people to make the right claim for them to be suspended.
At least that is what I thought.
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If the seller refunds for the missing / damaged / wrong parts and shows proof
of it, then the NSS will be removed. However, the buyer might still leave negative
feedback. So the store can have a poor feedback score without being suspended.
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I know but 3 NSS and you are suspended until it is resolved. Then you submit
proof and how long do you have to wait? One guy was waiting 3 weeks to reopen.
If they all did an NSS the bad stores would be gone more often.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 10:53 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, aimeekey4 writes:
| | I have filed a couple of complaints over the last 2 years that I filed with Bricklink
after trying to resolve the situation with the sellers over numerous weeks.
One issue was they shipped bootleg minifig parts and we even submitted clear
pictures of what was shipped. The second order with a different buyer, they
shipped minifigs with the wrong colored parts. I've lost a total of $65
over these two orders - both of which were gifts for my son. There's no
buyer support and no protection from scammers. This last guy had 12 complaints
in the last year for the same issues and Bricklink is doing NOTHING about it.
The guy is a jerk and I'm out the money. Anyone else having this trouble?
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I started selling on the internet when eBay was created and could write a book
on getting screwed being the buyer and seller. I think PayPal has gotten a lot
better with both sides though. Did PayPal not refund you?
I think most do not make the right claims with Bricklink for them to take action
though. I see people with the worst feedback where they didn't send all the
parts and it only takes 3 people to make the right claim for them to be suspended.
At least that is what I thought.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Mar 28, 2024 15:24 | | Subject: | Re: Site broken | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Tloftus writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Amazingly writes:
| | It has been like this for a few weeks now. If I edit a part that is already on
my wanted list and add text or even turn off email notifications and click "save"
it will not save the changes.
I've been having to delete the part from the list and then add it again so
I can make whatever changes I want.
Any chance this is on the things to fix list?
Can someone please confirm this so I can stop thinking I am just doing it wrong
482 times in a row
Thanks
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i went into my wanted list and randomly chose a part and turned on notifications
and added a text to that part and it saved successfully for me and then i went
back and chose the same part and turned off notifications and removed the text
i added and it saved successfully. if that is what you was talking about it worked
on my end.
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I guess it just doing work for me. I've used it thousands of times so I can't
explain it. Thanks for letting me know.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Mar 28, 2024 12:25 | | Subject: | Site broken | | Viewed: | 118 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| It has been like this for a few weeks now. If I edit a part that is already on
my wanted list and add text or even turn off email notifications and click "save"
it will not save the changes.
I've been having to delete the part from the list and then add it again so
I can make whatever changes I want.
Any chance this is on the things to fix list?
Can someone please confirm this so I can stop thinking I am just doing it wrong
482 times in a row
Thanks
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 23:58 | | Subject: | Re: HELP ADMIN I WAS HACKED!!! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, par18 writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, kittybrickz writes:
| | In Help, par18 writes:
| | I don't know what to do. I was Hacked. The hacker has changed my email,
changed my username and is trying to upload expensive sets to my store. PLEASE
HELP I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
-PETE
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I don't know what you can do, I'm not sure what they are trying to accomplish?
are they trying to sell fake sets? can the account get flagged somehow?
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If Admin Russell sees this he can close it
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1437841
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That would be excellent. Thanks for the help Nubs
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If this gets deleted do you want me to repost it?
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Feb 7, 2024 20:30 | | Subject: | Re: The BIGGEST WASTE of money yet. | | Viewed: | 120 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | WHAT IS THIS!?!?!?!?
I don’t even know what to think. 
This is the next Lego movie….to ‘em 5 years to make…
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The movie? I didn't know they were making one. I want that minifig though
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: Rubber and Plastic hair parts with same part | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Amazingly writes:
| | I came across a hair part #23955 dark brown. I have some that are the hard plastic
and others that are rubber. The listing says nothing about rubber nor does it
mention rubber in any of the comments from stores that have it.
Do I list two different lots and call the rubber version a prototype for 30 bucks?
Thanks for your help
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This hairpiece is the softer plastic typical of many early Friends headgear (shown
in the secondary large image). The ABS version was released more recently: alternate
number 86227.
~Jen
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Sorry, it would be more accurate to say Mini Doll here than just Friends.
~Jen
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Thank you for finding this info. I was stumped
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 11:53 | | Subject: | Rubber and Plastic hair parts with same part | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| I came across a hair part #23955 dark brown. I have some that are the hard plastic
and others that are rubber. The listing says nothing about rubber nor does it
mention rubber in any of the comments from stores that have it.
Do I list two different lots and call the rubber version a prototype for 30 bucks?
Thanks for your help
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 11:59 | | Subject: | Re: I'm doing a SMH | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, cosmicray writes:
| | I am looking at the ID card of a member. The member has been on site slightly
more than 3 years. Thus far, they have racked up 189 negatives and 152 neutrals.
Their selling privileges are still green/intact. There is some evidence (based
on contra-feedback from another member) that they may have been suspended at
some point. Did they not solve the reasons that triggered all those negatives,
or only the ones that got them suspended ?
Obviously the information is there for a buyer to see, but how many check FB
and how many just hit Easy Buy ?
Nita Rae
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They are at the top of the list when it comes to sales at the moment. That trumps
everything else
Surprised when I saw that because I've never heard a bad thing and even send
my customers to them sometimes.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2023 17:41 | | Subject: | Re: Unable to Process Checkout | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BrickDeals writes:
| | In Help, Amazingly writes:
| | I get this error when trying to make an order.
Unable to Process Checkout
The system encountered an issue while trying to calculate sales tax.
I tried with a few stores to see if it was the one I was at and I get the same
error on all of them. I haven't changed anything.
Does anyone else get this? So far I see no mention of it. Am I doing something
wrong?
Thanks
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Same here.
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Thanks for checking, both of you.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2023 17:36 | | Subject: | Unable to Process Checkout | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I get this error when trying to make an order.
Unable to Process Checkout
The system encountered an issue while trying to calculate sales tax.
I tried with a few stores to see if it was the one I was at and I get the same
error on all of them. I haven't changed anything.
Does anyone else get this? So far I see no mention of it. Am I doing something
wrong?
Thanks
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2023 17:20 | | Subject: | Does anyone know the best way to do this? | | Viewed: | 138 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I want to give my nephew a MOC for his birthday and the 2nd half for Christmas.
I have all the parts needed in my store. It will take forever to type in each
part and manually edit the amount. I also need to do this to see the remark on
where each part is located. I think giving my brother a coupon that would cover
the entire order is best since it would take the parts out of inventory and tell
me where they are at. Does that mess up the stats?
Anyone know of the best way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
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| Author: | Amazingly | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2023 20:16 | | Subject: | Re: Search feature doesn't work on laptop? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, tEoS writes:
| | The pop down feature does not work on my laptop. Nothing happens when I click
on the item(s).
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Site is not working, I have several asking why they can't add parts to the
cart.
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