Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | yorbrick  | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 09:32 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| | | I almost feel tempted to mess with these people a bit by following the link,
then entering "BIGSC" as the username and "AMMER" as the password.
Maybe even submitting random jumbles of letters, numbers, and quotation symbols
as both the username and password.
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I did a few yesterday with fake details. They instantly ask you for the OTP once
you have entered the account details, so presumably they are not being read by
a human but just automatically scraped and submitted to bricklink to generate
the OTP passcode request to be sent to your email, which the scammed user is
then meant to give to the scammer through their website.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 09:27 | | Subject: | Re: Getting quotes | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, zorbanj writes:
| | In Help, calebfishn writes:
| | In Help, zorbanj writes:
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This is because most quotes don't result in a sale, which is a waste of the
seller's time.
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66% of quotes I provide are accepted. I like this system and I don't think
it is a waste of time. I think that is because the buyer actually fills out a
cart.
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I think my post was vague. I've had quotes enable in my shop since the beginning.
I even have a link in my terms to the BL help page for how to request a shipping
quote.
My own conversion rate is about 1/3, mostly because international buyers are
shocked a the shipping cost.
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I found something similar.
When I was shipping internationally, most quotes were not accepted but I believe
that was mainly because (1) most domestic customers should not need to ask for
a quote as the shipping prices should have been clear from terms (or later, from
IC) so I got few domestic quote requests and (2) the high shipping prices for
lowish value international orders were nearly always rejected.
Once I stopped shipping internationally, I didn't get many quote requests
as domestic shipping was nearly always already calculated though IC so there
should not be any reason to ask for a quote. I can understand asking for a quote
when IC did not calculate shipping for larger sets or very heavy orders. But
I really don't know why some buyers were still asking for quotes when IC
would have calculated it for their prospective order. Nearly all the of the few
I received on such prospective orders did not actually lead to an order once
I entered the same postage costs as IC would have told the buyer. I can only
assume they were hoping that I would give them a lower price than what was being
shown to them through the checkout.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 06:52 | | Subject: | Re: Change filters on Wanted Lists | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, v100Bricks writes:
| | I am not aware of a way to do this either and find it annoying.
Unless anyone can suggest a way I would raise this in the Suggestions forum so
people can vote. Not sure if it makes a difference or not
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I don't think it makes a difference. The ability to set your own default
settings for searches (whether on want lists or catalogue searches) has been
suggested many times before.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 03:21 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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You have some very good points here. The whole communication architecture on
BrickLink is definitely in need of some upgrades. They may want to start looking
into it sooner rather than later.
For example, every transaction I have on eBay has everything done through the
eBay platform. There is never any communication outside of the platform between
myself and anyone that I purchase something from. In that way, the user on the
other end remains completely anonymous. It would be a good model to look into.
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That is partly so they can monitor communication and partly (probably mostly)
to stop deals being done outside of eBay. Anonymity is just a by-product. Here,
any businesses selling on ebay (or elsewhere) are required to have their identity
and address shown before a buyer decides to buy.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 02:55 | | Subject: | Re: 92590 Backpack open | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, kittybrickz writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
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Can this part be renamed to say "Minifigure Backpack/Bag Open" instead
of "Minifigure Backpack Open"? Thanks!
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Add the word “sack” to that. 
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Satchel 
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Rucksack!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 14:10 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, randyf writes:
| | In Problem, chetzler writes:
| | I don’t know why BrickLink has suddenly become such a juicy target.
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All of it started fairly shortly after all of the extremely unpopular part merges
started to actually occur. I have a strong feeling that a user here that was
very upset about the decisions made is having some "fun" at BrickLink's
expense.
And judging from the people who are receiving phishing emails (e.g I'm not),
the phisher is probably part of an online BrickLink group somewhere else (Facebook?
Discord?) that all of you are also part of or maybe they ordered from all of
the phishees in the past and already have all of your contact information to
use.
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I checked earlier, the .net site is about two months old and the bricklink-com.co
just two weeks. Whether it is linked to merges, I don't know. Haven't
some people mentioned high value sets being added? That suggests financial fraud
rather than just messing about.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 13:32 | | Subject: | Re: Something to keep in mind about picture reqs | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, crazylegoman writes:
| | Doesn't every buyer have the seller's address anyway, once an order is
placed?
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+1 since I started selling on bricklink I’ve given up on privacy as someone dosnt
been need to place and order, just a quote, and they can see my name, address,
and email.
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Have they changed it then? It used to be that a quote didn't send the seller's
email address or postal address.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: Selling bulk Lego help | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Catfish240 writes:
| | Hi, I am relocating to another country and want to sell my kids Lego. I don’t
have time to create an inventory of each individual piece. But have separated
it into colors and figures.
What is the best way to get a good price to sell it this way?
Thanks!
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You won't get a good price if you sell it as mixed up bulk.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 12:07 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| | | 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
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It must be a different one, as the .net one that goes to bricklink-com.co doesn't
really look anything like the frontpage of BL. No BDP banner, no "Browse"
box. Plus the login box is very different as it is a full page rather than a
pop-up. Also none of the buttons like "remember this login" tickbox work
if you click them.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 12:06 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| | | MFA? They did that with OTP.
Mandatory OTP? They did that last week. It’s annoying and people are opting
out (like you did at first).
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The OTP doesn't work anyway, as the scammers can get the user to send the
OTP code to them.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 07:21 | | Subject: | Re: Paypal package tracking | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Akir writes:
| | Hey,
I just got a message from paypal saying that from April 15 they offer package
tracking for products paid for with paypal. Does bricklink know about this, and
will it make any changes necessary, on the page and/or for sellers?
Thanks and greetings,
Patrick
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I imagine it will be regional, based on what the local postal providers can offer.
It shouldn't affect bricklink sales at all though. It is up to sellers to
provide any tracking in a dispute about non-delivery, whether that tracking comes
from their postal service or paypal.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 06:25 | | Subject: | Re: Phishing emails | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Nicholas_morrow writes:
| | I have gotten several emails from support@Policyking.net about suspicious activity.
They keep trying to hack into my account.
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Do yourself a favour. Set up a filter to automatically delete any email from
support@Policyking.net.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 06:11 | | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| The OTP codes are going to be useless to combat scammers.
The current phishing scam is asking people to sign in with their user name and
password. Once those are entered, on the next page they are asking for the OTP
code that bricklink has sent.
No doubt they are automating logins so the user enters their username and password
on the fake site and then the scammers attempt a login at the real bricklink,
generating the real OTP email and the user then enters this on the fake site.
The scammer then has the username, password and real (and unused) OTP code which
they can use on the real bricklink.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 06:04 | | Subject: | Re: Is Bricklink sending out login alerts? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Hardstone writes:
| | I have received two separate "Login From New Device" emails in the last
six hours. I am well aware of all the hacking attempts and fraudulent sites pretending
to be Bricklink out there.
Both emails game from "support@policyking.net". I don't believe either
email was legit and I have ignored both so far. Still, I did login briefly last
night and thought that I should ask if they were legit incase they were.
I still doubt their legitimacy and logged in from a "bricklink.com" shortcut
saved in my browser favorites.
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No doubt they are scam emails. If you go to policyking.net then it redirects
to https://www.bricklink.com.co/ and shows a fake bricklink login page. The only
active boxes are for your user name and password. The forget password and problem
links are dead, as are the stay logged in and register boxes.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 05:56 | | Subject: | Re: Problem with order | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SezaR writes:
| | In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | In Help, Akir writes:
| | In Help, Sesax1981 writes:
| | Hello, I’m a seller!
Half and week ago, buyer placed an order, I’ve sent it two days after. Of course
I have proof of sending, tracking number, every confirmation he needs.
Now it is 12 days (including weekends) when order was still on the way, I keep
messaging with buyer of course - but today he is writing me about refund few
times, because order has not arrived, I wrote to him that sometimes deliver is
delayed for some reasons, but I can’t help it even if I want to.
Of course it is frustrating for him, I totally understand that, but I’ve checked
tracking number moment ago and there is information that order is already delivered
to buyer, but he was/is telling me whole day that it was’nt.
Adress was correct, could you give me some advice what to do?
Pamela
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If the buyer claims they did not receive the order, you as the sender should
file a claim with the post office (at least that's how it works in Austria,
I assume in Italy it's similar). They should then show you a proof of delivery
or refund the value of the package to you. That probably means hours in "customer
service" phone lines and waiting for weeks for replies, but if it's a
valuable package...
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They already said that the tracking indicates it has been delivered. The mail
provider won't refund when they say they have delivered it.
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False! I wrote my experience with CanadaPost:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459988
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And you think the Italian post service will do the same?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 05:14 | | Subject: | Re: Problem with order | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Akir writes:
| | In Help, Sesax1981 writes:
| | Hello, I’m a seller!
Half and week ago, buyer placed an order, I’ve sent it two days after. Of course
I have proof of sending, tracking number, every confirmation he needs.
Now it is 12 days (including weekends) when order was still on the way, I keep
messaging with buyer of course - but today he is writing me about refund few
times, because order has not arrived, I wrote to him that sometimes deliver is
delayed for some reasons, but I can’t help it even if I want to.
Of course it is frustrating for him, I totally understand that, but I’ve checked
tracking number moment ago and there is information that order is already delivered
to buyer, but he was/is telling me whole day that it was’nt.
Adress was correct, could you give me some advice what to do?
Pamela
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If the buyer claims they did not receive the order, you as the sender should
file a claim with the post office (at least that's how it works in Austria,
I assume in Italy it's similar). They should then show you a proof of delivery
or refund the value of the package to you. That probably means hours in "customer
service" phone lines and waiting for weeks for replies, but if it's a
valuable package...
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They already said that the tracking indicates it has been delivered. The mail
provider won't refund when they say they have delivered it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 09:09 | | Subject: | Re: Sales to new members | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BigBrickLab writes:
| | I know that you can choose not to sell to members with no feedback.
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You cannot stop buyers with no feedback placing an order. You can refuse to sell
to them but you risk negative feedback if you refuse to supply an order placed.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 08:02 | | Subject: | Re: New minifigure assembled/unassembled | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | But even so, I would like the rule to say that only minifigs that come
from the factory assembled can be sold as new.
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Same here. But I guess the problem is all the sellers that have assembled their
figures would take a hit on their perceived value as their new stock becomes
used, and would also need to do some work to update their listings.
My approach to the issue over the last 8-10 years or so has been to least favourite
every store that says that they assemble minifigures, whether it is in their
terms or they say it here. In the long term that helps avoid stores that do it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 10:55 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, peregrinator writes:
| | In Buying, BrickBonder writes:
| | How many mistakes in an order do you all tolerate before contacting a seller?
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If the mistakes are only a few cents worth of items then I don't bother.
Doesn't have much to do with the number of lots - I don't tend to order
larger quantities, but I've definitely fulfilled such orders!
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Even then, I'd still inform (without complaining) the seller about it. At
least they know they have made an error and can correct their inventory and hopefully
avoid making the error again. I don't think informing has to be complaining.
I've told a seller before that a couple of cents part was the wrong one or
was missing but don't worry about sending the right one or refunding. Especially
if it is the wrong part, they might have a lot more of the same part incorrectly
inventoried and will make the same mistake again and again until told about it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 04:31 | | Subject: | Re: How many mistakes in an order are OK? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| | None. Always inform the seller about errors. |
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 03:42 | | Subject: | Re: Need "Item For Sale Condition" Clarification | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, yorbrick writes:
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There is nothing special or unique in that set so there shouldn't be an issue
with the listing. If there was a sticker sheet or decorated part that only came
in the set that is missing, then is it really the special set? If an incomplete
set should have a unique part that makes it the set and that piece is missing,
is it really the set?
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Except it is missing its instructions which are what make the set unique technically
speaking. But to the best of my knowledge bricklink isn’t worried with the “philosophical”
side of what makes a set a set as I’ve seen many listing for incomplete sets
that contain only a fraction of the parts for a sub build like a car or something
inside the set even if the rest of the set contained multiple other exclusive
parts so i don’t really see how this would be any different so as long as it’s
listed as incomplete then I don’t see why it wouldn’t be allowed
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The one I remember seeing it done on - Yoda's Lightsaber - was not a normal
retail set and supposedly special. Whether that is due to licensing or the nature
of the set, I don't know. If LEGO allow sales of a special product that is
missing what makes it special, does it devalue the actual product? That probably
is different to buying a retail set, taking out the minifigs and splitting the
rest into individual builds sold as incomplete sets.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2024 02:28 | | Subject: | Re: Need "Item For Sale Condition" Clarification | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
There is nothing special or unique in that set so there shouldn't be an issue
with the listing. If there was a sticker sheet or decorated part that only came
in the set that is missing, then is it really the special set? If an incomplete
set should have a unique part that makes it the set and that piece is missing,
is it really the set?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 18, 2024 16:56 | | Subject: | Re: Need "Item For Sale Condition" Clarification | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, aaronaar writes:
| | Hi!
I didn't get a response from the help desk, so I'm asking here.
I noticed that I can part together some official sets using 100% new parts. Am
I allowed to list those sets as "new incomplete" if I mention in the
comments that I parted together the set myself using new parts and am missing
box/instructions/stickers? Or are you only allowed to list a set as "new
incomplete" if you only took items out of a NISB set?
If you are not allowed to list it as "new incomplete", could you list
it as "used incomplete" and say in the comments that you parted it together
using new parts and am missing box/instructions/stickers?
Given that:
"Custom sets or instructions may be listed, provided they do not infringe
on any intellectual property rights, including those of the LEGO Group."
I do not believe I could list it as a custom set instead?
Thanks for information and if possible would like clarification from an admin.
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I don't believe you are, although it might be dependent on the set. When
it first came out, someone was trying to sell
in a similar way, missing the only unique part (the decorated tile). They were
continually removed even though apparently listed correctly.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 12:07 | | Subject: | Re: Huge lot of 90s-00s Star Wars and HP | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, RyanJatho writes:
| | Hey guys my older brother is ready to get rid of his legos. We have like every
harry potter set, star wars sets, ships, bionicals, everything and I have no
idea where to start. They are loose sets like 95% complete and we have bins full
of loose bricks that belong to said sets.
Right now someone is offering me $200 for it all and it just seems low. Im on
mobile so its kinda hard to post everything here.
But how should I start?
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Random unsorted bulk is worth very little. If you want a good price, you need
to sort it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2024 07:26 | | Subject: | Re: Require 1 Feedback to Post in Forums | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Gummie posts barely hit my radar. I do see them sometimes. I go right by.
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Yes. Just report and they quickly vanish if you auto hide cancelled posts. People
that feel the need to reply to them are a bigger problem, so they get added to
the ignore list.
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