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 Posted: Feb 4, 2020 13:46
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Thanks for the update. 👍





In Inventories, randyf writes:
  Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am back in the saddle for BrickLink!
I will begin by hammering on the backlog of pending inventories later today.
If you have been waiting for these inventories to part out, please have a bit
more patience as I work through these since there are a significant amount to
catch up on.

Cheers,
Randy
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 Posted: Feb 4, 2020 12:30
 Subject: Re: We have a new Catalog Associate!
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Welcome back.






In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

Today I am very pleased to announce we have a new Catalog Associate! As you may
see from the Hall of Fame, StormChaser has previously held two catalog-type admin
positions - Inventories Admin and the legacy Catalog Admin - and has recently
returned to the site.

We're delighted he has decided to come back, and I know many of you missed
him as well. He has many ambitious plans for the catalog, and now that we have
more staff on board, it's looking as though we can start making some serious
headway.

So please join me in welcoming him. You can see his familiar profile in line
with the others here:

https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp

StormChaser is also the first member to officially join our new Community Expert
Program. We hope to see the other catalog admins joining in the next day or two,
and the rest of our admins within the week.
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 Posted: Feb 3, 2020 14:05
 Subject: Re: Nougat is the new Flesh -> incorrect listing!
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Every training course for safety, manual handling etc, that I've ever been
on, the trainer always insists that there is no such thing as common sense.

Their justification being that what's common sense for one is not necessarily
common sense for another, experience tells me that they are right, we all have
our own ideas as to what is common sense.





In Colors, bje writes:
  In Colors, StormChaser writes:
  In Colors, bje writes:
  If a buyer orders an item incorrectly listed as Dark Nougat, then the seller
has no leg to stand on

Dark nougat is a new and rare color, so items listed as such should be carefully
verified. That is the seller's responsibility to the buyer.

  If a buyer orders an item incorrectly listed as Earth Orange, it is site policy

An administrator gave commonsense advice for handling the integration of the
new color. That does not rise to the level of site policy.

  that it is common sense that it might be the wrong colour

It has been the wrong color since whenever these colors were added until now.
The site has made progress and you complain? How would you recommend handling
the situation? Removing all items for sale in earth orange and insisting that
every seller examine the colors before relisting them for sale?

  but since the seller listed it incorrectly, there is no assistance from site management in the event of a claim.

Again, true dark nougat parts have always been listed incorrectly. You are making
something out of nothing merely for the sake of having something to be unhappy
about.

Tetchy are we not? I did not ask you for an opinion on anything I said. I asked
a question (twice) as a paid up customer of BrickLink on something on which I
am unclear and to which not furher diection has been given other than the fact
that members who cannot understand this must use common sense. Now put your little
boxing gloves back on the shelf please. You would not begin to know what makes
me happy or unhappy. I've not said ANYTHING about the progress or lack thereof
of this site. I am not the only member who have expressed confusion about this
issue as raised by a member of site management and in fact the only current catalogue
administrator. I am tryig to get an understanding of what is meant by having
common sense and maybe/maybe not atatements applied to an agreement. That is
it, no more, no less.
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 Posted: Feb 2, 2020 19:30
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Now I know what the P stands for : Punxsutawney Phil.




In Colors, legoman77 writes:
  I just had a brilliant idea. Let's change Nougat to Flesh.
John P
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Having a late night too ?


In Colors, WoutR writes:
  In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
  No changes to inventories are necessary except to give Dark Nougat a place in the system.

The required catalog changes would be:

Part 3901
Part color code: update 4163862
Small Images: Choose one of the images in Fabuland Brown or Earth Orange and
delete the other.

Part 30374
Part color code: update 4159161
Small Images: Choose one of the images in Fabuland Brown, Earth Orange or Dark
Orange and delete the rest.

Part 30374px1
Remove additional note.
Update small image color from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4706-1
Change part 30374px1 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat (regular and extra)

Inventory 4730-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4752-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4756-1
Change part 30374 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4758-1
Change part 30374 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 10132-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory minifigure hp023 (used in set 4728-1 and HPG02-1)
Change part 3901 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat
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 Posted: Dec 27, 2019 14:38
 Subject: Re: Please approve
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Still cautiously optimistic.

Unfortunately we are likely to see negative changes or changes perceived by some/many
as negative before we see benefits, I worry about them too.

Easier to remove things that exist before adding beneficial changes.

Well that's how I'm choosing to view it, all too easy for me to see it
otherwise but I'm trying to be positive, makes a change.





In Catalog, legoman77 writes:
  In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
  In Catalog, bje writes:
  In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
  Yesterday were offcialy released some new 2020 sets. They are available to buy
from offcial LEGO web shop in Europe.
https://brickset.com/article/47982/[uk-eu]-sale-now-on-at-lego-com


Snip

Do you not approve these yourself, or are you not expert enough? They've
been on sale at certified LEGO stores since yesterday here as well.

I'm not allow to do it anymore.


  
  
P.S.
I would like to submit new inventories for SW sets

ditto for some friendsm, city, technic....

I had a feeling that it would start and now it has. First the catalog and then
who knows what. For the optimists out there, this is not going to be good.
John P
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In my experience, if it has the circled c then it is Lego, fakes don't bother
adding it, others may know otherwise.





In Problem, mfav writes:
  In Problem, Icetrent writes:
  I received this part today for my Moster Fighter bride, but I can't find
the word lego anywhere on the part.

I have at least 10 of this piece, various colors, interior matching what you
show. FWIW. Only the bright light yellow has the "full circle" with LEGO stamped
in it.
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Yep, my thoughts too.

From what I've seen, I thought feelings where mixed and fairly evenly spread
between doom and gloom, positivity and cautiously optimistic.

Don't know what has been posted on other sites, perhaps these were less favourable.




In General, Teup writes:
  In General, stacey_love writes:
  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/20/lego-accused-of-muscling-in-on-fans-after-bricklink-takeover

My goodness why the focus on all de doom thinkers, now it sounds like everyone
assumes it will be terrible. That's neither correct, nor to our advantage.
I thought the replies to the news were really pretty balanced. We've seen
a whole range of different opinions and expectations. But I guess that's
how media work.
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The one in my store logo.




In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  Yes sir!
It's easy to price the commonly found bricks.
I do like the fee structure here. On that other site I have to price 15% above
retail, just to equate for fees alone, unless I get a low final evaluation offer.
What GOOD brick did you sell? I do love them all...
So far I've sold two lots - one common larger lot of 8xC bricks priced high,
and one rarer, smaller lot priced reasonably.
I didn't only get bricks - I got minifigures, cases, parts.
Tricky.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  That's always the problem with special bricks, rarely is there something
to compare them with to make a judgement.

I've more I want to sell but I'm holding off until I can find time to
do some research and price accordingly.

Check out those listed under 3001special, paying attention to descriptions, however
it's very limited in providing useful information unless your bricks closely
resemble those there.

Items sold on BL provide no useful information as detailed information on individual
bricks is not available.

They regularly sell between £20 - £80 each, less at the higher price, I'd
guess £30 each is not unusual for one a little rarer.

The old advice comes in here, price high and be prepared to come down, you could
ask for offers if already listed and then sell it through BL at the new price.

I had one brick, not 3001special which I didn't want to sell despite numerous
generous offers but eventually sold through BL at a very good price, couldn't
say no.

However a lot are sold under £10.

Also check out Flickr if you have time to dig around and find those being offered
there, many of the collectors will post items on offer.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  What I'm finding the most difficult is calculating how much each brick is
worth - all I know is what I paid for the lot

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Between 10,000 to 20,000 bricks in all sizes, only a couple of hundred more interesting
bricks, sold a lot.

Most are standard production bricks.

Also have a fair number of Kiddicraft bricks.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  How many pre 1980 bricks do you have exactly?

It's a fool's battle right now

I've seen lots of your beautiful pictures aswell!


In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I suspect they used normal production material but claimed otherwise once discovered,
can't see them using floor sweepings either.



In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  I doubt the Grangemouth bricks were made from floor sweepings as they would probably
resemble the marbled slotted bricks more if it was the case. Leftovers is much
more probable.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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That's always the problem with special bricks, rarely is there something
to compare them with to make a judgement.

I've more I want to sell but I'm holding off until I can find time to
do some research and price accordingly.

Check out those listed under 3001special, paying attention to descriptions, however
it's very limited in providing useful information unless your bricks closely
resemble those there.

Items sold on BL provide no useful information as detailed information on individual
bricks is not available.

They regularly sell between £20 - £80 each, less at the higher price, I'd
guess £30 each is not unusual for one a little rarer.

The old advice comes in here, price high and be prepared to come down, you could
ask for offers if already listed and then sell it through BL at the new price.

I had one brick, not 3001special which I didn't want to sell despite numerous
generous offers but eventually sold through BL at a very good price, couldn't
say no.

However a lot are sold under £10.

Also check out Flickr if you have time to dig around and find those being offered
there, many of the collectors will post items on offer.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  What I'm finding the most difficult is calculating how much each brick is
worth - all I know is what I paid for the lot

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Between 10,000 to 20,000 bricks in all sizes, only a couple of hundred more interesting
bricks, sold a lot.

Most are standard production bricks.

Also have a fair number of Kiddicraft bricks.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  How many pre 1980 bricks do you have exactly?

It's a fool's battle right now

I've seen lots of your beautiful pictures aswell!


In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I suspect they used normal production material but claimed otherwise once discovered,
can't see them using floor sweepings either.



In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  I doubt the Grangemouth bricks were made from floor sweepings as they would probably
resemble the marbled slotted bricks more if it was the case. Leftovers is much
more probable.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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Between 10,000 to 20,000 bricks in all sizes, only a couple of hundred more interesting
bricks, sold a lot.

Most are standard production bricks.

Also have a fair number of Kiddicraft bricks.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  How many pre 1980 bricks do you have exactly?

It's a fool's battle right now

I've seen lots of your beautiful pictures aswell!


In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I suspect they used normal production material but claimed otherwise once discovered,
can't see them using floor sweepings either.



In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  I doubt the Grangemouth bricks were made from floor sweepings as they would probably
resemble the marbled slotted bricks more if it was the case. Leftovers is much
more probable.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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I suspect they used normal production material but claimed otherwise once discovered,
can't see them using floor sweepings either.



In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  I doubt the Grangemouth bricks were made from floor sweepings as they would probably
resemble the marbled slotted bricks more if it was the case. Leftovers is much
more probable.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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Have to agree with Nathan here, post a few pics and just watch who appears.


There are a number of bricks associated with Wrexham too, many of which aren't
that well known and not particularly collected, maybe only one or two of us.

These look like many other standard bricks, nothing unusual, the only one I would
pick out other than the waxy looking bricks are those UK sideways logo bricks.

Samsonite of North America produced these sideways logo bricks too but the mould
markings, studs, logo style, spruce position are different as are the colours
available.

They come in CA and ABS.





In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  ABCD bricks? Pictures are nice 🙂.


In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I aquired some and listed then for sale on another site.
If you have a link to something that will inform me of exactly what I'm selling,
I really would appreciate that - more than you know.

In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  You have testbricks or just want to learn more about them?

In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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I will try this next few sets, thanks.

Looked at it but wary of trying until now.




In Suggestions, brickablocks writes:
  When you upload or part out a set, you can set up concatenation settings that
will combine old and new remarks, so you don't have this problem. Customers
get pretty frustrated shopping in bL stores that have the same part in several
lots.



In Suggestions, Stuart9 writes:
  If I part out a set, I add the set number to the comments which then shows up
in the order info.

This however has a drawback, it adds a separate entry for each of the parts each
time you part out a new set, you could end up with many parts listed numerous
times.

Might deter some from ordering but you can find the set quicker.
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If I part out a set, I add the set number to the comments which then shows up
in the order info.

This however has a drawback, it adds a separate entry for each of the parts each
time you part out a new set, you could end up with many parts listed numerous
times.

Might deter some from ordering but you can find the set quicker.




In Suggestions, Lilbeastie22 writes:
  Please show in the order details, the set from which pieces were ordered. As
a seller, this would be hugely helpful in finding the ordered pieces and sending
the order within a reasonable time.
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Unless you can provide proof, photo's etc of sealed bags they won't accept
that it wasn't altered, I understand why, no criticism.

I had the same issue with some heads that in theory couldn't possibly come
from a particular set, I know they did but I had no proof sadly.





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  That's funny. I just encountered 4 of these:

 
Part No: 4150  Name: Tile, Round 2 x 2
* 
4150 Tile, Round 2 x 2
Parts: Tile, Round

With "X" bottom in Light Bluish Gray in some 2019 sets. I mixed together many
sets so unfortunately, I can't trace which one it's from. But it's
definitely a set from this year. According to the catalog, the part died out
in 2014.
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Looks more like light grey but that doesn't exist.

My guess, a bad production run with not enough colour.

Definitely seen the dirty grey colour baseplate before.





In Colors, Stonemonkey1974 writes:
  Anyone shed any light on this? One on left is verified LBG what colour for the
other. Def lego I can see the mark {although you can't in photo}

Def not playmobil 😣
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Found them, they are Playmobil.


In Colors, Stonemonkey1974 writes:
  Hello all, can someone give me a colour for these apples. For comparison the
base is Bright Green and 2x4 brick Green. I can see them listed in pop colours
in medium green, but they don't seem to be in any sets. These came from a
2nd hand 4181 Poc set.
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Not sure but they don't look like Lego.

In Colors, Stonemonkey1974 writes:
  Hello all, can someone give me a colour for these apples. For comparison the
base is Bright Green and 2x4 brick Green. I can see them listed in pop colours
in medium green, but they don't seem to be in any sets. These came from a
2nd hand 4181 Poc set.
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If I have both together, the dark grey has a brownish hue compared with the dark
blue grey.

This isn't easy to see in artificial light, impossible for me, i won't
check mine unless I have daylight.



In Colors, linesbusy writes:
  How do you tell the difference between Dark Grey and Dark Bluish Grey bricks?
I want to make sure I purchase ones that match what I already have.
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Every day's a bad day at work but I'm working on that.

Otherwise I'm fine, looks like you're having fun here.





In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Having a good day or a bad one ?


In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I recognise some of those.


In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, tonnic writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Teup writes:
  In Colors, mmookk61 writes:
  In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
  
  Since you all are discussing one private trade, should you both be discussing
this in pms?

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?

Btw, we were discussing this 2 hours ago on here and one of us is new to the
site.....

Relax and the symptons will subside.

Maxx

I apologize. You are right. Every transaction has a right to be discussed in
the forums and not via private messages, errr, I mean your PMS. We are all in
your circus and are your Monkeys

Note that private trades, as in: trades outside the Bricklink order system, are
not allowed, and are therefore not allowed to be discussed at all - whether in
the forum or in private messages. That would be fee avoidance. That's why
Maxx is asking for it to go via Bricklink order.

On the other hand, this isn't a transaction that involves money, and I'm
not entirely sure what the policy is on that.

I will buy his listed items, he will pay fees, and we both hope the postman isn't
having a bad day?

A remark of this kind would worry me a bit.

Nah, I understand what the Devil means.

  
  
  
I would send any client six pictures, before end-sale.
They would also receive the tracking number on that day.
Geez.

I'm not as discouraged as you're trying to make me.
If anything, this reflecting poorly on yourself.

I'm nothing but honest and upfront. I have provided multiple pictues for
any potential buyer - I am unsusceptible to bullying.

Don’t take the bait, relax, you are new here and people are reacting to that.

  
Admin should look into your behaviour?

Nah, just don’t feed them by reacting to every fart.

I do need to pop-off.
That is not my be all and end all?

You should recognise atleast four of them!
If they're not my exs most valued bricks, I'll crack it!

Yep...F1-F4. Amazing/spectacular.
He cannot thank you enough apparently.
I still don't get it exactly, but I also do not mind.

Ya bloody twit!

I could not be having a bad day.
How about yourself? I'm more than interested ..
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Having a good day or a bad one ?


In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I recognise some of those.


In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, tonnic writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Teup writes:
  In Colors, mmookk61 writes:
  In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
  
  Since you all are discussing one private trade, should you both be discussing
this in pms?

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?

Btw, we were discussing this 2 hours ago on here and one of us is new to the
site.....

Relax and the symptons will subside.

Maxx

I apologize. You are right. Every transaction has a right to be discussed in
the forums and not via private messages, errr, I mean your PMS. We are all in
your circus and are your Monkeys

Note that private trades, as in: trades outside the Bricklink order system, are
not allowed, and are therefore not allowed to be discussed at all - whether in
the forum or in private messages. That would be fee avoidance. That's why
Maxx is asking for it to go via Bricklink order.

On the other hand, this isn't a transaction that involves money, and I'm
not entirely sure what the policy is on that.

I will buy his listed items, he will pay fees, and we both hope the postman isn't
having a bad day?

A remark of this kind would worry me a bit.

Nah, I understand what the Devil means.

  
  
  
I would send any client six pictures, before end-sale.
They would also receive the tracking number on that day.
Geez.

I'm not as discouraged as you're trying to make me.
If anything, this reflecting poorly on yourself.

I'm nothing but honest and upfront. I have provided multiple pictues for
any potential buyer - I am unsusceptible to bullying.

Don’t take the bait, relax, you are new here and people are reacting to that.

  
Admin should look into your behaviour?

Nah, just don’t feed them by reacting to every fart.

I do need to pop-off.
That is not my be all and end all?

You should recognise atleast four of them!
If they're not my exs most valued bricks, I'll crack it!

Yep...F1-F4. Amazing/spectacular.
He cannot thank you enough apparently.
I still don't get it exactly, but I also do not mind.

Ya bloody twit!
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I recognise some of those.


In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, tonnic writes:
  In Colors, Devil.R writes:
  In Colors, Teup writes:
  In Colors, mmookk61 writes:
  In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
  
  Since you all are discussing one private trade, should you both be discussing
this in pms?

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?

Btw, we were discussing this 2 hours ago on here and one of us is new to the
site.....

Relax and the symptons will subside.

Maxx

I apologize. You are right. Every transaction has a right to be discussed in
the forums and not via private messages, errr, I mean your PMS. We are all in
your circus and are your Monkeys

Note that private trades, as in: trades outside the Bricklink order system, are
not allowed, and are therefore not allowed to be discussed at all - whether in
the forum or in private messages. That would be fee avoidance. That's why
Maxx is asking for it to go via Bricklink order.

On the other hand, this isn't a transaction that involves money, and I'm
not entirely sure what the policy is on that.

I will buy his listed items, he will pay fees, and we both hope the postman isn't
having a bad day?

A remark of this kind would worry me a bit.

Nah, I understand what the Devil means.

  
  
  
I would send any client six pictures, before end-sale.
They would also receive the tracking number on that day.
Geez.

I'm not as discouraged as you're trying to make me.
If anything, this reflecting poorly on yourself.

I'm nothing but honest and upfront. I have provided multiple pictues for
any potential buyer - I am unsusceptible to bullying.

Don’t take the bait, relax, you are new here and people are reacting to that.

  
Admin should look into your behaviour?

Nah, just don’t feed them by reacting to every fart.

I do need to pop-off.
That is not my be all and end all?
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I suspect somewhere in the £30 - £50 mark.



In Colors, Quaysretire writes:
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  I have one only for sale and/or trade.

So how rare is it then? I am curious as there doesn’t seem to be any up for sale
so no idea on what price these would be?

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