Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 16:40 | | Subject: | Re: Color Add request | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, edeevo writes:
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| | Precision: all faded Blue parts aren’t Brittle Blue parts. Brittle Blue parts
are brittle, they break easily, and I believe their production was rather recent
(post-2000 I think) or at least limited in time.
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Literally brittle or not, that item in Blue can definitely fade darker (brittle,
sunburned, whatever)... and that particular part was produced post-2000, regardless
of color (though I have never really experienced the "brittle" issue others seem
to find in parts, so I am somewhat ignorant to that issue)... essentially, I
was just attempting to use familiar vernacular that had been mentioned prior...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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That’s understood
That’s why I “precised” that “Brittle” really means brittle: just use the parts
and they break.
Otherwise, faded parts are like the non-faded ones, it’s just discolouration
(or rather, re-colouration, as it’s yellowing: more yellow not less “original
colour”).
Note that there’s another Brittle colour: Reddish Brown, but this one affected
NEW parts and, IIRC what I read on the forum, it was produced during the LOTR
sets.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: Color Add request | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, edeevo writes:
| | In Colors, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | Dark Turquoise correct? Lighting affects image.
Not listed as a color for p/n 42022
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...as has been mentioned, it's a faded Blue (aka "Brittle Blue"); I recently
sorted a bunch of curved slopes from a sorted lot I'd purchased this year,
and there were tons of this particular item in Blue that had faded to Brittle
Blue (the lot contained a large ziplock bag sorted by color with just this part
in Blue, and the fading was really noticeable when they were all together)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Precision: all faded Blue parts aren’t Brittle Blue parts. Brittle Blue parts
are brittle, they break easily, and I believe their production was rather recent
(post-2000 I think) or at least limited in time.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:57 | | Subject: | Re: VAT Receipt | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, TakeAbricK writes:
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What do you mean by member not VAT-registered. VAT-registered EU buyers also
have to pay VAT, if they buy in the UK.
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Answer 3 on https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518 :
“BrickLink will not collect VAT if the buyer is VAT registered and provides their
valid VAT number (in these cases, the VAT registered buyer will be responsible
to account for VAT).”
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They only offer PayPal Onsite.
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Yes, but they say the buyer paid “directly” because they can’t make Onsite work.
So either the buyer did it themself, or the seller asked them to. Either way,
it’s wrong.
| | I think this is a technical issue, like I had the other way around.
UK order in Dutch Store.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: What is that on set parts list? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Help, The_Final_Brick writes:
| | Hi,
Can anyone tell me what meaning have those numbers and color on set parts list?
Thanks!
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I believe this means that this parts has an alternate item. Depending on when
it was packaged, if there was a different model for that given part, it could
come with variant A or B. Has no impact on the build.
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On the contrary, this particular number, 99, is used when there have been a (minor)
modification of the set, so there’s an impact on the build.
When the MID is 99 = remodel, all the parts in the Regular section with MID 99
have been replaced in the second version of the set with all the parts in the
Alternate section with MID 99 (thus, you can find the same part in both sections
but with different quantities).
When the MID is not 99 = just a variant, you can get all your parts as the Regular
variant, or all as the Alternate one, or any combination (some of one variant,
some of the other). It’s how LEGO handles their stocks / introduce new variants:
they don’t care when they are mixed.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: VAT Receipt | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, bofox69 writes:
| | Just had an order from France paid for direct through PayPal as I'm still
having trouble receiving payment from overseas direct through the site and now
I can't download the VAT receipt and the option has gone completely. Is there
a way around this?
Thanks in advance.
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Was that really a case when BL should have collected VAT? (Amount below €150
/ $180, and a member that isn’t VAT-registered.)
Because, if not, there’s nothing to do, just proceed with the order.
If yes, then you need to refund and ask them to pay with PayPal Onsite.
And if they can’t pay this way because Onsite doesn’t work, I fear you’ll have
to cancell the order.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:23 | | Subject: | Re: About IMPORT ONE-STOP SHOP (IOSS) | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Yourbricks writes:
| | Hello
I am seller from Norway, it is outside from european union.
I have to be register in IOSS if I sell to european union? or is bricklink already
register in the IOSS?
What I have to do if I sell something to european union and buyer already pay
tax here in bricklink and customs(Spain) want pay also tax
I call them(custom Spain and post Spain) they say, dont have to much information
about IOSS and they dont know how it work yet.
Thanks
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BL is registered as marketplace, you don’t have to register yourself.
See https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
and https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 18:08 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
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Cool! Thanks for pointing this out.
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Happy to help.
| | (Shows the UI of BrickLink is up for some improvements thought 
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Oh, I think this one is easy to find: you go to Settings (which you always do
on any website or application ) and then you have only 10 topics…
Well, 13 because there’s three more that are relegated to links at the bottom
and aren’t worth their own icons…
Hem…
Okay, I think I see your point
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
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A suggestion maybe for the forum/community administrators: create a "Sales" channel
in the forum that is not in the "Marketplace" channel. Advertisement and sales
announcements should only be made there, so the "Marketplace" channel becomes
less polluted with those sales messages. […]
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Well, there already is a topic for sales, shrewdly named “Sales.”
And all the sales announcements are already posted in the Sales (or New Stores)
topic(s), or (generally) moved there when they aren’t.
And you can select topics you (don’t) wish to see here: https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?viewFrom=P
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 10:23 | | Subject: | Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
Yes, and then you can see them when viewing your WL, after having enabled the
“Show (Items for Sale)” in your WL (see pic).
But this shows stores item per item, while you can choose multiple items on the
Buy page
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 10:15 | | Subject: | Re: allow a picture attachment in messages | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, liisb writes:
| | I loaded the pic directly to the item in my inventory which allows the buyer
to see it. The link you posted says it adds a pic to my splash page/about me
page which I do not wish to do for an item part.
(on the page)
On this page, you can upload images to be used on your about me page and store
splash page. Images for your items for sale and discussion forum posts are uploaded
and stored elsewhere
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The operative words are “to be used”: it’s a place to store images FOR your About
Me and Splash pages, but putting images there doesn’t make them automatically
appear on those pages.
Once you have images in this place, you can link them “easily” in those pages…
or in your messages.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 09:12 | | Subject: | Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Guardian_bear writes:
| | Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.
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You can do that on the Buy page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page
All you need is a Wanted list….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:48 | | Subject: | Re: The page cannot be displayed... | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | […]
Chrome 91.0.4472.124
&
Edge 91.0.864.67
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Off-topic: What happened with version numbers? They look like phone numbers
nowadays *sigh*
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:47 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, infinibrix writes:
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I agree but it also hurts everyone else too because all these exagerated sale
claims overshadow worthwhile sales meaning decent buying/selling opportunities
get lost in all the noise to the point that nobody actually beleives the word
'SALE' anymore!
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Well, in France, we have laws to differentiate “soldes” (sale) and “promotions”:
— limited in time (two 6 weeks periods in January and July, or when you go out
of business or
change owner…),
— items must have been at the original price for a month (and sold, not hidden
in the stocks),
— only way to sell at a loss.
We also have recent laws to limit “promotions” on some products (food…), e.g.
no more than 34% (or 3rd for free…).
And my feeling is that nobody acually believes in the word “SALE” anymore.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Are Buyers allowed to use Drop-Shipping ? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, BrickBuy writes:
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I guess Admin allows duplicate accounts now ?
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My guess is they catch a few but mainly rely on reports for members (and it takes
them time to act on them).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2021 13:07 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 75241-1 | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, thorrr writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 3957b Trans-Clear Antenna 4H - Flat Top
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There’s a
in
Did you miss it or are you saying yours is flat-topped?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | thanks again.
Please advice whith billing program is compatibly whit bricklink?
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Already answered: I don’t know of one.
| | Did bricklink gives a warning before i passe the 10000€ a year in european sales?
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I don’t know.
In the message:
“BrickLink does not assume any responsibility in terms of determining or notifying
sellers about their VAT registration obligations.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1294893
But later, Admin_Russell said:
“We have the data on this and will be individually contacting sellers that fall
into that category. Discovering which sellers are over the limit is a legal requirement
for us.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1294896
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:41 | | Subject: | Re: Build instructions for Boford P. Alligator | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, dlpeart writes:
| | I'm looking for the build instructions for the following item.
LEGO Item#: GATOR-1
YEAR: 2006
Alis: Boford P. Alligator
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Daniel
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You have some answers on your original thread
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1
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And Daniel just answered there. So I think this thread is just an accidental
dupe….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | the bills are only available for the last 6 months so its hard to see all?
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You can change the date to download older orders.
You won’t have the details but the countries and amounts should be there.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, pgremeau writes:
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Oui Sylvain, the O/U clips were exactly what I was thinking. I got also confused
because on Rebrickable, they have two part relationships "same mold" and "alternate".
The recent 68888 part had been marked as a "same mold" and they changed it to
"alternate" after I mentioned this. This is why I initially didn't question
the seller on that point, thinking it was the same here.
Merci!
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More confusing: “Alternate” is also used on BL: look on for instance,
it’s written
“Item No: 6060 Alternate Item No: 15967, 30935”
So LEGO made the same¹ part with different IDs, and BL says they are the same
part/entry in the catalogue.
BL vocabulary: alternate ID vs. similar mould,
RB vocabulary: same mould vs. alternate part….
———
¹ Generally, the differences between alternate IDs are hard to tell, and you
need to look at the number embossed on the parts.
Also, TLG uses different moulds for transparent parts because different plastics
need different moulds (slightly different size to accomodate for different dilation),
so their IDs are different.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:26 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | ok
But if i sell more then 10000€ anual to europe what did i have to do?
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Then you have the choice to either:
— register for VAT in each EU country you sell to,
— or only register to the Portuguese One-Stop Shop (balcão único?) for VAT.
The OSS is obviously the simplest.
To register, you’ll need an EU VAT number. Your Chamber of Commerce should be
able to give you one.
Once you’re registered to the OSS, you’ll need to collect VAT from your EU buyers,
you’ll need to report your EU sales on the OSS website and remit the VAT you
collected (= give the VAT money) every quarter (3 months).
Now, as far I understand it, having a VAT number and having to collect in other
EU countries shouldn’t force you to collect VAT in your own country too (if you’re
still under your country’s VAT threshold)… but in order to collect VAT from your
EU buyers, BL wants you to activate VAT in your shop, so you’ll have to collect
VAT in Portugal too.
That may mean more than asking for a VAT number, it may mean changing your business
status.
In short: You should ask your Chamber of Commerce.
| | how can i see how much i sell to europe?
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Download your sales and calculate?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 14:46 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | Good afternoon
Could you let me know which billing program you use that is compatible with bricklink?
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I don’t think there is one: you need to do everything yourself (either manually
or with programs using the BL API…).
| | Another question is: if I sell €100 to another European country, will I pay the
vat of the country of destination and will I still have to pay the VAT in my
country or not?
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First, technically, it’s not the seller who pays VAT, it’s their buyers. The
sellers may collect VAT….
But if you sell below 10,000€ per year to other EU country (so, not counting
your sales in Portugal, you’ll need a hundred buyers at €100), you don’t have
to register to anything.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, Laiden writes:
| | In Designer Program, Karmalink writes:
| | Maybe sent refunds to the people hoarding the sets so more people can order theirs.
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I agree.
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How would like that to happen to you if you had bought one for you & one for
a friend?
Would you be happy to let your friend have the sole copy you’ll finally get?
Or would you keep yours and loose your friend?
Also, once again, it’s illegal to cancel a sale to sell the item to someone else.
| | I would say that all the ppl complaining about exclusivity are resellers
or planing to sell their set later on. Idk man. This has shaken my faith in lego
pretty bad.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 12:19 | | Subject: | Re: How to restore colours of Lego | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Pr1tch writes:
| | Hi,
How can we restore Lego to its original colour? We have bought some used parts
and some of the white and light aqua in particular have yellowed. We tried soaking
1 part with a small amount of diluted bleach then with Coca-Cola  but neither
seemed to make any difference.
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If by “bleach,” you mean chlorine (kitchen bleach), then it was a very bad idea.
Chlorine damages most plastics and LEGO parts are not immune. At the minimum,
it makes them brittle.
(Coca-Cola is not a very good idea either, I guess now the parts are all sticky
)
If you mean “hair bleach,” then it’s oxygen peroxide, and it’s the solution.
A 3% concentration, leave the parts a couple hours in the sun or a UV light.
Some add a tiny drop of “oxyclean” or such whitening agent as catalyser.
The problem is that it doesn’t work well on some colours (e.g. light gray may
become very light in spots) and the yellowing often comes back after a few months.
You may also want to search about RetrObright & LEGO.
Or you can buy new bricks on BrickLink 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 11:24 | | Subject: | Re: Change Flat box dimensions | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | Very nice that have the option to change all dimensions on a single page: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp?itemType=S
In my opinion, following the logic for instructions entries were we have width
x height x thickness the dimensions for flat boxes should also follow the
same logic and I would therefore suggest to make this: width x height x thickness
(of the flattened box).
Depth? 
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Well, if you consider the box flat on a table, ready to be packed, then the longest
side is length, the second longest side is width and the last side is thickness
because the box is not deep enough to have depth.
So you should ask for all the three names to be changed
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 10:04 | | Subject: | Re: Build instructions for Boford P. Alligator | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, dlpeart writes:
| | I'm looking for the build instructions for the following item.
LEGO Item#: GATOR-1
YEAR: 2006
Alis: Boford P. Alligator
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Daniel
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Well, it doesn’t seem anyone has it and none were sold in the last 6 months….
The inventory is here though, so it would help retro-engineering it
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=Gator-1
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 09:55 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
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Many sellers state on their splash pages or in their store terms that they
do not differentiate between similar molds. This is entirely up to the seller
and has nothing to do with the BL catalog or policies.
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I’d say it has because it messes up the Price Guide.
I’d say it has because I remember Russell saying so.
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Oh, I agree! I wasn't saying that it was okay to do this. I was saying that
it is entirely the seller's issue and is not the fault of our catalog. The
OP was seeming to say that because these items had a similar relationship, that
they got the wrong part from their seller. That is very, very not true.
Jen
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Oh, okay, so, yes, it’s the seller that’s at fault, but I don’t totally agree
the catalogue isn’t: there’s variants some buyers don’t care about, or sometimes.
It should be easier to know which ones are okay and which are not, a better way
than the presence of an undetermined entry.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
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Many sellers state on their splash pages or in their store terms that they
do not differentiate between similar molds. This is entirely up to the seller
and has nothing to do with the BL catalog or policies.
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I’d say it has because it messes up the Price Guide.
I’d say it has because I remember Russell saying so.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 09:40 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, firestar246 writes:
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Agree with Turz here. Similar does not mean same. If Bricklink considered them
the same, then there would only be one listing.
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To play the Devil’s advocate, I’d say the problem is all variance relationships
are not equal:
and its a, b, c, d variants.
They all have the same ID but with a different letter, and the functional difference
isn’t obvious (I’m not sure but some may fit where others don’t, e.g. in rotation).
But 4085 is undetermined and can be used in WLs & store inventories (it’s not
“marked for deletion” to prevent it), and many people don’t care which version
they sell/buy. Does BL really care when a seller doesn’t use the 4085 entry
when they don’t differentiate? Is it enforced?
Or the first two are grooved or not, that’s
more aesthetics than function, only the last brings a difference in function.
I’m guessing more people care about the functionnality added by 15573 than for
4085. But there’s also an entry for the undetermined version, and it covers
the three versions, so is it allowed to not differentiate?
And then, there’s
* | | 55982 Wheel 18mm D. x 14mm with Axle Hole, Fake Bolts and Shallow Spokes
Parts: Wheel |
* | | 55981 Wheel 18mm D. x 14mm with Pin Hole, Fake Bolts and Shallow Spokes
Parts: Wheel |
They have the same “similar mold” relationship
in the catalogue but are really not the same. There’s no undetermined entry.
So, it’s not allowed to not separate them, is it?
Now, where does the “mold similarity” between 48723 & 68888 fall?
Shouldn’t there be two “mold similarity” relations to prevent this confusion,
or is the presence/absence of an undetermined entry sufficient? It doesn’t seem
to be sufficient for this seller.
| | I would not suggest buying from that seller again.
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Yes. There’s sellers who say “we don’t differentiate,” but they rarely go into
detail about where they draw their line. I’d rather they all use the undetermined
entry (as I guess they should) but looking if they have the other variants sometime
helps: after all, they wouldn’t use one entry for, say, the Red parts, and another
for the Blue ones, or would they?
Right. So the only way to be sure is to avoid them 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 08:38 | | Subject: | Re: EU Vat e-commerce email | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:
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If this is the case then why the original email? If BL have already registered
for an IOSS number and they are taking the vat and allowing sellers to add the
IOSS number to the parcel address I fail to understand why the need for requesting
we register for an OSS number.
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The IOSS VAT, Import One Stop Shop VAT, is for Imports, so for non-EU sellers
and marketplaces. When a non-EU sellers goes through a marketplace, it’s the
marketplace that’s responsible, the seller has nothing to do (but give BL’s IOSS
when necessary).
BL is registered to the IOSS, has an IOSS VAT ID, has implemented the mechanism
on time for July 1st, has already messaged about it (both e-mail and on the forum:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1277484
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1278461 ), and has written two FAQs
about it:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517 .
The OSS VAT, One Stop Shop VAT, is for sellers in EU and Northern Ireland. It’s
the one which has a threshold of 10,000€ of sales in other EU countries.
No, we don’t know why the message was sent to everyone.
Yes, it’s not very specific about whom is concerned. (Though “other EU countries”
is a hint you have to be in a EU country, and the rule was already mentionned
in the first message about VAT, it would have been nice if it had been clearer…
even as a precision in a second message.)
| | Seriously if this is just a storm in a teacup then I apologise,
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No real need for apologies, the message was not clear.
| | I`ve just not
been able to confirm what you have stated myself due to zero EU sales since end
of April.
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Well, there’s the other messages and the FAQs that say how it works.
There’s also a bunch of threads for sellers, generally because they didn’t get
the invoice or the IOSS, either because the sale didn’t need it (above €150 or
VAT-registered buyer) or because the buyer bypassed the Onsite payment to pay
off-site (so BL didn’t get the VAT but the seller did).
So there’s both theory and practice to confirm what Stellar said
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 17:59 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io instruction maker | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, crimson30 writes:
| | Thanks. Where is that forum linked from?
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As I explained: (hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio
Forum”).
The red Studio icon is on every page on BrickLink, between the green Market icon
and the yellow Community icon.
| | Even simple google searches don't turn up that forum.
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Well, Google isn’t part of TLG
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 17:53 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io instruction maker | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, crimson30 writes:
| | How can I create a line between the pieces? The default red line to show which
new pieces have been added is great, but it's difficult to tell what's
been done with dark pieces... is there a way to add a thin red line *between*
the *new* pieces?
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The dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
Please search the forum for your question before posting a new one.
There’s an index of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 10:45 | | Subject: | Re: Oss registration | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, infinibrix writes:
| | […]
If and when you sell to EU again although you may be limitied by the 10k limit
for Europe
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There’s no “may,” the “10k limit” if for EU (and Northern Ireland) sellers only.
BL’s last message was sent to everyone and wasn’t specific enough and even if
the official EU websites are full of blah and not always clear either, there’s
a lot of web pages out there that explain particular cases if you look for them.
So, in short, again:
— OSS = for EU and NI sellers only, if they sell in EU (but not home country)
for more than 10,000€ per year, or if they want to.
— IOSS = for marketplaces, or non-EU sellers that don’t use a marketplace.
Non-EU, non-NI sellers: you sell through BL, BL takes care of the VAT when necessary,
there’s no thresholds nor other reasons for you to register anywhere.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 10:11 | | Subject: | Re: Oss registration | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, benji25110514 writes:
| | Just a quick one, am I right in thinking that I don't need to register for
anything, providing I just continue to sell in the UK? […]
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Even if you sold to EU, you shouldn’t have to register:
1. To the “OSS” (One-Stop-Shop) VAT platform, with the 10,000€ threshold: It’s
for EU and Northern Ireland sellers. You’re not in EU and you’re not in Northern
Ireland.
2. To the “IOSS” (Import OSS) VAT platform: You are selling through a marketplace
(BrickLink), it’s the marketplace that’s responsible, and BL has implemented
that.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Problem UK orders: NO VAT Invoice !!! | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, jbroman writes:
| | […]
That contradicts the help page that I linked to.
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Help pages are not necessarily up-to-date.
You can check the date at the bottom (2010 & 2017 respectively).
There was no onsite payment methods in 2010.
| | As a seller and a buyer, I know that a buyer can check off that an order is paid
as per my linked help file.
|
1. Yes, a buyer can check the box… when the box is here to be checked. But it’s
not here if the chosen payment method is “on-site,” in this case, it’s replaced
with a “Pay” button (that leads you to the payment site).
2. AFAI’ve been told, checking the box doesn’t change the status to Paid, it
just indicates that the buyer has said they have paid. The seller still needs
to change the payment status (generally after having checked the payment was
received).
| | There are also dozens of forum questions about it.
As for your issue, I don’t have any other answers or suggestions.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 13:32 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | I forgot one other problem: the sale is not realized/finished for BL, so BL won’t
take its fees on it. It could then be considered a circumvention of BL (start
the sale on BL but finish it outside BL) or fee avoidance. Unless the sale is
not automatically cancelled at some point?
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BL assesses fees whether the order is Paid or not.
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Well, that’s one problem solved then
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 13:32 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jennnifer writes:
| | […]
I am sticking with my
principles here and not hiding my actions in any way. I want to pay this money
where it needs to go. They are not accepting it.
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It’s understandable and was understood
Also, I forgot one disclaimer: “if one wants to be punctilious….”
IOW, I was just counting angels on a pinhead again
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, jennnifer writes:
| | […]
I have accepted a sale from a repeat customer who couldn't get Paypal Onsite
to work for whatever reason and just sent the payment directly. I just believe
that it's bad service and bad business from BrickLink to not offer people
options just because it's not easy. The only penalty I got was that I cannot
mark the order Shipped because of BL's infantile new payment status rules.
So, the order will be in my notifications for 6 months or so I guess! I am happy
to forward BrickLink the tax money from this sale as soon as they are organized
and professional enough to receive it.
Jen
|
I’m not a lawyer, I’m not an accountant, but I believe you just committed tax
fraud: you collected money that you say is taxes but it can’t be taxes because
you don’t have the right to collect taxes.
At the minimum, the money should be consigned with an indenpendant entity, it
should not stay on your own accounts.
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Probably the best thing to do would be to refund it to the customer, who can
then pay the sales tax.
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Probably.
I forgot one other problem: the sale is not realized/finished for BL, so BL won’t
take its fees on it. It could then be considered a circumvention of BL (start
the sale on BL but finish it outside BL) or fee avoidance. Unless the sale is
not automatically cancelled at some point?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 12:46 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jennnifer writes:
| | […]
I have accepted a sale from a repeat customer who couldn't get Paypal Onsite
to work for whatever reason and just sent the payment directly. I just believe
that it's bad service and bad business from BrickLink to not offer people
options just because it's not easy. The only penalty I got was that I cannot
mark the order Shipped because of BL's infantile new payment status rules.
So, the order will be in my notifications for 6 months or so I guess! I am happy
to forward BrickLink the tax money from this sale as soon as they are organized
and professional enough to receive it.
Jen
|
I’m not a lawyer, I’m not an accountant, but I believe you just committed tax
fraud: you collected money that you say is taxes but it can’t be taxes because
you don’t have the right to collect taxes.
At the minimum, the money should be consigned with an indenpendant entity, it
should not stay on your own accounts.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Cob writes:
| | In Help, Stellar writes:
| | In Help, ihave36paws writes:
| | Good Morning:
I have a Buyer that wants to pay with a MO and I have my store set for auto
checkout. But I also have it set that you can pay with a MO or check.
|
|
[…]
Missouri isn’t a collection state yet.
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MO = Money Order
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, cosmicray writes:
| | […]
While true, I thought there was some proviso for sellers with older accounts,
and this seller certainly meets those cutoffs.
The subject has come up in the past vis-a-vis US sellers who may want to accept
IBAN from EU buyers.
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That’s not exactly how it works.
There’s indeed cutoffs to allow a seller to use other payment methods than PayPal
Online, which is the default and unique method for (very) new sellers: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=18
But for buyers (and transactions) on which BL needs to collect taxes, BL only
presents the buyers with shipping methods that use on-site methods.
Thus the confusing “seller does not ship to you” message when there’s no shipping
method left for the buyer to use while the seller has put the buyer’s country
in their ship-to list.
So, the seller can be allowed to set-up (or grandfatheredly keep) off-line payment
methods… but the buyers can’t use them.
It’s like when a parent authorizes their kid to have a basket ball… but the kid
is not to play with it the house, or in the basement, or in the drive, or….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 08:31 | | Subject: | Re: OSS registration | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, patpendlego writes:
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Teup writes:
| | […]
Ok, still I wonder, is it OK to register, file a 0-report as you say, and report
the EU VAT the way you always did it, since you're staying under the €10000?
Or does registering mean "OK, I am now obligated to use the new system"?
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My understanding is that when you’re registered, you’re obligated to collect.
It’s the same thing with domestic VAT registration: there’s a threshold above
which you’re obligated to register, but you can choose to register below, and
if you choose to, then you need to follow the rules, even if you stay under the
threshold.
VAT registration is a status: by registering, you declare you need to or want
to have that status. Once you have it, you have to act it… or you need to de-register
/ change your status.
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Correct. And then there is the Small business registration (Kleine ondernemings
regeling, Kleinunternehmung). If registered as Small business you are not allowed
to charge or declare VAT.
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Indeed, there’s other business statuses than VAT-registered. When I said “de-register,”
I meant “de-VAT-register” / get out of the VAT status you’re in.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 07:51 | | Subject: | Re: Placing an order without using auto checkout. | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, ihave36paws writes:
| | Good Morning:
I have a Buyer that wants to pay with a MO and I have my store set for auto
checkout. But I also have it set that you can pay with a MO or check.
He tells me that he can not check out unless he pays with PayPal and can not
find away around that option.
Can anyone give me the directions to send him to check out so that he can place
his order.
Thank you in advance.
Barbara
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Where’s your buyer?
If they are in:
— UK,
— EU,
— most of the US states,
then BL may¹ need to collect taxes (Sales tax or VAT) on them and can only do
that with on-site payments (PP Onsite or Stripe).
The system automatically removes all your shipping methods that don’t use an
on-site payment for these buyers.
And, no, there’s no way to bypass that, the taxes are due and BL has to collect
them….
(¹ UK: only if below £135, EU: only if below €150, that is, for both, below $180.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: OSS registration | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Stellar writes:
| | […]
| | I don't think there is such a thing as a OSS id. In the confirmation letter
they say they registered my VAT id as a member of the "unieregeling" and tell
me to report every quarter via their site. That's it.
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As far as I know, and I have seen the form to submit the sales here in Spain,
no, the is no such thing as OSS ID, it is just your VAT ID.
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“What’s in a name…”
The OSS ID is indeed your VAT ID, the name is “OSS VAT ID.”
Same thing with IOSS ID (ImportOSS, for marketplaces), the complete name is “IOSS
VAT ID.”
It’s a bit like your “Intra-EU VAT ID” which is just your domestic VAT ID….
| | […]
It's optional before the 10.000€, but I don't know if you register to
be able to report it then you need to charge Buyer VAT rate to all transactions.
Just in case I already updated my accounting software to handle all sales with
the buyer country VAT.
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I think you need, see my answer to Teup: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1295180
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 07:35 | | Subject: | Re: OSS registration | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Teup writes:
| | […]
Ok, still I wonder, is it OK to register, file a 0-report as you say, and report
the EU VAT the way you always did it, since you're staying under the €10000?
Or does registering mean "OK, I am now obligated to use the new system"?
|
My understanding is that when you’re registered, you’re obligated to collect.
It’s the same thing with domestic VAT registration: there’s a threshold above
which you’re obligated to register, but you can choose to register below, and
if you choose to, then you need to follow the rules, even if you stay under the
threshold.
VAT registration is a status: by registering, you declare you need to or want
to have that status. Once you have it, you have to act it… or you need to de-register
/ change your status.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 18:51 | | Subject: | Re: VAT Questions | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Ice writes:
| | Hi.
Sorry for adding to the confusion, but...
|
You are in the USA, you’re not concerned.
| | 10 000 ??? Does this mean 10,000 Euros? Or is the limit lower? Is it a single
shipment, or all shipments combined?
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10,000€, per fiscal year, for all intra-EU sales.
It only concerns EU sellers and their sales in other EU countries (not their
own).
| | Registration ??? Is there a way to register through Bricklink, or is it at another
site and Bricklink will need to be identified?
Thanks for all clarifications.
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You’re in the USA, you sell through BL (or other marketplaces).
BL is a registered marketplace in EU.
So you have nothing to do, just be sure to have an “on-site” payment method (PayPal
Onsite or Stripe) for your shipping methods to EU (and UK and the USA for states
with Sales tax) and BL will take care of the taxes when it’s needed.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 17:46 | | Subject: | Re: How do I restrict Countries I ship to? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, infinibrix writes:
| | […]
If you or anyone else from EU could just check you can no longer order from me
it would be much appreciated plus maybe someone from USA, Canada, Australia can
confirm they are able to order without restriction? thanks again!
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Red box, “does not ship to me” and all that.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: EU Vat e-commerce email | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BasKrie writes:
| | In Selling, RecycledBrick writes:
| | I received the email as well so it could have just been sent to everyone
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The mail is also sent to buyers only.
My wife has her own account and she got the mail as well 
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Okay, not confusing at all….
I guess BL is only able to either send to everyone or to no one.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 15:10 | | Subject: | Re: Awoke to a couple of emails from BL members | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, popsicle writes:
| | […]
Thanks. I appreciate you setting me straight. Think my sense of humor just might
need a tuneup
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Wouldn’t it rather need a clue?
(Have to live with your new nickname )
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: UK to Non-UK Shipment Custom Forms | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, infinibrix writes:
| | […]
I have decided it might be best to restrict shipping to EU for now but just want
to make sure I've made the changes within Bricklink correctly? Is anyone
from the EU able to check whether they can still purchase from me
|
Seems to work for me: I put a thing in the cart, got a shipping price, went to
the first stage of checkout, saw the terms and that it would be PayPal Onsite
belo, so I guess it would be okay if I went further.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: Problem UK orders: NO VAT Invoice !!! | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:
| | In Technical Issues, TakeAbricK writes:
| | There's no link anymore to dowload the VAT Invoice, nor did I receive a VAT
Invoice in my mailbox. So now it's impossible to ship UK order, that are
already paid with PayPal Onsite, including the 20% VAT.
Please fix this ASAP and send me VAT invoices for the orders already received.
|
I just noticed the difference with previous UK Orders.
This order from yesterday shows: Est. VAT
Figure this stands for Estimated and that this is the reason I don't get
a VAT Invoice.
But why don't I get a VAT Invoice, the VAT is 100% correct and 100% paid
by the buyer.
And why is called Estimated VAT all of a sudden.
Like all the other UK orders, it has been paid during instant checkout with PayPal
Onsite. I don't offer any other option.
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Is it marked paid on BL?
Maybe it’s a return buyer who knows your PP address?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: EU VAT - 10.000 EUR calculation formula? | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, fooleeze writes:
| | Just trying to make sure I'm covered. . . in the past 18 months I've
sold about $800 USD to European countries. I'm assuming I don't need
to do anything with this?
|
No, you’re not a EU seller and it’s BL that collects VAT from your EU buyers
when there’s a need.
(Well, you need PayPal Onsite or Stripe for your EU buyers… but you already needed
that for your US buyers who must pay Sales tax.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: EU VAT guidelines | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, andreaFirenze writes:
| | Hi,
also I need help to understand this, so this threshold of 10k euros is only for
sales abroad, outside my country, for domestic sales nothing changes? thanks.
Nello
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Yes, total sales to EU buyers but not to Italian buyers.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: Pricing a 1575-1 (Finnjet ferry) | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Royroy writes:
| | […]
My page says about the same (in Euro) but that is based on the BrickLink price
guide (if you click the link). And that price guide is...non excisting
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Maybe Brickset keeps the info longer than BL?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: EU Vat e-commerce email | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:
| | […]
its seems to be a all-consuming mess that`s confusing EU and NON-EU sellers combined
and honestly it does not seem to be bricklinks fault in this case, but I would
point out that if it doesn't affect me (or UK sellers) then maybe not sent
the email to UK sellers.
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Yeah, that’s why TakeAbricK and I are puzzled you received the letter.
But it also may be that there’s exceptions for Northern Ireland… and then it
may affect all UK sellers by ricochet.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 09:32 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io keeps crashing and freezing. | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Sanderv19v writes:
| | Hello,
I build my projects in stud.io and they tend to get quite big (10.000 pieces).
But every time I build a bigger project the program becomes unbearable and unusable.
The program freezes after every brick I put in and has a full crash every half
an hour. If I don't save my project I lose it all, because the recovering
function or autosave doesn't work at all.
The recover function get stuck on ''Parsing a File'' but I hope
never to need to use this function every 20min.
I have a good pc: 1660Ti + 6GB, 28 GB of Ram, i7-7800K and 2 TB free storage.
I tried to reinstall the program but the program still had the same problems.
I searched the Internet for solutions but all of them ended with a link to the
help forum main page. Can you please help me (And pls don't send me a
link to nowhere).
Kind regards,
Sander van Gent
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Hi Sander,
this is not a link to nowhere but to the dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner:
https://forum.bricklink.com/ (hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then
click “Studio Forum”).
Generally, if you’re using Studio, you would need to post here: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewforum.php?f=4
and if you’re using Studio Early Access, you would need to post here: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewforum.php?f=12
You may also want to read this post: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6637
for a more direct way to reach the devs.
You’ll need to join the Prev_Player.log file, which can be found:
On Mac: Users YOUR USERNAME .local share Stud.io and the file name is
“Prev_Player.log”.
(Note: to see the hidden folders in your user folder (.local), press Shift+Cmd+.)
On Windows: find it under \Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\Stud.io\Prev_Player.log
(As AppData is hidden, the easiest way to reach AppData is to enter %appdata%
(with the % signs) and navigate from there.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 09:20 | | Subject: | Re: EU Vat e-commerce email | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Abels_Bricks writes:
| | […]
Uk sellers don't have to be registered for VAT in the UK until Gross income
tops £85k, but these new rules cover all sales into EU countries so all sellers
selling over Euro 10k need to have an IOSS number or be registered in an OSS
scheme. (this is my understanding so far) so the only thing I pay VAT on with
bricklink is my fees.
There is also no exception for low value sales anymore Euro 22 or less. […]
|
This “EU threshold” applies only to EU sellers, for their intra-EU sales (excl.
domestic).
Non-EU sellers are in the other scheme, the marketplace scheme (already implemented
by BL):
— for sales under €150 to final buyers, VAT is collected by the markeplace (BL),
— for sales above €150 or to EU VAT-registered businesses, VAT is collected at
delivery (as before).
(Big sellers could register for IOSS on their own but then they are not in the
marketplace scheme anymore.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 08:22 | | Subject: | Re: Paypal 5% fee | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brick_Qc writes:
| | In Help, infinibrix writes:
| | In Help, TheLastBrick writes:
| | Hello, how I can add automatically to my store the 5% paypal fee to when the
people are buying from and go to auto pay with paypal, the final price have already
the 5% included, how I can do that? Thanks
|
To be honest you'd be better off incorporating the 5% into the sale price
of your items as adding paypal fees at the end is never good for business as
no one likes a hidden surprise at checkout!
|
+1
Also check your country's Paypal rules, it's against PP's rules in
some countries to do so.
|
It may also be against the law in you country (it is in France: no surcharge
for any payment method… but you can give a discount on all the others… use the
carrot, not the stick ).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 08:18 | | Subject: | Re: EU Vat e-commerce email | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, TakeAbricK writes:
| | […]
Hi David,
I don't understand your message and I don't understand why you received
the same message as EU sellers.
When I would buy from your store, Bricklink collects 21% VAT for you.
So this is all it takes, isn't it?
If VAT is already paid by Bricklink, why would you have to register for OSS?
Diana
|
Yes, that’s surprising. Or is there (again) some complicated scheme with Northern
Ireland and either it affects all UK sellers or BL decided to send to all UK
sellers anyway?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 08:02 | | Subject: | Re: EU VAT Registration Guidelines | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, TakeAbricK writes:
| | […]
I also sold VAT Items to the UK from 01-07-2021 to 31-12-2021 which were EU sales
for that period.
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There’s a problem with your dates. It should be 2020, no?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 07:56 | | Subject: | Re: EU VAT - 10.000 EUR calculation formula? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, dicky writes:
| | In Selling, ErwinNL writes:
| | In Selling, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
|
| |
| | * I understood only sales to other EU countries (excluding the one of the seller
himself). Correct?
|
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excluding the one of the seller?
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Yes, excluding domestic sales.
| | If you sell only to your own country (under the 10000 EUR), you have to register
but won't be taxed?
|
No, you don’t have to register.
Also, it’s not the seller who is taxed, it’s their buyers. What the seller may
be is liable to collect and remit taxes.
Au contraire, VAT-registered businnesses are less taxed because, in the end,
they don’t pay VAT (if they paid some VAT, they deduct it from the VAT they collected
before declaring and remitting it to the tax authorities).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 07:54 | | Subject: | Re: EU VAT - 10.000 EUR calculation formula? | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, DaBliss writes:
| | I'm confused about the domestic part.
In their first communication they said:
' EU sellers that sell more than €10,000 of goods within the EU (but excluding
domestic transactions) per year will be required to be VAT registered in each
EU Member State it sells to or will need to register for the One Stop Shop (OSS)
scheme. '
Today they are speaking of 'Distance Sales'
If your sales in the preceding 12 months are above the new EUR 10 000 distance
sales of goods threshold, you will need to register for the OSS or in each individual
EU Member State where you sell on BrickLink.
My problem is, that the term distance sales and domestic sales are not equal.
|
What is missing in today’s statement is that the threshold is for non domestic
distance sales in EU (so, your sales to EU countries that are not your own EU
country).
That should be clear from the previous messages and from the EU texts but it
sure could have been repeated here too.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 13, 2021 04:42 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, yorbrick writes:
| | In Designer Program, RonnyNussbaum writes:
| | There was a way to end this situation better than this...
Cancel all the orders and restart the process to give everyone a fair chance.
There's no reason why you couldn't do that since nothing was shipped
yet anyway.
|
What does fair chance mean? They already told people when they would go live
and let them order according to the published rules. How can they make it fairer
than that?
|
Hmm, I think I’ll try that with the lottery: “Hey! It’s not fair! I didn’t
win! Cancel and redraw!” …until I win.
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|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 18:29 | | Subject: | Re: 1970s Blue | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
|
| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
Reading the chart: 25 Brown is out, it’s replaced with 192 Reddish Brown, oh
and there’s a new colour, 217 Brown.
Yeah, way to go and confuse people TLG!
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|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 18:20 | | Subject: | Re: Liked/Disliked Stores | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, munster84 writes:
| | This is probably a pretty dumb question, but please tell me how to "dislike"
a store.
A store frequently pops up when I "autoselect" to place an order. I feel the
store is WAY overpriced and I don't want to buy from them. Please advise.
Thanks so much.
Connie
|
In the store, upper right, you “favorite” them, the choice between like/dislike/follow
is after.
Or you can enter their name here:
https://www.bricklink.com/pref_favorite.asp
(My BL Fav. Stores, on every page)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 18:17 | | Subject: | Re: 1970s Blue | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In the Great Colour Shift of 2003-2004, all the colours were changed because
the way they are made changed, so even a pristine old Blue isn’t quite like the
modern Blue.
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Not all colors were changed then, just some: https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/35684361676
Some were deleted in that period, while some were newly introduced, but most
of the "perennial" colors (blue, yellow, red, green, white, black) were unchanged.
It wasn't until... I want to say 2006—2008?... that Lego started mixing their
own colors instead of receiving precolored granulate from their suppliers.
|
Yes, I think 2006 is the year most-often advanced for the start… for the end,
well, it’s TLG’s usual stock management.
I mixed up my dates (points in time; no rendez-vous nor fruits were harmed during
this brain fart).
Thanks for the correction
| | Regards,
Ryan Howerter
(I made my own account since I'm not living anywhere near my mother's
BL store anymore, but it's still me! )
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No reasons not to believe you
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 17:21 | | Subject: | Re: 1970s Blue | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
|
| In Colors, Adam_12 writes:
| | […]
So, are these standard blue, and just discolored? […]
|
Yes, old standard blue, a bit discoloured.
In the Great Colour Shift of 2003-2004, all the colours were changed because
the way they are made changed, so even a pristine old Blue isn’t quite like the
modern Blue.
Plus, there’s LEGO colour quality
But yours is just slightly yellowed.
Maersk Blue is totally different, what you could confuse it with is Medium Blue,
not Blue.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp
http://www.ryanhowerter.net/colors.php (click on a colour and you’ll great pictures
of real example parts)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 17:04 | | Subject: | Re: Re-Selling? | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In Feedback, Runescope writes:
| | I have what may be a silly question (I don't always think normally, so bear
with me please):
When you were talking about the limits of five per customer and how you're
going to limit it to one per customer now, you said :
| | Unfortunately, we saw a very small number of opportunistic customers hoarding sets and re-selling them for inflated prices.
|
I'm curious how people are re-selling them when they haven't even been
shipped yet? Have others had theirs ship? Because mine haven't.
|
First, nothing will ship before January. The sets are not produced yet, they
barely made it to be okayed for this round (one didn’t and was postponed to a
future round).
Some people are putting for sale items they don’t have. Sometimes, they call
it “pre-order,” sometimes they don’t even bother.
Of course, most of the marketplaces have terms that forbid or regulate that.
E.g. it’s totally forbidden on BL, eBay has a 30 days limit to ship or something
like that.
Some may not even have a valid pre-order from LEGO. A rank up (or is it down?)
on the scammers scale….
In this instance, it’s rather easy to spot them, that’s what BL/TLG is saying…
but that’s a whack-a-mole game with many moles.
If people would stop buying from such sellers….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory of non-seller | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Inventories, GonzagueB writes:
| | Hello,
I'm new here but I have already around 10000 bricks.
I wanted to know if it's possible, for a non-seller, to inventory items and
bricks to help me follow my stock. I think it could be useful when you make a
MOC to know on Bricklink how many you have of items you need for your MOC, and
then don't buy what you already have.
I have try to "import in my inventory" but it seems that it's only for sellers.
Thank's for your help !
Gonzague
|
You need to upgrade your account to seller and complete the new seller verification
process, but you can keep your store closed.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2440
|
Are you sure the verification is mandatory? Does the non-verification also blocks
using the inventory? I thought it only prevented the store to be opened.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 11:46 | | Subject: | Re: Identification of found pieces | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, wafehling writes:
| | […]
Really wanna know how it ended up splattered in an alley somewhere.
|
Obnoxious kid in the back seat + overwrought parent at the wheel?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 09:56 | | Subject: | Re: New knockoff store in my town. | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, spirited1 writes:
| | […]
| | So I'm curious, which Florida city was this flea market located in ?
|
[…]
Melbourne
|
My, Florida extends way more South than I thought
https://xkcd.com/2480/
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 11, 2021 19:05 | | Subject: | Re: Priority mail only option | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, bricks2you writes:
| | Do you know if different devices may limit the shipping choices?
Does an iPhone or iPad limit the shipping choices or are they on a drop down
box that customers may not notice?
|
Are you talking about customers in your shop?
If so, BL only presents shipping methods with PayPal Onsite (or Stripe but you
don’t propose Stripe) to your buyers if BL needs to collect taxes from them (Sales
tax for most US customers as you don’t ship anywhere else).
If not, don’t mind me, I’ve seen too many nails, I can only think about a hammer
now
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 11, 2021 17:59 | | Subject: | Re: Anyone know what this is? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
|
| In Catalog Identification, patpendlego writes:
| | […]
Still odd that this brick isn't in the Modified category...
|
It went unseen?
Or it’s (or was) considered a standard brick?
BTW, what’s the use of the hole? To pass a string through?
|
|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 11, 2021 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In General, Teup writes:
| | […]
Yeah, I know about the previous run, but yes since now it's part of TLG,
putting this in Bricklink seems like not the most efficient way to do it, given
that there are resources and expertise over at Lego.com.
|
Well, apparently, not that much expertise: it’s not Ideas, and it’s not the previous
ADP either, and they got burnt.
| | And as far as I can
see there isn't really a Bricklink-specific ingredient to it. For example
if the parts were sourced from Bricklink's sellers it would make a whole
lot more sense to me... […]
|
BL is where AFOLs are, and they want it to be more than just a marketplace and
a catalogue (proofs with Studio on BL’s side and the failed LDD-make-your-own-set
on TLG’s).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 11, 2021 07:58 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In General, Teup writes:
| | […]
Still don't
completely see why Bricklink should be tasked with it rather than Lego.com, but
at least that difference makes sense.
|
It’s because of the ADP (the 2018 version). It was for any design, not Ideas
(and it was a test-run of collaboration between BL and TLG and ended with TLG
buying BL).
This BDP (the 2021 version) is some kind of test-run too, now that BL is in TLG.
But they wanted to go faster on the first stage, the choice of designs, and they
already had many designs that were supported by the target buyers, so they made
it an “Invitation” version: there was no months-long submission stage and pre-voting
like for ADP.
They don’t yet know (or at least not told us) if the next one (if there’s one
and TLG doesn’t scrap the all thing because grown-ups acting like toddlers deserve
to be treated as such) will also be by invitation or by submission, or both,
or neither….
(Another question is whether the next one will stay BDP or become CDP, then DDP,
EDP….)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 11, 2021 07:52 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, cucflek_ writes:
| | […] And why you want to deliver all 10 000?
|
Because the preorders were made according to the rules and legally binding.
| | You should delivered max 3 pcs per order. so we can have 2nd round like others
builds!
|
It would be illegal to cancel lawful orders to put the product back on the market.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 10, 2021 10:21 | | Subject: | Re: Free Polybags | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
|
| In Sales, tjb01527 writes:
| | Hi, for each £20 you spend in my shop this week, I will give you a free 5004408
“Star Wars Rebel A wing pilot.
|
Two messages… so buyer gets two polybags?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 10, 2021 07:35 | | Subject: | Re: Why would I sell sets any more? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
|
| In Selling, cosmicray writes:
| | […]
| | Philistines! To the stocks!
|
or guillotine as the case may be.
Can I interest you in some nice freshly knitted LEGO caps ?
|
Phrygian caps only, to go with the guillotine
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 16:47 | | Subject: | Re: These prints are the same | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
|
| In Catalog Requests, randyf writes:
| | […]
And both submitted by the same individual, also. Shame on them.
|
I noticed an awful pattern: the only ones who make mistakes are the ones who
submit!
(Been there (not often), done that (too often).)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 16:42 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In Designer Program, yorbrick writes:
| | […]
If you want to make a castle bigger you can always buy more parts on a site like
.... bricklink.
|
Ah! So you confess at last: You’re in on the Cabal, to sell your parts!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 16:41 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In Designer Program, wettfink writes:
| | In Designer Program, yorbrick writes:
| | Is that meant to be a joke, or have you confused North and South Korea?
|
I did. South Korea. Awkward.
|
Ah, that explains why my joke didn’t catch
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 16:20 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, wettfink writes:
| | […]
FAQ:
"We have also allocated stock for the various LEGO.com regions to ensure stock
availability everywhere. The stock allocation was done according to ADP purchases."
|
Well, I hope it wasn’t strictly according to ADP purchases: many didn’t participate
in ADP because of import taxes / shipping unknowns.
(Not even considering the under-representation of some countries on BL.)
| | We don't know how many per country.
Take a look at the Kakapo. You'll see there are still sets left to purchase
in North Korea.
|
You know about a good VPN there?
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In Buying, airblaster82 writes:
| | this does not explain why when I tried to order only around 3500 sets had been
sold, but the item was "sold out in your country" (germany)...
why did that happen? it's even more frustrating knowing now that 10.000 sets
have been sold...
|
I don’t think the gauge was very accurate or timely. And it may even have reported
3,500 when it already should have reported 7,000 or more (you know, “glitch”).
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 15:07 | | Subject: | Re: Why would I sell sets any more? | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
|
| In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | […]
Speaking only for myself, I would not want to buy
but rather, buy the parts that would allow me to complete it, even if some of
the colors are "off" or even completely different (my daughter wanted a white
one!).
|
Philistines! To the stocks!
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 14:41 | | Subject: | Re: Why are there no Pirate themed Designs? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In Designer Program, mr_phes writes:
| | […]
So my answer isn't very good unless there some kind of double standard.
|
You need to go back to how the sets were selected:
“Who will be invited?
Select designers whose project(s) acquired 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas, but were
not approved for production, will be invited to participate in this Designer
Program. Unfortunately, IP-based designs will not be eligible for the Designer
Program, in addition to a few other projects that we know we unfortunately can’t
realize. The LEGO Ideas team will first contact the designers from January, and
then the BrickLink team will proceed with the onboarding process for participating
designers.”
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/community/newsview.page?msgid=1239834
So, there’s several possible reasons:
1. IP,
2. can’t be realized,
3. the designer didn’t agree,
4. the designer couldn’t agree (as belatedly happened with one designer).
To which we can add:
5. they couldn’t invite 40 or 50 designs,
6. and, obviously, the Anti-pirate Faction OverLords.
That’s a question that could have been asked as soon as the project were revealed
in March. It might have been too. But I think the answer was / would be the
same vague answer TLG makes for Ideas.
(They don’t want to give specific reasons when they can because there are times
when they can’t and it would be unfair, and the reasons aren’t always very nice
to the designers.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: These prints are the same | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
| |
* | | 3626cpb2480 Minifigure, Head Dual Sided Female, Dark Tan Eyebrows, Nougat Lips, Smile / Surprised Open Round Mouth with Top Teeth Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head |
[P=3626cpb2804]
|
Funny coincidence: the digits are the same 2480 | 2804, it just seems like the
4 was misplaced
| | Macros are one of the best parts of our Forum!
|
+1
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 13:44 | | Subject: | Re: If someone pays by bank transfer | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Payment Methods | |
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| In Payment Methods, Grosoleil writes:
| | If someone pays by bank transfer Hoe do I set the status to paid? How does BrickLink
collects the taxes back to me?
|
For now, BL can only collect taxes with Onsite payment methods (PayPal Onsite
& Stripe).
BL doesn’t propose other payment methods to your buyers if there’s taxes to be
collected.
That means:
— most US buyers: always,
— UK buyers: if the amount is under £135,
— EU buyers: if the amount is under €150 and they are not VAT-registered on BL.
So your buyers shouldn’t be able to choose any other way.
If they still want to pay you, or do pay you, another way, then you should refuse
/ refund and ask them to use the onsite method, or cancel.
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
|
| In Designer Program, randyipp writes:
| | All silliness aside I am personally thrilled with the program. I mean how often
do you see a company figure out a way to reward their dedicated fans with something
that they weren't going to release. Even with the hundreds of complaints
there are probably thousands of people excited about this program, I am one of
those.
|
It’s more than probable: for starters, there’s the thousands happy people who
could preorder what they wanted.
(And before anyone start personal attacks: I didn’t order any.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 11:42 | | Subject: | Re: Part 4228 trans clear | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
|
| In Catalog Identification, maxx3001 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Brickych writes:
| | I have this part
in trans clear.
Where did it come from? Not in the catalog.
|
Could be a LEGOland part, made for the LEGO builders.
A picture might help.
|
Or, instead of the usual yellowed Trans-Clear, an extremely rare cleared Trans-Yellow
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 09:06 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink Part Out feature | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
|
| In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | […] Due to the recent changes to the catalogue
surrounding minifig to minifigure this has become laborious (Minifig images and
price information will not load into Brickstock). […]
|
Hmm, are you sure it’s not because BrickLink ditched insecure TLS 1.0 on its
servers and BrickStock has not been updated in a while and is thus unable to
use TLS 1.2 or 1.3?
|
|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 07:40 | | Subject: | Re: Who pays for shipping with refund? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, DeOverheid writes:
| | […]
I do not feel the need to prove much.
|
Sorry, my tone was harsher than intended.
But the purpose wasn’t for you to actually prove anything but to make you realize
that it’s neither obvious nor their task for a buyer to check whether your shop
is a business that is registered, incorporated, or what not, or an individual
who’s dumping a dozen of sets and will be gone, or anything in between (a side-business
that doesn’t need to be registered but whose profits need to be declared as such,
or a side-business that’s below all registration and declaration thresholds,
etc.).
A lot of small stores hide behind the term “hobby-seller” while clearly being
professionals (e.g. buying with the sole purpose of reselling).
There might also be sellers that are on multiple platforms and sell different
products and LEGO & BL is just a small part of what they do, so they appear small
here but are not.
BL doesn’t make a difference.
A buyer simply can’t know.
|
|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: Change payment method after placing order? | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, klausunion writes:
| | THANK YOU so much for this info! The order is indeed over that amount. I was
starting to get a migraine trying to figure out what I did wrong 🙃
|
Sorry I didn’t think about the conditions before: I should have told about them
in my first message and it would have been less complicated.
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: Change payment method after placing order? | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, klausunion writes:
| | They are from Denmark, so I guess not Part of the eu? I don't have an ioss
link, and there is no VAT on on the order summary page. But I am still unable
to print the postage slip without the ioss info, which I can't find. And
don't worry about offending me, I am ignorant on international shipping.
😀
|
No, Denmark is in EU.
So there’s two possibilities for them not having to pay VAT and you not having
an IOSS:
1. The amount is above €150 (ca. $180). That means the buyer will pay on delivery
(and there will be a fee and duty to pay too).
2. They are a VAT-registered business and BL knows that.
(Well, there’s a third possibility: a glitch in BL… but that never happens, right?)
If it’s one of those, then you don’t need the IOSS, the VAT is the responsibility
of the buyer.
|
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 16:06 | | Subject: | Re: Change payment method after placing order? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, klausunion writes:
| | They ordered July 2. Now they have paid onsite but still i can't find the
ioss number. I thought bricklink generates a email with that info once the order
is paid?
|
Yes, and there should be a link in the order’s details page too:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517#ioss
Er, no offence but, are you sure they are in EU? (E.g. Switzerland & Norway
are not in EU.)
I’m asking because they shouldn’t have been able to choose PayPal offsite.
Also check that there’s a VAT line in the details and a VAT column in the summary:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517#instructions
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, popsicle writes:
| | […]
| | Family isn’t only about DNA.
|
Uncharacteristically profound, Sylvain!
|
So you mean I’m usually shallow?
| | Not disagreeing with yorbrick's input, but I really like how it fits on you,
Sylvain. More Gallic as it were
|
I’d say I’m clueless as to what’s supposed to mean but I wouldn’t want to infringe
on someone else’s IP.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: Change payment method after placing order? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, klausunion writes:
| | […]
I noticed that for payment method they selected 'paypal'
vs. 'paypal (onsite)'. […]
|
How did that happen? Did they order before July 1st?
|
|
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: UK to Non-UK Shipment Custom Forms | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Legopixie writes:
| | […]
(Post Office suggested adding in the VAT registration box or just writing onto
the package - both incorrect)
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The latter is indeed not to do but the former is what BL says here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517#ioss
(And yes, that seems contradictory as the CN-22 is sticked to the package….)
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So does this mean it is acceptable for UK sellers to add
IOSS BRICKLINK
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It would if BrickLink was in the short list of known marketplaces with eBay et
al.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: Who pays for shipping with refund? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, DeOverheid writes:
| | In Problem Order, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Problem Order, brac.brick writes:
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I would say that it really depends on why the buyer is returning .
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That’s not a factor in EU consumer law: the buyer has up to 14 full days¹ after
reception to return “with no questions asked.”
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This is not fully correct, 1st I am not a retailer,
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Prove it.
I believe you are.
You even say it yourself: “whose hobby outgrown the hobby phase.”
You’ve a store on a marketplace that doesn’t differentiate pro and less pro sellers.
A casual buyer can’t have to make calculations to know whether you are above
some turnover or profit threshold or if you filled some form they don’t even
know about because they are from another country.
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orders on bricklink could fall under "bespoke items" but this is debatable but
third, EU laws states that "Retailers are allowed though to ask for a return
fee." See: https://ecommercenews.eu/online-returns-in-europe/ (not a real source
but I am no lawyer).
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Nice of you to cut the part where I told exactly that plus the important provision
that you can’t ask anything that isn’t in your terms BEFORE the sale.
You can still try to reach an agreement with your buyer but, legally: if you
didn’t say anything, you pay everything, period.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 14:11 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
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And only allow 1 account per family, that way you can't get your brother
and sister and mom and dad and aunt and uncle and cousins and grandparents and
2cd cousins and 3rd cousins to buy sets for you.
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What do you propose? Submitting DNA samples as proof you are not related to another
account holder?
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Family isn’t only about DNA.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2021 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Problem identifying a part | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Gandalf68 writes:
| | In Help, spacecaptain writes:
| | In Help, Gandalf68 writes:
| | Can someone identify the gear-like part in the center please ?
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Can you post another angle?
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Unfortunately i don't have a better angle : i'm trying to retro-engineer
a model and i have only a few pictures of it
Here's a couple more but we don't see much
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With only the first picture, I’d have thought maybe a tyre… but not with the
other pics.
The teeth don’t look like standard LEGO gear teeth to me: smaller.
How does it connect with the rest? Does it engage with another gear?
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