Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | popsicle  | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 14:59 | | Subject: | Re: What are the guidelines, really? | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Cutting back towards the point: These items were produced on an official LEGO
injection molding machine by a LEGO affiliated employee. Would these unique items
hypothetically then be allowed into the BL catalog? I say hypothetically, as
we no longer have the parts. Tossed them long ago, actually
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Into the catalogue? Definitely not. There are many parts made by machines owned
by LEGO and sold by LEGO that should not be in the catalogue. For example, LEGO
Discovery Centres used to have engraving machines where they would engrave your
name or a word on a brick. They might still do it, it's been a long time
since I went. They own the machine, they sell the part. There would be unlimited
catalogue entries if they were allowed. Same with the new torso printing machines.
As to whether they should be allowed to be sold as customs, that is another issue.
However, if something was made on a LEGO owned machine, how can you tell? If
those are allowed as customs, they'd have to allow parts engraved or printed
on other machines, as they wouldn't be able to tell them apart. And then
they could end up allowing the sale of IPs they don't have the license for.
As for undecorated but custom parts, is there really a difference? If they are
custom ordered, made on demand, then there is little difference.
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and therefore allowed to be sold here? Maybe more definitive guidelines would
be useful to all of within the secondary marketplace?
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Profound as usual
So getting back to the subject of the post, if you don't mind that is
What should be the guidelines or parameters for what is "official"
LEGO here on BL?
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 14:20 | | Subject: | Re: What are the guidelines, really? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Any images of said items, just curious as to what they produced. 
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It was a lot of stuff, Stuart. Litereally like sweeping the floors of the backroom
of the park display area where we were not suppose to have been, she told us
while inviting us to be
Colors for parts not otherwise found, mold variances, even injection mishaps
as plastic blobs, which she liked as they had peculiar and fun shapes and forms.
Many other unique things too, as I recall. Just bad timing though, and had I
known
As to pics: like I said, it was before our involvement with LEGO. Even so, it's
not been until recently that I became aware of the value of such, so...
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In General, popsicle writes:
| | We had season passes the first two years of LegoLand, CA's opening, my son,
daughter and I. Mostly as a place to hang out when bored, sometimes just somewhere
to eat our lunch outdoors. It was a very nice environment for the kids and I
in the earlier years of its opening. Very relaxed wonderful space for them especially.
Good memories
So almost inevitably, we became friends with some that worked there. In particular
was a woman that ran the injection molding display at the park, my kids speaking
Swedish and her being from and missing her family in Sweden, it just happened.
Anyway, we ended up with a lot of souvenirs she liked to give them, samples from
what the displayed LEGO injection molding machine processed throughout the day.
This was before our involvement with BL and the selling of LEGO, or really even
as enthusiastic fans of LEGO, and so they were just fun items for my son and
daughter to take home.
Cutting back towards the point: These items were produced on an official LEGO
injection molding machine by a LEGO affiliated employee. Would these unique items
hypothetically then be allowed into the BL catalog? I say hypothetically, as
we no longer have the parts. Tossed them long ago, actually
Now to the point: What does actually qualify as "officially" LEGO
and therefore allowed to be sold here? Maybe more definitive guidelines would
be useful to all of within the secondary marketplace?
Just some (anecdotal backed) pondering
-popsicle
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 26, 2024 13:48 | | Subject: | What are the guidelines, really? | | Viewed: | 140 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| We had season passes the first two years of LegoLand, CA's opening, my son,
daughter and I. Mostly as a place to hang out when bored, sometimes just somewhere
to eat our lunch outdoors. It was a very nice environment for the kids and I
in the earlier years of its opening. Very relaxed wonderful space for them especially.
Good memories
So almost inevitably, we became friends with some that worked there. In particular
was a woman that ran the injection molding display at the park, my kids speaking
Swedish and her being from and missing her family in Sweden, it just happened.
Anyway, we ended up with a lot of souvenirs she liked to give them, samples from
what the displayed LEGO injection molding machine processed throughout the day.
This was before our involvement with BL and the selling of LEGO, or really even
as enthusiastic fans of LEGO, and so they were just fun items for my son and
daughter to take home.
Cutting back towards the point: These items were produced on an official LEGO
injection molding machine by a LEGO affiliated employee. Would these unique items
hypothetically then be allowed into the BL catalog? I say hypothetically, as
we no longer have the parts. Tossed them long ago, actually
Now to the point: What does actually qualify as "officially" LEGO
and therefore allowed to be sold here? Maybe more definitive guidelines would
be useful to all of within the secondary marketplace?
Just some (anecdotal backed) pondering
-popsicle
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 23:30 | | Subject: | Re: color comparison | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Emery2874 writes:
| | Is there A list that shows the color comparison between whats listed on BrickLink
compared to whats listed on Lego site?
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https://ryliehowerter.net/colors.php
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 17:25 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Sadly it has now happened to me too.
A happy customer has posted neutral feedback.
Couldn’t expect to keep 100% forever but hate to lose it this way.
Messaged them asking why a neutral, explaining result of a neutral on my score,
awaiting a reply.
Oh well, it won’t affect sales as buyers can see the customer was happy with
items.
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Seems, as I've argued over the years, a misunderstanding of the BL "neutral"
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=868453
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It looks more like a mistake when leaving feedback than a misunderstanding to
me. If they misunderstood what they were doing then why leave lots of positives
with similar comments previously?
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Possibly. There are a few fallibilities commonly seen with the use of the neutral
feedback here, all argue for it's "neutral" impact as I see it.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Sadly it has now happened to me too.
A happy customer has posted neutral feedback.
Couldn’t expect to keep 100% forever but hate to lose it this way.
Messaged them asking why a neutral, explaining result of a neutral on my score,
awaiting a reply.
Oh well, it won’t affect sales as buyers can see the customer was happy with
items.
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Seems, as I've argued over the years, a misunderstanding of the BL "neutral"
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=868453
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Direct Seller Fee Payments | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink sellers,
Starting from today, we will be accepting monthly seller fee payments made in
2 ways, instead of 3 as before:
1. Paid with your PayPal account by using the 'Pay with PayPal' button
on your Fees page,
2. Paid with a debit or credit card by using the 'Pay with Card' link
on your Fees page.
Seller fee payments that are sent to our PayPal account at billing@bricklink.com
will not be accepted anymore except for cases when sellers need to pay off their
remaining balance immediately.
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So you're still offering "3 as before" payment methods, only on a
case-by-case basis? How about rephrasing your announcement to "Please submit
your fee payments via these 2 methods, the third is no longer desired - Thank
you, Your BrickLink Team"
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Usually, this happens when
a) Sellers are closing their stores temporarily or permanently,
b) Sellers have an outstanding balance that is below the annual threshold for
collection. Accounts like that are billed on December 5th every year, more about
this here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=38 in the Minimum Bill Requirement
section.
Please reach out to us or comment here if you have any questions.
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Just my (hopefully helpful) comment.
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Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: Buyers Spend Limit | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, grammasbricks writes:
| | Hi there,
Just looking for information on how to increase your buyers spend limit.
Thank you,
Grammas Bricks
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Whether the advise worked for you or not, a reply is the considerate thing
writ large for the wider community. It's not solely for you (and others like
you) that I personally take the time (when I'm able) to offer the needed
details to be of some help, but for the others that may be seeking similar help
within the forum, moving forward.
Please keep in mind that affirming or refuting the efficacy of publicly proffered
advise, is simply being considerate to the community in which all of us depend.
Not just about common courtesy, in other words.
How we learn best, is together. But to "put our minds together" we first
must be willing to communicate openly and unrestricted
-Thanks
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 11:10 | | Subject: | Re: A Gentle Soul... | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | He has departed, my brother: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1433100
Changed his name to Rand after some years in Sweden, but was ever Randy to me.
By either name, anyone would count themselves as lucky to have been a part of
his life.
A good man, good father and a good brother. Loved ones left behind are Karin
his wonderful wife, and three great kids; Jacob, Julia and Jesper. The pic was
taken 4 months ago.
A heartfelt appreciation to those here that cared about him, expressed or not.
I have my cherished memories, and look forward to hopefully catching up with
him when my time comes
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After helping his dad build a jacuzzi in his dad's beloved garden, they inaugurated
it their last project together, Randy and his youngest, Jacob. Btw, Jacob's
holding a game they played while enjoying the jacuzzi that day. They loved games,
my brother and his kids. Pic was taken 10 months before Randy's passing.
The second pic is of Randy and Jacob as a wee-one, taken at my brother's
favorite place on earth (after his garden) Morro Bay, CA. His ashes will be scattered
next month in two places: his garden and Morro Bay.
Didn't know this of my brother, that Morro Bay where he and I have had some
good times as young men, was so closely held to heart. Just leaned it. Even more
impactful, considering my brother and his youngest were avid travelers of the
world. Don't know of many places they haven't experienced. It's completely
understandable that his garden is a favorite, but learning that Morro Bay was
also, is hard hitting in a bitter sweet way.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2024 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: Book shelf identification? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Kneupke writes:
| | Hi all,
Any help identifying this?
Thanks in advance
Angela
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 22:46 | | Subject: | Re: How does USPS even operate? A short rant. | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| By the grace of the US taxpayer, in large part
The US Postal Service has been running a deficit for a long time now. For the
last decade and a half USPS revenues have not covered their expenses, culminating
in a shortfall of 6.5 Billion for the fiscal year 2023. That's if you view
2022 so called windfall with anything more than a passing glance... That anomaly
was created by the PSRA becoming law, which removed a whopping $57 billion in
owed revenue to their retires' health benefit fund, from the ledger Which
hadn't been paid into since 2012, btw.
So yeah, how does it operate
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 13:37 | | Subject: | Re: Buyers Spend Limit | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, zorbanj writes:
| | In General, popsicle writes:
Thanks, didn't know that was there, I cancelled my reply.
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Discovered it myself not that long ago. But then again, I'm using the site
far less nowadays
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 13:05 | | Subject: | Re: Buyers Spend Limit | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, popsicle writes:
Bottom of each Shipping method page, that is...
Iow, you'll need to click on the method/s individually for the feature
-popsicle
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https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/shipping.page
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: Buyers Spend Limit | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
Bottom of each Shipping method page, that is...
Iow, you'll need to click on the method/s individually for the feature
-popsicle
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2024 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Buyers Spend Limit | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, grammasbricks writes:
| | Hi there,
Just looking for information on how to increase your buyers spend limit.
Thank you,
Grammas Bricks
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Within your shipping methods, bottom of page
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/shipping_edit.page?id=3105
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 23:47 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Buying, popsicle writes:
| | How extensive is your stoplist? Who makes it onto that list and specifically
why? How do you calculate the need to place another profile onto it?
Not being facetious, just truly curious about this behavior
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457, why? Is that bad?
Kidding - only 11 including the store in question. I think maybe 6 of them were
from threads like this where a user was seeking advice on how to handle another
difficult user. I'll go dig around to see if I can help and in the process
if I end up seeing a plethora of negatives (like 10+ in a year) I'll stop
list them even though they're probably not an active buyer. My logic is
that while they might not buy from me, they may see their "members who have
stop listed me" numbers climb and realize they need to make some changes.
I check back every now and then and occasionally remove people who have made
improvements.
The others were added because I might have stumbled on them while reading other
people's feedbacks and their replies. Two of them are on there because they
don't know how to use the feedback system properly and I'm just trying
to protect my numbers. They gave over 20 feedbacks but may be 3 were positive
and the rest were neutral and negative.
The funny thing is, I was stop listed and put on ignore lists left and right
while asking basic questions back when I was setting up my store. Everybody
has their reasons I guess. I went from being on 5 to now just 2 so I assume
they were just curmudgeons.
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I get it. Thanks for sharing.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 18:59 | | Subject: | Re: Pictures | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, Shift101010 writes:
| | How do I send a picture to a seller?
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In the BL emailed invoice or notification, is an email link, use it. Otherwise
you could use the clumsy load to "My Images"
https://www.bricklink.com/imgDir.asp?v=A
and go from there. Not advised It's another longtime something the site
needs to work on, imho...
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Wait! Do straight buyer accounts even have access to the "My Images"
Don't even know?
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 18:57 | | Subject: | Re: Pictures | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Shift101010 writes:
| | How do I send a picture to a seller?
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In the BL emailed invoice or notification, is an email link, use it. Otherwise
you could use the clumsy load to "My Images"
https://www.bricklink.com/imgDir.asp?v=A
and go from there. Not advised It's another longtime something the site
needs to work on, imho...
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 18:45 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
You know it's bad when they're already on your stop list.
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How extensive is your stoplist? Who makes it onto that list and specifically
why? How do you calculate the need to place another profile onto it?
Not being facetious, just truly curious about this behavior
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 16:37 | | Subject: | Re: Why does Bricklink not support buyers at all? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Buying, popsicle writes:
| | In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Buying, aimeekey4 writes:
| | I have filed a couple of complaints over the last 2 years that I filed with Bricklink
after trying to resolve the situation with the sellers over numerous weeks.
One issue was they shipped bootleg minifig parts and we even submitted clear
pictures of what was shipped. The second order with a different buyer, they
shipped minifigs with the wrong colored parts. I've lost a total of $65
over these two orders - both of which were gifts for my son. There's no
buyer support and no protection from scammers. This last guy had 12 complaints
in the last year for the same issues and Bricklink is doing NOTHING about it.
The guy is a jerk and I'm out the money. Anyone else having this trouble?
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It's an abnormal/problematic shop.
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=luke93
Open NSS Alert.
Open PayPal Claim.
Report the shop:
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
Then you can say:
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Scary mindset. It's one thing that you champion such for you and yours, but
to advocate it more broadly is worrisome to those that are not of that somewhat
troublesome mindset. Evidenced by the (satirical) Starship Troopers movie
you invoke, meaning of which has apparently failed to permeate It's meant
to show the absurdity of that statement, iow.
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I'm a fan of Heinlein, have MANY of his books, and I know how to read his
words at 2nd or 3rd level.
Otherwise, at 1st level it's pretty stupid, but that's what's genious
in how he writes.
And the Starship Troopers is a GOOD movie to represent this book.
At the 1st level, it's action and dumb - but then it's a far deeper movie
Apart this, OP member have difficulties, and the shop seems toxic.
NSS, Claim, Report - and he already gave the shop a Negative, which is pretty
brave.
Bravo!
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My apologies if I misunderstood your use of the Starship Trooper meme. It remains
an uncomfortable way of thinking for me and unfortunately very real path for
humanity.
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