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 Author: Bricks_NW_UK View Messages Posted By Bricks_NW_UK
 Posted: Apr 1, 2019 10:03
 Subject: Re: Make paperwork optional
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Sep 28, 2016 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store Closed Store: Bricks NW UK
In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  As this has been a controversial topic recently, perhaps we should make it a
buyer select-able option.

Allow the buyer to choose to receive paperwork with the order, or to have the
order shipped without paperwork. The seller would then be obliged to follow the
buyer's selection.

thank you, Nita Rae

What's interesting about the responses here is that the sellers on BL are
a (for the most part) fiercely independent lot. They want to do it their way,
and none other. I salute you all.

Nita Rae

We have always included the picking sheets with the order, but recently have
been using using the tablet or laptop to pick the orders so seems a waste printing
the sheets off.

We have also done this (as others have stated) as an ID within the box for possible
lost parcels.

That said, more than once this caused the postage to fall into the next band.

Since the recipient can check off against their digital order on reflection it
does seems a waste.

Therefore, we have decided to create a DL size (a third of an A4 sheet) bespoke
compliment sheet, that will have the Bricklink order ref and our return address
details.

That should satisfy everything and reduce paper and print costs.
 Author: Bricks_NW_UK View Messages Posted By Bricks_NW_UK
 Posted: Mar 21, 2019 06:29
 Subject: Re: Ghost Buy feature from sellers own store
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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In Suggestions, RecycledBrick writes:
  In Suggestions, mgiglio writes:
  It would be great if I could make purchases from my own store, in a ghost mode
that doesn't allow for feedback and doesn't charge fees.

Also doesn't affect the price guide since this could be abused but I have
wanted this option in the past to have a way to quickly pull from your own store.
If it doesn't affect the price guide because it isn't a real order I
don't know what would be the reasons to not allow it. I vote for it every
time this is brought up but I also know those votes don't count towards anything

If you do a "partout" on the "My Store" page, it tells you there if you already
have the pieces in you store - will this do the same job?
 Author: Bricks_NW_UK View Messages Posted By Bricks_NW_UK
 Posted: Jan 24, 2019 07:57
 Subject: Re: Feedback removal
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It depends. If a seller charges $10 for postage through IC then it turns out
the actual cost was $2, I'd be pretty annoyed and would leave feedback reflecting
that. In that case the seller is not without fault, so why should the buyer have
their feedback removed in that case?

Because the buyer knew the cost of postage when he ordered. If he didn’t like
it he shouldn’t have continued with the order.

(By the way, we are totally against instant check out!)
 Author: Bricks_NW_UK View Messages Posted By Bricks_NW_UK
 Posted: Oct 5, 2018 05:46
 Subject: Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here!
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As a seller your terms should be clear and transparent. I don't get this
"lot" charge business to be honest. I sometimes think it is a case of sellers
offering silly discounts and recouping their money through these fees. it could
also be a way of avoiding BL fees!

For our part, we charge Royal Mail rates plus a nominal amount to cover packaging
& printing cost, and don't have any minimum order sizes.

It is all about transparency and honesty!
 Author: Bricks_NW_UK View Messages Posted By Bricks_NW_UK
 Posted: Oct 1, 2018 11:10
 Subject: Re: 90-percentile as new average price ?
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store Closed Store: Bricks NW UK
I agree with the point Teup makes on this.

"The race to the bottom" is something that concerns us as well.

Constant "sales" just harm the overall selling prices. Same goes with
store clearance, liquidation sales, closing shops etc.

Other have commented that the selling price is just going down

The same goes with the stores that overprice and then offer silly discounts.

We have already seen the damage caused to set prices where incomplete sets are
included in the average price and then driving down the set prices.

None of this gives any credibility to Bricklink at all.

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