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| | | Author: | JCoon  | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 12:07 | | Subject: | Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 118 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I have noticed that several stores outside of the USA say they ship to me in
Texas, but when I go to check out there is a red flag saying they do not ship
to me. I talked to one vendor and they suggested changing TX to TT. I assume
that is an abbreviation for Texas. When I go to change address though, "Texas"
is the only item on the drop down menu (no TX or TT options).
Anyone have an idea for a fix/work around?
Thanks,
John
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, JCoon writes:
| | I have noticed that several stores outside of the USA say they ship to me in
Texas, but when I go to check out there is a red flag saying they do not ship
to me. I talked to one vendor and they suggested changing TX to TT. I assume
that is an abbreviation for Texas. When I go to change address though, "Texas"
is the only item on the drop down menu (no TX or TT options).
Anyone have an idea for a fix/work around?
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The “problem” is that BL needs to collect the Texas Sales tax from you. And
in order to do that, the payement method needs to be “on-site” (so either PayPal
Onsite or Stripe, but not “regular”/off-site PayPal) so that BL can add the tax
to the total and collect it.
All the shipping methods that don’t use an Onsite payment method are removed
from the choices you, as a US buyer, have. If there’s no shipping methods with
an Onsite payment method, then the systems says the seller “doesn’t ship to you,”
even if they wish they could.
TL;DR: tell the sellers to add an Onsite payment method or they’ll continue to
miss on most of US buyers.
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| | | | | | | Author: | JCoon | | Posted: | Jul 2, 2021 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Thanks for the help!
I will send it on and hope they change.
Best wishes,
John
In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, JCoon writes:
| | I have noticed that several stores outside of the USA say they ship to me in
Texas, but when I go to check out there is a red flag saying they do not ship
to me. I talked to one vendor and they suggested changing TX to TT. I assume
that is an abbreviation for Texas. When I go to change address though, "Texas"
is the only item on the drop down menu (no TX or TT options).
Anyone have an idea for a fix/work around?
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The “problem” is that BL needs to collect the Texas Sales tax from you. And
in order to do that, the payement method needs to be “on-site” (so either PayPal
Onsite or Stripe, but not “regular”/off-site PayPal) so that BL can add the tax
to the total and collect it.
All the shipping methods that don’t use an Onsite payment method are removed
from the choices you, as a US buyer, have. If there’s no shipping methods with
an Onsite payment method, then the systems says the seller “doesn’t ship to you,”
even if they wish they could.
TL;DR: tell the sellers to add an Onsite payment method or they’ll continue to
miss on most of US buyers.
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 13:38 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, JCoon writes:
| | I have noticed that several stores outside of the USA say they ship to me in
Texas, but when I go to check out there is a red flag saying they do not ship
to me. I talked to one vendor and they suggested changing TX to TT. I assume
that is an abbreviation for Texas. When I go to change address though, "Texas"
is the only item on the drop down menu (no TX or TT options).
Anyone have an idea for a fix/work around?
Thanks,
John
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"TT" was the USPS abbreviation for "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" and
is now obsolete:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands
Anyway, if the seller doesn't accept Onsite payments (either PayPal or Stripe)
then they can't sell to most of the United States.
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| | | | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 15:56 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, JCoon writes:
| | I have noticed that several stores outside of the USA say they ship to me in
Texas, but when I go to check out there is a red flag saying they do not ship
to me. I talked to one vendor and they suggested changing TX to TT. I assume
that is an abbreviation for Texas. When I go to change address though, "Texas"
is the only item on the drop down menu (no TX or TT options).
Anyone have an idea for a fix/work around?
Thanks,
John
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"TT" was the USPS abbreviation for "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" and
is now obsolete:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands
Anyway, if the seller doesn't accept Onsite payments (either PayPal or Stripe)
then they can't sell to most of the United States.
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And beginning later tonight, they will lose Florida and Kansas ...
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2503
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Brick.Door | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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Hopefully they can also change this error message to make it clear the problem
is payment methods, not shipping location.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Texas issues | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brick.Door writes:
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Hopefully they can also change this error message to make it clear the problem
is payment methods, not shipping location.
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The error message is seen by the buyer, not the seller. The buyer cannot really
change anything to address this. What might get some traction, is if the buyer
had a button to click that sends a message to the seller saying "I want to buy
from you, but your payment methods do not allow this to happen". That might get
some sellers to wake up and smell the coffee.
Nita Rae
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