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 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 10:52
 Subject: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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Dino (499)

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Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

Thanks
Werner
 Author: paulvdb View Messages Posted By paulvdb
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 11:02
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

Thanks
Werner

No, Bricklink will not take such a credit into account for calculating fees.
Fees are calculated over the amount that is listed in the order total field.
Any amounts entered into any of the other fields (shipping, insurance, additional
fees, credit and taxes collected by BL) won't be taken into account when
Bricklink fees are calculated.

If you don't want to pay fees over the discounted amount you'd have to
either lower the price of the item or put it on sale.
 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 11:05
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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Dino (499)

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In Trades, paulvdb writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

Thanks
Werner

No, Bricklink will not take such a credit into account for calculating fees.
Fees are calculated over the amount that is listed in the order total field.
Any amounts entered into any of the other fields (shipping, insurance, additional
fees, credit and taxes collected by BL) won't be taken into account when
Bricklink fees are calculated.

If you don't want to pay fees over the discounted amount you'd have to
either lower the price of the item or put it on sale.

I feared it would happen.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 11:05
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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1001bricks (55554)

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In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

No; fees are calculated on the total price of the items.

Credit, shipping, insurance, additional fees 1 & 2 aren't considered in the
fees.

That's written in the Help page I guess?
 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 14:13
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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Dino (499)

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In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

No; fees are calculated on the total price of the items.

Credit, shipping, insurance, additional fees 1 & 2 aren't considered in the
fees.

That's written in the Help page I guess?


But then the calculations for exports are no longer correct.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 14:33
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In Trades, Dino writes:
  In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

No; fees are calculated on the total price of the items.

Credit, shipping, insurance, additional fees 1 & 2 aren't considered in the
fees.

That's written in the Help page I guess?

But then the calculations for exports are no longer correct.



Read the Help?
 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 15:49
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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Dino (499)

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In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

No; fees are calculated on the total price of the items.

Credit, shipping, insurance, additional fees 1 & 2 aren't considered in the
fees.

That's written in the Help page I guess?

But then the calculations for exports are no longer correct.



Read the Help?

I have not found anything about this.

When I sell items to the US as an EU seller, Bricklink charges sales tax according
to my list prices. However, if I give the buyer a discount using the "credit"
function, the sales tax is not adjusted. I see that correctly, don't I?
 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 15:51
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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Dino (499)

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In Trades, Dino writes:
  In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

No; fees are calculated on the total price of the items.

Credit, shipping, insurance, additional fees 1 & 2 aren't considered in the
fees.

That's written in the Help page I guess?

But then the calculations for exports are no longer correct.



Read the Help?

I have not found anything about this.

When I sell items to the US as an EU seller, Bricklink charges sales tax according
to my list prices. However, if I give the buyer a discount using the "credit"
function, the sales tax is not adjusted. I see that correctly, don't I?

The same applies to the calculation of VAT within the EU.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 15:59
 Subject: Re: Calculation of the Bricklink fees
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(Moving the whole thread to taxes….)

In Taxes, Dino writes:
  […]
  I have not found anything about this.

When I sell items to the US as an EU seller, Bricklink charges sales tax according
to my list prices. However, if I give the buyer a discount using the "credit"
function, the sales tax is not adjusted. I see that correctly, don't I?

The same applies to the calculation of VAT within the EU.

Those aren’t “fees,” they are “taxes.”

Taxes are calculated differently than fees.  Also, shipping may or may not be
included in taxes but they are always excluded for BL fees.
(For instance, shipping is included in the EU import VAT but it may not be for
some US states or other countries.)
 Author: Dino View Messages Posted By Dino
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 16:25
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Dino (499)

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In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
  (Moving the whole thread to taxes….)

In Taxes, Dino writes:
  […]
  I have not found anything about this.

When I sell items to the US as an EU seller, Bricklink charges sales tax according
to my list prices. However, if I give the buyer a discount using the "credit"
function, the sales tax is not adjusted. I see that correctly, don't I?

The same applies to the calculation of VAT within the EU.

Those aren’t “fees,” they are “taxes.”

Taxes are calculated differently than fees.  Also, shipping may or may not be
included in taxes but they are always excluded for BL fees.
(For instance, shipping is included in the EU import VAT but it may not be for
some US states or other countries.)


I know that this aren't fees. I only realised this aspect after I received
the answer to my first question.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 16:25
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In Taxes, Dino writes:
  In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

No; fees are calculated on the total price of the items.

Credit, shipping, insurance, additional fees 1 & 2 aren't considered in the
fees.

That's written in the Help page I guess?

But then the calculations for exports are no longer correct.



Read the Help?

I have not found anything about this.

When I sell items to the US as an EU seller, Bricklink charges sales tax according
to my list prices. However, if I give the buyer a discount using the "credit"
function, the sales tax is not adjusted. I see that correctly, don't I?

Read the Help pages about how are calculated Sales Taxes?
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 11:30
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In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

Thanks
Werner

If it's just one item you can simply lower the price
 Author: Speciale View Messages Posted By Speciale
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 11:57
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In Trades, peregrinator writes:
  In Trades, Dino writes:
  Hello,

I have a question about Bricklink's fees.
A buyer asks for the shipping costs using the "quote" function and at
the same time wants a discount for the item. If I now enter a discount in the
"credit" section, will Bricklink take this into account when charging
fees?

Thanks
Werner

If it's just one item you can simply lower the price

or relist the item with a % discount .
 Author: v100Bricks View Messages Posted By v100Bricks
 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 12:47
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Not sure if this is allowed but if you would get the buyer to pay in full then
refund the amount of discount then i believe fees would be recalculated.
To rpeeat, not sure if this ok to do or not.
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 Posted: Aug 13, 2024 13:06
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In Trades, v100Bricks writes:
  Not sure if this is allowed but if you would get the buyer to pay in full then
refund the amount of discount then i believe fees would be recalculated.
To rpeeat, not sure if this ok to do or not.

But then seller would lose the PayPal fees (which aren't refunded) on the
refunded part.