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 Author: Valera.L View Messages Posted By Valera.L
 Posted: Jan 17, 2025 10:42
 Subject: Get shipping fees before cart creation
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Valera.L (153)

Location:  Spain, Catalonia
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Hi,

I want to buy like 10 missing parts from bricklink stores but the usuals problem
that I need to check shops one by one to find appropriate shipping costs. My
total cart is around 3 euros and I would expect shipping without tracking (at
least within European countries (France/Portugal/Spain/Netherlands). I know most
of the sellers don’t allow shipping without insurance but there are still some
of them that do it (fortunately).

The problem is I know all the shipping costs for my cart in Spain (it’s around
1-2 euros with no insurance) but I’m struggling to check various shops in neighbouring
countries. Some of the sellers allow cheap Mondial Relay shipping, some allow
only flat parcels up to 2 kilos etc.

So to see the total you need to create cart for every single seller (and basically
it’s imposible to to via Wanted buy, as creating one cart eliminates all fulfilled
items).

But then somehow these prices appear in your basket and you can check the shipping
(default pricing) and decide what you want to buy.

I just don’t want to pay 10 euros for the cart that is around 3 euros, it seems
excessive, and some of the parts are not available in Spain.

TIA!
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jan 17, 2025 11:42
 Subject: Re: Get shipping fees before cart creation
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yorbrick (1209)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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You will have to do it one by one until you find one you are happy with. Pick
a seller that can fulfill the order, check their store for postage prices or
other issues such as store minimums and then eliminate them if they are no good
for you or accept them and don't bother looking through the rest of the list
if they are reasonable.
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: Jan 17, 2025 11:51
 Subject: Re: Get shipping fees before cart creation
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jennnifer (3700)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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In General, Valera.L writes:
  Hi,

I want to buy like 10 missing parts from bricklink stores but the usuals problem
that I need to check shops one by one to find appropriate shipping costs. My
total cart is around 3 euros and I would expect shipping without tracking (at
least within European countries (France/Portugal/Spain/Netherlands). I know most
of the sellers don’t allow shipping without insurance but there are still some
of them that do it (fortunately).

The problem is I know all the shipping costs for my cart in Spain (it’s around
1-2 euros with no insurance) but I’m struggling to check various shops in neighbouring
countries. Some of the sellers allow cheap Mondial Relay shipping, some allow
only flat parcels up to 2 kilos etc.

So to see the total you need to create cart for every single seller (and basically
it’s imposible to to via Wanted buy, as creating one cart eliminates all fulfilled
items).

But then somehow these prices appear in your basket and you can check the shipping
(default pricing) and decide what you want to buy.

I just don’t want to pay 10 euros for the cart that is around 3 euros, it seems
excessive, and some of the parts are not available in Spain.

TIA!

Yes, you have to manually check and make your best choice on all shipping carts
and orders. This site has shops set up by 1000's of different individuals
in different countries running different kinds of businesses. There's no
one-size-fits-all for carts and shipping charges.

I am afraid the total 'cost' of the items you want is not going to correlate
with the total 'cost' of your shipping. It relates much more to how many
stores you must buy from to get all of your items. Sometimes, it's worth
it to pay more for each piece if you can find it at fewer shops.

Good luck!
~Jen
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Jan 17, 2025 11:53
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1001bricks (55899)

Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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In General, Valera.L writes:
  Hi,

I want to buy like 10 missing parts from bricklink stores but the usuals problem
that I need to check shops one by one to find appropriate shipping costs. My
total cart is around 3 euros and I would expect shipping without tracking (at
least within European countries (France/Portugal/Spain/Netherlands). I know most
of the sellers don’t allow shipping without insurance but there are still some
of them that do it (fortunately).

I do, I always ever did and will do!



  So to see the total you need to create cart for every single seller (and basically
it’s imposible to to via Wanted buy, as creating one cart eliminates all fulfilled
items).

Creating a cart does NOT change any quantity in your wanted-list.
It's a manuel process on a button "Apply order", dangerous and painful.