hi,I was contacted by a seller who offered to buy stamps for shipping from him
at discounted prices.
I just opened my store two days ago. Day one, I got two possible scammers:
1) First asked if they could do a pickup with cash (5 hour round trip drive).
I said, no.
2) Second asked if he could provide his own shipping label since he had a business
account with good rates. I said, no.
Any attempt to circumvent the sales process within Bricklink is a no go.
Cheers,
Jim
I am not so sure about your interpretation in #2. Shipping fees and the like
are not subject to Bricklink fees, they are a end user fee payable by a "Buyer".
As a "seller" it is your obligation to ship the product.
It is a simple enough process to not include shipping fees on an invoice and
the Buyer provide a shipping label if he has good rates and does that himself.
I for example do all my own shipping labels through Stallion Express software.
At least that is the way I interpret that rule. Maybe I am wrong, but logically
I doubt it.
hi,I was contacted by a seller who offered to buy stamps for shipping from him
at discounted prices.
I just opened my store two days ago. Day one, I got two possible scammers:
1) First asked if they could do a pickup with cash (5 hour round trip drive).
I said, no.
2) Second asked if he could provide his own shipping label since he had a business
account with good rates. I said, no.
Any attempt to circumvent the sales process within Bricklink is a no go.
Cheers,
Jim
I am not so sure about your interpretation in #2. Shipping fees and the like
are not subject to Bricklink fees, they are a end user fee payable by a "Buyer".
As a "seller" it is your obligation to ship the product.
It is a simple enough process to not include shipping fees on an invoice and
the Buyer provide a shipping label if he has good rates and does that himself.
I for example do all my own shipping labels through Stallion Express software.
At least that is the way I interpret that rule. Maybe I am wrong, but logically
I doubt it.
can confirm there is nothing wrong with a buyer offering to send a label in terms
of bricklink rules (to the best of my knowledge), tho its also fine to refuse
it as a seller if someone isn't comfortable with it
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I didn't mean to hurt anyone's sensibilities. It's my own loss if
my caution looses me sales.
Jim
In General, zorbanj writes:
What makes you think either one of these is a scam?
In General, rockethead26 writes:
In General, tegoto4 writes:
hi,I was contacted by a seller who offered to buy stamps for shipping from him
at discounted prices.
I just opened my store two days ago. Day one, I got two possible scammers:
1) First asked if they could do a pickup with cash (5 hour round trip drive).
I said, no.
2) Second asked if he could provide his own shipping label since he had a business
account with good rates. I said, no.
Any attempt to circumvent the sales process within Bricklink is a no go.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
Stéphane
Thankyou for sharing! That makes a lot of sense!
Out of curiosity, when you mentioned “truly excellent rates”, how does that compare
to say uni uni’s $5.10 shipping costs starting point and such
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
Stéphane
Thankyou for sharing! That makes a lot of sense!
Out of curiosity, when you mentioned “truly excellent rates”, how does that compare
to say uni uni’s $5.10 shipping costs starting point and such
I don't know uni uni, but our rates are on a business case basis, they are
negotiated and below the rates that people can get at the maximum discount available.
This is only available to us because of the sheer volume we give Canada Post.
I hope you'll understand that we'd rather not give the actual rates we
pay, but they are very close to what we invoice, in some cases we make a few
cents, in some cases we pay a few cents more. Except for large orders that use
our flat rate, on those we often (most times) lose on shipping but the larger
orders are worth it.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
Stéphane
Thankyou for sharing! That makes a lot of sense!
Out of curiosity, when you mentioned “truly excellent rates”, how does that compare
to say uni uni’s $5.10 shipping costs starting point and such
I don't know uni uni, but our rates are on a business case basis, they are
negotiated and below the rates that people can get at the maximum discount available.
This is only available to us because of the sheer volume we give Canada Post.
I hope you'll understand that we'd rather not give the actual rates we
pay, but they are very close to what we invoice, in some cases we make a few
cents, in some cases we pay a few cents more. Except for large orders that use
our flat rate, on those we often (most times) lose on shipping but the larger
orders are worth it.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
Stéphane
Thankyou for sharing! That makes a lot of sense!
Out of curiosity, when you mentioned “truly excellent rates”, how does that compare
to say uni uni’s $5.10 shipping costs starting point and such
I don't know uni uni, but our rates are on a business case basis, they are
negotiated and below the rates that people can get at the maximum discount available.
This is only available to us because of the sheer volume we give Canada Post.
I hope you'll understand that we'd rather not give the actual rates we
pay, but they are very close to what we invoice, in some cases we make a few
cents, in some cases we pay a few cents more. Except for large orders that use
our flat rate, on those we often (most times) lose on shipping but the larger
orders are worth it.
UniUni, Fleet Optics and ICS are the best rates I agree, I use them often. I
find ICS is a few percent more expensive than UniUni but perhaps a day faster.
But I think from a buyer/receivers perspective when I ship as the Seller I often
think how disappointed I would be looking at UniUni's tracking as it is not
real good. ICS is a close 3rd for poor tracking. The worst is easily APC on international
shipments.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
Stéphane
Thankyou for sharing! That makes a lot of sense!
Out of curiosity, when you mentioned “truly excellent rates”, how does that compare
to say uni uni’s $5.10 shipping costs starting point and such
I don't know uni uni, but our rates are on a business case basis, they are
negotiated and below the rates that people can get at the maximum discount available.
This is only available to us because of the sheer volume we give Canada Post.
I hope you'll understand that we'd rather not give the actual rates we
pay, but they are very close to what we invoice, in some cases we make a few
cents, in some cases we pay a few cents more. Except for large orders that use
our flat rate, on those we often (most times) lose on shipping but the larger
orders are worth it.
UniUni, Fleet Optics and ICS are the best rates I agree, I use them often. I
find ICS is a few percent more expensive than UniUni but perhaps a day faster.
But I think from a buyer/receivers perspective when I ship as the Seller I often
think how disappointed I would be looking at UniUni's tracking as it is not
real good. ICS is a close 3rd for poor tracking. The worst is easily APC on international
shipments.
but on the plus for uni uni (at least I believe its them) is they have picture
proof delivery
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I believe it happens more on bricklink as more bricklink members are resellers
compared to camera gear buyers, as such they have accounts with shipping companies
and some choose to do that, I've had the request several times when a very
reputable shop
who when they placed orders in my store, would often ask me to use their label,
i said i would just ship it normally and it all worked out so tho odd, and I
dont accept these requests it is "normal"ish but rare
Hi Nubs!
Hi!
Yes, we often send our own shipping labels, and there are a few reasons for that.
When ordering in Canada, we often prefer to send our own labels because we have
truly excellent rates with Canada Post so it's often cheaper for us to send
our own labels rather than have the seller create their own. And also, we don't
have to worry about the seller forgetting to give us the tracking number or anything
like that. We can also control which service is being used and if we need the
parts in a hurry then we can send an xpresspost label if the difference in delivery
time is significant.
When ordering outside of Canada, we sometimes send our own labels with an express
courier for both speed and pricing, some shops where we order don't often
ship to Canada so their shipping rates are not as good as ours on these shipments.
And some overseas shops do not offer express couriers, so if we want to get the
parts in a few days instead of a few weeks, it's our only option.
Of course, we respect a shop's right to decide how they ship their orders,
but if a shop only offers slower shipping and are not open to using our shipping
labels for faster shipping, we cannot use them when we need parts quickly.
It works both ways, we have a few buyers that use shipping companies we have
no account with, so they send us their shipping labels.
Stéphane
Thankyou for sharing! That makes a lot of sense!
Out of curiosity, when you mentioned “truly excellent rates”, how does that compare
to say uni uni’s $5.10 shipping costs starting point and such
I don't know uni uni, but our rates are on a business case basis, they are
negotiated and below the rates that people can get at the maximum discount available.
This is only available to us because of the sheer volume we give Canada Post.
I hope you'll understand that we'd rather not give the actual rates we
pay, but they are very close to what we invoice, in some cases we make a few
cents, in some cases we pay a few cents more. Except for large orders that use
our flat rate, on those we often (most times) lose on shipping but the larger
orders are worth it.
UniUni, Fleet Optics and ICS are the best rates I agree, I use them often. I
find ICS is a few percent more expensive than UniUni but perhaps a day faster.
But I think from a buyer/receivers perspective when I ship as the Seller I often
think how disappointed I would be looking at UniUni's tracking as it is not
real good. ICS is a close 3rd for poor tracking. The worst is easily APC on international
shipments.
but on the plus for uni uni (at least I believe its them) is they have picture
proof delivery
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
It's more complicated. I've a few buyers doing this here, like every
month.
They've their own account (such as UPS, DHL), they pay for the shipping bill
at end of month (so zero when ordering), they know the delays, service, papers...
And they'll be delivered because the shipper know them.
It's probabably more expensive but FAR FAR FAR more convenient, and probably
cheaper in the end.
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
I didn't mean to hurt anyone's sensibilities. It's my own loss if
my caution looses me sales.
Jim
In General, zorbanj writes:
What makes you think either one of these is a scam?
In General, rockethead26 writes:
In General, tegoto4 writes:
hi,I was contacted by a seller who offered to buy stamps for shipping from him
at discounted prices.
I just opened my store two days ago. Day one, I got two possible scammers:
1) First asked if they could do a pickup with cash (5 hour round trip drive).
I said, no.
2) Second asked if he could provide his own shipping label since he had a business
account with good rates. I said, no.
Any attempt to circumvent the sales process within Bricklink is a no go.
Cheers,
Jim
I'm the mature normal one in the group......its all the others that have
issues!!
I probably shouldn't have repeated the words scam or scammer. But the
face to face brings up the issue posted by someone else about the collection
of sales tax, not to mention that some of us just don't like conducting business
of hundreds of dollars with strangers in a parking lot somewhere.
I used to have a buyer who would buy sets from me throughout the year. His mother
happened to live near me, and he would drive up to visit her periodically because
he disliked flying. The drive was 10+ hours, but he was coming up anyway and
he saved a ton on shipping. He ordered and paid through BL (including tax), just
like any other order.
You can meet in front of the police station, at the mall, Starbucks, anyplace
with other people.
As to the label request, in all my years of selling expensive camera gear and
astronomy equipment, I never got that request before. I was just suspicious.
I mean, how much is the buyer going to save on a $25 shipping fee thru Pirate
Ship? I don't know of a way to subvert a sale using a buyer generated shipping
label, but I don't think that way.
Some buyers have their own UPS/Fedex account so they get a discount. Others work
in the mail room or have their own business and run the label out of there. As
long as the label address matches the PayPal address you're fine.
hi,I was contacted by a seller who offered to buy stamps for shipping from him
at discounted prices.
I just opened my store two days ago. Day one, I got two possible scammers:
1) First asked if they could do a pickup with cash (5 hour round trip drive).
I said, no.
2) Second asked if he could provide his own shipping label since he had a business
account with good rates. I said, no.
Any attempt to circumvent the sales process within Bricklink is a no go.
Cheers,
Jim
I have requested a few sellers to provide them with shipping labels and they
accepted because it was cheaper and/or i wanted to spend more on my canadapost
account to get a better discount rate from them.
For example a huge canadian store accepted my request. The order total value
was not high and people in canada ship small orders eith bubble mailer without
any track. My feedback history was also good.
You don’t need to accept a such request but it is probably nothing wrong with
that. I wouldn’t worry about it if the order’ total value is low, like $50, and
if their communication and feedback’s record are good.
Italy, Veneto
France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
USA, Virginia
Canada, Alberta
