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 Author: Martin2007 View Messages Posted By Martin2007
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 04:51
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Martin2007 (32)

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Is it possible to target notification messages to a specific group, such as members
in a certain country? At the moment I only sell to buyers in the UK, so notifications
to elsewhere in the world will be waste of time.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 05:57
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In General, Martin2007 writes:
  Is it possible to target notification messages to a specific group, such as members
in a certain country? At the moment I only sell to buyers in the UK, so notifications
to elsewhere in the world will be waste of time.

No, sorry.
Simply don't worry about it.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 07:25
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, Martin2007 writes:
  Is it possible to target notification messages to a specific group, such as members
in a certain country? At the moment I only sell to buyers in the UK, so notifications
to elsewhere in the world will be waste of time.

No, sorry.
Simply don't worry about it.

I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”
But I don’t receive many notifications either, so I can’t be affirmative.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 07:49
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, Martin2007 writes:
  Is it possible to target notification messages to a specific group, such as members
in a certain country? At the moment I only sell to buyers in the UK, so notifications
to elsewhere in the world will be waste of time.

No, sorry.
Simply don't worry about it.

I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

I read too fast.
You're right, that's very probably the case.
It'd be a waste of resources (and probably an unsollicitated e-mail) if you'd
receive an offer from someone who can't ship to you.
But that'd be interesting someone confirms this.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 09:08
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
  I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

[…]
But that'd be interesting someone confirms this.

I’ve activated a few notifications on common parts… I should be flooded soon
and could check if at least one of the sellers doesn’t ship to me.
(But that’ll just be absence of counterproof….)
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 09:16
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
  I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

[…]
But that'd be interesting someone confirms this.

I’ve activated a few notifications on common parts… I should be flooded soon
and could check if at least one of the sellers doesn’t ship to me.
(But that’ll just be absence of counterproof….)

You could try on "International Version" items like Ninjago Cards, or
Stickers, or something specific I don't think of as of right now.
Chances are they're sold by US sellers who often won't ship to you?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 09:36
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
  I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

[…]
But that'd be interesting someone confirms this.

I’ve activated a few notifications on common parts… I should be flooded soon
and could check if at least one of the sellers doesn’t ship to me.
(But that’ll just be absence of counterproof….)

You could try on "International Version" items like Ninjago Cards, or
Stickers, or something specific I don't think of as of right now.
Chances are they're sold by US sellers who often won't ship to you?

Indeed, the ideal item would be:
— not available or rare in EU (so I’m not drowned in notifications),
— recent and available enough that someone will put it for sale, and notify!,
quickly.

It would be simpler if a seller who don’t ship to me participated (= told me
what to put in my WL before adding it in their shop)
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 09:46
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  […]
  
  
  
  I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

BTW, I checked my options to see if I (as a buyer) limited the sellers’ locations
and saw that remark at the bottom: (see pic)

I’m not sure to understand what it means exactly: are the “do not ship” shops
always excluded or do I need to tick the global “payment by” box (as the note
is under that header)?
 
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 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Mar 30, 2025 09:59
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  […]
  
  
  
  I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

BTW, I checked my options to see if I (as a buyer) limited the sellers’ locations
and saw that remark at the bottom: (see pic)

I’m not sure to understand what it means exactly: are the “do not ship” shops
always excluded or do I need to tick the global “payment by” box (as the note
is under that header)?

Oh wow, another mystery

Help page doesn't help neither:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=3
 Author: Martin2007 View Messages Posted By Martin2007
 Posted: Mar 31, 2025 15:13
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  […]
  
  
  
  I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.
That would mean the messages are already “targeted.”

BTW, I checked my options to see if I (as a buyer) limited the sellers’ locations
and saw that remark at the bottom: (see pic)

I’m not sure to understand what it means exactly: are the “do not ship” shops
always excluded or do I need to tick the global “payment by” box (as the note
is under that header)?

Oh wow, another mystery

Help page doesn't help neither:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=3

Thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble to reply. I had not seen the
“do not ship” box, so I think this is used to limit notifications.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Apr 14, 2025 15:34
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  […]
Indeed, the ideal item would be:
— not available or rare in EU (so I’m not drowned in notifications),
— recent and available enough that someone will put it for sale, and notify!,
quickly.

It would be simpler if a seller who don’t ship to me participated (= told me
what to put in my WL before adding it in their shop)

Update after 2 weeks:
— Absolutely zero notifications by a store that doesn’t ship to me.
— Not that many notifications (a few per day).

The logical conclusion is that the sellers who don’t ship to me are lazy bums
and they don’t upload new lots in their stores!
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  […]
Indeed, the ideal item would be:
— not available or rare in EU (so I’m not drowned in notifications),
— recent and available enough that someone will put it for sale, and notify!,
quickly.

It would be simpler if a seller who don’t ship to me participated (= told me
what to put in my WL before adding it in their shop)

Update after 2 weeks:
— Absolutely zero notifications by a store that doesn’t ship to me.
— Not that many notifications (a few per day).

Interesting!


  The logical conclusion is that the sellers who don’t ship to me are lazy bums
and they don’t upload new lots in their stores!


Or it's that your e-mail box is just like you; it's full of spam?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
  The logical conclusion is that the sellers who don’t ship to me are lazy bums
and they don’t upload new lots in their stores!

Or it's that your e-mail box is just like you; it's full of spam?

That would be a very smart spam filter, only removing messages from sellers who
don’t ship to me
(Also, all the messages are coming through blservice.)

And, anyway, the only canned meat here is duck.


À ce propos, que se passe-t-il quand Daffy Duck et Donald Duck se battent ? 
Un conflit de canard !
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  À ce propos, que se passe-t-il quand Daffy Duck et Donald Duck se battent ? 
Un conflit de canard !

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 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, Martin2007 writes:
  Is it possible to target notification messages to a specific group, such as members
in a certain country? At the moment I only sell to buyers in the UK, so notifications
to elsewhere in the world will be waste of time.

No, sorry.
Simply don't worry about it.

I don’t believe I’ve received any notification from a seller who doesn’t ships
to me.

Still, my first reply stands in that you can't "target notification messages
to a specific group, such as members in a certain country"