Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | dcarmine  | | Posted: | May 20, 2024 18:42 | | Subject: | Re: US sellers: Shipping methods update | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Nita,
A buddy tested for me and it is working fine. I guess it was a slow period after
all.
Thanks
Donna
In Administrative, cosmicray writes:
| | In Administrative, dcarmine writes:
| | I changed to the new API last Wednesday and all orders stopped. I don't
think it's working yet? No way for me to tell exactly, I changed mine back
to a my manual chart. Maybe you can test it on your side.
Thanks
Donna
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An observation, is that orders (without any shipping method changes) went into
a very slow patch for a several days. Do you have a test account ? Might be worth
putting a few things into a shopping cart and see if they calculate correctly,
and based upon the correct zone.
What is not clear (from the announcement) is ... how is BL arriving at the zone
(and the correct postage). The old API method pre-dated when USPS switched to
zone based PM and FCPS. With the new system, you can do it via a API call to
USPS or by loading your own tables and doing a 2-step table lookup (one lookup
for the ZIP-code to zone calculation and one lookup for the actual postage values).
More recently USPS has applied a need for package dimensions, because larger
packages get surcharges. Presumably the API calls also have to supply package
dimensions, else then will generate incorrect results (or possibly refuse to
generate any result). Any table lookup methodology should also need to be sensitive
to package size (because large packages have surcharges).
If BL is using the API calls, then the package dimensions would be a requirement
(just like they are on Pirate Ship). I hope someone from BL can enlighten us
about how this was implemented.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | May 20, 2024 18:38 | | Subject: | Re: US sellers: Shipping methods update | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| After a second try, it is working fine for me in all zones of the US. Thank
you for getting this done!
Donna
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,
We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).
Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).
As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | May 20, 2024 18:36 | | Subject: | Re: Direct Seller Fee Payments | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Sorry, but are you kidding me?? Why do you have to critic every little thing?
(rhetorical) They do so much for us. Please let some things go already!
My hangry is showing, but I couldn't let THIS go. Back off man!
Donna
In Administrative, popsicle writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink sellers,
Starting from today, we will be accepting monthly seller fee payments made in
2 ways, instead of 3 as before:
1. Paid with your PayPal account by using the 'Pay with PayPal' button
on your Fees page,
2. Paid with a debit or credit card by using the 'Pay with Card' link
on your Fees page.
Seller fee payments that are sent to our PayPal account at billing@bricklink.com
will not be accepted anymore except for cases when sellers need to pay off their
remaining balance immediately.
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So you're still offering "3 as before" payment methods, only on a
case-by-case basis? How about rephrasing your announcement to "Please submit
your fee payments via these 2 methods, the third is no longer desired - Thank
you, Your BrickLink Team"
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Usually, this happens when
a) Sellers are closing their stores temporarily or permanently,
b) Sellers have an outstanding balance that is below the annual threshold for
collection. Accounts like that are billed on December 5th every year, more about
this here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=38 in the Minimum Bill Requirement
section.
Please reach out to us or comment here if you have any questions.
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Just my (hopefully helpful ) comment.
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Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 13, 2024 00:23 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | another empty response. |
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| Author: | zheshka | | Posted: | May 12, 2024 09:47 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, thankunext writes:
| | And why can't I buy from Belarus for an example? That's not Russia, where's
the problem?
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The USA has sanctions/ trade embargo against Belarus. I imagine Poland also has
similar, in line with EU regulations. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/sanctions-against-belarus/
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| Author: | thankunext | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| And why can't I buy from Belarus for an example? That's not Russia, where's
the problem?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
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| | 2000 euros or 30 orders in a year.
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Tecnically less than 2000€ AND 30 orders per year.
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Technically, it depends if you’re talking about the obligation to declare or
about the exception to not declare.
That is:
— you must declare if you’re OVER 2,000€ OR 30 orders in a year,
— you don’t have to declare if you’re UNDER 2,000€ AND 30 orders in a year.
IOW: you’re both right! Celebrate with wafles! 🧇🧇🧇
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 11:30 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Shintaku writes:
| | In Administrative, Walskipper writes:
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| | | | In Italy, the limit for transactions in a year has been set at 2000 euros, below
which nothing must be declared and it is therefore possible not to have a VAT
number but only a tax code.
I can then get a feedback on the documents to be sent to you and where to upload
them to Bricklink
tank you
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2000 euros or 30 orders in a year.
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Tecnically less than 2000€ AND 30 orders per year.
| | You have more than 30 orders in a year.
You have 71 orders in the last 14 months.
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Correct.
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| Author: | Shintaku | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Walskipper writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink sellers,
As the next step in making sure that we are in compliance with the EU DAC-7 regulations,
we will start collecting additional information from BrickLink Sellers shortly.
To see if you qualify as a Business Seller, please check with Article 8ac of
the EU Council Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021L0514
Information that we will be collecting includes the following:
- Name of business,
- Business registration number, including a supporting document. As different
rules
apply for each EU member state, refer to your local authority for directions,
- Tax Identification Number (TIN), including a supporting document: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/#/check-tin
- OSS Number and/ or VAT ID for each country of registration:
https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/online-sellers_en
You may be aware that we already started requesting this from new Business Sellers
last year. For more details, go to our previous forum post regarding DAC-7: https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=332298.
We are now starting the process of collecting this information for all of our
existing Business Sellers.
Existing Business Sellers should add this information to their accounts by December
31, 2024. After submission, documents will be reviewed by BrickLink.
To ensure that everyone’s requests are handled in a consistent and timely manner,
we will be requesting account updates in waves, by country. We strongly advise
our members to add information to their accounts by the deadline for their corresponding
countries. We will be sending out emails with further details and instructions
for each country in accordance with a schedule. We recommend that you start collecting
the required documentation as soon as possible and await further instructions
for how to add this to your account.
Kind Regards,
The BrickLink Team
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In Italy, the limit for transactions in a year has been set at 2000 euros, below
which nothing must be declared and it is therefore possible not to have a VAT
number but only a tax code.
I can then get a feedback on the documents to be sent to you and where to upload
them to Bricklink
tank you
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2000 euros or 30 orders in a year.
You have more than 30 orders in a year.
You have 71 orders in the last 14 months.
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| Author: | Walskipper | | Posted: | May 7, 2024 10:17 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| | Dear BrickLink sellers,
As the next step in making sure that we are in compliance with the EU DAC-7 regulations,
we will start collecting additional information from BrickLink Sellers shortly.
To see if you qualify as a Business Seller, please check with Article 8ac of
the EU Council Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021L0514
Information that we will be collecting includes the following:
- Name of business,
- Business registration number, including a supporting document. As different
rules
apply for each EU member state, refer to your local authority for directions,
- Tax Identification Number (TIN), including a supporting document: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/#/check-tin
- OSS Number and/ or VAT ID for each country of registration:
https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/online-sellers_en
You may be aware that we already started requesting this from new Business Sellers
last year. For more details, go to our previous forum post regarding DAC-7: https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=332298.
We are now starting the process of collecting this information for all of our
existing Business Sellers.
Existing Business Sellers should add this information to their accounts by December
31, 2024. After submission, documents will be reviewed by BrickLink.
To ensure that everyone’s requests are handled in a consistent and timely manner,
we will be requesting account updates in waves, by country. We strongly advise
our members to add information to their accounts by the deadline for their corresponding
countries. We will be sending out emails with further details and instructions
for each country in accordance with a schedule. We recommend that you start collecting
the required documentation as soon as possible and await further instructions
for how to add this to your account.
Kind Regards,
The BrickLink Team
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In Italy, the limit for transactions in a year has been set at 2000 euros, below
which nothing must be declared and it is therefore possible not to have a VAT
number but only a tax code.
I can then get a feedback on the documents to be sent to you and where to upload
them to Bricklink
tank you
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| Author: | Shintaku | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 17:04 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In some countries you cannot have a OSS or VAT if you have some specific Jobs
Does this mean these people Will have their shop closed After Dec 31?
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 16:21 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
The TIN of every UBO, just the BL account holder, or of the business (not aware
of it having one)?
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| Author: | ZwarteMagica | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 13:24 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| It it oke for us. If BrickLink ask us for the required documents for DAC-7 we
will deliver them.
In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | Because of margin goods
[…]
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But this is about DAC-7, not about OSS & the €10k “Distance Selling” threshold.
AFAIK, DAC-7 wants to know for how much you sell, not what you buy.
And, again, there’s no proof that what you buy here, you sell here. At most,
if DAC-7 was interested in that, it would ask for your buying _separately_, not
“selling minus buying.”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | Because of margin goods
[…]
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But this is about DAC-7, not about OSS & the €10k “Distance Selling” threshold.
AFAIK, DAC-7 wants to know for how much you sell, not what you buy.
And, again, there’s no proof that what you buy here, you sell here. At most,
if DAC-7 was interested in that, it would ask for your buying _separately_, not
“selling minus buying.”
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| Author: | ZwarteMagica | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 12:06 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Because of margin goods
https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/zakelijk/btw/bijzondere_regelingen/margeregeling/
As far as I know margin goods do not count towards the EU-marketplace rules.
But need to be done with your local tax office.
We informed BrickLink about those rules back in 2022 with a signed document by
our local taxation office confirming our statement.
Now in 2024 those rules still apply and as far as I`m aware it will still exist
in the same form after 2024.
In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, StarBrick writes:
| | Maybe by asking here, I will get a reply :
In the data that will be provided to the tax authorities, will the total of sales
be reduced by the total of bought items?
Hence the sold value -/- the bought value?
Asked it several times before in the last 18-20 months, but never got a reply
(AFAIK...).
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Why?  The regulation asks for what you sell, not what you buy.
Of course you need to buy before you sell, but buying here is no different from
buying elsewhere.
(Besides, there’s also no way to know if you sell here what you buy here. You
might buy elswhere to sell here and buy here to sell elsewhere, hopefully for
you at a higher price each time.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, StarBrick writes:
| | Maybe by asking here, I will get a reply :
In the data that will be provided to the tax authorities, will the total of sales
be reduced by the total of bought items?
Hence the sold value -/- the bought value?
Asked it several times before in the last 18-20 months, but never got a reply
(AFAIK...).
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Why? The regulation asks for what you sell, not what you buy.
Of course you need to buy before you sell, but buying here is no different from
buying elsewhere.
(Besides, there’s also no way to know if you sell here what you buy here. You
might buy elswhere to sell here and buy here to sell elsewhere, hopefully for
you at a higher price each time.)
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Maybe by asking here, I will get a reply :
In the data that will be provided to the tax authorities, will the total of sales
be reduced by the total of bought items?
Hence the sold value -/- the bought value?
Asked it several times before in the last 18-20 months, but never got a reply
(AFAIK...).
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024 | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Thanks, was just gonna make the same request  .
Is there already a rough time schedule that can be shared?
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