Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Nubs_Select  | | Posted: | May 24, 2024 19:06 | | Subject: | Re: Sylvain got me thinking... | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, yorbrick writes:
| | In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | Yeah I know, don’t do that 
But he's one of only eight Violet Bricks, out of currently 72,711 BL registered
sellers. Can’t believe it’s a staggering 1,760,236 currently registered overall.
One of eight, Sylvain! You're flying in the rarified air, my friend
Then my thoughts went somewhere they hadn’t previously been: Who are the most
prolific buyer only accounts on BL? I'm talking about those that only
ever have been here to spend money, feeding us vendors Although in any
given month, some understanding of who's got the highest sales numbers using
the Featured and Highlighted store page, is available, there really is no way
to know who is dropping the most coin on BL.
There are some indicators of purchase-activity, gleaned from history vis-à-vis
feedback over time. Turns out that there's only three straight buyer memberships
that have reached the feedback level of Dark Pink here. Two of which incidentally
I’ve dealt with over the years, as I'm sure many other here, also have:
https://www.bricklink.com/memberList.asp?v=3&viewUserType=1
Just some fun context going into Memorial Day weekend. Have a wonderful weekend
with those precious friends and family
-popsicle
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Aren't prolific buyers just high volume amazon drop sellers? Selling bricklink
sellers' stock on amazon for a higher price than here.
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If I'm not mistaken the buyer with the most orders on bricklink is one of
the USA companies that builds custom sets to resell. I've had a few orders
from them and always can tell its them as they ask to write the order number
on the package
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 24, 2024 14:02 | | Subject: | Re: sanity check. Am I open? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, itv writes:
| | I've been closed for about 4 years. This week, I deleted all my inventory,
started listing anew and re-opened my store.
• Can anyone advise if they something wrong or ill-advised that I need to fix
in the messaging around my old store policies or settings?
• In a few words, what are some of the biggest changes and gotchas for old-fashioned
sellers returning?
• For example, from what I remember, when I get an order, I pack it and weigh
it and use postcalc to get an idea of what to ask for shipping? And because even
the tiniest brick is non-machineable there is that minimum the post office will
charge me for. Does that sound right?
I appreciate your time!
Thanks in advance,
Christopher
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Welcome back!
Several things
1. You say you don’t charge tax however bricklink does now in the USA so you
may want to remove that as it may confuse buyers. 2. You may want to remove all
payment options except “PayPal onsite” and “stripe” as now that bricklink collects
sales tax any places that bricklink collects it have to be paid onsite as they
collect the tax that way so offering other payment options will only confuse
buyers and can lead to problems if a buyer pays offsite which can cause issues
with you keeping sales tax money as it can’t be remitted to bricklink in any
other way then during the payment when bricklink removes it via partner fee
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 24, 2024 12:53 | | Subject: | Re: Fun Number | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | In Feedback, tec writes:
| | one full day later, it's still there
how likely?
how diabolic?
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Yeah, maybe should start looking for a good exorcist
Who's willing to take LEGO as payment. Shouldn't be too difficult
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Found our exorcist
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 24, 2024 03:06 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 24, 2024 03:04 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 24, 2024 02:52 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2024 15:06 | | Subject: | Re: Onsite payment, seems paid, but isn't | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| if it shows paid on bricklink try navigating to the order and clicking on "Issue
refund" and if it is paid it will show the details there
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2024 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Smallest shipping cost to Poland | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Buying, Tomcar writes:
| | it's simple question. Standard cost of shiping
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There is no standard. And from which Country? And sellers can apply any shipping
price they want, they don't have to follow the postal shipping rate.
Sincerely, no one can reply to this question.
Very sorry.
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Mhm it can vary a lot, for example shipping in my store to Poland starts at $7.49
CAD but other stores in Canada might charge $20+ and store in France would have
completely different prices.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2024 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: Getting "locked out" | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Graham. writes:
| | This has happened several times, including this morning.
Finally was able to, same browser I always use and have used since the beginning,
cookies are enabled.
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Seems to be a bricklink random issue. In the past I would have that issue all
the time and I still do occasional but the trick is to wait 5-10 min and then
it works normally in most cases
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2024 02:34 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2024 02:05 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 23, 2024 00:10 | | Subject: | Re: Help a homie out please | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, krystensprouse writes:
| | Can't find it anywhere but I feel like the last time I had this part and
threw it away then I found out what it was and I kicked myself. Or did I
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Not lego
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 15:36 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Seems to complicated unless you get the same amount of orders every year and
spend the exact same on packing every year, otherwise for packaging you add the
exact price as part of your shipping cost
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That means you manually invoice OR you've to calculate an average on X $0.10
envelope and Y $3 carton per year and decide to add say $1?
In short, it's also based on regular years orders / packaging amounts?
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I set up the shipping methods to account for about a 50 cent "margin"
which covers basic packing costs and such. not quite sure what a "carton"
is in shipping terms tho as when you say that all I think of is a carton of eggs
from a store or something. i dont keep an exact amount just a rough estimate.
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Yep, that's it, you make a rough average.
Carton meant carton postal boxes or say bigger ones, which can cotain sets for
ex.
They can be quite expensive.
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ah big boxes, I dont really use many of those and the few I do use I get free
as I reship the large items in the boxes they were in when I bought them (as
I do almost all my shopping online)
| | That means you could also decide you pay approx $500 of packaging per year, and
include this in the prices to pay that amount.
I don't mean it's better, I mean it's probably as easy.
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i guess its a preference then as that seems super complicated to me
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| | for example if it costs $8.59 to ship a package I set my shipping cost as the
nearest 50 cent interval which would be $8.99 and then that portion covers the
packaging cost and doesn't need to be updated every year
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You're lucky! Within the last recent years (since crazy-covid), boxes and
such maybe doubled their price. I've to account this for 2024, but see, it's
May and I still have the 2023 rates 
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wild! Ive seen some shipping rates go up by at most 50 cents but some drop by
$1 and for supplies its gone up only a little (10% or so) in the past 3-4 years.
I didn't really sell much before the covid rush so I dont have any knowledge
of prices then
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: Payment | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SamHadding1 writes:
| | Is PayPal required to purchase stuff here? I don’t have that.
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no but since you live in the USA as most likely have to pay sales tax you can
only use Paypal or stripe.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Seems to complicated unless you get the same amount of orders every year and
spend the exact same on packing every year, otherwise for packaging you add the
exact price as part of your shipping cost
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That means you manually invoice OR you've to calculate an average on X $0.10
envelope and Y $3 carton per year and decide to add say $1?
In short, it's also based on regular years orders / packaging amounts?
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I set up the shipping methods to account for about a 50 cent "margin"
which covers basic packing costs and such. not quite sure what a "carton"
is in shipping terms tho as when you say that all I think of is a carton of eggs
from a store or something. i dont keep an exact amount just a rough estimate.
for example if it costs $8.59 to ship a package I set my shipping cost as the
nearest 50 cent interval which would be $8.99 and then that portion covers the
packaging cost and doesn't need to be updated every year
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 14:28 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I think he meant work it into your shipping prices not item prices. For example
if basic shipping supplies cost you 25 cents per order then raise your shipping
costs by 25 cents not that you should somehow distribute that 25 cents across
the average order value of items
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Yes, generally. I just have flat shipping right now but in days of yore I came
up with shipping bands based on the commercial rate plus $0.60.
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| | But "6% FOR PAYPAL AND BRICKLINK FEES!!!1!" can just be added to your
prices.
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100%
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Yes, and even the packaging.
Count a year of average packaging, ex: $500
Then count your average sale per year, and increase your prices so that amount
would be roughly paid by the orders.
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Seems to complicated unless you get the same amount of orders every year and
spend the exact same on packing every year, otherwise for packaging you add the
exact price as part of your shipping cost and then normal fees such as site fees
and payment fees as part of the item price
| | Nobody adds a % for rental, Internet or Toner cost.
It can be the same for packaging materials.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I think he meant work it into your shipping prices not item prices. For example
if basic shipping supplies cost you 25 cents per order then raise your shipping
costs by 25 cents not that you should somehow distribute that 25 cents across
the average order value of items
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Yes, generally. I just have flat shipping right now but in days of yore I came
up with shipping bands based on the commercial rate plus $0.60.
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| | But "6% FOR PAYPAL AND BRICKLINK FEES!!!1!" can just be added to your
prices.
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100%
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Fun Number | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, yoavheskia writes:
| | I have also a fun number, and even a new red brick
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Epic! Congrats! Don’t forget to celebrate with pizza!
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 22, 2024 14:06 | | Subject: | Re: Fun Number | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | In Feedback, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | In Feedback, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In Feedback, popsicle writes:
| | The Angel and what that might portend? Maybe the iconic Burnett Family ranch
of Texas, The Four Sixes and what it represents?
However the number might be seen, think I'd prefer it being seen sitting
at the poker tables in Vegas
Have a wonderful and productive day
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At least your phone number dosent start with 661-666-****.
Jim
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At least a memorable phone number
I recall the days (seems long ago, now) when businesses would vie for memorable
phone numbers, being more impactful before the internet. Remember doing so myself.
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They are cool! I still remember when I was choosing my phone number I made sure
that they last 4 digits spelled out “nubs” in hopes it would help me remember
my phone number. But even after 3-5 years I don’t know my phone number 😭😭 I
know the first 3 numbers and that it ends with nubs but the middle is a guess
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So then "nubs" holds some deeper meaning for you, beyond that of a perhaps
made up username? What's the personal significance? Don't see any association
with your given name either. I know, too nosey But just an overly curious type,
who enjoys a good backstory
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No worries it isn’t that deep but I couldn’t think of any other 4 letter words
to help me remember my phone number so since nubs sounds cool (backstory on the
username post you made) and since I could only choose that last 4 digits and
was on the spot it’s what i went for
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