| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calsbricks  | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2023 01:27 | | Subject: | Invoicing not working | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| | Continue to get 403/404 Forbidden when trying to issue invoice (Chromoe or Edge) |
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 11, 2023 03:26 | | Subject: | Macro tag for invoice date | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| | Cannot find this anywhere does it exist? |
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 07:00 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | In Help, popsicle writes:
| | In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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Always the best questions...
You know I actually couldn't recall. In checking though, we apparently have
not used the feature in either capacity, received or submitted. Curious
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That is presumably only for existing (as in, not purged) orders.
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We can confirm that
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 06:59 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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If payment has not been completed (ie, buyer changed his mind on some parts):
Yes
System automatically puts parts(or sets) back in our inventory which is handy.
If payment has been completed (and we have a shortage for example): No
Not worth the hassle, the part is gone anyway so no need to put it back in our
inventory
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Understand
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 06:58 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, popsicle writes:
| | In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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Always the best questions...
You know I actually couldn't recall. In checking though, we apparently have
not used the feature in either capacity, received or submitted. Curious
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OUrs shows 0 as well - clumsy, awkward and the buyer needs to be chased more
often than not. As we are not ic we deal with any shortage at invoice time that
was we avoid refunds charges which often makes up for the fees issue
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 05:00 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, LeeGo73 writes:
| | In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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Sometimes; when the item is relativly expensive compared to the total parts value
of the order
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I can understand that -
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 03:23 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
| | In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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No. If buyer wants a change it is usually just the odd brick. I just refund
it and eat the fraction of a penny in fees rather than spend the time going through
the form. Life is too short for that. If it were expensive it might be different.
It's not as if you get the PayPal fee back anyway.
Matt
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Agreed and most of the time the buyer has to be chased to get their actions completed
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 03:18 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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Once or twice but it’s just a pain and if I’m missing something I just refund
the buyer. And If a buyer no longer wants something I just refund the difference
and relist the item(s) it’s much easier. Yes I pay the slight fees on the items
since they are still considered part of the order but it’s worth it as long as
the item isn’t expensive
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Almost exactly our sentiments
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 03:13 | | Subject: | OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 179 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it |
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2023 10:39 | | Subject: | Re: Community Poll .. Spam & Forum | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, brickerking writes:
| | In General, yorbrick writes:
| | | | F… don't like any of those options. If BL cared what we thought here on the
forum, they would be developing seller tools, not updating tax rules for every
country on the planet. Sorry for the two cents. 
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Tax is a legal issue they and we have to comply with. Collecting it is a seller
tool.
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LOL
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Do not believe it is a seller tool rather a marketplace tool so they can comply
with the changing regs for marketplaces. As a seller none of the tax collections
apply we do not sell into eu; nor states where there is a sales tax ; and soon
into any country which levies a tax on our sales; likr most UK sellers (not registered
for VAT)
Remember Bricklink do not make the rules they have to abide by them..
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 12:42 | | Subject: | This cannot be right | | Viewed: | 310 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| Had a Czech store place an order in our store today for a customer in Kent. I
queried that and pointed him to our store terms no drop shippers or freight forwarders
orders accepted. He said he did not know what drop shipping meant but because
the customer was in Kent what was the problem? I cancelled the order and wished
him well in finding a store which supports that. I left no feedback and moved
on. Just logged back in and he has left negative feedback despite our store terms
clearly stating we do not accept orders from either drop shippers or freight
forwarders. I then left a reply to his feedback and changed no feedback to a
negative.
Would much rather have just had his removed but no valid reason listed by Bricklink.
That cannot be right when someone ignores store terms which are clearly displayed
Something isn’t quite right about this and yes I know my feedback is retaliatory
and we always try to avoid that when possible but this isn’t logical. Why should
we be penalised for our terms, which, by the way are repeated by a large number
of stores and are not illegal nor unclear.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 10:11 | | Subject: | Re: An issue and a suggestion ????? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Recently, and for a variety of unrelated reasons, we have had to secure a number
of minifigures. To our surprise and now concern we found between 40 and 50% of
sellers were including accessories with their figures. Nothing wrong with that
as Bricklink’s updated policy allows that at the sellers discretion.
Unfortunately, it does have an effect on the price guide as the figures only
have their primary code in use,
Could we introduce a suffix based system to differentiate between the two types
– so sw0001 has an alternative sw0001a01 ? The software already allows for this
so not much development time would be required and that would ensure the price
guide is more accurate than it currently is.
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You would need entries:
sw0001a01
sw0001a02
sw0001a03
etc
where a01 is the first accessory they hold in a set, a02 is a different accessory
in another set, etc. There is also the issue of what happens if they have an
alternate hair (instead of a helmet) and an accessory or two accessories, needing
entries sw0001a01h01 or sw0001a01a03,
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Interesting points but solvable a01 might equal one accessory or it might equal
all accessories ...
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And even if there were such entries you would still get sellers listing the minifigures
with accessories under the minifigure only entry, as that will be the one that
buyers add to wants lists. You can already see this in the CMF minifigure only
entries. Even though minifig only and set entries exist, there are still sellers
listing the sets as minifigures.
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This happens now with part variants and yes it does mean policing. I am sure
the best solution has yet to be defined, but I think with more sellers listing
minfig only and including accessories the price guide disparity will just grow
and grow until it is out of hand,
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 09:48 | | Subject: | Re: An issue and a suggestion ????? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | Forty to 50%? That seems very high, I hardly ever see figures with accessories
included.
In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Could we introduce a suffix based system to differentiate between the two types
– so sw0001 has an alternative sw0001a01 ? The software already allows for this
so not much development time would be required and that would ensure the price
guide is more accurate than it currently is.
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How would that possibly be enforced?
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Depends on how they chose to 'policy' this. If it remains optional (like
variants. then we have the same problem wee currently do with them- if it becomes
mandatory then that would take care of itself. That choice would be down to the
catalogue people.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 09:16 | | Subject: | An issue and a suggestion ????? | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Recently, and for a variety of unrelated reasons, we have had to secure a number
of minifigures. To our surprise and now concern we found between 40 and 50% of
sellers were including accessories with their figures. Nothing wrong with that
as Bricklink’s updated policy allows that at the sellers discretion.
Unfortunately, it does have an effect on the price guide as the figures only
have their primary code in use,
Could we introduce a suffix based system to differentiate between the two types
– so sw0001 has an alternative sw0001a01 ? The software already allows for this
so not much development time would be required and that would ensure the price
guide is more accurate than it currently is.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2023 10:36 | | Subject: | Re: Unable to generate invoices | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Problem, Stellar writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Every time we try to send an invoice we get the following message
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Seems you are not the only one, I just tried and it lets me fine.
Maybe this is an order with sales tax? try adjusting 0.01 credit and reinvoice.
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Not involved with sales tax or vat - have tried 8 orders now and all the same.
Hmmmm
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2023 10:27 | | Subject: | Unable to generate invoices | | Viewed: | 105 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| | Every time we try to send an invoice we get the following message |
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2023 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out sets toinventory | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, BricksThatStick writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | We part out between 100 and 200 sets (across most themes) per year to add to
our inventory. For 12 years now two themes have dominated the return on part
out.
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Part out value on paper or return from actual subsequent sales?
When you sell common parts from these sets you monitor which sets they are from?
If they just sit in your inventory then they they are not really adding any value
to the partout.
No good having a nice set partout value if it doesn't all sell evenly
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Agreed - we do as much as we can with tracing but that is not always easy due
to the size of our inventory - the 'paper value' is important to us and
as we stock large quanties of standard parts as well as the minfigs and never
reduce prices (No sales in 12 years) and we are shifting 250000 parts per annum,
I think we are close
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| | We know why – their minifigures are at the high end of the pricing spectrum.
After that it Is a bit of a ‘guess which theme is where in the ranking’’. The
two top themes are of course. Star Wars and Super Heroes. Does anyone else look
at this in the same way
We realise return is based on what you pay for the sets and the timing of the
part out, but would be interested to hear about other stores views/experiences.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2023 11:20 | | Subject: | Parting out sets toinventory | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | General | |
| We part out between 100 and 200 sets (across most themes) per year to add to
our inventory. For 12 years now two themes have dominated the return on part
out. We know why – their minifigures are at the high end of the pricing spectrum.
After that it Is a bit of a ‘guess which theme is where in the ranking’’. The
two top themes are of course. Star Wars and Super Heroes. Does anyone else look
at this in the same way
We realise return is based on what you pay for the sets and the timing of the
part out, but would be interested to hear about other stores views/experiences.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2023 06:38 | | Subject: | Re: Tell Me: What Do Sellers Want Most? | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, dcarmine writes:
| | Most of you know that I am on the BrickLink Marketplace Panel group of which
Admin Tanja. We will be meeting next Wed, Feb 1, and I need some seller feedback
to share with the group.
During the last meeting we were told that the plan for seller tools was scraped
because what was being developed did not fit in with the plan for the new site.
(Yes there is a plan to write a new site). Yes, I am MORE than disappointed that
we, once again, are not getting anything new to help us.
So I am wanting your seller input that can get us a few things now, to work with
this site, to hold us over until the new site is done. My recollection is the
next two years.
I have a few pet peeves that I will be sharing, but I want to hear your annoyances.
I know they are many, hit me. I'll do what I can.
Post here or PM me, either way is fine.
Thanks
Donna Carmine
Nebraska Brick Store
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Hi Donna
Good luck with this. Speak on the 1st
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 23:53 | | Subject: | Re: SLOW | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, pitz8008 writes:
| | Bricklink is moving pretty slow for me. Images are taking forever to expand after
clicking on them. Along with pretty much everything else moving quite slow. Anybody
else?
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On the point of being unusable - grrrr
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