Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calsbricks  | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 10:09 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 76088-1 | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 24 Part 34816 Light Bluish Gray Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Bar Handle on End - Bar Flush with Edge (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
2 Sets parted out today both with alternate part
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 02:56 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | On the other hand eliminating a large part of the market based purely on payment
method does not make good business sense. You can collect the sales tax in a
more conventional method - like bill us for it., or is that too difficult .
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That's not possible.
As soon as a company (here: the marketplace) will declare a 1000€ VAT paid, they
DO owe it, and they will pay it.
Meaning that if the seller makes an indirect sale (like using IBAN or such) and
BL cannot collect this VAT amount (for any reason), they'll simply loose
this amount.
This isn't acceptable - especially if you multiply this risk by 30000+ shops.
On the other side; on site payments are 5 years old at least.
There's no reason not to set up those payment methods, especially if you
wish to be able to sell to this market (USA, etc.)
In short, the ball is in your camp; they won't change this IMHO.
Sylvain
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unfortunately you have misread rhe thread it is not to do with vat only usa and
sales tax.
the ball, as you call it, is not in our court. it is firmly in Bricklink's.
they agreed in the beginning to investigate other payment options and have let
that fade away. as a business we would never give away control of our funds
nd that is what the terms of ppm state
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Actually the ball is in your court. BrickLink has set up the rules in how you
can sell to customers in the US so it is now up to you to decide if you want
to abide by there rules or not. I know you have brought up many many arguments
against implementing onsite payments thru many many threads here but I think
you just need either bite the bullet and implement onsite payments or if not
then I think it is time to let it go and accept that BrickLink is not going to
change their policies concerning onsite payments in anyway that will be pleasing
to you. You just need to let it go and move on.
Jim.
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Well , if everyone did that the world would never change., This will be the last
post on this matter from us. Sometimes people make uninformed decisions which
impact many without looking at all the consequences. Whilst the compliance issue
had to be solved Bricklink took the 'easy option' and didn't get
it right. Our setup will remain the same so those states that do not have a sales
tax policy can still order from us if they choose and those that do cannot. Still
doesn't seem right now does it ?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 21:38 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, qwertyboy writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | In General, qwertyboy writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | ppm terms and conditions. there is no way we will hand over control of our funds
to bricklink or anyone else for that matter
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Just to be clear - BL does NOT gain control over your Paypal account.
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they gain control over all/any bricklink transactions and have the right to determine
when and if you receive those funds according to the ppm terms and conditions.
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Well, Paypal has absolute control over ALL your PP transactions, as well as your
balance. They can freeze your account for whatever reason, yet you still offer
that. Why? Because you trust they will do the correct thing. Why not extend that
same trust to BL, an entity where you demonstrably have more influence over?
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you are, of course, correct. we have been with them for 14 years without a problem
and believe it will stay that way. trust them - possibly but that has been built
up over our time with them and we never, repeat never leave funds with them.
as for Bricklink we have built up a degree of trust since tlg have more or less
taken over. Tanya has helped with that as well as her team. long may it continue,
but tlg have to back her, and ensure she has the resources she needs to get the
job (s) done.
| | | | one of the longest and most complicated threads this forum has seen in my 14
year they had to publish a statement in the end to mitigate the concrns stores
had. that statement was that they would not get involved with that side of the
terms, and until this compliance issue came along they kept to their word.
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I don't see a compliance issue. I see a requirement forced upon BL to comply
with how market places can and cannot operate. This led to an implementation
that tries to make sure the tax monies are indeed collected. How would you have
tackled this problem?
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I have called it compliance because that is what they call it. my approach would
have been somewhat different however with more time spent up front in design.
sales exemptions for example should have been included as well as margin schemes
and of course I would have looked far more deeply into payment methods, but that
is just me and how we approach issues like this.
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| | | | But then again, the more shops refuse to do onsite payments, the better it can
be for my bottom line. So now I will have to explain to the CFO why I am typing
this reply which potentially costs our shop some sales.
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I double up as ceo/CFO so my arguments are with myself. the good news is I win
all arguments.
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| | I doubt that.people go where the product is. that is what drives sales not what
payment methods you accept. you know that old marketing expression the right
product at the right place at the right time is what drives business
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People need to buy product. You have it, I have it, and many other shops have
it. You bow out of the US market. That means the odds they place an order in
my store just went up. By a tiny tiny bit, but it went up. If you start selling
to the US again because of this discussion, my odds go down again by a tiny tiny
bit. Simple logic.
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agree with the logic. we would not really make a significant dent on your sales
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Circling back to your initial suggestion - splitting up the US in tax / no-tax
is a non-issue for your shop. By your own words, you hardly received any orders
from the US before, and that was from all states. Why would you want this split-up
if there would not be any orders from that small part of the US? Is it maybe
to raise your odds by a tiny tiny bit? Are you actually in my boat?
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the only thing it might do is make it possible to only have those states to contend
with rather than lots of messages
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| | hope you will be joining us soon
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I will wave in your general direction when the airplane with the CFO and me starts
its descent to Schiphol airport early March. That's about as good as I can
do. 
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I didn't mean that but you should enjoy the Netherlands at that time of year
many of us are hoping you will join us in Feb
stay safe and well
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 19:46 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, qwertyboy writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | ppm terms and conditions. there is no way we will hand over control of our funds
to bricklink or anyone else for that matter
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Just to be clear - BL does NOT gain control over your Paypal account.
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they gain control over all/any bricklink transactions and have the right to determine
when and if you receive those funds according to the ppm terms and conditions.
one of the longest and most complicated threads this forum has seen in my 14
year they had to publish a statement in the end to mitigate the concrns stores
had. that statement was that they would not get involved with that side of the
terms, and until this compliance issue came along they kept to their word.
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When an onsite payment is done, BL gets authorized to be an intermediate for
that specific transaction (nothing else). That way, BL can redirect parts of
that payment when needed. For instance, when taxes are involved for a US sale,
the customer pays the full amount including taxes, and BL siphons off the tax
part, so the seller gets the payment minus the tax part.
I understand that this power can make you hesitant, but if BL wants to screw
you over, they can do that without onsite payments. There has to be a level of
trust when you join a market place as a seller.
Besides, refusing to implement onsite payments will cut you off from the largest
international market. I for one could not explain that if I had to build my business
and maximize profits.
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all of that is true, however less than 9% of our sales over our 11 years has
come from overseas (postage costs are simply too high), we lost the usa when
they first implemented sales taxes and now the eu with vat. sales levels are
still acceptable and we still get the odd order from Canada as well as switzerland
and Australia.
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But then again, the more shops refuse to do onsite payments, the better it can
be for my bottom line. So now I will have to explain to the CFO why I am typing
this reply which potentially costs our shop some sales.
My CAD 0.03.
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I doubt that.people go where the product is. that is what drives sales not what
payment methods you accept. you know that old marketing expression the right
product at the right place at the right time is what drives business
hope you will be joining us soon
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 19:32 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | ppm terms and conditions. there is no way we will hand over control of our funds
to bricklink or anyone else for that matter
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Good luck with this Bill!
IRS and your Bank, controls your fluxes, and now control how BrickLink manages
taxes to be paid.
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just to be pedantic is (hmrc) have absolutely no control over my funds. they
have the right to charge me taxes on earned income, which they do once a year.
as for the banks, the situation is different, but again they have no control
over my funds
in both situations these organisations are set up with the management of funds
as their main focus. bricklink is not and possibly never will be.
as you are well aware there are often difficulties with them keeping up with
their main focus (that is not meant as a criticism rather a statement of fact).
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There's every day less and less solutions this not to be controlled.
Apart if you're one of the 1% VIPs of the World (shame on you then).
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stellar writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | On the other hand eliminating a large part of the market based purely on payment
method does not make good business sense. You can collect the sales tax in a
more conventional method - like bill us for it., or is that too difficult .
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That's not possible.
As soon as a company (here: the marketplace) will declare a 1000€ VAT paid, they
DO owe it, and they will pay it.
Meaning that if the seller makes an indirect sale (like using IBAN or such) and
BL cannot collect this VAT amount (for any reason), they'll simply loose
this amount.
This isn't acceptable - especially if you multiply this risk by 30000+ shops.
On the other side; on site payments are 5 years old at least.
There's no reason not to set up those payment methods, especially if you
wish to be able to sell to this market (USA, etc.)
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7+ this year...
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In short, the ball is in your camp; they won't change this IMHO.
Sylvain
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Ditto
PD: What is holding you back still Bill?
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ppm terms and conditions. there is no way we will hand over control of our funds
to bricklink or anyone else for that matter
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 14:50 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | On the other hand eliminating a large part of the market based purely on payment
method does not make good business sense. You can collect the sales tax in a
more conventional method - like bill us for it., or is that too difficult .
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That's not possible.
As soon as a company (here: the marketplace) will declare a 1000€ VAT paid, they
DO owe it, and they will pay it.
Meaning that if the seller makes an indirect sale (like using IBAN or such) and
BL cannot collect this VAT amount (for any reason), they'll simply loose
this amount.
This isn't acceptable - especially if you multiply this risk by 30000+ shops.
On the other side; on site payments are 5 years old at least.
There's no reason not to set up those payment methods, especially if you
wish to be able to sell to this market (USA, etc.)
In short, the ball is in your camp; they won't change this IMHO.
Sylvain
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unfortunately you have misread rhe thread it is not to do with vat only usa and
sales tax.
the ball, as you call it, is not in our court. it is firmly in Bricklink's.
they agreed in the beginning to investigate other payment options and have let
that fade away. as a business we would never give away control of our funds
nd that is what the terms of ppm state
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 14:44 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Currently due to Bricklink policy of 'must have onsite payment method enabled'
no store without that function can sell to anywhere in the USA. We would like
to suggest (not a formal suggestion yet) that BL splits the US shipping destinations
to with sales tax and without, so those of us who do not have onsite payments
enabled can still sell to the (9 states currently). We appreciate this will probably
change as everyone tries to get on the bandwagon - but because you cannot currently
remove an individual state this is not possible - we have had half a dozen enquiries
this month for shipping to USA - all from states with sales tax, unfortunately
On the other hand eliminating a large part of the market based purely on payment
method does not make good business sense. You can collect the sales tax in a
more conventional method - like bill us for it., or is that too difficult .
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While it's not the greatest options, you can still ship today if you setup
a shipping option to the US. Yes, it will appear for all US buyers like myself,
but they will not be able to checkout due to lack of onsite payment. With this,
you would probably get a series of emails about not being about to check out
and the like, but you would show up on the search for all those other buyers
that don't have this rule in place yet.
I think it would be nice if there was a marker or flag that trigger the "seller
ships to my country" based on the necessary shipping option for the tax and VAT
stuff, but that probably isn't a high priority thing at this time.
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that is how we do it. it just seems not sensible.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2022 13:16 | | Subject: | Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 243 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Currently due to Bricklink policy of 'must have onsite payment method enabled'
no store without that function can sell to anywhere in the USA. We would like
to suggest (not a formal suggestion yet) that BL splits the US shipping destinations
to with sales tax and without, so those of us who do not have onsite payments
enabled can still sell to the (9 states currently). We appreciate this will probably
change as everyone tries to get on the bandwagon - but because you cannot currently
remove an individual state this is not possible - we have had half a dozen enquiries
this month for shipping to USA - all from states with sales tax, unfortunately
On the other hand eliminating a large part of the market based purely on payment
method does not make good business sense. You can collect the sales tax in a
more conventional method - like bill us for it., or is that too difficult .
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: I paid VAT on buying, and VAT again receiving | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, calsbricks writes:
| | In Selling, Erkiles writes:
| | "The IOSS allows suppliers and electronic interfaces selling imported
goods to buyers in the EU to collect, declare and pay the VAT to the tax authorities".
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/ioss_en
The whole idea of IOSS has been designed for e-commerce, emphasis on the
"e" for electronic, aka automated systems.
As I've said before: there's no entity that could work through the amount
of parcels arriving daily by hand. You'd need a workforce of at least 10000
people checking parcels 24/7. Or people should expcect delivery times of up to
2 years 
If people are expecting their postal services or courrier to manually check their
parcel for an IOSS nr on the CN22/CN23 slip they are not being realistic IMO.
Erikk
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Hi Erikk
Design is one side of this issue - the other and perhaps more important is the
implementation. Trying to coordinate the rest of the world to a EU specific
system has not gone well. Some areas seem okay and others are a long way short.
And that is with or without an electronic version.
Overall a score of very low for the overall project.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: New UK Prices on PAB cups | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, misbi writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | They have limited supplies coming in and now prices are much higher.
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I wonder what could possibly have caused that to happen? 🙄
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There is that of course, but local retail managers always have problems in Dec
and Jan getting in supplies. That has beem happening for years now.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 10:51 | | Subject: | Re: New UK Prices on PAB cups | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In LEGO, cosmicray writes:
| | In LEGO, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | Effective 1 Jan 2022 large cup prices have increased from £11.24 each to £14.24
each (That is on using returned cups). 30% ish hike
Hmmmm
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That could be good news for Bricklink stores other than those that source inventory
from PAB walls of course!
Robert
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Looking at it from the other end of the telescope ... If you sell it here, for
the same price you had it listed for 12 months back, your return today will not
buy what it would have bought 12 months ago. Think about that.
The price guide does not take into account inflation. Actual buying power is
varying from country to country (which also isn't being considered).
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Very true, with inflation your inventory is worth less in terms of spending power
when liquidated. Here in UK we have not seen big inflation for decades, many
sellers will never have experienced its effect.
Robert (who unfortunately is old enough to remember the 70's/early 80's!!)
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(That makes at least 2 of us !!!!!)
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 10:49 | | Subject: | Re: New UK Prices on PAB cups | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | In LEGO, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | Effective 1 Jan 2022 large cup prices have increased from £11.24 each to £14.24
each (That is on using returned cups). 30% ish hike
Hmmmm
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That could be good news for Bricklink stores other than those that source inventory
from PAB walls of course!
Robert
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That is one positive - prices may go up on Bricklink which might not be quite
so positive
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Yep I think this year will have the tag "inflation". Bricklink prices are likely
to be behind retail prices due to the massive overstocks here but I think they
will go up over time. For mass demanded parts (bricks, plates, etc.) it would
not take a big shift of buyers switching to BL from other sources like PAB I
suppose to reduce those stocks though. That said there are some parts here that
look like they might take until the next millenium to sell out.
Robert
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Agreed with both yours and Nita's comments. Don't you wish you could
raise your prices by 30%, We will be watching this very closely on BL, I have
already heard from one Lego store manager that they are not happy with this.
They have limited supplies coming in and now prices are much higher. If B&P is
combined with PAB that is going to be very interesting indeed.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 10:27 | | Subject: | Re: New UK Prices on PAB cups | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | Effective 1 Jan 2022 large cup prices have increased from £11.24 each to £14.24
each (That is on using returned cups). 30% ish hike
Hmmmm
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That could be good news for Bricklink stores other than those that source inventory
from PAB walls of course!
Robert
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That is one positive - prices may go up on Bricklink which might not be quite
so positive
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 08:35 | | Subject: | New UK Prices on PAB cups | | Viewed: | 156 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Effective 1 Jan 2022 large cup prices have increased from £11.24 each to £14.24
each (That is on using returned cups). 30% ish hike
Hmmmm
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2022 08:18 | | Subject: | Re: PAB & B&P Merging | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Dino1 writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | Could it possibly be a good thing for PAB & B&P merging? Currently the TLG Retail
store managers are restricted to an order form which only allows them to choose
a limited number of items from the 1600 that are available to PAB. With the addition
of the B&P elements might they have a wider choice to make available? Is that
good or not so good. Depends on how you want to look at ir really.
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Overall, it will not be good for us.
With BL's data, it will be easier to adjust prices and quantities to the
market and, most importantly, they will be unbeatable for us in terms of shipping
costs.
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Agreed to a certain extent but not in shipping times (Unless they alter that
as well)- If we have access to the items on PAB walls then they will also have
a hard time competing with BL Price. For example look at 2 x 4 bricks. You can
get 110 in a large cup. Over here that is 10p each roughly. Find a 2 x 4 on TLG
PAB or B&P at that price. So it may well just be swings and roundabouts but BL
delivery will always be better.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2022 07:46 | | Subject: | Re: PAB & B&P Merging | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, manganschlamm writes:
| | In LEGO, calsbricks writes:
| | Could it possibly be a good thing for PAB & B&P merging? Currently the TLG Retail
store managers are restricted to an order form which only allows them to choose
a limited number of items from the 1600 that are available to PAB. With the addition
of the B&P elements might they have a wider choice to make available? Is that
good or not so good. Depends on how you want to look at ir really.
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Another issue concerns the current limitation to 200 of each part that you order
from B&P. That limit is not in PAB. So what will be the new limit?
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Obviously you mean online as there will not be a limit if bought through a Lego
retail store.
There are ways of going over the 200 limit on line. We have done that on a number
of occasions
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2022 06:20 | | Subject: | PAB & B&P Merging | | Viewed: | 190 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Could it possibly be a good thing for PAB & B&P merging? Currently the TLG Retail
store managers are restricted to an order form which only allows them to choose
a limited number of items from the 1600 that are available to PAB. With the addition
of the B&P elements might they have a wider choice to make available? Is that
good or not so good. Depends on how you want to look at ir really.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 11:07 | | Subject: | Re: BL slow | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, Emilio_Magnelli writes:
| | I would let you know that BL is very slow today.
It's impossible to work!
Also Help Desk is down.
em
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Absolutely no problems here in the UK
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 08:00 | | Subject: | Re: Switching to UK sales only for UK stores | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Stuart9 writes:
| | Anyone here switched to UK sales only in the recent past and are UK based ( obviously
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Really don’t see me selling overseas anymore due to all the red tape and need
to produce paperwork that appears to fall foul of or being ignored by officials.
Could barely fit a CN22 to some small packages, now it seems you need to attach
much more for customs, I could be wrong.
No way do I want to get into arguing with vat officials or others because I missed
something or something has changed.
Anyone think I’m being shortsighted or over reacting, fire away, I’m happy to
reconsider.
My best sales have been overseas so I will miss out, I know that, might make
exceptions for large orders, who knows.
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HI Stuart - glad to hear you are settling in. When the pandemic started we decided
to stop selling outside the Uk (just too many issues and, of course we will not
sign up to onsite payments with the current Paypal/Stripe terms). That kept us
out of the US other than the few states where there is no sales tax. Europe we
still sell into Switzerland and ouside of there we still do a few sales to Canada
and Australia. It keeps the store ticking over whilst we consider the future.
Overall only 8% of our total sales came from outside the UK any way (too high
postage costs ).
So whatever decision you make we are sure it will work out for you,
Good luck with it
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2021 07:11 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping as Seller - methods not showing | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, calsbricks writes:
| | In Shipping, liana_condor writes:
| | In Shipping, brac.brick writes:
| | In Shipping, liana_condor writes:
| | In Shipping, Llewyn writes:
| | In Shipping, liana_condor writes:
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| | Ah ok. Thank you for trying that out! How do I manually override these in my
inventory? I can’t see any way to do this? I’d assume that usually the dimensions
etc are correct but I’m sure there’ll be times when it doesn’t quite match up
or hasn’t been inputted on the catalogue?
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On each item you wish to have set to Manual invoice only, you go to the item
and where you select the price & quantity, at the bottom, there is an option
"Pkg type". You can select Manual there. Then make sure to click "submit changes"
so it takes effect. You will need to do this for each item you do not want to
be available for instant checkout. I do this with all my instruction booklets
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Hmm, thanks for the help on this - I've gone to my inventory and selected
the item but I see no 'Pkg type' option. I've tried to amend the
Shipping options to be Manual but no option showing still. Still not sure what
I'm missing.
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You should see the following. If not show us what you are seeiing
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You will aloso need to have th4e following checkbox ticked in My Store settings
- scroll down to inventory and ensure the tick is there.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2021 07:05 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping as Seller - methods not showing | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, liana_condor writes:
| | In Shipping, brac.brick writes:
| | In Shipping, liana_condor writes:
| | In Shipping, Llewyn writes:
| | In Shipping, liana_condor writes:
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| | Ah ok. Thank you for trying that out! How do I manually override these in my
inventory? I can’t see any way to do this? I’d assume that usually the dimensions
etc are correct but I’m sure there’ll be times when it doesn’t quite match up
or hasn’t been inputted on the catalogue?
|
On each item you wish to have set to Manual invoice only, you go to the item
and where you select the price & quantity, at the bottom, there is an option
"Pkg type". You can select Manual there. Then make sure to click "submit changes"
so it takes effect. You will need to do this for each item you do not want to
be available for instant checkout. I do this with all my instruction booklets
.
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Hmm, thanks for the help on this - I've gone to my inventory and selected
the item but I see no 'Pkg type' option. I've tried to amend the
Shipping options to be Manual but no option showing still. Still not sure what
I'm missing.
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You should see the following. If not show us what you are seeiing
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2021 05:55 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink and Brickstore are different | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
| In Catalog, amthorpe writes:
| | In Catalog, amthorpe writes:
| | Just updated the database. Still showing no image and non matching reference
same also applies to the similar items in 71228
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and 71206
|
Same here - looks like the database has not yet been updated.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 08:55 | | Subject: | Re: Anyone recognise this | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
|
| In Catalog Identification, BricksThatStick writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, calsbricks writes:
| | Checked 14769* several times and cannot see this. Either the eyes have gone (good
possibility) or it isn't there.
Ot is definitely black and definitely Lego
|
|
Thanks - didn't check 4150 - Duh - trouble is it isnt a 4150 - clearly 14769
so it is currently misidentified in the catalogue or re-released by Lego as 14769
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2021 07:46 | | Subject: | Anyone recognise this | | Viewed: | 155 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Checked 14769* several times and cannot see this. Either the eyes have gone (good
possibility) or it isn't there.
Ot is definitely black and definitely Lego
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2021 03:14 | | Subject: | Re: Order blocked | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Help | |
|
| In Help, raduenea writes:
| | Hello,
Please help me with the following issue.
I add some products in the cart for every order it keep telling me the message:
Order summary
Seller Refuses Service
This seller refuses service to all members with negative feedback score.
From this message I understand that I have, somehow, negative feedback. I don't
even know why, because I didn't buy anything from this store in order to
receive this feedback. Anyway it's not my intension to do this .
What should I do to?
Thanks in advanced.
|
Stores have the ability to block buyers who have negative feedback, wherever
you got it from. You either need to reach out to the store or gain some positive
feedback to reverse your current negative status.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2021 02:36 | | Subject: | Does anyone know the answer | | Viewed: | 190 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| Reported a printing bug in Brickstore yesterday. Followed all the guidelines
on Github and the report was acknowledged by the author. Late last night received
an advice that the case was now closed. Bug 'fixed' and matter now over.
No program update to Brickstore and whilst I see a lot of code having been introduced
on Github when does the program get updated?
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 05:50 | | Subject: | Re: Orderhistory | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
|
| In Help, Beerzon55 writes:
| | In Help, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Help, Beerzon55 writes:
| | Good afternoon, I was wondering if there is a feature where I can see (download)
all my orders bought on Bricklink with all the details?
PLease let me know!
With regards, Hein Berendsen
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Click on the Download button on the orders placed page.
Note that after 1 year details are purged.
|
Brickwilbo, thanks for your reply, is there no way to view on the purged orders
for details?
With regards, Hein Berendsen
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Currently for a non admin user the answer is no - but you may be able to reach
out to an admin and request info if it is vital.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 05:09 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore issues - update | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, Stellar writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | Further to our original post we are delighted to advise thet with the help and
patience of Beaverbrick we now have a working labels template for Brickstore.
That has also revealed a bug in Brickstore which we are looking at how best to
report that.
The labels work wonderfully, but you can not selectively print them - it is
all or nothing. That happens whether using the label template from the extras
menu or the normal Brickstore print command. It seems to think a document is
the entire list not a selected item. Workaround is simple, copy the individual
item to another document and print from that, but it is a definite bug.
Thanks again Beaverbrick
|
We found another wowrk around. If you use the filters to select the item or items
that you wish to print from a list the select process works. STrange behaviour.
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It's because BrickStore printing works as WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You
Get, if you want to report a bug or a feature just post here:
https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/issues
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What then is the point of select either by marking the item or using the filter.
If that is by design I think it needs to change , if it is a bug it needs fixing.
Will report it where you advised.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 03:07 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore issues - update | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | Further to our original post we are delighted to advise thet with the help and
patience of Beaverbrick we now have a working labels template for Brickstore.
That has also revealed a bug in Brickstore which we are looking at how best to
report that.
The labels work wonderfully, but you can not selectively print them - it is
all or nothing. That happens whether using the label template from the extras
menu or the normal Brickstore print command. It seems to think a document is
the entire list not a selected item. Workaround is simple, copy the individual
item to another document and print from that, but it is a definite bug.
Thanks again Beaverbrick
|
We found another wowrk around. If you use the filters to select the item or items
that you wish to print from a list the select process works. STrange behaviour.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 00:12 | | Subject: | Brickstock/Brickstore issues - update | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| Further to our original post we are delighted to advise thet with the help and
patience of Beaverbrick we now have a working labels template for Brickstore.
That has also revealed a bug in Brickstore which we are looking at how best to
report that.
The labels work wonderfully, but you can not selectively print them - it is
all or nothing. That happens whether using the label template from the extras
menu or the normal Brickstore print command. It seems to think a document is
the entire list not a selected item. Workaround is simple, copy the individual
item to another document and print from that, but it is a definite bug.
Thanks again Beaverbrick
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: Change ,oftenbrings chaos | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, Teup writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Having looked back a long way in the forum (before the current lot of compliance
issues being addressed) I could find no real issues being brought up over sales
tax, vat etc. The stores where it applied were dealing with it with no real issues.
All of a sudden legislates get involved, without thinking things through, as
usual, and we have a degree of chaos here on Bricklink. How odd that the individual
stores, where applicable coped more than adequately, until this load of changes
emerged,
The moral of the story is let well enough alone. Yes they may have missed the
odd amount of tax or vat but things were being dealt with - no pressure on BL
to come up with a total solution and no forum posts raising holy hell.
Still there is no going backwards only forwards and we are all now waiting for
the issues to be dealt with - they are far more complicated than what people
believe but if others have dealt with it I am sure BL will in due course.
|
Well, life was simpler in the past in general... That doesn't mean we can
recreate that by not having the rules we have today. They're there for a
reason. Today's world can't exist without improved legislation on e-commerce,
just like it can't exist without something like cyber security. The problem
is just that Bricklink doesn't see changes in the world as opportunities
to make this platform professional and respectable, but rather behaves like a
poorly motivated teenager who does the bare minimum to pass the class at the
very last moment (and in some cases less than the bare minimum and later than
the last moment).
|
Hiya Teup. Veery philosophical.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 10:31 | | Subject: | Re: Change ,oftenbrings chaos | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, cosmicray writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Yes they may have missed the
odd amount of tax or vat but things were being dealt with - no pressure on BL
to come up with a total solution and no forum posts raising holy hell.
|
You don't live in the USA, so your understanding of the previous situation
may not have been clear. Prior to July 1, 2021, sellers on BrickLink, and located
outside of Florida, were not collecting sales tax. So 49 US states plus all international
sellers were not collecting sales and use tax for shipments destined for Florida.
The same situation applied to ~40 other US states. I do not consider that an
odd amount of sales tax.
Furthermore it created a lopsided playing field between sellers in Florida, and
sellers outside of Florida, for shipments destined here. Since July 1, I've
noticed more orders destined for Florida than I used to receive. Likewise I've
seen fewer orders going to California. So it balances out (in some sense).
Nita Rae
|
Just to help you out Born and raised for the first 21 years of my life in Buffalo,
New York. Well aware of the sales tax situation - every time my family and I
visit the US all I hear from them is we forgot about the sales tax - so it wasn't
quite as cheap as as we thought.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 03:59 | | Subject: | Change ,oftenbrings chaos | | Viewed: | 181 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| Having looked back a long way in the forum (before the current lot of compliance
issues being addressed) I could find no real issues being brought up over sales
tax, vat etc. The stores where it applied were dealing with it with no real issues.
All of a sudden legislates get involved, without thinking things through, as
usual, and we have a degree of chaos here on Bricklink. How odd that the individual
stores, where applicable coped more than adequately, until this load of changes
emerged,
The moral of the story is let well enough alone. Yes they may have missed the
odd amount of tax or vat but things were being dealt with - no pressure on BL
to come up with a total solution and no forum posts raising holy hell.
Still there is no going backwards only forwards and we are all now waiting for
the issues to be dealt with - they are far more complicated than what people
believe but if others have dealt with it I am sure BL will in due course.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2021 00:07 | | Subject: | Re: What happens next | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | In General, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | TLG - Bricklink have recently announced a change of leadership at Bricklink
and thanks the previous CEO for all of his efforts. (Sorry to Interrupt the Monthly
Contests), etc.
We have a new gentleman coming on board - who we do not know a great deal about
other than he is a Lego guy. Ok good. Everyone who uses this site since JK's
takeover (2013) knows it needs a major re-write (Not XP) but both a redesign
and rethink. There have been a few (Including one by us) messages on here which
pointed the cost of doing that to be around 2 years in development terms at whatever
cost you wish to put on that.
|
For me 2 things come to mind:-
1. Cost benefit analysis - what would Lego and everyone else expect to get out
of rewriting the site (versus doing nothing or doing something else instead)?
|
Hiya Robert
A little bird told us a rewrite is the only real way to get thee functionality
we want. Far too much 'spaghetti code' to leave as it is. But the whole
point is it has to be done on a collaboration basis not one individual deciding
what everyone wants and needs. Time will, of course tell
| | 2. Risk analysis. Completely rewriting the site sounds like potentially changing
(or losing) some functionality and as we have seen many times before a resulting
dissatisfaction from members. Could be disaster.
I don't know if they are even thinking of doing this or not and I'm personally
not convinced it is the right thing to do now. Overall not my decision to make
thankfully!
Robert
|
|
Correct me if I'm wrong but XP is already the work in progress where all
the substantial programming and work will be focused. The standard BL will sit
alongside XP and remain largely untouched apart from being patched up here and
there and so I don't think there should be any concern about losing what
we already have.
|
HI there and thanks for adding your thoughts. We believe this entire situation
has changed/evolved and a different approach is in the air. Time, will of course
tell and of course whatever does happen the main site will be kept in place until
any new development is ready.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | We have been Brickstock users since Patrick took it on and in many cases worked
closely with him to iron out issues etc, however his main job really does prevent
him from carrying on with developments so the product is slowly but surely heading
for the archives. Current issues include not getting any images of minwfigures
(everything else is okay), and price guide guidelines are also not updating properly.
So we downloaded Brickstore and it 'cures/fixes' the current Brickstock
issues and adds some nice touches but and it is a big but. We cannot use our
print templates. Yes we know about modifying viewws etc but that doesnt work
when we need to print labels for our products - and it works very well in Brickstock.
. We worked with tsrateplayer (Alan) a long time ago to get these templates done
and have shared them with many Brickstock users. We have good documentation on
theme and a how to guide to create or modify them but have not got a clue how
to incorporate them into Brickstore.
Maybe we can actually reach out to Robert via this forum message and ask if he
is willing to incorporate these into Brickstore. (We print delivery notes as
well as product labels via the templates.
Thoughts/comments.
|
Forgot to add the minifigure issue started immediately after Bricklink changed
the id from minifig to minifigure - we are sure that has something to do with
the issue.
|
The print templates in BrickStore are JavaScript.
I never used BrickStock so I don't know what format they're in.
Take a look at this page...
https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/tree/master/extensions
Scroll down to the README.md section and it gives you info on how to get a print
template into BrickStore (basically, copying the print template file into the
right directory/folder and giving it the right file extension).
I have modified existing templates for my own use, so I'd be happy to take
a look if you're not having much joy... although I'm not a pro programmer
|
OK - the Brickstock files are .qs files and it says only qm are allowed. Not
being a programmer doesn't help me cause I dont know if I can convert the
qs to qm or I have to develop a qm file and add it to the directory. Grrr.
|
Send me the qs file from BrickStock and I'll take a look.
If you send me instructions on how to load the template into BrickStock too,
I can then see exactly what you want in BrickStore.
|
Done - will wait to hear from you. The labels one is the most critical - we
have found a way to create a view that then prints a bit like our delivery note.
|
Working through some of these and think we're getting there.
Which labels are the most important for you?
There are 5 different label layouts, some of which have identical names in BrickStock!!...
Labels_5b
labels_A4Order
labels_A4Report
labels_bill
labels_DYMO
Thanks :
|
Answered by PM - THanks)
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: What happens next | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | TLG - Bricklink have recently announced a change of leadership at Bricklink
and thanks the previous CEO for all of his efforts. (Sorry to Interrupt the Monthly
Contests), etc.
We have a new gentleman coming on board - who we do not know a great deal about
other than he is a Lego guy. Ok good. Everyone who uses this site since JK's
takeover (2013) knows it needs a major re-write (Not XP) but both a redesign
and rethink. There have been a few (Including one by us) messages on here which
pointed the cost of doing that to be around 2 years in development terms at whatever
cost you wish to put on that.
|
For me 2 things come to mind:-
1. Cost benefit analysis - what would Lego and everyone else expect to get out
of rewriting the site (versus doing nothing or doing something else instead)?
|
Hiya Robert
A little bird told us a rewrite is the only real way to get thee functionality
we want. Far too much 'spaghetti code' to leave as it is. But the whole
point is it has to be done on a collaboration basis not one individual deciding
what everyone wants and needs. Time will, of course tell
| | 2. Risk analysis. Completely rewriting the site sounds like potentially changing
(or losing) some functionality and as we have seen many times before a resulting
dissatisfaction from members. Could be disaster.
I don't know if they are even thinking of doing this or not and I'm personally
not convinced it is the right thing to do now. Overall not my decision to make
thankfully!
Robert
|
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 11:12 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, MMillere writes:
| | Please share in a new post if this works
Milissa
|
Of corse
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 10:12 | | Subject: | Re: What happens next | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, kzinti writes:
| | Architecture is everything, so rebuilding a house on a crappy foundation only
results in more issues down the road. The site needs a complete rebuild from
the bottom up, and if the core system is built out correctly, the subs can be
handled Agile style for quicker results.
|
Hiya and thanks for adding your thoughts. I think I covered architecture with
the analyst and a systems spec. Systems meaning architecture, UI, and functionality.
Still do not see a need for agile - requires so much admin and follow up etc,
but if we get that far who cares.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 06:48 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | We have been Brickstock users since Patrick took it on and in many cases worked
closely with him to iron out issues etc, however his main job really does prevent
him from carrying on with developments so the product is slowly but surely heading
for the archives. Current issues include not getting any images of minwfigures
(everything else is okay), and price guide guidelines are also not updating properly.
So we downloaded Brickstore and it 'cures/fixes' the current Brickstock
issues and adds some nice touches but and it is a big but. We cannot use our
print templates. Yes we know about modifying viewws etc but that doesnt work
when we need to print labels for our products - and it works very well in Brickstock.
. We worked with tsrateplayer (Alan) a long time ago to get these templates done
and have shared them with many Brickstock users. We have good documentation on
theme and a how to guide to create or modify them but have not got a clue how
to incorporate them into Brickstore.
Maybe we can actually reach out to Robert via this forum message and ask if he
is willing to incorporate these into Brickstore. (We print delivery notes as
well as product labels via the templates.
Thoughts/comments.
|
Forgot to add the minifigure issue started immediately after Bricklink changed
the id from minifig to minifigure - we are sure that has something to do with
the issue.
|
The print templates in BrickStore are JavaScript.
I never used BrickStock so I don't know what format they're in.
Take a look at this page...
https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/tree/master/extensions
Scroll down to the README.md section and it gives you info on how to get a print
template into BrickStore (basically, copying the print template file into the
right directory/folder and giving it the right file extension).
I have modified existing templates for my own use, so I'd be happy to take
a look if you're not having much joy... although I'm not a pro programmer
|
OK - the Brickstock files are .qs files and it says only qm are allowed. Not
being a programmer doesn't help me cause I dont know if I can convert the
qs to qm or I have to develop a qm file and add it to the directory. Grrr.
|
Send me the qs file from BrickStock and I'll take a look.
If you send me instructions on how to load the template into BrickStock too,
I can then see exactly what you want in BrickStore.
|
Done - will wait to hear from you. The labels one is the most critical - we
have found a way to create a view that then prints a bit like our delivery note.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 06:07 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | We have been Brickstock users since Patrick took it on and in many cases worked
closely with him to iron out issues etc, however his main job really does prevent
him from carrying on with developments so the product is slowly but surely heading
for the archives. Current issues include not getting any images of minwfigures
(everything else is okay), and price guide guidelines are also not updating properly.
So we downloaded Brickstore and it 'cures/fixes' the current Brickstock
issues and adds some nice touches but and it is a big but. We cannot use our
print templates. Yes we know about modifying viewws etc but that doesnt work
when we need to print labels for our products - and it works very well in Brickstock.
. We worked with tsrateplayer (Alan) a long time ago to get these templates done
and have shared them with many Brickstock users. We have good documentation on
theme and a how to guide to create or modify them but have not got a clue how
to incorporate them into Brickstore.
Maybe we can actually reach out to Robert via this forum message and ask if he
is willing to incorporate these into Brickstore. (We print delivery notes as
well as product labels via the templates.
Thoughts/comments.
|
Forgot to add the minifigure issue started immediately after Bricklink changed
the id from minifig to minifigure - we are sure that has something to do with
the issue.
|
The print templates in BrickStore are JavaScript.
I never used BrickStock so I don't know what format they're in.
Take a look at this page...
https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/tree/master/extensions
Scroll down to the README.md section and it gives you info on how to get a print
template into BrickStore (basically, copying the print template file into the
right directory/folder and giving it the right file extension).
I have modified existing templates for my own use, so I'd be happy to take
a look if you're not having much joy... although I'm not a pro programmer
|
OK - the Brickstock files are .qs files and it says only qm are allowed. Not
being a programmer doesn't help me cause I dont know if I can convert the
qs to qm or I have to develop a qm file and add it to the directory. Grrr.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 06:04 | | Subject: | Re: What happens next | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | What next? I reckon very little in terms of seller/buyer features or site development
but probably more Bricklink Designer Program sets. That (and studio) seems to
have driven more new users here and also sales through LEGO's own website.
Two easily measurable performance goals.
|
I hope you are wrong but there is logic in what you are saying. We need another
Dan, really. Lego are mainly interested in sets - they make more money that way.
Parts etc are small fries . I have had a very lengthy e-mail exchange with TLG
customer services (Who are normally very good) over the fact they have stopped
allowing Retail stores ordering 2 x 4 bricks in various standard colours e.g
LBG, DBG, Reddish Brown and Lime to name a few. It has been over 4 years siince
the UK stores have been able to order any of those. One manager told me TLG are
not really interested in the wall - the push is for sets.
|
|
| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 05:31 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
|
| In Related Software, beaverbrick writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | We have been Brickstock users since Patrick took it on and in many cases worked
closely with him to iron out issues etc, however his main job really does prevent
him from carrying on with developments so the product is slowly but surely heading
for the archives. Current issues include not getting any images of minwfigures
(everything else is okay), and price guide guidelines are also not updating properly.
So we downloaded Brickstore and it 'cures/fixes' the current Brickstock
issues and adds some nice touches but and it is a big but. We cannot use our
print templates. Yes we know about modifying viewws etc but that doesnt work
when we need to print labels for our products - and it works very well in Brickstock.
. We worked with tsrateplayer (Alan) a long time ago to get these templates done
and have shared them with many Brickstock users. We have good documentation on
theme and a how to guide to create or modify them but have not got a clue how
to incorporate them into Brickstore.
Maybe we can actually reach out to Robert via this forum message and ask if he
is willing to incorporate these into Brickstore. (We print delivery notes as
well as product labels via the templates.
Thoughts/comments.
|
Forgot to add the minifigure issue started immediately after Bricklink changed
the id from minifig to minifigure - we are sure that has something to do with
the issue.
|
The print templates in BrickStore are JavaScript.
I never used BrickStock so I don't know what format they're in.
Take a look at this page...
https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/tree/master/extensions
Scroll down to the README.md section and it gives you info on how to get a print
template into BrickStore (basically, copying the print template file into the
right directory/folder and giving it the right file extension).
I have modified existing templates for my own use, so I'd be happy to take
a look if you're not having much joy... although I'm not a pro programmer
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Hiya and thanks for the post. Will investigate.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 04:13 | | Subject: | What happens next | | Viewed: | 281 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| TLG - Bricklink have recently announced a change of leadership at Bricklink
and thanks the previous CEO for all of his efforts. (Sorry to Interrupt the Monthly
Contests), etc.
We have a new gentleman coming on board - who we do not know a great deal about
other than he is a Lego guy. Ok good. Everyone who uses this site since JK's
takeover (2013) knows it needs a major re-write (Not XP) but both a redesign
and rethink. There have been a few (Including one by us) messages on here which
pointed the cost of doing that to be around 2 years in development terms at whatever
cost you wish to put on that.
There are differing views on development here some say use an agile methodology
(write code quickly and then patch, patch and patch.) Others say waterfall (The
old fashioned way) is best here - it takes more time and is less patch, (patch
and patch) . Agile is great when you are in a competitive environment (Can keep
you in front of the competition) but is that really required here? It also needs
2 sprint teams at least. One to write and release and the other to patch. Is
this the right environment for release, patch, patch and patch again (Even if
you have the people?)
Bricklink has several things going for it - e,g market pull, membership and now
the financial clout available through TLG, albeit we say that with tongue in
cheek.
Hire a senior analyst who has strong SQL skills/background and let them spend
some time putting together a decent system spec from which a business overview
can be published which asks all the right questions about direction etc and once
that is put together talk to your panels of advisors e.g Marketplace, Catalogue
and Studio as well as any future ones created. Make sure the spec includes strong
inventory management, and gives sellers the tools they need to operate successful
businesses as well as ease of use for buyers, etc. etc.
Get the spec costed and presented to TLG for approval (Let them worry about the
cost and time tables.)
Then go for it , really - lots of complications to this I am sure but in the
end analysis that is what is needed. Think more than carefully about the design
work- what it looks like is a matter of personal choice but what it does is not.
Design is everything in development4 and always calls for the highest level of
knowledge and experience
There are quite a few of us who would be willing to put time and effort into
this as this is a major project and needs lots of input and discussion. Not everyone
is going to get everything they want but working on the basis of discussion leads
to compromise and ultimately a quality product - this is the real way forward,
isn’t it?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 23:31 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, calsbricks writes:
| | We have been Brickstock users since Patrick took it on and in many cases worked
closely with him to iron out issues etc, however his main job really does prevent
him from carrying on with developments so the product is slowly but surely heading
for the archives. Current issues include not getting any images of minwfigures
(everything else is okay), and price guide guidelines are also not updating properly.
So we downloaded Brickstore and it 'cures/fixes' the current Brickstock
issues and adds some nice touches but and it is a big but. We cannot use our
print templates. Yes we know about modifying viewws etc but that doesnt work
when we need to print labels for our products - and it works very well in Brickstock.
. We worked with tsrateplayer (Alan) a long time ago to get these templates done
and have shared them with many Brickstock users. We have good documentation on
theme and a how to guide to create or modify them but have not got a clue how
to incorporate them into Brickstore.
Maybe we can actually reach out to Robert via this forum message and ask if he
is willing to incorporate these into Brickstore. (We print delivery notes as
well as product labels via the templates.
Thoughts/comments.
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Forgot to add the minifigure issue started immediately after Bricklink changed
the id from minifig to minifigure - we are sure that has something to do with
the issue.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 23:26 | | Subject: | Brickstock/Brickstore - issues | | Viewed: | 165 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| We have been Brickstock users since Patrick took it on and in many cases worked
closely with him to iron out issues etc, however his main job really does prevent
him from carrying on with developments so the product is slowly but surely heading
for the archives. Current issues include not getting any images of minwfigures
(everything else is okay), and price guide guidelines are also not updating properly.
So we downloaded Brickstore and it 'cures/fixes' the current Brickstock
issues and adds some nice touches but and it is a big but. We cannot use our
print templates. Yes we know about modifying viewws etc but that doesnt work
when we need to print labels for our products - and it works very well in Brickstock.
. We worked with tsrateplayer (Alan) a long time ago to get these templates done
and have shared them with many Brickstock users. We have good documentation on
theme and a how to guide to create or modify them but have not got a clue how
to incorporate them into Brickstore.
Maybe we can actually reach out to Robert via this forum message and ask if he
is willing to incorporate these into Brickstore. (We print delivery notes as
well as product labels via the templates.
Thoughts/comments.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2021 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: Not convinved this is correct | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, dcarmine writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | In Problem, StarBrick writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | with. What a convoluted mess, with or without Brexit. Do they actually pay these
people to come up with these hair brained schemes (Not Bricklink, by the way
- they are just trying to implement this hair brained scheme)
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Frustration noted, but it doesn't bring you into a better environment....
Actually, we make it possible to have these people paid to come up with these
schemes....
They are funded by OUR taxes, so indirectly when we stop paying taxes, these
people are no longer being paid for there brained scheme productions. However,
it takes about 55 steps in the system to get from your tax payments to these
people.
All these systems worldwide are broken or at the verge of breaking. As long as
we abide by these insane rules, insane schemes and insane solutions, these insane
systems will be held in place.
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One lingering question. A seller putting bl's gb vat id on a cn232b is open
to problems,, especially as you now have to put the business name and address
details on the cn22. To me that is not sensible and very much open to fraud.
How does the system deal with that, if it does at all?
| | When we bring back understanding and logic that operates on a higher level and
not different logic for every lower level, we will gradually begin to see a change
for the better.
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|
I am not, in any way, fully understanding this system. But from listening to
others, the IOSS system is used to report the paid VAT to a database that can
be used by the receiving country to see if the VAT was paid on the sending side
of the transaction.
Maybe you can look that up and see if that is true.
HTH
Donna
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Hi Donna
Thanks for the post. Will be talking to our local Postmaster tomorrow to see
what he knows. Will update then. Whatever the outcome of that it is still a mess
- not well thought out from a practical point of view and full of little loopholes
etc. It is, also in our opinion ripe for fraud.
There is in the UK at least a VAT registration database where one can check on
the validity of a number. I presume the same applies across the EU, but as for
world wide cooperation on a matter like this - no chance.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2021 04:13 | | Subject: | Re: Not convinved this is correct | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, StarBrick writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | with. What a convoluted mess, with or without Brexit. Do they actually pay these
people to come up with these hair brained schemes (Not Bricklink, by the way
- they are just trying to implement this hair brained scheme)
|
Frustration noted, but it doesn't bring you into a better environment....
Actually, we make it possible to have these people paid to come up with these
schemes....
They are funded by OUR taxes, so indirectly when we stop paying taxes, these
people are no longer being paid for there brained scheme productions. However,
it takes about 55 steps in the system to get from your tax payments to these
people.
All these systems worldwide are broken or at the verge of breaking. As long as
we abide by these insane rules, insane schemes and insane solutions, these insane
systems will be held in place.
|
One lingering question. A seller putting bl's gb vat id on a cn232b is open
to problems,, especially as you now have to put the business name and address
details on the cn22. To me that is not sensible and very much open to fraud.
How does the system deal with that, if it does at all?
| | When we bring back understanding and logic that operates on a higher level and
not different logic for every lower level, we will gradually begin to see a change
for the better.
|
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2021 03:59 | | Subject: | Re: Not convinved this is correct | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, StarBrick writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | with. What a convoluted mess, with or without Brexit. Do they actually pay these
people to come up with these hair brained schemes (Not Bricklink, by the way
- they are just trying to implement this hair brained scheme)
|
Frustration noted, but it doesn't bring you into a better environment....
Actually, we make it possible to have these people paid to come up with these
schemes....
They are funded by OUR taxes, so indirectly when we stop paying taxes, these
people are no longer being paid for there brained scheme productions. However,
it takes about 55 steps in the system to get from your tax payments to these
people.
All these systems worldwide are broken or at the verge of breaking. As long as
we abide by these insane rules, insane schemes and insane solutions, these insane
systems will be held in place.
When we bring back understanding and logic that operates on a higher level and
not different logic for every lower level, we will gradually begin to see a change
for the better.
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I wonder whose lifetime that will be in. Certainly not mine.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2021 03:27 | | Subject: | Re: Not convinved this is correct | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Had to place an order on an EU store yesterday knowing full well that we would
have to pay VAT on it. The order was of small value so the VAT wasn't going
to be significant. The store had an onsite payment method (Paypal). Order placed,
shipping costs agreed and normal Bricklink invoice received from store. That
invoice had a link on it to pay via PAYpal onsite which we used - okay fine,
Moments after making the payment a Bricklink VAT invoice arrived - this is where
it gets cloudy, that invoice (BL's) shows an invoice amount fine - but no
where does it show what we paid. Surely this invoice should be a sales receipt
otherwise what proof do I have that we paid the VAT?
It really does not appear that this was all thought through. The customer should
always have proof of payment and by calling the Bricklink invoice which is the
VAT invoice as being paid that would suffice, otherwise C&E have every right
to question it at arrival. They are not interested in an invoice they want to
know the VAT has been paid. .
Are we not reading this right?
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Allright a bit more research and the invoice is fine. That is not the issue whether
it is marked as paid or not. The issue is how does the seller tell customs that
they have accounted for the VAT. Theory is they fill out the CN22b and include
Bricklinks GB VAT ID on it ? That then tells C&E where the vat has been dealt
with. What a convoluted mess, with or without Brexit. Do they actually pay these
people to come up with these hair brained schemes (Not Bricklink, by the way
- they are just trying to implement this hair brained scheme)
|
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2021 00:19 | | Subject: | Not convinved this is correct | | Viewed: | 231 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| Had to place an order on an EU store yesterday knowing full well that we would
have to pay VAT on it. The order was of small value so the VAT wasn't going
to be significant. The store had an onsite payment method (Paypal). Order placed,
shipping costs agreed and normal Bricklink invoice received from store. That
invoice had a link on it to pay via PAYpal onsite which we used - okay fine,
Moments after making the payment a Bricklink VAT invoice arrived - this is where
it gets cloudy, that invoice (BL's) shows an invoice amount fine - but no
where does it show what we paid. Surely this invoice should be a sales receipt
otherwise what proof do I have that we paid the VAT?
It really does not appear that this was all thought through. The customer should
always have proof of payment and by calling the Bricklink invoice which is the
VAT invoice as being paid that would suffice, otherwise C&E have every right
to question it at arrival. They are not interested in an invoice they want to
know the VAT has been paid. .
Are we not reading this right?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2021 01:42 | | Subject: | Re: Organizational change in BrickLink | | Viewed: | 108 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, EnchantedBricks writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Members,
When BrickLink was acquired by the LEGO Group in 2019, we did so with the vision
to get closer to our committed adult fans, and over the past two years, we’ve
invested greatly in supporting and developing BrickLink to better deliver on
your needs.
At the same time, we have seen a significant increase in the LEGO Group’s adult
audience, and we want to build strong, direct relationships with them. Given
BrickLink’s increasingly important role in being a voice for the AFOL community,
we see a need to bring BrickLink closer to the LEGO Group and ensure that their
valuable insights can influence the LEGO Group’s full adult strategy.
As part of the journey to bring BrickLink closer, Marvin Park, formally Vice
President of BrickLink, will become an external advisor, supporting us with his
experience and knowledge about BrickLink.
I would like to warmly thank Marvin for his contribution to BrickLink and the
LEGO Group. Marvin has brought forward a number of strong initiatives that have
been instrumental in shaping BrickLink and developing it to where it is today.
Since the acquisition, he has been dedicated to connecting BrickLink and the
LEGO Group together, while staying focused on creating value for the fans and
the LEGO Group.
The role as Head of BrickLink will be taken on by Casper Thingholm. Casper is
well-positioned to step into this role as he has been intimately involved with
BrickLink over the last two years. This, combined with his solid LEGO leadership
experience and his passion for the fan community, makes me confident that he
will lead the future integration in a smooth and seamless way and enable the
LEGO Group to strongly support BrickLink’s development.
With this change, we will foster closer collaboration, become even better at
developing products that will benefit BrickLink users, and strengthen the voice
of the community towards the LEGO Group.
In this transition and in the future, we are as committed as ever to serving
the AFOL community. Creating value for the BrickLink community and ensuring that
we are meeting their needs will continue to be our top priority and we look forward
to doing even more of that with this change.
Best wishes,
Julia Goldin
Chief Product & Marketing Officer at the LEGO Group
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Thanks for the Update!! I hope this is a step in the right direction.
Hopefully we will see some optimization and some focus on Seller Tools. I look
forward to the Future of BrickLink.
Always Let Your Imagination Run Wild!!
Enchanted Bricks
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The first iteration is coming, I can assure you. No guaranteed timeline yet but
it is 'in the works'. And remember it is only step 1 of the many concepts
that are being addressed.
Complaince issues are, as normal, taking up valuable development time, but as
they are compliance they have to be done. I can honestly say after 8.5 long years
of promises (Mostly broken) that things are moving.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2021 00:55 | | Subject: | Re: Organizational change in BrickLink | | Viewed: | 141 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Members,
When BrickLink was acquired by the LEGO Group in 2019, we did so with the vision
to get closer to our committed adult fans, and over the past two years, we’ve
invested greatly in supporting and developing BrickLink to better deliver on
your needs.
At the same time, we have seen a significant increase in the LEGO Group’s adult
audience, and we want to build strong, direct relationships with them. Given
BrickLink’s increasingly important role in being a voice for the AFOL community,
we see a need to bring BrickLink closer to the LEGO Group and ensure that their
valuable insights can influence the LEGO Group’s full adult strategy.
As part of the journey to bring BrickLink closer, Marvin Park, formally Vice
President of BrickLink, will become an external advisor, supporting us with his
experience and knowledge about BrickLink.
I would like to warmly thank Marvin for his contribution to BrickLink and the
LEGO Group. Marvin has brought forward a number of strong initiatives that have
been instrumental in shaping BrickLink and developing it to where it is today.
Since the acquisition, he has been dedicated to connecting BrickLink and the
LEGO Group together, while staying focused on creating value for the fans and
the LEGO Group.
The role as Head of BrickLink will be taken on by Casper Thingholm. Casper is
well-positioned to step into this role as he has been intimately involved with
BrickLink over the last two years. This, combined with his solid LEGO leadership
experience and his passion for the fan community, makes me confident that he
will lead the future integration in a smooth and seamless way and enable the
LEGO Group to strongly support BrickLink’s development.
With this change, we will foster closer collaboration, become even better at
developing products that will benefit BrickLink users, and strengthen the voice
of the community towards the LEGO Group.
In this transition and in the future, we are as committed as ever to serving
the AFOL community. Creating value for the BrickLink community and ensuring that
we are meeting their needs will continue to be our top priority and we look forward
to doing even more of that with this change.
Best wishes,
Julia Goldin
Chief Product & Marketing Officer at the LEGO Group
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Thank you for the update. Look forward to the coming months and further updates.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 30, 2021 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Filter by quantity - part ref NOT colour | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, StickyBrickit writes:
| | If I want to find sellers of a particular part I know I can filter them by quantity,
but this seems to rely on the quantity being of a particular colour. Is there
anyway I can find the largest quantity for EVERY colour a seller might have?
For instance say I want to see who has the most of part 40490 (technic 1x9 lift
arm). I want the filter to be able to just tell me who has the most OVERALL of
these regardless of the colour. Is it possible to do this?
TIA
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The simplest way to do this is as follows:
Go to Market - Stores - Find Stores
Put in the part number in keyword e.g 40490
Drop the list box down on the left hand side that says sort stores by and choose
No of items, then lots
That gives you the stores with the most of any part and also shows how many different
lots
Hope that helps
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 26, 2021 11:39 | | Subject: | Re: Remove pointless restriction | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Teup writes:
| | In Technical Issues, yorbrick writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Teup writes:
| | The usual pattern for bugs I report is: Bricklink says "ah, well that's funny!",
nothing happens, and I give up, but this time I will try again, since this one
really is a nuisance. I need to go over all of my shipping methods one by one
and change it every time I adjust my minimum order (and lose the old settings).
So, one more time...
Bricklink, please, remove this pointless restriction. There is no reason why
my minimum order can't be higher than my shipping method minimum orders.
The store minimum should simply override it.
In fact it frustrates the bypass procedure, because I cannot control which shipping
methods become available when someone gets the bypass password (not sure if they
get any at all - they might end up with none). Simply allow shipping methods
to have a low minimum. Should be a simple change.
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It is also a pain if you temporarily want to have a high minimum order value.
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Exactly. I just wanted to increase it for a week to catch up with errands, but
it makes me check and modify 10 shipping methods, twice.. I always hope I didn't
forget one when I'm putting it back.
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To be fair the entire design of the shipping methods and chosen countries is
not the best. For a store with multiple boxes (we have 3 LL and 11 SP) it would
be a nightmare and a half to set up for IC. They got the design wrong and have
continuously decided against changing it. Design is key in development but understanding
the application from a users perspective is also a vital cog. When the site is
finally re-written, (if and when, of course) we hope things like this will be
taken into account.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 26, 2021 08:19 | | Subject: | Re: Refusing to sell or ship because of location. | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, mcmcmahan writes:
| | I just finished spending about 30 minutes placing an order only to be informed
that they were unable to find any shipping methods from Pennsylvania to Washington.
Imagine my surprise to find out that this is still going on. I think it's
time for Bricklink to put an end to vendors, who for some reason or another(mainly
politics), won't ship too places that they don't like. Bricklink needs
to set a policy that simply states "If you are unwilling to ship to every Bricklink
user then you need to leave and sell your wares elsewhere". It's your site
not theirs - time to shut this down once and for all.
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Bit confused here. All stores have a banner on their header which clearly states
whether they ship to me or not. If this store says they ship to you then there
may be a technical glitch - if not then you do not spend time filling a cart
only to find they will not ship. The store in question has now responded and
it appears to be a technical glitch.
As for forcing all stores to ship everywhere that simply is not feasible. Stores
are independent businesses and they make their own decisions on who and where
they ship to. Almost never a good idea to force something on people.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 15, 2021 13:42 | | Subject: | Re: UK - Buying overseas post Brexit own goal. | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, calsbricks writes:
| | In Buying, monkypaws writes:
| | ANyone had any experience of buying from overseas from UK - either Europe or
other. 3x3 turrets are non-existent here and having found a seller in Norway
with a number I chanced it and a month later still waiting. Happy that the seller
was genuine and posted in good faith.
|
3 Swiss orders - no problems; 4 Canada orders - no problems No IC and no onsite
payment methods, works fine.
1 very unhappy USA customer who wanted some 'rarish items' and we could
not help - no onsite payment method (Our choice)
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Switzerland is not in the EU, so not affected by EU country VAT collection. They
pay any taxes on import. Same for Canadian users, pay on import.
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And the question is by a UK denizen who wants to buy from out-of-UK sellers,
not to sell…
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fully aware of that as well
.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 15, 2021 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: UK - Buying overseas post Brexit own goal. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yorbrick writes:
| | In Buying, calsbricks writes:
| | In Buying, monkypaws writes:
| | ANyone had any experience of buying from overseas from UK - either Europe or
other. 3x3 turrets are non-existent here and having found a seller in Norway
with a number I chanced it and a month later still waiting. Happy that the seller
was genuine and posted in good faith.
|
3 Swiss orders - no problems; 4 Canada orders - no problems No IC and no onsite
payment methods, works fine.
1 very unhappy USA customer who wanted some 'rarish items' and we could
not help - no onsite payment method (Our choice)
|
Switzerland is not in the EU, so not affected by EU country VAT collection. They
pay any taxes on import. Same for Canadian users, pay on import.
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fully aware of that
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 15, 2021 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: UK - Buying overseas post Brexit own goal. | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, monkypaws writes:
| | ANyone had any experience of buying from overseas from UK - either Europe or
other. 3x3 turrets are non-existent here and having found a seller in Norway
with a number I chanced it and a month later still waiting. Happy that the seller
was genuine and posted in good faith.
|
3 Swiss orders - no problems; 4 Canada orders - no problems No IC and no onsite
payment methods, works fine.
1 very unhappy USA customer who wanted some 'rarish items' and we could
not help - no onsite payment method (Our choice)
|
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 08:41 | | Subject: | Re: Please add Variant poicy to mandatory terms | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | To avoid issues such as what we mentioned yesterday why not get Bricklink to
add to the stores terms page a variant policy statement from the store. I am
sure we will see everything from no policy to a complete novel, but at least
it is something that can be looked at by potential buyers and it may even add
clarity to the current situation.
We very strongly believe this is a stores responsibility and not the buyers.
A buyer should have confidence in the fact they are getting what they ordered.
or a notice from the store to alert them they aren't.
Of course mistake can and will happen but if a policy statement is at least on
the mind of the store maybe it will help them to focus
I do agree that buyers, if concerned could ask for details but of 6 stores who
were asked none replied is not a good result.
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The problem with this suggestion, is how do you handle backwards compatibility
?
If a part exists in the Catalog, as a singular unitary definition ... and then
one day it becomes recognized that variants exist ... how do you go back and
tell all those sellers you need to go thru your parts and divide them up by
variant ? You can't.
With the existing paradigm (of how the catalog works), there is no way but to
make the old catalog entry locked (for additions), schedule it for removal, and
then create all new variant based catalog entries. That bifurcates existing listings,
and is non-optimal in the long run. It does recognize the existence of variants,
but it does not solve the issue of previous un-specified inventory.
Nita Rae
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Hmm - this would all have to be date based then and that means development work
on the catalogue - not a good idea unless it becomes a re-write and that is not
going to happen anytime soon. LOts of things need adding or changing there but
not on the schedule or outwardly under discussion. Pity really
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 07:10 | | Subject: | Re: Please add Variant poicy to mandatory terms | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | To avoid issues such as what we mentioned yesterday why not get Bricklink to
add to the stores terms page a variant policy statement from the store. I am
sure we will see everything from no policy to a complete novel, but at least
it is something that can be looked at by potential buyers and it may even add
clarity to the current situation.
We very strongly believe this is a stores responsibility and not the buyers.
A buyer should have confidence in the fact they are getting what they ordered.
or a notice from the store to alert them they aren't.
Of course mistake can and will happen but if a policy statement is at least on
the mind of the store maybe it will help them to focus
I do agree that buyers, if concerned could ask for details but of 6 stores who
were asked none replied is not a good result.
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Any variant policy will need to define exactly what a variant is. Otherwise,
what does it apply to?
Concerning the 1x2 jumpers, the parts are:
Is 15573 a variant of the 3794 types? I think not, it is a different part entirely
that happens to look the same from above but not below. I don't think it
would be covered under a variant definition, since they are just similar and
not variants. Sellers sending 15573 instead of 3794/a/b are just doing a bad
job at part identification.
If they are variants, then what about these parts ...
They are similar in mould type to each other (and noted as such) but not really
variants of each other. There are many, many groups of similar parts in the catalogue.
Without defining these as variants rather than similar to, a variant policy doesn't
really help when sellers cannot tell the difference.
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Don't disagree with what you say. But if Bricklink list it as a variant then
it should belong within a policy statement. So if 15573 is classed as a 3794
variant then that is a Bricklink issue not a store issue. (By the way we agree
with you on that one).
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 4, 2021 03:18 | | Subject: | Please add Variant poicy to mandatory terms | | Viewed: | 127 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| To avoid issues such as what we mentioned yesterday why not get Bricklink to
add to the stores terms page a variant policy statement from the store. I am
sure we will see everything from no policy to a complete novel, but at least
it is something that can be looked at by potential buyers and it may even add
clarity to the current situation.
We very strongly believe this is a stores responsibility and not the buyers.
A buyer should have confidence in the fact they are getting what they ordered.
or a notice from the store to alert them they aren't.
Of course mistake can and will happen but if a policy statement is at least on
the mind of the store maybe it will help them to focus
I do agree that buyers, if concerned could ask for details but of 6 stores who
were asked none replied is not a good result.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 15:12 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, EmblaRonja writes:
| | Sorry but I don’t get your point all the way.
First you tell you did a mistake in your own inventory and then you complain
about other sellers who did the exact same thing??
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never said there was a mistake in our inventory. we have an offline inventory
management system -unfortunately we cannot always agree with Bricklink.
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Also you claim you bought the part listed as un-specified - well to me un-specified
might be any jumper even if the part number isn’t the same.
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not sure where you got that we bought the part as 3794b - that is not unspecified
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Last want to say that BrickLink s parting out system usually is why this is happening.
Inventory says one variant but in reality the sets might have any other or mixed
variants in the same set. So if a seller don’t check all parts for accuracy this
will happen to their inventory again and again.
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if you have proof of that you should provide that info to Bricklink development
to investigate and resolve.
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As other stated - if important - ask first prior to placing that order.
/Niclas
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no buyer should have to ask pre-ordering a part which is clearly labelled as
the variant required. that is and always should be the responsibility of the
seller - otherwise what is the point
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: It is just one of those days | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I know the lawmakers were after the Amazons of the world but is it really necessary
to clobber the 'bit players' in this way.
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I guess it depends on your perspective. Rather than the sellers, I think they
were after the customers importing stuff to avoid paying VAT and for higher value
but still under £135, simplifying the collection so it is done before rather
than at the time of import. It will take some time for everyone to learn what
they are doing and hopefully it will settle down. When it does, it will be cheaper
than it used to be before the whole OMP tax collection started as there will
not be a Royal Mail collection fee.
There are small sellers on amazon and big sellers on 'small' sites. Surely
they are all doing the same thing though.
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Not sure anyone has got it absolutely correct yet eg sales exemptions in the
USA are not catered for yet. Exempt items in the UK are also not yet catered
for. There is a long way to go with the actual details of this - in the short
term it is messy and a bit unpredictable - people paying twice etc IOS numbers
or what ever . Bit sloppy really but you are right in the end it will settle
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, firestar246 writes:
| | In Problem, Leftoverbricks writes:
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Did all that and there was nothing in the terms of the store to suggest they
did not bother with variants. What I did not do is ask for contformation from
them - but why list as 3794b when it is clearly 15573 (not that difficult to
determine that).
Should it be the buyers responsibility or should it be th4e sellers to get it
right. It only takes seconds to determine the differences here
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How long are you around on BL? Two months? Because that is what it looks to me
when I read your message.
When I want a particular part variant I always send a mail to the seller
prior to ordering. I suggest that you should do the same in the future
instead of complaining about 'bad' sellers in the forum.
Given your 13 years presence on BL and knowing that you read the forum on a daily
basis, I think you should have known better. That's why I have no compassion
at all to your complaint - Sorry!
Best wishes -
Martin
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I don't think a buyer should be required to check with a seller to make sure
they listed something correctly; that is the seller's responsibility. That's
what the "This Item is similar in mold type to the following Item(s):" is for,
to alert sellers to make sure they list correctly.
If I'm going to purchase an item, I'm going to assume the seller has
listed it correctly, unless the seller is very new; then I might check.
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Agreed
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 12:27 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Leftoverbricks writes:
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Did all that and there was nothing in the terms of the store to suggest they
did not bother with variants. What I did not do is ask for contformation from
them - but why list as 3794b when it is clearly 15573 (not that difficult to
determine that).
Should it be the buyers responsibility or should it be th4e sellers to get it
right. It only takes seconds to determine the differences here
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How long are you around on BL? Two months? Because that is what it looks to me
when I read your message.
When I want a particular part variant I always send a mail to the seller
prior to ordering. I suggest that you should do the same in the future
instead of complaining about 'bad' sellers in the forum.
Given your 13 years presence on BL and knowing that you read the forum on a daily
basis, I think you should have known better. That's why I have no compassion
at all to your complaint - Sorry!
Best wishes -
Martin
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I am now out the cost of those and still do not have parts. Whether the original
saller responds to our message - all of this extra and additional work should
not be necessary if people just took their time and got it right in the first
place. No one is perfect, we accept that, but really is it that difficult to
get it right? Should you be selling on Bricklink if you cannot get a simple variant
like this right?
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I should have added it the seller had listed these as 3794 (Unid) I would have
asked for a photo or comments but to list as 3794b is not right.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Leftoverbricks writes:
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Did all that and there was nothing in the terms of the store to suggest they
did not bother with variants. What I did not do is ask for contformation from
them - but why list as 3794b when it is clearly 15573 (not that difficult to
determine that).
Should it be the buyers responsibility or should it be th4e sellers to get it
right. It only takes seconds to determine the differences here
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How long are you around on BL? Two months? Because that is what it looks to me
when I read your message.
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I think you might find a lot longer than you.
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When I want a particular part variant I always send a mail to the seller
prior to ordering. I suggest that you should do the same in the future
instead of complaining about 'bad' sellers in the forum.
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We did not complain about bad sellers we suggested people should take their time
in identifying items they list. With well over 1100 orders placed on the site
we think we are well aware of how to purchase and get what we ordered.
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Given your 13 years presence on BL and knowing that you read the forum on a daily
basis, I think you should have known better. That's why I have no compassion
at all to your complaint - Sorry!
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Compassion is probably not the best word in these circumstances.
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Best wishes -
Martin
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I am now out the cost of those and still do not have parts. Whether the original
saller responds to our message - all of this extra and additional work should
not be necessary if people just took their time and got it right in the first
place. No one is perfect, we accept that, but really is it that difficult to
get it right? Should you be selling on Bricklink if you cannot get a simple variant
like this right?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 12:09 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Problem, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Had an urgent requirement for 50+ 3794b's in white. Our inventory showed
we had enough but when checking there were some which were actually 15573. Went
to replace those and found about 20 suppliers in the UK who had (supposedly)
enough to solve our shortage.
Ordered in 50 - they arrived quickly but they are all 15573's. The moral
of the story is if you are going to list as a variant make sure they are the
variant.
That is why we have a catalogue with comparison photos.
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While I agree with the catalog and sort my inventory based on the different variants,
many many many store that I've visited for one reason or another state
in their terms that they do not list variants for parts like this. In the past
I had a need for a specific variant of another part to complete an older set
and I would suggest that if you are looking for a specific variant that you spot
check with the seller to confirm that you are actually getting that part unless
you can see that they list the variants in there store.
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That's why we have this listing:
IMO if a seller knows that they aren't going to differentiate, they should
make sure that their actual listings reflect that.
Ryan
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As an absolute minimum we agree and that is why those unidentified codes were
left in the catalogue.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 11:45 | | Subject: | It is just one of those days | | Viewed: | 148 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| Just looked at the major sellers in usa and europe - but to buy from usa I think
I am going to pay sales tax, and import duty and a handling fee and a similar
situation from EU.
I know the lawmakers were after the Amazons of the world but is it really necessary
to clobber the 'bit players' in this way.
This saga has shown us it is no longer viable to buy outside the UK and I am
sure lots of others see it that way as well.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, yorbrick writes:
| | In Problem, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Had an urgent requirement for 50+ 3794b's in white. Our inventory showed
we had enough but when checking there were some which were actually 15573. Went
to replace those and found about 20 suppliers in the UK who had (supposedly)
enough to solve our shortage.
Ordered in 50 - they arrived quickly but they are all 15573's. The moral
of the story is if you are going to list as a variant make sure they are the
variant.
That is why we have a catalogue with comparison photos.
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While I agree with the catalog and sort my inventory based on the different variants,
many many many store that I've visited for one reason or another state
in their terms that they do not list variants for parts like this. In the past
I had a need for a specific variant of another part to complete an older set
and I would suggest that if you are looking for a specific variant that you spot
check with the seller to confirm that you are actually getting that part unless
you can see that they list the variants in there store.
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I can understand not sorting variants when they are very similar and difficult
to check, especially if you only have one type in hand. But the new and older
style jumpers are easy to tell apart.
I'd take 3794 a/b as variants of each other, but 15573 as a different part.
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The comparison photo does a good job in this case and yes there is an argument
they could be different parts, but how to id them is clear enough.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Had an urgent requirement for 50+ 3794b's in white. Our inventory showed
we had enough but when checking there were some which were actually 15573. Went
to replace those and found about 20 suppliers in the UK who had (supposedly)
enough to solve our shortage.
Ordered in 50 - they arrived quickly but they are all 15573's. The moral
of the story is if you are going to list as a variant make sure they are the
variant.
That is why we have a catalogue with comparison photos.
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While I agree with the catalog and sort my inventory based on the different variants,
many many many store that I've visited for one reason or another state
in their terms that they do not list variants for parts like this. In the past
I had a need for a specific variant of another part to complete an older set
and I would suggest that if you are looking for a specific variant that you spot
check with the seller to confirm that you are actually getting that part unless
you can see that they list the variants in there store.
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Did all that and there was nothing in the terms of the store to suggest they
did not bother with variants. What I did not do is ask for contformation from
them - but why list as 3794b when it is clearly 15573 (not that difficult to
determine that).
Should it be the buyers responsibility or should it be th4e sellers to get it
right. It only takes seconds to determine the differences here
I am now out the cost of those and still do not have parts. Whether the original
saller responds to our message - all of this extra and additional work should
not be necessary if people just took their time and got it right in the first
place. No one is perfect, we accept that, but really is it that difficult to
get it right? Should you be selling on Bricklink if you cannot get a simple variant
like this right?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2021 11:03 | | Subject: | Newish sellers - if not all - take your time | | Viewed: | 254 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| Had an urgent requirement for 50+ 3794b's in white. Our inventory showed
we had enough but when checking there were some which were actually 15573. Went
to replace those and found about 20 suppliers in the UK who had (supposedly)
enough to solve our shortage.
Ordered in 50 - they arrived quickly but they are all 15573's. The moral
of the story is if you are going to list as a variant make sure they are the
variant.
That is why we have a catalogue with comparison photos.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 09:25 | | Subject: | Boxes and Bags from Davpack (UK) | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| For those of you who use Davpack for your zip lock bags and boxes,, please note
they are having extreme difficulties in getting items delivered. so much so that
they have cancelled our last order which Tuffnells lost twice and refunded our
payment.
They know about the problems but currently saying they are under contract and
cannot deviate from that . despite the fact they are losing business
Whoever negotiated that contract wants shooting. Tuffnells must be in breach
which should give Davpack options but they are telling us they do not have any
options. We have been using them for over 10 years and up til now have never
had any problems
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 16, 2021 10:56 | | Subject: | Add My favourite stores to find stores/find i | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Could we have ann additional filter on these screens please to restrict the search
to our favorite stores.
Thanks
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 11, 2021 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: Really ????? | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SimplyBricks writes:
What a load of utter rubbish. And people get funded to do things like this. Boys
are boys and girls are girls we were created differently and we will always be
different - so what. As long as people are treated equally who cares (Obviously
the author of this article) The world has changed dramatically in the time that
I have been around and it will be different again in the next era - so what -
life evolves - sometimes it gets better and sometimes it doesn't.
Hi Mike/Emma -Thanks for bringing this article to our attention we don't
normally read the Mail.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2021 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Marketplace Newsletter | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stellar writes:
Unfortunately the survey is entirely US based. Bricklink you are a world wide
organisation serving the globe not just the USA. In fact Europe including the
UK has more stores in total than the US. Think global - that will serve you and
us much better.
Your questions are not structured properly as they do not allow a not applicable
as a response. In order to move to the next question you must offer a response
which is, in several cases, nonsense.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2021 12:08 | | Subject: | They rarely work but ........ | | Viewed: | 209 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Most eCommerce sites we use here in the UK ask us to confirm we have read and
accept the terms and conditions of the site when we are placing an order. Bricklink
currently does not - it just previews those terms,. Should we have a checkbox
which is mandatory so that buyers confirm their acceptance. Might help if and
when there are disputes
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 11, 2021 05:27 | | Subject: | Re: Find order for pieces already bought | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, osamot writes:
| | Hi
I need to know which is the order that I did (and the seller of course...) for
a determined part.
Is it possible to search the part (and the orders i did for it) without look
at the single order line in the orders page?
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There is another way as well. ON the my orders page at the top right there is
a Find Orders command. If you click on that it takes you to a page where you
can define the part you are looking for and over what time frame. Once you make
your choices and click go all orders that meet the criteria will appear. We
find that slightly less clumsy than the price guide method.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2021 10:17 | | Subject: | Re: Error message "No payment methods available" | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, STEEL writes:
| | In Help, BasKrie writes:
| | In Help, STEEL writes:
| | In Help, BasKrie writes:
| | In Help, STEEL writes:
| | Why do I keep getting customers messaging me to say they can't buy and they
are getting THIS error message: "No payment methods available" ?? 
I ship worldwide, always have. I have not changed ANYTHING and up until about
4-6 weeks ago everything was fine, but this has happened about 6 times in the
last few weeks, I can't figure out why and I am losing sales !!!
I contacted Bricklink when it was first happening about a month ago, but no one
has replied!
HELP PLEASE
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are you sure that they are getting the stated error?
And from what countries do they come?
I do see a notice:
Seller does not support orders shipping to Netherlands when item total is equal
to or less than €150 (~AU $240.82).
But once above that total I see no other errors.
You don't offer PayPal onsite, so that would be the reason for the note.
And it makes that US buyers cannot buy from you. I'm not sue what error they
would get, I guess something like no shipping to their state/country
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This is VERY weird. I did have pay-pal Onsite set up and somehow the box for
it in my settings has been "unchecked"? Anyway, I have now fixed that.
BUT...
I get this issue from people in my home country (Australia) and I have had it
with UK buyers, a guy from India yesterday and also new Zealand.
Now that I have fixed (I hope) the issue, would you mind checking again for me?
THANKS!!
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The notice does not appear anymore
So that's fixed.
But doesn't explain the other issues.
You will have try and get more info from the potential buyers.
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Thanks for your help!!
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Just a short added comment. You do not require an onsite payment method unless
you are selling to the USA (states that have a sales tax) and the EU - not needed
for Switzerland, for example.
Bricklinks logic is if you are selling to either of those categories you must
provide them with a method of collecting the applicable tax. If not then all
is normal/
Their philosophic on this is it is a more modern way to run a marketplace (online
payment methods) - that might be the case but the terms of these marketplace
'deals' are still not suitable (Handing full control of the stores funds
to the marketplace owner)
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2021 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: Yet another store function broken. | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Hypertrophy writes:
| | Also, I can no longer scale / enlarge an order page to remove the margins when
I print. I'm stuck having to print orders on extra paper. I've tried
different browsers and it doesn't work. Anyone else having this issue?
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Yes we are as well - this is what we have done to solve it. We print on Microsoft
Edge using the save as pdf 'printer'. We click on more settings and increase
the scale from 100 to 150. We then save that and it is fine. Long winded and
totally unnecessary but it works.
I do wish they would stop tinkering
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 10:17 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thought | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Turez writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | What would have been helpful if when clicking on the little green box after his
name it told you what h is previous username was and or whether or not it was
merging multiple accounts.
I am sure we used to be able to do this but perhaps GDPR has stopped it. Be nice
to have that feature back.
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https://www.bricklink.com/memberLog.asp
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Thanks for that forgot about that log.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 08:59 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thought | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | […]
More worrying why did they say they had placed lots of orders on Bricklink and
why did Bricklink put the little icon after their name to indicate either username
change or merge accounts. All this made it high risk and we bailed on it.
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If I’m not mistaken, the icon is also for new users.
So:
— name change,
— merged account,
— OR new member.
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I believe I said he had commented that he had placed lots of orders on Bricklink.
His registration date confirmed 25 Aug 2021 but his comments were as if he was
a seasoned buyer.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 08:16 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thought | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Had an order this morning from a 0 feedback buyer for 400 parts over 140 lots.
No problem, however he said in his comments he had placed lots of orders on
Bricklink but was moving from one store to another due to incorrect parts being
sent.
I thought okay but lets do a bit of digging. He only registered on Bricklink
yesterday - so it is unlikely he had placed lots of orders. Dig deeper and it
appears he has changed his username within the last 30 days - warning bells or
he has had multiple accounts merged. More warning bells - might be nothing but
140 lot order takes time to pick and we process first .
I messaged him for more info and unfortunately he did not reply, so I cancelled
the order with a full explanation and left no feedback.
What would have been helpful if when clicking on the little green box after his
name it told you what h is previous username was and or whether or not it was
merging multiple accounts.
I am sure we used to be able to do this but perhaps GDPR has stopped it. Be nice
to have that feature back.
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The order came this morning. You emailed him but he did not reply, so you cancelled.
Which rises the question: How much time do you allow from someone to read and
reply to emails? Sounds like an hour max. One day or two seems more appropriate
to me.
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You may be right but we deemed it extremely high risk so the easiest thing to
do was cancel. (We normally allow up to 3 days for replies) - but in this case
we considered all the facts and chose early cancellation.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 07:57 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thought | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, peregrinator writes:
| | In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | I am sure we used to be able to do this but perhaps GDPR has stopped it. Be nice
to have that feature back.
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It sounds like the buyer created a new account entirely - if you only change
your username you definitely do not have your feedback reset to zero, nor does
your registration date change.
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More worrying why did they say they had placed lots of orders on Bricklink and
why did Bricklink put the little icon after their name to indicate either username
change or merge accounts. All this made it high risk and we bailed on it.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 07:55 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thought | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Stevemac1976 writes:
| | I would have fulfilled the order i think, but when i am a little cautious for
whatever reason, i take photo evidence of the picked parts, then them packed
up and ensure it is sent with full tracking. But would depend on the total value
as well.....
In Problem, calsbricks writes:
| | Had an order this morning from a 0 feedback buyer for 400 parts over 140 lots.
No problem, however he said in his comments he had placed lots of orders on
Bricklink but was moving from one store to another due to incorrect parts being
sent.
I thought okay but lets do a bit of digging. He only registered on Bricklink
yesterday - so it is unlikely he had placed lots of orders. Dig deeper and it
appears he has changed his username within the last 30 days - warning bells or
he has had multiple accounts merged. More warning bells - might be nothing but
140 lot order takes time to pick and we process first .
I messaged him for more info and unfortunately he did not reply, so I cancelled
the order with a full explanation and left no feedback.
What would have been helpful if when clicking on the little green box after his
name it told you what h is previous username was and or whether or not it was
merging multiple accounts.
I am sure we used to be able to do this but perhaps GDPR has stopped it. Be nice
to have that feature back.
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If it had been a higher value we might have done that but it wasn't and their
lack of response concerned us.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 07:39 | | Subject: | Just a thought | | Viewed: | 225 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| Had an order this morning from a 0 feedback buyer for 400 parts over 140 lots.
No problem, however he said in his comments he had placed lots of orders on
Bricklink but was moving from one store to another due to incorrect parts being
sent.
I thought okay but lets do a bit of digging. He only registered on Bricklink
yesterday - so it is unlikely he had placed lots of orders. Dig deeper and it
appears he has changed his username within the last 30 days - warning bells or
he has had multiple accounts merged. More warning bells - might be nothing but
140 lot order takes time to pick and we process first .
I messaged him for more info and unfortunately he did not reply, so I cancelled
the order with a full explanation and left no feedback.
What would have been helpful if when clicking on the little green box after his
name it told you what h is previous username was and or whether or not it was
merging multiple accounts.
I am sure we used to be able to do this but perhaps GDPR has stopped it. Be nice
to have that feature back.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Aug 5, 2021 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstock help | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, TechnicBuilt writes:
| | In Help, Zab3uk75 writes:
| | Hi,
I am just wondering why Brickstock appears to adjust my prices for me!!
ie list an item in Brickstock for 0.01 and it will adjust to 0.015 or similiar.
Thanks for your help.
June
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Check the exchange rate settings, I believe it is set to USD by default.
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Also check the settings for rounding - should be set to 2 decimal places not
3.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:26 | | Subject: | Re: The page cannot be displayed... | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Brick_Wizard writes:
| | The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.
Anyone else getting this message when trying to view your Orders Received page?
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OK Gere - what browser are y ou using?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 10:06 | | Subject: | Re: Marketplace Panel meeting minutes | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, ErwinNL writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Please find the minutes from the first Marketplace Panel meeting.
Minutes from the first Marketplace Panel meeting May 20th. 2021
Agenda
- Panel member introductions
- Marketplace panel program presentation
- Workshop
- BrickLink vision
- Marketplace plan 2021 & Prioritization discussion
- Next steps
Ad. 1 Panel member introductions
We have selected the initial panel members based on criteria such as: Having
both buyers and sellers represented, BrickLink experience, ability to engage
in constructive dialogues about the future of BrickLink and ability to consider
the greater good for the BrickLink sellers and buyers.
The initial panel members are:
Constructibles, SimplyBricks, Dcarmine, Calsbricks, Erkiles, Legoman77, Faro,
BrickCoast
During this first part, all panel members introduced themselves and it is clear
that this is a diverse, multitalented group that are all passionate about BrickLink.
No doubt that this select group will be a fantastic first Marketplace panel.
Ad 2. Marketplace panel program presentation
The structure of the program had been shared with the panel ahead of the meeting,
so in this session, we mainly dug into the basics of the program and collaboration
principles:
4 annual meetings with an opportunity to impact the future development of the
BrickLink Marketplace
Between the meetings we will collaborate through a Teams channel, making it possible
for us to engage outside the meetings as well.
We aim to increase the number of members in the panel to a max of 14 people throughout
the next 1-2 years.
We will invite new members to the Panel annually, to ensure fresh perspectives
by shifting 50% of the panel members with new members meeting above criteria.
We will be promoting the opportunity to sign up for the panel in Q1 2022.
In our collaboration, we will be looking to the future as opposed to the past.
We will be mindful of one another in the dialogues we have, remembering that
we are all in this with the best of intentions.
This panel is focused on the Marketplace specifically. There will be other initiatives
similar to this one, that focus on e.g. Studio, The Catalog, etc.
Ad 3. Workshop
This being the first Panel meeting, we felt a need to make sure we got the frustrations
out of every one’s system, in order to be able to focus on the future of BrickLink,
as opposed to being stuck in the past. This was done in a workshop where everyone
was able to share frustrations but also the things, they love about BrickLink.
Ad 4. BrickLink vision
Marvin Park shared thoughts related to the vision and mission of BrickLink as
a platform through which LEGO fans can also realize their dream designs. As for
the long-term roadmap, it was highlighted how BrickLink marketplace and Studio
can evolve to meet diverse needs of the AFOL community and become an integral
part of the entire LEGO ecosystem.
Ad 5. Marketplace plan 2021 & Prioritization discussion
BrickLink’s new Senior Product Manager Stephen Wilhelm presented the current
Marketplace roadmap. This roadmap is now mainly focused on development related
to VAT compliance rules (initiatives that we are bound to by law and that we
are not able to de-prioritize) and initiatives intended to support e.g., the
ability to lower response rate for new seller verifications, etc. There are several
user experience related initiatives the BrickLink Marketplace team plans to work
on, but we are looking to the Marketplace Panel members to help us prioritize
what enhancements would provide the most value.
Aside from above, several focus areas that we have picked up based on input from
the BrickLink members in general were presented with the intention to prioritize
them. We were not able to finish the prioritization discussions completely at
this meeting, but a couple of things were highlighted as being critical to prioritize:
Seller tools (e.g., Inventory management, store management, seller page updates)
Continue modernization of the BrickLink platform. This is already ongoing, but
we aim to apply more resources later this year.
A few less critical but still impactful areas were introduced:
Telephone support and the ability to have expert engagers to reach out to
Order Item Refund Request (OIRR) & Refund enhancement
Rewriting storefront pages to support mobile / native.
Provide BrickLink shipping methods (preferably one shipping cost per customer)
Overhaul/update payment processes
The above list varies greatly in level of complexity, and we will need to take
all input in to consideration in upcoming plans. Status on above and long-term
plans will be shared in minutes from the next Panel meeting.
A few other things we will be looking in to due to the input from the panel:
Ability for Sellers to make use of BrickLink’s access to Google Analytics.
On-site payment and why some sellers choose not to use this option.
Shipping price calculations based on zones instead of weight (US specific)
Ad 6. Next steps
It was decided to disclose the BrickLink panel members to the general BrickLink
membership base, this is not to be seen as an invitation to reach out to the
panel members directly with input for the Panel, but a way to be transparent
about who is in the panel as per the request of many members. Any ill manor
targeted directly at the Panel members may result in abandonment from BrickLink.
We need everyone’s input!
We have recently taken input from all BrickLink members in the survey, and we
take input regularly in the NPS survey, this input has already played a huge
part in shaping the focus for BrickLink in general and will be part of shaping
the future of BrickLink also.
During the upcoming Panel meetings, we might come across items to prioritize
that are not straight forward, in terms of defining what is best for the majority
of BrickLink members, in these cases, we will have a poll among the members in
general in order to ensure solid facts to back the decisions.
Upcoming meetings
The next meetings are planned for August and November.
Reflections
No doubt that we are blessed to have members on BrickLink that are prepared to
spend hours in their busy lives, participating in dialogue to make sure that
we have the best outside-in perspective we can when deciding how to prioritize
our efforts on BrickLink going forward. This is not something we have been able
to prioritize to the same extent in the past (hence numerous understandable frustrations),
but it is something that we are committed to prioritizing going forward!
BrickLink members, you can be proud of your Panel members, they did an amazing
job in representing you. Everyone spoke freely about critical issues to be addressed,
this is highly appreciated because then we won't have to waste time (mis)interpreting
this and we can get moving on the things that matter.
We hope that you will read this and share any feedback you might have, in this
topic or directly to ce_tanja. We have just started this journey and we are happy
to take your input to the process and adjust along the way.
Thank you!
The BrickLink Team
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This was a good read (full thread), thank you for doing this!
I am with Teup, fix the bugs, I am so frustrated about reported bugs not being
fixed, or even being acknowledged that I stopped reporting them.
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Hi there
If you send us a pm I can provide further informationwhich may interest you and
Teup
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 16, 2021 08:32 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers tools - Query by Form (QBF) | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Sellers Tools – Query by Form
Here is an idea which could help both sellers and buyers using a simple Query
by form (qbf)
I am not a software screen or form designer but the fields could be something
like this:
Top half of screen
Lot No/Product Code Lot no brings up product description, clour and condition;
Product
code lets you key in colour and condition
Colour Bricklink colour
Condition Bricklink conditions
Date Range Could include all or various ranges including custom
Sort on Could have default or by any of the array fields
Transaction Type Should show Manual add, order, adjustment; part out; mass upload,
etc
Once those key choices are made the system then goes and finds the transactions
that fit your criteria
The array fields should show at least the following
Qty
Date
TransType
Reference
Unit Value
Total value
Balance
Could make the array a lot more complex with avg value calculated etc, costing
etc but initially this QBF would be of value to sellers and could be used by
buyers to see their buying history by product
If I forgot anything you think might be useful, please feel free to comment/add.
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Okay - a private message said pictures are worth a lot more than words as well
as offering some additional thoughts. Please see embedded (done in Word)
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 11:01 | | Subject: | Sellers tools - update | | Viewed: | 132 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Just had an interesting PM regarding the above. Feasible ? don't know but
it could deal with lots of the requirements.
Technology has moved on in leaps and bounds since the original B:L was written
- we are all aware of that. One of the tools that lingers around now in a variety
of forms is the use of dashboard. There are a significant number of 3rd party
vendors who produce tools for creation as well as implying their software will
provide dashboards for most database applications
Worth a look Bricklink ?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 10:48 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers tools - Query by Form (QBF) | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ErwinNL writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Sellers Tools – Query by Form
Here is an idea which could help both sellers and buyers using a simple Query
by form (qbf)
I am not a software screen or form designer but the fields could be something
like this:
Top half of screen
Lot No/Product Code Lot no brings up product description, clour and condition;
Product
code lets you key in colour and condition
Colour Bricklink colour
Condition Bricklink conditions
Date Range Could include all or various ranges including custom
Sort on Could have default or by any of the array fields
Transaction Type Should show Manual add, order, adjustment; part out; mass upload,
etc
Once those key choices are made the system then goes and finds the transactions
that fit your criteria
The array fields should show at least the following
Qty
Date
TransType
Reference
Unit Value
Total value
Balance
Could make the array a lot more complex with avg value calculated etc, costing
etc but initially this QBF would be of value to sellers and could be used by
buyers to see their buying history by product
If I forgot anything you think might be useful, please feel free to comment/add.
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I made a search feature like this, one that you can use to filter orders and
it is really useful for administration, research on what sells, finding orders
with specific pieces, etc.
+1
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We have something similar in our internal system and it works great. Would be
very useful here.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 10:31 | | Subject: | Sellers tools - Query by Form (QBF) | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Sellers Tools – Query by Form
Here is an idea which could help both sellers and buyers using a simple Query
by form (qbf)
I am not a software screen or form designer but the fields could be something
like this:
Top half of screen
Lot No/Product Code Lot no brings up product description, clour and condition;
Product
code lets you key in colour and condition
Colour Bricklink colour
Condition Bricklink conditions
Date Range Could include all or various ranges including custom
Sort on Could have default or by any of the array fields
Transaction Type Should show Manual add, order, adjustment; part out; mass upload,
etc
Once those key choices are made the system then goes and finds the transactions
that fit your criteria
The array fields should show at least the following
Qty
Date
TransType
Reference
Unit Value
Total value
Balance
Could make the array a lot more complex with avg value calculated etc, costing
etc but initially this QBF would be of value to sellers and could be used by
buyers to see their buying history by product
If I forgot anything you think might be useful, please feel free to comment/add.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 10, 2021 03:37 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers Tools ????? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, jhess writes:
Tried that many years ago when we had a sore front - just joined the queue. Having
said that the TLG employees that we have spoken to think Bricklink is wonderful
for getting at information, so what does that tell you?
| |
In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Sellers tools – what should that Include
We think the following minimum areas of functionality should be included
1. Allow stores to have staff with their own password and levels of access
2. Allow more parameters for stores in all areas on the site, especially store
settings, and templates
3. Inventory management – complex area perhaps split between standard and advanced
4. Sales metrics
a. Ability to see the reality of what is selling and where and of course , for
how much
5. Costing – could be included in advanced inventory management
6. More queries by form
7. Changes to My Inventory page including multidimensional filters and more update
capabilities especially to do with pricing
8. More printing and report options both for the seller, with other filters available
such as country, region, all etc, as well as buyers.
Those items, which are by no means exhaustive, are fine for starters. What could
happen is polls to be run to consolidate the multitude of opinions and suggestions
from which design work could take place, ultimately leading to programming, testing,
documentation and release.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 14:10 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers Tools ????? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ErwinNL writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Your comments are noted and in the main very factual. You never, however get
anything that you don't ask for (or something like that.) The tools were
promised by JK in his takeover in 2013 but MP had other ideas and we got Mosaick
Stud.io, and other bits and bobs no one wanted. They continue working on xp -
another project which, in many peoples view is not wanted, so with the myriad
of what is going on now and the involvement TLG are now taking who knows.
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I agree, keep asking, you never know, and it can start a nice discussion between
sellers and, who knows, BL admins
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agreed and never fear it wI'll stay in front as fa as we are concerned.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 14:08 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers Tools ????? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, KaijuHunter writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| |
Your comments are noted and in the main very factual. You never, however get
anything that you don't ask for (or something like that.) The tools were
promised by JK in his takeover in 2013 but MP had other ideas and we got Mosaick
Stud.io, and other bits and bobs no one wanted. They continue working on xp -
another project which, in many peoples view is not wanted, so with the myriad
of what is going on now and the involvement TLG are now taking who knows.
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While the sellers might not care for XP, there are more people buying than selling,
and those people would be much happier buying from a site that doesn't look
like a geocities shopping cart.
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you might find that buyers go where the product is and I think it is more than
fair to say if xp, as it currently stands, becomes the standard, will not be
here
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers Tools ????? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Mevitsbricks writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | In General, ErwinNL writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Sellers tools – what should that Include
We think the following minimum areas of functionality should be included
1. Allow stores to have staff with their own password and levels of access
2. Allow more parameters for stores in all areas on the site, especially store
settings, and templates
3. Inventory management – complex area perhaps split between standard and advanced
4. Sales metrics
a. Ability to see the reality of what is selling and where and of course , for
how much
5. Costing – could be included in advanced inventory management
6. More queries by form
7. Changes to My Inventory page including multidimensional filters and more update
capabilities especially to do with pricing
8. More printing and report options both for the seller, with other filters available
such as country, region, all etc, as well as buyers.
Those items, which are by no means exhaustive, are fine for starters. What could
happen is polls to be run to consolidate the multitude of opinions and suggestions
from which design work could take place, ultimately leading to programming, testing,
documentation and release.
|
This is work for multiple years, I have implemented some of these things in my
project, and I am nowhere close to finished. Some of the things you suggested
will never be added, it is just not financially interesting to spent huge amounts
of time on features that are rarely used.
BL is really busy with their Tax & VAT implementations, XP is still being developed,
they are way too busy with their designer project, I doubt they will have time
for huge (enormous) projects like this but I wish they would implement some of
it.
I have also learned that there are as many workflows on BL as there are sellers,
and it is impossible to make everyone happy. making a top-wanted-feature list,
one with good arguments and descriptions, wouldn't be a bad idea, I'd
love to see what sellers want, but I am not expecting BL to implement any of
it, there needs to be a major change in how BL communicates and works before
that happens.
As a developer, BL is not really helpful either, their API is incomplete and
outdated, ToS is restrictive, and the number of calls you can make is not enough
to make real management tools possible, I rarely get replies from support, and
bugs aren't fixed.
As you might notice, I am not full of confidence that either BL or independent
devs would get this done.
Sorry, rant.
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Your comments are noted and in the main very factual. You never, however get
anything that you don't ask for (or something like that.) The tools were
promised by JK in his takeover in 2013 but MP had other ideas and we got Mosaick
Stud.io, and other bits and bobs no one wanted. They continue working on xp -
another project which, in many peoples view is not wanted, so with the myriad
of what is going on now and the involvement TLG are now taking who knows.
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have no fear :d
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2021 12:27 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers Tools ????? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ErwinNL writes:
| | In General, calsbricks writes:
| | Sellers tools – what should that Include
We think the following minimum areas of functionality should be included
1. Allow stores to have staff with their own password and levels of access
2. Allow more parameters for stores in all areas on the site, especially store
settings, and templates
3. Inventory management – complex area perhaps split between standard and advanced
4. Sales metrics
a. Ability to see the reality of what is selling and where and of course , for
how much
5. Costing – could be included in advanced inventory management
6. More queries by form
7. Changes to My Inventory page including multidimensional filters and more update
capabilities especially to do with pricing
8. More printing and report options both for the seller, with other filters available
such as country, region, all etc, as well as buyers.
Those items, which are by no means exhaustive, are fine for starters. What could
happen is polls to be run to consolidate the multitude of opinions and suggestions
from which design work could take place, ultimately leading to programming, testing,
documentation and release.
|
This is work for multiple years, I have implemented some of these things in my
project, and I am nowhere close to finished. Some of the things you suggested
will never be added, it is just not financially interesting to spent huge amounts
of time on features that are rarely used.
BL is really busy with their Tax & VAT implementations, XP is still being developed,
they are way too busy with their designer project, I doubt they will have time
for huge (enormous) projects like this but I wish they would implement some of
it.
I have also learned that there are as many workflows on BL as there are sellers,
and it is impossible to make everyone happy. making a top-wanted-feature list,
one with good arguments and descriptions, wouldn't be a bad idea, I'd
love to see what sellers want, but I am not expecting BL to implement any of
it, there needs to be a major change in how BL communicates and works before
that happens.
As a developer, BL is not really helpful either, their API is incomplete and
outdated, ToS is restrictive, and the number of calls you can make is not enough
to make real management tools possible, I rarely get replies from support, and
bugs aren't fixed.
As you might notice, I am not full of confidence that either BL or independent
devs would get this done.
Sorry, rant.
|
Your comments are noted and in the main very factual. You never, however get
anything that you don't ask for (or something like that.) The tools were
promised by JK in his takeover in 2013 but MP had other ideas and we got Mosaick
Stud.io, and other bits and bobs no one wanted. They continue working on xp -
another project which, in many peoples view is not wanted, so with the myriad
of what is going on now and the involvement TLG are now taking who knows.
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