Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Nov 10, 2022 22:14 | | Subject: | Re: Id for parts | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
| In Searching, 1974 writes:
| | In Searching, 1001bricks writes:
You're not the guardian of this forum and I don't have any beef with
those posters, but pointing out a part as FAKE when it's not, is not okay
in anyway!
If you don't know jacksh_t about LEGO parts maybe it would be better to not
to post at all
Ole
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Is it a good thing to say a part is fake when it is not? No, of course not but
come on, no need to have express such negativity towards someone here. With all
the part experts here which can literally id a part just seconds after a post
is made, if someone mistakenly says a part is fake there is absolutely NO CHANCE
that it is going to get by without quickly being corrected.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2022 21:17 | | Subject: | Re: VIP Gold Red Minifig | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | A while back I received a freebie from TLG, it's a gold red minifig on a
keychain with a VIP tag and # 853303. Can't find the entry for it in BL's
database. ANyone has link/info and how much it's worth?
Thanks
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We got a couple of those but the problem with them is that they just look way
to nice (and shinny) to use as a keychain.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2022 20:28 | | Subject: | Re: i want open a store who want help | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Brick_building writes:
| | i need one positive feedback
send my message as you have store
and want my help I only place an order do not buy
and after that can you send feedback
Thanks in advance
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Is there a reason why you are unwilling to place a small order in some store
here and pay for it?
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2022 16:36 | | Subject: | Re: Average price vs. quantity average price | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
| In Price Guide, legoranger00 writes:
| | In Price Guide, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | + a bit of correct mathmatics 
qty average = (€10 × 1 + €1 x 10) / (10 + 1) = 20/11 = €1.81
Jan
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Yes/no - if you round it at 2 decimals it's 1.82€
Hoping it's right 
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Can anybody give me an example in American money?
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I feel the the 6 month qty sales average price does not really apply for deciding
how to price our parts. We just go by the average price for the last "6 months
sales" average and it works out good for us and helps make sure we do not price
our parts too low. From there we put our parts on sale according to how many
sales we want to receive - as an example, when we are busy with our main work
of building cabinetry we take all our parts off sale and our orders go way down
but when we are concentrating mostly on our Lego business we will put all our
parts on sale for about 10 to 15 percent off. The closer we come to 15 percent
off means the mores orders we will receive.
This is how we price our stuff but each store is different.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 16, 2022 11:20 | | Subject: | Re: "Technically New" vs "Used": a poll | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| We would definitely sell them as used. We would not like it but with all the
scratches they are just not good enough to sell as new and you will avoid getting
any possible bad feedbacks for selling them as new. Plus, you can always list
them as used but price them as new - may take a little longer to sell but you
will at least get full price.
When it comes to situations where you wonder how to list something, I think Maxx
summed it up really well when he said "Under describe, over deliver…".
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 16, 2022 11:05 | | Subject: | Re: Brickpacker has lost connection | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| Out of curiosity, dose brickpacker still accept new accounts? I looked on all
the pages available but could not find a link to create a new account.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 14, 2022 13:34 | | Subject: | Re: RIP new shiny pieces | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
| In LEGO, jennnifer writes:
| | In LEGO, cosmicray writes:
| | In LEGO, jennnifer writes:
| | I just opened
and found these:
Gee, thanks LEGO for packing these new, fun, smooth parts in a bag with lots
of plates and bricks. You really know your audience.
Jen
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Are those scratches, or did something funky happen with the liquid plastic during
injection ?
I’m guessing they are scratches, but would like to be proven wrong. It almost
suggests the ABS on those parts is softer than what is used on a typical brick.
Nita Rae
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They are definitely scratches as one of them was more noticeably affected than
the other. The scratches are only on the surface, not gouged in such a way that
you could feel the lines. The bottom stud attachments feel really sharp to me
so they may be getting damaged just rummaging around in a bin of their own kind
at the factory.
It is what it is, but there is no way to sell these to a buyer, call them New
and not expect trouble.
Jen
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They just look too scratched up to be from rubbing in the plastic bag. Something
must have happened to them before they were placed in the set at the factory.
I have had scratched shinny pieces in a set but never that bad. It is especially
a bummer because they are such cool tiles.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2022 22:56 | | Subject: | Re: Refund not showing fee adjustment | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| | | I have been under, the mistaken and intuitive, impression that fees were adjusted
based upon the refund reasons, that is the normal way things operate on marketplaces.
Oh yeah, Bricklink is not a normal marketplace. 
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Well they are a different marketplace in one important way, they only charge
a flat fee of 3% on what is sold verses 6 1/2% on Etsy (+ variuos fees), 12%
on ebay (+ other fees which bring it closer to 15%), Amazon is 15% plus many
other fees.
BrickLink is by far the least expensive marketplace for selling that has a world
wide audience.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2022 16:04 | | Subject: | Re: State of the Catalog 2022 | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | So, you are “aware of other options” but won’t share them because… no reasons.
Seems to me it’s just FUD.
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I'm sorry that our conversation on this topic wasn't productive. Perhaps
we can resume it at another time.
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I think the gist of the thought was that when you pointed out how unfairly BrickLink
acted toward catalog contributors of the past by wrongly erasing their names
when you said "how unfortunate it was that BrickLink erased hundreds of usernames
of catalog contributors. That this was ever allowed to happen speaks volumes
about the level of respect BrickLink gives to its member contributors".
That thought is understandable so I think SylvainLS was just trying to show that
there was a good reason why they removed the names and that it was simply because
they were trying to follow laws regarding the consent of the individuals that
had their names removed when he said "I believe this happened because those members
are not registered anymore and didn’t give their express consent to have it shared
& used by BL". But when you said that you were aware of the reason but still
disagreed because there were other options then SylvainLS just asked "what other
options?". I think the fact that were unwilling to share them showed kind of
a reaching for straws - at least that is what I got out of it. Just my thoughts
(which are usually way out in left field. Heck, my thoughts are usually not even
coherent enough to make it to the ballpark).
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2022 21:30 | | Subject: | Re: Ignored by helpdesk for over 30 days | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, legoman77 writes:
| | In General, Loonbricks writes:
| | Hello,
is there anyone that can help me in how to proceed here?
I have multiple outstanding NSS, every one of these is fixed, and for each one
I already opened tickets but not even one of these tickets have been answered
by support?
I have been waiting now since 28th of august, and my store has been closed because
of this. I am really getting into financial problems if i can not reopen soon
but i have no idea what steps to take here.
Is there anyone here please that can help? What more can i Do?
my emails won't get responses, my tickets won't get responses, i feel
that there are no options anymore..
thanks in advance.
gr.
kevin
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Kevin,
With your feedback I would not buy a bottle of air from you.
Feedback Summary:
Week Month Year Total
Praise: 4 34 1265 6167
Neutral: 0 6 31 91
Complaint: 0 7 44 71
Seven negatives and six neutral just this month. So you cannot say things are
getting better.
I would think that you would not raise a question here with a record like yours.
You complain about being ignored for 30 days and you have ignored buyers for
over a month.
John P
How many of these buyers never came back to Bricklink because of you?
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Well said Mr. P
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 22, 2022 15:59 | | Subject: | Re: Best way to proceed if New listing is used | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, TonOfWhar writes:
| | You're right...the legs are correct, but it looks like they both have the
wrong torso. Will have to replace both. Thanks again for mentioning that, didn't
notice when I checked them for quality.
In Help, par016 writes:
| | In Help, TonOfWhar writes:
| | SW0519. The torso isn't for the same figure? Really? They both came in the
same baggie. I'll have to go back and check to see if maybe they sent me
a mixed figure. Thanks for pointing this out.
In Help, par016 writes:
| | In Help, TonOfWhar writes:
| | Hi,
I recently placed an order for 4 figures, all listed as new. 2 came in perfect
condition and the other two: one had a light crack which I can live with, the
other is cracked on both arms and covered in some type of residue. I contacted
the seller and sent them pictures but was assured there is no way they sent old
figures as all they sell are new and to check if I've confused it with a
figure from my own collection. I pulled the item and inspected them right out
of the parcel, don't own these figures apart from the ones from this seller,
and not sure how to proceed. I replied to the seller advising them of this, but
they seem rather defensive about it. They don't seem to have any negative
or neutral feedback so I don't know if they just didn't notice or something
genuinely happened during shipping which I find hard to believe as their packing
was great. I don't want to cause anyone trouble, but I also paid $18.29 for
the affected figure and was hoping they'd be new as advertised. Any recommendations
on what else I could do? I already looked into the pricing for a new torso and
it's going to cost 7$ + shipping just to replace it. I've attached the
pictures (I think it worked) in case anyone has seen anything like this before
and has any tips.
Thanks
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Your torso doesn't match your helmet. What figure did you buy?
-Pete
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It's hard to tell from the pics but it looks like you have this torso
from this figure
and this helmet
from this figure
-Pete
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Both minifigs are in the set #375305 in quantities of 2 each
The seller may have purchased either the set in used condition or a possibly
a used bulk lot from maybe someplace like Goodwill that contained the set and
he did not pay enough attention to the printing on each fig and bagged them incorrectly.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2022 19:14 | | Subject: | Re: Paid twice the taxes, the seller doesn't care | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | In Help, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | Hello,
a very bad thing happened with a 10k + feedbacks seller.
They shipped with the documents, the customs office didn't see them and I
double paid the taxes.
I ended paying nearly more in taxes than the order itself.
I called my post office and they said that it's the seller's duty to
contact the customs office and solve it. I am just a buyer, why should I care
about that? I should pay once and then get the goods. My duties should be over
with that.
So what would you do in my place?
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Duty/Taxes are the responsibility of the importer (you/buyer).
You need to contact your customs office in order to show you paid twice and get
refunded.
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They said that bricklink is behaving illegally, as I am the only one who has
to pay. It is impossible that bricklink makes me pay and then picks my money
and pays my State.
They say that it's very likely that bricklink is keeping that money.
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I would say that more likely that the custom's office just does not care
to take the time to straighten things out. When they say things like "very likely
BrickLink is keeping the money, It sounds like they are just using lame excuses
to try and push the blame somewhere else instead of just trying to figure out
not "what likely" happened but what exactly did happen and give real advice on
how to straighten it out.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2022 10:40 | | Subject: | Re: Do I have reason to get this Neutral removed? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
| | | ‘klicks’. Klick is US military for km
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Interesting,. I have heard it a million times in movies but never knew what the
actual distance equaled.
But, if you wanted to be more informative (and accurate) then you would have
said a klick equals .621371 miles or 3,280.839895 feet - see how much easier
that is
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2022 11:24 | | Subject: | Re: Number Contest | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 15, 2022 20:07 | | Subject: | Re: Minifigure Condition - New | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, ImperialFleet writes:
| | I assemble all of my new minifigures. I state it clearly in my terms. I only
list a minifigure as new if I pulled it from a set and assembled it then placed
it in a bag. That is how I do it, if you don't want them assembled, then
find another seller. It's how I run my store.
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Whereabouts is it clearly stated in your terms? I couldn't see it.
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It is the 11th line of his terms, highlighted and in all caps.
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Go back in time to when I posted, it wasn't.
Look at the date the last change was made. Click that and go back to the previous
version.
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Okay, that is true but he actually does not even need to state in his store terms
that they are assembled. According to BrickLink, he is allowed to sell them that
way so he is still not lying to himself or anyone else, otherwise some minifigs
would need to be listed as used right out of the set not even ever being touched.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 15, 2022 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Minifigure Condition - New | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, alex10552 writes:
| | That's great that that's how you do it... but let's not lie to ourselves,
here. You've now just changed the condition from new to used. Very very slightly
used, yes. But still used.
In General, ImperialFleet writes:
| | I assemble all of my new minifigures. I state it clearly in my terms. I only
list a minifigure as new if I pulled it from a set and assembled it then placed
it in a bag. That is how I do it, if you don't want them assembled, then
find another seller. It's how I run my store.
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Hi is not lying to himself or anyone else. BrickLink allows anyone to assemble
their minifigs and sell them as new so it is completely okay for him to do so
and his store terms highlight in all caps " ALL NEW MINIFIGURES ARE ASSEMBLED
UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE! ".
We do not assemble our figures for 2 reasons, first, the extra work takes extra
time and second, because we know that buyers want to put them together for themselves.
Regardless of how we sell figs, if a store wants to sell their figs assembled
then that is up to them.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 15, 2022 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: Minifigure Condition - New | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, ImperialFleet writes:
| | I assemble all of my new minifigures. I state it clearly in my terms. I only
list a minifigure as new if I pulled it from a set and assembled it then placed
it in a bag. That is how I do it, if you don't want them assembled, then
find another seller. It's how I run my store.
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Whereabouts is it clearly stated in your terms? I couldn't see it.
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It is the 11th line of his terms, highlighted and in all caps.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2022 23:20 | | Subject: | Re: Issues with bricklink contact forms | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
| | | Appeal to them, don’t demand. To include a timely response.
Time and time again, I’ve witnessed Russell’s willingness to hear and adjudicate
such cases with compassion and fairness, given the circumstances.
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I fully agree, ask with humility / never demand. There have been forum posts
in the past by people who have had their store closed for not paying their fees
on time and some have gotten pissed when their store was not opened quickly enough
for them and I have wondered if maybe they showed a bad attitude when contacting
admin about their store being closed so admin may not have been in a real hurry
to help them out. I know I have forgotten to pay our fees a few times over the
years and have had our store closed but each time, after I paid the fees, I would
contact admin apologizing big time for not paying on time and our store was always
opened up the same day and sometimes even within an hour or two.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2022 23:00 | | Subject: | Re: English grammar help | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Mine is more for more like standard items not even bricks per say but even tho
used items are supposed to have some wear (it's in the name USED) I still
feel weird listing them as such for common bricks since they still have wear
where I don't check every brick for like 10 seconds (yes I have done that
way to much) and now Im trying out something different to save time without sacrificing
quality. This is probs a bad explanation
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Actually the explanation is very good. I have wondered the very same thing -
how to list used parts where the occasional one may be a bit more scratched up
then others. The problem is getting the wording right so that you dont to scare
people away from buying the parts because they may think that they will receive
damaged parts but you know that most all of them will be in good shape but at
the same time, when sorting, you dont want to spend to a lot of time with each
part checking for ones that are damaged just a bit more then others so the occasional
scratched one may get by you. The quite damaged pieces are usually easy to pick
out but others not so easy. I hope what I am saying makes cents (at least
a couple of).
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2022 22:07 | | Subject: | Re: Adult Appeal to Duplo? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
| In LEGO, SylvainLS writes:
| | In LEGO, crazylegoman writes:
| | In LEGO, SomeRandomUser writes:
| | It's not frequent but I see adults buying Duplo sets for themselves.
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Where? How do you know it's for themselves?
David
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Because they ask for the package to have a big ‘Adult toys’ written on it?
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I thought porno graphic topics were against forum rules and here you are, ruler
of the forums, with the power to banish any who dare post forum replies in all
caps and now you bring this trash talk into the sacred halls of the forum? SHOCKING!!
Jim.
PS. Did you hear the one about a priest, a politician and a Duplo fig...
Oh great, now I'll probably get banned for talking religion, politics and
for being a Lego hater.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 31, 2022 01:29 | | Subject: | Re: Brick Storage | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
| Sorry everybody but I was contacted right away with a message so they were takin
quick. I wish I had more to go around - I apologize.
Best regards. Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2022 21:57 | | Subject: | Brick Storage | | Viewed: | 222 times | | Topic: | General | |
| We have got 7 of these:
1 in red, 1 in blue, 1 in medium azure, 2 in dark pink and 2 in medium lavender.
They are all new and never used but because they are made of soft plastic they
have a little bit of surface scratchings from being moved around. We dont really
have a use for them so they have just been sitting around. They look like they
are getting bummed out because they dont have anything to do here and they would
like to be doing what they were made for, holding someone's Lego.
They retailed for $7.99 each (at least that is what the price sticker on the
bottom says) but we just want them to have a new home where they can be put to
good use. If anyone is interested we will be glad to send them to you free of
charge (providing you live in the US as overseas postage would be killer). Just
let us know if you are interested.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 29, 2022 19:46 | | Subject: | Re: I found a cool LEGO Life on Mars display case | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
| In Announce, popsicle writes:
| | In Announce, faro writes:
| | Anybody ever seen this. I bought a prominent auction platform about 2 years ago:
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The file in your email to me, Farid, is still too small to do much with.
I'm interested in bringing-out (bettering) the actual displayed portion of
the retail display case. Need a larger file to do much more though. If you've
got it, send it.
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A picture without the ceiling lights reflecting off the curved case would make
a world of difference in creating a better quality picture for upload.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2022 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member! | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| | 448 |
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2022 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member! | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| | 526 |
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 23, 2022 11:55 | | Subject: | Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member! | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| 2nd day guess:
442
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 22, 2022 23:09 | | Subject: | Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member! | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| 422 ??  |
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2022 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: all sets you own | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
| In LEGO, maxx3001 writes:
| | In LEGO, SylvainLS writes:
| | In LEGO, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
| | About 50 hours I think.
I have about 250-280 sets,
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Hmm, that’s 10-12 min per set.
Are you Flash? Or are they all polybags? 
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Lots of these:
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Instructions must be complicated.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 14, 2022 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: Vintage Star Wars? Here's the newest Contest | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| In Contests, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | Aug 16th at 8:42 am or 12:22 pm
Jim
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Can I save some time and just go ahead and give my next 60 days of guessing all
at once?? If I win I promise to be the most humble person I know.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 14, 2022 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Vintage Star Wars? Here's the newest Contest | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| Aug 16th at 8:42 am or 12:22 pm
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 12, 2022 00:25 | | Subject: | Re: 9400111108296766099430SCAM! | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, giadams writes:
| | Just got this message through my BrinkLink messages and into my email. This is
a scam!
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This is a scam, so you post it in public on a forum?
Ermmmmm...
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BTW, I'm not sure it's a scam, but it's spam for sure.
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Considering they open up several accounts here everyday just to send spam messages
knowing that it is against the TOS when they sign up and also knowing that their
accounts will be quickly closed down but they still repeatedly do it several
times a day knowing then I would say that kind of constitutes it being a scam
site or at least a very scummy site.
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I meant...
Apparently (but I didn't check much) it's a working marketplace.
So it doesn't seem to be a scam.
But the way they promote their website is pure spam.
If you wish, it's like if BrickOwl would send messages to all sellers here...
But BO isn't this kind of business, of course.
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I see your point and I agree, their spamming here dose not prove that the site
itself is a scam. I should have read your post more carefully before I replied
to it. I apologize for any offence given.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2022 20:21 | | Subject: | Re: 9400111108296766099430SCAM! | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, giadams writes:
| | Just got this message through my BrinkLink messages and into my email. This is
a scam!
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This is a scam, so you post it in public on a forum?
Ermmmmm...
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BTW, I'm not sure it's a scam, but it's spam for sure.
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Considering they open up several accounts here everyday just to send spam messages
knowing that it is against the TOS when they sign up and also knowing that their
accounts will be quickly closed down but they still repeatedly do it several
times a day knowing then I would say that kind of constitutes it being a scam
site or at least a very scummy site.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2022 20:10 | | Subject: | Re: Hope they all recover soon | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Stuart9 writes:
Probably several of the injured were under 13 considering it is more of a young
persons coaster so that is even more of a bummer.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 13:53 | | Subject: | Re: UPCOMING 50% OFF SALE WHEN WE REACH 50 ORDERS | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Sales, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | In Sales, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | 100 POSTS ABOUT NOTHING!!!
You guys have WAY too much free time on your hands. I am getting tired of reading
such time wasting posts. You all need to start spending your time doing constructive
things.... like placing orders in our store! If you shop with us I promise
we will never waist your time with useless posts. Posts about nothing. Posts
about mustard. All our posts will be productive and to the point, always informative,
never time wasting, always easy to read, never going on and on and on and on
and on and on. And on.
That is all I have to say on the matter. Nothing else to say. I am just to busy
to continue, I will sign off now. Good by.
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Dude, chill! We were just messing around! 😂 if all the replies are annoying,
it’s easily avoided by pressing “Without replies!” Sorry though if it did annoy
you! You should join one of our mustard related threads though! It’s fun! 😉
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I actually wassent annoyed. I thought my 40 + ways of saying good by was showing
I was just kidding. I guess I should have added a at the end of my post. Oh
well, your just the 384th person to think I am a jerk (and yes, I keep trqack).
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 11:58 | | Subject: | Re: UPCOMING 50% OFF SALE WHEN WE REACH 50 ORDERS | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| 100 POSTS ABOUT NOTHING!!!
You guys have WAY too much free time on your hands. I am getting tired of reading
such time wasting posts. You all need to start spending your time doing constructive
things.... like placing orders in our store! If you shop with us I promise
we will never waist your time with useless posts. Posts about nothing. Posts
about mustard. All our posts will be productive and to the point, always informative,
never time wasting, always easy to read, never going on and on and on and on
and on and on. And on.
That is all I have to say on the matter. Nothing else to say. I am just to busy
to continue, I will sign off now. Good by. Signora. Adios. Arrivederci. Au Revoir.
Adeus. Auf Wiedersehen. Sayōnara. Do svidaniya. Annyeong. Slan. Tot ziens. Totsiens.
Ma'a as-salaama. Bidāẏa. Zdravo! Joigin. Donadagohvi. Doviđenja. Sbohem.
Farvel. Tot ziens. Nägemist! Näkemiin. Yasou. Aloha. L'hitraot. Namaste.
Viszlát! Vertu sæll! Sampai Jumpa. Slan, Annyeong. Uz redzēšanos! Vale, Atsiprasau.
Ha det bra. Khodaa haafez. Żegnaj. Alweda. La revedere. Do svidaniya. Zdravo!.
Dovidenia!. Nasvidenje. Adjö. Poitu varein. Laa Gòn. Görüşürüz!. Do pobachennia!.
Khuda hafiz. Tạm biệt. Hwyl fawr. Hamba kahle.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 1, 2022 22:17 | | Subject: | Re: Price For This Set? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | On an unrelated note my area just had a power outage. Just in our area tho
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On a related note to your unrelated note, pay your bill and no more outages.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 1, 2022 12:19 | | Subject: | Re: Lego or not Lego? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, tonnic writes:
| | […]
It always amazes me that Lego this (and lots of other parts) made only ‘once’.
These moulds are very expensive, why not use it for other minifigs?
In this case it might be movierights but in case of other parts most of the time
it isn’t.
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And they can’t make one to give us the goat back!
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They did give us the goat back
And there only 5 clams.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2022 20:38 | | Subject: | Re: Hello seller issues | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| | | In Problem Order, Brickman2019 writes:
I mean with everything going on in the world rn that’s a good amount of money
for a normal person like me but thanks for the snobby comment
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You have to understand that nubs jokes allot on the forums and sometimes his
humor is a bit, well, um, shall we say, sketchy? Well maybe not
sketchy but definitely a bit cheesy. Okay, not so much cheesy as it is cruddy.
Alright, cruddy is not quite right so how about just down right crappy. If that
dose not sound accurate then how about godawful?? Yeah, now that's the the
right word because god would never laugh at his jokes and I am sure he finds
them awful, so godawful it is. I mean no offence, he has a great sense of
humor!!
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 23, 2022 10:00 | | Subject: | Re: We knew it was coming... | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, jbroman writes:
| | In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Yeah, I've seen the list of the sets they plan to increase the prices, and
there are a lot. (also there are some they are lowering the price of if I'm
remembering correctly?)
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Link?
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Here is a partial list:
https://www.toysnbricks.com/lego-price-increase-hike-list-2022-summer/
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 23, 2022 09:55 | | Subject: | Re: Police Station Creator 10278 | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | | |
Hello, what set are you building on? This gives me then more info about a part
or a sticker.
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I missed it too. The set number is in the topic title.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 22, 2022 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: Order claimed as fraudulent | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| | |
It is their (stripe) dispute fee.
Once a cardholder initiates a dispute, it is no longer possible to avoid the
fee. However if you win the dispute, Stripe will refund this dispute fee to you.
If a card has been used fraudulently then the first a seller hears about it is
a dispute, and at that time they are almost guaranteed to have lost the money
when the card is refunded, the goods if posted and the £15 dispute fee which
stripe takes. I doubt sellers will ever win a dispute over a card initiated chargeback,
whether they posted the items or not since the card owner did not place the order.
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What a ridiculous amount to charge for that fee! It would be one thing to charge
a euro or 2 but 15?? That is just plain greed. Knowing this now, I will never
use Stripe.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2022 01:02 | | Subject: | Re: Snake warrior tribe name | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| | Ashikaga Clan |
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2022 18:21 | | Subject: | Re: Best shipper for high-value orders? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
| | | UPS can be more economical than USPS depending on the volume (and if you can
get commercial pricing ... Pirate Ship offers this for both USPS and UPS). But
by all means compare. I would definitely get insurance as well (e.g. from ShipSurance)
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When it comes to shipping anything larger like sets, UPS is usually always less
expensive especially if the buyer lives far away. Quite often USPS will charge
twice as much as UPS.
Stamps.com now also offers UPS at bulk pricing for their customers.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2022 18:14 | | Subject: | Re: Does anyone have these parts? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, ImperialFleet writes:
| | I know the part, what i'm asking is does anybody have a large quantity of
them willing to sell. Currently the highest is like 3.
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He knows you know the part, he provided the link as a courtesy to help Others
to know which one you are taking about because as SylvainLS brought out that
most people do not have all the minifigure heads memorized or even know by heart
all the minifgures the head is associated with. Thus, he and SylvainLS were just
trying to help.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 28, 2022 01:29 | | Subject: | Re: Advice on Selling my Collectible Minifigures | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| If you decide to list them separately then I STRONGLY recommend using Brickstore:
https://brickforge.de/brickstore/
It is free and has a lot of features. When I list minifigures I just add a bunch
of the same minifigure. I will put in something like 40 col102. You can then
then just tap on the minifigure Part Number and replace it with the correct minifigure
part number for each figure - it is so much quicker this way.
After you put in all your figs you can have Brickstore automatically set the
price on all of them to the 6 month sales average and then you can go up or down
from there for each one.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 25, 2022 11:10 | | Subject: | Re: How it’s gonna pan out ~ update | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Retail | |
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is at $60 unit price (I’ll speculate that they get marked-down to $45-$50, soon.
Pallet loads yet on the floor)
It’s gonna be a hell of a ride, brace yourselves!
-popsicle
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Your speculation is correct. I purchase several of these at $60.00 a month ago
at our local Costco but yesterday I purchased the 7 more at $50.00.
Side note: not sure how many Costco's have them but one close by us had the
on sale for $60.00 until the the 26th or 28th, can't remember
which one. It will go back up to $80.00 after the sale.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, par016 writes:
| | In Help, edeevo writes:
| | In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| | Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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A side-by-side comparison with the Bricklink catalog image of the printing does
show some slight differences (specifically the shape of the lower point of the
heart and its' positioning)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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I agree with Ed as well that the heart on mine is not exactly inline with the
"I" but instead a little offset lower just like the one in the BrickLink picture.
-Pete
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$5000.00 for a new one and $500.00 plus for a used one / well that unfortunately
provides a lot of incentive for someone to try to print out some decent looking
fake torsos, spend a few bucks buying the standard tan legs and Yoda heads and
then try and sell them on different sites. If you sell 5 of them on different
sites and if even 2 people file a PayPal claim, the guy still makes out.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2022 14:41 | | Subject: | Re: Have sealed Titanic; want a more playable set | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Trades | |
| In Trades, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Trades, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | What other site dedicated to commerce only charges 3%
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PayPal
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Damm, forgot about that one.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2022 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: No more scratches! | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | We all hate getting scratched parts from LEGO...
In set
the beautiful
is packed in a separate bag with
and these
as if to deliberately harm the poor cow! Mine had at least 3 scuff marks.
----------------------
Imagine my surprise to open
and find
wrapped up and perfect!
LEGO did something right.
Jen
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Have you ever noticed that the animals from sets like that start disappearing
after a while? I set up some cameras a while back to find out. I was surprised
to find that over night when everyone was asleep, minifigures were feeding off
the animals (I guess they all need to eat too). They seem to especially like
the larger animals, like cows, so eventually your guys will probably be having
some steaks one night and they will probably use the leather to make belts, wallets,
purses and the such so the scratches will actually come in handy in identifying
the purse or wallet that was made out of your cow's scratched hide!
So if you wake up one morning to the faint smell of a barbeque, well......
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2022 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: Have sealed Titanic; want a more playable set | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Trades | |
| In Trades, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Trades, 1001bricks writes:
| | […]
To my eyes, selling isn't only a question of fees on that transaction.
Right now you've to show some info and get approved by whatever administration
process (I don't know about, I must admit).
This is to ensure some "reability" of the sellers.
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Reliability?
| | Now if I can trade my brand new Boba Fett Cloud city against 12000 new parts,
as being a buyer - with no registration, no proof of anything, fine, I didn't
know.
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Well, it depends on how you look at the trade.
You’re seing it as both members selling something to one another. So you see
it as each member needing to be a reliable seller.
But that would mean there’s two transactions: A as seller with B as buyer, and
A as buyer with B as seller.
But that’s not what’s happeing. It’s only one sale, with payment in kind.
The proof and reason for that is the fees: only one fee is paid. Yes, it’s again
about fees but just as a tangible part of the process.
Would you want the trade to be double-fee-ed?
And there’s still one reliable/trusted seller in the loop, as with transactions
by with only money. So it’s not less reliable than other transactions.
So I don’t think one can look at a buyer offering a trade as a hack around seller
verification.
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What I really like about the fact that the fee is charged on only one side of
the trade is that it shows that BrickLink is being not only fair but also generous.
Imagine if ebay allowed trades, I bet they would want their 10% fee from both
sides of the transaction. BrickLink only wants their fee on one side of the transaction
and at only 3%.
As a side note, I have always thought BrickLink has been great in only charging
a 3% fee. What other site dedicated to commerce only charges 3%. I thought when
Lego purchased BrickLink that they would increase the fee. But even if they did
(or do in the future) to just 5% it would still be very low. So again, as a side
note, hats off to BrickLink and The Lego Group for keeping the fee set at 3%.
Sorry for getting off topic but I have always really appreciated the 3% fee and
thought this was a good topic to bring it up.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2022 16:52 | | Subject: | Re: PLEASE REOPEN MY STORE | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Help, Poncke writes:
| | Hello admin,
I have a customer who wants to purchase a 600 euro set, but my store is closed
because I had to order something myself and have it shipped to my parents address
instead of my home address.
Can you please open my store, because I would hate to lose a 600 euro sale !!!
thanks
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Sorry to hear that. Hopefully your store gets reopened soon, because €600 is
a lot of money!
There are multiple places on BrickLink to input your address. When you first
register for BrickLink, you are asked for your name and address, which are recorded
on your account info page: https://www.bricklink.com/pref_general.asp
By default, this is the address that BrickLink uses when you order something
from another store. If you want something shipped to a different address, you
have the option to replace the default shipping address with a different one
at checkout (see image below). This also replaces the PayPal address if you pay
onsite.
Your store has a separate address associated with it, which is displayed in your
store settings at the bottom of the management page: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/management.page
This is the physical address associated with your store, which should not change
unless you physically move your store since changing it may require you to go
through the new seller verification process again.
I hope that helps clear things up a bit.
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I have done this a few times when I am missing a part or a minifig that a customer
has ordered from us. I just change the ship to address during checkout process
and everything works out fine - no store closure and even the PayPal address
that is seen by the store where I place the order at shows up as the changed
address so the store only sees the address that the order will be shipped to
an not our business address (which could be confusing).
Do it this way and you don't have to worry about your store being closed
again.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 15, 2022 21:33 | | Subject: | Re: Shop the shortfall option | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| There are times when we can not find a part or a minifig for an order. When we
offer a coupon for something missing then we offer it as one option out of two
or three options. The options we offer is... 1st option is to give them a refund
for the missing pieces plus shipping so they can order it from another store
if they so choose and we will include a free bee bag of Lego / 2nd option is
to cancel the order and give them a full refund / Sometimes we offer a 3rd option
where send the rest of the order issue a coupon equal to the total of the items
missing plus extra for shipping (plus free bee bag).
If we are missing a minifig then we will quite often just order it from another
store and have them send it directly to the customer and we will let the customer
to know about it.
I have always felt that to offer a customer a refund or coupon for just the value
of the missing just dose not feel quite right. If the customer has to place an
order in another store in order to get the missing pieces, they will need to
pay for shipping twice and that just seems unfair.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2022 17:53 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Catalog Administrator! | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Con Grats!
I have always liked and appreciated your forum posts and I think the catalog
will only become better.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | May 22, 2022 14:24 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Elkenwood writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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Right?! I was going through some 90's figs the other day, and was like, jeez
some of these look bad so bad but I love them
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This is one I found recently. They can be entertaining.
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Hey, that's not fair, some people (including figs) just have larger foreheads
then others. I have a larger then normal forehead but then again, maybe that's
why I'm still single 
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: Fraudulent PayPal chargeback | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| How many feedbacks does the customer have and does he have any negatives or neutrals
(if so, what do they say in general)?
This really stinks. I hope you can work something out.
Best regards.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | May 17, 2022 20:11 | | Subject: | Re: Five projects funded | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| In Designer Program, macebobo writes:
| | Five projects funded in less than 22 minutes
1) Winter Chalet
2) Studgate Train Station
3) 1950's Diner
4) Mountain view observatory
5) Modular construction site
Congratulation to all of the designers.
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What a bummer! I didn't get there in time!!
I really wanted a train station and observatory. I guess I will just go kick
a can around.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | May 8, 2022 13:03 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback Removal | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, ImperialFleet writes:
| | Hello,
I got a neutral feedback left to me by a repeat customer. It was an accident
as the feedback simply says "Fast shipping, thanks!"
What should I do about this? It doesn't say anything about this in the feedback
removal rules, and I opened a request a couple days ago and it's still sitting.
If you have any advice or information, it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Aaron`s Bricks
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I like the on other neutral feedback left for you where the guy states "If the
item says damaged, just be sure to look at the picture to see how damaged". Obviously,
by what he states, you did highlight that the item was damaged (good) and you
supplied a picture of the damage (even better) that he could look at before he
placed his order but did not bother to take the time to look at the picture
right in front of him and then blames you for it.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | May 7, 2022 01:49 | | Subject: | Re: Bright light yellow minifigure head plain | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
| In LEGO, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Who knows, Perhaps his was a misprinted one. Recently bricklink removed a lot
of prototype parts since most of them were illegally made so the few normal ones
mixed in would have gotten removed as well.
|
When you say illegally made, do you mean counterfeit? As on made by someone or
wrongly made at a Lego factory?
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2022 00:23 | | Subject: | Re: Welcome to the Jurassic | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| In My Own Creation, fremsoft writes:
Cool little guys. Nice job! I especially like the third one, very colorful.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2022 12:14 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback by Sellers | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
| | | Or should I give neutral
rating cause of the lack of them giving feedback?
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The store you left the retaliatory feedback has over 12,000 feedbacks and only
one of those is a neutral and no negatives. There are very few stores with over
12,000 feedbacks with only one neutral feedbacks and now you have made it two
simply because he did not leave you a feedback? That is basically just being
retaliatory. You should really consider removing your retaliatory feedback against
this store - other stores that see this post will block you from shopping in
their stores not wanting to also receive a bad retaliatory feedback because of
not leaving you a positive feedback quick enough.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2022 22:46 | | Subject: | Re: Price in order is different to that in store | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| In Problem Order, SGSmyth writes:
| | | | That's actually normal - you only had one of the item, and it was sold. Unless
you set the item to "retain" - basically meaning stay in the inventory with a
quantity of zero - it would simply be deleted from the inventory when there is
none left.
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Thanks - I'm learning more about BrickLink all the time...
| | You can (and should) download your inventory from time to time. You can do this
by going to your inventory page - the link is at the bottom.
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Indeed - sounds sensible.
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Just a side note, I love your store name!
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 9, 2022 12:14 | | Subject: | Re: Identifying some star wars accesoires figures | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, joesecc writes:
| | In Help, Brick_professor writes:
| | Hi,
Can someone help me to indentify those minifigures/parts?
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I thought for sure the axe was going to be non Lego.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2022 22:15 | | Subject: | Re: Responsibility | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| In Problem Order, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Problem Order, jennnifer writes:
| | In Problem Order, Heartbricker writes:
| | This was a 61 lot $350+ paid order that we already packed.
We were contacted by both mother and son, neither of them agreed to be responsible
for the mistake.
We offered to refund minus our PayPal fees, they declined.
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'You fix our mistake at your expense!' Gee, that's nice.
Jen
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Yeah, this was a great opportunity for that mother to teach her kid to take responsibility,
instead she's enabling and validating it.
No compassion for small family business either.
Oh well, moving on
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At least one good thing, because you took it up with admin and their account
was deregistered, now they can't leave you a negative retaliatory feedback.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2022 22:24 | | Subject: | Re: Facepalm questions in the Newsletter Survey | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, firestar246 writes:
| | In General, bricknationtoys writes:
| | I don't know much about NFTs but I don't think it's a good idea.
The main appeal of Lego is that it is a tangible medium and we already have digital
bricks.
Yes it would be a good way to bring new people to the marketplace but I don't
think they would be buying any parts.
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Forgive my ignorance. but perhaps someone could enlighten me with a simple explanation
as to what a NFT is and why it has opposition?
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Why that is simple, an NFT is a non-fungible token - it's pretty much is
self explanatory.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2022 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: Scam or Not? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In General, Beebs writes:
| | Store has been suspended for preventative action:
https://store.bricklink.com/AJOLego#/suspend
In General, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In General, WatcherGaming writes:
| | I saw someone named AJOLego selling phase 2 Captain Rex for $40. They have no
feedback and I was wondering everyone’s opinions on wether I should buy it or
not.
Thanks!
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This thread is very confusing to me- the AJOLego store I see has been open for
years, and has pages of feedback.
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I find it very strange that they would choose nearly the same name as this store:
https://store.bricklink.com/IrisHendo?itemID=213140487#/shop
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Yeah it makes me wonder especially sense he has 105 positive feedbacks but also
3 neutrals and 5 negatives which means 8% of his customers were unhappy, not
to mention the ones who did not leave feedback in fear of a retaliatory feedback,
which he did leave for half of his neg / neut feedbacks. Both stores are located
in California, normally I would think that it was more likely a case of someone
wanting to copy another's store info in order to give his store some credibility
but the 8% bad feedback makes me wonder.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2022 18:51 | | Subject: | Re: Would You Rather… | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| | | You don't have to worry, because neither will happen. There is a lot going
on behind the scenes that you have no idea of. Things are definitely happening,
but they take time to happen. LEGO finally has full control of BrickLink as of
earlier this year. In other words, the old regime is finally no longer at the
helm. And this time, they are actually listening to the community, as there are
panels of buyers and sellers having meetings with BrickLink concerning the Catalog
and the Marketplace. There are some very cool things being worked on, but I can't
say more for now.
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That is really great news to hear. I look forward to seeing what these changes
will bring to BrickLink in the future! Keep up the good work!!
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2022 00:06 | | Subject: | Re: Roland TR-808 drum machine MOC | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| In My Own Creation, LEGO_Dren writes:
| | In My Own Creation, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In My Own Creation, LEGO_Dren writes:
| | This is my most recent MOC and by far one of the most challenging to build. Its
very large at more then 20 inches wide. Which places it close to the actual size
of a real 808. This build tested my SNOT building skills quite a bit. The main
challenge was to do as much brick built line work as possible. The next update
to the build will make it so all the buttons can be pushed and some smaller detail
improvements. I have submitted my MOC to the LEGO Ideas site and would love your
support.
https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:eb3c646afdc24109beb01d3f07a1b230
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Man you got this MOC spot on. When comparing pictures of the real 808 it is obvious
you spent a lot of time designing and building this. The attention to detail
is very impressive - Well Done!
Unfortunately, I don't think there is a large enough audience that would
be willing to pay the price that Lego would need to charge to make a set that
is as detailed and as large as yours. The total pieces needed looks to be at
least 1500 pieces + some.
Jim
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Thank you for the kind words. It has been a challenging build. I haven’t really
used any rare parts or building techniques that are not a strong build. So
I don’t think it would be to expensive for LEGO to build it if it’s picked. As
long as I keep it around $200-250, I think it would be very reasonable for how
large this MOC is. I am shooting for making the finished MOC 1808 pieces. It
makes for a nice Easter egg like the Saturn V. I will have a better idea of how
close I am once I finish the CAD version of it.
I think the audience is there. It’s only been 9 days and I am already creeping
close to 300 supporters after 9 days. Again thanks for checking it out.
Dave
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That would be great if Lego does decide to make it, it is so close to the real
thing and looks awesome.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2022 11:30 | | Subject: | Re: Roland TR-808 drum machine MOC | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
| In My Own Creation, LEGO_Dren writes:
| | This is my most recent MOC and by far one of the most challenging to build. Its
very large at more then 20 inches wide. Which places it close to the actual size
of a real 808. This build tested my SNOT building skills quite a bit. The main
challenge was to do as much brick built line work as possible. The next update
to the build will make it so all the buttons can be pushed and some smaller detail
improvements. I have submitted my MOC to the LEGO Ideas site and would love your
support.
https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:eb3c646afdc24109beb01d3f07a1b230
|
Man you got this MOC spot on. When comparing pictures of the real 808 it is obvious
you spent a lot of time designing and building this. The attention to detail
is very impressive - Well Done!
Unfortunately, I don't think there is a large enough audience that would
be willing to pay the price that Lego would need to charge to make a set that
is as detailed and as large as yours. The total pieces needed looks to be at
least 1500 pieces + some.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2022 21:49 | | Subject: | Re: Price increase after unilateral cancellation | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| | | The ruble has fallen by that much. It is not cool that the seller lied to you,
or canceled your order to relist at a high price, but by canceling he probably
did you a favor. The ruble might have fallen before you bought the item making
the $ cost much lower than it would have otherwise been. If you follow the forum
you would have seen a post by someone who bought from Russia and now their order
is stuck in Moscow and not moving.
|
| | Even a refund, if one is issued, might end
up being much lower (in value) than they paid due to the fall of the value of
the ruble.
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That is a really good point.
Hey, I think you just came up with a money scheme for BrickLink. Just change
store settings to only accepting payments in rubles. Sell sets at ridiculously
low prices to get a bunch of quick sales then take the money and buy dollars
or euros. Wait for a couple few weeks for the ruble to go down even further then
cancel all the orders, rebuy rubles at a discount and give everyone full refunds.
Unfortunately I bet their are already people doing scams like this on other market
platforms.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 1, 2022 23:23 | | Subject: | Re: New Medium Brown | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, randyf writes:
| | In Colors, randyf writes:
| | In Colors, crimson30 writes:
| | Maybe I missed it, but with the new Medium Brown coming out (Hogwarts Magical
Trunk is for sale today), I wanted to see if there would be another discussion,
like there was with Neon Yellow.
It strikes me as similar to BL Medium Brown, so I could certainly see "New Medium
Brown". Also I made a swatch based on similar colors. I'd really like to
see what everyone thinks, but honestly one of the key reasons I'm bringing
it up is that I *do not* want to see both colors covered by one BL name.
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This one is a tough situation. The official LEGO name is "Medium Brown", but
BrickLink already has a "Medium Brown". The BrickLink "Medium Brown" is LEGO
"Brown", but BrickLink already has a "Brown". The BrickLink "Brown" is LEGO "Earth
Orange", but BrickLink already has an "Earth Orange". *sigh*
Maybe go with "Medium Brown 2022", like Bladerunner 2049.
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Two possible choices I have come up with that would avoid any color renaming:
"Light Brown" - This is a name used by LEGO for what is BrickLink "Fabuland Orange",
but BrickLink does not use this name yet. It is simple and short.
"Nougat Brown" - Since this color comes between "Reddish Brown" and "Medium Nougat"
on the skin tone scale, this one is a blend of those names. It is also simple
and short.
More to come on this...
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I like Nougat brown. It has a good sound. But I really 1001Bricks suggestion
for
Light Bluish Brown, that way we can have a lot of new bees asking how to tell
the difference between light bluish brown and light brown just like we do from
time to time with the grays - I know at first I had a hard time telling the difference
between the grays and still sometimes do with the light ones.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2022 20:34 | | Subject: | Re: You got to be kidding me | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
| In Feedback, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Feedback, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | | | But how can I handle it. Like can I offer to refund if he removes the feedback
or is that against bricklink policy or is it even enforceable?
|
You can definitely offer him a refund if he agrees to remove the feedback and
there is a good chance he will accept. You will not be breaking any rules here
by making the offer.
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I think you're plain wrong, sorry.
This is a financial transaction to change the feedback, it's not allowed:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=97&q=extortion
Buyers must not demand additional goods, services or refunds over and above
what was agreed in the original transaction with the threat of negative Feedback
if the seller does not comply. Sellers are not allowed to require buyers to leave
positive Feedback or revise existing Feedback in exchange for shipping items,
completing refund requests or providing monetary compensation.
As a seller:
Sellers are, however, allowed to ask the buyer to leave positive Feedback
at the end of a successful transaction.
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Interesting, I had not seen that before. I agree that I was plain wrong! The
way I was suggesting was for the seller to give the refund only in exchange for
the buyer changing his feedback and that would definitely fall break the rules
where it states that a seller is not allowed to require a customer to "revise
existing Feedback in exchange for... providing monetary compensation". - Thank
you for the correction.
The one way it could work is if the seller just gave a refund but did not require
the buyer to change his feedback in order to get the refund and then after giving
the refund he asked the buyer if he would consider changing his feedback, then
I think that would be okay because now the refund does not require changing the
feedback.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2022 17:20 | | Subject: | Re: You got to be kidding me | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
| | | But how can I handle it. Like can I offer to refund if he removes the feedback
or is that against bricklink policy or is it even enforceable?
|
You can definitely offer him a refund if he agrees to remove the feedback and
there is a good chance he will accept. You will not be breaking any rules here
by making the offer. I would first ask him what the issues are and then apologize
if the minifig did not meet his expectations and then make the offer. Most buyers
here are understanding and willing to work with you as long as you treat them
well and offering a refund would definitely show the customer that you take customer
satisfaction seriously.
On a side note if he does not agree to remove it then I would not worry about
it. People will not stop shopping in your store because of just one negative.
Some stores here have dozens of negatives and still get plenty of people shopping
in their store.
I agree with what Gaston.La.Brick mentions about how a couple of bad feedbacks
dont really mean a lot, especially when the majority of other feedbacks are positive.
I also strongly recommend following his advice on not leaving a negative feedback
in retaliation. Retaliatory negative feedbacks, I think hurt a stores reputation
more then the negative feedbacks they receive. I know sometimes a return negative
or neutral may be justified and that is fine, I just hate the stores that leave
retaliatory feedbacks for every one they receive - I will not shop in their stores.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2022 02:32 | | Subject: | Re: #11253 Roller Skates - Metallic Gold | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, tEoS writes:
| | I think it is the brittle shade of pearl gold. Definitely not metallic gold.
| | Here is the photo. Hard to tell but the "metallic gold" is much shinier than
pearl gold.
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Some shades of pearl gold are brittle? I did not know that one.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2022 00:23 | | Subject: | Re: need an opinion please | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
| In LEGO, billamber writes:
| | In LEGO, billamber writes:
| | Hi all,
I have received an order from Italy. The order is for 3 figures for a total of
$39.
Shipping is ridiculous ($16), plus whatever VAT the person must pay.
Here's the question:
The buyer has written three times now, requesting I send the figures in a letter.
I have said no every time and suggested cancelling the order, but now the buyer
is begging (lol), and saying they will assume any risk.
Has anyone ever sent 3 minifigs in a letter?
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The last communication was:
"39$+ 16$shipping + 12,10vat + 20/25$ doganal fees!!!!! For 3 minifigure is very
expensive. For that I asked you an alternative way..
For a letter I would not pay doganal fees..
Please"
I don't have a clue about the doganal fees. I'm frustrated because I
would like to help this buyer with the request, but don't want to leave myself
open to issues with damaged figures.
The buyer Saying they accept the risk, is not a binding statement lol
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It dose not matter if they are willing to accept the risk if you use a standard
1st class letter envelope because a first class letter requires that it be no
thicker than 1/4" thick so it would most likly just be returned to you anyway
and there is a good chance that the envelope would get damaged running thru the
post office scanners and such.
As far as the statement in your terms that states "As a seller on bricklink,
I choose to ship as economically as possible, and am well aware of the risks
involved", by sending it as a first class package that is still the most economically
available option that you can choose - there is no less expensive option that
is accepted by the USPS. I know some will use the 'Large Envelope' option
but technically it is not acceptable by USPS to send minifigs using that method.
I have sent a couple of orders of figures that way in the distant past but never
felt comfortable as I was always nervous about having them returned so I only
did it I think three times. I may be wrong but I think the 'Large Envelope'
option is not even available for sending overseas.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 11, 2022 11:26 | | Subject: | Re: Who should leave feedback first? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
| In Feedback, Teup writes:
| | In Feedback, peregrinator writes:
| | All -
I'm interested in doing a bit of a study. For myself, as a seller and
as a buyer, I'm firmly of the belief that the seller should leave feedback
first. I myself leave feedback when I've shipped the order, even in some
circumstances once the order is packed - at any rate, definitely before the buyer
would leave it. Some have the opposite opinion - that the buyer should leave
feedback first.
Limited evidence (I have a small store, not many orders, maybe my store attracts
a certain kind of buyer?) suggests that leaving feedback when I do has a positive
effect on whether or not I receive feedback in kind. The reason I say this
is that my feedback-to-orders ratio has consistently been between 65-70%, and
yet I've heard that the average feedback-to-orders ratio across BL is more
like 50%. Now I try to be professional and communicative, and because my store
is small I can ship quickly, but many other stores on BL that are larger than
mine offer exemplary service, and I don't think my service is so good as
to account for the higher feedback ratio.
So, if you're willing to answer, would you mind answering with:
- when you leave feedback (before or after the buyer: I don't know if it
has to be specific)
- what your store's current feedback-to-orders ratio is
Thanks!
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I too leave feedback when my buyer pays. I don't really care whether or not
they leave feedback about me (as long as it's not non-positive ). Feedback
isn't a trade - to me it's a service to the community to flag whether
or not a user is OK for doing business with. It's not a gift or a service
to the person I post the feedback about, and not something to negotiate with.
You could be right about leaving feedback immediately increasing the odds of
getting feedback back, I had the same impression. Leaving it upon payment, I
think my feedback ratio is around 70% as you say.
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Actually your feedback ratio is better then 70%, it is 81%. For a store with
5000+ orders that is a really good percentage. Makes we wonder if Euro countries
take leaving feedback more seriously or are you just a really nice guy?
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 7, 2022 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: Pricing of Store | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
| In Price Guide, jgrossman1025 writes:
| | In Price Guide, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | I use Brickstore to generate the xml file and then do a mass upload. On the mass
upload page there is a checkbox to concatenate remarks, as well as options of
which to keep(old or new) for pricing, stockrooms, cost, etc.
|
Seems like all routes point back to brickstore, as it has been recommended for
other issues before also, thanks again for everyone's help.
If anyone who helped in the forum would like a 10% off coupon to my store feel
free to message me and i will send you one!
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Brickstore is the best!! The latest iteration is so useful to us that if BrickStore
was not free we would be willing to pay for it with no hesitation (they do have
a donate button on the support page on their website).
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 7, 2022 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: Missing Pieces | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, pb_bricks writes:
| | I know this topic has probably been discussed many times, but how many missing
pieces should there be for me to complain to the seller about it? I sometimes
placed orders, which came with a couple of missing/unoriginal pieces, and never
really cared when 1 or 2 dollars worth of pieces weren't there.
Not so long ago I placed a 78 lot 1600ish piece order, from which there were
66(!) mistakes in 14 lots (even 1 entire lot missing). Is there logic in sending
a message to the seller for him to either refund me or send the missing parts?
|
We have made mistakes on orders over the years where customers contacted us about
missing pieces anywhere from couple of pieces to even missing a few lots. The
few over the years with missing lots were caused by either a ziplock bag not
getting into the envelope or unfortunately, just trying to fill a larger order
with over 80 to 100 lots just too fast. We have had customers contact us even
about missing just one piece and in all those instances, even customers missing
just that one piece in an order with over 100 lots and a value of less then $25.00,
in every case we will send the missing parts. We dont offer a refund, we just
send the missing piece or pieces along with a free bee bag of goodies because
of our mistake and our customers seem to really appreciate it.
Our customers paid us for a complete order so they should get a complete order.
You should not feel bad about contacting a store that does not send you everything
you ordered. I can appreciate not making a fuss over just a couple of pieces
that you really dont need but anything more then you should expect to get them
sent to you.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: Too low shipping automatically selected | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, cosmicray writes:
| | In Technical Issues, SKotK writes:
| | This is very frustrating since you can't really ship anything for $3.00 these
days. I had to refund the seller, but PayPal already took out their fee (and
won't return it) so the refund wouldn't process because now there is
less than the total amount in my PayPal account to refund back. I transferred
money over to PayPal, but it will take 3-5 business days. In the meantime the
buyer found what they wanted somewhere else, and they were understandably frustrated
(as am I).
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Please support 2-step payments (split authorize / capture). I'm using that
now on another marketplace. It's so fantastic to be able to examine the order
details before committing to any fees.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1304728
Nita Rae
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Once instant payment is set up correctly the system works great. Things I just
dont want set up for instant checkout, like sets, I just set up for manual invoicing.
Plus, how often dose a store need to refund an order? I have had to do it only
a couple of times thru the years and it was usually because of not having a part
I thought I had but could not locate it so it was my bad.
If a store has to do a lot of refunds then maybe they are just not set up correctly.
I know there are exceptions, such as yourself because you dont want to sell to
certain people so you want the ability to cancel their orders and stop list them
but you are probably more of an exception in comparison to most stores selling
here so I dont really think that there would be much benefit to adding another
payment option which can make things possibly more confusing for buyers by adding
another layer to checking out.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2022 19:49 | | Subject: | Re: Cancelled an order as a seller | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, StarBrick writes:
| | Based on my experiences, these inv.gremlins or errors are becoming more common.
Mistakes happen. We are people making mistakes.
If this is how mistakes are handled by this buyer ("pay me more than you owed
me as I am now forced to buy elsewehere at higher costs!") I would gladly block
this buyer. No matter how disappointed one gets, this is morally wrong IMO.
You did handle correct.
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Actually, he probably did not handle it correctly. He has 4 negative feedbacks
from people stating that he canceled their order because he did not have what
they purchased and he admits this openly in his reply to all 4 of them saying
"Every seller started to list this set before they get it as it is an employee
set" and then on top of that he gave them all a retaliatory negative feedback
saying that they "Did not understand cancellation"? He left them the retaliatory
feedbacks even thou he was the one at fault when going against BrickLink's
terms knowingly listing sets he did not have and then canceling orders when people
purchased them.
He doesn't seem to have to real good track record for selling. Out of 97
feedbacks for selling he has 6 negatives and 1 neutral.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2022 18:04 | | Subject: | Re: Can BL help in this matter? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, patpendlego writes:
| | I am not talking about responsability, but simply solve the issue between themselves
first at least they both have their items. Then go to the sellers and start claims
etc whatever feel needed to do.
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One difficulty is that PayPal might have the buyer ship the order back to the
seller to move a claim forward, hard to do if the buyer no longer has the order.
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And another is one buyer not sending. If one posts what they incorrectly received
to someone else but don't get anything in return, they have given away something
that is not theirs to give away.
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If he will not pay for the shipping then if both of you file an NSS against the
store then I bet he will respond because if you complete it then the store will
be closed down if just one more is completed against him and he will not want
that hanging over his head.
Best Regards.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: Just got a fun one... | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, par016 writes:
| | 1/19 - Received order in my store
1/19 - Packed and shipped
1/22 - Package delivered
1/27 - Buyer asks for tracking number
1/27 - I message them back with the tracking and point out that it has already
been delivered
1/28 - 8:51 - Buyer sends a message saying there were 10 pieces missing from
4 lots in a 98 piece order including 2 full lots. Says he wants the pieces over
a refund and is letting me know before he "files a complaint with BrickLink."
1/28 - 9:22 - I respond saying that I specifically remember packing some of the
peices they say they are missing and ask them to check to see if they got stuck
in the packaging. Then I go on to say that if they didn't get the pieces
that's my fault and I apologize.
I tell them I am sending a refund for the parts and will also ship out the replacements
today. So I sent refund for the part, pack replacements, adjust my inventory
because it was still acurrate, print shipping label.
1/28 - 9:44 - "im so sorry, i actually found the tan pieces behind a crevice
in my closet, and when i looked through the trash to see if i threw out the pieces
on accident i found the dark green piece, then i found the light bluish gray
piece on the floor, so the order is 100% perfect, all my fault, i apologize for
the inconvenience."
-Pete
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Thus you have no negative or neutral feedbacks, well done!
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 01:35 | | Subject: | Re: Just a thoought | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
| 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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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 22:35 | | Subject: | Re: "squishing" issue with packages | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
| In Shipping, zorbanj writes:
| | In Shipping, Brickitty writes:
| |
Ditto right back to you! No rattling at all. I've even developed a technique
for flattening the small ziplocs I use to pack parts against my chest to remove
almost all of the air from them, so they're virtually vacuum-sealed. My goal
is that, if a random person were to shake the box/envelope, they wouldn't
be able to hear the sound of Lego parts inside.
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Wow, I do this too!
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We have used bunches and bunches of them also with next to no problems. Probably
most of us use allot of these types of envelopes and I think the reason that
very few problems crop up using these is because we are shipping them using regular
package rates and not the large envelope rate that the op mentioned using. A
long time ago I tried sending small orders of 1 or 2 small pieces by the large
envelope rate but found that it was just not worth the time and effort to make
it work and I was always worried that they would be damaged or sent back so I
only did it 2 or 3 times before I stopped.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 01:06 | | Subject: | Re: 150,000 Parts - another milestone. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
| In Announce, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | Evening all and a very Happy New Year!
From very small and humble beginnings, which was basically to complete several
hundred old sets Cal & I had collected since he was young, here we are on New
Years Day 2022, and we have finally hit 150,000 parts and just under 8000 parts.
We would jut like to thank everyone for the support and business, and all the
help received through the forums.]
Cheers to all!
Cal & Steve
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Congrats!!
It always nice to hit new milestones as you grow your store. I love selling here
on BrickLink and it sounds like you guys do to.
Best Regards,
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 11:55 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO MASTER FINALIST MADE A VIDEO ON MY ORDER | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, POPS_BLOCK_SHOP writes:
| | Are you a fan of LEGO MASTERS? Well Caleb from Cheesey Studios and from Twin
Brother Team Caleb and Jacob(LEGO MASTERS Season 2 USA) bought from my store
(After I issued a Thanks you coupon) and made a nice video on parts. Check it
out!
https://youtu.be/iGktjRckrog
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That is so cool!
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 27, 2021 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: What did I do wrong? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
| In Problem Order, popsicle writes:
| | Maybe not much more after the sale. Prior to the sale however, perhaps go beyond
mere reference to a listing photo to offering more, by mentioning the “grains
of sand” A phrase btw, that was repeated three times in your exchange, and an
obvious issue from both of your perspectives.
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I agree, it would have been good to mention the sand. The picture was really
good at showing the condition of the stickers but the sand in the picture could
be also seen as just some dirt and by looking at the picture the buyer really
couldn't have known that there was sand under some of the stickers. Mentioning
the sand probably would have negated any problems with the buyer and even if
it didn't you could at least be sure that you did all that you could have
done.
As a side note, I think I would leave a positive feedback even if he does not
leave feedback. It may help to your customer to feel better about the transaction.
Also, a small coupon to him may win you over a customer for the long term.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2021 23:31 | | Subject: | Re: Question concerning box of Rolls-Royce (395) | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, qwertyboy writes:
Whaaaaat?? How in the world did you find it???? That is Definitely the right
building.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 21:10 | | Subject: | Re: Brick-o-lator (New store in Canada) | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| I love your store name! I hope everything goes well for your store. You look
like you are starting off with a decent amount of stock (but of course the more
you add the better.)
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: Issues with placing orders | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Llewyn writes:
| | In Administrative, Brick_Qc writes:
| | My brother-in-law is a high level IT guy for a major bank, millions of members.
He is WELL paid for his job.
Last week, they discovered a potential flaw in a software that could had been
exploited by hackers. They woke him up at midnight, he and his team worked non
stop for 14 hours until they were satisfied the problem was resolved.
That's how it done...
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Bricklink is not a major bank.
I'm also a "high level IT guy" - infrastructure architecture consultant in
my case, with banks, government agencies, NHS trusts, TV stations etc among my
client base. If there's one thing my 25 years in the industry have taught
me - well, one I learned well in the first 25 months to be honest - it's
that if you have no first-hand knowledge of a problem then all your opinions
on how, and how quickly, something should be implemented are utterly worthless.
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+1
To often we are quick to judge others without knowing the facts.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2021 18:57 | | Subject: | Re: Organizational change in BrickLink | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I hope everything goes smoooothly. I came love Lego latter in life and I really
enjoy selling here on BrickLink. This is a great site and I look forward to see
what the future holds with BL going forward.
Just a side point, your avatar pic looks really nice and the slightly out of
focus plants or flowers are a nice touch. Out of curiosity, did you take the
picture and does it have any meaning?
Best Regards.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 18, 2021 10:54 | | Subject: | Re: how long is a terrible shop allowed to sell | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, HC writes:
| | hi,Jim
good news...nobody is perfect but this seller is the bloody limit,and if new
buyers would have had their first buy on bricklink there ,we loose potential
new members
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That was exactly my thought to.
Jim,
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 18, 2021 10:53 | | Subject: | Re: how long is a terrible shop allowed to sell | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, legoman77 writes:
| | In Buying, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In Buying, HC writes:
| | hi,
had a bad expierience in a shop [silly me I forgot to read feedback score]
noticed later when trouble began, this shop has buyer privelige already revoked
and SO MANY negative feedback in short notice
just in one week 3 positive ,3 neutral and 11 negative..and the week has just
began
In my case the same as with many...refunded after NSS to avoid NSS completed.
is there no alarm bell ringing at admin even though he avoids NSS completed?
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=Koevoets23
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Well it was a really good thing that you started this thread because his store
has now been suspended for "Preventive Action". I hope this guy never gets his
selling privilege's back! Just bad news.
Jim
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Cute dog, not a cat though.
John P
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But dont you know that dogs rule!! I would like to have a cat but Skragle and
me are so close that he would never forgive me. He is with me literally 165 out
of 168 hours each week so I think he would kill the cat during one of those 3
hours and blame one of his flying dragon toys for the dastardly deed.
When I first got him I wanted his name to be Lego related so I came up with Skragle.
Not just because it fits him perfectly for his 24/7 morning hair but because
the name is Lego related.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 18, 2021 00:25 | | Subject: | Re: how long is a terrible shop allowed to sell | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, HC writes:
| | hi,
had a bad expierience in a shop [silly me I forgot to read feedback score]
noticed later when trouble began, this shop has buyer privelige already revoked
and SO MANY negative feedback in short notice
just in one week 3 positive ,3 neutral and 11 negative..and the week has just
began
In my case the same as with many...refunded after NSS to avoid NSS completed.
is there no alarm bell ringing at admin even though he avoids NSS completed?
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=Koevoets23
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Well it was a really good thing that you started this thread because his store
has now been suspended for "Preventive Action". I hope this guy never gets his
selling privilege's back! Just bad news.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2021 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: Your next contest! | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
| | 270? |
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2021 13:27 | | Subject: | Re: Your next contest! | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 7, 2021 17:29 | | Subject: | Re: Your next contest! | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 11:52 | | Subject: | Re: Address mismatch | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
| In Shipping, 7alyson7 writes:
| | Does anyone know the Bricklink policy when a buyer's Bricklink address doesn't
match their PayPal address? I have run into this, and tried to contact the buyer
to ask which to use. The buyer hasn't responded. Thanks for any help!
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We have had the same situation here come up several times in the past with smaller
orders. We just contacted each customer and asked them which address they wanted
us to ship their order to and we have had zero problems when the order was sent
to an address other then what was on record with PayPal. All of those orders
were small enough for us to be willing to take the chance.
We have had a couple of orders that were large enough that we did not want to
take a chance so we just contacted each customer and explained that we had to
send it to the address on file with PayPal and they were fine with that.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2021 12:25 | | Subject: | Re: A little love for our hard working volunteers | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
| Well said.
+1
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2021 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted List - no remarks when uploading .bsx | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, EDOM writes:
| | I have created a huge list of parts missing in different sets using BrickStore.
In the Remarks column, I put the set numbers to identify which part belongs to
which set.
Then I uploaded the file to a BrickLink Wanted List. Unfortunately the Remarks
are not uploaded along with the parts.
Does anyone know a workaround (or can tell me what I am doing wrong)?
Regards,
Sven
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Are you using the most up to date version of "2021.10.2 (build 503)" or at least
close to it? The reason I ask is because the newer versions have a lot more functionality
then the older versions.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2021 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: Linking people toBrickowl store on splashpage | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | In Selling, cosmicray writes:
| | In Selling, BrickAndStone writes:
| | Hey everyone. Just wanted to ask and this is probably not allowed as it will
take fees out of Bricklink but wanted to inquire anyways.
Since I have a 2 figure limit in my Bricklink store due to my figures being the
lowest prices in the USA, Is it allowed to link people to my brickowl store on
our splash page if they want to buy more than 2 figures as we dont have the figure
limit there but have them at way higher prices there for our customers who need
more than 2 figures.
Also please dont bash on the terms of my store. My customers like it and thats
all that matters.
Thanks for all the help!!
-Jean Pierre
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So, if I'm understanding this correctly, you are inquiring about the correctness
of using BrickLink to drive traffic to your BrickOwl store, where you charge
higher prices.
Do I understand this correctly ?
Nita Rae
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A simple “ I don’t think so “ would suffice mate . You need to take a chill pill
with the sassy remarks
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What she asked is not sassy but it is exactly what you are asking or was she
wrong? What you are asking / suggesting I think to many here is kind of insulting
to the extent that you are willing to out price other stores in the hope that
you can then lure customers here on BL to your BrickOwl store where your prices
are higher. It is not that you are charging more on BrickOwl with no limitations
that is in any way questionable but that you are even asking if it is okay to
try to lure those customers away from BrickLink by the manner you are hoping
to achieve that that can be rather unpalatable.
Jim.
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