Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | qwertyboy  | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2023 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Verify email | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, tangpedersen writes:
| | I have verified my email, but it still asks me to do it and I cannot buy anything
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After verification, clear cookies, restart web browser and log in.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2023 13:36 | | Subject: | Re: 20% Off Entire Store This Weekend | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | I’ll just have hope I remember to save and the weekly power shorts dont continue 
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Never use a production PC without an UPS (uninterruptible power supply).
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Or try one of those new-fangled PCs-with-built-in-UPS.
I think they are called laptops.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2023 18:36 | | Subject: | Re: Can't change quote status | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, ANHDesigns writes:
| | Received a quote for some items and went and got the shipping charges. I updated
the fields but i could not change the status from REQUESTED to READY so i can
send an invoice. There was no drop down like i had done before.
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You need to click that "white paper sheet icon".
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2023 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: Quote cancellation | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
| | For a second time in two days, a quote which we replied to was automatically
canceled because an item was bought by another customer. This has left us with
very upset customers.
While I understand these quotes are no longer valid, having them canceled automatically
without any explanation (especially to the customer) is unacceptable. If
the system is able to cancel quotes for this reason, the system should at least
send a simple email to the parties involved.
As well, currently there is no way of telling why quotes were canceled. You cannot
even tell if the customer decided to cancel, and you cannot easily tell if the
system auto-canceled by comparing quote change and order creation times, as cancellation
appears to happen "some time" within an hour of order placement.
So my suggestion is twofold:
- Send both buyer and seller an email whenever a quote gets canceled and put
the cancel "trigger" in the message (like either "canceled by buyer" or "canceled
by system because item xxxx is no longer available" ;
- Record the reason for cancellation in the quote request, so this is available
for future reference.
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Bumping this suggestion, as customers keep getting confused and upset about quotes
being canceled without any explanation.
Please consider sending a simple message to both seller and buyer when the system
decides to cancel a quote for this reason. It has been nearly 8 years since the
original suggestion. This should not be rocket science.
Thanks.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2023 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Netiquette on the forum | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Talking about too-lengthy posts, two that stood out fairly recently was a post
with what looked like the entire BL catalog, and a post that felt it necessary
to regurgitate Pi to 100,000 decimals.
Both are still accessible.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2023 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: Netiquette on the forum | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | Could you please make the effort of cutting out unnecessary quotes when you answer
a post?
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Hear hear. Especially with messages with an entire pages-long quoted post, and
the new info is "+1".
So a "+1" from me on your request.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2023 16:05 | | Subject: | Re: Rename part 17114 ? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| While I don't fully agree with your reasoning, I do appreciate the feedback.
We'll leave the naming as-is.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 11:10 | | Subject: | Re: Messaged tied to orders get purged? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In Help, Emporiosa writes:
| | I just noticed something when trying to check something in old messages, and
I assume this is the case but couldn't find any info on it when searching
the forums. I can see history of old messages sent/received dating back to when
I started on BL, but it looks like anything that was a response to an order (such
as if I used the "message" link in the order itself) may purge along
with the order. Is this what's happening?
I double checked that recent messages that were sent this way show properly in
the outbox in the messages right now, and also show on the order itself. Does
this mean that in theory we shouldn't be using the "message" feature
in orders to keep a longer history in the messages?
Thanks! 
-Sarah
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I would be interested to know if adding a NEW Message attached to an old order
will prevent the entire order from being purged. Will a new message re-set the
clock on that order?
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This I can say is not the case. We allow customers to keep their order open,
but on one occasion the order got purged at the expected date even after sending
the customer a message through the order form.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2023 10:37 | | Subject: | Re: Rename part 17114 ? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, edk writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, qwertyboy writes:
| | I requested a name change for
from "Technic, Brick Modified 2 x 2 with 2 Ball Joints and Axle Hole"
to "Technic, Brick Modified 2 x 2 with Ball Joint and Axle Hole with 6
Holes in Each Ball". This was rejected without any explanation.
Seeing as these holes are a fairly visible feature of this part as compared to
and also described with these two:
Why can these holes not be in the name of this part?
Just curious.
Niek.
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Maybe it was rejected because you said "ball joint" when the part has
two balls.
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Jeez, my bad. I will try again.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2023 10:17 | | Subject: | Rename part 17114 ? | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| I requested a name change for
from "Technic, Brick Modified 2 x 2 with 2 Ball Joints and Axle Hole"
to "Technic, Brick Modified 2 x 2 with Ball Joint and Axle Hole with 6
Holes in Each Ball". This was rejected without any explanation.
Seeing as these holes are a fairly visible feature of this part as compared to
and also described with these two:
Why can these holes not be in the name of this part?
Just curious.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2023 10:06 | | Subject: | Re: Smoke / Soot Damage Bricks | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, LegoLagasse writes:
| | Has anyone successfully restored smoke or soot damaged bricks? I was given
a lego collection that came out of house fire and was curious if there was any
hope. Seems like a TON of work, but there are some great figs that need help.
My standard cleaners do not cut through the grime very well.
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https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=336173
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2023 17:34 | | Subject: | Re: Seller privileges revoked | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, little_quark writes:
| | In Help, iprice writes:
| | In Help, little_quark writes:
| | Reason: temporary ban. Even though he hadn't done anything illegal before.
What could be the reason? And what does "temporary ban" mean?
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Aren't all BL sales to/from Russia prohibited due to the war in Ukraine?
I presume that once hostilities cease trade will resume.
But it could be for other reasons.
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That's right, support answered me the same way. HOWEVER! Before that, there
was access to the store and inventory, but it was impossible to accept and leave
orders. Ban now.
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You were advertising on your store that you were accepting orders by people sending
you a snapshot of their order. This not only tries to circumvent the ban-on-sales,
but promotes sales facilitated by BL but transacting outside BL, a violation
of the Terms of Service.
So take your pick, either one would likely be sufficient for a ban.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2023 18:21 | | Subject: | Re: Why aren't Quotes purged? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, UTLF writes:
| | I've got 11 pages worth of quotes that stretch all the way back to 2018,
which is 5 years ago now (dang...) and I've been wondering for a while: why
aren't quotes purged the same way orders are? One would think that quotes
aren't nearly as important as orders, yet these are saved for years upon
years while actual orders are purged every 6 months. (It should be the other
way around, in my opinion.)
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Yah. Ours go back to the very start of quotes, in 2015 (22 pages now).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2023 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: My tools | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, calebfishn writes:
| | Ah yes. The Slot of Doom! An absolute must for Canadian sellers. When I started
the store I made my own out of cardboard, but yours is awesome.
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Our post office manager sold me an official Canada Post one at cost, but I don't
think she was supposed to do that.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 15:48 | | Subject: | Re: Guidelines is needed | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | nobody has said anything against it
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This is a common excuse that never flies. There are sellers (still) that put
up incomplete minifigs for sale. "Nobody has said anything, so it is OK".
It is like saying "oh, I always run this red light, and nobody has said anything
yet, so it is OK".
Not saying an external splash page is like running a red light, I'm saying
that "haven't been caught yet" is not the same as "therefore
it is allowed".
Also not saying that an external splash page is not allowed - it apparently is
(as is somewhat evident by the option being available on the management page).
All I am saying is that to me there is a contradiction with the ToS. It either
needs an adjustment, or some clarification from our overlord.
I'm sorry, I can't be any clearer than this.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 13:55 | | Subject: | Re: Guidelines is needed | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, qwertyboy writes:
| | […]
I am just quoting the ToS which we all agreed on. If an external page is allowed
without any permission, BL should make this more clear.
It sounds from your interpretation that a hosted splash page becomes "the
splash page" - so what would the phrase "users must not link from their
splash page ... to another site" mean? No links to pages outside the splash
page site?
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Or: no links to pages outside BL = your splash page must link to BL only, even
when hosted elsewhere (except maybe images?).
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That would mean no links to CSS file(s) (and - haven't tried this - JavaScript...)
either, so only inline CSS allowed.
| | Complicated. Happy not to be a seller
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Or don't do it externally, you can do enough on the locally hosted page.
Or better yet, just forget about the splash page. The only info that really matters
to a customer should be in the shop terms.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 13:18 | | Subject: | Re: Guidelines is needed | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Help, s0l0kr writes:
You will need permissions from BL to set up an external web page on your splash
page, else you are in violation of rule 10.5 of the ToS.
Linking: Link to pages outside of the Site. Users must not link from their Splash
Page, Terms & Conditions, Shipping Policy, About Me page or from their listings
of items for sale, to another site.
Niek.
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Also reading that it says a link from your splash page to another site isn’t
allowed not you aren’t allowed to host a splash page externally
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I am just quoting the ToS which we all agreed on. If an external page is allowed
without any permission, BL should make this more clear.
It sounds from your interpretation that a hosted splash page becomes "the
splash page" - so what would the phrase "users must not link from their
splash page ... to another site" mean? No links to pages outside the splash
page site?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2023 12:57 | | Subject: | Re: Guidelines is needed | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, s0l0kr writes:
You will need permissions from BL to set up an external web page on your splash
page, else you are in violation of rule 10.5 of the ToS.
Linking: Link to pages outside of the Site. Users must not link from their Splash
Page, Terms & Conditions, Shipping Policy, About Me page or from their listings
of items for sale, to another site.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: bricks by rick 20% discount | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, bricksbyrick writes:
| | only the big boys react gosh how strange and strange that you haven't looked
in my store yet and possibly placed an order then you can see that I do deliver
quality and try to get my feedback to 100% and I think that a lot small shops
suffer from this
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FYI - you would need to raise another 160.000 positive feedbacks to get your
FB to 100%.
All I am saying is two things (before, it was only one thing):
- A sale every day for about the same percentage is not a sale;
- Posting factually wrong info is not going to help you.
I am not arguing your quality, I am trying to give you some advice, which you
are obviously unwilling to take into account. That is fine, I will stop.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: bricks by rick 20% discount | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, bricksbyrick writes:
| | well I'm not going to defend myself because someone thinks something and
if you are not allowed to advertise here I think you should just take out the
entire sales page because you can never do anything against the big boys here
even if you have a million bricks are online because they are covered by lego
itself
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You are perfectly allowed to post sales here, even once every day, but I mentioned
this before - putting your inventory up with a sale of 15% every day is
not a sale, that is your normal price. Advertising this on the forum every day
and being seen by (mostly) the same people every day is not going to increase
your sales, it will make you look silly.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2023 11:10 | | Subject: | Re: bricks by rick 20% discount | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, bricksbyrick writes:
| | but it is allowed since the parts are different from the day before and I can't
put 20k online now like most here but I have already removed it, you will be
made difficult to sell even a stone
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Unfortunately for you, this is easily checked. Your last parts addition was March
6, which is more than "... the day before".
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2023 17:33 | | Subject: | Re: Macro Economics | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, s0l0kr writes:
| | Yeah but you don't cry that bricklink is low profitable That's the
difference
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Just to make sure - nobody is crying that BL is low profitable. Speaking for
myself -
You started this thread asking anyone to explain how the Swan model works, because
"... sometimes university needs to much". You also mentioned you wanted
to use your BL shop to augment your income. I advised you several times that
running a small BL shop to get money in is a very bad way of spending your time.
I don't think anyone else in this thread is going to dispute that.
I will try one last time:
- For your study, you need to put time and effort in, asking for shortcuts is
lazy.
- You believe university is claiming too much time, and you think/hope
you can earn enough money with your BL shop - these two things are incompatible
doing at the same time. Both take a lot of time to achieve.
So, I believe you need to make a choice: go study and pick a more profitable
way of augmenting your income, or build your BL store to the point where it can
make money. IMHO you cannot do both at the same time. What you can do (and nobody
is disputing this) is to have a small shop on the side while studying, but there
is simply no way you can rely on its profitability to pay for your lifestyle
while at the same time doing a fulltime university study. Your shop is not large
enough to provide that.
So I am going to change my advice (assuming you continue your study): spend your
time with your books, keep your BL shop for fun (and not rely on it for income),
and look for other, more realistic, ways of augmenting your income.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2023 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: Macro Economics | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, s0l0kr writes:
| | I want to give myself a chance with it, and see where it will get me
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So you have decided that your studies are not your priority. That is fine, as
long as you admit that to yourself.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2023 15:12 | | Subject: | Re: Macro Economics | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, s0l0kr writes:
| | Mostly I am selling lego not for huge profits, but for emotions I get when someone
orders something, your shops looks kinda big, doesn't you make like 50% gross
profit on every sale?
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Apparently your studies haven't reached the point yet where profit is not
just the difference between buy-price and sell-price. Our shop mostly sells used
parts. If I were to define my profit as just that difference, it would be over
90%. Think that sounds great? I did not mention the time it takes to get
from a bulk eBay buy to having it in the shop. Hunting for Lego to buy, cleaning
it, sorting (and discarding any non-Lego), uploading to BL and storing it away.
For our shop, this is a 60-hour-a-week job, and the profits are less than what
I would make with literally any other job (paper route, dish washing at
restaurants, you name it). You need to build a large shop for it to become profitable.
To simplify things, if you can't hire someone and pay at least minimum wage
to do what you do in your BL shop, you are not profitable.
You need to determine your priorities. If you wish to pay for and finish your
studies, stop with your BL shop, as the "money earned" divided by "time
spent" is about as bad as you can get. Find a different way to augment your
income.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2023 14:50 | | Subject: | Re: Macro Economics | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, s0l0kr writes:
| | Yeah I know, to be honest I am not lazy at all, I just study in one university
which is 1st in baltics and nordic, you can check Stockholm School of Economics.
I am trying to grow my lego shop, because I love lego since childhood, I really
hope that my shop will become bigger, I am trying to do my best with it and everytime
checking bricklink how much visitors and orders I have, for me it is very exciting,
I am also stock,forex and crypto trader, but now I am mostly trying to use my
trading abilities only to get money to pay for rent, university and buy more
lego for the shop. Because every order gets me really happy that my work is not
useless
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In that case, I will give you some brutal honest advice. Stop selling Lego on
BrickLink now, and get a different side job. BL will not give you anywhere the
ROI that you need. It takes way too much time (time you need for your studies)
for peanuts of profit. As you apparently study economics, apply your knowledge
to your own activities and start maximizing the money you make per each hour
you spend not studying.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2023 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Macro Economics | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, s0l0kr writes:
| | I perfectly know my certification notes, just sometimes university needs to much
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Sometimes youngsters are too lazy to put in the work needed. If you think university
studies is "too much", wait until real life catches up with you. You
will realize university is a walk in the park (and yes, I did all the studying
pre-Internet in the 80s, and have finished university).
Buck up and start reading your books like everyone else.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2023 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Macro Economics | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, s0l0kr writes:
| | Hey everyone, I have macroeconomics exam in a week, and I know something around
nothing. Can someone say to me how the Swan model works please
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I suggest you study using your assigned books like everyone else who took that
exam. There should not be any shortcuts for those not wanting to put in the work.
If it is too much or too difficult, you might want to rethink your certification
goals.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2023 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: Red feedback received w/o any transaction !! | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | The seller has 65 lots for sale. I can understand why he is upset when a buyer
cancels the order. Please be kind.
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He asked for people's opinion. People gave their honest opinion, without
being rude (contrary to what this seller did in his message). I don't see
why the concern to "be kind" is needed.
Is "being kind" the same as "not giving an honest answer"? As
long as the answers are not rude (which is the point of almost all replies),
I don't see a need for anyone to respond in a different way.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2023 10:40 | | Subject: | Re: Red feedback received w/o any transaction !! | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, papounetjoli writes:
| | Ok
So he acted wrong (order w/o asking about costs before , he asked in comment
in the order) and finally I'm penalized for that .
I find that incredible ...
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You received several answers, all explaining the same issue, yet you insist on
arguing you are right.
If you are not willing to listen and learn, why did you start this thread?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 23:13 | | Subject: | Re: Foolishness | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Sounds an aweful lot like buying a lottery ticket. My CFO does that regularly.
For me it's a win-win - if she doesn't score the jackpot I get to say
"told you so". If she does, I'm rich as well.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2023 19:29 | | Subject: | Re: bricks by rick 15% off on parts 41k | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Just some friendly advice -
Most people who read the forum, read it regularly. Advertising the same "15%
sale" every day will not get you more orders,. Rather, it looks silly,
and you will actually lower the number of people reading your "sale"
message.
I suggest you put your non-sale prices at that 15%-off, and then doing an actual
sale every now and then (not every day).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2023 00:13 | | Subject: | Re: Warnings with NetParcel | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, SezaR writes:
| | In Shipping, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Shipping, SezaR writes:
| | The return shipping using NetParcel means they will charge me the standard shipping
costs with UPS. That is way too high and we all know that. Indeed, it was higher
than what I could get with my normal UPS account. I think I got something between
$100-150 cad but they wanted soemthing about $350-400 (forgot the exact amount
but can verify it if you want).
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To be fair, Canada Post does the exact same thing - if you create a domestic
shipping label for a parcel, at the bottom in small letters it reads that upon
non-delivery they will return the parcel at counter rates.
Niek.
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They may do the exact same thing but it is not the exact same thing happening
to us:
1) I ship for $20 with CanadaPost. It gets returned for $25. Ok, no problem.
2) I ship with UPS, using my own account. It does not leave the country (i.e.
Canada if I ship it myself). The package gets returned to the address of sender
at no extra cost.
3) I ship with UPS, using my own account. It reaches the other country but the
package does not get delivered. I don't know how this gets handled by UPS.
Do they charge to return it?
4) I ship with UPS, with NetParcel, for $70. It reaches the other country
but the package does not get delivered. They ask $400 to return it. This is why
I think you should know if you use NetParcel.
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I was referring to the carrier charging for return delivery (so in effect point
3 of your reply), plus the fact CP charges counter rates. I don't know what
the UPS counter rate would be for shipping back from your customer's country,
but (supposedly, if I believe the NetParcel site) my price for some US-bound
shipments with UPS is CAD 11, and the "normal" rate is CAD 45+, so the
difference of your account rate of CAD 70 vs a counter rate of CAD 400 is in
the same silly ballpark.
Off-topic - CP is adding more and more costs to their parcel shipments, so prices
keep going up. Not so for their flat-rate boxes. At this point, pretty much all
domestic parcels for us are cheaper in a FRB than with a "normal" parcel,
even with our business account (but I'm sure your sets won't fit any
FRB they have).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2023 23:26 | | Subject: | Re: Warnings with NetParcel | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, SezaR writes:
| | The return shipping using NetParcel means they will charge me the standard shipping
costs with UPS. That is way too high and we all know that. Indeed, it was higher
than what I could get with my normal UPS account. I think I got something between
$100-150 cad but they wanted soemthing about $350-400 (forgot the exact amount
but can verify it if you want).
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To be fair, Canada Post does the exact same thing - if you create a domestic
shipping label for a parcel, at the bottom in small letters it reads that upon
non-delivery they will return the parcel at counter rates.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2023 18:52 | | Subject: | Re: One of the best stores on Bricklink | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, SezaR writes:
| | I received a "quote request" from a country I did not know where it was!
The name of country is Macau. This is not yet an order but this gives
a very good feeling I can provide good quality vintage sets and catalogs to such
a small country
|
We had an order from Macau back in 2016.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2023 18:50 | | Subject: | Re: One of the best stores on Bricklink | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, SezaR writes:
| | NetParcel is really annoying and I have decided not to ship with them any more.
I will write another post about them to warn my fellow Canadian sellers.
|
We have had no issues so far (but we currently don't ship outside NA).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2023 13:23 | | Subject: | Re: Help available | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, spacemonk32 writes:
| | I just reopened my store after being closed while studying for my CPA. If you
are in the US and would like help filing your return I would be ok with a store
credit trade.
|
While I appreciate the thought behind the offer and I don't want to rain
on your parade, but taking tax advice from an unknown Internet user and use it
to file your returns would be a bad idea. Same goes for medical advice, legal
advice etc.
And to be even more cynical, you said you studied for your CPA, but you didn't
mention you actually finished your studies with a certification status (not that
it matters in this context).
Anyways, congrats (if you graduated) and Happy Friday!
Niek.
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|
| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 18:49 | | Subject: | Re: Anything else doing besides Lego work? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | I gotta say it looks and sounds delicious, your take on nasi goreng. What time
should I be there?
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Ah - that pic was from the chicken curry spread. The prep for the nasi goreng
meal (Indonesian for "rice fried" consisted of marinating chicken and
cooking rice. The marinating in advance is obvious, the rice cooking is needed
because for a proper fried rice the rice must be cooked and then completely cooled
off before frying it.
You can drop by any time for a meal, I can always whip something up.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 14:23 | | Subject: | Anything else doing besides Lego work? | | Viewed: | 136 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
|
| Interested to hear what others are doing besides working with the plastic brick
and reading the forum (yes, I see you do).
I prepped tonight's dinner (nasi goreng with chicken satays), made a batch
of chicken curry salad (which sounds way healthier than it is - "chicken
curry spread" would probably be a better term), now doing some home cleaning.
I was hoping to take a brisk walk outside, but it looks like there is still too
much ice on the sidewalks, and I can't risk toppling over again after two
back surgeries (if that wouldn't have killed me, my wife would have finished
the job).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 14:03 | | Subject: | Re: Store Suspended On Feb 15, 2023 | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Baarlo_Bricks writes:
| | There never was a transfer. He just let us believe he sold it to another person.
Both stores are located in Groningen, both owners are/were 41 at the same time
and they both never ever heard of punctuation? I doubt it. Is this, however,
a reason for a ban?
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There is no ban (yet), the store is closed because of "Preventive Action".
If I were to go out on the street and start claiming I broke into my neighbor's
house, you bet the police would be interested to have a chat with me. I won't
get sentenced right away (in this case, banned from BL), but they sure would
want to get to the bottom of this while they invite me to have a little stay
at the police station (preventive action).
So yes, if someone claims they bought the store from a previous owner, this would
(in my eyes) very much warrant a temporary store closure until this is sorted
out.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 13:05 | | Subject: | Re: Store Suspended On Feb 15, 2023 | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, bricksbyrick writes:
| | In Problem, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Problem, bricksbyrick writes:
| | what do you mean my attitude yes i am pissed because without warning my store
will be closed if they just said delete first the store you have taken over and
then open another then it would have been good but not this way because now you
can know I will wait how many weeks for answers that I already know and give
above, but in the meantime I want to catch the fees of a store that is closed
so I can't delete it myself now and create a new account
|
Well, in a previous thread you were explicitly warned you were breaking the Terms
of Service:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1390490
While this is not a warning from the BrickLink admins themselves, it does point
you to a big issue with your shop. If you did some research at that point and
followed the ToS, you should have taken action then. Shop owners agree to the
ToS, and as in real life, not knowing the rules you agreed to is no defense.
| | and yes the Dutch
say things straight to the point even if it is hard for some people
|
I am Dutch, is my response "straight to the point" enough?
Niek.
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I don't care so if I were to delete the entire account and create a new one
first pay the bricklink fees. then this whole thing should be ove
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No. I would STRONGLY suggest to follow the advice Admin_Russell has given
you a few posts before:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1393446
He is the BL overlord, his word is rule. Don't take actions unilaterally
- work with Customer Service to get things straightened out. Yes, that will take
a while, but continuing to pioneer all by yourself can get you into more trouble.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Store Suspended On Feb 15, 2023 | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, bricksbyrick writes:
| | what do you mean my attitude yes i am pissed because without warning my store
will be closed if they just said delete first the store you have taken over and
then open another then it would have been good but not this way because now you
can know I will wait how many weeks for answers that I already know and give
above, but in the meantime I want to catch the fees of a store that is closed
so I can't delete it myself now and create a new account
|
Well, in a previous thread you were explicitly warned you were breaking the Terms
of Service:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1390490
While this is not a warning from the BrickLink admins themselves, it does point
you to a big issue with your shop. If you did some research at that point and
followed the ToS, you should have taken action then. Shop owners agree to the
ToS, and as in real life, not knowing the rules you agreed to is no defense.
| | and yes the Dutch
say things straight to the point even if it is hard for some people
|
I am Dutch, is my response "straight to the point" enough?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Stats can be fun... | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | I can't speak for Nubs_Select, but in our case, our top customer on BO always
places an initial order, and then starts adding batches to it. BO doesn't
actually "expand" the order. Rather, it creates a new order, and "links"
it to the original one. The number of orders on BO for our top customer is 140,
but the actual shipments for him is more like 40-50.
|
|
| | They started like that with adding 1 or 2 items but then since I kept losing
money on fees I added a .30 (might have been .50) fee for combining orders and
then it’s now for the most part in 1 or 2 orders (first 20 or so were like that)
|
Yup - we have that set to CAD 0.49 (which matches the base fee Paypal charges,
so in revenue it doesn't matter anymore whether they place an order in one
go or in several installments).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 12:24 | | Subject: | Re: Stats can be fun... | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, popsicle writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, popsicle writes:
| | if not obsessed over and perhaps trying to avoid work
Actually, I was processing this morning an order by the top (63) repeat buyer,
that got me looking into the stats.
Sorting buyers by number of orders placed within store:
https://www.bricklink.com/orderSummary.asp?a=r
My Orders Received: Summary - Orders - Down - Count
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Stats are fun! On the owl site I’ve got 1 or 2 that are almost at 40
|
You're doing well over on BO? Nice!
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I can't speak for Nubs_Select, but in our case, our top customer on BO always
places an initial order, and then starts adding batches to it. BO doesn't
actually "expand" the order. Rather, it creates a new order, and "links"
it to the original one. The number of orders on BO for our top customer is 140,
but the actual shipments for him is more like 40-50.
And on a completely unrelated note - yay! - there is a grater in our street scraping
up the ice sheets!
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2023 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Stats can be fun... | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
|
| Stats and graphs are cool. If enough data and some smart reporting, you can actually
distill some useful information to further your take-over of the plastic brick
market (not so much with the top-20-or-so customers, but with stuff like sales
per item ("what are best-selling items in my shop setup", turn-over
speed per item ("hm - I should really up the pricing on that item" etc.
Anywho, below is our top-20 customers for BrickLink and a top-20 customers for
all market places combined. Note that there are discrepancies in the reported
orders on BrickLink and the ones across all market places. This is because the
BL API only returns the customer's login name (which can change over time),
and not the customer's BL ID.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2023 21:20 | | Subject: | Re: Viewing items with no packing dimensions. | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, joesecc writes:
| | When trying to locate my inventory items that are missing the packing dimensions,
I am only able to view the first screen full of items (max 100 items). When I
try to select the next lot of items, I am taken back to the main inventory screen
(showing all of the selection options) not to the next group of items. Is this
a known bug?
|
Don't know if it is new or not, but this is confirmed on our end.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2023 13:24 | | Subject: | Re: GLITCH PROBLEM | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| Yup, something is afoot. Through the API I received a message that we received
order:
- 21378384
But I can't download it now, nor do I see it in the orders overview on the
site.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2023 17:53 | | Subject: | Re: I feel like theres a story here... | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, ImperialFleet writes:
| |
Any reason for the price? I suspect something like the dark purple motorcycle
helmet and air tanks happened to this. Please explain if you do know.
Btw, I did sell one of these last year.
|
The price is about 15% higher compared to what it was in 2019 (sold 2 then),
so not a shocking price increase.
Niek
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2023 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing fees | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Problem Order, niko14 writes:
| | Actually, there were 538 lines in my order. Sometimes, in other orders I did
(just a few so far...), identical items were split into several lots, but I didn't
care because there was no fee per lot. In this problematic case (again, because
of my lack of experience...), I thought that the fee would apply on each lot
(74) and not on each line (538). I was not able to imagine that a seller could
be so unhonest that he would split 100 identical items into 100 different lots...
My bad!
|
While I don't agree with these types of selling practices, technically the
seller did what was advertised in his terms. A single line in your item represents
a lot. It doesn't matter whether several lines in your order are for the
same type of item (itemID+color+condition), you have ordered 538 lots. Their
terms say they charge EUR 0.25 per lot, so you got charged an additional EUR
134.50.
Again, not saying I condone these "EUR 0.25 per lot" practices. I firmly
believe sellers should charge the prices (which is the result of amount times
the list price) plus a shipping fee, and not tack on any additional nonsense
fees (if sellers believe they get short-changed with such a setup, they should
increase their item pricing). But technically, the seller charged you what is
in their terms (however stupid they are). You agreed to the order terms, this
is a valid order. I can't see BL intervening with this particular order.
I can (and hope to) see BL taking action to stop these silly terms going forward.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2023 10:37 | | Subject: | Re: If your feedback number.. | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Witch writes:
| | Hi. This is meant to be like a game, or like for fun. So if the amount of
your feedback numbers would have a personal meaning in your life, would the number
be closer to a. your age b. your shoe size c. your rent d. the amount of the
children you have e. the price of car/bike f. your salary g. number of movies
you have at home h. number of tries to get a job or i. something other, then
what? I hope at least 1 person could answer, thanks. Mine is closer to my shoe
size and less than my age.
|
It turns out our FB number is about 0.25% off from the distance in kms from where
I was born to where I live now.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2023 19:52 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback not released | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Feedback, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Feedback, tons_of_bricks writes:
| | Your main goal as a seller should be to satisfy your customers
|
This got X-rated pretty quick. Keep things decent people.
Niek.
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The word "satisfy" does not have a sexual connotation in American English.
|
Unfortunately we can't tell that to John Belushi anymore:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKoI2eXdRc
(at the 3:09 mark)
Anywho, my post was a poor attempt at some humor. My apologies if I offended
anyone.
Niek.
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|
| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2023 11:12 | | Subject: | Re: Move the part... | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, 1977_mauro writes:
| |
to category: Road Sign
It does not make sense as we have 4 occurrences in Belville Fairy-Tale sets,
4 in Fabuland and 1 in Harry Potter.
|
It will be the same discussion as to why these bad boys are categorized differently:
Or these:
[m=sw0984]
And these examples show a different inconsistency: if it is deemed necessary
to place some of the decorated parts in the minifig category, why does poor Han
Solo get a designated minifig item ID (sw0984) whereas Captain America has to
make due with a lowly "pb" extension (instead of IDing him something
like shXXX)?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2023 11:01 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback not released | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
|
| In Feedback, tons_of_bricks writes:
| | Your main goal as a seller should be to satisfy your customers
|
This got X-rated pretty quick. Keep things decent people.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2023 17:24 | | Subject: | Re: From one of the best LEGO rooms you will see | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 2Legit2Brick writes:
| | New store opened!! Constantly adding pieces and awesome figs to come.
|
You might want to check your minifigs. You are not allowed to post incomplete
minifigs for sale, not even with describing what is missing.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2023 13:26 | | Subject: | Re: Can you help me identify this block? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, kobalt writes:
| | Hello,
I can't locate this item in bricklink database. Do you have any idea?
Thanks.
|
That is a Cobi part - search for "Cobi coarse rock".
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2023 21:52 | | Subject: | Re: B2 Pearl Sand or FAKE Sw0056 | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, LichtBricks writes:
| | Heeeey bricklinkers,
I have a question. I bought a big collection of Lego. Also included the Lego
7163. In that collection, there are two Super Battle Droids with this special
color. I checked them, but there are no Lego Signs. There are only numbers in
the arms. Left arm middle 1 and right arm middle 2.
Please can you help me if they are real Lego or fake/custom.
Thank you for your time. Best regards
|
I think this one peed his pants.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2023 17:15 | | Subject: | Re: A winter view in Cornwall | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
|
| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | My favourite time in Cornwall, Winter.
A choppy but not stormy Perranporth today, grey and windy, no not me, the weather,
maybe both.
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... and afterwards a stop at the Brown's chippy. Nice!
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2023 16:26 | | Subject: | Re: Still prevalent today... | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, LeeGo73 writes:
| | 'just put the charges into the prices' would include the fees for paypal
I assume.
This would be unfair to a large portion of the buyers within the EU who have
the option to pay with IBAN (if the seller has this activated). With IBAN there
are no fees. Why would a buyer paying with IBAN be confronted with higher part
prices that include the paypal fees?
|
Some sellers put in an additional fee to cover stuff like driving to the post
office. Pretty much anyone else agrees these costs should just be considered
overhead, and be covered in the price of the product. Then you get a request
for local pick-up, which obviously doesn't need that drive. Are you suggesting
pricing-including-travel-costs is now unfair to the person doing local pick-up?
Keep things simple, don't stack on fees but offer price-of-product plus shipping
cost.
My CAD 0.02 (for free).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 12:43 | | Subject: | Re: U of jij? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | LANG Nederlands | |
|
| In LANG Nederlands, 3001Bricks writes:
| | In LANG Nederlands, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | Ik zie dat veel verkopers in hun mails (invoices en bevestigingen) de ontvanger
aanspreken met U. Ook in communicatie na de order.
Ik vind dat niet meer van deze tijd en gebruik zelf zoveel mogelijk je/jij.
Immers, als je een mailtje van postnl krijgt dat er een zending onderweg is spreken
ze je ook aan met "We hebben een pakketje voor jou!" en bij alle andere
websites waar ik bestel in Nederland word ik ook altijd aangesproken in de je-vorm
of direct met mijn voornaam.
Wat vinden jullie?
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Ik ga liever to ver in het tonen van respect door middel van taalgebruik dan
te amicaal of informeel overkomen. Veel bedrijf gaan mijns inziens te ver met
de amicale manier van aanschrijven. Er is een zakelijke relatie, dat creeert
een zekere afstand en beleefdheid. Dat kan langzaamaan groeien in een meer informele
relatie, maar in eerste instantie ga ik liever te ver naar de behoudende kant.
Bricklink is een beetje een apart geval omdat dit een hobby website is waar AFOLs
elkaar helpen en dezelfde hobby hebben. Ik erger me daarom niet aan als ik wordt
aangesproken met je/jij. Ikzelf hou het bij U waar mogelijk.
|
+1
Ik ben opgevoed met deze normen en waarden. Ik spreek mijn moeder nog altijd
aan met "U" (mijn twee zussen en mijn broer doen hetzelfde).
Voor mijn "werk-werk" heb ik regelmatig contact met allerlei bedrijven.
Ik erger mij aan die mensen die mij bij het allereerste gesprek al aanspreken
met "buddy". Mijn zwager's vrouw sprak mijn moeder ook aan met "jij"
- maar mijn opvoeding weerhield mij ervan haar te corrigeren...
Met BrickLink heb ik geen problemen - wij verzenden sinds Covid alleen naar Canada
en de VS, dus al mijn communicatie (buiten het forum) is in Engels, en iedereen
is "you".
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2022 14:22 | | Subject: | Re: GRAND OPENING BSDPARTY STORE!!!!!!!!! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
| | In New Stores, BSDPARTY writes:
| | Hi everyone! your feedback counts!
So please check us out, and let us know how and what we can improve to make your
experience the best possible!!
Waiting to hear from you!!
The BSDPARTY Team
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Erm, do you realize BSD could mean anything, like Bipolar Spectrum Disorder,
Blue Screen of Death, or probably "worse"?
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Acronyms can be - let's say problematic. In computer networking, one of the
key attributes that defines a domain name setup is commonly called the SOA record
(short for Start Of Authority). Well, in the Dutch language, the acronym SOA
has a completely different meaning (STD in English).
Then try to give a network training to a bunch of 18-year olds.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2022 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: How to distinguish Grays and Orange/Yellow | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, calebfishn writes:
| | Actually, one of the biggest challenges of being color blind, is that people
reflexively refuse to believe you when you tell them you can't see certain
colors. About 100% of the time, they will immediately say: "Really? What
colour is my shirt? What color is this? What color is that". It's very
strange, really, and I can't imagine people doing something like that for
any other problem, like hearing, for example.
|
Imagine how people react if you tell them you cannot feel pain...
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Nov 16, 2022 02:04 | | Subject: | Artemis | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| That was flippin' awesome (excuse my French).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2022 18:39 | | Subject: | Re: Do orange parts sell well? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, rainbowmist writes:
| | I was thinking of getting some more part colors added to my store. Does orange,
dark red, and dark blue sell well?
|
Orange sells great if you have a customer who built a life-size Tigger. We sold
a boatload to him, and then, when he left the Lego-building scene, we bought
back his entire inventory.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2022 23:45 | | Subject: | Re: Brickpacker has lost connection | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, ErwinNL writes:
| | In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Selling, ErwinNL writes:
| | In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | The issue seems to be that Bricklink is blocking all connections from the Brickpacker
server and as a result all functions accessing BrickLink fail.
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Over 5000? If so, it'll be reset at midnight EDT.
Otherwise I don't know.
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In case when you go over the API limit you can still establish a connection to
the server and get an error message. When the server blocks the connection you
don't even get that message anymore.
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Maybe, but anyway wait until midnight EDT and see if I was right?
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I hope you are right, but:
- The 5K limit is per seller, all his customers are blocked. It is unlikely that
they all went over the limit at the same time.
- You get a clear error message when you go over the limit, your connection isn't
blocked.
- My most recent experience with going over the limit is that you get an email
from BL.
This is most likely not related to the API call limit.
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A while ago BL blocked some IP addresses for generating too much traffic. As
I understand BrickPacker, it hosts multiple shops on one (or very few) IP address(es).
Although each seller might stay under 5000 API requests, the sum of all that
traffic coming from one IP address may hit that other traffic limit.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 13, 2022 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: Finding a part..... | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, macebobo writes:
| | […]
Turn off safe-search.
|
Safe-search IS turned off.
You got something?
|
My search in Chrome on Google returned an empty page, but not when I then clicked
"images"...
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 22:55 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Marketplace news letter | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, qwertyboy writes:
| | In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, qwertyboy writes:
| | Just received the BMNL October 2022.
There appears to be an error in Tip #1 ("how do I protect myself from fraud as
a seller"). It says:
Enable seller protection in your store settings. To do that go to My Store
Settings Management Seller protection. Once you’ve ticked that box, new buyers
(less than 100 days on the site or a feedback score of 5) won’t be able to place
an order with you.
I sure hope it is still just that new buyers are limited to instant check-out,
and NOT barred completely.
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It clearly states "Show only Instant Checkout methods to new buyers" What gives
you pause with this, Niek? Are you picking-up or experienced something further
that might indicate otherwise?
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This is an exact quote from the newsletter - again, it says under the section
"Tip #1: How do I protect myself from fraud as a seller?":
| | Enable seller protection in your store settings. To do that go to My Store Settings Management Seller protection. Once you’ve ticked that box, new buyers (less than 100 days on the site or a feedback score of 5) won’t be able to place an order with you.
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The text is pretty clear here. It should have said that, when the setting is
enabled, these new buyers "... will only be able to pick instant checkout." Instead,
the newsletter says that new buyers "... won't be able to place an order
with you." (Not that we have enabled that option.)
Unless you have received a different-worded newsletter?
|
You referring to this section?
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Yup (thank you for posting a pic - can't do that ATM). Even with the box
ticked, new buyers will still be able to place an order provided the shop offers
instant checkout. Saying they will be blocked all together is not how it works
(hopefully).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 22:43 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Marketplace news letter | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, qwertyboy writes:
| | Just received the BMNL October 2022.
There appears to be an error in Tip #1 ("how do I protect myself from fraud as
a seller"). It says:
Enable seller protection in your store settings. To do that go to My Store
Settings Management Seller protection. Once you’ve ticked that box, new buyers
(less than 100 days on the site or a feedback score of 5) won’t be able to place
an order with you.
I sure hope it is still just that new buyers are limited to instant check-out,
and NOT barred completely.
|
It clearly states "Show only Instant Checkout methods to new buyers" What gives
you pause with this, Niek? Are you picking-up or experienced something further
that might indicate otherwise?
|
This is an exact quote from the newsletter - again, it says under the section
"Tip #1: How do I protect myself from fraud as a seller?":
| | Enable seller protection in your store settings. To do that go to My Store Settings Management Seller protection. Once you’ve ticked that box, new buyers (less than 100 days on the site or a feedback score of 5) won’t be able to place an order with you.
|
The text is pretty clear here. It should have said that, when the setting is
enabled, these new buyers "... will only be able to pick instant checkout." Instead,
the newsletter says that new buyers "... won't be able to place an order
with you." (Not that we have enabled that option.)
Unless you have received a different-worded newsletter?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 18:34 | | Subject: | BrickLink Marketplace news letter | | Viewed: | 194 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| Just received the BMNL October 2022.
There appears to be an error in Tip #1 ("how do I protect myself from fraud as
a seller"). It says:
Enable seller protection in your store settings. To do that go to My Store
Settings Management Seller protection. Once you’ve ticked that box, new buyers
(less than 100 days on the site or a feedback score of 5) won’t be able to place
an order with you.
I sure hope it is still just that new buyers are limited to instant check-out,
and NOT barred completely.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2022 15:44 | | Subject: | Re: Ignored by helpdesk for over 30 days | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Wow… isn’t that ban evasion?
|
It would be if they managed to get that store opened by BL ...
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2022 15:51 | | Subject: | Re: any pro tips for this? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I've got a lot of these and not looking forward to separating the 2 variants...
does anyone know any fast ways to separate them?
I know I could list them under
but that almost feels like I'm cheating
|
Take two. Put them face-to-face / bar-to-bar.
— If they are the same, keep one, and put the other one in the ‘?’ pile.
— If they are not the same, keep the longest and put the other one in the ‘A’
pile.
Take another one and repeat. At one time, you should be able to tell if ‘?’
is ‘A’ or ‘B’… unless all of those you have are the same variant
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This. Also, when you put them bar-to-bar, "wiggle" them. You should clearly notice
if the bars are same length or if one is longer than the other. I tried explaining
that to my CFO, but she doesn't get that, and leaves these parts for me to
sort out.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2022 11:05 | | Subject: | Re: ... and I like it! | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
|
| In Selling, jennnifer writes:
| | This is my shop in the beautiful little office that I am currently renting. I
only have it for a year, but I am loving every minute.
|
Love the board games! We haven't played Dominion in quite a while. We regularly
play Carcassonne (the "regular" version) with friends. In winter time, we play
the online version I programmed (fully functional, with all rules, with the river
and the first 5 expansions).
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2022 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: Item removed not returned to inventory | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | The only thing you can infer from a seller-initiated OIRR is that s/he wants
that item removed from the order, nothing else.
|
A seller "editing" an order "in the behalf" of a buyer seems to me an open door
for many abuses.
Ex: oh darn, I sold this too low!
|
There are many other ways for a seller to abuse the system. My point is that
there are legitimate reasons for a seller to want/need to initiate an
OIRR - your statement of "the only (good) reason a seller would request a cancel
is if he doesn't have the item" is simply not true. We (as a seller) have
initiated 4 OIRRs in the last couple of months, all to help out our customers.
This is an UI issue, nothing more.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2022 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: Item removed not returned to inventory | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | In short, this is an UI issue.
|
I don't think so, it's just logical.
The only (good) reason a seller would request a cancel is if he doesn't have
the item.
So the item is deleted.
The only reason a buyer would request a cancel is because he doesn't want
it anymore (for any reason).
So the item comes back in shop.
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You make generalized assumptions here.
In Canada, there is a steep difference in shipping prices for small items, and
items thicker than about 1.6cm, so fairly regularly it happens that a customer
wants to have an item removed from an order to lower shipping cost.
I don't know about French people and their computer / web skillz, but we
see quite often that customers don't know how to get an OIRR done (even if
we spell it out step-by-step). We then put in the OIRR. So I don't agree
with the blanket statement that a seller only would request a cancel if s/he
doesn't have the item.
The only thing you can infer from a seller-initiated OIRR is that s/he wants
that item removed from the order, nothing else.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2022 10:16 | | Subject: | Re: Item removed not returned to inventory | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, calebfishn writes:
| | A buyer completed the process of removing an item from his order. But now, that
item is not in my inventory.
I would have thought the item would be returned automatically to my store inventory.
Did we miss something?
|
If the buyer initiates an OIRR, it is the seller that confirms this. At that
point (of confirmation), the seller is actively "driving", so BL is able to then
ask the seller what to do with the items (add back to inventory etc).
If however the seller initiates the OIRR, it is the buyer that finally accepts
this. At that point, it is the buyer "driving", and s/he cannot decide whether
to add back to inventory etc.
In short, this is an UI issue. The OIRR should have an additional step,
where (if the buyer accepts) the seller gets the option of what to do with the
items.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2022 11:22 | | Subject: | Re: Very Light Gray - Very excluded | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, hpoort writes:
| | While searching for Items for Sale by color, 'Very Light Gray' is not
recognized as color name. I get 'The following keywords were excluded from
your search: very'.
What did they do to the search box algorithm this time? Or has this specific
search always failed?
---
The order of processing the search request should be:
(1) strip the leading color name if any ( 'very light gray' )
(2) replace 'space x space' by 'x' for dimensions
(3) apply the exclude words algorithm (but it should be done with a vocabulary
frequency list relevant to the Bricklink context only! It would make much more
sense to completely skip this step.)
(4) find the matching lots for sale based on the remaining search phrase ( 'tile'
)
---
How to find these lots now?
Searching without color filter gives the entire 2,002,093 lots of 'tile'.
As if the rare word 'very' is more common in our Bricklink database than
the common word 'tile'.
In this case I could just check each of the few tiles that exist in this color
separately, but how to get them together in a single search like for any other
color?
|
You could go into the store page, under "Parts" click "By Color".
Niek.
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|
| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 23, 2022 00:04 | | Subject: | Re: What are these? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, baylit writes:
| | 1) Heads on the left - Bionicle?
2) Legs/feet in the middle ???
3) Foot Armor on the right (which fits on 2))
???
|
Parts to McDonald's promo toy, I see
|
|
Join up with this guy - you'll have a set!
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1364955
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2022 23:37 | | Subject: | Re: Interesting number of parts for sale | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
| In Catalog, Nubs_Select writes:
| | something aint right here
|
When I check with a not-logged-in browser, it shows 96847. Maybe difference between
all lots vs lots from sellers who ship to you?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2022 23:31 | | Subject: | Re: Interesting number of parts for sale | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
|
| In Catalog, Nubs_Select writes:
| | something aint right here
|
Hm. Mine says 61582 lots for sale...
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2022 20:05 | | Subject: | Re: Did we have a date for Canadian Sales Taxes? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
|
| In Taxes, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Taxes, Hal8472 writes:
| | Our provinces each have unique rules, making no efforts to harmonize. I would
go as far as saying certain provinces revel in the power to interfere. Particularly
difficult where small sellers are concerned. Bricklink has my sympathy. Its
probably our fault more than there’s.
|
But you've only 10 provinces to deal with!
We've got 50!
|
Your states have 1 sales tax each (or none). In Canada we like to complicate
things.
https://www.fedex.com/en-ca/news/canadian-sales-taxes.html
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 19, 2022 15:45 | | Subject: | Re: Did we have a date for Canadian Sales Taxes? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
|
| In Taxes, Hal8472 writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | They keep saying that it’s coming but legally it should have already been in
place… you think they would have made it a higher priority but who knows
|
Our provinces each have unique rules, making no efforts to harmonize. I would
go as far as saying certain provinces revel in the power to interfere. Particularly
difficult where small sellers are concerned. Bricklink has my sympathy. Its
probably our fault more than there’s.
|
The situation for Canada is a bit more complex than the US, in that provinces
and territories can levy their own provincial taxes (PST) on top of goods and
services taxes (GST). Some provinces have these combined in a harmonized tax
(HST). Different taxes might mean different instances for a market place to hand
over collected taxes, but I am not a marketplace-tax-expert.
Yup, a mess. But several times BL did promise implementation "soon" - for an
unknown value of "soon"...
Niek.
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|
| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2022 15:43 | | Subject: | Re: Issues with bricklink contact forms | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
|
| In General, tukeetrash writes:
| | July 28th Invoice# 19696639 paid VIA Paypal
|
Time to start a Paypal claim.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2022 13:11 | | Subject: | Re: 500 MINIFIGURES JUST ADDED | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
|
| In Sales, Jarvis_Bricks writes:
| | Fresh new figures on the store!!
|
Looks like you already sold 148 of them. Nice!
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Sep 11, 2022 14:16 | | Subject: | Re: store.bricklink.com is down | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
|
| In Technical Issues, relhak writes:
| | The shopping side of BL is down (store.bricklink.com). I get a 502 bad gateway
error. I verified against isitdownrightnow.com .
|
Looks like api.bricklink.com is struggling as well.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 29, 2022 16:30 | | Subject: | Re: search for pieice, no matter color, from selr | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
|
| In Help, BrickSwede writes:
| | I dont understand...
In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, BrickSwede writes:
| | Hi, I'm wondering if there is a way to search for a certain piece and find
the seller with the most of them in total, no matter color or condition.
Let's just say I want as many 2x2 bricks as posible from one seller and I
dont care if they're new or used and also in any color.
|
BrickStore or the bush!
|
|
Sylvain-the-1001bricks-guy is convinced BrickStock can do everything, from doing
your taxes and painting your car to cooking your pizza with pineapple and mustard.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2022 21:52 | | Subject: | Re: WHY IS MY STORE SUSPENDED???!!! | | Viewed: | 157 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
|
| In Selling, dreambuilder71 writes:
| | Thanks for your reply. Yes I see now how BL is in the USA so I would have to
let them charge the taxes to USA buyers on my sales. But I didn't have paypal
activated so I never sold to USA buyers and all orders were cancelled or NPB
reports completed when the buyer never paid.
But BL still won't activate my store again saying I did tax evasion which
I actually did not! So now I am waiting for them to take their time and decide.
I will need everyone's support to convince them to turn it back on.
|
You literally said in your terms that any US customers should contact you directly
so you could sell them their parts outside of BL. Not only were you transacting
using the BL system without BL getting their fees (which is against the ToS),
technically BL still facilitated in getting that order done, so states could
have an argument of tax evasion in these cases. Whether that would be a solid
argument I don't know, but I can definitely see BL not wanting to "test the
waters" there.
Either way, you will have to work this out with BL. I don't see any use in
getting "everyone's support" as nobody else but you and BL are involved here,
and to put it bluntly "everyone" only sees your side of the story.
Anyways, still good luck.
Niek.
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|
| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2022 21:34 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Won't "complete order" | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, zorbanj writes:
| | In Help, Yogi_007 writes:
| | IMHO its the buyers job only to set the status to complete. I dont know why
the seller has access to update the order status beyond shipped.
|
The function should be separated into "Seller complete" and "Buyer Complete"
columns. The seller can mark the order as complete for their recordkeeping and
the buyer can mark it complete when they are ready.
|
Not looking to start a big argument, but what would be the difference between
"shipped" and "seller complete"? I get the argument that some shops consider
the transaction not complete until the buyer confirms it is complete, but that
would make "seller complete" a state after "buyer complete", so "complete"? Or
is ''seller complete" an order that has a buyer's feedback posted
but no "complete" posted by buyer?
For us, "shipped" means we are done - unless buyer comes back with a question.
There is no telling if/when that would happen, so if we were to differentiate
between "shipped" and "seller complete", when do you suggest a seller puts it
from "shipped" to "seller complete"?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 19, 2022 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: WHY IS MY STORE SUSPENDED???!!! | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, ErwinNL writes:
| | In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | In Selling, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Selling, helge writes:
| | If BrickLink do not authorize that the item in question is sold, they should
remove the item from the catalogue, as they did with the 42133, not randomly
strike down on some sellers.
|
? Just curious which part you mean.
Niek.
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Niek, I believe the 42133 is a typo. In an earlier post, helge referenced 42113,
which can no longer be found in the catalog.
|
is the Bell™ Boeing™ V-22 Osprey™ (42113)
https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/07/28/reason-lego-cancelled-its-v-22-osprey-set.html
|
Ah, that makes sense, thanks!
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 19, 2022 10:15 | | Subject: | Re: WHY IS MY STORE SUSPENDED???!!! | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
|
| In Selling, helge writes:
| | If BrickLink do not authorize that the item in question is sold, they should
remove the item from the catalogue, as they did with the 42133, not randomly
strike down on some sellers.
|
? Just curious which part you mean.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2022 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: WHY IS MY STORE SUSPENDED???!!! | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, dreambuilder71 writes:
| | Hope the attachment works,, but this is all I got from BL on my profile page...
|
I do agree BL should communicate better (and I am aware this is not a court of
law, and IANAL), but if you look at it from a "laws" point of view - ignorance
of the law is never an excuse for breaking it, ask any lawyer. In BL's case,
the ToS is part of their law. Specifically, the following sections may
apply to your case (and there might be others):
Section 4, 3rd paragraph
Section 10.4
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service.page
However blunt the results are, I do agree with BL closing your shop. You will
need to work this out with BL admin, hopefully the closure is temporary and you
can work things out.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2022 12:34 | | Subject: | Re: WHY IS MY STORE SUSPENDED???!!! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, popsicle writes:
| | You might look at it from another angle, James: Practically speaking, it’s BrickLink
that “charge a USA buyer any taxes” via third party arrangements.
You, as representing today’s online vendor, do not determine, apply to invoice
(charge) or have access to any tax-funds collected for remittance.
As it stands currently, the site can only fulfill what is now an obligation,
by using the payment process. The Onsite method, contractually allows for this.
|
This.
Also (and not unsignificantly) - your terms flat-out advised US BL customers
to contact you off-site to arrange a sale. You can't use BL to generate Lego
sales that doesn't end up as an order with BL.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2022 23:00 | | Subject: | Re: What set does this come in? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | I know that it’s the color purple, and included a 1x1 to compare it to prove
it’s purple. There are several listed. But can’t figure out what set it’s from.
Can someone help me? Thanks!
|
You have this one in your store:
You can compare colors to determine if your 2x3 plate is in fact dark purple.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 13, 2022 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: An order has dissapeared from my order list | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Technical Issues, DirectorBright writes:
| | The seller wont contact me, i spent money on this, and i need to know if there
is a way i can get my money back
|
Note that I had the bug once (in 15 years), a few months ago.
Buyer placed the order, paid for it, sent me the PayPal proof - but no order
was created on BrickLink.
I checked our PayPal account and the payment was there, initiated by BrickLink,
very typical for a BL order.
We talked and asked him to place another order that I would set to "Paid", and
everything was "fixed".
I didn't open a ticket, but still have all info.
|
If this was instant check-out, your Paypal transaction should show an entry called
"Custom" (scroll down on the payment details) with a value like "BLLIVE_CUSTOM_ICxxxxxxx".
BL support should be able to trace that xxxxxxx number in their database.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 12, 2022 16:39 | | Subject: | Re: Scam alert! | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I think its a script since most of the time its a part that really doesn't
make sense for a standalone part
|
It looks like the script simply scrapes the Shop - Featured page and picks an
item there.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2022 13:28 | | Subject: | Re: What can I consider New? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Ummm... so they don’t rub against each other? Unless (and I’m pretty sure I’ve
seen it before) you do what some people do and individually bag each piece of
the minifigure which it phycotic (except for rare/expensive figures)
|
I think the rubbing part (ooo-er) is way less for one minifig-in-parts in its
own little baggie then it is for a new off-the-shelf LEGO set where minifig parts
are mixed in with other sharp-edged parts in larger bags.
When we put a minifig from a new set into our inventory, we put all the relevant
parts of the fig in its onw little baggie. It does not get disturbed again until
we grab that baggie from storage and ship it out. Because the baggie is way smaller
(like a 3"x2"), the parts don't have much "freedom" (if any) to do any rubbing,
even while in transport.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2022 12:49 | | Subject: | Re: What can I consider New? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, briky writes:
| | In Feedback, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Feedback, briky writes:
| | a miniFIGURE only becomes a miniFIGURE after it has been assembled,not before..then
its a set,puzzle,parts....but not a minifigure Yet....like to buy my new car
assembled too
|
|
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| | | | If you were to go to the LEGO store, would you ask "Do you have the Chevrolet
Camaro Z28", or ask "Do you have the set of parts to build a Chevrolet Camaro
Z28"? If you ask the former question, and they show up with a new box for set
10304, would you then complain that you asked for the car, not its building parts
and instructions?
Semantics are just that - semantics. They don't bear relevancy on this particular
issue.
|
|
| | Never went to a legoshop to buy a car...I go to a car dealer for that...so your
answer is quite moot...You are mixing up sets and minifigures....like apples
and oranges.
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Uhmmmm - my "apples and oranges" (both LEGO products) are actually way closer
related than your "apples and oranges" (a LEGO minifigure and a new car you buy).
So is your answer "quite moot" as well?
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2022 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: What can I consider New? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, briky writes:
| | In Feedback, Biglesdug writes:
| | In Feedback, SumFunLegoFan writes:
| | If a Minifigure is in MINT condition or a set along with whatever else comes
in the set are MINT,
Can I consider it new?
If someone can please message or comment back, this is #3 trying to grab feedback
or help and haven’t gotten a thing..
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If a minifigure has been built and only display it is still used.
|
a miniFIGURE only becomes a miniFIGURE after it has been assembled,not before..then
its a set,puzzle,parts....but not a minifigure Yet....like to buy my new car
assembled too
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If you were to go to the LEGO store, would you ask "Do you have the Chevrolet
Camaro Z28", or ask "Do you have the set of parts to build a Chevrolet Camaro
Z28"? If you ask the former question, and they show up with a new box for set
10304, would you then complain that you asked for the car, not its building parts
and instructions?
Semantics are just that - semantics. They don't bear relevancy on this particular
issue.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2022 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Happy International Cat Day~! ฅ(ﾐ⚈ ﻌ ⚈ﾐ)ฅ | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 5, 2022 11:58 | | Subject: | Re: Best/worst buyers/sellers you've experienced? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Yup, had a similar thing. Bought from the US, seller was short some items, and
he decided to put a few US nickels and dimes in the package...
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2022 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Asteroids? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, PBM writes:
| | I do believe there used to be a poster in the forum called 'asteroids'
or something like that.
I am doing a followup on my "bunny" story from 8-10+ years ago.
If anyone knows this buyer/seller/forum poster please let me know.
Would like to contact them about the LEGO bunny and get an update!
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You may be referring to member: Rick_S. I don't know, he's had a lot
of username changes over the years.
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https://www.bricklink.com/memberLog.asp?oldUsername=asterios
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2022 22:15 | | Subject: | Re: fully crazy | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
| | Functionality is key.
Ultimate disclosure is fact.
Ommissions equate to lies.
Yes, that is a glass-elevator!@#$
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Your posts remind me of the time I ran an IT support department. I had a new
tech who made similar statements - all way over my head. One time he confided
in me that, at nights, he would lay awake and simply listened to the voices in
his head. He was on a different plane, nowhere near the lowly level required
to tackle IT networking issues. I had to let him go.
Niek.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Aug 3, 2022 21:57 | | Subject: | Re: How to cancel Catalog change request | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Help, jennnifer writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I accidentally entered the wrong numbers for the packing dimensions form for
a part and can't override it and can't find where I can delete it. am
I missing something?
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It's hidden!
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I remember I read in 1990 ? Bruce Scheiner's bible: Applied Cryptography
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An excellent book to learn about the 1s and 0s of cryptography in all its forms.
You should also read (if you haven't already) "Secrets and Lies" - a more
pragmatic book about this subject. After Bruce wrote "Applied Cryptography" he
got depressed because of all the issues with security (mostly because of the
fact there were perfectly fine technical solutions, yet massive failures in actually
applying it), and this book was born. Highly recommended.
Niek.
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