Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt  | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2023 10:29 | | Subject: | Re: Prefer my Bricklink Classic? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
| | On the profile page there is a banner 'Prefer My Bricklink Classis?'
with a button to change styles.
This website update was years ago, can we remove this to settings to free up
screen real estate please?
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That's funny, my page says 'A fresh new look for My BL is here!
Check out our new, efficient design! You can switch back to the original view
at any time.'
I guess I've never used any of the 'new' pages. They are all too
spread out and bright.
~Jen
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Agreed, but I'd rather it didn't waste the space saying it, we both have
chosen the one that we like years ago.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2023 05:25 | | Subject: | Prefer my Bricklink Classic? | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| On the profile page there is a banner 'Prefer My Bricklink Classis?'
with a button to change styles.
This website update was years ago, can we remove this to settings to free up
screen real estate please?
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Sep 14, 2023 06:00 | | Subject: | Re: Rude seller ou_sooners_1 ace of bricks | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, UTLF writes:
| | Yeah, where are the spam bots when we need them? They could push this thread
down the list and into the void 
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😁
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Ask and you shall receive. 
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 03:21 | | Subject: | Re: OIRR - do you use it? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, calsbricks writes:
| | Order item removal request sometimes referred to as OICR - do you use it
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No. If buyer wants a change it is usually just the odd brick. I just refund
it and eat the fraction of a penny in fees rather than spend the time going through
the form. Life is too short for that. If it were expensive it might be different.
It's not as if you get the PayPal fee back anyway.
Matt
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2023 06:09 | | Subject: | Re: Mystery Minifigure Cardboard Boxes | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, yorbrick writes:
| | | | If they are essentially random I hope the distribution is even. Feeling through
the packets sometimes got me the minifigure I was after. I still ended up with
lots of duplicates because my fingers aren't as sensitive as they should
be.
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They have been equally distributed for some time now. Sealed cartons contain
three sets. So if you are first to a box, then then each character should be
evenly distributed. Whereas if you get to a box where someone has weighed them,
there is a possibility that someone has removed popular ones for resale or
their collection. That is less likely to happen now there is a more significant
barrier compared to the feeling approach of identifying them.
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I still miss the first two series, where you could memorise the barcode pattern
and get what you want.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 07:19 | | Subject: | Re: Fun memories from my 20 years on Bricklink | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| I've a few coincidences out of the thousands of orders I've had.
My family lives spread out over the UK, I have had orders from someone who lives
on my dad's road, my sister's road and the road I grew up on. None of
these buyers know us.
I have also had a sale from a guy who I was in the process of buying from eBay.
For the same value as well, which confused me enormously looking at my paypal
account.
One thing that hasn't happened but would be great is to make a sale to a
buyer that I know from outside the lego world.
Matt
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 11:19 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Help - Wanted Lists | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SimonDawes writes:
| | Matt
thanks a lot, I see I have done that (sometimes), and whilst it says 4000 have
the item on the wanted list, only one notification is sent presumably because
we are limiting our shipping to UK only
Is there a GDPR or other reason why they cant share interest parties USer ID
to make direct approaches?
Any other helpful selling tips would be gratefully received...! so much cheaper
than EBAY here ! their fees are extortionate when you add promotion, its around
25% in total.
In Selling, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
| | In Selling, SimonDawes writes:
| | hi, am wuite new to bricklink, but I see on the pages a "wanted list"
and the number of people who have a set or minifigure on that wanted list
Is there a tool which matches you with the buyers who have something on a wanted
list when you advertise?
do they get a notification when you list something they have as "wanted"
If not, why not, surely they are missing a trick here ! would make for much faster
sales.
many thanks
Lewis D
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When you add stock to your store there is a 'send out wanted list notification'
button.
As a buyer you can opt to be notified when sellers list items on your wanted
lists.
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Sending you contact details of users who match your parts on their wanted lists
would definitely be a huge data breach.
If your store has a decent range and attractive prices, buyers will find you
quickly enough.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 10:59 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Help - Wanted Lists | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SimonDawes writes:
| | hi, am wuite new to bricklink, but I see on the pages a "wanted list"
and the number of people who have a set or minifigure on that wanted list
Is there a tool which matches you with the buyers who have something on a wanted
list when you advertise?
do they get a notification when you list something they have as "wanted"
If not, why not, surely they are missing a trick here ! would make for much faster
sales.
many thanks
Lewis D
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When you add stock to your store there is a 'send out wanted list notification'
button.
As a buyer you can opt to be notified when sellers list items on your wanted
lists.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Aug 13, 2023 14:27 | | Subject: | Re: Why do people do this? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Poncke writes:
| | I mean, if you want to be sure it never sells, then price it like this
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Those prices seem to me to be placeholders on items that really should be in
a stockroom rather than for sale. But hey, someone may want one desperately.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2023 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: Corrosion | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, KACL writes:
| | Hello!
I’m hoping that someone can offer some suggestions that I have not tried yet.
I have set # 7720. It was sitting in the basement for years. There is corrosion
on the metal conductors. I have used white vinegar and baking soda paste which
worked a bit. I also tried Coke but that was not so successful. I popped all
new batteries in and it is not working. There’s still some corrosion so that
might be the problem. Has anyone ever had this issue? What did you use? Did it
work when you were done?
I would appreciate any advice. I would hate to just have to part out this classic
set.
Karen
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Have you tried a fibre glass pen?
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jul 29, 2023 17:26 | | Subject: | Re: 10% off coupon for your feedback | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| | | Excuse me but why does most every member on this discussion page shoot me down
for having an opinion or problem?????? I am in my 40s and don't need this.
Everyone else can have a an opinion. I am sorry if I don't know everything
about selling or rules. A seller can issue a coupon whenever they want so what
does it matter about telling a potential buyer about it? Why does everyone have
an attitude about everything? Don't worry I won't post ANYTHING again
on this discussion page.
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I think the problem isn't 'telling a potential buyer about it'.
More like 'telling existing buyers that if they act in a way beneficial to
you, then you will offer them things others can't get.'
I have to say I tried a similar coupon when buyers marked orders as complete
when I first started selling. I quickly stopped as it made little to no difference
to the store and I felt it wasn't worth the admin time. These days I rarely
bother with coupons except as an occasional GOGW or a thank you to someone who
has helped me out.
Matt
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jun 28, 2023 06:07 | | Subject: | Re: New Users, NSS and Feedback | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, yorbrick writes:
| | | | No matter how many other Positive FB a seller accumulates, their FB score can
never go back to 100 percent, just because of one Neutral FB.
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It can if the positive feedback percentage is rounded like other numbers on BL.
20000+ positives should wipe out a non-positive feedback in the percentage.
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I would prefer it if the feedback % was based on the feedback from the last year.
Stores can get better (or worse) over time. That was one neutral from 5 years
ago won't hurt a currently well performing store, but a store with 5k feedback
but a rash of recent negs will show it up.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2023 09:47 | | Subject: | Re: Community Poll .. Spam & Forum | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, StarBrick writes:
| | Instead of placing barriers for all kinds of members to enter, I would like to
see the forum updated with the following options to swithc on/off at a personal
level:
- sales from countries/sellers that DO NOT ship to me
- posts from members below a treshold of feedback where the treshold can be entered
to ones one liking
- ..... (feel free to add  )
I think that kind of update/upgrades are way more effective !
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I really like the idea of more checkboxes to show hide posts rather than having
to moderate the posts themselves.
The problem with not displaying posts below a user defined feedback threshold
is that it is by definition placing barriers to new members. Bricklink is not
a simple marketplace to find your way round and the forum is the ideal place
for new members to come to for help. If experienced users are e.g. blocking
posts from all under 3 feedback from displaying, then that help will be much
harder to come by. Last thing we want to be doing is putting off new potential
buyers.
I still feel we should have a block / report post button actually in the forum
itself, rather than having to jump through hoops to feedback on things.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2023 05:35 | | Subject: | Re: Community Poll .. Spam & Forum | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, iprice writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | Heated topic about Spam & Zero Feedback Member Forum Access via another thread.
maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks.
Poll:
Which option would you prefer as a Spamming Solution
A? nothing, Raw Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/ Bricklink.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is a Moderator Only
visiblie / Replies Enabled post
being fair, let's say leave poll open for 1 week...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.
please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.
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I think Option "D" is the best of the bunch. It may not eliminate all
spam, but it should help to reduce it significantly. It's the least restrictive
and wouldn't require Mods to oversee. However I'd still lke a "Report
Post" button for every post on the BL forum, so that spam/abusive etc. posts
can be identified and removed quickly by Mods.
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Agreed, this would be my preference also. Having said that 'stay logged
in on this device' has been broken for 5 years, so I wouldn't expect
coding changes on the forum to happen any time soon.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 06:50 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, Chickaroo writes:
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Most other forums I’ve ever been a member of suffer from similar problems
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+1
Hmm, there used to be a “Why your antispam idea won’t work” checklist for e-mail.
We need one for forums
So, to answer a few suggestions:
— Preventing newbies from asking questions on the forum is not very welcoming,
is it?
— Limiting newbies’ number of posts: most spammers only post once per account
anyway.
— The two previous ideas are worse when “newbie” is defined by feedback instead
of time.
— Captcha: most spammers here are human.
— Location filtering: nope, won’t do.
— Keyword filtering: I want to be able to talk about gummy bears and the new
Ford Escort set!
Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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It would be easier if there were a report post option along with View/Cancel/Reply
on the forum rather than having to go through the problem centre and dig out
the message number.
It's easier to just ignore the spam and move on rather than report the user.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | May 18, 2023 06:12 | | Subject: | Re: 20% off everything | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Twardy78 writes:
| | All stuff 20% off for next 2 days.
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Advertising a sale to drive people to your store and then not having things on
offer is a quick way to get on least favourite lists.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2023 13:01 | | Subject: | Re: PayPal API error | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Payment Methods | |
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| In Payment Methods, jerf123 writes:
| | I keep getting the PayPal API error when I try to pay. Has anyone figured out
exactly why this happens? I am trying to make an international purchase and
the store owner is unsure as to why it is happening also. Can anyone help us
to figure out how to resolve this so that we can make the transaction? Thanks!
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Are you trying to pay in a currency the seller does not accept?
If you are paying in $ and the buyer only takes € for example the payment won't
go through.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2023 08:13 | | Subject: | Re: How much time NSS needs? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Problem Order | |
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| In Help, s0l0kr writes:
| | Hey everyone, I have a question, if I started NSS how much time is needed to
receive money back?
Thank you a lot!
Marble Bricks
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There is no time limit. A NSS is just an official notice to raise an issue with
the seller. They may never respond to it.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2023 12:14 | | Subject: | Re: lego star wars on my store | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, daniellego04 writes:
| | Hello!!
I want to sell all my lego star wars to make some money and i have some good
lego on my store , if you guys want too see them go check!!!
The prices are good and I replay fast
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Your store is closed.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2023 09:27 | | Subject: | Re: Color Name Changes? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, axaday writes:
| | In General, uticabrix writes:
| | I know this has been brought up a few times in the past. But now that LEGO
is affiliated with Bricklink, why don't that change the name colors to match
LEGO's name colors?
Ex: Light Blue Gray to Medium Stone Gray.
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Same reason as before. Where names diverge, ours are usually more descriptive.
And we want as little disruption as necessary to members' understanding
and recognition of colors.
It would be cool, though, if Bricklink had an official matching chart and maybe
the ability to toggle the color names in options.
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The whole LBG/Stone grey thing is fine, but green/dark green would be way too
confusing, and I definitely don't want to start calling tan 'brick yellow'.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2023 16:11 | | Subject: | Re: Suggestion for crowbar LEGO tool? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, greg_sawisky writes:
| | I do a lot of mosaics and have tried to mount a crowbar on the end of what is
effectively a drill-bit holder as trying to use a crowbar piece itself as an
adult is so frustrating. Wondering if anyone has figured out another tool that
works like the crowbar does in prying off 1x1 round tiles and 1x1 round plates
off of large mosaics?
I'm thinking there has to be like a dental tool or something but worried
about scratching pieces
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Not sure if they are called the same thing in Canads, but search for Bojo tools.
There are loads of different types and sizes. In plastic they won't scratch
up parts.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2023 14:10 | | Subject: | Re: Red feedback received w/o any transaction !! | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, papounetjoli writes:
| | Hello
So , you mean you find normal to order and than to fill an OCR if you find postage
costs are too high ?
But I will spend my time to cancel orders ...
Is it so difficult to ask before ?
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EU law requires that you do this on request without any reason needed from the
buyer. Also without penalty.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2023 06:58 | | Subject: | Re: How is this not feedback manipulation? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, bigasbricks writes:
| | Worthy of reporting to Bricklink? I have not responded to this valued customer
of Bricklink as of yet. These kind of messages never seem to be sent via the
Bricklink platform.
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What would you report to Bricklink? There was an error in the order which needs
to be addressed. At the end of the day it's down to you to sort it.
Mistakes happen, I know they do in my store, but at the end of the day if someone
buys something and doesn't get what they ordered you risk getting bad feedback.
You can of course mitigate this by responding quickly and politely and dealing
generously with them. The feedback is going to reflect how the buyer FEELS about
the transaction, not necessarily what physically happened.
You say you haven't replied yet. I would definitely reply quickly, whatever
action you are going to take.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2023 05:41 | | Subject: | Re: New store opened with new items added | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, mkbricksandmore writes:
| | Welcome feel free to ask any questions
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No disrespect, but with only 16 lots you aren't going to appear on many people's
wanted list.
Also the first item I looked at, the standard 3899 lego cup in red you have for
$0.97. That's a 3p part.
Matt
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2023 12:10 | | Subject: | Re: Still prevalent today... | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Buying, peregrinator writes:
| | In Buying, infinibrix writes:
| | Shh its hard enough buying here as it is and you'll end up giving sellers
even more ideas/reasons for adding fees!!
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"A $3 handling charge applies to all orders for envelopes, padding, tape,
gas, waiting in line*, unforeseen medical expenses, wear and tear on automobiles
and footwear, storage, proper lighting, ventilation, Bricklink fees, PayPal fees,
etc."
*queue for the UK folks
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If we charged for queuing in the UK everything would be unafordable
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But we would still do it, and tut under our breath at those who do not.
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