Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2023 13:11 | | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | | Viewed: | 144 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Welcome back and thank you for your patience. We were down for longer than anyone
would have wanted. Now that we’re back up and running, we can share with you
what’s happened.
As many of you will know, we received a threat and ransom demand on Friday, November
3rd. We’d been aware of and actively managing some limited suspicious activity
since mid-October, with unauthorized sellers offering products at huge discounts
and fraudulently accepting payment from buyers.
As soon as we were aware of the potential escalation on November 3rd, we put
the site into maintenance mode out of an abundance of caution. We did this to
protect our members and keep complete control of the platform while investigating.
We found that a relatively small number of BrickLink accounts may have been accessed.
It is important to note that there is no evidence so far that our systems were
compromised.
At this stage we believe this was a ‘credential stuffing’ incident, where
someone obtains lists of usernames and passwords from a third party, often illegally,
and opportunistically tries to use them on a website.
Actions we’ve taken
Although we know that the BrickLink site was not breached, we've further
strengthened our security. We take the safety of BrickLink and our members very
seriously and will continue to step up security across the platform.
We’ve informed people where we have reason to believe that their accounts or
stores may have been impacted, and reminded members of ways they can make their
accounts safer and more secure by practicing good data security. Keep your systems
up-to-date with the latest patches, Use security software and create strong,
unique passwords for each website you use.
Again, we’re sorry for the interruption and inconvenience this has caused you.
If you have any questions or concerns, have a look at the FAQ for more details,
or reach out to customersupport@bricklink.com.
Many thanks,
Your BrickLink Team
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Thanks for working to get us back up and running quickly. It was surprising just
how much we depend on BrickLink, I felt literally lost at times without it so
thanks again.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2023 20:16 | | Subject: | Buying bulk | | Viewed: | 148 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| A few months back we received a message from a seller on BrickLink with an offer.
I can't remember the wording, but the main offer was to help us build up
our inventory by selling to us in bulk. They have a store here and if I remember
correctly they have just a couple hundred feedbacks. I put off calling them at
the time because we were very busy doing other things.
About a month back I was finally going to call them but I could not find the
message they sent us. I looked thru all of our messages but nada. I would really
like to get in touch with them to find out what they are offering and I would
imagine that we were not the only store that received their message so I was
hoping that someone else may have received a similar message and could possibly
send us a private message with at least their store name so we can contact them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 31, 2023 11:33 | | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, lotsofbricks writes:
| | I feel that changing from once per day to once per month might be too big of
a change. Perhaps once per week would be more appropriate. I've never posted
sales in the forum and I do agree that once per day is too much -- almost
like spamming.
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I was thinking the same thing but then I thought a little bet more about what
constitutes a sale, or at least what it is supposed to. A sale is supposed to
be when you lower your prices a certain amount lower then what you normally charge.
If you are constantly running a sale then your sale prices are just your normal
everyday prices.
We to have never posted in the "Sales" forum but we usually always have
all of our parts priced at any given time at 9% to 15% off the 6 month sales
average so we could potentially advertise a sale every week in the forums but
where is the "sale" in that? We price our inventory below the 6 month
sales average to increase our overall selling of parts so advertising a "Sale"
would just be false advertising.
I think once a month is a good idea.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2023 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: seller has got my buying privileges revoked | | Viewed: | 108 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| I have to point out that even if all you say is true, it would be hard to feel
any sympathy for you considering that a little over 2% of your buyers have left
either a neutral or negative (117 total)feedback against you for doing the exact
same thing, and a lot worse, to your customers.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2023 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: How to sell only figures from 10316 Rivendell | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | Incomplete sets have to have a considerable amount of the set to be a reliable
listing I think.
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Going along with that... When you think of a set, you dont think of the minifigs
as much as you think about the model you will build with the set. I would imagine
BrickLink admins look at sets that way also. Minifigs do not make the set a set,
the model does and it makes sense that BrickLink would delete listings of sets
that only contain figs as they are no longer sets or even incomplete sets,
they are now just minifigures. I think it would be like trying to list a set
under minifigure with the note that "This is for the model - no minifigures
included".
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2023 15:48 | | Subject: | Re: Set Condition Technicality | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Abd when comparing them, doing it under a bright light really helps - under a
dim light they can still look very close to the same.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2023 15:46 | | Subject: | Re: Set Condition Technicality | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Qxuto writes:
| | I’m uncertain whether a used set I have can be considered complete. The pieces
I have for the set are old light gray, but the Bricklink inventory says they
should be new light gray. Does this color difference mean that those pieces are
technically missing? I’ve listed the set as incomplete for now.
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The differences between light bluish gray and light gray are subtle and unless
you are very familiar with them you really need to compare them side by side
especially sense light bluish gray can fade to the point of making you think
they are light gray until you compare it side by side with a piece you know for
sure is light gray as ghyde suggested.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2023 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: Modular Courthouse MOC | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Joy.Brix writes:
| | I have been working on this for a few months. I am trying to improve it and make
it perfect. I am open to critiques and input.
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Well the clock on the left shows 4:40 and the one on the right shows 10:10 so
you should probably just tear the whole town down and start over!
Seriously though, I really like it. The small details give the building a very
realistic feel to it. It looks like it could be a model of an existing design
of a real building and just looks great!
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2023 00:16 | | Subject: | Re: Trigger Warning | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, runner.caller writes:
I shouldn't even admit this but when we first started selling here we had
the word Legos in our store terms. Now I cringe every time I see someone referring
to Legos that way.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2023 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: Lego's rebel pilot diversity problem | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | In General, axaday writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | just as the Sand People are not Humans nor that intelligent, but they are from
Tatoonie.. & would be considered Tatoonieians.
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I don't think the Tuskens are unintelligent.
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"In the Star Wars universe, there are some species that are force-sensitive,
and some that are not. Tusken Raiders (and Jawas for that matter) are not force-sensitive,
simply because they do not possess the mental aptitude."
...star ships are traveling at Light Speed, Moon sized Death Star Battle Stations
are blowing up planets & there are beings known as Jedi's & Sith with the
ability to manipulate objects with their minds
a Tusken Raider is on the bottom of the intelligence spectrum. they are a proud
Tribal community, but bottom rung as far as intelligence goes in that universe.
but you are free to 'think' anything you want
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The only way to accurately gauge the intelligence of each individual species
and then rank them according to their intelligence level is to do an in-depth
analysis of each species and then compare them by some predetermined scale....
oh wait, IT'S JUST A MOVE FRANCHISE.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 22, 2023 23:54 | | Subject: | Re: is this new? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | some highlights for minifigures listed as new are
"Assembled - Was displayed, no damage or markings - 9/10"
"Built and displayed, great condition, message for pics."
"NEW! Adult owned from a sealed set. Displayed in a cabinet behind glass,
no direct sunlight. Comes with original hair and guns, plus two nozzles which
look more like his blasters. Ask for photos"
"AFOL Owned, Smoke Free Home, No lightsaber, used but never displayed or
played with, looks new"
"Kama is Slightly crumpled but otherwise Perfect, Displayed by AFOL away
from sunlight."
and from some other new listings
""Used" Some bitemarks on one side of head."
"Cracked arms"
"cracked torso"
"cracked arm"
"Brand new never assembled but arms are cracked  "
"cracked torso, only figure, no accessories"
"Has a cracked right arm at the rear where the hand joins."
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I especially like the one listed as new but says, "Used" Some bitemarks
on one side of head.".
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2023 00:23 | | Subject: | Re: Real or Fake Print Torso? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, eBricksOnline writes:
| | Genuine LEGO torso. Can't seem to locate on the catalog tree. Any ideas?
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I think it's a custom print. Hardly any torsos with printed arms.
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I wouldn't call at least 280 hardly any. 
~Jen
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Lego has made millions of mini figures and if they only printed on 280 arms
then that is a Huge difference and I have at least 50 of those arms on 25 figs
so that only leaves 230 for everybody else.
Jim - during the day
Beam - at night
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2023 21:05 | | Subject: | Re: 4073 - Gold Versions Question | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | Left two are both Pearl Gold (which is known to have a lot of variation), the
right one is Flat Dark Gold.
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Dosnt Flat dark gold not exist for that part and it’s just a variation of pearl
gold?
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It looks that way. Only 50 different parts were made in flat pearl gold. The
break down of which parts were made in pearl dark gold is as follows: 32 Bionicle
parts, 11 Duplo parts and the remaining 7 parts are in older Castle and Vikings
sets made back around 2005 and they are just 3 weapons, 2 shields and 2 large
figure armor pieces.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2023 00:25 | | Subject: | Re: Why is there noone to talk to? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, tEoS writes:
| | Sometimes I talk to myself, and when myself is busy, I talk to the dog. Other
times I complain to the BL forum. It's all really the same. 
Why are we talking when we could be building Lego sets, anyway? Is typing considered
talking nowadays 
| | Why is there no one to talk to?
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+2 (one for me and one for my dog)
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2023 23:02 | | Subject: | Re: Life's Good Sale | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, popsicle writes:
| | In spite going through my share of tragedy and sadness lately, I feel a strong
sense of appreciation for life and those opportunities I have been given. In
a good mood.
You know what Frank Herbert had to say about moods though, right? "Mood's
a thing for cattle or for making love..." Well, don't know a thing about
livestock and loveplay no longer holds much allure to me. Instead, thought I
might express my current mood with generosity
Translated: If you have an offer in mind on anything in our inventory you'd
like tryout on me, now's a good time https://store.bricklink.com/popsicle
~ConstrucToys
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It is a good thing your life is good right now because having a "Life Sucks
Sale" just doesn't sound quite so inspiring.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2023 20:25 | | Subject: | Re: Why is "shipped" not an option? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, LocoPorLego writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, LocoPorLego writes:
| | I get what your saying, but I can't ever loose money on any shipping. I loose
enough to paypal/bricklink fees, loosing additionally on shipping too isn't
a good business decision for me personally. Agreed, its usually like 25-75 cents
each for cheap little padded mailers in bulk, I used to not factor in packing
materials when I started out, establishing my store (I used to ship worldwide
too at no minimum, huge headache, I stopped after realizing how stiff PayPal's
terms are about lost/missing orders). Now that I am a little more established,
with plenty of positive reviews and that I sell large sealed sets to minifigs,
I choose not to loose on shipping ever anymore.
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then just increase the shipping a little but there's a difference between
loosing on shipping on every order compared to loosing on some and making on
other which evens out and ends up with you not loosing on shipping still if you
take a step back and look at the bigger picture. but if you still think your
loosing on shipping the raise the prices and it will work out
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I'm not loosing on shipping, that's the point. You just said you do loose
on some orders, and make it up on others. I'm saying across the board at
my store, I don't loose money on shipping... But I'm Loco. (pun based
on my username, don't take it personally)
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 with this method across the board at your store you also wouldn't loose money
but you could do a split. with having instant checkout for most items but
then for larger items you could mark them as manual only and then charge exact
shipping so its a win win
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This way really works well. We have most all of our sets set up manual invoicing
only and all of our parts set up for instant checkout and we have had no problems.
I would definitely recommend setting it up that way.
We are located in California so our shipping cost increases according to how
far away the shipping address is located, so places like New York on the east
coast cost the most. To make it easy and to make sure we dont lose any money
on shipping, we have set up our shipping levels to reflect the prices for shipping
to New York. As an example, we charge $4.53 for orders up to 4 ounces (including
the envelope) which will cover the cost to ship as far away as the east coast.
Orders shipping to Arizona will cost a little less but we still charge the same.
Because we use instant checkout, our potential customers will know what the shipping
cost will be before they place their order so everybody is happy. When we put
sets up for sale we usually write in the Description how much the shipping will
be for shipping to anywhere in the contiguous US basing our prices on the east
coast and fortunately using UPS and USPS Ground Advantage, the prices are pretty
decent for our customers.
Jim
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 17:40 | | Subject: | Re: Need 6 Million Pounds Per Month | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | He said LEGO sets and so I think he may want about: 206,962.28008964226224949371852233
of these
--Claude
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Okay so buying 206,962 of them is all good but where does someone go to buy exactly
.28008964226224949371852233 of one set??
Jim (during normal business hours)
Jim Beam (after 5:00)
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 17:31 | | Subject: | Re: Suddenly no email confirmations ... ? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, WestCoastBrickz writes:
| | Since this morning, no confirmation of orders/invoices received.
Same to the buyer
Am I the only one?
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I just checked min and we are receiving order confirmations like normal.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 5, 2023 20:12 | | Subject: | Re: Problem CN22 custom declare | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Even a seller has a duty of care and a duty to tell the truth and has to abide
by the law.
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So, what about those Terms?
Shipping risk:
In general I'm shipping NO tracking, it's on buyers risk!
NO Refund of costs if goods are lost on mailing route.
I can not take responsibility for the condition of the goods received.
If you are not satisfied, contact your supplier who delivers the goods to you.
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I like the line, "If you are not satisfied, contact your supplier who delivers
the goods to you". I like the way he refers to the postal service as "your
supplier" yet he is the one who pays the postal service and drops the package
off there. I hate stores that try to pass the buck like that so that they can
think that they dont need to take ANY responsibility for a lost or damaged order.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 1, 2023 22:07 | | Subject: | Re: Bypass code | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | In Help, UTLF writes:
| | | | I found a good deal on some pieces from an over-seas seller but their store says they do not ship to the U.S.A. where I live
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I believe the issue is they might not even want to ship to the US; I would recommend
filtering stores that don't ship to you in your settings to avoid this issue
in the future - hopefully they get back to you though!
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Yes, agreed.
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What are the parts and the color of each part. Maybe someone here has them and
will be willing to sell them at a more reasonable price then others.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2023 00:32 | | Subject: | Re: How to set up free shipping? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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The way I did, back when I used to offer free shipping, worked like this …
Each lot (for a set) that I wanted to ship for free, I overrode both the dimensions
and the weight, to make them both as small as possible. I think something like
0.001 gms and 0.1 mm on each side. Then I set up a shipping method that only
processed something below 1-oz (or smaller if possible) and a physical dimension
of 1-inch x 1-inch x 1-inch. That tended to route the set orders into that very
small cubic space, and the parts elsewhere. Try setting this up on a test lot,
that is reserved to your test account, then see what happens when you put it
into a shopping cart. Let unchanged, your other lots will not trigger the shipping
method, if it’s set up correctly.
Good luck, Nita Rae
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Thank you, that sounds like it should work. In fact, that should work for selling
sets with a fixed shipping value also. Again, thanks.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 29, 2023 10:34 | | Subject: | Re: How to set up free shipping? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, UTLF writes:
| | The way I do it is I create a new shipping method that requires a minimum purchase
amount, that way most items/orders won't qualify but it'll show for a
set that's $250 or whatever amount you want it to
I'm sure there's an easier way, but I prefer to stick to what I know
in order to avoid messing up my shipping methods
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Thanks for the reply!
That would be one way but I would really like to be able to have sets worth less
to be able to have free shipping. Plus, any order over a certain amount would
qualify for free shipping so that would not work for me.
Any other ideas? Anybody?
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2023 23:27 | | Subject: | Re: Who sells Lego by the pound? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, DeLuca writes:
| | In Selling, legoranger00 writes:
| | I’m looking for any bricklink stores or websites that sell Lego by the pound.
If you know any bricklink stores or websites that do, please let me know.
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All UK stores do.
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I had to think about that for a minute - good one!
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2023 23:25 | | Subject: | How to set up free shipping? | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| I would like to be able to put up certain sets into our store with free shipping
and have customers be able to use instant checkout and have the shipping charge
be zero when they check out but just for those particular sets if possible. How
would I set up a shipping method to accomplish this? Is this possible? I would
prefer to have a shipping method that would only apply to certain sets but if
I would have to have it apply to all sets then I could still work with that.
I would not want the shipping method apply to any parts or minifigures.
Thanks in advance.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 27, 2023 21:47 | | Subject: | Re: lol | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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