BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Colors, mwright5 writes:

Seriously? Light trans-black would have been a more appropriate identifier as
there is a noticeable difference, however there is nothing brown about this color
that we are now calling trans-brown.

Once you compare them side by side, like the one shown in the link posted by
1001bricks, you can see that old trans brown is very accurate.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 9, 2024 11:03

Subject:

Re: Pick-A-BrickLego store price $17.99

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Retail

In Retail, michaelhunt writes:

I went into my local Lego store today and noticed that Pick-A-Brick wall large
containers (boxes) are now $17.99. That's a two dollar increase from the
previous price of $15.99.

Prices have gone up but the selection of parts have gone down (at least in our
area where 3 Lego stores are relatively close).

The good news is that the cardboard boxes they now use hold just as much as the
cups. We purchased one and filled it with 1x1 round plates then poured them into
a PAB cup and found that hold about the same amount maybe with the box holding
just a smidge more. The advantage with the box being rectangular instead of round
means that they are better for stacking square parts like plates or door frames.
And they are definitely more gooder then worser for the environmenta.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 6, 2024 18:40

Subject:

Re: Howt to enable onsite payment?

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Technical Issues

AI: “Hi, I’m Bricky, your BrickLink assistant! Would you like some help?”
User: “I want open a shop on BrickLink.”
AI: “Go to this address (link to halucinated address)”
User: “But it doesn’t work!”
AI: “Sorry, I meant this address (link to eBay)”
User: “But that’s eBay! I want BrickLink”
AI: “Oops, here’s the good one (link to BlinkRing, the club of blinkers aficionados)”
User: “Oh, I give up.”
AI: “Happy to have helped you! See you soon

”

Works for me!! Less competition!!!

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 29, 2024 21:43

Subject:

Re: New Parts

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In Buying, infinibrix writes:

In Buying, TheBrickGuys writes:

You are talking about not getting upset if you received a couple of pieces here
and there being stacked together in an order but it appears you didnt fully read
the entire post before responding. The original post does not complain about
a couple of pieces being staked, he stated the ALL the pieces were stacked.

There is a BIG difference between a couple of pieces verses all new pieces being
stacked.

Jim.

Thanks for chiming in but you actually didn't read the full context of my
own post either as it was directed towards yorbrick not the OP. I already stated
that I didn't fully approve of stacked bricks and so I don't take issue
with whatever complaints the op has over how they received their parts. It's
more directed at Yorbricks overly pedantic "stacking for 5 seconds" comment
along with his many other past comments where he obsessively appears to enjoy
correcting people and re-iterating the rules back to them regardless of how necessary/minor
the subject matter!

Ah, I see. Makes more sense.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 29, 2024 10:44

Subject:

Re: New Parts

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Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 27, 2024 11:17

Subject:

Re: *** The Gift Shop Now Open! *** (US Based)

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New Stores

1) Buyer leaves positive feedback, but doesn’t change the order status from “Shipped”
2) Buyer leaves positive feedback and changes the status to “Received” thinking
that’s it. Fairly common, actually.
3) Buyer contacts seller thanking them for the LEGO and offers praise of service
and/or product, without changing the status from “Shipped” or “Received”.
4) Buyer and seller are in communication over an order issue, which concludes
with the buyer expressing complete satisfaction with the transaction, again without
bothering to change the status.

In short, there's a good many LEGO fans that simply don’t know, don’t
care or don’t care to know about 'order status duties’ Many just wish to
buy LEGO and that’s it. Which is fine. The changing of order status by the seller
just helps a vendor to clean things up a bit, to stay organized.

Good points. I think that after 30 days if a buyer has not changed the order
status to "Complete" then they probably will fall under the category
'dont care' and will not care if the seller changes the status to complete.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 27, 2024 10:58

Subject:

Re: Gummy Spam Poll ... Round 2

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Topic:

E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.

Then the moderators could release posts to the public once they see they are
not spam. It would be great if they could then have control to, in a sense, "Unlock"
their activity after a period of time where it becomes obvious to them that the
poster is not a spammer and then their posts would no longer need to be subject
to their approval.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 25, 2024 20:30

Subject:

Re: Merging piece varian is a BIG PROBLEM

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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

For one, I will be definitely buying from stores who sort their pieces, because
if I want to buy a variant of a piece I should receive that specific piece, once
I pay. I just hope Bricklink stores won't use this as an excuse to jack up
prices if they do list their pieces properly.

How will you define the variants you want if they are no longer defined here?

Exactly! Shoppers will be getting what they ordered and paid for, they just wont
be able to easily shop for different variants of a particular piece unless they
shop at stores that specify that they actually sorting out different variants
and selling them separately, thus, shoppers will still get what they pay for.
I say this only because shoppers stating that they want what they pay for is
just not an accurate analogy for this topic.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 25, 2024 13:44

Subject:

Re: Package returned

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Topic:

Problem Order

In Problem Order, takisdoc writes:

In Problem Order, TheBrickGuys writes:

In Problem Order, takisdoc writes:

Hi everyone! I placed an order tο a seller for some pieces (145€ worth) and he
sent it to me but due to a mistake made by DHL the package was returned to him
and was never delivered to me. Since I discovered this, I tried contacting him
many time offering to pay again for the postage to send it back ( I know he received,
I had a new tracking number from DHL) but no answer. Should I open a case with
PayPal? I’ve tried with 5 emails and even in his language but no reply!

Just to be clear, did you send any messages thru BrickLink? The reason I ask
is because some sellers dont respond to emails but will respond to BrickLink
messages.

Jim

A very justified question my friend, of course I did, it was my first method
of contact with the seller and I have the emails from BrickLink to prove it.
And then I sent emails and then message and email translated in his language
in case he only accepts these. I’m starting to feel bad because maybe he has
some serious problems in real life and I’m concerned about my hobby, but I need
to protect myself somehow nevertheless, right?

I agree with everyone else to start a NSS followed by a PayPal claim. I was just
making sure you contacted him thru BrickLink and not just thru email before starting
the NSS.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 25, 2024 11:21

Subject:

Re: Fun queries we sellers get...

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Topic:

Recently I was asked how many pounds of GUMMIES I wanted for trade of my store.

Well your store is now closed so how many pounds did you settle for?

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 25, 2024 10:51

Subject:

Re: Package returned

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Topic:

Problem Order

In Problem Order, takisdoc writes:

Just to be clear, did you send any messages thru BrickLink? The reason I ask
is because some sellers dont respond to emails but will respond to BrickLink
messages.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 22, 2024 11:31

Subject:

Re: Customer won’t reply to messages

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Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 17, 2024 14:23

Subject:

Re: Pleased with builds

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Topic:

In General, zorbanj writes:

The looseness of the connections worsens over time and the petals become a bit
droopy.

In General, Stuart9 writes:

Haven’t built anything for some time but decided to build some flower based sets
for my wife.

She doesn’t like cut flowers, they die and she can’t stand the feeling of them
and the slime you sometimes get in the vase.

Not a fan of dried flowers or fake flowers, so the logical thing to me is Lego
based.

Just built 10313, 10311 and 10280 in that order, love the result.

10313-1 (Inv) Wildflower Bouquet
939 Parts, 2023
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Botanical Collection

10311-1 (Inv) Orchid
608 Parts, 2022
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Botanical Collection

10280-1 (Inv) Flower Bouquet
756 Parts, 2021
Sets: Creator: Creator Expert: Botanical Collection

The only minor criticism is that some connections were a little loose, however
they worked

You could use superglue.

Oh crap, now I will banned on the forums

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 16, 2024 22:31

Subject:

Re: BrickStore database issue.

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Topic:

Related Software

In Related Software, sandman writes:

In Related Software, TheBrickGuys writes:

When I open BrickStore and try to update the database I get a error message that
states "Could not load new database: download and decompress failed: Connection
timed out". Anyone else getting this message?

Everybody

https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore/issues/813#issuecomment-1894324647

TL;DR: The version doesn't matter - the datacenter hosting the server with
the database has routing problems. Nothing I can do about it, but should hopefully
be up and running again shortly.

Thanks for letting us know and as a side note: I just wanted to say THANK YOU
SO VERY MUCH!!! Thank you for keeping BrickStore up and running and constantly
making it better by adding more features. I really love and appreciate this software
(especially being able to update Remarks without needing to change anything else).
I cant imaging having a store on BrickLink without it.

To top it all off you offer it free of charge but for anyone interested, on BrickStore's
GitHub page there is a "Sponsor" link where we can help to keep BrickStore
going.

Again, thanks for keeping BrickStore going. Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 16, 2024 13:42

Subject:

Re: BrickStore database issue.

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Topic:

Related Software

Forgot to mention that I tried on 2 different computers. I downloaded the newest
version and still the database issue and I even tried installing an older version
of BrickStore to see if the older versions have the same problem and they do.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 16, 2024 13:38

Subject:

BrickStore database issue.

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Topic:

Related Software

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 15, 2024 18:52

Subject:

Re: Sales

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Topic:

In Help, evjhaveri writes:

In Help, peregrinator writes:

In Help, evjhaveri writes:

How would I set up shipping costs for purchasing the label online? Would I use
request invoice? Do you know where the price chart for purchasing it online is?
Thank you

Thank you so much for your help! As we are both from New Jersey, would you be
able to send your shipping price table so I can gauge what prices are normal?
If you can, send it through my email. Thank you again

You can go to our store and look at our store terms, this will give you a good
idea of what to charge. You can copy and paste anything you want from our store
terms, we wont mind.

Another thing you should try is putting all your parts on sale at around 10 to
15% off. I noticed that all your prices are at the 6 month sales average which
is a good place to start but for a small starting store I think putting your
parts up at 10 to 15% off may really help. I know the closer we get to putting
our parts at 15% off the 6 month sales average the more sales our store receives.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 9, 2024 22:37

Subject:

Re: Why are some allowed to stay in business?

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What would be your proposal for BL?

What action can I take if he is already on my stoplist?

Well of course close all stores except ours!

But seriously. I know where your coming from because it really comes down to
where do you draw the line? Everyone will have a differing opinion on where that
line should be and once the line is drawn what happens when you, me, or anyone
else crosses that threshold by just one negative? No one would would want their
store to be closed down because of just that one feedback that causes us to cross
that threshold.

But when a store has at least a few thousand feedbacks for selling and 10% or
more of them are negative / neutrals, maybe an actual percentage should not automatically
close down their store but I think it would be good for BrickLink to examine
stores with a high percentage of bad feedbacks and first maybe give them a warning
to clean up their act and if after a certain period of time they dont change
then BL should consider further consequences.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 9, 2024 21:40

Subject:

Why are some allowed to stay in business?

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We have had our share of neutral and negative feedbacks - at total of 26 - but
how are some stores still allowed to do business? There is a store in Germany
with around 8850 total feedbacks but out of his 7151 feedbacks for selling he
has 393 negative / neutrals. This past year alone he has 503 positive but 48
negative / neutrals - that is almost 10%!! That means 1 out of every 10 customers
are getting bad service and how many more are getting bad service but are afraid
to leave a negative feedback out of fear of getting retaliatory feedback.

Sometimes when I stumble across a store with a really bad reputation, like the
one above, I am surprised that they are still allowed to keep their selling status.

Just a rant.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 8, 2024 23:55

Subject:

Re: Keep yourself well apprised of value trends

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Topic:

Price Guide

In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

I would back in the day, but stopped long ago. The example of this minifig's
value (especially as new) brings home the countless potential payoffs. By necessity,
we vendors budget what little time left to us beyond that of running the store.
Nonetheless, it was always deemed as time very well spent for me, staying appraised
of market values trends - Can be enjoyable too.

rck006 (Inv) Chief
Minifigures: Rock Raiders

-popsicle

Back in the day, when you would take the time, besides just perusing the catalog
and price guides, how did you go about keeping up some of the market value trends
(I would be interested in knowing)?

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jan 7, 2024 18:08

Subject:

Re: Have to pay VAT twice. What can be done?

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Topic:

Taxes

In Taxes, udenbricks writes:

In Taxes, Poncke writes:

I am in Ireland. Ordered from Indonesia, BL took the VAT on placing the order.
I told the seller to add a VAT invoice on the package to prevent double VAT.
Just got the email from customs, telling me to pay VAT otherwise the package
goes back to Indonesia.

I cannot check what the seller has done until I have the package. And as a private
individual I have no option to claim back VAT from Irish Revenue.

Any advice welcome, thanks.

Maybe this is the solution:
You told the seller to add a VAT invoice.
Maybe it would have been better to ask for "The" VAT invoice.
So just ask your seller to download the Invoice on top of his order page. (see
example)
Let him send it electronicaly to you, you can send it to the customs.

I hope this helps.
Please let us know if this is good

The Order Summery line also has an "IOSS No" link for orders that require
the IOSS number to be electronically transmitted when purchasing postage online.

Here is what the popup window shows when you click on the link:

The IOSS link shows the following info in a popup window when opened:

BrickLink IOSS number: XXXXXXXXXXX

You must share BrickLink’s IOSS number directly with your shipping carrier so
that the shipping carrier can submit this information electronically. This helps
to ensure that the buyer will not be charged VAT twice.

You MUST NOT use BrickLink’s IOSS number for any other purpose and NEVER write
this number on your packages.

Note: Always double-check this process with your local shipping carrier as the
process may vary. Some shipping carriers cannot accept or submit IOSS numbers
in post office locations, so you may only be able to do this online. If your
carrier cannot transmit our IOSS number electronically, the buyer could be charged
VAT a second time.

Visit the EU marketplace help page to learn more about the IOSS number.

As far as I know the IOSS link will always show up on orders that require the
IOSS number.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 29, 2023 16:23

Subject:

Re: Where do the bricks come from?

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In General, wildchicken13 writes:

In General, TheBrickGuys writes:

If you do the math based on some stores then you can easily determine that their
are some stores that are not getting the bulk of their bricks from sets. As an
example, there is a store that has over 38,000 1x2 black bricks, 38,000 1x2 trans
clear bricks, 20,000 2x2 black bricks, 18,000 2x4 red bricks, 15,000 2x4 black
bricks and their store only has a total of 308 lots of different parts. Their
are many stores that have way to may bricks to be getting them from sets. Heck,
there is a store that has 317,863 2x2 black bricks.

Some of these stores with really high brick counts have to be getting their bricks
from someplace else then just breaking down sets, especially when you look at
the rest of their inventories and see that they do not have large qty's of
all the other parts that they should have by breaking down such large number
of sets.

Jim

That's just what they have for sale, not necessarily their entire inventory.

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1366780
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1420528

And I would LOVE to be the owner of one of the examples you linked to!! I would
Never have to hunt for another Lego set on clearance again (even though I do
love a good Lego clearance hunt).

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 29, 2023 11:31

Subject:

Re: Where do the bricks come from?

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In General, helge writes:

In General, Hm79 writes:

Buying bricks directly from lego.com is quite expensive, the price of the sets
is not cheap at all, so it is not feasible to separate them... 😜hmmmm

Instead of just stating that something is impossible; do the math.

And: those who part out sets at a sizable scale does not buy from lego.com...

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 28, 2023 21:13

Subject:

Re: LEGO Replay, a new Lego “charity”

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Topic:

Media

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/sustainability/environment/replay?locale=en-ca

In Media, Nubs_Select writes:

In Media, Saitolegos writes:

Hmmmm. Well that’s good to hear.
Would you happen to know what they do with old bricks, say from the 70s? 🤔

WOOOOOOW, it is working. They have already received and then reused / replaying
with over 543 tons of Lego!

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 22, 2023 13:38

Subject:

Re: Shipstation override

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Topic:

In Shipping, Ziegelmeister writes:

I'm not sure if this is a big deal or not. While trying to purchase standard
first class postage this week, it's been printing out ground advantage labels.
Allegedly they both take the same amount of time to deliver.

Not sure if any other US based stores are experiencing this and/or if it's
been an issue.

First Class mail is still in use but only for letters but not packages (ground
advantage).

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 19, 2023 12:05

Subject:

Re: Sales low?

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Topic:

In General, SezaR writes:

I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?

If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?

Maybe it has to do with what country you are selling in? Our sales in parts have
been really good for the past few months.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 12, 2023 20:43

Subject:

Re: Problem with verification

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Topic:

In Problem, L79M writes:

In Problem, L79M writes:
Just double checked my store is still closed awaiting verification been 8 days
now

Do you mean that it has been 8 days sense you applied? If so, then you will most
likely have to wait a while longer. I think I remember some comments from admin
that because of the back log that it can take at least a few weeks.

As a side thought, maybe some others here that have read these posts and have
recently been approved to open your own store can comment on how long the process
took to finally get approved.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 9, 2023 21:44

Subject:

Re: Is this a fake pin?

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Topic:

In General, randyf writes:

In General, Yosemitesam writes:

Hello people,

I am checking a recently bought set and it has 2 fake lego parts.
Now I'm checking the blue pins, it has 3 versions in it.
I recon the left one is fake but I'm not sure.
Does anyone know?

Regards,

Sam

Yes, it is a clone brand part. The LEGO versions of the part never have the pin
slots line up with the slots in the main body of the part.

Cheers,
Randy

Good to know.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 9, 2023 21:37

Subject:

Re: Requirments for new sellers

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Topic:

In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, TallyToyBricks writes:

I voted yes, not because this is the best solution, but there needs to be some
solution. If buyers don't trust the marketplace, eventually sales decline.

BrickLink needs a high enough bar to limit scammers, but low enough to allow
legitimate new sellers. The current bar is way too low.

Maybe, a staggered sales limit for new stores (Ebay model); month 1 limit sales
to $250, then month 2 to $350, etc. BrickLink has the data to optimize the sales
limits.

If you can delay the amount of time scammers need to wait for their payday, you
limit the number of scammers. Additionally, any that are using fraudulent Bank
Accounts/PayPal/Credit Cards will probably be discovered within 3 months. Basically,
let the Trust and Security Departments of large financial institutions weed out
the bad actors.

I agree something must be done, but an issue with this is that a scammer sets
up multiple accounts and let's them sit for a few months.

You are absolutely correct. This (and thank you) opens up the topic of small/medium/large
sellers. Most of the problems seen here are not from small sellers selling cheap
parts, it's always someone trying to make the maximum money as fast as possible,
before the game is up. The current problem (L and N) may well involve many thousands
of dollars.

Where we end up is, a small seller needs very little vetting and identity checking.
A large seller, or anyone stacking their store up with lots of high ticket desirable
sets, needs a laser focused identity check and proof of inventory. Any seller
account moving up the ladder, regardless of the day they apply, or several months
down the road, should cause that check to be done. This is as more about allowing
the limited resources on the admin team to be applied to where the problems occur.

Nita Rae

I think your proposal are excellent. Probably over 95% of new legitimate beginning
sellers would not sell more then $250.00 worth of Lego in their first couple
of months. In fact, most new stores would probably be thrilled to make that much
and more importantly, most scammers wouldn't even want to waste their time
for $250.00.

I also think your ideas on vetting sellers who want to sell high ticket items
would also be important and would dissuade most scammers from even wanting to
go thru the vetting process.

Great ideas!! I hope BrickLink will seriously consider them.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Dec 7, 2023 11:12

Subject:

Re: Should I accept a prepaid level from buyer?

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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:

I mean after about 10k shipments across sites I’ve had exactly 1 case opened
against me which I won so it’s not really much of a concern

Same here. Out of all the orders we have received only a couple went bad and
we just went ahead and approved the refund for missing packages.

Because our postage software uses PayPal's addresses we use those but we
always do a quick compare to make sure they are the same but not not because
about worrying about scams, we just want to make sue the order is shipped to
where the customer wants it to be shipped to. When the addresses differ we just
contact the buyer and ask which address they want the order shipped to. This
has happened just a handful of times and when we shipped it to a different address
then what is on PayPal it has never caused any problems or chargebacks.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 26, 2023 11:39

Subject:

Re: Can I list these?

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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:

I recently purchased some lego from a long time lego seller (local) and included
was a whole bunch of torsos with a variety of different colour arms and hands
(all in about 100ish torsos) mixed in were some

973 Torso Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Torso {Flat Silver}

and

973 Torso Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Torso {Olive Green}

which
don't exist in those colours as is. I cant be 100% certain but they don't
seem to have had a print wiped off. i remember a while ago there was a big thing
about some parts in unofficial things like this couldn't be sold as they
were stolen from lego but to the best of my knowledge these are from long before
that was a thing so i wasn't sure if I was allowed to list them on bricklink
or not as many of those listings were taken down and similar
19x Flat Silver torsos
15x Olive Green torsos

I dont see why not considering they are for sale, and have been sold here, so
BL definitely allows them to be sold in those colors.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 25, 2023 23:09

Subject:

Re: How should I list these?

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https://store.bricklink.com/EToys?itemID=363339147#/shop?o={%22invID%22:%22363339147%22}

In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:

How should I list these parts? Are they new from Lego or are they used and sealed
by a reseller?
Thanks!

It may be from this set:

8293-1 (Inv) Power Functions Motor Set
10 Parts, 2008
Sets: Power Functions

I think you are right and looking at the picture, it looks like your parts are
in the same type of bags so I would say that you could probably sell them as
new if you wanted to as long as you look at them really well to make sure they
dont have any dings on any edges or scratches on any of the flat surfaces.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 21, 2023 22:08

Subject:

Re: File an order

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Topic:

In Help, Adrienhb writes:

Sorry, to clarify, order items are purged, you should still be able to get an
overview of the old ones (try Download).

Ok thanks. I'll keep a copy.
But you mentioned an app. Is there an app to use Bricklink on iOS ?

For windows you can use BrickStore. A fantastic program!! Indispensable if you
are a seller.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 19, 2023 17:14

Subject:

Re: Wanted: Breaking Bad build instructions

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Topic:

Searching

In Searching, 1001bricks writes:

i guess i'll jump the shark here...

item # 52

*facepalm

Where?? item 52??? I guess im being thick, but no idea where you mean.

Please ignore; nobody knows what that means.

Apart this, it's an interesting quest!

I guess you may use/learn studio, and build it yourself starting from this "compatible"
set (erm erm).

a Compatible set is probably the best option,I don’t imagine Lego will be coming
out anytime soon with a drivable meth lab.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 18, 2023 17:03

Subject:

Re: 1 year selling on Bricklink!!

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Announce

In Announce, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:

We have now been selling on Bricklink for 1 year!!

A big thanks to all our buyers and sellers that helped us get to where we are
today!!

Congratulations!

I think the best feeling you get from selling. Is from the very first sale you
get and the first out of country sale. I would say that they are the most memorable
ones but I can’t remember either ones, I just know that they were the ones that
felt the best.

And don’t forget to also celebrate with what my dog Really loves - grape licorice
and milk duds!! His most bestest snacks.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 17, 2023 22:05

Subject:

Re: Frustration w/ Yellow Minifigures

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Topic:

In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:

In LEGO products, 1001bricks writes:

I think that the LEGO Group also needs to include more chickens in their sets.
There are 33 billion chickens in the world, yet chickens appear in very few LEGO
sets. It would be nice to see LEGO include more ecological diversity in their
sets.

Now that was good!

(I used a plain smiling emoticons instead of
the laughing one with oversized teeth and used 4 instead of 3 to differinacate
myself from that OTHER person here on the forums who posts always lauhing at
everything

)

Reminds me one of the 'instutions' of Imgur (yes, really):
https://imgur.com/user/onlyporridge

Took me a minute to realize that it was an emoticon, or at least could be. BL
should add it.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 17, 2023 18:49

Subject:

Re: Frustration w/ Yellow Minifigures

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Topic:

In LEGO products, TheBrickGuys writes:

In LEGO products, popsicle writes:

In LEGO products, TheBrickGuys writes:

Speaking of emoticons, BL may need to think about some changes. There is 1 blue,
1 light blue, 1 red and one green to choose from but but there are 8 yellow ones.
Hmmm.

Didn't we have meaningful exchange about "color"

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1382931

Here's a cleaned-up pic file of Skragle

Now that is a beautiful color!!!

Dog's are truly man's best friend.

Thanks for sharing the picture (or would that be resharing).

This one is probably the skraglest shot of him.

Or maybe this one is...

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 17, 2023 18:44

Subject:

Re: Frustration w/ Yellow Minifigures

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Topic:

In LEGO products, popsicle writes:

In LEGO products, TheBrickGuys writes:

Speaking of emoticons, BL may need to think about some changes. There is 1 blue,
1 light blue, 1 red and one green to choose from but but there are 8 yellow ones.
Hmmm.

Didn't we have meaningful exchange about "color"

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1382931

Here's a cleaned-up pic file of Skragle

Now that is a beautiful color!!!

Dog's are truly man's best friend.

Thanks for sharing the picture (or would that be resharing).

This one is probably the skraglest shot of him.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 17, 2023 13:02

Subject:

Re: Frustration w/ Yellow Minifigures

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Topic:

Speaking of emoticons, BL may need to think about some changes. There is 1 blue,
1 light blue, 1 red and one green to choose from but but there are 8 yellow ones.
Hmmm.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 17, 2023 12:52

Subject:

Re: Frustration w/ Yellow Minifigures

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Topic:

In LEGO products, wildchicken13 writes:

In LEGO products, jadonut writes:

I wanted to post here to see how many other LEGO fans have felt similar frustration
and confusion about LEGO's own cultural stance to printing yellow only minifigures
for their non-IP sets (ICONS, City, Winter sets etc, etc).

For those of you who are already on-board with this, I'll link a great article
I found that excellently argues this point and cites its sources:

https://womensbrickinitiative.com/diverse-lego-minifigure-petition/

For those fans who haven't put much thought into this or are opposed to diversifying
the LEGO minifigure population, I'd urge you to read the above article. It's
well-written and researched, and says everything that needs to be said on this
topic.

In short, I don't at all agree with LEGO's staunch position on "yellow"
washing its minifigs that don't represent a certain IP. Their argument (as
quoted in the above article) that yellow is "race-neutral" is insulting,
as only light-skinned people can truly relate to that tone of color.

I'm personally interested in buying my first modular sets, but I also know
that I will have to spend money to swap out the heads, arms and some torsos to
make it representative of the world I live in, and the people I know.

I strongly believe that LEGO needs to do better, swallow its pride and discontinue
yellow minifigures. They're boring and lazy anyway.

I love LEGO and will be a lifelong fan. I just wish the brand matured with the
times quicker, and embraced cultural diversity.

Now that was good!

)

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 10, 2023 19:03

Subject:

Re: Silver Linings Post - Pics

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Topic:

In General, popsicle writes:

In General, Nubs_Select writes:

The first one almost looks like a picture from an alien planet

Your right, it does!

Captured an image of extraterrestrial intelligent life, in which case. Looks
to be primitive though, not advanced intelligence

from an old sci-fi movie! Nice!

Looks like your taking a pee.

Actually, that brings up a question that has plagued me for years and that is...

Why do we say when we need to go the the bathroom to take care of business, why
do we say, "I have to take a pee" or if you plan on sitting for a while,
"I have to take a poo"??

Than makes no sense at all! I have never seen anybody who said that they had
to take a poo go the the bathroom and leave there with a bag full or even
a hand full of poo - same with pee - you dont see people leaving bathrooms with
a glasses of pee. So why do we say that we have "take" a pee or "take"
a poo? Shouldn't we it be more like "I have to go LEAVE a pee or LEAVE
a poo"?

One of life's little ponderables.

Side note: I used the words pee and poo instead of their more common descriptives
so as to be polite and not offend any with a more delicate constitution.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 8, 2023 13:25

Subject:

Re: Well, that was weird and stressful

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Topic:

In Selling, Fidelito writes:

As a seller, what measures will you take as a response of what we, as a community,
just experienced?

Safety measures, diversification of selling platforms, inventory backups, contingency
plans, etc...

We are going to download our store inventory with BrickStore on a more regular
basis, at least twice a week. Aside form that we have thought about selling on
other platforms but have not taken the plunge yet but that may change.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 8, 2023 13:11

Subject:

Re: Update on November 3rd incident

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Topic:

Administrative

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

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Nov 1, 2023 20:16

Subject:

Buying bulk

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Topic:

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 31, 2023 11:33

Subject:

Re: New policy on Forum sales posts

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Topic:

Administrative

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.

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 25, 2023 16:49

Subject:

Re: seller has got my buying privileges revoked

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Topic:

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 25, 2023 12:30

Subject:

Re: How to sell only figures from 10316 Rivendell

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Topic:

Incomplete sets have to have a considerable amount of the set to be a reliable
listing I think.

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 22, 2023 15:48

Subject:

Re: Set Condition Technicality

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Topic:

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 22, 2023 15:46

Subject:

Re: Set Condition Technicality

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Topic:

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.

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 19, 2023 12:30

Subject:

Re: Modular Courthouse MOC

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Topic:

My Own Creation

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.

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Oct 4, 2023 00:16

Subject:

Re: Trigger Warning

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Topic:

In General, runner.caller writes:

"Legos" -Me

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Sep 27, 2023 11:27

Subject:

Re: Lego's rebel pilot diversity problem

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Topic:

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.

I don't think the Tuskens are unintelligent.

"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

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Sep 22, 2023 23:54

Subject:

Re: is this new?

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Topic:

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."

I especially like the one listed as new but says, "Used" Some bitemarks
on one side of head.".

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Sep 20, 2023 00:23

Subject:

Re: Real or Fake Print Torso?

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Topic:

Catalog Identification

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?

I think it's a custom print. Hardly any torsos with printed arms.

I wouldn't call at least 280 hardly any.

~Jen

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Sep 13, 2023 21:05

Subject:

Re: 4073 - Gold Versions Question

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Topic:

Catalog Identification

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.

Dosnt Flat dark gold not exist for that part and it’s just a variation of pearl
gold?

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Sep 13, 2023 00:25

Subject:

Re: Why is there noone to talk to?

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Topic:

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?

+2 (one for me and one for my dog)

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Aug 25, 2023 23:02

Subject:

Re: Life's Good Sale

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Topic:

Sales

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

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Aug 24, 2023 20:25

Subject:

Re: Why is "shipped" not an option?

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Topic:

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.

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

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)

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

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Aug 15, 2023 17:40

Subject:

Re: Need 6 Million Pounds Per Month

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Topic:

In Buying, sasquatch_eater writes:

He said LEGO sets and so I think he may want about: 206,962.28008964226224949371852233
of these

75192-1 (Inv) Millennium Falcon - UCS {2nd edition}
7513 Parts, 8 Minifigures, 2017
Sets: Star Wars: Ultimate Collector Series: Star Wars Other

--Claude

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)

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Aug 15, 2023 17:31

Subject:

Re: Suddenly no email confirmations ... ?

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Topic:

Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, WestCoastBrickz writes:

Since this morning, no confirmation of orders/invoices received.
Same to the buyer
Am I the only one?

I just checked min and we are receiving order confirmations like normal.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Aug 5, 2023 20:12

Subject:

Re: Problem CN22 custom declare

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Topic:

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.

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.

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Aug 1, 2023 22:07

Subject:

Re: Bypass code

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Topic:

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

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!

Yes, agreed.

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

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 30, 2023 00:32

Subject:

Re: How to set up free shipping?

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Topic:

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

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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 29, 2023 10:34

Subject:

Re: How to set up free shipping?

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Topic:

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

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?

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 28, 2023 23:27

Subject:

Re: Who sells Lego by the pound?

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Topic:

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.

All UK stores do.

I had to think about that for a minute - good one!

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 28, 2023 23:25

Subject:

How to set up free 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.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 27, 2023 21:47

Subject:

Re: lol

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My Own Creation

Hell o

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 26, 2023 16:08

Subject:

Re: Buyer very rude....

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Problem Order

In Problem Order, rainbowmist writes:

In Problem Order, wildchicken13 writes:

I would think that cancelling the whole order would only give the buyer even
more reason to leave negative feedback for you.

If I were you, I would go ahead ship the rest of the order. Perhaps you could
order the missing part from a different seller and ask to have it shipped directly
to the buyer.

Thank you for replying. I was thinking of buying another part for them but how
do I make any money off of their original order of around $5.00? Plus the other
seller might even send the wrong part. Might as well just refund their entire
order and send it to them for free. As some of the stickered parts are not perfect
either that they ordered. Selling on here is certainly not easy.

Making money when a mistake is made should not really be a concern especially
when it is a small amount. You made a mistake with your inventory and screwed
up - not a big deal, we all have screwed up but how we handle those occasional
screw ups shows what kind of persons we are and we view our customer service.

A good example is myself. Just a few days ago a customer placed an order and
paid but then asked if he could go ahead and place another order and have both
of them combined. I said sure and told him that he should go ahead and place
the 2nd order and I would combine them and just refund him the shipping. Well
like an idiot (which I quite often am, at least I am often told) I shipped the
first order before he place the 2nd one.

The second order total of parts was $3.68 but the shipping was a little over
$4.00. I already told the customer I would refund the shipping so I had to ship
the second order at a loss. It was a bummer but hey, at least my customer would
receive his orders and be happy and that is more important to me then making
money.

I would suggest taking the loss and make your customer a happy customer. After
all, the mistake, even though small, was made by you and not your customer.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 9, 2023 12:15

Subject:

Re: Clutch power on reddish brown plates

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In Help, cosmicray writes:

In Help, bricks2you writes:

I have some reddish brown 3021 plates stacked and when trying to separate them
every other plate breaks.

Any suggestions on how to separate them. Hot water, freezer.

Thanks
Jim

3021 Plate 2 x 3
Parts: Plate {Reddish Brown}

Do you know the vintage of those plates ?

Certain colors of plates (reddish brown being one in particular) from 2013-2015
may have been very brittle.

Nita Rae

They dont even need to be older plates to be brittle. We have had brittle reddish
brown plates from sets as new as this year break easily right out of the box.

Reddish brown pieces can be sooooo brittle. Recently a customer ordered some
of these:

30357 Plate, Round Corner 3 x 3
Parts: Plate, Round {Reddish Brown}

When checking them for brittleness I found that they would break.
We have over 250 of them that we wont even try to sell now because everyone that
I tried to break by just slightly bending with very little pressure snapped easily
into shards. I am afraid to try other pieces not wanting to see them also snap
into shards.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 8, 2023 11:30

Subject:

Re: Status doesn’t offer shipped

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In Shipping, KACL writes:

Hi!

I got my first order and shipped it out today. I tried to mark it as shipped
but I don’t have that option.

What am I doing wrong?

Karen

I would just contact BrickLink and let them know what happened and ask how to
remedy the situation. If they respond and things get fixed, great. But if they
dont then I would just let the order stay marked as pending or what ever else
and move on. You will have done your due diligence (I would imagine the tax collected
was probably not that much?). Once your customer gets his order he probably wont
care that his order is still marked as pending or packed especially if you let
him know why.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 7, 2023 18:56

Subject:

Re: Third party Insurance for CanadaPost

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In Shipping, tEoS writes:

No it isn't.

USPS to France.
11lbs (~5 kilos) worth $1000.

1) Shipped Priority mail express international (Max. length 60", max. length
plus girth combined 108"

.
3 - 5 business days to many major markets
= $113.80 (retail price)

2) Shipped Priority mail international (same dimensions).
6 - 10 business days
$93.35

Max insurance coverage for both options is $650 @ $26.35

99€ for shipping is ludicrous. I can ship for $3.59 with USPS.

I think insurance options in the US may be better then in other countries but
our shipping costs for overseas have become outrageous. Thru Our shipping service
we pay $1.55 per $100.00 of insurance for overseas orders (75 cents for every
$100.00 for domestic orders) so an overseas order would cost $15.55 for $1000.00
of insurance but if it's weight was just 33 ounces then the shipping would
cost at least $42.00.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Jul 7, 2023 18:27

Subject:

Re: Quote requests

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In Selling, Swatson217 writes:

Why don’t more sellers with manual invoicing allow Quote requests?

I learned the hard way to do this through messaging ahead of time, but I am curious
as to why more people don’t offer it.

We have quote request set up but we also have as a shipping option named as "Quote
Request" that we set up before BrickLink offered it as a feature. We get
about half the customers that want to get a quote use the BrickLink Quote Request
to get a quote and the other half choose the shipping method labeled "Quote
Request". When people choose the latter one and dont follow thru with the
order then we just cancel the order after a while.

So if a store does not want to hassle trying to figure out how to set up Quote
Requests then they can just set up a shipping option labeled Quote Request and
just make sure it will apply to all possible orders so it is always an option
that shows up for customes to choose during the checkout process.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

May 28, 2023 22:32

Subject:

Re: I feel kind of stupid... HELP!!!

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In General, legoman77 writes:

In General, crocushorselady writes:

Ok, so I stuck 2

98613 Hero Factory Arm / Leg Extender with Ball Joint and Ball Socket
Parts: Hero Factory {Dark Bluish Gray}

together and I can't get them apart. Anyone
have any tips?

When that happens to me I use one of these. You must be careful though so get
the machine positioned right in the middle. Works every time. This happens
to me frequently.
John P

Great idea but what if you live in a second story apartment? How do you get it
upstairs and once you do then what?

Kpio Q

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

May 21, 2023 01:04

Subject:

Re: is the site down?

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In Help, macebobo writes:

In Help, 1001bricks writes:

In short, one should better avoid "browsing randomly": use wanted-list,
searches, etc.

Especially avoid stores with over 1 million items and visit smaller store with
200-400K items.

Why in the world would we tell people to not "browse randomly?" That
is what the web is for.

"Sarcasm, just one more service I offer."

I think I will add that to our store terms

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

May 20, 2023 11:10

Subject:

Re: FREE GREEN WEIRDO AT THE BABOON'S REPO!!!

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Announce

Someone might buy that minifig for the price on it, thinking they want it at
any price, even if it's cracked stuff. If that happens, it can skew the price
guide, not a good way to do it in my own opinion.

But if he sells it at $100.00 he will no doubt be VERY happy (I know I would
be) and skewing the price guide will be the least of his worries

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

May 20, 2023 11:04

Subject:

Re: is the site down?

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In Help, 1001bricks writes:

In Help, UTLF writes:

youve browsed to much for the day. wait till tomorrow and try again

no way this is real, I thought you were joking LOL

A single shop items page (with a setting of 50 lots/page) is already approx 90
requests to BrickLink.

This could be about only 50 pages (in various shops, during 24 hrs) to reach
the 5000 requests.

But it's more than this, because your Browser caches pages, pictures, CSS
and code...

So it can be any number, it's unpredictable.

And it's a bit unfair because it'll hit more often "newbies"
because they don't have many elements in cache.

In short, one should better avoid "browsing randomly": use wanted-list,
searches, etc.

So does this mean that if you have a lot of images of parts and such in your
browser cache from searching in the past that there is less likely a chance of
reaching the BL allowed limit of browsing?

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

May 14, 2023 22:02

Subject:

Re: LEGO dot com and the elusive brick separator

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In Help, Ziegelmeister writes:

"Elusive"... I can't give these things away.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

May 13, 2023 20:20

Subject:

Re: My biggest OOPS yet, what was yours?

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My biggest BIGGEST oops, well actually more like a "what were you thinking
you idiot" kink of moment...

A few years back a customer placed a good size order of parts and such, filled
it and then dropped it off at the post office and everything seemed fine. Several
days later the customer contacts us that they had not received it yet and said
that the tracking number only shows that postage was purchased but that was it.
Long story short, come to figure out that I never attached the postage label
to the order. I went to the post office and they said that there was really nothing
they could do because there was no address on the package so it was sent to that
dark place where packages go to die. We always put a secondary label on every
order that we ship that has our store name and the order number on it but back
then, no address. Sense then we have included our address on the label for those
"just in case" moments.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Apr 24, 2023 00:51

Subject:

Re: Contest Finally Begins...

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Contests

462

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Apr 20, 2023 11:51

Subject:

Re: Feedback

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Hey, who put those green faces on my post?? They must signify perfection.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Apr 20, 2023 11:50

Subject:

Re: Feedback

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In General, randyf writes:

In General, sasquatch_eater writes:

Is there any way to view a list of sellers in order of worst feedback to best?

This does best to worst:

https://www.bricklink.com/memberList.asp?v=3&viewUserType=2

I think that is the closest you can get.

Cheers,
Randy

On the sixth page and about half way down is store that has 12,492 feedbacks.
I have heard that they are one of the best stores on BL. I cant remember the
name but according to their millions of customers (just last month), they are
the best!

But hey, dont trust me, just place a really LARGE order, like over a thousand
bucks, and find out for your self.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 28, 2023 12:30

Subject:

Re: Larger thumbnails

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In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, TheBrickGuys writes:

In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, Moonlight_9 writes:

I've been browsing through all the minifig torsos and now my hand hurts from
having to click on each picture one by one to enlarge them. Would it be possible
to add an option to see the list with larger thumbnails? It would be particularly
helpful when browsing through printed parts.

I've tried zooming in with my browser, but the pictures get too blurry and
I have to scroll the page from left to right, so it doesn't help.

try the bricktinker browser extension

WOW!! This extension is wonderful for looking up printed torsos. I dont know
whether to thank you profusely for the suggestion or hate you for not bringing
it up a long time ago - (sigh) all those clicks I will never get back

just wait till you try the simplified listing page (if you list items not
through partouts directly on bricklink

)

I am not sure what you mean? Please explain, I love anything that helps get things
done faster.

And really, thanks for mentioning bricktinker, this will be truly a big time
saver.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 28, 2023 11:38

Subject:

Re: Larger thumbnails

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In Suggestions, Nubs_Select writes:

In Suggestions, Moonlight_9 writes:

try the bricktinker browser extension

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 26, 2023 12:54

Subject:

Re: Selling from Canada to the United States

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Taxes

In Taxes, peregrinator writes:

In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:

In Taxes, peregrinator writes:

In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:

bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly.

There are no import fees to the USA from Canada for items falling under the 9503
harmonization code

you guys are lucky

I think dock fees and whatnot apply if you have a whole container

I would love to have to pay dock fees because that would mean I am buying a whole
L of a lot of Lego!!

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 24, 2023 18:49

Subject:

Re: Collectible Minifigures

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In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:

In LEGO products, BricksOfFaith writes:

So, another question: if I do cut a small slit in the back to determine, can
I still consider it “New, Sealed”?

is it still sealed if it's cut? I don't think it would qualify. when
someone buys new sealed they don't expect the seller to have first cut it.
if it's cut its best to list it as new complete

I agree, just sell them as new complete. We just put up a bunch of collectable
minifigs and listed them as new complete. In the comments section we wrote:

***100% Complete - Minifigure and all parts, along with the instruction leaflet
are put into a ziplock. Original outer packaging not included.***

Buyers can plainly see that the original bag is not included and they have been
selling very good so far with no complaints. I think as long as the figs are
new (and not used in really good shape so it is listed as new) and all the accessories
are present then most buyers just dont mind if the package is not included.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 22, 2023 11:49

Subject:

Re: IS MY STORE HACKED?

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In Selling, Leftoverbricks writes:

Closed my store last weekend. Was about to open it again today and saw that my
inventory almost doubled in lots as well as items! I did nothing in between,
except from packing orders. Had my Brick Owl shop closed as well.

What could have happened?

Can I revert to my inventory from Sunday?

Help needed!

Basically what had happened is that my inventory was doubled.
This morning around 4800 lots were created (uploaded) with 77000 items. They
all have the date stamp 'Added Mar. 22, 2023'

How do I get rid of these lots? (And how could it happen, of course).

I have a bsx backup file from my inventory (from Bricksync) but have no idea
how to make this the new inventory for Bricklink.

What's the best way to go from here?

I would think that the easiest way would be to download your inventory into BrickStore,
sort by date, highlight all the offending listings by left clicking on the top
listing dated 3-23-2023 then scroll down to the last listing with that date and
left click that listing while holding down the shift key and delete (hit save).

The next part is the scary part - delete all your inventory on BrickLink

.
Then use BrickStore to upload your inventory. The plus side is that because
it is considered all new inventory, BrickLink will send out a whole bunch of
email notifications of new parts being added to your inventory.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 21, 2023 18:03

Subject:

Re: Unknown lego sealed bags

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In General, zorbanj writes:

Go here and enter 3 pieces from a bag;

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogIn.asp?viewMulti=Y

Bricklink will show a list of all sets with the 3 pieces you entered in that
color. If the bags are numbered you can then look up the instructions and see
how many bags the set has.

In General, DaFrito writes:

Hello. Can anyone help me please. I have 6 lego bags from an old set that I don't
know where it belongs.. how do I what set it belongs??

Hey that's cool. I did not know that existed. Even though I was not the asker
of questions, thank you.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 20, 2023 11:25

Subject:

Re: What are your favorite LEGO colors?

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Colors

3020 Plate 2 x 4
Parts: Plate {Dark Orange}

Dark orange has always been one of my favorite colors.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Mar 3, 2023 00:50

Subject:

Re: ….. nice…..

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In Shipping, BricksOfFaith writes:

And I had already had an AWFUL day at work, and I get the mail to see this….
I could only salvage 1x 2x4 white tile and 22x out of 35x dark bley 1x6 plates….
Nice….. thanks USPS.

What should I do here? Of course there isn’t insurance with it since it shipped
first class, and I don’t want to be mean and ask the seller for a refund since
he’s been so good to me…

Gees, it looks like they ran over the pieces with their truck and then stomped
on them until they stopped moving just to make sure they dead.

I would just write the store a nice message and send them a picture. There is
a good chance they will take care of you after seeing the picture. I know if
we received a message about damaged parts like that then we would offer to resend
all new parts (if we had them) or give a full refund. I am a firm believer that
it the sellers responsibility to make sure that orders arrive at the customers
address in good condition. If it is lost or damaged then I feel it is the store's
responsibility to make it right with the customer. As Nubs said, insurance is
for the seller not the buyer. The buyer pays for it, submits the claim and receives
the compensation.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 26, 2023 20:43

Subject:

Re: Set figs call for blocked open stud heads...

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In Catalog, randyf writes:

In Catalog, TheBrickGuys writes:

I just parted out

8098-1 (Inv) Clone Turbo Tank
1121 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

and all the heads for all the minifigs have an inventory
with "blocked open studs" but my set has 3 of the figs with "hollow
stud". The 3 figs are:

Minifig No: sw0183 Name: Anakin Skywalker - Large Eyes, Reddish Brown Arms

sw0183 (Inv) Anakin Skywalker - Large Eyes, Reddish Brown Arms
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

Minifig No: sw0192 Name: Ahsoka Tano (Padawan) - Tube Top and Belt

sw0192 (Inv) Ahsoka Tano (Padawan) - Tube Top and Belt
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

Minifig No: sw0286 Name: Clone Trooper (Phase 1) - Black Visor and Pauldron, Large Eyes

sw0286 (Inv) Clone Trooper (Phase 1) - Black Visor and Pauldron, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

There are no alternate minifigs with the option for hollow stud heads. I dont
want to break the figures down but I also dont want to sell them and have the
customers complain that we sent them the wrong heads. What should I do in this
case??

Thanks in advance.

Jim

Was this set brand new or used?

Thanks,
Randy

Hi Randy.

It was a new set but we had opened it a long time ago to get a part from it to
complete an order. Unfortunately, we have way to many sets that are opened and
missing a piece or two so we could complete orders over the years. Now we are
just trying to part some of them out into our inventory.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 25, 2023 21:20

Subject:

Re: Set figs call for blocked open stud heads...

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although you may have to ask an admin to add a note to this one

sw0286 (Inv) Clone Trooper (Phase 1) - Black Visor and Pauldron, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

I will just state in the comments that it has a hollow stud for that one. Thanks
again .

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 25, 2023 21:19

Subject:

Re: Set figs call for blocked open stud heads...

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Topic:

In Catalog, Darth_Smithy writes:

In Catalog, TheBrickGuys writes:

I just parted out

8098-1 (Inv) Clone Turbo Tank
1121 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

and all the heads for all the minifigs have an inventory
with "blocked open studs" but my set has 3 of the figs with "hollow
stud". The 3 figs are:

sw0183 (Inv) Anakin Skywalker - Large Eyes, Reddish Brown Arms
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

sw0192 (Inv) Ahsoka Tano (Padawan) - Tube Top and Belt
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

sw0286 (Inv) Clone Trooper (Phase 1) - Black Visor and Pauldron, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

The figure inventories for those mention at the bottom that either head is possible.

I did not see that. thank you very much.

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 25, 2023 21:18

Subject:

Re: Set figs call for blocked open stud heads...

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Topic:

In Catalog, Nubs_Select writes:

In Catalog, TheBrickGuys writes:

I just parted out

8098-1 (Inv) Clone Turbo Tank
1121 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

and all the heads for all the minifigs have an inventory
with "blocked open studs" but my set has 3 of the figs with "hollow
stud". The 3 figs are:

sw0183 (Inv) Anakin Skywalker - Large Eyes, Reddish Brown Arms
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

sw0192 (Inv) Ahsoka Tano (Padawan) - Tube Top and Belt
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

sw0286 (Inv) Clone Trooper (Phase 1) - Black Visor and Pauldron, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

see note

I did not notice that. Thank you very much. and boy that was quick!

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 25, 2023 21:08

Subject:

Set figs call for blocked open stud heads...

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Topic:

Status:

Open

I just parted out

8098-1 (Inv) Clone Turbo Tank
1121 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2010
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

and all the heads for all the minifigs have an inventory
with "blocked open studs" but my set has 3 of the figs with "hollow
stud". The 3 figs are:

sw0183 (Inv) Anakin Skywalker - Large Eyes, Reddish Brown Arms
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

sw0192 (Inv) Ahsoka Tano (Padawan) - Tube Top and Belt
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

sw0286 (Inv) Clone Trooper (Phase 1) - Black Visor and Pauldron, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 25, 2023 16:28

Subject:

Re: New sellers listing (almost) everything "new"

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Topic:

In Suggestions, Yellow.Brick writes:

In General, bobnikolov writes:

In General, rab1234 writes:

Do sellers really think that it's ok to list an undamaged part or figure
in "new" condition? I keep seeing stores that have descriptions of their
"new" figures as "mint" or "great condition" and then
95% of their used figures have damage that has to be noted like:

"FIGURE IS GREAT CONDITION!, except the torso is cracked and there are scratches."

I've sold thousands of used minifigures and probably 10% of them have had
damage that's required adding a description. Are these the unluckiest resellers
in the world or perhaps there's something fishy about all of their "new"
figs...

Constantly frustrated by dishonest sellers,
Blockbusting Bricks

What about that

Yesterday i came across the following item description listed as new 'from
collector'. The store has 1000+ feedbacks history with more than 99% positive

Some sellers cant imagine that VGC or 'as new' does not mean new

Gees, I feel like a choir boy then considering how much I can overshare about
some used pieces. https://store.bricklink.com/Yellow.Brick?p=Yellow.Brick&itemID=337018738#/shop
And believe it or not, someone bought one of my classic red ones that was super
chewed on over the one that was mint. I guess they needed a damaged one for
some perverse macabre reason.

I always err on the side of caution. It's only new if I personally take
it out of the box and part it out.

I especially liked the comment for the listed fig, "Was nibbled on by dog
about 30 years ago so there are three tooth marks" - very honest and up front.
That made me want to buy it just so I could see 30 year old dog teeth marks

.

By the way, how do you know the dog chewed it 30 years ago??

Jim.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 23, 2023 11:42

Subject:

Re: Buyer changing countries constantly

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Topic:

If he is a drop shipper, like many have already guessed at (I think so to), then
that would probably mean he will not try to scam any of the stores he is buying
from because he will want to keep his feedback clean so that he can continue
buying here and not burn any bridges along the way. His business only continues
if he keeps the sellers he buys from happy. We have never had any problems with
drop shippers.

Jim

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Feb 23, 2023 01:40

Subject:

Re: No Option for "Paid"

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Topic:

In Problem, peregrinator writes:

In Problem, TheBrickGuys writes:

He is in a state that collects taxes but we have had many orders in the past
where customers who have purchased sets that required us to send an invoice,
lived in states that collect taxes. I assumed BL had collected the taxes from
PayPal like when customers pay using onsite payments (which is 99.9% of our orders).
And like I mentioned, we have been doing it this way for years - that is why
I wondered if maybe BL has changed something.

BL can't collect the taxes unless the buyer pays on-site - if the buyer pays
directly through PayPal BL never "sees" that transaction.

It could just be that this situation just hasn't happened to you over the
past few years (as you say, most buyers pay on-site; and if a buyer lives in
a state that doesn't collect sales tax, it doesn't matter).

I agree, I think that is exactly what happened. Well, at least now I have that
option removed from the invoice I send out.

Jim

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Feb 22, 2023 23:24

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A big thank you to everybody that helped me figure out what I was doing wrong.
My inserted link to make a payment to my PayPal address was the problem. My customer
choose that option instead of the BrickLink Pay button on the invoice that we
sent them. I have removed the link so that it will no longer be included on future
manually sent invoices.

Again, thank you for all the replies and help. It was something I should have
already known but hey, I never said I was smarrt.

Jim.

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TheBrickGuys

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Feb 22, 2023 23:17

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Chances are your buyers have been clicking the pay button, rather than the link.
BL also puts a warning on the invoice if the buyer's location requires sales
tax....

That makes a lot of sense. If I received an invoice that had a link from the
buyer or a pay button from BrickLink, I would always choose the button so that
is probably what has been going on.

Jim.

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TheBrickGuys

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Feb 22, 2023 21:43

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