Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | Mevitsbricks | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 12:42 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 75 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Send a freaking email would ya! No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.
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Author: | ErwinNL | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 12:41 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 71 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Thank you for announcing this ahead of time, I don't have stress enough yet.
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Author: | brickerking | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 00:27 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 97 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, zorbanj writes:
| In Administrative, brickerking writes:
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IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?
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Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.
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IT: Wait, what? Why would we merge parts? I can make a drop down that will manage
that for you. Would that work?
Manager: Rats, I ran out of gummies, do you have any?
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Author: | zorbanj | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 00:15 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, brickerking writes:
|
IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?
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Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.
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Author: | brickerking | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 23:24 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 93 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically
|
When???
| We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
|
I highly encourage BrickLink to find another way to give PA or important information
than posting in a Forum read by 1% users and at 22:43 EDT or 3:43 Paris time
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IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?
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Author: | dollady15 | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 22:21 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 111 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I have tried to log in with the one-time pin code about 10 times & it will not
let me in.
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
|
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Author: | CE_Anastasia | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 22:02 | Subject: | Re: Introducing One-Time Pin | Viewed: | 294 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Dear BrickLink members,
Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.
Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.
Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 20:19 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 68 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, peregrinator writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
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bricquelinque.côm
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That sounds like a French hacker!
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 19:43 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
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bricquelinque.côm
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Author: | SanPlomB | Posted: | Mar 11, 2024 17:55 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 61 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Hello,
Today I received 4 phishing emails from site brickslink.org. This new site looks
like exactly that your screenshot of bricklinks.org.
In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Hello again everyone,
Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site and
evidence that phishing emails have been sent to our users, directing people to
this new site. The new site is much more realistic (see image below).
Please log in ONLY to bricklink.com and be aware that an effort is being
made to steal your BrickLink credentials. We will keep you updated if this problem
persists.
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 12:10 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 65 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, dartiss writes:
| You really need to add OTP for all users, not just sellers, for better security.
You sent me the email to tell me about this, despite me not having a seller account,
and finding I'm unable to do it.
Also, to the person asking for SMS 2FA - this is insecure (as is email, tbh).
Bricklink should really implement 2FA via authentication app for proper security.
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Please NO - apart if it's optional.
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Author: | dartiss | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 02:25 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 80 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| You really need to add OTP for all users, not just sellers, for better security.
You sent me the email to tell me about this, despite me not having a seller account,
and finding I'm unable to do it.
Also, to the person asking for SMS 2FA - this is insecure (as is email, tbh).
Bricklink should really implement 2FA via authentication app for proper security.
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Author: | Saitobricks.ca | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 19:16 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 62 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Adjour writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
|
Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!
He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)
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can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?
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I think the correct term is “testing”
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"testing" for several hours to increase the efficiency of
1 function by 1/1000 of a second
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“it’s just barely better! But it is still better! Barely!”
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 19:12 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Adjour writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
|
Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!
He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)
|
can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?
|
I think the correct term is “testing”
|
"testing" for several hours to increase the efficiency of
1 function by 1/1000 of a second
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Author: | Saitobricks.ca | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 19:04 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Adjour writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
|
Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!
He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)
|
can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?
|
I think the correct term is “testing”
|
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 19:02 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 44 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Adjour writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
|
Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!
He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)
|
can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?
|
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 16:16 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Adjour writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
|
Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!
He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)
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Author: | Adjour | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 16:04 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 75 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"
My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
|
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Author: | Adjour | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 15:59 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
|
agreed.
Also I don't think it would really stop the phishing. I mean, I don't
think 100% of people glance at the url when they hit a link. I know I don't.
It could be www.yourvebeenhacked.com after you click the link and it would still
get a decent number of victims IMO because I doubt the average user checks these
things.
Crystal
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 13:08 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 108 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site
|
It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security
Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
|
|
Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 12:05 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 | Viewed: | 272 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Hello again everyone,
Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site and
evidence that phishing emails have been sent to our users, directing people to
this new site. The new site is much more realistic (see image below).
Please log in ONLY to bricklink.com and be aware that an effort is being
made to steal your BrickLink credentials. We will keep you updated if this problem
persists.
The BrickLink Team
|
|
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 10:09 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
|
Dan Bricklin might also object. I dread to think how many times I have been to
his personal website due to an error.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 10:06 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, theoryzero writes:
| I got the phishing email yesterday and it was within 60 seconds of a brand new
user placing an order. I’m guessing they do this to get your email address to
send the phishing email to it.
Anyhow, my question is what do I do with what I assume is a bogus order? Invoice
it anyway?
|
Yeah, invoice it. If they pay, you were wrong and it was a real order (it could
be coincidence). If they don't pay, start the NPB.
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Author: | Macaronis | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 09:22 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, rtzx9r writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
|
The official Bricklink strategy is to simply link all the similar websites.
|
You mean “merge” I think
| Just
need to be patient as they are already a bit behind on projects.
|
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HAHAH Thanks for the laugh!
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Author: | theoryzero | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 08:36 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 82 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I got the phishing email yesterday and it was within 60 seconds of a brand new
user placing an order. I’m guessing they do this to get your email address to
send the phishing email to it.
Anyhow, my question is what do I do with what I assume is a bogus order? Invoice
it anyway?
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
|
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 01:39 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 77 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, rtzx9r writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
|
The official Bricklink strategy is to simply link all the similar websites.
|
You mean “merge” I think
| Just
need to be patient as they are already a bit behind on projects.
|
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Author: | Peter711 | Posted: | Mar 5, 2024 00:23 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 68 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Will this option (OTP) be available to sellers only?
|
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Author: | rtzx9r | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 23:05 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 68 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
|
The official Bricklink strategy is to simply link all the similar websites. Just
need to be patient as they are already a bit behind on projects.
|
|
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 22:32 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| | Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...
Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
|
|
Author: | BrickDeals | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 22:17 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 75 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
|
|
Author: | sasquatch_eater | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 21:43 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| Thanks for the heads up!
We wouldn't want another hacking.
|
That's suspicious! Suspend his store!
--Claude
|
Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository
|
I bet you've never even tried sasquatch.
--Claude
|
Where do you get yours?
|
I grow 'em in my garden, where else would I get 'em?
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Author: | Saitobricks.ca | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 18:49 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| Thanks for the heads up!
We wouldn't want another hacking.
|
That's suspicious! Suspend his store!
--Claude
|
Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository
|
I bet you've never even tried sasquatch.
--Claude
|
Where do you get yours?
|
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Author: | sasquatch_eater | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 18:14 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| Thanks for the heads up!
We wouldn't want another hacking.
|
That's suspicious! Suspend his store!
--Claude
|
Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository
|
I bet you've never even tried sasquatch.
--Claude
|
Author: | Saitobricks.ca | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 17:30 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 59 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| Thanks for the heads up!
We wouldn't want another hacking.
|
That's suspicious! Suspend his store!
--Claude
|
Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository
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Author: | sasquatch_eater | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 17:11 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| Thanks for the heads up!
We wouldn't want another hacking.
|
That's suspicious! Suspend his store!
--Claude
|
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Author: | CE_Tanja | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 17:04 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 92 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Yes, there will be an email too.
In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Thanks for this Tanja...
Is this information also being sent as a genuine email to the whole userbase?
(the 99.9% of members who won't see this forum message)
|
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Author: | Saitobricks.ca | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 16:06 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 75 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Thanks for the heads up!
We wouldn't want another hacking.
|
|
Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:55 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 63 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Bricklone writes:
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Enabling OTP with a phone number could eventually be great!
|
+1
|
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Author: | Leonardo_S | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:46 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 63 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Thank you for the info Tanja.
Leo
|
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Author: | Bricklone | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:44 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Enabling OTP with a phone number could eventually be great!
|
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:36 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 53 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| suspicious indeed! |
|
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Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:31 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 56 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Thanks for the heads up!
|
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Author: | ErwinNL | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:29 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 75 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I have seen it on Facebook and some Discord groups, be careful. |
|
Author: | BricksThatStick | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:29 | Subject: | Re: Phishing email | Viewed: | 83 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
Thanks for this Tanja...
Is this information also being sent as a genuine email to the whole userbase?
(the 99.9% of members who won't see this forum message)
|
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Author: | CE_Tanja | Posted: | Mar 4, 2024 15:25 | Subject: | Phishing email | Viewed: | 586 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Dear all,
We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)
This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP.
If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP
Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.
The BrickLink Team
|
|
Author: | Rainimator | Posted: | Feb 24, 2024 15:30 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 136 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
|
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 15:32 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| In Administrative, StarBrick writes:
BrickLink exchanged one rate for another
|
Dad's Joke Alert Level 1.
|
Author: | wildchicken13 | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 15:08 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, StarBrick writes:
BrickLink exchanged one rate for another
|
Author: | StarBrick | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 14:00 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Why did this happen? |
Author: | kayvidt | Posted: | Feb 15, 2024 12:04 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I've also had to pay doble VAT and have sendt messages both to the seller
and Admin at Bricklink. The seller says that I have to contact Bricklink, but
there has been no return to my request. I hope this issue will attended soon.
|
Author: | macebobo | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 19:07 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 53 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
|
You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.
|
I know, but the Help page doesn't
|
The first link (Green) is okay, the second (red) is bad.
|
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 18:53 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
|
You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.
|
I know, but the Help page doesn't
|
Author: | macebobo | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 18:45 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
|
You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.
|
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 17:32 | Subject: | Re: Exchange rate provider change | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
Note:
* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO
* https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currenciesm as in your page is an erroneous
link
|
Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 12, 2024 21:37 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 94 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| i see what you did there |
|
Author: | wildchicken13 | Posted: | Feb 12, 2024 21:08 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 125 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
|
|
|
Author: | Milann | Posted: | Feb 11, 2024 18:57 | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | Viewed: | 101 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
| Thankyou for the update! 🍕🍕🍕
|
|
Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Feb 11, 2024 07:09 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 87 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, WoutR writes:
| […]
Ehm... I am no specialist but at first sight BrickLink does risk liability if
they share private data that is not relevant for the purpose. […]
|
I was only answering the “BL should moderate the sale feature” part, not the
part (in parentheses) about IP addresses.
IIRC, I didn’t say anything about IP addresses because I had nothing to say for
or against it, contrarily to the main point
Sorry, I should have snipped that part or answered before (thus leaving the quote
but below my answer), to make it clearer I wasn’t addressing it (pun intended).
|
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 18:06 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 68 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| […]
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
|
I didn’t remember the exact post, I just knew you never posted sales. I checked
your history and dug the post out
| That's an iniquitous rule!
|
Well, you can’t both complain we don’t implement suggestions and implement them!
Especially it’s your suggestion that’s implemented!
| What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
|
Posts about pizza with gummies and pizza-flavoured gummies get cancelled every
day!
|
|
|
Author: | WoutR | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 18:02 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 58 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, Teup writes:
| […]
...which is actually against EU law
https://sellforte.com/en/blog/eu-law-change-on-promotions/
I mean, it's not my business so I don't really care, but if it's
BL wish to be law-compliant, this isn't enough. They'd have to moderate
the sale function itself, not just the forum. (And, talking about law-compliancy,
change several other things, such as stop pumping seller's mailboxes full
of IP addresses of their buyers, which is a GDPR violation because it counts
as private data and it counts as irrelevant for the purpose).
|
BL is law-compliant when BL risks something and, AFAIK, BL doesn’t risk anything
here, only the sellers do. Actually, also AFAIK, nothing says marketplaces should
enforce those laws in acting, preventing, warning the sellers, applying to the
local authorities or whatever.
OTOH, members can apply to the local authorities to investigate the sellers.
But then I won’t bet on the chances of something happening to those small fishes.
|
Ehm... I am no specialist but at first sight BrickLink does risk liability if
they share private data that is not relevant for the purpose. (A seller needs
the buyer's address to ship an order, but does for example not need that
IP address). If this data is collected and shared, then BrickLink is the party
doing that. By offering their services in the EU, the GDPR applies. If anyone
files a complaint to the relevant authorities, I think that could make BrickLink
liable for 1) possibly collecting more data than needed, and 2) a data leak because
they share the information with others (the sellers). The related fines can be
serious, so BL does risk something. Compared to other offenders, I think BL is
not at the top of their priority list, but that is no reason not to comply with
the law.
|
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 17:17 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| […]
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
|
I didn’t remember the exact post, I just knew you never posted sales. I checked
your history and dug the post out
| That's an iniquitous rule!
|
Well, you can’t both complain we don’t implement suggestions and implement them!
Especially it’s your suggestion that’s implemented!
| What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
|
Posts about pizza with gummies and pizza-flavoured gummies get cancelled every
day!
|
|
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:58 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 57 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
|
If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
|
You're used to post on BrickLink and then realize Facebook may be a better
place to hang around... what a shock!
Bye for now, in a moment here we'll be festing (for no real reason) while
building
|
Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:51 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
|
If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
|
|
Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:47 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| | Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
|
If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
|
|
Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:46 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
|
AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore
|
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
That's an iniquitous rule!
What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
|
only since we must defend ourselves against the soldiers of mustard!
|
|
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:43 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
|
AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore
|
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)
That's an iniquitous rule!
What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
|
|
Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:39 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
|
AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore
|
Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:35 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 51 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| |
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 16:25 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 116 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| | If you can post in the Forum now, you are not banned. The ban feature is all
or nothing when it comes to different topics.
|
There is also the case of this Seller... who isn't really a Seller... and
who's the second poster on BrickLink...
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?
Please have a good weekend - all!
|
|
Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 15:55 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 134 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, TorontoLego writes:
| Hi,
I posted a sale yesterday and got a message alerting me to this message (below).
Sorry I had missed that. One of the things it says is: Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
I'm not sure if this applies to me (ie if there's now a ban); however,
I wanted to confirm that I have no been made aware of this new policy and agree
to abide by it.
Thanks and all the best,
Mike
(TorontoBricks)
|
If you can post in the Forum now, you are not banned. The ban feature is all
or nothing when it comes to different topics.
|
|
Author: | TorontoLego | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 14:07 | Subject: | Re: New policy on Forum sales posts | Viewed: | 133 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Hi,
I posted a sale yesterday and got a message alerting me to this message (below).
Sorry I had missed that. One of the things it says is: Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
I'm not sure if this applies to me (ie if there's now a ban); however,
I wanted to confirm that I have no been made aware of this new policy and agree
to abide by it.
Thanks and all the best,
Mike
(TorontoBricks)
In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| Hello everyone,
We are implementing a change of policy in regard to Sales posts in the Forum.
As the number of sellers has grown and as our site becomes more and more of a
premium marketplace, there is more incentive to advertise in the Forum and this
has led to an overabundance of posts under the Sales topic.
To be sure, there are a few members who have abused the Sales post feature, running
what seem to be constant deep discounts on everything in their store or in certain
categories. Most members who post in Sales, however, are not currently abusing
the feature, but we want to reduce the overall prominence of Sales posts.
The policy has been changed from a maximum of one per day to a maximum of one
per month. Please see the screenshot below.
Sellers posting more frequently may incur a friendly flooding ban for one month.
These are non-cumulative bans and will not go on your record. Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.
Only the initial post in a thread counts toward the total Sales posts. Replies
will not count unless it is obvious that someone is posting to circumvent the
new policy.
This policy will be in place for the next 6 months after which we will assess
the situation.
**************
A word about "good" sales posts
On the BrickLink platform, visual presentation is a big part of our success.
This is why nice images are so critical to the catalog. When we see the same
one-line-of-text Sales posts cut and pasted over and over, it doesn't really
engage buyers. In fact, you may turn people off with such posts, especially if
they are done with frequency.
We're thinking of running a little contest over the next 6 months to reward
the best and most creative sales posts. More details on that later.
|
|
|
Author: | Dino | Posted: | Feb 2, 2024 16:09 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 118 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Feenix99 writes:
| Can they ship from Russia to US? That is what I’m trying to do.
Melissa
|
Maybe, but you can't buy in a russian store.
|
|
Author: | Feenix99 | Posted: | Feb 2, 2024 16:03 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 116 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Can they ship from Russia to US? That is what I’m trying to do.
Melissa
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.
Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.
We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.
We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.
This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?
The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.
We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.
Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.
Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
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Author: | Lord_Mortis | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 17:26 | Subject: | (Cancelled) | Viewed: | 94 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Lord_Mortis writes:
Looks like I hit a nerve.
|
Author: | Stellar | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 04:32 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 78 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| […]
Sorry I pressed the go button by mistake and changed the topic.
|
The famous (among Francophones): “J’ai glissé chef !”
|
Indeed it was my thumb aiming for the 'minimise keyboard' button on my
phone that glisséd and caused the damage.
| | But I don't have the power to change it back
|
They fixed it
|
I guess even forum admins don't have the power to change the topic back to
administrative?
|
There is a way, it involves a trick.
|
|
Author: | BricksThatStick | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 04:22 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 61 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| […]
Sorry I pressed the go button by mistake and changed the topic.
|
The famous (among Francophones): “J’ai glissé chef !”
|
Indeed it was my thumb aiming for the 'minimise keyboard' button on my
phone that glisséd and caused the damage.
| | But I don't have the power to change it back
|
They fixed it
|
I guess even forum admins don't have the power to change the topic back to
administrative?
|
|
Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 16:53 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 84 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, popsicle writes:
| In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
| War vehicles in any modern or present-day situation will not be approved for publication in the Studio Gallery.
|
| Science fiction material can still be submitted to public view.
|
So the "present-day" reality of countless "war vehicles" taking
part in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts, should now be considered "science
fiction"?
|
How in the world can you link the two quoted sentences to arrive to this conclusion?
|
|
Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 16:51 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 94 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
| War vehicles in any modern or present-day situation will not be approved for publication in the Studio Gallery.
|
| Science fiction material can still be submitted to public view.
|
So the "present-day" reality of countless "war vehicles" taking
part in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts, should now be considered "science
fiction"? That is if we are to acknowledge their nonfictional existence and
observed destruction, within our safe spaces of collective creativity
Sorry, just trying to wrap my head around the thought process that allows for
such? I will no doubt though, given time... Maybe because LEGO needs to be preserved
as serving as respite from our realities?
-popsicle
|
|
Author: | sasquatch_eater | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 16:22 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 83 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
After the acquisition of BrickLink in 2019, we’ve continued to deepen and broaden
our relationship and service to the AFOL community. Throughout this transition,
we’ve kept conscious of the fact that BrickLink represents the LEGO® brand in
a much more direct way than before.
We have identified a need to bring our Terms of Service closer to LEGO brand
guidelines regarding restricted content. The implementation of these guidelines
will specifically affect the Studio Gallery, meaning all military/modern warfare-themed,
religious, and alcohol-centric MOCs will be set to “Private” and removed from
public view.
We will continue to support BrickLink members by improving features and encouraging
creativity. In order to do that, we need to ensure that publicly displayed MOCs
in the Studio Gallery adhere to our brand guidelines. MOCs containing restricted
content can still be uploaded in “Private” mode for your own personal purposes.
These guidelines will take effect on January 31st. At this time, a new
upload flow for submitting to the Studio Gallery will be released, enforcing
these guidelines for all future MOCs. Simultaneously, the Designer Terms of Service
(https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service_designer.page) will be updated
and the “Military” category in the Studio Gallery will be removed.
Currently displayed MOCs that do not comply with the updated guidelines will
remain visible for two weeks. They will be set to “Private” mode starting on
February 12th, but they will not be deleted from the platform.
This change to the Studio Gallery guidelines is, admittedly, an impactful adjustment
for some users. While many MOCs will be removed from public view, thousands more
remain for you to discover and build for yourself.
You can read more about the updated Studio Gallery guidelines in our Studio Help
Article: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042355033
Kind regards,
Your BrickLink Team
|
BOO!!! This is terrible!!
--Claude
|
|
Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 16:15 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 81 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
| […]
Sorry I pressed the go button by mistake and changed the topic.
|
The famous (among Francophones): “J’ai glissé chef !”
| But I don't have the power to change it back
|
They fixed it
|
|
Author: | BricksThatStick | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 15:28 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 98 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Announce, CE_Uday writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
After the acquisition of BrickLink in 2019, we’ve continued to deepen and broaden
our relationship and service to the AFOL community. Throughout this transition,
we’ve kept conscious of the fact that BrickLink represents the LEGO® brand in
a much more direct way than before.
We have identified a need to bring our Terms of Service closer to LEGO brand
guidelines regarding restricted content. The implementation of these guidelines
will specifically affect the Studio Gallery, meaning all military/modern warfare-themed,
religious, and alcohol-centric MOCs will be set to “Private” and removed from
public view.
We will continue to support BrickLink members by improving features and encouraging
creativity. In order to do that, we need to ensure that publicly displayed MOCs
in the Studio Gallery adhere to our brand guidelines. MOCs containing restricted
content can still be uploaded in “Private” mode for your own personal purposes.
These guidelines will take effect on January 31st. At this time, a new
upload flow for submitting to the Studio Gallery will be released, enforcing
these guidelines for all future MOCs. Simultaneously, the Designer Terms of Service
(https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service_designer.page) will be updated
and the “Military” category in the Studio Gallery will be removed.
Currently displayed MOCs that do not comply with the updated guidelines will
remain visible for two weeks. They will be set to “Private” mode starting on
February 12th, but they will not be deleted from the platform.
This change to the Studio Gallery guidelines is, admittedly, an impactful adjustment
for some users. While many MOCs will be removed from public view, thousands more
remain for you to discover and build for yourself.
You can read more about the updated Studio Gallery guidelines in our Studio Help
Article: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042355033
Kind regards,
Your BrickLink Team
|
Sorry I pressed the go button by mistake and changed the topic.
But I don't have the power to change it back
|
|
Author: | CE_Uday | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 14:55 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 110 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| War vehicles in any modern or present-day situation will not be approved for
publication in the Studio Gallery. Science fiction material can still be submitted
to public view.
|
|
Author: | Zeldafan | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 14:42 | Subject: | Re: Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 108 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Will cyberpunk military stuff count?
In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
After the acquisition of BrickLink in 2019, we’ve continued to deepen and broaden
our relationship and service to the AFOL community. Throughout this transition,
we’ve kept conscious of the fact that BrickLink represents the LEGO® brand in
a much more direct way than before.
We have identified a need to bring our Terms of Service closer to LEGO brand
guidelines regarding restricted content. The implementation of these guidelines
will specifically affect the Studio Gallery, meaning all military/modern warfare-themed,
religious, and alcohol-centric MOCs will be set to “Private” and removed from
public view.
We will continue to support BrickLink members by improving features and encouraging
creativity. In order to do that, we need to ensure that publicly displayed MOCs
in the Studio Gallery adhere to our brand guidelines. MOCs containing restricted
content can still be uploaded in “Private” mode for your own personal purposes.
These guidelines will take effect on January 31st. At this time, a new
upload flow for submitting to the Studio Gallery will be released, enforcing
these guidelines for all future MOCs. Simultaneously, the Designer Terms of Service
(https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service_designer.page) will be updated
and the “Military” category in the Studio Gallery will be removed.
Currently displayed MOCs that do not comply with the updated guidelines will
remain visible for two weeks. They will be set to “Private” mode starting on
February 12th, but they will not be deleted from the platform.
This change to the Studio Gallery guidelines is, admittedly, an impactful adjustment
for some users. While many MOCs will be removed from public view, thousands more
remain for you to discover and build for yourself.
You can read more about the updated Studio Gallery guidelines in our Studio Help
Article: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042355033
Kind regards,
Your BrickLink Team
|
|
|
Author: | CE_Uday | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 14:31 | Subject: | Update to Studio Gallery Guidelines | Viewed: | 560 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Dear BrickLink members,
After the acquisition of BrickLink in 2019, we’ve continued to deepen and broaden
our relationship and service to the AFOL community. Throughout this transition,
we’ve kept conscious of the fact that BrickLink represents the LEGO® brand in
a much more direct way than before.
We have identified a need to bring our Terms of Service closer to LEGO brand
guidelines regarding restricted content. The implementation of these guidelines
will specifically affect the Studio Gallery, meaning all military/modern warfare-themed,
religious, and alcohol-centric MOCs will be set to “Private” and removed from
public view.
We will continue to support BrickLink members by improving features and encouraging
creativity. In order to do that, we need to ensure that publicly displayed MOCs
in the Studio Gallery adhere to our brand guidelines. MOCs containing restricted
content can still be uploaded in “Private” mode for your own personal purposes.
These guidelines will take effect on January 31st. At this time, a new
upload flow for submitting to the Studio Gallery will be released, enforcing
these guidelines for all future MOCs. Simultaneously, the Designer Terms of Service
(https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service_designer.page) will be updated
and the “Military” category in the Studio Gallery will be removed.
Currently displayed MOCs that do not comply with the updated guidelines will
remain visible for two weeks. They will be set to “Private” mode starting on
February 12th, but they will not be deleted from the platform.
This change to the Studio Gallery guidelines is, admittedly, an impactful adjustment
for some users. While many MOCs will be removed from public view, thousands more
remain for you to discover and build for yourself.
You can read more about the updated Studio Gallery guidelines in our Studio Help
Article: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042355033
Kind regards,
Your BrickLink Team
|
|
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:46 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 118 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Count_of_Tilly writes:
| but why close all stores from russia... this is so unfair to regular people
that have nothing to do with this
|
It's because it's a Law, there is no choice here.
|
Author: | Count_of_Tilly | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:43 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 100 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| but why close all stores from russia... this is so unfair to regular people
that have nothing to do with this
|
Author: | Thibaultmol | Posted: | Jan 23, 2024 10:09 | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | Viewed: | 94 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Just letting you know, I'm still getting the popup. But I just now created
the account... so..
|
|
Author: | Tunsberg | Posted: | Jan 23, 2024 04:53 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 76 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I have tried to contact Bricklink several time, but I have not recieved any response.
It looks like they want to keep the 80 euros.
It should be pretty simple for Bricklink. Either collect VAT and refund when
they make mistakes, or stop collecting VAT at all.
The seller says it is impossible for him to refund the VAT because it is already
sent to Bricklink. Does anyone know if that is correct?
If it is Bricklinks task to refund, and they do not respond, I guess my next
step should be to contact Norwegian tax authorities to get Bricklink delisted
from VOEC.
In Administrative, Torandre writes:
| I have recived double VAT on both orders this week. Any one can help with returning
from bricklink the double VAT?
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
|
|
|
|
Author: | LeeGo73 | Posted: | Jan 23, 2024 04:48 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, Tunsberg writes:
| I have tried to contact Bricklink several time, but I have not recieved any response.
It looks like they want to keep the 80 euros.
It should be pretty simple for Bricklink. Either collect VAT and refund when
they make mistakes, or stop collecting VAT at all.
The seller says it is impossible for him to refund the VAT because it is already
sent to Bricklink. Does anyone know if that is correct?
If it is Bricklinks task to refund, and they do not respond, I guess my next
step should be to contact Norwegian tax authorities to get Bricklink delisted
from VOEC.
In Administrative, Torandre writes:
| I have recived double VAT on both orders this week. Any one can help with returning
from bricklink the double VAT?
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
|
|
|
I can confirm that Paypal collects the VAT in behalf of Bricklink. The ammount
is taken from the total payment and automatically forwarded to Bricklink. The
seller does not have possession of the VAT money at any point in time.
|
|
Author: | Tunsberg | Posted: | Jan 23, 2024 04:40 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I have tried to contact Bricklink several time, but I have not recieved any response.
It looks like they want to keep the 80 euros.
It should be pretty simple for Bricklink. Either collect VAT and refund when
they make mistakes, or stop collecting VAT at all.
The seller says it is impossible for him to refund the VAT because it is already
sent to Bricklink. Does anyone know if that is correct?
If it is Bricklinks task to refund, and they do not respond, I guess my next
step should be to contact Norwegian tax authorities to get Bricklink delisted
from VOEC.
In Administrative, Torandre writes:
| I have recived double VAT on both orders this week. Any one can help with returning
from bricklink the double VAT?
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
|
|
|
|
Author: | Give.Me.A.Brick | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 07:22 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 50 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, helge writes:
| In Administrative, LeeGo73 writes:
| In Administrative, braten1 writes:
| The same happend to me on my first order after the new system, seller forgot,
and did not write VIEC number on the outside.
The cost for handling at the post office you wont get refunded, but it should
be Bricklink's task to refund the taxes if you got proof of payment. It have
happen me a few times on ebay and its really easy to get them to refund taxes
as long as you have a copy of the recipt for paying taxes at Norwegian post office.
Norwegian post office on the other hand would never refund you as long as its
not possible to read VOEC number on the package some wear.
In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Tunsberg writes:
| Yesterday I recieved my first package after this new system, and sadly I had
to pay the VAT again at pick up since the VOEC number was not registered or printed
on the package by the seller.
What is my next step to get a refund of the VAT paid to BL?
|
VOEC HAS to be written at least in the postal address/sticker.
The BrickLink receipt to include for Customs office is sent to the seller and
he has to put it in a clear plastic pocket outside the envelope/parcel.
It's not BrickLink fault, and they won't refund you.
Please contact the seller who apparently didn't do it properly, and try to
discuss with them. Please be cool; it's brand new for Norway (on BrickLink)
and I guess MANY aren't aware...
|
|
According to bricklink instructions "You MUST NOT use BrickLink’s VOEC number
for any other purpose and NEVER write this number on your packages."
This contradicts what has been said above. Which one is it; MUST or MUST NOT?
|
MUST: registered on the CN 23 electronically (will not be visible on the printout)
MUST NOT: written on the package
Same as shipping from Norway to EU. Which did not work very well in the beginning
either as the Norwegian postal service had not made it possible to register the
number electronically in the start, but (except for Sweden) works very well now.
In Sweden they will charge VAT again if they suspect something is wrong, and
if you complain and document that all were correct, they will answer something
like "Yes, we can see that your information is correct, but since we charged
VAT, something must be wrong" And they will never admit that it was themselves
that made the mistake.
|
I'm trying to fill BL VOEC 7digit number in UPS site and it says format is
wrong.
So, I tried to add NO in the beginning and it didn't work, also played with
MVA and didn't work either.
So, is BrickLink's VOEC/TAX ID wrong or is it UPS site wrong?
|
|
Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 07:21 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, helge writes:
| […]
In Sweden they will charge VAT again if they suspect something is wrong, and
if you complain and document that all were correct, they will answer something
like "Yes, we can see that your information is correct, but since we charged
VAT, something must be wrong" And they will never admit that it was themselves
that made the mistake.
|
Bureaucracy….
Even when there’s an ombudsperson, it’s generally a pain because you need to
make a formal (written) complaint first, then you wait, then you appeal to the
mediator, then you wait again….
All that for a few euros.
|
|
Author: | helge | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 06:50 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, LeeGo73 writes:
| In Administrative, braten1 writes:
| The same happend to me on my first order after the new system, seller forgot,
and did not write VIEC number on the outside.
The cost for handling at the post office you wont get refunded, but it should
be Bricklink's task to refund the taxes if you got proof of payment. It have
happen me a few times on ebay and its really easy to get them to refund taxes
as long as you have a copy of the recipt for paying taxes at Norwegian post office.
Norwegian post office on the other hand would never refund you as long as its
not possible to read VOEC number on the package some wear.
In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Tunsberg writes:
| Yesterday I recieved my first package after this new system, and sadly I had
to pay the VAT again at pick up since the VOEC number was not registered or printed
on the package by the seller.
What is my next step to get a refund of the VAT paid to BL?
|
VOEC HAS to be written at least in the postal address/sticker.
The BrickLink receipt to include for Customs office is sent to the seller and
he has to put it in a clear plastic pocket outside the envelope/parcel.
It's not BrickLink fault, and they won't refund you.
Please contact the seller who apparently didn't do it properly, and try to
discuss with them. Please be cool; it's brand new for Norway (on BrickLink)
and I guess MANY aren't aware...
|
|
According to bricklink instructions "You MUST NOT use BrickLink’s VOEC number
for any other purpose and NEVER write this number on your packages."
This contradicts what has been said above. Which one is it; MUST or MUST NOT?
|
MUST: registered on the CN 23 electronically (will not be visible on the printout)
MUST NOT: written on the package
Same as shipping from Norway to EU. Which did not work very well in the beginning
either as the Norwegian postal service had not made it possible to register the
number electronically in the start, but (except for Sweden) works very well now.
In Sweden they will charge VAT again if they suspect something is wrong, and
if you complain and document that all were correct, they will answer something
like "Yes, we can see that your information is correct, but since we charged
VAT, something must be wrong" And they will never admit that it was themselves
that made the mistake.
|
|
Author: | Dino | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 06:44 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Nobody can help you get the money back from Bricklink. Bricklink refuses any
repayment! Try the seller or your carrier.
Good luck!
In Administrative, Torandre writes:
| I have recived double VAT on both orders this week. Any one can help with returning
from bricklink the double VAT?
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
|
|
|
|
Author: | LeeGo73 | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 06:17 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 49 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, braten1 writes:
| The same happend to me on my first order after the new system, seller forgot,
and did not write VIEC number on the outside.
The cost for handling at the post office you wont get refunded, but it should
be Bricklink's task to refund the taxes if you got proof of payment. It have
happen me a few times on ebay and its really easy to get them to refund taxes
as long as you have a copy of the recipt for paying taxes at Norwegian post office.
Norwegian post office on the other hand would never refund you as long as its
not possible to read VOEC number on the package some wear.
In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
| In Administrative, Tunsberg writes:
| Yesterday I recieved my first package after this new system, and sadly I had
to pay the VAT again at pick up since the VOEC number was not registered or printed
on the package by the seller.
What is my next step to get a refund of the VAT paid to BL?
|
VOEC HAS to be written at least in the postal address/sticker.
The BrickLink receipt to include for Customs office is sent to the seller and
he has to put it in a clear plastic pocket outside the envelope/parcel.
It's not BrickLink fault, and they won't refund you.
Please contact the seller who apparently didn't do it properly, and try to
discuss with them. Please be cool; it's brand new for Norway (on BrickLink)
and I guess MANY aren't aware...
|
|
According to bricklink instructions "You MUST NOT use BrickLink’s VOEC number
for any other purpose and NEVER write this number on your packages."
This contradicts what has been said above. Which one is it; MUST or MUST NOT?
|
|
Author: | Torandre | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 05:05 | Subject: | Re: Norway Tax Implementation | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| I have recived double VAT on both orders this week. Any one can help with returning
from bricklink the double VAT?
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
| Dear BrickLink members,
This week we plan to deploy a tax solution for Norway Value Added Tax (VAT).
This change will be affecting sellers and buyers in Norway as well as all sellers
who are selling to this country.
Here is a summary of changes to come:
1. For orders that are imported into Norway, where the value of each individual
item is less than NOK 3,000, VAT will be collected and remitted by BrickLink.
2. Sellers must have at least one on-site payment method available in their store
to process all orders where tax is collected by BrickLink.
3. Starting with the upcoming January 5th billing cycle, Norway sellers will
have VAT applied to their seller fees.
4. Registered business sellers in Norway will now have the option to add their
registration information in their store settings. For these sellers, VAT will
not be added to their monthly fees.
For more details, please see our new help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616
Additionally, will be sending out emails to all affected members.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Author: | PlanetEarthToys | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 15:06 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 115 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| Dear Moty5305,
Given that the LEGO Group has ceased all commercial operations in Belarus, we
also had to stop all BrickLink transactions going to and from Belarus from February
2023. An email was shared with all Belarus members last year to inform about
this.
Very sorry for the inconvenience.
In Administrative, Moty5305 writes:
| Good afternoon. Dear Bricklink support. I am writing to you regarding the work
of the site in my country.
I am interested in why in Belarus it is impossible to place an order from foreign
sellers? when placing an order through the cart
The site redirects to the post about temporary suspension of work in Russia due
to the war in Ukraine. but in the post itself it says ONLY about RUSSIA.
so why is Belarus also under restriction? because Belarus is not involved in
this conflict.
Regards: Moty5305
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can we get a list of the countries Lego ceased commercial operations in / BL
have banned BL transactions in?
so as a Community we know in advance
thank you...
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Author: | CE_Tanja | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 14:48 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 118 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Dear Moty5305,
Given that the LEGO Group has ceased all commercial operations in Belarus, we
also had to stop all BrickLink transactions going to and from Belarus from February
2023. An email was shared with all Belarus members last year to inform about
this.
Very sorry for the inconvenience.
In Administrative, Moty5305 writes:
| Good afternoon. Dear Bricklink support. I am writing to you regarding the work
of the site in my country.
I am interested in why in Belarus it is impossible to place an order from foreign
sellers? when placing an order through the cart
The site redirects to the post about temporary suspension of work in Russia due
to the war in Ukraine. but in the post itself it says ONLY about RUSSIA.
so why is Belarus also under restriction? because Belarus is not involved in
this conflict.
Regards: Moty5305
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Author: | Moty5305 | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 13:16 | Subject: | Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia | Viewed: | 112 times | Topic: | Administrative | |
| Good afternoon. Dear Bricklink support. I am writing to you regarding the work
of the site in my country.
I am interested in why in Belarus it is impossible to place an order from foreign
sellers? when placing an order through the cart
The site redirects to the post about temporary suspension of work in Russia due
to the war in Ukraine. but in the post itself it says ONLY about RUSSIA.
so why is Belarus also under restriction? because Belarus is not involved in
this conflict.
Regards: Moty5305
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