| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Nubs_Select  | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| | Just to be on safe side did you confirm they didn’t try to pay via e-transfer? |
| Author: | janzenroth | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 12:52 | | Subject: | Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 214 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| Recently had a small order where they buyer chose to not pay with instant checkout.
They then sent an email saying that they had sent the payment to me via email.
When I responded that the payment had not come through yet, they requested to
cancel.
I think they were hoping that I didn't check and just shipped it, thinking
it was paid.
Has anyone experience this type of possible scam where they try to get you to
ship something by pretending they have already paid?
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| Author: | custommike | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 17:17 | | Subject: | Re: After some 18 years of managing a store here | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, popsicle writes:
| | ... it was easily noted and rectified
Something odd while processing an order this morning: All items within the order
that were sold out, had the red zero active-link to stockroomed (zero) inventory
of that item. What you’d normally see when the “Retain items in store inventory
after items are sold out” is activated within store listings.
In all our years operating as a vendor here, we’ve used that feature on a handful
of specific listings only, rarely iow. But every listing within this morning’s
order with zero remaining, linked to a stockroom listing of said item. I knew
straight away what the issue was, that the feature had been activated over all
of our inventory. After processing the order, I simply went into our inventory
management page and reset it.
Really don’t know how the change occurred other than not by us. First off, I’m
hardly on that page anymore. Secondly, as said; we've never used that feature
in that manner before. Maybe last night’s update/maintenance or some other event,
who knows
This interrupts how we utilize the very useful Stockroom feature here on BrickLink.
So yeah, perhaps more salient an issue for us than maybe some other vendors.
Nonetheless, just a heads-up to check yours
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Sounds like I might be confused about what/how that feature is used. I have it
toggled on because I plan to use it to help track which parts are selling or
have sold in the past when choosing new inventory purchases. Are you saying that
people are able to purchase parts where you have zero inventory because that
option is turned on?
Also curious how you use the stockroom feature?
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 16:31 | | Subject: | Re: Incorrect parts price inflation | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, custommike writes:
| | In Selling, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | I observe that some parts are regularly offered for exorbitant prices when there
is actually no reason for this.
Take for example this part
This was previously only available in set and
These sets were limited in number and are much sought after.
Since 2024, a new set has been available that contains this part.
It can be purchased in any LEGO store or reseller. But I still see that every
new seller of this part bases their price on the original price when this part
was still rare.
This it totally nuts imo.
I'm thinking of parting out 10 sets containing this part and pricing them
at around 50 cents to change the price guide which will force future sellers
of this item to sell this item cheaper.
To the sellers: do you also experience these kinds of crazy things?
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This is the reason I use the Last Six Months Sales Quantity Average for my pricing.
It effectively eliminates people listing the part for sale at high prices and
gives a good idea of what people will actually pay for the part.
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Just found this one, $10 (?) avg price LOL:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=47457&colorID=1&viewExclude=N&v=P&cID=Y
I just sent a message to the highest price seller
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 16:17 | | Subject: | Re: Incorrect parts price inflation | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | I observe that some parts are regularly offered for exorbitant prices when there
is actually no reason for this.
Take for example this part
This was previously only available in set and
These sets were limited in number and are much sought after.
Since 2024, a new set has been available that contains this part.
It can be purchased in any LEGO store or reseller. But I still see that every
new seller of this part bases their price on the original price when this part
was still rare.
This it totally nuts imo.
I'm thinking of parting out 10 sets containing this part and pricing them
at around 50 cents to change the price guide which will force future sellers
of this item to sell this item cheaper.
To the sellers: do you also experience these kinds of crazy things?
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I've been observing this on since the start of my selling around
2016.
It was only avail in a CMF set from 2010 and was $4+
In 2017, it became available in a batman movie CMF and has since released in
3 more sets, and the price has slowly whittled down to $0.75-ish
So it appears, the market eventually catches up, but it can take YEARS.
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