Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | popsicle  | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:28 | | Subject: | Spam | | Viewed: | 200 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Circling back to: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=145974
Seems to me anyway, that simply restricting zero feedback members the use of
links in the forum, would immediately eliminate most current spam posts and deter
future ones. Haven’t been looking that close at these posts, but from what I’ve
seen, it’s presenting links they have as a common purpose or motivation. Removing
motivation is often a subtle yet effective tack in life.
Could be that it’s not all that simple, technically to implement. I don’t know,
but if doable, why not? Personally don't find the spam posts all that bothersome.
Many do though, and if there's an easy fix to tidy things up a bit...
-popsicle
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:25 | | Subject: | Re: Rubber belt ID | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, WildBricks writes:
| | I'm always nervous when trying to list these. This feels much thicker than
all the other bands I've listed, its 2 mm thick so I'm not sure if it
is LEGO at all. Is it either of these or some other part?
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I never list these unless they are new or came off a pre-assembled set. These
and capes.
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:23 | | Subject: | Re: Help desk not responding | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
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But too bad we're not paid for posts in forum; I'd be wealthy 
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Yes!
Too bad more users don't post here. I think most of the userbase doesn't
know that the forum exists and I wish BL would highlight it more.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:20 | | Subject: | Re: Set 6074 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, Turez writes:
Ah yes, I see them now the sun is out… and that I was told to look there
Hmm, to put these arches on the ‘manor’ part, you need other small parts that
are not in the inventory: a 1x2 brick, 2x 1x1 plates and 2x (1 or 2)x3 plates….
You could do without the (1 or 2)x3 plates with the Extra 1x2 and 2x2….
And you can get one 2x3 if you can use the (1 and 2)x10 plates instead of the
(1x2)x8 ones on the walkway… but it doesn’t seem like they did that on the pic.
A head-scatcher….
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| Author: | edk | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:12 | | Subject: | Re: Rubber belt ID | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, WildBricks writes:
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Looks like an O ring to me. Is it stiff or does it stretch like a rubber band?
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Not really stretchy. Any idea what item #? When I search for O ring all I get
is
which it absolutely is not.
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An O ring is Not a lego part, it is a sealing ring used in many mechanical applications.
Do an internet search for O ring.
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| Author: | ScottyPip | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 09:05 | | Subject: | Re: Set Max Price | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| | Thank you. Yes i had that set as Dollars. I have amended to pounds. |
| Author: | Back2BackDeals1 | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:38 | | Subject: | Re: Closing up to order # 25 000 000! | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| I didn't get the 25000000th order but I thought this was a cool order number!
Congrats to whoever did get it!!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:36 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Ra writes:
| | I understand where you are coming from, but to a certain point there is no need
for going into major detail about one's life or need to share. There's
no need to say "I'm at my parents after dad passed away, my brother and
I are trying to complete a set that has sentimental value." , "it's
a gift" should suffice.
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To be clear I'm not asking for anyone to share anything.
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| Author: | WildBricks | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:26 | | Subject: | Re: Rubber belt ID | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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Looks like an O ring to me. Is it stiff or does it stretch like a rubber band?
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Not really stretchy. Any idea what item #? When I search for O ring all I get
is
which it absolutely is not.
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| Author: | Turez | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:25 | | Subject: | Re: Set 6074 | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Inventories, SylvainLS writes:
| | […]
Ah ha! On the alternate build shown on the instructions, we can see a 3rd arch
used (and we can infer a 4th one on the other side).
So, according to the rules, at least these two should be Regular 🤔
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And there’s already three LG plates (a 1x10, a 2x2, and a 2x10) in Regular that
are not needed for the main build and that are not visible on the alternate.
The plot thickens 🤔
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Yes, we know that inventory needs some work. 
The "extra" arches are actually shown in the instructions:
http://www.peeron.com/scans/6074-1/16
The same alternate build is also shown on the box, bottom right corner: https://brickshelf.com/gallery/Jojo/Alternatives/alt-6074-1.jpg
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| Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:08 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Dino writes:
| | What does this have to do with the honesty of the buyer? The seller can't
care where he sends the item. Unless it causes higher shipping costs or the address
does not match the address stored with PayPal. If payment was made via PayPal.
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I don't care where I send the item and I don't care if a dropshipper
orders from me. I just think it's lame when they dissemble and claim they're
sending a gift.
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I understand where you are coming from, but to a certain point there is no need
for going into major detail about one's life or need to share. There's
no need to say "I'm at my parents after dad passed away, my brother and
I are trying to complete a set that has sentimental value." , "it's
a gift" should suffice.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:05 | | Subject: | Re: What's up with NOK | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, LeeGo73 writes:
| | In Technical Issues, popsicle writes:
| | In General, LeeGo73 writes:
| | I've noticed that sometimes the prices in NOK are not sorted correctly (price
low high)
In the two screenshots it looks like one shop is pricing in EUR and that price
is converted to NOK and is sorted correctly. The other looks like it's pricing
in NOK, which is converted in EUR and is sorted incorrectly. Exchange rates are
the same 0.9911.63 is same as 2.3527.50
I have only noticed this behaviour with shop's from Norway. Why is this?
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NOK, Nokia Oyj shares?
Okay, I get it, Norwegian Krone Euro conversions have been somewhat wonky for
reasons outside the sphere of influence of BL and third party, and beyond whatever
site issue there might also be.
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The conversion rates are just fine. Both listings are correctly converted. To
me this looks like a sorting issue in BL.
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I see. Interesting
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Ra writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | I received an order from a recurring customer.
This time, the order has a different shipping address, a different name, and
the buyer says it is a gift and I should not specify any price or add any invoice
or bill to the envelope.
I clearly sense a dropshipping case here.
Is it allowed on bricklink?
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I believe it's allowed, one wishes that buyers would be a bit more honest
though.
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But a nothing says a dropshipper couldn't order from bricklink. Besides there
are tons of different reasons to ship to a different address: a gift, item you
were short on, completing a transaction, trades how and shipping to hotel, business
partner, relative that doesn't like the internet, friend that doesn't
want the hassle to setup a bl account.
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Yes, to be clear a BrickLink seller can't dropship since BL sellers can only
list what they actually have in inventory (maybe an exception can be made for
inventory mistakes, etc.). But there isn't anything stopping people from
listing on e.g., eBay, and then dropshipping from BL.
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| Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 07:56 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | I received an order from a recurring customer.
This time, the order has a different shipping address, a different name, and
the buyer says it is a gift and I should not specify any price or add any invoice
or bill to the envelope.
I clearly sense a dropshipping case here.
Is it allowed on bricklink?
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I believe it's allowed, one wishes that buyers would be a bit more honest
though.
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You can't list items you don't own, but that is in the sellers control.
1.2.8 Exact quantity: The quantity of the item that you are listing for sale
must not be greater than the quantity you have physical possession of in the
country in which your BrickLink store is registered. Drop shipping is not permitted.
The only exception to this is a custom fan magazine that has to be pre-ordered
and the Buyer is made aware of this in the item description.
But a nothing says a dropshipper couldn't order from bricklink. Besides there
are tons of different reasons to ship to a different address: a gift, item you
were short on, completing a transaction, trades how and shipping to hotel, business
partner, relative that doesn't like the internet, friend that doesn't
want the hassle to setup a bl account.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 07:55 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Dino writes:
| | What does this have to do with the honesty of the buyer? The seller can't
care where he sends the item. Unless it causes higher shipping costs or the address
does not match the address stored with PayPal. If payment was made via PayPal.
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I don't care where I send the item and I don't care if a dropshipper
orders from me. I just think it's lame when they dissemble and claim they're
sending a gift.
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| Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 07:48 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| What does this have to do with the honesty of the buyer? The seller can't
care where he sends the item. Unless it causes higher shipping costs or the address
does not match the address stored with PayPal. If payment was made via PayPal.
In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | I received an order from a recurring customer.
This time, the order has a different shipping address, a different name, and
the buyer says it is a gift and I should not specify any price or add any invoice
or bill to the envelope.
I clearly sense a dropshipping case here.
Is it allowed on bricklink?
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I believe it's allowed, one wishes that buyers would be a bit more honest
though.
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| Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 07:37 | | Subject: | Re: Set Max Price | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| Which currency did you choose here?
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
In Wanted, ScottyPip writes:
| | Hi, Im in the UK and for my wanted lists I'd like to set a Max price for
each item, but it only shows USD as a currency, is there a way to change this
to GBP?
Thanks in advanced
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 07:23 | | Subject: | Re: Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | I received an order from a recurring customer.
This time, the order has a different shipping address, a different name, and
the buyer says it is a gift and I should not specify any price or add any invoice
or bill to the envelope.
I clearly sense a dropshipping case here.
Is it allowed on bricklink?
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I believe it's allowed, one wishes that buyers would be a bit more honest
though.
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| Author: | connectbrick | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 07:14 | | Subject: | Re: Help desk not responding | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, bricksinbloom writes:
| | How long on average is it taking for the help desk to respond?
My account is currently sitting with two nss despite providing bricklink with
the details it needs to remove them.
In the past it would be sorted overnight but it's been about 2 weeks I believe.
I'm scared to open a new ticket in case it goes back to the end of the queue
again
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Can an admin please look at this.
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| Author: | Shintaku | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 06:44 | | Subject: | Is dropshipping allowed? | | Viewed: | 218 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I received an order from a recurring customer.
This time, the order has a different shipping address, a different name, and
the buyer says it is a gift and I should not specify any price or add any invoice
or bill to the envelope.
I clearly sense a dropshipping case here.
Is it allowed on bricklink?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 06:39 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - April 16 | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
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How much data space would it take to have two catalogs? One for detailed data
and one for generalized marketplace?
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The problem isn’t space, it’s consistency and workload.
Basically, you’re doubling the workload.
If you make a change in one of the catalogues, should it be echoed on the other
one? To which extent? Can that be automatized?
In the software world, that’s called a fork (external / by another team) or a
branch (internal / by the same team).
We have tools and procedures to follow and “port” (transfer, apply) changes between
branches / versions / forks (‘diffs’ and ‘patches’ and ‘version control system’
(git, bitkeeper, mercurial…)).
And those tools are good and ‘smart.’ They can work around other changes and
differences that shouldn’t change (and (good) devs are lazy: everything that
can be automatized is automatized).
But we ALWAYS need to check the changes. The changes may apply without a hitch…
but they may break the program because they contradict an older change. That
can also be automatized, to some extent. But it’s work again and you can never
predict everything so you always need to check.
Duplicating a database and the changes on the database can be automitized in
the same way: changes are just instructions, like a program. So the same porting
solutions & problems apply: Should that change be applied? Can it be applied?
Should another change be applied instead? And you always need to check, check,
check.
Also, you first need to record these instructions. AFAIK, BrickLink’s changelogs
aren’t complete / sufficient.
TL;DR: It’s the same as the work done by Rebrickable: another catalogue, with
conversion tables, with changes to follow / apply or not, with errors or misses…,
and with a full team to manage it.
It could be a bit simpler and you could save a bit by keeping it inside BrickLink,
but that won’t remove most of the work needed.
Another possibility is to handle that in only one “catalogue,” with two (or more!)
different ways to present its info. The work would be done only once, in the
more detailed catalogue, and there would be mechanisms to hide the details to
the users. But that’s the same as the “umbrella part” solution: you need to
change the whole structure of the database and the way the site works. That
can’t be patched onto what exists now (which is already patched enough with spaghetti
and sauce as it is).
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| Author: | Transformer27 | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 06:18 | | Subject: | 20% off EVERYTHING in store today only! | | Viewed: | 113 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| BIRTHDAY SALE!!!
To celebrate my birthday I am having a sale on EVERYTHING in my store!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 06:17 | | Subject: | Re: Parting a set into a wanted list | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, DanCookePhotos writes:
| | Hello,
I'm looking at building up the parts for the UCS Y-Wing (2nd edition, 75181).
I already have set 75172 which is the play scale Y-Wing which I'm looking
at breaking down to give me some of the parts for the UCS scale version.
Is their a way, without going through it line by line, to part out the pieces
from the playscale set into my UCS wanted list?
Many thanks,
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Hi,
To part out a set: hover over the white, heart-shaped “Want” icon and click “Part
Out”: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/partout.page
But you can’t “apply” a Wanted List (or an inventory) to another one on BrickLink,
to remove the parts you already have. You need to use third-party tools, like
BrickStore (application) or Rebrickable (website).
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| Author: | DanCookePhotos | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 06:01 | | Subject: | Parting a set into a wanted list | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello,
I'm looking at building up the parts for the UCS Y-Wing (2nd edition, 75181).
I already have set 75172 which is the play scale Y-Wing which I'm looking
at breaking down to give me some of the parts for the UCS scale version.
Is their a way, without going through it line by line, to part out the pieces
from the playscale set into my UCS wanted list?
Many thanks,
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2024 05:42 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - April 16 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
How much data space would it take to have two catalogs? One for detailed data
and one for generalized marketplace?
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