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Author:

negative

Posted:

Oct 27, 2021 07:57

Subject:

Marvel CMFs Just Added - Cheapest in US

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Sales

Hello, please be advised I've just added a batch of new Marvel CMFs. (bags
cut to verify) At time of posting they are the cheapest in the US. No fees, no
handling charges, actual USPS 1st class rates for shipping.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Sep 22, 2021 23:01

Subject:

Re: Are taxes for total price including shipping.

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Terms and Policies

Sometimes I think people just read the first sentence of a message and nothing
else.

There's no "sometimes" about it. That's where we are at now.

I used to try to keep my emails to 3 sentences or less because I knew that's
all people would read.

Now I have to remember that people don't read emails at all. I don't
know what the current online messaging formats are, so I am lucky if I can get
through to people with texts of less than 5 words.

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Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 21, 2021 16:55

Subject:

Re: is my shipping too expensive?

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Topic:

Shipping

In Shipping, woodelf writes:

As for rounding slightly: that's just because I don't really have any
way to know the final shipping until I go to the post office.

There's your problem. Go to Harbor Freight and buy a cheap scale. Use Paypal.com/shipnow
or some other similar service to print postage at home. You get a cheaper rate
and you can just hand the outgoing packages to your carrier instead of driving
to the PO.

Many, if not most sellers do this, so they are able to charge less for shipping.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 14, 2021 10:22

Subject:

Re: Sales Tax Holidays?

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I can confirm that BL's system DID NOT charge me sales tax when I paid for
an order today.

So that indicates that whatever tax-collection software BL is using knew about
my state's tax-free weekend and correctly applied it to my order.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 13, 2021 14:45

Subject:

Re: Sales Tax Holidays?

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In Technical Issues, Admin_Russell writes:

Our third-party tax solution is supposed to account for sales tax holidays. In
fact, we have coded certain categories in the catalog to align with the typical
"back to school" product types, just for the tax holiday issue.

Please report back if you find you are paying tax where you think you shouldn't
and we'll look into it.

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 13, 2021 13:49

Subject:

Re: Sales Tax Holidays?

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In Technical Issues, cosmicray writes:

Please check with your state department of revenue, for the precise parameters
of the tax free holiday.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/sales-tax-holiday-frequently-asked-questions

If I buy a Lego set from Target or a minifig via a seller on eBay, they are not
subject to sales tax in my state for these 2 days. I don't see why it should
be any different for a set or a part bought through BL.

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Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 13, 2021 11:38

Subject:

Re: Sales Tax Holidays?

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In Technical Issues, Kesleyk writes:

There are many states that have tax-free weekends, largely advertised for back
to school shopping.

Given that, I would think that this has come up before, and someone has an answer.
Or at the very least some experience with what happened.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 13, 2021 11:36

Subject:

Re: Sales Tax Holidays?

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In Technical Issues, qwertyboy writes:

I would bet heavily on them not to honor tax-free days. AFAICS there is no automated
way of knowing which states have what days tax-free. To implement this, BL would
have to first put in some code to disable taxes for certain states on certain
days, and then somehow track what all these states do (by constantly reading
government web pages?) and manually add these exceptions to the system.

It may not be fair to compare BL to sites like eBay or Amazon etc., but those
marketplaces handle tax holidays.

Do these sites each build their own software individually? I.E. eBay's tax
collection system is exclusive to eBay and isn't some package available from
TaxSoft Inc.?

Meaning that each site has to handle tax holidays by brute force as you suggest,
rather than having TaxSoft Inc. automatically update things as my layman's
brain assumed?

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Aug 13, 2021 09:26

Subject:

Sales Tax Holidays?

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Apologies if this topic has been covered, I tried searching but I couldn't
find anything.

Does BL's tax collecting system account for sales tax holidays? My state
(MA) is having a tax-free weekend tomorrow and Sunday. There will be no sales
tax charged on any items below $2,500, including items ordered online.

I know big sites like eBay etc. work this into their systems, do we know if BL
will as well? I may be mistaken, but I think this is the first time our state
has done this since BL started collecting sales tax.

I was thinking of spending a bit of disposable income here this weekend, but
I don't want to get into a situation where I have to chase down sales tax
I wasn't legally obligated to pay.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 10:57

Subject:

Re: ShipStation ... the rest of the story

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Topic:

Shipping

In Shipping, brac.brick writes:

I use a personal account on PP and i have received
no such email from PP about Ship Station. Maybe the key here is what
kind of PP account you have.

I have a personal account. I have never had a business account with Paypal. I
got the first email about ShipStation on 7/12. I have not received a 2nd.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 10:48

Subject:

Re: This is not a toy

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Topic:

General

In General, Abels_Bricks writes:

The gun nuts are going to be buying this in droves and I wonder if the manufacture
was fully aware of this and planned to sell their initial run quick before the
cease and desist letter from TLG.

Lego already sent the cease and desist and the company already pulled the gun.
According to this article, they sold less than 20:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-14/lego-demands-stop-to-us-company-toy-gun/100291810

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

May 26, 2021 10:16

Subject:

Re: Is it allowed to dropship from TLG ?

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Selling

In Selling, Erkiles writes:

Just wondering how you could profit from such a weird "business scheme".

Does Lego's site (or any other site for that matter) offer free shipping?
If so, that's one way this scheme could result in potential profits.

I recently sold a boxed set here that cost more than $50 to ship. It was a retired
set, but if a similar sale happened for a current set, someone could theoretically
charge the BL buyer for shipping, have it shipped for free from Lego and keep
the substantial shipping charges.

If a BL seller offered a set that retails for $100 for $90, they could potentially
pull in some deal-seekers. Some of them might not know or think about the potential
free shipping from other sites and pull the trigger. The seller charges them
the USPS rate of ~$50 for a large box and pockets the difference.

It's a lot of work and there are a few 'ifs' in there, but it is
an angle.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

May 26, 2021 10:01

Subject:

Re: Grammar: Less -> Fewer

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Topic:

Suggestions

In Suggestions, E.Leslie writes:

I do think that correcting this error will enhance the site's professionalism.

Preach!

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Jun 4, 2020 11:37

Subject:

Re: We need protection from postal delay negs

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Topic:

Suggestions

In Suggestions, brac.brick writes:
all i see is priority mail is getting scanned and First class is ending

up in the Black Hole of the postal system.

I sent a Priority package a few weeks ago that sat in the "In transit to next
destination" limbo for almost 2 weeks. It was an eBay sale, so I was expecting
to have to eat the cost, but thankfully it eventually showed up.

Thank you

Author:

negative

Posted:

Jun 4, 2020 11:32

Subject:

Re: We need protection from postal delay negs

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Topic:

Suggestions