Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Addict2Brick  | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2018 14:38 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Catalog Admin! | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Congrats.
Any pay yet???
|
 |
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2018 17:29 | | Subject: | Re: What about meeting the Buyers? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, EmblaRonja writes:
| | I thought about something...
It was great wheen BrickLink for about a year ago had some articles where we
could meet some sellers. Fun to read and great for any BrickLinker, I think specially
for sellers.
Coldn´t we have something just the same with some buyers? Invite them to participate
and show of their collection. What do you collect? Are you a builder or just
collecting? Any special finding to tell about? What do you seek now? Any goal
whit your project, collection?
Et c.
I been a collector my self and I often think it´s not so easy to share my passion
with ordinary friends, not that many of them understand Passion of Lego at all.
Maybe more people out there thinks the same?
I think this would be a very good byer friendly marketing thing that could increase
traffic and sales to the site.
God or bad idea?
|
It isn't a fun idea
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2018 20:12 | | Subject: | Re: Allow for a Quote only option | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Buyers have trouble finding the quote request. I would like to offer a quote
request only option (similar to BO).
Please create and allow for a quote only option that the seller can elect to
use. This way the option to see a quote request is not limited by the shipping
method selected.
Thank you,
Cob
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 24, 2018 19:49 | | Subject: | Re: Default feedback messages | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, sabinater09 writes:
| | It's the same for me. I use google chrome and it even syncs between devices
like my macbook and iPad.
|
Mine does too, but sometimes I can't find the same message I had posted before.
I would enjoy this suggestion.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2018 19:01 | | Subject: | Re: Separate professional and private sellers | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Speg writes:
| | […]
| | | | | | If an obvious business declares themselves a personal seller, this would set
alarm bells ringing. If they're not declaring their trade, what chance they'll
allow you your legal consumer rights if something goes wrong?
|
That's what PayPal is for.
|
What if what you bought became faulty and the seller didn't want to know?
PayPal wouldn't necessarily refund in such a case, yet consumer law (in the
EU at least) would hold the retailer responsible for putting it right. PayPal
makes invoking some rights easier, but not all.
|
If the Lego becomes faulty? I'm unsure exactly how you mean.
|
If you want to stick with LEGO (whereas MarieA was more general), what about
a motor that fails after a few weeks?
The seller sold it as new. The warranty should be 2 years.
|
Isn't that warranty through Lego and not the seller?
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2018 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: Separate professional and private sellers | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, Speg writes:
| | In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, Speg writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | I have no real personal reason to be posting this suggestion and haven't
thought about what it would mean for my own business, but just something I want
to throw out there as I've been thinking about it for a while.
Why not separate professional sellers and private sellers? I mean with an icon,
a label, a colour, something like that. Right now there are private persons just
getting rid of some old parts they aren't using, and online stores that use
Bricklink as their platform. An entirely different world in every aspect, but
they will show up in exactly the same way.
For years and years there's this eternal clash going on between buyers and
sellers and it seems like they sometimes speak different languages when the buyers
demand "their rights" and the seller has no idea what they're talking about.
Much if not most of the grief going on on Bricklink may be caused by buyers buying
from private sellers and expecting business service. The main example I can think
of now is about whose problem it is when a package is lost, but also tax and
refund issues get confusing if it's unclear whether we're talking about
two people trading or about consumer rights.
So how about labels for private sellers and professional sellers?
|
Who will judge? The seller? I think that there are many professional sellers
who are pretending to be private. To be a business, you don't need to be
large, full-time or making a living wage.
|
Well, either you are a business or you're not, legally that's quite
clear-cut. As for the point of hiding a business as you and yorbrick pointed
out, that is a potential reason why it isn't perfect, but that still means
it is an improvement over the current situation. Also, there's no huge incentive
to hide, as many buyers may prefer real shops and also it would look pretty shady
if the seller has a big store or alot of feedback. Also, Vat and sales tax settings
should instantly cause the seller to be labelled professional. Not all professional
sellers use these features, though, so if I were a buyer I would like something
that includes professional sellers without tax settings and that would be immediately
visible and even could be filtered by. Right now Bricklink is a mall of actual
shops and people having little garage sales and from the front end there's
no difference. That strikes me as odd.
|
Why does the way that this site works strike you as odd? You realize that this
concept is not founded by Bricklink but almost any site where multiple people
can come to one place and sell their stuff. Ebay immediately comes to my mind
but others as well. I belong to other sites where I sell stuff and some people
are hobbyists that use their excess product to fund their hobby and some are
their to pay the bills.
I feel like anyone that actually visits these shops and spends more than a minute
can easily tell a "professional" shop from a small time hobbyist. If someone
can't then they only really have themselves to blame for not spending the
time educating themselves.
|
You can usually spot a business a mile away. Whether the seller themselves is
legit or not, is something entirely different. Assuming I have certain rights
is one thing, having the 'business'; declare whether they are a business
or not confirms it.
If an obvious business declares themselves a personal seller, this would set
alarm bells ringing. If they're not declaring their trade, what chance they'll
allow you your legal consumer rights if something goes wrong?
|
That's what PayPal is for.
|
What if what you bought became faulty and the seller didn't want to know?
PayPal wouldn't necessarily refund in such a case, yet consumer law (in the
EU at least) would hold the retailer responsible for putting it right. PayPal
makes invoking some rights easier, but not all.
|
If the Lego becomes faulty? I'm unsure exactly how you mean.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2018 09:41 | | Subject: | Re: Separate professional and private sellers | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, MarieA writes:
| | In Suggestions, Speg writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | I have no real personal reason to be posting this suggestion and haven't
thought about what it would mean for my own business, but just something I want
to throw out there as I've been thinking about it for a while.
Why not separate professional sellers and private sellers? I mean with an icon,
a label, a colour, something like that. Right now there are private persons just
getting rid of some old parts they aren't using, and online stores that use
Bricklink as their platform. An entirely different world in every aspect, but
they will show up in exactly the same way.
For years and years there's this eternal clash going on between buyers and
sellers and it seems like they sometimes speak different languages when the buyers
demand "their rights" and the seller has no idea what they're talking about.
Much if not most of the grief going on on Bricklink may be caused by buyers buying
from private sellers and expecting business service. The main example I can think
of now is about whose problem it is when a package is lost, but also tax and
refund issues get confusing if it's unclear whether we're talking about
two people trading or about consumer rights.
So how about labels for private sellers and professional sellers?
|
Who will judge? The seller? I think that there are many professional sellers
who are pretending to be private. To be a business, you don't need to be
large, full-time or making a living wage.
|
Well, either you are a business or you're not, legally that's quite
clear-cut. As for the point of hiding a business as you and yorbrick pointed
out, that is a potential reason why it isn't perfect, but that still means
it is an improvement over the current situation. Also, there's no huge incentive
to hide, as many buyers may prefer real shops and also it would look pretty shady
if the seller has a big store or alot of feedback. Also, Vat and sales tax settings
should instantly cause the seller to be labelled professional. Not all professional
sellers use these features, though, so if I were a buyer I would like something
that includes professional sellers without tax settings and that would be immediately
visible and even could be filtered by. Right now Bricklink is a mall of actual
shops and people having little garage sales and from the front end there's
no difference. That strikes me as odd.
|
Why does the way that this site works strike you as odd? You realize that this
concept is not founded by Bricklink but almost any site where multiple people
can come to one place and sell their stuff. Ebay immediately comes to my mind
but others as well. I belong to other sites where I sell stuff and some people
are hobbyists that use their excess product to fund their hobby and some are
their to pay the bills.
I feel like anyone that actually visits these shops and spends more than a minute
can easily tell a "professional" shop from a small time hobbyist. If someone
can't then they only really have themselves to blame for not spending the
time educating themselves.
|
You can usually spot a business a mile away. Whether the seller themselves is
legit or not, is something entirely different. Assuming I have certain rights
is one thing, having the 'business'; declare whether they are a business
or not confirms it.
If an obvious business declares themselves a personal seller, this would set
alarm bells ringing. If they're not declaring their trade, what chance they'll
allow you your legal consumer rights if something goes wrong?
|
That's what PayPal is for.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2018 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Separate professional and private sellers | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, WoutR writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | I have no real personal reason to be posting this suggestion and haven't
thought about what it would mean for my own business, but just something I want
to throw out there as I've been thinking about it for a while.
Why not separate professional sellers and private sellers? I mean with an icon,
a label, a colour, something like that. Right now there are private persons just
getting rid of some old parts they aren't using, and online stores that use
Bricklink as their platform. An entirely different world in every aspect, but
they will show up in exactly the same way.
For years and years there's this eternal clash going on between buyers and
sellers and it seems like they sometimes speak different languages when the buyers
demand "their rights" and the seller has no idea what they're talking about.
Much if not most of the grief going on on Bricklink may be caused by buyers buying
from private sellers and expecting business service. The main example I can think
of now is about whose problem it is when a package is lost, but also tax and
refund issues get confusing if it's unclear whether we're talking about
two people trading or about consumer rights.
So how about labels for private sellers and professional sellers?
|
Who will judge? The seller? I think that there are many professional sellers
who are pretending to be private. To be a business, you don't need to be
large, full-time or making a living wage.
|
Well, either you are a business or you're not, legally that's quite
clear-cut. As for the point of hiding a business as you and yorbrick pointed
out, that is a potential reason why it isn't perfect, but that still means
it is an improvement over the current situation. Also, there's no huge incentive
to hide, as many buyers may prefer real shops and also it would look pretty shady
if the seller has a big store or alot of feedback. Also, Vat and sales tax settings
should instantly cause the seller to be labelled professional. Not all professional
sellers use these features, though, so if I were a buyer I would like something
that includes professional sellers without tax settings and that would be immediately
visible and even could be filtered by. Right now Bricklink is a mall of actual
shops and people having little garage sales and from the front end there's
no difference. That strikes me as odd.
|
Why does the way that this site works strike you as odd? You realize that this
concept is not founded by Bricklink but almost any site where multiple people
can come to one place and sell their stuff. Ebay immediately comes to my mind
but others as well. I belong to other sites where I sell stuff and some people
are hobbyists that use their excess product to fund their hobby and some are
their to pay the bills.
I feel like anyone that actually visits these shops and spends more than a minute
can easily tell a "professional" shop from a small time hobbyist. If someone
can't then they only really have themselves to blame for not spending the
time educating themselves.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2018 00:07 | | Subject: | Re: Search Locally | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, PurpleDave writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Do you pay the same postage prices for both within and between states?
In Europe, the postage cost within a country is often cheaper (sometimes significantly)
than between European countries.
|
First Class (letter) postage is flat rate. When you get into packages, I know
weight and even size can come into play. I believe distance is also a factor
with certain classes of postage. But for sure it takes longer to get shipments
from across the US than from within your own district.
|
One of the biggest factors besides the level of postage is how populated the
area you're sending to is. Less "busy" areas tend to take longer to ship
to.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 5, 2018 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: Search Locally | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, PurpleDave writes:
| | In Suggestions, RobNeptune writes:
| | As someone often buys pieces for a project in progress, I wanted to suggest that
the search feature allow you to filter by local sellers. This typically provides
a faster delivery, including occasions where I have been able to meet someone
nearby the same day.
|
I'd be happy enough with being able to filter by state, or cluster of states
in the US. Europe has something very similar to this in being able to search
by individual nation, but for US or Canada, that's functionally no different
than being limited to "Europe in general".
|
Do you pay the same postage prices for both within and between states?
In Europe, the postage cost within a country is often cheaper (sometimes significantly)
than between European countries.
|
It's the same no matter the state.
Other than actually picking the item up from someone in person, even same state
shipping isn't much faster than a state that's 1000 miles away. For example:
if I wanted to mail my immediate neighbor a letter, the mail person has to pick
up the letter, bring it back to the mail hub, sorting facility, then back out
for delivery the next day(s).
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 1, 2018 03:27 | | Subject: | Re: Incorrectly marked as Ready | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | Quit marking orders that the buyer checks out using instant checkout as "ready".
Here is the definition of Ready.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=41
Ready - Items in order verified, shipping or any additional costs added. Seller
sends an Invoice to the buyer.
It is not possible for BrickLink to verify the items in the order, therefore
the order cannot be marked ready.
Thank you,
Cob
|
I've never yet seen "Ready" appear. I've never used "Ready" myself either...I
generally see "Pending" if they made an order, and "Paid" if they made the order
and paid. I've only ever done (as a seller) "Packed" and "Shipped"...I've
never seen "Ready" come up by Bricklink...yet
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 1, 2018 02:50 | | Subject: | Re: Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| People talk about leaving all the time. I didn't agree with a recent change
and because of that I reached out and found other selling platforms besides this
one. I never would have even known about the other sites if that change didn't
occur. That said, it's not really any of my business if things change here.
I can only sit back and enjoy or dislike the ride and if I do dislike it enough
then I'll go somewhere else because there ARE options. It's certainly
inconvenient for me to leave, but not impossible.
The only reason I'm saying that is because since you just got here (heck,
me too) I don't want you to think that the end is near and that everybody
is leaving. People will come and go and they'll do that with or without change.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Mar 1, 2018 02:36 | | Subject: | Re: Getting Frustrated Now With Bricklink | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
| The comment section is great for adding whether or not a piece if mint or has
issues. Honestly, any real universal grading system would result in a nightmare
for both buyers and sellers.
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2018 00:42 | | Subject: | Re: The utter powerlessness of buyers | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| I stress out when it takes me one day to ship someone's stuff out...I don't
know what kind of stress I'd be under if it took me 3 weeks to ship 
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2018 23:57 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers who smoke should let buyers know | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, oracle271 writes:
| | I think it should be required that sellers who smoke must post a prominent note
in their store.
Or if sellers who do not smoke sell parts that smell of smoke, that should be
listed on the part.
Getting parts that smell of smoke requires a lot of work by the buyer to remove
the odor, and we should know what we are getting into before buying. Not to mention
that when a seller does not disclose that they are a smoker, they are basically
lying about the condition of the parts.
I am really tired of getting stinky parts.
Sure, some sellers might be tempted to lie about about it, but users would complain.
Then sellers who smoke and fail to disclose their smoking should be treated with
the warning/termination policy applied to buying/selling offences.
|
I'm such a wuss when it comes to smoke... can't stand being around the
smell... I too would be upset if I got stinky parts.... that sounds funny 
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2017 16:27 | | Subject: | Re: Open bricklink to brickarms and other brands | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Zebedeu writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Zebedeu writes:
| | Like the tittle says, let's make a vote and show a real number to add to
the long thread of complaints about brickarms.
Since admin seems to only care about numbers, let's show them some of our
own.
|
Useless.
We who follow the forum are just a tiny part of all the BrickLink users and we
certainly aren’t the new users BL wants to attract.
We’re the old farts, the nay sayers, the know-it-alls.
|
It may well be useless, but at least it shows by numbers the opinion of the more
vocal elements.
|
They made the change without any opinion from the people who matter (think about
it). I'm positive any opinions at this point are meaningless as they're
being spoken to quite deaf ears.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Nov 30, 2017 10:30 | | Subject: | Re: The Bricklink App. | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | In Suggestions, Nordbart writes:
| | In Suggestions, Speg writes:
| | Any thoughts? Now that instant checkout is live, isn't this the next great
step?
|
In Suggestions, Speg writes:
| | Any thoughts? Now that instant checkout is live, isn't this the next great
step?
|
It is in progress according to the roadmap:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453
There was a fan made app for iOS which was advertised not long ago in the forum.
|
Correct, it's a Bricklink store managing app that was announced and
apparently who's latest update has been approved by Apple. Windy's husband
(iOS dev) developed the product......
https://www.brikbiz.com
But, Speg might be asking for a site offered app, serving android as well.
|
Absolutely. A site-made "official" app where users can easily read the forums,
make quick instant checkout purchases, check out a sets pieces, etc. Everybody
(and their mother) has an app these days.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Nov 30, 2017 08:50 | | Subject: | The Bricklink App. | | Viewed: | 202 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Any thoughts? Now that instant checkout is live, isn't this the next great
step?
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2017 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: Force sellers to show cart weight | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Only if we can force buyers to automatically remove some funds from their PayPal
to cover any shipping cost increases after the total package is weighed
I've lost a little bit of money so far due to wrong weight. This is a big
reason why I charge an extra dollar on all orders in order to make sure I'm
not losing money on orders from miscalculated shipping costs.
|
|
| Author: | Addict2Brick | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2017 10:02 | | Subject: | Re: Make it so all threads need to be approved. | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Roxxer writes:
| | […]
This unfortunately tends to clog up conversation, but it seems like the only
full-proof way of getting rid of the spam here. […]
|
They’ll just change their bot to answer the last post of each topic¹ instead
of creating a new thread.
¹ That’s why there’re so many posts: they make one in each topic.
| | I check the forum maybe once
a week and when I do it's always filled with these scams.
|
They attack about once a week too. Bad timing for you 
|
All posts (and replies) need approval? It's not that difficult if you "hire"
a person or two as forum mods that do only that. Or, as I've seen in a different
forum, you must have at least x amount of "quality" posts before you're free
to post without any checks and balances. Only some suggestions
|
|
Next Page: 5 More | 10 More | 25 More | 50 More | 100 More
|
