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View Thread Re: July Drawing for $25.00 in Store Credit - negative (235)
In the US you are required by law to provide a way to enter a sweepstakes without purchasing something: (URL) (URL) (URL)
(9 months ago, Aug 1, 2023, to Sales)
View Thread Re: USPS Ground Advantage® is now live - negative (235)
[...] Priority Mail, since its introduction in [...] Maybe it seems that way, (and if it does that means things are going very smoothly) but it is not how the USPS [...]
(10 months ago, Jul 9, 2023, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: $1 Billion Lego Factory being built in VA - negative (235)
[...] They kept that going? I went to a walk/run around the campus 2 or 3 years in a row, somewhere between 10-15 years ago. It was a benefit for a disease that I confess I [...]
(13 months ago, Apr 17, 2023, to General)
View Thread Re: Raffles - negative (235)
In Contests, yorbrick writes: [...] Not in the US. Not unless there is a "No purchase necessary" option. When companies hold sweepstakes (like the McDonald's [...]
(15 months ago, Feb 7, 2023, to Contests)
View Thread Re: Show off your Classic Space Collection pt. 2! - negative (235)
[...] Here are a couple pics. The full album can be seen here: (URL) Thank you
(15 months ago, Jan 30, 2023, to My Own Creation)
View Thread Re: ***RAFFLE GIVE AWAY*** - negative (235)
[...] This is illegal. Individuals and for-profit businesses are prohibited from holding raffles not only in PA, but in all 50 US states. Here are the laws for PA: (URL) [...]
(15 months ago, Jan 30, 2023, to Selling)
View Thread Re: IRS delays reporting Paypal/Venmo payments. - negative (235)
[...] [...] Indeed. My state has always been $600. IIRC for a long time it was one of only two in the US with thresholds lower than $20K Thank you
(16 months ago, Dec 27, 2022, to Taxes)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - negative (235)
Apologies if this has already been addressed. I don't think it has, but I may have missed a message or two in this thread. What if we *don't have* a Lego.com account? [...]
(18 months ago, Nov 18, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: ***Sale + LEGO Set Raffle this month!*** USA - negative (235)
[...] You have to buy something to get a ticket. It's not a free sweepstakes, it's an illegal raffle. If "buy something, get a lottery ticket" was legal (it isn't), [...]
(19 months ago, Oct 19, 2022, to Sales)
View Thread Re: ***Sale + LEGO Set Raffle this month!*** USA - negative (235)
[...] Oh man, you missed a perfect opportunity to say "Username checks out" Oh well, I'm sure you'll get 'em next time! ;) Thank you
(19 months ago, Oct 18, 2022, to Sales)
View Thread Re: Hurr Durr - negative (235)
[...] [...] Oh snap, I am PWNED!!! I love the vague hypocrisy on display here. If someone on BL lists an assembled minifig as "new", they are publicly shamed. If a 17 year [...]
(19 months ago, Oct 18, 2022, to Sales)
View Thread Re: ***Sale + LEGO Set Raffle this month!*** USA - negative (235)
Your promotion is illegal. It is against the law in all 50 US states for individuals and for-profit businesses to hold raffles. Here are the laws for Oklahoma (§21-1051): [...]
(19 months ago, Oct 17, 2022, to Sales)
View Thread Re: First LEGO set you got - negative (235)
The first set I 100% remember having was Coast Guard Station 575. I still have some of the pieces. After that my childhood attention was almost entirely focused on Classic Space, [...]
(20 months ago, Sep 13, 2022, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Shipment lost but delivered - negative (235)
[...] To any US sellers reading this: The USPS does NOT have any service that can fully track international shipments. The tracking you get from USPS - *even on the most expensive [...]
(26 months ago, Mar 11, 2022, to Selling)
View Thread Re: Fedex delays for anyone else? - negative (235)
In Off Topic, firestar246 writes: [...] Yes, I am. I have an incoming package that was originally supposed to be delivered last Friday. That didn't happen, so after a few [...]
(26 months ago, Mar 2, 2022, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Extreme Shipping Delays - Buyer wants Refund - negative (235)
It's been a few years since I did the research, but when I was looking at shipping an expensive set overseas I found that USPS Priority International does not track to the [...]
(27 months ago, Feb 17, 2022, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: Who should leave feedback first? - negative (235)
I am small potatoes here on BL, but for whatever it is worth, when I sell something I almost always leave feedback once the buyer has paid in a timely fashion. There have been [...]
(27 months ago, Feb 11, 2022, to Feedback)
View Thread Re: Lego in Cold Temps - negative (235)
[...] [...] Cosigning this. My wife works in retail so she has access to tons of those packets. I put a few in each plastic bin. Thank you
(27 months ago, Feb 3, 2022, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: First Class Tracking - negative (235)
[...] It used to be true that 1st class did not come with tracking. You had to pay an extra fee (about $.45 IIRC) for what they called "Delivery Confirmation". That [...]
(28 months ago, Jan 16, 2022, to Shipping)
View Thread Re: New IRS Reporting Req's for 2022 - negative (235)
[...] That depends on the state. Most were $20K, but mine (MA) was always $600. I sold a bunch of old toys on eBay during the first year of COVID (roughly $5K) [...]
(28 months ago, Jan 5, 2022, to Selling)

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