Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | knxguy11340  | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 22:25 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, kittybrickz writes:
| | In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | | | They then sent an email saying that they had sent the payment to me via email.
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I don't think it is possible to send money by email.
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In Canada we have an email transfer service through our banks where we can send
money, it is very handy but adds another dimension for potential scams 
Have an epic day!
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Interac eTransfer doesn't send money via email. It uses the wire transfer
system just like all other payment systems. It's no different than BillPay
in the U.S. or IBAN in Europe, PayPal, Zelle, etc. It just uses the email/phone
number in place of the routing and account numbers.
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| Author: | janzenroth | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 16:42 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I sent them the actual invoice and removed their request to cancel (they had
provided the reason that the buyer and seller had mutually agreed to cancel).
If they communicate with me and really want to cancel then maybe it was all a
misunderstanding. If they don't communicate then I will wait a file a NPB
and see where that goes. Then I can provide feedback that is accurate.
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| Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 15:55 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | | | They then sent an email saying that they had sent the payment to me via email.
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I don't think it is possible to send money by email.
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In Canada we have an email transfer service through our banks where we can send
money, it is very handy but adds another dimension for potential scams
Have an epic day!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | They then sent an email saying that they had sent the payment to me via email.
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I don't think it is possible to send money by email.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, janzenroth writes:
| | When I responded that the payment had not come through yet, they requested to
cancel.
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Report them.
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| Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 13:51 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Yeah, sounds sketchy
Unless they can provide a screenshot of the payment, then I wouldn't proceed
with the order & stoplist them just to be safe
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 13:26 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, janzenroth writes:
| | Yes, I did confirm they didn't send the etransfer and they even sent the
email saying they had paid prior to me sending them the invoice.
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For sure sounds sketchy like you said then!
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| Author: | janzenroth | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Yes, I did confirm they didn't send the etransfer and they even sent the
email saying they had paid prior to me sending them the invoice.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2024 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Possible Scam?? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | 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: | 159 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| 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: | 88 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| 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: | 54 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| 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: | 41 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| 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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| Author: | custommike | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 16:14 | | Subject: | Re: Any theories on why a used part costs more ? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, getlego writes:
| | I randomly looked at some parts in my inventory and I found one example of a
used part costing ten cents more that a new part. I'm sure I've seen
other examples but that's not the issue. What is it that drives prices the
best. Is it possibly part of the algorithm to fill someone's wanted list
or do people mostly default to used parts on that list? I thought this could
help us sellers use better methods of selling somehow.
The part I'm talking about is 3068bpb0929 2x2 map tile. Last six months .27
cents used, compared to .17 cents new.
any thoughts on this ? I've sometimes thought about listing everything used
unless it was a rare part. You would lose money up front but possibly make more
sales ???? Apparently on this part you would make more money. Just a strange
topic I thought would be fun to discuss.
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Could be a target for arbitrage - buy the new parts and sell them as used in
your store, $.10 profit per piece.
Personally I think its a good idea to sell everything used because it gets rid
of the people that will complain about a small scratch or whatever.
Either way I would think selling all used or all new is the way to go - having
to manage a whole seperate inventory sound like a nightmare.
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| Author: | custommike | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Incorrect parts price inflation | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| 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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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 15:26 | | Subject: | Re: To open a box or not? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, NikisNiche writes:
| | I have a bunch of sets that I plan to sell. A few of them (I think) got water
damage to the box. The sets are still sealed. One end of the box is kind of crushed,
and my guess is that it got a bit wet and then the weight of the rest of the
box made it get crushed. So I am leaning towards opening the box to confirm the
instructions aren't messed up, so that I can disclose that when I sell it.
But then again, I hate to break the seal of the box. What would you do? (They
are big sets - Disney castle, Big Ben, and Ghostbusters firehouse.)
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Stickers, electronic components and cloth can also be damaged by water. You might
also have mold on the instructions and/or inside of the box. Lastly, there could
be bugs that were attracted by the water and died in there.
I would open the box up and see what you're dealing with. If I were looking
for a New In Box set I wouldn't buy one with water damage unless the price
reflected it. You could always list it as New, Complete instead of New, Sealed:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: To open a box or not? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, NikisNiche writes:
| | I have a bunch of sets that I plan to sell. A few of them (I think) got water
damage to the box. The sets are still sealed. One end of the box is kind of crushed,
and my guess is that it got a bit wet and then the weight of the rest of the
box made it get crushed. So I am leaning towards opening the box to confirm the
instructions aren't messed up, so that I can disclose that when I sell it.
But then again, I hate to break the seal of the box. What would you do? (They
are big sets - Disney castle, Big Ben, and Ghostbusters firehouse.)
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Since the boxes have water damage and that can mess up instructions like you
mentioned I’d recommend opening them and selling them as open box as otherwise
you might end up selling someone some badly damaged instructions and it would
make things complicated
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| Author: | NikisNiche | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 14:23 | | Subject: | To open a box or not? | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I have a bunch of sets that I plan to sell. A few of them (I think) got water
damage to the box. The sets are still sealed. One end of the box is kind of crushed,
and my guess is that it got a bit wet and then the weight of the rest of the
box made it get crushed. So I am leaning towards opening the box to confirm the
instructions aren't messed up, so that I can disclose that when I sell it.
But then again, I hate to break the seal of the box. What would you do? (They
are big sets - Disney castle, Big Ben, and Ghostbusters firehouse.)
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 01:11 | | Subject: | Re: My entire room of Lego! | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | You need to put them into your store to sell them. |
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2024 16:12 | | Subject: | Re: I am wishing to sell unopened sets but i can' | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Please don’t quote messages with forbidden content.
In Selling, sasquatch_eater writes:
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Hi and welcome to Bricklink! You can't sell on here without first making
a purchase and receiving positive feedback from the buyer. I always try to leave
feedback for new buyers right away so if you see anything you like in my shop,
I'd be happy to help you with your first order!
--Claude
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