Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | randyf  | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 20:01 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8302-1 | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, ericksonk writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 4 Part 15573 Lime Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove and Bottom Stud Holder (Jumper) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Add 4 Part 3794b Lime Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove (Jumper) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 4 Part Lime {3794 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud, Jumper (Undetermined Type) to 3794a Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper)} {match ID 0 to 1}
Comments from Submitter:
Bought the set new from LEGO in 2011 and my part inventory only has the jumpers without grooves for this color. Included possible alt pieces for used sets.
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We only add alternates to sets when those pieces actually came in a new set.
Since there is no proof that the others ever came in the set, they will not be
included in the inventory.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 03:06 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, chetzler writes:
| | In Problem, waltzking writes:
| | As someone not in any LEGO groups (or at least not using my BL email address),
and am still getting the scam emails, I am certain it related to either the hack
or fake contact/orders on BL that can harvest seller emails. Had a lot of these
orders, immediate cancel request, and no contact there after a few months back.
I know it was to phish my seller info as often as the pattern was repeated exactly.
But even messages we reply to can do this as the system still lonks our email
to those. It really should not do this unless an order is placed, or even confirmed
as paid by the system (instant or seller marked). Simply put, contact info should
remain better protected until a transaction is deemed legit. BL is largely an
open book for all seller info if the party wanting to phish it knows how the
site works.
Waltzking
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Is there any need at all for buyers/sellers to see each other's email contact
info even on legitimate orders? Maybe I've been using instant checkout and
the pay now button for so long I have forgotton, but it has been a while since
a buyer has made a payment directly to my email address. Since BrickLink implemented
sales tax collection, all (at least all of my) payments are negotiated through
PayPal Marketplace.
Maybe other payment methods require an email address.
I know some people send photos via email (if only we could attach photos to a
BL message!).
I'd be perfectly happy to have "public-facing email address" be an
option that I can enable/disable at will.
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You have some very good points here. The whole communication architecture on
BrickLink is definitely in need of some upgrades. They may want to start looking
into it sooner rather than later.
For example, every transaction I have on eBay has everything done through the
eBay platform. There is never any communication outside of the platform between
myself and anyone that I purchase something from. In that way, the user on the
other end remains completely anonymous. It would be a good model to look into.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Problem, randyf writes:
| | In Problem, chetzler writes:
| | I don’t know why BrickLink has suddenly become such a juicy target.
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All of it started fairly shortly after all of the extremely unpopular part merges
started to actually occur. I have a strong feeling that a user here that was
very upset about the decisions made is having some "fun" at BrickLink's
expense.
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Interesting theory. But the scammers that caused the November 3 incident are
the same ones that caused the problems last night, and the variant merge project
was not exposed to the public before January 2024.
As much as companies tend not to boast about the number of online attacks they
receive, we do see a remarkable increase in scammer activity across the board
- throughout many companies and across different industries. To us, it does not
feel like BrickLink is being singled out.
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Good to know. Let's just hope that our beloved BrickLink can make it through
largely unscathed. I am sure I am not the only one that doesn't want a repeat
of November 2023 to happen, but everytime someone falls for one of these things,
we get closer to that happening again. I do feel bad for those getting targeted,
but people need to be cautious.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: What powers have newcomers | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Help, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Help, crazylegoman writes:
| | I don't understand the part about the "pair." The word pair is not
in the item's name. 
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RandyF changed it just moments before you posted.
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Then why doesn't that show up in the change log for the part?
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When things are adjusted behind the scenes on catalog entries, they are not recorded
in public logs.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, chetzler writes:
| | I don’t know why BrickLink has suddenly become such a juicy target.
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All of it started fairly shortly after all of the extremely unpopular part merges
started to actually occur. I have a strong feeling that a user here that was
very upset about the decisions made is having some "fun" at BrickLink's
expense.
And judging from the people who are receiving phishing emails (e.g I'm not),
the phisher is probably part of an online BrickLink group somewhere else (Facebook?
Discord?) that all of you are also part of or maybe they ordered from all of
the phishees in the past and already have all of your contact information to
use.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2024 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4822-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, normann1974 writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, normann1974 writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 31368pb01 Magenta Duplo, Doll Furniture Bed Small with Bright Pink Heart with Gold Crown Pattern (Sticker) - Set 4822 (Counterpart)
Comments from Submitter:
Wait for colour approval on part 31368pb01
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I'm not sure what exactly you mean by this message. Please explain.
I see no reason not to accept this change at this point. The part color and sticker
are right.
/Jan
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Actually, there are no instructions for this set, so the only thing that shows
stickers is the packaging and set images. On that packaging and in the set images,
it shows the small heart sticker with crown used on the bed, not the large heart
sticker with crown. Therefore, this part should be marked for deletion since
there is no basis for it having an entry. Basically, the stickers in this set
were meant to be used however the builder saw fit to use them.
Cheers,
Randy
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Oh, there are two heart stickers? I didn't realize because the photo of the
sticker sheet is of an incomplete sheet with that large sticker missing. Thanks
for noticing.
/Jan
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The sticker sheet should probably be marked for deletion.
How did a sheet missing stickers get past the admins?
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There is no need to mark a sticker sheet entry for deletion unless it always
had more than one version listed under one entry and needs to be split. All of
the information necessary to list a sticker sheet properly is in the item name.
Some sticker sheets are not easy to get ahold of to get a new image, so the catalog
uses what image it can get. There have been a number of sticker sheets in the
catalog over time that did not have complete sticker sheets in the image or no
image at all, but quite a few have been replaced or added over time. Maybe one
day, this one will, too.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 20:51 | | Subject: | Re: What powers have newcomers | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | In Help, randyf writes:
| | In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | Hello,
I ask for your help because I am stuck in a grotesque situation.
A person who just signed up to bricklink was unable to read the description for
item 5306bc069
Black Electric, Wire with Brick 2 x 2 x 2/3 Pair, 69 Studs
He said that since it's depicted as "PAIR" I should have sent two.
He left me a negative feedback and expected me to send a second for free.
I tried to explain that he was totally wrong and that you do not leave a hasty
feedback this way, to no avail.
So I wrote to BL for feedback removal, and they denied it.
The user wanted me to refund, so I asked him to send me the part, and I would
have refunded him.
He shipped, and in the proof of shipping I saw that he mispelled my surname,
thus when the package came, the postman found no one with the misspelled surname
and the package came back.
Now, when the package comes a second time I will:
- Have lost a lot of time behind this user, and money also.
- gained a negative feedback that is totally unfair and the administrarion refuses
to remove
Is this so easy for a newcomer to ruin the feedback ratio of a 14 years history
bricklink shop? I'm not worried about the single negative, but about the
power that is given to people unable to understand totally what they are doing.
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I have updated the names for all 5306* wires to not include the word "pair"
in them. Please point the buyer to this thread if they need more information.
Cheers,
Randy
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Thanks, still I have a negative for no reasons, as the picture depicted the correct
item...
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That's why I said to point the buyer to this thread. Then maybe we can better
explain the situation and why they are incorrect in their interpretation of the
item. I am hopeful that it would give them the push needed to remove the negative
feedback.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 20:18 | | Subject: | Re: What powers have newcomers | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Shintaku writes:
| | Hello,
I ask for your help because I am stuck in a grotesque situation.
A person who just signed up to bricklink was unable to read the description for
item 5306bc069
Black Electric, Wire with Brick 2 x 2 x 2/3 Pair, 69 Studs
He said that since it's depicted as "PAIR" I should have sent two.
He left me a negative feedback and expected me to send a second for free.
I tried to explain that he was totally wrong and that you do not leave a hasty
feedback this way, to no avail.
So I wrote to BL for feedback removal, and they denied it.
The user wanted me to refund, so I asked him to send me the part, and I would
have refunded him.
He shipped, and in the proof of shipping I saw that he mispelled my surname,
thus when the package came, the postman found no one with the misspelled surname
and the package came back.
Now, when the package comes a second time I will:
- Have lost a lot of time behind this user, and money also.
- gained a negative feedback that is totally unfair and the administrarion refuses
to remove
Is this so easy for a newcomer to ruin the feedback ratio of a 14 years history
bricklink shop? I'm not worried about the single negative, but about the
power that is given to people unable to understand totally what they are doing.
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I have updated the names for all 5306* wires to not include the word "pair"
in them. Please point the buyer to this thread if they need more information.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 16:08 | | Subject: | Re: Parting out and selling as new | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Wesza writes:
| | Noob (and probably silly) question but if I buy a set new, then part it out and
sell it on BL is it ok that the parts won’t be in original packaging? It will
just be individually wrapped and in new condition (never used as it went straight
from the original packaging into a seperate bag).
Thanks!
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Yes, that is how it is done.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2024 15:36 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Canada! | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | My mistake. I forgot that the metric system is the main method of measurement
used by Canadians.
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Beep - by the whole World except 2 Countries IIRC.
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Three, but who's counting. 
It is probably the only time that Liberia and Myanmar will be used in the same
sentence as the United States.
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