Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | connie  | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2024 01:01 | | Subject: | Re: paying international VAT tax WHY | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, kittybrickz writes:
| | This is a little confusing, do you mean that you are paying Minnesota state taxes
when you make purchases? I am a seller from Canada, and when I get an order from
some of the states, there is a state tax that some folks have to pay. Whether
it comes from the EU, Canada or anywhere, you live in MN so you pay taxes on
your purchases. BL collects those taxes for your state. EU folks have to display
a VAT ID for their business purposes whether you are affected by the VAT or not.
Hopefully I understood correctly and this helps a little?
Have an epic day!
---Katrina
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I have a sales tax number which means I do NOT have to pay taxes on product for
resale. However, Bricklink has not fixed this yet and so we have to pay tax.
I do not think we should also have to pay tax when we buy internationally as
well.
So point is those with a sales tax number should not have to pay taxes anywhere.
As stated before Bricklink is suppose to fix this. They have not. So my question
was why do some international people have the option to give their VAT number
and not pay taxes and the rest of us can't.
Connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 21:17 | | Subject: | Re: paying international VAT tax WHY | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Taxes, connie writes:
| | I have now had a couple international buyers that have listed their VAT ID number
at the top of the order. Bricklink does not require that a VAT invoice be printed
off and stuck on the package when this happens. My question is why do they not
have to pay VAT up front but if I order from someone internationally I have to
pay the VAT? Why can't I put in my tax ID number? This makes no sense to
me at all. ( and I am being nice in stating it this way) It is bad enough that
I have to pay US taxes when I have a sales tax number. IT has never made sense
to me that people have to pay tax when buying from a different country.
Someone needs to get this fixed. Playing the "it's not fair card"
it really isn't fair that some have to pay and some do not. No one with
a tax/VAT number should have to pay. We have waited long enough for this to
be resolved.
Connie
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Wait what? Confused?
It's NORMAL EU Buyers may have to pay (or not) depending their amateur/pro
status when Importing (from US) and depending the amount (under 150€ IIRC).
From US buying in EU, you DON'T have to pay for ANY VAT for any reason, and
never have had too.
That's it.
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Sorry you are wrong. Last order I got from Germany I had to pay $38.21 in tax.
Order from Singapore was $10.07 tax. Germany again tax was 6.71. I could go
on and on from all different parts of the world.
connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2024 21:02 | | Subject: | paying international VAT tax WHY | | Viewed: | 180 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| I have now had a couple international buyers that have listed their VAT ID number
at the top of the order. Bricklink does not require that a VAT invoice be printed
off and stuck on the package when this happens. My question is why do they not
have to pay VAT up front but if I order from someone internationally I have to
pay the VAT? Why can't I put in my tax ID number? This makes no sense to
me at all. ( and I am being nice in stating it this way) It is bad enough that
I have to pay US taxes when I have a sales tax number. IT has never made sense
to me that people have to pay tax when buying from a different country.
Someone needs to get this fixed. Playing the "it's not fair card"
it really isn't fair that some have to pay and some do not. No one with
a tax/VAT number should have to pay. We have waited long enough for this to
be resolved.
Connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 18:11 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 31 | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| These vintage parts should all go into a vintage area on Bricklink. Put them
into a separate area. Should not be that hard to just move them.
connie
By the way, speaking of working on stuff that really doesn't need to be worked
on..........we were told a couple of years ago that once all the vat and sales
tax was added to the checkout that THEN they would fix it so that those with
a sales tax number would not have to pay the tax. Has this happened? NO!! Nothing
is more frustrating than having to pay tax on something bought internationally.
So stupid. This is more important to me than variation in parts being redone.
Connie
In Catalog, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | I understand a few parts, but others I really don’t. What if I want the actual
vintage parts and not the reissue?? I don’t want to be stuck with not having
any idea what I’m buying. And I feel like BL is just ignoring a lot of the members
begging you not to go through with this. Why make this the work BL programmers
need to work on when they can use this time to actually update the outdated site?!
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2024 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 31 | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Reading through most of the threads, I can not see if this will affect the 1
x 2 plate with stud (jumpers). Will these be merged?
Connie
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 15, 2022 18:56 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink Refunds | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| thank you
connie
In Sales, azbrickz writes:
| | BrickLink doesn't handle the refund because they never actually have the
money, PayPal is the one responsible for returning the money. According to PayPal:
for purchases made with your credit or debit card, the refund can take up to
30 days to show up on your account. If you bought the item using your bank account
or PayPal balance, the balance will be credited to your PayPal account. Funds
can take three to five days to arrive in your account. Here is a link from PayPal
that explains it better.
https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/where-is-my-refund-faq1212
In Sales, connie writes:
| | I have used the button to issue a refund a few times on an order. However, now
I have a customer that wants the money asap and has issued a paypal claim on
the order. How long does it take for Bricklink to refund the $5.53 through paypal?
Is there a page somewhere on Bricklink that explains the procedure so I can
direct her to it?
thanks
connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 15, 2022 13:25 | | Subject: | Bricklink Refunds | | Viewed: | 224 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| I have used the button to issue a refund a few times on an order. However, now
I have a customer that wants the money asap and has issued a paypal claim on
the order. How long does it take for Bricklink to refund the $5.53 through paypal?
Is there a page somewhere on Bricklink that explains the procedure so I can
direct her to it?
thanks
connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 13, 2022 00:14 | | Subject: | Re: customer payment problem-any workaround? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| As soon as I voided it I then invoiced him. It worked. He paid and it went
through.
connie
In Help, CALBrickLAB writes:
| | Hi Connie,
So you invoiced again from BrickLink after voiding? That’s what I just did. Hopefully
it works!
-Romy
In Help, connie writes:
| | this happened to me on May 2nd. Contacted paypal they could not help. Check
to see what your options are next to the payment. Mine only gave me "void" or
archive--no accept. We finally got it solved by me voiding the payment and
then sending an invoice out to him. He paid and it came through and his package
was sent out today.
You need to invoice him after voiding the payment. See if this works.
Connie
In Help, firestar246 writes:
| | Buyer placed and order and paid right away, but there was an exclamation point
next to "paid". The payment on paypal showed as pending. This was on the 2nd.
Still said pending this morning. Customer contacted me today, said they didn't
know what happened; contacted paypal and said they were no help. They asked me
to void the payment and they'd try to pay again. I voided it, and marked
the order to ready. However, there is no pay button showing for them. I seperated
order status from payment status, but it won't let me change the payment
status.
Anyone know of a simple fix?
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 12, 2022 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: customer payment problem-any workaround? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| this happened to me on May 2nd. Contacted paypal they could not help. Check
to see what your options are next to the payment. Mine only gave me "void" or
archive--no accept. We finally got it solved by me voiding the payment and
then sending an invoice out to him. He paid and it came through and his package
was sent out today.
You need to invoice him after voiding the payment. See if this works.
Connie
In Help, firestar246 writes:
| | Buyer placed and order and paid right away, but there was an exclamation point
next to "paid". The payment on paypal showed as pending. This was on the 2nd.
Still said pending this morning. Customer contacted me today, said they didn't
know what happened; contacted paypal and said they were no help. They asked me
to void the payment and they'd try to pay again. I voided it, and marked
the order to ready. However, there is no pay button showing for them. I seperated
order status from payment status, but it won't let me change the payment
status.
Anyone know of a simple fix?
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2022 21:05 | | Subject: | VAT not collected countries | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Is there a list of countries that do not have to have the VAT collected beforehand?
Connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 22:40 | | Subject: | Re: Old tracking numbers? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| This is happening to me and I don't use Ship Station. I use Stamps.com.
So it is a bigger problem.
Connie
In Help, par016 writes:
| | In Help, uwjedi writes:
| | So I have had 3 buyers message me today saying the orders I just picked this
evening have tracking numbers that say they were delivered within the last week
somewhere else in the USA. I recall reading on the forum before that tracking
numbers are reused, but it just seems strange that I have had 3 like that today.
Does anyone else have an issue like this? Will they update when they are scanned
at the local post office when I drop them off?
Ben
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I am having this same problem. I checked my orders today after someone requested
a tracking number and I went to the tracking page so I could send them the direct
link. It looks like 6 out of 9 of the labels I purchased today are recycled tracking
numbers. Are you using ShipStation like I am? I've never seen this before
but it is certainly a problem as I can't imagine my customers are going to
be happy with my reply.
-Pete
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 22:35 | | Subject: | Re: Old tracking numbers? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I had this problem yesterday with every package saying it was delivered back
to me. Today I checked one package I sent out this morning and it says it was
delivered to Macon, GA on January 27th. That is some time travel.
Connie
In Help, uwjedi writes:
| | So I have had 3 buyers message me today saying the orders I just picked this
evening have tracking numbers that say they were delivered within the last week
somewhere else in the USA. I recall reading on the forum before that tracking
numbers are reused, but it just seems strange that I have had 3 like that today.
Does anyone else have an issue like this? Will they update when they are scanned
at the local post office when I drop them off?
Ben
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Aug 28, 2020 15:34 | | Subject: | Re: Please give notice before deleting a listing | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:
| | Before deleting an item listed for sale, please give a notice to the seller.
That way the seller can change the listing to comply with the rules (instead
of having to enter everything again).
The e-mail does not give the full listing details, so it is not always clear
what is wrong with the listed item. Also the reason given is not clear.
I just recieved an e-mail stating that a few stickers I listed are deleted.
Reason given: "Item is incorrectly defined as New/Used or Complete/Incomplete/Sealed"
It concerns a few incomplete sticker sheets. I have more incomplete sheets listed
and they are not deleted or mentioned in the e-mail.
Is it wrong to list incomplete sticker sheets as 'new' (with a picture
of the actual sheet and clearly stated in the comments that it is incomplete)?
The stickers still on the sheet are new (never used).
Just to be save I changed the remaining incomplete sticker sheets to 'used'.
And I will re-list the deleted items as 'used'. Hopefully I can still
fing the pictures of the deleted items.
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Sticker sheets missing stickers must be listed as Used.
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Why can't partial sheets be sold as new, but indicating incomplete? After
all, it happens a lot with minifigures, even though parts are missing and there
is no formal incomplete setting.
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totally agree!!. I just got a sticker sheet removed that is a rare large one
from idea book 250....meaning long ago. It was missing one small sticker. The
rest was mint. This to me is New/Incomplete which is how I listed it. It for
sure is not used. Used brings up images of wrinkled, cut, stickers taken off
and put back on the sheet. Stickers missing one sticker or more is not used.
It is incomplete. Lately stickers coming out of new boxes are wrinkled or have
a sticker stuck to the instruction book. These were still considered new but
incomplete.
This was a bad decision.
Connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 25, 2020 05:24 | | Subject: | Re: Why are these Hinges? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| The brick modified and plate modified categories are already too big. Have no
idea if they can be made smaller, but for sure lets not add anything to them.
connie
In Catalog, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, wildchicken13 writes:
| | Under the new definitions,
could fall under either plate modified or hinge. Should we make an exception
for handles? Or should we handle these cases by defaulting to the existing categorization?
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It's your catalog. What would you like to see and how would you revise the
category descriptions to make it happen?
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If it were up to me, I would get rid of the hinge category altogether. Most of
the hinge parts look like they would fit better in a different category (brick
modified, plate modified, technic, train, vehicle, etc).
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 16, 2019 13:34 | | Subject: | Re: Interesting | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Also I found that the yellow, red and blue bricks tend to be darker and not as
shiny.
Connie
In Colors, connie writes:
| | The color white in the older sets is a warm white not a pure white. So yes sometimes
they look "tanish". I bought a collection from the 80's and early 90's
and that is the way the whites look even in sealed boxes. Most of the whites
I had to sell used since some people don't understand the color change and
were emailing me about it. They also tend to look dirty because they are darker,
especially on the stud tops when placed next to the new pure white color.
Connie
In Colors, randyf writes:
| | I just opened my first sealed set ever where every part that is supposed to be
white looks almost exactly like a perfect match for tan or slightly lighter.
It is quite weird to be expecting white parts and seeing everything look tan.
You would never know these parts were ever white by looking at them since the
color is even on all surfaces of every part. Because the set was sealed, it could
not be UV damage due to sunlight as so many sites claim, so some other chemical
process occurs. There must be some sort of breakdown of some additive in the
ABS due to storage conditions of the set (maybe higher temperatures). I don't
know what it is, but I am less than happy with my purchase now. 
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | May 16, 2019 13:32 | | Subject: | Re: Interesting | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| The color white in the older sets is a warm white not a pure white. So yes sometimes
they look "tanish". I bought a collection from the 80's and early 90's
and that is the way the whites look even in sealed boxes. Most of the whites
I had to sell used since some people don't understand the color change and
were emailing me about it. They also tend to look dirty because they are darker,
especially on the stud tops when placed next to the new pure white color.
Connie
In Colors, randyf writes:
| | I just opened my first sealed set ever where every part that is supposed to be
white looks almost exactly like a perfect match for tan or slightly lighter.
It is quite weird to be expecting white parts and seeing everything look tan.
You would never know these parts were ever white by looking at them since the
color is even on all surfaces of every part. Because the set was sealed, it could
not be UV damage due to sunlight as so many sites claim, so some other chemical
process occurs. There must be some sort of breakdown of some additive in the
ABS due to storage conditions of the set (maybe higher temperatures). I don't
know what it is, but I am less than happy with my purchase now.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2017 04:28 | | Subject: | Re: Force sellers to ship in boxes | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| You are assuming that the panels were in mint shape before they were mailed and
got messed up by poor packing. Who knows what the panels really looked like
before mailing. Unless you know for sure that they were stored properly so that
they wouldn't get all scratched up in a bin, you can not for sure say they
got that way in the mail. Just saying.
Connie
In Suggestions, chetzler writes:
| | I think all sellers should be required to ship their orders in corrugated cardboard
boxes. I recently received an order of 24 NEW
from a 5000+ feedback seller. All 24 of them were thrown into a Ziploc baggie
and that baggie was crammed, along with the other lots in the order, into a flimsy
bubble mailer. Well, you can imagine what the surfaces of those panels looked
like after be squished and tossed from conveyor belt to conveyor belt as they
made their way across the country before being shoved into my mailbox. If they
had been shipped in a cardboard box they wouldn't have received nearly that
amount of abuse.
Therefore I suggest we force all sellers to ship orders in cardboard boxes.
Some orders, such as one or two figs, would probably be fine in a bubble mailer,
but rules are rules and we must enforce them uniformly and without mercy. We
must protect the entire community from the few sloppy sellers that are out there.
If a buyer receives an order that is not in a cardboard box, he must send a picture
of the package (with mailing label visible) to Admin. Once Admin approves the
picture, the seller will receive a non-negotiable negative feedback. If three
such feedback are received then selling privileges are revoked.
I ship 99% of my orders in a box already, so I don't see why this would be
such a big deal.
(yes, I'm making a point but I'm not making up my experience or my store
practices)
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2017 02:25 | | Subject: | Re: "Help" and "To Top" icons, what gives? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, chetzler writes:
| | I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
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I hate it and it is useless. Especially if you accidently hit it when scrolling
down an order you are packing. Bang right back at the top.
Seriously who thinks of these things? It covers up everything and makes it hard
to even order from another store if one wants to buy the last item on the page.
Have to scroll up just to get rid of the scroll up icon. Trying to help new
users does not mean new users are idiots. I think they know what a scroll bar
is for.
Get rid of it.
Connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Nov 17, 2015 00:54 | | Subject: | Re: Customs fraud | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:
| | In Suggestions, Pokernut writes:
| | There are a lot people out there, it seems, that want sellers to commit customs
fraud.
Would it be a good idea if BL included " Buyer requested customs fraud " in the
reasons for seller to cancel an order?
Not allowing said alledged fraudster to feedback the seller would prevent retaliatory
actions from the buyer would also be nice in this instance
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I was checking through eBay's listing rules and came across this interesting
little blurb clearly noting what eBay thinks and does about customs fraud. From
a section of eBay's Help Desk dealing with "encouraging illegal activity":
"Policy Overview
For a safer buying and selling experience on eBay, we don't allow selling
or linking to items that encourage, promote, facilitate, or instruct others to
engage in illegal activity.
We also don't allow buyers to ask sellers to break any laws. For example,
buyers can't ask sellers to falsify customs declarations or have an item
marked as "gift" in order to avoid customs fees.
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Reporting a violation
If you find a listing that encourages illegal activity, you can report it.
If you sold an item and your buyer asks you to commit customs fraud, you can
report it."
(with the words in bold being an actual link to report such things to eBay).
See:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/encouraging-illegal-activity.html
I don't see why BrickLink cannot have a similar policy.
Thor
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The reporting of it is no good if nothing is done. We had this happen two years
ago. A buyer in the UK asked us to change the customs form. We said no. Upon
receiving the package he first wrote us a nasty letter and then gave us a negative.
He was reported to ebay with his e-mails to us. I don't know if ebay did
anything to him but they sure would not remove our negative from him.
Connie
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| Author: | connie | | Posted: | Sep 21, 2015 13:24 | | Subject: | Re: Make Full Addresses required fields | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TorontoLego writes:
| | Not infrequently I receive a new order from a member that has not completely
filled out their address.
Can we make the city, state/province, postal code, country fields mandatory
before the creation of an account - or at least mandatory before being able to
place an order.
I understand that there are specific countries that may not have "province" or
"postal code" fields that are applicable - so maybe this is only mandatory for
US, Can, UK, etc..
Mike.
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Especially true for Asian countries. Some of those lines are so long they don't
fit on a label and it is nearly impossible to figure out where to cut and make
a new line.
Connie
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