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 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 22, 2024 03:32
 Subject: Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee
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In Selling, Amazingly writes:
  Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
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This will be illegal in California starting in July, because it will be classified
as a junk fee.

Hopefully, Bricklink will update their terms by that point, since sellers can't
pick and choose what states they ship to, meaning at any time, they could be
breaking the law.

Penalties are $1000 per violation, attorney fees, and restitution.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 19, 2024 03:03
 Subject: Re: Shipping sets
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In Selling, Davidpkaiser2 writes:
  Hello,
Total novice here.
I’m a new seller and I have lots of new and complete used sets available for
sale.
Some of them are very heavy like the UCS Razor Crest.
I’ve got USPS Ground Advantage as my first shipping option. At the Post Office
they told me that is all I can use (other than priority)
Then I have UPS Ground as my second shipping option.
I set it up that way because I think UPS Ground is more affordable than USPS
Ground Advantage once you reach a certain weight so UPS is better for those heavier
sets.
Assuming I’m correct (and there’s certainly the chance I’m not), will Bricklink
choose the shipping option that is the least expensive per the weight of the
set?
What is the best way to get accurate shipping costs in advance of a sale?
Thanks.

1.) Do not use instant checkout for your sets.

Especially when talking about large sets, shipping will vary widely depending
upon destination.

You are also going to want to have the ability to screen your buyers. I would
be pretty picky about who I would sell a $500 set to, so would put in your terms,
reserve the right to cancel orders.

2.) For people who request quotes, you can use Pirateship and they will show
you the options, USPS or UPS.

Veeqo integrates all the carriers, including Fedex.

3.) Buy ACCUTECK ShipPro 110lbs x 0.1 oz. Digital Shipping Postal Scale off of
Amazon. Costs $25.

4.) Try not to use USPS Ground Advantage. It is a garbage service. Good for bubble
mailers under one pound and not much else. Slow delivery means there is more
chance of damage. Also USPS is going to get you for overage charges above a certain
size.

5.) Require insurance over $100 and make buyer pay for it.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 17, 2024 00:55
 Subject: Re: Increase buyers leaving feedback
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In Selling, NerdyBirdBricks writes:
  I've noticed a few times buyers that leave feedback with other stores they've
bought from but not from ours. By no means do I think that we are doing an inadequate
job and the praise we do receive is wonderful so I am not trying to sound greedy
I just want to know what sellers do to increase their likelihood of buyers leaving
them feedback.


Do you send out a message asking for them to leave it?

Do you include a note in the order itself seeking it?


I have left feedback with them already but haven't received anything back,
we are still a fairly small operation, but I am confident that I am doing a great
job in quickly getting orders out and packaging contents safely and well so just
wondering if I need to be more bold about how I approach receiving praise from
others because it would help our store greatly!



Thanks for your time,

-Samantha

Leave a note in the order saying you will give them a coupon once they leave
feedback.

It can take a week to three weeks for me to leave feedback, as I leave it in
large batches.

So it is really annoying to have sellers emailing me begging for feedback, as
it wastes my time.

But it is rare that I ever have a seller ask for feedback.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 17, 2024 00:46
 Subject: Re: Printing Orders
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In Selling, krystensprouse writes:
  Need some opinions...

When you get an order and ship it out, do you print out their order and put it
in the package, and if so do you use color or black and white. Or do you not
even put one at all? Currently, I print out one sided black and white and was
told by my significant other that looks bad and cheap. Thoughts?

I print out a black and white order invoice, double sided.

It isn't for the buyer, but so that I can double check the order and especially
the buyer's address.

This prevents me from criss crossing orders and sending to the wrong buyer.

Personally, as a buyer, I don't care either way. I use BrickStore for checking
orders, so it is easy to identify the order.

At the very least I would include a business card with the order number or print
it on the shipping label.

Oddly enough, the one thing I notice is tape and boxes.

When you see a seller that uses paper tape or thick packing tape, the items inside
will always be high quality.

Same with boxes. Would much rather prefer a huge bubble mailer over one of those
low ECT boxes that you can crumple with your hands.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 11, 2024 03:00
 Subject: Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down?
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In LEGO products, dethkruzer writes:
  So I pretty recently bought the GWP Tahu and Takua set, and have been noticing
an alarming number of cracked parts. I put the set together, occasionally pose
it a little, but haven't done anything like repeatedly disassembling and
then reassembling the set. Most of the time the set is just standing on my little
shelf, not under any direct sunlight. Yet it seems like every time I pick the
build up, I find a new cracked piece. All three side-stud pieces in both takua's
and tahu's head are cracked. both the ingot pieces on Tahu's, cracked.
One of the arches making up takua's arm? Cracked. One of the half-pound tiles
that makes up takua's toes? Cracked.

And that's only what I've found. I have a suspicion that if I were to
take the set apart, I'd find even more cracked pieces.

So my question is, well, in the title.

Yes. For over a decade.

The 80s and 90s were really the golden era of LEGO quality. The Samsonite bricks
of the early era warped terribly.

There are tradeoffs though, the variety of molds and colors have increased.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 7, 2024 04:02
 Subject: Re: What is an incomplete set?
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In Terms and Policies, yorbrick writes:
  This comes from the May newsletter. I am now totally confused.

Listing incomplete sets

Let's talk about incomplete listings! Our Item Condition policy only allows
certain parts of a set to be missing, such as instructions or original packaging,
to qualify it as Incomplete.

When you list sets that are missing minifigures or just the minifigures from
a set, they should not be listed as an incomplete set. They are qualified as
'Custom items'. The process for listing them is the same, except that
you should check the 'Custom item' check box, as shown below.

Listing items as 'Custom' not only helps buyers in their search for specific
items, but it also helps keep our price guide more precise for sellers.


OK, so it seems if you remove the minifigures from a set, or sell part of a set,
that set can no longer be listed as incomplete but has to be listed as a custom
lot. What is an incomplete set. It says this policy change (?) is to keep the
price guide precise for sellers, but what are you comparing when looking at incomplete
sets?

If a set has 10 minifigures, and is missing 1, is it an incomplete set? What
about 5, or 9. According to the official statement missing all 10 is not an incomplete
set but a custom lot. So where is tge critical point?

Same with parts, how much can be missing and still be an incomplete set? And
if someone else has sold an incomplete set, how do I know how complete/incomplete
it was?

This seems to be a huge policy change, especially the part that an incomplete
set can only be missing the box and instructions. That was previously allowed
under the definition of a used but complete set, and my understanding was that
a used set could be complete if it was missing just the box and/or instructions,
but a seller should add comments to say these were missing.

I had a NEW set sealed in original polybags with instructions, just missing the
original box, and it got pulled. And yet USED complete can be listed without
the box.

I don't know why a set can't be listed as complete if it is only missing
the box or even the instructions.

The box is not necessary to the set, and the instructions can be downloaded directly
from LEGO.

How exactly does NEW complete differ from NEW sealed? The tape is broken?

This becomes a problem when seller wants to sell sets without boxes for more
efficient shipping.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 4, 2024 22:53
 Subject: Re: wrongful NSS
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In Help, coqie writes:
  A buyer placed a NSS (Non Shipping Seller alert) on an order in my store while
there's no doubt about the fact that I shipped it. I provided the shipping
company, tracking code and informed him myself about a delivery issue and the
fact it got lost. I suggested he could open a paypal claim to get refunded. He
finally did this but also placed a NSS what could cause me a lot of damage and
could result in a closure of my store if others do this again. It's already
the second time this happened. I informed him about the consequences this could
have to me and kindly requested to remove the NSS till the paypal claim is handled.
He does not respond. I also contacted bricklink administration but just like
previous time, they probably will take no action.
What can I do to get the NSS removed and how can I wake up bricklink to avoid
incorrect placed NSS in the future? It's very stressfull to receive a NSS
let be when it's based on false accusations.

The future solution is simple.

Refund the buyer.

You did not deliver the goods promised, because the buyer did not receive them.
EU consumer law is not complicated. You can do a simple Google search of "is
seller responsible for lost package in Belgium?" and click on the first link.


The buyer did communicate the issue with you, but you ignored their concerns.
They have now probably have assumed that you won't fix the issue, so they
are going to go through alternative methods.

I do not understand this mentality. It takes 3 strikes to close your store permanently.

Surely, you make more a month than whatever this order cost (which you legally
owe the buyer anyway).
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 Posted: May 4, 2024 22:25
 Subject: Re: Would you consider these instructions damaged
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In Problem Order, Dhobeck writes:
  In Problem Order, BrickDeals writes:
  In Problem Order, Dhobeck writes:
  Hi I received an order today it mostly consisted of instructions. I purchased
the instructions to complete used sets but this is how I received them. All of
the other ones had fold parts I don’t want to be difficult however I do plan
on rebuilding them in to sets and selling them. Would this be enough to warrant
a partial refund?

Damage should be noted by the seller, but honestly there is not enough information
here.

You say you ordered instructions? What was the total value? Were all of them
in the same condition?

I ordered 6 instructions, 2 parts, and 1 set. For the instructions it was $2.40,
the parts were $0.55, and the set was $10.91. The parts and set were in great
condition. The 2 instructions shown in the first post were the only ones I was
concerned about.

  
You are showing 60 cents worth of instructions, so you can rebuild a $10 set
to resell?

Basically yes

  
I'm just trying to put things in perspective here.

Also despite the low value of the instructions, few sellers seem to have them
in stock, so you have to weigh what it would have cost you to make a separate
order.

If someone wants a pristine copy of instructions, they can download them directly
from LEGO.

I wouldn't worry about it. I won't even message a seller unless it is
over a $1.00.

It costs me more to worry about it and write the email than I would get back.

If it bothers you, write to the seller. Most people aren't going to mind
giving you a refund.
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 Posted: May 4, 2024 19:07
 Subject: Re: Would you consider these instructions damaged
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In Problem Order, Dhobeck writes:
  Hi I received an order today it mostly consisted of instructions. I purchased
the instructions to complete used sets but this is how I received them. All of
the other ones had fold parts I don’t want to be difficult however I do plan
on rebuilding them in to sets and selling them. Would this be enough to warrant
a partial refund?

Damage should be noted by the seller, but honestly there is not enough information
here.

You say you ordered instructions? What was the total value? Were all of them
in the same condition?

You are showing 60 cents worth of instructions, so you can rebuild a $10 set
to resell?

I'm just trying to put things in perspective here.

Also despite the low value of the instructions, few sellers seem to have them
in stock, so you have to weigh what it would have cost you to make a separate
order.

If someone wants a pristine copy of instructions, they can download them directly
from LEGO.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 4, 2024 03:13
 Subject: Re: Charging others for your PayPal fee
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In Selling, Amazingly writes:
  Can a store in the USA charge other stores in the USA for their PayPal fee?
Thanks

Not only against Paypal terms, but it is illegal in California starting in July.

It isn't hard to simply add 3% to your store prices to cover the fee.

But sellers who tack the fee on later get the advantage in the price guide, which
I just consider to be dishonest.

Personally, I least favorite stores that do this, but I will continue to push
Bricklink to change to terms of the site to prohibit junk fees.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: May 2, 2024 01:38
 Subject: Re: Problem buyer or is it me? AITA? NSS Case
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In Buying, BigBBricks writes:
  I incorrectly shipped a BAM rerelease torso to a customer instead of the CMF
torso that was listed. An honest mistake and one that I apologized for repeatedly
and immediately refunded the buyer as soon as they pointed out the error. Now
they have opened a NSS case against me and are demanding that I ship them the
correct torso even though we do not have it in stock and have already refunded
them. What do I do here?

The buyer already attempted to negotiate the price of an element they already
received but failed to mention anything about the price of the element when they
made the purchase, only doing so just before receiving the refund for the missing
part. Buyer is also asking for a refund of $10 for the parts they felt were over
priced vs the market on top of sending them the correct torso they were already
refunded for.

Buyer has a 20+ year history on BrickLink and from reviewing their feedback,
they have the propensity, IMO, to leave negative feedback.

NOTE: Avg BL price is ~$3-5 USD, element in this color was released once as part
of a CMF, I have already adjusted the price down for the rest of the community,
I didn't realize it was over avg. Had the buyer approached this differently,
I most certainly would have too.

This is an ongoing NSS

Thank you for any input you may have on this, especially if AITA. I'm a one
Dad show working out of our family basement fulltime. If I'm the problem,
I want to correct myself.

I almost always take the buyer's side, but in this case...

This is a problem buyer/seller who should have been kicked off the platform years
ago.

6% of feedback left by this buyer is negative (which is unheard of over so many
transactions).

The funny part is that as a seller, they have a history of sending out dodgy
parts and then making excuses in their feedback replies.

They will be the 10th person added to my stoplist in 20 years.
 Author: BrickDeals View Messages Posted By BrickDeals
 Posted: Apr 30, 2024 22:44
 Subject: Re: US Sales tax exemption any luck?
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In Selling, watch505 writes:
  Any sucessfully recieve their exemption?

Bricklink emailed a list of members two weeks ago allowing sellers to apply,

I responded with my sales tax certificate, they asked for an additional form
which I provided. Now its radio silence for a week and still no exemption.

I just went through the same process with Uline and it took an hour:/

I was one of the first to apply, took around a week.
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 Posted: Apr 29, 2024 11:56
 Subject: Re: We should be able to get rid of some users
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In Help, Shintaku writes:
  Hello,

I'm here since 2007, it makes 17 happy years on bricklink for me and it's
a site I use daily.

I want to say that I also wrote several LEGO books and dedicated one to the late
Dan Jezek, who in my opinion built this site with an ethical view in his mind.

But there's one thing I always have problems, because now I would really
like to leave a negative feedback and I feel my hands are tied.

This user, you can look within his feedbacks, is at his second attempt to get
money from sellers for factitious reasons. He was passive-aggressive and tried
to extort me money. When I refused only because I know PayPal's TOS, this
user tried to trick me into giving him back all the shipping costs.

The last message he wrote me, as you can see, is something that should NOT be
tolerable on this platform. Though what he says, I have never ever insulted a
bricklink user in my life, I have never told a single lie, and being insulted
this way is something that should never be accepted here.

I believe bricklink should have a "report" button when an user says such
infamous things to another user.

Here we trade bricks, things that should carry happyness and joy.
I just sell stuff to buy more LEGO for myself, I am not a professional, still
I try to act in the most professional way I can.

But users like this and the fact they can pasture here on bricklink because if
I leave him a negative he will retaliate and this is more a damage for me than
for him... it's something that saddens me.

I suggest you to block this user as I did, and forgive me for my rant, I hope
this reaches to the mod team and they can start thinking something about this.

Like, for example, I would be very happy if they prevented such user to leave
me a feedback, so that I can leave a negative with no second thoughts.

Thanks

Sellers shouldn't be able to leave feedback for buyers.

Every other platform, eBay, Amazon, etsy, the owners realized that allowing sellers
to leave feedback is toxic.

The buyer had one job, they paid you. If they didn't because you don't
use instant checkout for some insane reason, file an NPB.

If there are disputes afterward deal with it through Paypal.

Bad sellers hurt the marketplace much more than bad buyers.

I say this with 20 years experience on Bricklink.
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 Posted: Apr 28, 2024 13:44
 Subject: Re: What are the guidelines, really?
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In General, popsicle writes:
  We had season passes the first two years of LegoLand, CA's opening, my son,
daughter and I. Mostly as a place to hang out when bored, sometimes just somewhere
to eat our lunch outdoors. It was a very nice environment for the kids and I
in the earlier years of its opening. Very relaxed wonderful space for them especially.
Good memories

So almost inevitably, we became friends with some that worked there. In particular
was a woman that ran the injection molding display at the park, my kids speaking
Swedish and her being from and missing her family in Sweden, it just happened.
Anyway, we ended up with a lot of souvenirs she liked to give them, samples from
what the displayed LEGO injection molding machine processed throughout the day.
This was before our involvement with BL and the selling of LEGO, or really even
as enthusiastic fans of LEGO, and so they were just fun items for my son and
daughter to take home.

Cutting back towards the point: These items were produced on an official LEGO
injection molding machine by a LEGO affiliated employee. Would these unique items
hypothetically then be allowed into the BL catalog? I say hypothetically, as
we no longer have the parts. Tossed them long ago, actually

Now to the point: What does actually qualify as "officially" LEGO
and therefore allowed to be sold here?
Maybe more definitive guidelines would
be useful to all of within the secondary marketplace?

Just some (anecdotal backed) pondering

-popsicle

People need to stop picking at a scab and making themselves bleed.

Where do you want to draw the line?

LEGO could require you to submit invoices and receipts for every item you sell.

While this would no doubt cut down on the small percent of the community who
buy fenced goods, thieves, and factory fiends, it would be a nuisance for sellers
overall, especially for people who have older pieces and sets.

LEGO has a general hands-off policy regarding the secondary market, and it is
best it be kept that way.
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 Posted: Apr 24, 2024 20:09
 Subject: Re: BLOCKED FROM WEBSITE
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In Technical Issues, 9_lives_bricks writes:
  Over a month ago, Bricklink blocked us from their website, because we were taking
statistical data from the store ranking list to put on our personal excel spreadsheets.
We have sent multiple emails to Bricklink, asking to resolve this issue and
we have yet to receive any replies to our requests. Also, our service provider
cannot change our IP address and resetting our router also does not change our
IP. We need this resolved soon. Does anyone know how we can contact Bricklink
by phone, or how we can fix this problem?

I would start by reading the TOS you agreed to when you signed up on the site.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/terms_of_service.page
Pay particular attention to Section 17.

I have gotten 1 minute blocks back when I was least favoriting 10,000 stores
(at 9,653 right now), because I was loading stores so fast.

If this has been going on for a month, the problem isn't going to fix itself.
You must have been doing some hard scraping to where the site considered it a
DDOS attack.

I would not repeat this behavior in the future. The API is provided, learn how
to use it.

Here are 5 options. This isn't even a full list.

1.) Send endless emails letting Bricklink staff know you were abusing their site.
Probably doesn't matter because you are unlikely to get a response that solves
your problem.

2.) Change your IP address. If your router doesn't have this feature, buy
another router.

3.) Request your provider change your IP address. You didn't try hard enough.


4.) Switch providers.

5.) Use a VPN with coupon for $25-$30 US a year ($2 a month).

Youtube and Google are your friends.
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 Posted: Apr 23, 2024 01:40
 Subject: Re: Fees
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In Shipping, justwright writes:
  Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.

Bricklink must legally comply with SB-478 Consumers Legal Remedies Act, which
will be the law in the state of California effective July 1, 2024.

Personally rather than create a system that specifically targets California sellers,
I would prefer a prohibition on the practice of unnecessary fees sitewide.

The practice itself is deceptive, because it manipulates the price guide, making
some sellers prices look artificially cheap.


Under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Section 1770(a)

The unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
listed in this subdivision undertaken by any person in a transaction
intended
to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer
are unlawful:

(29) (A) Advertising, displaying, or offering a price for a good or service
that does not include all mandatory fees or charges other than
either of
the following:

(i) Taxes or fees imposed by a government on the transaction.

(ii) Postage or carriage charges that will be reasonably and actually
incurred to ship the physical good to the consumer.
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In Off Topic, pcthurman writes:
  Today when I logged on to Bricklink, I realized that 20 years and 2 days ago,
4/20/2004 I created my account AND placed my first order. 20 years!

Thank you to Dan Jezek for designing Bricklink all those decades ago!

Thank you Bricklink for without this marketplace I would not have had a viable
business model that has worked for 20 years.

Thank you to the countless stores across the world that have provided me with
excellent service!

Thank you to the Community (both in chat & forum) for all the questions answered,
the laughs, the Pizza & Mustard wars, the long debates, the catalog adds & changes,
and a place to go to feel included.

I look forward to the next 20 years whatever they may bring.

Forever grateful,
Cass T

Welcome to the club.

Have you lived in F-burg the whole 20 years? I live in Louisa County, seems weird
we have never met.

Are you the one outbidding me on Rappahannock Goodwill?
I'm trying to get more used LEGO homie.
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In Help, sasquatch_eater writes:
  Can someone help me here? this may sound unprofessional, but I have seen plenty
of minifigures listed as having been in a 'foil pack' such as:

 
Set No: 892285  Name: Benthomaar foil pack
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892285-1 (Inv) Benthomaar foil pack
6 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2022
Sets: NINJAGO: Seabound

but I have no idea where these come from. Could someone please enlighten me?
Thanks very much.

---Ivan

As others have said, magazine promotions. They switched over to paper bags in
2022.
Germans and Poles seem to have the most.

I suspect there are a few sellers who have the hookup to where they buy up all
the unsold magazines (or raid a dumpster/pay a worker where they are being thrown
away) for the minifigs.

They could be buying retail, but I find it hard to believe they are picking up
1000 of the same set by visiting stores and paying retail price.

In the US, LEGO has produced promotional figures that come with DVD/Blu-ray (LEGO
movie, superheroes), and I have recently seen small children's books that
include a minifigure at Dollar General.
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In Taxes, Admin_Russell writes:
  In Taxes, cosmicray writes:
  Yesterday I received two messages from one of the BL CE accounts, informing me
that US sellers are now able to submit their reseller certificate, in order to
be allowed tax exempt purchases.

I'm seeing no announcement about this in the Community. Is this official
? Personally, I do not see myself making use of it going forward, as I don't
wish to acquire additional inventory.

Nita Rae

Yes, it is official. However, we limited the scope of communication to members
who had initially shown interest in the development of this feature.

Hello Admin Russell,

I have in the past couple years sent a couple emails to the helpdesk requesting
this feature and have asked for the feature to be added on multiple occasions.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1390647

I sent a helpdesk request under other issues.

Since I need to send in a couple pdfs, hopefully there will be an email address
to attach the documentation to.

Alex
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In General, Lonely_Brick_OH writes:
  I have seen quite the spike in "we did not get our package" things.

One guy refused due to VAT
Another said he did not get his package when the track clearly says it was delivered.

No clue.

We have had around 10 of these in the past 3 months.

Maybe it is time to just go domestic?

Your thoughts?

It hasn't been worth shipping to Europe the past decade.

Shipping USPS International is outrageously expensive.

If you ship using Ascendia, the shipping is a bit cheaper, but it is going through
third party, so riskier.

Then Europeans whine about VAT even though they voted for welfare states, so
they want you to lie on customs form, which is a federal crime.

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