Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Stone_Goblin  | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2014 16:35 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 8362-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 44676pb015L Black Flag 2 x 2 Trapezoid with Red Pattern, Model Left (Sticker) - Set 8362 (Counterpart)
* Add 1 Part 44676pb015R Black Flag 2 x 2 Trapezoid with Red Pattern, Model Right (Sticker) - Set 8362 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2014 17:20 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7690-1 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 3068bpb848 Black Tile 2 x 2 with "HIGH RISK AREA' and Orange Hexagon with Black Border and 3 Missiles Pattern (Sticker) - Set 7690 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | May 15, 2014 23:53 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 7245-2 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 52031pb076 White Wedge 4 x 6 x 2/3 Triple Curved with Blue Stripe Pattern (Sticker) - Set 7245-2 (Counterpart)
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2012 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Button Solution (Requirements by German Law) | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bagelboybugle writes:
| | In Suggestions, Stone_Goblin writes:
| | In Suggestions, bagelboybugle writes:
| | In Suggestions, crazybirdman writes:
| | ditto, that would greatly help with the people that change their mind after they
see the shipping price, or think the shipping is included.
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Which is another technicality. Strictly speaking, under the laws of some states,
it should be more explicit within the system that delivery is not included in
the price
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Why would anybody assume free shipping, though? 
John @ LibertyBRICK
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because free shipping is the norm for millions of people who order from sites
such as amazon
but thats not the point, the point is that its a technicality in law, not a technicality
in consumer assumption
Gareth
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Apparently I'm not in the norm as when I frequent Amazon it shows shipping costs
for items (unless of course it explicitly states a super saver shipping option
in which case I know how I'm qualifying for it).
John
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2012 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: Button Solution (Requirements by German Law) | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bagelboybugle writes:
| | In Suggestions, crazybirdman writes:
| | ditto, that would greatly help with the people that change their mind after they
see the shipping price, or think the shipping is included.
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Which is another technicality. Strictly speaking, under the laws of some states,
it should be more explicit within the system that delivery is not included in
the price
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Why would anybody assume free shipping, though?
John @ LibertyBRICK
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2012 10:01 | | Subject: | Re: Button Solution (Requirements by German Law) | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, franz76906 writes:
| | In Suggestions, mabccc writes:
| | 3) SHIPPING COSTS:
Additionally to the above mentioned summary the seller must SHOW the SHIPPING
COSTS BEFORE CHECKOUT!
Well that is a good idea. Hopefully it could also show all extra charges, including
PayPal fees and all other add on fees.
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Good poitn!
IF a seller charges other fees, these would have to be shown according to the
law.
(I'm not accustomed to that as we don't have such additional charges and fees
in our store.  )
Rgds
Thomas
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Does this not violate PayPal policy? If so I expect PayPal would make an exception
to keep doing business (wasn't there a similar news story recently?).
John @ LibertyBRICK
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2011 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| "easily"? That's a stretch, though I can see some AFOL's spending habits as being
potentially harmful to their personal finances. 
The organizations you mention are large and influential in part because of collusion
with political and financial institutions with incentives derived outside of
pleasing customers and open competition. The moral hazard to commit fraud is
directly tied to ones accountability to their actions, or lack thereof.
BrickLink merchants are tethered to feedback and community pressures to maintain
credibility. Certification is not a panacea. In all things, competition can help
to keep participants honest. Competing certification could solve the problem
at any scale.
John @ LibertyBRICK
In Suggestions, CPgolfaddict writes:
| | If we went down this sort of path, we could easily become like other ratings
agency/organizations. See news in recent years in the US regarding:
A. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) giving good ratings to poor companies that
pay the BBB.
B. Debt rating agencies that were part of the problem in the housing market
bubble. (Moody's, Standard & Poor's, etc).
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2011 10:06 | | Subject: | Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Building a reputation takes some time, but if you're a good seller it's vastly
easier to do than to try defrauding people right out of the gate. Learning from
mistakes is tuition itself in life. Buyers will need to learn in their own time
about risk and seller reputation.
BrickLink has a good reputation on the whole... but if you want to improve upon
that, start a certification club like I suggested.
Binding people to more restrictive financial mechanisms in order to satisfy a
personal concern over the security of transactions is overbearing IMO.
John @ LibertyBRICK
In Suggestions, locutis writes:
| | In Suggestions, whooshka82 writes:
| | In Suggestions, locutis writes:
| | BrickLink should setup a system where a seller would need to have a credit card
to sell on BL, and BL charges the seller a small amount (say $5) to setup the
store, and activate it, and verify the seller's information that is on BL against
the credit card.
The $5 would offset any costs associated with checking names/addresses. Once
BL has a card # and a charge on it, they can verify the name and address to the
card, and they know that they are dealing with a real person, at a real address.
Or, maybe make this an option, and have a store icon that shows that the seller
is verified.
Or, perhaps make this a requirement only if the seller wishes to sell high value
products, or lots of items valued at a high value.
I would gladly do this for my store, to show that I'm legit and serious about
selling.
Locutis
Resistance is futile.
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It's a NO from me, if a fraudster can get around the paypal verification and
addresses etc and be paying the BL fees surely they will get around the credit
card verification as well.
To sell, be it online or a traditional shop - possibly even more important online,
a store needs to build a reputation. On BL feedback is the obvious way for building
a reputation shared with all, though regular and valuable contributions in chat
or on the forum would not go unnoticed.
TBH (and truthfully not meaning to offend and apologise in advance should I do
so) this concept sounds like a plan from someone desperate to sell and get around
the nervousness buyers including myself treat a store with only feedback of 4.
Build a reputation buy from other stores to stock your own to build feeback
numbers possibly, and the customers will come.
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I realize that a fraudster can get around verifications, but many can't. This
would eliminate the ones who can't get around the verification. I also understand
that you need to build a reputation, but what happens when you have accumulated
a bunch of Lego, or you source your Lego directly from S@H and now you want to
sell it off to make some money? I myself am not all that interested in buying
stuff from BL just to increase my FB. I realize that I could easily place 100
x $10 orders to "stock my store" and then have a FB of 100, but then I'd have
put out $1000 for stuff I'm not that interested in selling. There are a lot
of parts/elements sellers on here (more than sets sellers, it seems) but what
about the person who just collects full sets? Buying full sets from other BL
members can become expensive.
For example, the exchange rate from Canada to the USA is about par, but the S@H
pricing is about 30%. I usually order from USA S@H at their better prices, when
there are double VIP points, and free shipping. I have my stuff sent to the
USA, and pick it up when I can get it back tax free. I then can resell to Canadians
(not I don't bother selling internationally) at a price advantage and make some
money. The items I target are modular buildings and trains, which, in my opinion
can only increase in value over time.
By your statement of "only a feedback of 4" I think you may be targeting me,
even though you inserted the "not meaning to offend and apologise in advance
should I do so". I decided to sell on BL to recoup the costs associated with
losing some money. I thought the best way was to buy items I am also interested
in, so that should I not be able to sell them, I can always just use them.
Right now there is absolutely NOTHING on BL for a seller to go through to open
a store and sell. This is unacceptable in my opinion. Forcing a seller to buy
from other BL members first and build up a heavy FB rating in order to setup
shop is worse than requiring a credit card, in my opinion.
Locutis
Resistance is futile.
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| Author: | Stone_Goblin | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2011 08:55 | | Subject: | Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, locutis writes:
| | BrickLink should setup a system where a seller would need to have a credit card
to sell on BL, and BL charges the seller a small amount (say $5) to setup the
store, and activate it, and verify the seller's information that is on BL against
the credit card.
The $5 would offset any costs associated with checking names/addresses. Once
BL has a card # and a charge on it, they can verify the name and address to the
card, and they know that they are dealing with a real person, at a real address.
Or, maybe make this an option, and have a store icon that shows that the seller
is verified.
Or, perhaps make this a requirement only if the seller wishes to sell high value
products, or lots of items valued at a high value.
I would gladly do this for my store, to show that I'm legit and serious about
selling.
Locutis
Resistance is futile.
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It is better to create incentives for commerce than prohibitions of participation.
I object to the idea that one needs a credit card in order to buy OR sell items,
clearly.
There's nothing preventing some voluntary organization of BrickLink sellers where
they could certify one another as 'trusted' merchants. You could then use a certification
graphic with a link to an offsite page verifying the status of the participating
seller within your group. You could optionally accept membership fees to this
certification group, and if you wanted to go further to create trust with customers,
set up some kind of insurance or support if participating members failed to live
up to the group's standard of association. Problem solved, IMHO.
John @ LibertyBRICK
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