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| | | Author: | par016  | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2014 09:28 | | Subject: | Address Format | | Viewed: | 191 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| So I thought of this one last night while filling out what feels like the 10th
international customs form of the week.
Ever try to fill out a customs form just to shake your head and think "What
part of this address do I put where on this form?" (think Singapore, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, etc)
Well, in the US (and possibly some other countries) when you enter your address
on BrickLink there are separate spots to enter your name, street address, city,
state/providence, zip code etc. So BrickLink knows the breakdown of the address.
There are some countries that do not have this available when entering their
address. Instead it is just a text box where they enter the entire address.
I think BrickLink should used the individual boxes address form for every country
and then BrickLink should make the breakdown available to sellers so they will
be able to determine what each section of the address is. So if I wanted to
know which part of the address was the city then I would be able to see that.
I understand that every country has their own format for mailing addresses.
Even if someone can't fill in all aspects of the address because their country
doesn't use every part, most addresses contain the same aspects but in a
different organization. The breakdown would make a seller's job much easier
instead of trying to determine which part is the city and which is the providence
etc.
-Pete
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| | | | | Author: | Biglesdug | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2014 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Address Format | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2014 10:32 | | Subject: | Re: Address Format | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Daave writes:
Very interesting. The doctor part was something I had not heard before that
I thought was very unique, though I am not sure how I feel about it.
-Pete
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| | | | | Author: | QCBricks | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2014 09:54 | | Subject: | Re: Address Format | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| This would be very helpful! Some international addresses come to us with the
name on the 1st line, the entire address on the 2nd line and the country on the
final line. While we know the expected format of some of the countries we most
frequently sell to, it would be nice to not have to research the address format
every time there is one that we don't recognize or isn't broken down
in the proper order. A bit of guidance when the buyer inputs the address into
the system would sure help!
Good idea!
Thanks,
Melissa
In Suggestions, par016 writes:
| | So I thought of this one last night while filling out what feels like the 10th
international customs form of the week.
Ever try to fill out a customs form just to shake your head and think "What
part of this address do I put where on this form?" (think Singapore, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, etc)
Well, in the US (and possibly some other countries) when you enter your address
on BrickLink there are separate spots to enter your name, street address, city,
state/providence, zip code etc. So BrickLink knows the breakdown of the address.
There are some countries that do not have this available when entering their
address. Instead it is just a text box where they enter the entire address.
I think BrickLink should used the individual boxes address form for every country
and then BrickLink should make the breakdown available to sellers so they will
be able to determine what each section of the address is. So if I wanted to
know which part of the address was the city then I would be able to see that.
I understand that every country has their own format for mailing addresses.
Even if someone can't fill in all aspects of the address because their country
doesn't use every part, most addresses contain the same aspects but in a
different organization. The breakdown would make a seller's job much easier
instead of trying to determine which part is the city and which is the providence
etc.
-Pete
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| | | | | Author: | MYLEGOBRICKS | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2014 09:57 | | Subject: | Re: Address Format | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, par016 writes:
| | So I thought of this one last night while filling out what feels like the 10th
international customs form of the week.
Ever try to fill out a customs form just to shake your head and think "What
part of this address do I put where on this form?" (think Singapore, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, etc)
Well, in the US (and possibly some other countries) when you enter your address
on BrickLink there are separate spots to enter your name, street address, city,
state/providence, zip code etc. So BrickLink knows the breakdown of the address.
There are some countries that do not have this available when entering their
address. Instead it is just a text box where they enter the entire address.
I think BrickLink should used the individual boxes address form for every country
and then BrickLink should make the breakdown available to sellers so they will
be able to determine what each section of the address is. So if I wanted to
know which part of the address was the city then I would be able to see that.
I understand that every country has their own format for mailing addresses.
Even if someone can't fill in all aspects of the address because their country
doesn't use every part, most addresses contain the same aspects but in a
different organization. The breakdown would make a seller's job much easier
instead of trying to determine which part is the city and which is the providence
etc.
-Pete
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| | | | | Author: | lovaquero | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2014 10:34 | | Subject: | Re: Address Format | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Some food for thought:
(1) If you live in a country that does not use an address format similar to the
US format, then the US format is odd. So trying to fill out a US-address formatted
form would be somewhat confusing, despite that majority of the world using that
format
(2) Some countries do not have zip codes.
(3) You typically do not have to worry too much as the USPS does not deliver
the package and does not have to interpret the address. That is the job of the
Postal service of the coujtry in question, and I am going to postulate that foreign
post service knows how to read that address...
It really is not that big of a deal as long as you follow the format of the address
provided by the Buyer. As long as you have the country USPS will get the package
to that country. If you follow the format provided by the buyer, there is a
high probability that the post service in that country will know how to interpet
the address.
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USA, New York
United Kingdom, England
