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 Author: NorthJ90 View Messages Posted By NorthJ90
 Posted: Jun 30, 2019 08:03
 Subject: Connecting to Royal Mail
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 Topic: Suggestions
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NorthJ90 (158)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Nov 11, 2015 Contact Member Seller
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Store: JBNBuilds
It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.

Also if the shipping could be a little easier, I used to prefer the old way of
selecting a country, but I know the change was for auto invoicing etc.

Is there any guide that can help me or suggestions on making things easier?
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jun 30, 2019 08:43
 Subject: Re: Connecting to Royal Mail
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 Topic: Suggestions
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: Yorbricks
In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:
  It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.


I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.

Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.
 Author: Rob_and_Shelagh View Messages Posted By Rob_and_Shelagh
 Posted: Jul 1, 2019 04:17
 Subject: Re: Connecting to Royal Mail
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 Topic: Suggestions
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Rob_and_Shelagh (26271)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: YELLOW FARM BRICKS
In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:
  It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.


I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.

Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.


+1


I would not pay higher fees for this either. Also I don't think it really
practical as different sellers interface differently with RoyalMail depending
on which business or consumer services they use. Our online business account
uses a SAP based UI for example.

If We had hundreds of orders per day maybe we'd be looking for more automated
tools specific for our setup but for the volume most BL stores handle I can't
imagine where significant savings would come from.


Robert
 Author: misbi View Messages Posted By misbi
 Posted: Jul 1, 2019 06:28
 Subject: Re: Connecting to Royal Mail
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 Topic: Suggestions
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misbi (8758)

Location:  United Kingdom, Scotland
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Store: Brickshop UK
In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
  In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
  In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:
  It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.


I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.

Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.


+1


I would not pay higher fees for this either. Also I don't think it really
practical as different sellers interface differently with RoyalMail depending
on which business or consumer services they use. Our online business account
uses a SAP based UI for example.


  Robert

+1
OBA UI is sufficient for our needs currently.
 Author: gee_eddy View Messages Posted By gee_eddy
 Posted: Jul 19, 2019 07:41
 Subject: Re: Connecting to Royal Mail
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 Topic: Suggestions
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gee_eddy (5034)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:
  It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.

Also if the shipping could be a little easier, I used to prefer the old way of
selecting a country, but I know the change was for auto invoicing etc.

Is there any guide that can help me or suggestions on making things easier?


Even if the order download would include addresses like it does on Brickowl it
would make things simpler. Just download as a CSV and upload into RM click and
drop.