Discussion Forum: Thread 320799

 Author: Ddriver View Messages Posted By Ddriver
 Posted: May 6, 2022 01:18
 Subject: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 258 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

Ddriver (1494)

Location:  Switzerland, Bern
Member Since Contact Type Status
Dec 26, 2014 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Swiss Rare Sets or Bricks
Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: May 6, 2022 01:37
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 72 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

Nubs_Select (3757)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
Member Since Contact Type Status
Mar 15, 2016 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Nub's Select
Not everyone “closes” orders. Sometimes they are left on shipped sometimes they
are left on received and sometimes they are left of completed. I wouldnt worry
about it at all. If the buyer has paid and you’ve shipped the order out and there
hasn’t been any messages regarding any problems worth the order then the transaction
is finished and nothing else needs to be done.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: May 6, 2022 02:25
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 62 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

yorbrick (1182)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Apr 11, 2011 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Yorbricks
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.

File the order and it disappears from your current orders. Don't hassle buyers
after they have paid and received their order.
 Author: tons_of_bricks View Messages Posted By tons_of_bricks
 Posted: May 6, 2022 06:08
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 85 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

tons_of_bricks (12746)

Location:  USA, Missouri
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jan 12, 2016 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Tons of Bricks (GDM)
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.

Many of my customers don't even switch it over to received, let alone completed.
Why is this so important to you? Just move on. Do you really want to upset your
customer(s) and risk your reputation just because they don't do things the
way you want them to?
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: May 6, 2022 07:39
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 58 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

peregrinator (772)

Location:  USA, New Jersey
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jan 21, 2003 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Faber Family Bricks
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

You mean he wants you to give feedback first? I don't see how that's
against BrickLink's terms. Feedback extortion is, but he's not holding
anything over your head by not setting the order to Complete. Just file it and
move on.
 Author: alexwilcox View Messages Posted By alexwilcox
 Posted: May 6, 2022 08:53
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 56 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

alexwilcox (2002)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
Member Since Contact Type Status
Mar 21, 2003 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Bracknell Bricks
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.

I find this post very odd for someone with such a high feedback score as yourself
and am wondering if you haven't told us something?
 Author: Macaronis View Messages Posted By Macaronis
 Posted: May 6, 2022 09:11
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 64 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

Macaronis (725)

Location:  USA, New York
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jun 13, 2002 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store Closed Store: Midnight Leftovers
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.


WOW... If you really Expect this out of BL buyers you are going to be EXTREMELY
disappointed. As someone who's been here since 2002 I can say in a ratio
You should consider being lucky if you can get 60% of your buyers to update the
status, As well as 75% of those to leave you feedback. If you can get that consider
yourself doing well. Just worry about doing the best job you can. If anything
the FB system is what needs attention not the status.
 Author: sickofthis88 View Messages Posted By sickofthis88
 Posted: May 6, 2022 09:19
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 74 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

sickofthis88 (409)

Location:  USA, Maryland
Member Since Contact Type Status
Nov 25, 2017 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store Closed Store: Wickednessofoz
I have been a buyer for years and only had one issue so I no longer deal with
that shop. In my defense, I knew better than to buy from them as the negative
reviews are in the hundreds.

I always leave feed back but, as a buyer I don't always receive feedback
from the sellers even when I leave a positive review. Because I buy a lot, I
mark things completed and then filed so I don't have to look at it when I
am checking order status. I don't know from a buyer's perspective whether
or not you can just file this order and be done with it or not.

Some of the sellers don't leave feedback but actually give me coupons for
the next purchase so I guess I was a good buyer. I would not worry about it
as long as they don't say anything negative.

Debbie
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: May 6, 2022 09:13
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 53 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

axaday (7301)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jun 28, 2005 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store Closed Store: Axaday
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.

Ignore it. Why does it bother you?
 Author: edk View Messages Posted By edk
 Posted: May 6, 2022 10:29
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 56 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

edk (9171)

Location:  USA, Michigan
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jan 17, 2005 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Timeless Toy Bricks
In Terms and Policies, axaday writes:
  In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.

Ignore it. Why does it bother you?

+1
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: May 6, 2022 09:19
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 57 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

jennnifer (3532)

Location:  USA, Illinois
Member Since Contact Type Status
Sep 8, 2009 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Old Grey Bricks
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

The buyer does not have to 'close' the order. Nor should you request
it.
  
I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".


That's a huge assumption on your part. Wow.

  This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

No, the are no rules or terms regarding how we all handle the Order Status.
  
What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Help yourself by learning from this error and moving on!

Good luck,
Jen

  
Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.
 Author: Biglesdug View Messages Posted By Biglesdug
 Posted: May 6, 2022 10:35
 Subject: Re: Force me to give a valuation
 Viewed: 71 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

Biglesdug (2521)

Location:  USA, Connecticut
Member Since Contact Type Status
Jul 12, 2011 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store: Big Les's Bricks and Bits
In Terms and Policies, Ddriver writes:
  Hello,

I have the following problem:

A buyer bought a minifigure from my shop that was still sealed in the bag and
also received it.
Now the order has been set to "Received" for days and the buyer does not respond
to the request to close the order.

I know what he is pushing for: He wants to force me to give a valuation first
and only then does the buyer set the order to "Completed".

This is clearly against the terms of BrickLink.

What should I do or who from BrickLink can help me?

Best regards Daniel and stay healthy.

If a buyer pays for the order, why wouldn't you leave them feedback first?
To me they did their part in the transaction.