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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2023 23:39 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2023 23:44 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, UTLF writes:
| | I've recently had a buyer place an order in my store & they've changed
their country about 15 times in the span of a few weeks, first it was Canada,
then UK, then Singapore, and a few others I've seen but can't recall;
I find it strange that Bricklink allows buyers to constantly change their country,
let alone their address, as there's no reason for it and seems extremely
suspicious
So far I haven't had any problems with the buyer in question, but at the
same time I can't help but be concerned when this guy seems to be going around
the world in less than 80 days
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Wasn’t that the name of an old pc game? It sounds so familiar and I think it’s
on I played a lot
| | On top of this, I've seen someone else get suspended for the same behaviour
before (as they've posted on the forums about it) yet somehow this buyer
is fine - the only explanation for this would be that the buyer is using freight
forwarders, but the address I sent to was a normal office building and didn't
seem to have any sort of forwarding company tied to it
Has anyone else experienced something similar? If so, what are your thoughts
on buyers being allowed to change their addresses so often? As far as I'm
aware, sellers can't do it without their stores needing to be re-verified,
so why is it any different for buyers?
I personally feel like there should be a cooldown implemented to avoid any possible
issues
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| | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 00:04 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Wasn’t that the name of an old pc game? It sounds so familiar and I think it’s
on I played a lot
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Days_(2005_video_game)
Apparently, it's based on a novel of the same name
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 00:12 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | jaradtke | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 05:40 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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 I didn’t even know it was a book until yesterday
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | taxan | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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I didn’t even know it was a book until yesterday
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Dont forget the TV-serie
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, taxan writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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I didn’t even know it was a book until yesterday
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Dont forget the TV-serie
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I only say the movie when looking online (unless that’s actually a series )
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | taxan | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:00 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, taxan writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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I didn’t even know it was a book until yesterday
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Dont forget the TV-serie
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I only say the movie when looking online (unless that’s actually a series )
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Swedish Television did a serie 1975 (didn't know it was a Swedish production)
based on the book.
Dam now i feel old 
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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I didn’t even know it was a book until yesterday
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Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:46 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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I didn’t even know it was a book until yesterday
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Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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Only a few but otherwise reading uses to much brainpower and more then like 15
min of reading gives me a headache
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:52 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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Only a few but otherwise reading uses to much brainpower and more then like 15
min of reading gives me a headache
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I’m not asking people to read the books! Just the titles and author names would
be enough. After all, it’s what most “educated” people do.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:00 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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Only a few but otherwise reading uses to much brainpower and more then like 15
min of reading gives me a headache
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I’m not asking people to read the books! Just the titles and author names would
be enough. After all, it’s what most “educated” people do.
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BTW, there was a furry version too: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135114/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_8_dr
Childhood memories….
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:06 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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Only a few but otherwise reading uses to much brainpower and more then like 15
min of reading gives me a headache
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I’m not asking people to read the books! Just the titles and author names would
be enough. After all, it’s what most “educated” people do.
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BTW, there was a furry version too:
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:43 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | BTW, there was a furry version too:
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😳😳😳
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Yep, and this is the real Sherlock: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088109/
You, young ones, missed on many things
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:45 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | BTW, there was a furry version too:
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😳😳😳
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Yep, and this is the real Sherlock: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088109/
You, young ones, missed on many things
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I think I’m going to consider that a good thing
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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Only a few but otherwise reading uses to much brainpower and more then like 15
min of reading gives me a headache
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I’m not asking people to read the books! Just the titles and author names would
be enough. After all, it’s what most “educated” people do.
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I mean we’ve got like 500 books in our house by the authors names are often either
the most simple name on the planet or unpronounceable
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | eileenkeeney | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
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I’m not asking people to read the books! Just the titles and author names would
be enough. After all, it’s what most “educated” people do.
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I read the titles and then search to see if there is a movie based on the book.
If there is no movie then I search for an audio book.
Before more efficient ways of absorbing stories (radio, tv, movies, etc ...)
children did read more. In fact many parents would be concerned if the child
spent too much time reading (similar to how parents might feel today if the child
spends too much time watching TV or even playing video games that require thinking
or hand-eye coordination).
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 17:09 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, eileenkeeney writes:
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
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I’m not asking people to read the books! Just the titles and author names would
be enough. After all, it’s what most “educated” people do.
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I read the titles and then search to see if there is a movie based on the book.
If there is no movie then I search for an audio book.
Before more efficient ways of absorbing stories (radio, tv, movies, etc ...)
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I’m not sure I’d call them “more efficient.”
A (true) story that’s a bit old but still valid for my point:
A reporter asks a young kid what he thought of the first Tintin movie he just
saw: “’Twas good… but Captain Haddock didn’t have the same voice as in the books!”
| | children did read more. In fact many parents would be concerned if the child
spent too much time reading (similar to how parents might feel today if the child
spends too much time watching TV or even playing video games that require thinking
or hand-eye coordination).
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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In this case, I think there is simply confusion surrounding the origin of the
idea, given the number of derivative works:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_(disambiguation)
Even the book itself isn't entirely original; the author himself claims that
it was inspired by an advertisement he saw in a newspaper.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 13:35 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | Somehow, that hurts.
I mean, I was not hoping people still read books… but I was kind of hoping they
knew the books existed.
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In this case, I think there is simply confusion surrounding the origin of the
idea, given the number of derivative works:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_(disambiguation)
Even the book itself isn't entirely original; the author himself claims that
it was inspired by an advertisement he saw in a newspaper.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 14:01 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | Even the book itself isn't entirely original; the author himself claims that
it was inspired by an advertisement he saw in a newspaper.
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So, he wrote a 300 pages book on an ad he saw in a newspaper?
Nothing has never been invented from void.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Even the book itself isn't entirely original; the author himself claims that
it was inspired by an advertisement he saw in a newspaper.
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So, he wrote a 300 pages book on an ad he saw in a newspaper?
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have you never had english class homework before (or do the just called it french
class by you?) where the teachers make you write huge assignments over tiny things
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 14:28 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | So, he wrote a 300 pages book on an ad he saw in a newspaper?
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have you never had english class homework before (or do the just called it french
class by you?) where the teachers make you write huge assignments over tiny things
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Sure and another thing we have is called the “Philosophie” test for the bac(calauréat)
(high school exam): you have 4 hours to discuss a statement or question like
“Is art always beautiful?”
And journalists love it because it makes “news” every year (“old chestnut”).
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It seems a lot of things these days (reality shows, TikTok memes…) are the reverse:
they invented vacuum from an entire civilization.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
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| | So, he wrote a 300 pages book on an ad he saw in a newspaper?
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have you never had english class homework before (or do the just called it french
class by you?) where the teachers make you write huge assignments over tiny things
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Sure and another thing we have is called the “Philosophie” test for the bac(calauréat)
(high school exam): you have 4 hours to discuss a statement or question like
“Is art always beautiful?”
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no
problems solved
| | And journalists love it because it makes “news” every year (“old chestnut”).
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It seems a lot of things these days (reality shows, TikTok memes…) are the reverse:
they invented vacuum from an entire civilization.
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not gunna pretend to understand what that means
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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It seems a lot of things these days (reality shows, TikTok memes…) are the reverse:
they invented vacuum from an entire civilization.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 1001bricks writes:
| | So, he wrote a 300 pages book on an ad he saw in a newspaper?
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Yes, it's incredible the imagination this guy had.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | WildBricks | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 12:34 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jaradtke writes:
| | You know you're old when...
'Around the World in 80 Days' makes you think of the classic book while
others are fondly recalling video games.
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+1
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
When I was younger we weren’t allowed to play to many games and we didn’t have
any consoles but this game was played so much!
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, wildchicken13 writes:
It's an unbelievable Book of Jules Verne:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days
This guy travelled all countries, seas and earth and below and above - only in
his imagination.
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| | | | | Author: | BricksOfFaith | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2023 23:48 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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Like family or customers? Idk…
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 00:08 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, UTLF writes:
| | I've recently had a buyer place an order in my store & they've changed
their country about 15 times in the span of a few weeks, first it was Canada,
then UK, then Singapore, and a few others I've seen but can't recall;
I find it strange that Bricklink allows buyers to constantly change their country,
let alone their address, as there's no reason for it and seems extremely
suspicious
So far I haven't had any problems with the buyer in question, but at the
same time I can't help but be concerned when this guy seems to be going around
the world in less than 80 days
On top of this, I've seen someone else get suspended for the same behaviour
before (as they've posted on the forums about it) yet somehow this buyer
is fine - the only explanation for this would be that the buyer is using freight
forwarders, but the address I sent to was a normal office building and didn't
seem to have any sort of forwarding company tied to it
Has anyone else experienced something similar? If so, what are your thoughts
on buyers being allowed to change their addresses so often? As far as I'm
aware, sellers can't do it without their stores needing to be re-verified,
so why is it any different for buyers?
I personally feel like there should be a cooldown implemented to avoid any possible
issues
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So many different possibilities: drop shipping, someone buying gifts for people,
money laundering… Or maybe they just really like to travel?
If you're concerned, report them: https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
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| | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 00:19 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I would cancel the order. I think that some buyers think that they're being
clever, and they don't realize that when they have an open order and change
their address, BL automatically emails the seller with that address change info.
David
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| | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 04:50 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | | | Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 00:34 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, UTLF writes:
| | I've recently had a buyer place an order in my store & they've changed
their country about 15 times in the span of a few weeks, first it was Canada,
then UK, then Singapore, and a few others I've seen but can't recall;
I find it strange that Bricklink allows buyers to constantly change their country,
let alone their address, as there's no reason for it and seems extremely
suspicious
So far I haven't had any problems with the buyer in question, but at the
same time I can't help but be concerned when this guy seems to be going around
the world in less than 80 days
On top of this, I've seen someone else get suspended for the same behaviour
before (as they've posted on the forums about it) yet somehow this buyer
is fine - the only explanation for this would be that the buyer is using freight
forwarders, but the address I sent to was a normal office building and didn't
seem to have any sort of forwarding company tied to it
Has anyone else experienced something similar? If so, what are your thoughts
on buyers being allowed to change their addresses so often? As far as I'm
aware, sellers can't do it without their stores needing to be re-verified,
so why is it any different for buyers?
I personally feel like there should be a cooldown implemented to avoid any possible
issues
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Maybe a dropshipper.
Make sure you include a card or whatever info (like a print of bricklink order)
inside the package so that the buyer know how to directly order from you next
time!
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| | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 04:51 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | | | Author: | kscarf1 | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, UTLF writes:
| | I've recently had a buyer place an order in my store & they've changed
their country about 15 times in the span of a few weeks, first it was Canada,
then UK, then Singapore, and a few others I've seen but can't recall;
I find it strange that Bricklink allows buyers to constantly change their country,
let alone their address, as there's no reason for it and seems extremely
suspicious
So far I haven't had any problems with the buyer in question, but at the
same time I can't help but be concerned when this guy seems to be going around
the world in less than 80 days
On top of this, I've seen someone else get suspended for the same behaviour
before (as they've posted on the forums about it) yet somehow this buyer
is fine - the only explanation for this would be that the buyer is using freight
forwarders, but the address I sent to was a normal office building and didn't
seem to have any sort of forwarding company tied to it
Has anyone else experienced something similar? If so, what are your thoughts
on buyers being allowed to change their addresses so often? As far as I'm
aware, sellers can't do it without their stores needing to be re-verified,
so why is it any different for buyers?
I personally feel like there should be a cooldown implemented to avoid any possible
issues
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I had an experience like this recently. A buyer was having trouble ordering from
me because his address was in Germany and I only ship within the US. When I explained
that to him, he told me that oops, he's really from Oregon and he'll
get that fixed. I decided not to sell to him because it seemed shady.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 09:57 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, kscarf1 writes:
| | I had an experience like this recently. A buyer was having trouble ordering from
me because his address was in Germany and I only ship within the US. When I explained
that to him, he told me that oops, he's really from Oregon and he'll
get that fixed. I decided not to sell to him because it seemed shady.
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Why not just be honest and say you're drop-shipping or using a freight forwarder?
I know some sellers would rather not take orders from buyers who do that but
I've never had an issue.
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| | | | | Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 11:42 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| If he is a drop shipper, like many have already guessed at (I think so to), then
that would probably mean he will not try to scam any of the stores he is buying
from because he will want to keep his feedback clean so that he can continue
buying here and not burn any bridges along the way. His business only continues
if he keeps the sellers he buys from happy. We have never had any problems with
drop shippers.
Jim
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| | | | | | | Author: | Gaston.La.Brick | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2023 16:30 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer changing countries constantly | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | If he is a drop shipper, like many have already guessed at (I think so to), then
that would probably mean he will not try to scam any of the stores he is buying
from because he will want to keep his feedback clean so that he can continue
buying here and not burn any bridges along the way. His business only continues
if he keeps the sellers he buys from happy. We have never had any problems with
drop shippers.
Jim
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I agree.
When a buyer buys from my store and pays my price, good for him he can re-sell
it to another buyer (maybe at a higher price).
The only potential problem, would be a PayPal claim, when the PayPal address
and the shipping address aren't the same. But I've hadn't had one
of those claims in a couple of years (luckily).
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