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| | | Author: | justwright  | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 19:20 | | Subject: | Fees | | Viewed: | 159 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.
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| | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 19:26 | | Subject: | Re: Fees | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, justwright writes:
| | Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.
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There really isn't a rule about fees I don't think. They could have
fat fingered it and meant to put in 1% unless that's what they say in their
terms. Do they have an long history of positive feedback?
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 19:30 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 19:34 | | Subject: | Re: Fees | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, justwright writes:
| | Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.
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Packaging material (carton or bubble wrap envelopes for ex.) are far from free.
Stickers, printer ink...
Fees aren't forbidden.
Of course, while $0.75 is super correct, 10% seems more to be an abuse of fees,
or a BrickLink fees avoidance.
This said off context, with the few info (and no number) you gave us.
Anyway, to report, use this form, put the username once, select a reason, explain
a bit:
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
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| | | | | Author: | Brickman4you | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2024 20:38 | | Subject: | Re: Fees | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, justwright writes:
| | Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.
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Instead of reporting them...
Why not just choose to purchase from stores where you are in agreement with their
Terms and Conditions.
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| | | | | | | Author: | zzed | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 07:30 | | Subject: | Re: Fees | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Brickman4you writes:
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Instead of reporting them...
Why not just choose to purchase from stores where you are in agreement with their
Terms and Conditions.
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I read the terms of every store selected via "Buy All". However, this
week (for example) I got a surprise fee that was not mentioned anywhere in their
terms page. This time the fee was a reasonable amount for packing materials.
But I really wish everyone would disclose any fees in the terms page. Otherwise
it annoys people. Assembling multiple carts is enough of a pain without that
game.
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| | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 00:10 | | Subject: | Re: Fees | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, justwright writes:
| | Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.
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You could try, but i don't think 10% is going to be deemed excessive. I have
seen stores that charge a nominal amount for parts + a gigantic "handling
fee" shut down for fee avoidance (BL fees are not charged on shipping).
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| | | | | Author: | BrickDeals | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2024 01:40 | | Subject: | Re: Fees | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, justwright writes:
| | Does anyone know if you can report a store for charging excess fees. i found
a store that charges 10 percent of your order plus an additional 75 cents. needless
to say, i will avoid that store for any purchase.
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Bricklink must legally comply with SB-478 Consumers Legal Remedies Act, which
will be the law in the state of California effective July 1, 2024.
Personally rather than create a system that specifically targets California sellers,
I would prefer a prohibition on the practice of unnecessary fees sitewide.
The practice itself is deceptive, because it manipulates the price guide, making
some sellers prices look artificially cheap.
Under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Section 1770(a)
The unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
listed in this subdivision undertaken by any person in a transaction intended
to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer
are unlawful:
(29) (A) Advertising, displaying, or offering a price for a good or service
that does not include all mandatory fees or charges other than either of
the following:
(i) Taxes or fees imposed by a government on the transaction.
(ii) Postage or carriage charges that will be reasonably and actually
incurred to ship the physical good to the consumer.
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