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 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Apr 29, 2024 15:41
 Subject: Re: Changes for EU Sellers in 2024
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1001bricks (52472)

Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers,

Please kindly note I opened a ticket about this years ago (not resolved), so
we still do NOT receive e-mails sent though mailchimp or whoever you use to send
Announcements.

But if sent from @bricklink or @lego, no problem of course.

So, please inform sellers from bricklink and not through the mass e-mail
provider.

Thank you!
 Author: CE_Anastasia View Messages Posted By CE_Anastasia
 Posted: Apr 29, 2024 13:16
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Location:  USA, California
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear BrickLink sellers,
 
As the next step in making sure that we are in compliance with the EU DAC-7 regulations,
we will start collecting additional information from BrickLink Sellers shortly.
To see if you qualify as a Business Seller, please check with Article 8ac of
the EU Council Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021L0514
 
Information that we will be collecting includes the following: 

- Name of business,

- Business registration number, including a supporting document. As different 
rules
apply for each EU member state, refer to your local authority for directions, 

- Tax Identification Number (TIN), including a supporting document:  https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/#/check-tin
- OSS Number and/ or VAT ID for each country of registration: 
https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/online-sellers_en
 
You may be aware that we already started requesting this from new Business Sellers
last year. For more details, go to our previous forum post regarding DAC-7: https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=332298.
We are now starting the process of collecting this information for all of our
existing Business Sellers.
 
Existing Business Sellers should add this information to their accounts by December
31, 2024. After submission, documents will be reviewed by BrickLink.
 
To ensure that everyone’s requests are handled in a consistent and timely manner,
we will be requesting account updates in waves, by country. We strongly advise
our members to add information to their accounts by the deadline for their corresponding
countries. We will be sending out emails with further details and instructions
for each country in accordance with a schedule. We recommend that you start collecting
the required documentation as soon as possible and await further instructions
for how to add this to your account.
 
Kind Regards,
The BrickLink Team 
 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
 Posted: Apr 29, 2024 07:26
 Subject: Re: US sellers: Shipping methods update
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cosmicray (3498)

Location:  USA, Florida
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In Administrative, dcarmine writes:
  I changed to the new API last Wednesday and all orders stopped. I don't
think it's working yet? No way for me to tell exactly, I changed mine back
to a my manual chart. Maybe you can test it on your side.

Thanks
Donna

An observation, is that orders (without any shipping method changes) went into
a very slow patch for a several days. Do you have a test account ? Might be worth
putting a few things into a shopping cart and see if they calculate correctly,
and based upon the correct zone.

What is not clear (from the announcement) is ... how is BL arriving at the zone
(and the correct postage). The old API method pre-dated when USPS switched to
zone based PM and FCPS. With the new system, you can do it via a API call to
USPS or by loading your own tables and doing a 2-step table lookup (one lookup
for the ZIP-code to zone calculation and one lookup for the actual postage values).

More recently USPS has applied a need for package dimensions, because larger
packages get surcharges. Presumably the API calls also have to supply package
dimensions, else then will generate incorrect results (or possibly refuse to
generate any result). Any table lookup methodology should also need to be sensitive
to package size (because large packages have surcharges).

If BL is using the API calls, then the package dimensions would be a requirement
(just like they are on Pirate Ship). I hope someone from BL can enlighten us
about how this was implemented.

Nita Rae
 Author: dcarmine View Messages Posted By dcarmine
 Posted: Apr 27, 2024 22:11
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dcarmine (7195)

Location:  USA, Nebraska
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I changed to the new API last Wednesday and all orders stopped. I don't
think it's working yet? No way for me to tell exactly, I changed mine back
to a my manual chart. Maybe you can test it on your side.

Thanks
Donna


In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Apr 25, 2024 14:07
 Subject: Re: Direct Seller Fee Payments
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popsicle (6673)

Location:  USA, Washington
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Store: ConstrucToys
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers,

Starting from today, we will be accepting monthly seller fee payments made in
2 ways, instead of 3 as before:
1. Paid with your PayPal account by using the 'Pay with PayPal' button
on your Fees page,
2. Paid with a debit or credit card by using the 'Pay with Card' link
on your Fees page.

Seller fee payments that are sent to our PayPal account at billing@bricklink.com
will not be accepted anymore except for cases when sellers need to pay off their
remaining balance immediately.

So you're still offering "3 as before" payment methods, only on a
case-by-case basis? How about rephrasing your announcement to "Please submit
your fee payments via these 2 methods, the third is no longer desired - Thank
you, Your BrickLink Team"

  
Usually, this happens when
a) Sellers are closing their stores temporarily or permanently,
b) Sellers have an outstanding balance that is below the annual threshold for
collection. Accounts like that are billed on December 5th every year, more about
this here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=38 in the Minimum Bill Requirement
section.

Please reach out to us or comment here if you have any questions.

Just my (hopefully helpful) comment.

  
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
 Author: CE_Anastasia View Messages Posted By CE_Anastasia
 Posted: Apr 25, 2024 13:08
 Subject: Direct Seller Fee Payments
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CE_Anastasia

Location:  USA, California
Member Since Contact Type Status
Nov 9, 2020 Contact Member Admin
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear BrickLink sellers,

Starting from today, we will be accepting monthly seller fee payments made in
2 ways, instead of 3 as before:
1. Paid with your PayPal account by using the 'Pay with PayPal' button
on your Fees page,
2. Paid with a debit or credit card by using the 'Pay with Card' link
on your Fees page.

Seller fee payments that are sent to our PayPal account at billing@bricklink.com
will not be accepted anymore except for cases when sellers need to pay off their
remaining balance immediately.

Usually, this happens when
a) Sellers are closing their stores temporarily or permanently,
b) Sellers have an outstanding balance that is below the annual threshold for
collection. Accounts like that are billed on December 5th every year, more about
this here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=38 in the Minimum Bill Requirement
section.

Please reach out to us or comment here if you have any questions.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
 Posted: Apr 24, 2024 17:50
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cosmicray (3498)

Location:  USA, Florida
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In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team

This is great news ! Now, will they (the new and improved methods) correctly
identify and select the zone (as determined by the first 3 digits of the seller's
zip and the first 3 digits of the buyer's zip) ? All of the Priority Mail
methods (ignoring flat rate) and all of the Ground Advantage require knowledge
of the zone.

The old API methods did not identify/use the zones.

Nita Rae
 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Apr 24, 2024 05:44
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Stellar (3537)

Location:  Spain, Comunidad Valenciana
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Store: Stellar Bricks
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In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team

Seems a good change, hope it gets emailed to all USA sellers.
 Author: AlternatePieces View Messages Posted By AlternatePieces
 Posted: Apr 24, 2024 01:25
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AlternatePieces (372)

Location:  USA, California
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Store: Alternate Pieces
In Administrative, AlternatePieces writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team

Looks like this change removed the method I was using to do automatic invoicing
for packages under 16 oz (since First-Class were restricted to 16 oz or less)
and manual invoicing for all others. I've poked around on the shipping methods
page and can't figure out how to get that working again. Any suggestions?

Note that the First Class shipping method I was using also automatically changed
to USPS Ground Advantage, which let an order I would have manually invoiced through
and cost me ~$4 in shipping fees beyond what the customer paid. At least I know
why it happened now.
 Author: AlternatePieces View Messages Posted By AlternatePieces
 Posted: Apr 24, 2024 01:19
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AlternatePieces (372)

Location:  USA, California
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Store: Alternate Pieces
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team

Looks like this change removed the method I was using to do automatic invoicing
for packages under 16 oz (since First-Class were restricted to 16 oz or less)
and manual invoicing for all others. I've poked around on the shipping methods
page and can't figure out how to get that working again. Any suggestions?
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Apr 23, 2024 14:11
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Location:  USA, Washington
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Store: ConstrucToys
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team

+1

Makes sense, though maybe sign-off as "Your BrickLink Team"

A matter of perspective, still
 Author: CE_Anastasia View Messages Posted By CE_Anastasia
 Posted: Apr 23, 2024 14:02
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CE_Anastasia

Location:  USA, California
Member Since Contact Type Status
Nov 9, 2020 Contact Member Admin
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear BrickLink sellers in the United States,

We have removed these outdated API-based shipping methods:
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (retail),
• Domestic USPS First-Class Packages (commercial).

Starting from today, you will be seeing the following shipping methods in your
Store Settings instead:
• USPS Ground Advantage (commercial),
• USPS Ground Advantage (retail),
• USPS Priority Mail (commercial),
• USPS Priority Mail (retail).

As usual, you can access the new USPS rates for Courier API methods upon selecting
each method in the Rate Chart.

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
 Author: Tuffduck View Messages Posted By Tuffduck
 Posted: Apr 14, 2024 08:08
 Subject: Re: New policy on Forum sales posts
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: The Red Brick Barn
Thanks

In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

We are implementing a change of policy in regard to Sales posts in the Forum.
As the number of sellers has grown and as our site becomes more and more of a
premium marketplace, there is more incentive to advertise in the Forum and this
has led to an overabundance of posts under the Sales topic.

To be sure, there are a few members who have abused the Sales post feature, running
what seem to be constant deep discounts on everything in their store or in certain
categories. Most members who post in Sales, however, are not currently abusing
the feature, but we want to reduce the overall prominence of Sales posts.

The policy has been changed from a maximum of one per day to a maximum of one
per month
. Please see the screenshot below.

Sellers posting more frequently may incur a friendly flooding ban for one month.
These are non-cumulative bans and will not go on your record. Bans will be lifted
immediately if the member contacts us and lets us know they agree to the new
policy.

Only the initial post in a thread counts toward the total Sales posts. Replies
will not count unless it is obvious that someone is posting to circumvent the
new policy.

This policy will be in place for the next 6 months after which we will assess
the situation.

**************

A word about "good" sales posts

On the BrickLink platform, visual presentation is a big part of our success.
This is why nice images are so critical to the catalog. When we see the same
one-line-of-text Sales posts cut and pasted over and over, it doesn't really
engage buyers. In fact, you may turn people off with such posts, especially if
they are done with frequency.

We're thinking of running a little contest over the next 6 months to reward
the best and most creative sales posts. More details on that later.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Mar 21, 2024 06:11
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yorbrick (1185)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store Closed Store: Yorbricks
The OTP codes are going to be useless to combat scammers.

The current phishing scam is asking people to sign in with their user name and
password. Once those are entered, on the next page they are asking for the OTP
code that bricklink has sent.

No doubt they are automating logins so the user enters their username and password
on the fake site and then the scammers attempt a login at the real bricklink,
generating the real OTP email and the user then enters this on the fake site.
The scammer then has the username, password and real (and unused) OTP code which
they can use on the real bricklink.
 Author: chriselliottart View Messages Posted By chriselliottart
 Posted: Mar 20, 2024 23:25
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chriselliottart (563)

Location:  USA, Pennsylvania
Member Since Contact Type Status
Dec 30, 2012 Contact Member Buyer
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

I also got one of these today from policyking dot net. Besides that, the links
go to a wix site. But the email at a glance without hovering the links or checking
the sender looks pretty legit. Bricklink logo and all.
 Author: yhagger View Messages Posted By yhagger
 Posted: Mar 16, 2024 16:34
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yhagger (23)

Location:  Norway, Akershus
Member Since Contact Type Status
May 14, 2022 Contact Member Buyer
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Anastasia has just updated the info page. Hopefully it will get better

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2616

"Sellers are required to ensure that VOEC number issued by BrickLink is provided
to Norwegian Customs authorities for each order that contains only low-value
items.

Failure to provide a VOEC number from BrickLink may result in errors and delays
because an order’s value would have to be identified at the border.

How to provide the VOEC number digitally:

Freight by postal service:
Provide the VOEC number (7 digits) via «electronic advance data» (M33/ITMATT
V1.) when booking the freight from your local postal service. Enter your 7-digit
VOEC number in the ITMATT field «sender.identification.reference».

Freight by other transporters, for example couriers, express delivery services:
Enter your VOEC number (7 digits) in the EDI message or via API as directed by
the carrier when booking the freight.


You can find up-to-date information on how to sell goods within the VOEC scheme
to Norwegian consumers here. If you have questions about how to provide your
VOEC number digitally, please contact the carrier of your goods"
 Author: Shanes_Bricks View Messages Posted By Shanes_Bricks
 Posted: Mar 15, 2024 23:19
 Subject: Re: Introducing One-Time Pin
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Shanes_Bricks (33)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
Member Since Contact Type Status
Sep 23, 2019 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Alberta Super Bricks
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Locked out of my account. I don't receive emails from you. I have orders
to go out. this was a bad idea!!!!!
 Author: Ra View Messages Posted By Ra
 Posted: Mar 15, 2024 17:56
 Subject: Re: Introducing One-Time Pin
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Ra (292)

Location:  USA, New York
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Jul 2, 2020 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Zor
It was like a pager system. It got a few orders processed and scanned by the
post office under ten minutes... so it was working. Any offsite emails were ignored
so everything was logged on bricklink email system. Besides average email lengths
have been trending down in size.

In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Ra writes:
  My email address has a limit of 160 characters

160 chars limit ??? Your're searching for trouble?

There are tons of free plans with no limitations.

I don't recommend the major ones (privacy reasons) like gmail...

But gmx.com for example (I've an address there for 10 yrs no problem), or
any other.

Or for professional use, I recommend subscribing a paid serious service with
no ads etc.
It's worth the $20 or such per year you'll pay for.
 Author: ErwinNL View Messages Posted By ErwinNL
 Posted: Mar 15, 2024 16:58
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Location:  Netherlands, Overijssel
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Store: TheBug
In Administrative, Brick_Basher writes:
  HOLY CRUD you have locked me out of my bricklink with this OTP suddenly.
PLEASE HELP I CAN'T GET IN.
I CAN NOT RECEIVE THE PIN CODE IN MY EMAIL.

For some reason this code is expired by the time the Email is available in my
inbox!!

PLEASE HELP OR TURN THIS OFF FOR ME!!
I CAN'T GET IN TO PROCESS MY ORDERS!!

Dont press the send button when you see the screen, it already mailed you, clicking
it again invalidates the code.

Maybe that helps, it did for me the first time.
 Author: Brick_Basher View Messages Posted By Brick_Basher
 Posted: Mar 15, 2024 16:53
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Brick_Basher (955)

Location:  USA, Texas
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Store: Brick Basher
HOLY CRUD you have locked me out of my bricklink with this OTP suddenly.
PLEASE HELP I CAN'T GET IN.
I CAN NOT RECEIVE THE PIN CODE IN MY EMAIL.

For some reason this code is expired by the time the Email is available in my
inbox!!

PLEASE HELP OR TURN THIS OFF FOR ME!!
I CAN'T GET IN TO PROCESS MY ORDERS!!
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Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Store: 1001bricks
In Administrative, Ra writes:
  My email address has a limit of 160 characters

160 chars limit ??? Your're searching for trouble?

There are tons of free plans with no limitations.

I don't recommend the major ones (privacy reasons) like gmail...

But gmx.com for example (I've an address there for 10 yrs no problem), or
any other.

Or for professional use, I recommend subscribing a paid serious service with
no ads etc.
It's worth the $20 or such per year you'll pay for.
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Location:  USA, New York
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My email address has a limit of 160 characters and the pin is all the way at
the bottom of a much too long and wordy message and the pin is missing from the
email. Also tried changing email address and that message for pin is also too
long.

So I am locked out


In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Tracyd (418)

Location:  USA, Texas
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In Administrative, ErwinNL writes:
  In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
  In Administrative, calebfishn writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.

November 2023 wasn't early enough?

Did you read this?

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423

Because that was about today's change from opt-in to opt-out.

Oops, missed it by that much. Too much back and forth on that thread for me to
look at.
Yeah, a few days' notice would have been nice.
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Location:  Netherlands, Overijssel
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In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
  In Administrative, calebfishn writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.

November 2023 wasn't early enough?

Did you read this?

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423

Because that was about today's change from opt-in to opt-out.
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In Administrative, calebfishn writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.

November 2023 wasn't early enough?
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Unlicensed Bricks
In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, Mevitsbricks writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Send a freaking email would ya!

Yes a e-mail would be very helpful.

  No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.

Hey, I like to. I can’t even navigate the studio forum, so this is great for
me.(+my internet is soooo bad the studio one takes forever to load)


And yet, you are all here.

Yep, this site loads ok because of the age and simplicity.

LEGO.com home page sometimes takes 3 minutes to load!
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, Mevitsbricks writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Send a freaking email would ya!

Yes a e-mail would be very helpful.

  No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.

Hey, I like to. I can’t even navigate the studio forum, so this is great for
me.(+my internet is soooo bad the studio one takes forever to load)


And yet, you are all here.
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Nubs_Select (3821)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Nub's Select
Tbh I’ve used other forums and bricklink has the best interface of all of them
(yes it dosnt have all the features) but the simple design of it on other sites
is weird so maybe I’m missing the golden standard for forum designs?
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Location:  Canada, Alberta
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Store: Bricker King
In Administrative, brickerking writes:
  In Administrative, zorbanj writes:
  In Administrative, brickerking writes:
  
IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?

Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.

IT: Wait, what? Why would we merge parts? I can make a drop down that will manage
that for you. Would that work?
Manager: Rats, I ran out of gummies, do you have any?



hehe...
http://v4ei.com/comics/2024/03/otp.php
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Store: Unlicensed Bricks
In Administrative, Mevitsbricks writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Send a freaking email would ya!

Yes a e-mail would be very helpful.

  No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.

Hey, I like to. I can’t even navigate the studio forum, so this is great for
me.(+my internet is soooo bad the studio one takes forever to load)
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Store: Bricker King
In Administrative, Mevitsbricks writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Send a freaking email would ya! No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.

+1k
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Location:  USA, Texas
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Store: Mevit's Bricks
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Send a freaking email would ya! No one likes to come to this 1990's forum.
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Location:  Netherlands, Overijssel
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Store: TheBug
In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

Thank you for announcing this ahead of time, I don't have stress enough yet.
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Store: Bricker King
In Administrative, zorbanj writes:
  In Administrative, brickerking writes:
  
IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?

Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.

IT: Wait, what? Why would we merge parts? I can make a drop down that will manage
that for you. Would that work?
Manager: Rats, I ran out of gummies, do you have any?

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Location:  USA, New Jersey
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Store: ZorbaNJ's Bricks
In Administrative, brickerking writes:
  
IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?

Manager: The one everyone knew how to find when they wanted to scream about the
proposed part merger.
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:

  This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically

When???


  We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

I highly encourage BrickLink to find another way to give PA or important information
than posting in a Forum read by 1% users and at 22:43 EDT or 3:43 Paris time


IT: Hey guys? Should we send out an email to let users know we're going to
enable OTP for everyone?
Manager: Nah, just post it in the forum.
IT: What forum?
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Location:  USA, New Jersey
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Store: Dollady15's Brick Stop
I have tried to log in with the one-time pin code about 10 times & it will not
let me in.

In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
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Location:  USA, California
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Store: 1001bricks
In Administrative, peregrinator writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

bricquelinque.côm

That sounds like a French hacker!
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

bricquelinque.côm
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Location:  France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Store: SPBricks
Hello,

Today I received 4 phishing emails from site brickslink.org. This new site looks
like exactly that your screenshot of bricklinks.org.


In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello again everyone,

Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site and
evidence that phishing emails have been sent to our users, directing people to
this new site. The new site is much more realistic (see image below).

Please log in ONLY to bricklink.com and be aware that an effort is being
made to steal your BrickLink credentials. We will keep you updated if this problem
persists.

The BrickLink Team
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Store: 1001bricks
In Administrative, dartiss writes:
  You really need to add OTP for all users, not just sellers, for better security.
You sent me the email to tell me about this, despite me not having a seller account,
and finding I'm unable to do it.

Also, to the person asking for SMS 2FA - this is insecure (as is email, tbh).
Bricklink should really implement 2FA via authentication app for proper security.

Please NO - apart if it's optional.
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You really need to add OTP for all users, not just sellers, for better security.
You sent me the email to tell me about this, despite me not having a seller account,
and finding I'm unable to do it.

Also, to the person asking for SMS 2FA - this is insecure (as is email, tbh).
Bricklink should really implement 2FA via authentication app for proper security.
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Adjour writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?


yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"

My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*

Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!

He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)

can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?


I think the correct term is “testing”

"testing" for several hours to increase the efficiency of
1 function by 1/1000 of a second

“it’s just barely better! But it is still better! Barely!”
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Location:  Canada, Ontario
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Adjour writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?


yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"

My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*

Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!

He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)

can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?


I think the correct term is “testing”

"testing" for several hours to increase the efficiency of
1 function by 1/1000 of a second
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In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Adjour writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?


yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"

My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*

Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!

He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)

can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?


I think the correct term is “testing”
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Adjour writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?


yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"

My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*

Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!

He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)

can it really be called practicing if its just
copy and paste?
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In Administrative, Adjour writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?


yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"

My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*

Canada! We know who, it's Nubs!!!

He was practicing Javascript recently (in short: copy/paste from chatGPT)
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?


yeah its a typical scam site. Nothing works but the "login"


My browser wants to translate it from French (despite everything visible being
English) so I guess theres french somewhere on the backend of this garbage. I
guess scammers out of Canada or France. *shrug*
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.


agreed.

Also I don't think it would really stop the phishing. I mean, I don't
think 100% of people glance at the url when they hit a link. I know I don't.
It could be www.yourvebeenhacked.com after you click the link and it would still
get a decent number of victims IMO because I doubt the average user checks these
things.

Crystal
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site

It opens directly to a pseudo login page...
Now people will be crazy again about Security

Maybe a good idea not to loose focus on Help Desk and BrickLink communication
(Notifications with confirmation and history on site!) for instance?
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BrickLink Administrator
Hello again everyone,

Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken
down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site and
evidence that phishing emails have been sent to our users, directing people to
this new site. The new site is much more realistic (see image below).

Please log in ONLY to bricklink.com and be aware that an effort is being
made to steal your BrickLink credentials. We will keep you updated if this problem
persists.

The BrickLink Team
 
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.

Dan Bricklin might also object. I dread to think how many times I have been to
his personal website due to an error.
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In Administrative, theoryzero writes:
  I got the phishing email yesterday and it was within 60 seconds of a brand new
user placing an order. I’m guessing they do this to get your email address to
send the phishing email to it.

Anyhow, my question is what do I do with what I assume is a bogus order? Invoice
it anyway?

Yeah, invoice it. If they pay, you were wrong and it was a real order (it could
be coincidence). If they don't pay, start the NPB.
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, rtzx9r writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.

The official Bricklink strategy is to simply link all the similar websites.

You mean “merge” I think


   Just
need to be patient as they are already a bit behind on projects.


HAHAH Thanks for the laugh!
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I got the phishing email yesterday and it was within 60 seconds of a brand new
user placing an order. I’m guessing they do this to get your email address to
send the phishing email to it.

Anyhow, my question is what do I do with what I assume is a bogus order? Invoice
it anyway?

In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team
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In Administrative, rtzx9r writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.

The official Bricklink strategy is to simply link all the similar websites.

You mean “merge” I think


   Just
need to be patient as they are already a bit behind on projects.
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

Will this option (OTP) be available to sellers only?
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.

The official Bricklink strategy is to simply link all the similar websites. Just
need to be patient as they are already a bit behind on projects.
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  Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?

Because they would've to buy hundreds of domains, like bricklinks.net, bricklinka.com,
brick-link.net, bricklinkk.net, bricklinks.org...

Plus some may already be taken and put for sale at $100,000 ea - so no, it's
not easy.
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team


Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to
Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com?
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  Thanks for the heads up!

We wouldn't want another hacking.

That's suspicious! Suspend his store!

--Claude

Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository

I bet you've never even tried sasquatch.

--Claude

Where do you get yours?

I grow 'em in my garden, where else would I get 'em?
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In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  Thanks for the heads up!

We wouldn't want another hacking.

That's suspicious! Suspend his store!

--Claude

Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository

I bet you've never even tried sasquatch.

--Claude

Where do you get yours?
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  Thanks for the heads up!

We wouldn't want another hacking.

That's suspicious! Suspend his store!

--Claude

Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository

I bet you've never even tried sasquatch.

--Claude
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In Administrative, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  Thanks for the heads up!

We wouldn't want another hacking.

That's suspicious! Suspend his store!

--Claude

Says some one who eats sasquatch's and runs a baboon repository
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In Administrative, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  Thanks for the heads up!

We wouldn't want another hacking.

That's suspicious! Suspend his store!

--Claude
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Location:  USA, California
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BrickLink Administrator
Yes, there will be an email too.

In Administrative, BricksThatStick writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

Thanks for this Tanja...

Is this information also being sent as a genuine email to the whole userbase?
(the 99.9% of members who won't see this forum message)
 Author: Saitobricks.ca View Messages Posted By Saitobricks.ca
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Saitobricks.ca (37)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Thanks for the heads up!

We wouldn't want another hacking.
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Location:  USA, Idaho
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In Administrative, Bricklone writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

Enabling OTP with a phone number could eventually be great!

+1
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Thank you for the info Tanja.

Leo
 Author: Bricklone View Messages Posted By Bricklone
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Location:  France, Île-de-France
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

Enabling OTP with a phone number could eventually be great!
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
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Store: Nub's Select
suspicious indeed!
 
 Author: The_Boyz_Bricks View Messages Posted By The_Boyz_Bricks
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Location:  USA, Idaho
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

Thanks for the heads up!
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I have seen it on Facebook and some Discord groups, be careful.
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Store: Bricks That Stick
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team

Thanks for this Tanja...

Is this information also being sent as a genuine email to the whole userbase?
(the 99.9% of members who won't see this forum message)
 Author: CE_Tanja View Messages Posted By CE_Tanja
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Location:  USA, California
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear all,

We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members,
asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name)

This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information.
Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be
used to illegally access your BrickLink account.


We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which
is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username
and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned
on OTP
.

If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the
future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP

Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different
passwords for different platforms.

The BrickLink Team
 Author: Rainimator View Messages Posted By Rainimator
 Posted: Feb 24, 2024 15:30
 Subject: Re: Important update reg. Ukraine and Russia
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Location:  Russia, Kaluga
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.

Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.

We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.

We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.

This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?

The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.

We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.

Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.

Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Feb 15, 2024 15:32
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Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Store: 1001bricks
In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
  In Administrative, StarBrick writes:
  Why did this happen?

BrickLink exchanged one rate for another

Dad's Joke Alert Level 1.
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Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store: Wild Chicken
In Administrative, StarBrick writes:
  Why did this happen?

BrickLink exchanged one rate for another
 Author: StarBrick View Messages Posted By StarBrick
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Location:  Netherlands, Gelderland
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Why did this happen?
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I've also had to pay doble VAT and have sendt messages both to the seller
and Admin at Bricklink. The seller says that I have to contact Bricklink, but
there has been no return to my request. I hope this issue will attended soon.
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Location:  USA, Oregon
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Store: MacsBricks
In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  Note:

* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO

You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.

  
* https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currenciesm as in your page is an erroneous
link

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.

I know, but the Help page doesn't

The first link (Green) is okay, the second (red) is bad.
 
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Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Store: 1001bricks
In Administrative, macebobo writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  Note:

* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO

You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.

  
* https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currenciesm as in your page is an erroneous
link

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.

I know, but the Help page doesn't
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Location:  USA, Oregon
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Store: MacsBricks
In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  Note:

* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO

You can only have so much transparency a day, otherwise it causes cancer.

  
* https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currenciesm as in your page is an erroneous
link

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies is the correct link.
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Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

Today we performed a switch between exchange rate providers. From now on, exchange
rate information will be provided by Bloomberg Currency Data: https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies
To review our exchange rate policy, go to this page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2115

Note:

* Too bad the currency rate applied still cannot be displayed, IMHO

* https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currenciesm as in your page is an erroneous
link
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Location:  USA, California
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear BrickLink members,

Today we performed a switch between exchange rate providers. From now on, exchange
rate information will be provided by Bloomberg Currency Data: https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies
To review our exchange rate policy, go to this page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2115

Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Feb 12, 2024 21:37
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i see what you did there
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Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store: Wild Chicken
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear BrickLink members,

The LEGO Group released the following statement regarding the war in Ukraine.

Our thoughts are with all the children and families suffering as a result of
the war in Ukraine.
Our priority is the safety of all our colleagues. We are in contact with our
Ukrainian team and are providing ongoing support to ensure their safety. We are
also working to support other colleagues around the world impacted by the escalating
crisis including our team in Russia.

We have paused shipments of products to Russia given the extensive disruption
to the operating environment.

We care deeply about the lasting impact on children and together with the LEGO
Foundation and Ole Kirk’s Fond, we will donate DKK 110 million (approx. USD 16.5
million) to emergency relief efforts, with a focus on providing support for children
and families. The donation will be made to existing partners, including the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and the Danish Red Cross.

This is a volatile and constantly evolving situation which we are monitoring
closely.
What does this mean for BrickLink?

The global payment platforms we use on BrickLink are currently not available
in Russia and deliveries to and from the country are severely disrupted. Given
this, buying and selling activities in Russia will be temporarily deactivated.
Members impacted by this will be informed individually.

We are grateful for everyone in our community and never imagined we would face
a situation such as this or witness the heartbreak and devastation we’re seeing
in Ukraine.

Please continue to adhere to our community guidelines and show each other respect
and support.

Thank you for your understanding.
The BrickLink team
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In Administrative, Nubs_Select writes:
  Thankyou for the update! 🍕🍕🍕
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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In Administrative, WoutR writes:
  […]
Ehm... I am no specialist but at first sight BrickLink does risk liability if
they share private data that is not relevant for the purpose. […]

I was only answering the “BL should moderate the sale feature” part, not the
part (in parentheses) about IP addresses.

IIRC, I didn’t say anything about IP addresses because I had nothing to say for
or against it, contrarily to the main point

Sorry, I should have snipped that part or answered before (thus leaving the quote
but below my answer), to make it clearer I wasn’t addressing it (pun intended).
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)

I didn’t remember the exact post, I just knew you never posted sales.  I checked
your history and dug the post out


  That's an iniquitous rule!

Well, you can’t both complain we don’t implement suggestions and implement them! 
Especially it’s your suggestion that’s implemented!


  What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.

Posts about pizza with gummies and pizza-flavoured gummies get cancelled every
day!

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Location:  Netherlands, Zuid-Holland
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, Teup writes:
  […]
...which is actually against EU law
https://sellforte.com/en/blog/eu-law-change-on-promotions/

I mean, it's not my business so I don't really care, but if it's
BL wish to be law-compliant, this isn't enough. They'd have to moderate
the sale function itself, not just the forum. (And, talking about law-compliancy,
change several other things, such as stop pumping seller's mailboxes full
of IP addresses of their buyers, which is a GDPR violation because it counts
as private data and it counts as irrelevant for the purpose).

BL is law-compliant when BL risks something and, AFAIK, BL doesn’t risk anything
here, only the sellers do.  Actually, also AFAIK, nothing says marketplaces should
enforce those laws in acting, preventing, warning the sellers, applying to the
local authorities or whatever.
OTOH, members can apply to the local authorities to investigate the sellers.
But then I won’t bet on the chances of something happening to those small fishes.

Ehm... I am no specialist but at first sight BrickLink does risk liability if
they share private data that is not relevant for the purpose. (A seller needs
the buyer's address to ship an order, but does for example not need that
IP address). If this data is collected and shared, then BrickLink is the party
doing that. By offering their services in the EU, the GDPR applies. If anyone
files a complaint to the relevant authorities, I think that could make BrickLink
liable for 1) possibly collecting more data than needed, and 2) a data leak because
they share the information with others (the sellers). The related fines can be
serious, so BL does risk something. Compared to other offenders, I think BL is
not at the top of their priority list, but that is no reason not to comply with
the law.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
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Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)

I didn’t remember the exact post, I just knew you never posted sales.  I checked
your history and dug the post out


  That's an iniquitous rule!

Well, you can’t both complain we don’t implement suggestions and implement them! 
Especially it’s your suggestion that’s implemented!


  What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.

Posts about pizza with gummies and pizza-flavoured gummies get cancelled every
day!
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In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
  
  Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?

If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!

You're used to post on BrickLink and then realize Facebook may be a better
place to hang around... what a shock!

Bye for now, in a moment here we'll be festing (for no real reason) while
building
 
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In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
  
  Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?

If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!

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  Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?

If he can't post then he has more free time to delete posts. It will end
up nil-nil!
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
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Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?

AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore

Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)

That's an iniquitous rule!

What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.

only since we must defend ourselves against the soldiers of mustard!
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In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
  In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?

AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore

Whaaaat? But this was May 7, 2023?!
(thanks to remember it, I still think it was a fun sale)

That's an iniquitous rule!

What about the Pizza fans - seriously, that's a major problem.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Administrative, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
Could we set a rule, like X posts every Y sales or something?
So I can keep posting and not him?

AFAIK, this is your one and only sales post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1409228
So, under your new rule, you can’t actually post anymore

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