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Just be aware that your terms do not supercede legal realities. I see dump trucks with signs that state that vehicles must not follow closer than 200 feet and that they are not responsible for broken windshields. However, you have to get closer than 200 feet to read the sign. I asked my father (the retired DA Investigator) about this many years ago and he just laughed. That's when he told me that, just because someone makes a statement does not make that statement true and it certainly doesn't make it legal. To be fair, what I quoted you above wasn't so much about legality or regulations. It was based more on Paypal demands and practices. I assume that they paid you using either PayPal or Stripe. Stripe is even stricter than PayPal when it comes to pleasing the customer first. I don't say the above to be argumentative. But I have been selling items at least part-time for 15+ years and I am now in my 11th year as a BrickLink seller, 9 of those years as a full-time seller. I have a perfect record. I have never lost a PayPal or Stripe case as a buyer or seller, not that there have been that many. Not to be an ass but, once your buyer offered to pay outside of BrickLink, he became a thief in my eyes, not to be trusted. I would have immediately cancelled his order, listing the exact reason(s) in the comments. And then added him to my Stop List. Doing so would have saved you from this type of crap.

Technic Bat cycle. I will keep this one brief, I don’t know anything about motorcycles and not much about Batman but I loved this set! Great build with NO stickers and no printed elements. I liked it so much I ordered the Kawasaki and then might give the Yamaha a try. This one can easily be picked up for $38 or less and is a steal at that price. Build: 8 Play: 7 Display: 8 Value: 9

The instructions are now available today! Some people are reporting that they got an "Oops" email stating the previous one was sent in error while others are reporting their orders have shipped. Probably EU will get these first as usual. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://bdpinstructions.download.bricklink.info/910029.pdf

Actually, your buyer is correct. Whether you like it or not, the seller is responsible until the package reaches the buyer unless the seller can prove malfeasance on the part of the seller. A buyer can file a claim but the seller will eventually have to get involve to prove that insurance was purchased, proof that the package was sent and proof for the cost of the insured. If only there was a BrickLink/BrickOwl discussion group here.............

At LEGO Shop at Home, Jules Verne's Book gwp has been extended to 06/30 (and open to non-insiders.) Rakuten is currently at 10%.

Endured the following for a BrickLink sale over the past week or so: My replies to the buyer are in bold. “Hello I like to ask you if you can offer an discount or free shipping for buying multiple sets from you. I don’t mind to wait so you can choose the slowest and cheapest shipping service just pack it good thanks a lot” Thank you for ordering multiple sets from my store and for asking about offering either a discount or free shipping. I am a small family run business and am not able to offer discounts or free shipping. The most economical shipping method is $21.35 using USPS Ground Advantage. If you feel this is too much and you wish to cancel your order, I will work with you to cancel it. If you wish for me to invoice your order, please let me know. “Hello. I understand very good we are an veteran run business would you able to sell it directly and we can pay by PayPal friends (no fees for you ) so we would at least save $17 on taxes ?" Thank you for your reply e-mail sent directly to my e-mail address. What you are asking violates BrickLink's Terms of Service and I cannot do what you are asking. I then quoted the following topics from BrickLink's Terms of Service: Buying and Selling Offenses Fee Avoidance Using user contact information obtained from BrickLink or the Site or using any feature of the Site to offer to sell items outside of the Site. This contact form should in no way be used for soliciting purposes and conducting business either offering items for sale or requesting items to be sold that would circumvent submitting an order in a seller's store. Maybe other sellers have done this for you, but I cannot not. ------ The buyer paid for the order, it was shipped and then following message arrived yesterday: “Hi package arrived but sadly with an big huge dent on top of the box ! will email you picture kinda lucky only the Ninjago got beaten up badly the other are fine ! thanks god” Glad your package arrived. Sorry it was damaged in transit. Never had have happened before. I suggest contacting the United States Postal Service (USPS) and filing a claim with them. ----- NOTE: The box was dented and not sure how it got that way. ---- Thanks for reading my rant and I am waiting for the inevitable buyer negative feedback.