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I mean that straight up is the chocolate room, chockful of colors & the bizarre. The variety of pieces and diverse palette makes this set a wonderful parts pack. Waiting for a review to show that chocolate fall in motion. Also, never get a better excuse to post this so....

I do have a store, but it's pretty minor. I've done much more on Ebay and Amazon. I get your point and not trying to minimize it, but it's the same as selling anywhere else. The seller has no recourse for policy changes (buyouts and policy changes). I figure it's all part of not having the upfront costs that might occur elsewhere, had I made my own website or opened my own store.

It is busy but that room was crazy packed with candy/sweets goodness! I think the set actually looks good and captures that scene very well.

Straight up hot mess.

Wayyy too busy

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I have a Bricklink store but I have never opened it or really done much with it. Lately I have been organizing , adding parts and getting all of the necessary ducks in a row. This is setting me back a little bit as I think it might be best for me to wait till the dust has settled .

Actually, it is more like having an agreement with one person, then having a second person buying the system while stating "we will not be interfering with the selling process." But I guess, if I saw things like you stated, I would have no room to complain if my electricity bill went up 3x. After all, the only signed contract is that I will pay my bill, not how much I'll be charged. From a business perspective, I'm at the electric company's mercy. I mean, after all, couldn't you just Will Prowse your home and store your own electricity? BTW, the whole website comment above reminds me of another way this affects sellers: Many of us have purchased and kept domain names for years to point at our BrickLink site. it's much easier to tell someone to go to mybricks.com than explain how to find your store once they find BrickLink. @iahawks550, I'm curious. Do you run a BrickLink store? If so, for how long? It would be interesting to get people's take on this vs their time as a seller.

I get the frustration, but you could always make your own website? Whenever you are reliant on a third party, with no signed contract regarding obligations, isn't it expected you are at their mercy, from a business perspective.

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The move is a bullshit one for larger stores that have worked to build a name for themselves. I have over 2000 business cards with my name on it and now they expect me to change my name?!? To change my avatar? LEGO would be better suited worrying about Pantasy, Lumibricks, etc instead of exerting control over sellers.

Yeah, the latest "update" is that if you don't merge your accounts by the end of the year your Bricklink account will be deleted, not just suspended but gone.

Bricklink has been pretty ruthless about merging accounts without even asking. Dont think it will be worth trying g to resist unless one truly has multiple shipping billing locations.

Interesting question. I never thought about that. I do not want to link my bricklink and Lego accounts at all. I plan to see if I can set up another Lego "dummy" account and link the two.

So a question about the LEGO/Bricklink integration coming up. What about those of us banned from LEGO? Will that have an effect on our Bricklink buying/selling ability?

If you're wondering why so many of the 2024 (and some 2023) retirements are still suppressed and/or not showing a BB on AMZN, look no further than B&N. They put zero effort in search to drive traffic to their site. Some really popular sets still selling for RRP.

A silly video of finding ways to use non-traditional but still official Lego parts for creating a small city.

Rather snazzy and.... is that Mr. Gold?

Barnes has some 25% off sets, some retired but it does not stack with membership 10%. I feel like the value of the membership has been diminishing for the past year, seems like much less sales and stamps promotions than previous years.

the euro sellers, Amazon will take their invoices

Targeted ebay promo, buy a $10+ item on ebay live, get a 50% off coupon. $100 off can be used up to 4x (split into 4 $50 purchases).