  
| Author: | Brettj666  | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2016 16:00 | | Subject: | Re: Naming & addressing | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | | | You would be surprised how many people don't know how to write their own
address correct.
BL can't know, and show, the correct format for each country.
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There are ways to have the address checked against postal databases for validity.
Various websites use them.
If BL where to verify only the USA, EU, Germany, France and the Netherlands (the
5 regions with most members), 92% of the addresses would be verified. While
I agree that BL cannot check every country, verifying 92% of addresses is much
better than 0%.
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Buyers are responsible for the correctness of their own address.
If BL would use their database to check addresses there might be privacy laws
involved.
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There are postal code services, in Canada and the US at least, that is a thin
layer between the user and the site which will cleanse addresses (that are on
file).. it won't correct wrong addresses, but will format them.
But these services come at a cost.
So, from Bricklink's perspective, there are three options
1) Put the service in at their own cost
2) Put the serivce in, but make an adjustment to revenue (and since the only
revenue I think they have are fees, let's call it that)
3) Do nothing
now, based on how often a bad address makes life difficult for you, which do
you prefer.
Oh.... And you can't pick #1
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Message is in Reply To:  Re: Naming & addressing - Brickwilbo (1534)  | [...] Buyers are responsible for the correctness of their own address. If BL would use their database to check addresses there might be privacy laws involved.
(92 months ago, Nov 29, 2016, to Suggestions) |
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