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  3. I wonder if they will credit, when people take the figures and return the rest, At least on Amazon I can win all those.
  4. I would say its more the American peoples fault. They wanted high wages, pensions, all the benefits AND they wanted cheap stuff. Is it any wonder that we killed our country to import cheap Walmart goods made with slave labor in other parts of the world. All the while virtue signalling on workers benefits and human rights. And now when the system is falling the world is descending into the dark ages, all people can do is say "it's not my fault, I did nothing wrong and it must be evil rich people.....that's it! those evil richies must be destroyed......it's not our fault......we did nothing wrong." Keep yelling that, it'll fix it.....don't worry...... just keep running up the debt and not looking at fixing the problem.....
  5. Because the billionaire oligarchs here write the laws and buy the politicians. They make more money importing cheap products using *less than ethical* production methods, than paying a livable wage to American citizens.
  6. Yes, You can pay with credit card as well as long as ID matches card, Card also must be chip
  7. USA is a push over when it comes to China, Why do we allow sites like Alibaba to be publicly traded, When they are known for anything and everything fake. We need to Tariff everything from there, Add like $100 per item
  8. My thing is will it EVER sell out? Look Wonders of the World "Limited Edition" is back now for a FOURTH time. I am just going for the complete set of the Ninjago City GWPs and don't think I will do two sets. This years D2C Nijago set sounds similar to Temple of Airjitsu but with a Dragon.
  9. Yep, saw that too, but that’s the pre-sold out price. Once it sells out, would we see a spike in price for such an iconic related set?
  10. It was going for as low at $39 shipped on eBay when I looked yesterday, that's like a 5$ profit all said and done.
  11. A picture posted on reddit recently from a "reputable" and reliable bootleg seller. 5 Icons sets for less than the RRP of the land rover. The price differences are extreme, and all the buyer has to deal with is the guilt of not supporting Lego and the IP owner. Apparently shipping to Europe is much higher than to the USA, as we subsidize it because we love cheap Chinese crap in our consumption based economy.
  12. I'm not sure how much of a problem that's going to be. My understanding is that Mercari will cover return shipping, so as long as buyers don't destroy the set, it's annoying but not the end of the world. What is killing Mercari for Lego is shipping. Their pricing on larger boxes is horrible compared to Ebay or PirateShip. You can offer free shipping but their search results don't highlight free shipping, so your listing will appear more expensive when it really is cheaper.
  13. This thread got me to go look at some of their original designs. They had some old west stuff, which I'm a fan of. Not sure I can pull the trigger on fake Lego. The old Tyco castle I had still haunts me. I did find this humorous on Funwhole's Amazon storefront. 97.5% chance of being complete.
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  15. for bulk i have a 10 case bundle , FYI if your in California and have a sellers permit contact me prior to purchase, You can fill out the reseller form so we don't have to charge you tax cases will ship same day we get them, first or second week of may but no exact date yet https://planetfuntoys.com/products/10-cases-bulk-lego-space-series-case-of-36-collectible-minifigures-71046-360-pieces
  16. Yes but now you have to take returns no matter what reason, I will delete all my listings, not enough sales for lego we flip to make it worth it
  17. Not Lego related but related to selling on amazon. Buyer feedback 08/11/23 - 4 - T.A. 08/18/23 - 13 - T.A. 08/29/23 - 17 - T.A. 02/28/24 - 5 - B.C. 03/25/24 - 8 - Dylan B. Total 47 5 star feedbacks on these days. How does this even happen on amazon. Amazon.com Seller Profile: HenryAV
  18. Most people don't share the same care, and are loyal to their wallet not multibillion dollar companies. Many of the MOCs are based on licensed products that the bootleg companies have no rights to. You wouldn't download a car would you? The MOC creator didn't own the IP, so it wasn't stolen. What they did was skirt the spirt of the Ideas program.
  19. Agreed 100% but Lego is doing it as well: https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-ideas-snow-white-designer-feels-let-down
  20. Quality aside, none of the Flego brands have licenses for the IP (Star Wars, LotR, etc). So buying any of those is effectively stealing from the IP owner. MOCs are a different story. No issue there as long as they are either original or licensed to the designer. I’m all for legit competition with Lego using original ideas and quality parts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  21. its tempting but their platform doesnt or didnt allow for multiple item listings, and mostly it sells for 10% less than ebay plus slower at that, so while it was a smart and needed move for them, probably not worth it on average to effectively move any quantity.
  22. Mercari has dropped it's 10% seller fee in favor of a fee paid by the buyers. Still being charged the 2.9% + $0.50 Buyers still only have 3 days to submit for a return, but "return for any reason" just means that they don't need to lie to return it if they get buyers remorse, versus submitting a false SNAD. They're attempting to keep the money held within their service by offering no fees for using your balance. The flat fee per cash-out encourages people to store it longer, which may lead to them spending it internally for sitting there. Seems like a good way to hold these reserves and invest them like a bank.
  23. The ick factor on fake bricks is gone. There are still some of the bottom barrel producers that have poor clutch and an oily feel (similar to Megabloks), but across the board you'd find it hard to notice a difference in quality without looking for the logo. I've come across a ton of them while sorting, and previously I could just tell by touch... but now I have to actually look at the studs. The quality really changed when Lego opened facilities in China for production, as they steal and copy everything they can get their hands on. It probably didn't take until the end of the first shift for mountains of data to be provided to the other companies there. It's never going to be 100% as good, but 95% is still an A, and the vast majority of people are going to be happy with it. It will never be lights out for Lego though, as they still sell multitudes more product, and many people are so absolutely brand conscious that they'd never buy anything else. And the move to China only helped Lego grab a footprint in a multibillion person country, which has its own brand conscious people. If you recall, around the time of the move the news was full of "China's growing middle class", and how the "China middle class will surpass America". If they had to give up trade secrets to grab that market, they knew who they were making a deal with. It's going to hurt resellers more than anyone, as the bootleggers keep sets in production for years. It doesn't help that Amazon will display bootleg sets right next to genuine sets on search results. As the reseller price rises, and the bootleg price stays the same, you're going to have more people taking pause and digging deeper. If I'm looking at having a UCS star Destroyer, am I going to spend nearly 4x the price for 2.5x less parts? This is the question our buyers will be asking when seeing these side by side. 6x the price for 2.4x less pieces? Our customer base is getting old, and the replacements are overall not nearly as brand attached, nor are they going to have the disposable income of the previous generations. And Amazon is just blatantly telling them there are other options out there, and to "click here" to explore more. I've bought bootleg animals/dinos for my kids that Lego hadn't produced yet, and it's hard to tell the difference. For example the styracosaurus and pentaceratops feel and clutch the same as the triceratops. Had a brachiosaurus for years now, as well as countless zoo creatures that Lego is still catching up on. You also have MOC artists on rebrickable licensing their designs directly to MouldKing and other brands, as they pay out a lot more than selling instructions on rebrickable. I suppose a lot of people "like" designs but rarely buy the pieces once they see the part cost. Now you can get your MOC instructions and parts in one transaction, for 1/4 of the cost of sourcing them yourself. I don't blame the MOC designers for making money, but it directly affects part resellers.
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