General Buying & Selling

Hi Folks, I have received my first squashed package from Amazon.co.uk. Its a 7938 and I bought it for

What is best site to sell my Lego sets? I have the complete Hero Factory series 1.

Just sold my first lego set! Dino headquarters 5887 for 105 euros!! Bought it for 50 euros so im happy with my first sale!

We all know how sets tend to spike in value really quickly right after EOL, especially if it goes out of stock at all the retailers at once. It is not uncommon to see sets double in value over this time, this is when many sellers take it upon themselves to go ahead and sell the set. I will use my winter village bakery as an example... Purchase Price - $47 Sale Price - $95 - it is was going for this amount 2 weeks after I made my purchase Ebay/paypal fees - $14 Shipping - $12 Final Profit - $22 This actually did pretty well on its own, I haven't actually sold mine yet since I am hoping it will go for much more later, here is the interesting thing though, even …

Looking for estimates on how much you wise people would pay for the full inventory of a Bricklink store, where the seller is keen to get rid of it all due to leaving the country (how dodgy does that sound?!) I'm in the UK, the parts are in the UK. Total parts count is 110000 approx. A full range of parts, not just rubbish. Comes with all storage that the seller has been using to run the store. Volume takes up one wall about 2m x 3m x 0.3m deep Looking for just a quick estimate. I normally work at 5p a part, so we're looking at about 5500GBP. Anyone got any thoughts? Buying the stuff to sell on BL and/or ebay

I know this has likely been covered before, but I couldn't find anything in the forums. i shipped a Jokers Funhouse (6857) via FedEx Smartpost. The item shows as delivered in tracking.. the buyer never received it. She went to the post office and they said they delivered it to the wrong house. The house is vacant and the package was gone. The post office told her to ask me if I had insurance, which I did not. what are my options from here?

Greetings! When using an auction-style listing on eBay should I make the starting price the shipping price plus one dollar and put free shipping or start the auction at ($$$) and state the shipping price. Any advice would be wonderful. Edward

Someone at my local Craiglist is selling an used 10174 for approx $80 (complete according to him), do you think is worth it?

This is my 3rd time selling an item on eBay, everything was simple until now. I shipped the item on July 9th, from Mexico to Netherlands, according to the tracking number it arrived on July 18th to NLAMSA Customs (NL = Netherlands AM = Amsterdam SA = Schiphol Airport), but it has been sitting there for a while (4 bussiness days and counting). Idk what to do, fortunately my client has 704 score, so he's more experienced than I, but i'm kind of panicking right now.

Hi All I don't want to sell them, but needing some cash for a new deck(the wife wins) I recently placed an ad in CL for my collection: Lego 10221 Super Star Destroyer QTY: 4 All Mint in Box Lego 10188 Death Star QTY: 2 New in Box. one box has seal broken Lego 10227 B wing QTY: 2 All Mint in Box Lego 9516 Jabba's Palace QTY: 4 All Mint in Box Lego 75005 Rancor's Pit QTY: 2 Both Mint in Box Lego 9526 Papaltines Arrest QTY: 1 Mint in Box Lego 7964 Republic Frigate QTY: 1 Mint in Box Asking 4K..what do u think...I might try ebay next txs

How does everyone handle their receipts for book keeping? I am noticing more and more of my receipts are fading very quickly. Anyone have suggestions for digital management of receipts?

Thought I would post Found the Rockefeller Center 21007 as they were putting out stock at a thrift store for $3. Box and instructions included. Just sold for $31 on eBay I am happy, can justify my new hobby easier to the wife Any other first flip success stories?

Want the VW Camper bad wife says im over my budget for the year (looking for a hitman as we speak lmao) but until then she says I need to sell of some of my other legos to obtain this previously I sold my constitution train set, the mine and the Colby city showdown to buy THE Tower of Orthanc. Listed them on Craig's list is there a better way to list what I have know so I can maximize my profits people on Craig's list seem to low ball you and this is a prize collection of minifigurines rare and not rare. Ive never done eBay so im a little leary.........

Hi all, I have a few sets that I am considering to sell in the next days, but a couple of them I am considering seriously given my purchase price. I have the 8070 Sports Car for 67

Is this worth a buy and will it be worth keeping as investment?

Saw someone post in the daily thread about emotional upset cashier and didn't want to reply there. I have a story I wanted to share and thought I start a new thread. If there is something similar already please MOD merge mine into it, thanks. My personal favorite of all time was when the XBox 360 first came out. I bought a Xbox 360 after the initial Xmas rush and wanted to get the highest quality cable for back then. I saw Circuit City had a Psyclone cable for the 360 at $25 which it normally sold for $60. So great I go to CC but they were all sold out, I was like "oh wait Best Buy price matches items I'll shoot over there. I go in, find they have the cable - sweet.…

Do you use the Global Shipping Program on Ebay to ship international? What has been your experience?

We've discussed parting out a set for profit, and also about listing a set with the minifigures removed, but what about the opposite? My question may be more for builders than collectors but here goes. Have you ever bought a set for parts and only listed the minifigures to sell? On some sets I'm okay with having more than one of a character (Troopers, Soldiers, Knights, etcetera), but some have very unique ones (Mace Windu, Yoda, so on) that at best I'm okay with two. For the most part, I buy a lot of sets just for the parts. Characters are great but, as I said, I don't always need that many of certain characters. At the least I was thinking that if I wer…

Hi, sorry for bothering with a beginners question. I started investing into Lego sets about 11 month ago in Nov. 2012. Meanwhile I have stored about 50 MISB sets with a value of about 5000 Euro. Currently I don't have any spare money to invest, so I am considering to start selling some sets and reinvest the money. I don't realy know if this is a good idea or if I should just wait for the prices to go up!? Currently I could sell the following sets with a profit > 50% 2 x 10219 Maersk Train (could sell with 105% profit) 2 x 9496 MF Zombies (could sell with 100% profit) 1 x 10193 Medieval Market Village (could sell with 80% profit) 2 x 21016 Sun…

Hi, I am new to selling lego. I am planning to sell some of my lego star wars collection on ebay but I need advice. For example, do you ship the set disassembled? If disassembled, do you sort the pieces or is it just a giant pile of bricks? Could you please help me.

Had a question about selling my complete set of Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series. I am not a collector, rather just have enjoyed following lego collecting on line. This interest led to me starting to purchase only NEW Star Wars UCS sets over the years and hanging on to them given my love of star wars and lego - not even sure why! I thought these might be fun for my son and I to build or it was a really fun way to force some savings. I am now ready to sell them all and I am trying to figure out how. Each set is bubble wrapped and boxed in a separate cardboard box - was trying to avoid selling individually given the time to take pics, list, and ship numerous times!!…

Well, as clearance looks to be pretty disappointing and possibly non-existent for most of us, I want to see what people think about this retail season. What retailer did you buy from - or what retailer did the best pulling you in and why? Doesn't have to be the best sale - mostly encompassing the whole holiday season is what I am interested in. Highlights: Amazon - Cyber Monday basically a clearance sale. Black friday lightning deals. Walmart - I am counting the 10.99 fiasco. 30% off sets on Black Friday. ToysRUs - Random crazy good sales in between crap - and sort of finishing with crap. Gift cards were huge. Tons of huge discounts on Technic sets.…

My local walmart has some Ghost Trains that have been sitting on the shelf for ages. They are on clearance for 54 right now, which while not being a bad deal, isn't that much below amazon has gone to, when including tax. I am thinking about offering 40 each. Has this worked for anyone? Any advice?

Please bare with the long explanation. So I just got into Lego in January when I built a UCS Slave I. I then bought a MF, an IST, a VW T1, and a Mini within the next 3 months. This hobby was getting expensive, so I decided to start buying/selling to satisfy my need to build and bankroll my personal collection, not for long-term investment. So far I've sold a Classic Mr. Freeze that my buddy put on his EBay. I have about $1,500 into 2 bulk lots and other new and used sets. Been using BL and CL so far b/c I'm reticent to use EBay based on all the horror stories on here and eating a hundred dollar set would be a significant blow to my small enterprise So I had a guy c…

I recently posted a set on bricklink for $95 and it sold a couple days later. (cheapest on BL) The user is from Canada (I'm in the US) and send a message asking if they can pay by paypal and if I will send it as a gift...I responded and said yes you can definitely pay with paypal, but I would not send it as a gift as I'm selling it (I understand customs taxes probably aren't cheap in canada) However, the user has 0 feedback. I am looking up shipping rates to canada for this large set and it's around $38, and tracking is not available for this feature. The user created an account feb 23, so it's their first 2 weeks apparently. I dont know....should I go ahead and sel…