General Buying & Selling

I guess if you sell enough you're bound to get burned eventually. I've been reading this forum with the intermittent reports of problems with ebay buyers and felt fortunate I have yet to be scammed. But today is my turn and now I turn to the good people of this forum for some needed advice about how to proceed with my first dishonest buyer. I sold a minifigure on ebay 4 month ago (12 bucks plus shipping) shipped item off and tracking confirmed delivery a few days later to a confirmed address. Today I get an email from paypal that they buyer is disputing the transaction stating it was an unauthorized charge. Pay pal wants proof the transaction was a…

The newest style Stack-On DS-60 60 Drawer Storage Cabinet does not come with slots for dividing the drawers. Sucks since I just ordered a couple of the DS-60's and automatically added the dividers to the order that are useless now.

This may be the biggest lot I've ever seen on my local CL. http://austin.craigslist.org/tag/3889717844.html I can't afford it, but if anyone is interested I can try to talk to the guy or something, or maybe take a look at it in person. This could be an opportunity to get a seriously nice collection before it goes to ebay.

I am a seller on Bricklink with a small number of sales - one a month or so and have used paypal for payment. I have always in the past received a message from paypal with a subject like "<person" send you <amount> , and the body just provides the amount and any note. When looking at my paypal account there is (as expected) a deduction of around 3.4% from the payment. This week I sold a small item on Bricklink and got a different email from paypal with a subject line "You've got money" and a different content - but this time it shows a transaction fee in the email - and it a was 9.1% fee. Wow - on their fee information paypal say it is 0-2500 (or somethin…

I'm a collector in South Florida, you're probably a flipper, so if I'm going to sell it makes sense to sell to you now before the holidays. 112 unique sealed sets. I'll send the excel sheet. Brick has it at $5800 (I paid $6300 in non-retail prices), but at least 20 sets do not have prices. Your offer needs to have a 4 in front of it. Pickup and pay in-person only. Here's a preview of some of my big sets: 10188-1: DEATH STAR 10236-1: EWOK VILLAGE 70620-1: NINJAGO CITY 70840-1: WELCOME TO APOCALYPSEBURG! 70922-1: THE JOKER MANOR 71016-1: KWIK-E-MART 71042-1: SILENT MARY 75810-1: THE UPSIDE DOWN 75098-1: ASSAULT …

From what I’ve read, lego will be raising their prices on CMF’s to $4.99 in 2020.

I've had mixed results selling sealed sets on Ebay. I list under an established ID under normal free auction listings for typically top dollar. Not in rush to make sales or I'd list at a lower price point. Would this method be better served by selling on Bricklink? I've never bought or sold on that site before. Any input would be appreciated!

So I had a question as I am trying to finish getting things together for Tax season. I went through my sales and everything and calculated it up. Its a little bit lower than Paypals 1099K number. However I know this is a gross amount which doesn't take out refunds, credits, etc. for all sorts of other stuff. How does everyone add these up? Is there a section in Paypal where you can see all the categories like How much you received in Chargebacks? Or Reversals etc.?

Hi, I recently joined Brick Picker and really like the site. I started investing in LEGOs about 4 years ago and have really started to see my investment grow. I have sold only a few of my sets on eBay but I am planning on getting rid of more once certain sets hit the price point I want them to. What I'm needing help on is this -- Where do you find boxes that work for to ship your LEGO sets? As I have been storing and organizing my sets I have noticed that all sets, for the most part, come in a certain size box. It makes no difference what theme it is. I find it hard to believe that there is not a manufacturer out there that hasn't come up with boxes to sh…

I have a bunch of Legos that we are trying to sell in a garage sale. Can someone give me an idea how much they might be worth? Thanks

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.…

Newbie Here, I've looked at the Bricklink marketplace and have a few questions regarding how pricing is determined. Being in the US I notice that there are a lot of re-sellers in a wide variety of locations (Asia, Europe, Australia along with the US). Question... In your brick stores, do you see most of your customers being local, your regional geographic area (Europe, North America, Asia), or is it random? Reason I ask is that I see many of the US sellers with slightly higher prices compared to Europe and Asian stores. This is a generality, based upon the sets I looked up, not individual pieces. Thanks for your feedback

I am basically a quick flipper, I have the opportunity to get 30% off at the lego store. Please advise me what to buy ( for selling purposes ) thanks

I received the email below from Amazon today. I'm sure those of you who sell on Amazon will also receive this email, but in case you somehow missed it, or were thinking about selling on Amazon, here it is. Bulletpoint #2 pretty much rules me out (I just don't sell that much), which is too bad, as I was planning on ramping up for the holidays on Amazon. I pretty much just have ebay and CL now. Hello from Amazon Services, To maintain a great customer experience this holiday season, we are announcing the holiday selling guidelines for the Toys & Games store. Effective November 18, 2014, only sellers who meet the following criteria will be eligible to se…

Also got an email today (whether new deal of not), that if you spend $100 at the WBShop, you will get $20 off plus free shipping. Click here to go to WBShop and view LEGO items ENTER "SAVINGS" at checkout to get discount

Hello. On Best Buy I see that they advertise that members of the “My Best Buy Plus” program save 10% on all LEGO sets. Is this an additional 10% on top of any other discounts and sale prices? Are there any catches to the program? How are they with limits? I currently have a business account so I’ve been able to get up to 25 sets sometimes. Not sure if my business account can sign up for this program or not. Any feedback on those topics would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

So after my issue with Amazon it's my wakeup call and I think it's time to diversify. Looking for some of the smaller outfits as an alternative to Amazon or eBay. I plan on listing here on these brick classifieds, but was looking at other options as well... casting a wide net with low fees. Anyone have any experience selling LEGO on eCrater, ebid, iOffer, Bonanza, or etsy? Any other good options out there outside of the big players?

Hi everyone, I'm very new to all this. I was thinking the other day as I bought my second investment set (Grand Emporium) When I'm ready to sell something and I've never sold on Ebay before, how do I set it up so people won't shy away from me the minute they realize I don't have a rating. I started an Instagram page to show people how much I love this stuff. Also that I'm just your average family man. @brickcrazy Also, whats stopping someone from claiming I sent them an open product or something? And scamming me?!?! Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

I've decided to move my Paradisa collection on to a better place - where it is loved and valued for all its ... pinkness ! As much as I would love to own every LEGO set ever made (lol) I have come to a point where I have decided I need to identify my main themes (and likes) and consolidate my collection in these areas. My Paradisa collection was part of a Westfield display lot I purchased a few years ago now so it's in pretty good nick. I would describe it as used, but not played with, no boxes, full instructions (although some keen previous owner has written some inflated prices on the front corner of each instruction in red nikko pen). There a few bits that have yellowe…

When you sell an item on eBay, it is great how you can print a label right from your "My eBay" page. You get it at a pretty good discounted rate, plus free delivery confirmation which is worth about 80 more cents. This is accomplished through the Pitney Bowes service. Does anybody know of a way to get similar deals like this without going through eBay? I prefer to keep using USPS because they have always been good to me, and I would like to do my part to help keep them in business. Thanks!

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

Hi! i have a collection I’ve vintage Lego that I hope to sell, but I don’t even know where to begin. Many of the sets have no price guide so I have no idea what their value is. Most are in the original boxes (all opened), appear to be complete, with instructions. I’ve taken a few photos. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jerad Not sure if the moon set is complete. Also not sure if the signal set is complete, and the 939 set has had all the stickers fall off. Plus a couple of random sign pieces.

I found this forum by chance. I was searching for info about original LEGO catalogues. I own an old collection spanning from 1980 until 2003 and was wondering if there's a market for them? Do these get traded the same way as LEGO instructions? I'm located in Belgium and would appreciate any advice (or interest) other forum members might have. Many thanks!

Ok so Its a first time for me.... I bought a LG Optimus *** digitizer over Ebay and I broke LCD display while trying to replace it so now I need both and since Display is not sold separately I want to make a return. I already contacted the seller who said np (his reply below) Now I wonder do I have to start something on Ebay? I will return the item on Monday... I Bought it on 17th December

Hopefully, this is the right area to post this and I'm sure it's been discussed before. I quickly glanced through the topics and didn't see it but may have missed it. There is a lot of good information on here about buying at discounts (Walmart and Target deals) vs retail prices on S&****. At first glance it seems like a no-brainer, but in some cases it may make more sense to buy from S&**** when you factor in the VIP points and the exclusives you get for that month. I'm assuming free shipping at S&**** as well. What I mean by exclusives is the value they have on say eBay. Last month, early Jorel was routinely going for $15-$20. If you factor the …