General Buying & Selling

I am thinking of buying Vampyre Castle at $96. It would save me almost $7 in taxes plus free shipping. I just don't want to have to deal with boxes again that are dented, rubbed edges, etc., as I want to hold on to this set for investment in the future. I had to return one large set to Lego that was dented, ordered 3 sets from TRU and am waiting for the store to get in some more sets so I can exchange one set that was bad. None of these were because of damage in shipment - just damage I assume in the warehouse. We do not live near a Lego store where you could pick out a box that was in mint condition.

I have been into the LEGO investing game for about a year now. Mostly impart to all the good deals shown here I have a nice stash going. I definetly want to move some sets I aquired at deep discount this year to recoup some money for future investing. Question is when is the right time to list on ebay. For Black Friday? after Cyber Monday? 2 weeks before the 25th? When does the mad dash for desperate parents begin!? Thanks for any insight on the matter, hopefully we all make a Scrooge worthy profit margin this holiday.

Hi, For the Ebay veterans, I saw a "buy now" for a nice NISB Lego set (still in production - not retired) at significant discount off MSRP. The problem is that the seller is in Asia, just joined Ebay a few months ago, and has only a few feedback. His feedback consists of people who have supposedly bought the Lego sets with no problem. I looked around and I don't think the chinese has made the fake on this set yet. am I setting myself up for a scam? Supposedly ebay/paypal favors the buyer if something goes wrong, right? Am I seeing risks that are not there, or rightfully concerned? your thoughts are appreciated.

Good morning brickpickers! Fall is here and it's that time of year for a huge neighborhood garage sale. I would like to participate in it. http://www.huntcross.com/garagesale.html This thing is massive 100+ families. Get there early! However I have never sold Lego at a garage sale. I would suspect there will be many people looking for a deal. So how do I sell my wares at slightly below current market prices to reflect lower fees since I am not selling on ebay or amazon? I need to finish my write-up for what I will have available. My collection/hoard is extensive. I have multiples of many exclusives exo's, 10229-7, 10228-10, 10227-3, 1…

Just wanted to let everybody know that the Lego brick-filled ornaments are back in store and online. I picked up a couple sets for my Lego Christmas tree last night. Last year, the gold ones became nearly impossible to find and were changing hands for ridiculous amounts of money.

Any seasoned sellers have any go-to sources they use for shipping boxes? Anything you have consistently used in terms of price effective yet quality boxes?

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I'm new to brick picking! I have some sets I have put away...but I culould use some advice on how to sell/value this. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I know a lot of stocked up before knowing that it probably is around another year. I am becoming more bullish so I decided to dump my stock. I got most of them around 80$. Well, they are sold out about everywhere. Ebay is trending up and up - now up to $160ish. I sold two for $160 last night. If you want to offload them ( as you should be able to easily get more next year) now is the time.

hello. my name is nisim and i am from israel. i want to buy Lego 75105 millennium falcon. i search for this lego in amazon, lego site and so'. The prices I found are very high. maybe someone can help me find this lego At a lower price. I have an address in the United States where I can send the LEGO. The prices i found are more than 160 dollar. If anyone can help me It would please me and especially my son. thanks nisim

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

Coming up shortly will be my first Black Friday since becoming an investor/collector. Can anyone who has been in the game longer than I have tell me typically what to expect on this crazy stupid day when it comes to LEGOs........what types of deals, where the best deals usually are ect. Is it even worth going out into the public and dealing with all the lines/crowds?

I've tried many times to open up bricklink today but it isn't letting me in and it says to try to reload it. Every other website is working and i reset my router. Is brickilnk working for anyone else?

Just a heads up on this listing: http://cleveland.craigslist.org/clt/3162205658.html Of course $200 for a sealed 10179 is ridiculous but I wanted to kick the tires anyway. I have asked the seller to send pictures. The first picture he sent was from a ebay listing. I also inquired about the death star. That pic was from an Australian classified page. So of course, I asked for a specific picture. He sends me the thank you note you get with the set. Which I replied I want a picture of the set with a message on a piece of paper or you throwing up a peace sign. He responds with a picture of the set on top of a lego mat. Of course that pic is found on this site ht…

I have to be just overlooking it, but what is the best way to ship a single mini-figure? Thank you

Hi guys, I want your opinion. There is a guy on Bricklink selling some old sets I want complete with boxes for a resonable price. Catch is he has zero feedback. Looking around at his store nothing else really throws any red flags up nevertheless the feedback(or lack of it ) concerns me. Does paypal offer protection if it is not an ebay transaction? keen to hear what others think..........

Now I would not call myself a LEGO investor, I am just looking to sell my large collection of LEGO sets ( around 135 sets) and make some profit. I have a large amount of Indiana Jones sets including some of the bigger ones like Temple of Doom, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Temple Escape and am looking for advice to see if it would be better to sell them now or if they are likely to grow on the market. I would really appreciate this.......Thanks.

Non-US buyers with US shipping addresses keep trying to buy my stuff on Bricklink. I can't even tell they are non-US until they send me a payment and I notice my paypal fees are 1% higher. I have notes in my shop that these payments will be refunded and I deal with US customers only, but they keep trying and I keep refunding and it keeps taking my inventory out of sale until I go and cancel the order. It's getting annoying. Is there anyway to block that from within paypal so I can't even accept those or turn off the auto payment accept so I can look through each one and approve it first?

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?

So I have had a couple people ask me - my store is currently on vacation. I am not - just contemplating what I want to do from here. A lot of the time and stress from a store is wearing me down and so I wanted to take a couple of weeks break to re-evaluate what I do, how I do it, and make it better and more manageable. Some people mentioned label printers earlier in another thread and I was intrigued. Looks like a good idea. Basically, from what I can tell, printers are thermal - no ink or toner. You just buy the label paper. You have to get the right ones for certain labels - still working on that info. Anyway - if you have one of these, please share yo…

I have an RI up for auction at the moment, Canada and US only. I received a message from someone in Singapore if I would be willing to ship to there. I'm a little hesitant on this, also I'm not sure how to update the shipping so I can go international on an item already in progress. I have never shipped international either. My thought was to reply with either a) an international auction so he can bid or b ) an agreed on BIN price. He said he would like one for his daughters birthday. His feed back is good and his feed back is from all over, US, UK, Spain etc. Any thoughts, suggestions, experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Does anyone think it might be worth it to buy two of the Sydney Opera House 10234 during the VIP early buying period to quickly try and sell for a profit to those too eager to wait? What do you think this set might go for on ebay doing this? It's way to early to buy these and sit on them for awhile, but would the profit be worth trying this quick flip? Thanks for any responses.

Can you still print labels through paypal to Canada? I just completed a trade with a trader from another site and he never told me he was from Canada. I didn't find out until I looked at his return address. Can I still use paypal to print my labels and if so, is it still easy? thx

A friend of mine needs to send me something from the USA, it is about 1500 grams with a value of $600. I can't find the costs of shipping incl. insurance for this, could someone from the USA perhaps help me out? What would the costs be for: Package ~1500grams, $600 value, insured to The Netherlands. Thank you in advance.

I registered and they won't send my coupon. I am going to near one tomorrow and need it fast. Any ideas or solutions? Thanks.