General Buying & Selling

Quick question for someone new to the Monthly build, hoping someone can shed some light. Obviously there is registration mid month for the monthly build. Couple questions; 1) What does the event look like? Meaning do you get your set and have to open it there and build? Or can you leave with it sealed etc.? 2) How do people on eBay who sell these have soooo many of them available? Do they have an inside source? Do they sign up for multiple stores? And is there a max you can get per event? Just curious, don't really want to get into that game... just confused how it works thanks

sorry if this falls under topic redundancy, but someone on Ebay just extended an offer to me from Brazil. Now I know Italy is definitely a no no and you should never sell to someone from there, I was just wondering if anyone had any advice for me regarding Brazil and if its no problem? Thanks!

Hello This is somehow an existential question. In ebay do you prefer Free or payed shipping? Do you feel somehow tricked by Free shipping? Regards

I Advanced Hi, Ed! Daily Deals My eBay Sell Community Customer Support Cart Search|Advanced Search in Home > eBay Discussion Boards > Community Help Boards > Packaging & Shipping Global Shipping Issue BEWARE! Jan 23, 2013 02:24 PM I sold some greeting cards through the eBay Global Shipping program. It is my policy to print shipping cost on my labels and send a note to my buyer that I do not overcharge on shipping. Now with the global shipping my cost to get it to the facility is obv. only the domestic cost. eBay then charges international shipping rates My buyer sent a message about this a…

I was wondering if, outside of the european amazons, there were any retailers outside the UK that UK collectors are able to use? I've seen that toys'r'us + barnes & noble deliver to the UK but the problem with them is that once you add on delivery & duty you end up with prices that are the same as here or even a tad more. So are there any EU retailers (since we don't pay duty within the EU) that post to the UK or anywhere else with a good range/reasonable prices that do so? Anywhere that has the 10xxx sets would be even better as those are the ones that we tend to get taken advantage of in terms of MSRP (eg 10217 was

Figured I would give you guys here first shot at a deal... Buying our first house and need a little more money for the closing costs willing to give someone a great deal. Posting here before Craigslist. 76023 Tumbler 200 75059 Sandcrawler 300 10236 Ewok Village 240 10218 Pet Shop 150 10232 Palace Cinema 150 1000$ LOCAL PICKUP WILL NOT SEPARATE CASH ONLY PICKUP INDIANAPOLIS IN NO PAYPAL NO SHIPPING Price is Firm Over 1500$ on Amazon

I'm going to Florida Legoland and will also drop by Downtown Disney Lego store next week. What should I look for that's not easily found elsewhere? Legoland also gives 10% discount for annual ticket holder (which I don't have, and will cost $100 if I decide to buy one). Any advice is appreciated.

I bought a Grand Prix racer still in the retail display case. Paid 50$ lights still work and the plexi-glass is amazing. Just wondering what it's worth? Sent from my SM-N950U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Selling large Lego collection, located at Morningside Heights near Columbia University. Many old sets (some sealed), but mostly sealed large and small sets retired within the last 5 years. Many rare promotional sets as well. ~90% of the collection is brand new sealed. Please see the attached file for a complete list of sets. Entire collection valued at ~$27k at MSRP and ~$38k at current market value. Want to clear space so intended for buyers who are willing to purchase a large portion of the collection (especially the large sets), and I will sell even with good discounts off MSRP. Also willing to sell at 30%+ discount off MSRP for buyers taking large amounts of smal…

Whelp. I finally summoned the courage to open some mangled best buy sets and the bags are sealed and all there. So that's nice. I ordered 3 31120's medieval castle a while back. They arrived looking like the typical Best Buy ordered. Seals busted, taped to hell, labels everywhere, rips in the box face. So I returned them. I must have hit the wrong button because I only got a refund for 1 set, and then all 3 of them came back to me. So now I have 3 sets for the price of 2 at least. Customer service was no help so I figured I'm stuck with them and put them in a box to deal with later. Long story short. Do not order from best buy. They are completely usel…

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Hi all, I'm going to list some old used sets from '95-'97 on ebay in a few weeks and to be completely honest I wanted to post what would be available online to the community here. The issue is I was not sure which thread (if any) I can post this under. I am trying to get into some of the newer sets with the funds from these sales. Thanks for any advice! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I'm having trouble dealing with PayPal right now and any input is much appreciated. Last August I placed an order with a local toy retailer and my PayPal balance was instantly credited for the total amount. This particular order was eventually cancelled but the payment authorization was not, which lead to a month of going back and forth with customer service and PayPal, but it finally got cancelled. The problem is that a week has gone buy and my balance is still missing those ~250

I never had this issue before even when adding insurance, Non-eBay transaction with payment (over $250) made using PayPal. Buyer is in Singapore. PayPal was used to create the USPS International Express shipping label. Only problem when printing the postal label was adding insurance (not an option within the GUI). I confirmed with both USPS and PayPal phone reps that insurance can be added at my local Post Office. Shipping cost $95 rounded. At the Post Office, the clerk claimed she wasn't able to add insurance since the "label # or some customs # " wasn't in the system (in hindsight, maybe I should have used USPS.com to print this label...). She also said this …

Okay, so a major lingering question is this issue surrounding gray bricks, both dark and light shades and the switch from the warmer shade, to the "bluish" shade. Does anyone combine the two grays when selling Used sets? I would assume no, because it would be frustrating, but at the same time I see very little listings that use these gray bricks advertised specifically that they are "light gray" vs "light bluish gray". For all you sellers who sell "used" sets, do you note this in your listings? Or is combining the shades of a gray a huge no - no? Thanks for any experiences!

So far, I have been selling newer sets and flipping them for cash, which is great. I have sold more popular sets through eBay (Mine Craft, Star Wars and other big sets), but the gauging of the fees sucks! Haven't tried Amazon yet, but I will once I figure the best way to handle the traffic in the future. I'm hoping for less fees, but from researching, it appears it will be the same or more (depending on certain things). Craigslist is obviously the cheapest route, but not enough exposure. You have to deal with some really special people, which can suck! Would love to sell more sets through my site, but need more exposure and with some planning, I ca…

Just wanted to you know that the unimog that I originally thought might be from a scamming illegal drop shipper arrived yesterday. It indeed was NOT a drop shipped item, the seller however fabricated his shipping box out of a few much smaller boxes and taped up the seams as best he could, but a few were wide open when the item arrived. I want to be clear here, this is not one of those shipping nightmares where the lego box has been punctured or crushed, however, due to some of the edges being exposed, it did arrived pretty frayed and was not something I would have bought in a store. The seller in this case has over 1000 feedback and 100% positive, so he must do somet…

I bought Helms Deep from someone and guess how they shipped it? No fn box! Just the box the set came in. How can someone be this stupid?

For everyone in UK and maybe broader Europe, please be on the lookout for set #40222 offered in large quantities below market value. Reposted from Brickset: Clearly, whoever has taken them will be looking to offload them somewhere so if you are offered any, or see them on eBay, local classified ads, Gumtree, Facebook, or wherever, take screenshots or photos and contact your local police via 101 quoting 13170537540. Not only have the sets been taken but the charity's delivery van has been put out of action too, thus denying even more children a little happiness over the festive period.

Hey guys What do u guys think is a good price to buy bulk bricks. Sorted with no minifigs. And bulk with mixed sets and some minifigs? I've been buying the latter at $4lbs all day long. But never sorted bulk with no figs. Advice please. Thanks Benzinjg

Is anyone using their own Python webscraping to look for online deals? I was thinking of paying someone to build something for me. The paid versions I think are geared towards the developers making the most money possible, and not so much about you finding all the deals - plus they scrape so much so often, that they probably have to scrape less often than an individual would to keep them from getting banned. I would love to hear someone's thoughts or experiences. I'm also open to collaboration.

First time posting, but I have been lurking for a while now. I recently re fell in love with legos after building the Saturn V rocket. I was so amazed at the build and how every thing went together so perfectly. I immediately wanted to display it in my Man cave. After I did I started thinking about my other cool things I wanted to display. My collection of 100 amiibos that were just sitting in a bag came to mind. The rocket takes up a lot of room and I was wondering how I could display the rocket and all my Amiibos on the same shelf. I decided to build a 3-foot bridge that would go over my Saturn V. So far I have built a 2 level bridge and I have one more level to…

So I have a situation I am actually unsure what to do. I had a buyer inquire about an item asking some kind of dumb questions. Next day he sends me a message saying he wants to buy item, but can't because he has 2 strikes against him(I have my ebay set to block buyers with 2 or more unpaid transactions in a year.) He says he wants to pay today. Buyer has 3 total feedbacks, but one is a "negative" positive claiming him as a deadbeat buyer. The item is kind of expensive, $800. Should I let him buy it or not. I am 50/50 at this point.

We operate a small souvenir gift shop in a beach town in Michigan. The town is packed from Memorial Day thru Labor Day and the town only has a junky toy shop (with no LEGO). I've thought about adding a few display cases with individual minifigures, packs of Collectible Series minifigures, smaller sets (polybags) and the like to satisfy those parents looking to keep their kids happy. I wouldn't have room for large sealed sets, and I'm not sure the market would be there for those. Anyone have any experience or war stories to share from brick & mortar retail? Or even convention sales? I'm trying to figure out what items would be most in demand, etc. Thanks!

Sorry if there is already a thread on this, but I have made my first sale on Bricklink, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to go about it now and I was hoping some seasoned bricklinkers can help me out. Someone wants to buy a lot of bricks, and it looks like now I have to send them an invoice? But shipping rates are not agreed upon beforehand (like on ebay)? So do I have to send them an Paypal invoice with the shipping cost included, and then send out the stuff when it goes through?