General Buying & Selling

I'm aware that a lot of us have received battered boxes, missing parts or nothing at all. But... Has anyone ever got lucky and been positively blown away by what was sent to them? I ordered 5x 60014 Coast Guard Patrols from Amazon France and they sent me 5x 10226 Sopwith Camels instead! I don't want to complain as the British hate complaining but, the guy that ordered the Sopwith Camels might have done. I received the order a couple of months ago and only opened the sealed shipping box just now to organise my stock. This just never happens to me so I'll probably get run over by a bus tomorrow.

After reluctantly buying my very first Nexo Knights set (Christmas present for my son who seems to be into it), I figured others might have "Shame" purchases that they might want to fess up to. Sort of the AA thread of BP. Not to be confused with the "Buyers Remorse" thread - these are purchases you willingly made for "good" purposes. Anyways, my name is Phil B. and I purchased a 70321 General Magmar's Siege Machine of Doom from Jet.com today. The good news - I got it at 51% off using the EXTRA20 coupon after bundling it with a smaller set for my BL store.

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?

I'm fairly well established as an EBay Individual Seller (Power Seller status, 100% Positive with 185 FB), and now wondering if I should branch out to selling on Amazon also. For those with experience with selling on both, how do they compare in regards to ease of use, selling fees, for both an individual and or Professional/Store, etc. How many of you actually sell on both Amazon and EBay? Which do you prefer? Is it worth it to sell on both? Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.

According to the Brand Finance asset managers, LEGO is now the most powerful brand in the world (in terms of image and recognition, one would imagine) having overtaken Ferrari. What, if anything does this mean for investment potential?

What shipping service do you use to ship internationally? What service offers the best rates along with tracking/insurance options? Thanks in advance for the replies, my wife and I are long term sellers on Ebay and have shipped things via the USPS but recently have had problems with buyers claiming items haven't arrived or they let the stuff sit in customs and we get it back after 3-6 months. Of course Ebay requires us to refund the buyer in all cases since they claim they didn't get their item. Just wondering how others deal with this.

So my wife found a dream house she just has to have (who am I kidding, I love it too). In order to make it work in short order I need to raise some extra capital really quick. I just updated my Brickfolio to check the current values on the collection and need to make a decision on the best way to liquidate the inventory. So basically I need to turn sealed sets into cash in less than 30 days. How would you do it? Some basics: Current inventory is valued at $55,000 All of the sets are sealed. (We sell some sealed sets on Amazon now and have a small BrickLink parts business on the side) The sets run the gamut from battle packs up to Modulars. (We were b…

Went to a garage sale and they were selling new lego sets for really cheap. I got a rebel U-wing set never been opened and also vaders tie fighter vs a wing starfighter. I had an idea to find more garage sales like this and sell the findings I get online. The lowest listings I can find online is 53.00 +10.00 shipping(ebay) for the first and 56.79 +free shipping (walmart) for the second. Should I sell these on bricklink, ebay, or another form of storefront or if anyone here is interested let me know where you would like me list them, and if someone wants to negotiate a price I was thinking in the ballpark of 40.00 with 10 shipping. I don't really know how much l…

Seeing this happen makes me want to return this just to teach this person a lesson. I recently bought a fire temple Ninjaco set (new) off ebay for $90. Pretty nice deal. Got here today - wrapped in shipping paper, no box, crushed all to hell, seals burst on both sides, looks like elephant used it as a seat cushion. Obviously, its still worth way more than I paid for it but I am irritated about it. Don't understand how anyone can think this is ok. Does this happen to you all a lot? I have had this happen 3 times in the last month with sets. One was luckily fine, other two were beat to hell.

Hi all, not sure if this is the right section or if this type of request is allowed here, apologies if this is not the case! Also, please feel free to move if in the wrong section. I am looking for full sealed minifigure series 1, 2, 3 & 7 (ideally 2 full sealed series of each). If you are willing to give good price then happy to buy all in one go from one person. My location is London/UK. Thank you!

They bought my 7888 within a few hours of it being listed, then they ignored three emails and didn't pay until I opened a nonpaying bidder case, then they sent me an extremely fishy email and I googled their Ebay username after that and found that they have a habit of saying packages didn't arrive some people say "just use signature confirmation and they go away when you tell them who signed for it" and others are like "they went straight to paypal to chargeback the payment" so now i'm wondering if I should just cancel this sale and wait for a new buyer or go out of pocket for extra shipping coverage. seeing the way that buyers are treated by ebay though…

I received a set I purchased off of eBay the other day and it is obvious that it was drop shipped. It came directly from Lego and had my address information in the shipping area while in the billing area it had someone elses name and address which was not the seller I bought it from. The price on the receipt was way over what I paid for the item. Obviously I am going to report the person to eBay but what harm could it do to me? I would assume that if this happens multiple times maybe Lego will stop shipping to my address? Anyone had any experience with this or any thoughts?

Hi, I'm trying to build a city and want to buy more than a few baseplates. Amazon has a good price, but their quantity limit is 3. Does anyone know when that limit resets so I can make another purchase? A week? A month? The Lego website has a quantity limit of 50 per household, I'm not going to be buying that many, but wondered if that is a hard, lifetime limit, meaning each one I purchase is a countdown to eventually 0 quantity allowed. Do the purchase quantity limits reset on the Lego website? If so, how long does it take? Any answers would be greatly appreciated, thank you! Edit: I'm only using one account for each site, I don't want to risk being …

I have recently received couple messages from potential ebay buyers saying my shipping cost is too high. I would like to ship the item with tracking no matter it is large or small sets. Any suggestion which way I could provide a "cheaper" shipping? now with global shipping center available, I ship the package to the center. I would not know how much ebay global shipping center would charge from there. This potential buyer is asking me why my shipping cost is so much and other sellers could provide 28 dollars shipping to Nederlands and would like me to match it (for 21050 set). would appreciate any advice.

Hey Guys what do I do??? I sold an item and the buyer says they didn't receive it. I shipped via usps priority with insurance... usps says the item was delivered. the buyer says they've been going back and forth with usps. thanks for any advice!

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

I had an auction last week on ebay. I shipped it with USPS priority with signature confirmation last Wed. Today is Thursday, the package is in status "sorting complete" and was supposed to be delivered on Sept 30. It did not show any attempt delivery. If the USPS lost my package, what do I do? I did not buy any insurance but it came with a $50 insurance. The auction was for about $200. Do I need to refund the buyer if USPS lost my package? I contacted USPS but I have not heard back from them yet. in the future, should I always ship it with insurance and signature confirmation when over a certain amount? Thanks.

Hi, Just seen Bricktrader launching/relaunching on 1st June as "the unofficial Lego auction site" and "the only Lego specific auction site on the internet". Is this going to cause problems / conflicts with Brick Classifieds launch or are they completely different / irrelevant to each other? Opinions? as I know nothing other than ebay so far (but I'm guessing Classifieds will be better/best). http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=6606

For those in the community that have a regular job/kids/other responisibilities how do you schedule time to keep the wheels of your hobby turning. Lego in Lego out. Do you schedule to sell one set per day, two sets? Only list on Sundays? Write up your listings during the week and Schedule listings for Sundays. Who hosts your images? Brickpicker or another resource? Looking for what has worked for others in this wonderful world of Lego. From the input I will generate my own Standard Operating Procedures. I have been buying buying buying. My inventory has been expanding and my little room is overflowing. Typically I sell a few sets h…

So, I was moving some sets around today and noticed my Hobbit Lonely Mountain (79018) felt a little light and when I shook it around a bit, it sounded like small pieces were loose in the box. Weighed it and sure enough, it was 1362g compared to the normal weight of 1688g. Opened it up and every bag was opened, there were maybe only 100-150 bricks inside (Smaug and all the minifigs missing), a few pieces were connected together, there was some cardboard, a couple used Lego Club magazines (no identifying info on them, unfortunately), instructions for 79014, and a stray woman's hair. I bought it at a local TRU 2 years ago, so I'm **** outta luck, right? The seals loo…

The site seems to have vanished and they haven't updated any social media. Did Bricklink cease and desist take them down for good?

Around the end of yesterday on my way home, I perchance spotting a big "STORE CLOSING" banner on the side of my Kmart. Dang it. I know I barely went there much at all but I was actually looking forward on trying to catch next year's clearance sales and the next nearest one is a good half hour away from where I typically shop (assuming that one is not also being closed). I am not surprised about the closure honestly but it still is a little disappointing. Anyway, I went in and sure enough there were signs everwhere stating "Store Closeout Sale, All Sales Final" and a few with "10%-30% of lowest sticker price". It wasn't half off which I would think a store needing to l…

Quick question, does anyone know where the L motor (the new one that comes in the 4x4 Crawler, 9398) is for sale? I can't find them anywhere vice in that set, or a couple make shift power functions kits. Thanks in advance!

Hello I was wondering how many out there actually treat their reselling as a legitimate business. The reason I ask is this: Since I am purchasing LEGOs to resell (at some point!) and I charge sales tax on my purchases, shouldn't I be allowed to use my reseller's license to avoid paying the sales tax myself? Anyone ever tried this with LEGO directly?

After quite a few retirements over the last month or so, I was just interested to see what recently retired sets you guys would still buy at RRP? I was in TRU the other day and they had a few JW sets sitting at the back of the shelf, so I purchased for a quick turn around. I was also in John Lewis and did the same with a Mystery mansion. I had my quota for both but it was an easy opportunity to make a few extra quid. Maze seems another obvious choice but yet to stumble across any more of those. Architecture sets are performing OK if purchased at the right price, as is Wall-e, JW and SD range but would you still buy at RRP if you stumbled across any of them?