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

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?

Hey, I got a pretty ridiculous deal the other day. It occured to me it was a scam but the seller had 145 positive feedbacks. Can you fake that easily? Is it something I should look out for? Oh also if you get a tracking number is it definite you will receive the item or no. I know these might be stupid questions so sorry.

I´m selling in European region since 2014. 2015 and early 2016 were my "golden years" and i made some bucks selling sets and parts as well. I keep track of all my sales (and purchases) in detail with adjustable statistics. And it appears to me that something has happend in July 2016. My sellings reduced to an all-time-minimum (maybe to 1/4 or less) of which i was selling the year before almost instantly! First i thought this is the regular summer low but it never recovered. My sellings at Christmas season 2016 were terrible and also January, which was always my best month, was very low in sets and parts i sold. My number of sets i listed for sale didn´…

(Not sure if this is the right place for this. Apologies if it's not.) The Investor Phase: If you have savings, a decent job and a credit card that you don't need to pay off for a year, it's VERY VERY EASY to do this part. You just check various places every day for deals and buy buy buy!!! The lack of space in my house caused by stored Lego and my large credit card bill (0% interest until this October) are testament to this! Like most BrickPickers I'm aware of, my approach was generally to buy on 30% discount or more and get at least one of each set for my personal collection and then multiples of sets I thought would do well at EOL. Despite not…

Hi all, I recently picked up 6399- Airport Shuttle at an estate sale and just ordered the last of the missing pieces this week. This is my first attempt at reselling and I could use some advice. Would you recommend trying to sell the set locally first to avoid shipping and fees or should I list it online (i.e., Bricklink, eBay, Reddit, or Brickpicker) because this is an older and more expensive? Thanks!

Since i started selling Lego sets some years ago it always makes me feel kind of uncomfortable when i meet a buyer in person to hand over the Lego and he/she asks me "..and why are you selling this set/your collection?" or "Why don´t you need this set anymore?". It seems to me that about 9 out of 10 buyers asking me that question over and over again. I mean, they surely see that i´m selling more and just new sets when they´re looking at my account, and then we meet and they innocently/ironically ask me why i´m selling the set. Like they don´t have the balls to ask me if i´m just selling to make money with it or are they some kind of jealous? Any similar experien…

What the best way to ship/lowest cost?

I've recently become interested in buying and re-selling lego sets. One of my first purchases was 9445 Fangpyre Truck Ambush which I picked up for $20 CAD. I recently saw it sell on ebay for about $60. Im just curious how people would expect it to be packed up. I was going to take it apart piece by piece and make sure it was complete. Is it suitable to put all the pieces in one large polybag, or should they be seperated into several? Maybe the minifigs in separate bags and everything else in one large bag? 9445-1: Fangpyre Truck Ambush

What has been the biggest change in Lego investing this year, in your opinion. If you think it was another factor from those listed in the poll, please say so here.

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…

So I have been debating selling off pretty much my entire lego inventory. Baby on the way, I could use the space and the cash. I am willing to take a haircut possibly on the inventory, but don't really want to fire sale. What is the best route to bulk sell? I have talked to a few other dealers, tried craigslist etc but have had no luck. I am sure it might be easier to sell online but don't really want to deal with the shipping hassles that would come along with it so I am trying to sell it locally.

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!!…

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?

This is probably located somewhere else but I couldn't figure it out on B&****** website or find here. I want to grab a Death Star at my closest B&******. I saw on their site about the kids program and you get 30% off first Toy purchase. I signed up for my online account only, not my kids club thing yet. I heard it entitles you to 10% discount on everything? Is this true? So with the kids club coupon it will be 40% off total for a DS? Sorry if the questions are stupid I don't want to take a ride to B&****** and not get the 40% off. Thanks LD

From The New Elementary: With the love of pristine boxes expressed on this forum, perhaps some of you want to participate as well?

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

Just sold my first item on Ebay in awhile and I'm fairly certain that my prior settings were to ship to only lower 48, but the winner is from Hawaii. Just need someone to confirm what it seems that I'm reading is that Flat rate Boxes will ship to all 50 states for the same price? Want to prepare myself for an additional charge now rather in the morning staring at the postal worker. Thanks

Are Lego sets just in general worth more money when they are put together or are the worth more when there taken apart and in bags?

My mate has made a purchase and the seller stated their location as UK. He paid and estimated delivery date is 29th Dec. He tried contacting the seller but no response. Checking on tracking brings him to the Japanese eBay site and an error message. Can someone advise of action to take and how long he has to cancel the order?

i will be in New York Most of June i hope theres plenty bargains in walmart etc when I'm there haha Any other recommendations on places for lego deals ?

More and more, I miss out on great deals as I do not have Amazon Prime (I think it is not possible yet for the Netherlands). I was wondering what the experiences are of the people that do have it and if it is recommended. Next to this, it would be nice to have a thread to track changes to the proposition. I am sorry if this thread already exists, but I could not find it.

Not sure where to post this but thought it was interesting. I just went to a couple of my local shopkos to pick up some 40% off Airport Terminals and I saw these stickers at one of them plastered all over the Friends sets and a few Star Wars sets...

Hi All, Can we post sets we are interested in selling on this site? I have a few sets from my childhood I want to sell so I can get into the newer sets but it looks like my earlier post got deleted with no instructions. Just looking for some guidance here. Thanks

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!!!!