stephen_rockefeller Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I just hope S@H brings them back at 50% off again. One more time!That's when I picked up the majority of mine. That was a great deal! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDad Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Just ask emazers, who's been shipping through USPS Priority Express Mail for years. It might be one of the only ways to ensure delivery, but I'd trust EBay's Global Shipping Program as well. Just to be clear: in theory, Express Mail will satisfy the signature requirement. It is in practice that it does not. It's easy to verify this; ship to another country using USPS Express Mail, then check the tracking info online and see if you can pull up the recipient's signature. In my experience, this is impossible. In fact, I have never even had Express Mail parcels be scanned on delivery. The parcels arrive; but it is only the recipient's honesty that protects the seller. The Global Shipping Program would be a different story. In theory, you are covered if you can get your parcel to the US distribution center. There are however other reasons not to use it (read the complete terms of the program at eBay's web site). Different sellers might be comfortable with different levels of risk; people who haven't shipped a large, expensive set overseas, though, should be aware of the potential pitfalls (notably including lack of signature confirmation with USPS). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neosphinx Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Hello guys, somebody has an advice for me ? I am in France, It means I can get it for 400e minus VIP and other stuff, let's say 375e so 510 dollars. I have already 3 of it. If I sell it on ebay to US, I guess the buyer needs to add something like 100e with shipping and tax. So I am not sure getting more at retail price here is a smart move. Thanks, Yannick I don't know what your budget is. I aim for having 5 of these for investment purposes and think to sell them in a year for 500 or in 3-4 years for 700. At this moment I have 4, but I am not buying that last one for MSRP. If I was you, I would wait and scan the shop websites for a good bargain. SSD can't still be found AND discounted at least here in Belgium. The less you pay for that big mother, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Why would you ship this thing internationally anyway but gsp? You get it to Kentucky safe and then the rest is up to eBay. They screw up and you still get paid. Sounds like a win to me I am from KY where UPS Air WW and eBay are. We have shoes. We know how to ship. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 That's when I picked up the majority of mine. That was a great deal! There you go! I sure am glad I wasn't the only one seeing things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie77 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You can count on it...and Amazon as well. we haven't seen any SSD from amazon during past few months. TRU has been the generous supplier of it for which i have been one of the beneficiary. if my count is correct they have released @ the very least about 72 SSD from june 14th till August 16th. i am not sure they have a whole lot of them left but that would depend on how this latest batch released on August 16th is shipped. prior to that all of the previous shipments have been with out LEGO boxes; which means that these SSDs were there for some time. Also, the seal R1 proves that they were of older batch. now if the august 16th shipment be "minty fresh" on packaging (with lego box) and/or seal 19R4 and 20R4 then we know that they got the fresh supply from TLG i.e. part of what was distributed via LEGO Shop at Home. then definitely amazon; walmart will have some to release as well. also, that might be the reason good old TARGET raised the price to 723.99 in anticipation of this last shipment... of course this is all speculation .. but its more likely that we will see few trickle down. my guess would be less than 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDad Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 we haven't seen any SSD from amazon during past few months. TRU has been the generous supplier of it for which i have been one of the beneficiary. if my count is correct they have released @ the very least about 72 SSD from june 14th till August 16th. i am not sure they have a whole lot of them left but that would depend on how this latest batch released on August 16th is shipped. prior to that all of the previous shipments have been with out LEGO boxes; which means that these SSDs were there for some time. Also, the seal R1 proves that they were of older batch. now if the august 16th shipment be "minty fresh" on packaging (with lego box) and/or seal 19R4 and 20R4 then we know that they got the fresh supply from TLG i.e. part of what was distributed via LEGO Shop at Home. then definitely amazon; walmart will have some to release as well. also, that might be the reason good old TARGET raised the price to 723.99 in anticipation of this last shipment... of course this is all speculation .. but its more likely that we will see few trickle down. my guess would be less than 100 Funny thing about Target. It makes me sad that they've become Lego investors themselves. On the other hand, they do sometimes clearance stuff even after marking it up post-EOL. They've already done this with the Quinjet (from $85 down to ~$50, I think), Star Wars Skiff, and Lone Ranger train. I'm hoping they'll do it soon with the ol' Forest Police Station. All of those popped up as Target online clearances long after disappearing from LEGO Shop at Home. So you never know. A $723.99 SSD on a 40% clearance sale wouldn't be half bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Counter-intuitively, number of sellers on amazon went up to 60 today. Usual number was 50-53 lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Counter-intuitively, number of sellers on amazon went up to 60 today. Usual number was 50-53 lately And we shall know them by their name. Actually let the cleansing of the low hanging resellers begin. I am fired up on this set. I may buy some more through private channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDad Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 And we shall know them by their name. Actually let the cleansing of the low hanging resellers begin. I am fired up on this set. I may buy some more through private channels. The smart money is liquidating their SSD stash and plowing the proceeds into discount Speedorz (some of the Chinese counterfeit Speedorz even have Yoda riding around on a wheeled crocodile, so you get the best of both worlds: Star Wars and Chima)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Selling now seems silly unless you have to have the money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waddamon Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Yea!!! It retired!!!!!. I cannot stop saying that, big win!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugen Power Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 we haven't seen any SSD from amazon during past few months. TRU has been the generous supplier of it for which i have been one of the beneficiary. if my count is correct they have released @ the very least about 72 SSD from june 14th till August 16th. i am not sure they have a whole lot of them left but that would depend on how this latest batch released on August 16th is shipped. prior to that all of the previous shipments have been with out LEGO boxes; which means that these SSDs were there for some time. Also, the seal R1 proves that they were of older batch. now if the august 16th shipment be "minty fresh" on packaging (with lego box) and/or seal 19R4 and 20R4 then we know that they got the fresh supply from TLG i.e. part of what was distributed via LEGO Shop at Home. then definitely amazon; walmart will have some to release as well. also, that might be the reason good old TARGET raised the price to 723.99 in anticipation of this last shipment... of course this is all speculation .. but its more likely that we will see few trickle down. my guess would be less than 100 I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of TRU.com's stock came from stores. At the store I bought mine from a few weeks back, there were two on the shelf. However, the week or so prior, there were six. And this store is in the middle of the city and I know firsthand how much of a PITA it was to lug that thing around out of the store and onto mode of public transportation. At their selling price of $500 before tax and the ridiculous size and weight of the box, I have doubts that an "investor" cleared out four of them in that short span of time. Afterall, if they were that serious about hoarding, they wouldn't have been generous enough to leave two behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolim Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 It's a real shame sets this big cost so much to ship to me. It makes investing in them very hard to do as the local price starts out very high to make any sort of margin. There also seems to be a few on the local market here. Plus if wanting to sell back into a market like the US that's another shipping fee. All up probably a $500 round trip to factor into any investment potential. As such I have only 1 SSD, apart from my own one on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwray Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 This has been fun, but I suppose it's time for us to migrate to another EOL thread. Where to, guys? DS? GE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 congrats to my fellow BPs who got at least one ... to all who loaded up ... more power to you ... goes to show, big money exclusives almost always net big money post EOL ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I don't know what your budget is. I aim for having 5 of these for investment purposes and think to sell them in a year for 500 or in 3-4 years for 700. At this moment I have 4, but I am not buying that last one for MSRP. If I was you, I would wait and scan the shop websites for a good bargain. SSD can't still be found AND discounted at least here in Belgium. The less you pay for that big mother, the better. I think you should be more positive about the appreciation of this big bad ass set! Here on the UK eBay, there is only one seller that undermines the prices. Currently selling at the region of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Follow your own instincts. No one has the answer to which option will be most lucrative. SSD's, Campervans and Grand Emporiums will all return good profits. Make a decision, either way you won't be disappointed. That's why it's better IMHO to have many different sets in your brickfolio (if you can afford to, of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I think you should be more positive about the appreciation of this big bad ass set! Here on the UK eBay, there is only one seller that undermines the prices. Currently selling at the region of 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustybeaver Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 And... who buys from a German anyway. Ha! An extremely unpatriotic Brit Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Sorry for the off-topic: is the LEGO Shop at Home offline for you guys too ? I wonder if it's because of the Tumbler or the SSD, or nothing related in, just some (sort of) scheduled website maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Sorry for the off-topic: is the LEGO Shop at Home offline for you guys too ? I wonder if it's because of the Tumbler or the SSD, or nothing related in, just some (sort of) scheduled website maintenance. Maybe the SSD is also retired at shop@home in Europe? So they are adding the tag? (wishful thinking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 They certainly are adding the 50% off tag on that set. ... F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustybeaver Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Maybe the SSD is also retired at shop@home in Europe? So they are adding the tag? (wishful thinking) I'm hoping it doesn't retire just yet, I wouldn't mind one more when it comes back online Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 And... who buys from a German anyway. Ha! Just pointing out its not a domestic seller ))) An extremely unpatriotic Brit Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker I am not a brit at first place. That's quite fortunate in a way, because I don't have to make half price deals on the SSDs in the future just to feel patriotic :D Sorry for the off-topic: is the LEGO Shop at Home offline for you guys too ? I wonder if it's because of the Tumbler or the SSD, or nothing related in, just some (sort of) scheduled website maintenance. YES YES! Same here in the UK! I'm hoping it doesn't retire just yet, I wouldn't mind one more when it comes back online Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker I am getting two more, its just a matter of popping to the shop.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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