The way I see it the Advent Calendars might be a good investment for the U.S.A. but here in Europe they are poor performers.

Even the 2014 Calendar with Darth Christmas Vader didn't really increase to a value where I think it's profitable.

i can see SOLD OUT @TRU online...Great!!!

i only have 2 SW 2015 Calendars thinking about selling them both this season and not holding on to them

I just bought all the minifigures off ebay ($25 shipped free) so I can sell the one set I wanted to keep (I only wanted the minifigures)

This thread sure has gotten quiet.

Picked up another one for MSRP. Flipped it only after 2 hours for $63 shipped. I broke my own promise to stop buying them.

Supply vs demand will begin fading soon so flip these hotcakes like there's no tomorrow.

17 minutes ago, pstebbing said:

This thread sure has gotten quiet.

If we ignore it, it might go up 

DId all of the Amazon sellers suddenly move over to eBay? Price for North America BIN was up to $63 and plunged overnight to $48 with the overwhelming majority of sellers having stores.  I had cracked page 2 and now I'm back to the middle of page 3.

Holiday shipping on amazon restrictions start today or tomroow

1 hour ago, hockeyweasel said:

DId all of the Amazon sellers suddenly move over to eBay? Price for North America BIN was up to $63 and plunged overnight to $48 with the overwhelming majority of sellers having stores.  I had cracked page 2 and now I'm back to the middle of page 3.

Yep. Like I have said. The worst part about having all these new sellers isn't the number it is that 99% of them are low ballers and bottom feeders happy to break even.

3 hours ago, justapilgrim said:

Holiday shipping on amazon restrictions start today or tomroow

cant wait till they weed out the "just launched" BS

4 hours ago, hockeyweasel said:

DId all of the Amazon sellers suddenly move over to eBay? Price for North America BIN was up to $63 and plunged overnight to $48 with the overwhelming majority of sellers having stores.  I had cracked page 2 and now I'm back to the middle of page 3.

this is what happens when the bottom feeders get kicked off amazon :)

Some may stay and go the FBA route rather than move to ebay.  Probably not a great number, but some.

23 minutes ago, jerryherb said:

this is what happens when the bottom feeders get kicked off amazon :)

I just sit back and let the scammers deal with the bottom feeders

 

30 minutes ago, jerryherb said:

this is what happens when the bottom feeders get kicked off amazon :)

Yeah, i've noticed a considerable amount of products decrease almost 25 to 30% over the last few days.  I figured, it was people that didn't make the cut trying to ditch their stock before they were kicked out.  Although, I thought that was supposed to happen today, but browsing through amazon this morning, I don't see any changes.

8 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

Yeah, i've noticed a considerable amount of products decrease almost 25 to 30% over the last few days.  I figured, it was people that didn't make the cut trying to ditch their stock before they were kicked out.  Although, I thought that was supposed to happen today, but browsing through amazon this morning, I don't see any changes.

Some of that could be attributed by product switching from FBM to FBA and currently in shipping boxes heading toward Amazon warehouses.

I personally think , and obviously it is a bias opinion , that folks switching to FBA and learning the ropes so close to Christmas is a horrible idea. My 2 unwelcomed cents . 

9 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

I personally thing , and obviously it is a bias opinion , that folks switching to FBA and learning the ropes so close to Christmas is a horrible idea. My 2 unwelcomed cents . 

Trial by fire to be sure.  But that is the option Amazon presented.

I don't think there will be a dramatic change in the number of sellers once the restrictions kick in. It is getting close to BF so everyone is coming out of the woodwork now to list their stuff. The prices on Amazon will continue to be where they are at until people start to run out of stock on whatever they are selling. If the big box stores keep in stock, then it will be a race to the bottom. Last year was a very lackluster bf, and I expect this year to be the same. The days of making multiple trips to the post office after the big shopping day are over .

CM was one of my best selling days last year . Folks buy into the hyp, e and after putting thanksgiving behind them , it is time to shop . 

im a small shop but after BF last year 30+ boxes a day was a norm. this year i got a van for that  

Edited November 17, 201510 yr by jerryherb

A little off topic but...

When you ship these do you just wrap it in paper or do you put it in another box then ship it?

5 minutes ago, Moppy said:

A little off topic but...

When you ship these do you just wrap it in paper or do you put it in another box then ship it?

I moved 4 today on ebay for 65 despite the lowballers. They were all repeat customers. I guess sometimes reputation does matter more than price.

51 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Not helpful...

Does this mean it's bad to use an extra box as its a waste or bad to not use an extra box as the Lego might get crushed?  I'm guessing the crushed one??