brickolodon Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 On the positive side the seller with 800+ units last week is down to 244 . Wow, thats great news....i am sure it will be around 69.50 a little close...even better news i am allowed to sell amz on xmas time, just started 2 month ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x4 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 At LEGO B&M today store associates were literally carrying out 4-5 at a time and weren't making it to the shelves. People pillaged them as they walked by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locutus001 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 17 minutes ago, 2x4 said: At LEGO B&M today store associates were literally carrying out 4-5 at a time and weren't making it to the shelves. People pillaged them as they walked by. yeah but why is that? because this exact calendar is so great or because of the Star Wars hype right now? I'd say it's because of the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Hype is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locutus001 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 9 minutes ago, trekgate502 said: Hype is good yeah of course. But I just doubt that it's worth the hazzle. Hype for Star Wars in general is not the same as hype for a specific set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x4 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 At LEGO B&M today store associates were literally carrying out 4-5 at a time and weren't making it to the shelves. People pillaged them as they walked by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 These were everywhere around me a week ago (FM, WM, Target), and are completely wiped out now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Just like last year so far (also last year people were freaking out and calling it a dud in early nov). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 450 sellers on Amazon. Off to the bubble thread I go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 6 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: 450 sellers on Amazon. Off to the bubble thread I go They can chase butterflies in a bubble all they want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biking_tiger Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I only bought 6 this year, all at a discount--and I sold them all for a ~60% mark up. Happy I'm done because with that many sellers, the price isn't going anywhere for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 25 minutes ago, biking_tiger said: I only bought 6 this year, all at a discount--and I sold them all for a ~60% mark up. Happy I'm done because with that many sellers, the price isn't going anywhere for a while. At this rate , it will go somewhere ... South .. Lol . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 FIRE SALE !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 10 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: FIRE SALE !!!! Early still . I do find the comparison between last year and this year interesting though . Good case study . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 5 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: Early still . I do find the comparison between last year and this year interesting though . Good case study . Sit back and watch closely... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoroakenfelder Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Update 11/14 Amazon: $67.44 in the BB. 450 offers. 6 offers lower than the BB. Sales rank #23 in toys and games, #4 in Building Toys. Ebay: Sold listings for last night in the low to mid $60's including shipping. approximately 425 unique listings in domestic US with the lowest currently at $$59.99 including shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Has this made it on the eBay hot toy list yet? If not, they're not doing it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I put a couple up for $68 fulfilled by me to see what happens, sold within an hour, a ton of the listings will drop off next week when holiday rules go into effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Still seeing these at retail? Should I grab more? I see this now selling at up to $70 or more soon. That's $10 profit after fees and shipping. 25% quick flip profit ain't that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 There were none at my tru on sat. 3 city left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyweasel Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm puzzled by the sellers (including some of our fellow BPers) who do multiple listings of the set with $1 or even $.01 increments on eBay, rather than doing a single listing with multiple quantities. I'm not aware of any current free listing promotion, but even with that, I'm curious about the logic. When the profit margin is good, I can see where the $.30 listing fee isn't much of a bother, but it adds up and I still don't see why you'd go through the effort. I've questioned whether listing with "more than 10 available" effects the velocity of sales and price through the combination of potential buyers thinking that they have plenty of time to buy and sellers feeling the pressure to undercut, but the strategy of one seller doing $55 + $5 S&H for one listing, and $56 + $4.50 S&H for the next listing looks weird to me (or listings of $17.95, $17.97, and $17.98 from the same seller; or what appears to be the same seller with two slightly different usernames, such as ebaysellerinarizona/arizonaebayseller, with listings that pop up right next to each other). For $39+ BIN listings on eBay, I've moved from 84th on the list, to somewhere on Page 3, but I'm having a lot of deja vu as I scroll through the list of sellers. Maybe I'm the only one who would care to be enlightened about this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMGLEGEE Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I think I might know the reason: Ebay has the $5 max final fee until Nov 24th. The offer only valid for lists with single quantity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Those are some great questions. You may want to post that to a new thread or some other existing selling thread, because it applies to all selling. I'd love to hear some answers to this. I don't do that myself, but in general, I tend to only have a quantity of one up in my auctions. After that first auction, when you reset the quantity back to one, you get that "Last One Available" tag, which, to me, puts on a sense of urgency to a buyer. Better get it now because this could be it. The flip side, as someone who offers free shipping - you can incur more costs and miss out on some sales. The other day I sold a minifig and sent it out. Then I updated my listing to show my last two minis. Same buyer bought those last two. I could have saved on shopping and sold all three at once had I been a little smarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyweasel Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 7 minutes ago, GUMGLEGEE said: I think I might know the reason: Ebay has the $5 max final fee until Nov 24th. The offer only valid for lists with single quantity. That makes some sense for $60-$70 Advent Calendars, but it's not making sense for $18-$20 Thanksgiving Feasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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