DadsAFOL, I am going to hijack your initial post here to put what I had written up but couldn't post because I had no idea my internet just went down, but you still get the credit for finding it first
 
Today, Ed and I are very happy to announce that the BrickPicker Price Guide now includes current pricing from BrickLink.  This has been a request that we have been asked about MANY times over the past few years and there wasn't really all the much we could do.  We asked and while there was interest, not much could be done with the old owners of the site.  A few days ago, I received a note from the COO of BrickLink asking if we interested in moving forward with what can be considered a information partnership between the two sites.  BrickLink is also including a link to our price guide on all of their catalog pages. 
 
The BrickLink price values are based on a rolling six month period, so make sure take that into account when you looking at the prices.  Newer sets that have just gone EOL will see a greater discrepancy until the time and average catch up.
 
 


 
We are also including BrickLink marketplace information with a direct link to their catalog to look at and purchase sets.

 
 
I hope everyone here enjoys the access to have the values for the two largest marketplaces all in one spot.  Hopefully this will be the first of many chances to work with BrickLink moving forward.  There will be an opportunity to add different features with currency and different regions.  I will be looking into those options soon.

 

At this time it has been announced on BrickLink and honestly, I have no idea why some Bricklink members are so upset.  They will have the opportunity to earn the business of people that are serious about buying LEGO.  With the Bricklink set prices on every Set Guide page, there is now the opportunity for BrickPickers to check out prices and sets on Bricklink.  This is added exposure for Bricklink sellers that they didn't have before.  As we always say, price your items correctly and they will sell.  This applies not only with Brick Classifieds, but with Bricklink as well.  

 

I am not upset at all by some of the reactions, Ed and I have come to expect it.
 
Let us know your thoughts!!
 
 
 

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DadsAFOL's original post

I searched but didn't see any forum post about this.  The BrickLink catalog pages are now linking to Brickpicker.  That should drive lots of new traffic.
 
Example: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=10182-1
 

Just read their forum posts in response to the announcement.  Their haters are too funny. It's like they'd prefer to live behind the Berlin Wall or something.  I just hope  those people don't come over to our forum 

I know...I expect the negative response, but it's ridiculous. No positives from this could possibly be considered, like: BL is now listed under "Current Offers." And who usually has the lowest price? It's like many are mad they won't be able to "trick" a lazy buyer into a sale. Just despicable.

I wasn't really looking to get into that debate (that is an old, day 1 debate). I never said that it didn't work at all, but I do believe that the ebay data has way too many unreliable transactions (for so many reasons), that will always continue to weigh down on prices. Manual attempts to adjust for them only create a whole new set of problems.

Yes, I know that it is just a guide - and when it is used as a guide, it is great. But something weird happens when people see charts/data/stats/polls/etc. - they gain great significance, and will simply be believed.

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be critical of your comment. I was just explaining why I'm careful with the values.

Bricklink suffers from problems of its own in the price guid as it only shows new/used overall. You can't get a good by region breakdown (least I don't see how) and some of the high/lows can be extreme. I believe Jeff often filters out such crazies which helps.

Also on BL you don't know what people charge for shipping. Though most are honest, some do charge excessive. The BP price guide has an advantage over that in that one can assume that the US number has a lot of free shipping sales in it.

The concept of Free Shipping in the US plays a huge role for us north of the border when looking at the value. Our shipping costs are much more.

Also, some sellers still charge high shipping rates in the hopes of making the buy price more palatable. This helps boost international sales because the import taxes are paid on the purchase price and not the shipping.

And lastly the GSP program also skews shipping because it might cost the seller $7 to ship to EBay but the buyer might be paying $100 for shipping, taxes and brokerage.

To say it doesn't work at all is a bit of a stretch. Tracking the number over time and comparing monthly gains is a huge positive. But if you don't check recent sales for an item you could easily be leaving money on the table for some sets and losing on others.

Would people be happy if we aggregated the data differently....say come up with two prices...one with free shipping...one without?

That would be nice. Please remember the conversi

Would people be happy if we aggregated the data differently....say come up with two prices...one with free shipping...one without?

Great question. It would be good if we can separate the two prices.

Would people be happy if we aggregated the data differently....say come up with two prices...one with free shipping...one without?

 

I don't think it really matters, I would go with including shipping charges as the average.  Either way, the price shouldn't be skewed to any great degree.

I don't think it really matters, I would go with including shipping charges as the average.  Either way, the price shouldn't be skewed to any great degree.

With the recent postage cost changes, it will impact price especially since Bricklink doesn't include postage cost. It would be nice to know the free ship vs non-free ship ebay price diffs.

With the recent postage cost changes, it will impact price especially since Bricklink doesn't include postage cost. It would be nice to know the free ship vs non-free ship ebay price diffs.

 

Maybe we can add a postage calculation instead?

With the recent postage cost changes, it will impact price especially since Bricklink doesn't include postage cost. It would be nice to know the free ship vs non-free ship ebay price diffs.

I agree it would be nice, but it sure isn't a priority. I normally try to target canadian buyers but it's hard(er) to know where I stand with American buyers since I see their canadian shipping cost and have to go into each listing and pretend im from the U.S.

Even then with sold listings, it shows what my shipping would have cost vs what the buyer paid. So I don't know if it was $5 $20 or the $44.15 it shows me.

Jang is pissed!

Edited January 20, 201610 yr by randrace

1 hour ago, randrace said:

Jang is pissed!

That video is almost a year old!