Thank goodness!  This means I can give my wallet a rest until the next holiday promo...  

I've been thinking the same, except it's only three weeks till GH! Unlike many here, I have to turn over sets really quickly, I am just trying to build capital this year... That's why seasonal has been good to me. I'm close enough to two LEGO stores (soon to be three) that I can hit them all in one day. So between that and shop at home, I can load up a couple hundred dollars of small seasonal sets and then sell them off in pretty short order. It builds my feedback, I make a little money, everybody's happy.

Of course this years sets have been pretty special, not sure I can rely on this so heavily next year...

I got 2 orders that I placed on 10/31 today. Both boxes contained a Holiday Train promo. Pretty happy considering all that I read of folks getting into trouble trying to get several in one day. I was actually most interested in getting the poster in each order.

I went to a B&M store last night and got a Holiday Train promo with my purchase so they're still out there.  May go back today and try to get another.

yeah, I got Episode 2 poster the day before the Episode 3 poster was available in my local B&M so with these YMMV but they may very well be in stores.

I went into my local store and not a single train to be found, not even the display one that was already built.

So, I have three holiday trains, ordered 3 of each of the seasonal sets, and plan to get 3 gingerbread houses when the 27th comes. Once these all go, do I sell right before christmas as a combo or do I wait until next year?

11 minutes ago, RTRC said:

So, I have three holiday trains, ordered 3 of each of the seasonal sets, and plan to get 3 gingerbread houses when the 27th comes. Once these all go, do I sell right before christmas as a combo or do I wait until next year?

 

Sell them when they hit your price point. Timing is the key.

Train Promo is over now on EU Lego website. It was set to last until 20th, but as of now no more trains are added to the basket. So stock seems to be depleted. So I'll have to stick with the dozen I have.

This is right at $30 now on eBay.  Looks like it could grow some legs into the holiday season.  I think you all should blow yours out for $34.99.  Surely  it won't go higher than that...

I said it before & I'll say it again. This shouldn't be less than $30...

$49 buy box on amazon, lowest is now around $42 shipped

I raised my ebay price to 40 as I started blowing through all of them in one day at 35.

I think this will reach $50 on Amazon by the first week of December. I have 4 left!

Here in Europe it's still hard to sell it for higher than €25. I see plenty of offers for €20 on Marktplaats.nl but few takers.

Do these holiday sets tend to increase in value the following year or just fade away with little to no interest. Just wondering if I should move the ones I have to sit on em til next year. Possible combine with the gingerbread house soon to be released..........?

Some do, some don´t.

13 minutes ago, longshot said:

Do these holiday sets tend to increase in value the following year or just fade away with little to no interest. Just wondering if I should move the ones I have to sit on em til next year. Possible combine with the gingerbread house soon to be released..........?

Judging from the prices on previous giveaway sets on amazon, i'd say no.  I think get the money now.

Mods, this may be better suited elsewhere, I couldn't find a general "selling on ebay FAQ" thread while searching, so posting it here as my question relates to a listing I have for this set...

When I go to my Selling tab I can see that I've got X views and Y watchers... In this case 24 and 3. However, when I go and search "lego 40138" to see all competitive listings, often I'll see listings with things like "4 Watching!" in bold red, and yet when I find my listing in the list, it doesn't show any watchers (despite having 3 right now). Is that because it's my listing, and I have the information elsewhere, or is something else at play like Top Rated Seller? 

2 hours ago, longshot said:

Do these holiday sets tend to increase in value the following year or just fade away with little to no interest. Just wondering if I should move the ones I have to sit on em til next year. Possible combine with the gingerbread house soon to be released..........?

If some do and some don't, I'd ask why do the ones that 'do' increase go up?  I don't see this set going down.  I've been wrong twice before, so take that with a grain of salt.  But very few of these promotions are boxed as nicely or display as well as this or the Gingerbread House.  I saw that one today in store and it's a great lookin house and it goes really well with the train.  That combo is going to do great.

Im thinking minifig scale sets are the more popular ones. Myself, I dont have seasonal box set promos here, so I got the christmas promos 2011, 2013-14 on bricklink. 2012 was too expensive, so I bricklinked that set.

I cant believe how well this one is doing even with the Winter train out.  Definitely one of the gems IMO of 2015.

Nice little build but cant really understand how its going for around £30!  I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that and given where it was selling last year this should probably have been expected but when you're looking at £50 for this and GBH as a package... its almost a 50% discount on the set bought to get these.  

Never underestimate the value of a promo even when having to pay RRP is the lesson I've learned here.

44 minutes ago, GiliusThunderhead said:

I cant believe how well this one is doing even with the Winter train out.  Definitely one of the gems IMO of 2015.

Nice little build but cant really understand how its going for around £30!  I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that and given where it was selling last year this should probably have been expected but when you're looking at £50 for this and GBH as a package... its almost a 50% discount on the set bought to get these.  

Never underestimate the value of a promo even when having to pay RRP is the lesson I've learned here.

If only the value of the sets bought to get the promo were doing so well!