Found this lot on Craiglist for $500....Lots of older Star Wars.  I can't tell which theme is on the far right, yellow labels.  What do you think of this find?

World racers maybe. Can't really see in iPhone screen.

Yep, the photo quality isn't great. Those are World Racers.  Other pictures on the listing show nicely sorted out Lego pieces.  Will have to contact if everything is complete as it isn't stated in the listing.  Looks to be about 100 sets or so, working out to around $5/set  

I don't usually deal with used but that sounds incredibly cheap to me.

I haven't delved into used sets either, but if I can grind thru a slow flip, it might be worth it.

Hopefully someone experienced with this sorta stuff will chime in soon before someone else picks it up.

Looks like there is some decent value there if the sets are mostly complete and in good shape. I would run it through the lot calculator if you can make out some of the set #'s (the pic is too blurry on my phone). Based on previous experience with lots of that size, I would be a buyer at $300ish based on the amount of work involved in pulling sets out, cleaning, assembling and listing them, not to mention the high probability of missing pieces.

Bought such a lot once. It turned out to be alot of work, too much work, to clean and sort everything.

Many sets turned out to be complete or almost complete. But many also were not. 

It takes alot of time to sell used sets. Especially the non-popular ones.

Yes, I made money on the lot eventually. But I will never do it again.

6 minutes ago, Ciglione said:

Bought such a lot once. It turned out to be alot of work, too much work, to clean and sort everything.

Many sets turned out to be complete or almost complete. But many also were not. 

It takes alot of time to sell used sets. Especially the non-popular ones.

Yes, I made money on the lot eventually. But I will never do it again.

Yeah, I could see this.  1/3 of the sets are City, which would be a grind to sell.  Looking at some of the Star Wars that I can make out, it would be a lot of work for profiting off of used sets.  No guarantees of complete sets.  hmmmmm......probably gonna stick with new sets.  Thanks for the input everyone.  

I would be all over that lot...for $200-$250. As is its a bit high for what's pictured. Incidently, for the sets that I can id the best selling one is a city set.

31 minutes ago, Migration said:

I would be all over that lot...for $200-$250. As is its a bit high for what's pictured. Incidently, for the sets that I can id the best selling one is a city set.

Which city set are you looking at?

32 minutes ago, Spelunkin_Paul said:

Which city set are you looking at?

Hint: It's directly next to 3179.

3 minutes ago, Migration said:

Hint: It's directly next to 3179.

It is a city airport set. Right?

 

1 minute ago, Ciglione said:

It is a city airport set. Right?

3182

1 minute ago, Migration said:

 

3182

That set was also included in the lot I bought. Did not have the energy yet to check it for completeness. But now you mentioned it I might check it out this evening.

12 minutes ago, Migration said:

Hint: It's directly next to 3179.

You know, I was eyeballing that tower, but couldn't find which set it belonged to.  

One thing to keep in mind about that set, the plane makes up the majority of the value. If you make a play for this, make sure the plane is included.

Here is a couple other images from that listing. 

I will never understand the people that post pics of Lego they wanna sell. How about inside the containers. Hey, here's a pic of the closet they're in or a pic of the house they're in. [emoji849]

1 minute ago, dcdfan said:

I will never understand the people that post pics of Lego they wanna sell. How about inside the containers. Hey, here's a pic of the closet they're in or a pic of the house they're in.

Word!

We should make CL ads with just this pic

Edited July 24, 20169 yr by TigerEyez