stephen_rockefeller Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Does anyone, with any regularity buy from 3rd party Amazon sellers? Usually I see some ridiculous prices on LEGO sets and/or ridiculous shipping prices, but I have come across a few deals that are not quite in the ''too good to be true" category but are dangerously close to it. Does anyone have notable 3rd party seller encounters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emazers Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 There are plenty 3rd party sellers on Amazon that are involved with Drop Shipping and Stolen credit card scams. I have tried to buy some Lego sets with say the Harry Potter Lego 10217 last year for the $100 and $7.00 shopping and when I ask if these were mailed by you or are they Drop Shipped, so just like that they refunded my money back, the ones you have to lookout for are the sellers that just joined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrmando Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I've had some good finds on there. I've also had some annoying sellers on there. Especially the sellers who store their sets at Amazon warehouses. All of them come with annoyingly huge stickers on them that destroy the value of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshTX Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I've honestly never really seen a good deal to be had on there from a 3rd party seller. All I tend to see are people selling things at ridiculous 1 or 2 hundred percent markups and basically "fishing" hoping that someone will be dumb enough to buy them. There's alot of that going on at Ebay as well, people listing Vampyre Castle's at 300 bucks BIN or a standard Boba Fett minifigure for 50 bucks. I'd call them idiots, but I guess the real idiot is the fool who pays that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stackables Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I've honestly never really seen a good deal to be had on there from a 3rd party seller. All I tend to see are people selling things at ridiculous 1 or 2 hundred percent markups and basically "fishing" hoping that someone will be dumb enough to buy them. There's alot of that going on at Ebay as well, people listing Vampyre Castle's at 300 bucks BIN or a standard Boba Fett minifigure for 50 bucks. I'd call them idiots, but I guess the real idiot is the fool who pays that much. There are some collectable minifigs getting sold for $88 wth! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-8833-Series-8-SANTA-CLAUS-christmas-minifigure-dwarf-cap-bag-sack-beard-/160866931526?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item25746a9346 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGuy66 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 There are some collectable minifigs getting sold for $88 showing wth! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-8833-Series-8-SANTA-CLAUS-christmas-minifigure-dwarf-cap-bag-sack-beard-/160866931526?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item25746a9346 That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen!!! 88 American dollars.... for a Santa!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 There are some collectable minifigs getting sold for $88 showing wth! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-8833-Series-8-SANTA-CLAUS-christmas-minifigure-dwarf-cap-bag-sack-beard-/160866931526?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item25746a9346 Anyone who pays that much for Santa must have had a lobotomy. Good grief.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez_Brickz Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Re: that santa. Check the sold listings, he ain't going for $88.88. That seller (ninjagos) does that $88.88 move all the time with their listings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshTX Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Re: that santa. Check the sold listings, he ain't going for $88.88. That seller (ninjagos) does that $88.88 move all the time with their listings. So how is he selling anything then? Lists it at 88.88 but then accepts a best offer price of 99 cents? Because that's about as much as I'd pay for a minifigure like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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