Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) Quote I'll read the Nightmare Before Christmas story this year, kids. Expand Twas the night before Clearance And all through the aisle Steamrollers were packed Into my cart like a pile Exo Suits were hung In the storage with care Knowing that in a decade They still will be there Sergeant Jyn Erso was nestled Deep under my bed With terrible proportions And a face that looks dead Wonder woman in her armor And cheetah in her cap The lasso of truth will tell you That this set is pure crap When out on my doorstep A noise shook me awake ShopJustice still delivering Olaf Flat as a pancake Faster shipping than FedEx The turds as they came I cried and I pouted As I called them by name "Now, Dots! now, Mario! Now Lego Movie 1 and 2! On, Raiders! on, Mighty Dinos! On, Takodana and constractables too! To the depths of the dumpster! Stacked 50 feet tall Now throw away! throw away! throw away all!" Each year I make efforts To donate a bit more But Toys for tots sends a bill For returning them to my door Since I can't give them away I'll dig a big pit It's the final solution To get rid of this sh!t I shook as I laughed At the thought of relieving this pain It was nearly 3am So I looked quite insane As I poured the kerosene I cheered with delight "I'll light you on fire, So you're out of my sight" Edited December 7, 2022 by brickvoyeur 15 18 Quote
dennugsmello Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 On 7/1/2020 at 4:38 PM, BrickLegacy said: I’m just waiting for the remake in a few years Expand All they need to do is build a removable roof and that set is an A+++ Quote
$20 on joe vs dan Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 Lambo for $550 cash, local deal off facebook marketplace ad. No fees no problem...not bad for a 1 week hold and 5 minute drive (on my way to FedEx anyway). So in my twisted AFoL mind, when I buy the set again I am getting it for 40% off (not including small stuff like GWP and VIP pts)...that would be for personal collection...but who are we kidding..I will likely sell my next NISB for the market rate and "finally" find a used one well below market down the road. Quote
redghostx Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 On 7/1/2020 at 4:19 PM, Alpinemaps said: I remember getting my Silent Mary cheap using TRU magic. I really want to build it, but I like money more, so...Those are such tough ones; I kept my last town hall for a few years and then finally broke it open. Sometimes you can't find a good deal on a used set. 2 Quote
Frank Brickowski Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/1/2020 at 3:59 PM, siddji said: Sold 2 LEGO 75222 Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City No box Sealed Bags - $500 Sealed Mint Box - $680 Expand Seeing what ridiculous prices a lot of US buyers are willing to pay for all kinds of sets (even mediocre to bad ones), you get the impression that it nearly doesn't matter at all what you buy as a US-based investor, you'll make a profit anyway. Meanwhile, in the EU selling prices are much lower and rise significantly slower, so you really have to know what you are doing. How there can be such big differences in the buyers' general willingness to separate from their hard-earned money? 1 Quote
cladner Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 12:48 PM, Frank Brickowski said: Seeing what ridiculous prices a lot of US buyers are willing to pay for all kinds of sets (even mediocre to bad ones), you get the impression that it nearly doesn't matter at all what you buy as a US-based investor, you'll make a profit anyway. Meanwhile, in the EU selling prices are much lower and rise significantly slower, so you really have to know what you are doing. How there can be such big differences in the buyers' general willingness to separate from their hard-earned money? Expand USA 1%'er grandma is beaming with pride that you called all her capital gains in 2019 and 2020 hard earned money. Quote
KShine Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) On 7/3/2020 at 12:48 PM, Frank Brickowski said: How can there be such big differences in the buyers' general willingness to separate from their hard-earned money? Expand Impulsive consumerism (brainwashed from birth) - without any sense of self control or reason. Most people in america live paycheck to paycheck - not because they need to, but because it is the only way that most will ever know. Edited July 3, 2020 by KShine Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 1:13 PM, KShine said: Impulsive consumerism (brainwashed from birth) - without any sense of self control or reason. Most people in america live paycheck to paycheck - not because they need to, but because it is the only way that most will ever know. Expand Pssh, easy on the truth, man. At least until I sell all of the sets in my basement 2 2 Quote
KShine Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 1:53 PM, Darth_Raichu said: Pssh, easy on the truth, man. At least until I sell all of the sets in my basement Expand No worries, the truth will never stop the mob. 4 1 Quote
LegoTriathlete Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 1:13 PM, KShine said: Impulsive consumerism (brainwashed from birth) - without any sense of self control or reason. Most people in america live paycheck to paycheck - not because they need to, but because it is the only way that most will ever know. Expand Ouch, so harsh... and yet so true. Not to mention the “have to have it now” mentality and not able to distinguish between “wants” vs “needs”. I believe this is more prevalent in the US than other parts of the world. IMO anyway 1 Quote
thelovemachine Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 There's also the part where it's not worth their time. Time is a lot of money. Many people I know won't have the time to find the lowest price for their item. Most white collar professionals... etc will just get the gift for whatever price they see it at in the 5-10 minutes they want to spend looking. They definitely are not wathing amazon or going to walmart to find the lowest price for a bday gift 3 months later... 1 Quote
jeff_14 Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 2:45 PM, thelovemachine said: There's also the part where it's not worth their time. Time is a lot of money. Many people I know won't have the time to find the lowest price for their item. Most white collar professionals... etc will just get the gift for whatever price they see it at in the 5-10 minutes they want to spend looking. They definitely are not wathing amazon or going to walmart to find the lowest price for a bday gift 3 months later... Expand That’s true anywhere. I work in the Toronto downtown core in the bank towers and there is not a single toy store down there except one whose entire business model appears to be gouging hurried downtown workers who don’t have the time to browse the internet or go to their local toy store. Their regular prices are always 20% more than MSRP and even then they are usually advertised as “on sale”, which sale never ends. But these parents have to rush to make the train so since time is money this toy store endures. And they have some high rent in those towers. Quote
thelovemachine Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 Yeah... we are all just cogs in the economy... ultimately capitalism is fairly efficient... and for the noobs... the amount of time/research/gas/work is not small... if spent on another job... will pay more than LEGO with benefits. as we all know... 100x easier to buy than to sell. Even in this pandemic...there's a ton of lego that doesn't sell... Quote
BillyBricks Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 2:31 PM, LegoTriathlete said: Ouch, so harsh... and yet so true. Not to mention the “have to have it now” mentality and not able to distinguish between “wants” vs “needs”. I believe this is more prevalent in the US than other parts of the world. IMO anyway Expand This. The mentality is that if the person wants something, s/he should be able to have it. This comes through very clearly when someone gets whiny and then aggressive when I won't mark a price down to a ridiculously low level for something that "I really want" or "I need this for my collection/child's birthday/etc." 1 Quote
Frank Brickowski Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 3:14 PM, BillyBricks said: This. The mentality is that if the person wants something, s/he should be able to have it. This comes through very clearly when someone gets whiny and then aggressive when I won't mark a price down to a ridiculously low level for something that "I really want" or "I need this for my collection/child's birthday/etc." Expand On 7/3/2020 at 2:31 PM, LegoTriathlete said: Ouch, so harsh... and yet so true. Not to mention the “have to have it now” mentality and not able to distinguish between “wants” vs “needs”. I believe this is more prevalent in the US than other parts of the world. IMO anyway Expand Let's assume what was said so far about US customers buying habits is true and it's a pretty unique characteristic of this specific market. But WHY are buyers different (like that) from buyers in Europe then? What's the explanation for "I dont care, just take my money!" (US) vs. "I just wont pay those ridiculous prices!" (Europe). (Like I said, lets just ASSUME reality looks - kind of - like this for the purpose of this discussion.) Quote
mudcatsfan Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 4:00 PM, Frank Brickowski said: Let's assume what was said so far about US customers buying habits is true and it's a pretty unique characteristic of this specific market. But WHY are buyers different (like that) from buyers in Europe then? What's the explanation for "I dont care, just take my money!" (US) vs. "I just wont pay those ridiculous prices!" (Europe). (Like I said, lets just ASSUME reality looks - kind of - like this for the purpose of this discussion.) Expand consumerism seems more part of US culture than other countries, prices tend to be cheaper to ship things across our country, I'm guessing perhaps more Americans have larger houses than the average European household so theres more room for non essentials. just some of thre factors I'd suspect, but I won't say any of those guesses are fact 1 Quote
$20 on joe vs dan Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 when did this thread become a soapbox...let's not look a gift horse in the mouth...or bite the hand feeding you...blah blah let's stick to item, price, venue...buy-in if feel like gloating and maybe a celebration comment or two max Quote
KShine Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 4:00 PM, Frank Brickowski said: Let's assume what was said so far about US customers buying habits is true and it's a pretty unique characteristic of this specific market. But WHY are buyers different (like that) from buyers in Europe then? What's the explanation for "I dont care, just take my money!" (US) vs. "I just wont pay those ridiculous prices!" (Europe). (Like I said, lets just ASSUME reality looks - kind of - like this for the purpose of this discussion.) Expand Because people are mostly just what you make them. One's beliefs/values, their sense of right and wrong are mostly based on when and where you were born. Quote
dennugsmello Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 4:00 PM, Frank Brickowski said: Let's assume what was said so far about US customers buying habits is true and it's a pretty unique characteristic of this specific market. But WHY are buyers different (like that) from buyers in Europe then? What's the explanation for "I dont care, just take my money!" (US) vs. "I just wont pay those ridiculous prices!" (Europe). (Like I said, lets just ASSUME reality looks - kind of - like this for the purpose of this discussion.) Expand Americans have more discretionary income due to "low" taxes. Pair that with access to cheap credit and you have the worlds biggest spenders. 3 Quote
TANV Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 Sold a 21318 Tree House for $300 on BL. Not bad for a hold of less than a month. Need to clear up more space. Quote
Frank Brickowski Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) On 7/3/2020 at 6:04 PM, dennugsmello said: Americans have more discretionary income due to "low" taxes. Pair that with access to cheap credit and you have the worlds biggest spenders. Expand Just to add a little bit of facts to the assumptions: Which means, for example: The average US customer spends 34% more per year for private consumption than the average UK customer. The gap is even bigger compared to Germany and France. Edited July 3, 2020 by Frank Brickowski Quote
Alpinemaps Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 Stand by. I will move the economic discussions to the quarantine pricing discussion thread. Please let’s get back to sharing your selling wins. Quote
BillyBricks Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 9:49 PM, Alpinemaps said: Stand by. I will move the economic discussions to the quarantine pricing discussion thread. Please let’s get back to sharing your selling wins. Expand Picked up a sealed 79018 a couple years ago for $135. This week I sold the unopened Smaug and the parts needed to complete him for $165 with free shipping. 1 Quote
KShine Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 I actually just sold a Pet Shop - The world truly has gone mad. By the way, it was sold to an American. 2 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 10:15 PM, KShine said: I actually just sold a Pet Shop - The world truly has gone mad. By the way, it was sold to an American.I’ve sold a couple Pat Shops as well. It’s been amazing getting rid of dead weight. Quote
crayxlp Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 i wonder when the IRS gets a tip of this thread. Quote
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