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BLDP Harbormaster's Office. Went together very smooth; better than most BLDP sets. Will be a nice companion to the Ideas Old Fishing Store.

The new layout blows. Where's my brick folio ???

For the code, you have to go to your account page, then to activities, then enter the code there.

Nordstrom has a few LEGO clearances going on. Mona Lisa is $67. Part out is $228 and it has a lot of pearl gold pieces. https://www.nordstrom.com/s/18-art-mona-lisa-31213/8502550

I guess I don't see what everyone else is seeing. My Netscape 2.0 must not load the ads.

With that statement, I'd probably just take any spare change and invest in dividend EFTs like VOO or QQQM and read a book or work on my physical fitness while my accounts grow bigger and bigger. If I was given the option to go back 15 years ago and practice that I would do it without hesitation. I enjoy selling LEGO but it is also a colossal time killer and money sponge.

Unadvertised GWP at LEGO Shop at Home. Spend $25 and they add the Ninjago Micro City Gardens to your order. I don't know how long this will last.

Daily Bugle 30% off $244 https://a.co/d/bHSXitc

--> Macy - 30% off select lego sets https://www.macys.com/shop/brands/lego/Special_offers,Sortby/Clearance|Cyber Monday Deal|Sales %26 Discounts --> 12% Rakuten --> Best Buy had Macy’s digital gift cards 15% off https://www.bestbuy.com/product/macys-100-gift-card-digital/J33V3X2P74

Every year I come back to the Lego website and every year I end up using my sack as a speed bag.

Holding out for the Peace Prize edition....

Never tell a buy to go to a specific site off Amazon , the bots might see that as a way to divert traffic off Amazon . you made your point . You can tell them to Kindly return the item if they are not satisfied

I'm coming up on 15 years. About once every 3-5 years I say that I am done and start coasting and selling down stock. I usually am over it in a few months. Second to the last time that I went dark, I missed the Cloud City set . Now, at 65 years old, I have to think about my adult daughter having to clean up my mess if I die so I really need to think seriously about my end game. But the game has been good to me.......

It just depends on the parts. I'll throw you a freebie that someone else passed to me (thanks @Pseudoty😞 Set #75685, Emerald City Wall Art. $160 at LEGO. Part out is $422, but that includes 51 items in 6 lots that they do not have price data for yet. Those usually sell way overpriced for a few months until more sellers get the parts and start a race-to-the-bottom. Also, minifigs are worth about $98-$105. The lion is another $17. These are the types of sets that I look for.

Hoping Ninjago got canceled

At LEGO LEGO Shop at Home, spend $150 and get the Micro Ninjago City set, a Maze gwp set and the Winter Gazebo. Rakuten still at 15%. Good luck finding something in stock that you want to buy. Ghost/ Phantom still in stock. I can't believe that we didn't see a sale on it.

Gazebo GWP drops tonight with $130 spend...plus Rakuten still doing 15%. Who knows, the Micro NINJAGO City Gardens GWP added today might stick around for a double-stack.

I should have known better but a word of caution for those newer to LEGO buying and selling. This time of year when stock dwindles it gets very appealing to pickup scraps still on Barnes and Noble, but today another package arrived shipped from some random store, a $200+ set with a hole on it and taped back box from them having the contents pulled from it and put back in and they sell it as sealed. Fortunately this time they still had the set at my local Barnes, though damaged, was still sealed. Took some convincing but was able to replace, in the past not so fortunate and they re online fraud department always looks at you like you are trying to swindle them and make you take pictures and it’s a pain in the bottom. With Barnes added shipping fee for large lego sets I am giving my member ship a break from there for the time being.

F1 Collector pack 30% off at Amazon https://a.co/d/9mnPIhj

Jazz Club is an Amazon deal right now. $159.99. limit 7. https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Icons-Building-Collectible-Musicians-Minifigures/dp/B0BLJ3L1Z5

So, to update & expand upon this, Epic Games has started their daily holiday free game countdown something or other thingy. Today's free entry is Blood West, a stylish western first-person shooter worthy to try out for the soundtrack alone.

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The craziest LEGO pick up so far. It's like walking to LEGO wonderland

My favorite movie of the year.

Sams Clubs has several sets near or above 40% off retail....some sets I havent seen on sale anywhere

Giftcards.com has Lego cards for 10% off using code NGWLEGO. If you go through Paypal, you can add a 5% back offer for a 1 time use. Rakuten is also offering 2% back. All stack...

It is pretty abnormal for someone to message a seller like this. It shows they are trying to get something out of you. I would hit the no reply required message. Then i would hit button reporting the buyer as being intimidating and the other button to ask amazon to investigate this transaction and only respond to questions related to did the box go to this person's address and do they want to return it. This is not a social media. This is a store. You buy something. If you don't like it or the condition, you return it. you don't start up a convo about the provenance.

Just picked up four at Costco, also saw these.

The advice above about not opening a store is definitely sound, but I'll play a bit of the devil's advocate and just say that I think its a matter of what your goals are. I put most of my parts into storage for now because the time to pull orders was starting to cut into family time and causing stress. Maybe one day I'll bring them back out, but for now, its not worth it. That said, I still have a small inventory that I enjoy adding to and selling. I was booted from Amazon last fall during the "purge" and sold most of my sealed set inventory to some nice members on this forum, so I really enjoy having BL to still be a part of the LEGO market. Perhaps most importantly, the profit I made from my store this past year was enough to cover my personal LEGO purchases over the year, which was the goal from the beginning when I stumbled down this rabbit hole. I'd suggest that if you are really interested, you start small, part out a few sets sets, figure out what organization works for you, keep your prices low to make some sales and attract buyers, and see if you enjoy it or not. Of those two sets, I didn't look at the overall part out values, but the dinosaurs in 75940 aren't highly desirable but at least give you a floor for your value. 43181 has terrible mini figures so maybe not a great one to start with - like 10 sales total across both in the past 6 months. Short version: if you want to have a small hobby to enjoy, go for it. If you want to grow wealth, take @raindog's advice and just invest.

I think if you have to ask, parting-out is not for you. It's not a money making venture (because of time and space involved) and you will always be building "dead" inventory. Good advice proceeded this. It's for those who "really, really, really" enjoy it. Financially speaking, you will come out further ahead with a second job or just putting time into advancing your career. Unless Amazon continues to remove listings, you will never be stuck moving whole sets (although who knows what will happen next). Take any thoughts of making money out of the equation and ask yourself if you would rather play video games, play pickleball, play with your kids/friends, spend time with your wife/girlfriend, or ACTUALLY BUILD LEGO SETS!! If you would rather part out sets and organize then, well, go for it!

One thing I rarely see mentioned is accounting for dead inventory. There are simply parts where supply vastly exceeds demand. Need to keep that in mind when looking at PO value. It drives up your storage space requirements the longer you run a store. It is a notable factor in the gap between perceived value and actual value when you want to sell out the store inventory. Maybe this isn't as large of an effect when you hit that 80-100k size. I've mostly been around the 10-50k size and can definitely feel it.

Starting a BrickLink store is a ton of tedious work. But its work that I enjoy. If you have ever worked in a parts house, like a NAPA store, it's really no different. You won't see many customers at all until you hit at least 50,000 parts. At 75,000-80,000, things will probably pick up even more, depending on your store. There are three ways to go. If you have access to a parts distributor, you might specialize in having a ton of well-used parts, such as having at least a few hundred of most colors of 2x4 bricks or a heavy concentration of minifigs. The second way is to try to have the widest possible selection, even if that means having only one or two of each piece. Personally, I do the third thing which lies somewhere between the other two. There are many parts in which I have 100s of and I try to have a wide selection of parts but it is all give and take. There are a ton of other things to share but I will offer this: Find the space that you think that you will need. multiply that by 10x and you MIGHT have the space that you will eventually need. There are many YT videos to watch to get you started but, honestly, those are starting to look dated. You might try this one to get started:

Those Geoffrey Toybox claw machines have crushed many ewok forces and rebel scum so not a total loss. (In all serious, that's a bummer, sorry)

FYI, just checked, its now Micro NINJAGO City Markets...still a 3-for-1 GWP deal.

Good morning and thanks. You could get 4 X Arcade Machines but I went with Emerald City Wall Art, another set off my wishlist and look at the BL part out value.

Triple stack GWPs and 15% Rak right now

GWP

Star Wars: 75440 AT-AT (via a Brick Tap submission) Star Wars: 75441 Venator-class Attack Cruiser (midi-scale) (via Brick Tap submission) Star Wars: Buildable BB-8 (Source: lego_minecraft_goat)

I am sure they will let you do a return and repurchase but the sale ends tomorrow, so you would have to do some type of price adjustment which will probably be harder. In other news: Rak 12%CB for Macys went through for 12% of the entire purchase price.

Macys has some good sales on some big sets. I got the oracle and ferrari f1 cars for 30% off plus 12% rakuten. Scroll to the bottom to see cyber monday deals. https://www.macys.com/shop/brands/lego?id=200756&cm_kws=Lego

I think I got rid of them.

the website isn't so bad compared to all the websites when you try to buy pokemon.. lol

Good filler to add ahead of time just in case https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/fennec-shand-keyring-854245

65% GONE! HURRRRRRRRRRRRY!!!!!!

Trying to prove it is still better than gold by retiring a bank early ? Interesting strategy... 🤑

There is a FBA reimbursement Re-evaluation option, you can submit with your reciept. I've tried a couple times and seems there is 50/50 chance that Amazon will match the price on the reciept.

LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 28 has been officially announced! We have a special offer for all Brickpicker members as always. 10% off if you use this code at checkout "Animal25-Brickpicker" at minifiguresplus.com Box (of 36) - $158.84 (with code) Set (of 12) - $56.69 (with code) US product begins shipping January 1st.

Is that the lowest it's been? Another one. Limit 9. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JKVZVM8 $60. 40% off

I've been keeping an eye on Lego over the past day or so and a few of the sales sets have flashed back in stock temporarily. I picked up a couple of Darth Maul Sith Infiltrators late last night with 15% Rak. Already in warehouse.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and be safe and sound.....And happy hunting for deals as well...I'm taking a bit easy this year and have enjoyed more selling than buying....Nice having the $$$ and more importantly the space