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There are what 15 people on this site talking about it? Maybe we have 10 sets each. 150 sets isn't going to make or break the market for this set. 15 people can make a lot of noise, in one small thread. On one small site. On the world wide web. This is a global economy, 150 sets is nothing--out of the hundreds of thousands that were more than likely produced.

HOORAY!! i just sold my last Portal of Atlantis set from the Atlantis line. i think I may throw a party! i can finally wash my hands of that dog of a theme. it was quite a blemish on my brickfolio. i was sitting on six of those bad boys and it took almost two years to find six buyers. i wound up making about $20 each after costs. thankfully my entry point was low. good riddance!

Bought a few MBA sets today, the bigger win for me is that I donated 15 LoC speedorz starter kits to a local children's hospital. Made me feel pretty good. Still have 5 of them in case they blow up in he afterlife. We should find out soon, they are listed as call to check availability on S@H.

Quacs...while I think your articles are really informative and well-written, I feel like the same 15 people will actually read these articles. I know the page hit count is probably higher, and that I'm using a ridiculously low number to illustrate a point, but the point is still valid. The problem with threads like this is that the person is not reading even some of the information out there that already exists. Articles like yours are great for driving traffic and offering value to the people who will read and comprehend, and overall good for the site, but thinking that if you post one here and suddenly everyone that's new to eBay is going to read it is a bit naive. Also, I think it's funny how every one of these threads follows basically the same pattern. Someone sells something, and then asks a question that they should have asked before they ever listed the item for sale. When they get responses they always post about how they have thousands of feedback and have been on eBay for a decade or more. I could be wrong, but I just don't buy it... The other thing that we see is that lack of knowledge about how eBay/PayPal works is someone else's fault. Secondary markets for everything are ruthless. If you don't arm yourself with at least as much, if not more information than the competition you will be competed out of the market. Being a seller on eBay is not suited to low-information people. I'm not saying that my wife absolutely does everything right, or always has, but we both read a ton of information before we ever listed our first item on eBay. We also learned from mistakes over the years and continued to research. We learn from others as well, and there are a handful of people here that I sense have taken a similar approach, and that I listen to about eBay...Quacs, Tigereyes, StarCityBricks, Jeff, FCBarcelona, eracine, Grolim, akhons, Veegs, a couple of the guys with "Darth" in their name, and perhaps a couple of others...if I've left anyone out please don't take it personally.

This set will not be a repeat of The Zombies. It has been on shelves for far longer, so many more were produced. The Zombies and the Ultimate Space Battle were the rare store exclusives that truly spent a very limited time on shelves. Most LEGO stores only received one shipment of The Zombies while Orc Forge has been readily available at LEGO stores during the entire production run.

I've bought collections larger than this. It's always a shame when people split stuff. I just bought a collection that had most of a Corner Cafe... just missing what I know was one of the ziplocks. The seller said he sold some stuff to a kid that he knows and I went into knowing it was probably a partial but it's a shame when people sell collections like this and it kills awesome sets that will likely never be pieced back together.

with target sold out online and in most store at I doubt this is one of those times where lego does the fake sell out and brings the item back a week or two later As a side not I drove 180 miles this weekend to see my parents and stopped by every target that listed as in stock online, not a single store had more than one on their shelves, I literally cleared out half of the target stores in the state of ohio (not many had them in stock to begin with)

The fastest way to have your comment deleted and/or a thread closed is to start throwing political talk around, I know it starts out all in good fun but it has no place on this website. Please refrain from making potilical comments, even joking around. Thanks.

I think people are probably looking for exactly the opposite in articles...some kind of secret or short-cut that's going to give them all the answers with very little work.

Yes, I analyze everything to death. Even after years of collecting, when I was ready to sell - it still took another year + before I ever sold anything, because I had to be certain about every aspect of selling, to feel certain that I was prepared, and that the decisions were correct. As I have mentioned, patience and discipline were once required in order to do this. In the long run, it likely still is - but there is enough information out there that anyone can feel that they could just jump in. It has created a somewhat unstable environment. What we really need is an article that would give newcomers patience & discipline (not just some quick answers).

Sorry, but if I invested in themes I liked, I would be sitting on a heap of market duds like Alien Conquest, Atlantis and Pharaoh's Quest. Also, emazers, I lol'd at "Why did I only get 40?". I am sure the majority of us don't have the working capital to be able to chance on -every- deal. Sometimes I've had to leave money on the shelf, so to speak. I know some people wait too long for a good deal that never comes, but I'd say it's a chance the people with limited fluid capital have to take sometimes.

I don't mind either. I just think the right time to share it is before an item was listed and a sale and commitment were made to a customer. I agree with your second sentiment as well...the people out there that are good at secondary market sales are true sharks, whereas the vast majority of people do lots of things that make their own lives as sellers difficult.

Honestly. I don't mind sharing information with people but Emes it right. Some people would rather ask us all a question instead of reading the content already provided that could be found with a little help from google. I don't think selling on ebay is really going to get any easier. And personally I don't mind if it requires a lot of knowledge, experience and continual self-education. That means those "hundreds" of people who want to get into Lego investing will have hurdles to jump that we've already mastered. No need to lead the sheep around unless you're going to get paid as a Shepherd.

I would be think twice before using the global shipping program. When you sign up they tell you that all costs are clearly listed to the customer .It is flat out untrue. They add a customs broker fee to the shipping fee that they charge. For example you have your listing as a 9.99 shipping. They charge the buyer 19.99 shipping (and pass on 9.99 to you and keep the rest)plus a customs brokerage fee. The buyer sees the shipping fee but not the customs brokerage fee until they buy it. The customer gets hit with a charge they weren't expecting and blame you.They have no idea it is a third party program run by ebay. When I started using gsp I noticed approx. 25% of buyers backed out and never completed their purchase. Shortly thereafter i received negative comments about hidden fees. I went back and emailed my other previous gsp and they all told me they had a unexpected customs broker fee . In summary if you want to charge alot for shipping and list it up front you are fine and the buyer can choose to pay for it or not. IF there are hidden fees attached to your listing it is sleazy and unethical.Just because it is not you tacking the fees on it is still your product,your responsibility and you are the one to contract with gsp ad allow them to do it. While anyone has the prerogative to do what they want I think people should be aware of this.

He has got the Tony Stark smirk down pat. Now if he grows up to marry someone like Gwyenth Paltrow, thats superhero like.

Batman has taken the Tony Stark route where he doesn't care who knows his identity... as he is that damn good TRU will have these things forever I imagine

Jabba's Palace for 75.00 at K-Mart....A combo of promotions; get 10.00 in points automatically on orders over 75.00 get 5.00 instantly when you use points on a purchase over 45.00 5.00 off promotion code some points and a sale price of 98.00. Decent enough price, plus I get the points from the purchase and 3.00 in points on a purchase over 35.00. Gotta make every bit count, right? Not the happiest camper as I went on a buying trip with dreams of heavily discounted LEGO as far as the eye can see.....but a 75.00 Jabba is a nice consolation price.

This is going to sound a bit negative, but as a community I think we need to get ready for an onslaught of posts like this going into the holiday season. Get ready for lots of posts such as: 1) This one, where someone thinks low feedback or low activity on eBay automatically means scam 2) People hitting overall selling limits and specific category limits on eBay 3) People not reading/understanding how seller protection works 4) People selling things internationally that don't intend to 5) People selling things internationally and attempting to use really inexpensive shipping that doesn't qualify for seller protection Don't get me wrong..I think it's fine to be helpful, but there's a fine line between being helpful and pandering. I have very little sympathy for someone who gets into eBay selling and doesn't take the time to read the voluminous amount of information available on what to do, how to do it, and how to protect yourself.

If brickpicker added retirement dates to set listings, I'd probably never use brickset again. Artifex and brickshow are great youtube channels. MadAboutLego does decent animated reviews, too.

Well, it's not so black and white. I can list a lot of what I have cheaply and make good profit. As much as if I held onto it for later? No, likely not, but my profits would be comparable to most people sitting on sets because I sourced my stuff more cheaply. The question is what can I do with that profit I made from a set that I quick flipped while you are still sitting on it? I can get a lot of sets on clearance regularly. If I quick flip them, not only do I still make a good profit (because my entry point is lower than most), but I can either reinvest that profit into more sets, or have it on hand if real life goes south. It depends on how much capital you have to play with I guess, or how low you can get your entry point on sets. There's a lot of factors to consider aside from just how much a set is listed for in relatuon to its EOL. Everybody's ROI will mainly depend on their initial price point.

Its funny listening to everyone here talk about it, because those with an indifferent attitude obviously don't need the money anytime soon...that's the beauty of it, you can afford to hold longer so it doesn't matter that your ridiculously priced items take 6 months or more to sell. We then see the difference between that and the fly-by-night investors who are unloading B-Wings at 125 or 150 a pop because they need the money back now and can't afford to hold like that. That's what it really comes down to, right? If you don't need the money anytime soon, why list on the cheaper side? Might as well hold, am I on the right track here?

Except for my family, I do not have any problem putting a price tag on anything in my possession. If someone is willing to pay twice the going rate for my house, I would say where am I signing the papers. I do not see how that is different than pricing my stocks of LEGO. Wait, so if someone offers to buy your old car for more than its worth, meaning enough to buy a brand new one and take your wife to fancy dinner, you would refuse to sell the car ? With all due respect, I call BS on that

Yeah I'm not sure why we're making every aspect of this trade an ethical debate. The entire world runs on the fuel of the spender, irrelevant of that spender's intelligence, savvy, or familiarity with product or market they are spending in. If I list something for $100.00 over the standard price, and someone willingly, of their own volition, purchases it, have I really ripped them off? At some point you have to draw a line between the fault of the seller and the fault of the purchaser. Buyers in our field, especially eBay, have the deck stacked in their favor when it comes to buying securely and intelligently. Things are only worth what the buyer is willing to pay.

Actually it doesn't seem it has been - there have been several others that have posted here that they were clearanced sitting on shelves. If people check their walmart and they aren't there then by all means, just offering these have been widely available for very cheap.