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Let me be the politically incorrect one...You are a clown. The topic was brought up to see how members felt about paying for advertising their listings to weed out spammers and fraudulent listings. I'm sorry that a person of your knowledge of websites and their costs of operation was incapable of posting a few simple courteous responses. Let me educate you on how much money the site costs to operate and the time involved running it. Your non-US data costs us over $20,000 annually to obtain. We asked for nothing from members. The data is not yet up to par to the US data beause the US data has been in our system for a full two years more than the non-US data. It takes time to get enough listings to get accurate prices, but I guess you knew this...becuase you are a internet guru. Besides that one cost, there are thousands of other dollars that are spent monthly to maintain the site. Also, the time Jeff and I spend on the site probably doubles whatever hours you put in working at your job...if you even have one. Whatever other sites you inhabit, I suggest you go there. I have neither the time nor the inclination to deal with fools like you. This is one of the top 5 busiest LEGO sites on the internet and asking about advertising on it is a valid question. Jeff and I might not charge anything for posting items or we might charge hundreds, that is what we are trying to determine. But it will be without you, this I can assure you. Have a nice life.

Guys, some if you are spot on and some of you need to see the bigger picture. BC is exactly what it's name suggests, an online classifieds section for LEGO. The fact of the matter is, classifieds are places to find deals, not market prices. Normal newspaper classified ads are generally always bargains. It's like a year-round garage sale. When used correctly, the Brick Classifieds will be a great place for us to sell sets directly to collectors and to each other. Also, this whole price issue is bullsh*t. Newspaper classifieds are not even free. And if you aren't willing to pay some money to have more exposure and be able to sell more sets to different demographics than that is just dumb. Frankly, I'd be willing to pay $100 a year for a service like this, because I know, in the long run, it will be cheaper and I will be able to make MORE money than by selling on eBay or Amazon. And if you can sell somewhere else, on other "forums", for free, THEN GOOD FOR YOU! You obviously are already doing fine and able to make enough money doing what you are doing. Nobody is making you use the Brick Classifieds, and frankly if anybody is complaining about a fee, they are quite simply bluffing. Greed is obvious. I'm super excited about this feature!! Like others have said though, I would like to see a very indepth feedback service to go along with it.

So Ed and I spend time together on the weekends and obviously a lot of talk is about the website. This is always a good thing and always very productive. As time goes by on the site and certain things come up, ideas change, new questions come up and we discuss what we should do about it. Keep a steady course or change direction and build a new plan of action. Many people here have been waiting to see what Brick Classifieds is and what it has become. That is all great, but one thing Ed and I have started to talk about is what do you expect out of it and honestly, what do we expect out of it. This is what I am talking about. A brand new site has come out recently, BrickOwl. It is put together very nicely, has a nice feature set, has been talked about many times here and has lower rates than both eBay and Bricklink, but yet, I sure don't know of many people from here or anywhere that have been buying or selling from there. Sure there are some stores there, but I am wondering and concerned as to why more of you have not been trying it out. What do you have to lose? I thought it would have been overloaded by now. Is everyone waiting for Bricklink 2.0? We offered the ability to advertise here on this site and I have yet to really get anyone to do it? If there are so many serious Lego dealers, why wouldn't people want to advertise their store to get people to try and buy their stuff. Everyone that visits this site is not a seller. We have quite a large number of visitors that come here looking for deals, so why would you not want to invest in your business to get more eyes on your products and make transactions so that you can buy other inventory? This really doesn't bother me, but I have just been shocked that no one really want to advertise their eBay business, etc. Like I said earlier, we kick a bunch of ideas around. Here is something we would like to know. Would you be open to paying a yearly fee to list as many items as you want and have no commission at all. That way, there is no need for any type of billing, transactions, nothing. You list the sets, sell you sets, and deal with your customers. In the end, if you are a casual or serious seller, you would be able to save a boatload in fees/commissions. Why would this be good? Well for one, it will help to site continue to grow. It would be reinvested back into the site to pay for the data, purchase more locations in the future, more contests, advertising and possibly help build a kick butt mobile app. It would also be positive to make people want to make sure they get their pennies worth and list sets to make their investment worth while. All these sites that don't charge anything and have free listings are nice, but many people bail, leave their listings, post crazy prices, etc. Could help with buyers knowing that the sellers have to be paying members in order to have listings. I am sure Ed will post more of his thoughts later, but we want to know where all of you are at. Launching something like this is no small feat. Everyone has been patient and we appreciate that.

I know if I see a BC listing from Barca or Akohns, I'm gonna get what I pay for. And they know that if I buy their stuff from BC, they just saved 7-8% commission fees. The forums are growing too quick for me to keep up these days, but there are still plenty of familiar faces around. Any time I can buy from or sell to a person with known character is worth whatever sacrifice I made in moving away from mass sites like ebay. A couple days of conversation is worth loads more than a feedback score. That alone makes BC enticing. Frankly I don't care about the format, tools, or fees. To me, a bit of trust is worth more.

A big benefit to buying/selling/trading here would be the confidence given by real members who've established themselves and can be transparent about their intentions versus the anonimity of eBay. As prices go up, it would be nice to be able to trade a few sets with other members to stock our inventory with something we are missing or want more of versus using cash. This could be a huge benefit and fill a business need that I don't think exists yet.

As Jeff has pointed out, we are at the point of where we have to decide what path...if any, the Classifieds will take when dealing with price and commission structure. Jeff has most of the framework finished to make the Classifieds active. The problem is, as I can see by the earlier responses, there are many different expectations. Let's go over some main points from my perspective: First point I want to make is that the site is much more active than you think. We monitor the site activity and members very closely and pay a large fee monthly to know exactly what every member does on the site at any given second. The amount of people who post about investing is extremely small in comparison to the people who actively use the site for information on sets, prices and deals. We see what pages people read most and it's not always about investing. Many of you are underestimating the amount of non-investors on this site. There are ways to promote the "selling" aspect of LEGO sets that would help draw new people into the mix, but until we actually do sell sets, we cannot make this happen. To many of you who feel they need to sell their sets to uninformed to make money, I cannot help you beyond letting you post your eBay and Amazon listings for free and extra exposure. With all due respect, this site is not about fleecing people to make a profit, it is about charging fair prices and to help everyone make money and enjoy the hobby. Our basic philosophy for the Classifieds is to give you fair prices to list your sets so you can pass the savings onto others. If you use our savings to pad your wallet, instead of trying to pass some savings onto buyers, then your item might not sell as quickly as one would hope. I am not knocking those sellers who look to take advantage of the less informed. Buyers have the ability to research prices and should make better choices, but if they want to pay huge markups, all the power to you. My point is, our Classifieds might not work for some beyond the extra eBay advertising. Jeff and I don't want this to become a huge pain in our @$$. Excuse my French, but the prices that we are discussing to list items on one of the most active LEGO sites in existence is very small...maybe too small to make this worth our effort to be quite honest. Giving such exposure for so little money can open up a litany of issues...mainly having members spamming the site with fraudulent listings and expecting eBay type service for free. This will not happen. We cannot or will not guarantee any transaction. The Brick Classifieds will be about "listing" items in a newspaper type format with the same sort of principals. Newspapers do not guarantee any listings or items, they just advertise them. If you can see and agree to this sort of philosophy, then the Classifieds will work for you. If you are looking for guarantees, then we cannot help you. How can we be assured only serious people listing items on the site? Charging the upfront fee is one way. As I stated earlier, there are many different expectations and we cannot meet them all. It might just work out that a simplified version of the Classifieds is released. I don't know how to make it work for everyone. Jeff and I love working on the site and giving members more and better features, but we have to examine if our efforts in developing an elaborate LEGO sales feature will be worth it financially to us. When all is said and done, we are not here for kicks, but to make money from the site. The Classifieds could help us make money or become a burden. We are hoping to figure that out with this thread and to develop a commission structure that will benefit buyers, sellers and us at the same time, while preventing fraud and poor transactions. Thanks for your time.

Let me put a simple example together about ways in which I think this can be beneficial to the buyer and seller. We get a lot of traffic to the price guide pages. Especially the more popular sets. So lets take the Imperial Shuttle for example. When i do a redesign on that page for the Classifieds, members and non members will see the Classifieds listings along with the eBay listings. So say the set goes on eBay for $450, then you subtract your $45 in fees. You just sold the set for $405. If you list it on here for say $415, even $425, you can attract that buyer and still make more money than at eBay. Yes, I understand that eBay gets more traffic, they are in the top 10 of all sites in the world. But people to look at our guide pages quite regularly, so there is a good chance when people are doing comparison shopping, they would bite on a site that is dedicated to the buying and selling of Lego. Edit....Wow Fcbarcelona101 and I are having the same thought process right now...

So why are you even wasting your time or our time with your posts. You already knew before even reading this that you had no interesting in posting here. So go post on eBay. You obviously have your own interests somewhere else, so take your cost-benefit analysis and go there. Wow, where is that thumbs down button when you need it.

I would like to see this take off. What I'm looking for in the next couple years is to list some pirates sets and Harry potter sets for under the brick picker price point, selling to other members here. I want to be able to make a good return and I'm not looking for top market value. In exchange for a lower than eBay price I'm hoping to sell to a fellow collector or investor quickly and hassle free without spending much time trying to use eBay and dealing with idiots scamming. I'm ok with selling a couple queen Ann's revenge for 200 now if I could be pretty much sure it would go smooth

It will take a lot of help from the regular members here. I will definitely list all I have here. It will take time, but no successful site was built on one day

The price is pretty high, but you have to figure in a few factors other than just price per piece: 3 custom minifigs. They are custom painted and look great. The Chem enthusiast was priced at $20 individually, so you could say $60 worth of minifigs. Sure that may seem high for a minifig, but is in line if not better than many custom minifigures of this quality from other vendors Printed pieces. There looks to be quite a few custom printed pieces included in the set. That probably isn't cheep to do when factoring in design right through to the actual print cost. Design time. This probably took quite a while to research and design. I know from experience that takes a while. I'm not very creative and I'm sure a decent designer could do it fairly fast, but that is still some good looking design that would have taken quite a bit of work Packaging and instructions. no doubt there is custom packaging and a set of build instructions that would cost a bit per set given the probable low production numbers Then there is their margin on top, which I'm sure is decent. But they have a website and business to run with plenty of taxes and overheads etc. It probably is higher than it could be, but good on them for making a run at profiting off the current BrBa hype while it's hot.

Because Jeff asked the question and I don't think that anyone in his position benefits from an echo chamber of thumb's up posters who praise every idea he has. If you don't like what I have to say, don't read my posts.

This would also rely on sellers pricing their items taking into consideration there are no 10% fees involved. That should mean we can sell at lower prices here and get the same amount of profit, giving us an advantage over other sites.

He also has a vested financial interest in creating the impression that there are a lot of buyers here. I'm not saying he's making up,what he's saying, but, unless I'm missing something, I'm not sure how the owners of this site would have any special insight on the willingness of the lurkers to begin buying sets on this site through a marketplace that doesn't yet exist. They are certainly privy to more information than I am, but I have not yet heard anything to suggest that there is a huge demand from people wanting to buy on this site. If you're talking business to business, I could see that much easier than a consumer marketplace, but, again, I still don't see this site as filling an unmet need in the marketplace. I already sell a lot of sets in bulk to resellers through Bricklink and think that there are plenty of others who do as well. Unless I thought that there was a group of customers who would come here to buy, but who wouldn't go to bricklink or eBay or amazon to buy, I don't see a huge reason to expand and begin trying to sell here. If you think it's worth it to give it a go here, by all means do so. For me, it's a straight cost-benefit analysis...the fees may be really low, but the time that it would take to manage listings and complete transactions would kill it for me.

First off, I would just like to applaud Jeff for posting this topic and discussing it openly with the members. That alone shows that both Ed and Jeff and quite serious about trying to figure out what the members want and what helps out the site. Sure, everybody wants what is best for their interest and they want things to be free, but free I don't think helps out developement of the site. From what I read, they would put funds received back into the site which in return would mostly likely lure more customers and more eyes on your listings. To me, paying a fee to have feeless transacations the rest of the year is a winner. Not going into each listing thinking, "Ok if I sell this set for $250, I need to take of $25, etc,etc" The potential savings could be vast for some of you. Someone here posted that they sell $20k? Sure, I know the traffic isn't ebay, but then again, how many sites are. You have to take what you can get. Some of you sound like a broken record. If you think all you will be doing is selling to the same people over an over, that is pretty narrow minded. If the funds are there, they can open up Adwords accounts and pay enough to have #1 placement on google for selling sets. Go on other family sites to let moms and dads know that there is a new place to buy and sell LEGO. I am sure there are many others as well. But it takes money to do all this. If they are trying to pass on an opportunity for the possibility of massive savings over time, then why should they take the hit in the pocket as well. I know this is just a discussion for them to get feedback, but open your minds to the possibilities.

I guess you don't read my posts either

Regarding Brick Owl, the problem might be that it really is no more than a prettier Bricklink - and Heaven knows Bricklink needs prettying up, but pretty isn't enough to make people jump from old to new. But I think of Bricklink as more a parts site than a set site. I'd think the classifieds here would be more for complete in box or complete out of box sets, with outliers like me listing some customs, etc. as well. I'd also think that it would make an excellent trading venue, and that's something nobody else really offers. If I find myself with 200 small whatevers and am looking to trade them 10 to 1 for 20 larger whatevers, I might just be able to make that deal with one or more other users here who'd like to get out of their large sets a bit and diversify to quicker moving smalls for a season, etc. The sellers here who find the really fantastic deals on sets could find themselves able to flip them quickly and in bulk to sellers who can't find those deals local to them, too. If I'm stocking up on Joe Schmoe's Amazing Riding Lawnmower sets and the best I can find locally is retail, but some guy in Outer Nowhere has a toy shop close down and he finds himself with 50 of them at 75% off and wants to make a quick buck, what quicker way to a positive cash flow than to list them for 30% off here to a pack of hungry investors?

Check out this neat custom set. It comes with a little more than 500 parts and three minifigures; all with printing. Only $250! Site link. Hmm, now I just need to page good buddy, Grolim....

Its funny, I was just looking the other day how to make the "Friends" feature of these forums useful. I was checking to see how I can add a "Check Brickpicker Friends" filter so you can look and search their listings. Will make it easier.

For you, sure, but it will cost you 1 million Brickpoints for each minifgure your post Yes there will be a custom category for people to put, well honestly whatever the heck they want as long as its LEGO related.

I was gonna say Sarah Jessica Parker.

Dude, that's Snake from the Space Police III theme. I should know cause I had to buy all those sets up! The link will bring up the BrickLink page stating he was available in three sets. He also was in an exclusive polybag without a visor for some reason.

Thanks for posting the mock-up -- I had a much more boring vision in my head, I like the current reality much better. One of the things that has made me successful as a seller over the years is being ready to jump on low-risk "try and see" options as they come up. This is definitely a low-risk try-and-see option that I can't imagine any sensible reason to pass up (at the VERY least the free eBay and Amazon pointer ads, etc.) It does get a bit wearying to have people claim anyone with a little enthusiasm or a positive attitude is a filthy boot-licker just looking to curry favor with the Mack Brothers because... er... well, I'm sure those folks think there's some reason. Maybe if I post 3 more agreement posts y'all will send me a set of steak knives?

Anyone notice these roughly mirror the Simpsons intro? Bart's Skate Trick - Starts at the end of school bell Homer at the Control Panel - Finishing work when nuclear material falls on Homer's shirt Lisa's Sax Performance - Band practice where Lisa improvises out the door Springfield Shops - Where Bart weaves his way in and out of foot traffic Simpson's House - They all arrive home at the same time While this is probably just a coincidence, I found it interesting that even the order matched the order they occur in the title sequence. Anyone see any other gunmen on the grassy knoll?

I will be quite honest with you guys. If you use the service when its up and running then great. I hope you do. If you don't use it fully, then maybe you will use parts of it. It will be different than the other sites. This here was a simple conversation to gauge interest and talk about some options. I can't believe that Ed and I owe people all out business plans, traffic statistics and I guess our last two years of tax documents. We have gotten the site to this point in a short time, I guess we still need to prove ourselves more. Yes I would hope that the people that use this site would care enough to share that their listings are here. That is the fastest way to let people know. We are trying to put money in your pockets. I think you would realize that once it is live, that I would do some of my own advertising to announce it.

Are you saying that only a microscopic number of people know that Bricklink has a priceguide based on their values. I am quite sure after all this time that there are quite a number of people that know of the price guide on that site as well as the price guide on this site, but yet people still buy from Bricklink. Is Bricklink not a Lego site that people know has had a marketplace for all these years. Is every buyer out there an idiot that does not know how to search for a good deal or what a good price is? Are there really that many people that are just stupid and go for the highest prices first? Somehow it's ok that Bricklink can have a catalog, price guide and sell sets after all these years, but its not ok for this site? Maybe you and I don't read the articles the same way, but this site isn't all just about getting the lowest price. It also talks about sets/themes in general. Buyers will buy what they want from wherever they can get it at a price that suits their budget.

From the first post: "(...) pay for the data, purchase more locations in the future, more contests, advertising and possibly help build a kick butt mobile app"

I get that you don't agree with him, but not sure why you are bringing so much emotion into your posts. Seems to me like he's just trying to make a logical evaluation of how he sees the site coming to be, and he's providing honest feedback, which I think is what Jeff wanted from all of us here.

Yes, the savings in fees would be a big attraction, and the reason why I have been looking forward to this. But are there enough of these non-investors to adequately purchase items at a rate fast enough for someone like you (I don't actually know your volume rate of sales, obviously) to continue to list here and move items at a rate that would encourage you to keep selling here as opposed to ebay? If passing the savings off to the consumer by lowering the listing rate to undercut ebay due to the saving of fees, is it worth it if it takes longer to sell, for example? Not trying to be facetious, just trying to consider all aspects.

Ok, I should've explained this better. What I mean't was that we don't know if the non-investor userbase here is willing to pay prices comparable to ebay going rates. And I know you didn't explicitly say that, it is something I've hypothesized based on the concept that was mentioned that there is a userbase of members on here who don't regularly post yet are willing to use the classifieds. Will they pay a price for items comparable to ebay median values is the question I'm exploring.

I like the idea that was brought up about tiered levels of Classifieds membership. You will be able to attract the small and big fish. Having a set fee of, say, $50-100 may be too much for a beginner investor, but pocket change to somone that is selling $10k + each year. This may also add a lot more work for you, though, as opposed to a set fee across the board. Whatever is decided, I will be sure to have listings there because I know that there will always be guys/gals here looking for that elusive new/used set that they didn't want to spend top dollar on ebay for, but a cheaper listing here will save everybody a few bucks. And to those that think people here won't spend top dollar, I think you are dead wrong. Everybody misses on a set they want for a collection, and even us investors will be willing to spend a little extra on something we want. I know I've spent big money on sets after they went EOL because I wanted them in the collection.

I've been looking forward to Brick Classifieds. I've held off on looking at BrickOwl because I thought Classifieds was on it's way, probably others here are the same. I think a tiered annual fee for a fixed amount of listings would be a good start point. Making it open and unlimited could see sections spammed with hundreds of overpriced listings. Classifieds would be another avenue to market. That can't be a bad thing. Especially as transaction costs would be lower than the other big markets. If we truly see this "Lego game" as a real investment market then we as investors should be willing to buy off each other at Market Prices.

Good that you bring this up, and I would be open to paying that yearly fee for as many listings as you think fair. It reduces transactions and time for everyone. This is not strictly about the Classifieds, but something I had been meaning to bring up regarding the ads. Personally, it just not make sense for me to advertise right now just because I am a very small time seller with a small inventory, and I feel this is geared up more to the high volume kind of guys. One thing I think you should consider is offer some kind of free trial of whatever length you consider appropriate. This way you will show those who sign up how much their sales or traffic increases by advertising on the site, making it more likely for them to pay for the service in the future.

TRU has a 15% off promo going from 8/11 to 8/17. It includes all lego sets except for sale items (those with a list price crossed out and another price above it) and this sale includes hard to find items. The promo code is EXTRA15. Note that it is very likely that your online purchase when entered will not honor the discount. But if you call TRU at the time you are ready to place the order, they will process it correctly. If you call TRU after, they will likely give you a credit once the order processes. I went through this process and spent several hours just making sure that this promo is legit. This is actually a good deal for some sets that typically do not go on sale and if they do, they are small percent sales - like on the hard to find items. As many are aware, TRU marks up prices on some sets so the discounts aren't really discounts if you compare it to regular-priced items elsewhere. However, there are some deals this time. To name a few good deals that qualify: Death Star 399.99 Super Star Destroyer 399.99 Fire Brigade 149.99 Grand Emporium 149.99 Pet Shop 149.99 You can get all the above at 15% off. There are limited quantities (like 1 for DS, SSD, and 2 for FB and GE, and 3 for Pet Shop). The discount is applied to the entire purchase and can only be used once so for those looking to get some Hard to find items on sale, now is your chance. Just don't waste your time on those sets that are on sale as identified above (does not qualify) and those sets that are marked up like R2D2, winter village, etc (not really a good deal). Good luck! P.S. You can't combine this with other offers including the 15% for opening up a new credit card when purchasing online. If you purchase in-store, they may be able to stack offers but it will depend on who you get to process your order.

No. SJP was an exclusive polybag at Barney's a few years ago...

The tier system was just a members idea, but it was and is an option for us. Our system at the moment is based on ONE BRICKPOINT PER DOLLAR ADVERTISED, with the option to buy discounted Brickpoints. Jeff talked about an upfront fee, but that was just a hypothetical question, not what we were planning on using. The Brickpoint plan enables many members to post for FREE. Even if they run out, they can buy discounted BPs that would make commissions a half of a percent if so desired. The Brick Classifieds are a nice fringe benefit for members. We do not expect to make millions by selling LEGO sets here. We have to charge something in order to keep it legit. These other forums you speak of will not be anything like what we have to offer. They are forums, this is an interactive sales tool, not unlike eBay or Bricklink. I cannot promise that people will post items at fair prices. I can only hope they pass on the saving from commissions to the buyers.

Listen, many people won't have to pay anything to list items and many high volume people can list their sets for one monthly fee. If Jeff and I were so interested in every last dime, do you think we would give people all the information that we do? This is a nice feature and we are not doing it to become the next Bill Gates. I appreciate that you worry about scammers. Maybe I will make you in charge of listing approvals.

I know I already replied to this thread before but I really wish I collected these sets way earlier than I did. I am a man and I love Friends sets, dammit!

Yeah Jeff, I was just asking questions. I already said I was going to use the service, I was just curious was all.

Question for you Ed and Jeff: What steps will you be taking to introduce the classifieds to the outside world once they are complete, up, and running? Will you be relying on word I mouth to get more people to come to the site looking to buy? Will the LEGO news blogs and sites pick up on the introduction of the service? Basically, what will you guys be doing to assure sellers get adequate views, and hopefully, adequate sales?

They definitely do things right. We were looking at another pad printer's wares this weekend (not minifigs, but other stuff) and they made the mistake of letting their items get way too "busy" looking - not true to Lego at all. CB hits the nail on the head with getting the most important things into their designs and not going too far.

I understand the tiered system, but I really don't understand or agree with your logic on the (Max 1 entry per day). I think that would make more people run from the site than help. If you have small to large business, who would want to wait a full day before you can post a new set? I think you are missing the point of the upfront fee and waiving all other fees. It would make everyone's life much easier. I personally don't want to deal with billing/invoices. One and done. Simple, everyone wins. A am sure there are plenty of people that have more than 50 sets to sell. The cost savings could potentially be great to many of them. They would like to get their sets listed and hopefully sold. Why would anyone want to wait 2 months to get all their sets listed?

Ed and Jeff, Is it possible to give all members a 1 month trial or something similar? Give it a the old test ride, kick the tires...

I felt weird at first until I saw the profits. :)

You stated exactly my initial opinion on this site having a classified section. People who pay upper / top dollar for sets 'likely' are not readers of this site but regular non-investing AFOLs. Maybe I'm wrong...

Well I wanted to let people post some stuff to see where it was going and on people's minds. The one thing I want to get out there is that for any of you that think that all of the visitors of this site are just people that are here for investing purposes only, then you really don't understand everything about this site. I would say that maybe 50% of this site is made up of Lego Investors. There is quite a large number of members that you don't even know that already come to this site that are primarily just buyers. Who are these people? They are the same people that visit sites like Bricklink and eBay. They are the people that like to use Lego to.....ready......build things. Yes that is right, build things. Actually open up the boxes and build them and build their own creations. Why are they on this site you ask? Because they too like to use the Brickfolio to know what their collection/investment in LEGO is worth for all the sets that they "BUY". They come here because, yes we do talk a lot about deals and these people "BUY" a lot of sets to keep building. They like the set guide pages because it presents information differently to them. Once people lose the idea that every single member of Brickpicker is here to just just buy sets for their collection to sell, it will open up many possible ideas for you. If you think about it. If the world knows of Brickpicker as the place where people buy sets, they may start to come here first because they know the inventory will be here and they will be dealing with knowledgable sellers. If the site offers their sellers no commissions and you price your listings accordingly, buyers may opt to check here first netting you more cash. I know I have mentioned it before in other posts, the amount of people that actually join in the forum conversations is quite small. There are many more lookers than participators. These are the people you would be selling too. I don't really care about the advertising. Chances are it will disappear, but I wanted to put it out there to these people that have written me on many occasions, but then once it was available, no one has wanted it so far. I don't think it was too expensive? But just like anything, you test the waters and see what people do. This is why this topic has come up now, so we can make whatever final changes before we release this thing and the business model may not be right. I really don't think I will be making a whole different site for this, not at this point anyhow. Ed and I talked about tiers, could be a possibility, the overall goal is to keep it simple for everyone. No decision has been made, but we are looking at options, that if you think about it, even the person that sells 10 average priced sets a year would be making out quite well.

Thanks!

I built my set yesterday and honestly I have no complaints. I love the look of it and I think it captures the essence of BTTF. No set is ever going to be perfect but the beauty of bricks is you have the freedom to modify it to your liking if you want.

I don't have room in my current home to keep mine up so most mine get built, put back in the box, then put in the back room. But I do keep my modulars up in the living room on the mantel.

Heck no. I just combine it with tampons and male depends and I'm good to go.