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You all aren't going to believe this, but I literally read this post about an hour and a half ago. I saw the advertised price on Lego.com and my eyes popped out of my head because I knew my Toys R Us had four of them. So I called them to ask if they would price match Lego.com and after some unsurity they said that they would. I didn't tell them exactly what I was looking for though. I live close to an hour away from my Toys R Us and had to be there before 9. I did Mach 3 trying to get there fast enough. when I got there I got a cart and casually strolled over to the Lego aisle. I got every last one of their vampyre castles, (4). I then went to the cash register and told them I had talked to the manager, who said that they would price match Lego.com. She said it was me that you talk to and we will, that she just had to see the ad and asked, "How much were they?".. I said "$24.98" smiling like the cheshire cat. She said, "Well I told you we would, we have to do it." I got 4 9468 for $109.16 with tax! This is my first big score, as I just started investing a couple of months ago. Pictures to come with the receipt as soon as I get home. (I'm writing this from the parking lot LOL)

Found a Helms Deep for $66 at Meijer. Although it has been resealed with tape. I figured at $66 it is worth the chance. I am about to open it now and check it out. Edit: Everything is accounted for in the box.

If you have your settings for Immediate Payment required AND have your setting for "don't allow buyers to pay me along with other seller's purchases" (or something to that effect), buyers cannot use eChecks at all to pay for your purchases. I changed my setting to both about 2 1/2 years ago and no longer have to worry about buyers and their NSFs or whinging about why I'm not shipping before it clears. (For those who don't want to alter their settings or can't because they run auctions, my wording for eChecks used to be, "Thank you for your order. We received your eCheck Payment through PayPal on (date). PayPal requires that we wait for the eCheck to clear before we ship, and they currently estimate that your eCheck will clear (date or range of dates, PayPal gives you these in the eCheck email)." It's not a lie, either - if I want to be covered by PayPal seller protection, Paypal DOES require us to hold the checks. Just make it sound like very standard policy that you apply and/or PayPal applies to everybody, not directed at the buyer's level of feedback, weird user name, bad breath, etc.

Here they are.

Put a sign out front of the Fire Brigade and park it in there.

He-Man.../drops the mic and walks offstage.

It may be that expedited shipping gets it automatically, regardless of where (in the U.S.) you're shipping, because you're saying it's going to get there in 1-3 days yourself. But I just double-checked both Lego and Books - if I select sellers within 600 miles of me who offer free shipping on the search box options to the left of the screen, every one of them is showing fast and free, even those who have their free listed as "standard" or "economy".

Friends Zombies! Zombie Friends? Score!

i'd like to see a Halloween costume party/dance set or wave for friends

Like anything, it can be if done right. The one bit that does nothing for me is all this 'twerking' or whatever they want to call it. It looks like the girl's rear is having a spastic attack. Ah dang it, I try to have a decent discussion about Friends sets and it all goes awry yet again with stripper poles and....stuff.

I am wanting Apu. Will convert friends sets into a Quick-E mart.

That's because most buyers do in fact do nothing once they are refunded. However, the buyer does have the option to say no to a seller requested transaction cancellation even after a refund is offered. In this case the buyer has to do something, doing nothing allows the seller his FVF back. I have done this before on sellers who have tried to screw me the way apline got treated.

Here you go: http://blog.brickpicker.com/a-lego-investors-ebay-search-examples-and-explanations/ You may have to get a little creative btu I usualy start by typing in the sets I want in the "AND" function and then using the "NOT" to pull out things that inadvertently come up.

Still working out the kinks for using the new app! It's actually pretty nice, all things considered. It just happens to go in and out of signal when I'm on the train on the way in. That said, I am considering more of those at $20. Chima is an underrated theme, and EUS was a Target exclusive with a relatively short production run. Pair that with a new TV show and some awesome sets coming this year, and I think the theme is poised for some real growth. Besides, it's impossible to lose money at this price. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

So uou grabbed a total of 8?:unsure:

Here you go

Looks v. good... Had my honeymoon in Rome.. Will buy one just for that. actually it will make a nice anniversary gift. Hope it comes out by June

Wow that is a nice set. Think I'll nab some gold coins from my daughter's now forgotten Friends Advent calendar to toss in there When is the release date?

I figured I would share this story so that others-especially new sellers- might benefit: Sold an item on eBay on the the 21st of January. The buy paid via PP with an E-check. Contacted the buyer thanking him for the purchase and told him I will not send the item till checks clears (3-7 days usually). He barely had 8 older translations on his account and EBay suggests that you hold to item till eBay clears. Never heard from him. On Jan 26th , the buyer cancels the Paypal transaction w/o prior notice, so I'm thinking now that I was a scam since he/she was hoping for a freebie . I report him to eBay and I'm figuring that is the end of that. Today I received an email from PayPal with an open case against me, with the person demanding his/her stuff. Okkkkkkay, not gonna happen buddy. Wasted the morning on the phone with Paypal, and eventually they said it is a good thing I didn't send the item and they will close the case. Moral of the story: never send out an item till checks clears.

Robie and IH are from the Architect Series. Trevi and the last few releases UN, Eiffel are from the landmark series, perhaps that is the difference. I thought the UN was a great build although a small platform.

i got a pair of advanced screening tickets to the movie for this saturday. SUPAR EXCITED.

Speaking of pot....

I want Captain Nemo's Nautilus.

Thanks Chino!

Always wanted a Sports theme. An NHL license would be really cool, but that`s never going to happen. For investment, almost anything based on a successful film would be great. I`d love to have seen more Indiana Jones sets then the one`s previously released. Again, Lego won`t do it, but Game of Thrones would also be pretty great. A reboot to their forest men theme from the 80s/90s would be great as well, and more realistic castles. Some of the MoCs you can find of castle stuff is just incredible. There are some seriously talented individuals out there, and I envy all of their building skills Not licenses obviously, but still. Halo would be neat, the Mega Bloks line sucks, so does Star Trek. Both would make great Lego themes in a perfect world. I second that. JP would be great to have Lego add. The Dino sets are really neat, but they aren`t official JP. Pity we won`t see them anytime soon, if ever.

I'd love some discussion on why people picked certain sets for the specific parameters of this contest. I don't mean discussing whether something is a good value or not long term, but for this specific 6 month timeframe. For example - 6860 Batcave. I love the set as an investment. I didn't pick it during the contest though because it is not clear if it will retire soon, and at $90+ I don't see 6 month value in it. I didn't post my picks in the thread, but my strategy for the purpose of the game was to try to go in a different direction than everyone else (at the time of my submission at least). I decided to go heavy on Lego Architecture - Willis Tower, Rockefeller Center, and Guggenheim. I am banking on these moving to retirement. I didn't pick Robie, even though I like it, because the starting price is already pretty high. But these other sets if they retire I think have a chance of doubling in 6 months at their initial price point. I balanced that with some Mini-Modulars. TabbyBoy's strategy of just about all mini modulars was a pretty good one. This is already up 20%+ from the Dec price, and could also return a doubling in price over 6 months. While I like the Fire Brigade, and it will be fascinating to see how high it goes, I am gambling on this returning a better ROI. To even out the numbers I think I included 1 Batwing Battle over Gotham set. That was my strategy, so in a way I am rooting for a lot of you more than I am rooting for myself!!

The whole line, my friend. Castle Greyskull, Snake Mountain, Eternia, all of the awesome figs and vehicles. Holy nostalgia and playability, Batman! There was a MOC with all of this posted a few months back. The pictures looked amazing.

I changed a few listings that I had in CAD to USD. And that USD that is sitting in my paypal from the Christmas selling season is worth a fair bit more. Score!

On a personal level this is going to kill my wallet.

1 Treehouse 1 Friends Vet 1 Olivia House 101$ after tax @ BN On a seperate note, the black pearl that I received from Amazon WH was half built. The joke was on me this time. That one is going back

Just wiped out my TRU and got three 9473 Mines of Moria for $39.99 each. And yes I got them to price match targets listing.

Further to picking 10... yeesh, that's harder than spending $1000 in Grolim's investing game!!

Some funny stuff here, and some good answers to those awkward questions. I like the fundraiser idea.....