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Just picked up a used Taj Mahal with box, missing one of the instructions books. $200

I'm guessing it was me haha. The very nice lady I picked it up from said that someone else did message her after me, but she said she had already made an agreement with me despite them offering her more money.

2 today lol

Good thing I waited a day.

Quick build given that this isn't a classic UCS set when compared to others. I can see why this is not universally loved given it's size and also given that it is a prequel ship. Nonetheless another one ticked off.

I did my good deed (and pseudo-fruitcake) for the year on Friday, in honor of Saint Padraig... One of my favorite regular customers made me an offer of $15 for a 75099. I decided to counteroffer for less at $13.50. She was nice enough to message me and suggest I may have made a mistake, but I insisted my counteroffer was final and I wouldn't budge

Not eBay, local sales app. Funny, maybe a kid.

My MO on this promo... Depending on the item prices you'll need to play with the purchase amounts to try to get as close to $35 or $50 to use the coupons. By default the $30 requirement is met with the use of the $35 coupon ($35-5=30). So if you max out the coupon (purchases of exactly 35 or 50) the respective theo maximum discounts are $35-5-10-.35 = 44% and $50-10-10-.50 = 41% In reality it's best to use the coupon combination that works for any given situation. I didn't have any 10/50, but 5/35 worked better because most of the sets I bought were $25-30, then added a $5-10 set to get to $35. A little creativity goes a long way with SYW and the Kmart system.

This made my day.......... The asking price was $110 and they offered $90 so my counter offer was $102.50 plus shipping. My message that accompanied the counter offer was........... " Fair price.......=) Thanx " Below was the response........... New message to: celeste Heheheheheheee......... No worries. Thank you for the purchase. I hope he or she enjoys the LEGO and if you're ever looking for anything else just let me know. Happy building.......... =) Celeste Yes! Fair price! I'm teaching my 10 yr old how to bid LOL Thanks for the smiles ? Celeste New message from: Celeste I read your note to him... he was so happy! Will do! Thanks! ☺️

Something else - These sets used to be somewhat "rare", in that they were found in select locations - such as SAH, LEGO Stores, the bookstores, etc. Since TRU/Walmart and other places have carried them, they have been able to be found at decent discounts MUCH easier, which of course impacts the collecting/resale value as you don't need to abuse B&N coupons to get them at 30/40% off anymore. Like most things, I suspect the top value will be lower, the wait will be more, but there is still value to be had. These sets can be a hassle to get used, and in general, aren't going to get rehashed and remade every 2-3 years like the licensed sets. I personally think it's way way way too early to worry about prices of things like Villa Savoye and Trevi.

Those discounted Lincoln Memorials and Trevi Fountains that I picked up in November and December are looking good to me right now.

My reply. Dear Sir/Madam- I fully understand my options and I choose to not accept your offer and add you to my blocked list. Thanks for your understanding.

This ship has sailed... While, some of these are doing "ok".. This is not like how it used to be. I've been buying and "investing" in this line since the beginning, and the growth isn't what it used to be with many of these. A few years back, sets like Sungnyemun and Burj would net you 4x in little time. That just doesn't happen anymore. I don't consider a 69.99 set topping 90 a success, when you add in fees, etc. That's a set that you pretty much can only land at BAM or B&N, and so you aren't going to find those half off on a frequent basis. A few years back, you could use a 20 off 100 coupon with a 10% discount at BAM and stock up on these. Now, those type of discounts are gone. I was pretty much the only one at my BAM that bought them out, and I always used the coupons. Now, they exclude lego. It was a great ride while it happened...but the loopholes are closing, and too many people jumped in. The 25% off + 10% discount at B&N deal was decent recently, but I don't see any of the latest retirements hitting 4x, let alone 3x anytime soon. Now we cheer when a set barely goes to 1.5x.

Might go well with TRU's LEGO Super Heroes Spider-Man Web Warriors Ultimate Bridge 76057 @ $75.99 before code. http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-Super-Heroes-Spider-Man-Web-Warriors-Ultimate-Bridge-76057-/172443306187

Code pickURcode This one worked for me !! Got the $ 3.00 doorbuster =) thank you for posting !

Win-it apply is paying today for me

I opened a store and had my first sale about a month ago. I've been slowly adding all my new and used parts. I still have plenty of stuff that's not sorted. I basically had to start over from the last time I tried to do this because my inventory and record keeping were a disaster. I've reinvested most of the sales from the past month into more bulk lots and some sale sets. This week I have about 30+ lbs of bulk coming. I know I need to pull all the basic bricks first because that is what I am overwhelmingly selling the most of. The best part of doing my sorting and inventorying is that I am finally finishing the 25 sets that I had started to piece together from bulk. It's so easy to just stop and put everything away in a box in a room. I am happy to overcome my inertia. The money I am getting is not really enough to be anywhere near close to worth my time, but I assume that once I have everything inventoried and stored properly, my time commitments will be less. Besides, it's giving me a chance to take care of some sets that I want to build for me and hopefully drop their prices to something close to modest.

can I get a PM too? haha

its not the same mini figure. now we will get into this argument "boba fett" is "boba" and "han solo" is "han" . look closely and you will see the difference between figures of 75137 and 75174. han [ has different head and hair-piece] while boba's torso and leg is light grey not sand green also hand is tan. finally the Pauldron Cloth is not printed and is sand green in 75174.

Free shipping at LEGO Shop at Home until 9th of April, so 6 days where it overlaps with the mini Volkswagen Beetle promo, which only needs a €40 buy in.

I can only guess that most of those points come from the Raise points-back promo.

60122 Volcano Crawler down to $20 on Amazon.(click Max Profit Link above). Great deal for a VERY good set.

That will be all the Technic sets that Asda had for 30% off, the influx of those sets over the last week on eBay UK has been ridiculous. so...

It would have better for everyone if he quit writing after the first paragraph.

I have said this many times before, but this is cut-and-dry: Any, I repeat ANY issue with an address in EBay -> as a seller just cancel the sale, using the "Issue with address" cancellation reason. Ideally you first write a nice message to the buyer explaining them that you are cancelling and why, and that you will relist the item for them to purchase once they made the necessary changes. All this without any headache, and it costs you just $0.30 (thanks Paypal!), though some have managed to get that reversed as well.

For used sets such as this, I will take the set apart (unless specified by buyer) and then put the figures and their accessories in separate baggies and then put those together in a baggie to house all of that. That will go inside the bag holding the pieces. If there are specialty parts I will also bag those separately. These would be rare parts or string/pulley type stuff that I don't want becoming a knot. Those bags will get protected from bouncing around in the box by either craft paper like from Amazon or bubble wrap. Last thing you want is a loose gallon Ziploc bag bursting open because it was loose in the box and pieces are everywhere. Box needs to be big enough for instructions (if included) to lay flat on the box and not tossed in or rolled up. If there are stickers included I will put those inside the instruction books to make sure they don't bend as well. You do those things and you should never get a complaint, though no guarantees as there are some particular folks out there. It may be to your benefit to state in your auction/BIN that you will send set taken apart/left together. I've had a couple misunderstandings that way though no negative feedback from it. Just something that may come up.

Offerup, 99% people contact you with questions/requests like that but that 1% is still normal people. I listed today ucs tumbler and it sold within hours for $270 cash so as you see it's not always this bad. I have couple repeat customers locally too little bit here, little there, few sales on eBay and it all ads up to decent traffic.

Looks like OfferUp to me....

You forgot a zero on that price right?

eBay flash sale $15 off $75+ through 8pm PST Use code CSAVE15OFFMARCH http://pages.ebay.com/promo/2017/0320/cancer.html?_trkparms=clkid%3D3375701108371942747

I didn't realize Sky High Battle had already retired in the US. Short shelf life, some potential there.

What set did she invest in? I should really get 3 of those.

Funny followup to the above. Sold a spaceport on Amazon yesterday and just walked over to the Indigo to get one of their on sale sets and mailed it off. This is the way to go - no separate trips to buy a set, bring it home, raise the wife's ire about storage in the house. And no Amazon FBA inventory charges. And raised my prices on the ones I already have. The way I figure it, I got paid $40 to make a short walk.

So I got a weird one on eBay tonight....... Funny thing is that the set never sold....this buyer submitted a low best offer but that was it. Checked their account....member since 2003, a seller and has over 700 positive feedback. Scratching my head on this one. Hijacked account? Trying a bluff to try and get money back, only got me confused with another account? Not sure what to make of it, not worried about it :P.....just don't know what to make of it....(Although I am a little insulted by the customer service lecture :P)

You can call local post office and ask them to check tracking. If usps verifies correct address tell buyer that usps tracking has GPS coordinates that show it was delivered at his/her address.(apt) I've had something similar happen twice. The first time I think the buyer was lying bc I did the above and never heard back. The second instance the package was delivered to a neighbors house.

I believe you should be protected as a seller once the delivery has been made. Furthermore, the PayPal address that is listed is what the package was delivered to. As long as you didn't edit the address you were given to print the label, you should be fine. If this escalates, you can contact USPS Consumer Affairs to get the details of HOW the mail carrier delivered the package. I did that some months back when a client said he hadn't received a package to the address he gave me. It turns out it was an office park of sorts and it was given to someone there who was authorized to receive it. Once it's delivered and out of both your and USPS' hands, you should not be held liable.

$3 DB right now

Where have you been the last 4 weeks? I think searching this forum for the word "epic" would be a good start to get to your answer

Paypal digital gifts via eBay has $100 TRU gift cards for $85. Limit I think is 3.

I've been investing in sets for a few months, but last night I finished my first major build since getting back into Lego. I have a nocturnal baby and a three year old, so I typically only get through a bag of parts a night. Here is Red Five alongside the First Order Tie Fighter that hooked me back in. Now to build the UCS Tie Fighter.

Not as low as last time, but it's 46% off ($21.75) LEGO City Volcano Explorers Volcano Crawler Building Set, 60122 http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-City-Volcano-Explorers-Volcano-Crawler-60122/51720856 Amazon as well http://amzn.to/2nozhkE

Over the course of my Hardy Boys witch hunt, I've been able to gather the last four digits of her bank account number, her current bank, two email addresses, her phone number, and (like I mentioned) a potential lead on her previous (or current) address. I'm livid. And humiliated. I have no idea how cyber crime investigations work so I'm terrified that, even after all of this sleuthing, my money is a goner. At this point it's not even about the money. I just want this sack of **** caught.

Sold 7930 Bounty Hunter Gunship. Listing said in the title, and bolded in the listing "NO INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED". Negative feedback left "no instructions included" Contact buyer for a week, no reply. Reach out to customer service, show them that in the title and bold in the listing it says there are no instructions included in the lot. Customer support tells me they support the buyers right to leave negative feedback and that they would take no action. After another week, I send the buyer a last message asking politely if there was anything I can do to better their experience and encourage them to change their rating. Response back? "Give me 20 bucks and I'll change it to positive". I send a complaint with the screenshot of the coercion from the buyer. Customer service tells me they will take no action against the buyer, but if I accept money for them changing the feedback I will be in violation of the terms of service. So I either get the unwarranted negative feedback, or breach the terms of service.

No, US market. Isn't the rule of thumb - take what is going in the US and deduct it by half for Europe? Heck, I don't even know why there are European brickpickers on this site.

It has been like that for at least 5 years already. EBay did it because they wanted to be like Amazon

Just write this back: "Thank you for contacting me. I am sorry to hear about your situation, being in a similar situation myself. I really need to sell this set at 4x retail price so I can buy water and bread for my 7 children, all of whom have asked Santa for a NES and Hatchimals. Therefore I cannot lower the price".

I sold the Rockefeller today. When I asked the buyer if he was an architect he was very flattered.

I was a little shocked to browse through Amazon lately. I was hoping to take advantage of some prime deals, if they happen, but from what I see, a lot of sets have gone OOS recently. Big Ben, White House, Villa Savoye, & Imperial Hotel are now in the hands of the secondary market. It will be interesting to see if any of those sets get restocked.