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looks good. update: it appears lego 's tweet was removed and then reposted. https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/status/844626752257359873

Love selling FBA and here are a few of my fave free tools: *** Keepa extension for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/keepa-amazon-price-tracke/neebplgakaahbhdphmkckjjcegoiijjo?hl=en Keepa will show you the sales history and historic price, as well as Amazon's history on a listing, right on the product page automatically. Read the chart and find out that average sales rank which is far more useful than the current sales rank. *** How Many? extension for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/how-many/fifaampimdjablpkjapdjehjcfloecjp?hl=en How Many? will display how much of each item your competitors have instock quickly and easily. 5 free uses per day. Want more? Purchase or simply re-install. Want to hide this info from your competitors using this app? Change the Max Order Quantity to the amount you want to show. *** Jungle Scout Sales Estimator: https://www.junglescout.com/estimator/ Very accurate and useful estimator to see how many units per month an item will sell for a given rank and category. Plug that average sales rank found from Keepa in and bingo. It is extremely accurate and they update it monthly to account for the changing traffic throughout the year. These are free tools we use ALOT. Have any others that you find useful then please reply and add them!

From our friends at SD LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 911GT Finish Line (75912) 24.99 (50% off). Limit 1 per order https://m.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=45476116

One Target 41175 - Elves: Fire Dragon's Lava Cave - $11.98 42046 - Technic: Getaway Racer - $9.98

Watch your front door!

also B1gSpr1ng

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I just picked up a used 10197 Fire Brigade tonight for $120 off of CL. Its complete with instructions and in excellent shape beyond a bit of dust - the guy took good care of it. This is for personal build, so I'm pretty excited! He will also give me first right of refusal to his Grand Emporium for $120 once he builds it again. Its not as high on my Wanted List, but at $120 from a reliable local seller, its hard to turn down. Now to break it down, get the dust off, and build!

Raven should have a picture for you in the next 24-48 hours after he builds his.

do you accept LEGO as payment? I hear it is worth more than gold...

Any tools for Netscape?

No it is the poor sellers on the other platforms who are getting ripped

They were designing for Porkins.

One LLC for sale with corresponding Amazon sellers account. Account ungated in Lego, but gated in everything else. Bargain price of $17,999. Contact Migration....[emoji16]

It is impossible to provide the proper documentation to amazon regarding the authenticity of lego. End of story. If they push the issue, you're skrewed.

Here's a SYW pro-tip: Go through all your daily KMart emails and click on the "Print" link for any coupon that you like. Save the codes and expiration dates somewhere (spreadsheet for example). I never realized this but all those coupons that kept on repeating each day (and I didn't use) actually have different codes. Just from last week I have 4 $10 back on $50 coupons and 3 15% off 1 toy coupons this way. You're welcome. PS: @MinifigW You can add this one to your video

There are a LOT of ways to earn points on SWY. It is a game that SWY/Kmart/Sears plays to manage their business and on the fringes are a few sharp people that can take the system to task. YMMV, but here are 3 ways I've seen recently to earn big points ($100+) between LEGO purchases... * Run your Raise purchases through SYW ($400 for me in 2 months). To maximize return, wait for Raise 3-4% off weekend promos. Since the program shuts off at $5000 in GC purchases, don't waste the discount on GCs that are frequently discounted elsewhere... You may see TRU for 9+8+3 (18.8%), but TRU GCs are often on special for 15% on eBay and occasionally on sale for 20% elsewhere. Use them to max out the tougher GCs like LEGO store & WM. * Watch for in-store specials: 3 of our local stores recently had 100% points back on a ton of food and office items under $5. We ran about $300 through and got $300 in points for items we'd use anyway... mac n' cheese, snacks, tape, envelopes, candies for Christmas gift baskets, and a whole lot more. The rumor is that Kmart is going to be doing more of these in-store points back specials. Also, pay attention to the coupons printed in-store at checkout. This is where I find the 10 off 30 and points-back type of coupons. Watch for online specials on SYW and this forum: A lot of guys loaded up on points a few months ago buying discounted furniture (shelving) that was discounted + huge (50-75%) points back. A lot of it is about lying in the weeds, waiting to pounce... And on a lot of these programs the points don't expire for at least 14-30 days, which should be enough time for a Kmart item to roll around. I see a lot at 20%+ off right now and 10% back in points.

There are additional pictures shown here in the (Dutch) post about the new Snowspeeder at Bouwsteentjes.info, but no shot of the underside either: http://www.bouwsteentjes.info/lego-star-wars-75144-ucs-snowspeeder-aangekondigd/

I love the look of this set and it's definitely a must-have for me! Of course, I never got the 10129 set so this is the best way to get a UCS Snowspeeder for a good price.

Stickers are one thing, but white stickers on a white brick is just stupidity cus inevitably the brick or sticker fade at different rates and it looks awful. Use a clear sticker for detail on a white piece for Christ sake............... Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

looks very good. good grief about the many stickers for a $200 set. some even look cartoon-ish like on the sandcrawler. i get it though - decrease cost / increase profit margin. hey lego, use some printed bricks for pete's sake on UCS sets though.

10kg cargo capacity? Are the Rebels running a low cost airline?

I like how they bring one guy on to talk about all the stickers.

No, but I will accept gold

I see your Geoffrey, and raise you a Geoffrey.

In for 3

Or: inventory : manage fba inventory : sort reserved column from largest to smallest .

Update on Dimension Packs that I bought 2 weeks ago as most is taken care of and I have slowed down on pushing inventory back out the door. Total Purchase Price was $300 on the head w/ tax which included the following (I think i got it all down there) A. (3) Star Wars StarScavengers $20 each B. (5) PS4 Starter Kits $20 each C. Packs for Marty McFly (2), Dr. Who (5), J. World (4), Scooby Doo (5), M:I (4), Ghostbusters (2), Joker and Harley (3) each sold for $5 each. Cash coming back in consisted of the following: 1. Total Gross Revenue - $268 2. Total Returned to Store - $60 (3 PS4 starter kits) - I just didn't want to hang onto them anymore after selling 2 bundles) 3. Total Inventory on hand still...all the SW sets and 9 Packs = $105 cost So overall, the $300 has become $328 with $105 of inventory remaining. I'm happy with that! I know it's not the 100% ROI that many of you shoot for, but I consider this as Free Lego (after some work) now and believe in the end I should be able to turn that $300 into about $450-$500 after everything is out the door unless I keep some for gifts. Original Post:

Meijer shoppers: $5 back in Mperks Rewards with each $50 spent on gift cards. A few exclusions, but some good ones available in store like Target, Toys R Us, Ebay... I believe the limit is 10 of the $5 rewards per account. Good until 4/8.

Poor me and my 3x 41178 Dragon Sanctuary's that sold on eBay for 15% more than current FBA pricing... w/ 8% back in eBay bucks. EDIT: Sigh. Yes, still bitter to be gated from FBA... I'd buy someone's account if I could.

At your own risk.

Looks like they are finally acknowledging what every one else knows. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/03/21/sears-says-substantial-doubt-can-stay-business/99479726/

Looking at these past posts. Ones gotta think these poor chaps buying FBA are getting ripped! Haha [emoji23]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like Toys R Us Online is finally out of this badboy. Time for Indominus to break out!

Anything going on right now? I got $25 expiring on Thurs, along with the 15% off GC. Daddy needs some new LEGO but at reduced prices. I'll take clearance I'll take new.

Now that I've had some time to wash/sort/identify, here are the sets I have compiled. All are in the 95% complete range (no manuals with the lot) w/ a few pieces missing here and there with the exception of #3368 Space Center is only 75% complete. Batman I: 7785 Arkham Asylum (w/ minis) 7779 Batman Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit (w/ minis) Monster Fighters: 9468 Vampyre Castle (w/ minis) 9461 The Swamp Creature (w/ minis) 9463 The Werewolf (w/ minis) Alien Conquest: 7050 Alien Defender (w/ minis) 7052 UFO Abduction (w/ minis) 7049 Alien Striker (w/ minis) Galaxy Squad: 70707 CLS-89 Eradicator Mech (w/ minis) Lone Ranger: 79107 Comanche Camp (w/ minis) 79108 Stagecoach Escape (w/ minis) 79110 Silver Mine Shootout (w/ minis) 79111 Missing over half of the set and 1 mini 30261 Tonto's Campfire poly City: Space Port 3368 Space Center (w/ minis) 3367 Space Shuttle (missing one mini) Ninjago: 9448 Samurai Mech (w/ minis) Star Wars: 7930 Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship (w/ minis) Marvel Super Heroes: 6865 Captain America's Avenging Cycle (w/ minis) 6873 Spider-Mans Doc Ock Ambush (w/ minis) There were a few other Chima/Ninjago/Minecraft sets that I could not identify or were not worth bothering to complete the set. I will just absorb those as parts and sell the minis. I feel this was a pretty good buy for my first "used" lot from CL for $100. The lot was 18lbs of bricks and had 60 minis separated.

my opinion on this set.

If it's value is under $100, I add SmartPost to the list through ebay. Ya, if it fails to arrive, you're pretty much out the price of the set, but I've had a good record (knock on wood) with the service and the savings would pay for this missing sets. If it's over $100, I go with FedEx Ground. I ship a lot of non-LEGO items via padded flat-rate priority mail envelopes, but I wouldn't put any LEGO boxed item in such a mailer. ~$6 Minifigs can go first-class-package in Kraft bubble mailers. ~$2.70 Very small sets ($10-ish) can fit in a small cardboard box and go USPS First Class Package if under 16 ounces. $4 to $5 typically. Flat-rate USPS Priority Mail (~$11 for medium box and $15 for large boxes) are great for dense items. That doesn't typically include LEGO, however. For their volume, I find that most of my sets are shipped cheaper via a ground service. But I'm also on the west coast and many customers are on the east coast. If you are on the east coast or even midwest, you can get decent zone discounts on priority mail. I recommend packaging your sets in plain cardboard boxes in advance of listing. Weight and measure them. And if you are using ebay, give options in the shipping calculator for SmartPost, FedEx Ground, and Priority Mail (non flat-rate). Then your customers can see the options based on their distance to you. BTW, unless I plan to ship USPS First Class or Flat-Rate Priority Mail, I don't offer free shipping. Trying to average out the shipping ends up biting me since I'll lose sales to local buyers who go with the calculated cheap shipping of others and end up shipping most everything coast-to-coast. I've had fewer buyers from the east coast as a result, but I've been able to charge decent prices without free shipping and still attract buyers.

I love it, especially as someone who was in dark ages for the first one. This is getting displayed for sure.

Marc, is that you?

Meh. People have been predicting the fall or SHC for a decade now. Every time they get in a pinch however fast Eddie finds some way to borrow his way out of it. I highly doubt Sears will fold that quickly, they would probably just sell of a bunch more stores to raise the cash. I hate to be the "defender of Sears" but at least where I am they are making a comeback. Our Kmart stores got a remodel somewhat recently (they look pretty good now, better than my Walmarts), are fully stocked (they are moving stuff all around the store, just finished resetting the toy section and it is stocked full) and are actually busy (always a good amount of cars in the parking lot and patrons in line, not Target size crowds but improving). Our main Sears is ALWAYS crowded and they popped up these tiny appliance showrooms around me that are brand new. Customer service wise I have never really had a problem. SYW customer service is incredible (take notes TRU) and that keeps customers like me coming back (if that's good for them is another question) if you asked me about Sears/ Kmart one year ago I would have laughed and said "I hope they just die already", but honest to god they've turned me around. Now if their cost cutting measures and "turnaround strategy" fails this year, it will most probably be their last. That sucks, as I've been getting most of my inventory from them, which again has allowed me to continue my everyday low price strategy that I've been relying on. (sure as hell beats stalking Walmarts for 1/2 of the year for semi decent clearance hauls, which would be my backup if things go south)

It's just one button that can be pressed at anytime during the transaction. before swiping your card, simply ask - "Did you give me the 10% off Thursday credit card discount?" and they will double check. If you are price matching or doing other non-standard things, the discount probably will not apply.

Thanks! My son's gonna love this!

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.

No if you have been selling for 12-18 months or longer with excellent metrics it is very easy to get ungated right now. Same for Health and Personal Care and Beauty. If you are new or have poor metrics they will not ungate you. Most large cities will have plenty of wholesalers who you can start with a small quantity order to get the necessary invoices. You will need these invoices otherwise they will not ungate you. As they are not ungating new sellers at all and Amazon is very popular for replenishables for shoppers if you are established and have excellent metrics there are alot of great opportunities to sell these low risk and very fast moving products. Alot of brands will still gated even after you are ungated in the categories but there are thousands of ungated brands and once you sell those you will be grandfathered in once they become gated.

I will most likely hold these forever, if you ever wanted them back, let me know, as I understand tough times.