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My 60+ dad (being an absolute Solar / Wind / Alternate Energy Enthusiast) got from us a new LEGO Education (Energy) set and he couldnt resist and built this wind turbine within less than an hour.. I wouldnt expect that (so soon) .. so I think that besides he is really skilled it was an amazing xmas gift.. now he is waiting for some serious wind on the balcony to get some reading from the propellers on the attached energy meter (which was included in the set).. ?

Finished this off while the kids were napping. It’s -40 with the windchill today so cant do much else...

Winter Holiday Train. After the fact I wish I would have gotten the power functions beforehand. Glad the same will be reusable for our (still under the tree) Hogwarts Express.

The farm theme needs to be re-visited, along with a city zoo theme.

My son and I have been building the Hoth rebel base. I have to admit I don’t understand the hate for this one. We did add two large base plates and a lot of white plates to flush it out and we will probably add a tunnel and baca tank area.

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One word FREE Shipping! Well that is two words and @AirborneAFOL also has some good points. Earlier in the year I tried using calculated shipping on some of my listings and lowering the item price and I did not sell one set. In this day of Amazon people not only want but they expect free shipping. I tried promoted listings and raised my prices to offset the additional fee to eBay and I killed it (for me I am a STP) this holiday season. Also on sets I have multiples of I will start off low in order to get Best Match and then raise my prices after every 5 units. The default search is Best Match not lowest price and IMO that is what gets you sales. There is a current FP thread on SD now for candles and even though they are 70% off and there is a coupon code for $10 off $30 many people are not buying or are complaining because they are being charged $5.99 shipping even though with the coupon you could look at it as free shipping and an additional $4 off. Another thing I am not sure of is how you grade your sets, Good, Fair, Very Good, etc in the listing title. I understand why you would do this and see how it works for collectors but it may be confusing or a turn off for the impulse holiday shoppers you are after. This may be reflected in your conversion rate in your seller analytics page.

Your item description has active content. That’s an eBay no-no for about the past 6 months (maybe longer, don’t recall). Your Country of Manufacture is “Unknown”. Try “Denmark” or null. Use the Analyze Listing feature and compare your listing title schema against other sellers. Ditto for item specifics, return policy, shipping options, and Guaranteed Delivery. The market as a whole is down year over year, you could be losing some to that trend. Your sales conversion rate could be below market. Your listing quantities and/or total listings could be below market. The list goes on and on. If you’re serious about “saving your business”, you’ve gotta do the homework to hunt down every avenue that plays into search results, analyze your metrics, and make proactive tweaks.

Built the docking bay 327 which will be the new home of my recently purchased 10179.

They may not like what is buried beneath the ice....

I’m not a Technic fan, but I really dig that set. It’s probably the boat lover in me.

More info: Age 12 and over Box Size: 58x48x12cm (Town Hall sized box, bigger than DB but smaller than city) Release in June so could well be a D2C.

So anyways, since I’ve sent you payment, when are you shipping’em? I took a day off from work on the 3rd of January so I wouldn’t miss the delivery. [emoji12]

My daughter loves the winter village sets but is too young, so we built our own with a few new sets from Santa!

Town Hall, Grand Emporium, Fire Brigade and Pet Shop in 1 set. All NIB, for € 1.150,- in total. Local pick up from 'Marktplaats', so no fees. Buy in was €450,-.

so a quick update, after a couple more appeals and one of the nastiest emails I've sent to anyone ( not that I'm proud of it ), they finally admitted that they received my items but credited the items to the wrong seller ( no idea how since they are all stickered ).. anyways, they said they will fix it but it will take a while since they are pretty busy and they closed the case. smh.

A lot of this for me on multiples. I start low and sacrifice some profit at first and raise my price moderately above most listing after the 2nd to 3rd sale and gradually move up from there. My listings will appear top 2 or 3 for the remainder of my units 90 percent of the time. It seems shoppers want to buy from where others have bought before and trust the multiple sales history. I personaly don't use stock photos and have had very good success on multiples. I take one really good photo showcasing my product and I'll make sure i have a lot of units that are close to the same condition OR I write in the description all sets show some shelfware and imperfections. That seems to do it for me.

As are naive resellers. It´s been a while since we had a CITY steamroller too so be careful what you wish for.

$299 zoo $29-$119 different enclosures Even easy to do hot dog stands, different animals in polybags, other vendors Zoo would do amazing. Every city would have a zoo area waiting for every new set. Collectors would demand to have EVERY animal/set

Really like the end product , pretty sturdy , well designed and a lot of playability . The trigger to release the “bombs” is in the perfect place and well hidden . Figures are cool too

It's live in Germany. Expected to be the same for UK shortly

Every year has a different packaging theme. They don't alter the banner based on what's in the set. You'll see the same banner on hasbro, and most other products released the fiscal year.

You may want to consider account for $12 shipping and set it as free (given your math of being on the coast), and give it a trial run again. Your profits will vary a bit yet based on FL vs CA buyers, and you won’t always be the “cheapest” option for west coast buyers - but you may very well make up for the difference (and then some) based on the sales conversion rate and sales volume lifts. I’ve always been relatively small scale (~1000 sales for $30k/yr) and have been winding down & getting out of the game this past 6 months, but once I scrapped variable rates for free shipping it made a world of difference (with only a 5-7% hit to my profits). If I get around to it I’ll post my zone rate / package size / delivery service table. It’s a slick little cheat sheet that shows you exactly how much to expect for shipping costs.

Seems like it disappeared right after my order.

Only see the 5% even with red card.. not the extra 20%!

Here is the link (can be changed if not allowed like this). Needs Red Card to get 20% off then the extra 5%.

What estimated delivery date did the buyer see when he ordered? I’ve noticed that eBay provides incorrect estimated delivery dates for economy shipping.

Imperial Shuttle Tydirium

Merry Xmas everyone! An Ebay buyer is furious with me because his package is not going to arrive by xmas. He placed the order on 12/14 and I had it shipped USPS Parcel select on 12/15 with an estimated delivery between 12/21 and 12/30. At no point did he tell me he needed the item by xmas. Tracking still shows the item in transit (he lives in HI). He's already left me some colorful negative feedback, calling me a liar and saying that I've destroyed his xmas. I've been patient and professional and only responded via messenger. I also opened up a case with USPS to inquire if their have been any delays with his package. Now he wants to cancel the order! I know I have to wait to open a case on Ebay until after the item is delivered. Will the negative feedback be removed since he left it before the package arrived in the estimated delivery window?

SAH have just sent out a “Boxing Day Sale Preview” mail, featuring no information and no link to a preview of the Boxing Day sale. Success!

What makes rehashing themes OK is that new kids are born every year.

We are stuck in this cycle of mining, arctic, and coast guard. I enjoy the winter themed sets so I’ll check these out, but I too wish we’d get something else.

Did that a few months ago. I also never pay with the same card on each of the accounts.

$70 local pick up. Turbo Tank and Hoth Attack are sealed. Ewok Attack seems to be in near-perfect condition.

70657 The Docks of Ninjago City... Wow, I guess Ninjago City wasn't a one-off. Across the AFOL realm, thousands of wallets just cried out in anguish. I look forward to pictures.

We can discuss the many reasons why the UCS Sandcrawler underperforms, but I am wondering why an inferior set would hurt the UCS Sandcrawler's value. I would think it would help it.

@exciter1's patience on some of those exceeded mine, but I feel like I'm getting better since I sold many at similar or higher prices. Recent highlights: $45 Flash v Capt Cold Mighty Micro $70 Supermarket Suitcase $80 41085 Vet Clinic $58 60118 Garbage Truck $80 76041 Hydra Fortress Smash

Well, time to sell my last one

Agreed - It is pretty inexcusable to allow the first two movies of a supposed trilogy to go from one extreme of respecting the traditions of Star Wars to the total disregard of them. If you want to make crap, make crap - but at least make it consistent crap.

Greetings all, So in 2011 I started hoarding Lego... not bulk sets, but I had an obsession with buying one of each. This year I realized how much I had been spending and had to cut it off and start cleaning it out. I had no idea how much the stuff was going to rise in value and I started with the most valuable sets and cleared out my 50 per month on eBay without having to pay any listing fees. I got tired of being that chick who had two full rooms in her house loaded with bags of Lego sets. I've never hoarded anything else, but for some reason I started buying Lego sets. I was able to go cold turkey thankfully starting January 1, 2017, and just want to clear them out. I have a few tax questions that I posted in another thread that is awaiting approval. Nice to meet everyone

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Short term LEGO is not getting hurt. Long term, the brand will hurt if the sales continue on. The market is telling screaming NOT to pay retail price for LEGO because retailers will slash them with 20-50% off every couple of weeks. Plus the remakes that is happening over the last couple years, all the little things will start to compound.

There is a ski-out between the cottage and post office to get to town! We’ve been sorting bricks lately and have separated all the white bricks and plates ... next years will be even bigger (but I won’t add that silly friends chair lift) and I think we’ll have enough to cover the plates and make it all white!

I really like the ski slope!

Here’s my Winter Village Display this year - enjoy!

Santa Claus is comin' to town! by Guy Smiley :-)

Just sharing my set up for this year. Nothing fancy though :-)

Part of the OCLUG display this year.

Despicable Santa by vir-a-cocha