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  1. Slightly over a year ago I posted this: After this interaction he moved off to a different route and I stopped seeing him. About five months ago I bought my first house (yay me!). Moved about 10 miles away in the same town. Today, I swung by my house during lunch to finish up a shipment and grab the 40 boxes scheduled for delivery. As I'm loading my truck... THE SAME UPS GUY PULLS UP ?? He doesn't say anything to me (like usual after the incident). So I broke the ice by saying, "Are you stalking me?" His dead pan face immediately turned into one of rage.
    7 points
  2. $200 shipped on eBay. All used. Seller says they are complete, they certainly look so in the pictures. Seller was very responsive and when I asked, she said she would put each set in individual ziplock bags versus mixing them. 41078 Skyra's Mysterious Sky Castle 41172 The Water Dragon 41173 Elvendale School of Dragons 41175 Fire Dragon's Lava Cave 41176 The Secret Market Place 41178 The Dragon Sanctuary 41179 Queen Dragon's Rescue 41180 Ragana's Magic Shadow Castle 41183 The Goblin King's Evil Dragon I was saving at least one of these for a future daughter (have 2 boys now) if we have one. Elves > Friends. Now I can unload my last NIB 41178 and 41176 that I was saving, as well as continue to sell the rest of my copies of the other sets with reckless abandon.
    7 points
  3. All of have likely had to deal with fruitcakes, etc. on the various selling platforms we use and it can be real pain. On the other side equation, it always great when someone appreciates what we do and lets us know. In some way, we are Santa. Here is message I got last night on BrickLink after working with a customer on the sale of a 41179 Queen's Dragon Rescue set: "Thank you so much for your quick responses and smooth transaction. This is my first order through BrickLink. My daughter will be so thrilled to get this dragon under the Christmas tree this year! She has been asking for it for a very long time. I was crushed when I discovered it was retired. But I am so thankful to have found BrickLink. Thank you again! Have a wonderful holiday season! And thank you for the shipping refund. That was very kind of you!"
    6 points
  4. It's apparently raining old Elves sets this week. Purchased this over the weekend. The seller seemed legit, but I wanted to wait for it to arrive before I shared. The seals checked out, and the weight was correct. Brand new copies of 41176 The Secret Market Place 41178 The Dragon Sanctuary $103.99 Not the wow price of the last one, but it certainly should provide a comfortable profit.
    4 points
  5. Who’s the jacka$$ that lists Architecture studio $30 less than the price it was selling for? Damn incompetent morons.
    4 points
  6. Know any hot single ones? Preferably that work in the Walmart e-commerce order processing division. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    3 points
  7. Got what is probably my last smashed up set from Kmart. ? Pour one out for free Lego dot com.
    2 points
  8. Well, I was getting so frustrated with the cancelled orders on CM, I put through a huge order knowing that it would be cancelled too. Now, it's on it's definitely on way. Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app
    2 points
  9. It's like the old joke...I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas, she said a divorce, I told her I didn't want to spend that much.
    2 points
  10. I remember showing my son the price for NASDAQ:COKE this summer: $130. I showed him a quick graph and did a valuation on the spot but didn't pull the trigger. Five months later it's at $210. I'm not sure what lesson I taught him, if any.
    2 points
  11. 2 points
  12. Carriages are the new helicopters
    2 points
  13. Hawaii buyer selected parcel select ground. Fortunately, USPS Priority Shipping costs less, anyway.
    2 points
  14. It's so weird that Rapunzel's Tower is getting smaller and smaller every year.
    2 points
  15. Had a customer complain that I invoiced too quickly and they didn't think it was real. (I waited 2 days before inquiring on status of payment) Yep, not sure how I can improve here. One for the story book. I'll chalk that one up as "my bad"
    2 points
  16. Only malls in lower mainland are Guildford, Metro, and Tsawwassen Mills.
    1 point
  17. What does it actually weigh? If it's 14 and you only paid for 11 then I wouldn't do it. They may not catch it, but if they do they will charge the addressee the difference before they deliver the package. That could lead to negative feedback if it's an Amazon or eBay sale. I'm not sure what the tolerance is for the USPS weight discrepancies on packages.
    1 point
  18. https://www.iwantoneofthose.com/referrals.list?applyCode=JJDW-R1 I've ordered from there numerous time and never had a problem.
    1 point
  19. They only accept candy as payment which is completely against my Keto diet protocols
    1 point
  20. The Builder, go for your ITD account and your subscription model and never give up! Follow your vision.
    1 point
  21. Look, I had a Lego account for 10 yrs back in the days when you could order whatever you want, "No Lego Exclusives" but ordering 50 Batcaves, Harry Potter castles, Indiana Jones, The Big Star wars sets, for a while they shipped them free, they were calling me what do you want to order now, order anything you want, $120 set lego let you make $30 but $10 a box for shipping, then in 2012 they changed there policy, you need a store fron, 75% of there themes you had to order, and all the sets, so I was done with them along with 1000's of other guys that were doing what I was doing, getting the cream of the crop sets. Look you can get most sets on sale belo what they want, and if you order a case of Jurassic Estates and the box was crushed, Lego would have UPS and they would send you new ones, now if you want new sets, you have to ship them back and they charge a restocking fee. "My Advice is don't try and get a Lego Wholesale Account" you will regret it. Ed
    1 point
  22. Sounds like someone just blew their chances at getting a 75119 for Christmas ....
    1 point
  23. Just FYI and YMMV, I was having all my Walmart orders cancelled just prior to and on Black Friday. Suspecting that this might just be a temporary thing, I dipped my toe back in with a small order on Tuesday. Lo and behold it shipped. So it may well be that Walmart was trying to hold back resellers only over Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Anyone else have the same experience? My account with Walmart is tax-exempt.
    1 point
  24. SW back in stock online Indigo.
    1 point
  25. A Tale of 2 Amazon Orders. It was the best of times, it was the highest of times. It was the age of Infinity Gauntlets delivered double-boxed left outside in a city, it was the age of the hotboxing delivery driver who brought the boxes inside reeking of weed.
    1 point
  26. and a lot of them too, how do you end up with 800+ of these things lol
    1 point
  27. I price matched in-store at Wal-Mart to get a couple as actual gifts for my brothers kids. Sent from my SM-G950W using Brickpicker Forum mobile app
    1 point
  28. Good idea....I like it! Sent from my SM-G950U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app
    1 point
  29. All advent calendars $16, including SW! Whip out those discounted gift cards! Amazon also has SW for $16 but prime members only.
    1 point
  30. must not keep up with the bubble thread...
    1 point
  31. 1 point
  32. But where else will you guys get 30 ClayFaces marked up to $36 "On Clearance" and then 30% off?
    1 point
  33. i'm sure there's a polybag waiting in the wings that'll make all y'all look YUUUUGE.
    1 point
  34. Had a valued out of state customer cancel an order after I pointed out they requested local pickup. They said they'll go find it locally instead. I wish them luck since it's discontinued.
    1 point
  35. My money is on another platform coming along to compete with Amazon. It will take a long time but it will happen. If places like, for example, Bricklink ADVERTISED anywhere, it would help cut that deficit little by little. Maybe BL does advertise, but I can't remember the last time I ever saw anything that pointed me their way other than simply stumbling onto the website one random day. Before I get hammered for, there is WM and other retailers competing. Duh I know that. I'm talking about a very large company, like the one that dominates the Non-USA countries overseas (can't remember the name of it, ALi-baba maybe?) coming over to USA someday and being a direct face-off competitor.
    1 point
  36. To be honest, I can't even remember what I ordered. My RING doorbell was doing "Jingle Bells" all morning though.
    1 point
  37. LEGO seems to do LIFO for order fulfillment.
    1 point
  38. Sold a Pet Shop for $400 CDN on Amazon. Buy in was $230 after tax (plus I think I got a promo and double VIP points) which was regular price because I was buying it just before it disappeared and wasn't sure if I wanted a second one for my city or to have it for resale. After Amazon fees and shipping I will make a $100 profit on this "flat" set. Thank you Christmas shopping season.
    1 point
  39. I learned a few years ago ( on this forum) that packages magically start moving again as soon as you sign up for text/email alerts for the package in question. Worked like a charm again 2 weeks ago when a LEGO Shop at Home package inexplicably got stuck in the same status as you mentioned above. Just go to the tracking page and look on the right hand side of the screen for notification options. I typically select them all.
    1 point
  40. 21109 Exo Suit...there are a lot of members here that would love to sell you one...or thirty.
    1 point
  41. My youngest son has been working hard on selling some of his old sets and helping ole' Dad to earn extra money for the last few months. His ultimate goal was to save enough to buy the UCS Falcon. Well....thanks to good ole' Dad and Offer Up today, we scored him a BNIB UCS Falcon with the handle and wheels on the box in perfect condition for $600! An awesome score and an ecstatic kid!! I'm proud of his stick-to-it-iveness. I wish I had that kind of fiscal responsibility!! Awesome lesson learned!!
    1 point
  42. That list was done like that to make it easier to check those numbers to see if you can list, but I guess you missed that with the passive aggressive poor memory game.
    1 point
  43. I liked Solo, thought it was one of the more fun Star Wars movies. Worth seeing.
    1 point
  44. March 30, 2018. This is a date that will forever be remembered. I can get a little emotional at times. As an adult, there are a few instances when I've shed a tear. I cried when my son was born. I cried again a year later when my daughter was born. I cried tears of joy when my beloved Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl 31 after three decades of mediocrity, and again when they won Super Bowl 45. The last time I cried was two years ago this April when my Mom passed away. March 30, 2018. Today is another day that I've sobbed like a baby. Upon waking up for work, I checked my phone like I always do. Waiting for me was a PayPal notification. A large one. I checked my Bricklink account, and it appears that some blessed soul has decided that they needed some Steam Rollers in their life. Yes, some Steam Rollers. All of them. 27 to be exact. Gone. Purchased by an unknown person. A risk taker. A gambler. A guardian angel, perhaps? I began this saga with over 50 of those Steam Rollers. I'd sell one here, one there through multiple platforms, slowly chipping away at that number. I whittled it down to 27. Now I have 0. They are gone. The purchase price was just a shade over $1k. I'll make a few bucks on each one after the usual fees and shipping, but that's not the point in this circumstance. The nightmare is finally over. March 30, 2018 is my Independance Day.
    1 point
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