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CL $300 each. These popped up Sunday, I thought it was a scam but he messaged me back. Ad had been up an hour. I was not his first message but he said I was first person to offer to buy all 3 so they were mine (no takers on ssd). He wanted to wait for the snow to melt so I had to sweat for two days wondering if I would really get these. He met me at a movie theater 5 minutes from my office this morning. Looks like first bag of MILF was started rest is bagged. SSD box open but inner box sealed. 10143 box still sealed. I can't believe it.

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Friends-Heartlake-Hospital-Building/dp/B072LJBCC3/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me= Heartlake Hospital 41318

Just had a minor Christmas miracle. Sold a Batman Scuttler last month and suddenly got a return request today with a raving all caps message saying he was reporting me, was furious, that the box was a mess and looked "like it had been through a war". And that was just the reason for return! All of which is laughable as I always send out pristine sets. I then saw he left my first ever negative review, warning others to never do business with me and that I was not to be trusted, blah blah blah. So I issued the return mailing label, politely asked the buyer for the feedback to be removed (yeah right) and asked Amazon to remove it even though they say they only do so if there is vulgarity or personal info included. The automatic response was that the feedback was fine as per Amazon policy but surprise surprise when an actual human looked at it they agreed to do so!!!! I don't even want to ask for anything for Christmas after that luck. Up yours moron!

pre ordered 2 x 80101 chinese new year and 2 x 80102 dragon dance using my resources in Asia ??

if anyone cares 40358 on target.com is $14.99, there is a cartwheel coupon you can load to your wallet for an extra 20% off, choose store pickup and your pre tax oop total will be $11.99

My 75119 Jyn Erso Buildables were real winners, that set is not a turkey, because I bought 30 of them for $2 each, and sold the lot for $200 after shipping and fees. Everyone agree that 75119 is a winner?

Get your mickey and Minnie while you can

We have another thread for the last 3 pages.

MSRP is the least arbitrary starting point since that is literally what the set starts at. I don't know what other price the bulk of purchases are occurring at since there are thousands of reference points. There's only one MSRP.

Container Yard back in stock at Target.....for now https://www.target.com/p/lego-174-technic-container-yard-42062/-/A-52106967

My point , however many pages ago, says we need to look at actual pricing and widely available pricing. ie: year long 20% off. Of course we aren't going to use an 80% off price point like 75119, to make any rational decision about a set because a few people got in at that level.

LEGO Batman Movie LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Egghead Mech Food Fight 70920 Building Kit (29... $17.99 [40% off] Dropped 14% on Dec 12 4:04 PM

Sold some 42048 Go Karts - 87$ Profit 39.25$, Margin 44% Bought at RRP

need to setup a cartwheel account. Once in cartwheel, search LEGO. add offer to 'my list', then go back to target.com to place the order. Coupon should show in cart before checkout.

All the recent lots I have seen have multiple pet shops & palace cinemas. Hopefully that drove people away from BB and DO.

That list reads like a load of sets many here wish they had never bought ?

Well, it’s here!

I saw it listed on ******** one day. Set a local alert. The great thing is that they keep on restocking these. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

not everyone...

Did anyone else have their Harry Potter Bricktober sets go inactive? Mine are showing stranded with the "restricted ASIN" tag. I can't find them on AMZ site any longer?

heads up eBay Site-wide coupon 10% Electronics, 15% other categories on Sunday 12/16

Target BM store had them in stock and you can get $10 for that blah blah promotion ....

I preordered through my friend and his educational institute had relationship with lego china. Sorry I don't know all those details other than the local msrp and final cost on my side. At this moment, I don't believe you can either buy them online or in BM store

$6000 is not worth it . $4000 - $4800 yes . Considering it’s a bulk lot, there has to be some steep discounting if picking everything in one go.

I gotta have it! Name your price! No amount is too much!

buy 4 and the $10 GC offer is added on. Brings the total down to about 50% off.

You already said no resellers are buying at MSRP. That eliminates its usefulness for anyone not buying wholesale and selling at retail. It doesn't matter if there's only 1 MSRP if it's a fantasy number. Bad data is worse than no data. We have historical price data available for Amazon, Walmart and Target prices are available via API, and we have clearance threads for the rock bottom prices. It requires some effort to pull together but we have all the tools we need to not rely on prices resellers aren't paying. But then, the flawed assumption was that what matters is a universal measure of performance in the first place. Which is really an argument that requires some justification given how much variability there is across markets, buying and selling alike. We don't have a Blue Book to smooth pricing.

So lazy right, didn't even bother using the lot calculator. Literally took 90 seconds to punch these in and get $7000 as the lot price. * there was no price for the Simpsons and Disney minifig case.

Thank you, sir.

8% today

It would, if there weren't episodes of RRP being too high at release, forcing retailers to discount immediately to generate sales. There have been many sets released, where people use the phrase "That's not a $60 set" or "That's more like a $** set". So, when the adjustment comes at the retail level to sell more, discounts pop up. It's similar to car manufacturers having to offer huge discounts on certain models because no one is willing to pay MSRP. I get it's easier to compare sets when using original retail pricing, but it's much more complicated.

Your execution is fine. Your underlying data is flawed. The £22 buy-in was a fairly common price in the UK (IIRC, I’m in the US), so try that as a starting point. Run that through your VERY complicated mathing and see if it comes out a little better. Or just miss the point entirely again. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Last week, a few people discussed the condition of sets coming from Blinq. I had two Classic Batman Bat Caves delivered yesterday. One had minor shelf e\wear but the other definitely had been resealed on one side. The seals were "cloudy" and, once you tried to peel them open, did not want to come off clean, like they had been glued. Unfortunately, I had these delivered to my store and I was on my way to a party when they were delivered so I didn't have a chance to open the box to see what I would find. If I open the one box and the contents isn't like new, I'll repost. This isn't a ***** or anything but rather passing on a little info for those that may want to order from Blinq in the future.

Well for one thing, all post offices were closed on 12/5 for Bush’s funeral. eBay likes for sellers to handle situations like this, which really shows how much responsibility they like to take in these matters. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

As I mentioned before, the whole debate about past or future "winners" and "losers" becomes completely random and pointless if everybody bases his assessment on his personal (done or anticipated) buy-in... ...To be illustrated by this fictional example: "I bought all of my Jack Stone sets with VIP points only. And since I got them for free, I was able to sell everything with a good profit. So for me Jack Stone is a real winner theme!" - I hope you get my point.

Plus Aragog set has the magic words on the box that that the Grindelwald set does not. Harry Potter. ?

Check out woollies for half price Harry Potter Lego.

Oh yeah, and Tesco also have that xmas Toys brochure in store that has the £5 off when you spend £40 on LEGO voucher inside it. Grabbed a few copies the other day just in-case. Was only using the brochure for scrunched up packaging paper and just saw the voucher by chance.

Was able to get 3 41318 heartlake hospitals at Barnes and nobles with 3 hp bricktober sets. 10% off membership + 17%off gift cards. Not bad considering it’s sold out everywhere oh and 1 free kessel mine worker thrown in?

I messed up the merge. If your answer isn't here, please search the forum. This discussion is all over the place and there are probably a dozen more threads for this.

I call what he did "making money." If we're able to sell for triple our buy-in, who cares whether the money is made by "investing" or "arbitrage"?

If it was me, it's got to be build then sell!

Jock strap or bikini, very versatile

Got the bat-pod 5004590 finished. A really clever build in some parts, and looks so much bigger and better in person than in the photos and reviews. Great set. ?

paid top bucks for the Stan lee signed version, has to be real right? ?

I've been on eBay like 12 years and never run into any of this nonsense. It doesn't scare me, either... Doing honest business provides a lot of insurance against one lone nutjob that may or may not come along one day with nothing better to do than try to screw me. Reign in the paranoia?

I'm a simple person. Bama hat, Braves hat, brewery magazine, Disney castle instructions and the Mack book.

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"