On ‎1‎/‎6‎/‎2016 at 11:23 AM, dcdfan said:

I think you took a wrong turn somewhere...

Maybe I misunderstood but selling something that is $180 for $280 seems like easy profit and selling to people who if they just looked at the LEGO store would see they were being ripped off.

5 minutes ago, g978 said:

Maybe I misunderstood but selling something that is $180 for $280 seems like easy profit and selling to people who if they just looked at the LEGO store would see they were being ripped off.

Some people will pay a premium for the "before anyone else" status...

6 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

Some people will pay a premium for the "before anyone else" status...

True, having something a few days early must be worth a $100 to them. Odd but true.

9 minutes ago, g978 said:

Maybe I misunderstood but selling something that is $180 for $280 seems like easy profit and selling to people who if they just looked at the LEGO store would see they were being ripped off.

What do u mean ripped off? Don't even know what the conversation is about but again, ripped off? These people should realize that they did not get ripped off, they should realize that they overpaid cause they are too stupid and lazy to look around

6 minutes ago, g978 said:

True, having something a few days early must be worth a $100 to them. Odd but true.

Maybe some went to internet reviewers. Well worth a $100...

6 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

What do u mean ripped off? Don't even know what the conversation is about but again, ripped off? These people should realize that they did not get ripped off, they should realize that they overpaid cause they are too stupid and lazy to look around

It wasn't lazy or stupid. They purchased before street...

Well in that case...still no rip off in first place, if I'm going to list brick bank for cool G, is that ripping ppl off? No, im not making them buy it

29 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

Well in that case...still no rip off in first place, if I'm going to list brick bank for cool G, is that ripping ppl off? No, im not making them buy it

On one level I agree that the people buying should find out what the real price is (i.e. LEGO's price). But we all know there are some people with more money than sense and putting it up for $280 or $1000 in your example is just gouging them and taking advantage of their stupidity. Unless it was for reviews (and I didn`t see any before Jan 1st that didn`t come other than from LEGO supplied set s like Brickset) then paying $100 for 2,3 or 4 days early is just a silly waste of money. But it is their money so....

Edited January 16, 20169 yr by g978
Typo corrected

12 minutes ago, g978 said:

 paying $100 for 2,3 or 4 days early is just a silly waste of money. But it is their money so....

Couldn't agree more  but that's good.....very good

didnt Liza Minnelli sing 'Lego makes the world go round'? Yup, she did....

The secondary market exists because there is demand BEFORE during and AFTER a set is officially available. The price a buyer is willing to pay for this service is in their hands - moreso if it is pre-release as they shall be able to  get it cheaper if they are patient.

I'm going to start building this set tonight Live on Twitch.  Will start roughly at 8pm PST, need to finish a Mario MoC first.  Hopefully I will get through the first floor.  I'm really looking forward to this set.  These previous two DO, PR have been great!

http://www.twitch.tv/silburned

Well here's a start with modifying the Brick Bank into a simple corner unit.

10251 Brick Bank MOD by norm.fm

Anyone know how many brick bank sets per Lego shipping box for retail it is?

2 or 3?

Anyone know how many brick bank sets per Lego shipping box for retail it is?

2 or 3?

I believe 2

Pretty awesome slow motion build. I like how it shows what area looks like before completion.

 

20% off for Brick Friday plus nutcracker boi plus paypal coupon for eligible countries plus cashback sounds a nice deal.

5 hours ago, Val-E said:

20% off for Brick Friday plus nutcracker boi plus paypal coupon for eligible countries plus cashback sounds a nice deal.

Paypal coupon?

only in selected EU countries where PayPal option was not active yet: for example UK (5 gbp?)

In Italy for example the PayPal option is still not available, once available a given country could get that one time coupon as well (5 euro bucks)

6 hours ago, Val-E said:

20% off for Brick Friday plus nutcracker boi plus paypal coupon for eligible countries plus cashback sounds a nice deal.

Except when you're in The Netherlands, because BB is €170 (vs €150 in Germany) and there are no paypal coupon nor cashback options available here.  

The cashback ends before Brick Friday. I already bought it from TRU with £5 off, 20% cashback (received), free minifigure collection, and £10 gift card, which is probably better.

26 minutes ago, Captain_chaos said:

The cashback ends before Brick Friday. I already bought it from TRU with £5 off, 20% cashback (received), free minifigure collection, and £10 gift card, which is probably better.

If the Nutcracker is the new GBH, we're all made!

Edited November 16, 20178 yr by lukiepete

2 minutes ago, lukiepete said:

If the Nutcracker is the new GBH, we're all made!

I´d say it is more likely to be the new Geoffrey the Giraffe.....

11 minutes ago, Val-E said:

I´d say it is more likely to be the new Geoffrey the Giraffe.....

It's not that bad. At least it's in a box. 

1 hour ago, Captain_chaos said:

The cashback ends before Brick Friday. I already bought it from TRU with £5 off, 20% cashback (received), free minifigure collection, and £10 gift card, which is probably better.

I guess I'm out of the loop. 20% cashback?

24 minutes ago, CathyVT said:

I guess I'm out of the loop. 20% cashback?

This week in the UK we're able to get 20% cashback from TRU and LEGO Shop at Home through a cashback site. Some transactions seem to be taking a while to confirm, however.