30 minutes ago, raindog said:

SAM's or Costco?

Costco 

3 hours ago, gmpirate said:

Just saw this yesterday 

And these

Anytime I see anything at Costco, it’s an instant “I’m skipping that one.”

1 minute ago, exciter1 said:

Anytime I see anything at Costco, it’s an instant “I’m skipping that one.”

LOL Well said.

I think the same way too. 

4 hours ago, exciter1 said:

Anytime I see anything at Costco, it’s an instant “I’m skipping that one.”

Yeah, I think Black Pearl was the last winner.  Actually, there have been some others, just have to be selective.  Seinfeld and Monster Jam come to mind recently.  I passed on everything last year.  Hard to pass up the deep discounts before Christmas at select stores.  Hagrid's Hut for $17 but then was such a long hold.  Did really well with the brick storage boxes.  Definitely a mixed bag, but mostly a pass.  Most those the stuff is just too new.

Edited August 4, 20241 yr by gmpirate

6 hours ago, exciter1 said:

Anytime I see anything at Costco, it’s an instant “I’m skipping that one.”

Depends.  Rarely do I buy anything at asking, but quite often I've been able to load up when there are 70-80% markdowns.

I don't live near a Costco or I would have stocked up on those $50 R2D2s that some stores had.  SAM's Club doesn't discount much LEGO but, at least when they do, it doesn't wreck the market.  I've been selling a bunch of 76216s (Iron Man Armory) at $54 ea on BL.  They were $17 ea at SAM's a little over a year ago.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Star-Wars-66787/5427320315. approx 40% off

tNew (I think) Star Wars Jedi Masters Gift se

Stonks on Sale

 

Just had all my profits from the last year wiped away   I guess it is a good time to buy. 

 

1 hour ago, stackables said:

Just had all my profits from the last year wiped away   I guess it is a good time to buy. 

 

Yep.  Double down!

1 hour ago, stackables said:

Just had all my profits from the last year wiped away   I guess it is a good time to buy. 

 

It will continue to slide for a few weeks.

2 hours ago, exciter1 said:

It will continue to slide for a few weeks.

But I thought stocks just go up infinitely forever and ever?

I personally welcome it. The amount of greed and risk taking in the world is too great.

15 minutes ago, spener90 said:

But I thought stocks just go up infinitely forever and ever?

I personally welcome it. The amount of greed and risk taking in the world is too great.

The elite make money on the way up and the way down. It’s the common worker that suffers.

1 hour ago, Billy Brick said:

The elite make money on the way up and the way down. It’s the common worker that suffers.

That all sounds like BS from someone that didn't try too hard and is now bitter.  I started with absolutely nothing in my pocket, spent 11 years in the military learning a trade, got out and worked hard (and not using the trade that I learned) and retired at 50 years old.  I'm not rich by a damn shot but I made smart investments, drove VW Bugs and Ford Focus's when my friends were driving BMWs and Lexus.  All most people know how to do is spend, spend, spend.  Being savvy with your money is a long forgotten skill.  If you want to blame anyone, blame Madison Avenue advertisers that tell us that we will be smart and get all the 🐈 if we just use their product.  Meanwhile, I will sit here being happy with my small-but-comfortable house and my 2013 Honda Fit, both long paid off.  That's how that I can operate a BrickLink store full-time for fun and take 4-6 weeks off each year traveling the world.

The "elite" has done nothing to me other than show me how to save and how not to waste money.  And I am about as common as they come.


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Edited August 5, 20241 yr by raindog

6 minutes ago, raindog said:

That all sounds like BS from someone that didn't try too hard and is now bitter.  I started with absolutely nothing in my pocket, spent 11 years in the military learning a trade, got out and worked hard (and not using the trade that I learned) and retired at 50 years old.  I'm not rich by a damn shot but I made smart investments, drove VW Bugs and Ford Focus's when my friends were driving BMWs and Lexus.  All most people know how to do is spend, spend, spend.  Being savvy with your money is a long forgotten skill.  If you want to blame anyone, blame Madison Avenue advertisers that tell us that we will be smart and get all the 🐈 if we just use their product.  Meanwhile, I will sit here being happy with my small-but-comfortable house and my 2013 Honda Fit, both long paid off.  That's how that I can operate a BrickLink store full-time for fun and take 4-6 weeks off each year traveling the world.

The "elite" has done nothing to me other than show me how to save and how not to waste money.  And I am about as common as they come.

Who’s the one ranting

6 minutes ago, raindog said:

All most people know how to do is spend, spend, spend.

Speaking of Spending, RMN has 10% CB for the next 3 days so you know what to do, Spend 🤪

But seriously I’m still trying to talk myself out of getting the P1. 

11 minutes ago, Billy Brick said:

Who’s the one ranting

Never said that you were ranting.  I said that what you were saying sounded to me like BS.  I'm done arguing with you.  Go on through life with your "common man suffers routine."  Let's see at what age you retire.

 

12 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Speaking of Spending, RMN has 10% CB for the next 3 days so you know what to do, Spend 🤪

But seriously I’m still trying to talk myself out of getting the P1. 

Swipe that card!  🤑  But, you had better hurry.  GWP ends soon.

33 minutes ago, raindog said:

Never said that you were ranting.  I said that what you were saying sounded to me like BS.  I'm done arguing with you.  Go on through life with your "common man suffers routine."  Let's see at what age you retire.

 

Swipe that card!  🤑  But, you had better hurry.  GWP ends soon.

Why did you get upset with his comment? He is not wrong about people can make money in up or down stock market.

48 minutes ago, raindog said:

Swipe that card!  🤑  But, you had better hurry.  GWP ends soon

Enabler 🤣

 

Capital one had up to 24% cb.  Not sure if it is still valid. 

45 minutes ago, ppdude said:

Why did you get upset with his comment? He is not wrong about people can make money in up or down stock market.

I think he was referring to the fact that only the "elite" make money by investing in the market.  Maybe that was a joke.  Either way, personally I agree that anyone can make money in the market, the longer you hold then pretty much you are guaranteed to "win" in the long term.  Just need to be disciplined enough.  There are folks that get "rich/comfortable" quick but that's minority of folks.  Just continue to invest and ignore the monthly and even short term YoY fluctuations.  If you're in the market for 20+ yrs then these blimps don't matter.  Just my two cents, if it's even worth that much... 

To get back on track, Capital One has a 24% CB offer for Lego SAH non-exclusives but it is 9% for exclusives as well, so not too shabby.  Email I got had it good through 08/08 I believe but my guess that it is targeted.  Only issue I have with them is these targeted CB offers don't automatically register, at least not with my account.  Make sure to take screenshots/document accordingly so you can dispute the lack of CB hitting your account after 90 days.  They don't make any modifications until the 90 days is up so I suspect they are counting on a bunch of folks to just "forget" and not dispute missing CB... definitely not this crowd I would think

I stand corrected, the C1 CB offer is good through 08/07

is it capped

16 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

is it capped

Nothing indicates that it is capped, but there's no specific fine print I can find outside of the generic one tied to the overall program.  I did pose the question to customer service so we will see, unless anyone else has experience with them?  I have used C1 a handful times only and every time it's been a pain since I had to wait 90 days to dispute missing CB.  Haven't had issues with getting them to add however, but the amounts have only been in the $20-$30 ranges

Is the C1 still active?  I logged in and it's telling me 4% at best.