I might possibly buy something again one day, if Tesco ever do a mad 3-4-2 ever again. Seems mad to buy in on anything without a mad discount for the next several months, at least. It's generally harder to pick-up worthwhile discounts over here (UK anyway) compared with the US, on sets worth re-selling (where their market for re-sale seems to be stronger anyway on most things, plus they get a heads up on retiring soon sets from the Euro Lego Shop at Home).

It seems a bit of a slog over this way and the market is definitely saturated with too many re-sellers for the UK, to be making this game anything but hard. I've only been doing this for just over a year but I wasn't even bothered by any of the recent SAH offers (apart from the obvious couple that deservedly sold out within minutes/hours). If they hung around for a while, there's a reason. They just aren't worth the hassle.

I mostly only spend when things are seriously discounted now. Too much undercutting and competition from too many re-sellers etc to hope that things will seriously appreciate after several months. It's a quick-flipper or serious discount buyers market over here now. Unless you just like all of the hassle to make £3 on an item occasionally. Much easier ways to make that money.

9 hours ago, Val-E said:

EU SAH sale seems to be over. That means no more cheap Ectos.

Sale is still on here

8 hours ago, BarryZola said:

I might possibly buy something again one day, if Tesco ever do a mad 3-4-2 ever again. Seems mad to buy in on anything without a mad discount for the next several months, at least. It's generally harder to pick-up worthwhile discounts over here (UK anyway) compared with the US, on sets worth re-selling (where their market for re-sale seems to be stronger anyway on most things, plus they get a heads up on retiring soon sets from the Euro Lego Shop at Home).

It seems a bit of a slog over this way and the market is definitely saturated with too many re-sellers for the UK, to be making this game anything but hard. I've only been doing this for just over a year but I wasn't even bothered by any of the recent SAH offers (apart from the obvious couple that deservedly sold out within minutes/hours). If they hung around for a while, there's a reason. They just aren't worth the hassle.

I mostly only spend when things are seriously discounted now. Too much undercutting and competition from too many re-sellers etc to hope that things will seriously appreciate after several months. It's a quick-flipper or serious discount buyers market over here now. Unless you just like all of the hassle to make £3 on an item occasionally. Much easier ways to make that money.

My thoughts exactly which is why I decided to quit at the end of 2016. I only plan to sell this year and only a 75% off discount (or a pricing error) on a "gem" will change my mind. Quick flipping is where I made the mode money last year, eBay is a hell of a lot of work to make virtually nothing.

25 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Sale is still on here

Must be a glitch with Spanish web then.

9 hours ago, BarryZola said:

 I wasn't even bothered by any of the recent SAH offers (apart from the obvious couple that deservedly sold out within minutes/hours). If they hung around for a while, there's a reason. They just aren't worth the hassle.

There's definitely deals worth picking up here, you just have to be smart about them. I didn't expect to be buying much this early in the year, especially after going crazy with the Tesco deals, but I've been picking up some nice deals.

50% off and a cool 2 minifigure polybag make it well worth while looking at the LEGO Shop at Home sale.

Take for example

Resistance Troop Transport    €37.50

Heartlake Hot Air Balloon         €14.99  (bought this for free shipping)

Birthday Table Decoration        €7.99

Tears of Batman Polybag         Free Promo

Total                                         €60.48

Nothing magical or amazing there, but lets work down through how they'll sell.

Total Spend                              €60.48

Birthday Table Decoration        €15.00  sell on local adverts site, no fees, these sell easily and I'd buy more if the limits weren't so tight

Heartlake Hot Air Balloon        € 20.00 again sell on local adverts site with no fees, could get more, but lets be pessimistic here

Tears of Batman                      € 15.00 these are flying out the door at €15 with no fees

VIP Points                                €   3.00

Balance                                    €7.48

So effectively I've got the Resistance Troop Transport for €7.48, think I can cope with this.

 

Edited February 13, 20178 yr by Sprocket77
Posted before I was finished typing

3 hours ago, Sprocket77 said:

There's definitely deals worth picking up here, you just have to be smart about them. I didn't expect to be buying much this early in the year, especially after going crazy with the Tesco deals, but I've been picking up some nice deals.

50% off and a cool 2 minifigure polybag make it well worth while looking at the LEGO Shop at Home sale.

Take for example

Resistance Troop Transport    €37.50

Heartlake Hot Air Balloon         €14.99  (bought this for free shipping)

Birthday Table Decoration        €7.99

Tears of Batman Polybag         Free Promo

Total                                         €60.48

Nothing magical or amazing there, but lets work down through how they'll sell.

Total Spend                              €60.48

Birthday Table Decoration        €15.00  sell on local adverts site, no fees, these sell easily and I'd buy more if the limits weren't so tight

Heartlake Hot Air Balloon        € 20.00 again sell on local adverts site with no fees, could get more, but lets be pessimistic here

Tears of Batman                      € 15.00 these are flying out the door at €15 with no fees

VIP Points                                €   3.00

Balance                                    €7.48

So effectively I've got the Resistance Troop Transport for €7.48, think I can cope with this.

 

Sprocket did you order the full 50 limit on those table Birthday Cake Decs or a lower number just in case of a ban.Thats if they do ban certain orders where the limit is reached.

5 minutes ago, Slatesbin said:

Sprocket did you order the full 50 limit on those table Birthday Cake Decs or a lower number just in case of a ban.Thats if they do ban certain orders where the limit is reached.

50, I wish, limit's 2. I've beem able to get more by ordering over more than one year and with a different account. But it's mostly used to get orders up to free shipping or promo thresholds.

1 minute ago, Sprocket77 said:

50, I wish, limit's 2. I've beem able to get more by ordering over more than one year and with a different account. But it's mostly used to get orders up to free shipping or promo thresholds.

No, limit is 50 now, the same for the red pigs by the way....

Yeah I thought it was,just went and had another look.Fill yer boots Sprocket.

Funny, it was 2 last week and I had an order cancelled for ordering one of the wedding sets

5 hours ago, Val-E said:

Must be a glitch with Spanish web then.

And Italian one

76045 Kryptonite Interception

OOS on website, but my local store had 10+ on the shelves - £15 (50% off)

http://direct.asda.com/lego-super-heroes-dc-comics-batman-v-superman-kryptonite-interception-76045/000785768,default,pd.html

Edited February 14, 20178 yr by t12ung
forgot price

3 minutes ago, t12ung said:

76045 Kryptonite Interception

OOS on website, but my local store had 10+ on the shelves - £15 (50% off)

http://direct.asda.com/lego-super-heroes-dc-comics-batman-v-superman-kryptonite-interception-76045/000785768,default,pd.html

Wouldn't go near this set. One generic Batman minifigure and two henchmen don't a good investment make. No one's going to be interested in this, particularly where there's much better Lego Batman Movie sets out there.

Wouldn't go near this set.

Batmobile is not that bad, though.

22 hours ago, mauro23 said:

No, limit is 50 now, the same for the red pigs by the way....

Order 50 at your peril.

Deals thread...

3 hours ago, Seal Cutter said:

Deals thread...

You were looking for this?

15 hours ago, Wildemar said:

You were looking for this?

Ha ha! Very true

myToys.de have discounted Creator and Friends sets (averaging 22%) if anyone's interested...

5 minutes ago, thebrickdad said:

myToys.de have discounted Creator and Friends sets (averaging 22%) if anyone's interested...

Decent price on the rollercoaster with the extra 10% off.

75149 - Resistance X-Wing Fighter €52.50 @ amazon.es if anyone can be bothered.

46 minutes ago, thebrickdad said:

75149 - Resistance X-Wing Fighter €52.50 @ amazon.es if anyone can be bothered.

The times I ordered there,  the boxes were in bad shape and they only pay back 30% of the costs of sending it back.  Would not recommend it.

Assault on Hoth is now 'overpriced' instead of 'really overpriced': http://www.toysrus.co.uk/pdp/product.jsp?productId=TRUP728340001&_requestid=127597

if they knocked £100 off it I  would be tempted.

Batmobile poly 30046 now free with orders over 30 euros of on sale items at EU SAH until 21st Feb. It stacks with the Batman minifig too if you spend more than 55 euros.

Desperate times.