February 16, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, TabbyBoy said: About noon today. JL let me have 1 price matched which I'll collect on Sunday. I tried a price match with JL yesterday. Woman was very snooty and just said it's sold out so your not getting a match. How did you convince them? Even if you had evidence of buying at that price they would use the current OOS status to deny you. But you've done well TB!
February 16, 20187 yr I notice that someone is undercutting Amazon's 42% reduction for 70615 Fire Mech Toy. If bought legitimately, how do they do it and still turn a profit? It would have to be bought in at least 60% discount and this has never happened on this set.
February 16, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, Villager Chris said: I notice that someone is undercutting Amazon's 42% reduction for 70615 Fire Mech Toy. If bought legitimately, how do they do it and still turn a profit? It would have to be bought in at least 60% discount and this has never happened on this set. One-off discounts are possible, but not everybody is a re-seller looking to make money. Some people sell to get rid of things.
February 16, 20187 yr JL turned down my price match too because the items were OOS. Last year they price matched several OOS items for me when the disney store had the 50% off sale, and when Asda slashed their prices. Must be tightening up
February 16, 20187 yr 24 minutes ago, Villager Chris said: I notice that someone is undercutting Amazon's 42% reduction for 70615 Fire Mech Toy. If bought legitimately, how do they do it and still turn a profit? It would have to be bought in at least 60% discount and this has never happened on this set. Probably bought a pallet of them from some little shop that was closing down or overstocked.
February 16, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, John82 said: JL turned down my price match too because the items were OOS. Last year they price matched several OOS items for me when the disney store had the 50% off sale, and when Asda slashed their prices. Must be tightening up Depends on the person. The shop assistant I had was a real grumpy one (kept referring to herself as a "partner" as though she was a senior lawyer or accountant at a big firm, was quite funny really, delusional)
February 16, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, Val-E said: Probably bought a pallet of them from some little shop that was closing down or overstocked. Probably knows someone in the Kladno area, who gets large discounts!
February 16, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Villager Chris said: Probably knows someone in the Kladno area, who gets large discounts! If you saw the video by the two girls who had a Lego business and gave up last year, they explain that they can often source stuff dirt cheap. You see people on ebay all the time with multiples of the same set - some are even "valuable customer" enough to post photos of the whole lot and then wonder why their auctions are not working out well!
February 16, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Villager Chris said: I notice that someone is undercutting Amazon's 42% reduction for 70615 Fire Mech Toy. If bought legitimately, how do they do it and still turn a profit? It would have to be bought in at least 60% discount and this has never happened on this set. Are they from Northern Island by any chance? I bought one for £25 from someone who got a load of them at auction.
February 16, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, Val-E said: If you saw the video by the two girls who had a Lego business and gave up last year, they explain that they can often source stuff dirt cheap. You see people on ebay all the time with multiples of the same set - some are even "valuable customer" enough to post photos of the whole lot and then wonder why their auctions are not working out well! Never happened to me. I rely on lucky shop reductions, online discounts or 3 for 2. In 14 months, I have only seen 2 or 3 probable pricing errors (all Asda), and anything over 50% has been rare. So I usually have to take a leap of faith when I open my wallet. Beware of the sets sold by Amazon sellers with impressive metrics and 'much less than RRP' merchandise.
February 16, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, richiej1979 said: Are they from Northern Island by any chance? I bought one for £25 from someone who got a load of them at auction. The UK is a northern island, innit?
February 16, 20187 yr Just now, Val-E said: The UK is a northern island, innit? It's a very small place in Europe.
February 16, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Villager Chris said: Never happened to me. I rely on lucky shop reductions, online discounts or 3 for 2. In 14 months, I have only seen 2 or 3 probable pricing errors (all Asda), and anything over 50% has been rare. So I usually have to take a leap of faith when I open my wallet. Beware of the sets sold by Amazon sellers with impressive metrics and 'much less than RRP' merchandise. It could be a scam, of course but what if they source from Tesco clearance in their local store or imported from Germany or EIRE, where prices are lower? Relying on online discounts limits your possibilities - most of my cheap stuff from 2017 came from 70% off in-store clearance. Less competition that way too.
February 16, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, richiej1979 said: Are they from Northern Island by any chance? I bought one for £25 from someone who got a load of them at auction. No, not this one. I bought some Hotwheels Advent Calendars from Tesco for a ridiculous £3 after Christmas. The same seller is selling online for £6! They must have got them for a pound or less. No chance for me.
February 16, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Villager Chris said: No, not this one. I bought some Hotwheels Advent Calendars from Tesco for a ridiculous £3 after Christmas. The same seller is selling online for £6! They must have got them for a pound or less. No chance for me. Perhaps they are taking a hit to establish their business and get feedback....
February 16, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, Villager Chris said: Looking at their metrics, they don't need to do this. A big hitter. So my first theory applies.
February 16, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Val-E said: If you saw the video by the two girls who had a Lego business and gave up last year, they explain that they can often source stuff dirt cheap. You see people on ebay all the time with multiples of the same set - some are even "valuable customer" enough to post photos of the whole lot and then wonder why their auctions are not working out well! you mean those two.. where the first one is very chatty, dark brown, wearing quite large glasses.. while the other is quite shy, almost blonde + no glasses.. ? and talking about their bricklink activities.. ?
February 16, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, crayxlp said: you mean those two.. where the first one is very chatty, dark brown, wearing quite large glasses.. while the other is quite shy, almost blonde + no glasses.. ? and talking about their bricklink activities.. ? That´s the politically correct description, yes. Edited February 16, 20187 yr by Val-E
February 17, 20187 yr 17 minutes ago, grabbitfast said: 70917 £69.97 Asda George be quick if you want it. Thanks, can't really go wrong at that price.
February 17, 20187 yr 55 minutes ago, grabbitfast said: 70917 £69.97 Asda George be quick if you want it. Thanks for that, much appreciate. I'm a noob here. Hi.
February 17, 20187 yr 58 minutes ago, grabbitfast said: 70917 £69.97 Asda George be quick if you want it. 2for1, my kind of deal
February 17, 20187 yr Thanks for the heads up. Almost went for it but just not sure about it as a set to build and not sure it has investment potential even at that price.
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