Hehe I have HH but that is fantastic. Well done

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I just picked up three Lego Simpsons Houses for $140 each off of Craigslist. The whole time I was wondering if the deal was TGTBT, and when the guy wanted to meet at the back of Safeway I was ready to walk away. The guy agreed without a fight to meet with me in front and it looked like a great deal. All the boxes were sealed, no damage to the box and no stretching of the seals. The guy selling seemed more concerned with the conditions of the box and was willing to let me open one.

 

I think it is legit, but I am wondering how much does a legit Simpsons House set weigh in box? I don't want to open these unless I have to. Especially one of the houses will be a gift to my nephew when he visits in the summer.

 

Here is a picture of the boxes as I dropped them off at my house before returning to work.

 

oh man those are the chinese knockoff counterfeit boxes, they fill them up with loose bricks and pawn them off on unsuspecting buyers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i kid, i made that up, don't worry

Shady to say the least. Most of these kinds of massive discount (and multiple quantity) listing are something that continue to raise eyebrows. Congrats on the deal, I have little doubt that you scored a very good find, but what does concern me is where they came from in the first place. Just like every listing like this. Stolen out of people`s shopping bags? I`m kidding, but who knows.

Did you ask the guy where he got them?

He said he bought them from a friend and wanted to sit on them but he needed money to fix his car. The original listing was for one but the more we texted the more boxes were available. That is what sketched me out. But the boxes are in better condition than the ones that get shipped out from Kmart. I now wish that I waited and didn't buy one for myself during the Double Points sale.

Nice pickup.

Likely the seller got them using someone else's credit card. I can't find another way to explain a 30% discount on such item.

Hope no one got scammed or anything. But it was sketchy that the posting was up for three days over the weekend before I got to it.

I wouldn't trust it tbh...mainly because this is similar to other CL buys posted here as of late no way all those people are acquiring these sets legitimately . One or two , I can understand. But this is almost a weekly occurance now

Sets are cheap because they want to load them off fast. For a legit source the opportunity costs would be just too high to sell them with such a high discount. Unless he has another opportunity cost, like being busted.

"There is no such thing as a free lunch" or we could say nobody cuts off his own leg. 99% of these deals have an illegal source. Anyway you can trust most of them, fences must be trustworthy to have buyers, they don't tend to scam. Also scamming somebody can draw a lot of attention, while in the other case you happily walk away thinking what a good deal you have just made. Successful scammers separate their selling and acquisition activities. But if I were you I would not support their activity.

Nice pickup.

Likely the seller got them using someone else's credit card. I can't find another way to explain a 30% discount on such item.

I picked up a Sea Cow on Craigslist for $175. I asked the lady why she was selling it, she said her son got it as a birthday present, and decided he didn't want it. But I like your assumption that they used someone else's credit card, you're probably right

Most of these people selling sets cheap on Craigslist are getting them cheap from people who have illegally obtained them. Most aren't gonna get that elaborate to open and reseal the boxes to look originally sealed. Bottom line is that the person you bought them from probably got a deal from someone shady.

He said he bought them from a friend and wanted to sit on them but he needed money to fix his car. The original listing was for one but the more we texted the more boxes were available. That is what sketched me out. But the boxes are in better condition than the ones that get shipped out from Kmart. I now wish that I waited and didn't buy one for myself during the Double Points sale.

If you don't mind me asking, which state are you in?  I remember another member mentioning getting a great CL deal for these in the last few days.

I emailed a few times with a person about red five x-wing for a deep discount who then said they had multiple and said they also had Simpsons house. Also wanted to meet in a not so great area so I decided to quit emailing. Figured it was an unsavory being and TGTBT. didn't want the bad karma possibly attached to the sets. I'd rather stick it to corporate America!

DOH!!

Stolen or bought illegally. But, if you didn't buy them. Someone else would have. As long as they are complete, I wouldn't really care.

It's possible someone was playing the Lego game and got too far into debt and needed to liquidate.

I picked up a Sea Cow on Craigslist for $175. I asked the lady why she was selling it, she said her son got it as a birthday present, and decided he didn't want it. But I like your assumption that they used someone else's credit card, you're probably right

Lady's story could also be a lie, but being one unit only makes it less likely to be a scam.

IMHO, the OP has scam written all over it.

A lot of these sets are going out the back door of walmarts and targets.

Last year, I met up with a guy who sold me a new Cargo Terminal for $40. After the deal was done, I realized it was a TGTBT. I asked where he got it from - "a friend in Los Angeles."

I've seen him post other times, but I've not tried to hook up with him since. Just too shady for my taste. Definitely felt like he was unloading.

I can understand doing it once, but after the first time...buyer beware.

What's strange is we have people on this site who abuse coupons, take advantage of obvious pricing errors, or gladly rip of uunknowing people on Craigslist who aren't asking enough for their item.

But, they seem to think that buying a "possible", stolen item is somehow taboo.

Watch the stone that you cast, my friend. I don't abuse coupons, and I don't condone buying TGTBT sets.

I met a fence once who claimed his source was disabled and he was helping him, an interesting take.

My post was not aimed at anyone in particular. I've just seen a ton of unscrupulous behavior by buyers that make buying possibly stolen sets not so big a deal.

My post was not aimed at anyone in particular. I've just seen a ton of unscrupulous behavior by buyers that make buying possibly stolen sets not so big a deal.

People will do what people want to do regardless. I think this thread is a good eye opener about what kind of deals are out there and buyers must tread carefully. What they choose to do is their own business. Safety first

Unknowingly buying stolen goods != purposely buying stolen goods.