Since we have the buying thread, I thought we could have a selling thread too. Let guys, and girls, let others know sets they have moved, maybe returns that they realized and the timeframe it took to get there. If this is lame, well, I guess it will fall to the depths of the forum, here goes. Sold a sealed 7199 IJ Temple of Doom for $200, purchased for $115 6 months ago I have others, but this is just to give you an idea.

(6) Apollo V over the last few days for $199-219 ea plus shipping............ Buy in for each was around 115.99 with tax. Seems the price is holding steady on these and even going up a bit.

Edited June 8, 20178 yr by longshot

30 minutes ago, longshot said:

(6) Apollo V over the last few days for $199-219 ea plus shipping............ Buy in for each was around 215.99 with tax. Seems the price is holding steady on these and even going up a bit.

 

Just now, Sprocket77 said:

 

See above...........Ooops

Recently, just some small fries:

30611 R2-D2 Poly x 2 @ $18 via BL

853651 Gotham City Police Pack x 2 @ $20 via eBay (These surprisingly sell.)

I must admit I love LEGO Shop at Home with their beautiful promos, lovely VIP points and stupidly great shipping policies.

In the last few days I sold 3 buildable R2-D2s for €20 cash each and a London Bus/VW Mini Beetle for €45 cash. Love you LEGO Shop at Home 

Sold my first big box :

1 x 75059 STAR WARS SANDCRAWLER for 379 euros + shipping. 100 euros profit 

I am ok with that, could have waited more but it is a bit of a pain with big boxes (room/shipping...) so from now I'll just stick to small ish lego boxes.

May ended up being a very slow month on BL, though I had a few large orders that made the month overall very profitable. I blame all the clearance for the slow down.

 

This month, I've already matched sales. Even though I raised my minimum order to $15. Common theme, kids stuff.

 

Here's some things to take note of:

70787 Tahu $20

41055 Cindy castle $70

70784 Lewa $13

75110 skywalker $15

41116 explor car $14

21117 ender dragon $ 65 (really wasn't expecting this. I passed so many at 50% off.)

75109 obi wan $16

21124 end portal $55

75916 Dil Am $40

41015 dolphin $75

10721 iM v Loki $12

10542 sleeping beauty $37

75134 GE BP $15

Cpt hook $6

Tartan BM $7.50

70366 BS Lance $9

 

 

Sold my last 75054 AT-AT last night for €210 cash. Exactly double my buy-in when I bought these just after I came out of my Lego Dark Ages late 2015. At that time I just couldn't fathom how people would some day be paying a large premium over a set that was available in every toy store selling LEGO sets, and regularly sold at good discount as well!

Speaking from hindsight: I should have bought a lot more of this set!  

Sold about 20 Mars Rovers via Ebay auction last two months... Price was around 120 Euro after fees. But since the Saturn V has appeared the price is around 150 after fees.

Now I have only 10 left, but will keep them until reaching 200 Euro...

Bittersweet sale last week. Sold my used 10179 for two bills.  After fees, profit is $400.  So basically, I was paid $400 to build and display the set for a nice amount of time.

It Probably would have fetched closer to $2,800 if sold near the release of The Force Awakens.

Some pics...

 

Something must be in the water today - didn't sell anything for two weeks and then sold almost 2k worth today

1 minute ago, glostik said:

Something must be in the water today - didn't sell anything for two weeks and then sold almost 2k worth today

if it's ebay, there's the 10% ebay bucks going right now, that always gets the buyers going on stuff they are on the fence about.  I know it works for me

I sold my last Gingerbread House/Snowglobe combo for $100 yesterday as well. 

delete.

just a bitmoji test.

Edited June 15, 20178 yr by pstebbing

if it's ebay, there's the 10% ebay bucks going right now, that always gets the buyers going on stuff they are on the fence about.  I know it works for me [emoji4]
I sold my last Gingerbread House/Snowglobe combo for $100 yesterday as well. 

It was mainly on BrickLink - although eBay picked up as well

Sold:

Mobile Crane Mk II 42009 for 220€ + shipping. 77€ profit. (Damaged box)

2x Imperial Star Destroyer 75055 for 2x205€ + shipping. (Dude doesn't wanted boxes and instructions for cheaper shipping). Profit 2x99€.

Edited June 15, 20178 yr by Bynkis

Black gate $109 ($19)
FBA

Sold a few phantoms for $80+ someone with 20 is undercutting at $64 and next lowest is $75. Don't understand that strategy at all

Sold about 36 Imperial Trooper Battlepack minifigs for $125. Buy-in was around $90.

4 hours ago, glostik said:

 

 

It was mainly on BrickLink - although eBay picked up as well
 

 

 

I've been thinking the same thing - certainly not 2k worth, but my small store hasn't had any orders for several weeks.  Now I've gotten 3 separate BL orders in the past 24 hours. Keep it coming!

I've been thinking the same thing - certainly not 2k worth, but my small store hasn't had any orders for several weeks.  Now I've gotten 3 separate BL orders in the past 24 hours. Keep it coming!

Yeah, I raised my minimum to $15 because I was getting tired of pulling lots of little pieces, but I've still received like 7 orders this week. Fortunately the largest is only 33 count.
I received two more in the last hour.
Kids are bored this summer, glad they're turning to Lego.

Could be all the STEM/STEAM camps that use Lego.

Apollo for $220 shipped and it was listed for 10 minutes and definitely not the lowest price on eBay. Under the what did I buy today? Two more Apollos from Amazon, including one to build.

I, too, had a banner week on BL. I hope we aren't all getting scammed by the same three or four people. Lol

I, too, had a banner week on BL. I hope we aren't all getting scammed by the same three or four people. Lol

I have received several 0 and single digit feedback orders, but that's not new. What is interesting, is that in our communications it's revealed that it's the mom who placed the order, but the child who is paying for it with their own money. Sounds familiar from eBay. I hope those low life's haven't found a new nest to scavenge.

I have received several 0 and single digit feedback orders, but that's not new. What is interesting, is that in our communications it's revealed that it's the mom who placed the order, but the child who is paying for it with their own money. Sounds familiar from eBay. I hope those low life's haven't found a new nest to scavenge.

Luckily, all of my orders were coming from folks with lots of feedback, I negatives, and a history of paying quickly on big orders.

One thing I enjoy about selling on BL is the chance for some extra communication between buyer and seller. Whether generated through the quote process or invoicing. Usually it's to complain about shipping costs, lol. But it all works out in the end.

Can't really explain why but I too placed my first brick link orders last week. Very bizarre that I have inadvertently joined an apparent trend. 

Do sellers start picking as soon as they raise an invoice? I did have one order that I was reconsidering due to PayPal, handling and shipping costs that almost doubled the cost of a lot but didn't want to start out with negative feedback. 

Can't really explain why but I too placed my first brick link orders last week. Very bizarre that I have inadvertently joined an apparent trend. 
Do sellers start picking as soon as they raise an invoice? I did have one order that I was reconsidering due to PayPal, handling and shipping costs that almost doubled the cost of a lot but didn't want to start out with negative feedback. 

Probably not a good idea, because I've been burned a few times (wasted time), but I generally will pick and pack, then send an invoice so I can provide an accurate shipping cost.

It's burned me a couple of times when the buyer doesn't pay or cancels because of shipping costs.

You have to remember the marketplace you are buying on. On eBay, my pricing includes additional costs - eBay fees, included postage. On BL, I can charge a lot less, because the fees are a lot lower (10% vs 3%) and I make the buyer pay shipping.

That's the downside, as a seller though. Because you could order sets on Amazon and not pay for shipping and you're ordering sets on BL and suddenly paying $50 in shipping costs. But you definitely need to even the playing field to compare pricing.