17 hours ago, Phil B said:

I don't think you can say "widespread" availability - we're talking about 20 or so per GameStop location, and not yet confirmed if there were any online. Depending on how long you want to hold this, it might come up again and settle somewhere between $20 and $25 - unlikely to hit $30-$35 again as it was before BF.

That said - I went to a few different GS in my vicinity and got completely different outcomes: One gave me a *** without purchase (on BF), one had still 4 or 5 in a drawer on Saturday afternoon but required purchase of a LEGO dimensions set (I doubted about a $30 PS3 starter set but ultimately decided against it), and one said they were completely out. So there are still live ones out there - I'm going back to the one with the multiples in a couple of days to see if they have changed their minds on their policy

I've gotten a total of 17 so far ( having spent $103.11 for nearly all of the new wave of sets).  I've sold 9 so far for an average of about $12.80 each after fees and shipping deducted) so I've already broken even on all the Dimensions sets I bought.  I'm gonna keep 1 for my collection and then I guess hold the others until it jumps back up above $20 each.  Just gonna cross my fingers that they don't release this for sale later on! 

Edited November 27, 20169 yr by jonnyhanukkah

Was debating on selling these architecture sets for months, but decided it was time.

• Sold my last Sungnyemun for 300.00
• Sold my last Sears Tower for 99.99 FBM (sold quite a few of these during the day over 100+ before it fell back below that threshold.  Still obtained 4x after fees)
• Sold my last Farnsworth House for 229.99 FBM (this one made me some great cash, but I think the gains are near peak...maybe i'm wrong

Was debating on selling these architecture sets for months, but decided it was time.

• Sold my last Sungnyemun for 300.00
• Sold my last Sears Tower for 99.99 FBM (sold quite a few of these during the day over 100+ before it fell back below that threshold.  Still obtained 4x after fees)
• Sold my last Farnsworth House for 229.99 FBM (this one made me some great cash, but I think the gains are near peak...maybe i'm wrong

Congrats!

5x 10254 for 144.50...looks like train gaining some speed!

sold a juniors 10668 play castle pink bucket for $54.99 on amazon FBM including shipping - BF decimated seller count and price has finally caught up to my asking price.  paid $7.50 on 50% clearance at target last year (before red card in guess what state).  I have 14 left.  i should have armsweeped them at msrp.

Edited November 28, 20169 yr by cladner

Sold a 75054 AT-AT (NISB) on Marktplaats for €181,50 (including shipping of €6,50), with buy-in at €99,99. Still a 75% profit rate. 

Of course I wish I could have gotten more for it, but the demand for this set is stalling around this level and with the great Black Friday deals I purchased I need some cash inflow. And it's not my last 75054.  

Edited November 28, 20169 yr by Haay

Just sold a 24 in 1 Christmas build up set for £19.99. Prob looking at 14-15 quid profit once fees and P&P are done.

1 hour ago, Haay said:

Sold a 75054 AT-AT (NISB) on Marktplaats for €181,50 (including shipping of €6,50), with buy-in at €99,99. Still a 75% profit rate. 

Of course I wish I could have gotten more for it, but the demand for this set is stalling around this level and with the great Black Friday deals I purchased I need some cash inflow. And it's not my last 75054.  

You see... this hobby is still more exciting than fishing.

Edited November 28, 20169 yr by Ciglione
spelling mistake caught by Philly

18 minutes ago, Ciglione said:

You see... this hobby is still more exiting than fishing.

If you want this hobby to be exiting, you need to go to the Speculative Bubble thread. I think exciting was the word you were going for

5 minutes ago, Phil B said:

If you want this hobby to be exiting, you need to go to the Speculative Bubble thread. I think exciting was the word you were going for

 fixed!

A used Harry Potter knight bus I picked up for $5.00 for 69.00 minus eBay fees
A bunch of bionicles I picked up $2-5 each for 13-58 minus fees
I love bionicles in used lots as they are easy to find the parts and quick to build.

Donated 20 assorted Friends polybags to my local school for theit Xmas party in a couple of weeks. I still have a lot left so I just pop one in every box when I sent it out, a bit like LEGO did with the Spiderman and Parrots. I got these for nothing and I get great feedback and a lot of repeat business.

1x 10197 Fire Brigade for £225 cash (£136 profit) in slightly dinged box.

1x 21302 TBBT for £40 cash (£11 profit)

1x 41106 Friends Bus for £18 cash (£10 profit) in bashed up box

You may all think I sell stuff cheap but, it helps my cashflow, minimises storage and gets crap out of the door!

 

Ninjago Enter The Serpent dinged box £45 b/i £20

42025 Technic Cargo Plane dinged box £120 b/i £50

75054 at-at  £190  (£58 buy in)

My last 60022 Cargo Terminal for 175 euro. 

Should have bought more.

2 hours ago, Ciglione said:

My last 60022 Cargo Terminal for 175 euro. 

Should have bought more.

All in on the blue one then! Oh wait, everyone is.

4 minutes ago, Val-E said:

All in on the blue one then! Oh wait, everyone is.

I was thinking about the same thing after I sold this one today. But I think I will pass. 

1 minute ago, Ciglione said:

I was thinking about the same thing after I sold this one today. But I think I will pass. 

At 20 euros or less buy-in you should be safe .

1 minute ago, Val-E said:

At 20 euros or less buy-in you should be safe .

Yeah right... I am not living in the UK of Tesco. Unfortunately.

Edited November 28, 20169 yr by Ciglione

Just now, Ciglione said:

Yeah right... I am not living in the UK of Tesco.

Ah, that´s the problem you see. I could get them for 45 or so but, meh....

Craigslist sale. 3 sets to one buyer.
Creator bike shop & cafe $80, creator mountain hut $40, city mobile police unit $30. I paid around $70 for all.

1x 10221 SSD to a fraudster for £700 posted. Luckily I intercepted the package in time and it's on it's way back to me, hopefully in the same mint condition in which it left. I just hope that eBay return my fees even though I've probably lost the postage costs. I've opened a case anyway.

This week is my first time on eBay for quite a while and it's made me so nervous that I've just ended all my other listings. I've decided to close my eBay account as soon as this latest cock-up is settled rather than wait until the new year. It just has too many crooks and idiots for my liking and I just haven't got the time or patience.

The other item I sold went to the wrong address as the buyer didn't update PayPal after she moved house. Since I forgot to add a returns address, I've lost the item. However, eBay sided with me so, I keep the payment and take no further action.

So a 100% selling failure rate on eBay, it doesn't bode well, does it?

What's Bricklink like, is that as bad? Are selling prices good? Amazon is too up it's own arse for me to be honest.

Edited November 28, 20169 yr by TabbyBoy

My last 10937 Arkham Asylum for $230 on ebay and my last 6860 Batcave for $100 cash on CL.  Love seeing that Superheroes area of mine dwindle down to nothingness. Today was a good day. 

Edited November 29, 20169 yr by Huskers1236

54 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

1x 10221 SSD to a fraudster for £700 posted. Luckily I intercepted the package in time and it's on it's way back to me, hopefully in the same mint condition in which it left. I just hope that eBay return my fees even though I've probably lost the postage costs. I've opened a case anyway.

This week is my first time on eBay for quite a while and it's made me so nervous that I've just ended all my other listings. I've decided to close my eBay account as soon as this latest cock-up is settled rather than wait until the new year. It just has too many crooks and idiots for my liking and I just haven't got the time or patience.

The other item I sold went to the wrong address as the buyer didn't update PayPal after she moved house. Since I forgot to add a returns address, I've lost the item. However, eBay sided with me so, I keep the payment and take no further action.

So a 100% selling failure rate on eBay, it doesn't bode well, does it?

What's Bricklink like, is that as bad? Are selling prices good? Amazon is too up it's own arse for me to be honest.

That sounds like some truly crap luck mate! From your other posts, I suspect you'll get on just fine without using ebay, but I do think you've just had some random bad luck. Maybe it has to do with the calibre of sets you're selling that brings out the scammers from the woodwork, but I've done 80+ transactions on ebay this year without a single issue. That includes several sales to foreign non-english speaking countries to your east, of which people generally warn to be weary about.

Sounds like a ball ache, sorry to hear that this stuff really does happen to reputable people. 

13 hours ago, cladner said:

sold a juniors 10668 play castle pink bucket for $54.99 on amazon FBM including shipping - BF decimated seller count and price has finally caught up to my asking price.  paid $7.50 on 50% clearance at target last year (before red card in guess what state).  I have 14 left.  i should have armsweeped them at msrp.

raised the price on 10668 to $65 and sold 6 more today FBM.  msrp for this set was $14.99.  it was on the shelf of every target, walmart, tru, big y, and stop and shop grocery store.  >4x MSRP a year after retirement.  lil' pink brick buckets are my biggest moneymakers on a percentage basis year after year.  i need to stock up on those junior pony's being cleared for next year.

 

Edited November 29, 20169 yr by cladner