The big question is: via which platform? If this is BL, great. Ebay, maybe. Amazon, not so much, they were going for $60 earlier.

Sold all of mine for $30 via BL last month.

The big question is: via which platform? If this is BL, great. Ebay, maybe. Amazon, not so much, they were going for $60 earlier.

...or $65

Just sold a couple of Ninjago sets 2507 Fire Temple and 2521 Lightning Dragon.  Both were new, but the guy I bought them from cut the seals to show me the bags were sealed.  He did so because he was selling three Ninjago sets as "new" but one of them was partially built.  So I questioned the other two, which I really wanted.

So for $30 investment, just sold the pair for $290.  With ebay max fee of $10 / set, even more profit for me.  

I actually need to give a shout-out to my wife who spotted these at a garage sale.  As annoyed as my wife gets about my LEGO... habit, she must really love me to bring these to my attention. lol

Done well on 4 x 60092 - City Deep Sea Submarine. Buy in 15 and sold 35-40 quid locally.

 

 

Dropped off this morning:

100x CITY Super Pack for £2500 cash (£1875 from George after 25% off) - £625 profit within 24hrs of collection and no packing or fees ?

I have another stash of these which I'll sell as individual sets after EOL.

OOS at George now, but I'll pile in again if restocked and discounted.

Sold a 10175 Vader’s Tie for $550. Slightly double the bought in price at used condition.
Intended to keep but can’t resist the profit.

Sold a 10175 Vader’s Tie for $550. Slightly double the bought in price at used condition.
Intended to keep but can’t resist the profit.

Amazing how well this set holds value even when it’s used. Bought a new one for $565 with 10% ebay bucks back. Can build it, display, and still sell it for same price I bought it for.


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few Elves set (still have a couple more Sactuaries and a bunch of Secret Marketplace I plan to sell in the next 12 months)

 

Did a quick flip of one of my Old Fishing Stores for $250 on FB Marketplace.

I had never used it before so I thought I’d try it out. Happy for the quick flip but I got a lot of people who messaged me complaining of my asking price. Many kept referring to the RRP at Shop @ home.

It was pretty annoying, should I expect more of this if I keep using FB Marketplace?


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7 minutes ago, Solsbury18 said:

Did a quick flip of one of my Old Fishing Stores for $250 on FB Marketplace.

I had never used it before so I thought I’d try it out. Happy for the quick flip but I got a lot of people who messaged me complaining of my asking price. Many kept referring to the RRP at Shop @ home.

It was pretty annoying, should I expect more of this if I keep using FB Marketplace?


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you should have an cut and paste response telling them to buy it there.

FB marketplace has been my go-to this holiday season for cash deals. 

Today's in-person sales:
Moved some more 40205 and 40206 christmas sets this morning at $10 each ($5 buy-ins).
Lego Minifigure Factory 5005358 $20
x2 60073 Service Trucks at $35

1 hour ago, Solsbury18 said:

Did a quick flip of one of my Old Fishing Stores for $250 on FB Marketplace.

I had never used it before so I thought I’d try it out. Happy for the quick flip but I got a lot of people who messaged me complaining of my asking price. Many kept referring to the RRP at Shop @ home.

It was pretty annoying, should I expect more of this if I keep using FB Marketplace?


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In my opinion, yes, absolutely, and for at least three reasons:

1) there’s no barrier to entry for Facebook marketplace and you don’t have to have any sort of money account to link to. Paypal/electronic payment acts as a security feature on eBay and Amazon.  

2) there are no fees, which should absolutely drive prices down 

3) there’s no real feedback system, and therefore no real seller accountability 

I’m never going to buy something on Facebook marketplace that I can find for a better price and significantly less risk elsewhere. Sellers should take that into account. Buyers have every right to expect to haggle a bit. Sellers who aren’t willing to should go sell somewhere else. 

 

Edited December 16, 20186 yr by calmdahn

In my opinion, yes, absolutely, and for at least three reasons:
1) there’s no barrier to entry for Facebook marketplace and you don’t have to have any sort of money account to link to. Paypal/electronic payment acts as a security feature on eBay and Amazon.  
2) there are no fees, which should absolutely drive prices down 
3) there’s no real feedback system, and therefore no real seller accountability 
I’m never going to buy something on Facebook marketplace that I can find for a better price and significantly less risk elsewhere. Sellers should take that into account. Buyers have every right to expect to haggle a bit. Sellers who aren’t willing to should go sell somewhere else. 
 

All your points make sense, but in this case it’s sold out at LEGO and pretty much every where else online right now. I told people they were free to go online and try to find it but I had it in hand. What really got me is they didn’t even make offers, just complained about the price.


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2 minutes ago, Solsbury18 said:

All your points make sense, but in this case it’s sold out at LEGO and pretty much every where else online right now. I told people they were free to go online and try to find it but I had it in hand. What really got me is they didn’t even make offers, just complained about the price.


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This happens on eBay and Amazon. Well, everywhere.

1 hour ago, Solsbury18 said:

All your points make sense, but in this case it’s sold out at LEGO and pretty much every where else online right now. I told people they were free to go online and try to find it but I had it in hand. What really got me is they didn’t even make offers, just complained about the price.


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I see what you’re saying too, sure. But I don’t think you should be remotely surprised or taken aback that people sense the LL in QFLL.

2 hours ago, Solsbury18 said:

All your points make sense, but in this case it’s sold out at LEGO and pretty much every where else online right now. I told people they were free to go online and try to find it but I had it in hand. What really got me is they didn’t even make offers, just complained about the price.


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You should expect the same kind of responses you'd see on Craigslist, LetGo, OfferUP or any other unregulated marketplace.

Doubly so when you've set the price above the going secondary market rates on both Amazon and eBay.

sales are crazy but one made me laugh out loud when crazy price got hit without me noticing as i was reviewing sales from this week.

lego palace pets royal castle 41142 for $65 fba - ridiculous - msrp was $19.99.  i paid $9 at walmart last year.  either way a total winner.  this thing is headed to $99.

Edited December 18, 20186 yr by cladner

sales are crazy but one made me laugh out loud when crazy price got hit without me noticing as i was reviewing sales from this week.
lego palace pets royal castle 41142 for $65 fba - ridiculous - msrp was $19.99.  i paid $9 at walmart last year.  either way a total winner.  this thing is headed to $99.

I passed up dozens of those. ?

I passed up dozens of those. [emoji2959]

Just swing by and grab them in the Fall. They will still be there.


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Sold my last 6864 for 95 Euro . Glad to finally see it vanish. Was a long journey. Buyin was 25 Euro, but it took sooooo long to get rid of it. Super Heroes: Even with 60% discount I will stay away from you. Farewell my friend.

2 hours ago, Sozial said:

Sold my last 6864 for 95 Euro . Glad to finally see it vanish. Was a long journey. Buyin was 25 Euro, but it took sooooo long to get rid of it. Super Heroes: Even with 60% discount I will stay away from you. Farewell my friend.

I've avoided all Super Heroes themes for a long time, they are on my shitlist with Star Wars. I'm proud to say that I'm now 100% SH and SW free!

Promo black box poly bag set - sell it as a set or part out?


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This is a follow up to the £100 haul I showed in the 'what set did you buy today' thread (picture below).

I've sold most of it, including all the sets with a value of £50 or above. Overall, this has done extremely well. I've made over £1500 in sales. Taking into account the initial cost, shipping, Bricklink costs and fuel, I've made over £1200 profit. I even still have probably at least £200 worth of sets I haven't sold yet (e.g., 4181, 4182, 7965, 4737). This has been a great project, and I can only hope to be so lucky as to get another find half as good as this in the future!

EDIT: Whoops, just realised I forgot about Paypal fees. That's probably about £60. I'll make more than that back with the rest!

Edited December 21, 20186 yr by Captain_chaos

Just sold a 75045 SW Republic AV-7 Cannon for $86.  I had picked up four of them for something like $18 ea.  Also sold a 75080 SW AAT ($12 cost) for $70 from the same original purchase.   

I also sold a 60104 City Airport.  I had originally found it for $50 for my son, who decided he no longer wanted it.  I was thrilled to sell it for $180.  

Moved a Temple of Airjitzu (70751...?) today for $375 + shipping. Bought for $191.xx... after all the fees and math was done, oddly, it came out to a clean $125.00 profit. CAD of course.