4 minutes ago, Shortbus311 said:

1 hour ago, joch29 said:

it was tough to let go...BNIB 6866 for $200.  

I still, after these years of selling, don't comprehend what drives people to spend $200 on a set on Amazon that they could have paid $100 for on Ebay. Not hating though, congrats on the sale!

have you read the Fruitcakes thread?

there are many out there that still think Ebay is an online flea market and Amazon is equivalent to Walmart (when it can be the opposite in reality)

6 minutes ago, Shortbus311 said:

1 hour ago, joch29 said:

it was tough to let go...BNIB 6866 for $200.  

I still, after these years of selling, don't comprehend what drives people to spend $200 on a set on Amazon that they could have paid $100 for on Ebay. Not hating though, congrats on the sale!

I don't know either but I'm not complaining.

 

For the basic shopper who doesn't look around. I would say they view ebay as a garage sale and you don't know what you are going to get and what level of customer service.

Random grandma and pa know that Amazon is reliable and they can just call customer service immediately for help.

Who really knows?

 

I'm just gonna say. I know money wasn't an issue and they value service and reliability behind the Amazon name.. .

Insta sold my used no minifigs 75046 Coruscant Police Gunship for $180 shipped.  Maybe I underpriced it? It was minty with unused sticker sheet. Thanks to the OP that let me know the price on this had taken off. I have all of the other SW sets used from that run still to list but selling NIB is so much easier. 

thought people might be interested in seeing some sales i've made since the beginning of March in the USA, quarantine dollars:

Set Number	Set Name	Purchase Date	condition	buy in	sold less fees	profit	Column1
Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4	Column5	Column6	Column7	Column8
75181	Y-wing Starfighter	10/6/2018 0:00	new	$      142	$                 348	$    206
10246	Detective's Office	2/6/2019	new	$      174	$                 363	$    189
10251	Brick Bank	11/18/2018	new	$      185	$                 362	$    177
75060	Slave I	11/26/2018	new	$      152	$                 310	$    158
10246	Detective's Office	2/6/2019	new	$      174	$                 301	$    127
10251	Brick Bank	11/18/2018	new	$      185	$                 310	$    125
10248	Ferrari F40	12/6/2017	new	$      100	$                 211	$    111
21310	Old Fishing Store	1/31/2018	used	$      125	$                 235	$    110
	ltd edition batmobile		new	$        -	$                 103	$    103
71016	Kwik-E-Mart	2/16/2018	new	$      230	$                 320	$      90
41179	Queen Dragon's Rescue	1/16/2019	new	$       80	$                 165	$      85
76081	The Milano vs. The Abilisk	NA	new	$       34	$                   94	$      60
10252	Volkswagen Beetle	NA	new	$       45	$                 103	$      58
75157	Captain Rex's AT-TE	6/11/2018	new	$       85	$                 140	$      55
10211	Grand Emporium	5/23/2018	new	$      244	$                 297	$      53
41193	Aira & the Song of the Wind Dragon	12/7/2018	new	$       35	$                   66	$      31
21042	Statue of Liberty	5/30/2018	new	$       78	$                 105	$      27
	assembly square		used	$      305	$                 329	$      24
70641	Ninja Nightcrawler	NA	used	$       16	$                   38	$      22
76080	Ayesha's Revenge	NA	new	$       17	$                   35	$      18
41184	Aira's Airship & the Amulet Chase	NA	new	$       20	$                   36	$      16
31051	Lighthouse Point	2/15/2018	new	$       42	$                   55	$      13
41195	Emily & Noctura's Showdown	12/7/2018	new	$       54	$                   64	$       9
	lunar lander		used	$      100	$                 109	$       9
21004	Solomon Guggenheim Museum	4/1/2012	used	$       40	$                   38	$      (2)
21018	United Nations Headquarters	12/1/2014	used	$       50	$                   47	$      (3)
21035	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	NA	used	$       80	$                   75	$      (5)
10218	Pet Shop	2/13/2018	used	$      174	$                 169	$      (5)
10262	James Bond Aston Martin DB5	7/20/2018	used	$      163	$                 127	$     (36)
75244	Tantive IV	NA	used	$      200	$                 141	$     (59)
75192	millenium falcon		used	$      870	$                 718	$   (152)	ROI
TOTALS				$   4,201	$              5,813	$ 1,612	38%

primary selling platform is Bricklink, a few went via FBM.  

 

Edited June 17, 20205 yr by calmdahn
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amazing.  the quarter is not up

10 hours ago, calmdahn said:

thought people might be interested in seeing some sales i've made since the beginning of March in the USA, quarantine dollars:

Set Number	Set Name	Purchase Date	condition	buy in	sold less fees	profit	Column1
Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4	Column5	Column6	Column7	Column8
75181	Y-wing Starfighter	10/6/2018 0:00	new	$      142	$                 348	$    206
10246	Detective's Office	2/6/2019	new	$      174	$                 363	$    189
10251	Brick Bank	11/18/2018	new	$      185	$                 362	$    177
75060	Slave I	11/26/2018	new	$      152	$                 310	$    158
10246	Detective's Office	2/6/2019	new	$      174	$                 301	$    127
10251	Brick Bank	11/18/2018	new	$      185	$                 310	$    125
10248	Ferrari F40	12/6/2017	new	$      100	$                 211	$    111
21310	Old Fishing Store	1/31/2018	used	$      125	$                 235	$    110
	ltd edition batmobile		new	$        -	$                 103	$    103
71016	Kwik-E-Mart	2/16/2018	new	$      230	$                 320	$      90
41179	Queen Dragon's Rescue	1/16/2019	new	$       80	$                 165	$      85
76081	The Milano vs. The Abilisk	NA	new	$       34	$                   94	$      60
10252	Volkswagen Beetle	NA	new	$       45	$                 103	$      58
75157	Captain Rex's AT-TE	6/11/2018	new	$       85	$                 140	$      55
10211	Grand Emporium	5/23/2018	new	$      244	$                 297	$      53
41193	Aira & the Song of the Wind Dragon	12/7/2018	new	$       35	$                   66	$      31
21042	Statue of Liberty	5/30/2018	new	$       78	$                 105	$      27
	assembly square		used	$      305	$                 329	$      24
70641	Ninja Nightcrawler	NA	used	$       16	$                   38	$      22
76080	Ayesha's Revenge	NA	new	$       17	$                   35	$      18
41184	Aira's Airship & the Amulet Chase	NA	new	$       20	$                   36	$      16
31051	Lighthouse Point	2/15/2018	new	$       42	$                   55	$      13
41195	Emily & Noctura's Showdown	12/7/2018	new	$       54	$                   64	$       9
	lunar lander		used	$      100	$                 109	$       9
21004	Solomon Guggenheim Museum	4/1/2012	used	$       40	$                   38	$      (2)
21018	United Nations Headquarters	12/1/2014	used	$       50	$                   47	$      (3)
21035	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	NA	used	$       80	$                   75	$      (5)
10218	Pet Shop	2/13/2018	used	$      174	$                 169	$      (5)
10262	James Bond Aston Martin DB5	7/20/2018	used	$      163	$                 127	$     (36)
75244	Tantive IV	NA	used	$      200	$                 141	$     (59)
75192	millenium falcon		used	$      870	$                 718	$   (152)	ROI
TOTALS				$   4,201	$              5,813	$ 1,612	38%

primary selling platform is Bricklink, a few went via FBM.  

 

Call me old-fashioned, but in 5 years of selling I have never sold a set at a loss. And where are your shipping fees?

11 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Insta sold my used no minifigs 75046 Coruscant Police Gunship for $180 shipped.  Maybe I underpriced it? 

I can easily buy it sealed for that price... The US ist just crazy right now. 

Over the last few weeks I have sold through all of my Sand Baseplates at $25 each. I had a ton of them but they’re gone now. I hope someone can fill the void.

Over the last few weeks I have sold through all of my Sand Baseplates at $25 each. I had a ton of them but they’re gone now. I hope someone can fill the void.

9 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

Over the last few weeks I have sold through all of my Sand Baseplates at $25 each. I had a ton of them but they’re gone now. I hope someone can fill the void.

Over the last few weeks I have sold through all of my Sand Baseplates at $25 each. I had a ton of them but they’re gone now. I hope someone can fill the void.

nice.  these were great.  i had a ton too and am down to i think 5 or 6 though i thought i hid some in an unexpected location so that i would find them sometime later than if i had ready access to them.  i just can't remember wtf that is now.  if only magic crystal ball would tell me when that blue baseplate goes.

i sold a smashed box tumbler yesterday for $369 , ocean monument for $225 , 20th ann snowspeeder for $90.  fbm

 

Edited June 17, 20205 yr by cladner

49 minutes ago, Phil B said:

Call me old-fashioned, but in 5 years of selling I have never sold a set at a loss. And where are your shipping fees?

I sometimes don’t mind selling used/assembled sets at a loss just to get them off my shelves AKA keep the wife happy. I call it the price of the joy of building. I admit I made a mistake with the MILF though. I sold that in mid March before I realized what was going to happen with pandemic supply and demand. I was always content to take a small loss on the MILF but I also always thought it would be very easy to replace with a MISB one right way. Also, i sold one of my VIP stands a while ago for a couple hundo or so, so technically i didn’t lose on the MILF, just didn't account for that here.    

No shipping fees. I sell primarily on Bricklink and the buyer always pays shipping so I did not include in the above spreadsheet.   

49 minutes ago, Phil B said:

Call me old-fashioned, but in 5 years of selling I have never sold a set at a loss. And where are your shipping fees?

Agreed - Long time full timer, and I've never sold at a loss either (if you are buying right, they all pay off in time).

I do understand (in theory) how selling the dogs and then using that money for buying better inventory can sound reasonable.

But I think that true discipline is rare - It is much more likely that the impatient seller (that is compelled to sell the dogs), would also be likely to sell the winners way to early.

4 minutes ago, KShine said:

Agreed - Long time full timer, and I've never sold at a loss either (if you are buying right, they all pay off in time).

I do understand (in theory) how selling the dogs and then using that money for buying better inventory can sound reasonable.

But I think that true discipline is rare - It is much more likely that the impatient seller (that is compelled to sell the dogs), would also be likely to sell the winners way to early.

I mean, to be fair, the only sets I took a loss on were used. I sat on those three assembled architecture sets for years and years and they were just literally collecting dust on my shelf. I didn’t even have to disassemble them. 

7 minutes ago, KShine said:

Agreed - Long time full timer, and I've never sold at a loss either (if you are buying right, they all pay off in time).

I do understand (in theory) how selling the dogs and then using that money for buying better inventory can sound reasonable.

But I think that true discipline is rare - It is much more likely that the impatient seller (that is compelled to sell the dogs), would also be likely to sell the winners way to early.

also, are you guys really going to quibble over some used sets when my overall ROI is 38%? come on. 

Just now, calmdahn said:

I mean, to be fair, the only sets I took a loss on were used. I sat on those three assembled architecture sets for years and years and they were just literally collecting dust on my shelf. I didn’t even have to disassemble them. 

Not criticizing you at all - just discussing the theory of selling at a loss.

59 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

Over the last few weeks I have sold through all of my Sand Baseplates at $25 each. I had a ton of them but they’re gone now. I hope someone can fill the void.

Over the last few weeks I have sold through all of my Sand Baseplates at $25 each. I had a ton of them but they’re gone now. I hope someone can fill the void.

@Alpinemaps what platform? I have a couple sitting stagnant on eBay

24 minutes ago, calmdahn said:

I mean, to be fair, the only sets I took a loss on were used. I sat on those three assembled architecture sets for years and years and they were just literally collecting dust on my shelf. I didn’t even have to disassemble them. 

also, are you guys really going to quibble over some used sets when my overall ROI is 38%? come on. 

Hopefully they weren’t looking at that column.   Don’t think you can compare ROI on new Vs used sets. 

Grand emporium, used, $450.

Grand emporium, used, $450.

[mention=5626]Alpinemaps[/mention] what platform? I have a couple sitting stagnant on eBay

eBay. I find they sold better with free shipping. I also listed them with quantity instead of singles. I had a couple of people by 4 or more at a time.

eBay. I find they sold better with free shipping. I also listed them with quantity instead of singles. I had a couple of people by 4 or more at a time.

Right on thx!

2 hours ago, Ogelwoc said:

Grand emporium, used, $450.

Grand emporium, used, $450.

What? That's it,  I'm selling all my modulars. 

Edited June 17, 20205 yr by marcandre

What? That's it,  I'm selling all my modulars. 

I guess market is hot and I was lucky. And as we speak, just sold Fire Brigade and Palace Cinema s as a bundle for $750. Market has gone crazy. Local sales no fees

5 hours ago, Ogelwoc said:

Grand emporium, used, $450.

Grand emporium, used, $450.

 

3 hours ago, marcandre said:

What? That's it,  I'm selling all my modulars. 

Pretty sure that's Canadian loonies, not USD.

28 minutes ago, Phil B said:

Pretty sure that's Canadian loonies, not USD.

I learn something new everyday. I always thought it was just Canadian dollars and you were making fun of Canadians.  

Used Ninjago City $487 shipped. 

On ebay; used Batman Joker Mansion/rollercoaster: $439 include shipping (buy-in $190 a month ago) 

Edited June 18, 20205 yr by $20 on joe vs dan