9 minutes ago, marcandre said:

There is some value in selling off quickly. Getting $200 for slaves purchased a week ago for $75? Nothing to regret about that, especially if you use the money wisely. 

I often question if buying more LEGO is using the money wisely. But then I do it anyway.

 

Edited December 7, 20205 yr by zaphoid

32 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Holding on very tightly. Sold off previous version wayyy too early and left over $150 on the table per set. Its only going up, likely $300 by Q4 2021. Why would you sell? Unless you have 100's but even then.... ride the gain....

as restock is just as likely...50:50 IMO

even the UCS is around $300-ish...so that should tell you about the ceiling for the Anniversary set

I'm inclined to take the $85+ profit and run

Edited December 7, 20205 yr by $20 on joe vs dan

10 minutes ago, marcandre said:

There is some value in selling off quickly. Getting $200 for slaves purchased a week ago for $75? Nothing to regret about that, especially if you use the money wisely. 

i dont see many opportunities availabe anymore....

2 minutes ago, zaphoid said:

I often question if buying more LEGO is using the money wisely. But then I do it anyway.

 

isn't it all just a giant pyramid scheme anyway?

If I just have a single UCS Slave I with no intention on building, what should I do? I love Star Wars but the sets aren't for me really. I always just hold them with intention to build but where am I to put an A wing and Snowspeeder when I immediately open Mustang and Porsche?

52 minutes ago, CosmicSpeed said:

If I just have a single UCS Slave I with no intention on building, what should I do? I love Star Wars but the sets aren't for me really. I always just hold them with intention to build but where am I to put an A wing and Snowspeeder when I immediately open Mustang and Porsche?

a good dust management system is to rotate sets on the shelf to boxes and back (especially cars w/ suspension as some of them get compressed over time).

Now that zoom meetings and (over) scrutinizing backgrounds is a thing... high end sets have a great display value.

...anectdotally... I was on a Zoom work interview and I had to step away...coming back I heard the other attendees discussing my Saturn V on the wall. 

Edited December 7, 20205 yr by $20 on joe vs dan

Sold the LEGO friends advent calendar locally on FB on Nov 30th evening. Buy in $22 sold $32. My first official resale   Split the profits 50:50 with my daughter who was responsible for me buying it in the first place 😇

I finally sold my 1989 Batmobile gwp for $105. A little below others but the box had the classic Lego shipping department smash of approval creased through the front.

Super Heroes Bundle 76100, 76101, 76104, 76108, 76109 for $300. 114% ROI. Not to bad

Razor Crest for $260 on eBay. Prices are soaring for this and the 20th Slave I. 

10 minutes ago, RightDwigt said:

Razor Crest for $260 on eBay. Prices are soaring for this and the 20th Slave I. 

Bought one retail on Amazon this morning

17 minutes ago, RightDwigt said:

Razor Crest for $260 on eBay. Prices are soaring for this and the 20th Slave I. 

I sold 2 at $280. Sold 10 RCs in the past 3 days. My first ones were at $180 (2 days ago). The price ramped up real fast. 

1 Razor and Gingerbread House each, within less than 30 minutes. What a season.

21 minutes ago, RightDwigt said:

Razor Crest for $260 on eBay. Prices are soaring for this and the 20th Slave I. 

I went through 9 of these (why I had nine I have no idea!) in about 9 hours starting on Sunday. I started at $189 as I just wanted to make sure I could get rid of them and get my money back to use on other things. Each time I sold one I raised the price and sold the last one at $250. Crazy.

My Crests all fell overnight at $265 each (never got to push the price up).

Just a bit of warning...at some point the price goes high enough for folks to considering returning once the set goes back in stock.  This is always my fear whenever there's a windfall of profits

12 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Just a bit of warning...at some point the price goes high enough for folks to considering returning once the set goes back in stock.  This is always my fear whenever there's a windfall of profits

I fear this possibility as well... Which is why I ship ASAP and hope it doesn't restock until well after Christmas. 

On a related note, I listed my used Razor Crest for fun and it sold in 2 hours for $230 shipped on eBay.

Really wish I bought more than one crest...Oh well.  My single sealed copy is currently bid up to $185 plus shipping...ends on Sunday.

19 minutes ago, fourkidsbuilding said:

Really wish I bought more than one crest...Oh well.  My single sealed copy is currently bid up to $185 plus shipping...ends on Sunday.

I had 3 (well my records show 4 but can't find it...) anyway, I only had these because of the preorder FOMO...I actually had ordered 2 more thru Amazon (but cancelled those once I was lulled by the Illusion of plentitude

based on how high the prices are going..I don't think many here reasonably thought to hoard at RRP...

Edited December 8, 20205 yr by $20 on joe vs dan

I went and checked my local Lego store and somehow the had three sitting on the shelf. 

27 minutes ago, Thanos75 said:

I went and checked my local Lego store and somehow the had three sitting on the shelf. 

Did they show in the online system? From what I can see online, my store has nothing, which is why I haven't been. 

a razor crest just sold for $299 plus shipping on ebay

looks like auction is the way to go

Yes. They showed available at my store on the website. Count was accurate.

This sort of reminds me of the 2013 price spike with 9516 Jabba’s Palace, back when there rumblings it was retiring early because some countries raised racism concerns....it very quickly and unexpectedly disappeared everywhere and people were able to make quite a bit of money flipping them, event at RRP.

razor crest being a mega winner was easy to see 4 months away.  

i have a few to unload this weekend at starbucks parking lot.