Craigslist price per pound

[Baseace]

Are you all seeing people go crazy on Craigslist with the Lego price per pound? I saw a bucket deal today that they are wanting about $10/lb. it seems over-valued, normally I am interested in looking more seriously at $4-7/lb.

Am I totally off? Or is this the new going rate for bulk bricks?

[MartinP]

Are you all seeing people go crazy on Craigslist with the Lego price per pound? I saw a bucket deal today that they are wanting about $10/lb. it seems over-valued, normally I am interested in looking more seriously at $4-7/lb.

Am I totally off? Or is this the new going rate for bulk bricks?

Depends on the lot. There are some lots where I would gladly pay $10 per pound. Other lots, I would only pay $5 -$7 per pound. It seems that the prices per pound are generally going up. I have seen it in my area.

[stephen_rockefeller]

My local Craigslist is nothing but tools trying to get above secondary market prices for any LEGO. The adds stay up for months on end. When I'm feeling down and need a good laugh I check Craigslist for lego.

[Migration]

I try not to spend more than $3-$4 per pound unless I see something I reallllly like. I can get away with that in my area because it is not as saturated with investers as some of the bigger cities. The pictured lot is not worth $10 per pound in my opinion.

 

The long yellow piece, can anyone tell if that is from a Dino set? just going by the sticker.

 

To put it in perspective I just sold a lot on craigslist for around $6 per pound. (moving didn't have time to deal with it)

Edited January 26, 2015 by Migration

[MartinP]

I try not to spend more than $3-$4 per pound unless I see something I reallllly like. I can get away with that in my area because it is not as saturated with investers as some of the bigger cities. The pictured lot is not worth $10 per pound in my opinion.

 

The long yellow piece, can anyone tell if that is from a Dino set? just going by the sticker.

Give me a minute...

 

That yellow piece is from the 5888 Ocean Interceptor.

[Victorymike18]

I've been keeping track of my purchase weights, and have found that in general I have bought bins of bulk unsorted Lego for anywhere from $1.50/Lb. (was a small bin of basic bricks) up to about $5.50/Lb. for several larger totes that I knew had a few valuable sets in them.

 

I try to keep that in mind when looking at bulk bins as a rule of thumb, and won't "overpay" unless I'm looking at nearly complete sets in the mixture.

 

But yes, here in the NJ/PA area, people will regularly post up a couple of bins (20-30 pounds) for $200 to $300

[jivejong]

I used to be able to buy bulk lots for around $5 per pound last year. Now, most folks around here are asking $10 or more per pound. Good thing because I think my wife would leave me if I brought in another bin of unsorted Lego.