Bricklink/BrickOwl - Discussion, questions, & answers

[gmpirate]

6 hours ago, thegraverobber said:

Certainly feels like it. I got some nice minifigs out of it, just trying to figure out the best (and most financially efficient) way to offload the bulk.

Efficient?  Sell the minifigs separately, take some pictures of the bulk and sell the lot.

Last year I put all my kids sets back in sets again.  Most were mostly completed as is.  I set up bins behind my desk so I could quickly source missing parts as I went.  I probably accounted for at least 95% -  99% of all pieces in the sets.  Given the time it took and the cost to replace the missing pieces I would come out more ahead to simply buy the used sets off Ebay.  So if its really not worth the time for me to sort sets that cost me nothing (for the sake of argument) than it certainly is not worth it to buy bulk lots as a means of making money.

As a "hobby" many on here do it, I have, but it's not a money making venture - unless you simply do not put a value on your time 😜

[thegraverobber]

5 hours ago, gmpirate said:

Efficient?  Sell the minifigs separately, take some pictures of the bulk and sell the lot.

Last year I put all my kids sets back in sets again.  Most were mostly completed as is.  I set up bins behind my desk so I could quickly source missing parts as I went.  I probably accounted for at least 95% -  99% of all pieces in the sets.  Given the time it took and the cost to replace the missing pieces I would come out more ahead to simply buy the used sets off Ebay.  So if its really not worth the time for me to sort sets that cost me nothing (for the sake of argument) than it certainly is not worth it to buy bulk lots as a means of making money.

As a "hobby" many on here do it, I have, but it's not a money making venture - unless you simply do not put a value on your time 😜

Yeah, going through someone else's used Lego is not something I'm personally interested in lol. Aside from scraping for minifigs. I think I'll just list the bulk on eBay and save myself the trouble. Marketplace isn't great for bulk around here unfortunately.