gregpj Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Let me tell you it's not that simple .. I'm Top Rated seller http://www.ebay.ca/usr/gravtation ... but don't get the discount cause you need to keep 100 sales a year ..from month to month , end of Spring, Summer and beginning of Automn .. is dead... let me tell you the market is not what it used to be 4-5 years ago ! .. :)... but think I will re-start selling in Europe like I use to do ! ... But I wish you all the sales you want, you deserve it ! Oh no worries, I realize it won't be easy to keep it. I'll be taking a 7+ month hiatus from selling anything this coming Christmas. I have a good number of ripened Star Wars sets I hope to sell this fall so even a 20% savings on fees will be worth it. This is the first time I've ever found a worthwhile stash of polys at my local TRUs so I'm just having a little fun too. You meen 240$ in profit ? ... 43 Polybags ? I averaged it to $5 profit per, $240 = 48 polybags. I think I ended up with 51 but I'm keeping 2 for myself and I gave one away. It's not a ton of money for the effort but what the hell, it's more fun than my day job right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacsniper Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 It's not a ton of money for the effort but what the hell, it's more fun than my day job right now. I agree. I enjoy the process of picking orders and slapping a shipping labels. It's fun knowing someone will be excited opening your package you shipped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Local TRU finally got some restocks of polys. More Rebels Tie Advanced, and the City Go Kart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacsniper Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Local TRU finally got some restocks of polys. More Rebels Tie Advanced, and the City Go Kart.ooo City Go Kart... I gotta keep an eye out on that. I still have not seen any JW polybags. Either they are flying off the shelf as soon as they put them out or they are not shipping them out West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 ooo City Go Kart... I gotta keep an eye out on that. I still have not seen any JW polybags. Either they are flying off the shelf as soon as they put them out or they are not shipping them out West.Have a feeling the JW poly isn't going to be seen anymore north of the border, could be wrong of course. I think the ship sailed on this set to turn a quick profit, and maybe even long-term profits. Our friends south of the border seem to be ordering them by the boxes. I only have 1 sealed left i'll keep long-term, and 1 I've opened of course. Some locations in my area never got them, while others got a bunch (which i grabbed whenever i saw em).But yes i did see a ton of Go Karts, looked freshly put out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) Guess i have to eat my words from my previous post! They also had a ton of the Space Polybag currently offered from LEGO Shop at Home. Edit: Can also confirm they were %20 off. Edited July 11, 2015 by Sandwraithx157 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nami Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Was at Toys R Us today checking out the Polybags.andI came across 46 Iron man Polybags 30167. This was strange to see these on the shelf, and I'm assuming they were backroom stock that was overlooked. Price was $4.99 each, but they were on sale for $3.97 with the 20% off super Heroes this week. Picked up 30 as I never had a chance to put some of these away before they disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapotato Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I still haven't seen anymore jurassic world polys after the 10 I initially saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Found the jackpot of polys! However i didn't grab many, got enough JW polys to keep my poly business busy for a while heh. Those empty spots are Joker Bumpercars. Would have liked to get those, but someone beat me to it. I did however find 1 leftover hidden at the bottom for personal use. No JW polys here. AT-DP is a new one for me to see in TRU... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapotato Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Kinda sucks they raised the price on polybags from 4.99 to 5.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 My local TRU had all those polybags too... Except I already have a bunch that I imported from the UK a while back. After conversion to CAD and shipping is divided amongst them, I think I came out even, maybe even slightly ahead given the price of 5.99+ tax. But that's probably because Canada Post forgot to charge me tax on the purchase when they delivered it. Oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacsniper Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) $6 for a poly is getting expensive. Especially for city stuff. License stuff like Super Heroes or movies, I can understand... but non-license stuff, should really be $4.99 or less IMO. But I guess if parents can get a $6 polybag to deter the kid from buying a $30 set, I guess the polybag will still fly off the shelves. Edited July 21, 2015 by tacsniper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 $6 for a poly is getting expensive. Especially for city stuff. License stuff like Super Heroes or movies, I can understand... but non-license stuff, should really be $4.99 or less IMO. But I guess if parents can get a $6 polybag to deter the kid from buying a $30 set, I guess the polybag will still fly off the shelves. Considering how many they had and how "browsed' they looked, I don't think these are flying off the shelves. Dunno if the JW polys would have been bought up though since I bought them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadorsMusings Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Just went to a TRU here in Edmonton and found about 20 Joker Bumper Car polybags. $5.99 each. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Considering how many they had and how "browsed' they looked, I don't think these are flying off the shelves. Dunno if the JW polys would have been bought up though since I bought them all. $6 polys is getting to be a bit much, i like to time my poly purchases around %20 off sales if possible as they are usually included (%20 off JW polys was awesome). Ninjago/City/Chima Polys seem to linger forever. Just went to a TRU here in Edmonton and found about 20 Joker Bumper Car polybags. $5.99 each. Nice find! would definitely get more of these myself if i found em, it's a great little polybag imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nami Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Apparently the Joker Polybags were shipped to the stores for an August 9 giveaway with purchase promotion. The odd store didn't realize thisand put them out on the shelf which is why the sightings are sporatic. I found 8 in Winnipeg a few days ago which is perfect for my personal collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Apparently the Joker Polybags were shipped to the stores for an August 9 giveaway with purchase promotion. The odd store didn't realize thisand put them out on the shelf which is why the sightings are sporatic. I found 8 in Winnipeg a few days ago which is perfect for my personal collection. My Intel says the same thing - Aug 9 promo for the Joker polybag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapotato Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Weird, is TRU allowed to sell the promo polybags before the promo begins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nami Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Weird, is TRU allowed to sell the promo polybags before the promo begins? Actually no. Sometime it gets mixed into the regular stock and a worker unknowingly puts them out. I remember with other promos such as Elrond, Lego would send them in a separate shipment with specific instructions. Not the case I guess with regular polybags. Anything left over of course will eventually make it out onto the shelf. Nice set and packaging though, I like getting the licensed themes that contain a minifigure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Are you sure this is the same as the promo, the joker polybags are out by the dozens in the TRUs around here, but at $6 bucks they don't seem to be anything special given how may are easily available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacsniper Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Weird, is TRU allowed to sell the promo polybags before the promo begins?These are just promos decided by TRU Headoffice. Not an official LEGO campaign. These "promos" are never advertised anyway. Only if you are in-stock, you might see a crappy print out saying a free bag with $x purchase on a particular line. Bet you most cashiers don't even bother giving it to you unless you remind them of the freebie.TRU really sucks at using these polybag to their advantage in comparison to Lego themselves. I bet if they acutally refrain from selling the polybags like the Lego store and use them like the Lego store, they will increase their sales in Lego much more. Especially with popular polybag like the JW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I was curious so I just went back to TRu (it's just around the corner) where this morning I had picked up the last few of the sw walker polybags & didn't bother with the Joker polys as there was two full endcap hanger displays with them on it, it didn't look like much & thus figured there wasn't any rush - there must have been 50 of them... They were all gone, just the empty racks where they once were - either someone took the entire stock or they pulled them back from the shelves. guess it might be the promo set after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadorsMusings Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Looks like those Joker polybags may indeed be part of a promotion at Toys R Us. This is from the TRU flyer in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapotato Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Interesting. I wonder if they'll have more. There were a bunch at my TRU a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Did you guys miss this? Not sure what the 8/9 column means, but yes these are on schedule if they are appearing. As reported though, many TRUs never bother to wait for the promo and put the polybags out early. Edited August 10, 2015 by gregpj *edit.. oops.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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