Ideas #014: 21307 - Caterham Seven 620R

[andyposterfan]

Don't be confident. John Lewis don't reduce things unless it's to match someone else / another major retailer.

so if no one major is selling it for less then don't expect any genrosity from them.

i wouldnt recommend buying from them anyway, their packaging is appealing and store stock is usually beaten up

[Val-E]

9 minutes ago, andyposterfan said:

 

i wouldnt recommend buying from them anyway, their packaging is appealing and store stock is usually beaten up

[cladner]

still selling below msrp on amazon.  what a turd.

 

 

[Voltron]

20 minutes ago, cladner said:

still selling below msrp on amazon.  what a turd.

 

 

This was one set which was bound to do better in UK than US due to the car being more well known here. Whilst it isnt performing amazing, RRP was £80, discounted to £55 in the boxing day sale 2 years ago (£55) now selling on ebay for minimum of £115.

[Frank Brickowski]

8 minutes ago, Voltron86 said:

This was one set which was bound to do better in UK than US due to the car being more well known here. Whilst it isnt performing amazing, RRP was £80, discounted to £55 in the boxing day sale 2 years ago (£55) now selling on ebay for minimum of £115.

So that means MSRP +44% two years after EOL. Doesn't sound that good for UK either.

Edited December 23, 2019 by Frank Brickowski

[Val-E]

1 hour ago, Frank Brickowski said:

So that means MSRP +44% two years after EOL. Doesn't sound that good for UK either.

I´ll take that any day over Adventure Time and predict Voltron won´t get neat that appreciation in the same time frame. Yellow Sub was the one to go for that year.

[Phil B]

3 hours ago, cladner said:

still selling below msrp on amazon.  what a turd.

 

 

It was $100 before the great Christmas Seller Rush of 2019 which dropped prices on a lot of listings. It'll climb back up to ~$100 soon. Still not a brilliant return by any stretch of the imagination. I might part mine out instead of selling them.

[ZULU]

5 hours ago, Val-E said:

I´ll take that any day over Adventure Time and predict Voltron won´t get neat that appreciation in the same time frame. Yellow Sub was the one to go for that year.

This year's ideas Retired sets are a really tough bunch to chose from...

[marcandre]

6 hours ago, Val-E said:

Yellow Sub was the one to go for that year.

Even that has been moving slow. Price is ok but a glut of sellers. I had hoped for $150 by now. 

[brickology101]

40 minutes ago, marcandre said:

Even that has been moving slow. Price is ok but a glut of sellers. I had hoped for $150 by now. 

Glad I am done with selling that turd. 

[Captain_chaos]

2 hours ago, ZULU said:

This year's ideas Retired sets are a really tough bunch to chose from...

Ship in a Bottle seems to be doing alright. Up to £90 here already (RRP £70) on eBay despite being available for 30% off in the Black Friday sale. Three of those and a Christmas tree promo (plus double VIP) were £146.97, and they didn't seem to sell out that quickly.

[elmaslıefendi]

5 hours ago, Captain_chaos said:

Ship in a Bottle seems to be doing alright. Up to £90 here already (RRP £70) on eBay despite being available for 30% off in the Black Friday sale. Three of those and a Christmas tree promo (plus double VIP) were £146.97, and they didn't seem to sell out that quickly.

I'm really deep on 21313. Seems to do well in the US & UK, but here it's still about 15% of RRP on eBay... I really hope it picks up...

[Secret Squirrel]

11 hours ago, marcandre said:

Even that has been moving slow. Price is ok but a glut of sellers. I had hoped for $150 by now. 

Agree, it didn't rise to expectations. Prices stabilised at £60 in the UK. Not a great ROI after fees + postage etc.