77942 - Fiat 500 (Baby Blue)

[nolan808]

7 hours ago, Brystheguy said:

Five beauties from Zavvi. I've actually had really good luck with them. I got five ocean explorer ships yesterday in the same shape.

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Zavvi are a joke. They can deliver mint items to someone in the us but deliver absolute crap to the UK. Also this set is a real dud in the UK, why I did buy some :(. Time to return. 

Edited September 10, 2021 by nolan808

[joneyyy1981]

5 minutes ago, nolan808 said:

Zavvi are a joke. They can deliver mint items to someone in the us but deliver absolute crap to the UK. Also this set is a real dud in the UK, why I did buy some :(. Time to return. 

a dud? its not even sold out yet lol

[nolan808]

18 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

a dud? its not even sold out yet lol

It might not be sold out but there just seems to be not much interest in the UK at all. Zavvi sold out mainly due to the international shipping and that took a while but now pre order is back up only to the uk and who knows how many they will ship.

Auction prices on eBay have gone under 60 to the UK already. Imo that isn't a good sign. The interest will be the key but I just don't think there's enough people in the UK who want a blue version of the fiat. 

Limited edition pulled me in and I should of known better. Zavvi slaps limited all over the item initially and have now suddenly took it off lol.

It was worth a punt as if let's say zavvi cancelled all international shipping this would of been a clear winner for us in the UK. But as things stand now the only people to win investing wise with this will be people outside the UK selling to there own country, anyone in the UK will have a hard time.  

Edited September 10, 2021 by nolan808

[joneyyy1981]

32 minutes ago, nolan808 said:

 

Auction prices on eBay have gone under 60 to the UK already. Imo that isn't a good sign. The interest will be the key but I just don't think there's enough people in the UK who want a blue version of the fiat. 

 

its also hitting £100 & even £150. patience

[maestro]

On 9/1/2021 at 1:57 AM, Pseudoty said:

It is a UK regional exclusive for now?

“This is a very limited run pilot, and the sets will only be available until 30 November 2021!”

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/fiat-500-77942

Anyway I can buy this in Ireland? Yellow one only for me it appears

[HandyHand]

3 hours ago, joneyyy1981 said:

its also hitting £100 & even £150. patience

In The Netherlands on Marktplaats people are already offering up to €130 for it. I didn't buy any from Zavvi. Underestimated the demand for it after it would stop being available from Zavvi.  

[maestro]

On 9/10/2021 at 11:27 AM, maestro said:

Anyway I can buy this in Ireland? Yellow one only for me it appears

My mistake, Zavvi says it delivers to Ireland and have ordered the blue one. Hmm should I order more of these?

[nolan808]

35 minutes ago, maestro said:

My mistake, Zavvi says it delivers to Ireland and have ordered the blue one. Hmm should I order more of these?

No

[maestro]

53 minutes ago, nolan808 said:

No

Why not? 🙂

[weemsc54]

On 9/9/2021 at 7:17 PM, weemsc54 said:

Bonsai Tree. A shame it wasn’t baby blue. 
 

 

2 weeks later and I'm still dealing with Zavvi on a simple return/refund on their shipping error. What a bizarre customer service model. 

Despite everything I read, gave them a shot...

 

[exciter1]

1 hour ago, weemsc54 said:

2 weeks later and I'm still dealing with Zavvi on a simple return/refund on their shipping error. What a bizarre customer service model. 

Despite everything I read, gave them a shot...

 

They instantly refunded my for the Age Spot Cream they sent me.

[weemsc54]

3 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

They instantly refunded my for the Age Spot Cream they sent me.

Well, that just makes entirely too much sense.

I'm going through a convoluted process to return the incorrect set...with postage currently sitting at over 6x the RRP of the error. 

[exciter1]

Just now, weemsc54 said:

Well, that just makes entirely too much sense.

I'm going through a convoluted process to return the incorrect set...with postage currently sitting at over 6x the RRP of the error. 

Yeah, that doesn't make sense, but you'll probably have limited success of convincing them as such.

[Hardwired]

When mine arrived it was in pristine condition, no probs.  I have never had anything but excellent deliveries from Zavvi, so maybe I am in that weird alternate universe thing again.  

[lodibricks]

30 minutes ago, weemsc54 said:

Well, that just makes entirely too much sense.

I'm going through a convoluted process to return the incorrect set...with postage currently sitting at over 6x the RRP of the error. 

That sucks. Would they offer to let you buy/keep the wrong set at a discount and refund the difference? Probably would be better than any amount of international return shipping.

[weemsc54]

27 minutes ago, lodibricks said:

That sucks. Would they offer to let you buy/keep the wrong set at a discount and refund the difference? Probably would be better than any amount of international return shipping.

Ha...I've made a variety of suggestions and the canned responses have been to mail back the set and await a refund. However their process for doing so continues to evolve. 

I'd keep the Bonsai Tree for free, which makes the most sense to me considering the cost of postage (first to the UK, now Poland) on a $50 set. I'm not too keen on paying for their mistake, even at a discounted rate, for a set I don't need or want. 

 

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by weemsc54

[StLBrian]

2 hours ago, weemsc54 said:

Well, that just makes entirely too much sense.

I'm going through a convoluted process to return the incorrect set...with postage currently sitting at over 6x the RRP of the error. 

Good luck. My Fiat arrived smashed due to the fold-over packaging they used. I sent them an e-mail with a .pdf attachment of around eight photos of damage to the packaging and Lego box. I explained that the box has value, especially for a limited edition set, and gave them an option: Send me a new one in an actual box or refund me 20% of the purchase price (what I think is a fair reduction in value given the extend of box damage). They issued the partial refund the next day. 

[Phil B]

How many of these to a case? 3, or 2? Not that Zavvi would care, but I’d like to know.

[Pseudoty]

16 minutes ago, Phil B said:

How many of these to a case? 3, or 2? Not that Zavvi would care, but I’d like to know.

Not sure but I ordered 6, least common denominator, and did not get a lego factory box.

[nolan808]

Still waiting for a refund for damaged fiat boxes. Zavvi are giving me the run around. Tracking shows delivered back to them but they can't find them in there warehouse. Won't be ordering from this company again. 

[Undercover Boss]

The Wife prohibited me from buying from them because it took almost three months to get a refund for the damaged (wet boxes) set.  Hope it your case gets resolved quicker.

[Bricklectic]

29 minutes ago, nolan808 said:

Still waiting for a refund for damaged fiat boxes. Zavvi are giving me the run around. Tracking shows delivered back to them but they can't find them in there warehouse. Won't be ordering from this company again. 

my 67th message to them did the trick. dont give up its a game of endurance

[nolan808]

1 hour ago, Bricklectic said:

my 67th message to them did the trick. dont give up its a game of endurance

Only on my 10th. Guess I'm in for the long haul lol. 

[Justy6969]

I spent 3 weeks trying to obtain the Ironman Hall of Armour that was on offer in September. Supposedly in stock. Placed order, and it didnt ship for 2 weeks. Spoke to CC on Twitter etc, they were as helpful as a bag of hedgehogs. Eventually they admitted it was a pre-order and they didnt have the stock. After a good initial service from them, I wont be using again.

[maestro]

So got delivery of 1 Fiat Blue from Zavvi. Box is perfect. It was in a big box with plenty of air packets.