Investing in the UK

[CNH1974]

Oh, you're profile says US, and you mentioned buying Gandalf for $9.94

[MrGold]

Tesco direct, didn't know my profile says US. I'v seen quite a lot of threads that use dollars so I just provide my info in dollars, I don't mind doing the conversions :)

[CNH1974]

I have not tried tesco direct as I do not know if they bash the boxes. I think your profile defaults to USA unless you go in and change it. If you quote dollars people assume you are buying in the USA a market that on average has 30% buying and selling prices. So buying *** for $10 is not a good deal from a US point of view as it only about 25% off, but to a UK person it's 50% off which is very good. There are quite a few EU people on this site all talking

[MrGold]

Ah ok, will stick to

[MrGold]

I went into Tesco's and looked through each Gandalf box and only liked the look of 3 of them for the box condition, be careful!

[CNH1974]

Well, I am hoping it goes up I have on,y been doing this since last November. But following various sets on eBay and there seems to be a good after market. You can buy quite a few sets for what they go for on eBay or less in some cases. And when they go EOL the on,y way is up... Well that's the theory.

[MrGold]

What do you think about series 10 mini fig collection? I have 3 Medusa, 1 Tommahawk and 1 Grandpa (I'm pretty sure it's grandpa) I know the Medusa's are what I think they are. Should I open Grandpa and have a look? Also i'v had a look around and in my local tesco there still tons of mini fig series 10 left nearly 4 cases, this could be a sign that people only care about mr gold and are neglecting the other figures, which may mean a few

[CNH1974]

I started buying these at series 4. But after series 9 I thought I had too many so I have not bought any. I bought them for display, as I had not heard of lego investing back. I don't think you can make any meaningful money out of these, apart from the mr gold of course.

[MrGold]

Ok, thanks for all your replies! I plan on keeping mine and seeing what happens, will they retain any value once opened?

[CNH1974]

Not sure. But they should not lose value. Although I am having trouble shifting these... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290916246346?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649#ht_770wt_1141 Relisting for the 3rd time! One of the reasons why I have decided to stop, too many duplicates and I am not a good smoosher. And I can buy 30210 & 30211 LOTR poly bags for