Buying in Bulk Tips/Advice/Thoughts?

RogerWilco · 2013-06-11T16:30:17.000Z

Hey all, I'm not sure if this is the proper place to post this, and my apologies if this has been covered before. As stated before, I am recently back from the dark ages. I have 3 young kids (2-5) and I'm looking for some bulk stuff to let them (and myself :) ) use their imagination for builds without having to break up/mix up sets. I'm looking at some local CL type of stuff, but I really don't have much of an idea of what to look for or how to determine what is a good deal and what isn't. For example, there is a listing locally here for ~12 grocery bags of Lego. Seller says it is made up of City and Town stuff (specifically stated there is no Star Wars). They are asking for $30 a bag. They have the attached picture, as a reference of the goods. What is a reasonable price for this type of thing? I know there isn't a ton of info to go off of here, but any advice input would be greatly appreciated. Also, if there is just some general advice on buying in bulk, in general, that would be awesome. Specifically things like: What to look at? What to ask? General rules of thumb for buying in bulk? Tip and Tricks? etc.. Thanks!