Retiring Soon - open speculation

[$20 on joe vs dan]

Anyone thinking 42096 (Porsche 911 RSR) is getting real scarce?

[exracer327]

10 hours ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Anyone thinking 42096 (Porsche 911 RSR) is getting real scarce?

Several sources with it still below RRP incl: Target, Amazon, and Zavvi.

[Bricklectic]

Does anyone know of any credible rumors or speculation as to ISS eol

[gmpirate]

17 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Does anyone know of any credible rumors or speculation as to ISS eol

It has almost been out a year.

[Bricklectic]

27 minutes ago, gmpirate said:

It has almost been out a year.

yes but pre saturn/SIB ideas usually doesnt last more then 2 years I think if Im not mistaken so this should be on the watchlist for YE 2021?

[gmpirate]

2 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

yes but pre saturn/SIB ideas usually doesnt last more then 2 years I think if Im not mistaken so this should be on the watchlist for YE 2021?

yes

[joneyyy1981]

6 hours ago, gmpirate said:

yes

So in theory the chopping block should be....

fossils

treehouse

friends CP

ISS

Or they could just re retire Saturn v & pop up book 😂

[gmpirate]

12 hours ago, joneyyy1981 said:

So in theory the chopping block should be....

fossils

treehouse

friends CP

ISS

Or they could just re retire Saturn v & pop up book 😂

In general it's a two year run.  No guarantee obviously nowadays, but it you are targeting something then plan accordingly.

[Bricklectic]

Might be a fluke but quidditch is showing sold out for delivery for me.

[cladner]

3 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Might be a fluke but quidditch is showing sold out for delivery for me.

retired in europe so its not a fluke.

[Bricklectic]

for sure, thanks. I wasnt so clear

I just meant that sometimes on Target Ive seen it say "not avail for shipping" and then an hour later its back to available.

Hopefully this is the last hurrah from Target, Im pretty deep in this set.

Edited January 26, 2021 by Bricklectic

[$20 on joe vs dan]

16 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

for sure, thanks. I wasnt so clear

I just meant that sometimes on Target Ive seen it say "not avail for shipping" and then an hour later its back to available.

Hopefully this is the last hurrah from Target, Im pretty deep in this set.

I see these going for solid $60 on ebay...that should be the floor once the retirement sticks...not bad if folks got in at $20.

[Brad W]

On 1/25/2021 at 1:14 PM, exracer327 said:

Several sources with it still below RRP incl: Target, Amazon, and Zavvi.

Zavvi has it at RRP. Target and Amazon are only $2.00 below RRP. Joe, are you saying that you think this might be going soon? 

[Sozial]

On 1/26/2021 at 10:53 PM, cladner said:

retired in europe so its not a fluke.

that thingy will be a nice money maker

[Bricklectic]

Been like this for a full day now. Cautiously optimistic that its gone at this point from Target.

Had a guy thats been selling it to me for 26$. Couldn't figure out how he was selling so cheap.

First thought it was counterfeit then thought he was reopening and resealing.

Turned out he was buying from target and then price matching to Gamestop at 14$ or so.

Seems like Gamestop has helped many make money of late...

[SLL]

37 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Been like this for a full day now. Cautiously optimistic that its gone at this point from Target.

Had a guy thats been selling it to me for 26$. Couldn't figure out how he was selling so cheap.

First thought it was counterfeit then thought he was reopening and resealing.

Turned out he was buying from target and then price matching to Gamestop at 14$ or so.

Seems like Gamestop has helped many make money of late...

Target PM policy doesn't PM the oos item, so he must be lucky came across a don't care employee ...

 

[Bricklectic]

19 minutes ago, SLL said:

Target PM policy doesn't PM the oos item, so he must be lucky came across a don't care employee ...

 

The astounding thing is that he sold me 150+ 

I can't fathom how long it took him to pull that off.

[Darth_Raichu]

38 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

The astounding thing is that he sold me 150+ 

I can't fathom how long it took him to pull that off.

At 150+ he must know someone in the inside.  (C'mon Man!)

The stores also limit the number of PM per customer per day

[Bricklectic]

3 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

At 150+ he must know someone in the inside.  (C'mon Man!)

The stores also limit the number of PM per customer per day

Not so sure because

1) he offered to show me order #'s

2) he had the shipping boxes with the order #'s on them for Target.

He said he does not work and can spend all day with it. HUCA does work but yes it is astonishing the scale he pulled off.

If it were inside job i dont think employer discount could make sense. 

And he wasnt able to get me any other set, only this one.

[exracer327]

On 1/27/2021 at 6:55 PM, Bricklectic said:

Not so sure because

1) he offered to show me order #'s

2) he had the shipping boxes with the order #'s on them for Target.

He said he does not work and can spend all day with it. HUCA does work but yes it is astonishing the scale he pulled off.

If it were inside job i dont think employer discount could make sense. 

And he wasnt able to get me any other set, only this one.

Just reading through this and I admit, this is puzzling how he was able to do it.  There is no way "an employee" at Target allowed the same person to do this over-and-over unless that "inside person" is in on it and they're splitting profits (as @Darth_Raichu said).

The other thought I had was he is creating counterfeit shipping labels and receipts and the items are actually stolen.  Like he grabbed an entire palate of this one set.  Why else would he only be able to do it with the one set?

And if you've bought 150 from him, who else has been buying from him?  How many does he have on hand?

You know the age-old adage; "If it is too good to be true, it most likely is."  I hope everything goes well with you.

[Bricklectic]

11 minutes ago, exracer327 said:

Just reading through this and I admit, this is puzzling how he was able to do it.  There is no way "an employee" at Target allowed the same person to do this over-and-over unless that "inside person" is in on it and they're splitting profits (as @Darth_Raichu said).

The other thought I had was he is creating counterfeit shipping labels and receipts and the items are actually stolen.  Like he grabbed an entire palate of this one set.  Why else would he only be able to do it with the one set?

And if you've bought 150 from him, who else has been buying from him?  How many does he have on hand?

You know the age-old adage; "If it is too good to be true, it most likely is."  I hope everything goes well with you.

He got them in over time like over a month. 40-50 at a time. And he tons of target boxes so it looked legit. even though it sounds crazy my best guess is he ordered 1 at a time and PM'd them over a long time, doing 10 a day gets you 50 a week. Not so crazy for someone without a job. I bought all that he had available. He also had a few beauxbatons carriages. 

I sacrificed one to open. Looks legit inside. Not sure what else could make sense.

[Darth_Raichu]

2 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

He got them in over time like over a month. 40-50 at a time. And he tons of target boxes so it looked legit. even though it sounds crazy my best guess is he ordered 1 at a time and PM'd them over a long time, doing 10 a day gets you 50 a week. Not so crazy for someone without a job. I bought all that he had available. He also had a few beauxbatons carriages. 

I sacrificed one to open. Looks legit inside. Not sure what else could make sense.

PM-ing 50 items a week should put him in some kind of naughty / banned list at Target.  Either he has inside help or he used to work there and figured out how to do it without getting banned

[dragonmist64]

On 1/27/2021 at 5:04 PM, Bricklectic said:

Been like this for a full day now. Cautiously optimistic that its gone at this point from Target.

Had a guy thats been selling it to me for 26$. Couldn't figure out how he was selling so cheap.

First thought it was counterfeit then thought he was reopening and resealing.

Turned out he was buying from target and then price matching to Gamestop at 14$ or so.

Seems like Gamestop has helped many make money of late...

I believe I know the guy you are buying from. I have also bought from him and the products seem to be authentic. I bought a bunch of Hogwarts Express, Quidditch, and Carriage from him. He said he can only get a few HP sets, which does line up with the Target/Gamestop PM story. I also saw the amount of target boxes on his curb. How he is doing this without getting banned is another question...

[MotorCityMuscle]

Is the big millennium Falcon 75192 showing up on any retiring lists this year? Think I saw something in ************** but that was it. 

Edited January 30, 2021 by MotorCityMuscle

[freakchem]

On 1/30/2021 at 2:33 PM, MotorCityMuscle said:

Is the big millennium Falcon 75192 showing up on any retiring lists this year? Think I saw something in ************** but that was it. 

what is the website you are mentioning? I only see **************