Ed Mack Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Just an interesting article on making money from selling used LEGO bricks. Funny, I never really heard of the company. Quote
jeff_14 Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 That's dedication. I'd be curious to know how profitable it has been for him so far. I mean, the man has staff!!! Quote
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Interesting article for sure. Man, I don't know if I could wash and store lego pieces full time though. I do like buying sets and cleaning them up and reselling, but individual pieces is rough. Quote
Celes Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 I remember seeing that article, it was here before: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20130530-50005.html. Good article, it actually encouraged me to sell used Lego sets. Quote
kerrmando Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Funny, I'd never heard of him either 0.o That's cool though! Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Funny, I'd never heard of him either 0.o That's cool though!Really??? You have never heard of brick arms??? Quote
Ed Mack Posted September 30, 2013 Author Posted September 30, 2013 Really??? You have never heard of brick arms??? Brick Arms was the second business mentioned. I know of them, but I never heard of the person the main part of the article was written about...Bricksy.com. Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 I thought be was talking about Will from BrickArms........I'm a little slow my bad ker! Quote
kerrmando Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Hah I love Brickarms! Just hadn't heard of Bricksy! you're good! Quote
@rtisan Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 He`s right at the heart of the operation as well, given that the Bricklink store is said to be based in Germany. Must be an easier market to obtain pieces out there I`d assume? Still though, that`s a lot of work and dedication to organize something on such a massive scale. Kudos are in order. Quote
justafrog Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Very cool, thanks for sharing the article. I'm taking baby steps to try to be just like him when my Lego business grows up! Quote
comicblast Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Interesting. What he does is pretty different from what the bulk of BrickPicker members do - instead of buying MISB sets, he buys USED bricks, then cleans and sells. I'm not sure how big a market there is for used bricks, but I can't imagine it being quite as large as the market for sealed/new sets. Quote
segreto Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Awesome goal for retirement. 50 employees! Sheesh. Part-time or not, that's a lot of manpower sorting bricks. Quote
seapotato Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Interesting article. Wish I could do this full time! Quote
Guest brickcrazyhouse Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 I wonder if they'e hiring? Quote
CelesAurivern Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 He`s right at the heart of the operation as well, given that the Bricklink store is said to be based in Germany. Must be an easier market to obtain pieces out there I`d assume? A fair number of major Bricklink based powers operate out of the Fatherland. Looking at the volume of stock they hold, the VAT they pay might be more that the average man's annual income. Quote
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