Australian General LEGO Update

[Alucard1982]

Should we take a stab of what the next freebie will be from LEGO Shop at Home? I'm still optimistic that the London Bus will be coming

[Furious_george]

Hope so. I got the police car thing yesterday. Pretty duff.

[Alucard1982]

40 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Hope so. I got the police car thing yesterday. Pretty duff.

I have had about 8 of them arrive. I've given them away either to the Post Office lady's christmas toy drive or in eBay parcels that i send out.

[Out of the Dark Years]

Lego have had some pretty bad promos this year.

When the new set of the month comes out you kinda expect a nice promo related to it like they used to.

Had the Disney Castle come out with an exclusive disney figure and the VW Beetle with a VW beetle mini build or london bus I would have bought both in a heartbeat.

[brendongl]

Hey Guys.
Any tips for stacking lego boxes?
I'm trying to minimise space used and stack vertically, but the bottom boxes eventually end up squishing and i have to move everything around again! Obviously the heavy sets are at the bottom and i try to stack only the same size dimension boxes ontop of each other. But since i am leaving on a long holiday and planning to leave these boxes at my parents place, over time i think it will happen again...so if anyone has any tips that would be fantastic.

Also...still have around $600 Myer gift cards and $400 woolworths gift cards...i need to find something to flip quick. I dont mind even getting it just back in dollar value at this point, since im leaving in 2 months.

 

[Furious_george]

23 minutes ago, brendongl said:

Hey Guys.
Any tips for stacking lego boxes?
I'm trying to minimise space used and stack vertically, but the bottom boxes eventually end up squishing and i have to move everything around again! Obviously the heavy sets are at the bottom and i try to stack only the same size dimension boxes ontop of each other. But since i am leaving on a long holiday and planning to leave these boxes at my parents place, over time i think it will happen again...so if anyone has any tips that would be fantastic.

Also...still have around $600 Myer gift cards and $400 woolworths gift cards...i need to find something to flip quick. I dont mind even getting it just back in dollar value at this point, since im leaving in 2 months.

 

I find if you can lay them flat that helps.

I read somewhere here that Myer may have something next month or just  sell the cards themselves?

[Ted]

you got the stack the boxes vertically without gaps otherwise the contents inside the boxes might cause the box to bulge at the side. There is a forum topic about storing sets. you should go have a read. vertically and if you stack them on top of each other will be 90 degree to the bottom stack...hope you understand what i mean.

[Alucard1982]

3 hours ago, brendongl said:

Hey Guys.
Any tips for stacking lego boxes?
I'm trying to minimise space used and stack vertically, but the bottom boxes eventually end up squishing and i have to move everything around again! Obviously the heavy sets are at the bottom and i try to stack only the same size dimension boxes ontop of each other. But since i am leaving on a long holiday and planning to leave these boxes at my parents place, over time i think it will happen again...so if anyone has any tips that would be fantastic.

Also...still have around $600 Myer gift cards and $400 woolworths gift cards...i need to find something to flip quick. I dont mind even getting it just back in dollar value at this point, since im leaving in 2 months.

 

 

3 hours ago, Furious_george said:

I find if you can lay them flat that helps.

I read somewhere here that Myer may have something next month or just  sell the cards themselves?

 

2 hours ago, Ted said:

you got the stack the boxes vertically without gaps otherwise the contents inside the boxes might cause the box to bulge at the side. There is a forum topic about storing sets. you should go have a read. vertically and if you stack them on top of each other will be 90 degree to the bottom stack...hope you understand what i mean.

Invest in shelving, do not stack boxes!!!!!!

[Furious_george]

Well , there you go.

[Alucard1982]

I'll throw up a pic of my set up when I get a chance.

[Ted]

And yes...invest in shelving. Any shelving with cardboards is better than stacking....unless your sets are in it original shipping brown boxes but even so...can't stack too high without risk.

[ED-209]

10 hours ago, Alucard1982 said:

I have had about 8 of them arrive. I've given them away either to the Post Office lady's christmas toy drive or in eBay parcels that i send out.

You can always bricklink part out

[Furious_george]

Can anyone tell me how backorders are charged to your credit card? I mean , does it take the money straight out or does take it when shipped or non of them? 

[Furious_george]

Oh yeh and I'd like to slag off "the hut" a bit more. Cancelled order, no apology, no compensation (asked) and after almosrt a week since cancelation , no refund. If customer service even respond to your queries ,they are rude ,abrupt and don't really answer anything.

 

Stay away from the hut.

[Alucard1982]

12 hours ago, ED-209 said:

You can always bricklink part out

Honestly I don't have the time nor the patience to part sets out (other than Minifigures). I'm in need of Karma points

 

15 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Can anyone tell me how backorders are charged to your credit card? I mean , does it take the money straight out or does take it when shipped or non of them? 

Are you talking about LEGO or the Hut? LEGO will preauthorise your card as soon as you hit the order button. IF the order is out of stock, the funds should bounce back onto your card about 10 days after the order. You'll know when they are about to go back to the warehouse as the funds will be taken again before the status changes on the order list.

[ausleigh]

17 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Can anyone tell me how backorders are charged to your credit card? I mean , does it take the money straight out or does take it when shipped or non of them? 

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I was too slow and out replied with better information

Edited August 21, 2016 by ausleigh

[Alucard1982]

3 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Oh yeh and I'd like to slag off "the hut" a bit more. Cancelled order, no apology, no compensation (asked) and after almosrt a week since cancelation , no refund. If customer service even respond to your queries ,they are rude ,abrupt and don't really answer anything.

 

Stay away from the hut.

I can't say that I'll be using them again, I'm looking at moving in the next month. So i'll just create a phony account and reset my limits

1 minute ago, ausleigh said:

Your card is not charged until it ships, though I am not sure if they put a hold on the card for the amount (to ensure it can be charged when shipping). But definitely not charged.

LEGO do, they'll preauthorise (reserve the funds). Its shows in the discrepancy between Available Funds and Current Funds etc.

[Furious_george]

36 minutes ago, Alucard1982 said:

Honestly I don't have the time nor the patience to part sets out (other than Minifigures). I'm in need of Karma points

 

Are you talking about LEGO or the Hut? LEGO will preauthorise your card as soon as you hit the order button. IF the order is out of stock, the funds should bounce back onto your card about 10 days after the order. You'll know when they are about to go back to the warehouse as the funds will be taken again before the status changes on the order list.

Yes LEGO sorry. Should have said that. Ok cheers, good to know.

[Furious_george]

Any idea what September freeby is? One calendar I found says it's a nexo knight dude.

Bloody hope not. 

[whoisbiggles]

Any idea what September freeby is? One calendar I found says it's a nexo knight dude.

Bloody hope not. 

If that was the lava knight villain spider thing. Then I was equally unimpressed. Still hoping for the London bus

[Furious_george]

Yeh want that bus. Or 3.

[whoisbiggles]

Received an email from "The Hut", offering this years Star Wars advent calendar 75146 for £24.99 (and they'll crush the box for free?)

[Furious_george]

Cant crush what they never send.

[jomandybri]

eBay has a 15% sale off all Click and Collect items. Grabbed 2 UCS TIEs from Target for $237ea shipped. Not too shabby!

[Ted]

Just saw that the Sept LEGO Shop at Home free gift offer is the Kai dragon. A bit underwhelming again, better than last month's offer. Where is that London Bus? Disappeared or just not going to be offered in Australia?