Australian General LEGO Update

[jomandybri]

I have a confession to make; I've been slowly cashing out of the game. This was always a short-term exercise for me to help boost my prospects of paying for a wedding & house deposit whilst at uni and that time is almost here.

I only have 1 or 2 left of most things, except for 75099 Rey's Speeders. I was (perhaps stupidly) trying to sell them per box instead of individually and have now run out of steam to sell them. I have 30 of them in total. I don't know if anyone is interested in grabbing them in bulk off me at my buy-in price? Thought this would be the place to ask at least It would be $500 posted for the lot within Aus. Some easy cash to make in them I reckon, I wish I could hold onto them longer but time is no longer on my side.

[Alucard1982]

Good price, I’ll do some research and let you know.

[Furious_george]

If there’s one theme that won’t move on eBay ( for me ) , it’s StarWars. 

[whoisbiggles]

Something interesting coming to Myer:

https://market.myer.com.au/promo/become-a-seller

[Alucard1982]

eBay are floundering since Amazon’s arrival, I wonder why Myer, a company that couldn’t sort out stock issues on their website, would try and challenge them

[Furious_george]

Quick look and it seems you need an ABN to sell on there.

[Alucard1982]

I personally think eBay will go down the ABN path soon, they’re pushing out Mum and dad sellers for big chains

We might even see Myer pull out of rnau

[Furious_george]

Can’t see it myself. Too much money to be made off randoms selling their junk , with hardly any effort from eBay themselves. 

[whoisbiggles]

On 8/27/2018 at 7:54 PM, Alucard1982 said:

I personally think eBay will go down the ABN path soon, they’re pushing out Mum and dad sellers for big chains

I think we have stay aware of changes by eBay. 

I'm keeping an eye out on the "authorised lego reseller" badge. This doesn't appear to be a search filter yet.

eBay plus is now a search filter, so if you don't met that criteria, and noob buyer selects the filter...

 

[whoisbiggles]

Here you go - if you don't have the "authorised Lego reseller" badge, your buyers can't use this code:

"To get your 10% discount enter the code LOVEIT at checkout.

The sale runs until Sunday September 2nd. The only exclusion likely to be relevant is that Target is not included.

View the LEGO eBay store here."

[Furious_george]

That code is also targeted. I know I didn’t get it but that’s no surprise.

[whoisbiggles]

I didn’t get the code either, I believe it is an offer to eBay plus members.

[Furious_george]

Found a full box of Harry figs at Woolies. Had a smoosh , realised I didn’t have any idea what I was looking for and gave up. 

On another note,  LEGO Shop at Home times to wa back to 9 days for my last order. 

Edited August 30, 2018 by Furious_george

[Alucard1982]

I’m a plus member, didn’t get it either.

[Alucard1982]

Compared to amazon prime, eBay plus is a pale comparison. Only signed up for the free google mini lok

[Amac]

Just noticed on LEGO Shop at Home.au the UCS Snowspeeder 75144 is marked as "retiring soon." It only came out just over 12 months ago (May17).  So if you want one maybe sooner rather than later?

[whoisbiggles]

After reading a number of FaceBook posts this morning about changes to the Lego.com.au website.

Overall this is pretty good - the free shipping on orders over $149 isn't working properly at the moment. But that shipping time of 3 - 5 days will be great for exclusives, assuming they have enough stock.

They had a few polybags listed for sale  - which i'll have to keep an eye on.

 

[Furious_george]

Even under $149 , postage is only $12 now. Also express is $30.

Nice!

Didnt see shipping times of 3 days  but did see items will be shipped within 3 days (of purchase). 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Furious_george

[Alucard1982]

Which polys

[Furious_george]

16 minutes ago, Alucard1982 said:

Which polys

Yeh , I see none.

[whoisbiggles]

There was the new Milano poly, a crappy Ninjago car, a friends flower pot thing, and an xtra bike pack. There not easy to find

[Furious_george]

I see them , but they don’t seem to be on sale? 

On another note , the LEGO Shop at Home site is glitching (amazing I know). Had free shipping , added a polybag and shipping went to $40.

[Alucard1982]

Has anyone had any luck sending an order to a hotel? Heading to the states next month and would love to have a few orders dropped off at my hotel/air bnb. What do you reckon are the chances?

[ED-209]

4 minutes ago, Alucard1982 said:

Has anyone had any luck sending an order to a hotel? Heading to the states next month and would love to have a few orders dropped off at my hotel/air bnb. What do you reckon are the chances?

If you've got a valid address I don't see why not. But you'd want to be there when it arrives or give the concierge a heads up.

[Alucard1982]

I was hoping to send a couple prior to my arrival. I have a couple of mates over there but I think it would be too troublesome to meet up with them for pick up with our tight schedule.

Planning on swinging by LEGOLAND in Florida as well, see how I go