Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) Quote I'll read the Nightmare Before Christmas story this year, kids. Twas the night before Clearance And all through the aisle Steamrollers were packed Into my cart like a pile Exo Suits were hung In the storage with care Knowing that in a decade They still will be there Sergeant Jyn Erso was nestled Deep under my bed With terrible proportions And a face that looks dead Wonder woman in her armor And cheetah in her cap The lasso of truth will tell you That this set is pure crap When out on my doorstep A noise shook me awake ShopJustice still delivering Olaf Flat as a pancake Faster shipping than FedEx The turds as they came I cried and I pouted As I called them by name "Now, Dots! now, Mario! Now Lego Movie 1 and 2! On, Raiders! on, Mighty Dinos! On, Takodana and constractables too! To the depths of the dumpster! Stacked 50 feet tall Now throw away! throw away! throw away all!" Each year I make efforts To donate a bit more But Toys for tots sends a bill For returning them to my door Since I can't give them away I'll dig a big pit It's the final solution To get rid of this sh!t I shook as I laughed At the thought of relieving this pain It was nearly 3am So I looked quite insane As I poured the kerosene I cheered with delight "I'll light you on fire, So you're out of my sight" Edited December 7, 2022 by brickvoyeur 15 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGallows Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Sold another R5, £280 cash buy in was £100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickelements Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 So I just finished running the numbers off of the Bay/paypal. This is for all of 2015: 100 Total sales gross proceeds of 16,518.xx fees include shipping, packaging materials, gas for transportation when allowed by the IRS, ebay fees, paypal fees...does not include time spent (3588.xx) Cost of product (7053.xx) Net profit 5703.xx....80+% return on original investment (I have not calculated the CAGR yet) I am still a small fry. This is the first time I crossed 100 sales in a year. This season included selling out of deloreans, republic gunships, selling a few 9398 acquire from the UK, and some duds I was happy to escape with some profit like Orc Forge and Apple tree house (very thin margins on those). Some sets were held for 3+ years others a much shorter time. Fun time but I was little disappointed in the returns. Last year I grossed about half of that but my ROI was nearly 100%. Don't read too much into it....A lot was set selection. Some of my combined listing got eaten up with shipping costs. (I am based in the Midwest and I had a lot of west coast sales) I Rarely use calculated shipping but I am rethinking that strategy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Congrats! Drinks are on @brickelements tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickelements Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's a bowling night. Come on out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickelements Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 The post is in no way meant to brag because to some it is rather paltry....I have a day job and honestly this years returns have me questioning my methods and set selections. I need to improve/be more patient and learn. 5700 in profit...I put about triple that back into new inventory this year...getting ready for 2017/2018 selling seasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romoore245 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Only sold one set today. Friends Pet Salon 41007 $59. Not bad for a clearance item $11 buy in, $6 to ship. Shame it will take a year or longer to sell the other 14 at that price. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneknightr Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 21 minutes ago, brickelements said: The post is in no way meant to brag because to some it is rather paltry....I have a day job and honestly this years returns have me questioning my methods and set selections. I need to improve/be more patient and learn. 5700 in profit...I put about triple that back into new inventory this year...getting ready for 2017/2018 selling seasons. Not paltry at all! I have a problem with buying and not selling enough. I think I maybe sold less than 10 sets all of last year. Very small fry here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 My sales have fallen off a cliff the last two days. Nothing. From Dec 8th until two days ago I had sold at least 4 items a day. It feels so weird not packing boxes and fighting ebay's shipping system all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker92A6 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 20 minutes ago, MarxMarvelous said: My sales have fallen off a cliff the last two days. Nothing. From Dec 8th until two days ago I had sold at least 4 items a day. It feels so weird not packing boxes and fighting ebay's shipping system all night. Last Thursday/Friday I had a huge amount of sales, I'm talking at least 5 times my average day... Then Saturday/Sunday, not a single sale. It does make you scratch your head... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loghamel Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 WTH is up with the Halloween Bat? I've sold about a dozen since Jan 1st at $9.50 a pop. I sold 3 today, so I finally decided to raise my price as I would like to have a bunch for Halloween sales. I changed it to $14.50 and sold another within 2 minutes of hitting the revise key. I was kind of counting on these for meeting my Amazon minimums for holiday sales this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 15 minutes ago, Loghamel said: WTH is up with the Halloween Bat? I've sold about a dozen since Jan 1st at $9.50 a pop. I sold 3 today, so I finally decided to raise my price as I would like to have a bunch for Halloween sales. I changed it to $14.50 and sold another within 2 minutes of hitting the revise key. I was kind of counting on these for meeting my Amazon minimums for holiday sales this year. Even funnier is I'm still finding those bats in the wild for $3.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loghamel Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, Migration said: Even funnier is I'm still finding those bats in the wild for $3.99 Same here. I have over 200 of them, but I might start snatching them up on Thursdays when I see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Sold 2 red arm C3PO polybags on Amazon for $15 CDN each plus $7 shipping. Shipping will only cost $3 so I'm actually netting at a little over $15 on something I got for free by spending $25. I knew I should have got more. Not bad for 3 pieces of lego. Edited January 15, 2016 by jeff_14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 4 x batpod/Tumbler wheels $84. Ride the wave baby!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waddamon Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Finally selling my 2013 Christmas combos for 60 and 65 per pair. Get these gone. Sales slowed when I bumped them to 65. I may nudge lower and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 2 hours ago, justapilgrim said: 4 x batpod/Tumbler wheels $84. Ride the wave baby!!! eBay or Bricklink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Ebay, not many listings up if you have some 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dah_hunter Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) Just sold a couple on ebay: (Prices in CAD) F1 Racer (42000) $75.00 $134.00 Coruscant Police 75046 $42.00 $79.00 Hulk Buster Smash (76031) $31.00 $40.00 Phantom Rebels 75048 $26.00 $56.00 Edited January 16, 2016 by dah_hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Here's a few from the past couple days. All on the Bay. 4429 helicopter rescue x3 $75 ea 75013 Umbaran hmc x2 $50 ea 7937 train station $80 70505 temple of light $70 Mixels series 2 flexers set x2 $35 ea 21110 research institute $45 JL vs BL DVD x5 $5ea 6230 stormer xl $45 9464 hearse $45 3315 Olivia's house $100 Lloyd target cube minifig $15 6210 sail barge loose $95 60019 stunt plane x3 $30 9446 destiny bounty $200 Harry Potter lot of 7 loose incomplete sets $240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 20 minutes ago, dah_hunter said: Just sold a couple on ebay: (Prices in CAD) F1 Racer (42000) $75.00 $134.00 Coruscant Police 75046 $42.00 $79.00 Hulk Buster Smash (76031) $31.00 $40.00 Phantom Rebels 75048 $26.00 $56.00 Also is there a thread with everyones eBay Id's so we can stalk each others ebay accounts and see what we are all selling? I do not think that such a thread is a very good idea. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermister Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 21014 VILLA SAVOYE for 119€ and thats my firs sell!!!! im so happy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Ciglione said: I do not think that such a thread is a very good idea. Yeah. I purposely keep my eBay seller name different (and secret) on here to keep prying eyes (whether it's other investors or LEGO themselves) from figuring out who I am. I suppose if you're savvy enough, you can figure it out based on recent sales, and reporting in this post, provided someone is timely with their reporting, and truthful about their sales numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 2 hours ago, jaylay said: 9446 destiny bounty $200 9446 maintains its price despite new version. How? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoray01 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 3315 - Olivia's House for $80 off of Craigslist (Buy in was $38 in December of 2014 so I will take that.) I then proceeded to the Lego Store and Bought a lonely Mountain for 77.98 plus tax so - easy come, easy go!!!! The net is I got the Lonely Mountain for basically a little over $40 in my mind. My mind is a good place to be sometimes. (other times, not so much) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 24 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: 9446 maintains its price despite new version. How? Because it is rarer and nicer than the new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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