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...
seapotato Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hustled a coworker to buy a Benny minifig for $10. But I threw in a free city fireman poly since she has bought minifigs from me before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 In the last couple of days: - Sold Series 1 Mixels for $110 (Bricklink). Net $45 after fees, acquisition costs, shipping, etc. - Sold my last set of Red Series 1 Mixels yesterday, for $45. Bummed to see them come to an end. My stock in Series 1 Mixels is dwindling. Still have a few sets left, along with some of the individual Mixels. It's been a great run. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 In the last couple of days: - Sold Series 1 Mixels for $110 (Bricklink). Net $45 after fees, acquisition costs, shipping, etc. - Sold my last set of Red Series 1 Mixels yesterday, for $45. Bummed to see them come to an end. My stock in Series 1 Mixels is dwindling. Still have a few sets left, along with some of the individual Mixels. It's been a great run. All I have left are a few Black sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroster Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 In the last couple of days: - Sold Series 1 Mixels for $110 (Bricklink). Net $45 after fees, acquisition costs, shipping, etc. - Sold my last set of Red Series 1 Mixels yesterday, for $45. Bummed to see them come to an end. My stock in Series 1 Mixels is dwindling. Still have a few sets left, along with some of the individual Mixels. It's been a great run. I sold my first series 1 set in a long time for 119.95 on ebay. I still have a pretty deep stash because I have been bullish on not lowering prices. Hopefully with the release of series 4 it pays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenb99 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 4 Master Builder Sets $100 each (paid 50) 1 Rockfeller Center $75 Helms Deep $180 Damage Box PC $190 (had $100 into it) 3 UG $100 Jek 14 $70 Sold a Damage Box SSD $700 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marum Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Sold urukhai army for 60 euro and a small set of prince of persia for 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 4 Master Builder Sets $100 each (paid 50) 1 Rockfeller Center $75 Helms Deep $180 Damage Box PC $190 (had $100 into it) 3 UG $100 Jek 14 $70 Sold a Damage Box SSD $700 Nice to see LOTR getting some love. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 4 Master Builder Sets $100 each (paid 50) 1 Rockfeller Center $75 Helms Deep $180 Damage Box PC $190 (had $100 into it) 3 UG $100 Jek 14 $70 Sold a Damage Box SSD $700 Raven, If you had signed the damaged SSD box you probably could have sold it for $750. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Sold a Ninjago Fang-Suei clock. (Finally!) I was jumping around the house and my wife was looking at me funny. (I think some of you can relate to that joy.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 All to same buyer locally: Helm's Deep for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinchuan Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Sold a Ninjago Fang-Suei clock. (Finally!) I was jumping around the house and my wife was looking at me funny. (I think some of you can relate to that joy.) That was me after finally ditching the worriz combat lair last week. Bought that thing on clearance last summer and figured it was going to end up a birthday present at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I sold my first series 1 set in a long time for 119.95 on ebay. I still have a pretty deep stash because I have been bullish on not lowering prices. Hopefully with the release of series 4 it pays off. The sets I have on eBay are priced higher than $119.95. I refuse to budge, because I've sold at higher numbers. I think the market got saturated for awhile. I'm well in the black, so I don't mind holding out. I've been successful selling the odd set here and there on BL. It's priced lower, but with the lower fees, I've been clearing more selling there than on eBay. I also charge shipping on BL, but I don't charge shipping on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 4 Master Builder Sets $100 each (paid 50) 1 Rockfeller Center $75 Helms Deep $180 Damage Box PC $190 (had $100 into it) 3 UG $100 Jek 14 $70 Sold a Damage Box SSD $700 Which MBS set did you sell? I've got a couple of different ones in my inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenb99 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Which MBS set did you sell? I've got a couple of different ones in my inventory. 20217 out of the 3 higher dollar sets 20216 sells great at 90, can still find those at B&****** sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 20217 out of the 3 higher dollar sets 20216 sells great at 90, can still find those at B&****** sometimes Thanks. I got a couple of 20216s at TRU for 50% last year. That's a good return. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I went to pull some 9493's to ship and I noticed one was heavier. So I pulled a few and weight at 2 lb each but this one was 2 lb 8 oz Opened it up and it appears someone glued the side shut so that the original tape seals would look like they were sealed They stuffed all kinds of things in it including a different lego set and other toys of no value to add weight. Needless to say returning this one. Glad I caught it. It looked good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I went to pull some 9493's to ship and I noticed one was heavier. So I pulled a few and weight at 2 lb each but this one was 2 lb 8 oz Opened it up and it appears someone glued the side shut so that the original tape seals would look like they were sealed They stuffed all kinds of things in it including a different lego set and other toys of no value to add weight. Needless to say returning this one. Glad I caught it. It looked good. Glad you caught it, that's frustrating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francis_crowe Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I went to pull some 9493's to ship and I noticed one was heavier. So I pulled a few and weight at 2 lb each but this one was 2 lb 8 oz Opened it up and it appears someone glued the side shut so that the original tape seals would look like they were sealed They stuffed all kinds of things in it including a different lego set and other toys of no value to add weight. Needless to say returning this one. Glad I caught it. It looked good. We are all glad you caught it but how would it have played out if you didn't catch it? Do you just suck it up and move on counting it as one loss in a sea of hundreds? Do you trust your customer to tell the truth? Curious given your experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 We are all glad you caught it but how would it have played out if you didn't catch it? Do you just suck it up and move on counting it as one loss in a sea of hundreds? Do you trust your customer to tell the truth? Curious given your experience... You are thinking what I was thinking through. I mark everything sold as is, no returns and specify in good detail about the set and if the box has any minor kinks or dents etc. I strive to always ship excellent product and give excellent customer service. Since my investment on the X Wings is about $50 a piece I think if I would have gotten an inquiry I would have apologized over and over trusted the person and told them to keep it and I would have sent them another one at no charge. I did pick up on this beyond weight that when you hear the Legos sliding in the box I could tell tons of loose things sliding and not smooth bags sliding. If this had been a $120-140 Millennium Falcon selling for $215 I would have asked them to return ship it at my cost, sent them a replacement and given them a $10 credit on top of it for their time to have to deal with returning it to me. Then I would have tried to approach my place of purchase if I was in the return period. The product had some or all of Pre Vizla manual and set plus lots of other stuff inside it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleyMoose Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 My last 6869 for $76+shippingAnother 4904 Elephant $8.75 shipped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroster Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 You are thinking what I was thinking through. I mark everything sold as is, no returns and specify in good detail about the set and if the box has any minor kinks or dents etc. I strive to always ship excellent product and give excellent customer service. Since my investment on the X Wings is about $50 a piece I think if I would have gotten an inquiry I would have apologized over and over trusted the person and told them to keep it and I would have sent them another one at no charge. I did pick up on this beyond weight that when you hear the Legos sliding in the box I could tell tons of loose things sliding and not smooth bags sliding. If this had been a $120-140 Millennium Falcon selling for $215 I would have asked them to return ship it at my cost, sent them a replacement and given them a $10 credit on top of it for their time to have to deal with returning it to me. Then I would have tried to approach my place of purchase if I was in the return period. The product had some or all of Pre Vizla manual and set plus lots of other stuff inside it. These stories are very worrisome. I haven't weighed anything before selling and luckily haven't had any problems yet. I guess from now on I need to start weighing before selling and then weighing it again for shipping. Freaking Lego sets are getting weighed more than Karen Carpenter probably weighed herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I usually check seals when I buy sets from stores or online. But I have never checked their weights. But this is worrisome. There is nothing to stop a dishonest person from "claiming" that the perfectly good lego that you sent them contained another set after opening it. They could ship back to you the opened set and put in there other contents to support their claim. Although we all hope this would never happen I'm sure it could. I'm not sure how I would handle a situation like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexxet Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I usually check seals when I buy sets from stores or online. But I have never checked their weights. But this is worrisome. There is nothing to stop a dishonest person from "claiming" that the perfectly good lego that you sent them contained another set after opening it. They could ship back to you the opened set and put in there other contents to support their claim. Although we all hope this would never happen I'm sure it could. I'm not sure how I would handle a situation like that. i think someone reported earlier its happened on ebay before, but because the guy selling the item took extensive pictures/videos of the item before shipping it, he won the judgement on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
California92563 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I usually check seals when I buy sets from stores or online. But I have never checked their weights. But this is worrisome. There is nothing to stop a dishonest person from "claiming" that the perfectly good lego that you sent them contained another set after opening it. They could ship back to you the opened set and put in there other contents to support their claim. Although we all hope this would never happen I'm sure it could. I'm not sure how I would handle a situation like that. Yeah that's the scary reality of selling new sets, and the worst thing I've ran across was one time when I bought a mouse from bestbuy and when I got home I noticed someone put some pos mouse inside the package instead of the one I was supposed to get lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I usually check seals when I buy sets from stores or online. But I have never checked their weights. But this is worrisome. There is nothing to stop a dishonest person from "claiming" that the perfectly good lego that you sent them contained another set after opening it. They could ship back to you the opened set and put in there other contents to support their claim. Although we all hope this would never happen I'm sure it could. I'm not sure how I would handle a situation like that. Many on here will call me crazy, but when I found that Simpsons House at Target the first thing I did once I got home was cut the seals and verify it. I've sold plenty of "open box, sealed bag" sets for 98%-100% of the sealed box rate. I would rather take a 2% hit than ship out a box like Trek found to a buyer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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