Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post 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
Huskers1236 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Posted March 4, 2014 Sold a used 7938/7939 combo for $229.99 and a lot of 36 baseplates for $139.99. Still selling off a Craigslist lot of 115 lbs. and it looks like in the end should net around a $1000 profit. I wasn't able to make many sets, but the nice parts, figures, baseplates, and sets I could make turned out to be a very nice lot. That, and my son gets to keep the Creator Lighthouse, Seaside house, and Bank and Money Transfer sets and dad gets to keep a Maersk Train on top of it. 1 Quote
exciter1 Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 10231 the other day. I probably could have squeezed $20 more by waiting for Christmas. Oh well.. Prices really fluctuate on that set. I sold the Shuttle Expedition with a pretty badly damaged box in late November for $200, but I saw them go as low as $140 - $150 in December, wierd. Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Prices really fluctuate on that set. I sold the Shuttle Expedition with a pretty badly damaged box in late November for $200, but I saw them go as low as $140 - $150 in December, wierd. Looks like the going price is $230(+-shipping) on eBay. It can easily go to $260-ish in November Quote
siulon Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 sold an architechture studio at ebay for 212, a B-wing for 200. the funny thing is, somebody offered me $500 last night for the B-wing, I jumped and was going to just accept it. But then I figure that it's too good to be true and decided to check with the person. And i was right, it wasn't 500 =( somebody also offer me $150 for imperial star destroyer at craiglist, used Quote
exciter1 Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Looks like the going price is $230(+-shipping) on eBay. It can easily go to $260-ish in November Nice! I haven't checked them since Christmas. Quote
sandtherapy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Lego Bionicle Glatorian Gelu 8988 for $18. I've built 100's of Bionicle dudes from the random lots of LEGO I purchase. I tend to store these elements till the mood strikes then once or twice a year I build what I can. Then I sell them off individually to make more money to buy more LEGO. Quote
seapotato Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Mailed out a cloud cuckoo palace today (no figs) and shipping ended up being $15.63, and that was AFTER a 5% discount with the VentureOne program. Thought it would only be 1.34 for a small packet. Losing money on this one. :'( Complete shipping fail! Quote
Young_Gun21 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Mailed out a cloud cuckoo palace today (no figs) and shipping ended up being $15.63, and that was AFTER a 5% discount with the VentureOne program. Thought it would only be 1.34 for a small packet. Losing money on this one. :'( Complete shipping fail! 15.63?!?! I can ship a medium/large priority mail for that much. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker Quote
tonysbricks Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Mailed out a cloud cuckoo palace today (no figs) and shipping ended up being $15.63, and that was AFTER a 5% discount with the VentureOne program. Thought it would only be 1.34 for a small packet. Losing money on this one. :'( Complete shipping fail! Something went horribly wrong ... it should have cost less than $3 if you used a small bubble mailer. Quote
seapotato Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Yep. It was a small/medium bubble mailer but because it was bulky (they have a plastic measuring thing to see if it fits through the slot - it didn't), it was considered a parcel. I was burned once before, should have learnt my lesson LOL. I didn't think it would be more than $10............ Canada Post SUCKS!!!! 15.63?!?! I can ship a medium/large priority mail for that much. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker Something went horribly wrong ... it should have cost less than $3 if you used a small bubble mailer. Quote
holleman67 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Why didn't you just take it and repackage it to something cheaper? 1 Quote
Huskers1236 Posted March 5, 2014 Author Posted March 5, 2014 Sold 2 more 9469 Gandalf Arrives for $20. Not making a ton, but was only in $5 each. Quote
terrymc4677 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Sold a few items on Craigslist over the past few days. Love these sales since everything after cost is profit since there are no fees and I am not shipping anything. Heartlake vet for $75 (paid $26). Republic star cruiser for $35 (paid $17). 6212 x-wing for $65 (paid $40). 4202 mining truck for $30 (paid $20). Piece of resistance poly for $10 (received free from LEGO Shop at Home). All sets were factory sealed. My Craigslist traffic seems to have picked up a bit since the release of the lego movie. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker Quote
exciter1 Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Finally sold my last Anakin's vs. Sebulba's Pod Racer set and a few polybags. I also sold my last Republic Frigate, Landspeeders and Maul's Sith Infiltrator this week. Well, I'm actually holding onto one of the Sith Infiltrators for myself. Star Wars is selling pretty well right now. 1 Quote
terrymc4677 Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Finally sold my last Anakin's vs. Sebulba's Pod Racer set and a few polybags. I also sold my last Republic Frigate, Landspeeders and Maul's Sith Infiltrator this week. Well, I'm actually holding onto one of the Sith Infiltrators for myself. Star Wars is selling pretty well right now. Congrats! It always feels good when you can clear your inventory of a few dogs. I felt the same way when I finally unloaded my home ones and portal of Atlantis sets last year. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker 1 Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I highly doubt the LE crawler will ever drop below MSRP. 2 Quote
Brickerbrack Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Sold a Star Wars AT-TE. My first sale! Quote
Young_Gun21 Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Sold a Star Wars AT-TE. My first sale!Great Job. -I don't always going shopping, but when I do I buy Lego- Quote
Migration Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Sold a Star Wars AT-TE. My first sale! Congrats. Careful it's addictive. Sold a bunch of small city sets. Quote
naf Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Sold 3 of my Martian Manhunters for $20 each. I still have 3 left that I'm going to hold onto. I figured I'd sell half now in case they don't end up doing as well as predicted down the road. Quote
No More Monkeys Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Sold 3 of my Martian Manhunters for $20 each. I still have 3 left that I'm going to hold onto. I figured I'd sell half now in case they don't end up doing as well as predicted down the road. $20 is above average price at the moment. Did you sel it outside of ebay/amazon? Quote
weakside Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Sold a minifigure the other day. Sold a TC-14 the other day...bubble envelope...wanted tracking/insurance included in the Venture card but CP said that will turn it into a 'parcel' and would cost me $10 haha. WTF. So I go from like $1 postage to $10 eventhough it's on the same truck...delivery person, time, but 10x's the cost for tracking?! Weird. Maybe the person calculated it wrong. No wonder CP gets such bad press. Why can't they offer like $3-$4 for tracking and insurance even for small envelopes, I might have done that. If I pay $10 for shipping my net profit would be cut by almost 50% on this sale lol. Silly. I went the cheap route obviously and will take my chances. So far no issues with Amazon buyers/deliveries (knock on wood). Quote
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