What Lego set did you sell today and for how much?

[brickvoyeur]

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

[Rog]

11 hours ago, feed said:

Sold my last single 99c store Portal 2 dimensions set last night and just about out of dimensions altogether.  
Portal 2 buy in was an average of £4.34 per unit, shipped and taxed into the UK, sold most of them at £17 each.  Had 225.  

I imported just under 400 dimensions all in, SD, JW, Homers and a few fun packs.  Portal 2 was the real winner in both volume and pricing.  

I really should have gone in harder and my gut at the time said go in for more, but the risk at the time was 2 weeks to get them shipped from sunny Texas and 2 weeks to understand pricing and volume.  So I held back. But still my eyes are wide open to the volume game now.   

Thanks to whomever it was who first posted about them.  

I went in for 50 Portal, 25 Scooby, 30 Homer and a bunch of assorted fun packs. Haven't shifted all the Portals yet (only selling on eBay and BL, could never have shifted that volume!) but the Scoobys sold very quickly.

The good import deals on these kinda dried up after the first week or so I feel. I think the eBay GSP was shipping these very cheaply at first and then went way up.

[donbee]

I sold some more Speed Champs. Kind of wanted to hold on to a few, but hard to say No to a buyer placing an order for multiples on BL. Gave a little discount because it was part of a large order, but still happy with this less than 6 month hold on most of these.

 

75899x4 $27 each

75910x 2 $25 each

75909x4 $25 each

No body seems to want the Corvette or Audis so far.

 

Some QFs, Lava Dragon for $35

Ender Dragon x3 $65 each

75917x4 $55 each

10546 x6 $22 each

[newbie77]

4 minutes ago, donbee said:

I sold some more Speed Champs. Kind of wanted to hold on to a few, but hard to say No to a buyer placing an order for multiples on BL. Gave a little discount because it was part of a large order, but still happy with this less than 6 month hold on most of these.

75899x4 $27 each
75910x 2 $25 each
75909x4 $25 each
No body seems to want the Corvette or Audis so far.

Some QFs, Lava Dragon for $35
Ender Dragon x3 $65 each

that's because you are selling Series 1 [ which are gone from most stores and not available online except for the porsche crap ] and long behold you are selling the other ones

corvette; audi et al are series 2

Edited May 19, 2017 by newbie77

[Pebble&Park]

 

15 minutes ago, donbee said:

I sold some more Speed Champs. Kind of wanted to hold on to a few, but hard to say No to a buyer placing an order for multiples on BL. Gave a little discount because it was part of a large order, but still happy with this less than 6 month hold on most of these.

75899x4 $27 each
75910x 2 $25 each
75909x4 $25 each
No body seems to want the Corvette or Audis so far.

Some QFs, Lava Dragon for $35
Ender Dragon x3 $65 each

I'm getting pretty close to unloading my LaFerraris as well, I'm not sure how much upward mobility they have at this point compared to having the cash. $42 on AZ is pretty nice for a 6 month hold on a $12-15 set.

[newbie77]

6 minutes ago, Pebble&Park said:

 

I'm getting pretty close to unloading my LaFerraris as well, I'm not sure how much upward mobility they have at this point compared to having the cash. $42 on AZ is pretty nice for a 6 month hold on a $12-15 set.

its a 17$ set $14,99+tax 

[micbelt]

its a 17$ set $14,99+tax 

They were on sale when tru did the massive 40% off sale around 6 months ago. I got mine for under $10 after discount gift cards.

[newbie77]

3 minutes ago, micbelt said:

 

They were on sale when tru did the massive 40% off sale around 6 months ago. I got mine for under $10 after discount gift cards.

 

nice deal  that i didn't participate probably why it was that big % off LOL 

[exciter1]

47 minutes ago, micbelt said:

They were on sale when tru did the massive 40% off sale around 6 months ago. I got mine for under $10 after discount gift cards.

Yep, got quite a few for $10.  I've sold some already at $47.

[donbee]

 
I'm getting pretty close to unloading my LaFerraris as well, I'm not sure how much upward mobility they have at this point compared to having the cash. $42 on AZ is pretty nice for a 6 month hold on a $12-15 set.

Yeah, I scored all of mine for under $10 each. Hard to pass on near 3x pricing in one shot. Should I hold it for another 6 month to get another $5-10 each and ship to as many as 10 different customers? Or take my money and reinvest. You know what I did.

[donbee]

that's because you are selling Series 1 [ which are gone from most stores and not available online except for the porsche crap ] and long behold you are selling the other ones
corvette; audi et al are series 2

True. My bad, Italia is the one I should've mentioned.

[donbee]

I share my BL pricing because you can get a good idea what you'll be pocketing in Amazon or EBay. Also, if it's selling on BL around RRP or above, then there must be demand for it.

[eliminator]

Finally sold my last The Big Bang Theory Set today local pick-up for $45. Glad to see these turds gone. Buy in was about $30...

Edited May 19, 2017 by eliminator

[donbee]

Finally sold my last The Big Bang Theory Set today local pick-up for $45. Glad to see these turds gone. Buy in was about $30...

I thought they would be pretty bad, but they seem to be moving nicely on BL. Approaching RRP already.

[exciter1]

[terrymc4677]

I sold another Joker Steamroller this morning. Price isn't important. What is important is that now I'm down to only 41 left.

[Forsaker]

I sold another Joker Steamroller this morning. Price isn't important. What is important is that now I'm down to only 41 left.

Keep a Champagne bottle ready for your last one sold!

[terrymc4677]

5 minutes ago, Forsaker said:

Keep a Champagne bottle ready for your last one sold!

I'm on it, but at my current sell rate of one every two months it will probably look like this by the time we can pop the cork...

 

[terrymc4677]

Just sold another one for $35. Local Facebook selling group. Down to 40! 

[jaisonline]

35 minutes ago, terrymc4677 said:

Just sold another one for $35. Local Facebook selling group. Down to 40! 

Everytime I read one of your Joker Steamroller posts, I can't help but think what could have been.  It is a cool set.

If this set was issued in 2006, 2007 or 2008, the ROI would have been at least 5x MSRP.   The superhero minifigs refresh rate is sad.  

[terrymc4677]

20 minutes ago, jaisonline said:

Everytime I read one of your Joker Steamroller posts, I can't help but think what could have been.  It is a cool set.

If this set was issued in 2006, 2007 or 2008, the ROI would have been at least 5x MSRP.   The superhero minifigs refresh rate is sad.  

Yeah, it's pretty depressing. I pegged this set as a winner (obviously, or I wouldn't have gone so deep on them). Locally at $35 I'm making around $5 each, but it's better than losing money. Buyers come to me to pick up, so I'm not wasting time or gas for a measley $5. At this point, I'm just happy to get my money back plus a little profit. It will be a slow grind, but I'll move through them eventually. No worries. Just unfulfilled potential.

In addition to eBay and Bricklink, I've got them listed locally on Craigslist, letgo, offerup, and three different Facebook groups. I've been toying with the idea of a garage sale, but that would be a ton of work getting everything out of storage, setting up, and then taking it all down and putting whatever doesn't sell back into storage. It's too late to do one this year, but maybe next April I will get things set up in my garage and have a sale over a couple of weekends. That would give me time to properly advertise as well. I remember one member here who did this a couple times and reported some decent results if I remember correctly. 

[kfishe2]

I set up some sets at my wife's yard sales. I can always move Chima, super heroes, and bionicles that I can't sell elsewhere. People bring their kids along who see it and go nuts, or they buy for their grandkids. They are surprised when I tell them that the sets are new. I usually dont keep anymore than 1 of any set out. I sell one, and then grab another to put out. That way it doesn't look like I am one of those people who bought a bunch of stuff on clearance and trying to make a buck off someone else, even though I obviously am!

[labfreak7]

At Yard sales people's mentality is to offer five bucks for a new sealed set. I would never sell Lego at a yard sale. The rule of thumb is to sell things for below 50% of what you paid.

[seapotato]

How much do you ask For?

I set up some sets at my wife's yard sales. I can always move Chima, super heroes, and bionicles that I can't sell elsewhere. People bring their kids along who see it and go nuts, or they buy for their grandkids. They are surprised when I tell them that the sets are new. I usually dont keep anymore than 1 of any set out. I sell one, and then grab another to put out. That way it doesn't look like I am one of those people who bought a bunch of stuff on clearance and trying to make a buck off someone else, even though I obviously am!

[kfishe2]

The last one I had some success with was chima 70003 Eris' Eagle Interceptor. Couldn't move them on Ebay. Put them out at the sale for $15 (buy in was $5 at TRU clearance ) and it was like I was giving them away. Anything under $35 seems to be golden in my area. Lots of grandparents buying the kids gifts. Plus no fees, no chargebacks, no returns. Not many people try to haggle me on the Lego stuff. Other yard sale stuff yes they want for a quarter, but it seems like the people attracted to it are the ones who know its already a good deal that you are giving them.

[terrymc4677]

12 minutes ago, kfishe2 said:

The last one I had some success with was chima 70003 Eris' Eagle Interceptor. Couldn't move them on Ebay. Put them out at the sale for $15 (buy in was $5 at TRU clearance ) and it was like I was giving them away. Anything under $35 seems to be golden in my area. Lots of grandparents buying the kids gifts. Plus no fees, no chargebacks, no returns. Not many people try to haggle me on the Lego stuff. Other yard sale stuff yes they want for a quarter, but it seems like the people attracted to it are the ones who know its already a good deal that you are giving them.

This was my thought process as well if I decide to do it. I'd use it as a way to move some slow sellers at a decent price for the buyer, while still making a little profit. I'd probably put a few high dollar items in there as well to attract some of the high end collectors in the area. My sale would be strictly LEGO only, so not really a yard sale per se. I'd advertise it as such as well. Advertising on all of the Craig's boards in the surrounding areas, as well as on local Facebook groups a week or two in advance should get the word out and hopefully generate some traffic. I'd also have it the same weekend that my neighborhood has its annual neighborhood sale as well to take advantage of that foot traffic. I think it would be kind of fun.