Too good to be true? Should I stay away?

[drunknmunkys]

Local craigslist ad...

 

75020

75021

7965

79008

60004

 

NIB for $270. 

 

I picked these up today without getting shot.  Boxes are in perfect condition.  I was talking to the guy and he said he could get me 20-30 more.  I told him I would email him what I was looking for.

 

Now, considering that none of these sets are retired yet and most haven't gone on clearance, is there any legitimate way this guy could be selling them to me for this price?  I would like to buy more but I don't want to get involved in buying $1000s of dollars of possible stolen goods, especially with emails and texts linking me to the seller.

 

Should I avoid any future transactions with this guy or try to figure out what else he has?

 

[glenbart]

Two words.... Sto Len.

[Bold-Arrow]

Didn't someone else post the same deal today ?

And yes, stay away

[Bold-Arrow]

Ooooops, that was you. Coffee time :)

[kiltyoneal]

Found this on sale for you!

http://www.sears.com/eforcity-got-busted-jumpsuit-orange-prisoner-adult-costume-size/p-SPM6874395113

[Killin4blood]

Wow that's a killer deal so yeah they're prolly stolen lol

[legomaniac81]

damn drunkmunkys thats a steal LITERALLY! 

[legomaniac81]

drunknmunkys what state and city is this?

[drunknmunkys]

Ah well, too bad.  I thought everything could have been ok until he said "whatever you want I can get it.  you want 30 more of these?"...

[Stevenplays]

Either stolen or bought with a stolen credit card. I wouldn't try returning the goods to get your money back, the goods would probably be taken back, you'ld have no money, oh and yeah, you'ld probably be stabbed.

[drunknmunkys]

Either stolen or bought with a stolen credit card. I wouldn't try returning the goods to get your money back, the goods would probably be taken back, you'ld have no money, oh and yeah, you'ld probably be stabbed.

 

Ya, by the time he said that I had already given him the cash and I had the legos in my car.  He wanted me to stay longer and tell him exactly what I wanted but I said 'sorry, I have to get back to work.'

[dbost01]

An image in my mind pops up of old Mafia movie in which thieves steal truckloads of mink coats except now I am replacing the mink coats with legos.

[lobo1969]

 

I picked these up today without getting shot. 

Haha! I had to chuckle there.

[Darth_Raichu]

Ya, by the time he said that I had already given him the cash and I had the legos in my car.  He wanted me to stay longer and tell him exactly what I wanted but I said 'sorry, I have to get back to work.'

Wait, you did not stay and check out what he had on the back of his truck ?

[Anakinisvader]

Not that I would do it but I'm curious as to how he's getting a hold of this merchandise. Maybe the mob is now laundering LEGO to keep the IRS off its back. They are shaking down toy stores for "protection" money.

[Jimking23]

I knew it would be to late for the the "it fell off the back of the truck" line

[Jojoyojimbi]

come on, $270 is about the exact price if you added up the target clearance prices for all of these, maybe he works at target, gets a discount, and resells for what people would have paid at the store

[Jimking23]

I got a good deal on a Lego set on CL once. The guy asked me same thing, asked me to make up a list of what I wanted. Like you, I told him I heard my mom calling

[Ciglione]

I knew it would be to late for the the "it fell off the back of the truck" line

 

The boxes were in perfect condition as he said. So no falling of no truck!

[drunknmunkys]

come on, $270 is about the exact price if you added up the target clearance prices for all of these, maybe he works at target, gets a discount, and resells for what people would have paid at the store

 

I've never seen any of these sets on clearance at Target in my general area.

[MartinP]

come on, $270 is about the exact price if you added up the target clearance prices for all of these, maybe he works at target, gets a discount, and resells for what people would have paid at the store

Depending on where you live. Where I am, the clearance deals at Target never go beyond 30% off, and most of the larger sets are not on clearance. But, it could be a plausible idea. Don't know how much a employee discount is, but it could work.

[Bold-Arrow]

It doesn't work if he is "taking down" orders

[Soadfan4ever]

come on, $270 is about the exact price if you added up the target clearance prices for all of these, maybe he works at target, gets a discount, and resells for what people would have paid at the store

That is a very good point. All of those have been discounted at target in the last 3 months. If he were to stash some or not mark them so that they made 50 or 70% clearance, then used his 10% employee discount with a redcard that would be very doable. The thing about getting whichever sets he wanted is a red flag though.

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[mcortez]

Or maybe he's an employee at Target or (Walmart or KMart) that is authorized to do mark-downs (or knows a friendly manager that can) and simply marks things down as 50% off due to "damage" and purchases himself.