The "OMG I HAVE THAT AND IT'S WORTH THAT MUCH NOW???!??" moments

[Guest ph4tb0i]

Had one of these moments this morning. 

 

Forgot that I bought 2 Cuusoo Hayabusa's last year at 50CDN and now they're going for at least 100USD. BOO-YA!

[inversion]

I have forgotten about 4 Emerald Night in the bottom of my closet, bought at a clearance sale for 90$ (good price in Europe) each. Sets were too small to notice (okay, I admit, the entire russian army could fit into my closet...). I put them into a suitcase to save space anyway and forgot about them.

[Migration]

Not Lego, but I found this at flea market for $5 when I was 16. To this day it remains my best single pick.

[binici]

Purchased a NEC Turbo Duo system at the swap meet for $10 and I'm sitting on a few hundred bucks now.

[El Guapo]

A pre-1920's Gibson "Mandolin" Company arch top guitar that my dad gave me.  The original finish has been removed (grrrrrr) but still worth about $2000.  I took it to a luthier to get appraised.  He traded it for $10 back in the 60's.

[Dr. Brick]

I knew I had a 10179 but thought I had opened it. But when I check a few weeks ago it was still in an unopened shipper box, first edition so should be worth more than the $499 I paid for it

[weakside]

My current house/home   Only regret is should've kept and leased out my first two properties instead of flipping    Guess I'm not a long term investor with real estate or Lego lol.     

[MunsonRoyE]

Purchased a NEC Turbo Duo system at the swap meet for $10 and I'm sitting on a few hundred bucks now.

Lucky guy! I've been looking for one of those for a long time!

[Anakinisvader]

I bought gold when it was $1900 oz and now its worth.... oh wait, that's backwards.

[Gee]

I had a habit of buying clearance Star Wars stuff for a few years, never spent more than $5 a pop. After joining this site I realized I had a 7251 still sealed in my bucket.

[meowingthings]

I bought a couple sealed lego sets (harry potter & something else) for $60 on Craigslist. I bought them strictly to flip, figured I would make a quick $50. When I went to pick them up the woman told me she found some trains too. I knew nothing about Lego trains. I even asked if she meant Lego train. She said yes. I asked how much she wanted (figuring she would try to rip me off). She said no charge, just including them.

 

I really didn't know what I was looking at, it was just a tub of track and trains. I thanked her and gave her an extra $5 anyway. I sold the trains and track for $300 (minus shipping). I feel bad I didn't give her more but I had never heard of Lego trains. At the time I don't think I even knew opened Lego's had any value.

[Darth_Raichu]

I bought gold when it was $1900 oz and now its worth.... oh wait, that's backwards.

I bought my house just before the housing bubble burst

[joonhee]

When the Millenium Falcon 10179 first came out I was like what da !@#$, $600?????  That's crazy.  Nevertheless I put it into my Amazon cart to see if it would go on sale and maybe I'll be stupid to buy it.  After about a year after it's release I was reading and viewing other people opening and such on Youtube.  I was like that's crazy spending 24-48hrs to build it.  Then one day, Amazon had it on sale for $390 so finally bought it.  I was so excited receiving it but I remembered it took 24-48hrs to build and I just had my first kid so I did the wise thing and put it away in the closest when I could find some alone weekend time to build it.  12 months later forgetting about it I noticed it was no longer for sale on Amazon but 3rd party people were selling it for $1000.  Ebay was around $800-$900.  I was like uhm I can't open it now since it appreciated plus I still don't have that much free time to build it.  Two years later I looked it up and it was $2000.  Now several years later and two kids and up to around $3500 I can never get myself to open it and instead I have to sell it.  So excited when I first bought it and now so sad I'll never build it cause it's just worth too much money

[Darth_Raichu]

When the Millenium Falcon 10179 first came out I was like what da !@#$, $600?????  That's crazy.  Nevertheless I put it into my Amazon cart to see if it would go on sale and maybe I'll be stupid to buy it.  After about a year after it's release I was reading and viewing other people opening and such on Youtube.  I was like that's crazy spending 24-48hrs to build it.  Then one day, Amazon had it on sale for $390 so finally bought it.  I was so excited receiving it but I remembered it took 24-48hrs to build and I just had my first kid so I did the wise thing and put it away in the closest when I could find some alone weekend time to build it.  12 months later forgetting about it I noticed it was no longer for sale on Amazon but 3rd party people were selling it for $1000.  Ebay was around $800-$900.  I was like uhm I can't open it now since it appreciated plus I still don't have that much free time to build it.  Two years later I looked it up and it was $2000.  Now several years later and two kids and up to around $3500 I can never get myself to open it and instead I have to sell it.  So excited when I first bought it and now so sad I'll never build it cause it's just worth too much money

Sell the NISB copy for to buy a used one. Then sell the used one when you are bored with it

[weakside]

When the Millenium Falcon 10179 first came out I was like what da !@#$, $600?????  That's crazy.  Nevertheless I put it into my Amazon cart to see if it would go on sale and maybe I'll be stupid to buy it.  After about a year after it's release I was reading and viewing other people opening and such on Youtube.  I was like that's crazy spending 24-48hrs to build it.  Then one day, Amazon had it on sale for $390 so finally bought it.  I was so excited receiving it but I remembered it took 24-48hrs to build and I just had my first kid so I did the wise thing and put it away in the closest when I could find some alone weekend time to build it.  12 months later forgetting about it I noticed it was no longer for sale on Amazon but 3rd party people were selling it for $1000.  Ebay was around $800-$900.  I was like uhm I can't open it now since it appreciated plus I still don't have that much free time to build it.  Two years later I looked it up and it was $2000.  Now several years later and two kids and up to around $3500 I can never get myself to open it and instead I have to sell it.  So excited when I first bought it and now so sad I'll never build it cause it's just worth too much money

Nice story.  I have a hard time opening a $100 set never mind +$1000 set haha.  maybe if your kids are big fans...one day you'll build it together.  Don't think of it as $3,500 but as $390   Keep it in the family.  Or build it and you can always resell it/trade it on BP etc.  I would be tempted to sell it and use the funds on something else but that set sealed is so 'rare' I hate to part with it.   

[No More Monkeys]

When the Millenium Falcon 10179 first came out I was like what da !@#$, $600?????  That's crazy.  Nevertheless I put it into my Amazon cart to see if it would go on sale and maybe I'll be stupid to buy it.  After about a year after it's release I was reading and viewing other people opening and such on Youtube.  I was like that's crazy spending 24-48hrs to build it.  Then one day, Amazon had it on sale for $390 so finally bought it.  I was so excited receiving it but I remembered it took 24-48hrs to build and I just had my first kid so I did the wise thing and put it away in the closest when I could find some alone weekend time to build it.  12 months later forgetting about it I noticed it was no longer for sale on Amazon but 3rd party people were selling it for $1000.  Ebay was around $800-$900.  I was like uhm I can't open it now since it appreciated plus I still don't have that much free time to build it.  Two years later I looked it up and it was $2000.  Now several years later and two kids and up to around $3500 I can never get myself to open it and instead I have to sell it.  So excited when I first bought it and now so sad I'll never build it cause it's just worth too much money

Make sure kids don't get to it !!

[exciter1]

I bought my house just before the housing bubble burst

 

I built my house in 2008, right in the middle of the debt/housing crisis, which I thought was the worst time ever to build.  I don't think it impacted me much, since it would have cost me the same amount to build it anyway and I was staying here long-term.  Of course, after I built it, it was already worth about 20% less than what I had in it, oh well.

[Tilted]

Sweet mother of KAWS

[Stevenplays]

Well for me it would be my original Lego SW Mos Eisley Cantina set, kept it complete over the years, and now it's worth about 150-200 US. Also, I have several rare Nintendo gamecube games/accesories, gameboy player and disc, LoZ Collectors editon, OoT Master Quest, E3 Paper Mario promo disc.

[inversion]

When I realized I still have 2 kidneys stashed away in a living closet and I was "OMG I HAVE THAT AND IT'S WORTH THAT MUCH NOW???!??"

[Darth_Raichu]

Well for me it would be my original Lego SW Mos Eisley Cantina set, kept it complete over the years, and now it's worth about 150-200 US. Also, I have several rare Nintendo gamecube games/accesories, gameboy player and disc, LoZ Collectors editon, OoT Master Quest, E3 Paper Mario promo disc.

 

With the new cantina coming up, the old one may not hold that valuation for long. 

[krayzie]

Well for me it would be my original Lego SW Mos Eisley Cantina set, kept it complete over the years, and now it's worth about 150-200 US. Also, I have several rare Nintendo gamecube games/accesories, gameboy player and disc, LoZ Collectors editon, OoT Master Quest, E3 Paper Mario promo disc.

Wait the LoZ collectors and Master Quest are rare? I need to make sure my brother doesn't mess up the disc lol

[Wazzapova]

Can I pay any of you to take away my Beanie Babies for free? They are all retired! Lol

[Anakinisvader]

I bought my house just before the housing bubble burst

You sound like a LEGO investor just getting into the game within this last year.

[labfreak7]

The cases of sealed Pokemon Fossil and Jungle packs was my best. Paid 200 for them and got back about 10X that.