Leaderboard

Very excited to have received the 'Create a Bundle' prize today. (Had to put the package on hold as I was traveling.) Thank you for the generous prizes! Will have a fun weekend building some of these

I had an Asian Guy last month asking me three times if he could get a discount. After three no's from my end, he asked me to include a present to his order. I included a drawing by my five year old daughter.

Another arrival. Time to get building,

walmart site-to-store with pickup in tax-free NH purchased with some 4% off gift cards. ordered 2 because that's how many are supposed to come in a case. check. closer inspection reveals these bad boys are MINTY. check check. and quite stale - October 02, 2014. ruh-roh - not a lot selling. and these are from after walmart ran out and then restocked them this month. time to order some more . I Walmart Site-to-Store for bulk ordering big sets. No banning there. just give me your money - thank you and come again. ordering for shipping to home from walmart is a disasterously different story.

Jeff is recovering from Pneumonia. He has been working 12-14 hours a day at his real job for the past three weeks because they had to fire one of his co-workers for screwing up his company's entire database. Just sayin'. As for letting other people mess with his code. He does on many occasions, but the data and price guide is tricky stuff and takes a long time and is not so simple. If you let people mess with your code, they have the ability to screw it up as well. I agree that it would be great if the prices were updated on a regular basis and for the most part it is. Your plan sounds great, but it really doesn't work in the real world. I'm sure Jeff will address the update this weekend. Neither you, nor @Jeff Mack, owe any of us an apology @Ed Mack. Until this becomes a subscription based website, we don't get the right to complain about the manner in which the plethora of valuable services and information are delivered. Keep up the good work.

Ebay Gift card $95 for $100

Not just you. They act like I'm stealing from them. They seem to have no idea that they're one step away from being Kmart...

Pretty much finished up the fences, just missing a couple axles to connect them. Not sure i'll keep the yellow 1x4 caution tiles on the bottom on each fence, but i do think i need to add a bit of detail to the foundation, maybe just tile it. Also played around a bit with having 1 fence with some of the coils broken, also unsure if i like it or not, but i think the idea is good as it breaks up the monotony of the fences a bit. To connect the angled fence to the vertical one; i did have to break the rules by manually cutting some wand pieces down to fit. Axles did not align properly so i needed something i could bend easily. Result looks good though and doesn't appear to be "illegal" from looking at it I still can't get the road started as the Bricklink order i made that included the monorail tracks, did not actually include them so i need to wait for the seller to ship them out again. Still need the pieces for the Goat enclosure, T-Rex sign, couple foliage bits, and need to decide on the Lawyers pieces. Otherwise it's getting close to finished! I have not put all the pieces together yet to see how it looks, waiting until i have every piece i need to get the full effect of it. I like this one! Actually last night looking at the MOC, i realized the lawyer in full Tan would blend in too well to the Tan baseplates, so i decided to probably go for a light grey. And this is a cheaper alternative to getting the Indiana Jones figure.

That attitude will change when they start releasing things you have accumulated...

So your girlfriend tolerates Lego? She lets you indulge in your collection? She doesnt mind that you like "putting tiny bricks together as a grown man?" She doesn't draw frowny faces ): in permanent marker on every brown cardboard box she finds on the doorstep? And she even wants to build a 2,000+ piece exclusive on her own? And your biggest problem is ... which set she wants to build? .......... On an unrelated note, I am looking to unload a dozen used 24x20x6 boxes. They're in great shape but each one has a massive angry face /; drawn on it in black sharpie. Some faces are angrier than others.

Finally, received my box. Thank you so much. Here are a couple of pics of my prize.

Yall need to chill the eff out! I have a truth bomb to drop on all of you...........you don't need the brickfolio to be updated on the hour to know what your sets are worth. There is a filter on ebay called "sold" where you can see how much a set has sold for recently. So stop being so damn lazy and start crunching numbers. You can preface your comments all you want with " this site is so awesome but....." but in the end you just sound like some ungrateful f%$#s! Stop asking about the update. Grow up and do some work for yourself. For everyone else thank you for your patience. Sincerely, The super serious grumpy crusty salty MOD

Code "BRCFEB" Seems to work for $20 off $100 on Lego. I tried it on 3 hydra smash's and it applied. I didn't go all the way through the checkout though.

They do have some similarities...

Picked up 3 Falcons (75105) for $104.99 each...(gotta love the competitive price match) Is it just me or does everyone get the stink eye from people who ring you up?

I had no idea you thought those guys were real

Oh how these sets make me miss the 2015 vignettes.........

for all the leak-taking on it, GE's are selling within hours of listing on amazon at prices over 2x MSRP 16 months out from EOL. if that's "less less gain", i'll take it. The Tumbler is going to do very well next year when the 10 year anniversary of Ledger's passing and Dark Knight release whips up some Millennial teenage nostalgia. selling it now is good if you have to pay off your credit cards and get a free dinner a Chili's. it will be painful to read "What Set Did you sell today" thread next year and in the future though...

Alright, I put together some notes. Bear in mind this is just my experience and by no means definitive (or even 100% accurate for that matter). Ebay currently uses a search engine called “Cassini”. This was a relatively substantial upgrade, occurring sometime around 2013, as Cassini is much more akin to Google in terms of being “smart”. This was a tetonic shift in Ebay's search engine, and really means any pre-Cassini "Tips" should be disregarded. Rather than just pulling results based on keywords spammed into a listing title, it curates results based on likelihood of a best match based on a plethora of data points, from the listing title, item specifics, and description, etc. Worth noting that Cassini’s algorithm is naturally a closely guarded secret, and nobody knows exactly how it works. The other major impact of Cassini is it factors in your conversion rate – the percentage of people who purchase an item in your listing compared against how many view the listing. As a result, you need to be ever vigilant to avoid a listing that may pull highly in search results (think “New Lego Smaug!!!” for an unrelated product) but doesn’t result in many sales. Aside from Cassini, you need to be aware that Google is a major driver to your Ebay listings. Search for a Lego product in Google, and a well crafted Ebay listing will appear in the results. Hence your SEO (‘Search Engine Optimization’) needs to consider equal parts Cassini and Google. The following are key considerations for a listing that will maximize the visibility (coming up high in search results) as well as sales (coming up high in results that are actually looking for a product like yours). All in all the impact of Cassini is that your Conversion Rate is now the end all be all metric that you should be tracking and targetting (sidenote: a 2% conversion rate seems par for Lego on Ebay, while anything north of 10% is extremely strong). Worth noting conversion rates inherently apply to listings with a quantity >1, but it's believed Cassini accounts for your Conversion Rate *on the whole* (as a seller account generally) as well, and rewards/punishes your single-quantity listings accordingly. 1. Listing Title. Use keywords such as “Lego”, set/part number, set/part name, quantity (i.e., “x32”) for items in bulk, and condition keyword (other than “New” or “Used”). Avoid the temptation to use CAPS or adjectives (“New”, “LOOK!”, etc); both Cassini & Google tend to punish listings with these elements. My template tends to be as follows:x[quantity] Lego [element/set name] [theme] [elementID/set number] [designID] [alternative element names] 2. Item Category. Use appropriate Lego subcategory as accurately as possible. Unless you have 4+ variations, listing a “You Pick” style (Other Wholesale Lots category) is inadvisable. 3. Item Specifics. When possible, use Ebay’s Product Catalogue. This can work for some complete sets, but rarely works for parted-out sets or bulk bricks. Add specifics for Element ID, Design ID, Color, Size, etc. (particularly for lots of bulk bricks). Cassini & Google will both draw from anything in your Item Specifics as keywords, so don’t short change things here (and be as accurate as possible to avoid the trap of high short-term views, poor conversion, low long-term search results). 4. Item Description. Use your keywords in the first 1-2 sentences. Set the general font size to no larger than 12-pt, and put the keywords (culled from your item specifics / listing title) in 14-pt, and bold or italicize them. Cassini & Google will both disregard font larger than 14-pt, but will identify as keywords anything in a larger-than-body font and/or in special font style (bold, italic, etc). Apply any generic terms & conditions that apply to your sales in a 2nd paragraph. 5. Photos. Enough emphasis cannot be placed on this one – take live photos with a high resolution camera, and spend 2-3 minutes editing them for color/cropping/etc. Good photos can make up for a lot of shortfalls elsewhere, or sabotage doing everything else perfectly. 6. Store Categories. Use them. Further, go into the keyword builder and appropriately apply (accurate) keywords. Ebay/Google will utilize these fields in curating their search results. Ebay’s default settings are atrocious, so take some time on this front to apply befitting keywords that are generic to the respective Store Category (i.e., if you sell Minifigures, keywords such as “Lego, New, Used, Minifigure, Minifig, Collectible”, etc.). 7. Listing Format / Price. Fixed price is preferable to Auction. You should set a reasonable pricetag though based on the competition (and having done some quick research there for the “sold” price on similar items). Avoid using GTC on items until they have sold. If the item has not sold, it inherently has a poor conversion rate, and the conversion rate follows with the item as long as it’s listed. For items that have sold (and have a decent conversion rate), feel free to use GTC. Otherwise, let it expire as 7-30 days, and relist the item (having reviewed your listing and updating it as necessary); this resets your conversion rate for the listing and gives it “new life” in terms of coming up higher in search results. 8. Shipping. Anything under $20 I’ve found to be a poor option for “free shipping”. Charging a flat USPS-actual rate encourages individuals to buy multiple low-cost items. Make sure you’re taking advantage of the “combined shipping” and/or “promotional shipping” settings. I’d also recommend applying a “same business day” shipping time, but using a cutoff time (i.e., same day if sale is before 11am). 9. Returns. You’ll want to ensure you’re using Ebay’s 14-day moneyback return policy by default; consider setting it for 30-days if you want to distinguish yourself as having the utmost confidence in the quality of your product.

I have to admit that I am a fan of this ship. When I came back into LEGO collecting as an adult, I wanted Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter. I loved Star Wars, and I loved this ship. Sadly, it turned out that it was only available in the exclusive 7283 Ultimate Space Battle. I spent a lot of money bricklinking that set, only to be disappointed in how flimsy the build was. Eventually I got rid of the whole thing. I liked 9494 Anakin's Jedi Interceptor and 75038 Jedi Interceptor, but wondered if LEGO would ever revisit Obi-Wan's ship. As soon as this set was announced, my hands twitched to get one to build and review. REVIEW: SET DETAILS Set #: 75135 Name: Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor Theme: Star Wars Parts: 215 Price: $24.99 Before we get to the build, let’s talk value. At 24.99 the price per piece works out to almost $.12 each. This is on the high/middle side of pricing for a licensed set. There are 2 minifigures. The minifigures are Episode 3 Pilot Obi-Wan Kenobi and R4-P17. Both figures are unique to this set. BOX CONTENTS Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. For this set, there are 3 numbered baggies, a sticker sheet, and an instruction book. THE BUILD AND EXECUTION BAG 1: I've built 9494 and 75038. In fact I built and modified 75038 several times. I expected that I knew what to expect from this build. Right from the start it is different. I was pretty happy with this build. I had expected one or two inverted slope pieces, but you build it out of a variety of pieces. It's more interesting than the previous versions. I like that you're not using the same wheel pieces as usual for the thrusters. Although it doesn't look as much like a thruster port. I think that in all previous builds, the cockpit canopy was almost dead last on the build. It makes so much more sense to finish it up now instead of coming back to it. Obi-Wan wants you to have a nice day. BAG 2: Here you build the first wing. I noticed right off that instead of leaving a hole in the wing right next to the attachment points for the wing tips, it's just recessed. Notice the large void where the Astromech docking slot is. Check out the stickers. If you look at the comparison pictures at the end, you can decide if you like the sticker half hexagon, or the brick built shape on 75038. I like the details on the stickers, I just worry about them coming up later on. The blaster kind of disappointed me. It seems squat, and I dislike the gap between the cone and the rest that shows off the red pin. Here. you are building the "seat" for the droid. I was dissatisfied with how high she (yes, the droid is canonically a she) sticks up out of the port, so I tried removing some pieces. She still sticks up too high, and was impossible to remove. Although, funnily enough, her head came off and left the rest behind when I tried. (Just like in the movie.) The round bottomed plate seems perfect as a foot for resting on a flat surface. Another sticker showing off all of Obi-Wan's kills. I kind of like the difference in the slope I love the new outer wing stickers. I wish it could have been printed, but whatever. BAG 3: THis bag is pretty much the same as the last one, in mirror, without an Astromech. I'm going to skim this one a bit. Interesting that there's a big Astromech sized hole in here, I was pretty sure they were going to fill it in pretty soon. Almost the last thing you build here is a pod to attach to the bottom and fill in that hole. This made no sense and felt a little lazy since they were just mirroring the previous wing. It should have had a different design here. Hard to tell here, but the vessel does not rest on the wing pods or the base of the cockpit. It's completely on the tips of the wings. REACTION I loved this set, it was almost entirely satisfying. Some things were done better previously. I was not a fan of the Astromech socket. Poor R4 sticks entirely too far out and looks like a whack-a-mole. The fact that the ship rests on the wing tips instead of the cockpit base or even the pods on the underside of the wings is a design flaw, IMO. It places stress on the hinges that will more than likely cause them to slip and change the profile from the canted position to flat. I'm probably going to extend the lower part of the cockpit to relieve the weight on mine. I like the stickers. I can completely understand why people don't like them. Hell, in many cases I agree. I just like the added detailing that we wouldn't have gotten without them. I compared the 9494, 75038, and 75135. I liked the added detailing on the wings. I liked the kill marks and the hexagonal cutout. The brick built cut out on 75038 seemed awkward to me. I like the blasters better on the 75038. I think that the slopes are kind of a wash. I couldn't tell you which was more accurate, all I know is that I am glad to have them both. The Dark Red pieces of this set appeal to me. It goes with all of the other Republic vehicles. It's just more satisfying with the rest than Anakin's jarring yellow one. Too bad it is impossible to display with wings extended unless you build a stand for it. Both of these figures are unique. The printing on the R4-P17 is extensively, but subtly different. Obi-Wan has a serious and a worried expression. The head with headset is the only real difference between this one and the one packaged with 75040. FINAL THOUGHTS As I recently blogged about, the future of Star Wars investing is (most likely) changing. We're looking at a future that may be lacking in Prequel era sets. This particular iteration of the Jedi Interceptor has been on the backburner for over a decade. I feel like this set is sure to be a steady gainer. If you can package this with a 75038 Jedi Interceptor or even better add a couple 75041 Vulture Droids, you'll have a winner. The low buy in of this set will keep away most of the prestige level buyers that eschew anything that's not an exclusive. The relatively low level of speculator interest in the cheap sets will keep away the riff raff. Look for a price drop online in a few months as Amazon and Wal-mart try to offset buyer fatigue. Initial values will likely be low as people anticipate PT stuff to continue to be dogs. A spate of post retirement clearances will have the horde fighting each other for the bottom on this set, but stick it out. This set will have legs. Stick it in a hole and bring it out again in a couple years. I know that some of this probably sounds like the overly enthusiastic ravings of a fan, so let me sum up my thoughts. It's a hero ship that pairs nicely with existing retired items. It's unlikely to be remade anytime soon (after all it's been 11 years since the last time.) Younger fans who came of age with the Prequels and Clone Wars will be getting better jobs with more disposable income and will be looking to get sets that remind them of their youth. It's likely to get passed over because A.) it's a cheap set and easily available and B.) it's a Prequel Trilogy design so the common thinking is that it's just not as good. That last point may continue to hold some water amongst older collectors, but someone has been buying all the PT sets that have been coming out for a decade and a half. RARE PARTS I'd like to take a look at some of the rare or unique parts that are in this set. This should help to highlight the pieces that may become more valuable once this set is out of production. Trans-Black Windscreen 10X6X3 with Jedi Starfighter pattern with a square cutout was only available in 1 other set 75038 Jedi Interceptor Dark Red Flag 5x6 hexagonal was only available in 2 other sets 7283 Ultimate Space Battle and 75051 Jedi Scout Fighter Dark Red Wedge Plate 8X3 (Right and Left) were available in 2 other sets 7283 Ultimate Space Battle and 7259 ARC-170 Starfighter Dark Red Plate 1X10 was available in 3 other sets 60069 Swamp Police Station, 75019 AT-TE, and 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina Dark Red Wedge, Plate 6X3 Cut Corners was available in 2 other sets 70137 Bat Strike and 75003 A-Wing Starfighter Light Bluish Grey Tile 1x1 Round with SW Republic pattern was available in 2 other sets, 75038 Jedi Interceptor and 75076 Republic Gunship Microfighter EXTRA PIECES COMPARISON PICTURES The control areas are all different. 9494 had a joystick, 75038 had a tile with a big sticker and 75135 has nothing notable. See how much higher out of the socket R4 is than R2 Here are the new R4-P17 (left) and the older one from the Kamino Planet set (Right) View full blog article

Jeff does get help (he just doesn't advertise what he and Ed personally pay out of pocket for), but the eBay data is entirely different. Jeff and Ed pay real dollars for it and there is a real risk to giving that data to a third party. They could steal it or screw it all up... That's a pretty big risk. And I don't really get why you care what it is month to month? Investing is not a short term plan... Long term results will eventually come... And i mean this sincerely but if the only way you are judging your investments is via brickfolio values you're doing it wrong. It's a single factor... I used to watch mine closely, now I'm lucky to look at them every 4 months. I know what's going on by reading the forums, watching eBay, etc.

FBM.

Already made my $5 * n profit on RE, now it is everyone else's turn

or the complaint thread

This is LEGO, everything is serious!!!!!

Honestly, that thing shouldn't be able to fly at all. Imagine the tonnage being lifted by those four turbofans. It's almost enough to make you doubt the realism of the Avengers series in general.

Yes, your fellow countryman and active BP-er @Stragus has built an awesome utility called BrickSync which does just that. Really recommend it.

get your friends or relatives to open up an account and order the set for you. or run the banhammer gauntlet but be cool, order 1 at a time, wait for it to ship before you go back for more. mix up your order history with smaller orders of other exclusives between the exclusive's that are limit 1. also make sure you have multiple kids on your VIP account and then make sure that you order each duplicate set for a different kid - the triplets all love star wars these days.

I'd much more prefer a cancel request over a return request any day...

The word CLEARANCE should not be used unless items are discounted 40% or better!

Had a coupon and points bonanza at KMart.com. 5 x 75094 - Imperial Shuttle Tydirium - averaged out to $54 each

To be honest, If you invested heavily in the Chicken Suit Guy - it was kinda like putting all your eggs in one basket.

The kiddo cracked open an RE last night. The first set we've opened from this line. Getting high on our own supply.

Ok so after reading all the comments on this set and the general disappointment (have to say I'm in that faction too) I did wonder in terms of what you get how good of deal is it actually. First have to say its difficult to rank UCS sets/large SW playsets (but I'm going to anyway) and the metric I decided to use was price per gram (I didnt think I'd read anything on this and if i missed it then jokes on me ). (I also looked at inflation adjusting the price but the results came out very similar so I wont go into all that data). One thing i do come a cropper with is minifigs. Not sure the best way to account for those so presently I've just ignored. Unsurprisingly DS (10188) comes out as the best value on a price per gram ratio in the US and UK. I was surprised that the dropship was actually such "bad" value (heck I even went out and bought one of those recently). Salve 1 and SC are relative bargains. + 2 of my fave sets so thats a double thumbs up for me (conformation bias anyone?) Back to the topic at hand. Pretty much been said that AoH is not a lame deal and this does nothing to dispute that really. When you look at the intrinsic value of what you get for your $$$ it doesnt scream out "buy me". But its not actually as bad as I thought it would be (the rank is best to worse in terms of price per piece btw - i ordered them by release date). I actually thought EV would kill it on this metric That said I've never known anyone buy a set based purely on ppg and confident end buyers couldnt give a rats about it (everyone loves price per piece though). But it does show that TLG arent completely taking the mick with their pricing. Has nothing to do with how well the set will do (and not sure if it even helps anyone) but being a nerd I am tempted to extend this to the current TFA sets and Hoth Attack to see how the small to medium sets fair on a PPG basis. Just thought I'd share the fruits of my labor since i was marginally curious (Ohh and it does all depend on the fact that I got the weight of AoH right)

Jeff is recovering from Pneumonia. He has been working 12-14 hours a day at his real job for the past three weeks because they had to fire one of his co-workers for screwing up his company's entire database. Just sayin'. As for letting other people mess with his code. He does on many occasions, but the data and price guide is tricky stuff and takes a long time and is not so simple. If you let people mess with your code, they have the ability to screw it up as well. I agree that it would be great if the prices were updated on a regular basis and for the most part it is. Your plan sounds great, but it really doesn't work in the real world. I'm sure Jeff will address the update this weekend.

Raptor Escape has jumped from about 100 to 150 sellers on Amazon since retirement.

I'm afraid that more the former than the latter. As much as I love Star Wars, including Episode VII and the prequels, the lack of effort to make bankable designs for TFA show that they were more interested in recapturing lapsed fans than in promoting anything truly new and interesting. George Lucas filled the PT with new designs and bankable variations of themes. His eye was towards merchandising. They need a production designer that can step up and demand new ships and ground vehicles.

I am but a humble ebay seller. Sales are more around 85-100 tops. Does not work for me. Glad it does for you and that you are letting everybody know it though.

You can change them out with lime green ones!

Asda have sorted their act out with packaging. They've started using sturdy boxes and would say they're probably one of the best companies to order from, second only to TLG. Tesco's on the other hand... ugh

fair point haha. I just wanted to haggle with them but they couldn't do anything due to their limited capabilities with the register. I guess I'll go back tomorrow and pick it up

75055 ISD for 64 @WM. It was hidden deeply in the outdoor sports area. Guess someone must forgot where he/she hided it.

75102 - Poe's X-Wing from Amazon's order yesterday arrived today - 03R6 This ship is here!

I'm at LEGO Downtown Disney waiting for them to open. I have $40 in my pocket and $5 in points. Ever wondered what a degenerate LEGO addict spends his last $40 on? Stay tuned!

I have zero hoth sets, so a set like this could appeal to me (and it does a little) but you can't ignore the fundamental flaws with the design/contents/name of the set itself UCS or not. I read a great review of it on another LEGO website and it highlighted some significant flaws in a $250 set and thats where I think the anger and disappointment come into play. Most people accept that a $20, $30, $50 LEGO set will have it's limitations... people don't want a $250 set to have the same limitations. Because LEGO took a vacation and jammed those old sets together, you get things like: - a shield generator with 3 turbines instead of 4 - an assault with two baddies - a wampa cave that although cute doesn't match the lines of the model - a tauntaun feeding station that is where in the movies? - a watch tower that is where in the movies? - a gate with exposed gear mechanisms (yuck) You just can't ignore that no other Star Wars UCS set was this badly executed and this unoriginal.

It's not gospel by any means. And much of it is subject to your individual stores/sales strategy. My underlying assumptions are certainly oriented towards a storefront that sells lots of individual bricks (i.e., White 1x4 Plates in bundles of 25) based on my PAB cup excesses, parting out minfigs (or CMF duplicates) from sets I otherwise desired for my own uses, and the occassional Lego promotional ("freebie") sets. Which reminds me of another bullet point: 10. By-the-brick pricing: There's generally two types of by-brick sellers. One is small bundles (<15) of a relatively uncommon bricks. I'd recommend using Bricklink's market rate +35% (15% of which to cover Ebay/Paypal fees Bricklink doesn't account for) as a benchmark for pricing. The other is new PAB bulk brick (via cups). In this case, set your selling brick at around cost +30% (again, 15% of which goes to selling fees). Finding good comps for pricing can be tricky given fluctuations in bricks-per-lot quantities, but I've found exceeding these thresholds tends to push your price per brick above Ebay's going market rate. Obviously you'll want to adjust your % guidelines subject to your acquisition costs and lot size. 11. Listing Quantity: For by-the-brick, generally speaking nobody is looking to stock up on more than around 25-100 of a relatively small, cheap brick at a time. Shoot for listings that come out into the $2.75-$5.00 range for these type by-the-brick sales, and adjust the quantity per lot accordingly to get there. Glad to hear that despite those assumptions there's still some useful tidbits for a relative Ebay novice. I've gleaned untold insights from Brickpicker so at the risk of "helping the Ebay competition" I figure it's good karma to pay the advice forward. Just as a sidenote, the majority of my listings are for quantities of 5-20. So 45 sales in a weekend included a fair amount of several of a single listing. Certainly being a Sunday helped. Which reminds me of yet a couple more: 12. Listing Timing. If for whatever reasons you do embark upon auction listings, be sure to have them end on a Sunday afternoon/evening. Sunday's are Ebay's most active day by far for both visitors and bids/sales. As auctions enter their final 24 hours Cassini bumps them up in search results - so ending on a Sunday ensures elevated visibility at a time of peak shopper activity. 13. Target Market: Contemplate your target audience, and tailor your listings/formats/pricing accordingly. There's basically three types of buyers: (1) the soccer mom looking for a cheap kid's gift, (2) the novice AFOL who is bolstering their own inventory but not yet Bricklink-savvy, (3) the savvy AFOL who uses Ebay as one of many sites in their bargain hunting. Figure out what your ideal buyer looks like in that regard, as each one carries implications of how to best appeal to their interests, and has a plethora of pros and cons in terms of what you can expect for sales frequency/volume/ROI.

TRS gets 20% off final value fees on item price only. So you don't get a discount on the final value fee assessed to the shipping cost. But if you bake in shipping your fee will be lower.