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Ask Tabby, he's claimed to have sold off his entire inventory 4 or 5 times since Halloween

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My first used lot for $65... no longer a virgin! Found locally within 1 hour of posting... Complete 10174 Imperial AT-ST w/both manuals... Star Wars, Ferrari race car (???), two buckets, base plates, random stuff... Dirty and dusty... Time for a bath and the eventual inventory...

Apologies if this has already been posted, but I haven't seen it on BP. There's an offer on Amazon for $25 off a $50 purchase of any item sold and shipped by Amazon if you use any amount of Amex Membership Rewards (MR) to pay for the order. You have to have your MR account linked to Amazon to be able to pay with points. Once you add the item to your cart, go to the payment options, click on your Amex card with the MR points and enter the number of points you want to use. I used 1 MR point which = $0.01. I used my Amex card to pay for the rest of the order. Once you apply the MR point(s), then enter the promo code AMEX17EVER. I bought a $50 Staples gift card that I needed for $24.99 and 1 MR point. I've seen some comments that this may be targeted, so YMMV, but it definitely worked for me. I took advantage of a similar offer at the beginning of the year at the same time that Amazon ran BOGO on a bunch of Star Wars sets, and I was able to get it to work again this time.

OMG. Must...resist...making...inappropriate....comment

This was all sorts of not fun today...

can I please please see that... sure I could search it out but that requires effort and since people want it, we'll go with the channing tatum version

How has no one posted a let it go gif by now?

Just about anyone answering this question means it's cleared out. Call them on the phone. Also, this is Daily Deals and people get REAL touchy about their notifications blowing up for nothing.

I think many here would sell you one for less than that.

FYI- Doctor Strange on Blu-Ray gives back $10 in points

Don't worry. I read somewhere lego is worth more than gold. If this goes south I'll just open all the boxes and melt the lego into lego bricks. Sell them on the yellow market and make a killing....

I've recently expanded my local platforms by listing a bunch of items on Letgo and Offerup. In addition to Craigslist I've got a pretty good share of my local market for brand new / retired sets. The only listings in my area for Lego other than mine are usually for duplo or knock off crap, so when people see the good stuff at a decent price it generates some interest. Yes, you will get the occasional lowballer, but just stay firm, be polite, and educate them a little bit on the going rate and they will see that your price is actually a good deal. I've also developed quite a few regular local customers who have made several purchases from me, which also spreads the word. The Letgo and OfferUp apps are quite easy to use and navigate, and they also will post directly to Facebook so you can get even more eyes on your items. Local sales are the best because it's cash with no fees. It just takes a little time to get the word out. Good luck.

Not bought today but opened up the shipping boxes today. Bunch of small game.

Basically this question has been asked at least 20 times before with hopes of people sending PMs to try and sell their stock. You already have a FREE. Let me say that again FREE site called Brick Classifieds. You are already saving 10+ % on your commission fees. Take off that 10% savings of your items and spend a day or two or five and load up the site and make deals with people. If you limit it to a big bulk sale, you are cutting your changes to a very small portion. Very few people are giong to have 10/20/30+ thousand to offer depending on what you have. A while back someone sold like 19k worth of lego in like 2 weeks. Saved thousands on commissions. Just be ready to made a deal that works for you and it will go. Take advantage of Brick Classifieds now. It is moving and it may not be FREE much longer.

Picked up from Kmart.com this week- 2 best looking mystery machines I've gotten to date! Box was impeccable.

I'm just hoping it won't be like the previous movie and copy Empire.

The Last Jedi has been revealed.....

Yup, the film won 11/11 at the 2004 Oscars. ToO is a wonderful set to behold.

I guess giving the theme a bit more time is the right move. In 4 years (2021) Lord of the Rings will make it's 20th anniversary. Return of the King is the most decorated movie in terms of number of Oscars won.

FYI, I didn't see this posted here yet... Last day of TRUTH has been extended from 3/30/17 to 7/13/17.

@TabbyBoy @Val-E can you ballpark it? general thoughts?

Don't know about European market but in US....meh

Nice MOC. But the profits from your 40252 sales could have easily afforded you a 70751 ..... what's $160 for you .... 6 mini VW Beetles? ;-)

@njsealeJust my two bits... I recently got a craigslist offer for about $15,000 on most of my inventory. At that pricing, the buyer could have flipped it all for about 10% "instant" profit (....well, maybe in a month or two, depending on his selling platforms). We went 'round and 'round with details etc, until it became clear he could only pay via Paypal. Of course, Paypal doesn't cover that with buyer / seller protection. A Paypal rep told me that it is possible for a dishonest person with a Paypal account funded by Amex to make that kind of purchase, then call Amex the next day and say the purchase was unauthorized, merchandise didn't arrive, was fake, etc, and get the money clawed back. Now you might win that in a fight but... who wants to fight? Basically, the only way to do that kind of sale is with cashiers check (that you witnessed being written) or cash. In the end, we had no deal. I'm guessing that a real "whale" (one who actual has $15,000 to spend) would probably want to give me more of a haircut the joker I was talking to. Maybe 20% off? So anyway... with renewed selling attitude I went back to eBay (reading some of the selling on Amazon thread, you'll find that Amazon is not the place to be selling high dollar sets right now). On eBay, I've found you can move product pretty quickly at a fair price. I also love BrickClassifieds and am "double-listing" some items there at better discounts. My point is, like you, I was hoping to move all this stuff without the work. And I was willing to lose $1500... (maybe $2000?) to do it that way. But now I'm finding that... willing to take the going rate or a little bit less... I can move 10 or 20 sets a week. And at this rate, I should be able to move it all by the end of the year. Yeah it's a little work, but now the cash is rolling in, it feels great.

Fixed it for you.

Well, children can be cruel.

Been looking to build a UCS AT-AT for awhile but Moc's have been too expensive with their rare parts, until the one Raskolnikov built. It's a great looking model. I have changed a few pieces and will be getting some 2x2 round tiles to put in a few places. Sorry for poor phone photo.

I don't know about the comics last the early 90s either, but in the Toby movie trilogy he's a returning villain that actually plays a significant role in the maturation of Spider-Man. You end up feeling sorry for the guy. I think he helped with a robbery because he couldn't afford the cancer treatments for his daughter. Then he accidentally got transformed into the sandman. Daughter's still sick, he's a wanted freak, so he starts robbing armored cars. Not out of greed, but to pay for the treatments because the insurance companies won't cover her because she's sick and the hospitals wong take her because she's not insured. The whole point of course is to make you wonder, who's really the bad guy?

Picked up opened box of Batman minifigures off OfferUp for $120.

Full price... I'm just dreading the time to smoosh them all.

It looks more like a poster for ep11: The One Sith

So guess what showed up in Febs Loot crate.

Iron skull sub attack (76048) for AUD$17.

This right here...there is just too much variation in that ominous "used" designation and not knowing what your going to get. That said there is a market on vintage. I am replacing pieces from my mid 90's childhood sets (as well as being a classic space collector) so used is the only way to go on some things so it is good. I recently purchased from one seller that rated all used parts 1 through 5. With one being like new and 5 being heavy scratching and playwear. I really liked that system and will be implementing it when I open my bricklink store. Which on a side note: my professional grade ultrasonic cleaner got delivered today, looking forward to test cleaning used parts this weekend and being one step closer to the BL dream.

Thanks for now getting that stupid song stuck in my head.

We have just created/moved a number of forums into a "Small/Retired/Miscellaneous Themes" Forum/Subforum area. It's a grouping of LEGO themes that may not necessarily be big enough for their own main page topic. Over the next couple of days, we will be moving some of those topics into the appropriate theme areas. If there is anything in particular that you happen to catch, feel free to "Report It" it to the mods, so we can catch it and move it. Enjoy!

It's showing up on TRU's website: http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?s=A-UnitRank&kw=90867feb17&keywords=90867feb17&origkw=90867feb17&sr=1&ppg=96 If it isn't showing up in store, you can have them do a PM to their site. With no active coupons, other sales, or TRUTH happening, it shouldn't be a problem.

I don't think lego was going to produce 3 giant sized exclusives for this theme, so I can understand why they chose Orthanc over Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr. However, they still could have made the fell beast, and Durin's Bane. Overall, the theme is solid.

I will go down with the ship on these. Either I watch this set go ugly duckling to swan or it'll forever remain my beloved ugly child. My favorite set in my favorite lego line.

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If anyone is in need of new Tidey Whiteys, this offer might be interesting: Essentially, buy some Hanes underpants or shirts, and a bottle of Tide, and get $10 in points. Can be either 1 Hanes, 1 Tide and 1 Downy, or 2 Hanes and 1 Tide, or 1 Hanes and 2 Tide.

You recognize her buttcheeks? You've been staring at the interwebs for too long ....

Welcome

They are smart. When it is on sale for 60% off it will get scooped up!

I like it........even at -gulp- $350au. ?

Its actually very common to find career Directors that serve on 3, 4, 5, + Boards. It's a semi-retirement strategy for some C-suite executives. Build your career, serve as a CEO somewhere for 10-15 years, then join a bunch of Boards. Directors make $50-$100k per year per Board, plus lavish travel allowances to attend Board meetings. Typical work is 2 days per month per Board. So if you play your cards right, you can maintain your executive income and only work 6-8 days a month. Not suggesting that's what JvK is doing, just sharing my observations about US corporate culture.