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GSP is great for US sellers, but also provides additional seller/buyer protections. Yes, its more expensive for buyers, but they get insurance and better tracking. Never had any issues, used it many times over the years since they created it. Repackaging must be a non-US practice - never heard of it happening. Or if it does, the US team does a better job. eBay carries all the risk after its received in Kentucky, so if they transfer it to crappy packaging which causes it to get damaged, they have to reimburse the buyer. Seller is 100% protected. Canada is a customs roulette country. Technically anything >$20 is taxable, but I've never seen any buyer <$100 get taxed, and over >$100 happens rarely if shipping USPS. If you ship UPS or FedEx, they have it built into their computer systems so its more likely to get charged. GSP does not use USPS for that leg (that would defeat the purpose of GSP), so that's why Canadian buyers get hit with the customs fee on GSP. Since CBSA fails (for whatever reason) to enforce the rules on USPS parcels, there is a perception that direct shipping is much cheaper. It's only cheaper if direct-shipping buyers keep dodging the GST bullet.

I feel like these are the final words included in the epitaph on the graves of many an AFOL.

FWIW, I contacted Lego CS and asked to have it added to one of my orders from 4/6. They never asked for code (I had one), and they added it to my order after about two minutes in the chat. Sent from my SM-G950U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Wasted too much time scrolling through Facebook and for some reason, it doesn't show up for me browsing their page. Saw a direct link elsewhere: https://www.facebook.com/6665038402/posts/10156436250918403?sfns=mo This must be the 2nd time ever that I've seen a LEGO coupon code.

Go to the post on Facebook. Click the bookmark icon to save it. The code will display. Would be nice if Facebook's algorithm would have shown that to me Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday before I placed my order.

PM’d Walmart at Target and with Redcard got the 20th Anniversary Snowspeeder for $30. Also grabbed the polybag for $4. OfferUp seller at a used Voltron for $100. Couldn’t pass up the chance to have a second set so I can display both the Lions and Voltron. Wife will kill me but I don’t care.

$115au from Phuket. At least 10 Skellingtons left at 50% off , but only so much cash available sadly. Cheers to Ravenb for the advice.

Don't forget to get your free Mr Bunn.

I totally agree. I have had several shipments where the international buyer complained about damage (mostly Funko shipments if I remember correctly). In every case eBay refunded the buyer and let me keep all of the funds as the seller because I used GSP. I’ll never ship internationally using any other eBay option. I don’t want to wait around for weeks to see if a package I send makes it to a far corner of the Earth. I also don’t want it to be my fault that a package gets stuck in customs limbo because I didn’t complete paperwork correctly. I’m not an international freight forwarder and have no desire to become one.

After a long day and to relieve some stress, I built the Naboo Starfighter Mini polybag, 4813 The Mill and 4193 The London Escape. I plan to sell the 4183 and 4193 Pirates of the Caribbean sets.

As the proud owner of a 5 month old puppy myself, I can only imagine the amount of stress the last 24 hours have brought you. Glad to hear it all ended well.

More often than not they’ll take your (perfectly packaged) parcel, open it, put it haphazardly into a box MUCH too large, and your item inevitably arrives damaged, 4-6 weeks after the purchase. Tried it enough times to develop a (horrible) track record. GSP is indeed a hard pass from this Canadian buyer too.

I rarely buy off eBay anymore but if I see a seller use GSP I instantly move on. GSP is a complete ripoff for buyers not aware of true shipping costs.

Lego SAH is running the free Chicken Skater Pod with $35 purchase. There are also a number of sale items that are coming up for much less than listed prices: 853759 - $2.24 40307 - $2.49 40264 - $2.49 850997 - $1.24 853772 - $1.24 853651 - $3.24 853676 - $3.24 40170 - $2.49 There are others, but these are the best ones that I found.

Yeah declare correct customs vallue of course, but even there, i never paid anything at my door(maybe im lucky). With GSP, they charges it on the invoice, which in many case result in destroying the deal and wont make the purchase. I would if not. PLease don't use this **** it takes longger to arrive to.,

why use the GPS program first place, it destroys deal for us canadian. I search for USA sellers who dont use it, i never pay custom ffees at my door

Moc I'm working on with the new hall of armor set(s). In progress, still not happy with the angles and getting the arc right but only on day 1. Sent from my SM-G960U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

We built LEGO system 6416 Poolside Paradise and 6411 Sand Dollar Cafe from the 1992 Paradisa Subtheme. Picked them up from Goodwill and wanted to see if they were complete before we sell them. Both complete except 6411 is missing 1 minifig and its box. Much better than expected. The baseplates are crazy! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

We built the 7166 Imperial Shuttle (circa 2001) which we got in a bulk lot a while back but never built or sold. This is my oldest SW build to date, and there were definitely lots of build technique differences between this and the newer shuttle builds. Some similarities as well...especially on the wings. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Excellent build and a great model...the best Creator Expert car yet IMO.

Finally built our first Imperial Star Destroyer (6211) that we picked up a while ago on the cheap. The set was bigger than I expected and larger than the 75055 version. It was a decent build...though there were some difficult parts due to poor printing colors in the instruction books that my kids needed some help figuring out.

Built my Benny that arrived from Target opened. As far as brickheadz go it was a pretty interesting build, but I am a fan of brickheadz... Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Bought a dragon dance from one of you scoundrels and popped it open tonight! Impressive final product even if a little repetitive in the build. Very happy to have it! Sent from my SM-G935V using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Had a daddy-daughter date night last night, part of which was building a Groot and Rocket Brickheadz 41626 for my daughter's collection. She loved it because it's 'cute'.

My son has really got into the Brickheadz theme, so I've been creating some Moc designs myself... Dengar, Lando and Han Solo Sent from my CLT-L09 using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Finished bricklinking 21021 Marina Bay Sands, and snared the Oz characters today from Tesco.

Built the Slave over the weekend with the kids. Great set!

Built three more tonight

Finally broke open the hulk buster today [emoji51] Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Built the UCS Y-Wing this weekend. Better than expected, highly recommended. My only real gripe is the stickers.