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It was recently explained to me that Arrested Development was a show about dumb people made for smart people, whereas Big Bang Theory was a show about smart people made for dumb people.

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Yeah, just a little more meat on the bone.

Well I have not been keeping track of IDEAS lately but isnt it the same thing ?!?

Valid criticism. IDEAS sets like this get a criticism-free pass from me because they are so catalytic in wedging science jumping-off points into a free-time landscape dominated by Minecraft & Fortnite. This is a rare commodity in a parent's arsenal.

Time to move to the Retiring Soon thread

The Three Stooges was made by smart people and is for smart people

$60 is very attractive for the set and certainly fits the desire to MOC the final scene in the original JP with a velociraptor fight followed by the Rex. Scale might be a issue. I think I would have liked to have seen more colored texture than the bone white, more greys, tans, and browns, like a true fossil. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum

I understand your frustration but I don't think it'll work. Brower games, DC deals, toyplanet, dboytoys, douse, etc there's a bunch of sellers who have so many listings they likely won't even notice a couple listings tanking in price.

Because if I match his pricing, he drops it my $.01 again soon after which means I never sell any LEGO sets. My strategy is definitely a terrible business strategy but it inflicts as much pain on him as it does me and its the only way I know how to counter it other than maybe finding software to do the same just on items he's selling too. I'm hoping he'll eventually see that all his listings keep lowering in price and eventually he'll stop doing it. It's the I "play nice" with others mentality until someone decides not to play nice. Then I "play really mean".

Perhaps you might also reconsider your pricing strategy.

Ok I think I figured it out (thanks @brickvoyeur for the test in PM). This is from an older article (2014) but probably explains it well: 2. State rules regarding shipping taxability are difficult to track. For sales within one state, most states charge sales tax on shipping and handling, as long as those costs are included in the order. The following states usually consider charging shipping that is part of an order a taxable activity, regardless of whether sales tax is part of the price or not: Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. Conversely, the following states say shipping charges are not taxable if included in the price: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine Maryland (noted exceptions), Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin.

I believe this is incorrect the tax is based on the buyers state. the tax is applied based on the buyers shipping location not the seller location and is remitted to the buyers state not the sellers.

If a buyer is in one of the 34 states it auto charges them. Nothing you do on your end at all. It's all taken care of. You never see the money.

Woohoo! Less chance my eBay sales from the weekend get returned.

meanwhile in toycentric land:

Credit card points, free nights, and LEGO paid for our 5 day trip. Wife is happy. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum

I've ordered from Jet numerous times. They are a Walmart company. Their packaging and handling are superior to Walmart or Amazon.

Looks to be on the price only. So an accurate calculated shipping cost will be cheaper for the buyer than "free shipping" of the same price, in any state that eBay is collecting sales tax from.

Not really a fruitcake but... im buying four funko pops from one seller. I asked if they would give a shipping discount. i figure shipping one costs about $4 and shipping all four together would cost about $9 so they’re saving about $7. i literally would’ve been happy with a $1 discount. they weren’t rude, but simply said they don’t offer discounts. Now, just out of spite, i think i’m going to order all four on different days so they ship separately. If i’m not getting any savings, neither is the seller! that’ll show ‘em

Just a friendly reminder to everyone to add limits to your sets that you have a decent quantity of. This prevents people buying out all your stock then returning it or people undercutting you aggressively because they don't want to wait for your stock to sell. Edit Listing > Max Quantity