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If I counted the amount of “free time” I spent researching, chatting, hunting, scouring websites and forums like these for lego deals, best selling practices, storage and retirement info... let’s be honest. It’s not free, but it’s a lot of time.

Yeah, you have to file a product review removal request. I often state the specific Amazon Review Guidelines the review is breaking. You have to be very specific and concise. The people who read these requests 1. Don't care about your product 2. Don't care about their job 3. Are slightly enjoying watching people fail. 4. Read the contents of the request 50% of the time. Good luck...

Pretty much the truth...and it's getting harder. Buying is fun and addictive. Selling, packaging and shipping sucks up time and profit. If one cannot count on large UCS and Creator sets to skyrocket in price and smaller sets take a few years to maximize profit. Competition is fierce as well. Basically, for most, reselling LEGO sets is a nice second job that is interesting and fun at times, but will never get you rich.

I've made money and lost money at this thing, but this isn't my fulltime gig. I like to build Lego to relax, I like to collect, and I like to design. So, I tend to use reselling as a way to increase my collection of sets and loose parts at (hopefully) a net zero cost. Making money is just a 'thumbs up' if it happens. It's funny how it can be like gambling at the casinos: you hear a lot about the $1500 won across the night but little mentioned about the $1200 spent to get it (sometimes, the $2000 spent to get it - net loss!). When I started buying Lego again (4 years ago) after dark ages I basically went to retail sites and filtered to "on sale". At the time, I was stoked to find 20% off at Target (great deal!). Then I started watching SlickDeals (which rarely had a post worth looking at). I also look at the /r/legodeal subreddit thread, occasionally. When I first stumbled across BrickPicker I was looking for a price guide for some old sets I had. Then I found the BrickPicker forum which contained tips and tricks and I learned about the annual clearance cycles and everything else fell into place. I'm not sure if I'm thankful to be enlightened now or not. I'm too susceptible to the dopamine from the reward-motivated behavior in the hunt and I frequently find myself anxious. Building Lego is relaxing, it reduces anxiety. Wait a second... so part of the thing making me anxious is the same thing I use to calm down the anxiety! Has this hobby/business ever caused any one of you a serious setback in life, whether it be social, psychological, financial, impact to job/relationship, etc.? There are definitely days where I want to just sell the whole collection, but I do enjoy reading the news about upcoming sets, the direction Lego is going in, and following the trends. I just struggle because I am an all-or-nothing kind of person; it's hard for me to do things in moderation, but that's just me! Happy hunting everyone!

Ya know all those accessory sets that LEGO can't sell that they clearance for 50% off? Now we can make them with these kits! Joy!

I haven't read the responses. But in case no one has done so already, I'd like to offer my condolences.

Can't recall where, but I heard/read a comment recently similar to this : "I'm either making money, or spending it." Reselling lets me convince myself that I'm doing both at the same time. :-) I agree that one wont get 'rich' doing this, but I've found it's a good side-hustle. But I agree that one does need time and space to make it worthwhile.

Small Timer here...how I see it after about 2 years on this board: I think many small timers fall into "Subsidized AFoL" category where our interest/Hobby in LEGO keeps us on top of deals that come along which we take advantage; meaning we buy 3 or 30: if we like it: one for our personal collection, one for a quick flip to recover costs, and one to stash as a lottery ticket. If we don't like it then flip all to buy something we like. Few hobbies allow for this kind of sustainability...but it can ofcourse get out of hand really fast. The side benefit is that the structure is in place to resell...and I find that I often resell random stuff I come across...the negative side is I'm ALWAYS looking for random stuff to resell so maybe my psyche has been F'd w/ all this and i can no longer be an ignorant consumer...which I kinda miss.

Confirmed 2020 2HY sets 42107 Ducati bike 60 euros 42111 Fast and Furious car 100 euros 42112 Cement Mixer 100 euros 42113 Bell Helicopter with PF 130 euros 42114 Dump Truck with PF 250 euros 42115 Lamborghini 380 euros

Perfect job for a stay-at-home. Great addition to someone who's business includes a warehouse. Nice additional income for a 9-5er. Questionable thing to do for anyone else.

You are being too generous. It is only 25% at best

Actual model confirmation: Confirmed 2020 2HY sets 42107 Ducati Panigale? 60 euros 42111 Fast and Furious Supra? 100 euros 42112 Cement Mixer 100 euros 42113 Bell Osprey Helicopter with PF 130 euros 42114 Volvo A60H Dump Truck with PF 250 euros 42115 Lamborghini Sian 380 euros

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I've used my 40 free listings - and have 130 items sitting in drafts and in my unsold pile. I'll list these 130~ items and not pay $1.65 per item for the excess listing fee.

I'm just here for the memes and bad puns.

I actually enjoy buying and flipping used sets. It gives me a chance to build sets I otherwise wouldn't have bought. My tip is make sure you know where you're going to store sets before you buy them. Space is a real issue.

Attack of the Pulp Magazine Monsters! by Jan Kusters

I call this my ebay barn find. This was a terribly written listing that had wrong model number. I made a super low ball offer that was accepted. Paid too much for slow delivery, but finally arrived, tore it down, washed it up, put it back together from scratch, replaced missing parts and turned out to get a sweet cheap Ferrari in the end. Pretty happy overall.

Glad I kept one OFS to build! Much more enjoyable than expected. I'm definitely going to keep it in my collection.

As a build over Christmas with my youngest we finished Treebeard (with some modifications to Jason Allemann's original design to fit Pippin and Merry). Jasons only used parts came from a (crushed box) 10236 but we ended up adding a few other types of foilage. Still planning to sort out the face a bit, but overall we are really happy with it. A great build and one we'll keep and have a case built for.

Two recent builds: 1. Hogwarts Great Hall (expanded using 2 sets - but only pieces from the sets, no add-ons). Was fairly straight-forward to do. Increased width and height. 2. Fully enclosed Hagrid's Hut (using 2 sets, no additional pieces). This one was a bit more tricky, as it I had to make the bases hexagonal to keep the shape of the huts.

I started the build blog review. Pretty cool build so with the sign and awnings. I love how "CAFE" is spelled out on the pavement. Here's a sneek-peak.