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Bought because goat

Done!

so... now that I have a few much appreciated sets, the question is.... Sell? Hold? Sell? Hold? Who am I kidding, on a shelf they go for some lucky estate sale worker to find in 6 decades when I finally kick the bucket.

Not sure if this is the right place for this but spent this morning with my nephew. Weather has been awful all day and hes been with me as a distraction, time away from his Dad who is on palliative care. We went with the Trons today... He rarely gets access to my vintage sets but said he actually preferred it to the Star Wars sets! I asked why and he said " look at them! They are all about to get blown to bits but they are all still smiling!" Melted my heart! 😊 He asked if he could take it home with him to his house and when I'd stopped laughing we picked out a Chima Polybag for him to take back instead. 🤷‍♂️

well there's so little reasons for many folks to go to the bank nowadays...and I don't ever use ATMs (don't even keep a card w/ me)...and Venmo has become a necessary evil if you need to pay for kids lessons or random school-related stuff... so for a $45 I could totally see someone thinking it's not worth it.., but def for a $100+ purchase...Venmo = Scam City

A little update.....I hired an attorney (teaches Trademark law at a major law school) who has reached out and had some back and forth contact with Vorys....our approach was to be pretty open in that I buy from authorized retailers including Lego, many times at full price, I hold until they are unavailable on these platforms, and then I resell, with fulfillment through Walmart or another AUTHORIZED Lego retailer. I voluntarily sent them a month of receipts showing $25K in legit purchases from Amazon/Walmart. I have specifically asked how long I would need to hold inventory to be considered a retailer vs the need to be an authorized seller (and requested approval to be an authorized seller if required for these type of purchases.) It seems a disclaimer of this was is being RESOLD as repurchased and as a collectors item. I hope I wasn't too open but sort of dumbed it down to anyone in the world can walk in Walmart and buy a set (or 200 of a set) and stick it in storage for two years and then resell it for twice the value. I had pretty high volume (probably much smaller than people on here) , but I do not know that they can see that. I also think they target the non-WFS or FBS sales where we ship and manage customer service. Still waiting on the requested clarification, and we may not get it. They did make it sound like if I immediately stopped buying, they would gladly let me sell out my legit inventory...but again no full clarification.

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Local cash sales from this weekend: Brick Bank ($110), Detectives Office ($106), Parisian Restaurant ($106), Downtown Diner ($180): $2000 Harley Davidson Fatboy ($15 from Target Glitch): $120 Aston Martin ($15 from Target Glitch): $200 All buyers were parents based on their profile pictures. Theory: Parents pissing away the additional child tax credit.

went through a bunch of FBA returns. Most still sealed, some opened and missing pieces and then I get this. Kinda feels like hitting a small jackpot at a yard sale with all of the minifigs I got. LOL

I’m trying to parlay one of mine into this:

First castle arrived.

Should be a beautiful castle moc when finished. Creator is using some interesting techniques Check out how they are building up the stone in the walls with bars and clips 😯

We got the Vorys letter in back in January and immediately hired an IP attorney. Our letter called out our presence on Amazon, eBay and Walmart but of course not on Bricklink. We use a different store name on Amazon because we sell more than Lego but it was probably our business address that linked them together. After my attorney spent a couple weeks getting the lay of the land understanding our position in the market, where we source our products, our quality control measures and near flawless customer service for 15 years, he recommended we respond with an 8 page "Thanks but no thanks" which was sent about 2 weeks ago. At first I was nervous about responding in fear of putting a target on my back (knowing so many others are tossing the letter in the trash) but too much of my life has been dedicated to Lego for me to sit on my hands. Most of us reading this thread can legitimately say we are more knowledgeable about Lego products than most (if not all) of Lego's authorized resellers in the US. I can also tell you with 100% confidence that by "us" reselling genuine Lego products and providing a 2nd life only adds to the perceived value of the Lego brand. If Lego sliced the necks of ALL legitimate Lego resellers then Lego would quickly become nothing more than Mega Bloks with a shinier brick. The perceived value of Lego would erode very quickly ...the parents who now justify buying a $350 Gunship by saying "I can probably sell this eBay in 2 years and get my money back" would no longer have this option and thus make better buying decisions. This would also produce many more "pop-up shops" with a higher number of scammers and the market will have a tougher time determining the good sellers from the bad. We are one of the good guys and treat Lego like part of the family so for us to be called out in this dragnet is very disappointing. We intend on fighting this until we run out of resources.