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I would suggest you both are right. Buy Box absolutely does affect the sell through, and I'm sure having good shipping metrics does improve the situation for those buyers who actually do know how to still make the purchase. I would therefore suggest that @cladner 's sales would even be greater with a buy box. Just like @landphieran said, I talk to many people who think Amazon is out of certain products when they do not see a buy box. Nothing related to Lego, just in general when they are shopping they will tell me Amazon is out of something.

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there are a lot of reasons why these popular shows may get viral again. The sad passing of Chandler ignited a ton of interest...that's morbid but is the reality of collectibles. Also I would wager there will be modernized reboots (Look at Harry potter). Big Bang (1st of these) hit $170-ish and will likely continue to outpace the price of the others. Even non-LEGO fans like just getting the MFs of their favorite characters...I think The traditional 4 year anniversary gift will become LEGO

This may be a result of the price changes. In the past, there was speculation the limits reset when items went on sale. Endor went on sale, back up, and back down. That could have reset the limits each time.

Early riser, my hairy hinney. It's called insomnia.

I've been trying to sell my fire mario's and cat suit mario's for two years. I will create a listing at a reasonable 30-40$, everything will go great for 3 weeks with constant sales, then it will be deactivated and reduced down to 16$. I had to create a removal order because my loses at that rate would be too much.

This is absolutely not true. Anecdotally speaking: My fiancé who has helped me sell on Amazon for the past 4 years still gets confused when she goes to a listing and there is no direct offering or price listed. I've watched my grandma shop on Amazon and if there isn't an "add to cart" she moves on. These are both people who go to Amazon first to buy stupid stuff. My profession is in software engineering and I guarantee Amazon has strong metrics around the efficacy of the buy box. Amazon has numerous "automated" policies in place to dissuade sellers from selling stuff for a "high price", forcing the use of undercutting to take the buy box, and enforcing quality metrics. They do anything they can to make it difficult as a seller to get top $ for your items because it's disadvantageous to Amazon's image as well as throughput. Many of these policies are relatively new. Less than 3 years ago the buy box rotated amongst sellers in a nearly uniform manner. Now its based on seller volume, first to the price, quantity in stock, quality of stock and location. The introduction of the gouging mechanic has functionally killed hundreds of viable lego listings that weren't truly gouged. Removal of buy box is another and is part of the anti gouging mechanic. The only mechanic that is advantageous for sellers that was recently more broadly implemented is the discount mechanic which has been a great help.

Ford Mustang is out of stock at target, amazon and lego. Still some limited stock at walmart. This one should set sail into retirement land soon. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/ford-mustang-10265

I have sold 17 at $49 easy under 2lb shipping not sure what is going on with Amazon as the listing is no longer suppressed from search results. The seller that tanked the listing is the high price on World Map with only 2 sellers and 3 units left. This may be the real winner.

Thanks Target for the well packed sets: no oversized boxes with no padding. No damage, which I realize has not been the experience for all.

Thanks for giving me hope I may be able to sell some of my first Flying Lesson sets on Facebook Marketplace by knowing they are selling on eBay.

Facebook Marketplace sellers who put the word 'figurines" in their Lego listing. They are minifigures or minifigs. Also using the phrasing looks complete or may be missing some pieces. Please do the work to make sure the set is complete or not. BrickPickers with insomnia or who are early risers who scoop up all the late night / early morning deals and make them go poof. Kudos to you!

@terrymc4677 can tell some Super Heroes stories....

Agreed, I was looking at this from a buyer’s perspective, also hopefully less shill bidders is a big win. I think once you set it up it will just be one more click to confirm payment method. I don’t do auctions but I did sell a FFL last night to: Stitchy Léclown XXXXXXXXX Ijamsville, MD 21754-9127 United States Looked him up and he is a real person with a big following and looks to know @emazers

At 70% off though I'd even be a buyer of Advent sets🤣 Just the figures alone are going for about $50.

Monkie Kid to the moon brotherrrrrr!

This is going to make auctions even less lucrative. First, many people bid knowing they can just not pay. Which drives up prices in the end. Second, it's just extra clicks that have to be made. Meaning last second bids may not make it in time, keeping the final sale price down. A win for truly interested buyers, but a big loss for sellers. BIN wins again.