A_Feisty_Pickle

Same thing with Arkansas. To my knowledge there are no buildings related to LEGO in the state yet I've been paying taxes from LEGO Shop at Home purchases for the past year and a half I've been investing.

Picked up 21 of them for $1.49 each, along with an addition 5% off!

Something I find that helps is when you make multiple orders is to ship them to different names (same address). For example, depending on how many multiple orders I make in a short period of time, I will use first/last name, middle/last name, only last name, my fiancee's first/last name (who lives with me), her middle/last name, and only last name. Usually I don't need 6 separate orders though. So far they've always shipped separate that way and I've done this with lego.com, amazon, target, and walmart.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I live in Arkansas and to my knowledge there are no Lego stores in the state and I've had to pay sales tax on my online purchases for as long as I can remember.

Well... that escalated quickly. EDIT: Also. I enjoy and appreciate DNIIM and his blogs and posts on these forums. "IF" he made an error here and there I wouldn't go around telling him he's stupid. He seems very level headed and not full of himself unlike some members on this site.

I listed my 41999 on Thursday or Friday for $499.99 when the highest listed besides mine was $350-$400'ish. I've been raising it by $100 as the price gets higher. (Now mine is up to $799.99). My way of thinking is either A - the cheaper ones are going to keep being purchased until people who are asking for a ridiculous amount (like me) are the only ones left, or B - lego makes more sets and the prices crash. I'm a gambler so I'm going to keep asking more and more until there are only like, 5-10 sets available on ebay. Also, it makes me wonder.. the people who are buying these sets for $400-$500 now, are they people who are wanting to build and just missed the boat when the set was released, or people who think the price is going to continue going up and are investing at double retail value? I think this set is a real winner but I don't know how comfortable I'd be investing double in a set that has been out for less than two weeks...

I use Amazon for selling and personally I feel like I sell items for more on Amazon than i do on Ebay. I feel it's a lot easier and it's easy to manage. The fees are higher than Ebay as mentioned, but I feel I can charge more to make up the difference. Also, I think Amazon feels more "secure" to buyers. Maybe it's just me, but I know as a buyer I'd feel more comfortable buying from someone off of Amazon than Ebay. But both are good for selling. Also, I believe there is an article about this. You may want to check it out. It's very informative!

I worked in a Walmart deli my first year of college. Some of my coworkers had such poor math skills that when a customer would request say 2/3 pound of sliced meat, they would ask THE CUSTOMER if that was more or less than half a pound. God bless America.

Good to know!

Off topic. Does anyone else who purchased at midnight still say "In process"? I don't know if mine is back ordered or not. I purchased pretty early (12:15 eastern) so I would assume I should be getting it soon...

Before you checkout and you're just in your cart it will say you qualify for free shipping, it just doesn't apply it at checkout. I'm assuming they'll get it straightened out.

Just purchased mine online. It charged me shipping but didn't charge me tax. I'm guessing it'll all get sorted out.

Heh, well I'M the original pickle. I've been around these parts (mostly in hiding) since I believe September. You're just more talkative than me. ;P However, I'll be sure to watch my back.

I picked up a Vampyre Castle for 30% off. Not the best discount but I didn't have any of this set prior so I figured now or never. Also picked up a mines of moria for 30% off. Really didn't save a whole lot on that one but I feel like I can make a few bucks off of it. My target still has a bunch of sets on clearance so I'll be checking every few days to see if anything else drops. They have a whole bunch of mirkwood spiders for $21. I'm planning on cleaning them out when it drops to 50%.

Back in stock, BTW. Just picked up two.