Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) Quote I'll read the Nightmare Before Christmas story this year, kids. Twas the night before Clearance And all through the aisle Steamrollers were packed Into my cart like a pile Exo Suits were hung In the storage with care Knowing that in a decade They still will be there Sergeant Jyn Erso was nestled Deep under my bed With terrible proportions And a face that looks dead Wonder woman in her armor And cheetah in her cap The lasso of truth will tell you That this set is pure crap When out on my doorstep A noise shook me awake ShopJustice still delivering Olaf Flat as a pancake Faster shipping than FedEx The turds as they came I cried and I pouted As I called them by name "Now, Dots! now, Mario! Now Lego Movie 1 and 2! On, Raiders! on, Mighty Dinos! On, Takodana and constractables too! To the depths of the dumpster! Stacked 50 feet tall Now throw away! throw away! throw away all!" Each year I make efforts To donate a bit more But Toys for tots sends a bill For returning them to my door Since I can't give them away I'll dig a big pit It's the final solution To get rid of this sh!t I shook as I laughed At the thought of relieving this pain It was nearly 3am So I looked quite insane As I poured the kerosene I cheered with delight "I'll light you on fire, So you're out of my sight" Edited December 7, 2022 by brickvoyeur 15 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, Tgnmonster said: So jealous of everyone here that is already using FBA. $2500 LEGO gating fee makes me a sad clown. Do you folks consider this remotely close to worth it? Seems like a large mountain of profit to lose... You would still need a letter from an authorized distributor and show invoices so your money would go to waste . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loghamel Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, Tgnmonster said: So jealous of everyone here that is already using FBA. $2500 LEGO gating fee makes me a sad clown. Do you folks consider this remotely close to worth it? Seems like a large mountain of profit to lose... It's not the fee holding people back, it's getting ungated once you pay that fee. Being able to come up with invoices from LEGO is pretty tough and there aren't any official wholesalers. So, no, it ain't worth it as they'll take your non-refundable fee and tell you that everything you submit is not sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asharerin Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Tgnmonster said: So jealous of everyone here that is already using FBA. $2500 LEGO gating fee makes me a sad clown. Do you folks consider this remotely close to worth it? Seems like a large mountain of profit to lose... Amazon is not ungating anybody in Lego (or any of the other big brands) even with all the paperwork and fees paid. Many have tried. Just because you cannot sell Lego on Amazon does not mean you cannot sell millions of other items tho. Plenty of other platforms for Lego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 3 in 1 micro fighters pack from Costco $67 FBA. Send them in, I only had two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 100x 10701 large grey baseplates for £500 cash - £440 profit (bought for £50 plus £10 fee at toy auction last November) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micbelt Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Fba sales recently:75054 At-At for $393.99, traded a 10240 Red Five for it which had a buy in of $20010683 Juniors Road Work Truck for $38.60, buy in of $132x 70748 for $49.95, buy in of $10.48 each 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 fBADusty and chug duplo - $49Hero factory 44029 -$87b-wing -$90QF with less than week hold (see what did you buy today) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 A Lego retail exclusive giveaway from the Leicester sq store opening for £65 with £1 eBay FVF. So £60 profit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micbelt Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Recent FBA sales: 2x 75920 Raptor Escape at $159.85 each, buy in of $35 each 1x 30320 Gallimimus Trap for $24, buy in of $0 1x 30522 Batman in the Phantom Zone for $9.18, buy in of $1.19 1x 41171 Emily Jones and the Baby Wind Dragon for $23.98, buy in of $5 1x TRU Hulk Polybag for $14.98, buy in of $0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil B Posted March 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2017 Finally, after a lot of coaching and advice from @Sfcommando14 I decided to dip my toes into FBA. Oh boy, how stupid am I that I never tried this before ..... My items became available yesterday at 4pm and this morning at 11am, and as of right now I have already sold: 5x 41111 Friends Party Train - $14 (buyin $4) - 100% ROI after fees 5x 70801 TLM Melting Room - $28 (buyin $5) - 250% ROI after fees I landed straight in the buy-box for both listings, and nobody repriced. All I did was price within $1 of the lowest FBA price, no real undercutting or anything. Thank you mr. Bezos! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Finally, after a lot of coaching and advice from [mention=61513]Sfcommando14[/mention] I decided to dip my toes into FBA. Oh boy, how stupid am I that I never tried this before ..... My items became available yesterday at 4pm and this morning at 11am, and as of right now I have already sold: 5x 41111 Friends Party Train - $14 (buyin $4) - 100% ROI after fees 5x 70801 TLM Melting Room - $28 (buyin $5) - 250% ROI after fees I landed straight in the buy-box for both listings, and nobody repriced. All I did was price within $1 of the lowest FBA price, no real undercutting or anything. Thank you mr. Bezos!On Amazon undercutting by $0.01 will suffice. Or better yet just match the buy box price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 15 minutes ago, Migration said: On Amazon undercutting by $0.01 will suffice. Or better yet just match the buy box price. Yes sir. All my other listings are priced like that. Just these two I dipped a little lower, but not by much. 70801 had a bunch of listings at $28.45 +/- $0.02, so I went for $27.99. With my 60% off buy-in this was a great deal. 41111 was a little blurrier, tons of FBM listings in the $13-$14 shipped range, first FBA at $14.90, so I went in at $14. I didn't have high expectations for that set, but figured it was worth a shot via FBA. Helped that I got half of my stash for $2.50 from WM 2 months ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Finally, after a lot of coaching and advice from [mention=61513]Sfcommando14[/mention] I decided to dip my toes into FBA. Oh boy, how stupid am I that I never tried this before ..... My items became available yesterday at 4pm and this morning at 11am, and as of right now I have already sold: 5x 41111 Friends Party Train - $14 (buyin $4) - 100% ROI after fees 5x 70801 TLM Melting Room - $28 (buyin $5) - 250% ROI after fees I landed straight in the buy-box for both listings, and nobody repriced. All I did was price within $1 of the lowest FBA price, no real undercutting or anything. Thank you mr. Bezos!How did you get past the gate? Were you FBA'ing a little before the gate went up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said: How did you get past the gate? Were you FBA'ing a little before the gate went up? I had a few FBM sales in the spring of 2016 (2-3) and when the gate came down, it was enough to get me grandfathered in. I've always been blocked from listing anything but New, but am allowed to send in for FBA. Had just never tried it (done a few attempts at Shipping Plans but it never seemed worth it, until last week when I went through my entire inventory and shipped in the "ripe" sets all at once). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 7255 loose complete Grievous Chase $3531004 Fierce Flyer x2 $30 ea75013 Umbaraan HMC $553179 Repair Truck $2331012 Family House $10079115 Turtle Van Takedown x10 $45 ea79120 T-Rawket x2 $30 ea42000 Grand Prix x2 $200 ea60022 Cargo Terminal x2 $180 ea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Phil B said: @Sfcommando14 I landed straight in the buy-box for both listings, and nobody repriced. All I did was price within $1 of the lowest FBA price, no real undercutting or anything. You probably already know this, but if you undercut by even a penny, you might trigger other sellers' auto-repricing programs, and then the race to the bottom begins. So if you can just match, please do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoMan1212 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 10 minutes ago, Jackson said: You probably already know this, but if you undercut by even a penny, you might trigger other sellers' auto-repricing programs, and then the race to the bottom begins. So if you can just match, please do. Being a buyer more than seller, please do under-cut. Let the race BEGIN! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 You probably already know this, but if you undercut by even a penny, you might trigger other sellers' auto-repricing programs, and then the race to the bottom begins. So if you can just match, please do.It's the sellers with auto-pricers that adjust down a penny when you match their price who are really annoying. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Jackson said: You probably already know this, but if you undercut by even a penny, you might trigger other sellers' auto-repricing programs, and then the race to the bottom begins. So if you can just match, please do. There's nothing to fear, because I sold through all my stock on those two SKUs within 24hrs. No race to the bottom. Nothing happened to the price of those items as a result of my actions either ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 13 minutes ago, Phil B said: There's nothing to fear, because I sold through all my stock on those two SKUs within 24hrs. No race to the bottom. Nothing happened to the price of those items as a result of my actions either ... Eh? I wasn't talking about those specific items, just in general. I shouldn't have quoted you, so sorry about that because the comment wasn't really directed to you but to anyone who doesn't know that auto-repricers are a thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 15 hours ago, Phil B said: Finally, after a lot of coaching and advice from @Sfcommando14 I decided to dip my toes into FBA. Oh boy, how stupid am I that I never tried this before ..... My items became available yesterday at 4pm and this morning at 11am, and as of right now I have already sold: 5x 41111 Friends Party Train - $14 (buyin $4) - 100% ROI after fees 5x 70801 TLM Melting Room - $28 (buyin $5) - 250% ROI after fees I landed straight in the buy-box for both listings, and nobody repriced. All I did was price within $1 of the lowest FBA price, no real undercutting or anything. Thank you mr. Bezos! To complete my first 24hr tally: 3x 41171 Emily Jones and the Baby Wind Dragon - $24 (buyin $2.50) - 500% ROI after fees And no, I did not undercut anyone on that one, just matched the lowest FBA price. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micbelt Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 FBA sales: 1x City Playmat for $48.99, buy in of $11.49 1x Emily Jones and the Baby Wind Dragon for $24, buy in of $5 2x 75049 Snowspeeder for $78.98, buy in of $25 each 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legodelorean Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Sold 63 Dimension Packs via CL: 29 Scooby 24 Portal 2 5 Bart 5 BTTF Total made was $305. Pretty much $5 a pack except for the Bart packs which sold for $3. I was hesitant at first to sell but since I was selling so many at once I figured why not. I didn't want to hold on to these forever. I had a great time selling these. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxio Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 60083 snowplough £30 (£11 buy-in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamhappyfrog Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 27 minutes ago, legodelorean said: Sold 63 Dimension Packs via CL: 29 Scooby 24 Portal 2 5 Bart 5 BTTF Total made was $305. Pretty much $5 a pack except for the Bart packs which sold for $3. I was hesitant at first to sell but since I was selling so many at once I figured why not. I didn't want to hold on to these forever. I had a great time selling these. The level team/packs I have been moving at $10 each a little slower moving, but my buy in was about $2-$4 depending on the source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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