| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | AngrySquirrel  | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 13:27 | | Subject: | Re: Just Opened in Bangalore, India! | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| In New Stores, ProVijay writes:
| | Hello,
I'm so excited to finally be a seller in Bricklink.  We opened our store
(Bangalore Bricks) a month back and so far it has been a slow but steady progress.
We have shipped 3 international and 1 domestic orders. We primarily are selling
parts. Minifigures and some retired sets too we have got but just about a dozen
there. Excited to see what the future holds for us!
Thank you for all the support. Cheers!
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Congrats!
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: Mega Bloks | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Drevil44 writes:
| | In General, bearly30 writes:
| | This site is amazing!! I used the inventory area to put all my nephews sets back
together, as the legos were just a total mess. I was wondering if anyone knows
of a site in which to find instructions or the brick inventory of Mega Bloks.
I am trying to sort the pieces to find them all for the set. It is an older set
. It is called Mega Bloks Build A Bakery. Contacted the company but that information
is unavailable as the set is a few years old. Thanks a bunch!!
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I can't believe that Mega Bloks has never been sued out of existence by Lego
for copyright infringement of their design/product. I can't tell you the
countless hours I have spent separating non-Lego from genuine Lego parts only
to dump these fraudulent pieces into the garbage. Family members who give these
Mega Blok sets to their children/grandchildren/nieces/nephews etc., are proliferating
a continual crime in my opinion. These inferior products may at the onset look
like they can be combined with the Lego system of bricks, but in actuality ruin
the building experience that that child might have otherwise enjoyed if using
pure Lego only.
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LOL! the non-lego brands are super annoying when sorting bulk.
However, don't forget that LEGO was once a clone brick brand as well copying
kiddicraft. So if kiddicraft had sued lego out of existence in 1949, what you're
suggesting lego do to mega-bloks now, then lego wouldn't exist today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFELcl75CiY
I had a terrible experience with a mega-bloks monster truck as a little kid.
I was never able to put it all the way together bc the tolerances were so bad
that pushing a piece in would pop one off somewhere else.
I'm guessing uninitiated gift buyers think they are getting more bang for
their buck, but I'd rather have had a modest $20 lego set back then than
a giant $20 cheap monster truck.
I will say that the halo figures they make are actually pretty cool and they
have some resell value as well which helps fund more lego purchases.
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: Mega Bloks | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Drevil44 writes:
| | In General, bearly30 writes:
| | This site is amazing!! I used the inventory area to put all my nephews sets back
together, as the legos were just a total mess. I was wondering if anyone knows
of a site in which to find instructions or the brick inventory of Mega Bloks.
I am trying to sort the pieces to find them all for the set. It is an older set
. It is called Mega Bloks Build A Bakery. Contacted the company but that information
is unavailable as the set is a few years old. Thanks a bunch!!
|
I can't believe that Mega Bloks has never been sued out of existence by Lego
for copyright infringement of their design/product. I can't tell you the
countless hours I have spent separating non-Lego from genuine Lego parts only
to dump these fraudulent pieces into the garbage. Family members who give these
Mega Blok sets to their children/grandchildren/nieces/nephews etc., are proliferating
a continual crime in my opinion. These inferior products may at the onset look
like they can be combined with the Lego system of bricks, but in actuality ruin
the building experience that that child might have otherwise enjoyed if using
pure Lego only.
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They tried.
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| Author: | Dirkpeek | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: Co-op type store. | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Dirkpeek writes:
| | Hi all,
I have a small bricklink store where I sell stuff from my joblot buys that dont
interest me. It's mainly sets and figures.
I've had a couple of my friends and acquaintances ask if they could list
some of their sets. I said I'd be interested for a small percentage of the
final cost as I'll have to put time and effort into it. Has anyone done this
before? If so how did you work out payment etc? I'm not worried about payment
from my friends, it's the acquaintances I'd be sceptical about.
Is it worth it or am I open to a world of pain?
Any help is appreciated
Hendrik.
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Thanks for the help,
I think ye are right, there is to many variables that can go wrong.
I'll offer them a fair price and list them myself if they take it.
Thanks!
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| Author: | Drevil44 | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 12:52 | | Subject: | Re: Mega Bloks | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, bearly30 writes:
| | This site is amazing!! I used the inventory area to put all my nephews sets back
together, as the legos were just a total mess. I was wondering if anyone knows
of a site in which to find instructions or the brick inventory of Mega Bloks.
I am trying to sort the pieces to find them all for the set. It is an older set
. It is called Mega Bloks Build A Bakery. Contacted the company but that information
is unavailable as the set is a few years old. Thanks a bunch!!
|
I can't believe that Mega Bloks has never been sued out of existence by Lego
for copyright infringement of their design/product. I can't tell you the
countless hours I have spent separating non-Lego from genuine Lego parts only
to dump these fraudulent pieces into the garbage. Family members who give these
Mega Blok sets to their children/grandchildren/nieces/nephews etc., are proliferating
a continual crime in my opinion. These inferior products may at the onset look
like they can be combined with the Lego system of bricks, but in actuality ruin
the building experience that that child might have otherwise enjoyed if using
pure Lego only.
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| Author: | StickyBrickit | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Co-op type store. | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Dirkpeek writes:
| | Hi all,
I have a small bricklink store where I sell stuff from my joblot buys that dont
interest me. It's mainly sets and figures.
I've had a couple of my friends and acquaintances ask if they could list
some of their sets. I said I'd be interested for a small percentage of the
final cost as I'll have to put time and effort into it. Has anyone done this
before? If so how did you work out payment etc? I'm not worried about payment
from my friends, it's the acquaintances I'd be sceptical about.
Is it worth it or am I open to a world of pain?
Any help is appreciated
Hendrik.
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Given how many things you need to account for and how many things can (and will)
go wrong, I wouldn't bother. As already stated, better option is to buy the
sets yourself and then deal with it all yourself so you get to keep the profit.
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 12:45 | | Subject: | Re: Co-op type store. | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Drevil44 writes:
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Is it worth it or am I open to a world of pain?
Any help is appreciated
Hendrik.
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In my personal life experiences I have never found your good intentions to be
worth the hassle and potential conflicts over petty matters that may arise from
that sort of arrangement. I believe it is always better to offer a fair purchase
price from your friends/family and just make the goods your own inventory and
yours to do with as you may please. Saves many headaches, pointless calculations
and tracking of what belongs to whom, etc.
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Yep. Just buy the items from your friends/family then sell them as your own.
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| Author: | Drevil44 | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: Co-op type store. | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Dirkpeek writes:
| | Hi all,
I have a small bricklink store where I sell stuff from my joblot buys that dont
interest me. It's mainly sets and figures.
I've had a couple of my friends and acquaintances ask if they could list
some of their sets. I said I'd be interested for a small percentage of the
final cost as I'll have to put time and effort into it. Has anyone done this
before? If so how did you work out payment etc? I'm not worried about payment
from my friends, it's the acquaintances I'd be sceptical about.
Is it worth it or am I open to a world of pain?
Any help is appreciated
Hendrik.
|
In my personal life experiences I have never found your good intentions to be
worth the hassle and potential conflicts over petty matters that may arise from
that sort of arrangement. I believe it is always better to offer a fair purchase
price from your friends/family and just make the goods your own inventory and
yours to do with as you may please. Saves many headaches, pointless calculations
and tracking of what belongs to whom, etc.
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| Author: | ProVijay | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 12:33 | | Subject: | Just Opened in Bangalore, India! | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| Hello,
I'm so excited to finally be a seller in Bricklink. We opened our store
(Bangalore Bricks) a month back and so far it has been a slow but steady progress.
We have shipped 3 international and 1 domestic orders. We primarily are selling
parts. Minifigures and some retired sets too we have got but just about a dozen
there. Excited to see what the future holds for us!
Thank you for all the support. Cheers!
|
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| Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2021 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: Co-op type store. | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Dirkpeek writes:
| | Hi all,
I have a small bricklink store where I sell stuff from my joblot buys that dont
interest me. It's mainly sets and figures.
I've had a couple of my friends and acquaintances ask if they could list
some of their sets. I said I'd be interested for a small percentage of the
final cost as I'll have to put time and effort into it. Has anyone done this
before? If so how did you work out payment etc? I'm not worried about payment
from my friends, it's the acquaintances I'd be sceptical about.
Is it worth it or am I open to a world of pain?
Any help is appreciated
Hendrik.
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Hi Hendrik,
It is a difficult one, of course you want to help friends and family but there
are some things to think about.
A few parts or minifigs I would say yes, it is fine. Easy to check if not too
much parts etc.
A set might be a different thing, you are responsible for the completeness and
the condition if you sell it.
Do you rely on your friends to really be sure if a set is complete, has all the
right colors (a lot of people do not care for light bluish grey or older light
grey, you need to care about this) and all the right variations of parts.
Your friends need to have more than average knowledge about Lego.
If you want to check all sets by yourself it is quite some work and if you only
get a small percentage what is in it for you?
This means checking the sets, the parts, put them in your inventory, store them
in your house so you can access them if you have a question or need to ship them
a.s.a.p., you need to pack (materials costs some amount) and ship them, pay the
fees for Paypal etc.
All these things need to be ‘included’ in your small percentage.
To control all steps you need to take care of it yourself.
A buyer needs to pay you so you know it is paid for, know what fees are taken
of your revenue.
The next step is to take your percentage.
And what to do if the set arrives damaged or not at all?
Who pays the refund for sets, shippingcosts etc.?
After all, a buyer sees you as the owner of the set and holds you responsible.
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