Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Stuart9  | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2022 06:48 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Sourcing suitable Lego at a good price here is not easy either, nearly everyone
expects a high price, can’t blame them but it makes it difficult if you want
to resell.
In Announce, Teup writes:
| | In Announce, runner.caller writes:
| | | | In Announce, Teup writes:
Money = time = space. If you want to earn more money, you need either more time
or more space. You can work long hours at a low profit rate, or you can crank
up your profit rate by growing your store which enables higher prices. My strategy
has always been to go nuts on space and save time 
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You bring up a good point about time.
I'd say the best % return on paper would be from cheap used bulk with figs
and listing every possible piece.
I recently acquired 60lbs for $330 that included approx. 125 figures.
Now, if I were to take the time to list EVERYTHING I could, the unrealized gains
would be huge. A couple thousand dollars maybe, but it would take me a super
long time to list and even longer to realize those gains + I don't have the
space to do all the parts.
I already flipped one architecture set to ebay out of that lot weighing around
2 lbs for approx $80 after fees and shipping. I'll do this with all the bulk
from this lot eventually and probably 2X to 3X on just that as an immediate realized
gain and this will leave the 125 figures as "free" that I will then add to my
BL store.
The % gains are not there, but I can process way more lots if I sell off the
bulk in 2 or 3 listings and then add 100 or so figures to my store vs taking
the time so sort, store, list, pick, pack, and ship 24,000 pieces over the long
run.
Just different strategy, I also know a lot of sellers that do very well with
parts and having a huge variety.
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Ah, that makes sense, I was talking strictly about parting out new sets. Those
will usually be 2x or 3x almost by definition, as I think that roughly gets
you an hourly pay of something in between €15-€25 which is an acceptable "career"
for people. If we'd have sources all over the place that give us 5x, pretty
soon the prices will just drop until we settle at the 2x-3x level again.
But as for used, yes, a whole lot more work is involved there, so it makes sense
that you can have 5x there - and probably still end up with that same hourly
pay as you would for parting out a new set at 2x (with the benefit of course
that you have much more cool and unique things to draw customers with).
I think it depends on where you live whether you can source used stock at an
acceptable price, though. Here it's pretty hard. I get the impression that
in America it's common for people to not really be aware of what they have
and just dump it for cheap, while in the Netherlands everyone thinks they're
suddenly an expert or somehow have hidden gems in their attic that the world
was waiting for, even though they don't know anything about Lego. The same
way all Americans know "don't eat yellow snow", all Dutch people know "don't
sell your Lego cheap"
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2022 06:08 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, runner.caller writes:
| | | | In Announce, Teup writes:
Money = time = space. If you want to earn more money, you need either more time
or more space. You can work long hours at a low profit rate, or you can crank
up your profit rate by growing your store which enables higher prices. My strategy
has always been to go nuts on space and save time
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You bring up a good point about time.
I'd say the best % return on paper would be from cheap used bulk with figs
and listing every possible piece.
I recently acquired 60lbs for $330 that included approx. 125 figures.
Now, if I were to take the time to list EVERYTHING I could, the unrealized gains
would be huge. A couple thousand dollars maybe, but it would take me a super
long time to list and even longer to realize those gains + I don't have the
space to do all the parts.
I already flipped one architecture set to ebay out of that lot weighing around
2 lbs for approx $80 after fees and shipping. I'll do this with all the bulk
from this lot eventually and probably 2X to 3X on just that as an immediate realized
gain and this will leave the 125 figures as "free" that I will then add to my
BL store.
The % gains are not there, but I can process way more lots if I sell off the
bulk in 2 or 3 listings and then add 100 or so figures to my store vs taking
the time so sort, store, list, pick, pack, and ship 24,000 pieces over the long
run.
Just different strategy, I also know a lot of sellers that do very well with
parts and having a huge variety.
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Ah, that makes sense, I was talking strictly about parting out new sets. Those
will usually be 2x or 3x almost by definition, as I think that roughly gets
you an hourly pay of something in between €15-€25 which is an acceptable "career"
for people. If we'd have sources all over the place that give us 5x, pretty
soon the prices will just drop until we settle at the 2x-3x level again.
But as for used, yes, a whole lot more work is involved there, so it makes sense
that you can have 5x there - and probably still end up with that same hourly
pay as you would for parting out a new set at 2x (with the benefit of course
that you have much more cool and unique things to draw customers with).
I think it depends on where you live whether you can source used stock at an
acceptable price, though. Here it's pretty hard. I get the impression that
in America it's common for people to not really be aware of what they have
and just dump it for cheap, while in the Netherlands everyone thinks they're
suddenly an expert or somehow have hidden gems in their attic that the world
was waiting for, even though they don't know anything about Lego. The same
way all Americans know "don't eat yellow snow", all Dutch people know "don't
sell your Lego cheap"
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| Author: | StickyBrickit | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2022 04:53 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, runner.caller writes:
| | | | In Announce, Teup writes:
Money = time = space. If you want to earn more money, you need either more time
or more space. You can work long hours at a low profit rate, or you can crank
up your profit rate by growing your store which enables higher prices. My strategy
has always been to go nuts on space and save time
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You bring up a good point about time.
I'd say the best % return on paper would be from cheap used bulk with figs
and listing every possible piece.
I recently acquired 60lbs for $330 that included approx. 125 figures.
Now, if I were to take the time to list EVERYTHING I could, the unrealized gains
would be huge. A couple thousand dollars maybe, but it would take me a super
long time to list and even longer to realize those gains + I don't have the
space to do all the parts.
I already flipped one architecture set to ebay out of that lot weighing around
2 lbs for approx $80 after fees and shipping. I'll do this with all the bulk
from this lot eventually and probably 2X to 3X on just that as an immediate realized
gain and this will leave the 125 figures as "free" that I will then add to my
BL store.
The % gains are not there, but I can process way more lots if I sell off the
bulk in 2 or 3 listings and then add 100 or so figures to my store vs taking
the time so sort, store, list, pick, pack, and ship 24,000 pieces over the long
run.
Just different strategy, I also know a lot of sellers that do very well with
parts and having a huge variety.
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Some good points about time management. I think this is key with reselling Lego...max.
gains could be seen by parting out every piece and listing individually but to
run this as a full-time business and your sole income would take an enormous
amount of time to build up the stock levels (acquiring, sorting, checking, storing
and listing) so your hourly rate would be very poor, especially to start with.
Probably best thought of as what's the best hourly rate method that can be
achieved in a reasonable amount of time? Say 1-2 years to have a working store
with a livable wage. I don't think individual parts would get you there that
quick.
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| Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2022 00:36 | | Subject: | Re: 10k bricks milestone | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Congrats
Sadler_bricks
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| Author: | Oliverbricks | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 17:19 | | Subject: | 10k bricks milestone | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello everyone my store just hit 10,000 bricks please stop by my store and check
it out
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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I don't find new sets vs used sets to have too too much difference in part
out time though.
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It depends if the used set is already checked for completeness and everything
is genuine. If that is already done, then part out times are similar. Unless
there are stickered parts that you want to sell as decorated, that's a bit
more work.
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| Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 111 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Adjour writes:
| | as a side note, I've always liked your store. It's the size I hope to
reach. I think we have similar strategies on many things based on other posts.
It is so interesting to me that so many different strategies can work here for
the same product...and how the level of service can then change that as well!
Crystal
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Thank you so much, Crystal! I like your store too, and since I see you have a
handful of things on my wanted list, expect an order from me later today! (Not
because you complimented me... but not NOT because you complimented me.)
As another side note, collecting every Lego animal is a big job. I'm still
mad about those random-animal-color Friends cubes they've been releasing
for a few years now.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 14:42 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| as a side note, I've always liked your store. It's the size I hope to
reach. I think we have similar strategies on many things based on other posts.
It is so interesting to me that so many different strategies can work here for
the same product...and how the level of service can then change that as well!
Crystal
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| Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Adjour writes:
| | if you are topping out making 2x markup doing this IMO you are doing something
wrong. .02
I frequently make 10-20x my investment sometimes more. I'd say 4-5x is probably
more the norm. HOWEVER, that does not account for time.
Time is what kills your margins.
Also keep in mind the capital tied up. I spent years buying any inventory that
had the right price. I'm currently coasting on stuff already bought. I'm
just listing now. If you don't have the operating capital to buy stuff at
the right time, and the ability wait for those items to sell, then you make less
money.
I'm probably making about what I did at my old day job before I quit to do
this full time (on this site, if I want quick capital for something I use local
and ebay). but, just like time is your enemy, its also now my friend. I get to
work when I want now.
The flexibility alone make it worth it.
Crystal
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+1 to just about everything. If I had gone into the field I majored in over a
decade ago, I still wouldn't be making as much as I do with Lego, even after
the high self-employed tax rate in the U.S. (I was not pre-med nor engineering).
Know your worth. Don't sell yourself short (in this case, the idiom is literal).
My biggest strength is that I make virtually zero mistakes on orders, ever, and
that's worth a lot in this business. It took me years to realize that, though.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 14:17 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, yorbrick writes:
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if you are topping out making 2x markup doing this IMO you are doing something
wrong. .02
I frequently make 10-20x my investment sometimes more. I'd say 4-5x is probably
more the norm. HOWEVER, that does not account for time.
Time is what kills your margins.
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A big difference here is new vs used. New sets, whether sold as part outs or
sets, don't have the profit margins that used ones do but then they do not
require the time used sets or parts do either.
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Agreed.
After I posted I realized I should specify. Used is def a different ballgame.
That said, I still do better than 2x on new stuff.
I don't find new sets vs used sets to have too too much difference in part
out time though.
To each their own. I just know, for me, personally, if I was doing only new,
for only 2x, it would not be worth it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 14:04 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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if you are topping out making 2x markup doing this IMO you are doing something
wrong. .02
I frequently make 10-20x my investment sometimes more. I'd say 4-5x is probably
more the norm. HOWEVER, that does not account for time.
Time is what kills your margins.
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A big difference here is new vs used. New sets, whether sold as part outs or
sets, don't have the profit margins that used ones do but then they do not
require the time used sets or parts do either.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 146 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just wondering what sort of % profit margins people generally make, if they know?
I don't know the exact number but I usually try to buy parts at a price that
allows me to sell them for at least double what I paid. This allows me to make
about 30% on the parts, once fees, shipping etc is taking into account. I sell
on eBay as well so the fees there are a much bigger % of the sale than they are
on Bricklink.
I've heard of people regularly making x3, x4, x5 their money back but I have
no idea where they are sourcing parts if they are making this level of profit.
Other than the occasional "unicorn" find (rare figures in a cheap bulk lot for
instance) I struggle to make double my money. Just wondering what the general
rate of return is for other sellers?
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if you are topping out making 2x markup doing this IMO you are doing something
wrong. .02
I frequently make 10-20x my investment sometimes more. I'd say 4-5x is probably
more the norm. HOWEVER, that does not account for time.
Time is what kills your margins.
Also keep in mind the capital tied up. I spent years buying any inventory that
had the right price. I'm currently coasting on stuff already bought. I'm
just listing now. If you don't have the operating capital to buy stuff at
the right time, and the ability wait for those items to sell, then you make less
money.
I'm probably making about what I did at my old day job before I quit to do
this full time (on this site, if I want quick capital for something I use local
and ebay). but, just like time is your enemy, its also now my friend. I get to
work when I want now.
The flexibility alone make it worth it.
Crystal
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 11:16 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 125 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | In Announce, Teup writes:
Money = time = space. If you want to earn more money, you need either more time
or more space. You can work long hours at a low profit rate, or you can crank
up your profit rate by growing your store which enables higher prices. My strategy
has always been to go nuts on space and save time
|
You bring up a good point about time.
I'd say the best % return on paper would be from cheap used bulk with figs
and listing every possible piece.
I recently acquired 60lbs for $330 that included approx. 125 figures.
Now, if I were to take the time to list EVERYTHING I could, the unrealized gains
would be huge. A couple thousand dollars maybe, but it would take me a super
long time to list and even longer to realize those gains + I don't have the
space to do all the parts.
I already flipped one architecture set to ebay out of that lot weighing around
2 lbs for approx $80 after fees and shipping. I'll do this with all the bulk
from this lot eventually and probably 2X to 3X on just that as an immediate realized
gain and this will leave the 125 figures as "free" that I will then add to my
BL store.
The % gains are not there, but I can process way more lots if I sell off the
bulk in 2 or 3 listings and then add 100 or so figures to my store vs taking
the time so sort, store, list, pick, pack, and ship 24,000 pieces over the long
run.
Just different strategy, I also know a lot of sellers that do very well with
parts and having a huge variety.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 05:19 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 158 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just wondering what sort of % profit margins people generally make, if they know?
I don't know the exact number but I usually try to buy parts at a price that
allows me to sell them for at least double what I paid. This allows me to make
about 30% on the parts, once fees, shipping etc is taking into account. I sell
on eBay as well so the fees there are a much bigger % of the sale than they are
on Bricklink.
I've heard of people regularly making x3, x4, x5 their money back but I have
no idea where they are sourcing parts if they are making this level of profit.
Other than the occasional "unicorn" find (rare figures in a cheap bulk lot for
instance) I struggle to make double my money. Just wondering what the general
rate of return is for other sellers?
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I think the unwritten rule many sellers have in their heads is that x2 = OK.
x3 is great, x4 is exceptional and x5 is fishermen's talk. Well, I heard
that in America there can be some crazy discounts of 50% or even more, but
I doubt there are sellers who manage to make a robust steady x5 on the majority
of their inventory. If I had that, I would need to work only a few hours a week
And it would mean everyone would dive into the business, and bring down the
price. I think eventually things always gravitate towards something between x2
and x3, since that's the level that generates an acceptable pay per hour.
By the way what you describe is not x2 but less, since you have included postage/fees/taxes.
Sometimes smaller stores need to settle for 1.5x in order to beat the competition.
Bigger stores will draw customers anyway and can afford to be more expensive.
I started out with x2, now I'm near x3.
Money = time = space. If you want to earn more money, you need either more time
or more space. You can work long hours at a low profit rate, or you can crank
up your profit rate by growing your store which enables higher prices. My strategy
has always been to go nuts on space and save time
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 04:52 | | Subject: | Re: Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 127 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | I sell
on eBay as well so the fees there are a much bigger % of the sale than they are
on Bricklink.
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That depends on when / how you sell. If you are a private rather than a registered
business seller, they regularly do 70% off the percentage fees. If you list then,
you pay about 3.6% plus the fixed 30p and that includes the payment fees. Compare
that to the 3% charged at bricklink plus the extra ~4% and 30p for PayPal, and
eBay fees turn out somewhat lower.
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| Author: | StickyBrickit | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 04:38 | | Subject: | Typical profit margins | | Viewed: | 387 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Just wondering what sort of % profit margins people generally make, if they know?
I don't know the exact number but I usually try to buy parts at a price that
allows me to sell them for at least double what I paid. This allows me to make
about 30% on the parts, once fees, shipping etc is taking into account. I sell
on eBay as well so the fees there are a much bigger % of the sale than they are
on Bricklink.
I've heard of people regularly making x3, x4, x5 their money back but I have
no idea where they are sourcing parts if they are making this level of profit.
Other than the occasional "unicorn" find (rare figures in a cheap bulk lot for
instance) I struggle to make double my money. Just wondering what the general
rate of return is for other sellers?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2022 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: AVAILABE: 2 x 76202 and 2 x 76204 RECALLED | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | I'm pretty sure you still need to have these as a custom listing on your
store to sell them here. You can't just sell directly through the forum.
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I don't think they can be sold here at all.
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| Author: | WapiBricksLLC | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2022 12:57 | | Subject: | Weekend sale ends tonight! Everything on sale | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Everything in my store is 10% off until Sunday at midnight!
Check it out while you still can!
I have over 140,000 items in almost 7,000 lots. AKA there is something for everyone.
Zach
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2022 11:12 | | Subject: | Re: AVAILABE: 2 x 76202 and 2 x 76204 RECALLED | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| I'm pretty sure you still need to have these as a custom listing on your
store to sell them here. You can't just sell directly through the forum.
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| Author: | Brickdude101 | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2022 12:27 | | Subject: | ENTIRE STORE ON SALE!! 5 % OFF EVERYTHING , | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Old sets, New sets, Retired Sets, Everything |
| Author: | Paul_Dreuning | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2022 05:36 | | Subject: | Reached 20 000 items. | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello every one,
This week i hit 20k parts. Everything in my store is 10% off.
If you have tips for my store, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Paul Dreuning.
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| Author: | Oliverbricks | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2022 16:17 | | Subject: | New store | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello everyone please come check out my store I am a new seller. If you have
any tips for me please let me know and If you are interested in supporting me
that would be great.
Thanks,
Oliver
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 22:43 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Adjour writes:
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Opportunity cost IS a thing. So even though you make more on selling the parted
out set, it takes YEARS to do so. A set sells in hours to days (if not here,
then other platforms). Having the money now vs later has value, even if its less.
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There is also the opportunity cost of putting all the pieces away, picking them
for orders and shipping out the orders themselves. Once the set is together it
takes 5 minutes to pack and run the label.
| | THAT SAID I almost never order parts. If I don't have the parts on hand
I usually just part it out or sell it incomplete. Depends.
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I see what the set is selling for on BL and elsewhere. Sometimes it's worth
ordering the parts to complete it. A set does not need to be complete to sell.
It takes longer, but every set I have listed as incomplete eventually sells.
| | I def do not make
long wanted lists and buy parts to complete sets. If I'm ordering for myself
and I can complete a for sale set from the same vendor,
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I make wanted lists of the missing pieces. I run the wanted lists against my
inventory after listing a bunch of pieces to see if there are any matches.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 21:14 | | Subject: | Re: Minifig Heads Blocked Open Vs Hollow | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| hahah
touché
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 21:12 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Selling sets is how I got rolling. I love buying bulk and putting sets back together.
Opportunity cost IS a thing. So even though you make more on selling the parted
out set, it takes YEARS to do so. A set sells in hours to days (if not here,
then other platforms). Having the money now vs later has value, even if its less.
I was putting sets back together anyway. I do this as a hobby too, so if I'm
keeping 80% of my buy for myself, its really not that much effort to slap the
other 20% together for sale to cover my costs.
THAT SAID I almost never order parts. If I don't have the parts on hand
I usually just part it out or sell it incomplete. Depends. I def do not make
long wanted lists and buy parts to complete sets. If I'm ordering for myself
and I can complete a for sale set from the same vendor, I might do it.
The only thing I'd really do different is as another poster mentioned, use
sliders on my ziplocks. Holy heck its such a difference.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 21:12 | | Subject: | Re: Minifig Heads Blocked Open Vs Hollow | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Adjour writes:
| | In Announce, ChickswithBrix writes:
| | I've been listing used minifig heads and there seems to be inconsistency
on these 2 varieties. Is there a consensus on which is which? I assume the hollow
studs are the ones with the little x inside but you can still see through.
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Blocked open is the "x" ones 
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Not to be a pedant but I think it's a Y - there are three arms instead of
four.
There are also a few "vented" studs around - that's just a single bar across.
Here's an example:
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 21:03 | | Subject: | Re: Minifig Heads Blocked Open Vs Hollow | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, ChickswithBrix writes:
| | I've been listing used minifig heads and there seems to be inconsistency
on these 2 varieties. Is there a consensus on which is which? I assume the hollow
studs are the ones with the little x inside but you can still see through.
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Blocked open is the "x" ones
Hollow studs are solid inside, but hollow, as opposed to "solid stud"
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| Author: | ChickswithBrix | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 20:59 | | Subject: | Minifig Heads Blocked Open Vs Hollow | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| I've been listing used minifig heads and there seems to be inconsistency
on these 2 varieties. Is there a consensus on which is which? I assume the hollow
studs are the ones with the little x inside but you can still see through.
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| Author: | kzinti | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 18:17 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets. I didn't realise just HOW MUCH TIME it takes to check each
part, find / order replacements, list, store, package and post each one. Return
on investment for most sets is so poor if they come in mixed-up bulk lots that
even if the Lego was given to me for FREE I still don't think it would be
worth the time in most cases (unless the sets are rare / expensive!). Deffo not
worth it for City sets and similar though...
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I'd have invested $50k in bulk brick purchases (instead of only $3k) from
the guy I met who had the scrap contract with the Mexican Lego manufacturing
facility. That stuff was pounds and pounds of great bulk parts, with thousands
of the same parts, but almost all of it worth big money. Remember the rare LBG
6.6L bars and 1x1 DBG cones without ridge from the 10179 sets? I had thousands
of them!
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| Author: | Brick_Qc | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets. I didn't realise just HOW MUCH TIME it takes to check each
part, find / order replacements, list, store, package and post each one. Return
on investment for most sets is so poor if they come in mixed-up bulk lots that
even if the Lego was given to me for FREE I still don't think it would be
worth the time in most cases (unless the sets are rare / expensive!). Deffo not
worth it for City sets and similar though...
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Funny personnal story on BL.
12-14 years ago, I got lucky, I got a surprise in a collection I bought. A boxed
106-1 Unicef set in great condition. I was ecstatic, I knew it was worth a lot
of money, but there just wasn't any info on the price guide then, nothing.
I told myself, I'll ask a ridiculous price and lower it as the months go
by...no hurry.
So I priced it at 1200 USD...and yes, 7 minutes later, you guest it...it was
sold...
My bad...
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 16:37 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Announce, peregrinator writes:
| | In Announce, SylvainLS writes:
fewer than
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The symbol (which caused the sentence to be truncated) is called “less-than.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less-than_sign
(And the rule is controversial.)
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Oh whoopsie. Thanks for fixing that.
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| Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, jennnifer writes:
| | In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| |
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets.
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Funny...I like buying mixed-up bulk sets and selling them by the part no matter
what fancy set was in there. I do feel a bit guilty sometimes breaking up the
remnants of an older set. I even break up the minifigs.
I have enjoyed every aspect of running my shop except how ridiculous the cost
of postage has become. When I started a domestic order shipped for $1.75, $3
for international. Today, I invoiced a buyer in Germany for $15.36 in postage.
Sigh. So, I guess what I would do differently is start sooner than I did.
Jen
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I mean, don't you know that the United States Postal Service should be profitable?
Unlike... let's see... virtually every other federal institution?
*heavy sarcasm* in case that wasn't obvious.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, peregrinator writes:
| | In Announce, SylvainLS writes:
fewer than
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The symbol (which caused the sentence to be truncated) is called “less-than.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less-than_sign
(And the rule is controversial.)
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:48 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, peregrinator writes:
| | In Announce, SylvainLS writes:
fewer than
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It's my lessest concern.
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| Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SezaR writes:
| | | | 3. Used freezer bags with sliders instead of regular ziplocs. I've probably
wasted hours of my life and millions of skin cells from my fingertips by opening
and closing regular ziplocs.
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What are they? do you have a link from where you buy them? Thanks
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Storage bags like this: https://smile.amazon.com/Hefty-Slider-Plastic-Storage-Quart/dp/B01JLPJKVO/ref=sxts_rp_s1_0
They're usually available at box stores and grocery stores, but they're
usually more expensive than regular storage bags. (Sorry, I always forget that
"Ziploc" is a brand name -- I think of it as the product, kind of like Kleenex
/ "tissue paper" or Crock-Pot / "slow-cooker".)
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SylvainLS writes:
fewer than
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SezaR writes:
| | | | 3. Used freezer bags with sliders instead of regular ziplocs. I've probably
wasted hours of my life and millions of skin cells from my fingertips by opening
and closing regular ziplocs.
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What are they? do you have a link from where you buy them? Thanks
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I think he means the ordinary sandwich and freezer bags you buy at the grocery
store.
Jen
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:19 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SezaR writes:
| | | | 3. Used freezer bags with sliders instead of regular ziplocs. I've probably
wasted hours of my life and millions of skin cells from my fingertips by opening
and closing regular ziplocs.
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What are they? do you have a link from where you buy them? Thanks
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Ziploc (which, apparently, is a brand) does them: just search for “ziploc slider.”
And if you want another brand, search for “ziplock slider.”
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| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 15:10 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | 3. Used freezer bags with sliders instead of regular ziplocs. I've probably
wasted hours of my life and millions of skin cells from my fingertips by opening
and closing regular ziplocs.
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What are they? do you have a link from where you buy them? Thanks
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 14:48 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| |
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets.
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Funny...I like buying mixed-up bulk sets and selling them by the part no matter
what fancy set was in there. I do feel a bit guilty sometimes breaking up the
remnants of an older set. I even break up the minifigs.
I have enjoyed every aspect of running my shop except how ridiculous the cost
of postage has become. When I started a domestic order shipped for $1.75, $3
for international. Today, I invoiced a buyer in Germany for $15.36 in postage.
Sigh. So, I guess what I would do differently is start sooner than I did.
Jen
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| Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets. I didn't realise just HOW MUCH TIME it takes to check each
part, find / order replacements, list, store, package and post each one. Return
on investment for most sets is so poor if they come in mixed-up bulk lots that
even if the Lego was given to me for FREE I still don't think it would be
worth the time in most cases (unless the sets are rare / expensive!). Deffo not
worth it for City sets and similar though...
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That's funny, because that process of buying bulk, buying missing parts,
and selling complete sets was the only way I was able to build up my backstock
of parts, build up my personal collection, and keep my partner happy by staying
in the black financially. Without doing that for 6 years and thousands of sets,
I never could've launched my huge store last year. I always made at least
a 300% profit on every bulk lot I bought, even after purchasing missing parts.
So while that didn't work for you, it's the only reason this Lego thing
worked for me. Granted, I was privileged to have a partner with a "normal" job
that supported us the whole time and believed my long-term plan would eventually
pay off... as it has.
Anyway, what would I do differently?
1. NOT SELL EMPTY BOXES. They don't work well with Instant Checkout, they're
not worth enough to justify the time spent finding shipping boxes and packaging
them up, box buyers are some of the most fickle and frustrating buyers (most
of my cancelled orders are empty-box orders), and they're difficult to store.
But I feel like I'm committed to getting rid of my stock at this point. Sunk-cost
fallacy, I know.
2. Price higher. For years I sold sets at fairly low prices to make quick sales
on auction sites, Bricklink, Craigslist, etc. I should've priced higher and
had more patience.
3. Used freezer bags with sliders instead of regular ziplocs. I've probably
wasted hours of my life and millions of skin cells from my fingertips by opening
and closing regular ziplocs.
4. Probably should've bought that Cloud City Boba Fett for $150 about 6 years
ago.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets. I didn't realise just HOW MUCH TIME it takes to check each
part, find / order replacements, list, store, package and post each one. Return
on investment for most sets is so poor if they come in mixed-up bulk lots that
even if the Lego was given to me for FREE I still don't think it would be
worth the time in most cases (unless the sets are rare / expensive!). Deffo not
worth it for City sets and similar though...
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Probably the single dumbest thing I did comes with a caveat.
Once things started taking off with my own personal leftover new pieces, I spent
a couple grand buying new inventory to part out and adding as I went. I saw
things scaling up with larger orders so I went ahead listed EVERYTHING despite
having 24 sets that still needed parted out.
It actually works okay for sets that are
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less than
| | 300 pieces or have 1-4 bags, but I
unfortunately did this with a few City Gardens and Hogwarts Castles which are
~6000 pieces... And of course everyone wanted the few rare pieces that come
in those sets. I sold a lot of parts but the time it took to skim through the
instruction books to find part to find the bag was a pain in the butt. Then
there was the issue with having multiple open bags in the box dropping pieces
which slowed down the parting out process.
Not doing that again.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:34 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets. I didn't realise just HOW MUCH TIME it takes to check each
part, find / order replacements, list, store, package and post each one. Return
on investment for most sets is so poor if they come in mixed-up bulk lots that
even if the Lego was given to me for FREE I still don't think it would be
worth the time in most cases (unless the sets are rare / expensive!). Deffo not
worth it for City sets and similar though...
|
Probably the single dumbest thing I did comes with a caveat.
Once things started taking off with my own personal leftover new pieces, I spent
a couple grand buying new inventory to part out and adding as I went. I saw
things scaling up with larger orders so I went ahead listed EVERYTHING despite
having 24 sets that still needed parted out.
It actually works okay for sets that are
unfortunately did this with a few City Gardens and Hogwarts Castles which are
~6000 pieces... And of course everyone wanted the few rare pieces that come
in those sets. I sold a lot of parts but the time it took to skim through the
instruction books to find part to find the bag was a pain in the butt. Then
there was the issue with having multiple open bags in the box dropping pieces
which slowed down the parting out process.
Not doing that again.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:21 | | Subject: | Re: What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StickyBrickit writes:
| | Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
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I'd probably focus more on minifigures and minifig parts.
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| Author: | StickyBrickit | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 13:20 | | Subject: | What Would You Do Different? | | Viewed: | 219 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Just a thought experiment for those of you who run a store. If you could go back
in time to when you started selling Lego, what's the one thing you'd
do differently?
For me it would be not buying mixed-up bulk sets to rebuild and sell as used
complete sets. I didn't realise just HOW MUCH TIME it takes to check each
part, find / order replacements, list, store, package and post each one. Return
on investment for most sets is so poor if they come in mixed-up bulk lots that
even if the Lego was given to me for FREE I still don't think it would be
worth the time in most cases (unless the sets are rare / expensive!). Deffo not
worth it for City sets and similar though...
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| Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 15:22 | | Subject: | Re: How do I remove yellowing | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Adjour writes:
| | In Announce, Oliverbricks writes:
| | Hello everyone I was wondering how do I remove yellowing on my sand green part.
I have 32 sand green 1x8 bricks and if you know there quite expensive but they
have yellowing on them. I want to remove the yellowing without damaging the part.
If you know how to please let me know.
Thanks,
Oliver
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As far as I know the peroxide trick only works on white and old grey. I think
it changes the color too much on the other colors.
If you find a solution let me know, I have some older ones like this as well
Crystal
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Unfortunately, it only works temporarily (the bricks will usually return to an
even more yellowed state in 6-18 months) AND it makes the bricks much more brittle.
Nearly every piece I tried it with cracked when I tried to assemble them with
other parts.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 14:41 | | Subject: | Re: How do I remove yellowing | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Oliverbricks writes:
| | Hello everyone I was wondering how do I remove yellowing on my sand green part.
I have 32 sand green 1x8 bricks and if you know there quite expensive but they
have yellowing on them. I want to remove the yellowing without damaging the part.
If you know how to please let me know.
Thanks,
Oliver
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Despite repeated posts on siocial media about using hydrogen peroxide WhiteBright
etc. from what I've seen and read the whitening effect may be limited long-term
and may actually make the situation worse - look on YouTube for DownUnderBrick's
video about it ("WARNING: DON'T DO THIS TO YOUR LEGO!")
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 14:38 | | Subject: | Re: How do I remove yellowing | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Oliverbricks writes:
| | Hello everyone I was wondering how do I remove yellowing on my sand green part.
I have 32 sand green 1x8 bricks and if you know there quite expensive but they
have yellowing on them. I want to remove the yellowing without damaging the part.
If you know how to please let me know.
Thanks,
Oliver
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As far as I know the peroxide trick only works on white and old grey. I think
it changes the color too much on the other colors.
If you find a solution let me know, I have some older ones like this as well
Crystal
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: How do I remove yellowing | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Oliverbricks writes:
| | Hello everyone I was wondering how do I remove yellowing on my sand green part.
I have 32 sand green 1x8 bricks and if you know there quite expensive but they
have yellowing on them. I want to remove the yellowing without damaging the part.
If you know how to please let me know.
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You can't - at least not permanently.
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| Author: | Oliverbricks | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 14:32 | | Subject: | How do I remove yellowing | | Viewed: | 111 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello everyone I was wondering how do I remove yellowing on my sand green part.
I have 32 sand green 1x8 bricks and if you know there quite expensive but they
have yellowing on them. I want to remove the yellowing without damaging the part.
If you know how to please let me know.
Thanks,
Oliver
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 14:03 | | Subject: | Re: It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, edeevo writes:
| | ...but at this pace, I should get that dark pink brick later this year!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Of the 1,079,384 currently registered members, circa 123 hold feedback level
of Dark Pink and above. That’ll put you in some rarified air, among the cloud-dancers
of the BL membership
It’ll be nice to see that Dark Pink Brick on your ID card. Go get it!
-popsicle
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| Author: | AngrySquirrel | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Good for you! Congrats! |
| Author: | rikitikitaviguy | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 11:34 | | Subject: | Re: Coins are back as VIP rewards at lego.com | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Unfortunately, their inventory is so depleted I'm going to wait until it's
back up again. My three areas are taking a hit: Technic, Ideas, and Creator
Expert
LM
In Announce, rikitikitaviguy writes:
| | Just got the coin holder I had missed out upon....which one might you have missed?
LM
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| Author: | rikitikitaviguy | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 11:30 | | Subject: | Coins are back as VIP rewards at lego.com | | Viewed: | 148 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Just got the coin holder I had missed out upon....which one might you have missed?
LM
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| Author: | WildBricks | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 08:38 | | Subject: | Re: It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| CONGRATS!
In Announce, edeevo writes:
| | ...but at this pace, I should get that dark pink brick later this year!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 17:00 | | Subject: | Re: It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| 👍
Top notch.
In Announce, edeevo writes:
| | ...but at this pace, I should get that dark pink brick later this year!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| In Announce, edeevo writes:
| | ...but at this pace, I should get that dark pink brick later this year!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Someone already screwed it up
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 16:56 | | Subject: | It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 263 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| ...but at this pace, I should get that dark pink brick later this year!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | octubre2021 | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 09:06 | | Subject: | Re: nueva idea de un tanque | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, octubre2021 writes:
| | esta idea es sobre un lego militar llamado A-315,un nuevo tanque original y nuca
visto
y todavia no lo publico y no tengo fotos nomas que llege a 100 vistas doy avaces
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2022 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: Pricing how to's. | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | You can use Brickstock to adjust prices.
Or add % sale and make the sale prices the new base prices on the My Inventory
page.
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I was planning to do that either later tonight, but it's imprecise just raising
the prices X amount. I was hoping there was a way to average only US stores'
inventories.
Changed the topic to "announce" because this serves as an announcement for my
accidental sale that's ending today. LOL.
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| Author: | WapiBricksLLC | | Posted: | Jan 8, 2022 16:05 | | Subject: | My entire store is 10% off for the weekend! | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Everything in my store is 10% off until Sunday at midnight central.
Check it out while you still can!
Zach
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| Author: | Datkuson | | Posted: | Jan 5, 2022 17:19 | | Subject: | NEW STORE - Marvel | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Howdy,
Hope everyone is having a great New Years!
I just wanted to reach out to let everyone know that I have opened a new store.
I have some soon to be retired marvel sets and will be posting new ones periodically.
Feel free to reach out anytime if any questions arise.
Thanks!
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| Author: | octubre2021 | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 17:50 | | Subject: | Re: nueva idea de un tanque | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, octubre2021 writes:
| | esta idea es sobre un lego militar llamado A-315,un nuevo tanque original y nuca
visto
y todavia no lo publico y no tengo fotos y el sera blanco
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| Author: | octubre2021 | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 17:43 | | Subject: | nueva idea de un tanque | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| esta idea es sobre un lego militar llamado A-315,un nuevo tanque original y nuca
visto
y todavia no lo publico y no tengo fotos
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| Author: | dreambuilder71 | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 16:29 | | Subject: | Re: NEW Facebook and renewed YouTube pages! | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Bump for community help.
In Announce, dreambuilder71 writes:
| | Hello all on my mailing list and Forum! Thanks for subscribing!
I used to be very active in the Forum on BL but life got in the way and I had to back off years ago. Does anyone here remember me or my fun contests I used to hold?
I had a good growing Facebook page recently and I had to recreate a new FaceBook page because LEGO Dreambuilder71 was unpublished by FB for some reason and they won't tell me why. I had OVER 720 people on my page and more liking my page every single day! Then poof, it's gone! So I have had to start all over again and can't reach those 700+ people to let them know to re-like my page. 
So I am hoping you can help me out and LIKE my new page and subscribe to my youtube channel if you would help me out as a fellow LEGO collector and seller! I appreciate all the help!
So please welcome Dreambuilder Bricks page to Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dreambuilderbricks/
Also, please subscribe to my YouTube channel as I will be uploading lots of videos soon to grow a channel that I should have done years and years ago on my own... But didn't think I could! I have on there a very popular video my daughter did years ago called Lego King Tut Tomb! Some of you may remember it from years ago! If I only kept doing LEGO videos,, where would I be now?
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dreambuilder71
Thanks so much, and watch out for fun contests and raffles soon!
Best regards to you and your family in 2022!
Dreambuilder Bricks!
Peace,
James
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| Author: | dreambuilder71 | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2022 22:38 | | Subject: | NEW Facebook and renewed YouTube pages! | | Viewed: | 109 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello all on my mailing list and Forum! Thanks for subscribing!
I used to be very active in the Forum on BL but life got in the way and I had to back off years ago. Does anyone here remember me or my fun contests I used to hold?
I had a good growing Facebook page recently and I had to recreate a new FaceBook page because LEGO Dreambuilder71 was unpublished by FB for some reason and they won't tell me why. I had OVER 720 people on my page and more liking my page every single day! Then poof, it's gone! So I have had to start all over again and can't reach those 700+ people to let them know to re-like my page.
So I am hoping you can help me out and LIKE my new page and subscribe to my youtube channel if you would help me out as a fellow LEGO collector and seller! I appreciate all the help!
So please welcome Dreambuilder Bricks page to Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dreambuilderbricks/
Also, please subscribe to my YouTube channel as I will be uploading lots of videos soon to grow a channel that I should have done years and years ago on my own... But didn't think I could! I have on there a very popular video my daughter did years ago called Lego King Tut Tomb! Some of you may remember it from years ago! If I only kept doing LEGO videos,, where would I be now?
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dreambuilder71
Thanks so much, and watch out for fun contests and raffles soon!
Best regards to you and your family in 2022!
Dreambuilder Bricks!
Peace,
James
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 01:06 | | Subject: | Re: 150,000 Parts - another milestone. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | Evening all and a very Happy New Year!
From very small and humble beginnings, which was basically to complete several
hundred old sets Cal & I had collected since he was young, here we are on New
Years Day 2022, and we have finally hit 150,000 parts and just under 8000 parts.
We would jut like to thank everyone for the support and business, and all the
help received through the forums.]
Cheers to all!
Cal & Steve
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Congrats!!
It always nice to hit new milestones as you grow your store. I love selling here
on BrickLink and it sounds like you guys do to.
Best Regards,
Jim.
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| Author: | Funky.Figures | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 16:42 | | Subject: | STORE NOW OPEN all moved in to the new place | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hi . Store now open , moved house and now set up the new lego room
3x the size and now ready to expand so watch the parts figures rise quickly and
the lot numbers
look forward to seeing the regular and all new customers soon
Many thanks
Gary
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| Author: | Bricks_NW_UK | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: 150,000 Parts - another milestone. | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Bricks_NW_UK writes:
| | Evening all and a very Happy New Year!
From very small and humble beginnings, which was basically to complete several
hundred old sets Cal & I had collected since he was young, here we are on New
Years Day 2022, and we have finally hit 150,000 parts and just under 8000 parts.
We would jut like to thank everyone for the support and business, and all the
help received through the forums.]
Cheers to all!
Cal & Steve
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Sorry, should say just under 8000 lots.
I wish we could edit these posts!
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| Author: | Bricks_NW_UK | | Posted: | Jan 1, 2022 15:50 | | Subject: | 150,000 Parts - another milestone. | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Evening all and a very Happy New Year!
From very small and humble beginnings, which was basically to complete several
hundred old sets Cal & I had collected since he was young, here we are on New
Years Day 2022, and we have finally hit 150,000 parts and just under 8000 parts.
We would jut like to thank everyone for the support and business, and all the
help received through the forums.]
Cheers to all!
Cal & Steve
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| Author: | jbo210 | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 17:46 | | Subject: | ✨December FREE Set Giveaway!✨ Few days left | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hi everyone!
For the month of December, you have a chance to win a FREE brand new ✨T-16 Skyhopper
vs Bantha Microfighters✨ Set (#75265)! *Sealed bags only*
All you have to do is place an order with the store during the month of December
and you will be automatically entered. At the end of the month, all customers
will be entered into an online name wheel spinner app and the winner will be
chosen at random! Cost of shipping will be completely covered as well!
Thank you for your time and good luck!
⭐️All orders will still include a FREE bonus bag; Bonus bags are filled with
random extra parts and minifig accessories, included as big thank you for supporting
the store!
⭐️Flat rate shipping cost of $3.99 for all orders under 16 oz!
AlamoCityMinifigs
https://store.bricklink.com/jbo210
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| Author: | Farrell7 | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2021 14:47 | | Subject: | Grand opening | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello everybody. I recently finished setting up my store front and am having
my grand opening today, so if anybody wants to come and check out my shop your
more then welcomed.
Thanks, Plus Happy New Year.
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| Author: | jbo210 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2021 16:41 | | Subject: | ✨December FREE Set Giveaway!✨ Week 4! | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hi everyone!
For the month of December, you have a chance to win a FREE brand new ✨T-16 Skyhopper
vs Bantha Microfighters✨ Set (#75265)! *Sealed bags only*
All you have to do is place an order with the store during the month of December
and you will be automatically entered. At the end of the month, all customers
will be entered into an online name wheel spinner app and the winner will be
chosen at random! Cost of shipping will be completely covered as well!
Thank you for your time and good luck!
⭐️All orders will still include a FREE bonus bag; Bonus bags are filled with
random extra parts and minifig accessories, included as big thank you for supporting
the store!
⭐️Flat rate shipping cost of $3.99 for all orders under 16 oz!
AlamoCityMinifigs
https://store.bricklink.com/jbo210
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| Author: | Brickdude101 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2021 12:38 | | Subject: | ENTIRE STORE ON SALE!! 5 % OFF EVERYTHING , | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Everything 5% off |
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2021 14:15 | | Subject: | Re: Flag from set 4195 | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Rothburybricks writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Rothburybricks writes:
| | Hi,
I received this flag in a used 4195 set. The skull and the pattern around it
are just plain with no colour. Usually the patterned part would be red. Is
this a know variant or could this be sun/another form of damage.
Thanks.
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I would guess it's a misprint that just didn't receive the red layer
of ink. Nice find
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In which case, then the tan "layer" of the skull wasn't applied either
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Seems as though it must be some kind of factory error and has avoided all coloured
ink. Must admit I think it looks a little odd on the ship when built I would
have preferred the correct coloured version. Ah well seems like its a bit of
a rarity at least.
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A very nice set, let me know if you'd like the proper flag for it, Lindsay.
We've some stock from partouts of both sets, that we may never get around
to listing. I'll send as a Christmas gift to you, a new flag for your set.
Just pm with your address if interested.
-Cory
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| Author: | tbohlsen | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2021 13:05 | | Subject: | New Store | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Hello I am new to brinklink Just got my store open |
| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2021 12:04 | | Subject: | Re: Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| I LOLed because of what you wrote *and* because your username is "negative".
In Announce, negative writes:
| | This thread was a roller coaster of emotions!
Thank you
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| Author: | negative | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2021 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| This thread was a roller coaster of emotions!
Thank you
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| Author: | cheeky.monkey | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 15:45 | | Subject: | Re: Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 138 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SezaR writes:
| | In Announce, cheeky.monkey writes:
| | Would you bloody believe this I’ve sold on this site for 16 yrs because I owed
£8 there suspended my shop thank you Lego
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I don't believe it and upon checking your store, they did not suspend your
shop.
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I paid them that’s why I’m up and running again
Happy Christmas my fellow Brick-linkers
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| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 16:28 | | Subject: | Re: Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, cheeky.monkey writes:
| | Would you bloody believe this I’ve sold on this site for 16 yrs because I owed
£8 there suspended my shop thank you Lego
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I don't believe it and upon checking your store, they did not suspend your
shop.
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| Author: | cheeky.monkey | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 15:05 | | Subject: | Re: Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 153 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, cheeky.monkey writes:
| | Would you bloody believe this I’ve sold on this site for 16 yrs because I owed
£8 there suspended my shop thank you Lego
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Are you sure? As you have buying and selling privileges.I just paid
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 14:17 | | Subject: | Re: Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, cheeky.monkey writes:
| | Would you bloody believe this I’ve sold on this site for 16 yrs because I owed
£8 there suspended my shop thank you Lego
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Are you sure? As you have buying and selling privileges.
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| Author: | cheeky.monkey | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 14:01 | | Subject: | Would you bloody believe this | | Viewed: | 315 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Would you bloody believe this I’ve sold on this site for 16 yrs because I owed
£8 there suspended my shop thank you Lego
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| Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2021 05:02 | | Subject: | + + + lots of bricks and blocks added | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| We have added almost 20k 2x2 bricks 2x3 bricks and 2x4 bricks come check us out
no min fees or hidden fees
Sadler_bricks
https://store.bricklink.com/Sadler_Bricks#/shop
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| Author: | LoneWolfAsphalt | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2021 06:55 | | Subject: | Czinger 21C LEGO Technic | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | I'm gonna build 21C. |
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| Author: | YeOldBricks | | Posted: | Dec 16, 2021 16:41 | | Subject: | Store Closing Pricing | | Viewed: | 123 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello all! Unfortunately we will be closing down our BrickLink Store, G & A Bricks, permanently a short time after our break for the holidays. Issues with ill family (non-Covid related illnesses), and full time jobs are preventing us from running our store at the capacity we originally wanted, and we are unable to keep up with our shipping as we normally would be. Instead of continuing to run our store with only a small fraction of our time being able to be dedicated to it, we will simply be closing the doors on it for now. We are looking to sell everything we have left in our store, and we believe some of our prices are able to reflect that. Most of our prices are just above cost for us so they are the lowest they have ever been.
Once we sell out of the stock we currently have, that is it! We won't be doing our weekly restocks, and we won't be ordering anything new in. We have vintage sets, retro sets, sets from the mid to late 1960's! All of these sets, and Minifigure parts have to go! If you're looking at placing a larger order (larger being anything above $500) please feel free to contact us as we MAY be able to give further discounts. Any orders above $500 automatically receive free shipping.
This is also a great opportunity for fellow sellers as some of our sets and pieces are listed at the lowest prices on BrickLink, some being 50% off the average sale price!
We also want to say thank you to everyone who has purchased from us in the past. This has been an amazing experience. We have met many wonderful people and have enjoyed our time being able to be a part of this community. Thank you all, and have a safe and happy holidays.
-The G & A Bricks Team
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| Author: | jbo210 | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2021 22:12 | | Subject: | ✨December FREE Set Giveaway!✨ Week 3 | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hi everyone!
For the month of December, you have a chance to win a FREE brand new ✨T-16 Skyhopper
vs Bantha Microfighters✨ set (#75265)! *Sealed bags only*
All you have to do is place an order with the store during the month of December
and you will be automatically entered. At the end of the month, all customers
will be entered into an online name wheel spinner app and the winner will be
chosen at random! Cost of shipping will be completely covered as well!
Thank you for your time and good luck!
⭐️All orders will still include a FREE bonus bag; Bonus bags are filled with
random extra parts and minifig accessories, included as big thank you for supporting
the store!
⭐️Flat rate shipping cost of $3.99 for all orders under 16 oz!
AlamoCityMinifigs
https://store.bricklink.com/jbo210
|
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| Author: | ToyBurg | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 11:28 | | Subject: | Christmas Break | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hello everyone,
ToyBurg will be closed on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at 10:00 am due to Christmas
Break. We will return on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. We will leave the store open
till we return on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. All orders will be shipped on Tuesday,
January 4, 2022, same with our customer services.
Happy Holidays,
ToyBurg
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| Author: | JollyJim | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: Selling all parts | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | How much? |
| Author: | NexoToys | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2021 05:27 | | Subject: | 10% off everything sale | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Big sale with %10 off all inventory items until year end.
Buy now to take advantage
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 17:05 | | Subject: | Tiles! Loooots and lots of tiles just added. | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Thank you whomever did the inventory for 10284.
I parted these out a few months ago before realizing I could have done the inventory
myself. This means all of these unique tiles are finally for sale in my store
along with a new upload of the brown tiles from the Medieval Blacksmith 21325.
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| Author: | WapiBricksLLC | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 16:58 | | Subject: | Weekend sale starts now. It is all discounted | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Everything in my store is 10% off until Sunday at midnight central.
Check it out while you still can. I have added a bunch of parts, sets, and minifigures
this week!
Zach
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| Author: | VikingLegoNL | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2021 14:22 | | Subject: | Selling all parts | | Viewed: | 123 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Is there anyone interested in buying my whole inventory? Parts that is? At half
price or something like that. Or does this never really happen and should
i just put all items up for sale with a discount? Im not sure if i want to carry
on with my store or go do something else. But if someone where to make me an
offer i cant refuse...
Let me know, kind regards Liset
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| Author: | jbo210 | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2021 17:05 | | Subject: | ✨December FREE Set Giveaway!✨ | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| Hi everyone!
For the month of December, you have a chance to win a FREE brand new ✨T-16 Skyhopper
vs Bantha Microfighters✨ set (#75265)! *Sealed bags only*
All you have to do is place an order with the store during the month of December
and you will be automatically entered. At the end of the month, all customers
will be entered into an online name wheel spinner app and the winner will be
chosen at random! Cost of shipping will be completely covered as well!
Thank you for your time and good luck!
⭐️All orders will still include a FREE bonus bag; Bonus bags are filled with
random extra parts and minifig accessories, included as big thank you for supporting
the store!
⭐️Flat rate shipping cost of $3.99 for all orders under 16 oz!
AlamoCityMinifigs
https://store.bricklink.com/jbo210
|
|
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| Author: | LoneWolfAsphalt | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2021 19:53 | | Subject: | I'm gonna build Hoonigan truck | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Hello, guys. I'm gonna build Hoonigan truck. |
| Author: | DARKBEN | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2021 13:25 | | Subject: | NINJALUDO is open | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| Hello everyone,
Finally I find you after moving to the south of France. See you soon.
|
|
| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2021 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: Create a contest, we’ll sponsor it. | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, cycbuild writes:
| | Happy Holidays Cory!
I would love to see a weekly contest of pets playing with Lego. Or simply
the "Funny Pictures" contest, no pets required. And that being more of an opinion
based contest, I was hoping you would be interested in the role of selecting
the winning photo(s). Thank you for your continued charity and goodwill. Will
miss the glass vase contests.
In appreciation,
Caleb
The adorable assistants in the screenshot belong to the Bat(cave MOC)man
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1262400
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maclaughlin/
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What a fantastic idea, Caleb!
Please run with it, I’d really enjoy sponsoring such a wonderful project. But
as to taking a role, I don’t think I’d best qualify among the many others here,
many of whom have expressed their strong affections and love for their longtime
furry companions, much like yourself Caleb. We (son, daughter & I) truly enjoy
dogs (and cats), but because of my son’s allergies, the closest we’ve come
to having a pet was our friend, Oscar: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1153630
Put it together and I’ll come up with a very nice contest prize. Perhaps several
prizes for the runners-up too. I would enjoy seeing the pics and reading the
anecdotes shared, above most other things here.
Warm and happy holidays to you too...
-Cory
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2021 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Create a contest, we’ll sponsor it. | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Happy Holidays Cory!
I would love to see a weekly contest of pets playing with Lego. Or simply
the "Funny Pictures" contest, no pets required. And that being more of an opinion
based contest, I was hoping you would be interested in the role of selecting
the winning photo(s). Thank you for your continued charity and goodwill. Will
miss the glass vase contests.
In appreciation,
Caleb
The adorable assistants in the screenshot belong to the Bat(cave MOC)man
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1262400
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maclaughlin/
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| Author: | SVBrickShop | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2021 10:42 | | Subject: | SV Brick Shop reopens!! | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Dear All,
We are glad to announce that the quarantaine has been lifted for SV Brick Shop
and we can continue business as usual. (I hope for good this time)
All are welcome again to purchase your desired Lego items!
To celebrate we will extend our current discounts until Sunday December 12, 5pm
CET.
Hope to see you all soon!
Kind regards,
SVBS
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| Author: | BricksShop | | Posted: | Dec 7, 2021 10:15 | | Subject: | Re: Trying Eco-Friendly Shipping | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| That's a great step from you. We only use paper bags, paper carton and paper
tape for our packages. And we receive a lot of positive feedback about our package.
If you want to make it 100% sustainable you can use also paper bags for your
minifigs. Search at Ebay Germany for "Papiertüte 6,5x9 cm". Good price and a
good size for the minifigs.
Let's make the planet greener.
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