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In lugnet.castle, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> > (wishing he'd heard about this soon enough to get some himself, instead of
> > having to corner the second-hand market)
>
> I don't know how much your own LEGO collecting habits are like
> this, but I know that most "primary" buyers of rare or limited
> quantity items spend a great deal of time, energy, and sometimes
> money to reconnoiter and to position themselves. I know that when
> I go out buying items on deep clearance, I've sometimes spent dozens
> of hours sitting online or shopping around in a given week, making
> lists and notes and cultivating contacts with retail staff and
> management. So it's not just a matter of luck in general, IMHO--
> But in the case of the 5138s, my timing was completely 100% dumb
> luck, so there may be something to it. Just the week before I'd
> been dreaming about more shako hats for my Red Imperials. :)
I used to put a lot of time and energy into hunting down good deals, but
I've got a very limited area to scout, as far as a "primary" market goes. I
also have scaled back a lot on on-line buying because it's such a hassle
getting it done from Canada. I've found that even fantastic on-line offers
become merely "good" deals by the time I've figured out shipping, conversion and
GST.(1) I'm also cheaper than I used to be (mostly because I've got much of
what I want).
But stuff like this current 5138 thing, that's just a matter of right place,
right time, and I wasn't one of the lucky ones. It happens, I'm not going
to whine about it (much;).
> Was 5138 included in the "some quantities sent to US S@H in small
> numbers" batch? I recall a note from someone with item #s and
> quantities. If you can, call the respective S@Hs from time to
> time and ask--some things vanish and reappear as quantities are
> adjusted on the fly, only through the phone people (a la trains
> set 5200, which I finally own some of after coveting them for
> years and years and finding them "unavailable" on the Web when
> the big Pack Rush began).
I am, in fact, doing so. :) When there's something I want, and know it
might show up, I'm willing to make a little of my own luck. ;)
James
1: $10 Sith's from eToys ended up being ~$15 when all was said and done, for
example
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| I used to be extremely aggressive in looking for Lego and for the most part I was sometimes very successful. But after a while it became harder and harder to come across the good stuff. So much so that it quickly became apparent that if you spent (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I think the total number available was around 50 for all of Europe. I now have only a couple--but in retrospect I'm shocked that I got any. But that's what happens when one has little else to do for a week, and happens to land on a lucky week. (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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