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Hi, I was thinking about selling custom kits on Ebay. I know a few people have done this & was wondering if anyone had any tips/thoughts or ideas regarding it. Also, if anyone has purchased a custom kit if there was anything they liked or disliked (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Although I haven't bought any kits myself, I must admit that I'm really tempted to sometimes. In my opinion, they ARE a bit on the expensive side, but if the kit looks great, I wouldn't mind paying for it (they usually have great parts too). (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Jonathan Lopes wrote in message ... (...) regarding (...) Prices on eBay are way down at the moment, so I don't recommend that as the best route unless you have something super-desirable like a castle or a train set kit. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Why are the Prices so low at Ebay right now? A friend asked if I would help him out by helping him sell off his collection. Ebay isn't bringing the results I have commonly seen in the past. *shrug* Any gueses? Should I wait before posting more of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) At a guess, I'd say that it's a combination of eBay finally reaching a market saturation, and the blah economy starting to trickle down to secondhand markets. By market saturation, I mean that enough people are aware of and using eBay that the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Well your reasoning sounds logical to me... and eBay Germany is doing even worse than eBay USA... now since I'm mainly an eBay BUYER I'm not complaining :-) Indeed, there isn't much that isn't offered at least once a month on eBay at the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Yep, I think so too. Seems like sales (at least on BB) started to trail off about mid-April. They are just now showing renewed signs of life. I think this is somewhat cyclical. I saw something similar happen (although now quite as intense) (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Ray Sanders writes: <much snippage> (...) One postscript to my other comments above... somewhere in the back of my mind, I had this nagging little item about the Lego Star Wars sets and the weekly S@H specials. So I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I have argued this point many times -- nothing in the Lego market is unique. [N.B. Bionuckle fans!] Unique *might* apply to something made a hundred years ago of which less than 500 of this item still exist. Something made in the tens of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I think one of the biggest factors for a depressed Lego market right now is due to something very simple: Change of Seasons. The northern hemisphere of the world is now experiencing summer. It is my guess that people spend less time in front (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I kinda agree with Kevin (although the weather in Michigan has been more like England for the last few weeks, cold and rainy). Maybe people are waiting for the July surprise from Lego Direct. Anyway, I look at it as a good opportunity to BUY! Gary (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I was selling at this time last year, and had much better returns on "desiderata" piece lots--but I get about the same on lots of good stuff. Not a lot of deep deep sales are to be had, so parters' margins aren't quite as high. And, of course, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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richard marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Richard, I connot understand why you think Frank Filz' method of enjoying the Lego hobby is any less valid than your own. Or, rather, why you feel you have to criticize his methods of acquiring Lego in a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Yeah, I agree -- Frank's a pillar of the online plastic brick community... ...do I need another reason? =oP -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) I think Kevin and Lindsay are both right - the supply (eBay and Brickbay) has exploded without the demand increasing to match, so prices have dropped, and we are now approaching the seasonal slump so things (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I'm not quite sure why you are running on about Frank. I don't see anything inherently wrong (well, perhaps beyond a compulsive pack-rat behaviour displayed by a great many people here, which would hardly make him unique) with what he is (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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- the supply (eBay and Brickbay)has exploded without the demand increasing to match, so prices have dropped, Supply has definatly EXPLODED. I remember when I first started collecting GREAT deals could be found on almost any store shelf. I bought a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Matt Penney writes: <snip> (...) Also, the fact that Lego S@H has been selling old discontinued sets through the S@H phone special must be impacting sale prices to a certain degree. First, Fort Legoredo was offered (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I think that your data, while being sound by numerical standards, is flawed by interpretation. I agree that there are as many (way more in fact) parts available today on BB as have been sold throughout the life of the site. But look at what (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) All my parts are fluff. I freely admit it. At least, they are fluff to me, because they are leftovers from the kit parting process. So I keep discounting them, perhaps not as aggressively as I should, but I do discount them when I remember. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Which goes to something I have said several times already.... BrickBay gives you a mechanism to show 'general level of interest', but no ability to say 'I need XX of this piece in this color and I'm willing to pay $YY/ea for them'. Individuals (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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