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Re: Best Selling Method for Sets: eBay vs BrickLink Question
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:33:21 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, John Patterson wrote:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Steven Broughton wrote:
> > I have about thirty sets from several years ago (most MISB) that I've decided to
> > sell. It's been a while since I've sold any of my LEGO and I realize that the
> > LEGO-selling landscape has changed somewhat since then. I'd really appreciate
> > the opinion of the other AFOLs as to the best way of selling my LEGO. What I'm
> > hoping for is something that's a nice balance between easily getting thirty sets
> > listed and getting a fair price for them.
> >
> > Right now, I'm going back and forth between choosing eBay or BrickLink, although
> > I suppose I'd be willing to consider other options for selling. I like the ease
> > of being able to add all my sets at once to BrickLink using the "Mass Upload"
> > option, but I also appreciate the finite time period of an eBay auction.
> >
> > What's your opinion? What have you found to be the best balance between
> > ease-of-use and price when selling LEGO sets?
> >
> > Steven
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> When I first started buying old lego sets on ebay I did not know about bricklink
> (1999), I spent thousands on ebay and then came to find out that the ones on
> bricklink are usually less expensive and have a better discription, usually
> without an original photo which can be a problem. I now have spent thousands on
> bricklink. If you want more money with probably less hassle I would use ebay.
> There is not as much competition over a particular set. I would use bricklink
> as a pricing guide on low much to start the auction at. I sell a lot of non
> lego stuff on ebay, mostly now for other people, and find that if you start the
> auction on Saturday around 10:00 and space the items out over an hour you have
> the best chance of selling them. Also do not put too many on at one time so
> that people have a week to get more money and the market is not saturated with
> anyone set. i usually do 20 or so a week and you also build up a customer base
> that way that will check in the next week.
> John P
I'd agree that buyers of LEGO always seem to spend too much on LEGO sets on
eBay. This might work to your advantage as a seller. Also, if you have sets
for which you are not sure of a good asking price, the auction-style format
makes a lot of sense, and eBay auctions seem to have much better visibility than
those on Bricklink.
The other side of the coin, of course, is that you can use Bricklink's pricing
guide to pick a good price for your sets. It might take a little longer to sell
things on Bricklink, but it's very easy to do. And if you mention on
lugnet.market.shopping what you've got, then that might boost your publicity and
speed up your sales.
-Jordan
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