Anonknee Muss Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 11 hours ago, MKJoshA said: I saw them on a LUG sheet. I had to call in for them. But they were sold to me no problem. Part number is 6294045. For the batcessories I had to call for those too. Part number 6266155. How much were they? Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Anonknee Muss said: How much were they? $0.15 each. Quote
Anonknee Muss Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, MKJoshA said: $0.15 each. Please tell me you are serious Quote
Frike Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 I finally got B&P working and I found out that the pumpkins are sold out. I was really hoping to get a couple of orange ones! :c Quote
koalayummies Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Frike said: I finally got B&P working and I found out that the pumpkins are sold out. I was really hoping to get a couple of orange ones! :c Curious what the last price on that piece was from B&P if anyone knows? There's at least 25 different sellers on Bricklink right now with over 100 each, four sellers with over 300 and one with... 1,338. Quote
lego_guyon02 Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, koalayummies said: Curious what the last price on that piece was from B&P if anyone knows? There's at least 25 different sellers on Bricklink right now with over 100 each, four sellers with over 300 and one with... 1,338. Bricklink is a good site, but sellers like the one with 1338 pumpkins are incredibly annoying if you're trying to buy stuff off B&P. I get it, a Bricklink store is a business, but is it that hard to leave some for other consumers and not buy such a ridiculous amount of one piece? Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Anonknee Muss said: Please tell me you are serious The red shield tiles were $.15. The Batcessories were actually thrown in for free due to some other issues by the Lego customer service rep I talked to so I don't know how much they usually are. Quote
koalayummies Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Guyon2002 said: Bricklink is a good site, but sellers like the one with 1338 pumpkins are incredibly annoying if you're trying to buy stuff off B&P. I get it, a Bricklink store is a business, but is it that hard to leave some for other consumers and not buy such a ridiculous amount of one piece? My sentiment exactly! B&P should be for builders, those buying for personal use. There is already a quantity per piece limit in place per order, even though its a little hard to see one needing 200 pumpkin pieces, but if there are multiple orders for the maximum quantity of the same part going to the same buyer/address/Lego.com account then they could conceivably put a stop to that. And since TLG now owns Bricklink they could also possibly cross-reference the B&P purchases with Bricklink sellers and see who is buying from B&P just to resell on Bricklink. Quote
lego_guyon02 Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 1 minute ago, koalayummies said: My sentiment exactly! B&P should be for builders, those buying for personal use. There is already a quantity per piece limit in place per order, even though its a little hard to see one needing 200 pumpkin pieces, but if there are multiple orders for the maximum quantity of the same part going to the same buyer/address/Lego.com account then they could conceivably put a stop to that. And since TLG now owns Bricklink they could also possibly cross-reference the B&P purchases with Bricklink sellers and see who is buying from B&P just to resell on Bricklink. Yeah it's really annoying. I just expanded Hagrid's pumpkin patch for my Harry Potter display but now I just need pumpkins and orange minifig heads (''small pumpkins'') to finish it up, both of which are sold out. Guess I'll just have to wait for them to become available again Luckily I have enough to do and that pumpkin patch isn't really a priority thing Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 57 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said: Yeah it's really annoying. I just expanded Hagrid's pumpkin patch for my Harry Potter display but now I just need pumpkins and orange minifig heads (''small pumpkins'') to finish it up, both of which are sold out. Guess I'll just have to wait for them to become available again Luckily I have enough to do and that pumpkin patch isn't really a priority thing If you call and order the pumpkin piece they will most likely place the order for you. That's what I did with the red pumpkins. I was told I had to wait longer since they were "out-of-stock" but actually got them faster than average. Quote
Ponga91 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 13 hours ago, koalayummies said: Curious what the last price on that piece was from B&P if anyone knows? Ordered on February 11th for 0.18€ Quote
MAB Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 12 hours ago, koalayummies said: And since TLG now owns Bricklink they could also possibly cross-reference the B&P purchases with Bricklink sellers and see who is buying from B&P just to resell on Bricklink. They already made a statement saying that they would not be doing that. BL and LEGO are still separate companies. I don't think it would be legal for them to share data between the two companies in such a way. 12 hours ago, koalayummies said: There is already a quantity per piece limit in place per order, even though its a little hard to see one needing 200 pumpkin pieces, but if there are multiple orders for the maximum quantity of the same part going to the same buyer/address/Lego.com account then they could conceivably put a stop to that. I guess the problem here is some people may have a genuine use of such quantities. If they are doing a large pumpkin patch MOC for Halloween, then 200 pumpkins makes sense. I don't think it would be a good idea for LEGO to start deciding (different) limits for individual parts. Quote
lego_guyon02 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, MAB said: They already made a statement saying that they would not be doing that. BL and LEGO are still separate companies. I don't think it would be legal for them to share data between the two companies in such a way. I guess the problem here is some people may have a genuine use of such quantities. If they are doing a large pumpkin patch MOC for Halloween, then 200 pumpkins makes sense. I don't think it would be a good idea for LEGO to start deciding (different) limits for individual parts. There's a difference between 200 and 1400 Quote
MAB Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said: There's a difference between 200 and 1400 Who is to say how many of something someone else needs? If someone asks for 1400 1x4 bricks, is that reasonable? If so, why not other parts too? It is also possible to order multiple 1000s of the same part at once, if you use the bulk order form. As for B+P they are meant to be for non-commercial uses, so should not be sold. Quote
Anonknee Muss Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 15 hours ago, koalayummies said: My sentiment exactly! B&P should be for builders, those buying for personal use. There is already a quantity per piece limit in place per order, even though its a little hard to see one needing 200 pumpkin pieces, but if there are multiple orders for the maximum quantity of the same part going to the same buyer/address/Lego.com account then they could conceivably put a stop to that. And since TLG now owns Bricklink they could also possibly cross-reference the B&P purchases with Bricklink sellers and see who is buying from B&P just to resell on Bricklink. I think this is a bad idea. The simple answer is LEGO should just produce more. 2 hours ago, MAB said: Who is to say how many of something someone else needs? If someone asks for 1400 1x4 bricks, is that reasonable? If so, why not other parts too? It is also possible to order multiple 1000s of the same part at once, if you use the bulk order form. As for B+P they are meant to be for non-commercial uses, so should not be sold. B&P is 200. I assume this form would achieve that, although it might look suspicious buying 1000+ of 1 piece. Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Anonknee Muss said: I think this is a bad idea. The simple answer is LEGO should just produce more. B&P is 200. I assume this form would achieve that, although it might look suspicious buying 1000+ of 1 piece. I've used the form before to order more than 200 of a couple pieces. Takes a couple weeks to just order, but the form works fine. Quote
Anonknee Muss Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, MKJoshA said: I've used the form before to order more than 200 of a couple pieces. Takes a couple weeks to just order, but the form works fine. Ahhh. Thanks Josh for the insight! Quote
MAB Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Anonknee Muss said: I think this is a bad idea. The simple answer is LEGO should just produce more. B&P is 200. I assume this form would achieve that, although it might look suspicious buying 1000+ of 1 piece. The bulk order form is available on the B+P section. It is specifically for ordering more than you can online. Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 I don't think Lego is "suspicious" of people buying pieces in bulk. They know AFOLs MOC using huge quantities of 1 part. If people end of re-selling them on Bricklink, that's really just the ignorance of the Bricklink buyers not knowing to look on Brick&Pieces. Quote
koalayummies Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, MAB said: As for B+P they are meant to be for non-commercial uses, so should not be sold. Yes... thats what I said: 19 hours ago, koalayummies said: B&P should be for builders, those buying for personal use. ----- 8 hours ago, Ponga91 said: Ordered on February 11th for 0.18€ So about $0.20 USD each. The seller with 1388: $0.44 each. Seller with 887: $1.14 Seller with 747: $0.48 ----- Greed and gluttony and there are builders here who can't get just a few for their own use without paying twice the 'retail' price. This has been demonstrated on other pieces in this thread in the past as well. And I don't even want this piece I am just demonstrating what is likely going on with some B&P out-of-stock pieces and BL sellers. 1 hour ago, MKJoshA said: If people end of re-selling them on Bricklink, that's really just the ignorance of the Bricklink buyers not knowing to look on Brick&Pieces. Except the entire point is that its not available on Bricks and Pieces right now because its sold out, because of these people buying up as much as they can triggering the low stock cutoff and then turning around and selling them for twice the price TLG sells it for. Edited March 12, 2020 by koalayummies Quote
MAB Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 19 hours ago, koalayummies said: Except the entire point is that its not available on Bricks and Pieces right now because its sold out, because of these people buying up as much as they can triggering the low stock cutoff and then turning around and selling them for twice the price TLG sells it for. It is probably very risky to try to do business like that. LEGO has large stocks of most parts and trying to clear them out probably doesn't work. However, buying lots might flag to LEGO that it is an in-demand part and they stop selling it to reserve stocks for the "missing parts" section instead. Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 22 hours ago, koalayummies said: Except the entire point is that its not available on Bricks and Pieces right now because its sold out, because of these people buying up as much as they can triggering the low stock cutoff and then turning around and selling them for twice the price TLG sells it for. Every time I've wanted to buy a part that was previously available but currently showing "out-of-stock" I've been able to call in and order it. It's usually on back order, but never have I been told I couldn't buy it unless it was an out of production part. For example, I tried to buy the black stalk piece from the Sally CMF recently and couldn't because Lego isn't making new Disney CMF 2 figures so they aren't currently producing that part in black. But I bought pumpkins even they they showed out of stock no problem. And I bet you could use the 200+ piece form to get them as well if you really need pumpkins (I know it's just an example piece). Point is, Bricklink may be gouging people if they paid only $.20 per piece from B&P. But it still comes down to ignorance of the buyer. Quote
Grover Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 Also, buying pieces off B&P just to resell is against the terms and conditions that everyone has to sign but never reads. Quote
BaristaBricks Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 Bricks and Pieces is currently closed due to Covid-19 Quote
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