Colonel Bulstrode Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 I am planning on selling some old legos that I still have at home to buy newer ones. I was wondering if you could tell me which will I have more of chance of selling on and which website will I make more from? Should I risk having the pieces sell for a $1 on Ebay, or risk not having them sell at all on Bricklink? Thanks a ton, The Colonel P.S. sorry if there's already a topic on this
JCC1004 Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 What are they exactly? It might be better to keep them.
Colonel Bulstrode Posted July 3, 2009 Author Posted July 3, 2009 What are they exactly? It might be better to keep them. They are some old city,deep sea divers stuff, and a bunch of unknown. I don't want them when I can have newer better stuff. -The Colonel
Tom Bricks Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 I personally have never sold on ebay but the prices seem to go very high there. I would recommend selling the parts in a lot on ebay unless you have some really rare/valuable ones there. If you sell them all at once it's over quickly, and is less of a hassle with the shipping. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Karto Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 They are some old city,deep sea divers stuff, and a bunch of unknown. I don't want them when I can have newer better stuff. -The Colonel I have sold lots of sets through eBay, sometimes way more than the average price on Bricklink. How? There are several things to keep in mind when you sell on eBay: • Take good pictures (90% are bad: too small, only one or even none at all, not original, not with all the parts, unbuilt sets, standard catalog pictures, etc.) • Put an auction for maximum 7 days that will end at an interesting hour: 20h00 on sunday for example. • Give a good description of your set: the condition, quantity of remaining stickers, presence of original instructions and box, etc. • Accept international buyers and PayPal (for verified users only). • Check if the items you wan't to sell have any value (through Bricklink and eBay search engines). • Having a good feedback is also important. If you start with a new acount, this can lead to lower prices. • Mention shipping charges, preferably the postage rates and not twice the price... • Start an individual auction for each larger set. Try to sell related items the same day to make it possible for one buyer to have interest in several of your items (ex: if you sell a train, come up with an auction for the trainstation that will end 5 minutes later). Offer lower shipping charges for combined purchases. etc. In other words: Avoid to start a 10 days auction on monday 5AM with one standard catalog picture taken from Bricklink with as description 'legos' for a 6505 Fire Chief's Car with shipping charges of 20 Euro. This sounds 'obvious' but when you look at most of the auctions, it seems not that obviuos for a lot of people...
Patty Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 I am planning on selling some old legos that I still have at home to buy newer ones. I was wondering if you could tell me which will I have more of chance of selling on and which website will I make more from? Should I risk having the pieces sell for a $1 on Ebay, or risk not having them sell at all on Bricklink? Thanks a ton, The Colonel P.S. sorry if there's already a topic on this To be honest, you'll be busting your balls to sell your individual parts on Bricklink. Don't bother mate.
Colonel Bulstrode Posted August 27, 2009 Author Posted August 27, 2009 To be honest, you'll be busting your balls to sell your individual parts on Bricklink. Don't bother mate. That's what I thought as well.
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