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So yeah there are exceptions to the rule in term of reselling, but the reason why LEGO keeps them running forever is again people love the X Wing set.
Unfortunately, eBay makes it easy for scammers, thieves, and such to both buy and sell. And, it takes forever for eBay to deal with such individuals. And, it doesn't help, because most people will give a seller positive feedback, or refrain from leaving negative feedback for fear of revenge, even if they pretty much know the seller is selling stolen goods, etc.
It is all very frustrating. I know.
At least ... eBay will allow an item to stay active until payment is received.
BigKid
Frankly, the benefit to BIN is to require instant payment, so you really don't have to deal with it.
I haven't done an auction in awhile, and I don't miss them one bit.
I do not see any benefit of auctions over fixed price for items over $100. After the new pricing structure, there is really no benefit in doing auctions.
Most of my domestic scammers always pay immediately. But I might switch to immediate payment, as I also get a lot of international buyers that buy the auction and then don't pay (I guess they don't see the shipping costs?)
BigKid
BigKid
However ironically if I were to buy lego on ebay I wouldn't generally bother with BIN. I find that most sellers generally set their prices far too high and you can make a considerable saving buying the item through an auction listing instead.
To be fair, when I sold stuff overseas it was fine, no issues, but I just decided it is not worth it if something happens.
The other joke is that the buyer requirements are ridiculous limiting those with negative feedback from bidding/buying, especially since the only why you can get a neg is if you are a seller now. i guess if you do not want a seller buying you items and they happen to have negative feedback then you are all set.
Buyers cannot get negative feedback, so what is up with that requirement then?
Anything $50 and above goes Priority and I insure at my own cost.
LEGO discontinues the majority of its assortment once per year: in late fall. That's it.
There are "series" and seasonal sets that discontinue at various times, but MF will be good through summer and into fall, like everything else in the regular, retail assortment.
It has been out for 2 years now, so anyone who hasn't bought it, really has no one to blame but themselves.
They should stop asking, "will this be retired soon, can I wait to buy it", and just go buy the bloody thing.
The switch must have caught many resellers off guard so I'm fairly confident much stocking up didn't happen last year. If it doesn't return I can see significant gains on the existing secondary market supplies given the surge in holiday demand and lack of normal reseller stock up.. It's surprising many people haven't picked up on this yet and the set can still be had for the low-mid $80 range on Bricklink.
So yeah, one set does not a pattern make, and until Winter comes, we won't truly know the fate of any of the village sets (even the Cottage).
But dangit, that bakery retired a little too early before I could get one.
I can pick some of these up at $39.90 which is a pretty good deal but this type of set is not the type to make huge gains IMO, so I have only bought two at the moment and will just use for parts etc. if prices don't rise.
The uncertainty with regards to 10216 and 10222 is killing me. I hope we'll get more definite information soon. I managed to pick 4 of 10222 up on the cheap recently and can't decide whether to part them out or to keep them sealed. (If they were sure to return I'd choose parting out, if they were sure to retire I'd choose keeping sealed.) I also have 2 of 10216 and could buy several more but I haven't dared yet because of the rumours that it might still return.
It should do well in the long run, but expect 2 years post retirement to see good money. IMHO...
The above information was provided 6 months before the first winter themed set (Toy Shop) was retired (June 2011). Notice that they also stated the Winter Bakery would retire in December 2012 as well.
Some of the other dates are dead wrong (Maersk Train, etc.), but the Winter Themed sets seemed to be accurate. I still think the Winter sets are basically on sale for three seasons (including the year of release and EOL). So...Bakery is gone...Post Office and Cottage are back next year. JMO.