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Seeing as there are limited and they were limited to 2 per person I can see LEGO coming after anyone that sat there and ordered two and two and two with the VIP card.
Also I have been told that the LEGO stores have been told to stop selling to those that are known resellers as well, and if they ignore that directive then the employee could get into trouble.
I will just say this, if LEGO thinks you are a reseller and then they can ban you. They may not cancel the order, but they can review your account and cancel it if they feel you are abusing their system.
This is not a theory, they have cancelled other accounts for forum members in the recent past, same with those on Amazon.com
Also,
I'm sure those in Europe who missed out on getting one because of people doing multiple orders, those who use friends and family, or found a LEGO store that did not enforce limits, to buy additional sets are relieved to know that this is really only 2 per order, and not 2 period. My guess (and it is just my opinion) is that LEGO means 2 at all, in order to ensure people can get the set, but again opinions will vary, which is why LEGO must say 2 period. I think they do not because I'm sure there are those that have the need for three.. maybe super rich and want one for each kid, I'm sure it happens, but again people are abusing LEGOs good will then.
I'd also like to think that people should now know that making such statements about how so and so got 6 and so and so got 7 just is going to whip up the forum to more vitriol about resellers, so I'm not sure why they keep making those comments, other than to instigate arguments in the threads.
Some, including me would argue it's rather wrong. But true.
Cora :)
Just playing around with idea's / suggestions as I'm pretty new to this thread.
Cora :)
So I'm guessing that the demand may not skyrocket this year, but next year.
I can't see them going for £500 myself, but that is simply because I wouldn't pay that for a toy car and I'm not swayed by limited edition status.
Somebody flipped early and somebody else paid £400+ earlier today!
I won't pretend to know much about sets (because I don't), but I do have some knowledge about items that are limited edition. #41999 is going through the ever so common "panic phase". We saw it with the alleged Jabba's Palace EOL and we saw it with Minecraft.
There's a group of people that don't do the rational thing, and that thing is to wait. As soon as it hits eBay, they snap it up. Whether that's for re-sale later on, or to buy for pleasure. They snap it up with the re-seller thinking that in a few weeks time they'll be none on eBay and they'll be raking in profits. Or they buy it fast on eBay with the thought that they snagged it cheap before the price explosion.
Prices will trend down (still above retail), and then eventually they'll trend up (way above retail). They'll be a flood of them on eBay from the "noobs", and re-sellers and collectors alike will buy them all up. But my expectation is they won't buy them all up. Then you'll have the "noob" items still sitting on eBay, while the patient ones continue to wisely wait.
This is a warning that is more important for buyers, but is still semi important for sellers- Do not get caught up in the euphoria known as limited edition. Look to much into prices online right now and you'll start to panic as the market fluctuates in the upcoming weeks. Be patient, temper expectations, remain calm... and you'll win big.
The noob sellers, would be more the ones buying it, and then holding onto it for what they think is a long term investment... aka flipping it in 1-2 months. They see the prices, 400 pounds, that it is going for now and think it has nowhere to but up. Thus they hold onto it, missing hte first oppurtunity to flip for high profits. Then they see prices fall, panic, and don't get as much as they could have.
Speaking of pink, we've seen a black 10179... why not a pink one? Leia Solo's Falcon.
So, what is the consensus here; flip the Crawler or hold onto it?
At least they don't require a box...
Will be interesting to see how well it does when christmas approaches for sure :)