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If you sell on amazon at : £166.14 (including postage)
Your amazon earnings are: £136.96, then post cost me £14.67
gives me £125.29
not exactly a massive profit!
I think people are only buying these now because they have seen the rise in other modulars and dont want to miss out... but with so many resellers I dont think it will reach much over £200 for another 3 years or so.
#6865 : Isn't Cap America being redone with his motorcycle in a new set? If so I do not see this one rising much.
#6867 : All depends on if any of these figures are being redone in the next line. (with Iron Man being the exception due to all of the sets he is in)
Really any of these sets depend on if they are being redone or the figures are being put into a new set. Same as SW lines IMO.
Same can be also said for #6858
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I was trying to mask my secret identity! You foiled my plan! :)
Examples:
#9492 TIE Fighter: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/TIE-Fighter-9492
#9500 Sith Fury Class Interceptor: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Sith-Fury-class-Interceptor-9500
#6860 Batcave: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Batcave-6860
#9493 X-Wing: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/X-Wing-Starfighter-9493
Some of these are still in stock at TRU, but other than that, they're mostly gone online from other retailers.
And I know third party is available, but I'm just talking about Amazon itself.
However, you need to understand Amazon before you dive in. You will have a much higher rate of returns on those items than you will on others, as people click and buy without much research, then get upset when they discover they overpaid.
In the case of the VW Bus, since it is a current product, you'll get complaints of being "ripped off", and since buyers can return for any reason within 30 days, you have to take it back.
If they open it, you can charge a 20% restocking fee, but still have to take it back. You also get a lot more negative feedback from those customers. Or they ask you to price match the "proper price".
Selling on Amazon is selling to a retail buyer, mostly moms and grandmas, who don't understand retired and rare LEGO, they expect service and to be treated as well as Amazon would treat them.
Are you prepared to offer that level of service?
Another point to consider, the A-to-Z guarantee. If you sell something under $300, if the customer gets upset and demands a return and you hedge and say something like, "I'm not a retail store, you got what you paid for", or "I won't take it back if it is opened", then the customer files a claim with Amazon, Amazon will, as often as not, refund the customer, out of your pocket, and let them keep the item.
If anyone is thinking of selling on Amazon, go spend an hour reading the seller forums on Amazon and see if it is for you. It isn't ebay. :)
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=2
Now that I see it, I still don't care. :)
Take 15% off $169, then consider you have to pay shipping. Subtract that from what you paid for it, then consider Amazon's customer service policies...
Then ask if it is worth it.
The sellers who do it well, do volume, that is really the only way to absorb the returns and complaints. It also helps if you can buy tax free, since that puts a huge dent into it as well.
BTW, In the US, Amazon requires your tax info at just 50 transactions. They claim they won't turn your sales over to the IRS if you don't hit 200, but nothing stops them from doing so. The law only requires it at 200, nothing says they can't at 50.
I've run into a few problem buyers, but nothing like I found on ebay. One nice benefit is that amazon has covered all 'charge back' issues I've had. And yes, like LFT says, you do have to accept all returns. I fulfill all my own orders, and I've had a much lower return rate than I expected when I started.
Good luck.