Ridiculous eBay Auctions

kiki180703

bandit778 said:

Thought this was a bit hopeful.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-Kids-LEGO-Scooby-Doo-Mystery-Mansion-75904-Playset-/321909673133?hash=item4af34fccad:g:0fIAAOSw~bFWN3pK

They also have Raptor Escape for £276.99!

bandit778

^^ only if it was being posted to mars.  ;)

BCheeseSlope

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-the-Force-Awakens-Kylo-Ren-single-lego-figure-rare-misprint-helmet-/141866407556?hash=item2107e59684:g:9CsAAOSwYIhWhuBH Now I want a misprint. :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Hobbit-MINT-Gandalf-and-Mini-Gandalf-/262215441500?hash=item3d0d421c5c:g:0M4AAOSw9N1VwWQg You shall not be able to buy The Grey Wizard.

SumoLego

^  I love the description on the Kylo Ren:

"Rare misprint of Kylo Ren Star Wars the Force Awakens lego action figure. My research has found it to be one of a kind."

"My research" = Thinking of a number between zero and ten thousand and choosing the highest one.

Fauch

yeah, wonder what's wrong with people, that product has a flaw, so it must be worth a fortune right?

btw, I have a good condition (only displayed for a few month) bytar which was misprinted out of the box (one eye not correctly printed). that must be worth at least a thousand € right?

SumoLego

^  Way more than that...

https://youtu.be/l91ISfcuzDw

TigerMoth

No home videos please.

Shib

Fauch said:

yeah, wonder what's wrong with people, that product has a flaw, so it must be worth a fortune right?

I think a lot of that is down to other types of collecting like coin collecting. In the case of coins if a mistake is made the mint that made them will generally need to fix their mistake so will try to regain the coins to destroy- there was a famous instance of this in the UK a few years ago where the design of the 20p changed and they forgot to include a year of production on the coin, so the mint was offering something like £50 for any handed back, but of course collectors wanted them for the oddity value so would pay a lot more.

TigerMoth

Shib said:

there was a famous instance of this in the UK a few years ago where the design of the 20p changed and they forgot to include a year of production on the coin, so the mint was offering something like £50 for any handed back, but of course collectors wanted them for the oddity value so would pay a lot more.

Not so.

"The mint" is The Royal Mint. Essentially the front and back of two different designs were erroneously used together, and as the date switched sides, there wasn't one on a batch of 200,000 coins or so. As far as The Royal Mint is concerned, they are perfectly legal to use, and worth 20p - and always have been. To all intents and purposes, they are just one more design of the coin that just happens not to have a date - and can therefore be dated perfectly!

There is also a company called The London Mint Office. It's a coin marketing company. Suspicious already? It has nothing to do with The Royal Mint. They put out a press release saying that they would pay £50 each for the coins - if you pre-registered, something that was restricted to the first 10,000 applications. So people fell over themselves to do exactly that, in the hope that they would subsequently find one of the odd coins. Clearly, most did not. So the company may have had to buy a small number of coins at the elevated price, but in exchange they got 10,000 sets of contact details. Bargain - for them, not the registrants.

These days, the coins are probably worth a fiver. Even a mint one is only £20-25 and you're not going to find one of those in your change. There are also fakes - which aren't even worth 20p. There are also eBay sellers who show you a "normal" coin, then the coin they are selling, noting that the date is "missing" when, in fact, it's on the opposite side.

The press got it around their neck, mistaking the name of the respective companies, and so a myth was born.

SumoLego

^ So where can I buy an ultra-rare error 20p piece?!?!?

I'll gladly pay £50 for something exclusive that a marketing company tells me is exclusive.

TigerMoth

That's the point - it's not ultra-rare, nor is it officially considered an error. Also, trying to find one is likely to get your fingers burnt.

There's not that much difference in numbers between the 200,000 "mules" produced, and the 12 million "old-style" coins produced that year, especially when compared to the 115 million new-style ones.

theLEGOman

It's only ultra rare if it's the white dateless 20p.

I think Boba Fett has a few ;).

bandit778

^but can only be spotted though the usage of a white rangefinder though.

Bobflip

A few months ago I started checking my change for rarities. Haven't found anything other than 50ps that'll go for £1 on eBay, and £1s that'll go for £2.

During my pricing research, I'd find the occasional listing where someone had listed a 50p coin at a starting price of 49p with free postage, which had sold with only 1 bid :-)

monstblitz

Does this qualify?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-inches-BIG-Huge-LEGO-figures-collection-Store-Display-figures-RARE-Original-/201296101483?hash=item2ede2ec06b:g:VcAAAOSwLVZVyLk3

Bobflip

Possibly not... some of those go for big money! I think that collection might've been listed before, seem to recall some of them are especially rare.

kiki180703

monstblitz said:

Does this qualify?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-inches-BIG-Huge-LEGO-figures-collection-Store-Display-figures-RARE-Original-/201296101483?hash=item2ede2ec06b:g:VcAAAOSwLVZVyLk3

They obviously had to price it at 69,999$ ;)

Bobflip

Not too ridiculous, but gave me a giggle...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Butt-load-o-Bionicle-by-lego-/221988426665?hash=item33af8a93a9:g:VHgAAOSwcBhWaJb5

SumoLego

^ That doesn't look like any butt I've ever seen.

chrisalddin

never mind e-bay,
just found this on gumtree
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-music-films-books-games/brand-new-and-sealed-lego-millennium-falcon-75105-/1150249002

cheshirecat

^Sadly not rediculous just a sign of our reseller times. (its currently OOS at S@H)

xiahna

Think I'm going to lose my temper. In Australia Woolworths is a supermarket chain, And Big W is like Target, Woolworths do food and stuff, and big W do pretty much everything else. Well today on E-Bay I discovered that the Ant-Man Final Battle - 76039  is being sold for $89.95 Free Click & Collect at Woolworths & BIG W!!! You go in and you can choose the store you want to pick up from!!! Australian RRP $39.99 (the price we paid from S@H) Seriously what hope do any of us have if Retailers are becoming re-sellers. I'm fuming!!!!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LEGO-MARVEL-SH-76039-ANT-MAN-ANT-MAN-FINAL-BATTLE-BNIB-RETIRED-SET-/121823327498?hash=item1c5d3c750a:g:nvkAAOSwHnFVxBE6#shpCntId

xiahna

WTF was just on the phone to LEGO and they have NO ISSUE WITH THIS?!?!?!?! SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!

They didn't even put this set on the shelf for sale, just waited until it retired and then stuck it up on e-bay and LEGO don't care. respect for the company has just fallen. Wtf

MattsWhat

^You do realise that ebay offer collection at store as a postage option, it is not sold by the store.  Here it is at Argos.  Not sure for this exact example but could just be sold by a random seller who offers this option.

xiahna

Damn, missed the edit window, was just going to end it with So much for Lego hating Re-sellers.

VorpalRyu

@MattsWhat at multiple stores, in multiple states? That seller is racking up some serious frequent flyer miles... Check the listing for pickup option, it lists several stores in our state, in stock, same for all the other states we checked.

MattsWhat

VorpalRyu said:

@MattsWhat at multiple stores, in multiple states? That seller is racking up some serious frequent flyer miles... Check the listing for pickup option, it lists several stores in our state, in stock, same for all the other states we checked.

Erm.. the way it works here they post it to the store near you, so it is in stock at any Argos in the country.  I didn't say it was that, I have no way to check it just tells me it cant be delivered to me.  But the seller name isn't the name of the store, I would assume a company that large would have an ebay account actually named after them.

Fauch

"I am selling as have ended up with 2 of these. "
does it sound like it was a gift? but hey, even then, reselling a free set at rrp still isn't enough profit, right?

Shib

@VorpalRyu looking at the listing I think @MattsWhat is right, look at the seller, if it was Woolworths or Big W selling them themselves they would be selling them through a store with a name that at least sounds connected. This is basically eBay providing a click and collect option, sellers have the option of using it but they don't have to, again as MattsWhat said, in the UK the option is to collect from Argos stores, Argos themselves have an eBay store, but just because something is collected from Argos does not mean its something that has been sat in that stores stockroom, it is shipped there by the seller for collection

CCC

Yes, it is a convenience thing. Better to get it shipped to a store local to the buyer (where it is signed for and stored) than either leaving it on a doorstep or the buyer having to travel miles to a post office / courier collection point.

JudgeChuck

Possibly not ridiculous in price, as I am not sure what they would all be worth together, but "wow" nonetheless:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-Modular-Sets-10224-10232-10218-10243-10211-10182-10246-10197-10185-/111870285386?hash=item1a0bfd164a:g:KtoAAOSwFqJWkVMd

All the modulars for sale, including MS and the latest BB... That's a lot of bricks! :-)

xiahna

Hmm, never heard of such a thing. I'm going to call them later. Will keep you updated :)

xiahna

JudgeChuck said:

Possibly not ridiculous in price, as I am not sure what they would all be worth together, but "wow" nonetheless:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-Modular-Sets-10224-10232-10218-10243-10211-10182-10246-10197-10185-/111870285386?hash=item1a0bfd164a:g:KtoAAOSwFqJWkVMd

All the modulars for sale, including MS and the latest BB... That's a lot of bricks! :-)

Wow is right. I can see why they've got a collection only.

chrisalddin

JudgeChuck said:

Possibly not ridiculous in price, as I am not sure what they would all be worth together, but "wow" nonetheless:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-Modular-Sets-10224-10232-10218-10243-10211-10182-10246-10197-10185-/111870285386?hash=item1a0bfd164a:g:KtoAAOSwFqJWkVMd

All the modulars for sale, including MS and the latest BB... That's a lot of bricks! :-)

price for all 11 at RRP is £1,256.99 or there about.
£4,200.00 is a bit steep.

TigerMoth

chrisalddin said:

price for all 11 at RRP is £1,256.99 or there about.

If you can get more than two of the earlier ones for that price, you'd be doing well.

And if you can, I'll have a hundred of each.

chrisalddin

can you not brick's and pieces, the parts for the older ones?
ok it will be more then brick link, but at lest you find most of the part's

i may try this see what the price come out when B&P is back.

TigerMoth

chrisalddin said:

can you not brick's and pieces, the parts for the older ones?
ok it will be more then brick link, but at lest you find most of the part's

i may try this see what the price come out when B&P is back.

There are people who try this and yes, can do it more cheaply. Look around these boards and you'll find quite a few examples.

The snag is that some pieces are unique, or just rare in a particularly colour, and can only be obtained on the secondary market. As a result, they can command huge prices. If you need thirty of a particular piece that costs a few pounds, the overall cost soon goes into orbit.

Furthermore just because a part has the right number, it doesn't necessarily mean it can be used - there are variations that some people consider unacceptable, so it can also depend on what you are trying to achieve.

chrisalddin

TigerMoth said:

chrisalddin said:

can you not brick's and pieces, the parts for the older ones?
ok it will be more then brick link, but at lest you find most of the part's

i may try this see what the price come out when B&P is back.

There are people who try this and yes, can do it more cheaply. Look around these boards and you'll find quite a few examples.

The snag is that some pieces are unique, or just rare in a particularly colour, and can only be obtained on the secondary market. As a result, they can command huge prices. If you need thirty of a particular piece that costs a few pounds, the overall cost soon goes into orbit.

Furthermore just because a part has the right number, it doesn't necessarily mean it can be used - there are variations that some people consider unacceptable, so it can also depend on what you are trying to achieve.

i think i will try this with bike shop, if i can not find it.
all places i look so far have sold out.
then i will try it with Market Street.
but, other stuff 1st :)

flord

Not Ebay, but check out this ridiculous link for used Lego:

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-toys-games/saskatoon/selling-most-of-our-lego-collection/1132552305?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I want to know how they came to that $$ amount.

chrisalddin

flord said:

Not Ebay, but check out this ridiculous link for used Lego:

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-toys-games/saskatoon/selling-most-of-our-lego-collection/1132552305?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I want to know how they came to that $$ amount.

question did you read the Description?

tallblocktoo

flord said:

Not Ebay, but check out this ridiculous link for used Lego:

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-toys-games/saskatoon/selling-most-of-our-lego-collection/1132552305?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I want to know how they came to that $$ amount.

Thats a gimmick sellers use to get your attention.  I guess it worked. 

flord

Lame. 

xiahna

Ok, thanks guys, yes they are a drop off zone for e-bay. Really wish they didn't do this, not when it causes so much confusion. Anyway turns out that Ant-Man Final Battle was not released for the Australian market. (Why they couldn't tell me that when I phoned LEGO I'll never know, but ehh.)

MattsWhat

@xiahna I take it you are in the market for one then? They still have a few on shelves here so to make up for the angst I'm happy to send one over (or just minifigs) at cost if I can get one. Let me know. 

CCC

chrisalddin said:

can you not brick's and pieces, the parts for the older ones?
ok it will be more then brick link, but at lest you find most of the part's

i may try this see what the price come out when B&P is back.

No, you cannot. They don't have stocks of some of the rarer, older parts (mainly the expensive ones). They will offer a modern alternative or nothing (such as the white window frames, the skis, the tan arch, the door, dark blue arches and bows, etc). There is a reason they are expensive on BL, it is because they are not available through Bricks and Pieces. If they were, their price would drop.

Fauch

I often see cdiscount ads for lego pop up with ridiculous offers.

http://www.cdiscount.com/juniors/lego/lego-r-star-wars-75104-le-vaisseau-de-kylo-ren-co/f-1202809-lego75104.html?rr_product=true&recommendationRef=&recommender=SimilarProductsApi&InteractedPlacementId=Internal_SP

I mean, sure, the price is ok, but you usually first see the ads banner with pictures of sets and labels claiming some great deal like here -67€, and when you click to see the price, you see that, yes, you get -67€, but the rrp was first increased by like 50%...

and this example isn't too bad, for example, there was a banner for simpsons serie 2 at 1€. I click and it turns out it's 4.50€

didn't take long at all to find another totally ridiculous example :
http://www.cdiscount.com/juniors/lego/lego-friends-41088-le-dressage-du-chiot/f-1202825-lego41088.html#mpos=18|cd
after a 73% markdown, the price is still superior to the rrp...

MattsWhat

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lego-galleon-pieces-dragon-pieces-bits-and-pieces-see-pics-12-50-free-p-p-/172062366909?hash=item280fb75cbd:g:VQEAAOSwFqJWl8Mm
I feel dirty even looking at it.

SumoLego

I was wondering when a graded Mr. Gold would appear on eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AFA-Graded-LEGO-Mr-Gold-AUTHENTIC-1-of-5000-made-Certificate-Included-/301848395513?hash=item464790fef9:g:TL4AAOSwpRRWmJwG

Jackad7

MattsWhat said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lego-galleon-pieces-dragon-pieces-bits-and-pieces-see-pics-12-50-free-p-p-/172062366909?hash=item280fb75cbd:g:VQEAAOSwFqJWl8Mm
I feel dirty even looking at it.

Haha. I got one of those for $5 shipped complete. Its pretty cool for a non-Lego piece.

Jackad7

Sorry for the spam but I just found this as soon as I opened ebay -.- http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=321978745033&alt=web