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  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    Fauch said:
    didn't know our government ran ebay
    Your government?  Hold my beer....
    560HeliportMr_CrossWesterBricksPDelahantydaewoopxchrisCyberdragonKungFuKenny
  • monkeyhangermonkeyhanger Member Posts: 3,139
    If you set your offers criteria low, you will attract piss takers.  
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    monkeyhanger said:
    If you set your offers criteria low, you will attract piss takers.  

    They don't know what the minimum offer threshold is though, do they? I think that is how it works. So if they do a low-ball offer it just gets automatically rejected but still counts as an offer. In that case even if you set it higher then you still get the piss takers, you just don't see them.

    Luckily I only set it very low on a handful of items, just to see what type of offers would be made. You get an email for every offer, so I wouldn't do it again in future.

    I can't say I have ever done a really low offer on an aution, but I'll try it later and see how quick it is rejected or if it is clear that it is rejected at the time of placing it due to a minimum threshold.
  • PJ76ukPJ76uk EnglandMember Posts: 727
    Also if an item doesn't sell and is automatically relisted it automatically allows offers of around 50% regardless of what the original auction was set to. Had many silly offers for lower than postage because of this (my auctions included free postage)

  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    edited January 27
    Not ridiculous, but amazing. I’ve never seen one of these before.

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  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    WesterBricks said:
    Not ridiculous, but amazing. I’ve never seen one of these before.

    @KungFuKenny
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  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    That's weird, 33 rpm but a 7". 
    SumoLego
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    It's meant to be played slower and backwards, just repeating:  'Primo is Dead... Jack Stone is your Savior'... 'Scala is the future'...
    gmonkey76BumblepantsandheMarshallmarioKungFuKennyeggshen
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    Or just the Galidor theme tune.
    BumblepantsKungFuKenny
  • andheandhe UKMember Posts: 3,655
    It's like Vidiyo's great-grandad.
    BumblepantsMarshallmarioMynattKungFuKenny
  • IstokgIstokg MichiganMember Posts: 2,313
    It's for dancing the Lego Mambo after you've popped the corks off of the Fabuland Champagne.... 😜


    560HeliportWesterBricksBumblepantspxchrisgmonkey76KungFuKenny
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366

    This poor minifigure has been captured by an evil giant!
    560HeliportKungFuKennyandhepxchris
  • PJ76ukPJ76uk EnglandMember Posts: 727
    WesterBricks said:

    This poor minifigure has been captured by an evil giant!
    Early sets did use minifigures as babies! That minifigure does come with #5233 
    560HeliportKungFuKennyandheAstrobricksmadforLEGO
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    Meanwhile, in a post apocalyptic eBay…


    BumblepantsKungFuKenny
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    Mrs. Claus moonlights as a crime fighter.


    SumoLegoKungFuKenny
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    ^ That is a bizarre choice in legs.
    Mynatt
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    I literally laughed out loud at this listing.

    Almost got it right...
    WesterBricksBumblepantspxchrisKungFuKenny
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    I wouldn’t give anyone ten bucks for this, let alone $130.


    Bumblepants
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    If they are genuine (and depending on price) Mrs Claus might be a good way to get Deadpool's legs.
    560HeliportSumoLegoPDelahantySwitchfoot55KungFuKennygmonkey76
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    Filed under “cursed images”:


    KungFuKenny
  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Madison WIMember Posts: 265
    So what parts are these? The grey ones, seller asking $60  
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    ^ Rubber band holders, before they started shipping rubber bands in little boxes instead. Worthless.
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  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Madison WIMember Posts: 265
    edited February 26
    That's what I thought but I figured it was so stupid, I must be totally lost! How would you even get that many?
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Twin Cities, MN, USAMember Posts: 3,033
    WesterBricks said:
    ^ Rubber band holders, before they started shipping rubber bands in little boxes instead. Worthless.
    Good conversation starters! :)
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    edited March 5
    Holy Photobomb, Batman!


    560HeliportandhejmeninnoBumblepantsKungFuKennyMynatt
  • Blockwork_OrangeBlockwork_Orange ON, CanadaMember Posts: 149
    Not ridiculous,but I love the first 2 pics.  Kind of a before and after when Boba defended himself!

    https://www.ebay.ca/itm/224894993993?hash=item345cc94649:g:v~kAAOSwvP1iNgR3
  • jason1976jason1976 LondonMember Posts: 278
    I think this can be classified in the "wow I heard old Lego is worth loads of money" category - unless I'm missing something!


    560HeliportKungFuKenny
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Twin Cities, MN, USAMember Posts: 3,033
    ^ Eleven photos of... Wait, it's pretty much just the same photo. Why not take five minutes and sort by color, then spread the parts out so we could see what's really there? Okay, maybe ten minutes or so. With the postage, that would be a little over 100 US dollars. I sure wouldn't pay that much without a better idea of what I'd get. 
  • jason1976jason1976 LondonMember Posts: 278
    Washing some of the parts wouldn't have been a bad idea either.....

    Switchfoot55560HeliportKungFuKenny
  • andheandhe UKMember Posts: 3,655
    edited March 23
    560Heliport said:
    ^ Eleven photos of... Wait, it's pretty much just the same photo. Why not take five minutes and sort by color, then spread the parts out so we could see what's really there? Okay, maybe ten minutes or so. With the postage, that would be a little over 100 US dollars. I sure wouldn't pay that much without a better idea of what I'd get. 
    It's a UK item, with free postage in the UK. But yes a wash wouldn't have gone a miss, but possibly not an unreasonable price for the weight of lego (and the vintage motor is pretty heavy also).

    jason1976 said:
    I think this can be classified in the "wow I heard old Lego is worth loads of money" category - unless I'm missing something!


    Nothing immediately jumps out but the boat Hull and vintage motor are heavy items. A number of non-lego items in there as well but possibly not unreasonable after fees and discounts. 
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Twin Cities, MN, USAMember Posts: 3,033
    I see "£39.99 + £38.22 postage". 
  • andheandhe UKMember Posts: 3,655
    560Heliport said:
    I see "£39.99 + £38.22 postage". 

    Because you're in the States and the item is in the UK. So that would be the postage. Same if situation was reversed.
    560Heliport
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Twin Cities, MN, USAMember Posts: 3,033
    andhe said:
    560Heliport said:
    I see "£39.99 + £38.22 postage". 

    Because you're in the States and the item is in the UK. So that would be the postage. Same if situation was reversed.
    Ah. In that case, that seems a reasonable amount for postage. I'd still want better pictures before I'd buy.
  • IstokgIstokg MichiganMember Posts: 2,313
    With the parts as dirty as they appear, I bet a closer inspection would show some pretty scratched up parts.  I see very little value in that lot.  
    gmonkey76Marshallmario
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    Get your fresh hot high-tech assemble particles here…


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  • PDelahantyPDelahanty Petaluma, CaliforniaMember Posts: 198
    I sure do love to eat butterfly pastry doughnuts.  I think this is how I will refer to pretzels from now on.
    WesterBricksSwitchfoot55
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    They possibly thought pretzel is licensed so didn't use it.
    WesterBricksSwitchfoot55
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    Puzzling...


    I'm a fan of 'Old Adventure in Lighthouse'.
    560Heliportjmeninno
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    edited April 2
    866+ pcs... we're not sure... when we manufacture the parts, they're just in piles on the floor, so some extras probably snuck in.
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  • jason1976jason1976 LondonMember Posts: 278
    Definitely baddies by the look of them!



    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255456291655?hash=item3b7a61ab47:g:hxYAAOSw9khh~RZz
    WesterBricksThe_Rancor
  • Lo1sJessLo1sJess Alexandria, VirginiaMember Posts: 196

  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    What's the issue there?
    SumoLego
  • PJ76ukPJ76uk EnglandMember Posts: 727
    CCC said:
    What's the issue there?
    Guessing it's the polybag only, no game? Someone funding the game purchase by selling the GWP. Who would ever stoop so low to sell a GWP to offset the cost of the main purchase? *cough* *cough* 😂
    SumoLegogmonkey76WesterBricksMarshallmario
  • Lo1sJessLo1sJess Alexandria, VirginiaMember Posts: 196
    Guess it would be smart to end up covering cost of game.  I just saw it and know various people were posting about it.
  • Sethro3Sethro3 United StatesMember Posts: 923
    Looking at Bricklink they are all within that price range also. I'm guessing it will change over time, but possibly not so low that I'll ever justify buying one.
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 20,205
    The price is on bids, so it is buyers setting the price not the seller.
    SumoLego
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 14,902
    CCC said:
    The price is on bids, so it is buyers setting the price not the seller.
    That sounds like the very definition of an auction!  We need to spread this information far and wide... particularly to those complaining about 'scalpers' taking advantage of increased demand for a scarce item.

    Anybody looking to toss an extra 50% toward an auction of Creator Parrot polybag?  Asking for a friend...
    madforLEGO
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks USAMember Posts: 366
    Um… what?


    SumoLego
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