[US] Jabba's Sail Barge #6210 sold by Amazon

andystar

Strange, I just saw set #6210 for sale by Amazon, brand new for $74.99. Isn't this set quite old and hard to get?

amazon.com/Lego-6210-Star-Jabbas-Barge/dp/B000EJ9O9U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352431762&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+6210

andystar

^hmmm, showing up as sold only by 3rd party sellers now, very odd

brickupdate

It showed up for a moment, but wouldn't let me add it to the cart. Now it shows a $550 version!

andystar

^same here, when I first saw it I had to do a double take.... why would Amazon randomly have a set released in 2006 for sale at its retail price...

andystar

double post

nkx1

andystar said:

...why would Amazon randomly have a set released in 2006 for sale at its retail price...

No idea why, but this doesn't seem to be an entirely isolated incident. A month ago, I noticed they (Amazon directly, not the marketplace) had 11 #6752 Creator Fire Rescue sets for sale. If in fact they did have one #6210 for sale at msrp, whoever bought it got an amazing deal!


http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/7022/lego-creator-fire-rescue-6752-at-amazon-odd-find#latest

andystar

My only conclusion is a merketplace seller was unable to pay their Amazon fees, so Amazon took payment via the sellers inventory stored in Amazon warehouses and sold it.

mrseatle

Doh!