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 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Oct 4, 2023 00:16
 Subject: Re: Trigger Warning
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 Topic: General
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In General, runner.caller writes:
  "Legos" -Me

I shouldn't even admit this but when we first started selling here we had
the word Legos in our store terms. Now I cringe every time I see someone referring
to Legos that way.

Jim
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Sep 27, 2023 11:27
 Subject: Re: Lego's rebel pilot diversity problem
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 Topic: General
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  In General, axaday writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  just as the Sand People are not Humans nor that intelligent, but they are from
Tatoonie.. & would be considered Tatoonieians.

I don't think the Tuskens are unintelligent.

"In the Star Wars universe, there are some species that are force-sensitive,
and some that are not. Tusken Raiders (and Jawas for that matter) are not force-sensitive,
simply because they do not possess the mental aptitude."

...star ships are traveling at Light Speed, Moon sized Death Star Battle Stations
are blowing up planets & there are beings known as Jedi's & Sith with the
ability to manipulate objects with their minds
a Tusken Raider is on the bottom of the intelligence spectrum. they are a proud
Tribal community, but bottom rung as far as intelligence goes in that universe.

but you are free to 'think' anything you want

The only way to accurately gauge the intelligence of each individual species
and then rank them according to their intelligence level is to do an in-depth
analysis of each species and then compare them by some predetermined scale....
oh wait, IT'S JUST A MOVE FRANCHISE.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Sep 22, 2023 23:54
 Subject: Re: is this new?
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 Topic: Selling
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In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
  some highlights for minifigures listed as new are
"Assembled - Was displayed, no damage or markings - 9/10"
"Built and displayed, great condition, message for pics."
"NEW! Adult owned from a sealed set. Displayed in a cabinet behind glass,
no direct sunlight. Comes with original hair and guns, plus two nozzles which
look more like his blasters. Ask for photos"
"AFOL Owned, Smoke Free Home, No lightsaber, used but never displayed or
played with, looks new"
"Kama is Slightly crumpled but otherwise Perfect, Displayed by AFOL away
from sunlight."
and from some other new listings
""Used" Some bitemarks on one side of head."
"Cracked arms"
"cracked torso"
"cracked arm"
"Brand new never assembled but arms are cracked "
"cracked torso, only figure, no accessories"
"Has a cracked right arm at the rear where the hand joins."

I especially like the one listed as new but says, "Used" Some bitemarks
on one side of head.".

Jim
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Sep 20, 2023 00:23
 Subject: Re: Real or Fake Print Torso?
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 Topic: Catalog Identification
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In Catalog Identification, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog Identification, peregrinator writes:
  In Catalog Identification, eBricksOnline writes:
  Genuine LEGO torso. Can't seem to locate on the catalog tree. Any ideas?

I think it's a custom print. Hardly any torsos with printed arms.

I wouldn't call at least 280 hardly any.

~Jen

Lego has made millions of mini figures and if they only printed on 280 arms
then that is a Huge difference and I have at least 50 of those arms on 25 figs
so that only leaves 230 for everybody else.

Jim - during the day




Beam - at night
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Sep 13, 2023 21:05
 Subject: Re: 4073 - Gold Versions Question
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 Topic: Catalog Identification
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In Catalog Identification, Nubs_Select writes:
  
  Left two are both Pearl Gold (which is known to have a lot of variation), the
right one is Flat Dark Gold.

Dosnt Flat dark gold not exist for that part and it’s just a variation of pearl
gold?

It looks that way. Only 50 different parts were made in flat pearl gold. The
break down of which parts were made in pearl dark gold is as follows: 32 Bionicle
parts, 11 Duplo parts and the remaining 7 parts are in older Castle and Vikings
sets made back around 2005 and they are just 3 weapons, 2 shields and 2 large
figure armor pieces.

Jim
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Sep 13, 2023 00:25
 Subject: Re: Why is there noone to talk to?
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, tEoS writes:
  Sometimes I talk to myself, and when myself is busy, I talk to the dog. Other
times I complain to the BL forum. It's all really the same.

Why are we talking when we could be building Lego sets, anyway? Is typing considered
talking nowadays

  Why is there no one to talk to?

+2 (one for me and one for my dog)
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Aug 25, 2023 23:02
 Subject: Re: Life's Good Sale
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 Topic: Sales
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In Sales, popsicle writes:
  In spite going through my share of tragedy and sadness lately, I feel a strong
sense of appreciation for life and those opportunities I have been given. In
a good mood.

You know what Frank Herbert had to say about moods though, right? "Mood's
a thing for cattle or for making love..." Well, don't know a thing about
livestock and loveplay no longer holds much allure to me. Instead, thought I
might express my current mood with generosity

Translated: If you have an offer in mind on anything in our inventory you'd
like tryout on me, now's a good time https://store.bricklink.com/popsicle

~ConstrucToys

It is a good thing your life is good right now because having a "Life Sucks
Sale" just doesn't sound quite so inspiring.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Aug 24, 2023 20:25
 Subject: Re: Why is "shipped" not an option?
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, LocoPorLego writes:
  In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, LocoPorLego writes:
  I get what your saying, but I can't ever loose money on any shipping. I loose
enough to paypal/bricklink fees, loosing additionally on shipping too isn't
a good business decision for me personally. Agreed, its usually like 25-75 cents
each for cheap little padded mailers in bulk, I used to not factor in packing
materials when I started out, establishing my store (I used to ship worldwide
too at no minimum, huge headache, I stopped after realizing how stiff PayPal's
terms are about lost/missing orders). Now that I am a little more established,
with plenty of positive reviews and that I sell large sealed sets to minifigs,
I choose not to loose on shipping ever anymore.

then just increase the shipping a little but there's a difference between
loosing on shipping on every order compared to loosing on some and making on
other which evens out and ends up with you not loosing on shipping still if you
take a step back and look at the bigger picture. but if you still think your
loosing on shipping the raise the prices and it will work out

I'm not loosing on shipping, that's the point. You just said you do loose
on some orders, and make it up on others. I'm saying across the board at
my store, I don't loose money on shipping... But I'm Loco. (pun based
on my username, don't take it personally)

with this method across the board at your store you also wouldn't loose money
but you could do a split. with having instant checkout for most items but
then for larger items you could mark them as manual only and then charge exact
shipping so its a win win

This way really works well. We have most all of our sets set up manual invoicing
only and all of our parts set up for instant checkout and we have had no problems.
I would definitely recommend setting it up that way.

We are located in California so our shipping cost increases according to how
far away the shipping address is located, so places like New York on the east
coast cost the most. To make it easy and to make sure we dont lose any money
on shipping, we have set up our shipping levels to reflect the prices for shipping
to New York. As an example, we charge $4.53 for orders up to 4 ounces (including
the envelope) which will cover the cost to ship as far away as the east coast.
Orders shipping to Arizona will cost a little less but we still charge the same.

Because we use instant checkout, our potential customers will know what the shipping
cost will be before they place their order so everybody is happy. When we put
sets up for sale we usually write in the Description how much the shipping will
be for shipping to anywhere in the contiguous US basing our prices on the east
coast and fortunately using UPS and USPS Ground Advantage, the prices are pretty
decent for our customers.

Jim

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Aug 15, 2023 17:40
 Subject: Re: Need 6 Million Pounds Per Month
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 Topic: Buying
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In Buying, sasquatch_eater writes:
  He said LEGO sets and so I think he may want about: 206,962.28008964226224949371852233
of these
 
Set No: 75192  Name: Millennium Falcon - UCS {2nd edition}
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75192-1 (Inv) Millennium Falcon - UCS {2nd edition}
7513 Parts, 8 Minifigures, 2017
Sets: Star Wars: Ultimate Collector Series: Star Wars Other

--Claude

Okay so buying 206,962 of them is all good but where does someone go to buy exactly
.28008964226224949371852233 of one set??

Jim (during normal business hours)

Jim Beam (after 5:00)
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Aug 15, 2023 17:31
 Subject: Re: Suddenly no email confirmations ... ?
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 Topic: Technical Issues
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In Technical Issues, WestCoastBrickz writes:
  Since this morning, no confirmation of orders/invoices received.
Same to the buyer
Am I the only one?

I just checked min and we are receiving order confirmations like normal.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Aug 5, 2023 20:12
 Subject: Re: Problem CN22 custom declare
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In Problem, 1001bricks writes:
  
  Even a seller has a duty of care and a duty to tell the truth and has to abide
by the law.

So, what about those Terms?

Shipping risk:

In general I'm shipping NO tracking, it's on buyers risk!
NO Refund of costs if goods are lost on mailing route.

I can not take responsibility for the condition of the goods received.
If you are not satisfied, contact your supplier who delivers the goods to you.


I like the line, "If you are not satisfied, contact your supplier who delivers
the goods to you". I like the way he refers to the postal service as "your
supplier" yet he is the one who pays the postal service and drops the package
off there. I hate stores that try to pass the buck like that so that they can
think that they dont need to take ANY responsibility for a lost or damaged order.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Aug 1, 2023 22:07
 Subject: Re: Bypass code
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, sasquatch_eater writes:
  In Help, UTLF writes:
  
  I found a good deal on some pieces from an over-seas seller but their store says they do not ship to the U.S.A. where I live

I believe the issue is they might not even want to ship to the US; I would recommend
filtering stores that don't ship to you in your settings to avoid this issue
in the future - hopefully they get back to you though!

Yes, agreed.

What are the parts and the color of each part. Maybe someone here has them and
will be willing to sell them at a more reasonable price then others.

Jim
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 30, 2023 00:32
 Subject: Re: How to set up free shipping?
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 Topic: Shipping
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The way I did, back when I used to offer free shipping, worked like this …

Each lot (for a set) that I wanted to ship for free, I overrode both the dimensions
and the weight, to make them both as small as possible. I think something like
0.001 gms and 0.1 mm on each side. Then I set up a shipping method that only
processed something below 1-oz (or smaller if possible) and a physical dimension
of 1-inch x 1-inch x 1-inch. That tended to route the set orders into that very
small cubic space, and the parts elsewhere. Try setting this up on a test lot,
that is reserved to your test account, then see what happens when you put it
into a shopping cart. Let unchanged, your other lots will not trigger the shipping
method, if it’s set up correctly.

Good luck, Nita Rae

Thank you, that sounds like it should work. In fact, that should work for selling
sets with a fixed shipping value also. Again, thanks.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 29, 2023 10:34
 Subject: Re: How to set up free shipping?
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 Topic: Shipping
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In Shipping, UTLF writes:
  The way I do it is I create a new shipping method that requires a minimum purchase
amount, that way most items/orders won't qualify but it'll show for a
set that's $250 or whatever amount you want it to

I'm sure there's an easier way, but I prefer to stick to what I know
in order to avoid messing up my shipping methods

Thanks for the reply!

That would be one way but I would really like to be able to have sets worth less
to be able to have free shipping. Plus, any order over a certain amount would
qualify for free shipping so that would not work for me.

Any other ideas? Anybody?
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 28, 2023 23:27
 Subject: Re: Who sells Lego by the pound?
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In Selling, DeLuca writes:
  In Selling, legoranger00 writes:
  I’m looking for any bricklink stores or websites that sell Lego by the pound.
If you know any bricklink stores or websites that do, please let me know.


All UK stores do.

I had to think about that for a minute - good one!

Jim
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 28, 2023 23:25
 Subject: How to set up free shipping?
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I would like to be able to put up certain sets into our store with free shipping
and have customers be able to use instant checkout and have the shipping charge
be zero when they check out but just for those particular sets if possible. How
would I set up a shipping method to accomplish this? Is this possible? I would
prefer to have a shipping method that would only apply to certain sets but if
I would have to have it apply to all sets then I could still work with that.

I would not want the shipping method apply to any parts or minifigures.

Thanks in advance.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 27, 2023 21:47
 Subject: Re: lol
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 Topic: My Own Creation
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Hell o
 
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 26, 2023 16:08
 Subject: Re: Buyer very rude....
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 Topic: Problem Order
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In Problem Order, rainbowmist writes:
  In Problem Order, wildchicken13 writes:

  I would think that cancelling the whole order would only give the buyer even
more reason to leave negative feedback for you.

If I were you, I would go ahead ship the rest of the order. Perhaps you could
order the missing part from a different seller and ask to have it shipped directly
to the buyer.

Thank you for replying. I was thinking of buying another part for them but how
do I make any money off of their original order of around $5.00? Plus the other
seller might even send the wrong part. Might as well just refund their entire
order and send it to them for free. As some of the stickered parts are not perfect
either that they ordered. Selling on here is certainly not easy.

Making money when a mistake is made should not really be a concern especially
when it is a small amount. You made a mistake with your inventory and screwed
up - not a big deal, we all have screwed up but how we handle those occasional
screw ups shows what kind of persons we are and we view our customer service.

A good example is myself. Just a few days ago a customer placed an order and
paid but then asked if he could go ahead and place another order and have both
of them combined. I said sure and told him that he should go ahead and place
the 2nd order and I would combine them and just refund him the shipping. Well
like an idiot (which I quite often am, at least I am often told) I shipped the
first order before he place the 2nd one.

The second order total of parts was $3.68 but the shipping was a little over
$4.00. I already told the customer I would refund the shipping so I had to ship
the second order at a loss. It was a bummer but hey, at least my customer would
receive his orders and be happy and that is more important to me then making
money.

I would suggest taking the loss and make your customer a happy customer. After
all, the mistake, even though small, was made by you and not your customer.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 9, 2023 12:15
 Subject: Re: Clutch power on reddish brown plates
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In Help, cosmicray writes:
  In Help, bricks2you writes:
  I have some reddish brown 3021 plates stacked and when trying to separate them
every other plate breaks.

Any suggestions on how to separate them. Hot water, freezer.

Thanks
Jim

 
Part No: 3021  Name: Plate 2 x 3
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3021 Plate 2 x 3
Parts: Plate {Reddish Brown}

Do you know the vintage of those plates ?

Certain colors of plates (reddish brown being one in particular) from 2013-2015
may have been very brittle.

Nita Rae

They dont even need to be older plates to be brittle. We have had brittle reddish
brown plates from sets as new as this year break easily right out of the box.

Reddish brown pieces can be sooooo brittle. Recently a customer ordered some
of these:

 
Part No: 30357  Name: Plate, Round Corner 3 x 3
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30357 Plate, Round Corner 3 x 3
Parts: Plate, Round {Reddish Brown}
When checking them for brittleness I found that they would break.
We have over 250 of them that we wont even try to sell now because everyone that
I tried to break by just slightly bending with very little pressure snapped easily
into shards. I am afraid to try other pieces not wanting to see them also snap
into shards.

Jim.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 8, 2023 11:30
 Subject: Re: Status doesn’t offer shipped
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 Topic: Shipping
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In Shipping, KACL writes:
  Hi!

I got my first order and shipped it out today. I tried to mark it as shipped
but I don’t have that option.

What am I doing wrong?

Karen

I would just contact BrickLink and let them know what happened and ask how to
remedy the situation. If they respond and things get fixed, great. But if they
dont then I would just let the order stay marked as pending or what ever else
and move on. You will have done your due diligence (I would imagine the tax collected
was probably not that much?). Once your customer gets his order he probably wont
care that his order is still marked as pending or packed especially if you let
him know why.


Jim
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 7, 2023 18:56
 Subject: Re: Third party Insurance for CanadaPost
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 Topic: Shipping
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In Shipping, tEoS writes:
  No it isn't.

USPS to France.
11lbs (~5 kilos) worth $1000.

1) Shipped Priority mail express international (Max. length 60", max. length
plus girth combined 108".
3 - 5 business days to many major markets
= $113.80 (retail price)

2) Shipped Priority mail international (same dimensions).
6 - 10 business days
$93.35

Max insurance coverage for both options is $650 @ $26.35


  99€ for shipping is ludicrous. I can ship for $3.59 with USPS.

I think insurance options in the US may be better then in other countries but
our shipping costs for overseas have become outrageous. Thru Our shipping service
we pay $1.55 per $100.00 of insurance for overseas orders (75 cents for every
$100.00 for domestic orders) so an overseas order would cost $15.55 for $1000.00
of insurance but if it's weight was just 33 ounces then the shipping would
cost at least $42.00.
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: Jul 7, 2023 18:27
 Subject: Re: Quote requests
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 Topic: Selling
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In Selling, Swatson217 writes:
  Why don’t more sellers with manual invoicing allow Quote requests?

I learned the hard way to do this through messaging ahead of time, but I am curious
as to why more people don’t offer it.

We have quote request set up but we also have as a shipping option named as "Quote
Request" that we set up before BrickLink offered it as a feature. We get
about half the customers that want to get a quote use the BrickLink Quote Request
to get a quote and the other half choose the shipping method labeled "Quote
Request". When people choose the latter one and dont follow thru with the
order then we just cancel the order after a while.

So if a store does not want to hassle trying to figure out how to set up Quote
Requests then they can just set up a shipping option labeled Quote Request and
just make sure it will apply to all possible orders so it is always an option
that shows up for customes to choose during the checkout process.

Jim.
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 Posted: May 28, 2023 22:32
 Subject: Re: I feel kind of stupid... HELP!!!
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In General, legoman77 writes:
  In General, crocushorselady writes:
  Ok, so I stuck 2
 
Part No: 98613  Name: Hero Factory Arm / Leg Extender with Ball Joint and Ball Socket
* 
98613 Hero Factory Arm / Leg Extender with Ball Joint and Ball Socket
Parts: Hero Factory {Dark Bluish Gray}
together and I can't get them apart. Anyone
have any tips?

When that happens to me I use one of these. You must be careful though so get
the machine positioned right in the middle. Works every time. This happens
to me frequently.
John P

Great idea but what if you live in a second story apartment? How do you get it
upstairs and once you do then what?

Kpio Q
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
 Posted: May 21, 2023 01:04
 Subject: Re: is the site down?
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 Topic: Help
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In Help, macebobo writes:
  In Help, 1001bricks writes:
  In short, one should better avoid "browsing randomly": use wanted-list,
searches, etc.

Especially avoid stores with over 1 million items and visit smaller store with
200-400K items.

Why in the world would we tell people to not "browse randomly?" That
is what the web is for.

"Sarcasm, just one more service I offer."

I think I will add that to our store terms

Jim
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 Posted: May 20, 2023 11:10
 Subject: Re: FREE GREEN WEIRDO AT THE BABOON'S REPO!!!
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  Someone might buy that minifig for the price on it, thinking they want it at
any price, even if it's cracked stuff. If that happens, it can skew the price
guide, not a good way to do it in my own opinion.


But if he sells it at $100.00 he will no doubt be VERY happy (I know I would
be) and skewing the price guide will be the least of his worries

Jim

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