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| | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks  | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 11:39 | | Subject: | Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 184 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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| | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 11:52 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| If you're positive you bought this new and never assembled it, then it's
new. I'm not sure why you would put it together if you're planning to
sell it, but technically it can still be considered new. For something this
badly damaged and this expensive, I would certainly put a comment and probably
a picture. Personally I would list as used. Otherwise you're just asking
for a claim against you.
In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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| | | | | | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I put it together before I thought about selling it. Rookie mistake on my part
to not look it up before putting it together. I assumed it wouldn't be worth
as much as it is because it wasn't a licensed character.
Thanks for your input, it is greatly appreciated.
In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | If you're positive you bought this new and never assembled it, then it's
new. I'm not sure why you would put it together if you're planning to
sell it, but technically it can still be considered new. For something this
badly damaged and this expensive, I would certainly put a comment and probably
a picture. Personally I would list as used. Otherwise you're just asking
for a claim against you.
In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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| | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Also, this head appeared in multiple figures. Is it possible you chucked a used
head from a different figure in your minifigure parts bin?
In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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| | | | | | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 12:48 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I was thinking about that, but the only parts in the case were this one, the
4 clone troopers and 2 super battle droids, all from the same set.
In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | Also, this head appeared in multiple figures. Is it possible you chucked a used
head from a different figure in your minifigure parts bin?
In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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| | | | | Author: | pitz8008 | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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Why don't you just buy a new head. There's a lot of them for sale.
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 13:01 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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Why don't you just buy a new head. There's a lot of them for sale.
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Note that if OP still wants to sell as New, they can’t replace the head. If
they remove the “bad” head from the minifigure, all the parts of the minifigure
become Used.
What can be done is sell the whole minifigure as New… with a New head alongside
(so two heads).
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 13:09 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Thanks, Sylvain.
Would I then have to create a custom item in my store or would it be legal to
just add a comment to the listing that original head is flawed and providing
a new, untarnished head along with the figure?
In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
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Why don't you just buy a new head. There's a lot of them for sale.
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Note that if OP still wants to sell as New, they can’t replace the head. If
they remove the “bad” head from the minifigure, all the parts of the minifigure
become Used.
What can be done is sell the whole minifigure as New… with a New head alongside
(so two heads).
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Thanks, Sylvain.
Would I then have to create a custom item in my store or would it be legal to
just add a comment to the listing that original head is flawed and providing
a new, untarnished head along with the figure?
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AFAIK (remember Discussions Moderators are ordinary members, and not in charge
of policing shops), it’s not forbidden to join “supplementary” parts to an official
entry.
What’s not okay is to:
— sell Used as New,
— or to replace some parts (with other IDs) and still use the official entry.
As for comments, I think it’s always best when the seller is clear (minifigure
assembled, etc.).
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 13:35 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Thanks again!
In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Thanks, Sylvain.
Would I then have to create a custom item in my store or would it be legal to
just add a comment to the listing that original head is flawed and providing
a new, untarnished head along with the figure?
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AFAIK (remember Discussions Moderators are ordinary members, and not in charge
of policing shops), it’s not forbidden to join “supplementary” parts to an official
entry.
What’s not okay is to:
— sell Used as New,
— or to replace some parts (with other IDs) and still use the official entry.
As for comments, I think it’s always best when the seller is clear (minifigure
assembled, etc.).
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 14:53 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Removing the head and replacing with another “new” head would not make it used.
I’d never list something purchased from another bricklink seller as new unless
it came sealed in the original bag, but there are lots of sellers who would.
In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
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Why don't you just buy a new head. There's a lot of them for sale.
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Note that if OP still wants to sell as New, they can’t replace the head. If
they remove the “bad” head from the minifigure, all the parts of the minifigure
become Used.
What can be done is sell the whole minifigure as New… with a New head alongside
(so two heads).
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 15:07 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | Removing the head and replacing with another “new” head would not make it used.
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It would make the other parts of the minifigure Used, because OP would have to
disassemble the whole minifigure.
Policy:
— LEGO sold assembled: can be disassembled once,
— LEGO sold disassembled: can be assembled once.
Anything else is using or playing with the parts. It’d not be handling them only
for storage and normal selling operations.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 15:55 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| “New Minifigures - Minifigures are brand new, taken directly from new sets or
were purchased "as new" in another form such as accessory packs or Pick A Brick
and have been handled only for sorting. Minifigures may be listed as new either
assembled or unassembled”
Even if looking at the wording you posted below (which doesn’t apply), he would
still be ok replacing the head since it says it can be disassembled once and
he presumably has disassembled 0 times as of right now.
In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | Removing the head and replacing with another “new” head would not make it used.
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It would make the other parts of the minifigure Used, because OP would have to
disassemble the whole minifigure.
Policy:
— LEGO sold assembled: can be disassembled once,
— LEGO sold disassembled: can be assembled once.
Anything else is using or playing with the parts. It’d not be handling them only
for storage and normal selling operations.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 16:20 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | “New Minifigures - Minifigures are brand new, taken directly from new sets or
were purchased "as new" in another form such as accessory packs or Pick A Brick
and have been handled only for sorting. Minifigures may be listed as new either
assembled or unassembled”
Even if looking at the wording you posted below (which doesn’t apply), he would
still be ok replacing the head since it says it can be disassembled once and
he presumably has disassembled 0 times as of right now.
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No he wouldn’t, as I specifically said it can be disassembled when LEGO
assembled it.
You may disagree with my interpretation, and again, it’s not official as it’s
not my job, but it’s also how the policy is understood and explained in discussions
on this forum.
I don’t see how someone who doesn’t trust the other sellers to sell them really
New items if they are not sold sealed can turn the policy around to make it okay
for them to play with their items and still sell them New.
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | Removing the head and replacing with another “new” head would not make it used.
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It would make the other parts of the minifigure Used, because OP would have to
disassemble the whole minifigure.
Policy:
— LEGO sold assembled: can be disassembled once,
— LEGO sold disassembled: can be assembled once.
Anything else is using or playing with the parts. It’d not be handling them only
for storage and normal selling operations.
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| I would never do it. Just saying what the policy is. This could definitely be
considered handling for sorting and selling the figure assembled. Like I said
in my other post, I’d sell used with an accurate description. Otherwise you’re
asking for a return.
In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | “New Minifigures - Minifigures are brand new, taken directly from new sets or
were purchased "as new" in another form such as accessory packs or Pick A Brick
and have been handled only for sorting. Minifigures may be listed as new either
assembled or unassembled”
Even if looking at the wording you posted below (which doesn’t apply), he would
still be ok replacing the head since it says it can be disassembled once and
he presumably has disassembled 0 times as of right now.
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No he wouldn’t, as I specifically said it can be disassembled when LEGO
assembled it.
You may disagree with my interpretation, and again, it’s not official as it’s
not my job, but it’s also how the policy is understood and explained in discussions
on this forum.
I don’t see how someone who doesn’t trust the other sellers to sell them really
New items if they are not sold sealed can turn the policy around to make it okay
for them to play with their items and still sell them New.
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | Removing the head and replacing with another “new” head would not make it used.
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It would make the other parts of the minifigure Used, because OP would have to
disassemble the whole minifigure.
Policy:
— LEGO sold assembled: can be disassembled once,
— LEGO sold disassembled: can be assembled once.
Anything else is using or playing with the parts. It’d not be handling them only
for storage and normal selling operations.
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| And furthermore, I would say the second this is used in any way, even if put
in a display case overnight, it is used. If he assembled it and put it back in
storage, it remains new.
In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | I would never do it. Just saying what the policy is. This could definitely be
considered handling for sorting and selling the figure assembled. Like I said
in my other post, I’d sell used with an accurate description. Otherwise you’re
asking for a return.
In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | “New Minifigures - Minifigures are brand new, taken directly from new sets or
were purchased "as new" in another form such as accessory packs or Pick A Brick
and have been handled only for sorting. Minifigures may be listed as new either
assembled or unassembled”
Even if looking at the wording you posted below (which doesn’t apply), he would
still be ok replacing the head since it says it can be disassembled once and
he presumably has disassembled 0 times as of right now.
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No he wouldn’t, as I specifically said it can be disassembled when LEGO
assembled it.
You may disagree with my interpretation, and again, it’s not official as it’s
not my job, but it’s also how the policy is understood and explained in discussions
on this forum.
I don’t see how someone who doesn’t trust the other sellers to sell them really
New items if they are not sold sealed can turn the policy around to make it okay
for them to play with their items and still sell them New.
| | In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | Removing the head and replacing with another “new” head would not make it used.
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It would make the other parts of the minifigure Used, because OP would have to
disassemble the whole minifigure.
Policy:
— LEGO sold assembled: can be disassembled once,
— LEGO sold disassembled: can be assembled once.
Anything else is using or playing with the parts. It’d not be handling them only
for storage and normal selling operations.
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| | | | | | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 13:06 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I was thinking about that but then wondered would that still be considered "new"
if a part came from another seller and not directly from LEGO or a new LEGO I
opened? Maybe I am overthinking this.
Thanks for your input!
In Selling, pitz8008 writes:
| | In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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Why don't you just buy a new head. There's a lot of them for sale.
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| | | | | Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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From a legal point of view, if you are an business and bought the items new from
another business (and have not played with it) you may resell it as new. However,
if you are a private person, or you bought the items from a private person, it
is used even if you have never played with it.
In this particular case... new but damaged? What's the point in selling it
as new? Do you think it will go for a higher price? It is damaged! Sigh...
Paul
Leggodt.nl
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 23:00 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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I don't consider anything as 'New' if it has been taken out of its
LEGO packaging and spent some time out in the world.
List it as Used with comments that it is in great condition except for the flaw
on the head. Then you can be sure to meet buyer expectations. Used minifigs sell
just as well as New in my opinion.
Jen
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| | | | | Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2022 23:17 | | Subject: | Re: Sell as New or Used?? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Thanks everyone!
I really appreciate your input and advice.
In Selling, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | Going through my personal collection I came across a small parts container that
I used to store minifigure parts in. When I looked in it, I found the parts to
the minifigs from the Republic Gunship (7163)
The figures were never assembled/played with, but pulled from the bags and added
to the organizer. I put "Jedi Jimmy" together today for the first time and noticed
a minor flaw on his face. Do I need to list him has Used or can I list as New
with a comment about the flaw?
Thanks!
MAK
Blue Devil Bricks
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