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| | | Author: | Oldmanbristow  | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 07:31 | | Subject: | Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 165 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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| | | | | Author: | jgrossman1025 | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 07:51 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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In my experience, sets always sell slower than parts, and individual minifigure,
just be patient, and price them reasonably.
Thanks, NG
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| | | | | | | Author: | Oldmanbristow | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 07:58 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jgrossman1025 writes:
| | In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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In my experience, sets always sell slower than parts, and individual minifigure,
just be patient, and price them reasonably.
Thanks, NG
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Cheers for the reply.
I thought patience was the key thing.
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| | | | | | | Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 08:00 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, jgrossman1025 writes:
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In my experience, sets always sell slower than parts, and individual minifigure,
just be patient, and price them reasonably.
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I don't have much experience with sets, but minifigures always sell like
crazy for me. Except for those few themes (looking at you, Lego Movie 2 figs),
my minifigures always go super fast.
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| | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 07:57 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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I think a lot will depend on how much time your willing to spend selling your
Lego be that a quick one off set sale or whether your happy to pick and process
lots of parts orders. You should generally find you can make more money selling
them as parts/minifigures than a complete set but I guess a lot will depend on
the set your selling and what the demand is for it
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| | | | | | | Author: | Oldmanbristow | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, infinibrix writes:
| | In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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I think a lot will depend on how much time your willing to spend selling your
Lego be that a quick one off set sale or whether your happy to pick and process
lots of parts orders. You should generally find you can make more money selling
them as parts/minifigures than a complete set but I guess a lot will depend on
the set your selling and what the demand is for it
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Thanks for your input.
Being retired I have plenty of time.
I guess I'm just a bit old school and like to see Lego built into sets.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 08:18 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | I guess I'm just a bit old school and like to see Lego built into sets.
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Think of it this way, by selling parts you're helping buyers complete sets
and MOCs
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 08:54 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | In Selling, infinibrix writes:
| | In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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I think a lot will depend on how much time your willing to spend selling your
Lego be that a quick one off set sale or whether your happy to pick and process
lots of parts orders. You should generally find you can make more money selling
them as parts/minifigures than a complete set but I guess a lot will depend on
the set your selling and what the demand is for it
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Thanks for your input.
Being retired I have plenty of time.
I guess I'm just a bit old school and like to see Lego built into sets.
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I completely understand as it can seem a shame to split an otherwise complete
set however by selling those parts separately the way to look at it is that you're
actually contributing to a much wider range of different Lego builds and projects
with the added satisfaction that almost every part sold is getting used for a
specific purpose. I'm fairly sure that many people who buy used sets are
quite often only doing so for some of the more unique parts/minifigures or just
to get certain colours in bulk with little intention of building the original
model unless its a very desirable and iconic build that is 
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 08:14 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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It totally depends on what the sets are and how you price them. I see you have
a lot of reasonably modern City. Many of those don't sell so well unless
priced quite aggressively. When you can get similar new sets for RRP -30% (often
including postage), a used one needs to be listed at quite a low price to compete,
unless it is something that has not been redone and is in demand.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Oldmanbristow | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 09:17 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | In Selling, Oldmanbristow writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently opened a store and have had a steady flow of small orders for parts.
I also have about 70 sets listed with about another 100 still to list, but was
wondering if trying to sell used sets is a viable option.
I have noticed that there are quite a few stores that sell parts and minifigures
only, no sets. Is this the way to go or is it just a waiting game for the right
buyer of sets.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
Guy
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It totally depends on what the sets are and how you price them. I see you have
a lot of reasonably modern City. Many of those don't sell so well unless
priced quite aggressively. When you can get similar new sets for RRP -30% (often
including postage), a used one needs to be listed at quite a low price to compete,
unless it is something that has not been redone and is in demand.
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Thank you everyone for all your input, it gives me something to think about.
I think i'll wait and see what happens and re-evaluate the sets in a few
months time.
Cheers all
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| | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 11:30 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I make the decision between sets and parts by checking the sale prices for the
set versus the part out value.
There are many sets that have a much higher part out value than sale price as
a set.
If I have a set with a box in decent shape, and I'm able to get a large enough
mark up, I will sell as a set.
However, if there are problems, such as a beat up box, or if the potential mark
up isn't great, then I will usually decide to part it out and sell it that
way.
Of course, there are other considerations, such as if that set sells quickly,
I have the money, whereas, I know that many parts will take a long time to sell
before I make the money. That is a calculation about how patient you are.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Oldmanbristow | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2022 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: Sets vs Parts | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, calebfishn writes:
| | I make the decision between sets and parts by checking the sale prices for the
set versus the part out value.
There are many sets that have a much higher part out value than sale price as
a set.
If I have a set with a box in decent shape, and I'm able to get a large enough
mark up, I will sell as a set.
However, if there are problems, such as a beat up box, or if the potential mark
up isn't great, then I will usually decide to part it out and sell it that
way.
Of course, there are other considerations, such as if that set sells quickly,
I have the money, whereas, I know that many parts will take a long time to sell
before I make the money. That is a calculation about how patient you are.
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Thanks for your input.
I hadn't thought about looking at the part out price before but will do in
future.
I think I will give everything a few months yet as I have only been open 6 weeks
and it seems a bit hasty to break perfectly good sets b4 giving them a chance.
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