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| | | Author: | 0wlyKat  | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 09:52 | | Subject: | Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 155 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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| | | | | Author: | Ibuycoolbits | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 10:00 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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Sell them a a joblott on eBay
Although you won’t get as much money as selling single parts
I am not a seller here neither am I a very experienced buyer
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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It depends on what kind of set, what kind of parts. I don't think there's
a general rule.
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| | | | | Author: | krystensprouse | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 10:13 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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I started with the mindset of taking incomplete sets, completing them with the
random pieces from bricklink and selling them as whole, used sets, and I quickly
switched over to selling individual pieces. I get all of my tubs of random pieces
for "free" which is a deal I made with a local used and new Lego shop
store owner. It's really what you can make work for you. If you can get wholesale
Lego sets or cheap ones, or maybe focus on brand new ones that will be hard to
grab in stores, maybe that can be your thing. Try both.. many people have sets
and pieces. The biggest thing is LOTS! Have as many lots (aka a variety) as possible!
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| | | | | | | Author: | 0wlyKat | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | Sorry if this is a stupid questions. What do you mean by "lots"? |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | sasquatch_eater | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 11:25 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | Sorry if this is a stupid questions. What do you mean by "lots"?
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Any item you sell is a lot, but if you buy 2 of the same lot it is still only
1 lot but 2 items. However, if you buy two separate lots it is 2 lots. Sorry
if this is confusing.
--Claude
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | Sorry if this is a stupid questions. What do you mean by "lots"?
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I suggest you read help pages or watch some YouTube videos about selling here.
If you want to sell here then you'll need to invest a lot of time.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 14:03 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | Sorry if this is a stupid questions. What do you mean by "lots"?
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Actually a salient question, which often comes up and in which you're not
alone in wanting to better understand: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=252
Every listing comes with a unique identification or Lot ID. It doesn't mean
the listing itself is unique; you can have multiple listings of the same item
for sale but all will carry a unique Lot identifying number and count as a separate
"lot" from both buyer n' seller perspectives.
-popsicle
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| | | | | | | Author: | Upstate_Brickz | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2023 03:33 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | I started with the mindset of taking incomplete sets, completing them with the
random pieces from bricklink and selling them as whole, used sets
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I am thinking of doing this with sets I've been finding at garage sales,
which are about 60- 70% complete usually- but would require buying many parts.
Did you try and get era accurate parts to finish the sets? Like variants of parts
such as 1x2 jumper w/o groove or with groove depending on parts in the set at
time of manufacturing? Or is this something people who buy "used completed"
sets don't worry about and I'm overthinking it? Hmmm...
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2023 06:32 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Upstate_Brickz writes:
| | | | I started with the mindset of taking incomplete sets, completing them with the
random pieces from bricklink and selling them as whole, used sets
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I am thinking of doing this with sets I've been finding at garage sales,
which are about 60- 70% complete usually- but would require buying many parts.
Did you try and get era accurate parts to finish the sets? Like variants of parts
such as 1x2 jumper w/o groove or with groove depending on parts in the set at
time of manufacturing? Or is this something people who buy "used completed"
sets don't worry about and I'm overthinking it? Hmmm...
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If bricklink distinguishes parts, then sellers need to. With/without grooves
are often important whereas holes in supports in the undersides are not distinguished
here so don't need to be correct to be complete.
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| | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 11:51 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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You have a couple of options with used sets. The first thing I do is to check
the part out value vs. the average sale value. Many times the part out value
is higher than the value of the complete used set.
Then I try to estimate whether the set is fairly desirable and likely to sell
reasonably quickly. If it is a low value, less desirable set that won't sell
for a long time, then I am more likely to part it out into my store inventory.
If a set is incomplete, then it's a calculation of how much trouble and expense
it will be to sort it all out, figure out what is missing, and then purchase
the missing parts from Bricklink to complete the set. If completing the set
won't give a significant profit on resale, then I'm more likely to part
the set out.
On the other hand, selling parts has it's own challenges. You need to sort
out parts, inspect parts for quality, and store the parts in some way that allows
to to retrieve them efficiently to fill orders. And although the most valuable
parts, (usually the minifigs) will sell the fastest, you'll end up with a
good percentage of other parts that don't sell for a long time and sit in
your inventory, taking up space.
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Aug 8, 2023 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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Loose pieces only sell well when you have a lot of them. Like 10s of 1000s. Buyers
need to make the cost of shipping worth it so they need to find lots of stuff
at one shop. If you are going to list only a few 1000 parts, they aren't
going to move very well unless they are rare parts.
Good luck,
~Jen
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| | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2023 15:56 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| From my experience, some used, complete sets will sit for several years even
as the cheapest available on Bricklink because of lack of demand.
Generally (although it completely depends on the set) you can get probably 2x
or 3x the revenue by selling the parts instead of the complete set. The perceived
downside is that it could take twice as long to sell all those parts vs the set,
but everything is going to depend on how you price, the demand for the set, and
what else you're selling.
As a side note, I saw you had a couple of listings that raised questions:
"Includes all accessories and base! Excellent condition."
Why the description like that on a fig listed as "new"? I hope it wasn't
previously displayed or used and is now being sold as "new".
In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2023 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | As a side note, I saw you had a couple of listings that raised questions:
"Includes all accessories and base! Excellent condition."
Why the description like that on a fig listed as "new"? I hope it wasn't
previously displayed or used and is now being sold as "new".
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The ones with "Excellent condition! No cracks, scratches or wear." are
even more suspicious.
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| | | | | | | Author: | RebelliousBrick | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2023 15:58 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| or listings like this:
"Battle Dwarf, Series 17 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
Includes all accessories and base! Excellent condition."
or
"Cheshire Cat, Disney, Series 1 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
SEALED IN BAG—Confirmed figure by feel."
In Selling, rab1234 writes:
| | From my experience, some used, complete sets will sit for several years even
as the cheapest available on Bricklink because of lack of demand.
Generally (although it completely depends on the set) you can get probably 2x
or 3x the revenue by selling the parts instead of the complete set. The perceived
downside is that it could take twice as long to sell all those parts vs the set,
but everything is going to depend on how you price, the demand for the set, and
what else you're selling.
As a side note, I saw you had a couple of listings that raised questions:
"Includes all accessories and base! Excellent condition."
Why the description like that on a fig listed as "new"? I hope it wasn't
previously displayed or used and is now being sold as "new".
In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | New seller. I've not done a deep dive on what it means to "part out"
yet, but I'm curious as to which is a better option for selling complete
used sets. Additionally I have lots of loose pieces that I've collected over
the last several years either from the PAB wall or from resale stores like
Bricks and Minifigs. Would love to sell off some of those as well, but unsure
how to go about doing that. Thanks for the feedback and expertise!
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2023 17:31 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, RebelliousBrick writes:
| | or listings like this:
"Battle Dwarf, Series 17 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
Includes all accessories and base! Excellent condition."
or
"Cheshire Cat, Disney, Series 1 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
SEALED IN BAG—Confirmed figure by feel." expertise!
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Collectible Minifigs have a learning curve for buyers and sellers. Not everyone
understands that there are listings for Minifig Only as well as Complete Sets
and Incomplete Sets. And it can be tricky to get it right. Lots of people have
gotten it wrong over the years, sometimes leading to unhappy buyers.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 0wlyKat | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 13:58 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Can you educate me on how to list a minifig as "complete?" I could only
see a way to list it as "without base and accessories." Thanks for helping
out a newbie!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 15:28 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Sets vs. Part Out, Loose Pieces | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 0wlyKat writes:
| | Can you educate me on how to list a minifig as "complete?" I could only
see a way to list it as "without base and accessories." Thanks for helping
out a newbie!
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It is considered a set by BL.
When you see Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories on a minifigure
page in the catalog, there should be a link under Item Appears In to take
you to the full "complete" set.
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