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| | | Author: | Dagobrick  | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 07:04 | | Subject: | Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 149 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hi, I am looking at starting a BL store - for mostly USED parts.
I have a fair few hundred kg's amassed over the years and so all in different
condition - 1960s to very modern, dull from use, surface scratches or discolouring
from light to heavy, to other bricks that look near new and hardly touched.
My question is for those that sell a lot of used parts - is there a recognised
standard of grading? Do you grade or chuck all bricks in to an ebay lot that
are less than good condition?
As I'm starting out sorting the bricks (and there's a long road ahead)
it seems a good idea to gauge thoughts on a good system to employ from the beginning?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 07:38 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Dagobrick writes:
| | Hi, I am looking at starting a BL store - for mostly USED parts.
I have a fair few hundred kg's amassed over the years and so all in different
condition - 1960s to very modern, dull from use, surface scratches or discolouring
from light to heavy, to other bricks that look near new and hardly touched.
My question is for those that sell a lot of used parts - is there a recognised
standard of grading? Do you grade or chuck all bricks in to an ebay lot that
are less than good condition?
As I'm starting out sorting the bricks (and there's a long road ahead)
it seems a good idea to gauge thoughts on a good system to employ from the beginning?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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Here's my standard.
~Jen
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Dagobrick writes:
| | Hi, I am looking at starting a BL store - for mostly USED parts.
I have a fair few hundred kg's amassed over the years and so all in different
condition - 1960s to very modern, dull from use, surface scratches or discolouring
from light to heavy, to other bricks that look near new and hardly touched.
My question is for those that sell a lot of used parts - is there a recognised
standard of grading? Do you grade or chuck all bricks in to an ebay lot that
are less than good condition?
As I'm starting out sorting the bricks (and there's a long road ahead)
it seems a good idea to gauge thoughts on a good system to employ from the beginning?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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I don't have a strict grading system, but as a general rule I don't like
to sell parts with noteworthy playwear unless old or rare. I usually use great/good
shape, light playwear or playworn/scratched
I also have about 1400 instructions listed, graded.
I have seen many many orders were the buyer bought from me simply because the
part had a comment, even if my price was higher, the comment less competition
didn't get the sale. I make it a point to grade everything used.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Dagobrick | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2024 12:50 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Thank you both, I appreciate your messages, that helps me think with a bit more
clarity on what I'm going to do.
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| | | | | Author: | BrickDeals | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 01:13 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Dagobrick writes:
| | Hi, I am looking at starting a BL store - for mostly USED parts.
I have a fair few hundred kg's amassed over the years and so all in different
condition - 1960s to very modern, dull from use, surface scratches or discolouring
from light to heavy, to other bricks that look near new and hardly touched.
My question is for those that sell a lot of used parts - is there a recognised
standard of grading? Do you grade or chuck all bricks in to an ebay lot that
are less than good condition?
As I'm starting out sorting the bricks (and there's a long road ahead)
it seems a good idea to gauge thoughts on a good system to employ from the beginning?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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My opinion, most parts should be like new unless they are rare.
Quality over quantity.
I just take all the rare and valuable stuff from the lots (most of the value
of your lot is going to come from 5% of the parts, mostly figures and figure
accessories) then sell the bulk on other marketplaces.
I'm not going to pick a 10 cent part and then have a buyer complain about
the condition of that same part or have them receive one knockoff in say 100
1x2 plates.
The math on sorting out basic bricks (excluding rare colors) is horrible.
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 03:22 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | My opinion, most parts should be like new unless they are rare.
Quality over quantity.
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They wouldn't be allowed here! They'd have to be 'excellent'
rather than 'like new'.
Although I think there is plenty of market for parts that look like they have
been used a few times and not like they have never been used. So long as they
are not bitten, damaged, heavily scuffed, yellowed, etc, there are many used
parts that are perfectly useable again.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 16:53 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BrickDeals writes:
| | In Help, Dagobrick writes:
| | Hi, I am looking at starting a BL store - for mostly USED parts.
I have a fair few hundred kg's amassed over the years and so all in different
condition - 1960s to very modern, dull from use, surface scratches or discolouring
from light to heavy, to other bricks that look near new and hardly touched.
My question is for those that sell a lot of used parts - is there a recognised
standard of grading? Do you grade or chuck all bricks in to an ebay lot that
are less than good condition?
As I'm starting out sorting the bricks (and there's a long road ahead)
it seems a good idea to gauge thoughts on a good system to employ from the beginning?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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My opinion, most parts should be like new unless they are rare.
Quality over quantity.
I just take all the rare and valuable stuff from the lots (most of the value
of your lot is going to come from 5% of the parts, mostly figures and figure
accessories) then sell the bulk on other marketplaces.
I'm not going to pick a 10 cent part and then have a buyer complain about
the condition of that same part or have them receive one knockoff in say 100
1x2 plates.
The math on sorting out basic bricks (excluding rare colors) is horrible.
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I agree and this is basically what I do.
I've watched YT vids of big sellers sorting literally everything in bulk
lots and listing it all. I just can't do it. Also the time involved, I've
also come to the same conclusion about money.
Bulk lots, I pull anything I want, then the obvious parts to list, then I see
if there is bulk of certain pieces that warrant me pulling those, even if they
are cheaper. Then to ebay it goes
I've gotten garbage over the years and massive bulk sorting is got to be
the way its missed.
Crystal
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| | | | | Author: | Familybuild | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 06:27 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Dagobrick writes:
| | Hi, I am looking at starting a BL store - for mostly USED parts.
I have a fair few hundred kg's amassed over the years and so all in different
condition - 1960s to very modern, dull from use, surface scratches or discolouring
from light to heavy, to other bricks that look near new and hardly touched.
My question is for those that sell a lot of used parts - is there a recognised
standard of grading? Do you grade or chuck all bricks in to an ebay lot that
are less than good condition?
As I'm starting out sorting the bricks (and there's a long road ahead)
it seems a good idea to gauge thoughts on a good system to employ from the beginning?
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
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Hi.
I am a consolodating shop.
If i have a lot with white 2x4 bricks, any white 2x4 bricks added will end up
in the same lot.
This makes it time saving, but at the cost of not being able to make a grading
differation.
This is communicated in the store terms,also if a buyer ordered a large quantity
of parts from lets say 2x4 bricks. I will send the buyer a message telling them
the parts are comming from different sources and will have quality difference
because of that.
Honestly i cant see how other stores could succesfully grade used bricks; without
making a loss either in time as well as selling wise; you cant just 3x the price
of a used brick and surpassing the new brick price of it. Let alone the storage
space required when you need 3 or more places to store the same brick due to
grading variations.(+1 space for the new bricks not to forget)
That being said good luck going forward
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| | | | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2024 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: Used brick Condition / grading | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| nt see how other stores could succesfully grade used bricks; without
| | making a loss either in time as well as selling wise; you cant just 3x the price
of a used brick and surpassing the new brick price of it. Let alone the storage
space required when you need 3 or more places to store the same brick due to
grading variations.(+1 space for the new bricks not to forget)
That being said good luck going forward
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I do this and so do many people, though mostly I separate decades not grades
but same effect.
People will pay more to know what they are getting. Also you ignore that most
people decide not on price, or quality as much as availability. My experence
is cheap/new only/ parts stores tend to not have what I need. You can have cheap
new parts all you want, but if you only have half what the buyer needs and I
have it all. Its cheaper to buy from one place than two. Usually.
There's room in the market place for both.
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