[Newsbot]

Title: Cops crack Lego bar code scam, Silicon Valley exec charged
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2012-05-23 07:32:55

[Regina]

A man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun

[bootlegga]

Regina Regina:

A man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun

Yep, you only need look at Enron or Bernie Madoff for proof of that!

[DrCaleb]

Good thing they 'pay top dollar' for the best talent.

[Freakinoldguy]

$1:

“Mr. Brickyard” had hundreds of positive recommendations on his eBay profile for his speedy service and good prices.

What a real modern day Robin Hood, keeping all the kiddies happy with cheap, quickly delivered lego's.

[bootlegga]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

$1:

“Mr. Brickyard” had hundreds of positive recommendations on his eBay profile for his speedy service and good prices.

What a real modern day Robin Hood, keeping all the kiddies happy with cheap, quickly delivered lego's.

You shouldn't laugh - LEGO is big business on eBay.

One guy here in Edmonton (bricklord or something like that), goes to Toys R Us every time they have a sale on LEGO and buys up tons of boxed sets, then splits the sets into sets of bagged bricks and sells them for a hefty profit.

[Freakinoldguy]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

$1:

“Mr. Brickyard” had hundreds of positive recommendations on his eBay profile for his speedy service and good prices.

What a real modern day Robin Hood, keeping all the kiddies happy with cheap, quickly delivered lego's.

You shouldn't laugh - LEGO is big business on eBay.

One guy here in Edmonton (bricklord or something like that), goes to Toys R Us every time they have a sale on LEGO and buys up tons of boxed sets, then splits the sets into sets of bagged bricks and sells them for a hefty profit.

Who would have thought?

I'm actually quite suprised that there's a huge market for something like Lego, especially considering that they produce about a gazillion of those little blocks a year?

Just one question though. Why wouldn't the people who buy his broken up sets just go to Toys R Us themselves and buy what they need or order online? It seems a little bizzare that he can actually make a profit doing this.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Who would have thought?

I'm actually quite suprised that there's a huge market for something like Lego, especially considering that they produce about a gazillion of those little blocks a year?

Yeah but Lego is like crack The more you have, the more you want. Hell, 30+ years later and I still regret giving mine to my nephew I had a chest of drawers full of the stuff and I mean all 6 drawers, plus a few pails and assembled sets. Even at the price of it in the early 80s it was well over $1000 worth of the stuff.
I always got at least one Lego set as a kid at Christmas and it was always the most expensive "toy" I got.(I wasn't greedy. Gimmie Legos and I was happy lol)
I remember when I was giving them to my nephew, my dad telling me that even though it was pricey, it was always worth the money because of the use it got.

I don't know what it's like now but their cusotmer service was fantastic. If a set was missing a piece, they would rush a replacement piece, plus a nice handful of other assorted pieces to you.

Anywayyy sorry 'bout the stroll down memory lane.

Actually come to think of it, in this day of computers, gaming consoles, and portable game devices, I'm surprised there is still such a large market for the stuff.

[bootlegga]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

bootlegga bootlegga:

You shouldn't laugh - LEGO is big business on eBay.

One guy here in Edmonton (bricklord or something like that), goes to Toys R Us every time they have a sale on LEGO and buys up tons of boxed sets, then splits the sets into sets of bagged bricks and sells them for a hefty profit.

Who would have thought?

I'm actually quite suprised that there's a huge market for something like Lego, especially considering that they produce about a gazillion of those little blocks a year?

Just one question though. Why wouldn't the people who buy his broken up sets just go to Toys R Us themselves and buy what they need or order online? It seems a little bizzare that he can actually make a profit doing this.

Convenience and price - say you 'need' 200 white bricks for a house you're building.

It's much cheaper and far easier to pay someone $5-20 on eBay for the pieces you need as opposed to going to Toys R Us and buying 20 sets (each priced at $25) to get the pieces you needed, plus a ton you didn't.

Where the guy really makes money is on the rarer pieces, like mini-figs, rotating pieces, etc. A bag of say 100 white bricks only goes for $5 or something...

[Regina]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Convenience and price - say you 'need' 200 white bricks for a house you're building.

It's much cheaper and far easier to pay someone $5-20 on eBay for the pieces you need as opposed to going to Toys R Us and buying 20 sets (each priced at $25) to get the pieces you needed, plus a ton you didn't.

Where the guy really makes money is on the rarer pieces, like mini-figs, rotating pieces, etc. A bag of say 100 white bricks only goes for $5 or something...

Hey you seem to know quite a bit about this!

Soooooooo.....what are you building??

[bootlegga]

Regina Regina:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Convenience and price - say you 'need' 200 white bricks for a house you're building.

It's much cheaper and far easier to pay someone $5-20 on eBay for the pieces you need as opposed to going to Toys R Us and buying 20 sets (each priced at $25) to get the pieces you needed, plus a ton you didn't.

Where the guy really makes money is on the rarer pieces, like mini-figs, rotating pieces, etc. A bag of say 100 white bricks only goes for $5 or something...

Hey you seem to know quite a bit about this!

Soooooooo.....what are you building??

I was actually doing the same thing as him, but on a much smaller scale.

He would invest a couple thousand in a buy and then turn around and sell it for 2-3 times the price he paid. I didn't have the ability to match him, so it was like Joe's Hardware going up against Home Depot. I stopped doing it in in 2005 or so because I couldn't match his prices.

[Regina]

Wow! With him in jail maybe you can fire it back up!!