AK_Brickster
Innkeeper
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Post by AK_Brickster on Aug 5, 2017 10:12:12 GMT -8
I'm going to try to avoid any orders thus month also. I'm sure there will be plenty in September as I ramp up builds for BrickCon
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andhe
Squire
More building, less talking.
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Post by andhe on Aug 5, 2017 10:47:46 GMT -8
Anyone else suffer from 'buyer's remorse'?
I get excited when waiting for an order until it turns up, and then I'm like "I paid HOW MUCH for this?!"
Somehow an order always looks bigger online than when it arrives in those little baggies.
I think this feeling has been exacerbated by the fact that all three of the orders I've made in the last month or so have had damaged or missing pieces. The first order had teeth marks on the minifigs head (two figs - refunded) the second had a missing piece (part sent separately) and the third had a fig with cracked arms and teeth marks on the face (refunded).
In all cases the specific figs were the reason behind the orders and me choosing those particularly sellers, then bulking up the order.
To be fair to them, all sellers responded quickly and gave refunds but I'm beginning to worry I'll get a mark against my name by bricklink for all the refunds I've been getting!!
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Aug 5, 2017 11:23:07 GMT -8
Um buyers remorse... I would say yes. I regret that I was in a dark period when the 2007-2009 fantasy era was big. I regret not stashing a few dozen mill village raids, and a couple market villages.
That being said, I spent $130 each to obtain both sets the last couple years. I am just sorry I waited so long 😫
On the upside I have a co-worker who claims to have a lot of old Lego sets that she is boxing up for me as well as some newer stuff. Have to wait to see what is all there when she gets it to me.
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AK_Brickster
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Post by AK_Brickster on Aug 5, 2017 20:10:48 GMT -8
I'm usually pretty happy with purchases, but I also primarily buy fig parts lately, so the expectation is already that the package will not be massive.
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Post by Ayrlego on Aug 6, 2017 1:55:56 GMT -8
That being said, I spent $130 each to obtain both sets the last couple years. I am just sorry I waited so long 😫 Now I'm getting the itch! I've wanted the village raid for a long time... sadly I too was in a dark age when it came out. Also I NEED some goats! *sigh* I also need a new bed, new carpet in the bedrooms, and a new work bench for the study my Lego room..... Must stay strong!
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Aug 6, 2017 4:39:35 GMT -8
Honestly my main push was for the goats. And at $30 or more a piece it was more worth it to buy the seat and part it out then to just buy the goats.
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andhe
Squire
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Post by andhe on Aug 6, 2017 5:32:32 GMT -8
Wow is that what the goats go for these days? What with them and my cmf collection I must be sitting on a Lego mine.
As for the buyers remorse, it's more that after 3 orders and numerous units of local currency, I'm still without the fig that started it all. How hard is it to just get a Nexo Clay head without teeth marks??!
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AK_Brickster
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Post by AK_Brickster on Aug 6, 2017 12:08:07 GMT -8
Yeah that's definitely frustrating to make 3 orders and not end up with what you wanted!
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Sir Daren
Lenfald
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Post by Sir Daren on Aug 7, 2017 14:35:05 GMT -8
And you know there are bound to be other things jumping in on the order... And that is naturally totally out of anyone's control, naturally. And that isn't sarcasm, it is self-justification wholehearted agreement
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Post by Ragni Norgrimson on Aug 29, 2017 12:05:56 GMT -8
Oh man I did it again too... Just wanted to get a Ghost Rider Head....ending up with a order over 50 € only for some small pieces... "Oh thats cool too...oh and the seller also got these...I wanted these for a long time...so expensive...but better now before they getting even more pricy..." horrible
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Jan 13, 2018 19:31:39 GMT -8
So I have slipped again... waiting for 2 orders to arrive. Need a couple specific parts, and inevitably a few other things jumped on the orders...
Oh well, here is to starting the new year.
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Jan 27, 2018 12:20:14 GMT -8
So again.... 2 more orders. One order started out as getting a couple more watch parts for my wife, and snow balled into a $50 order quickly. The second order was for a couple of the fall sets from last year that I missed. And that order also snow balled quickly....
I really need to stay away 😝...
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AK_Brickster
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Post by AK_Brickster on Jan 30, 2018 15:29:53 GMT -8
I've been really good lately. I don't think I've ordered anything since September, during my usual last-minute blitz to get whatever I needed to finish my BrickCon builds.
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Jan 30, 2018 19:16:49 GMT -8
Well that's good Jordan... However as I am sorting out and clearing the tables I am finding I just don't have some of the parts I need, lol. I hope to not do another order for a couple of months, but you never know...
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