lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Sept 29, 2014 19:33:45 GMT -8
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andhe
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More building, less talking.
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Post by andhe on Sept 30, 2014 2:34:52 GMT -8
Looks like you got a pretty good return. Interesting to see that the larger pieces went all the way round, and the catapult. Shame really, but I guess it depends what people to have to put in, in return.
I'm assuming the CMF bags are the same ones that went in. What were they?
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Sept 30, 2014 4:51:53 GMT -8
The series 5 and 9 are the same. It was a gladitior, and a movie star. I figured the movie star could be used as a maiden. Also the serries 11 is a warrior. I was suprised on some of the things that came back with the larger pieces too. The olny upset of the box were the cows and wargs getting snaged before it got home:(
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SpearralSquid
Garheim
Green is not a creative color.
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Post by SpearralSquid on Sept 30, 2014 6:07:46 GMT -8
If Pyro was going to host another one, I'd gladly do it. I enjoyed this one.
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Post by Lord Rolf Thrandr on Sept 30, 2014 6:20:00 GMT -8
I might be interested in doing a Jambalaya. How much does shipping usually cost?
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Lego3364
Lenfald
Gotta love Cracklink
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Post by Lego3364 on Sept 30, 2014 6:51:03 GMT -8
I might be interested in doing a Jambalaya. How much does shipping usually cost? Same here,
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AK_Brickster
Innkeeper
Scouting the Lenfel Border
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Post by AK_Brickster on Sept 30, 2014 7:42:58 GMT -8
Figure around $10 for domestic shipping if it's relatively the same size box that I've used in past Jambalayas. I think USPS flat rate box is $12-$15, so not more than that, at most.
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pyro5050
Outlaws
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Post by pyro5050 on Sept 30, 2014 7:50:30 GMT -8
honestly, it depends on who you are shipping to, sadly, i am canadian so who ever is sending the package back to me would be spending a bit more, about $14-$18 for shipping, but to make up for the increased shipping cost to me is why i volunteered to be the host as well. i can easily round up a pound or more of lego pieces, mostly specialty pieces (weapons, jewels, horses, minis ect) which would allow the jamba to start strong and have some good trading to make it worthwhile for the shipping cost to me. if you are low on cash, cannot afford high shipping, and live in the continental USA, let me know, you guys can use small flat rate boxes that are $8 to $13 (small and medium box respective) to move stuff around to each other. shipping to EU countries is a bit more, which is why i volunteer to be the one to ship over to them, and then let them do their trading, ship it over the states and the continue, if any are participating. if people are really interested in doing another one, i am more than happy to host one pending approval from the board leaders, as i am still technically new, and only have one "trade" under my belt here. i have one sorta pending with jman44 that is waiting for him to wrap up some trades of his own and then come over to me for ours. if i am granted permission i will not start this one until NOVEMBER 3rd at the earliest. this would allow me to properly sort my new buys and build a good package that everyone would enjoy. i am planning on (aka money is set aside for it all) getting about $800-$1000 of new lego in the last week of October, so i would need a few days to sort and stack, but we can move this discussion from here, and we will wait and see if i can be granted permission. i will request this today, and once granted i can make a official forum post, and organize a list of traders based on locations and such.
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lilcurt
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Post by lilcurt on Sept 30, 2014 8:09:38 GMT -8
Pyro, I would give your self a window of a month before you start so you get back end of October, so start Dec 1. Also I would say start after the holidays so around January. I say this because it would allow those of us who are going to get Lego for the holidays to sort our stash's too Also It would be cheapest and allow the best transit times to get at least zip codes when you start compiling the list. that way you set the participants to have the box traveling short distances from person to person, as opposed to criss crossing the US, before it heads home. Just some food for thought
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pyro5050
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Post by pyro5050 on Sept 30, 2014 8:20:02 GMT -8
that was the plan, i do quite a few sales on eBay and amazon, so i am prepared to take this on as well. actually have templates to pre-create address labels for people to easily print and be good to go (outside of payments)
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Post by Lord Rolf Thrandr on Sept 30, 2014 11:03:26 GMT -8
Figure around $10 for domestic shipping if it's relatively the same size box that I've used in past Jambalayas. I think USPS flat rate box is $12-$15, so not more than that, at most. Thanks! That doesn't sound too bad.
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Post by jarek on Sept 30, 2014 13:20:45 GMT -8
Whenever it starts, I'm in
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AK_Brickster
Innkeeper
Scouting the Lenfel Border
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Post by AK_Brickster on Sept 30, 2014 16:19:30 GMT -8
I would like to get a few of the other outstanding Drafts and other trade events wrapped up before we start anything new. I don't want this site to develop a reputation for having a half-dozen molasses-speed trade events stalled out at any given time.
Hosts will likely be restricted to one per year per person, so that more people get a chance to be host. Host has a little more work involved, but they usually get the best payout at the end when the box comes back to them, so the more people who get to get that benefit, the better, IMO.
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lilcurt
Outlaws
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Post by lilcurt on Sept 30, 2014 18:01:57 GMT -8
I agree with Ak. Now as to hosts would it be, one draft and one parts swap? Just curious, deffinitly something to think about.
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pyro5050
Outlaws
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Post by pyro5050 on Sept 30, 2014 18:53:32 GMT -8
I will probably never host a draft as the shipping out to everyone would break the bank... unless there were like five Canadians to do the draft with.
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