Jim, I watched all and was impressed with the value you provided us. The numbers are the numbers and your years of experience help us understand the Lego reselling side hustle. It’s great to see the variety of examples! Thanks!
Thank you Jim for the reality of investing I am 10 years from retiring from the construction industry and am thinking of a 10 year plan to gradually build a business and investment inventory in order to have a supplementary income and a way to use my time productively during retirement I’d be curious to hear your feedback or even a vlog about this strategy also I feel I’ve looked at it realistically as a 10 year plan Thank you
That’s awesome info Jim, love how your open and honest about things. It sounds like a good side hustle if you can eventually earn 6 figures and still take the time to work a full time job. Obviously that comes from years of experience also. Thanks for the info.
You can maybe sell it on Ebay for full retail. You're going to pay 13% in fees + shipping costs. You can charge the buyer shipping, but they won't pay full retail on Ebay plus shipping if they can get it from Amazon for full retail with free shipping. So now you're sitting on these sets for a looong time before they retire and increase in value over retail. Don't get me wrong.. you got a good deal.. but not the kind of deal where you're gonna make a lot of money by flipping them.
Question: What type of sets should I buy if I wanted to invest in Lego? Not looking to make a living from it but do it as a hobby/side hustle. Even if I earn $25 here or $50 there ROI. The goal then would be to invest the profit into the stock market and use the original purchase funds to buy more Lego.
Great vid mate. Maybe do a calculation where some of your purchases have to be held 18 and 24 months. So 1/3 sold each year at say 150 ROI, I think that maybe more realistic and demonstrate the retirement rate ? Thanks
Buy collections from people for as cheap as you can get it. Sell valuable minifigs and complete sets on Ebay or somewhere else with a big online market. Sell the pieces as bulk for about $6/lb. Reinvest the money into buying more collections. Go to garage sales. They can be a gold mine. I bought a Winter Village set used for $30, flipped it for $230. I bought the architecture fallingwater set used for $70.. flipped it for $250. I bought the Boeing 787 set used for $55... flipped it for $230. These were all from garage sales. I just recently bought 13 Classic Space sets with boxes and instructions for $430 (FB Marketplace)... I haven't sold them yet, but I will make a lot on those. I do this all the time. I spent $1300 last week on used Lego. And I tell ya what I will make a helluva lot more profit on that $1300 than this guy or anyone spending $1300 on retail Lego. And I won't have to wait 5 years for it to retire... it's already retired. You won't make very much at all buying retail sets as investments. You'll just end up with shelves full of unopened boxes to look at. I buy clearance Lego and let it sit on a shelf (cuz I can't pass up a Lego deal)... but it mostly sits on a shelf when I do that. That is not the way to making quick money with Lego. Buy from the secondary market. Last fall I found the Rebels Phantom set new in the box for $12. It's selling for $120 last I checked. Trying doing that buying from Wal-mart, Target or Amazon. It's not happening.
The danger with this is that if Lego decide to go after resellers, you are done, if you sell on AMZ.... Well they could just decide to gate lego again and ask for invoices again. I personnally do sell lego, it is my best seller, but since I am full time, I also have suppliers and sell a ton of stuff at 20-30-40% ROI PLUS a bunch of lego. I dont think anyone should only sell one product, unless they also have other businesses. Go wide, diversify, think about exit plans and do the math, often!
Good point. Ebay just started arbitrarily ending my lego listings. If you get that on amz or ebay it could be a death sentence. Be careful dumping your life savings on this.
full time? you need at least a million at least, and lego is hard to get, you cant just call lego here in canada, they wont sell to you has retailers. You have to be in a buying groups, which you need to buy other than lego too
@@MMM-wh9iz thank you for the question as now I haven't been selling now I have a few speed champions, 4 at-st 75254 ,one ironman helmet, three brickheadz, two mandelorian battlepacks
@@SnakevsOzelot I was curious because im a seller as well, the business is good depends if you have good review which are hard to get for a New seller good to hear other seller input, I think I have sold over 400 sets in 8 months as a seller,
@@annielin2894 I do sell on ebay and yes I box them up and mail them out when sold. There is other avenues to selling via Craigslist or facebook Market place etc
Oh boy, I'm earning around 10-11k $ a year, and here where I live this is not that bad. 50 thousand a year would make me quite rich. :D Of course I don't live in the USA. Damn it.
I've gone all in, I tried crypto and stocks and only broke even in the last 2 years... Could have been much worse... Lego is such a safe investment in comparison , ,, ,
80,000 start up.. NO RETURN. And he is making up all the payout scenarios. 200%???? 156K take home? Geesh. What kind of video am I watching? This is a total joke if you find this believable. Dont forget Amazon isnt allowing every seller to sell. So, now your stuck with 80K plus investment in plastic bricks. :) Good luck investors.
I would use watchcount sold only filter to see the real ebay sell prices. Just showing amazon going price doesnt mean much. Lego reselling can be pretty dangerous and if you just put it in the stock market the past year or two you prob wouldve made more.
You're exactly right. This is a pipedream. If you have $80,000 do not invest it in retail-priced Lego. You'll just have a huge room of your house filled with unopened Lego boxes and even if you did all the work to offload them via Ebay, locally, or whatever avenue you're barely going to break even after fees, shipping, etc. You're better off buying Dogecoin or a meme stock.
Jim, I watched all and was impressed with the value you provided us. The numbers are the numbers and your years of experience help us understand the Lego reselling side hustle. It’s great to see the variety of examples! Thanks!
Great video! It's a great way to see the facts
Awesome t-shirt Jim. I want it !
Thank you Jim for the reality of investing
I am 10 years from retiring from the construction industry and am thinking of a 10 year plan to gradually build a business and investment inventory in order to have a supplementary income and a way to use my time productively during retirement
I’d be curious to hear your feedback or even a vlog about this strategy also
I feel I’ve looked at it realistically as a 10 year plan
Thank you
That’s awesome info Jim, love how your open and honest about things. It sounds like a good side hustle if you can eventually earn 6 figures and still take the time to work a full time job. Obviously that comes from years of experience also. Thanks for the info.
I would suggest keeping a full time job at a minimum just for the medical insurance perk.
Well, if you’re unfortunate enough to live in a country where that’s a necessity...
Brilliant, loved it. Very relative. Great honesty, Jim a cool guy 😎
I bought yesterday 3 lego technic bugatti with 30% off, I hope you’re proud 😁
Good buy,I’ve never seen it on sale here in Australia
@@phillipbyrnes2885 that sucks! If it wasn’t on sale, I wouldn’t have bought it tho
where????
You can maybe sell it on Ebay for full retail. You're going to pay 13% in fees + shipping costs. You can charge the buyer shipping, but they won't pay full retail on Ebay plus shipping if they can get it from Amazon for full retail with free shipping. So now you're sitting on these sets for a looong time before they retire and increase in value over retail. Don't get me wrong.. you got a good deal.. but not the kind of deal where you're gonna make a lot of money by flipping them.
@@hawkeyebricks9905 it be dumb to sell it on eBay. Bricklink is better.
Question: What type of sets should I buy if I wanted to invest in Lego? Not looking to make a living from it but do it as a hobby/side hustle. Even if I earn $25 here or $50 there ROI. The goal then would be to invest the profit into the stock market and use the original purchase funds to buy more Lego.
Does the 30% fees 8nclude shipping in this example?
Just curious, when you say six figures, is that gross or net? Great content! Thanks for the tips
could be 20 bucks for all we know.
Great vid mate. Maybe do a calculation where some of your purchases have to be held 18 and 24 months. So 1/3 sold each year at say 150 ROI, I think that maybe more realistic and demonstrate the retirement rate ? Thanks
selling 6 figs doesnt mean your profiting 6 figs.
What about a video for beginner lego investors.
I agree
Buy collections from people for as cheap as you can get it. Sell valuable minifigs and complete sets on Ebay or somewhere else with a big online market. Sell the pieces as bulk for about $6/lb. Reinvest the money into buying more collections. Go to garage sales. They can be a gold mine. I bought a Winter Village set used for $30, flipped it for $230. I bought the architecture fallingwater set used for $70.. flipped it for $250. I bought the Boeing 787 set used for $55... flipped it for $230. These were all from garage sales. I just recently bought 13 Classic Space sets with boxes and instructions for $430 (FB Marketplace)... I haven't sold them yet, but I will make a lot on those. I do this all the time. I spent $1300 last week on used Lego. And I tell ya what I will make a helluva lot more profit on that $1300 than this guy or anyone spending $1300 on retail Lego. And I won't have to wait 5 years for it to retire... it's already retired. You won't make very much at all buying retail sets as investments. You'll just end up with shelves full of unopened boxes to look at. I buy clearance Lego and let it sit on a shelf (cuz I can't pass up a Lego deal)... but it mostly sits on a shelf when I do that. That is not the way to making quick money with Lego. Buy from the secondary market. Last fall I found the Rebels Phantom set new in the box for $12. It's selling for $120 last I checked. Trying doing that buying from Wal-mart, Target or Amazon. It's not happening.
Great content and shirt! Brick Buffs lol.
The danger with this is that if Lego decide to go after resellers, you are done, if you sell on AMZ.... Well they could just decide to gate lego again and ask for invoices again. I personnally do sell lego, it is my best seller, but since I am full time, I also have suppliers and sell a ton of stuff at 20-30-40% ROI PLUS a bunch of lego. I dont think anyone should only sell one product, unless they also have other businesses. Go wide, diversify, think about exit plans and do the math, often!
Good point. Ebay just started arbitrarily ending my lego listings. If you get that on amz or ebay it could be a death sentence. Be careful dumping your life savings on this.
full time? you need at least a million at least, and lego is hard to get, you cant just call lego here in canada, they wont sell to you has retailers. You have to be in a buying groups, which you need to buy other than lego too
I'm just starting in investing so for now I'm try to buy cheap and learn
How many sets have you sold so far and how many time as a seller
@@MMM-wh9iz thank you for the question as now I haven't been selling now I have a few speed champions, 4 at-st 75254 ,one ironman helmet, three brickheadz, two mandelorian battlepacks
@@SnakevsOzelot I was curious because im a seller as well, the business is good depends if you have good review which are hard to get for a New seller good to hear other seller input, I think I have sold over 400 sets in 8 months as a seller,
@@MMM-wh9iz that sounds like a lot of money, for now I try to buy eol sets so I don't have to keep them as long in the storage
Starting out small been buying sets that appeal to me but I do try to take your advice on stepping out of my comfort zone with other sets or themes.
RandomVideoGamePlayer so this is like you have to buy bunch of Legos and then mail it out physically?
@@annielin2894 I do sell on ebay and yes I box them up and mail them out when sold. There is other avenues to selling via Craigslist or facebook Market place etc
@@randomvideogameplayer I tried selling in Facebook no one wants it
@@annielin2894 What sets are you trying to sell? Retired LEGO sets do better than sets that are currently selling in the store.
@@randomvideogameplayer I really have no idea in the begin to just go to Walmart and list up to Facebook Marketplace no one want ir
Did you lose some weight recently? If so, great job! Also thanks for the info as always!
Part time gig with full time mentality.
Oh boy, I'm earning around 10-11k $ a year, and here where I live this is not that bad. 50 thousand a year would make me quite rich. :D Of course I don't live in the USA. Damn it.
Most people in the west survive on $35k dollars or less xd
Dude have you lost a lot of weight? You’re looking slim!
No, you cannot make a decent living selling Lego.
yeah you can
I've gone all in, I tried crypto and stocks and only broke even in the last 2 years... Could have been much worse...
Lego is such a safe investment in comparison , ,, ,
80,000 start up.. NO RETURN. And he is making up all the payout scenarios. 200%???? 156K take home? Geesh. What kind of video am I watching? This is a total joke if you find this believable. Dont forget Amazon isnt allowing every seller to sell. So, now your stuck with 80K plus investment in plastic bricks. :) Good luck investors.
I would use watchcount sold only filter to see the real ebay sell prices. Just showing amazon going price doesnt mean much. Lego reselling can be pretty dangerous and if you just put it in the stock market the past year or two you prob wouldve made more.
You're exactly right. This is a pipedream. If you have $80,000 do not invest it in retail-priced Lego. You'll just have a huge room of your house filled with unopened Lego boxes and even if you did all the work to offload them via Ebay, locally, or whatever avenue you're barely going to break even after fees, shipping, etc. You're better off buying Dogecoin or a meme stock.