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- Howdy fellas, today we're looking at your average second hand ebay shopping experience. From missing parts to fake lego, you have to keep your eyes peeled and know what your looking for or you end up getting burned like me.
Sorry for the late upload the file corrupted on this one but its here now! Don't forget to subscribe and let me know in the comments your own experiences!
This very accurately sums up eBay, you either leave with a great deal or a scam! 😂
Fr!!!!!!
Honestly it's been me trying to get more bionicle sets to both complete my collection and to review.... I lowkey got into an "argument" with a seller because they was over charging and they said they wasn't, then relisted the item for the price I wanted to give them after denying me and then me buying the sets from another seller
This guy is funny, and doesnt speak 20 words per second or shout or edit the video to be annoying. Perfect
Note on bricklink:
NEVER leave feedback until you are ABSOLUTELY satisfied with your order and sure it is as agreed. Always make communications with sellers prior to leaving feedback, as they have the ability to stop list you and have virtually no incentive to remediate mistakes after the fact. I've had a great time on the site with many wonderful people, but there are a few bad apples whose feedback is not properly representative of their business practices.
I like what you did there, subtlety showing us your the only Lego fan to have actually collected Nexo Knights... Those will be super rare in a few years because of the lack of sales.
I've never met a Nexo Knights fan who was married. I honestly don't know what to do with myself at this point, I'm completely flabbergasted by this shocking and unheard of development!
I feel like Ebay has rapidly become the official worst way to buy Lego lol
Yes, eBay rapidly became the worst way to buy Lego-about 15 years ago. I very occasionally find something that is a good deal, but unless you’re into buying bulk Lego to sort through and resell, eBay just isn’t a great option, at least in the US.
You can get lucky with eBay bids occasionally
@@patrickyeary Yeah I just got a millennium falcon for 110 with minifigs and the micro fighter no box no instructions though, I’ve counted the pieces and i have all of it
Amazon is bad for old sets. And there are many worse platforms than eBay. However, eBay isn’t that great either. The best ones are offer up and Mercari imo. Shit is so cheap on both
People think their shit is the most rarest thing ever
"It was a quick one today but now you know how my wife feels." That one took me a few seconds before it hit me LOL
Bro I’m loving you vids, and the style of showing the mini fig reacting to what your talking about, it makes you more unique
Glad your enjoying them :)
As someone who buys most of my Lego from Ebay, I can confirm this video is too true. Another thing sellers do is include knockoff pieces(Sometimes minifigures so I have to return it) in lots which can be annoying at times.
The thing I dislike most about buying used Lego sets on Ebay is when the seller shows a picture of like 3 pieces and says, "yes, it's complete, fully complete, don't have time to check it though."
Some people just wont put in the effort 😢
4:05 A war crime has been committed... Let us all not forget about those people trying to turn eBay into Bricklink selling one 5 cent piece for 3 bucks + shipping with over a thousand listings of other extremely common parts following the same pattern. Flippers (scalpers) selling rip-off brands as "official Lego" take the scum-bag award. When will scalpers realize NOT all minifigures are worth 20 bucks each? At this point I'm convinced you'll have to be a full on Discord mod to get actual good deals on eBay these days!
Nice photography!!!
lol Great vid Robrick! I definitely felt that when you mentioned snipers on Ebay.
I once went to a secondhand retail store and saw the Lego set of Darth Vader’s tie advanced and a Y-wing. Bought it for $40 brought it home opened it up and it came with the old Gungan sub as well as some other random bits and characters from pod racer sets. But no complete tie advanced, only the wings. (Mini figures I got in the box were Padme, jar jar, quagon, obi wan, rebel pilot, red AstroMech droid, and an old pit droid) what a steal.
what a well made video! love your chill attitude, and very accurate depiction of ebay lmao. dropped a sub
Great vid
We’ve all been there with eBay!
(Glad YT suggested your channel to me, I’ve now subed to see how the Nexo display turns out)
Glad you liked it
I have been shopping in eBay for quite a good 10 years and never came across with a scam. Primarily buying lego minifigures and they always come neat as sellers show them. Nowadays they even can send you Dm's if you request more detailed pictures of what you are interested.
I’ve never bought a set on E-bay that wasn’t unbelievably filthy. Covered in every gunk you can imagine. Littered with non Lego bricks, often chewed on, and typically missing substantial parts or sub builds. Whereas I’ve never had an order on bricklink be less than perfect.
I have not been as lucky. EBay has improved my ability to scan pictures for pitfalls or realize a picture has been left out intentionally.
Glad to see the algorithm is giving you some good views. Quality content
Looks like my LEGO experience, hauled it all downstairs to sell (I’m an old lady), but now I want to build, to challenge my brain!
Great video. Best thing about ebay is finding a bargain, seeing its collection only then finding out its only a couple of miles away. Usually though its in Aberdeen!
Finally someone who likes Lego Knexo Knights!
great edits, stop motion, with some funny bits. A rare gem with way to less Subs
Your not wrong about that power miners set being hard to find. I've check bricklink relatively frequently checking most power miners sets just to search for deals and for some odd reason, there's been way less then there used to be for sale recently. And the thunder driller is way more expensive then it used to be.
Weird to see, especially since I've been collecting since 2009 some of the stuff lately around lego has been absolutely wild. Relatively off-putting after doing this for years.
I literally just spent 40 bucks today on ebay and told my coworkers to stop me then and there. I ended up winning the auction, along with 50$ previously spent over the weekend on minifigure lots.
I almost doubled down on the wolfpack set i lost the bid on in the clip and had to really dig deep to stop myself!
You’re hilarious AND informative, I’m shocked you don’t have more subs… but you at least have one more now👍🏽 Also I’ve never trusted ebay cuz of the scams but so far, Bricklink has been my childhood wet dream come true
First time seeing a video of yours and I loved your style of humour 😂 subscribed straight away
Just finished watching most of your videos, pretty enjoyable ngl
So far I’ve only had good experiences buying Lego from eBay, but since I’m really paranoid, I only buy sealed sets and open them myself so I can be 100% certain they’re complete and in perfect shape. That said, I prefer to use more obscure sites and sources with less eyes and foot traffic to get older sets, since the prices tend to be more reasonable and they don’t get bought up as fast. That’s been a huge game changer as I’ve been on my quest to 100% complete Mars Mission and Dino Attack - about a month ago, I got the Hypersonic Operations Aircraft ($450 sealed on BL) in sealed bags for $120 by ordering it from a more obscure source - even with it in my hands, I still doesn’t seem real. My advice for any collector reading this would be to leave no stone unturned and look in any obscure place you can think of, because you never know what you’ll find.
lets go this is my type of content! instant subscribe
This video was delightful to watch, no cappuccino
"This is how I got one of my best deals"
"I actually regret this purchase though"
Bruh XD
The pains of having a trigger finger!
Lol I relate to this a lot. When I make friends I am never sure if I should tell them about my hobby in fear of them abandoning me lol
The one i remember most, I bought a rare 7261 Clone Turbo Tank that wasn’t very clean. Lots of dark… uh.. curly… hair in it! I kept it but won’t put it togethe, 😂 I’ve got lots more where that came from. I’ve been trading on eBay for Lego SW since 2007. So lots of tales to tell. 🍻
You are the first Lego TH-camr to used a WingsOfRedemption clip. Instant sub.
Real tawk its a guilty pleasure of mine to keep up to date with wings and dsp's antics 😂
@@RobrickLego it is funny to watch from a safe distance.
I have had a few good hauls off ebay. Mostly lots where I spot parts of sets I wanted as a kid. Though I did try to buy a Viking set mint for a great price that I never got.
"It was a quick one today but now you know how my wife feels"
LOL
EBay, the land of paying over the odds for fairly easy to come by minifigs before I discovered bricklink. Ah the money I needlessly wasted… still scour it for ‘bargains’ that end up being bitter bidding wars I inevitably lose though.
Keep up the good work, I see how much castle Lego you have, can’t wait for a black falcon video
(By the way I am subscribed and have been since the space video)
I see you collect transformers and Lego, respectable
I feel ya with second hands. 99% complete means; wrong/no minifigures, expensive parts missing, discoloured as it was coming from Australia from a house with no roof, dusty/hairy/nose pukes/been smoked for 20 years, broken parts, glued sails. Sums up my experience with second hands. 😅😅
The thing I find most annoying is buying retired sets that are clearly in perfect condition in the pictures, then they send them in a bag rather than a box, then the posty puts an elastic band around multiple packages and the pressure leaves a dent in the boxes.
Yes I'm opening the sets anyway but that's not the point!
first time watcher very nice video keep up the great work
I love your videos so much! please keep making them!
Thank you
The high prices on lego are definitely gonna turn people to bootleg lego. Especially since bootlegs have been getting good (Chainsaw Man, Sonic the hedgehog, Attack on Titan)
Fake lego is actually kinda legit these days, i bought a knock off set a good few years back and was really surprised! Sadly im too much of a lego fanboy but im self aware at least 😅
Quality Lego room makeover
I remember when i was like 9 and I’d go on eBay to find sets ans her id see a really expensive set for 10 quid and it was just the instructions. Got me every time 😢 5:55
So much of my ebay experience is:
-"this'll be my limit" only to surpass the limit by double then to still lose
-impulse buying sets from subthemes that I barely care for, I just wanna complete the theme
-watching something for months on end, waiting for the seller to offer a discount for like 5%
-hoping the prices are cheaper than bricklink OR the sets are available in my country (neither ever are)
Best deal I ever had was sitting on a Tower of Orthanc set for almost 2 months until the seller dropped the price by $100 and I gobbled that up the second i got the notification
I do the same things to be fair, i tell myself i'll save money so i can buy a more expensive set later down the line only to end up buying random crap. I got the ninjago lego employee set and i haven't even really started collecting ninjago "properly" yet 😁 Tower of Orthanc is a banger im kinda jelly :)
@@RobrickLego Orthanc is amazing. The seller had bagged everything back into numbered bags as well (including the brittle brown parts used on treebeard). Easily the BEST seller I've ever purchased from
@@CLUN_k I sell on bricklink aswell and i sort it depending on how many oarts are in the set. If it is a small set i dont sort it. If it is a set above 400 parts, i sort it by color or building steps. I buy up used lego from private sellers and sort it and sell minifigures and sets apart from most pirate sets (im building a huge pirate world moc; thats why i even started selling).
Most of the time i sort tje sets by color; minifigures and sticker/printed parts are being sorted extra.
The problem is I can usually find something worth buying if I start looking at LEGO on eBay, and who wouldn't buy something worth buying, right? It's not too bad these days, but for a couple years there I got a taste of the gambler's curse.
It still makes sense to bid in the last 5sec so the others don't get a chance to increase their bid
True! My internet is kind of ass though so i cant do that even if i wanted too :(
Gets comfy.
Back when money wasn't an issue I went through a period of buying (almost) every 6751 set I saw on eBay. Seemed to be the only one ever wanting this set cos more often than not it would be just me bidding. Got around 25 of them, most used but 1/2 still in box or still bagged.
I wish I had recorded each buy as the experience received from different sellers varied dramatically.
On the top (used) end, the model had been completely dismantled, pieces cleaned, bagged by type, put in quality box (didn't mind not getting the original), with enough padding to prevent jiggling, and fragile wings given extra protection. - a joy to unwrap.
On the low (used) end, the model broken into about 4 parts, dumped into the original box, little padding used so pieces bashed about during transit, and wings not protected - 😞
With the rest scattered in between.
The thing which bugged me was you couldn't gauge the Quality of packing service you'd get from the listing. Each one was basically the same, be they packaging Gods, or packaging doofuses.
Quality of bricks - most of the light bricks had battery corrosion, most had a couple brownish red plate pieces broken, and many had 3+
One thing I quickly made sure to do was email the seller before buying to ask about the state of the wings (the listing pix not always showing them fully) and also to ask if they could sandwich the wings between two pieces of card to protect. Doing this probably saved me a few needlessly crumpled wings.
Oh, and if you're buying a set whose box you care about , always advisable to ask their packaging method. My bottom-quality seller simply used brown paper around the box - no padding or anything else for protection - so maybe it was in great condition at the start, definitely wasn't when I got it.
And as to what I've done with my "army of Dragons" , well each one has been sorted, zip locker with a list of parts needed on the bag, and are all in a big box waiting a time when I have somewhere to put them. #oof.
Plus 1 - always examine the photos closely.
I failed to do that once, getting so caught up in the bargain I was going to win. Thing turned up (classic space set bundle) - dirty, broken pieces , missing pieces, wanted to cry.
Going back to the pix and zooming in, the dirt was clearly there, along with obvious important missing pieces.
So yes, incomplete sets being listed in the Lego complete set section is a huge wtf-eBay of mine. There should be a section for incomplete sets.
Plus 2 - Bricklink.
Be wary when buying from abroad. I wanted one specific 1x2 modified plate, loads of them. Saw a store in France had a bunch. I'm in England so there was much free and taxes added, but all in all a great deal so worth this one-time buy.
Package turned up with 50% being the wrong part. Now these are VERY similar, indistinguishable to the layman but NOT what I wanted. And a big wtf with the order being for a SINGLE piece type so you'd think they'd make sure to get the correct one.
Anyway, no worries I thought, easy enough to work out the refund, simples.
Then the owner pointed me to his terms & conditions - basically, if they mess up, you get store credit not a refund. And since there was no way I'd risk going through all that again, plus it was only ever going to be a one time thing, I saved goodbye to that money.
So when buying from abroad , best check what they'll do it they make a mistake.
Whatnot is even more dangerous but is in my opinion safer for the buyer as you can ask in live chat for condition
I bought 4 legos through Ebay, I must say that Ebay custom service was very efficient and comprensive, but I will never buy another lego through Ebay, only 1 of these was compleated as described!
The Lego Archives are inside there,all of them.
“Where do you go to buy second hand lego?” Me: Bricklink of course! Him: *EBAY*
Buying Lego on eBay is like tinder. They look good in the photo but when it comes in the mail it’s nothing if what it looks like in the photo…guess who’s bought so many Knock of Lego products smh…
Really enjoyed this video 😂 thank you!
This is why me as a lego seller.. I am very detailed on my description.
A true hero of the modern age
Earned a sub, good vid
I use ebay since ive never gotten scammed on it before but I have on bricklink, but just a tip for bidding bid in like the last 20 seconds.
I’m 90% sure that as soon as I move out my bank account will cease to exist
I just recently did my first eBay Lego purchase. I’m hoping between the seller feedback and the ACTUAL picture of the item it’ll go ok. (Full series of the Muppets mini figures)
Wish me luck!
Good luck! 😁
The worst Lego experience was back in the early 2000s, my first eBay purchase as a child. I got a good deal on Jango Fett’s Slave I and it included the figure. HOWEVER: the Jango helmet was a boba helmet SLOPPILY PAINTED silver and blue. It was gut wrenching, but I didn’t know about reporting listings, or replacing it on Bricklink, and I didn’t remember this story until Jango’s helmet was worth $100 now I’m an AFOL...I now have a strange attachment to that scammy fig, but I also have a desperate temptation to spend $150 to replace the helmet. Of course, I can’t bring myself to do that when that’s nearly twice as much as I paid for the ship at the time...thanks for listening if anyone reads my legend of suffering lol
Oof! That must suck now its so expensive like you said! I bought mine a couple years back for about £180, the build is all fine, same with the figures but good god is the box absolutely tattered, they hid it super well in the pictures and i didnt quite care enough about the box to send it back but man, i wish i could go back in time and get a different one 😅
@@RobrickLego that’s what it was with the Jango figure!! It was hidden really well, you couldn’t tell the helmet was faked
Banger vid lol
Sadly I use to be one of Wings of Redemption’s Twitch/Discord mod. They talked about me on PKA a few times. Never expected to see his meme on my Lego videos. Lol
Its a bit of a guilty hobby of mine keeping up to date with all the antics him and dsp get up too 💀
Definitely got potential for displaying sets, mocs etc
Funny story: A few of my current LEGO sets, I bought from EBay. I have a minifig scale accurate 2016 Clone Turbo Tank, 2 Republic Swamp Speeder Sets, 2003 Clone Speeder Bike Battle Pack, Clone BARC Speeder Battle Pack, and Clone Walker set. Add it all together, and I paid $400 dollars total. $180 for the Clone Turbo Tank, bought it as a birthday present. I paid $220 for the rest of my other sets, combined.
I had to do a lot of saving up just to get my hands on these sets I mentioned. I ain’t going through that again. I’ll stick with Brick Link, Atl Co, and Mercari.
Don't forget the RESELLERS ON NEW SETS
True!
The new Indiana Jones sets being resold for like $300💀
0:57 That is the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
(Edit) I meant the shelf.
I love how your wife is portrayed as the queen minifigure 😊❤
I do love to poke fun at her in these videos but she's still my queen and watches every one of them ♥
@@RobrickLego love that
how much is half stone clay worth?
i have one in the book
Very entertaining videos, subscribed, are you planning on doing any lego investing videos? Thanks
To be honest i wouldn't know where to start but i might have a look into it 😊
That's why I always compare with BrickLink and I buy wherever I find the set cheaper
deadass good video deadass.
No cap that means a lot!
I made one LEGO purchase from Ebay and got scammed. Never again
Until I see another deal that's too good to be true and get scammed again
Selling and buying on ebay is the biggest pain in the ass, especially outside of the US (I'm european, USPS isn't a thing here ebay!)
So I only stick to my countries version of ebay (which is owned by ebay funnily enough and works 1000% better) and craigslist. Sometimes you snag pretty good deals.
I collect Mega Bloks (yes give me all your hatred) and I have found eBay to be the best way to amass my collection.
Ebay is defiantly really good for convenience, i wouldn't be able to own half the stuff i do without it!
I am a bionicle collector and local sources have been way better than bricklink or ebay these past years. Sometimes I just get too lucky with my local sources so I have a plenty of duplicates of the sets I own. It can get a bit annoying too because you will just lose a track of your collection. I mean Brickset is fine but who has time to update their lists.
Oh man that‘s why I only ever bought stuff local and picked it up. Was way too scared of getting fucked over… So, recently I found 4559 Cargo Railway for 75€ and said yeah let‘s try this. Lo and behold, it came. Didn‘t get completely screwed. Yay! Only a few wrong pieces, like 4 or 5 and none of them are special? Yay! Tried it out: 9V Motor is close to dying. Runs slow, stops randomly and squeaks louder than your mom last night. Never again. :)
Damn, nice Black Zarak
Ah, a fellow transformer enthusiast!
@@RobrickLego you know it baby
nofront but nexo knights is the worst theme ever bc it replaced chima. But otherwise very good video that brought back old memories. my father bought me 40kg of ebay lego when i was little, and nothing has shaped me more.
I miss Chima so much 😥
I’m scouring eBay for sw legos as this video plays 😭
i mean ive only bought a 21 figures star wars lego and suprisingly it wasnt too bad somtimes the hands are not the best but overall good im very happy but dont get me wrong some things are just full on trash
gotta love ebay got set 7622 shit was glued LOL like why...
They should make it illegal 😡
Could you please do one on transformers soon
I collect a lot of star wars plastic my self
yay an upload
My first ebay bidding experience was for a Ninjago rise of the snakes bundle I lost by the way
Bought a set on ebay listed as new & sealed got it half built with zero Minifigures. Complained to ebay and got refund. Free tank i guess but a pain in the butt
I usually use eBay and Amazon and I always get what I want. Only problem that I had is one time I was buying a Lego plane nose and on the inside it had probably 52,000 African diseases on it but other than that it was Ok
I have a 2005(I think) Ferrari enzo that I got as a gift In, well 2005 (I was 9) and I decided to rebuild it at the start of this year. Got it down from my parents loft, pieced it out and used brick link ti get the missing pieces
Spent twice the value of the set on new parts, which was a cool choice, but it is missing a wheel. I could get one but the only one is in the USA, I’m in Scotland, it’s like £30 for a wheel
I hate lego
Jesus that's expensive for a wheel 💀
@@RobrickLego it’s so annoying, it’s literally fully rebuilt except stickers that’s re again, £30 and a single bloody wheel 😭 I’m praying I can find it in my parents loft one day haha
The real meta is to wait for a economic down turn and buy up a bunch if cheap lego
The way you make your videos makes me think your not talking, the fig is
The shipping fees are a Rip-off...
he murdered a man for opening a lego set that's where the stain came from.
🔫🙂 So you figured it out hu...
@@RobrickLego I saw nothing!
Wait till you do the transformers eBay experience
It makes me want to pull my hair out having to make sure im not buying bootlegs -_-
@@RobrickLego you will find broken transformers figures with missing parts or find some weird shit
i have only made great experiences with ebay, but i havent been buying much from ebay, and for 2 years, i havent been buying lego at all.
I don't think i could survive buying no lego 😅
@@RobrickLego Its not like i am not buying bricks anymore, i just boycotted lego because of scummy things they have done, higher prices and worse sets. Now, i am buying from a german company called bluebrixx because the brick quality is the same, they have better looking sets for 3x as cheap.
People who glue Lego have a special place in hell🤣
Bricklink is where it’s at
I wish I could buy Lego minifigs online. There are a lot of minifigs I wish I had.
You can always get them from ebay and bricklink, some of them are disgustingly expensive though 😅
Just buy new sets sealed 😊
No sir, l regret to inform that you are mistaken, Nexo Knights does not slap, it does not slap at all sir
Sir, i'll have you know you're violating the law. Nexo Knights have been confirmed to be straight bussin.
@@RobrickLego when did sir robrick abandon reason for madness?
Did you actually buy the Indiana Jones set?😅
That's classified (don't tell my wife) 😂
@@RobrickLego ok got it😂
@@brickguy42-misprint-collecter no he didn't it's still up
@@mac_dale I know that seller I’ve seen post multiple of stuff like that after one sales I’ve been watching that seller for a wile
@@mac_dale I might have bought a different one, check recently sold 😁