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Re: Retail price hikes

Post by RedRover » Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:21 am

Zahru II wrote:#TheresAlwaysBricklink

Alternatively wait for sales and discounts.
Bricklink has helped me save so much money. I use to buy done sets for one or two pieces, but now I just bricklink them! I feel like s person on an infomercial

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Re: Retail price hikes

Post by Natalya » Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:43 pm

Occasionally on BL someone will be closing their entire store and apply massive discounts.

Last week I ordered this set on BL at a closing store for $12.

If you want to use BL to get a deal, and you aren't ordering minifig parts, try to find a store where you can average at 10¢ or less per piece. I also use that basic metric when buying actual sets to see if they're worthwhile or if the price was just jacked up because it was a licensed theme or had a lot of minifigs or something.
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Re: Retail price hikes

Post by Zupponn » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:38 am

You can find deals almost anywhere depending on how hard you look.

I bought this set for $5 a while back off of eBay:
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