Craigs List Lego buying - Good or bad experiences in general

patchb · 2013-08-27T16:59:33.000Z

Hi guys, First post, joined a few months ago and lurk most days - Hello to all ! Ive read enough on here to not buy at retail, natch, and ive started to use places like Craigs List to pick up sets. I would be interested in peoples experiences with the site. There is probably a topic on this already, but hey.. :) From my own personal experience so far : -A MISB 7965-1 Millenium Falcon for $125. This is overpriced for a good deal, but the guy wouldnt budge on price and I couldnt see any in the local stores, I wanted it, so I got it. Of course, Target restocked a few weeks later at $135. I suppose 10 bucks off is a deal still (brightside). -6 or 7 (I forget) MISB LOTR sets including Orc Forge, MOM, Weathertop, Shelob for $150. Probably worked out at about 35% or more off retail all said and done. So those 2 deals I experienced were as the seller stated, all items MISB, Falcon was near retail. I have seen today someone selling a similar amount of LOTR sets, except opened and assembed for $300 ! Granted this set includes Helms Deep, but I added up the used price and it came to $200...so Im trying to get them down to $150. Also today, I am seeing someone selling 75020 Jabba Sail barge and 79008 Pirate ship, MISB, $110 for both or best offer. Or trade lol. This one seems shady as thats near 50% off retail on those. So, to answer my own question, it seems a mostly positive experience, but it seems you have to rely on someone not knowing what they are selling to get a bargain. Anyone had a really good deal from CL ?