Have too much LEGO? Need some cash?
Posted by Huw,
Trade4Cash.com is a site that buys your unwanted video games, phones, tablets, consoles etc. for cash.
It has recently expanded the range of items that it buys to include LEGO, and to celebrate the launch of this new service it's offering Brickset readers a 10% bonus on the prices quoted on its website.
You can sell by the pound or by the piece. For new LEGO, in unopened bags or boxes you'll receive $10.50 per lb. or 5c per piece. For used, it's £6/lb and 3c/piece PLUS an extra 10%. There are different prices paid for Duplo and minifigs, see the website for details.
All you have to do is enter what you want to sell on the website, checkout quoting the promo code BRICKSET to receive the extra 10%, pack it and ship to the address supplied, then once it's been checked and evaluated you'll be paid.
Now might be a good time to have a spring clean and get rid of all that unwanted LEGO you have stashed in the closet!
The service is offered in the USA only at present. Note that we will receive a commission on all transactions made using the Brickset code.
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TOO MUCH Lego? No such thing hehe
When checking their site, the prices were:
0.03c per piece
6$ per lb
I am willing to buy LEGO for more than their listed price. If anyone is interested, please PM me.
^ Those are the prices paid for used.
leerock, my thoughts exactly. (Unless you count new-style brick separators. I've lost count of how many I have at this point.)
What do they do with all the Lego they buy?
what a rip off
You'd be better off selling them on Ebay or Bricklink. Heck, on Bricklink you can sell individual figures on occasions for more than they are willing to pay by the pound.
You can only sell on there? How about a buying option!
So send them my unwanted Lego (no such thing) and then they evaluate and then pay? Besides maybe off brands being mixed in will they say white Lego is too yellow and not pay? I would rather try ebay or a garage sale to get rid of Lego by the pound.
It's nice to know there is another option IF you don't want to deal with BL or Ebay (or for that matter, have a selling site on either). I work for a local company that buys used LEGO for $3/lb. You won't believe how many people take advantage of this since they don't even want to be bothered with packing and shipping.
And Huw, thanks for letting us know about the commission - I always want to know where something that I do can benefit the site (which is invaluable to me managing my collection AND for the latest and greatest news and reviews!).
Half their original value? That's not a good deal- you get better selling on Ebay or elsewhere...
Wow. $6 a pound for new LEGO. About $3000 for my Falcon on eBay or $6 a pound for it. Opened and used LEGO lots go for more than this.
UNWANTED LEGO? who is the sicko that posted this, hes not a true Lego fan at heart!
You'll have to kill me first.
I guess this is a bit like those places that take your entire CD collection and give you next to nothing for it. Whilst you can get much more by selling it yourself, I know people who couldn't be bothered and were happy to hand over a large CD collection for 50p-£1 per CD, even though some were rare, etc...
So I can see why fuzzythoughts' employer gets a lot of trade too.
Does Fairybricks take used/unwanted LEGO to give out, too? If they are a non-profit couldn't we get a tax deduction on donations given to them?
I have to agree with the posts above, "unwanted lego", this is just funny considering the user base of Brickset are Lego fanatics. I too would pay higher then the rates given at said website. This just points out the obvious market share that is opening up wider and wider to persons that are hoping to make money off of peoples neglect or disuse of something valuable. "We buy gold" ring a bell.
I cringe when I see certain people grinning ear to ear when they purchase some kids lego collection in a 25 pound container for 100 bucks knowing perfectly well the value of that side printed cloud city Boba Fett on top. I like to make a profit as well but by the pound does not seem to be a fair valuation to anyone, especially a kid that does not know better. What's worse is having Lego purchased by persons who have no passion for the toy and are just trying to make money... sorry for the rant Brickset... I think we all love our little bricks perhaps a little to much...
Please consider donating your "unwanted" LEGO to kids who cannot afford to play with such a wonderful toy - The Giving Brick, Inc.
Paying LEGO forward and improving the life of at-risk kids is more rewarding that grabbing some extra cash.
We LOVE LEGO, and ALL kids should get a chance to love it too.
www.thegivingbrick.org
As many people have said here, there is no such thing as unwanted LEGO in my collection! Especially not the old 2007 - 2012 models. This struck me as very funny. "...unwanted LEGO...".
@TheGivingBrick: FairyBricks also does that. Perhaps you would like to look at their website. I apologize that I don't know their website address, but Google it, and I expect it will pop up.
EDIT: Just noticed. This is in the USA, not the UK. Still don't have any unwanted LEGO. I fact, I am now trying to improve my Constraction collection. That is an area that's in the "Wanted LEGO" category, not "Unwanted LEGO" category. :-\
http://fairybricks.org
@BlueMoose: Thank you! There is the website address! :-)
I realise this service isn't for everyone but then neither are pawn shops like Ca$hConverters in the UK but they seem to be springing up in every high street these days despite better returns from eBay so presumably someone finds them useful.
@Huw: That is correct, not everyone who has "Too Much LEGO" lives in the USA. I am sure there are people in this country who use them. :-)
Who has too much lego?
as shown above this appears to be the major problem with this service ;)
Can I sell them my technic pins at $0.05 / piece?
@TheDent42: "Who has too much LEGO?" Quite correct. Who does? :-\
@Speshy: No idea. Why not look at their website, I am sure they will answer a question or two. :-)
^^ Apparently, yes.
I agree, the user base on brickset are "Collect them All" type of people. I wouldn't be the target market for this idea. And as a child of the 80's with children now, my Lego are perfect heirlooms to my growing family!
I think ads in Craigslist or maybe some billboard advertisements like the "we buy ugly houses" of the great pre housing crash" would suffice.
Here's an ad (for free!): "We buy Harmful Legos!" And be sure to spell it "Legos" so you offend the purists and weed them out right away. Cheeky...sorry...lol
"Unwanted Legos"....I didn't know that was a thing. Huh. Learn something new every day.
But I might cash in on the technic pins deal.....
We Bricksetters are clearly not the target audience. Same goes for LEGO rental sites like Pley and Netbricks.
Not sure what the outrage is, my Mum gave away abut £2000 of my Lego to a local school, at least I'd have got something for it! But no. it's not aimed at us, it's aimed at people who need some cash and want to declutter the house.
I sold all my DVD to music magpie, got about 25p each, possibly could have got more on ebay, but I couldn't be bothered with the hassle. Same as this for a lot of people.
Huw, you put £6/lb not $6/lb which confused me initially. And they price "small pieces" differently than what you have listed. http://www.trade4cash.com/toy/sell-lego/trade-in-lego-small-pieces-piece.html "Small pieces are considered 1x1s, studs, Technic Pins, Couplers and Bushings." New "small pieces" are $0.04 ea and used are $0.02 ea but you can apparently only sell them up to 5 pieces - seems to be a glitch on the site. They also buy small pieces by the pound at only $2/pound used or $3.50/pound new.