Purchasing ponies: buying in Lots or Individually

chateaushelton

chateaushelton

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I'm looking for FF Blossom and FF Cotton Candy - and yes, found them on Ebay - in a lot of 41!!! Husband said I'm crazy to even consider buying 41 ponies when all really want is 2.

Any suggestions?

BTW - did post for them in the Wanted forum today
 
I'd buy them in the lot and resell the others as a lot if they come to you dirty. If they're already cleaned and prepped in the lot, I'd go with buying them seperately.
 
Are those the only two horses in the entire lot that you need?

If you do win the lot, you could keep the others as trade material for other horses you don't have, or put them back up on ebay in lots of about 10 each, and probably more than make your money back.
 
Lots are a good deal in several situations, and not such a good deal in others.

Lots are good if:
You want a high percentage of the items in the lot.
You are an active trader/seller and you will actually get rid of the extras.
You are after one or more hard to find items in the lot.

Lots aren't such a good deal if:
You only want a small percentage of the items in the lot, and don't actively sell or trade.
You are only after very common ponies in the lot.
You don't have a lot of space to store extras while you're trying sell them.

If you only want two ponies in a 41 item lot, and you don't have any use for the rest of the ponies in the lot, then find them seperately. You'll save A TON of money, and usually can choose nicer condition ponies(you usually don't get the best pics of each pony in lots). If, however, you are looking to build up trade/sale stock, or you will use several items in the lot, lots can be bargins.

Personally, I buy lots when I want to increase my trade stock, but I trade very rarely so the ponies generally hang around here for years. I occationally do trade, and when I do it's a big trade(often $200+ deals), so I do like to have a large selection of ponies for my trade partners to choose from. I will have to thin it out a bit soon since my closet is overflowing with ponies!
 
Thank you all for such great advice. I started this journey only with the intention of replacing my childhood collection. I don't know if what I had is now really rare or collector favorites that people seldom part with. It seems that whenever I find them they are with a ton of other stuff *frustrating*
 
Flatfoots are collector favorites, seems like--popularly sought-after, anyway (and why did I only find this out after I'd made up my mind to collect them all? : 0-P *ponders revising that goal, lol*). Cotton Candy, however, is so darn common that I'd think even FF of her wouldn't be hard to find... o.o;; And Bluebell isn't hugely uncommon, or at least I didn't think so. I'd think you could find someone to trade or buy them from on here for cheaper and less work with cleanup and reselling/trading other ponies.
How many ponies did you have as a kid? X 0-) If you really, truly only want those two, and don't have oodles you're still looking to trade for, I'd say it's probably not worth it. I'd go for it if I could afford it, but I have a "thing" for lots and need to build up my trading stock, so I don't think that's very comparable *cough*. (Although if you need a good home for the other 39... 3X 0-D lol.)
 
perhaps try the buy section here before buying a large lot? people here are awsome and have givin me anyway, very good prices
 
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