u/_DayBowBow

Does anyone else buy large quantities of the series released mini figures not to sell or flip but to build armies? I started back up into Lego last year as my 4 year old got into them and discovered the series 27 Wolfpack beast master. I was able to get over 20’ of them at the end of the run for my castle build. Then when series 29 came out I have been growing a Bionicle Army and a Ninja army with about 10 of each. I have no plans to sell them but still been described as a scalper by some in other groups. Anyone else collect a lot but not sell for an army or other reasons.

Is the quote “I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.” From
The book or the movie fight club. I tried searching two book pdfs and never found it

Fellow sellers , I usually can ship one of my products to Canada for around 22 dollars. A few days ago I did. Today I had another Canadian buyer for the same product and it was 45 dollars. I went and tried to make a label again for my previous buyer and it is also showing 45 now. Has something changed or is this an odd glitch in Etsy? I even went back to a European seller and the pricing is still around 20 dollars. Has anyone else seen this?

I had a customer request a custom order for one of my products. We communicated back and forth, and I created the product (which would not significantly hurt me financially if the transaction did not go through). I then sent the custom order listing to the buyer, but the customer never paid for or accepted the listing.

After that, he repeatedly requested changes to the shipping destination. This was an international buyer. First, he wanted the item shipped to Spain, so I estimated shipping costs for Spain. Then he asked for it to be shipped to the Netherlands. Later, he stated that his first purchase of one item had incurred a tariff and suggested that I lower the declared value for future purchases.

He also asked twice to communicate off-platform, but I kept all communication on Etsy. He later requested that I add a business from Dubai to the shipment information. When I asked for the recipient’s name for shipping purposes, he provided a different name than before.

At that point, everything about the approximately $2,000 bulk order began raising concerns for me. There were numerous red flags, including repeated changes, inconsistent information, and questions he avoided answering. Because of this, I informed him that I was withdrawing the offer and would not be fulfilling the order. Again, he had never paid for the listing or completed the purchase.

Now he is claiming that my decision caused him significant financial losses because he had already made business preparations for the items. However, from everything I have read, no purchase means no agreement and no completed transaction.

He is now threatening to report the matter to Etsy. Should I be concerned about the costs he claims to have incurred, or am I within my rights as a seller to cancel an unpaid custom order under these circumstances?