by Rylen » Sun Mar 12, '17, 11:17 am
A few tips on Bricklink: 1) prices per part can very. Shop around. You may have to pay a little bit more if that store has the amounts you want. 2)Pay attention to the feedback. Even if a shop has 98% positive rating. Read the neutral and negative to see what kind of issues you *might* have. 3) Focus on the shops in your own country first. Some out of country vendors can *really* hose you on the shipping costs. Say you live in Country A and order from Country B. 10$ for the order. But Country B decides to charge you an extra 20$ to ship it to you. 4) Pay attention to each vendor's "terms" they spell out shipping, money, and other related stuff. 4B) Some (not all) vendors have a "min buy" amount. Meaning that unless you spend X amount they won't even consider your order. Some are decent like 3$ or so. Others might be a lot higher. I've seen min buy's as high as 15$.
I need to turn this into a blog post.