VLOG144 - Hitting 14K lots on Bricklink, Slower Sales Week on Bricklink, Brick Owl and eBay

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[@kieranomahony00]

Awesome stuff Keith, it's crazy how fast that general grievus sold. It's great to see the numbers coming back up too. Can't wait to see more!

[@BrickArena]

You and me both!

[@bathbrickers]

I'm feeling you, Keith, on how slow things are. It's the usual seasonal slow down, but then a bit more on top, I think, with how good the weather has been

[@BrickArena]

Things seemed to pick up a little this week at least.

[@iamapollo5120]

have you considered running a sale to help raise sales? In my opinion there are 2 reasons for buyers to visit your store 1 good prices or 2 good selection and if you cant add to a better selection by uploading parts might be worth it to lower prices. Ive also seen a bit of a slump in orders so i wouldnt get to worked up about it. Great Vlog always looking forward to the next one and good look with the store

[@BrickArena]

I have, but it a catch 22 as it just depletes your stock more quickly. I'm not so much worried about it, its just a commentary to show others how I feel its going.

[@dandugdale309]

Congratulations on breaking the 14000 barrier…. Even if it’s just by 1 😀.
And given I’ve placed an order I will be contributing to pushing it back below 14000 which if I start to think about it gets a little surreal because that’s good and bad?
I am sure you’d rather have the sale 😀.
KDDK Time: Avenged Sevenfold has been on the cd player this week. A band I have been aware of for some time but not had in the collection, and I only knew of their early “metalcore” output, and apologies to those fans who are fans of that style but the guttural vocals doesn’t do anything for me, but then I caught their new (?) song Cosmic on CZcams and did some research.
So that’s how Hail to the King and The Stage ended up in the collection…..
Definite metalprog vibes there…..
Which means more purchases on the way…..
Sigh, so much music still to discover. It’s a hard job, but I will accept the challenge.
Any news on the mysterious project you mentioned the other week that you can share with us?

[@BrickArena]

Thanks for the order! Much happier to have a sale than to honour the lot count. After the weekend I am currently back down to 13890 so you see how hard it is to keep it up, let alone grow it. But that is the life of a seller.
With regards the "secret" project, its been a little slower progress than anticipated but its now in testing phase so hope to be able to announce it very soon.
KDDK: - Not really tried Avenged Sevenfold either, apart from knowing that Mike Portnoy played on some of their early stuff if memory serves me right. Might have to add them to my Dan's recommendations list. I know what you mean about being so much unlistened to stuff out there. I always feel for the younger generations with such a massive back catalogue.
As usual, a mixed bag for me - Some Tool, Thin Lizzy, Alice in Chains and new to me, Six By Six which is a bit more proggy . Been playing around with recording some of my tapes to digital which has been interesting and a bit frustrating in trying to get the best possible transfer. The things we do eh.