Comment Shipping Costs (Score 1) 98
I bought a Toy Story Lego train set for $50. Two of them actually, when Walmart had them steeply discounted. My daughter has one she can play with. One is still in the box. They're now selling for $83 on Amazon at minimum. I tried selling it once, got to UPS who wanted $30 to ship it, and promptly cancelled the sale. Amazon charged the customer only a few dollars for shipping.
Sure the price has gone up (or rather, stayed steady since the original price was around $80) but shipping costs make it so that the only one making any money on it is the shipping company.
Not much of an investment when the "gain" will go to shipping it to the buyer.