How to Buy Warhammer Models on eBay Cheaper - Tips + Tricks for Second Hand 40K miniatures

[@Johansen1000]

The biggest problem I have with eBay is every time you find something that's reasonable priced it's like $20 shipping.

[@orangephoenixbrazier4978]

That's why they're priced so well. They make their money from the shipping price.

[@dinobuckwell2999]

it depends on where you live in relation to them

[@CruzRoman3211]

It all really depends, I was able to get indomoitus for like 20 bucks cheaper

[@kriscrossx122]

"pro painted"

[@shadowssun1120]

Damn, you really out here fleecing those pensioners selling their grand-kids' old "War Hammer Forty Thousand Toys (The Spiky Ones)"

[@auspextactics]

Haha maybe to an extent. On the other hand though if I hadn't sought out and bid on all the auctions then they would have sold for less (perhaps significantly so) to someone else...

[@shadowssun1120]

@@auspextactics the Adeptus Munitorium works in mysterious ways...

[@Wcverhaagh]

I recently picked up $1200 of grey knights and a 720 pack for $600 so I think I scored.

[@dannyhalas9408]

I got a similar deal when Grey Knights where shit. £140 for a massive army and the Codex. I even sold the Codex for £20. The sweet deal I got on them makes them even more fun to play.

[@slyrox1183]

Another search term that I found was useful was 'conquest' as the some people may only know that the models were from that magazine, but not the name of the model itself.

[@auspextactics]

Good shout, that wasn't around when I was eBaying in a big way :)

[@beyond_hope]

While there are a lot of results for "Conquest", the majority are marked up way beyond the £7.99 retail price + standard p+p cost. You can still get a bargain but they're getting less and less. I tend to search for "On Sprue" as well.

[@Dazzxp]

I only bid snipe, 10 seconds before the big ends so no one can react lol.

[@terratime2005]

In and out as quickly as Cypher. I feel you brother.

[@nathanieleck1023]

I get that, it’s what I do every time. Because it works. It just works.

[@antoniomigueltovargarcia8405]

@@nathanieleck1023 it doesnt work for me, i just get outbided by the minimum even if i just bided a random +13,5 in the last 2s.

[@atlas6538]

@@antoniomigueltovargarcia8405 that's because most people put a maximum bid so some random gu can't show up last min and bid extra 50p and win

[@one_above_all5864]

So that was you sniping me! LoL

[@Swoozman]

Few days ago I found a lot for 2 Dreadnoughts with Lascannons, Murderfang, and a plastic contemptor for 30 bucks. I was more than happy to press buy it now. Just reselling murderfang will get the money back and now I can convert myself an autocannon dread, heavy bolter mortis contemptor, and keep a normal dread around for free basically. I love ebay hunting. And while looking for hellhounds, I found some labeled as chimeras or leman russes. It’s like going to a flea market when diving deep

[@nathanieleck1023]

eBay actually provided me with my first model I ever bought. I got a dreadnoughts and 10 terminators for $25. And so the addiction began.

[@casparlykke1]

If your not in UK or US the shipping prices are mostly the deal breakers

[@colonist_0535]

I found a tau lot of 6 crisis suits for $40. Someone snagged it before I could😢

[@logangarcia9416]

You are a video making machine

[@endlesswaffles6504]

I remember once when I was watching an auction and in the last 45 seconds, someone tried to snipe it. I sniped it with about 6 seconds left xD

[@lonecolamarine]

ZA WARUDO!!!!

[@rjwtaylor]

Good tips! Also eBay regularly run a £1 Final Value Fee weekend (at least once a month), during which you can sell with fees capped at £1 per item rather that the 10% they usually charge.

[@Born_Stellar]

TY!

[@harronroyer681]

I've never sold on ebay before.... is that [(#1)pound] deal also done in the U.S. too as like $1?

[@rjwtaylor]

@@harronroyer681 Not sure about in US sorry

[@jonesdan85]

Usually around Bank-Holidays

[@MajorSvenGaming]

I spent £95 (including postage) on eBay on a number of small sales. I scooped up. 2 raiders 1 venom 30 new Warriors 5 new scourges 14 Incubi 2 hamonculous 4 Urghul A glut of random bits and half models And a random metal necron warrior. I'm fairly pleased

[@williamjones7718]

Only way I will buy going forward. Secondary market.

[@ForTehNguyen]

getting into 40K now, planning to play Tau, need some cannon fodder (Kroot) so been bidding on painted ones, dont really care what they look like as long as they are decent. Rather focus my painting on Tau themselves. Got 10 Kroot Carnivores painted that look good for $26 shipped

[@Airier]

I think the best deal I ever got on eBay was a custodes lot. -7 jet bikes, and 1 highly Kitbashed jet bike. All of which were on metal screw on stands. - seven custodian guard, four of which had storm shields and swords. - And one overpainted trajann valoris. There's too much paint, so some of the details were lost. But as soon as I get around to stripping him, that should fix all the issues (I think whoever had him first was trying a new painting style. It doesn't actually look how bad. They just use too much paint to do it). $120 To give people who don't play custodes and idea of what that's worth. That's two boxes of custodes on jet bikes. Each box only has three models. 😶

[@urdrakule1755]

Thanks to you I just went and got myself two primaris space marine half’s from the dark imperium boxset for a 100 bucks which is pretty neat for my salamanders army. Never new ebay was that useful, Thanks a lot !!

[@Sorrowdusk]

Two days ago I found just what I had been looking for a month .No one else was selling it. But they had spelled it wrong as "khaso". Queso Marines. I oughta theme my guys after that.

[@MalcadorTheSigilite]

*Cries in Australia*

[@maurommazza]

Cries in Argentina

[@weapongrademangoes]

There are some pretty good deals in Australia. I literally just grabbed the Assault on Black Reach set for $160 AUD, it's been poorly painted, but all the parts are there.

[@terratime2005]

@@maurommazza don't cry for him Argentina.

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

Why? You get an even better discount, because you're closer to China.

[@RunescapNerdHar1]

Huh, I literally just got some models off eBay for the first time yesterday, these tips will be good for next time though!

[@atlas6538]

Basically. Go on ebey, search the desired army you want, filter auction, filter ending soonest, and start waiting

[@GamingMagicMark]

_05:54__ Think you might have mentioned it, but some Buy-It-Now listings have Make An Offer attached. The buyer MAY have put a minimum figure that they would accept and allow eBay's systems to just reject anything below. Could be worth testing those with what you think is a reasonable offer to make. If successful everyone wins. Also means you don't have to get into a dialogue with the seller and you save time, and can move on quickly if unsuccessful_

[@nobodyman4833]

Lots of the bigger hobby shops on ebay always ship their kits in bubble mailers. Its annoying when they show up damaged. My advise is ask retailers to send the items in a box.

[@dominic7866]

Purchasing OOP armies is such a pain, my poor vostroyan collection will grow one day.

[@wulfbak]

Generally, older sculpts should command a nice discount over new ones, but I see lots of eBay sellers asking dumb prices for old Citadel pewter and plastic. If the sculpt has recently been replaced by a newer one, I would expect at least a 25% discount, if not 40-50% compared to the new sculpt.

[@PromKnight]

If you're in Canada, check out Kijiji. Usually if you're willing to buy a whole army you'll get a great deal, and though it's meant for in person purchases, I've found that almost everyone is willing to mail them out if you're not willing to do that, assuming you're buying enough to justify it. It's often people trying to unload their whole army or collection at a very fair price, better than what you'd find on ebay.

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

I was originally going to restore my old Tomb kings army via eBay. A necrosphinx costs 150€... So I bought another 3D-printer.

[@zenojester1560]

Being patient and looking out for deals is really the best way to buy in my opinion. The deals are out there. I got over 2000$ worth of GSC for 600$ recently. Absolute steals don't come around often but you can pretty consistently get discounts with eBay. Don't forget to also join FB selling groups and to always use protected PayPal.

[@jb1139]

There are a few problems I have found the last couple months with Ebay. People drive up the price quickly, days before the listing is even finished. This drives me nuts. Why? If you are patient and wait you could get it for far cheaper. Sure you have to have the bidding war at the last few seconds, but so what? I mean sure , if it were the day of the auction ending, make a bid and walk away. Not 6 days before the end. 9/10 times If you bid that early, you weren't actually trying to win it, just screw others over. (sometimes I think it could be the seller on a different account driving up the price). People putting NIB models up that are not OOP way over MSRP. Why? GW is selling that for 40 dollars less. Stop it. Astronomical shipping prices. I see 20+ for shipping, I'm not going to bother unless I can get it for at least 2/5th the msrp. Bots. Oh gawd, bots.

[@lokalnyork]

Here is protip - learn resin casting. Recast bodies of miniatures. Use spare arms on them (guns are usually very hard to make). Buy leftovers on sprues for cheap. Guess who just made 11 of Tau Breachers, Fire Warriors and Pathfinders out of single box? How about 20 Intercessors? Praise multikits!

[@arturosanchospottorno5256]

Hi I have 2 questions. Is is worthy to replace Cawl with a dominus to have the +1H strat of the servitors manipulus (while having in your army 6 kastellan and 2 onager with ikarus) ?And can Daedalosus access the holy order wt?

[@jackey16e]

There is a seller called "warstreetcreation" on ebay sell cheap Death Korps of Krieg

[@thenight527]

Hiy I hope your having a good day. Would it be possible to do a video for the captain on bike. best load out, chapter buffs and tactics, as I think that he is the best option for a HQ. I would be very grateful and thank you very much for your videos.

[@KandiKlover]

Not only did I get mine cheap, they were all prepainted too.

[@GuamEvo]

I have gotten many models to help bolster both my armies this way along with giving presents to my friends who play the game with me. We have a good habit of buying models for each other so we have new stuff to fight along with keeping the game alive. I highly suggest eBay and Facebook pages for buying used models. Sometimes you'll even find models painted to the army you run. If not, a little Acetone and primer resets everything for me. Good Video.

[@MrMonkeyhanger]

Got 60 boyz, a warboss, 10 nobs & a stompa for £60 on ebay, bloody marvelous! On the downside of course, now I have 60 boyz, a warboss, 10 nobs & a stompa to paint. They're all still sat in a box.

[@custodianguard749]

Anyone know a good way to sell ypur stuff locally? Im looking myself to sell everything models, paints codex but rather deal locally.

[@SoB413]

A mate called my T'au army the Au'tal sept, because only 15 models were bought at a gw store and the other 10.000 pts off ebay! Au'tal is where the honoured retirees from the fire cast go when they end active service😅

[@erikturner8005]

I have a bunch of army lots I picked up on ebay, and I have to say, it's a LOT of work to repair them when you expect to get them to like-new condition as you would from a fresh kit. If you value your time, often it is NOT less expensive to get used stuff, because you will spend a lot of time fixing stuff and finding missing parts. Especially if the models belonged to a little kid... then you get a lot of stuff like dudes with two pistols that aren't valid gear selections, along with caked on paint. I happen to also be into making molds and pressure casting stuff, and 3d printing in resin, so it's usually not too bad to make the missing parts if I have another model around to copy or print, but it's also a real pain when vehicles are assembled wrong, glued shut in ways you don't want, or the previous owner primed them with the wrong kind of paint, like automotive primer that basically won't come off with stripping, or if it does, crazed the plastic. For more uncommon models like characters it's pretty frustrating to end up with broken and missing parts... for rank and file guys it's a lot easier to come up with parts that match. The best deals I have found were not on ebay... it was Craigslist with a local person getting out of the hobby and wanting to recover a few dollars, and random finds at local thrifts stores, where the thrift store didn't know what they had and just bagged it up next to kid's army men. (found $300 worth of random space marines and tyranids in a baggie for $6 once, and paid $15 for two well painted land raiders, albeit missing all the guns....) Anyway, finding someone getting out of the hobby who wants to unload their stuff for some cost recovery is ideal because more than likely, if they actually cared about the hobby, their stuff will be in decent condition and at least playable or close to playable as is. That said, an ebay lot of something like space marines can be a good way to bulk out a starter collection inexpensively, when you are still learning how to build models and don't know what is good. It's also useful to pounce on whatever army sucks the most currently or recently got nerfed in a new edition or has not been updated in years, as those models tend to skyrocket in value once they do get a rules update that makes them fun again. (assuming you are interested in playing them). But these lots tend to be collections of random, inefficient models, usually older ones with poor choices for weapons, and usually glued rather than magnetized...it's quite easy to get lots with 60 tactical marines, and once you have 60, it's rather difficult to fit more than that into any reasonably sized list, and they aren't the best unit choice either. Still... if you can pick up an older army for $100 or so, you can be pretty cavalier and fearless about learning to paint on them. It's quite freeing, really, to have no fear of screwing up an expensive model kit....it just is that you usually have to do an absolute ton of work to get them prepared to paint; way, way more than building a new kit.

[@skunk12]

I once tried to get a local craigslist deal but it turned out the seller was a cereal killer looking for nurd skin to wear. He killed me and skinned me. He wore my skin around the house while he fapped to Horus Heresy audiobooks, but then i purged him back with an Adeptus Astartes heavy flamer and wore HIS crispy skin for a week and released his pet gimp. Oh! Afterwards, I also dropped a lot of acid. Correction: i dropped a SHIT TON of acid! Then i sold his crispy skin suit for a small profit. Your milage may vary.

[@jesse-kz8ru]

If its something you REALLY want, I snipe at 4-5 seconds remaining. There are apps too that do it automatically for you, but those cost a small fee to use

[@johnp4000]

These are all great tips,the great thing Mr AT is that the great majority won't make the effort to search out potential bargains.I have done this with historical figures but as you say and from my experience, there is a far greater demand for 40K and for some reason 40K holds its value better and it is far easier to get a nice profit.You can often get nice savings on the starter packs where some models have been built or undercoated.

[@J.C136]

alternatively if youre the less legally minded type, you could always run the gambit of recasters, which is pertinent as most "ForgeWorld" sales on ebay are just people reselling recasts

[@matthewleffek749]

I got a bunch of space crusade space marines hidden under a mountain of paint in a job lot of space marines a while ago

[@williampugh5976]

Ebay is definitely a great resource. I'm new to the hobby and I was able to build a Tau army for a lot cheaper than i would buying everything from games workshop. In particular I got Riptides and Broadsides for great deals.

[@Born_Stellar]

I got a tonne of terminators for close to $1 each, but now I'm doing a tyranid army and its really hard to find anything decent for a good price.

[@johnbarber7131]

I have models from the 1980's which are metal.. are they all plastic now a days? Would mine be worth anything?

[@auspextactics]

Yes, certainly. Rare out of production stuff can see well provided people can search and find it without too much difficulty

[@rankcolour8780]

I buy most stuff from eBay, when it comes to stripping I used to use disinfectant then started using meths, now I use biostrip20. It's amazing but cannot be used on resin/finecast. No slimy bits left in panel lines or drying hard again no smell and weakens superglue. It only needs such small amounts to work you can strip a whole army in hours.

[@harronroyer681]

L.A.'s totally awesome degreaser... is also decent but has a chokingly powerful smell

[@ftayl5]

Nice dig at finecast haha

[@Meticulate826]

[@MrTrenttness]

♥️

[@Corvus_Corax_Games]

I tend to prefer buying new. Gives me the extra bits and I can pose them how I want.

[@lewdkingdomdoujinshi8801]

RuinisGaming plus i enjoy putting them together as well

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

I'm in the hobby for converting miniatures, so buying new is irrelevant for me. Most kits nowadays arent posable anyways. I also own a saw and am competent with greenstuff, so i tend to do reposing myself. But you're allowed to do whatever you want, if you've the money to buy everything new that is.

[@a-tick]

Check out bidnapper or Gixen, they're cheap services that make sniping so easy.

[@JimBob-qj2ye]

First

[@davidmethven3515]

I currently have a massive space marine collection on ebay, would it be okay if I put the link in a comment? Don't want to advertise it without your permission!