Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

mybricklog.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

621–630 of 704 posts

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#621

Post by usehand »

paulddraper wrote: post #598
krisoft wrote: post #437

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

That user won't say. [1] One discrepancy is that B&M says consignment was against their operating instructions, yet the former franchisee shared the franchise contract, which explicitly allowed it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318473

And that's the reason I won't. You can see yourself how insanely easy it is to find this info (you replied with one you probably found pretty quickly yourself), and yet these people who are full of quickly-formed opinions are constantly trying to offload the work onto others.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#622

Post by swordsith »

from BAM faq post the other day[0].

FAQ

Q: If you want a resolution, why not just pay the money demanded online?

A: We are completely willing to sit down and figure out a fair, reality-based way to ensure this grandfather is made whole. However, there is a fundamental difference between a good-faith resolution and giving in to a coordinated, viral extortion campaign. We will not reward individuals who use fake delivery uniforms, forged signatures, staged police encounters, and residential harassment to manufacture a storyline for profit. We want to help the family; we will not reward a toxic online circus.

Honestly heartless behavior to treat someone trying to get money for a cancer treatment. I hope they go under.

[0] https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/05/28/bricks-mi...

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#623

Post by mrguyorama »

4lx87 wrote: post #552

[flagged]

Because a mid sized business demonstrably is able to direct the cops to harass someone with a completely legitimate grievance against them, and the cops jump at the opportunity to do exactly that, working overtime to harm people trying to literally right wrongs, and the legal system bends over backwards to ensure that a trivially provable case is not worth pursuing.

Turns out if you are mid level management in a $400 million dollar company that's all it takes to become the local "State" and ignore law.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#624

Post by crazygringo »

HaZeust wrote: post #366
crazygringo wrote: post #360

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, but my point is that it does work. It's a lot better to be delayed by months and have to pay more but still get your money, rather than by delayed by years and not get it at all. This is a franchised retailer with over 300 locations, and this is a value of $200,000+ plus so this is way bigger than small claims. Like I'd definitely agree with you if we were talking about a $5K claim against a single location in sm…

I mean yeah, but only my final paragraph is about small claims. The accountability and enforcement mechanisms to collect your money from a ruling don't change between a $200K and a $2K lawsuit, it's the same PITA either way - just a few more zeroes on paper.

I never said it wasn't a PITA. I just replied to the original commenter who was saying it can basically be unenforceable, and that's just not true.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#625

Post by mrguyorama »

paulddraper wrote: post #383
usehand wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So why are you lying to defend them?

What is my lie? Quoting the posted counterclaim?

Is there value to copy/pasting a Press Release that is known false?

How does this lead to interesting discussion?

Is it right to just parrot lies? Because B&M is very clearly lying in these statements, knowingly so. The CEO himself is part of this and is on camera talking to the people in this situation demonstrating that he knows there was a consignment agreement and they refuse to respect a matter of extremely clear law. There is literally video of the new franchise owner and a person from corporate saying "We will take over the consignment"

I believe people have a duty to not just thoughtlessly repeat things like this. I feel it is a serious issue on this site specifically, that people think it's valid to copy/paste known falsehoods, whether they themselves knew about it, and then defend the act when faced with evidence that they parroted known falsehoods.

Shouldn't you have taken any effort to ensure you were relaying good or accurate information?

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#627

Post by PatentlyDC123 »

8note wrote: post #571
A_D_E_P_T wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not that hard to understand. A man gave a store merchandise on consignment, signed a contract with the store manager. The manager lost control of the store to corporate. The goods were still there, still on display and being sold. Corporate says, "this is mine now" and refuses to honor the contract. "It wasn't our name on it, says right here that the previous store manager signed this, and she's no longer with u…

> "It wasn't our name on it, says right here that the previous store manager signed this, and she's no longer with us." this seems kinda obvious that if they dont have a contract to do consignment, they don't have a contract to the lego at all, and cannot sell the lego

in the post they include the agreement between the previous franchisee and the company, which allows consignment

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#628

Post by Neywiny »

swordsith wrote: post #622

from BAM faq post the other day[0]. FAQ Q: If you want a resolution, why not just pay the money demanded online? A: We are completely willing to sit down and figure out a fair, reality-based way to ensure this grandfather is made whole. However, there is a fundamental difference between a good-faith resolution and giving in to a coordinated, viral extortion campaign. We will not reward individuals who use fake delive…

Even not a cancer treatment. Even if the original seller was an uber wealthy and healthy individual, if they can't get what's legally theirs without as little as "I want it back" (contract permitting, which I think here it does), that's a problem.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#629

Post by aprilthird2021 »

mainmailman wrote: post #555
aprilthird2021 wrote: post #452

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the 1800s, when children had mining and factory jobs and didn't go to school past age 12. Trying to position that as Mormonism condones child abuse is bonkers, imo

So because children were forced to work dangerous jobs it's okay for adult religious leaders to have sex with them? I'm not sure I follow that. You should research polygamy in the mainline (Brighamite) sect if you haven't already. One of the last marriages to the the mormon prophet Lorenzo Snow was to a 15 year old. Snow was 57 at the time. This was not normal despite any assertion about children working. Source: www…

Who was considered an adult changed over time as our society changed. When there were no schools, most labor was physical, etc. then puberty was often seen as the natural line between children and adults because a 14-15 year old could have all the attributes and adult had: job, income, status, etc. As we moved to a society where school was mandatory till 18 (and now nearly till 22), our attitudes about when people become adults also changed. Now we are at a point where a 20-30 year old adult being with an 18 year old is seen as taboo, even though all are adults, this is largely because as a society we have moved to a point where childhood has extended from 18 now until one is secure in career and finances (mid 20s).

I'd still maintain that marrying with large age gaps isn't child abuse, and when you claim child abuse is condoned by the Mormons you know what people assume vs what it actually is. You are just trying to be inflammatory.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

#630

Post by aprilthird2021 »

thrance wrote: post #462
aprilthird2021 wrote: post #454

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are children more abused by Mormons? I find it highly unlikely just considering on average they are wealthier than other religious groups and poverty and child abuse are highly correlated

It's more like a combination of factors that make child abuse more prevalent: lack of access to the outside world (" we are in the world but not of the world "), a strict patriarchal hierarchy in the home that puts children at the bottom, endorsement by the church of physical punishments, etc.

I mean that's not data though. Data shows us poverty is highly correlated with child abuse. More so than those factors (which are but less so)
Post reply on HN