Better on every front
Not "we have the most stores", but: faster price updates, a store list matched to your country and language, and no dark patterns. If something works less well than a competitor does, we say so.
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Our motto — and what it actually means
Better on every front, clarity first, honesty above all.
Three words are easy to write down. Below we explain what they mean concretely, how we live up to them — and just as important, what sometimes still goes wrong, and why.
Clarity first
Lakea earns money through affiliate links: if you buy via our button, we get a small commission from the store. You pay nothing extra. We never call ourselves an "official LEGO partner" if we are not. Discounts are calculated against the set’s recommended price, never against an inflated "was" price; what happens in countries without their own recommended price is explained below.
Honesty above all
We are a price comparison site, not an oracle. Prices and stock change every minute at retailers, and our feeds run on a schedule. So things sometimes drift apart. When they do, we tell you what and why — see below.
What can go wrong? Honest answer, case by case
No marketing speak. These are situations that genuinely happen, with the cause attached so you can decide what to do.
The price on Lakea does not match the price on the retailer's site
The retailer adjusted the price between our last fetch and your click. Many stores are refreshed every 15 minutes to every hour; some only supply new data once a day. If the retailer's page disagrees with us, the retailer's price is the one that counts — we catch up on our next run.
A store that sells the set is missing from the list
The list follows your country and language setting. Stores that do not ship to your country are left out. Stores that technically do, but only at shipping costs far above the normal rate, are shown in their own market only — otherwise you see a low price that stops making sense once shipping is added. Where shipping is at a normal rate, or the range is unique somewhere, we make an exception. Change your country or language and the list adapts.
The discount we show feels oddly high or low
Discounts are calculated against the set's official recommended price, not against a "was" price a store picks itself. That is why -45% at one store and -10% at another can sit side by side for the same set: both are correct, they are simply different distances below that recommended price. Where LEGO publishes no recommended price in your local currency, we use the best available official price as the reference.
See something off? Let us know via your account or email info@lakea.net. The sooner we know, the sooner we explain or fix it.