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Post by thecrazykid23 on May 4, 2011 20:16:52 GMT -5
I've yet to see a scalper in a store. Whenever someone describes a scalper, 9 out of 10 times they are fat, sometimes even greasy. I do see old guys looking through the Hot Wheels but they're usually not fat. Most are balding. I think guys who collect Hot Wheels are strange. And old balding guys who collect Hot Wheels think you're strange for collecting shirtless men in their underwear. |
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Post by mrhoss on May 4, 2011 20:54:48 GMT -5
I've yet to see a scalper in a store. Whenever someone describes a scalper, 9 out of 10 times they are fat, sometimes even greasy. I do see old guys looking through the Hot Wheels but they're usually not fat. Most are balding. I think guys who collect Hot Wheels are strange. And old balding guys who collect Hot Wheels think you're strange for collecting shirtless men in their underwear.  |
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Post by jeffjhicks on May 4, 2011 22:00:31 GMT -5
The OP is a douche
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Post by sunglassessteve on May 5, 2011 12:06:14 GMT -5
I've yet to see a scalper in a store. Whenever someone describes a scalper, 9 out of 10 times they are fat, sometimes even greasy. I do see old guys looking through the Hot Wheels but they're usually not fat. Most are balding. I think guys who collect Hot Wheels are strange. And old balding guys who collect Hot Wheels think you're strange for collecting shirtless men in their underwear. Hahah this crap was funny to read good come back |
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Post by Blackbird 13 on May 5, 2011 13:11:31 GMT -5
I STILL, after all these years, don't understand the hate for "scalpers". They're just participating in commerce. It's American capitalism at it's finest. Buy the goods at one cost, resell them at a higher cost... this is THE SAME EXACT THING that Walmart, Kmart, TRU, Ringside, and all the other retailers do, they buy the figures at one price and resell them at a higher price to make a profit.
I usually buy extras of more desirable figures, to trade on here with other members and work out some deals.. but I've never looked at it as being somehow "immoral"....
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Post by Squirrel Lips on May 5, 2011 13:38:08 GMT -5
You sure showed that scalper!!! Lolz. Now, he can just go to wal-mart, k-mart, target, etc and get what he wants. Wait....maybe you didn't actually accomplish anything anyways. Now go beat him to the Target tomorrow morning!!!  |
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Post by Chip on May 5, 2011 14:07:58 GMT -5
Barrett's figures were selling for $30 on Ebay.....4 weeks ago
Now they're lucky to break $20...after paying $13 at the store & then Ebay fees a scalper is barely making $5...which is probably more than the gas they spent driving around looking for it
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Post by hierosis on May 5, 2011 15:17:38 GMT -5
You sure showed that scalper!!! Lolz. Now, he can just go to wal-mart, k-mart, target, etc and get what he wants. Wait....maybe you didn't actually accomplish anything anyways. Now go beat him to the Target tomorrow morning!!! There's one Target in Staten Island and they've been bare for weeks now. We have two K Marts, both of which are in similar shape, and the closest Walmart is over the bridge in New Jersey. So, basically, TRU was the scalpers only chance locally. |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 19:30:40 GMT -5
I would've taken the two Barrets and whatever Ryders were left and threw them deep inside the compartment above the figures right in front of him lol. You know, the flap with the WWE logo.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 19:30:59 GMT -5
This guy was the scalper |
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Post by frankiebabes on May 5, 2011 19:45:55 GMT -5
I never see them, but I know they were there when the aisle smells like a sasquatch.
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Post by electricfeel on May 5, 2011 19:46:02 GMT -5
was able to score Wade and Zach in local tru, grabbed all 3 Wades in front of the residential scalper it was great to see this overweight loser nearly cry when he couldn't get a barret to sell on Ebay. Doesn't this kind of make you the scalper?? |
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Post by awsomekharma on May 5, 2011 20:18:20 GMT -5
why is everyone finding barrett except me  |
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Post by hierosis on May 5, 2011 20:27:54 GMT -5
was able to score Wade and Zach in local tru, grabbed all 3 Wades in front of the residential scalper it was great to see this overweight loser nearly cry when he couldn't get a barret to sell on Ebay. Doesn't this kind of make you the scalper?? No, because he sells the figures back to other collectors at the same price he paid for them. |
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Post by Rasslin.Bros on May 5, 2011 20:42:20 GMT -5
Back when my local TRU had panels for lower shelves, I frequently found scalpers' stashes below the panels. I'd buy what I wanted and put the rest back on the shelves.
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on May 5, 2011 20:55:46 GMT -5
I STILL, after all these years, don't understand the hate for "scalpers". Be serious. You honestly don't understand why wrestling figure collectors have a problem with people who empty the shelves of wrestling figures and make wrestling figure collectors pay double the price? Scalpers are not the same as legitimate retailers -- if they were, they'd be getting the figures direct from distributors rather than preventing collectors from getting them at fair prices. Scalpers are nothing more than the bottom-feeding scum of the collecting world, and a bane of real collectors. |
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Post by Blackbird 13 on May 6, 2011 2:07:55 GMT -5
I STILL, after all these years, don't understand the hate for "scalpers". Be serious. You honestly don't understand why wrestling figure collectors have a problem with people who empty the shelves of wrestling figures and make wrestling figure collectors pay double the price? Scalpers are not the same as legitimate retailers -- if they were, they'd be getting the figures direct from distributors rather than preventing collectors from getting them at fair prices. Scalpers are nothing more than the bottom-feeding scum of the collecting world, and a bane of real collectors. I don't LIKE it.. but I think it's the American way. What the "scalpers" are doing is absolutely no different from what Ringside, Walmart, Target, TRU, and the rest are doing. I know from experience that buying anything wholesale as a small business is difficult. The distributors are usually geared towards the big businesses. The thing is.. if the toy buying public REALLY didn't like what scalpers do.. well.. the scalpers wouldn't be doing it, would they? Because they wouldn't have anyone to sell the figures to! I just can't agree with this. Personally, I'd rather leave extras of harder to find figures that I already have on the shelf so that the next person can get them for his or her collection. But if someone decides they want to buy all of those figures and resell them at a profit.. well, if the market's there, more power to them! Really and truly.. you can't get angry with a scalper for marking up a figure 10 bucks, but not get angry with Ringside or Walmart for the same thing. Did you know that with Jakks, CS figures were like $7 and AD two packs were like $9 wholesale? Did Ringside sell them for that? How about TRU? Walmart? Kmart? As a matter of fact, name ONE retailer that sold brand new AD sets for $9, or the newest CS figures for $7! If there wasn't one.. they're doing the same thing the scalpers are doing, and it's exactly what keeps the wheels of America turning around, capitalism. |
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Post by thespecialone on May 6, 2011 13:04:53 GMT -5
Would you rather a WF board member buy them all to trade to other board members who can't find them or have a scalper buy all of them and sell them for twice the price on ebay? To be fair, one of the worst ebay scalpers is also a member of this board. Starts with a K ends with a J? |
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Post by hierosis on May 6, 2011 13:13:56 GMT -5
Be serious. You honestly don't understand why wrestling figure collectors have a problem with people who empty the shelves of wrestling figures and make wrestling figure collectors pay double the price? Scalpers are not the same as legitimate retailers -- if they were, they'd be getting the figures direct from distributors rather than preventing collectors from getting them at fair prices. Scalpers are nothing more than the bottom-feeding scum of the collecting world, and a bane of real collectors. I don't LIKE it.. but I think it's the American way. What the "scalpers" are doing is absolutely no different from what Ringside, Walmart, Target, TRU, and the rest are doing. I know from experience that buying anything wholesale as a small business is difficult. The distributors are usually geared towards the big businesses. The thing is.. if the toy buying public REALLY didn't like what scalpers do.. well.. the scalpers wouldn't be doing it, would they? Because they wouldn't have anyone to sell the figures to! I just can't agree with this. Personally, I'd rather leave extras of harder to find figures that I already have on the shelf so that the next person can get them for his or her collection. But if someone decides they want to buy all of those figures and resell them at a profit.. well, if the market's there, more power to them! Really and truly.. you can't get angry with a scalper for marking up a figure 10 bucks, but not get angry with Ringside or Walmart for the same thing. Did you know that with Jakks, CS figures were like $7 and AD two packs were like $9 wholesale? Did Ringside sell them for that? How about TRU? Walmart? Kmart? As a matter of fact, name ONE retailer that sold brand new AD sets for $9, or the newest CS figures for $7! If there wasn't one.. they're doing the same thing the scalpers are doing, and it's exactly what keeps the wheels of America turning around, capitalism. Thank you Ayn Rand... |
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Post by jeffjhicks on May 7, 2011 9:07:15 GMT -5
This guy was the scalper "This guy" is looking for Wade Barrett for his friend. Hell, I don't even want a Wade Barrett figure |
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