ROCKAJABRONi
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Post by ROCKAJABRONi on Jul 1, 2011 19:13:08 GMT -5
Scalping is smart but selfish. It's smart because they know that people will still buy it on eBay or wherever. There would be no scalpers if there were no people desperate enough to pay a lot more for it. So part of the blame goes to the buyer. But it's still a shady way to do business. I think it's fine to do it a few times when the opportunity is there, but when you make a habit out of it and it becomes your "job," that's when it becomes a problem.
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Post by Balor Club on Jul 1, 2011 19:38:44 GMT -5
Cool story, i don't know if there are any scalpers in scotland but then i've never been at a shop at opening time
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Post by chaz on Jul 1, 2011 20:01:45 GMT -5
Drug dealing and prostitution can also turn a profit, but they are not legitimate jobs, nor morally correct methods of making money. An extreme comparison I know, but the principal is the same. I can make money in so many ways, but making money doesn't necessarily go hand-in-hand with a legitimate job.
Scalpers do what they do to undermine and exploit the people (children, parents, collectors) that they know are seeking the products they target and buy-up as soon as it hits the shelves, sometimes straight out of the box! Is it ethical to go out and actively prevent both adults and children from purchasing what they're looking for within a 30-mile radius? No. It's odd and shameful behaviour, as is waiting outside a store before it opens to engage in this activity. There is no justification for it.
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Post by King Silva on Jul 1, 2011 20:20:42 GMT -5
^ And I have to deal with them (T0y W1z) cherry picking the pegs on a daily basis. idk who buys anything from that site. its beyond over priced. Tell me about it! I was looking for Eve on line last night and saw that they wanted $39.99 + shipping for her! I couldn't really find her anywhere else too. Apparently no one has put her on ebay but now I will be buying her from Hulk so it is all good. I'll be getting that signed by Eve when I meet her and Bourne in Fresno on the 6th of August!
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Post by Randolph J 'Hurricane' Spencer on Jul 1, 2011 20:39:43 GMT -5
I also hate scalpers. I've never come across any in the stores. I do want to though. I've always wanted to see one of them walking in the store with 8 elite Ryders(for example) and just knock them all out of their hands and see kids grab them up around them. I hate scalpers almost as much as signs in front of me at wrestling shows.
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Post by KrimV on Jul 2, 2011 1:32:57 GMT -5
Scalping may be unethical, but early bird gets the worm. Like another poster mentioned earlier in this thread though, you defeat the scalpers by not buying figures at a ridiculous price and simply waiting them out.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 2, 2011 1:40:04 GMT -5
Scalping may be unethical, but early bird gets the worm. Like another poster mentioned earlier in this thread though, you defeat the scalpers by not buying figures at a ridiculous price and simply waiting them out. Well this bird was screwed out of his worm. Can't do nothing if they got connections on the inside.
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Post by 1992 on Jul 2, 2011 1:48:01 GMT -5
This whole TRU display/mass release thing is cool, but it's almost impossible to beat the scalpers. I got to TRU at 11:00 yesterday, got to the display, and not one Bryan Danielson, Miz, Eve, or Zack Ryder. They had TONS of everybody else though. At least I got Skip Sheffield. Just waiting for the Nexus 2-packs to drop so I can have them all. And I'm gonna go back for Luke Gallows and MVP Monday when the whole Vince promotion is in effect.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 2, 2011 3:06:30 GMT -5
This whole TRU display/mass release thing is cool, but it's almost impossible to beat the scalpers. I got to TRU at 11:00 yesterday, got to the display, and not one Bryan Danielson, Miz, Eve, or Zack Ryder. They had TONS of everybody else though. At least I got Skip Sheffield. Just waiting for the Nexus 2-packs to drop so I can have them all. And I'm gonna go back for Luke Gallows and MVP Monday when the whole Vince promotion is in effect. The worst part is that a lot of Tru put them out at diff times. So u literally had to ck everyday if u wanted them. As much as I did I don't have the time or gas $$$ to waste.
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Post by nathanielnd on Jul 2, 2011 3:24:36 GMT -5
I went to TRU not too long ago and found B10 Ryder and "3 fat-chumlees" (xD) Followed me and they kept asking me, "Why are you getting him? No one likes him". Eventually I see them walking out with a cart full of Ryders and they come up to me and my dad and ask, "Hey, I'll buy that Ryder off of you for 8 bucks" I basically said, "Why, I thought nobody likes him!" He kept asking and asking until my dad scared him off . The same thing happened with the Daniel Bryan figure I saw 1 guy buy like 7 and he saw I was looking for one and asked me, "You lookin' for this one" *He points to his cart full of Daniels and says "20 bucks". Little did he know, I'm friends with the manager and he was more than happy to open up another case .
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 2, 2011 3:32:50 GMT -5
I went to TRU not too long ago and found B10 Ryder and "3 fat-chumlees" (xD) Followed me and they kept asking me, "Why are you getting him? No one likes him". Eventually I see them walking out with a cart full of Ryders and they come up to me and my dad and ask, "Hey, I'll buy that Ryder off of you for 8 bucks" I basically said, "Why, I thought nobody likes him!" He kept asking and asking until my dad scared him off . The same thing happened with the Daniel Bryan figure I saw 1 guy buy like 7 and he saw I was looking for one and asked me, "You lookin' for this one" *He points to his cart full of Daniels and says "20 bucks". Little did he know, I'm friends with the manager and he was more than happy to open up another case . I like that this Chumlee name for scalpers is catching on lol. From this day foward all Scalpers Will Be Referred to As CHUMLEES!!!
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Post by oneofakind187 on Jul 2, 2011 3:56:11 GMT -5
i found if you you put a crease in the card they wont buy it i did that with a heath/christian and toys r us and it still there 3 weeks later cause of the creast in it kinda funny or tell them someone beat them they will literally speed walk or run to the area or get on the phone and call a friend and be like they have how many and be they they just put out 4 cases i on my way hold me etc etc and when he ask send them the way you not going
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Post by spamdfms101 on Jul 2, 2011 8:01:49 GMT -5
I'm really not trying to defend every "scalper" everywhere You're just pretending to? By the way.. how much is Ryder at Ringside right now? Supply and demand, people. And I hope they manage to sell every single one of them... because if it wasn't worth it, no one would buy them, right? Ringside aren't taking the figures away from the standard retailers though. Ringside exploits collectors but at least does so with giving an advantage -- you get the figures earlier than people who buy them at retail. If you don't want to pay Ringside prices, you can wait a few weeks and get them from Toys R Us or K-Mart or wherever. Oh wait, you can't, because a jobless scumbag camped out and got them already. Hey now! Who are you to say thats not a real job!!!!! Theres a difference between a scalper and walmart/kmart/ringside. They buy cases of figures and put them out to buy. Scalpers just come and buy up all the good figures. They serve no benefit to society. They go out every single day at opening so nobody else can have a selection. A person with a real job doesnt have time to go out and do that. I dont have a problem if you're buying figures, see an extra one and buy it to help people on here. But to simply go out at opening every day at every store, only to buy up the good figures, well that is ethically wrong. And Im sorry, if you're 27 and you still live with your mom and the only way you make money is by going store to store buying figures, then yeah you are a loser. Theres no way you can spin that. That is NOT a real job. I know you yourself is a scalper, blackbird, but that is not a real job. NOT A REAL JOB.
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Post by spamdfms101 on Jul 2, 2011 8:07:19 GMT -5
I'm happy I will be getting one of the Eves. Thanks Hulkamania 4 Life! Sweet silva! Glad you were able to work out a deal bra.
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Post by spamdfms101 on Jul 2, 2011 8:17:48 GMT -5
I went to TRU not too long ago and found B10 Ryder and "3 fat-chumlees" (xD) Followed me and they kept asking me, "Why are you getting him? No one likes him". Eventually I see them walking out with a cart full of Ryders and they come up to me and my dad and ask, "Hey, I'll buy that Ryder off of you for 8 bucks" I basically said, "Why, I thought nobody likes him!" He kept asking and asking until my dad scared him off . The same thing happened with the Daniel Bryan figure I saw 1 guy buy like 7 and he saw I was looking for one and asked me, "You lookin' for this one" *He points to his cart full of Daniels and says "20 bucks". Little did he know, I'm friends with the manager and he was more than happy to open up another case . If they tried that crap with me I would break their ing jaw. And thats not some internet tough guy talking, I'm dead serious. Ive told the local scalper here, that if I ever see him in action that I will confront him.
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Post by spamdfms101 on Jul 2, 2011 8:19:12 GMT -5
I went to TRU not too long ago and found B10 Ryder and "3 fat-chumlees" (xD) Followed me and they kept asking me, "Why are you getting him? No one likes him". Eventually I see them walking out with a cart full of Ryders and they come up to me and my dad and ask, "Hey, I'll buy that Ryder off of you for 8 bucks" I basically said, "Why, I thought nobody likes him!" He kept asking and asking until my dad scared him off . The same thing happened with the Daniel Bryan figure I saw 1 guy buy like 7 and he saw I was looking for one and asked me, "You lookin' for this one" *He points to his cart full of Daniels and says "20 bucks". Little did he know, I'm friends with the manager and he was more than happy to open up another case . I like that this Chumlee name for scalpers is catching on lol. From this day foward all Scalpers Will Be Referred to As CHUMLEES!!! Sorry for the quadrouple post, but thats offensive to chumlee! ;D
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 2, 2011 9:12:09 GMT -5
Scalping may be unethical, but early bird gets the worm. Like another poster mentioned earlier in this thread though, you defeat the scalpers by not buying figures at a ridiculous price and simply waiting them out. Well this bird was screwed out of his worm. Can't do nothing if they got connections on the inside. There were rumors that one of the TRUs I go to cleaned house because some employees were holding stuff back for certain people. I kind of believe it because that store had some heavy employee turnover and now every piece is put on the pegs. If you can get to and complain to the right person at TRU maybe that stuff will stop. But really why should you have to, there should already be an enforced policy.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 2, 2011 10:38:58 GMT -5
Well this bird was screwed out of his worm. Can't do nothing if they got connections on the inside. There were rumors that one of the TRUs I go to cleaned house because some employees were holding stuff back for certain people. I kind of believe it because that store had some heavy employee turnover and now every piece is put on the pegs. If you can get to and complain to the right person at TRU maybe that stuff will stop. But really why should you have to, there should already be an enforced policy. U can complain all u want but at the end of the day some1 is still buying the items and that's all store managers care about.
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Post by fallbrawl on Jul 2, 2011 16:30:36 GMT -5
I used to get upset if i seen the scalper in tru buying all the good figures.But now i just let it go because there is no way for me to beat them. I did however beat one scalper. I was at a neighborhood sale and i seen a plastic tote full of ra figures. By the time i got up there this guy had already bought them.I seen the sign said "Wrestlers 50 cents each". A few weeks later i seen him setting up a booth at the local flea market. He was putting the figures in his display case.I asked him how much and he said "$5.00 each".I asked him if he would work me a deal if i bought all of his figures and he said yes.I told him i would buy every figure he had for $3.00 each.He then slammed the display case door in my face and walked away. I went into the flea market everyweek for the next few weeks until one day i went in there and seen he was cleaning out his booth.I offered to buy all of his figures for $3.00 each (he never sold one figure).He got up and walked away mid sentence.
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Post by thedecision on Jul 2, 2011 17:39:04 GMT -5
what is so good about the ryder? ive passed on it many times
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