airbud
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Post by airbud on Feb 17, 2021 19:08:45 GMT -5
I am only venting on a forum with other collectors. A lot of people on this forum scalp, apparently. Not really a surprise. We all know what’s worth what and someone is going to be willing to make those extra dollars. Personally for me, I don’t want action figures to be a side hustle. I don’t need to take away the satisfaction of the hunt from others. I barely make rounds to the stores these days anyways. you didn’t answer my question though. also keeping in mind, i have never sold anything online. i’ve only traded and that was about 20 years ago. so please, answer the question i asked. If it is something I am looking for and you bought the entire stock to resell at an inflated rate I would be annoyed. As I’m sure you would be too if I was the sh1# stain who bought them all before you got one.
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Post by Di-Di-Dis-Distribution Problem on Feb 17, 2021 19:14:01 GMT -5
Keep in mind that people may buy more, say three Steamboats, clear $10 on each and boom, pays for their own figure. Some people scalp to support their own hobby, and I have absolutely no problems with.
It’s a free market collecting economy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 19:31:45 GMT -5
It’s a free market collecting economy. 100%. Essentially just exploiting market inefficiencies. We're not talking about Martin skrelli or whatever his name was spiking a med price 700% here.
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Post by bosox3 on Feb 17, 2021 19:39:49 GMT -5
selling online plus fees..ect. to me, its not worth my time or effort for a measly 5-10..
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Post by neptuneandtheblues on Feb 17, 2021 19:48:58 GMT -5
I feel like scalpers are the only way I can get figures nowadays. Preorders sell out within seconds, stores rarely get product(maybe a single case that is soldout that day), and few retailers carry figures anymore. I drive myself crazy going from store to store to store to find nothing. I paid $60 over retail for AEW Series 2, and it was worth every penny. If I don't find DOD2 soon, I'm heading to the secondary market for them as well. Hunting is too frustrating.
And by the way, I've never sold anything on the secondary market. I've never even traded online. I've tried, but no one wants Kassius Ohno:).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 19:58:39 GMT -5
Making $10 on a figure.
Multiply that by bulk number, say 5. That’s a good $50 profit.
Flipping collectibles online has become a form of self-employment. It’s always been a thing at brick and mortar collectible shops though.
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Post by CM Poor on Feb 17, 2021 20:09:09 GMT -5
If one of the said “scalpers” would be so kind as to resell me a dod henry (shipped loose and I don’t want the barbell either) that would redeem you I already told you - I find that and I'm DMing you from the store. Making $10 on a figure. Multiply that by bulk number, say 5. That’s a good $50 profit. Flipping collectibles online has become a form of self-employment. It’s always been a thing at brick and mortar collectible shops though. Yup. Nobody out here complaining about their local comic/collectible shops doing the exact same thing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 20:10:24 GMT -5
The gaslighting in this thread is real. We ALL have the right to express our dissatisfaction with scalpers. The easy solution is to just not pay their ransom. Let someone else do it.
The harder solution is to network and befriend fellow hunters so you can watch out for each other.
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Post by CM Poor on Feb 17, 2021 20:20:23 GMT -5
The gaslighting in this thread is real. We ALL have the right to express our dissatisfaction with scalpers. The easy solution is to just not pay their ransom. Let someone else do it. The harder solution is to network and befriend fellow hunters so you can watch out for each other. Flip the script. Everyone here also has the right to sell their sh*t if they want. In either sense, someone's bum is gonna be sore. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by CampCornette on Feb 17, 2021 20:29:03 GMT -5
Making $10 on a figure. Multiply that by bulk number, say 5. That’s a good $50 profit. Flipping collectibles online has become a form of self-employment. It’s always been a thing at brick and mortar collectible shops though. Brick and mortar collectible shops have overhead and customers can go there expecting products to be purchased and choose whether or not to pay their prices. Can I come to your house and look around and touch things while you have the heat and electricity on?
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Post by PJ on Feb 17, 2021 20:36:00 GMT -5
If one of the said “scalpers” would be so kind as to resell me a dod henry (shipped loose and I don’t want the barbell either) that would redeem you I already told you - I find that and I'm DMing you from the store. Making $10 on a figure. Multiply that by bulk number, say 5. That’s a good $50 profit. Flipping collectibles online has become a form of self-employment. It’s always been a thing at brick and mortar collectible shops though. Yup. Nobody out here complaining about their local comic/collectible shops doing the exact same thing. My comic shop when I was still buying comics was a store called Funny Books in Lake Hiawatha NJ and he never did that. He only sold comic and figures ordered from Diamond and he charged the price that diamond listed them at. I haven’t been there in 15 plus years but I am sure it’s the same. It was a very small store about the size of a bedroom so the figures he had were only what was preordered for us an maybe an extra case for the store. But he normally didn’t just get figures. And since I moved to NY the only Collectible store is T0y W!z and I have never purchased a figure that was something I should have been able to find at TRU, Target or WalMart. I have purchased a few DCD/DCC figures from them because they were the same price as comic shops would sell them. And speaking of T0y W!z back when TRU was still around whenever I saw the mother of the T0y W!z owner at TRU, Target or Walmart I would grab every DCUC, ML, Elite and WWE CS (when Jakks still had the license) and put them in my wife’s cart and just walk around the store until she left and then put them back on the pegs.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 20:37:41 GMT -5
Making $10 on a figure. Multiply that by bulk number, say 5. That’s a good $50 profit. Flipping collectibles online has become a form of self-employment. It’s always been a thing at brick and mortar collectible shops though. Brick and mortar collectible shops have overhead and customers can go there expecting products to be purchased and choose whether or not to pay their prices. Can I come to your house and look around and touch things while you have the heat and electricity on? ... what?
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Post by xtremebadass on Feb 17, 2021 20:38:13 GMT -5
If you want to switch hobbies that still involve collecting things, chances are there are already scalpers there too.
These scabs ruin everything.
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Post by voicesinmyhead on Feb 17, 2021 20:44:53 GMT -5
Making $10 on a figure. Multiply that by bulk number, say 5. That’s a good $50 profit. Flipping collectibles online has become a form of self-employment. It’s always been a thing at brick and mortar collectible shops though. Brick and mortar collectible shops have overhead and customers can go there expecting products to be purchased and choose whether or not to pay their prices. Can I come to your house and look around and touch things while you have the heat and electricity on? Wow... this post... You know that you can choose NOT to buy figures on eBay right? You’re acting like someone is holding a gun to your head saying you have to get them there. You can choose not to buy it on eBay just like you’re saying you can choose to not buy it in a collectible shop...
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Post by albie333 on Feb 17, 2021 20:52:15 GMT -5
This sh!# just makes me want to stop collecting, and find a new hobby. I've been trying to get a Steamboat elite since Mattel got the license (never got a Jakks Steamboat). Preferably one in white tights, and without ink smudges from his robe. What are you talking about? It is a modest profit for the seller. You obviously can’t afford to be in this hobby.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 21:04:31 GMT -5
This sh!# just makes me want to stop collecting, and find a new hobby. I've been trying to get a Steamboat elite since Mattel got the license (never got a Jakks Steamboat). Preferably one in white tights, and without ink smudges from his robe. What are you talking about? It is a modest profit for the seller. You obviously can’t afford to be in this hobby. I’m very neutral on the matter, but let’s not act like with this specific figure they aren’t walking away with a good $15+ profit on one single figure. Even at $45, I’d be willing to bet these sellers have Prime, which is basically $20 for the figure. Charging at $45-50, maybe “losing” $10 on the deal between eBay fees and shipping. Still a $15-20 profit per figure. Hardly “modest”. They wouldn’t be selling them at that price if the intention wasn’t turning a high profit margin.
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Post by Row on Feb 17, 2021 21:04:56 GMT -5
With shipping, paypal/ebay fees, time and gas to go get the figures, double retail is more than a fair markup
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 21:06:50 GMT -5
With shipping, paypal/ebay fees, time and gas to go get the figures, double retail is more than a fair markup Time and gas. 🤣🤣🤣 Most flippers aren’t burning through a tank of gas for 1-2 figures.
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Post by voicesinmyhead on Feb 17, 2021 21:08:45 GMT -5
What are you talking about? It is a modest profit for the seller. You obviously can’t afford to be in this hobby. I’m very neutral on the matter, but let’s not act like with this specific figure they aren’t walking away with a good $15+ profit on one single figure. Even at $45, I’d be willing to bet these sellers have Prime, which is basically $20 for the figure. Charging at $45-50, maybe “losing” $10 on the deal between eBay fees and shipping. Still a $15-20 profit per figure. Hardly “modest”. They wouldn’t be selling them at that price if the intention wasn’t turning a high profit margin. This is extremely inaccurate. You obviously have no idea how much it costs to ship a figure nowadays. Plus fees. The guy is making tops $13. And that’s being generous. That’s not a huge markup. And guess what? If you don’t like it then don’t buy it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 21:13:53 GMT -5
I’m very neutral on the matter, but let’s not act like with this specific figure they aren’t walking away with a good $15+ profit on one single figure. Even at $45, I’d be willing to bet these sellers have Prime, which is basically $20 for the figure. Charging at $45-50, maybe “losing” $10 on the deal between eBay fees and shipping. Still a $15-20 profit per figure. Hardly “modest”. They wouldn’t be selling them at that price if the intention wasn’t turning a high profit margin. This is extremely inaccurate. You obviously have no idea how much it costs to ship a figure nowadays. Plus fees. The guy is making tops $13. And that’s being generous. That’s not a huge markup. And guess what? If you don’t like it then don’t buy it. I collect loose, so that’s all I can base it on. Haha Again, I’m mostly neutral on the matter. I don’t shake a stick at anyone who flips for a small profit, but you can’t act like someone isn’t walking away with a decent payout after 4-5 figures. Now take that towards the people who sell 2-3 times that much. Again, there’s a reason people do it. And it’s not to make a “modest” profit.
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