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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2010 14:23:46 GMT -5
I was at my toys r us helping my mom look for a birthday gift. So i was checking the wrestling aisle and see this guy on his iphone just checking listings on ebay and putting all the mattel and jakks stuff into his cart. So i wanted to mess with him, i grabbed a CS 6 animal which he was looking at online. This guy goes following me around all the store and then i tell him 5 bucks for it, and he paid me to just give to him. Great Day.
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stinghitmanfan
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Post by stinghitmanfan on Feb 7, 2010 14:32:04 GMT -5
damn thats being desperate scalper there it freaky following you. you shoulve ask for 10 lol. now thats a great day.
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Post by bencw on Feb 7, 2010 14:34:19 GMT -5
lol, that sounds pretty cool. scalpers are a pain to the collecting community imo, however, it is a good way of making money.
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Post by marino13 on Feb 7, 2010 14:37:07 GMT -5
I would have bought it just to spite him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2010 14:47:53 GMT -5
I would have bought it just to spite him. I didn't even want it. I bought the cs 21 animal and hawk. I just grab it cus he was looking it up on ebay. I wanted to see what he would do. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2010 14:52:24 GMT -5
should of just got a manager and complained how he was following you.
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Post by blkhart on Feb 7, 2010 14:56:07 GMT -5
wow what a loser,i hate scalpers. sooo pathetic i mean get a freakin job
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Post by ECFS on Feb 7, 2010 14:57:06 GMT -5
there is no point to scalp ... the profit is minimal
all those figures are being re released so what is the point
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Feb 7, 2010 15:16:30 GMT -5
I hate those kinds scalpers but if you buy one or 2 figures to sell so you can let your collection grow i have no problem.
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Post by ragincajun713 on Feb 7, 2010 15:35:51 GMT -5
I hate scalpers, when I used to collect the UFC figures, I was at TRU, and they had just stocked up a few boxes of UFC 1, so they had 2 of every figure. I was with my g/f and her mom, so we were walking around and I was going to pick them up after. As I begin walking to the UFC/WWE aisle, I see a guy coming out of it carrying all of them and on the phone telling someone to post them on ebay that he'll add pictures after. This pissed me off a lot because I wanted to pick up 2 of the guys and now they had none.
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Post by musicfan on Feb 7, 2010 15:37:32 GMT -5
I'm positive you're lying. On average lately, it looks like the Animal Figure goes for maybe $16-20 tops. There's no way in hell this guy would give you $5 and then go buy the figure, totaling him up at the least $17.99 plus tax after giving you the fin. Especially if he was looking up prices off ebay.
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Post by thecrazykid23 on Feb 7, 2010 15:57:37 GMT -5
WTF are scalpers  |
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Post by King Silva on Feb 7, 2010 16:02:30 GMT -5
^ Scalpers are people who buy a ton of rare figures or any popular ones so that they can then sell them for a profit. Say they find a hornswoggle fig when it first came out. That fig was really popular so they would find like 2 or 3 of them and then buy them all for $30 total and then go on ebay or anywhere to sell them for like $30+ each. I guess it is a good idea but it is kinda  ed up for people who can't then find that fig because some bastard bough all of them.. But to your story, that is kinda scary that he was following you. What the hell did he look like..? I would have told him off.. |
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Post by thecrazykid23 on Feb 7, 2010 16:07:51 GMT -5
oohhhhh okay. Then i know one that has gone as far as to push some kid to the ground for a John Cena figure. Scalpers are creepy.
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 7, 2010 16:43:04 GMT -5
Mattel figs aren't even worth more than retail on the secondary market, so what's the point?
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Post by fallbrawl on Feb 7, 2010 16:45:08 GMT -5
I know of a few scalpers at the local flea market. there is one guy who told me he was going to be getting the hogan/andre pack and he wanted $35.00 for it and told me to come back the next week to pick it up later that day i saw him buying it at big lots for $10.00
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Post by thecrazykid23 on Feb 7, 2010 16:49:20 GMT -5
I know of a few scalpers at the local flea market. there is one guy who told me he was going to be getting the hogan/andre pack and he wanted $35.00 for it and told me to come back the next week to pick it up later that day i saw him buying it at big lots for $10.00 Hogan/Andre pack at Big Lots! Really  . Did you get one? |
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Feb 7, 2010 16:54:35 GMT -5
Mattel figs aren't even worth more than retail on the secondary market, so what's the point? That's what I'm finding very strange about the scalpers on here. Mattel figures are already very expensive, even the online stores are barely charging more than retail. So are there really people on ebay that are going to pay the kjtoys prices? |
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Post by bobsagetbrigade on Feb 7, 2010 17:18:10 GMT -5
hahaha some people need to get real jobs
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 7, 2010 17:58:06 GMT -5
Seeing as Mattel is mass produced, it's kinda pointless to be scalping them because they won't be worth jack in 10 years. That's just like someone scalping BCA figures 10 years ago, and look what they're worth now. At the time, people were going crazy for those figures too.
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