elbowdrops
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Post by elbowdrops on Mar 21, 2013 12:09:20 GMT -5
If your buying figures to resell them, your just contributing to the problem. call it scalping call it making a quick buck, call it whatever you want. It's not just WWE figures its most all toys, it's like the Christmas season attitude is all year round now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:18:01 GMT -5
bottom line is i paid £7.50 for each but most places are £10 if you haven;t got the money to buy 2 at one time i am selling them for around £20 pound each i have to post them charges on to of that. in some places they may never get that many of them. some people don,t have a car to go 20 miles to look for them. i will stand to get one tensi ray sin cara sandow for my self not big money i take the risk of selling or getting lost in the post. they are happy i am more than happy. you will still day im scum maybe im just born to burn
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:20:52 GMT -5
bottom line is i paid £7.50 for each but most places are £10 if you haven;t got the money to buy 2 at one time i am selling them for around £20 pound each i have to post them charges on to of that. in some places they may never get that many of them. some people don,t have a car to go 20 miles to look for them. i will stand to get one tensi ray sin cara sandow for my self not big money i take the risk of selling or getting lost in the post. they are happy i am more than happy. you will still day im scum maybe im just born to burn Yeah this is exactly why people hate scalpers.
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Post by AmbroseBeforeHoes on Mar 21, 2013 12:24:28 GMT -5
bottom line is i paid £7.50 for each but most places are £10 if you haven;t got the money to buy 2 at one time i am selling them for around £20 pound each That doesn't make sense?! He can only afford to buy 1 at £10, yet your offering it him for £20, the price of 2, which he said he couldn't afford on the 1st place?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:32:40 GMT -5
look at it this way 20 miles in petrol or bus fare the cost to park the hassle to go looking in the first place not know if what the want is going to be in their or stand at a bus stop for hours or for a bit more hassle free getting it posted to them not all people get i boner on going to a toy shop you know
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:36:06 GMT -5
look at it this way 20 miles in petrol or bus fare the cost to park the hassle to go looking in the first place not know if what the want is going to be in their or stand at a bus stop for hours or for a bit more hassle free getting it posted to them not all people get i boner on going to a toy shop you know You can't justify greed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:38:11 GMT -5
they could have gone up to 3 times to that shop to look for that one figure would have been cheaper to buy from me so what is the big drama
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:39:18 GMT -5
do you live under a rock the world is run by greed
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 12:47:14 GMT -5
do you live under a rock the world is run by greed Yeah and it's people like you that make it so. People wouldn't have to go to the shop 2 or 3 times to get it if there weren't bungholes like you being greedy and trying to take their money.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 13:02:55 GMT -5
you don:t know that their is never loads of one figure at the start to go around if everyone is after the same one chances are its not their plus take base eve it ever came out in my area i looked for it loads of times so i had to buy on line £13.00 £3 more than i would but at the end of the day i would have paid more i am just happy i got one
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 13:13:04 GMT -5
Trying to decipher your posts hurts my head, you are a very greedy and selfish person. End of.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 13:15:31 GMT -5
but you still feel the need to reply to me very strange
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 21, 2013 13:57:04 GMT -5
Scalping is one thing. Completely cleaning house of ALL two very anticipated figures Is another... It's the same basically
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Mar 21, 2013 14:20:37 GMT -5
I am amused at how this kid calls boxes "boxers" and basics "base." I think maybe English isn't his first language. A scalper child who mangles the English language is quite an interesting heel gimmick on here. It'll be short-lived though, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 14:38:09 GMT -5
This whole thread is hilarious. Bottom line is this. Someone "scalps" a figure, you can either buy it, or don't buy it. If I go on eBay and look for something I'd like to have and I don't like the price I see, I say "f*ck it" and move on. No sense in acting like a spoiled little kid on an internet message board about it, name-calling and the like. And I bet that, if this guy wasn't a new member [been here a month or so] that this wouldn't even be a problem. It boils down to you all blasting the new guy for doing what alot of people here have already done before. I personally don't do it, but that's because 9 times out of 10, I only have enough money to get one figure for me when I see new things. If I had money to grab a couple extra figures and turn them around for a few extra dollars, I would. And so would everyone here, so stop trying to play the moral police and act like you would only ever buy one figure of a guy, 100% of the time. And the sob stories don't help either. "I'm the biggest fan of [insert name here] and I don't have the figure yet, but some kid goes and buys 4 of them." That makes you sound like a crybaby. Sorry. don't think everyone on here would turn them around for cash. just you an a few other scumbags.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Mar 21, 2013 16:54:53 GMT -5
This whole thread is hilarious. Bottom line is this. Someone "scalps" a figure, you can either buy it, or don't buy it. If I go on eBay and look for something I'd like to have and I don't like the price I see, I say "f*ck it" and move on. No sense in acting like a spoiled little kid on an internet message board about it, name-calling and the like. And I bet that, if this guy wasn't a new member [been here a month or so] that this wouldn't even be a problem. It boils down to you all blasting the new guy for doing what alot of people here have already done before. I personally don't do it, but that's because 9 times out of 10, I only have enough money to get one figure for me when I see new things. If I had money to grab a couple extra figures and turn them around for a few extra dollars, I would. And so would everyone here, so stop trying to play the moral police and act like you would only ever buy one figure of a guy, 100% of the time. And the sob stories don't help either. "I'm the biggest fan of [insert name here] and I don't have the figure yet, but some kid goes and buys 4 of them." That makes you sound like a crybaby. Sorry. don't think everyone on here would turn them around for cash. just you an a few other scumbags. Nice of you to ignore the rest of my post, ass. I said I don't do it because 9x of 10 I barely have money to get even one figure so I'm not gonna bother "helping" anyone else before the needs of my own collection. But if I can make back my gas money helping someone else out, I would. You would too at $4/gallon. Again, as mentioned it's no different than $40 for ONE Elite Ryback right now on RSC. I don't like that price, but instead of whining about it, I'm just not going to buy it. Move on and find another figure that you want.
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Post by jimmy1873 on Mar 21, 2013 17:02:16 GMT -5
I honestly hope that no one buys ANYTHING from your scalper ass. And what pray tell is your definition of 'taxed to death?' Over here in the US there are states are at 8-9% and above for sales tax. 20% in the UK
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Post by jimmy1873 on Mar 21, 2013 17:13:33 GMT -5
Well if he's 14, lol, I'm sure his perents bought them then! As for buying them all... He didn't buy all the Sandow and Tensai figures. I'd think criticism over people's view points is childish in its self. Regardless of how selfish it is, it's always about the hunt. I don't get angry or jealous when anyone does score a nice find. Should I have to live with your dislike of my collecting habits? Should I learn to take your criticism?? Or should you just grow up and if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all?? I don't know the right answer to these questions, but there are many arguements on both ends. Yeah, it can be selfish. But, it is a service provided for collectors. Yes, there are collectors that don't leave there home, don't have access to TRU, WM, etc... Heck, there are areas in America that doesn't deliver mail except 1 or 2 times a week. Without you guys ( or me ), there would be a collector market. I think it's redic that anyone would believe that "scalpers" are bad people preying on collectors. You guy determine what the value as time goes by. We all help each other in one way or another. Truth is, since I've been here, if you asked me to work with you on a price, I would. This is a community that I enjoy and I consider us a family. Guess that's why we bicker over the small things. One Love!! I'm 13 and my parents only buy me them on my birthday or they give me money and I spend it on them,I spend most of MY money on figs and I prefer the thrill of getting it myself rather than someone buying it for me,makes me feel like I've earned it.
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Kassius OhYes
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Post by Kassius OhYes on Mar 21, 2013 17:19:00 GMT -5
As a guy studying Journalism, this guy's lack of grammar and basic sentence structure is killing me. It's like he is shanking me with his lack of knowledge. P.S you are also an awful person and should be banned for scalping figures and dropping the IQ of those within range of you.
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Post by mrbestintheworld25 on Mar 21, 2013 17:24:23 GMT -5
BY GAWD!!!! HES GOTTA BE SCALPING!!!!!
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