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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 11, 2013 21:22:10 GMT -5
I never saw Nash in stores.
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Jul 11, 2013 21:46:03 GMT -5
I found Diesel just randomly sitting in an aisle at Kmart and I snatched him up right away. Never saw Nash
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2013 22:58:16 GMT -5
You know what's weird? My phone always changes we're to were and were to we're. I still don't make douchey posts on the internet to other people about it when it happens. Yeah that is funny. But what is even funnier is that all you make are douchey posts, but I guess when you're a douche you just see them as normal posts. lol REPORTED
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Jul 11, 2013 23:21:52 GMT -5
Lol, this thread is going on 12 pages. This scalping thread outshined the Mankind mail away figure thread, wherever it disappeared to.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 11, 2013 23:55:12 GMT -5
How do you expect people to beat scalpers at their own game when the average person has work or school to get up for? Not everyone can show up at TRU at 9:30 am everyday because they have more important things to do. Send a friend or family member to the store. There are plenty of people who don't work 9-5 hours, or are retired.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 12, 2013 0:14:43 GMT -5
I found Diesel just randomly sitting in an aisle at Kmart and I snatched him up right away. Never saw Nash I saw Nash and Diesel about a year ago. I checked their prices on Ebay, and they were only selling for about $10 over retail at the time. I passed because it wasn't worth the time an effort. I wish I would have picked them up and waited because now I've seen the pair sell for as much as $75 on Ebay.
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Post by Rattlehead on Jul 12, 2013 0:43:08 GMT -5
[quote author=" MrPerfect25" source="/post/5675255/thread" . Think about this.......if there was bo scalping and no higher second market prices or values, would we feel our collections are as special or as valuable? If everyone in the world who wanted an Elite 21 Honky Tonk Man, found one and bought it, would it be as fun? No. It defeats the purpose.[/quote] There isn't a purpose to be defeated, action figures (toys) are mianly made for kids, but I can careless if my favorite figure was owned by everyone, I'm just glad I own a Honky Tonk Man, figures to me wasn't about value, and profit , if anything its sad to see but like the OP basically said 1st come 1st serve and I can't disagree with that
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jul 12, 2013 2:36:25 GMT -5
How do you expect people to beat scalpers at their own game when the average person has work or school to get up for? Not everyone can show up at TRU at 9:30 am everyday because they have more important things to do. Send a friend or family member to the store. There are plenty of people who don't work 9-5 hours, or are retired. Lol, my family all work jobs as well and even if they didn't having them go action figure hunting for me would be a pretty ridiculous thing to make them do especially at my age. I very rarely buy in retail anyway so I wasn't even referring to myself but I do hate scalpers and I think it's quite pathetic thing to do.
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Post by CodebreakerDX on Jul 12, 2013 6:01:41 GMT -5
Scalpers suck, the worst are the ones who take the Elite Scale Ring and flip them for about 6-7 times their retail price. I get it; they're quite rare. but selling them for $400-500 a pop and making newer collectors' lives even more difficult? them. Figure scalpers aren't as bad, because what they sell you might have a chance of seeing retail. but as i said above, THOSE scalpers are the real douchebag culprits. I'd rather see none on eBay/Amazon at all rather than see the unreasonably priced ones that sit there and are never bought.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 10:21:38 GMT -5
Scalpers suck, the worst are the ones who take the Elite Scale Ring and flip them for about 6-7 times their retail price. I get it; they're quite rare. but selling them for $400-500 a pop and making newer collectors' lives even more difficult? them. Figure scalpers aren't as bad, because what they sell you might have a chance of seeing retail. but as i said above, THOSE scalpers are the real douchebag culprits. I'd rather see none on eBay/Amazon at all rather than see the unreasonably priced ones that sit there and are never bought. Anyone that's willing to throw done $400-$500 on an elite scale ring doesn't have a difficult life!! I can think of at least 37 different things I could do with $500 and not a one involves buying an elite scale ring. As far as "scalped" prices or prices set by demand, I didn't get in to collecting until late last year. I had to savvy shop eBay and get lucky at retail. I figure that scalped prices are like a right of passage. I didn't mind paying the prices I had to pay. I'm angry about a few figures I never got though I had several chances at retail. IE elite 13 Edge, elite 6 JTG, or elite 1 CM Punk. When I scout eBay for the things I want, I generally don't care if it's MOC or not. I look for lots with a few figures, accessories, etc... that I'm interested in. I still get excited when I find a MOC or loose figure with a BIN price that is well below second market price! $44 All-Stars MOC Punk vs Austin, $27 MOC Kane, $25 MOC Andre, etc... I don't know what the definitive definition of scalping is when it comes to us here, but without the secondary market... I would have been S.O.L. Maybe it's someone that goes to retail and buys a stock out and gets crazy with the price gouging? I might be crazy, but there are very few figures that I have paid more than $30 for. With eBay, it take time to find the right deal!
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Post by Flair Forever on Jul 12, 2013 10:48:03 GMT -5
A) Find a new toy line to scalp... I here Neca is worth money B) delete your account When Jakks Classics started up, and scalpers came on here to post pics of their loot, they got so much heat they deleted themeselves or got banned because the Admins knew they would be trouble. I miss the days whe. wF was anti scalper. Now we are pro??? Really? " you make great points" No, you don't make great points. You just puss people off. What makes you anymore entitled to the figures at Wal-mart than anyone else? Because you think you collect the "Right" way? We all have different motives in our actions, and when it comes to collecting toys, there is not right or wrong way to do it. I'm personally not a scalper, or a customizer for that matter, but I am not going to knock anyone for doing either of those things. If someone thinks they can make a quick dollar or two on a figure, more power to them. As stated above, I don't personally go out looking for figures that I already have to make a profit, but every once in awhile when I stumble across one, I pick it up to help my personal collection grow. If you don't like "scalpers" getting the toys before you, then maybe you should find another hobby because it certainly will not stop if true collectors are just going to sit back and watch it happen. As stated above, if you don't like the scalpers sitting out in front of TRU every friday, maybe you should start sitting there with them and beat them to the figures. After losing out on the valuable figures a few times, they will go somewhere else and you won't have that problem. Problem is, everyone is here busy complaining and giving there sad stories about how they missed out due to a scalper. Get up and do something about it. Sorry friend - just as it is the right of scalper's to "camp out" and take full advantage of "first-come-first-serve" - it is our right to complain about it. "We - The People!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 10:52:22 GMT -5
im not a big fan of anyone scalping anything really. if u scalp toys ,well thats another topic i guess.. I buy these things for my personal fixation of characters i grew up with or like right now. but if you do it, im not hating on you doing it , its ur life. its just kinda ashame u gotta do it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 12:01:48 GMT -5
hey i agree were all scalpers,reason i say that is because if we see a good figure on the shelf and its the only one at retail,we might as well get it. First off it's We're not were. And are you buying that one figure for your collection or to sell it. If you are buying for your collection then you aren't scalping...but if you are just buying it to make a profit then you are. Also please so lump everyone together, because I have never once purchased a figure to trade or make a profit on. Anything I have ever purchased has gone to my collection or a few friends who asked me to help them out. And if I don't just give it to them outright as a gift it's for cost plus shipping. Call PJ what you will, but I have known him for many years and he has ALWAYS been a friend to the Collector, to a fault. Probably one of the most honest easygoing guys you will see here. That said, everyone has the right to an opinion, however the thread title is just begging for a series of anti-scalping responses and with good reason, so expecting to have several in opposition should be expected. There are several reason why scalping hurts the hobby...it's not just about convenience, kids and overall selfishness..it's a nice mixture of it all.
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Post by speedlgt on Jul 12, 2013 15:47:10 GMT -5
OK so I want to know from a scalper, DO MAKE ANY MONEY FROM THIS CRIME! dont tell me how you sold a fig for 30 dollars profit, I wanna know if you take into account your hourly wage plus all the time you hunt plus your gas then tell me DID YOU MAKE ANY MONEY!
I am guessing its BS and a small amount. You too toys aways form a KID A CHILD or from a collector. BOTTOM LINE.
some of You people say "there is not real argument to not scalp" well guess what its a Free country and you can do whatever the F you want. You are free to be an EVIL PEICE OF TRASH, more power to you but that dont make it RIGHT.
Kids and collectors are the GOOD guys scalpers SUCK. bottom line.
there is one other peice to this puzzle. MATTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the distribution creates scalpers! why were there no scalpers in the 80s cause there was toys EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!! they were not hard to find
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Post by Flair Forever on Jul 12, 2013 16:19:51 GMT -5
If it's worth anything, some places are aware of scalpers and do try to combat the problem.
During the late 90's, I worked for a store inside an amusement park that sold Beanie Babies, when they were really popular. We knew who all the scalpers were - some of them would hide outside and look into the store with binoculars. Many had bought season passes to the park just to come in and get the Beanie Babies...
On "shipment" days, we would always put a minimum out at the beginning of the day - and hold a bunch back until later when the scalpers were satisfied that they had cleaned us out. We did this with the blessing (and the direction) of our supervisors - they wanted to make sure everyone got a fair chance.
It really was fun to see the looks on the little kids faces (and some of the old ladies that collected them) when we always had good stuff for them... I actually liked that part of the job...
I'm sure this goes on more than we know about...
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Post by jayrod2009 on Jul 12, 2013 16:30:40 GMT -5
If it's worth anything, some places are aware of scalpers and do try to combat the problem. During the late 90's, I worked for a store inside an amusement park that sold Beanie Babies, when they were really popular. We knew who all the scalpers were - some of them would hide outside and look into the store with binoculars. Many had bought season passes to the park just to come in and get the Beanie Babies... On "shipment" days, we would always put a minimum out at the beginning of the day - and hold a bunch back until later when the scalpers were satisfied that they had cleaned us out. We did this with the blessing (and the direction) of our supervisors - they wanted to make sure everyone got a fair chance. It really was fun to see the looks on the little kids faces (and some of the old ladies that collected them) when we always had good stuff for them... I actually liked that part of the job... I'm sure this goes on more than we know about... It does. I worked at TRU in 2009 when the hampster pets were first coming out and were te Hot Holiday item. Zoo Zoo pets is what I think they were called. I worked back of house, so I saw and scanned all 100 cases of them. We had easily 1000 of these things. On the release night, we limiter them 2 per customer, and sold about 600, and the next day we put the rest on the shelf, and also got a new shipment in that night. My manager even told large groups that it was a limit to groups as well. So 2 per checkout. My manager was anti scalper due to his childhood. Star Wars sold a piece of cardboard for their first series of Star Wars figures. Him living i. orlando at the time, he said he never got it as a child, and will never forget the feeling. Anyone that had a chance to work for TRU, do it, its a game changer to see how many cases of figures they actually have in the back. I think I counted 30 cases of JAKKS figures one night cause I was bored.
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Post by @.@ Hempsterdance @.@ on Jul 12, 2013 17:50:48 GMT -5
its not that i hate when they get the figures before me, Its the fact that they sell it for astronomical amounts of money
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Post by fallbrawl on Jul 12, 2013 17:51:43 GMT -5
I agree with some of the points you made. I just hate it when i go to wal-mart after work and see that a scalper has already been there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 19:54:25 GMT -5
Scalpers suck, the worst are the ones who take the Elite Scale Ring and flip them for about 6-7 times their retail price. I get it; they're quite rare. but selling them for $400-500 a pop and making newer collectors' lives even more difficult? them. Figure scalpers aren't as bad, because what they sell you might have a chance of seeing retail. but as i said above, THOSE scalpers are the real douchebag culprits. I'd rather see none on eBay/Amazon at all rather than see the unreasonably priced ones that sit there and are never bought. Anyone that's willing to throw done $400-$500 on an elite scale ring doesn't have a difficult life!! I can think of at least 37 different things I could do with $500 and not a one involves buying an elite scale ring. As far as "scalped" prices or prices set by demand, I didn't get in to collecting until late last year. I had to savvy shop eBay and get lucky at retail. I figure that scalped prices are like a right of passage. I didn't mind paying the prices I had to pay. I'm angry about a few figures I never got though I had several chances at retail. IE elite 13 Edge, elite 6 JTG, or elite 1 CM Punk. When I scout eBay for the things I want, I generally don't care if it's MOC or not. I look for lots with a few figures, accessories, etc... that I'm interested in. I still get excited when I find a MOC or loose figure with a BIN price that is well below second market price! $44 All-Stars MOC Punk vs Austin, $27 MOC Kane, $25 MOC Andre, etc... I don't know what the definitive definition of scalping is when it comes to us here, but without the secondary market... I would have been S.O.L. Maybe it's someone that goes to retail and buys a stock out and gets crazy with the price gouging? I might be crazy, but there are very few figures that I have paid more than $30 for. With eBay, it take time to find the right deal! I kinda wanna see the list
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Post by East Coast on Jul 12, 2013 20:01:58 GMT -5
he might as well have had another thread titled:
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SCAMMING
because he just got banned....again
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