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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 12, 2013 23:52:22 GMT -5
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. Why is it ridiculous? They shouldn't have to understand the hobby to do something for someone they love. There have been numerous times when I've hit dead ends with the stores in my city and put in a few calls to people in others areas. It works like a charm. Doing someone a favor should never seem ridiculous.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 13, 2013 0:00:46 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 findUm, false. Specialty stores like comic books shops and sports card shops were buying collectibles of all sorts from retail stores in the '80s and marking them up.
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Post by hitman1072 on Jul 13, 2013 12:40:37 GMT -5
Not one anti-scalping post so far has been in any way logical, or even a good argument against it. Every one has been based on emotion. I still don't even get how this relates to Mattel figures. How are people not finding this stuff at retail? I don't even do much hunting, and I've found everything but Kevin Nash. That I bout on Ebay for under $25 shipped. The same could be said of those arguing in favor of it. Just a bunch of people trying to defend their scalping. You're absolutely wrong. People defending scalping aren't being emotional at all. They say they do it to make money. How is that emotional? I think you thought turning the argument around on me would work. It didn't. Sorry.
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Post by JuiceWinslow on Jul 13, 2013 14:29:58 GMT -5
I don't understand how people with jobs find the time to scalp toys.. I am going to assume most of them are unemployed?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 15:42:28 GMT -5
In my 35 mile drive to work, I pass six walmarts, three targets, and a TRU. If I wanted to buy up all the stock,it'd take an hour at most. That's not time consuming.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 16:37:17 GMT -5
I don't understand how people with jobs find the time to scalp toys.. I am going to assume most of them are unemployed? Where are they getting the money??
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 13, 2013 16:54:38 GMT -5
The same could be said of those arguing in favor of it. Just a bunch of people trying to defend their scalping. You're absolutely wrong. People defending scalping aren't being emotional at all. They say they do it to make money. How is that emotional? I think you thought turning the argument around on me would work. It didn't. Sorry. greed = emotion This topic went 12 pages and it was created by a banned bad trader. There you go.
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Post by East Coast on Jul 13, 2013 17:04:25 GMT -5
a topic promoting scalping......created by a scammer; got to more pages then the thread i made showing all of u the awesome Mankind figure i found
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 17:15:33 GMT -5
You're absolutely wrong. People defending scalping aren't being emotional at all. They say they do it to make money. How is that emotional? I think you thought turning the argument around on me would work. It didn't. Sorry. greed = emotion This topic went 12 pages and it was created by a banned bad trader. There you go. I don't know if I would agree that greed = emotion ?!?! Greed is one of the seven deadly sins though. I really believe that it's suppy vs demand. I wouldn't call it greed. I wouldn't say scalpers are emotionally driven. Yes, having money makes like more enjoyable! I don't think money is the driving force behind scalping. But, it is the intent with the earnings that drive people to do it. I'm shocked the some people what pay more than retail for a figure that is at retail. I'm suprised that there is such a gain from it that it's worth the time and effort.
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 13, 2013 17:27:59 GMT -5
I don't know if I would agree that greed = emotion ?!?! Greed is one of the seven deadly sins though. I really believe that it's suppy vs demand. I wouldn't call it greed. I wouldn't say scalpers are emotionally driven. Yes, having money makes like more enjoyable! I don't think money is the driving force behind scalping. But, it is the intent with the earnings that drive people to do it. I'm shocked the some people what pay more than retail for a figure that is at retail. I'm suprised that there is such a gain from it that it's worth the time and effort. I should mention, if you buy a figure for $2 and sell it at $40, that's great. I think the person buying 5 of the same figure during one trip to TRU is greedy. I know of only one time when I was beaten to a figure by a scalper. It was on ebay later that night. It's only a toy but the feeling sucks for a few moments. a topic promoting scalping......created by a scammer; got to more pages then the thread i made showing all of u the awesome Mankind figure i found I bought four Basics at TRU that I didn't even need. I hope they don't change the rules, remember Basics weren't allowed with Vince.
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Post by Flair Forever on Jul 13, 2013 17:31:01 GMT -5
What I can't figure out... is how everyone has all this time to be on here arguing about this for three straight days!
Shouldn't we all be either working or scalping figures?
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Post by gelatinoustapeworm on Jul 13, 2013 17:37:07 GMT -5
The same could be said of those arguing in favor of it. Just a bunch of people trying to defend their scalping. You're absolutely wrong. People defending scalping aren't being emotional at all. They say they do it to make money. How is that emotional? I think you thought turning the argument around on me would work. It didn't. Sorry. Honestly, I wasn't trying to turn anything around on you, just simply stating my opinion based on what I had read in the thread. To me, if you are trying to defend something you do, regardless of the reasons, that involves emotion. If you didn't care what people thought about it, why would you even bother to respond?
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Post by hitman1072 on Jul 13, 2013 18:01:03 GMT -5
You're absolutely wrong. People defending scalping aren't being emotional at all. They say they do it to make money. How is that emotional? I think you thought turning the argument around on me would work. It didn't. Sorry. greed = emotion This topic went 12 pages and it was created by a banned bad trader. There you go. Incorrect. Greed is not an emotion. That's also assuming that scalping is greed. That's a charged term you've assigned to scalping. I reject it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 18:11:24 GMT -5
I should mention, if you buy a figure for $2 and sell it at $40, that's great. I think the person buying 5 of the same figure during one trip to TRU is greedy. I know of only one time when I was beaten to a figure by a scalper. It was on ebay later that night. It's only a toy but the feeling sucks for a few moments. I don't know if this is about me, b/c I find a lot of stuff on eBay and flip it. I don't list anything unless I've gotten it... So I believe it's someone else, lol. As far as eBay hunting is concerned, I believe it's much like garage sales or Craigslist finds, and it's nothing even close to the scaplers that the majority of the members are talking about. Although, I do know what it's like to lose an auction. So I feel you on that! I've never witnessed scalping on site, but if I did see that, I'd prolly would get mad and try to take one... If it was something I wanted! If I ever witness a return with a switch-a-roo!!! I'm bustin that whisker biscuit!!!
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 13, 2013 18:32:53 GMT -5
I don't know if this is about me,... Not aimed at you, I was thinking in general. I should have explained better. I was referring to a time I missed a figure at a local store. I was working OT, the dude bought it before me, then listed on ebay. Annoying .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 18:39:55 GMT -5
Sounds like you should've bought it first? You can't blame others just cause you been slippin.
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Post by jnavo217 on Jul 13, 2013 18:41:07 GMT -5
What I can't figure out... is how everyone has all this time to be on here arguing about this for three straight days! Shouldn't we all be either working or scalping figures? This...I work in stores like wal-mart, target, meijer, kroger, etc and i just started collecting in late 2012 so I need a lot of the older stuff so when I see the hot commodity figure while at work in any of these stores, i'll scoop them up for trade and such, if that's scalping, then w/e...I also buy cases so I can get what I want early and sell off the rest at a reasonable rate, sometimes it's tough to find what you want, so buying for trade works like a charm
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 13, 2013 19:15:45 GMT -5
Sounds like you should've bought it first? You can't blame others just cause you been slippin. Can't win 'em all.
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Post by JuiceWinslow on Jul 14, 2013 1:21:53 GMT -5
In my 35 mile drive to work, I pass six walmarts, three targets, and a TRU. If I wanted to buy up all the stock,it'd take an hour at most. That's not time consuming. 10 stores and drive 35 miles in an hour? Good luck with that 1.
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Post by JuiceWinslow on Jul 14, 2013 1:23:30 GMT -5
I don't understand how people with jobs find the time to scalp toys.. I am going to assume most of them are unemployed? Where are they getting the money?? Unemployment checks? Their parent's? Don't know. You are asking the wrong person.
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