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Looking for a "yellow" Stalker at a reasonable price
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10-30-2007, 07:44 PM
swafus
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Quote:
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I think the reason people get flustered is because, regardless of whether "you" like it or not, we're all part of a larger community. Kinda like a large circle of friends. People take it personal when they think their friends are ripping them off.
I would disagree with one statement you made:
"Saying you'd sell something for $20 when you could get $100 for (to a complete stranger no less) is a borderline psychosis."
Why so? Isn't hooking someone up who otherwise wouldn't have an item worth it? Sorry, Fridge, but I want to use one of our transactions as an example:
I don't know Fridge from a hole in the wall, he doesn't know me from Moses.
I posted my needs: Color Change Zartan, Green Stalker. My offering? Silver Head PDD on card. My asking price for the figure - $15. What I paid for it. Sure, I coulda turned around and took a monetary offer from another member, then bought the figures from Fridge.
Know what though? I wouldn't feel right doing so. That's just me though. To each their own.
You said it best here: "That is Capitalism."
Unfortunately, my friends, that's what it all comes down to. Money. Some of us are completists, some of us aren't. Those of us that
want
that variant figure, because otherwise, to us, our collections will feel like they're missing something.
Giving something to someone at cost is a hook up. I actually received 2 pm's when I posted that I had found 5 Cobra Legions sets. Someone who will remained unnamed (you know who you are, feel free to post ;) ), actually called me a liar when I stated that I bought the sets for other people, and was only keeping one for myself.
Sorry....let me get back on track:
A decent price for a Yellow Stalker is anything that the buyer is willing to offer...be it $20, or be it $100. It's what the prospective buyer is willing to pay. That is his/her decent price.
What a seller is willing to accept for it is another matter all together. If someone is looking to part with their item for what the market dictates, then by all means, do so. However, always understand that that's called a sale, not a hook up.
The deal you guys worked out was a fair, cost-for-cost swap. I have no issue with that and have entertained offers with board members for the same type of deal. But when you start getting into high $$ items and someone willing to "give" it away out of the goodness of their heart? I applaud anyone who would do that and wish them well. Morally I believe it is quite a victory, realistically I believe it is quite foolish to do so.
To each his own though.
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