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California (Southern, SoCal) G.I. Joe Sightings
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10-22-2013, 10:28 PM
rhodium1977
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maradona
Sir, your argument operates on the assumptions that (a) most of us know each other on a "buddy" level on these boards and that (b) I contacted everyone I know to tell them there was a Retaliation wave one sighting a Rosemead Kmart. Both are in accurate in my case. I only know Jinx723, who has helped me out on at least three occasions, maybe a couple more, and who has helped people find stuff not only in this thread, but in others. I only read your postings and the debate therein associated when I came to post my FIRST Joe purchase at retail in quite some time. Because of the nature of my work, high school teacher, I can never hunt during peak hours: store openings. I have not been able to do so in 13 years, so there's no way I can hoard everything up and call my implied friends to divide up the loot. Were it not for HTS and BBTS, I would not be able to realistically collect figures. The thought that there is no such thing as a scalper when I've personally seen some of the guys who have tables at Frank and Sons coming out of toy aisles with chase figures and troops, as have others, is in need of revision. Call them what you will, and I suppose resellers for profit is a more appropriate moniker, but they exist in droves here in the greater Los Angeles area. Your point about troop builders, and I would add hoarders, is valid. Many people do build armies. I do when I can and if I found five Night Vipers, I would buy five and open them to lead my Jungle Vipers in a diorama showdown. There's no dishonesty on my part in that, nor has there been. But not all collectors are that way and there is no true data or research in this hobby to cite that would definitively indicate anything of the sort. I have theories just as you do, but to imply that your theory is the only truth and that there is a conspiratorial nature to this thread is faulty. There may be collusion on the part of several people here. I cannot know. But there is surely no overarching agreement that includes me or that I am aware of.
You seem to be misunderstanding what I am saying. I do not care if you troop build and I never said anything about hoarding. Good for you troop build all you want. The problem is matter of perception. I can look at the situation and very easily say if I want a figure it is because I am collecting it regardless of the quantities I want of it. When someone else wants that figure or multiples of that figure, whom I do not know, they are somehow scalping. That is all I am saying in regards to people truly admitting that they troop build and not blame everything on scalpers. Everyone is looking at everyone else as a scalper when almost all are collectors themselves. That is the paranoia I am referring to.
As for "buddies" I did not mean "buddies" in a derogatory term. The reason why people group together and help each other is in the fact that product distribution is so low for joes unlike the situation that collectors have with star wars and transformers. It makes sense to group together and is smart. Jinx is nice enough to help you and that is great and no shame on you or him for connecting. All I am saying is the rest of world outside of your friend group is not that bad. Yes we see resellers or scalpers sell product but a few bad apples should not screw it up for everyone else and that includes the sightings forum.
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