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How do you tell Scalpers are hittin your stores?
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08-27-2009, 01:33 PM
colonyofcells
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I have been to my Target at 8 am and I sometimes see people come early and look at all the toys. The usual toys they buy are hot wheels, match box, cars, star wars, etc. Since they go over all the toys in the toy section, it is likely that these are resellers rather than collectors who buy many types of toys.
Resellers have many patrons so I would assume that these resellers are providing an essential service.
Sometimes resellers do something more drastic such as trying to buy up all the quantities of a particular toy in their local stores to ensure that buyers have to buy from the resellers. Buyers just have to be patient and wait for new stock from the stores or wait for the resellers to return their unsold items to the stores. If the stores don't restock the toy, then buyers have no choice but to buy from the resellers. If buyers don't like to buy from the resellers, the buyers can also go to the stores at 8:00 am like what the resellers are doing. Sometimes, the resellers are store employees so you cannot beat them unless you also become a store employee.
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