Anyone ever scalped the scalpers?

[ShadowNinja]

Anyone ever go to the store see the scalpers grabbing the stuff and having like 30 of one item. Then once they put it in the cart you just say fuck it and grab whatever you want it out looking the guy right in the eye as you do with a not giving a shit look? Ever cause a scene?

[Troynos]

How do you know it's a scalper and not a troop builder?

[Huer-Ta]

How do you know it's a scalper and not a troop builder?

Because he's a ninja. From the shadows.

ShadowNinja.

[DaveViper]

I would do it if I ever saw it going down. That would be awesome! The most inportant thing is you would have to make full eye contact so they knew who dunit to them.

It would be even funnier if the scapler was a kid. And his mom showed up as your grabing all the stuff from his basket. But then it would probably not good so well after that. :D

[DaveViper]

How do you know it's a scalper and not a troop builder?

I'm troop building Renegades Storm Shadow.

J/K. :D

[ShadowNinja]

If hes grabbing like 3 Gambit/Mr Snisters then going down the aisle grabbing two Renegade SS and has a couple more hot wheels in his car like 2 treasure hunts and 3 kitts. Who troop builds kitts and mr sinisters? You can just tell what they are as they go down the aisle. Exspecially if they have their iphone out looking at ebay and talking to their wife saying "Is this valuable? Did you see any of that over there?" I saw it at tru the other day. However, One scalper dude did help me out once and tell me were his stash was for I could get a fig from it.

[Odinsdad]

I'm all about the cart-snatching in that scenario but really freedom is freedom even if it can result in shitty practice.

Not a whole lot that can be done.

It's cool he let you in on his stash though.

[ShadowNinja]

Yeah I agree. You get thier first get whatever you want. Your paying for it. You wake up at 7:30 to get to the store when it opens at 9 and the other guy gets their later cause he wanted to sleep in then all bets are off. However, It does bother me when people know something is hard to get and take every single one of the items not leaving a single one no the pegs. I saw something a while back of a car trunk filled to the rim with crimsom hisses. Why does someone need 500 of those? Doesnt make since to me. I can understand grabbing 3 or 4 of them for trading/custom purposes or even cause you have friends looking for them but not a whole minivan trunk filled to the rim. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.

[T J Bang]

I have on more then one occasion, whilst instore, handed a rare item ive picked of the pegs to a child who clearly wants it more then i ever will.

[Troynos]

Could have been picking them up to sell at cost to friends that don't have access to them.

Don't know that he's a scalper.

I've picked up extras before to help other people out.

[VideoViper]

I just buy a bat & wait for him in the parking Lot, a lot cheaper too.

[DaveViper]

I have on more then one occasion handed a rare item ive picked of the pegs to a child who wanted it more then i ever will.
Good man. Karma comes back around even in the Joe world.


Could have been picking them up to sell at cost to friends that don't have access to them.

Don't know that he's a scalper.

I've picked up extras before to help other people out.

Guilty of this, good point. I cleaned a Ross out of hiss scouts to help other tankers out, giving out a couple at a joe meet up.

[ShadowNinja]

You guys have points but you can watch some and see. The phone is the ticket.

[Lody]

We had one guy on here that HATED "scalpers" and made it a point to put scalper in every post he made.

Then he was found out to be a scalper himself

[ShadowNinja]

lol..That guy had a guilty conscious

[Lody]

lol..That guy had a guilty conscious

That's what I kept saying and no one believed me

[Stuart_Selkirk]

I'm glad you're just explaining your fantasies here.
You would majorly regret grabbing something out of my cart just because you think I could possibly be a scalper.

[CG76]

What about scalping the scalper that scalped a scalper's scalp?

[DaveViper]

wow that's crazy^^^^^ I like the topic of this thread. Were not talking about it its right or wrong to scalp. Been there done that thread. But have you actually caught someone scalping and did you do something about it.

[ShadowNinja]

Ok :D I dont deal in fantasies friend

I'm glad you're just explaining your fantasies here.
You would majorly regret grabbing something out of my cart just because you think I could possibly be a scalper.

[jumido]

I have on more then one occasion, whilst instore, handed a rare item ive picked of the pegs to a child who clearly wants it more then i ever will.

Did something similar at tru last month. I hit up a store kinda out of the way and was pumped to find airtight,sci fi,and a techno viper. I snatched up all 3,even though I already had em. I'm army building techno vipers and wanted the other 2 moc,but I felt kinda bad for the guy standing behind me trying to get at the pegs. So I did a lap and pondered my moral dilemma before rehanging airtight and sci fi. I don't know if the guy bought them or not,but I'm pretty sure he saw what I had and he made a beeline for the pegs after I rehung them. And I got my moc sci fi and airtight later on. But I am cleaning out the renegades ss' if I ever see them.

[Mermaniel]

If I'd see him having lots of stuff like 4 Renegade SS, i'd grad one while looking him in the eyes. Then I'd do this.

Funny Monkey Throws Poop At Camera Girl - CollegeHumor Video (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6626184/monkey-throws-poop-at-camera-girl)

[Dealer Destro]

Can't say I have but I have found people's stashes and have promptly put them back on to the pegs!

[ShadowNinja]

I dont always put peoples stashes back. I have but since then I have stashed. When I come across a person's stash now I feel like doing it but then think that I wouldnt want someone doing it to me so I dont.

Can't say I have but I have found people's stashes and have promptly put them back on to the pegs!

[Dealer Destro]

I dont always put peoples stashes back. I have but since then I have stashed. When I come across a person's stash now I feel like doing it but then think that I wouldnt want someone doing it to me so I dont.

I take the stance that if you have to hide toys becasue you can't buy them on the spot then you are doing it wrong.

[Cobra Terrorist]

You would majorly regret grabbing something out of my cart just because you think I could possibly be a scalper.

Yeah, no kidding, huh? I'm pretty sure that a fist fight would ensue if someone just grabbed my stuff outta my cart/hands.


What about scalping the scalper that scalped a scalper's scalp?

Hmmmm. Good question!

[ShadowNinja]

Point taken. If their are two figs and only can get one right now I stash one and get the other. I did that with a lifeline and sci-fi then had my wife get the sci fi a few days later. Not saying its right but sometimes the feeling over takes you exspecialy if its a hard to find something or other.

I take the stance that if you have to hide toys becasue you can't buy them on the spot then you are doing it wrong.

[sharky]

I seem to recall someone telling a similar story of the reverse. That is, a guy had a Skystriker in his cart and he saw a guy trying to take it out of his cart when he walked over to talk to his wife about something. Of course, you can find plenty of them everywhere, but the first 2 weeks or so, they were selling out.

Actually, I don't have anything really against scalpers other than just call it what it is. I just find it annoying when someone tries to justify it as being some kind of public service to other collectors or something. It's a free country and you can do it if you want. I'm just tired of going around in circles aruging the subtle points of it.

[ShadowNinja]

You would get in a fist fight and possibly arrested for toys? I dont think its worth getting arrested and having to have your family have to bail you out for toys. Not to mention the embarassment when someone ask you why you got arrested.

[ShadowNinja]

I saw that story. Funny.

I seem to recall someone telling a similar story of the reverse. That is, a guy had a Skystriker in his cart and he saw a guy trying to take it out of his cart when he walked over to talk to his wife about something. Of course, you can find plenty of them everywhere, but the first 2 weeks or so, they were selling out.

Actually, I don't have anything really against scalpers other than just call it what it is. I just find it annoying when someone tries to justify it as being some kind of public service to other collectors or something. It's a free country and you can do it if you want. I'm just tired of going around in circles aruging the subtle points of it.

[DaveViper]

Spirit scalped a scalper once

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6841295080_3ce251983d.jpg

[Dealer Destro]

Point taken. If their are two figs and only can get one right now I stash one and get the other. I did that with a lifeline and sci-fi then had my wife get the sci fi a few days later. Not saying its right but sometimes the feeling over takes you exspecialy if its a hard to find something or other.


I hear on the rare stuff.
Another reason I do it is b/c I know for a fact a lot of the community out here(not saying tankers as all the tankers I have met out here are cool as all hell) and I see/hear how they act and I know 2 of them that do this regularly with the Star Wars stuff. Don't get me wrong, I don't go to Target,TRU, or where ever with that intention, but when I do happen upon someone's hiding spot I put it right back out in the open and I laugh a lot on the inside b/c the grown men that do it out here are douche bags.

[Indiana Joe]

We should stand guard on our days off. Even if we have the figures or don't have the money. Just grab in their cart and bend the cards on all the figures they try to horde. That'll fix'en that'll fix'em real good.

[Dealer Destro]

Spirit scalped a scalper once

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6841295080_3ce251983d.jpg

You WIN THA MONEY!!!!!

[Cobra Terrorist]

You would get in a fist fight and possibly arrested for toys? I dont think its worth getting arrested and having to have your family have to bail you out for toys. Not to mention the embarassment when someone ask you why you got arrested.

If someone grabbed something of mine out of my cart/hands, while accusing me of being a scalper - and while looking me directly in the eye, lol? Yeah, I just might end up in a fight.

It's irrelevant what the item is.


Don't get me wrong, I'm no puffed-up-chest "tough guy" by any means. I just would NOT respond well to that type of thing.

[ShadowNinja]

LOL dave grab those ren ss!

[DaveViper]

If someone grabbed something of mine out of my cart/hands, while accusing me of being a scalper - and while looking me directly in the eye, lol? Yeah, I just might end up in a fight.

It's irrelevant what the item is.

Eye contact is the deal breaker huh? J/k CT

I do see both sides of the fence here.

[ShadowNinja]

May I ask why? Not to be rude but is it a pride thing? I can understand the out of the hands deal and getting pissed but I prob will still say something like wtf are you doing but I dont know if I would get in a fistacuffs in the toy aisle.

If someone grabbed something of mine out of my cart/hands, while accusing me of being a scalper - and while looking me directly in the eye, lol? Yeah, I just might end up in a fight.

It's irrelevant what the item is.


Don't get me wrong, I'm no puffed-up-chest "tough guy" by any means. I just would NOT respond well to that type of thing.

[sharky]

Spirit scalped a scalper once

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6841295080_3ce251983d.jpg
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[Zarana]

America needs a board to oversee production of things so that they are only made in quantities where nothing is rare and everyone that wants something can buy it.

[Dealer Destro]

If someone grabbed something of mine out of my cart/hands, while accusing me of being a scalper - and while looking me directly in the eye, lol? Yeah, I just might end up in a fight.

It's irrelevant what the item is.


Don't get me wrong, I'm no puffed-up-chest "tough guy" by any means. I just would NOT respond well to that type of thing.

I am right there with you all the way to not being a puffed up chest steroid raging mongrel. LOL.

Except out here you could get shot and/or stabbed. This the streets Sun! This toy shit is like the rap game except you gotta be tougher! Harder! and better equipped.

[jumido]

Can't say I have but I have found people's stashes and have promptly put them back on to the pegs!
This. Stashers are just barely better than scalpers in my book. But I am a fan of stupid stashers. Just the other day I found 2 zombie vipers behind the skystrikers at Target. Why the f*@# would you hide joes behind other Joe toys? Behind the skystrikers is always the first place I look.

[Cobra Terrorist]

Eye contact is the deal breaker huh? J/k CT

I do see both sides of the fence here.

That would be like the salt in wound wouldn't it, LOL!


May I ask why? Not to be rude but is it a pride thing? I can understand the out of the hands deal and getting pissed but I prob will still say something like wtf are you doing but I dont know if I would get in a fistacuffs in the toy aisle.

Well, let me backtrack a LITTLE and say that a fist fight is definitely NOT a certainty. It might lead to that, is all I'm saying. It would depend what happened when I told that person to give me my shit back.

But...what would YOU do? Just let someone take something of yours and just walk away?


Except out here you could get shot and/or stabbed. This the streets Sun! This toy shit is like the rap game except you gotta be tougher! Harder! and better equipped.

LOL. Don't be set-tripping at my Target, man! That is MY hood!

[DaveViper]

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd417/thesolanum/gifs/Back_away_slowly.gif

Hey Sharky, lol

[DaveViper]

That would be like the salt in wound wouldn't it, LOL!




Well, let me backtrack a LITTLE and say that a fist fight is definitely NOT a certainty. It might lead to that, is all I'm saying. It would depend what happened when I told that person to give me my shit back.

But...what would YOU do? Just let someone take something of yours and just walk away?




LOL. Don't be set-tripping at my Target, man! That is MY hood!

In Texas you will get shot for set tripping :D

[Dealer Destro]

This. Stashers are just barely better than scalpers in my book. But I am a fan of stupid stashers. Just the other day I found 2 zombie vipers behind the skystrikers at Target. Why the f*@# would you hide joes behind other Joe toys? Behind the skystrikers is always the first place I look.

And you bought them laughing to your self didn't you???? I know you did becasue sometimes I get lucky in this same manner and do the EXACT same thing!!! (HIGH FIVE)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/Lyricron/internet-high-five.jpg

[Cobra Terrorist]

In Texas you will get shot for set tripping :D

Haha, I've been to Port Arthur, TX - I know!

[drunknmunky]

Ok let me reiterate my stance on scalpers. Everyone of us is a scalper. A scalper is anyone who buys something and sells it for a profit right? We've all done that. We're all scalpers. If I offered 50 bucks for every Arctic Destro in you could find, people would be flocking to the stores just to get them. So in essence we're all scalpers. Sure there's different types but when all is said and done a scalper is a scalper- and we're all scalpers.

[ShadowNinja]

Well now that you said that I prob would do the same thing. Depends were it lead. I wouldnt just let them take it. Depending on how they did it I prob snatch it back and/or ask them what the hell their problem was. I dont believe in fighting but at the same time dont think you should stand their and take it either. Im one that believes in the thinking of depends on the situation.

That would be like the salt in wound wouldn't it, LOL!




Well, let me backtrack a LITTLE and say that a fist fight is definitely NOT a certainty. It might lead to that, is all I'm saying. It would depend what happened when I told that person to give me my shit back.

But...what would YOU do? Just let someone take something of yours and just walk away?




LOL. Don't be set-tripping at my Target, man! That is MY hood!

[sharky]

Hey Sharky, lol
hehe, is Freedom picking at the brains? LOL! :)

[Stuart_Selkirk]

I don't know what counts as good manners in your neck of the woods, but when I lived in the States, I don't remember anybody snatching a toy out of somebody else's hands or taking it out of somebody else's shopping cart.
If you come too late and see somebody else walking away with the toy you would have liked to buy if you had been there in time, it's classed as bad luck.
Take something out of my hands and I'll treat you just as I'd treat any other lowlife scumbag thief.
I don't care about a creased cardback, I unpack my figures anyway.

[sharky]

This. Stashers are just barely better than scalpers in my book. But I am a fan of stupid stashers. Just the other day I found 2 zombie vipers behind the skystrikers at Target. Why the f*@# would you hide joes behind other Joe toys? Behind the skystrikers is always the first place I look.
He might have been doing it for other Tankers. Isn't there a running gag around here about what you can find behind the SKystrikers? Or, was it some other vehicle?

[ShadowNinja]

I think some of you are mistaking my question. I dont think you should grab something out of the hands of a person but if you know for a fact they are scalpers and thats what they are thats what my question is partaking.

[WildWeaselZ06]

I have on more then one occasion, whilst instore, handed a rare item ive picked of the pegs to a child who clearly wants it more then i ever will.

I actualy did that with a best of 80s set I found. I already had one and the kid was looking at it and the kid was between that and the Pyramid of Darkness set.

[Stuart_Selkirk]

Well, how could you KNOW that somebody is a scalper, unless he told you so.
Sometimes I buy up figures when I have extra money to spend, just because I know that the popular figures will be sought after at some point in time.
Sometimes I open them and use them for customs, sometimes I just keep them.
If somebody would approach me in a store and tell me I'm a damn scalper, I'd ask him what his major malfunction was. Depending on how bad my day went, I might tell him something else, too.

[DaveViper]

hehe, is Freedom picking at the brains? LOL! :)

Yep, good eye. I know I should have been a computer graphics designer. I do some work on the side, lol

[ShadowNinja]

Alright bro. Its a hypothetically speaking kind of deal not a argue about it all day. It just a if you knew the scalper was a scalper thread. Relax a bit. Its not that deep. I still think sometimes you can tell. Like I said if he is on the iphone looking at ebay or talking to someone about it.

Well, how could you KNOW that somebody is a scalper, unless he told you so.
Sometimes I buy up figures when I have extra money to spend, just because I know that the popular figures will be sought after at some point in time.
Sometimes I open them and use them for customs, sometimes I just keep them.
If somebody would approach me in a store and tell me I'm a damn scalper, I'd ask him what his major malfunction was. Depending on how bad my day went, I might tell him something else, too.

[DaveViper]

Well, how could you KNOW that somebody is a scalper, unless he told you so.
Sometimes I buy up figures when I have extra money to spend, just because I know that the popular figures will be sought after at some point in time.
Sometimes I open them and use them for customs, sometimes I just keep them.
If somebody would approach me in a store and tell me I'm a damn scalper, I'd ask him what his major malfunction was. Depending on how bad my day went, I might tell him something else, too.

anyone though of asking the guy hey man, would you mind letting me have one of the 20 figs or whatever he has. Here is an example I have been looking for the figure everywhere. I notice you have 20 of them any chance I could have one. And wait for the response.

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. Kind of a related story I watched a couple check out at walmart. There was a toy propped up behind some of those 12 packs water bottle deals. The cashier did not have them remove the bottles. She scanned them from the cart, after they paid I mentioned to the guy that there was a toy in the cart. My words "Hey you missed that in your cart"..... wait for response. The guy freaked out on me, pulled his race card and accused me of calling him a theft. I sat back and smiled the whole time as he showed his true intentions. Why get so defensive I just said hey you missed that in your cart no biggy. See the point of the story here?

[polyphenus]

Alright bro. Its a hypothetically speaking kind of deal not a argue about it all day. It just a if you knew the scalper was a scalper thread. Relax a bit. Its not that deep. I still think sometimes you can tell. Like I said if he is on the iphone looking at ebay or talking to someone about it.

I'll tell you just what I did in a situation like this: I shook my head in disgust as the other guy hogged the pegs with the rare figures and his spreadsheets scattered all over the place. Then I walked out of the Target, went to the Walmart next door, and grabbed the same figures for myself. As he was walking in, I was walking out with a big smirk on my face.

So no, I don't start fights in the toy aisle, even if someone is clearly snatching up all the rare toys. They're just toys, after all, and I usually end up finding everything I want in the end.

[jumido]

And you bought them laughing to your self didn't you???? I know you did becasue sometimes I get lucky in this same manner and do the EXACT same thing!!! (HIGH FIVE)

You're damn right I did lol! But if it's not something I want,I will rehang the stash. I figure it'll(hopefully) also speed up that particular store's restock if others can actually see them on the pegs. But seriously,buying toys that someone else stashed feels like getting them 2 for 1 to me!

[Odinsdad]

Well, how could you KNOW that somebody is a scalper, unless he told you so.
Sometimes I buy up figures when I have extra money to spend, just because I know that the popular figures will be sought after at some point in time.
Sometimes I open them and use them for customs, sometimes I just keep them.
If somebody would approach me in a store and tell me I'm a damn scalper, I'd ask him what his major malfunction was. Depending on how bad my day went, I might tell him something else, too.



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[ShadowNinja]

He had spreadsheets? At least he is a organized scalper.

I'll tell you just what I did in a situation like this: I shook my head in disgust as the other guy hogged the pegs with the rare figures and his spreadsheets scattered all over the place. Then I walked out of the Target, went to the Walmart next door, and grabbed the same figures for myself. As he was walking in, I was walking out with a big smirk on my face.

So no, I don't start fights in the toy aisle, even if someone is clearly snatching up all the rare toys. They're just toys, after all, and I usually end up finding everything I want in the end.

[jumido]

I think some of you are mistaking my question. I dont think you should grab something out of the hands of a person but if you know for a fact they are scalpers and thats what they are thats what my question is partaking.

I am confused. Are you asking for advice on how to confront someone in a store bc you suspect they may be a toy scalper? If that is the question,then the answer is to mind your own business. If the question is how to stop scalpers,then just don't use eBay or the secondary market. They'll go away if people stop buying from them

[ShadowNinja]

Im not asking for advice either I could care less. Was just interested in what other people thought on it and if they ever done it.

[jumido]

Im not asking for advice either I could care less. Was just interested in what other people thought on it and if they ever done it.

Personally,I think the practice sucks,but if that's what someone wants to do with their time and money,then who am I to judge? So no,I have never and would never confront someone in a store about how they are choosing to spend their money.

[DaveViper]

Here Scalper Scapler

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5466/6925668108_c5f241c425.jpg

Look I set a trap

[ShadowNinja]

lol I would grab that zombieviper

[jumido]

You need to put a skystriker in front of it. That's way too obvious

[Veedubguy83]

^^^^

Love it!

[alcoholic ewok]

Ok let me reiterate my stance on scalpers. Everyone of us is a scalper. A scalper is anyone who buys something and sells it for a profit right? We've all done that. We're all scalpers. If I offered 50 bucks for every Arctic Destro in you could find, people would be flocking to the stores just to get them. So in essence we're all scalpers. Sure there's different types but when all is said and done a scalper is a scalper- and we're all scalpers.

Well no, scalping in the traditional sense (touts for the UK collectors..) would involve buying to quickly resell at small profits or in the case of concert/sports tickets at a greatly increased price.

So no, going off the traditional definition and not yours, we're not all scalpers. Thankfully, b/c my parents basement flooded when a beer fridge died one summer.

[DaveViper]

Here Scalper Scapler

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5466/6925668108_c5f241c425.jpg

Look I set a trap

You need to put a skystriker in front of it. That's way too obvious


Better?

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[Lody]

Ahahahaaa

No

[Ford]

He wasn't a scalper...more like a grandfather, but I did swipe a figure from a guy before. It was back in '86 or so. I was at TRU and they had like 50 pegs of figures stocked full, but not one Beachhead. Then I saw this old man carrying one around. So I kind of followed him around, and when he set it down to reach something on a shelf, I switched it for a figure I was carrying, then headed for the registers.

[Lody]

Aint you sweet

[jumido]

Better?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7071778339_733d65e495.jpg

Holy crap! A zombie viper behind the skystriker! I am so going for...thump! Much much better now lol!

[Trazz]

I think Dave's idea has merit, when I first started collecting I was totally psyched at the idea of finding anything 25th because there was jack nothing in my area, so I went to ToysRUS on Saturdays every Saturday for four weeks running because the lady told me that's when they got new waves in. I was beginning to lose hope and the last Saturday I was waiting for the doors to open and two other guys came up and stood there. As soon as the doors opened they both bolted in and headed straight to the back. I walked to the joes and one of the guys had grabbed everything off the pegs which at the time was night-force 5 packs and red ninja 5 packs and singles. I just asked him why he was buying like 6 or 7 of each 5 pack and explained that I really would like one and he gave me one of the red ninja 5 packs to buy. On the way out the other guy was at the register with an entire cart full of hot-wheels including some unopened boxes and was telling the cashier about how he sells the stuff on eBay. I guess the point is it couldn't hurt to just ask the person for what you want before trying to take it by force.

[Sean_C]

Best to avoid confrontations. And if you are gonna get confrontational with people over frivilous things, then it's time to quit.

What is and isn't scalping. Buying it for a friend is one thing but "buying it for trade" is scalping or hoarding. I see that on boards "I got another one for trade"....you may have just wasted someone's trip to that store. That's fine...free market and all, but why mention it on a message board. "Hey, I'm hoarding extra figures to swap in case someone else got the other ones I wanted."

[ShadowNinja]

Im not sure about taking stuff from old people that might have been for there grandkid. Might be worse then scalpers.

[drunknmunky]

Well no, scalping in the traditional sense (touts for the UK collectors..) would involve buying to quickly resell at small profits or in the case of concert/sports tickets at a greatly increased price.

So no, going off the traditional definition and not yours, we're not all scalpers. Thankfully, b/c my parents basement flooded when a beer fridge died one summer.

The actual definition of scalping is buying something and selling it at a higher price to turn a profit. Everyone on here has done that. As I said before if I offered 50 bucks for every Arctic Destro, my PM box would be flooded and the pegs would be empty. Why do we sell on ebay? To make a profit. Scalpers by definition are not just weird fat men who live in their parents' basement but hit Target and TRU the second they open just to snag the latest Hot Wheels and Transformers. A scalper is anyone who sells at a higher cost to make a profit. If anyone on the Tank walked into a store and found 10 Renegades Storm Shadows, I guarantee more than one would be scalped. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. It's supply and demand. If I can buy something and double my money I'm gonna do it every time. Like I said, we're all scalpers, some just more extreme than others.

[gyrapados]

Drunknmunkey, I still disagree with you about us all being scaplers. Not everyone has bought something to resell for a profit. I know I haven't. I buy stuff for friends who need it and sell it to them for cost (the same thing they do for me as well).

You are making a big assumption there and are wrong.

[drunknmunky]

Drunknmunkey, I still disagree with you about us all being scaplers. Not everyone has bought something to resell for a profit. I know I haven't. I buy stuff for friends who need it and sell it to them for cost (the same thing they do for me as well).

You are making a big assumption there and are wrong.

I didn't say we all purchase things with the sole purpose of scalping. Look at it this way- buyers determine the market of any given item. Right now, Renegades SS is the hot ticket. Why? Because we as collectors set the price that high. Now, if the he floods the market then the price will drop. But if I offered 50 bucks for every Arctic Destro you could find you mean to tell me you wouldn't take me up on that offer? I highly doubt you wouldn't at least grab a few. I'm not just saying you, I meant anyone on here.

[CobraCrimson]

I didn't say we all purchase things with the sole purpose of scalping. Look at it this way- buyers determine the market of any given item. Right now, Renegades SS is the hot ticket. Why? Because we as collectors set the price that high. Now, if the he floods the market then the price will drop. But if I offered 50 bucks for every Arctic Destro you could find you mean to tell me you wouldn't take me up on that offer? I highly doubt you wouldn't at least grab a few. I'm not just saying you, I meant anyone on here.


Damn! I need to move somewhere that has Arctic Destro's pegwarming now! The only things around here within a 2 hour drive anyway around are 2 Renegades Scarletts & 2 Renegades Ripcords, a Black Dragon VTOL & Crimson Hiss. I need arctic Destros now, screw the MegaMillions, drunknmunky is going to make me RICH!!!!

[Dolemite]

If I went into a store for a certain figure and found some fat bitch with a neck beard loading them all into a shopping cart (either to scalp or to troop build), I'd very nicely ask him to share.

And if he said no, I'd kick his fucking ass.

[gator06]

This thread is sad. I can't remember seeing ANYBODY ever buying a G.I. Joe toy since i've been an adult. I would love to go into target and see someone with 5 figures in their cart... or even 1. Or even a kid standing there looking at them or some adult deciding which one to buy. But no. I have stopped by lots of stores over the past year, and i have had 4 people talk to me about the ninjago that they were looking for.

At least the scalper has enough confidence in G.I. Joe to buy some.

But as far as the question, if someone had 8 storm shadows, I'd ask for 1 nicely. If he said no, I'd mock him, take his picture from down the aisle on my phone and upload it here so everyone else could ridicule the neck-beard guy. :)

[Hot~Rod~Cowboy]

i bought a figure from a local scalper about two yrs ago,he made the deal and tried to renig got a original matty collector he-man from him for a maskless tdk movie masters batman and 20 bucks,sold it back to himm last summer same he-man mind you for 60bucks

why is he a scalpper,its what he does for a job,buys all the hottest items and sells them on ebay or at one of the local flea markets

[ShadowNinja]

I can understand making a living off it but why not just open a store on ebay buuy some cases and become "legit". People will like you more.

[Odinsdad]

my god man it's not "renig" it's renege lol

[JoeMama]

I had someone try to take something from my cart once.
they lost a hand.
and learned a valuable lesson.

[Spectre]

If I went into a store for a certain figure and found some fat bitch with a neck beard loading them all into a shopping cart (either to scalp or to troop build), I'd very nicely ask him to share.

And if he said no, I'd kick his fucking ass.
I'm not a fat bitch!

[Dolemite]

lol.

[Spectre]

I caught a guy taking some Hot Wheels out of my wife's cart once.
My son was eight and collected them.
She had her back to the guy and he was quietly pulling a couple of cars out. I came around the corner and just stood behind him. He was so busy digging, he didn't know I was there. He turned around and almost ran into me. He very quickly and politely put the cars back in the cart and left a shit trail outta there.

[Ruin]

Well no, scalping in the traditional sense (touts for the UK collectors..) would involve buying to quickly resell at small profits or in the case of concert/sports tickets at a greatly increased price.



Oh I see. Then retailers are all scalpers then?

[seppaku]

I would invoke the "The 7 steps to the sun" on him

[seppaku]

ROFL.. Neck Beard...NICE!

If I went into a store for a certain figure and found some fat bitch with a neck beard loading them all into a shopping cart (either to scalp or to troop build), I'd very nicely ask him to share.

And if he said no, I'd kick his fucking ass.

[Clobbertron]

I go in to a store and buy whatever I want for any reason. If someone approached me and asked for something I'm sure I'd help them out. If they reached in my cart and started grabbing some shit would go down.

[SonOfMindbender]

F@ck it!! I sell my extras. I put the profits back into my collection so I can buy more new Joes. I also trade to other collectors and I troop-build. Many a times I have had more than 5 of the same troop-build in my cart. We use the term Scalper on this site like it's a bad thing. How dare someone make money on something I want. If someone is willing to pay more for an item blame the people with the money willing to buy. I will say, Before you come at me look at my feedback first. I have always helped out fellow collectors.

[clevelandhags]

I think a cool tshirt design is in order. Somebody make one that we could all buy and wear discouraging scalping. Like no fat chicks shirts, but no fat douchebag scalpers. Whose with me?

[Ruin]

While it's technically not stealing, doing this to another customer could get you banned from the store and get you arrested for disorderly conduct.

[In Like Flint]

I play it safe and just punch everybody in the store. People Who have what I want, and people who want what I have. Eye contact or not.

[PrivateShake]

Bend the cards.

[Odinsdad]

Bend the tops so the filecards are good to go for the kids and openers.