OMG who does such a thing in stores.

So I took a peek at my walmart yesterday and found a couple of the new figures. Low Light and Destro.
There was a couple of each and guess what. Every single card was heavily folded over to make it no where near mint.

What Douche would do such a thing? Not that I keep mine moc but still.

There was a big argument about this a little while ago in another thread. Definitely the work of a d-bag if done on purpose. It is the toy aisle, so maybe it was just a kid

Originally Posted by mrbill317

So I took a peek at my walmart yesterday and found a couple of the new figures. Low Light and Destro.
There was a couple of each and guess what. Every single card was heavily folded over to make it no where near mint.

What Douche would do such a thing? Not that I keep mine moc but still.

It's done to control the scalper population. A scalper can hardly make any profit on a non-MOC toy thus, they'll leave it there.

Buck up. Be happy. If you actually needed those figs to open, they would have been there waiting for you.

I'd love it if someone started folding up all the Shock Troop cards in stores around here.

Sometimes it's because the case/box the wave came in was crushed thus bending all the cards. Sometimes it's blatant that the corners are bent especially when there is a noticeable sharp bend.

I chalk it up to a few theories:
1) a lame attempt at boosting MOC values by making fewer MOC specimens
2) someone who doesn't have enough money and wants to go back and buy it and maybe doesn't want to stash it somewhere. Bending the card makes it less likely to be purchased by someone else.
3) an attempt to thwart scalpers who may only want MOC figures for top dollar
4) kids

There seems to be a lot of back and forth on this topic. I say it's garbage. There are any number of reasons why this could happen. Unless it was some kid who did it cause he was throwing a fit then there is no excuse (heck even then I blame the parent for not being in control of their child). Any argument about it being to stop scalping etc is pure crap. If it sells that means H makes more. If it doesn't they don't.

God damn kids

Originally Posted by sgcaper

Any argument about it being to stop scalping etc is pure crap. If it sells that means H makes more. If it doesn't they don't.

I'm not quite sure I follow you. It's a theory like the others. It may not be effective, but it could be a reason why someone would think to do it.

A friend of mine used to deal with this as a Star Wars collector. Where he lived was someone who would systematically bend the corners of cards. He was a carded collector, too, so it was annoying to him.

This was in the days of more heavy Star Wars scalping, though.

Some people get really steamed about it, though.

What a D-Bag! At least hid it behind the Twilight figs, nobody looks at them! LOL!

Originally Posted by bandonov

What a D-Bag! At least hid it behind the Twilight figs, nobody looks at them! LOL!

Yeah. I hide mine behind the Beiber board game