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04-02-2008, 07:49 PM | #281 |
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rreynol and I got the last 1 and 2/3 cases from the Melbourne Target. Someone got the AWE Striker out of one of the cases, so he's missing one, but at least we got something.
The checkout guy asked if I was gonna sell them on Ebay, told him no way. I was buying them so I didnt have to buy them on ebay. Last edited by dealer; 04-02-2008 at 07:52 PM.. |
04-02-2008, 08:10 PM | #282 |
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Yeah, I only got 2 out of the 3 so if anyone in the Melbourne area wants to sell me an AWE Striker for less than ebay scalper prices, let me know :-\
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04-02-2008, 08:29 PM | #283 |
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Score, I found them over here in Tampa!
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04-02-2008, 09:31 PM | #284 |
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Picked up two more. Is anyone else finding these in Orlando?
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04-02-2008, 09:39 PM | #285 |
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04-03-2008, 12:50 AM | #286 |
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Well simple math would tell you that I picked up three sets and two single pieces....LOL. Anyway I offered several posts back to form some sort of information based community. When one of us finds something we can text each other that we can all celebrate in the glory. But there was no takers. So I will stick to working with CharIJoe. And to find them is not that hard. What I do is....I simply walk into a store ask for them and they bring them out. You should try that.
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04-03-2008, 01:30 AM | #287 |
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Well simple math would tell you that I picked up three sets and two single pieces....LOL. Anyway I offered several posts back to form some sort of information based community. When one of us finds something we can text each other that we can all celebrate in the glory. But there was no takers. So I will stick to working with CharIJoe. And to find them is not that hard. What I do is....I simply walk into a store ask for them and they bring them out. You should try that.
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04-03-2008, 06:09 AM | #288 |
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Well simple math would tell you that I picked up three sets and two single pieces....LOL. Anyway I offered several posts back to form some sort of information based community. When one of us finds something we can text each other that we can all celebrate in the glory. But there was no takers. So I will stick to working with CharIJoe. And to find them is not that hard. What I do is....I simply walk into a store ask for them and they bring them out. You should try that.
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04-03-2008, 11:04 AM | #289 |
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Well simple math would tell you that I picked up three sets and two single pieces....LOL. Anyway I offered several posts back to form some sort of information based community. When one of us finds something we can text each other that we can all celebrate in the glory. But there was no takers. So I will stick to working with CharIJoe. And to find them is not that hard. What I do is....I simply walk into a store ask for them and they bring them out. You should try that.
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04-03-2008, 12:59 PM | #290 |
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I'll admit that I also thought you meant 2 more cases. Someone (or multiple people) beat us to our Target and bought up the rest of what they had. So you can kinda see why people get upset when it seems like you bought 5 cases of something that isn't even supposed to be out on shelves yet. Melbourne may be close (relatively speaking) to Orlando, but with gas prices and time, it's just not economically smart to drive up there just to look for GI Joes. I've still never seen any Wave 5 (except for the IG Destro that I bought) or Wave 6 joes here at all. There's a previous post where a guy saw someone buy up every single figure from 3 W6 revision cases, so you have an idea of what we're dealing with.
Lucky for you Orlando is big; unlucky for us Melbourne is not. And I understand that. But it really does not matter if it was five, six or seven cases. It is a free economy and I can purchase whatever I see. But with that said ~ I am not a scalper and admittedly have never ordered or sold anything on E-bay or any other online store or entity. I believe in the good ole' fashion hunt ~ that is part of the thrill for me. Having it sent to my house is, BORING. So I go out, ask around and get the figures. I also understand that in certain parts of Florida stores are scarce - in Orlando alone off the top of my head we have at least nine walmarts, four ToysRus and seven Targets all within twenty minutes from my house. I live next to Universal Studios where I can get on any of the major highways in minutes and off I go. Now to help out my fellow collectors I would even pick the stuff up and meet someone half way.....CharIJoe and I do that all the time. Now granted my job allows me endless amount of ME time and I can work when I am not writing from my car. But no one but CharIJoe has ever took me up on my offer. So when someone gets mad because I bought something I do tend to get a little defensive.... the reality is every store in Orlando has them! It's just a matter of asking people. I see all the time that HissTankers get denied at the store. This seems odd to me as I have never ever had a problem. I think they are either scared to ask (which is odd to me) or they ask rudely at the store as they are embarrassed (which is even stranger to me) to be asking for a toy. ~ Just wanted to get that off my chest. Also I have seen a IG Destro and a few black (repaint) Snake-Eyes at several Walmarts. |
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