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08-29-2015, 12:50 PM | #71 |
Crimson Guard
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So in my hunt for the new Joes i visited 2 TRUs and came back with zilch. But the interesting story at both was the store workers both said that one guy had come and cleaned out everything that was put out.
In the New & rumors thread i see many people experiencing the same, so it seems to be a general issue for us joe collectors. |
08-29-2015, 12:56 PM | #72 |
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Not only that, but how do you know you're actually doing a good thing by hooking up some "fellow tanker?" For all I know, I could be sending a Marine Devastation set, at cost, to a guy who's just gonna turn around and scalp it on ebay.
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08-29-2015, 01:09 PM | #73 |
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Sadly, that happens more often than you'd imagine.
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08-29-2015, 01:56 PM | #74 |
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There are a lot of solid points being made on both sides of this argument. Like I said earlier It really is a double edged sword. I personally have been on both ends of the spectrum here. I get the frustration when you can't find what you want. Especially when others seem to have an abundance of it.
When the Retaliation Night viper hit I was really getting over anxious that i wouldn't be able to find one. It was a short packed figure that I couldn't even seem to find online preorders for or at retail at all. I ended up trading a Mosc Sdcc Zarana for two (yeah i know a bit dumb but thats was the only trade someone was willing to work out with me) but i had her as an extra and I really wanted NV because he was one of my favorite cobras as a kid. In the end I ended up trading one for an ultimate Duke that i really didn't want or need but was to another tanker who really wanted the Night I think as much as I did. Now he totally could have got it and sold it online and i would never have a clue but I refuse to belive that, I want to believe he cherished it as much as he claimed he would. Otherwise I'd become very Jaded and it would eat at me so I just simple try not to think negatively. I really like to help fellow collectors because again I want to believe they have as much passion and love for this as I do. Check with any tanker who has delt with me in a trade or a purchase most of the time I B/S/T at cost or below fair market value. I don't consider myself greedy at all I get more out of helping someone else than i will from making a couple dollars profit. With that being said I have been burned a few times by other tankers and dead beat casters on here who have taking advantage of my generosity at times or would not show me the same in return. I just don't deal with them again. I try not to take it out on everyone else. So if i buy out an entire shelf of joe pruduct at TRU I don't feel guilt over it. I am keeping the line alive while sustaining my own collection and helping others when I can. Sorry about the long rant but I had to just get it out.
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08-29-2015, 02:03 PM | #75 |
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Well said, TJF. Well said.
I hope you don't mind, but I separated your post up a bit so that it's not a block of text. |
08-29-2015, 05:37 PM | #76 |
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I don't blame other collectors when they find the stuff I'm looking for I'm like maybe I will find some too today! The only ones I blame are hasbro and toys r us. These were suppose to be availible 1st of august. August is almost over and collectors are still having a hard time finding these. What would happen if people lined up outside toys r us on force Friday and at midnight they only found a furbacca becouse they dint getanything else.
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08-30-2015, 02:00 PM | #77 |
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We have that "one guy" here in the Tampa Area. He's been banned from several meets because he's a rampant scalper yet denies it.
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