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03-13-2009, 12:09 AM | #41 |
JOE Shockwave Trooper
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 51
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I started collecting toys way before ebay. At that time I could find tons of old toys at thrift shops, yard sales, and flea markets. Plus I started collecting in high school and I was able to convince lots of guys to give me their old toys. More than 50% of my collection was acquired in the few short years I collected before ebay existed.
So I have several items in my collection that if it weren’t for ebay I would never have been able to acquire, like foreign Joes and Transformers, including my holy grail: Transformers Grand Maximus (Japanese exclusive repaint of Fortress Maximus). But all in all, I enjoyed collecting 1000 times more before ebay existed. Back when most people didn’t know that those old toys were worth anything. THESE jackasses are the bastards who buy (just like I saw today @ a local Target) multiples of the multi-figure sets and take out just the Quick Kick and replace it with a helmet-less Serpentor and then return it to the store- JUST LIKE I SAW TO DAY @ A LOCAL TARGET!! THERE WERE FIVE EFFED UP SETS!! I'm so pissed right now just thinking of it. I think it is all eBay's fault. Doing this really hurts local retail stores in general and the whole collector community in general for numerous reasons. If you are currently doing this to your local store you should stop immediately or drive into a wall at top speed in your car or something. |
03-13-2009, 12:29 AM | #42 |
Alley Viper Strike Team
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Posts: 3,434
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It's because E-bay is now on cell phones.
That's the problem.
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