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How do you tell Scalpers are hittin your stores?
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03-15-2010, 02:53 PM
swafus
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Everyone seems to have an opinion on this one way or another. I get both sides, as I'm sure the majority of you do.
It sucks not to be able to find things when you're looking for them. Feelings of disappointment and frustration abound. These are normal feelings/reactions.
I understand business, free-markets, supply and demand. It's not hard to figure out, this is what are country is all about, capitalism.
The people who don't agree with the whole thing are frustrated because it's not their job to "hunt for toys". It's their hobby. They do it part-time, for recreation.
The people who make it their job, do so to capitalize on that fact. They beat collectors to it and buy it all up so they can re-sell it at a profit and spend those profits however they see fit. It is what they do.
Basic stuff, nothing hard to figure out here.
In my opinion, the frustration on the collectors part is really centered on the fact that people actually go out and make it their job to do this. People naturally wonder, "Can't they get a real job?", "What, they don't think they have to "work" for a living?", "What about the kids? They're the reason my mom and dad couldn't find me that Storm Shadow when I was a kid..!", etc.
You can make the argument one way or another, and both sides have valid points. There isn't any right or wrong here, just opinion. As it often happens with opinion, people try to pass it off as the absolute truth, which it isn't. It may be for them, but one persons truth may not always be that of another. There is where the debates start and the humor begins.
My question is this: Why can't both sides just concede that the other side makes good points and, as contradictory as it is, agree to disagree?
All things naturally gravitate toward the path of least resistance. This isn't any different. Sometimes you're the river, and sometimes your the mountain. Either way, it is what it is. Stop wasting your time and energy being angry. Accept it and move forward.
Extremely well said man. I couldn't agree more.
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