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View Poll Results: Who do you feel is the worst Enemy of the Action Figure Collector? | |||
Stores who give up on brands. | 42 | 20.39% | |
Scalpers | 56 | 27.18% | |
Repackers | 16 | 7.77% | |
Card Benders | 3 | 1.46% | |
Shoplifters | 7 | 3.40% | |
Understockers | 8 | 3.88% | |
Toy Hiders | 1 | 0.49% | |
Mom's and Dads | 7 | 3.40% | |
Bad/Lazy/Inept Department and Store Managers | 30 | 14.56% | |
District Toy Dept Ordering managers | 36 | 17.48% | |
Voters: 206. You may not vote on this poll |
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04-21-2011, 03:24 PM | #1 |
Bringer of the Black Dawn
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More than anything else, we collectors share our personal opinions, and have heated discussions about three types of people, Scalpers, Repackers, and Card Benders.
Basing this off of the primary three offenders everybody seems to have beef with, my inclusion of additional "Enemies of the State"(of collecting), and the approval to include them in the list seconded by Scoop, in the Card Bender? thread. It is time to take this matter to a vote. Quote:
There are other evils out there to which are not mentioned hardly ever in this tiresome discussion. Some of them are actually hybrids and have habbits of all three. Let us not forget these other enemies of the colector world.
Shoplifters: The ones who just open something right there and leave the packaging, or just take the whole thing. (This is why lego minatures are kept behind the counter most places now.) Emplyee Understockers: Some may be doing it for themselves and friends, some may be doing it to make a quick buck. (we have one at a wal-mart near here.) Most places it is a termination level offense. Toy Hiders: They keep stuff in the inventory, when it could have been sold so more could get ordered automatically. Stores don't do a full inventory often. If you can't afford it. It wasn't meant to be. District Ordering Managers: They order too much of the same stuff and some have real problems figuring out distribution. I wish I could meet one who was actually a collector and understood how not to get shafted by ordering too many of the same thing. It is better to have a small drought in between releases than to have a long one due to peg-warmers. Lazy ass inept store and department managers: I see this too often. I know they have the inventory on hand. I see it on pallets being sent to the back room until release date. Then they don't put the stuff out until a month after release and it causes a long drought and a loss of faith in the product, because everybody picked up their stuff everywhere else in town, or gave up and ordered it on-line Moms and Dads: who tell their kids no...or give in to the latest craze instead of a traditional brand which has a history of encorperating(sp?) strong values and pure, red-hot, unadulterated American Patriotism. LOL. (I do a Joes for ToTs drive up here by Ft Lewis every year. Thousands of children are forcefed Americana every christmas round these parts!) Stores who give up on the brand: Wal-mart...cough...cough. Or what ever happened with that. The PX on post hasn't had Joes in 5 months. I say it is down right un-American. (Reds! Reds, I tell ya!) Hippies: Eric Cartman told me so! (aka OTHER) I can't edit the poll, maybe a mod can message me and help me with that. Included in the OTHER option. Are Hippies, Army Builders, and Return System Abusers. Army/Troop Builders: Did you really need that 28th Shock Trooper? Really? Return System Abusers (aka inventory screwers): You know who you are. The people who order your cases on line and return everything you didn't want to poor old Target because they list everything under the same SKU instead of item UPC's. Or you just want to shift inventory to another store, just so your store gets stock. You want peg warmers gone, talk to the store manager about letting you do a joes for tots drive. or something. (easier to do in military towns admitadly) But the collectors from the store you are shafting are just going to journey to your store anyway so you will never see the new stock. KARMA Let Democracy reign supreme!. IF you want to vote other, just type. make a post in Bold Faced Type with OFFICIAL VOTE =
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04-21-2011, 03:27 PM | #2 |
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wheres the poll?
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04-21-2011, 03:28 PM | #3 |
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Where is the Poll?
If you are going to add everyone, you need to add Army Builders too!
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04-21-2011, 03:29 PM | #4 |
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Poll is up. got a phone call while typing it.
It is not secret ballet. We are doing it Ancient European Style!
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04-21-2011, 03:29 PM | #5 |
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04-21-2011, 03:30 PM | #6 |
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Your right. I will edit. I'll put all the managers together.
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04-21-2011, 03:31 PM | #7 |
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My nemesis...the guy that bought 8 Arctic Destros at my local Target, then returned them ALL when the Lowlight wave hit...
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04-21-2011, 03:31 PM | #8 |
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Well darn. I can't edit it. uh... I'll edit the first post though.
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04-21-2011, 03:36 PM | #9 |
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what about 'wives who don't understand' ?
That is my eternal enemy.. She just doesn't understand, that I have exhausted all possible space in one room, and need to annex another.
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04-21-2011, 03:39 PM | #10 |
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My God... I can't choose! They're all evil!
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