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08-17-2009, 04:07 PM | #21 |
Kaylee
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: West Coast
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me too. I've ordered figures from small joes and the guys running that site are probably the same people I just described.
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08-17-2009, 04:09 PM | #22 |
Mad Scientist at Large
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Portland, OR
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The latter just annoys me. These are the people who will go to TRU at the moment it opens and clean out the shelf that was just restocked and buy the good Joes and other 1:18 scale toys and leave behind the leftovers that no one will buy. So by the time you get to TRU these assholes have already ravaged the shelves like a tornado leaving you with the unwanted leftovers. Then they will just re-sell them on ebay and jack up the price like that asshole who is selling a USS FLag for 18k and the jerks who are selling Joe action figs on amazon for 2 or 3 dollars higher than the normal retail price.
If I had the stack I could walk out the door right now and come back with a Helix, 2 Crimson Neo Vipers, and 3 Pitt Commandos. Unless you live out in the sticks there's no reason whatsoever to go online and pay bullshit prices. |
08-17-2009, 04:09 PM | #23 |
Cobra Enemy
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Cobra Island
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The latter just annoys me. These are the people who will go to TRU at the moment it opens and clean out the shelf that was just restocked and buy the good Joes and other 1:18 scale toys and leave behind the leftovers that no one will buy. So by the time you get to TRU these assholes have already ravaged the shelves like a tornado leaving you with the unwanted leftovers. Then they will just re-sell them on ebay and jack up the price like that asshole who is selling a USS FLag for 18k and the jerks who are selling Joe action figs on amazon for 2 or 3 dollars higher than the normal retail price.
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08-17-2009, 04:10 PM | #24 |
Banned
Join Date: Aug 2008
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There was a guy in my town back when i was a kid who worked at the local comic shop. He was a real dick to everyone in the store and they always had all the newest star wars toys for like 3x the store price...
anyway one day we see him at walmart and he has a shopping cart completely filled with all the new starwars. every one he can get just throwing them in the cart... me and my friend *really wanted a boba-fett and luke on speeder bike, this guy has like 5 of each in his cart... we asked him if we could have one of his because he knew us we were in his store alot and we knew he would be selling them there for an outrageous price as soon as he left...he decilined to sell us any and rushed to the checkout. well thats when we ran him out of town. we nerd raged on him with prank calls, vandalism, trips to his residence, and we did everything we possibly could to do him all the damage we could. it was absolutely hilarious. he learned not to mess with 13 year old bad kids. he ended up moving out of state because we were obsessed with screwing with his life after that. hehe god that was great. |
08-17-2009, 04:10 PM | #25 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Maryland
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I'm not a scalper but I have no problem asking an employee to check the back for me. All I want is one of each figure and by the time I drive all around town burning up gas looking for them I may as well of paid scalper prices.
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08-17-2009, 04:21 PM | #26 |
3rd Ring of Hell
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I'll admit I'm they type of person who will show up when the stores open and go through the figs, buy what I want and then some extra so I can sell them to fellow Tankers at cost + s/h. I don't make more that 50 cents off any transaction. But I always leave at least 2 of what ever I'm getting for others.
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08-17-2009, 04:23 PM | #27 |
SurveillancePort.com
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I'll admit I'm they type of person who will show up when the stores open and go through the figs, buy what I want and then some extra so I can sell them to fellow Tankers at cost + s/h. I don't make more that 50 cents off any transaction. But I always leave at least 2 of what ever I'm getting for others.
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08-17-2009, 04:25 PM | #28 |
Crimson Guard
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I have no problem asking if there's figures in the back. I think he means those who use these tactics just to get the figures and resell them.
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08-17-2009, 04:26 PM | #29 |
Rick Hunter
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Location: MIA
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Me too all I want is one of each sometimes 2 of each on certain ones
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08-17-2009, 04:28 PM | #30 |
SpaceCowboy
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Apopka, Fl
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There was a guy in my town back when i was a kid who worked at the local comic shop. He was a real dick to everyone in the store and they always had all the newest star wars toys for like 3x the store price...
anyway one day we see him at walmart and he has a shopping cart completely filled with all the new starwars. every one he can get just throwing them in the cart... me and my friend *really wanted a boba-fett and luke on speeder bike, this guy has like 5 of each in his cart... we asked him if we could have one of his because he knew us we were in his store alot and we knew he would be selling them there for an outrageous price as soon as he left...he decilined to sell us any and rushed to the checkout. well thats when we ran him out of town. we nerd raged on him with prank calls, vandalism, trips to his residence, and we did everything we possibly could to do him all the damage we could. it was absolutely hilarious. he learned not to mess with 13 year old bad kids. he ended up moving out of state because we were obsessed with screwing with his life after that. hehe god that was great. I HOPE i run into a scalper with a cart full of toys. If he didnt share id ride him to the front of the store OR just take one from him. I dispise scalpers illegal or not its not right to hoard like that . I understand wanting to troop build. That is acceptable, but just for the money. And again, just dont by from them.
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