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08-17-2009, 04:30 PM | #31 |
Crimson Guard
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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.
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08-17-2009, 04:31 PM | #32 |
Kaylee
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Location: West Coast
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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, 04:34 PM | #33 |
Plastic Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Michigan
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This horse has beaten to a pulp more than once. You have no more right to them than the people you're complaining about. It doesn't matter what store you go to, it's first come first served. Being a new member here, all I can suggest is make friends and try to hook up a deal to get what you're looking for. There's plenty of members that will help each other out.
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08-17-2009, 04:38 PM | #34 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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The better TRU employees can usually separate the scalpers from the collectors. They've been pretty helpful to me. One guy I knew deliberately waited a couple hours after opening to put new 25th/ME Joes on the floor.
It's sort of a moot point with ROC, though. I picked up a few Helix and Pit Comms to trade or sell at cost, and ended up returning them. |
08-17-2009, 04:43 PM | #35 |
Bringer of the Black Dawn
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Washington
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I loathe scalpers, but I think repackers are still worse. I know that the walmart exclusives are going to be about impossible to get if they don't come heavy with them because of scalpers. When someone walks up to the check out with sealed boxes of the same wave x5, then you know they are a scalper. I've always wanted to just go in the parking lot and run those people down. If I troop build, I usually only have enough to get 1 or 2 per trip to the store so I leave plenty, but I like that my Toys stock-person knows i'm not a scalper and she will open stuff for me and lets me know when resets are. It's all in the way you behave.
The people that load up on stuff without looking, that would be fixed if the stores revised their return policy. I know at the TRU by my house that there are two ladies tha buy all of the Marvel Universe, DCUC, and Joe stuff when it comes out. Then they return everything they can't sell. These ladies are housewives that figured out how to make some extra money for their Prada bags and Gucci shoes. So I sometimes blame Oprah |
08-17-2009, 04:48 PM | #36 |
Diabolik-Viper
Join Date: Jul 2009
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08-17-2009, 04:50 PM | #37 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 1,471
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LOL, we all complain about not finding toys, but you know for each collectible there is someone who can't find something at retail or "gets beat to it), and pays more if they really want it, be it rare sneakers, to collectible glasses, to fine art, and so on. Really everyone is in this world is a reseller of goods. if the market supports it and someone does it what can you do if it isn't illegal and doesn't really interfere with someones pursuit of life liberty and happines. I didn't say it didn't interfere with their "happiness" if you can't get a figure or vehicle, but someone buying it before you doesn't impede your pursuit of happiness. Good luck in the jungle.
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08-17-2009, 04:53 PM | #38 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: earth
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its the real american way!
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08-17-2009, 04:58 PM | #39 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: earth
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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, 04:59 PM | #40 |
Banned
Join Date: May 2007
Location: N/A
Posts: 672
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who is scalping "RoC" figures??? all the figures are pretty plentiful at retailers where I live.
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