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11-20-2010, 02:03 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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So I was at a wal-mart tonight and the toy department had carts upon carts full of cases of various toys. I saw a case labeled DCUC build a figure. I was tempted to open the case to see who was in it but did not.
Then I saw a guy who has a booth set up a the local flea market. He has a Huge booth of new and vintage action figures from a bunch of different toy lines. I walked buy and figured he was headed to the toy department since tomorrow is Saturday and he is probably trying to scoop up some action figures to sell at his booth. About 15 minutes had passed since I first saw him walk in and he had EVERY single DCUC figure in his arms. He cracked open the case and took every figure out. Why couldn't he have just taken the entire case to the checkout lane? Does WM let you buy entire cases? Well none the less he charges about $35-$40 for the DCUC figures so he dropped about $180 on that whole case. He bought the entire Wave 14 with Hourman, Alan Scott etc. |
11-20-2010, 02:23 AM | #2 |
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I once bought a full case of the first Joe vehicles when they came out at Walmart. I wanted all four so I asked one of the supervisors on the floor and he said it was ok to take it. They had to open it and and scan each one individually. No discount, but I was going to pay full retail anyway. Some places won't let you take anything unless it's on the shelves.
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11-20-2010, 11:15 AM | #3 |
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i doubt they would, but it never hurts to ask
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11-20-2010, 11:23 AM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
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i've bought open cases of figures before. they opened the case but allowed me to purchase the entire box and keep the box.
i've done this at target as well.
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11-20-2010, 12:37 PM | #5 |
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Depends who you talk to, depends who is working, depends on if you can sweet talk the cashier.
They are not supposed to but people seem to be able to walk out with sealed cases. I asked about it years ago and was told it's against policy but people have been able to do it recently - check eBay. Helps to be on good terms with the toy dept. manager that's for sure. It would be nice that if they do let everybody do it that they do not let 1 person buy every case...limit it to 1 or 2...not all.
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11-20-2010, 03:19 PM | #6 |
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I dunno, I've seen people buy stock so they could re-sell it (Which I'm not sure if that's illegal) but I don't think I've personally come to that at work.
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11-20-2010, 04:48 PM | #7 |
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I crack open cases all the time, take out the one or two redundant/unwanted figures, and take the remaining figures still in the case to the checkout. SW, ML, DCUC, whatever. Probably 1/4 of my collection is stored in the shipping cases.
I've never personally bought a sealed case, but I have a sealed case of the 25th GIJoe Target exclusive vehicle wave that I bought from a friend. If you can do it at Target, you can probably do it at WM; it just depends on the mood of the floor/checkout people. |
11-20-2010, 04:56 PM | #8 |
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/\/\/\ i've done this many times as well /\/\/\
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