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10-26-2010, 05:02 PM | #1 |
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I read this interesting article about someone who reuturned Star Wars POTF2 figures to the store using barcodes from current Star Wars figures.
The article can be found here... Tales of Swapping Continued: POTF2 At Retail in 2010 | Galactic Hunter Do you guys think that this is a "high-tech" form of "re-packing" and will this trend eventually become more common than re-packing is now? Now I've heard of people doing this in order to purchase something at a lower price, but this is the first case I've heard of in which someone did this to return unwanted items. Maybe this is the scalper's new tactic to try to get rid of their unwanted overstock inventory?
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10-26-2010, 05:13 PM | #2 |
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They're Baaaaaack...
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10-26-2010, 05:24 PM | #3 |
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My god.... WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!
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10-26-2010, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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holly shit thats creative
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10-26-2010, 05:39 PM | #5 |
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I saw this happen during the first batch of the vintage collection...sort of. Someone had stuck old POTF2 figs in the clamshells that the VOTC figs came in, and because the barcode was on a cardboard insert, your average Kmart employee was none the wiser.
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10-26-2010, 05:45 PM | #6 |
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Honestly, I hope this starts happening everywhere... then, and ONLY then will retail stores start to take this kind of thing seriously. This is happening at my ROSS stores like crazy... someone keeps buying up the TRU ROC 5 packs, taking off the tags, sticking them on 25th Scarletts and returning them. They did this with the Cobra Island packs too and returned 25th CPs. It drives me insane. LOL.
Maybe this kind of thing will force retail to start implementing anti-scalping/hoarding measures too. Maybe they can limit you to one of the same item per day, or start checking ID when you return stuff, or require that you have either a girlfriend or a kid with you when you buy toys. LOL.
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10-26-2010, 05:51 PM | #7 |
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thats a good idea
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10-26-2010, 06:01 PM | #8 |
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Hmmmmm. Don't know what to make of that.
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10-26-2010, 06:09 PM | #9 |
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Too much work. Just take the damn fig out the package and run from security.
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10-26-2010, 06:11 PM | #10 |
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LOL. It is like Ocean's Eleven for the repackers all of a sudden... they are getting all high-tech on us.
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