I'm glad to here you stuck to the street date. It's there for a reason. I hate to see employees blatantly ignoring the DO NOT SELL BEFORE MAY 16th stamped on the boxes. There's a reason these dates are set and they should be abided by, if not only just for courtesy. I do find it funny someone would try to scalp DOTM wave 1+2 stuff 5 days before release. It's a useless prospect. We'll be swimming in these things when Monday rolls along. The guy had to have wanted them for something else.

 

I just think everyone deserves their fair shot at what they want, so pulling them from the back just for someone that has the numbers to get them is kinda lame.

 

Yea, I think Toys R Us was reprimanded by Hasbro recently. On Sunday, they put up a few of the Dark of the Moon toys as open for ordering (how I got my new DOTm toys today). I looked again today and all the toys I had purchased have been taken down, along with a few items that were just up for preorder.

 

Totally, man. These toys aren't just for us as well. This isn't generations. It be really sad to see some kid come in on the 16th really wanting a new prime or bee only to find some 30-year old man got the numbers off the internet and bought them all early.

 

if its that important for street date. Those boxes shoould be Stage in Cage were theres a LOCK and only the manager should have the Key or access for street Date..

 

This confounds me to an extent, too. The only logical explanation I can come up with (besides discussing anthropology) is that we've had such a drought of figures at retail, and that since people actually KNOW these stores have them, they want to try to do what they can to make a purchase.

Short story: impatience, but I'm stopping there.

 

Well done sir.

There's far too much volume for that. The best they do is shrink wrap a pallet and keep it up in the steel.

For electronics street dated items (cds, dvd) I've heard there's a $5000 fine per copy sold prior to the street date. I don't know if that's the case for toys, but if it is then those 5 figures would generate a $25,000 fine for $50 in sales.

 

Impossible. If this were accurate the items would ring up as 'Not for Sale' in the POS system, just as entertainment items do. Not to mention the $$$ in fines Target would have already incurred would be outrageous.

 

not necessarily. The store I work for won't flag up embargoed goods if you scan them. It's up to staff to enforce the street date.

Why are you defending the right to get stuff early so strongly?

 

Exactly. If those fines truly existed, Target would ensure they were coded as Not for Sale. Just being rational in an irrational world.

 

Great job  

 

excellent work

 

Good job - too bad you couldn't see the look on the scalper's face  

 

how'd you know the guest was a scalper?

 

I don't get it, I think.
Why do you think it's a scalper? I mean, it could be a dad buying gifts for his kids or a collector.

I've just bought 3 figures myself. Before the official European release date. I guess I'm a scalper now.

 

When he said "case of five", I assume that was five of the same figure.

 

You did your job, but I'm going to be frank. It's really not that big of a deal. Yea, scalpers (at least it's implied that he's a scalper) suck, but there are worse kinds of people out there.

But I suppose I'll give you that virtual pat on the back anyway.

 

Yeah, like swappers.

 

^I needed a LOL today. Good job.

 

Great job, Ihate scalpers.

I'm sure he wasn't looking for 5 figures in general, this guy wanted 5 of the hottest figures leaving the peg warmers for the rest.

The war against scalping may never end but you sure did win us a small battle today