by bumbleblogn Are you sick of Scalpers ? |
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06-06-2012, 02:58 PM
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| K-Mart-ian Legend  Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,873 Location: Buffalo, NY Collection Count: 563 News Credits: 1   | Why can't scalpers just try to flip Bumblebee and not the cool toys?  |
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06-06-2012, 03:24 PM
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| Headmaster  Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,227 | Quote:
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06-06-2012, 03:46 PM
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| MegaBossimus Primetron   Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,036 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan Collection Count: 454 News Credits: 1 | there would be no scalpers if there were no us. just part of the game
Feedback: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/junkio...ossman328.html |
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06-06-2012, 04:29 PM
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| A Meat Popsicle  Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,187 News Credits: 1 | Quote:
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Allow me to ask this: You get to the store to buy something and the shelf is empty. 1 of 2 things happened: 1) Someone bought it to keep 2) Someone bought it to sell. Either way, someone bought it so what's the difference? It's not there for you. Supposedly one could suggest that if the scalper didn't get it then you would have. But how do you know that someone else wasn't there before you? The end result is the same. We don't get mad if someone keeps it. We don't get mad if someone makes $1 on it. We only get mad if they make more than that off it. At the end of the day, someone beat us to it, that's all. A Christmas present from G60Force. Thanks. | ||
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06-06-2012, 04:48 PM
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| Terrorcon Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,665 News Credits: 3 | I dont think its nearly an overblown problem as some have made it out to be. I found vehicons without even looking for one with no trouble in the past week alone. The only item I can say I never found at retail was the $40 TRU G1 Reissue of Prime which was clearly scalped. I pretty much find everything I ever needed or looked for.  Sales Thread Feedback |
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06-06-2012, 04:54 PM
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| Who's the Masta?   Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,345 Location: Concord, NC News Credits: 3 | I'm sick of people complaining about scalpers. They have just as much right to buy a toy as you do. What they choose to do with it is their business.  |
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06-06-2012, 05:40 PM
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| Sam the Eagle wants YOU!  Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 6,968 Location: The middle of america. Collection Count: Dunno, you count them. News Credits: 5 | You know, fans use scalpers as a scapegoat when in reality, some kid (or a collector/fellow member) probably got the toy first. I'm not saying there aren't scalpers out there however.  Miss Saberfrost01s comics? Look no further. http://sabercomics.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 |
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06-06-2012, 05:59 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,274 Location: Rotterdam NY News Credits: 9 | Quote:
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06-06-2012, 06:09 PM
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| Velvet Sanchez  Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,805 Location: San Diego, CA. News Credits: 1 | I wish I had the time to be able to scalp. Lol. What even gets scalped nowadays? I see everything at retail nowadays. I can see the TRU MP figures getting scalped but after that what's left? Vehicons? Junkions?  TFW2005 Feedback/Sales Thread |
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06-06-2012, 06:39 PM
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| Iacon Tourist  Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 284 Location: Derbyshire | Quote:
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Not really, that's just basic retail. Scalping is creating or facilitating a false market in terms of availability and demand. Increase scarcity to increase the value of the item. It's pretty unsavoury and exploitative behaviour in my book and I've not really heard an argument to convince me otherwise. I want toy fans to be able to buy toys at the retail price they're worth - same with sports tickets, concert tickets, trainers etc. If scalpers want to earn a few quid, use the time spent lurking in shops and parceling up goods to ... I don't know ... get a job. | ||
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