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Originally Posted by Bruticus82
There is a chain in the Toronto area called "Toys Toys Toys" which also prices themselves higher than regular mass retail. They have 9 locations, and seem to rely on tourists and parents who have more money than brains/time (I'm speaking from the experience with their two downtown Toronto stores).
I think they're not looking to attract price-conscious consumers.
They seem content to sit on old stock for quite a while.
The only stuff I've ever bought from them was smaller items (where the markup wasn't as ridiculous) which I couldn't find in mass retail.
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When you consider that if you miss a figure when it's easily available, and it becomes a hard to find one, and the online price when you see it, is easily double what it was sold for, and then you need to add the shipping that's rarely less than around 25$, I would think that finding such a figure that would be 30% higher isn't as bad as the alternative could be.
One comic book store in my area has just a few TFs, most being old stock, and are sold at a good 10-15$ above the price that you'd get at Walwart/TrU and such.. but if that particular figure is important to your collection, is there really a choice? (aside just not getting it)
It sucks, but it's also how things are. And these stores could end up being a better deal than online scalpers... sadly, some might actually be part of the scalpers crowd.
