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Old 08-11-2010, 05:45 PM   #11
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Re: So this is why people are buying lots of Masterpiece Grimlocks

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I know g1korus and have bought stuff from him before. He generally deals in G1 knockoffs. I am surprised at him with the scalping.

I would love to stamp out scalpers, but I have to stress that this is really TRU's fault for bringing in new popular stock in the midst of a clearance sale.
I agree...TRU shouldn't give the people awesome toys at a sale price because it'll only result in the scalpers trying to turn a hefty profit

The only way to beat the scalpers is to not buy from them but then they just return the toys to the store and didn't lose anything for their efforts.
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Old 08-11-2010, 07:24 PM   #12
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Re: So this is why people are buying lots of Masterpiece Grimlocks

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If no one gets suckered in then no one gets a profit

If you buy from scalpers then you're only encouraging them to continue. They're not going to keep sinking money into toys they can't turn around
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g1korus.com is scalping Grimlock for $100 and Animated Arcee for $30 and isn't he/she a member here? Whois says the domain is registered in Ontario so he's taking them away from all you Ontario peeps who are having a hard time finding one.
No, he is banned.

And for good reasons.

If you see him create dummy accounts on the BST boards (usually mentions G1 remakes), please report it ASAP to a mod.
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Old 08-11-2010, 08:29 PM   #14
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Then why aren't they buying Tuner Mudflap? He is the greatest Transformers toy to EVER come out!
What? It's out, where, where?
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Old 08-11-2010, 08:30 PM   #15
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What? It's out, where, where?
OMG BRB TRU
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Old 08-13-2010, 10:17 AM   #17
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Re: So this is why people are buying lots of Masterpiece Grimlocks

Scalpers only exist because when a new toy is put on the shelves, and they buy 20 of them, there are 20 idiots out there willing to spend twice the price because they GOTTAHAVEITNOW! If people weren't STUPID scalpers wouldn't exist. I was going to include impatient in the previous line, but... I am impatient Just not dumb enough to fuel scalper's wallets.
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Old 08-13-2010, 10:26 AM   #18
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I saw someone listed a MP Grimlock for sale here on this board for $95 plus shipping yesterday. The thing is, scalpers are following our comments all over this board. They know which figs are highly anticipated and which ones are hard to find, without even having to do any leg-work themselves. The more we talk about how much we want a figure, the more we help those scalpers!
Perhaps we ought to start using some kind of secret, cryptic code then?
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Old 08-13-2010, 10:33 AM   #19
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Re: So this is why people are buying lots of Masterpiece Grimlocks

Alls I know is that should I see Animated Rodimus, I'm going to buy, like, 4 right off the top.

I mean, it's problematic because I'm essentially depriving a kid of the toy, which I don't want to do, but if I can get these and redistribute them locally at cost, I feel that, cosmically, I'm doing the right thing. And I've been lucky so far with the past two rarities [knock knock]. I should have bought, like, 3 more Grimlocks when I had the chance [there were about 7 when I was there], and I also saw maybe 4 Arcees [the single time I saw her in a Toronto TRU], just to give them better homes with other board guys.

I was also going to try and set up a meet between two Toronto craigslist scalpers at a public place, just to see who they are and waste as much of their time as I could, but my laziness overtook my thirst for justice.
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I agree...TRU shouldn't give the people awesome toys at a sale price because it'll only result in the scalpers trying to turn a hefty profit
I agree 100%! We should all boycott TRU for such deplorable actions!

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The only way to beat the scalpers is to not buy from them but then they just return the toys to the store and didn't lose anything for their efforts.
This latter part is what bugs me the most. Toy scalping is really a no risk proposition. You buy tons of product sit on it and if it doesn't move you can usually return it. I have no problem with someone trying to make a buck... it is what makes capitalism great. I do have an issue when you abuse the system and take no risk in your venture.[/derail]
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