[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by shortysben

So I was just at my local TRU...first one in the door for "new truck friday"...I immediately head to the MU section hoping to find a Scarlett Witch and Kang...to my surprise there is a w.19 Punisher on the pegs along with the ghost rider, and the few other repacks (that no one wants)...I am confused as to where the others are (namely Kang, Scarlett witch, 2x she hulks, punisher, and 2x spidey's)...so I ask an associate to scan them, and she says they have "24" in stock. thus missing the 7 I mentioned in parenthesis....as only 17 were on the pegs

She then goes on to tell me that there is an employee who sells on ebay as a second way to make income (then she tells me "I probably shouldnt be telling you this")...so then I ask her why I would ever come back here?

This may have been the straw to the perverbial camels back for me...as if competition wasnt enough, to have to get to a store the minute they put out new stock to get that new fig...and yet they are not even put out at the store, because an insider already cherry picks the new shit...

I mean she told me he sells them on ebay...I thought employees had to comply with the whole "not sell on secondary market" thing...even though we know this is never complied with...

I am just fed up with the whole scene...

plus they are just toys, and to me the squeeze is becoming worth less than the juice...

Sorry for the rant, but I thought this was bullshit enough to complain about...

Why don't you report his ass and get him fired, ensuring it won't happen by other employees. Or just threaten that you will report so he coughs them up. And before you have people say shit, like not cool he may have a family blah blah blah, it is unethical what is being done. You don't see me stealing software from my company and selling it.

[GERRILLIUS]

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Originally Posted by Symbiote

Nice shot Lord Marvel. Villains Assemble!



nice haul. PMed.

Have those SW Expanded Universe figures hit retail yet? I've only seen them once when i was at the EMP museum gift shop in Seattle a month-ish ago. I considered buying them but at $19.99 each...then thought i better not.

Should i have?

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Originally Posted by LapuLapu

Youre not alone , my area has been devoid of anything new in terms of MU. If its not for Peteparker I would have not BRB, Kraven and Beast. Im resisting the temptation of going to Ebay/amazon to get Kang and S.Witch. The wifey has approved of me using my Paypal account again lol so now I can buy something online.

Hang in there Lapu...i'm sure your army is working hard to get them. and uhohz...i feel a paypal snowball coming.

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Originally Posted by atilla

@WoRkAh0LiC - I live at Paranaque bro, inside the biggest subdivision in asia lol

regarding your comment on lapulapu, yup, TRUs are abundant here. Actually, there are only 2 retail toy stores here, TRU and Toy Kingdom. you got V-mall correct. It's a toy collector's heaven and hell, mostly specialty stores. SM is a little different now though. SM is the basic mall where both TRU and TK is at most of the time.

Sooo all SMs now will have TRUs and TK. I dont recall the last time i was there. Good to know good to know...

[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by GERRILLIUS

Have those SW Expanded Universe figures hit retail yet? I've only seen them once when i was at the EMP museum gift shop in Seattle. I considered buying them but at $19.99 each...i better not.

Should i have?

Yes, they are freaking hard to find. I have never seen any of them. I broke down and bought Shae Vizla on Amazon for 25 shipped.

[Ninjinister]

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Originally Posted by GERRILLIUS

Have those SW Expanded Universe figures hit retail yet? I've only seen them once when i was at the EMP museum gift shop in Seattle. I considered buying them but at $19.99 each...then thought i better not.

Maybe it's because it's been 100 years since I've been to EMP... but why would they have Star Wars figures?

[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Maybe it's because it's been 100 years since I've been to EMP... but why would they have Star Wars figures?

I used to live in WA, we had to drive towards Tacoma to go to the one damn Carl's Jr. there.

[Jimmyo]

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Originally Posted by Alchemist559

Why don't you report his ass and get him fired, ensuring it won't happen by other employees. Or just threaten that you will report so he coughs them up. And before you have people say shit, like not cool he may have a family blah blah blah, it is unethical what is being done. You don't see me stealing software from my company and selling it.

Honestly? have him fired because as a grown man you cannot buy a toy?

That is crazy, He is not stealing and ethics do not come into it, You cannot call ethics when the companiy that makes the toy in question have told people if they want the toy that much to get their wallet out and hit ebay (I believe one of our very own were told to do that during a Q&A at sdcc)

I understand that Scalpers are a pain and that the world would be a better place if we could all buy stuff at retail but sometimes things are not as easy as we would like.

[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

Honestly? have him fired because as a grown man you cannot buy a toy?

That is crazy, He is not stealing and ethics do not come into it, You cannot call ethics when the companie that makes the toy in question have told people if they want the toy that much to get their wallet out and hit ebay (I believe one of our very own were told to do that during a Q&A at sdcc)

I understand that Scalpers are a pain and that the world would be a better place if we could all buy stuff at retail but sometimes things are not as easy as we would like.

It is unethical when you are denying someone an opportunity to benefit your own gain. Yes it is a toy, but still as an employee taking something without giving anyone a chance to puchase it, should be fired. What if this happened around christmas and the toy was not for you, it was for your child. Lot's of adults want to please their children and if the employee takes all the hottest toys before anyone has a chance to purchase them, just so he can sell them, that is not right.

[atilla]

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Originally Posted by GERRILLIUS

Sooo all SMs now will have TRUs and TK. I dont recall the last time i was there. Good to know good to know...

slip of my mind. TRUs here are exclusive to ayala malls as TK is to SM malls. My bad.

[Recycled Parts]

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Originally Posted by Alchemist559

It is unethical when you are denying someone an opportunity to benefit your own gain. Yes it is a toy, but still as an employee taking something without giving anyone a chance to puchase it, should be fired. What if this happened around christmas and the toy was not for you, it was for your child. Lot's of adults want to please their children and if the employee takes all the hottest toys before anyone has a chance to purchase them, just so he can sell them, that is not right.

This is no different from insider trading, so to speak. The employee ALWAYS has an edge over the regular consumer because they know when new shipments arrive and actually handle the toys personally. The consumer just goes to the store and sees what's available. It's beyond despicable that an employee would actually stockpile toys to scalp on the secondary market. Corporate needs to implement rules that limit the amount employees can purchase of any given item. This is ridiculous.

[GERRILLIUS]

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Originally Posted by shortysben

So I was just at my local TRU...first one in the door for "new truck friday"...I immediately head to the MU section hoping to find a Scarlett Witch and Kang...to my surprise there is a w.19 Punisher on the pegs along with the ghost rider, and the few other repacks (that no one wants)...I am confused as to where the others are (namely Kang, Scarlett witch, 2x she hulks, punisher, and 2x spidey's)...so I ask an associate to scan them, and she says they have "24" in stock. thus missing the 7 I mentioned in parenthesis....as only 17 were on the pegs

She then goes on to tell me that there is an employee who sells on ebay as a second way to make income (then she tells me "I probably shouldnt be telling you this")...so then I ask her why I would ever come back here?

This may have been the straw to the perverbial camels back for me...as if competition wasnt enough, to have to get to a store the minute they put out new stock to get that new fig...and yet they are not even put out at the store, because an insider already cherry picks the new shit...

I mean she told me he sells them on ebay...I thought employees had to comply with the whole "not sell on secondary market" thing...even though we know this is never complied with...

I am just fed up with the whole scene...

plus they are just toys, and to me the squeeze is becoming worth less than the juice...

Sorry for the rant, but I thought this was bullshit enough to complain about...

You really should complain to the manager, unless it's the manager who is the scalper. I would. If the store cannot provide you with what you want...there's no reason to go...hence losing a loyal customer.

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Originally Posted by Optimus Vader

Fuck yeah.

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Hell yes.....!


Untitled by WalkingDeadpool78, on Flickr

seeing those magneto pictures loose, makes me reconsider not opening a two pack. he looks great...i'm just imagining him being customized to his current uniform and a loose helmet.

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Originally Posted by Alchemist559

Yes, they are freaking hard to find. I have never seen any of them. I broke down and bought Shae Vizla on Amazon for 25 shipped.

aargh. no big really...i'm not really into the expanded universe...i would have got them for trade bait primarily.

[Jimmyo]

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Originally Posted by Alchemist559

It is unethical when you are denying someone an opportunity to benefit your own gain. Yes it is a toy, but still as an employee taking something without giving anyone a chance to puchase it, should be fired. What if this happened around christmas and the toy was not for you, it was for your child. Lot's of adults want to please their children and if the employee takes all the hottest toys before anyone has a chance to purchase them, just so he can sell them, that is not right.

I have raised my Daughter to understand that you can't always get what you want and that you need to chalk it up and move on, sometimes as adults we forget that children need life lessons and disappointment is a very valuable one.

I don't like Scalpers but at the same time if I buy something from here and it has a $4.99 ross sticker on it should I demand that the seller gives it to me at that price as he has denied me the chance to buy it at $4.99 or should I pay the price he asks because he has the item and I don't?

I actually agree that staff should not get to buy multiple items and if he was using his employee discount then it would probably flag at H/O but I would never call for someone to lose their job.

[TheDub]

Someone on another forum I mostly lurk at brought up a point on this. Retail employees have very few perks. I'm not saying it justifies it, heck, I dislike scalpers as much as the next guy, but they can't buy em all. Sometimes you just have to wait for the items a little longer.

[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

I have raised my Daughter to understand that you can't always get what you want and that you need to chalk it up and move on, sometimes as adults we forget that children need life lessons and disappointment is a very valuable one.

I don't like Scalpers but at the same time if I buy something from here and it has a $4.99 ross sticker on it should I demand that the seller gives it to me at that price as he has denied me the chance to buy it at $4.99 or should I pay the price he asks because he has the item and I don't?

I actually agree that staff should not get to buy multiple items and if he was using his employee discount then it would probably flag at H/O but I would never call for someone to lose their job.

I totally agree with what you are teaching your daughter, kids now adays can get too spoiled and they need to be taught lessons. Scalpers is a whole other issue that you can hop on over to the Marvel 6.00 thread to read about lol. But employees getting the jump on everyone else like shortyben said is a whole other level. If the employee was a collector themselves, that would be cool, work sucks and that is one of your benefits to get first pick of what you want for your collection, but if a wave never hits pegs because you take the one per case each time to resell, that is jacked up. They should have an employee limit one per figure, but really what company is going to keep track of that.

[Jimmyo]

I worked retail years ago (video games) and the rules were simply that you could buy one for you and one for a relative, anymore than that and it did flag up and the sale was denied (if you wanted discount then you had to use a card which tracked your purchases).

I agree that he is taking the piss abit but his manager should be all over it anyway tbh

[KingLouie731]

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Originally Posted by shortysben

So I was just at my local TRU...first one in the door for "new truck friday"...I immediately head to the MU section hoping to find a Scarlett Witch and Kang...to my surprise there is a w.19 Punisher on the pegs along with the ghost rider, and the few other repacks (that no one wants)...I am confused as to where the others are (namely Kang, Scarlett witch, 2x she hulks, punisher, and 2x spidey's)...so I ask an associate to scan them, and she says they have "24" in stock. thus missing the 7 I mentioned in parenthesis....as only 17 were on the pegs

She then goes on to tell me that there is an employee who sells on ebay as a second way to make income (then she tells me "I probably shouldnt be telling you this")...so then I ask her why I would ever come back here?

This may have been the straw to the perverbial camels back for me...as if competition wasnt enough, to have to get to a store the minute they put out new stock to get that new fig...and yet they are not even put out at the store, because an insider already cherry picks the new shit...

I mean she told me he sells them on ebay...I thought employees had to comply with the whole "not sell on secondary market" thing...even though we know this is never complied with...

I am just fed up with the whole scene...

plus they are just toys, and to me the squeeze is becoming worth less than the juice...

Sorry for the rant, but I thought this was bullshit enough to complain about...

I hate this kind of thing. I'd find the appropriate person to say something to and do just that. I used to work retail and our Loss Prevention peoples were on top of employees stashing stuff to buy after their shift. The rule was it had to be on the shelf straight out the box and you could not as an associate touch it until you clocked out for your break.

Now I can't say that folks didn't get away with some stuff from time to time but essentially this is stealing. think about it, if the item hits the shelf and you have a non associate purchase the item that it more profit for the retailer because typically the associate gets some sort of discount. Our LP would let me get first dib looks at stuff fresh out of the case but if I wasn't on my break I could only put it on the shelf. needless to say times have changed

sorry this happened to you Shorty, but like you said you asked what was in the back and I had that happen @ a Target and they were kind enough to go get the figures that were stashed in the back but that is usually the exception.

[RodimusVTS]

Is that the new 2pk Magneto? Why didn't they just modify the Quick Silver head like I did instead of repainting the Adam Warlock head?





I really need to get some of those ultra fine detail Gundam pens for the top of the eyes.

[shortysben]

Didn't mean to start an argument, just fuck tru

[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

I worked retail years ago (video games) and the rules were simply that you could buy one for you and one for a relative, anymore than that and it did flag up and the sale was denied (if you wanted discount then you had to use a card which tracked your purchases).

I agree that he is taking the piss abit but his manager should be all over it anyway tbh

Agreed the manager should be taking charge, the system you guys had seemed fair. I would have thought there already was a store policy for this type of thing already. Oh well, I guess whatever that guy is doing, karma will catch up to him eventually.

[Alchemist559]

P.S I don't know if anyone noticed my new sig, thanks to Scythe for hooking it up again. I wish they made a Jack-O -Lantern MU figure, dude is ruthless.

[scottmurdock]

Jimmy and Alchemist...it's funny that I agree with both of your points of view (maybe I'm just overly diplomatic). Bottom line (imho at least) is that, yes, you should report him to his manager, his manager should ultimately handle it, and it's fair to speak up and say that if it continues you have every right to stop going there and they'd therefore lose a customer. I applaud your debate, gentlemen...not even any name calling or a picture of Pym flipping the bird, lol.

[mindmeldx]

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Strike a pose!!!!

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The Children's Crusade

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That second pic Squirte posted is what I feel like after finally finding a urinal/bush/person-on-fire after holding it in for hours.

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Originally Posted by LapuLapu

I LOVE ALL THE PICS!
@SYCHTE: These images have been "burned" in my mind lol! Thanks.

[Marvel2Death]

Longtime follower of this site! I love the toy topics, but I love the pics of the toys the best? Can't wait to wheel and deal with ya, ladies, gents, and all walk of life that are part of this site! Showing some love for MU, just got these today

[LapuLapu]

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Well, I'm looking for the one with the helmet like yours, which appears to be a variant (or that one's the variant). Yeah the cheapest I found on eBay of that though (and like I said I just skimmed) was $45, and the BAF was like $30-40

its the same figure, the top comes off. Just go with BAF if that is the price, otherwise find a loose one should be much less than $45.

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Originally Posted by wolverine2281

love that Onslaught. Still have the whole series carded

yup I like it alot also its kinda in scale with MU, the Apocalypse is kinda nice as well , if MU didnt have Apoc , I wouldve got that because the BAF Apoc is way outta my toy budget.

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Originally Posted by GERRILLIUS

Hang in there Lapu...i'm sure your army is working hard to get them. and uhohz...i feel a paypal snowball coming.

Yeah Im really trying to resist resorting to ebay/amazon, I go by Shockwave's mantra ,"Patience".


@ Shortysben one of the TRU , I used to checked also have employees who cherry picked the new/hottest toys , I just crosses em off my hunt list , when an employee is a fellow collector its bad news for the customer collector unless you make friends with them.

[LapuLapu]

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Originally Posted by mindmeldx

I LOVE ALL THE PICS!
@SYCHTE: These images have been "burned" in my mind lol! Thanks.

Me too, those were some old pics , Im glad you like em.

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Originally Posted by Marvel2Death

Longtime follower of this site! I love the toy topics, but I love the pics of the toys the best? Can't wait to wheel and deal with ya, ladies, gents, and all walk of life that are part of this site! Showing some love for MU, just got these today

Welcome to the boards!! Now empty your wallet and bend over cuz Hasbro about to give it to you HARD!!!

[Snailbot]

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Originally Posted by shortysben

Didn't mean to start an argument, just fuck tru

I'm glad you posted your rant. Peaceful arguments are a sign that this thread is growing
My TRU gave some guy all 4 of the Transformers Masterpiece Thundercrackers after he admitted he was selling them all on ebay. I think thats ridiculous. It's even worse when an employee does it.