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Exodus 07-05-2012 02:33 PM

Scalping Thread
 
Alright here it is, the scalping thread.
For anything to B...., moan, complain and just right out vent you have on Ebay and or member's on....and whatever it is here you go:)

Snowflakian 07-05-2012 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hurricane (Post 317400)
I disagree with your definition of scalping. Scalping has nothing to do with cornering or dominating a market. Scalping IS buying something with the intent to make a profit from selling it. That's it. Not sure where you are getting all those other extra requirements from.

as for the buying limits. I agree that nobody should be able to buy them all. Depending on production, the limit should be 1 or 2 per ticket holder. Everybody at the con that wants one, should be able to get one. If you are not at the con, then it sucks and it's not fair, but that is life. We don't have the right to everything we want.

That doesn't take into account those that may change their mind on the money they spent on the item at the con and decide to sell theirs. Or for that matter how various companies are making it available to outside the con people via officially like HTS. Or those that use exclusives to offset their trip cost. Which kind of pokes holes in the entire "officially only those with a ticket for that year should be allowed access to the exclusives of that year." To be honest, what they should do for exclusives is produce the sets equilvalant to the amount of guests multiplied by 5. Let customers buy max at 4, and sell any overstock after the con via online. This way even those that buy for retail outlets are covered and expected, but everyone still has a fair shot. The problem is though, it's a gamble that an exclusive will be hot enough to move all of it.

Scalping is a little more negative connotation above reseller, so it probably has an extended terminology but being a moderately more recent slang term for reseller, no clue if it has ever been actively defined through the appropriate channels for language usage.

SH0CKWAVE 07-05-2012 03:40 PM

wait, i thought the Appreciation Thread is the Scalping/End of The World Thread.

i'm so confused.

-__-

hurricane 07-05-2012 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian (Post 317418)
That doesn't take into account those that may change their mind on the money they spent on the item at the con and decide to sell theirs. Or for that matter how various companies are making it available to outside the con people via officially like HTS. Or those that use exclusives to offset their trip cost. Which kind of pokes holes in the entire "officially only those with a ticket for that year should be allowed access to the exclusives of that year."



Nope. People that buy exclusives to sell in order to "offset their costs" are still scalping. It doesn't matter what you spend the money you gain on, you are still scalping.

Let's say I need a heart transplant and my co-pay is 1000 bucks. If I see 10 solid Vision figures at Walmart and I buy them so that I can make a quick 1000 bucks. That is scalping. It doesn't matter if I need that money to save my life, I still scalped those Vision figures.


and when somebody like HTS makes these available, that is just a bonus. It's nice that other folks get the chance to acquire these items.. but still, the only people who really have any claim to these figures are those that actually go to the convention.

If I go to the con, I should be able to buy the figure if I put in my time to do so. If I don't go to the con, I might still want to be able to get the figure, but I have no right to think that I deserve it

Joe Moore 07-06-2012 04:55 AM

Sorry, this kind of thread is going to bring nothing but trouble.


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