[Trivial Psychic]

FINALLY FOUND HIM!


The other day, I was sitting there looking over my pre-order list at BBTS (Big Bad Toy Store) and viewing the boards here, and after seeing the success everyone was having finding these in the wild, I decided to go ahead and cancel my preorder for the ML ASM2 wave, and try my luck. Three Targets later, and all that's left now is Carnage or Toxin, who I'll honestly probably just feed a scalper for since they're not too ridiculous in price. Saved me a hell of a lot of money though considering how much the set was at BBTS!




Which brings me to a question I was wondering among all of you...do you think that the prices at many third party suppliers like BBTS, ToyWiz, Toynk, etc are starting to get a bit out of hand? They're starting to get to approach the level of scalpers. I've been a loyal BBTS shopper for a long time now, but the prices on the ASM2 and the Captain America waves were pretty ridiculous, nearly twice that of retail (with little to no options to buy outside of complete sets,) and don't even get me started on ToyWiz. Their prices are insanity at times, and I've often had better luck on ebay. While the luxury of being able to pre-order is nice, and sometimes they do have some very good deals (BBTS pile of loot service is outstanding and a steal!) but I don't know, I'm pretty torn about it, and I hate feeling ripped off. Even more shameful about it all, is that this is money that Hasbro, Mattel and others is just leaving on the table due to their shady distribution practices and general lack of product. I don't know, perhaps I'm rambling. I'm just curious as to what some of you guys think...