[behindthemask]

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Originally Posted by Nymesys Prime

while I agree with most of what you said..i define a scalper as someone who intentional get all the stock of an item they can with the intent to resell at high out the sky pricing. I actually saw a guy "selling" 5-10 MP soundwaves for $200 just because they were hard to find. to me that's scalping and gouging just for the sake of being able to do it. but in the end if someone is willing to pay the asking price then I cant call it scalping cuz they could have did like I did and walked away. to put it in perspective even more so if there was a job(the same as both companies) that you wanted at 2 companies and company A offered you $120000 and company B offered you $65000 which would you take?

I believe nearly if not 100% of us would take Company A because they pay more...its the same principle with our collecting hobby..."scalpers want the most $$ for the least of what they paid"
that's why no one hardly accepts the make an offer on ebay...the perceived value to the seller dictates asking the price...unfortunately over zealousness on our part lead us to spend more than we wanted to no matter what the circumstances are.
As late I have found that patience will be rewarded as I found BW for retail instead of the Ebay asking prices. Hopefully I can do the same for GOTG.
Ending rant...exiting stage left...................

Some sellers will take the make an offer, I've dealt with a few especially when I buy multiple items, I always check out sellers other listings to see if I can bulk package a deal and then ask for the items to be shipped loose to save myself even more.

A scalper is another name for a seller or reseller. We all complain when a seller is asking $100 for a $10 MU figure that was just released last week, but we don't complain when they sell a $200 Mcspidey figure for $2, ... it's the seller's job in any case to get the most value for their product, and it's out job as a responsible consumer to shop around and try and get the best price for the item we want. Think of how many jobs/careers revolve around upselling, hell Hasbro designers have to upsell their figures to marketing people who have to upsell their pitch to head share holders and retail owners... Farmers and fishermen want the most for their haul, painters want the most for their works, Kanye says " step into Def Jam building like I'm the shit, tell em give me $50 million or I'm a quit. lol. Some people are able to resell items and not care about what they get back in return, or possibly don't know what they have/current market values are, in any event, most people need/want something back on their investment. My local Walmart has like 4-6 Waspinators in stock... I don't collect Transformers, but I know they're going for decent bucks on eBay and if I wanted to I could buy em all and flip em for a profit, but the amount of time taken to drive there and back, gas, initial investment $$ to buy said figures, paying eBay, Paypal, post office fees, I have to charge more just to get my fucking $$ back. I try to be fair as possible, and do prefer trading myself, as that way I don't end up blowing the $$ on something stupid and it goes back into my collection.