[behindthemask]

I think scalpers in the true definition are people who know the toy trends, via sites like this or ebay, and go out of there way to find them by driving to every an all franchises that may sell said product, rape the pegs and shelves dry, and then in return go on ebay and sell them for double or tripple the asking price and inflate the shipping.
A collector can go to a store buy every toy on a peg, but it's acceptable because he plans on opening every 1 for their own collection, or displaying them Moc. Buying multiples is even ok, as long as it's for customizing or army building it, I myself have only been at fault of this once, seen the tru 2packs and snagged 3 of the wolverine/black ninja's because I had ronin and wanted him to have a small army of ninja's only 1 red ninja, 3 black, eventually will get more red *local comic shop has like 4-5 red ninja's and is gonna give me a lil price break if I get them all. To me if your a collector or enthusiast there's no limit to the toys you can buy, no need to feel bad, but when you don't collect/love toys and are only clearing out shelves for $$ purposes, that's being a douche, and being a scalper.

I will admit that if I saw awesome/rare toys for cheap I would probably buy extra for trading purposes only. I think as long as the thought for buying any figure is for your own collections, essentially that's all a trade figure is, something you have to go to someone who doesn't have it, in exchange for something you don't currently pocess or unable to get through local/online vendors. good topic