[omega145]

Since I've started toy collecting over the past months, I've noticed this double standard when it comes to scalpers and the so called "collectors" who say they aren't scalpers and constantly point fingers.
Don't we all attend conventions and toy shows where a majority of the dealers there are basically scalpers? How many people do you see who pay 20-40 for an exclusive comic con or botcon figure, get as many as they can and then go off selling it for hundreds of dollars because it is now considered rare? But that's ok and scalping is not?
If there is only a few marvel universe left on the shelf and you want to buy both to have one moc and open, then a child comes along and now is outta luck because you, a grown man, took away the enjoyment that a kid was going to have with those same toys that you just snatched up not even giving him the chance to have his parents purchase it for them, is that ok while scalping isnt?
Or for you troop builders who buy up all the figures while most of us can't even find one, is that cool while scalping is not?