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Originally Posted by domshen

I went to a small TF convention this weekend and a buddy had a dealer table so I took a few TF's that I didnt want in my collection or I didnt want to figure out how to pack when I move next month and just about broke even on what I originally paid for them. I was able to under cut BBTS and EBAY prices for people, get about what I paid for and help some fellow collectors fill in some gaps. I consider that a win win in my book.

I have several peices in my collection that I would be happy just to get back my initail investment on. Not that i was buying for resale, just after a while you end up with too much stuff. Especially with transformers. Right before all of the reissues started popping up the prices were rediculous.

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Originally Posted by Seril

I try not to buy on the secondary market if I can help it. I'm a loose collector so for me it doesn't make sense to shell out the higher prices for hard to get figures. In a few years once the next big thing comes out the prices will drop and I'll be able to pick them up loose for cheap. I find loose cheap older figures at the local comic shop all the time for under $5. It's nice grabbing Marvel Legends and the older 5" figures that way.

I recently went to a secondary market collector store that sells loose MU figs for $7 and up. I almost fainted. I was thinking $5 max. I didn't even bother looking at the larger loose toys. What ever happened to a loose fig not being more money than it is at retail carded. Just because they want to charge $15 for something that costs $7 doesn't mean it's worth half of there price once its opened.