[jimster2010]

First, one of the main reasons that this thread has run way longer than it should is because of the uneven distribution with this product. I do not know about low production runs because since wave 9 all I have been hearing is they are going to keep shipping more despite what anyone else had said about it and there does seem to be more being purchased lately at retail. As a matter of fact my local comic book shop just received 2 cases of wave 9 last week.
However, when it comes to store employees who collect I believe it is unfair to the collector off the street who stops at a store everyday and comes out empty handed because the in demand items are being bought up by greedy employees before they hit the floor. I agree that pallet divers who scalp are just as much to blame for this but it is ridiculous to say employees who cannot wait and do not let the general public get first crack at them, regardless of the circumstances, at least during the initial shipment is the lesser of 2 evils.
Here is a point that the pro employees who collect people have missed, in my case greedy store employees caused this headache, no one else. I have every right as a customer and a collector to complain about it so would anybody, my critics included.
I guess some people think everyone else is fine with paying inflated prices for weeks old items on Ebay because the merchandise has not hit the sales floor due to employee purchases but they are sadly mistaken.