[Alchemist559]

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Originally Posted by behindthemask

I think there's things people forget. There's the price you pay for an item. There's the going ebay/amazon/online market prices, there's retail prices, and then there's this is what I think it's worth price.

Example ML xforce Deadpool, online price $25-30. retail $16-19.99 range, say what you paid is $25+15 shipping, if someone asked to buy it off me, I have to be the dick and say $40 rather then $20 because I spent the extra getting it shipped, but because it can't be found retail the guy asking to buy it will pay the extra.. now does this make me a scalper? Also factors to consider is time,effort and gas, Maybe the guy selling the figure had to spend $10 in gas to drive to a mall, fight through crowds of people, search through isles and pegs until the item is found, wait in line, then drive back home, take the time to take pics, write a description, then package,label and ship, which means another drive to the post office and back, all for maybe $10-20 profit, or in the case of LordMarvel, No profit! I can't expect everybody to do this as people would be broke and homeless, losing $$ on every deal. Yes it's a nice feeling knowing toys are in good hands and that you helped someone find an item of want/need, but at the same time I feel I should break even or make a lil extra for my efforts. Now I don't plan on being rich of my little deals and trades, but a few bucks to put towards my grocery bill or gas $$ is all I want lol. Also 80% of the $$ I make off selling/trading toys I reinvest in more toys.

Scalper is not far from friend who helps you find items you can never ever find. Lots of ebay sellers selling deadpool xforce for $20ish with exact shipping and to me that's fine. But the guy who sells a hot toys robocop for $1000 pisses me off lol.

That is understandable, no one is saying lose money on what you paid, but if you did find it at retail for $20 and sell it for $70 as an example, that is not right. If you added gas, shipping and the half hour you put in to taking a picture, posting and all that, your looking at $45-50 max.