[KingLouie731]

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Originally Posted by shortysben

So I was just at my local TRU...first one in the door for "new truck friday"...I immediately head to the MU section hoping to find a Scarlett Witch and Kang...to my surprise there is a w.19 Punisher on the pegs along with the ghost rider, and the few other repacks (that no one wants)...I am confused as to where the others are (namely Kang, Scarlett witch, 2x she hulks, punisher, and 2x spidey's)...so I ask an associate to scan them, and she says they have "24" in stock. thus missing the 7 I mentioned in parenthesis....as only 17 were on the pegs

She then goes on to tell me that there is an employee who sells on ebay as a second way to make income (then she tells me "I probably shouldnt be telling you this")...so then I ask her why I would ever come back here?

This may have been the straw to the perverbial camels back for me...as if competition wasnt enough, to have to get to a store the minute they put out new stock to get that new fig...and yet they are not even put out at the store, because an insider already cherry picks the new shit...

I mean she told me he sells them on ebay...I thought employees had to comply with the whole "not sell on secondary market" thing...even though we know this is never complied with...

I am just fed up with the whole scene...

plus they are just toys, and to me the squeeze is becoming worth less than the juice...

Sorry for the rant, but I thought this was bullshit enough to complain about...

I hate this kind of thing. I'd find the appropriate person to say something to and do just that. I used to work retail and our Loss Prevention peoples were on top of employees stashing stuff to buy after their shift. The rule was it had to be on the shelf straight out the box and you could not as an associate touch it until you clocked out for your break.

Now I can't say that folks didn't get away with some stuff from time to time but essentially this is stealing. think about it, if the item hits the shelf and you have a non associate purchase the item that it more profit for the retailer because typically the associate gets some sort of discount. Our LP would let me get first dib looks at stuff fresh out of the case but if I wasn't on my break I could only put it on the shelf. needless to say times have changed

sorry this happened to you Shorty, but like you said you asked what was in the back and I had that happen @ a Target and they were kind enough to go get the figures that were stashed in the back but that is usually the exception.