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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

I NEVER said i didn't believe what Phantom posted.... as far as Gizmo just popping up claiming whatever it is he knows, i still don't believe it.... How is that trying to display power? more like trying to give them an incentive to actually go back and look for something that will take about a whole 5 minutes or less AND someone will end up buying the items not stealing them. OBVISOUSLY i wouldn't just hand them money until a box came out with them. Let's be honest for a moment with each other here. the majority of stores here in south florida, NONE of the workers in these stores whom are just aimlessly walking around are actually doing something. more like just trying to hide out and kill time. at least to what i've seen displayed in many stores i've walked into... maybe in the sticks where alot of you guys are from, you might have "HARD WORKING PEOPLE" with that type of work ethic, however here in south florida not at all.....

And by the way Trivial, I WILL try that out, and see if anything good comes to fruitation, you will be one of the first people i send the pictures to on here

I don't think anyone's going to risk their freaking job to take your bribe, dude. Fairly certain that, even if they're as lazy as you believe them to be, an extra $5-$10 right then and there wouldn't be worth being caught in a situation that could get them fired. $10 is nothing compared to losing their entire regular income.

So howzabout you don't do that. Because odds are good that bribery could also get you barred from that store, if the management so chooses. And even if this is all hypothetical BS, you've still been given enough hard evidence to show why it's not likely to work.

I will say that I've had some fortune with Transformers hunting and asking if a store had items that weren't on the shelf, but that's mostly because A) my wife and I have befriended employees at a number of local stores, including managers, and have a good rapport; B) we're kind, courteous, polite, and try not to impose on employees too much; and c) we have UPC/DPCI information for the employees to check directly, and often check beforehand to see if the store's website claimed they had the items in stock, which helps immensely.

Ended up getting most of the first Transformers Prime releases from the back room because we follow these steps. And because they actually had these items in the back room, and didn't have any restrictions on when/if they could sell them.