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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

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.

Agreed, and with cameras all over the store it's just not smart for either person. I've had a few times when the employees were less than helpful (and a TRU manager who told me to check eBay) but employees will usually help if you have UPC/DPCI/ R#. I've even had one TRU employee tell me to never ask without the numbers since it's harder for employees to refuse helping you if you've done all of the work. But most of the time politeness gets the job done.

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Oh man that sucks.

I realize that most retail employees are not going to care or realize what's a collectible and what's not, all about the sale, but I don't see how when they asked to find out about any stock that wouldn't have struck me as a bit odd.

Of course, I doubt they can decline the request, but maybe walgreens should do a limit 2 of their exclusives. It's likely a bit easier to identify the figure than with with Walmart, Target et all that might have a huge amount of different reigures.

When I went hunting for the yellow Daredevil, a Walgreens employee told me that Marvel Legends all share the same inventory number (Target does the same thing for ML waves). I ended up making the trip for nothing that day. Safer to call or order online.