[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

Jesus. That's a pretty generous offer too, considering that figure isn't too difficult to find. No way is that figure reasonable at $40, you'd be doing him a favor. Sentimentality is expensive, it seems. I've paid extra to avoid the inevitable pain in the ass as well, but god damn.

I look at it this way, while I know there are several people here and in general out there who won't pay a dime over retail, if I have the extra scratch, and it's reasonable, I don't mind, especially when I take into consideration my own local options. Tucson is a large town, but it doesn't have many LCS that deal in toys (most of them deal exclusively in books, card decks and tabletop games,) and the two TRUs we have are seperated by nearly 12 city miles, (which doesn't sound like a lot) but considering that there's no freeway options to get from one to the other...it's easily an hour drive across town just so one can find pegs still loaded with Constable Zuvios, White Tigers and Misty Knights.

In addition, my TRU's have missed exclusives entirely (such as the Jubilee X-Wave, several of NECAs, and the recent Black Series Hovertank pilot) so I don't mind paying the extra money to get rid of the headache of coming up empty time after time again. As a working father with a 2 year old, I just don't have the time to be bouncing around town nor the extra money to be sinking into gas for a less than worthwhile search.

When someone on eBay sends back a counter offer similar to what he did to a best offer that's more than generous, I'll seriously send them back a middle finger as a reply, because it tells me that he believes I'm being dishonest with him and am trying to lowball him. It would be one thing if I was trying to buy an SDCC Luke Cage off of him. This however is a fairly recent release that has been done a couple of times and has bootlegs of it running around. What he fails to realize is that it is a figure that I already own two "evolutions" of (having both the EE and the previous BAF versions) so I was essentially willing to pay him 35 bucks for two, tiny, non-articulated versions of Groot, along with a new headsculpt, which makes the offer even more than generous.

Anyways...no case of sour grapes here. I'll get my hands on it eventually. Not my fault he doesn't like money (or likes it too much.) I might end up waiting for the eventual casts of the potted and baby Groots, as well as the smiling head, sure to come. And if anyone else here gets their hands on it, lemme know. I'd be interested.