[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Weapon X

I'm sorry guys but I gotta rant. I just encountered scalpers in person for the first time.

I went to Toys R US before it opened to get Old Man Logan, and these two old guys who looked sketchy as hell were standing outside the store. I suspected what they were, but wasn't sure. I heard them talking about probation, further adding to the sketchiness.

The doors opened, and the guys scurried ahead, and sure enough went into the Marvel Legends section. There was one Old Man Logan, one Colossus, one Sunfire, and one Cyclops and they grabbed them all.

I asked the manager if there was any in the back, he had one of the stockers check, nothing. But the stocker was really nice and managed to get one of the scalpers to give up the Cyclops, so I bought it. He also took down my name and number to call me when Logan comes in.

He was all too familiar with scalpers, and says he's had to lock up toys before due to fights and whatnot. He said that scalping is literally these sleazebags' professions, and that they have to deal with them all the time.

It bothered me that despite the store manager being aware of what they were doing, he did nothing. I literally watched as these assholes went around the whole store snatching up Star Wars, Marvel, you name it and putting it into bags.

It's no wonder I've never seen these douchebags before. They get there at opening and then are gone with the wind.

Sorry, I'm just freaking pissed. Scalpers are the scum of the Earth.

When the TRU Groot was new at the beginning of March and the GotG wave was starting to hit I was checking the local store and they had three Groots but with a limit of one per customer I was easily able to get one. The people ahead of me however were going on and on about what they would pick up to sell on eBay (they wanted all of the Groots) and they kept asking if there was an Angela in the back but they were told no. As soon as they left the store the employee who shut them down immediately went back and brought out an Angela when I asked, it was extremely nice of her and a solid victory against scalpers. I imagine if I weren't a regular with a shown interest in the characters and toys themselves she might have told me no too for fear of scalping.