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Originally Posted by omega145

It inflates the price artificially and puts items out of reach for collectors who can't afford them. These are items that should be able to be obtained at around retail prices and collectors overpay because they NEED THEM RIGHT NOW as opposed to waiting on a preorder to come through. Most people will find what they need if they are patient enough but the NEED IT RIGHT NOW mentality raises causes so many people to overpay.

I'd really like to pickup the Storm/TBird set but i'm not going to rush to pay double what the preorder is for. I'll wait until I come across them in store, online at a fair price or those just will be pieces I don't pickup.

At the end of the day, rising prices only helps flippers and forces collectors to overpay. A majority of these are not actually collectibles with sustained value so why overspend unnecessarily?

Good Luck! I been chasing after the GiJoe Cobra Island Exclusives and they are super hard to find. Pre-orders sold out within seconds. I am passing on the Storm 2 pack because I am not doing this again and heavily considering calling it quits with Joes if they do Target exclusives again. I think this is the silver bullet that is going to kill collecting unless Hasbro learns from it fast. I have encountered other frustrated collectors as well while on my hunts saying the same thing.