The plastic quality also seems to be cheaper with the Amazon exclusives, so they're more flimsy and more expensive, so fuck Amazon.Shockwave wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:51 amBeast Man and Man At Arms were both listed at $14.99 leach (retail price) while Trap Jaw and Orko were both listed at $30+. Through Walmart directly, not 3rd party sellers. That is scalping. There's no defending this practice. Amazon is guilty of this too.Dominic wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:41 amI agree that Wal-Mart is over-charging. But, I suspect it has more to do with charging a convenience fee than with scalping. How do prices on non-toy items compare? With $5 for comics becoming more common (and higher not being unheard of), I am going to be getting pickier.
I'm done with toy collecting.
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Check it out, a honey bear! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkajou
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I've updated my sales thread on TFW with pics of stuff that didn't sell on ebay. Still a lot more to come.
https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... st-6346796
https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... st-6346796
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I have an offer on TFW for Dirge and Ramjet for 90 shipped. If anyone here wants to offer more and get them for considerably cheaper than ebay, let me know. I made a counter offer to the person of $120 shipped, which he said he'll consider. I paid $326. but, I've also made money off other figures, which mitigates this to a large extent. If anyone on here wants to fill in this particular gap in their collection, this is a good opportunity. Pics are in the link provided above.
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Thanks again, Shockwave, hope the cash has helped make up for the frustrations with the collecting a little.
See, that one's a camcorder, that one's a camera, that one's a phone, and they're doing "Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil", get it?
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Are you still able to be paid via Paypal on Ebay? I hadn't used Ebay since February when I was selling stuff to make money to buy all those IDW Transformers volumes, and when I logged on earlier I got a notice that they were doing away with Paypal. I don't particularly want Ebay to have access to my checking account, I have to say.
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Nope, they're completely done with Paypal. All money from auctions is sent to my checking account after about 3 days. It's really a pain in the ass.
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That seems like a bad call for Ebay. I'm not giving them my checking account info.
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Neither am I, and it would be a pain to set up another one just for Ebay use given how infrequently I use Ebay. I was fine with Paypal and would prefer to continue using it. This is bad customer service by Ebay.
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Yeah, after this round of purging, I'm done. I think you can still pay for things with paypal, but getting paid is only through Ebay.
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This entire thread has made me realize that I've been collecting toys, for a while now, out of habit rather than a desire to actually own, like, 80% of them.
I think I'm done, too. I just look around the basement and want them gone. They don't make me happy anymore.
I think I'm done, too. I just look around the basement and want them gone. They don't make me happy anymore.
Check it out, a honey bear! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkajou