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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30AC "Vintage" Wave
« on: June 3, 2007, 12:49 PM »
I still haven't seen any of these outside of a Target.  I've been cheaping out hoping to save the 1.99 each by getting them elsewhere... and nada.  Half of the Wal-Marts near me have reset and the plan-o-gram is taped up on the aisle and there doesn't even seem to be a spot for vintage figures.

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I jumped to 6 loose (always plus one carded) today after I found another pair at Target.


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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30AC Wave 3 - Tatooine
« on: June 2, 2007, 10:19 PM »
This wave comes 12 Vaders to a case right? 


If so, I found a whole case today at Wal-Mart.

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I thought I read that they were 14.99 each - but it's entirely possible that I made that up.

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Principle only gets you so far.

There is a dollar amount, I don't know what it is, where it is not worth it for Hasbro to eat the losses on this.  They probably had a meeting, discussed it, and decided that there were too many orders to be giving the discount on this figure, and that was that.

It lends to the idea that this guy won't be available later on though.  Who knows.

In the end, this is small potatoes.  It's annoying, and it sucks for people who thought they were getting a great deal, but if it sounds too good to be true...

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There had to be at least 400 of these to order. So with the $3.75 that's $1500 dollars they would have to swallow.

Plus the cost of shipping on all those orders.   $8.00 each?  Another $3200?

$4700 give or take for every 400 orders?

I'd bet there were thousands of orders.  If it was just a few grand, they wouldn't have gone through all the headache of canceling everything.


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Conventions / Re: SDCC non-attendee beggers thread
« on: June 1, 2007, 05:59 PM »
Damn, didn't even think to come looking for this thread.

Alls I'm looking for is:

3 of the Hasbro 2-packs
2 of the Shadow Scout thing

And most importantly, a Gentle Giant Commander Cody Mini Bust

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$3.75 per figure is the difference here right?  Plus the free shipping per order.

How many thousands of orders/figures do you think were effected by this?

I'm wondering how much money it would have cost Hasbro to just eat the difference.

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30AC "Vintage" Wave
« on: June 1, 2007, 05:47 PM »
Sorry Rob but that seller does have a point, that it is his right to sell anything for any price he wants to get for it, and although it is kind of deceitful, its just the way things work. Basically, he's wrong but he has a right to be wrong.

And I've conceded as much - no doubt it is their right to charge any idiotic, dishonest amount they want.


...still...

...WHAT AN A$$H :o LE!!! Hed better not get that seventy bucks, doesnt seem to deserve it whatsoever. Arent human beings just DIC#S!?!

...still...

Correct again.

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30AC "Vintage" Wave
« on: June 1, 2007, 05:46 PM »
The one I was originally looking at was a $69.99 BIN - that one you posted is even worse.

Thankfully it seems that no one has been uninformed enough to fall for it.


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Other Collectibles / Re: Unleashed figures
« on: June 1, 2007, 05:00 PM »
Yuck.  Repaints, shipping costs, and general price hikes.  This is a bad bad formula for keeping this thing alive.




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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30AC "Vintage" Wave
« on: June 1, 2007, 03:38 PM »
(This may anger some but I am playing devils advocate) In regards to the jerky seller, he does have the right to sell stuff however he pleases he is a free man. While I do not agree with his prices and would never buy from him he was verbally attacked. Who are we to infringe our views on him and tell him he is wrong. He did not break any laws, he is taking advantage of capitolism and timing. He was provoked in his response, thus I feel he was in the right on this one in that regard.

How would you feel if someone told you how to sell or do things out of the blue? Its imposing on their choice.
At JD, the members who sell and trade are top notch and do so by ethics to help other members. People on ebay do not go by that. Disagree or agree, they have that right to do so and that should be respected whether you like it or not.

Just my humble opinion but I feel you were wrong Rob. Your intentions were right but you attacked the guy, and yes he overpriced but its his choice.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, and in part I agree with your sentiments, but in this case I feel that the seller was trying to make his money back on the Vintage wave by getting rid of the stickers.  If he'd charged $30 it would have been something different.  But anyone who knows better knows that those 6 stickers can be had in stores for less than that price and then you'd have the stickers, AND the toys.  If someone was going to buy that auction, they'd have to shell out $69.99 plus shipping for the certificate and stickers, then another $4.95.

So I made the small leap that this guy was hoping someone who was uninformed would come along, see the word vintage, thing it was a big deal and grossly overpay for them - so he could get his toys for free.

So I was annoyed.  Even if it his inalienable right to charge $5,000.00 for them if he wants to.


Here's another less severe example that illustrates my $30 comment above - it's a scenario I'm almost OK with.  This guy is asking $34.99 and is shipping for free. 

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While I still think that's too much, conceivably there could be a person out there who wanted the coins and not the figures - if they do this they'd actually save $20.00 or so.  At $69.99, they get ripped off either way because for even less money they could have the toys and the coins.


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When I had the 20 it was no big deal.

Today when I had the 8 there was an awkward moment where a 7 year old ran up to me and said 'I can't believe you're getting all those, my mom wouldn't let me have one'.


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I stopped at a Target on a whim today at lunch... found 8 more sets and couldn't pass them up at that price.  4 more Mace's, 3 more Shocks, and one more Airborne.

I think that's pretty much the end of it for my area, but I'll check out one or two more places this evening.


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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30AC V-Wing Starfighter
« on: June 1, 2007, 12:22 AM »
In the time between my last post and now I opened my first V-Wing.  While one will be enough for me, I'm just going to add to the consensus that this is a pretty well-done ship.  I wish Hasbro could get vehicles with this level of quality out more often.  It's really something.

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