I know a few locals who scalp just to pay for their own collection.
This is THE worst excuse people throw at you too... I always hate when I hear this line of BS as the "excuse" that makes someone not a scalper when they're trying to defend their scalper ways... I notice it a LOT at that othe
R Site... And to be honest if it were said here there'd be some punishment dealt because it's not condusive to a happy/good collecting community.
Yet you see it all the time, that people scalp and then say "but I collect and I only sell stuff to help me pay for my collection"... I just can't stand that. I don't know if it's the sheer stupidity of people who delude themselves into BELIEVING that it's ok or somehow not scalping, or if it's the possibility that they're saying it with the idea others are stupid enough to accept that...
Anyway... What's this about?
Oh motives... Well I think there's a comical tone to the original post but yeah obviously some kind of profit's there to some people. Whether they actually make much or not I don't know... It's probably little work to get up early and do that, especially if you actually live close to anything. That's maybe the positive to living in Pittsburgh, nothing is close by so it's tough for scalpers too... They do tend to hit multiple toys though, and that's where I think the real benefit is.
If you've got time to keep up with Hot Wheels, Marvel Legends, Star Wars, LOTR (at the time), Sportpicks, etc., etc., etc., and know what's hot and what's not, then it's maybe more beneficial...
That then is why I hate the "UGH" bull that Hasbro's dumped on it... Without chases I think certain pieces of cow dung left the line be because of getting burned. Now they have a reason to come to the aisle...
Not only does that now mean they're in flubbing things up on the UGH crap, but now they also probably will take a gander at other random basic figures they think are hot, and also the simple fact that these maroons leave the Hot Wheels aisle looking like a tornadoe hit it is annoying. I see more Star Wars crap laying around, on the floor, on the lower shelves laying about, all because I know guys that aren't collecting are messing up the toy aisle because they don't care... You see it where these people haunt the most (Hot Wheels for certain) and now you see it even more in Star Wars. I know I'm noticing it more this year already... Total BS, and all thanks to Hasbro's official "head-up-their-ass" idea of the year.