Re: Another Ebay rip-off

doug Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:49 am

Orange 9"-ers are numbered on the bottom of the right foot.

dreamattack27 Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:58 pm

Really? I guess I never looked!

dreamattack27 Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:09 am

So yeah, I'm an idiot, they are indeed numbered! Mine is #19. I think I assumed because they were bagged and not numbered outside that they weren't numbered inside. Embarassed

ontheDL Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:46 am

And you call yourself a fan... Wink

dreamattack27 Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:09 am

LOL, I know, right? DOH!

whacko Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:23 am

dreamattack27 wrote:LOL, I know, right? DOH!

Interesting to see how much attention you pay to your (rather expensive) collectible toys Shocked

dreamattack27 Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:08 am

Well once I buy it it goes in the Detolf and then I'm after the next one! I <3 capitalism, and I have a very short attention span... oo look Pandas!! Laughing

wudat Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:08 pm

Its called supply and demand. Didn't we learn about that in middle school.

whacko Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:04 pm

wudat wrote:Its called supply and demand. Didn't we learn about that in middle school.

Yes, but the original point of this thread is that certain ebay asshats are trying to sell merch for prices far above, sometimes 3-4x what the "demand" for them dictates. It is pretty easy to get a good idea of the value of something by checking http://www.expressobeans.com, forums like this one, or even the ebay "Whats my stuff worth" tool, which tells you what similar items have sold for in the last 6 months.

As a collector it is very, very frustrating to miss out on an exclusive, because someone wants to profiteer by buying up several toys only to immediately drop them onto ebay at twice the original selling price. Among collectors the general opinon is, if you don't want the toy for yourself (or to give as a gift or something), don't buy it because someone who appreciates it more would be happy to have it.

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