$279.99 for this?! You can take your inflated price and *place order* shove it up *confirm purchase* my backside Hot Toys!
I think I'm missing your argument here vodoun. What are you suggesting? That the guys who owned the old '89 Batman customs were causing a huge stir about the cost of Hot Toys figures, and that it was dominating threads in a negative way? Maybe I'm just missing those discussions, but I don't remember very much of that at all.
Just to be clear, I'm not complaining about prices.
I was talking about how in most of the threads I read about retail items the majority of posts were complaining about the price.
Hilarious that almost no one here is talking about thisMost haven't even seen it yet.
Someone will post that x-company is releasing x-figure for x-money and the then it's 47 pages of "tooooo much money" posts
Hilarious that almost no one here is talking about this
But sure, people enjoy complaining. Hell, I think that's the glue that holds toy collecting forums together.
Hilarious that almost no one here is talking about this
But sure, people enjoy complaining. Hell, I think that's the glue that holds all forums together.
A lot of what goes on in the sales section is annoying. But my perspective is--those guys simply aren't going to get sales. So, the only ones who really lose out are them, if they are genuinely trying to move something. Everyone else can (and will) simply ignore them at some point. But for some items where value isn't clear (some rare customs or one offs for example), it actually makes a lot of sense for someone trying not to sell for too little or too much.Pay what you feel a figure is worth, no problems.
What grinds my gears is when people put a figure on the marketplace at $100+ over eBay prices, then expect me to pay Paypal fees (which is invariably tacked on as a rider after the price, and the advertised price is not the true cost, and is thus deceptive), then spend the next month optimistically bumping said overpriced item, then complain about people trying to lowball them on the price.
As a buyer, of course I'm going to do my best to get the best deal for me, that's my job. Politely refuse and we all move on.
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