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I know ebay will be ebay but the buyers on there are pretty damn stupid and obnoxious.
I've been spectating auctions for this figure and it's like they all purposely bid the hell out of them to see who'll pay the most. Like most people I saw this one guy put in $250 right off the bat. Most people either put in a bid days before and put in the most they're willing to pay (like this guy) or wait to the last day/hour to snipe bid (like I do).
Then in the next hour all these scavengers just bid the hell out of it making the price sky rocket.
BAM
$50.00
$80.00
$90.00
$101.00
$107.00
$122.00
$127.00
$135.00
$150.00
$201.00
Then finally they're at the first bidders original bid, $250 and guess what . . . there's still 5 or 6 days to go before the bid ends . . . and atleast a dozen others from other sellers.
I've seen bid wars in my time but this is just ridiculous.
I've been a member on ebay for years now and I just don't know what's going through these people's heads. Originally, you could get some pretty good deals especially if something was widely available. Here, you have have quite a few, recent Batman figures, all listed below $10 dollars and these bidders just come in and rape the hell out of the auctions.
I notice it's the same couple of bidders too (could be shills?).
I guess I just don't understand the mentality, don't people want to save a few bucks? There's plenty to go around. I mean, most of the people that win these things for $300-$400 are from the United States, do they not know that Sideshow still has them in stock?
What about the QC issues on most of them, do people even care?
Now I believe in value and I love seeing what I own in my collection skyrocket in price. But it's usually when, A, the figures are long sold out and B, when there aren't that many figures on the secondary market anymore (namely MIB). With this though there are so many MISB pieces floating around every single day, tons of figures being broken down (literally and figuratively) and a distributor still has them in stock. Yet these nut bags are ready and willing to throw down multiple bids and a couple of hundreds at a single figure. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I've been spectating auctions for this figure and it's like they all purposely bid the hell out of them to see who'll pay the most. Like most people I saw this one guy put in $250 right off the bat. Most people either put in a bid days before and put in the most they're willing to pay (like this guy) or wait to the last day/hour to snipe bid (like I do).
Then in the next hour all these scavengers just bid the hell out of it making the price sky rocket.
BAM
$50.00
$80.00
$90.00
$101.00
$107.00
$122.00
$127.00
$135.00
$150.00
$201.00
Then finally they're at the first bidders original bid, $250 and guess what . . . there's still 5 or 6 days to go before the bid ends . . . and atleast a dozen others from other sellers.
I've seen bid wars in my time but this is just ridiculous.
I've been a member on ebay for years now and I just don't know what's going through these people's heads. Originally, you could get some pretty good deals especially if something was widely available. Here, you have have quite a few, recent Batman figures, all listed below $10 dollars and these bidders just come in and rape the hell out of the auctions.
I notice it's the same couple of bidders too (could be shills?).
I guess I just don't understand the mentality, don't people want to save a few bucks? There's plenty to go around. I mean, most of the people that win these things for $300-$400 are from the United States, do they not know that Sideshow still has them in stock?
What about the QC issues on most of them, do people even care?
Now I believe in value and I love seeing what I own in my collection skyrocket in price. But it's usually when, A, the figures are long sold out and B, when there aren't that many figures on the secondary market anymore (namely MIB). With this though there are so many MISB pieces floating around every single day, tons of figures being broken down (literally and figuratively) and a distributor still has them in stock. Yet these nut bags are ready and willing to throw down multiple bids and a couple of hundreds at a single figure. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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I got you all figured out, DiFabio....
