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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 23, 2005 20:25:40 GMT -5
I have bought toys and have sold toys I have owned or bought from ebay. I am not a dealer and got such toys from the manufacturer at a SRP. Many times I merely made back the money I spent on many of those products anyway. There enlies the difference between me and my less than 25 ebay sales in 3 years and D(irtbag) & S(calper) toys. As for others, if they want to buy from an admitted scalper and overcharger for shipping then that's their business. I won't because I don't like your crooked ebay selling rares stock practices. I don't pay packing or stryofoam peanuts charges and in the rare occasions I buy on ebay I don't charge for them either. I'd rather pay straight up costs from people who don't take a dollar or more and stow in in their pocket for .20 worth of packing materials which they more than likely got for next to nothing. If you expect people to pay them then that's on you and your store and scalping sales. I put my address to see how much you are charging for the tomb wraith on ebay for grins and it comes to $6 according to the prerequisites you put in. Like I said before I've never had anyone charge me that much for a booster but D&SToys will. Oh I guess I forgot to factor in those solid gold packing peanuts.... Mis-information? Campaign? This thread and maybe a mentionin one or two others on this low traveled part of the website is hardly a whole hearted effort to wipe your bs.... er.... business off the face of the planet. If this hardly traveled forum has resulted in a huge accelerated hits for you then you must be hurting for sales. Given the fact you came here to devote so much time to one trying to battle one dissenting voice to your sales practices makes me laugh. Everything I've said here is the truth. You cannot deny any of it. All you have basically done is said "Yeah, so what I sell off my rares on Ebay? It's a free country. I'm out to make some dough." Yes, it is a free country and I have a free voice. I can say what I want to about your practices and how I think they stink and why. You are the one who can't seem to deal with that fact and want to me to desparately be silenced. Did you find the original 2 crypt curses or 3 or 4? The amounts of leftovers seem to grow from post to post. The very fact a customer had to email and approach you about getting a descent deal says volumes. I've never had to do this with James at TIS or Goodstuff. You know why? They don't have to deal under the table and play scalper games to get a product. I can go to their website and just buy it for a descent price right out. There's probably another reason people cancel orders with you you know. Many of your deals stink these days ("probably" less than $60 2 wave 3 boosters) and you yourself are a classless act. That is why you have stuff in stock and have a hard time moving it on the site. You have little to nothing rare IN STOCK as far as Xevoz at your store site either. You are to busy selling that on ebay at the moment. That's the rub isn't it. So don't try to mislead people with that lie either. Like I said before folks. Avoid this roid and go with online toy companies you don't have to "email to get a deal" with or wonder if they are selling off their rare Xevoz at inflated package deal prices or scalping on ebay... www.bigbadtoystore.com/stik_menu.aspwww.goodstufftogo.net/html/catalog1.asp?ID=261www.entertainmentearth.com/hitlist.asp?theme=XevozThe Imagination Station: Toll free phone 1 (888) 305 - 2301 ask for James. He will do anything he can to help and is a fan himself. Not one of these guys will stoop to shilling their rare or HTF Xevoz figures on Ebay and all have comparable or better prices and service than Dirtbag & Scalper toys. ~SS~
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Post by Secter on Jan 23, 2005 21:02:25 GMT -5
Squishee, I am not trying to start an arguement with you here by any means, but can we just let it go? You have your right to an opinion as does scifiguy. He doesn't need to be heckled and have his store bashed everytime someone post something concerning him selling an item on eBay. You have expressed your feelings about the store and I think most, if not everyone knows how you feel by now.
After all, he is just trying to make a living so who cares if he sells 4 or 5 rares on eBay? No one is making you buy them and if he would have put them up on his store, you most likely wouldn't have gotten them anyways. Someone else might have bought them all up in one fell swoop and sold em on eBay instead. His boosters are still the cheapest on the net and the rest of the figures are in line with all other online stores.
Like I said, I am not trying to get into it with you, I would rather just not see this crap go on. I know I could ignore the thread, but how about instead we let just let it go. You have already expressed your opinions and dealings with D&S as has scifiguy with you. Lets focus our attention on the real culprit, Hasbro, who is responsible for the shortage of SW, TW, and CC in the first place. They have turned us on each other like mad, starving dogs![/b]
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Post by scifiguy on Jan 23, 2005 21:17:43 GMT -5
Well put! I am done responding with this post since the name calling just shows how mature -SS- is. People can visit us and form there own opinion. Don't shop Ebay if you don't want to pay the prices. I would not buy them on ebay. I could just as well have put them on our site for $30, to make up for the other 6 in the cases that probably would not sell for much now that dumping has occured. I doubt many people would buy a full case for $90 or so, but haven't had any for months anyway. If we get some from overseas I'll see if I can come up with some reasonable cost package deal, but kind of hard when only 1 of each per case.. I hope everyone reading these posts can see which one of us is rational and which one just jumps at every little thing. Signing off... Dave www.dnstoys.com
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 23, 2005 21:48:31 GMT -5
Secter, it's my business with this guy. Please respect that and walk away if you feel you must. You changed your mind easily about him and how he does his selling. Good for you but his justications fall short for me. If this guy is so magnanimous he can move along, respect my opinion about why I do not like his business dealings and have a right to say my peace when people push him here as a good seller. scifiguy - Yes, I am the immature one. I was the one who started this all by calling you a pregnant dog, posting our private ebay transactions, and justifing my backstreet selling tactics on ebay. If anyone reading this wasn't convinced you were a low class dealer before then they should be pretty convinced you are now by your own words and deeds. If you are going through the trouble of importing rares overseas I quarantee it's not to sell them for anything close to a descent markup for the store buyers. You weren't down for that when you had a few figures on hand and I know you won't turn down the easy big cash for these either. If you are a crooked person with the little things in life so will you be all the more when there is bigger stakes on the table. The other figures such as Shield Breaker and Quickslinger will sell through (they have elsewhere) so can that noise too. You are looking to fleece these guys, but then again that falls right inline with your recent reputation. Also, I'm not sure why you thought you needed to post our confidential Ebay transactions on this public message board other than to prove you do overcharge on shipping, but my wife looked at it and she wants them taken down immediately. She is willing turn you into ebay over this lack of good judgement. That information is not for you to dispense publically and you know it. It is direct voilation to ebay's buyer and seller privacy rules. ~SS~
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Post by Ming on Jan 24, 2005 14:54:36 GMT -5
Squishee, I am not trying to start an arguement with you here by any means, but can we just let it go? [/b][/quote] Seriously, I know I'm new here and I'm not trying to start arguments with anyone, but Secter hit the nail on the head. Squishee, just let it go man. There's no need to get yourself so worked up about all this. They're just action figures. If you don't like the way the guy does business, then don't shop at his place. But don't result to name calling and going off on him. And as I mentioned before, the only reason that people sell on eBay is because they can. Don't kill the messenger because you don't like the message. People bid on these things and raise them up to astronomical values. The CUSTOMERS do it, not the seller. If you think it's unfair, then tell everyone to stop bidding on Xevoz on eBay, and you won't see them up there anymore. I feel like I'm responsible here for initially posting that D&S had Thunder Shamans for sale a while ago which started all this onslaught. I wholeheartedly apologize and had I know hell was going to break loose, I wouldn't have shared the info with you guys. And once again, I'm not trying to start anything with anyone. The last thing I want is for people to hate me because of where I may choose to shop... ~Ming
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 24, 2005 15:08:35 GMT -5
It's not just action figures; it's business. To say otherwise doesn't make much sense when people say it's all about business and guys like dave doing whatever they can to earn an extra buck.
Insults and going off on people goes both ways. If you see this issue merely one sided then I'm not sure what to say to you other than you are wrong.
I don't buy it that the buyers are the sole ones to blame on Ebay scalping problems either. It's a back door exhoneration for scalpers who are just as much to blame in the equation.
If people want this issue to die then all they have to do is let it alone. It was already working it's way down the page and hadn't been posting on since yesterday.
~SS~
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Post by Ming on Jan 24, 2005 15:31:48 GMT -5
If you see this issue merely one sided then I'm not sure what to say to you other than you are wrong. ... If people want this issue to die then all they have to do is let it alone. It was already working it's way down the page and hadn't been posting on since yesterday. You know what? I could go on for volumes, but I will simply say the following: I do not appreciate the tone and animosity that I sense coming from you directed at me, who has done nothing wrong to you. I am sorry that I fail to see how anyone has done anything wrong in this situation. And I am sorry that I was not able to repond to this until now. But, just like you, I would like my voice to be heard, and regardless of when that happens, I WILL say my peace. This is a petty argument that has sparked from an over-zealous opinion, and I am beginning to question whether I should continue to be a member of this board. ~Ming
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 24, 2005 15:47:19 GMT -5
Good you said your peace it has been heard and no one told you you couldn't or shouldn't speak to begin with. You think my opinion is overzealous then so be it and if you don't like my tone then that's just too bad. I don't care for all the different threads pimping of this guy's auctions either so I wrote an unpopular opinion about his practices.
Anyways, I wouldn't quit a message board just because someone disagrees with me about some online seller, but that's just my view on the circumstance. If you feel you need to leave then that's your call.
~SS~
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Post by Secter on Jan 24, 2005 16:21:04 GMT -5
What it really comes down to is most people will buy the figures regardless of what you say Squishee so you really are wasting your breath, no offense. They can see the price on the D&S website along with shipping before they buy, and they know what they are paying when they bid on eBay. What it really just comes down to is you not liking his practices, which most likely has no affect on anyones opinion since most have their minds made up. Now I realize you want your opinion heard, and it has been as you have stated it a few times now, but I think everyone here knows he sold some rares he had left over on eBay by now, and they must make their own mind up on wether they think it is a fair practice or enough to deter them from buying from him again. What he is doing is perfectly legal and fair though and I doubt you will suad many people to not buy from him. If he was charging you and then never sending the figures, it would be a different story and I would definetly want to hear about it. Like I said before, to be honest I don't think you bashing his practices makes all that much of a difference it's just wasting your time and contributing to an arguement no one wants to really hear (and yes, I realize I am just further contributing but all well, hopefully it can stop now).
I am not gonna comment on the above arguement anymore and what I am about to say has nothing to do with it other then something mention What I do want to say is something about eBay though. It is no ones fault but the buyers. Plain and simple. If people would stop paying rediculous amounts (30 dollars for a Storm Wing figure?! gimme a break, hes cool, but not over 10 dollars cool imo) then you wouldn't see jacked up prices from collectors and such. There would be no reason for people to go into Target, buy all the Storm Wings and then sell them, they would only buy them if THEY wanted them becuase they would be worthless otherwise. There would be no profit from buying em all up and denying others who want to buy and keep them. When they offer items on eBay though, they know they can make some cash, and why not? I don't agree with it, but it really is the buyers fault. They are the ones that bid against each other and raise the price, they are the ones that make people see "hey, if I can make 50 bucks off a 5 dollar figure I see at Wal-Mart everyday, then I am gonig back and buying em all up!". If people would stop paying outrageous prices, there would be no reason for them to pick the figures up and those that really want them, not to sell, would get them and keep them. [/b]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 24, 2005 16:29:18 GMT -5
If you or anyone else doesn't want to hear what I have to say then don't read it. No one is making you.
You nor I have no idea how this thread has or could effect others who have read it. If you are okay with D&S then good for you. Others who have read it and not responded may have decided to pass on them and go with some of the more reputable companies.
If it's all on the buyers then why have I not had to thrown all any extra rares on ebay and had to cash in? Why doesn't or hasn't EE, Goodstuff, BBTS or TIS done this? It's all because they don't have to sell out to greed and then claim the bidders (devil) made them do it.
~SS~
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Post by Secter on Jan 24, 2005 16:44:29 GMT -5
But the bidders did make them do it. No one would put their figures up if they didn't make a profit, which comes from the bidders paying outrageous prices. If he wouldn't have put them up someone would have bough the 2 or 3 figures before we even saw them on the website anyways, so what is the big deal? It had no effect on you did it? You might have bough the figures before he sold them out on the website, but I highly,highly doubt it. You obviously don't like the store or shop therer much.
Most stores don't do it, but if scifiguy wants to then he has the right to. He isn't doing anything illegal. If you don't like it, thats fine, but you really are just expressing your opinion and trying to get others to agree with it, you arn't telling us anything we don't already know or warning people about some scam(by now, everyone that buys Xevoz and visits this site should know, if not it is their own fault for not reading the posts). They know what they are paying up front, if they want to pay those prices, they will. They know he has sold some rares he had left on eBay too by now and it is up to them to decide if they want to continue buying from him or not. The facts have been layed out and I doubt your opinion will sauy anyone one way or the other, so if someone post he has an eBay auction, there is no need to bash it. Most (should) know he has sold em on eBay and its up to them to decide if that is enough to deter them from making the purchase.[/b]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 24, 2005 16:56:15 GMT -5
I never said what he did was illegal, I do think it is immoral and shady. I have expressed that despite all the flak I've gotten over it there enlies the difference. You doubt my words will sway anyone away from buying with Dave and I disagree because I know it would have had an effect on me. He would go into the category of online retailers I avoid like Toywiz.com. It's up for others to decide who they would like to deal with, but at least they now know both sides of the story.
~SS~
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