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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 31, 2005 20:24:51 GMT -5
So secter what is your take in all this? I mean you shilled out for him so what do you get to be his mouthpiece? A discount? A free set? A cut of the scalping pie?
~SS~
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Post by Secter on Jan 31, 2005 20:25:45 GMT -5
Please find anywhere I posted anything regarding this news that was misleading. I posted a pic with RS and FD that said coming soon, and said the info will be available today. Well, RS and FD are here, and the info has been posted. If you jumped to conclusions it is your own fault.
I know some of you might have got your hopes up, like I hit some sorta crazy jack pot at the dollar store and got 100 of these sets for 2 bucks. Well I am sorry but thats not the case, I am sorry to burst anyones hopes who thought that was the news.
Squishee, I thought this was good news. It is a hell of a lot better news then finding out the figures will never be available or wern't produced, at least I thought. If you don't like the price, that's your own opinion, and you can walk away without spending the money. As for me, I think it is a little steep but its a hell of a lot better then never getting the set becuase of Hasbro. I just wanted to share it with my fellow board members, I never imagined there would be so much negative feed back.
Some of you guys I think, are failing to look at facts. Don't like the price? Don' buy em. Don't b!tch at me or him though. It was Hasbro who f***ed Xevoz into the ground with their marketing and and distribution, it was Hasbro who decided to dump the figs oversease. It is Hasbro who won't give retailers, fans, or anyone else a straight answer on the lines future.[/b]
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Post by gurzil on Jan 31, 2005 20:31:45 GMT -5
If Hasbro made 30, surely Hasbro made a thousand. Nice thing about the market, the price will work itself out. I am happy to know that they were actually made. This is a pretty high price for a $15 retail item (250%). Unfortunately, I don't doubt ebay will see a higher price on these.
Secter: you were used as a shill. Curious, why did you do this?
Also, top 20 posters is a pretty weak way to determine who gets to buy some. I don't pride myself on my number of posts, and it is not how I 'measure' other members of the board.
Edit after seeing your follow up post Secter: You mislead people by representing someone else's information as your own. If _you_ had them from a friend overseas, and with shipping it was costing $40 each, this would be a different matter.
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Post by Heyyou on Jan 31, 2005 20:31:54 GMT -5
I am not upset with Secter for posting the info. I don't really have a problem with scifiguy selling his imports. I've just had that feeling that he is ONLY in it for a buck, and he wandered into our community to see how much he could make. What else has he contributed other than mentioning his website as often as possible, and lying that his last TW was on ebay on or around Jan 23 (he's had 1-2 more on auction since then).
Edit: I AM looking at the facts. Hasbro DID do these things, because they are a greedy corporation whose sole concern is making a buck. Now we have someone on our boards behaving the same way. Scifiguy's price for the 2-pack is probably accurate, that doen't bother me (I could afford it if I want to). Its his methods I don't approve of. I don't like buying a car from a slick salesman (as much as his methods are not illegal or maybe even unethical). I have a brother in law whose a car salesman, and does not have to resort to shady tactics to sell cars.
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Post by Secter on Jan 31, 2005 20:38:02 GMT -5
He is a business, if you don't like the way he does things then don't buy em, simple as that. I think you guys are being a little hard on him personally. James is a great guy no doubt about it, but the prices on their figures are higher then they are at D&S Toys.
And his eBay practices? If he can make the money, why not? Would you gues sell a Storm Wing for 7 bucks when you KNOW you could get 30? C'mon, be sensable. Put yourself in his shoes. Yeah it would be great if he sold all his figures for as low as possible, but it's business. If you don't make money, you go under. There are bills to pay. He isn't some billion dollar company. He is an online retailer trying to make a buck. [/b]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 31, 2005 20:39:14 GMT -5
Notice sceter said nothing about what or why he was approached to pimp these things here.
Remember Secter is the guy who blames only the buyers on ebay for spawning scalper trash and says that if wave 4 popped up he wouldn't pay more than twice retail. He just didn't like them THAT much to pay more. Now he's happily forking over 3 times as much for a set and pimping to others to do the same. So what did you go Judas for?
Dude, you sold yourself out. Respect factor 0.
~SS~
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MoonKnight
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Post by MoonKnight on Jan 31, 2005 20:39:46 GMT -5
I believe the "Top 20 Posters" thing wasn't fair because...well lets just say 20 people is not alot of people out of what was it? 377 members?
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Post by Heyyou on Jan 31, 2005 20:44:13 GMT -5
Yeah, he is a business, and he has every right to do what he is doing. But I wouldn't go to some fan club meeting somewhere, and hawk my wares, meanwhile pretending to be a fan.
Like I said, there's nothing wrong with what he's doing. I just don't like buying from people like that. Its not even the selling on Ebay that bothers me, its that he's here, on these boards trying to sell, sell, sell. I know this is a public forum, but how would you like it if you and a group of your friends were at the park talking about movies, and someone comes up to you, pretends to be interested in your conversation, and then trys to sell you the dvds you like?
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MoonKnight
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Post by MoonKnight on Jan 31, 2005 20:48:27 GMT -5
Yeah, he is a business, and he has every right to do what he is doing. But I wouldn't go to some fan club meeting somewhere, and hawk my wares, meanwhile pretending to be a fan. Like I said, there's nothing wrong with what he's doing. I just don't like buying from people like that. Its not even the selling on Ebay that bothers me, its that he's here, on these boards trying to sell, sell, sell. I know this is a public forum, but how would you like it if you and a group of your friends were at the park talking about movies, and someone comes up to you, pretends to be interested in your conversation, and then trys to sell you the dvds you like? Exactly.
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Post by Secter on Jan 31, 2005 20:48:59 GMT -5
Squishee, stop complaining and don't buy em if you don't like it? No ones making you. You complain about him selling on eBay and yet you sell on eBay too (not to mention your pretty crummy feed back.. 4 or 5 negatives was it with only 50 something transactions? ) You have had it out for him since the beginning for whatever reason. I remember when he put his first wave 3 figures on the website and charged 8 for his SW instead of 7 like for the rest. Little did you realize then that 7 bucks, even 8 is still 50 cents cheaper then TIS. If he can offer em for 8 and 7, so can TIS. I am not trying to bash TIS at all, James is great, I am just stating facts.
Why was I approached? I will tell you why. I have talked to him through PMs. We have gotten to know each other and he asked if I would post the info. I thought it would be fun delivering the news so I agreed to help. Believe it or not, some others have known about this too. A lot of you are just hot becuase you had some kinda idea in your head about what the news would be and it didn't live up to what you thought. Don't buy the sets, I really don't care. You don't "waste" any money and he will have more left to sell on eBay. It's a win win situation.
Scifiguy is not a fan, he has never claimed to be on this board to my knowledge. He is a business and that's it. He is in it for the money, not to sell these things for what he pays and make no profit. Squishee, I did say that about buying the figures. That was before I knew they were already being released over seas. I said I wouldn't pay double retail, and I meant it. At 38 dollars, I am still not paying double retail that he got them for. I have had 0 espect for you for the longest time. You are arrogant, snippy, and a hypocrit. You are by far my least favorite person I have ever met with your constant bickering and complaining of others. You jump on people over the littlest of things, and you want to know why the boards have been steadily declinning? I am sure a large portion is due to your overbearin personality. You have chased so many great members off with your constant fighting and argueing with them and everyone else.[/b]
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Post by scifiguy on Jan 31, 2005 20:54:48 GMT -5
People. Don't blame Sector. I asked him to do it because I wanted you to know they were coming in without saying it was me. -SS- has made it quite clear what he thinks of me and I did not need to see a weekend of griping. I am a business. Period. I am not a fan. I think they are a cool toy, but do not do anything with them. Sorry. I believe this marketplace thread is for the info I am giving out. Price too much? Perfectly understand. I would not pay it either, but I am NOT making a killing. Ebay will take care of that, if you guys don't want them. You can't have it both ways. I get blamed for scalping them on Ebay, but when I offer them for a little over our cost I get roasted. Not fair, but I was ready for it. As for the top 20. I said I had a few more and several people have gotten them who are not in the top 20. read the post again.... Signing off, until later tonight, Thanks David www.dnstoys.com
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Post by Heyyou on Jan 31, 2005 20:54:57 GMT -5
AGAIN, he operates a business. But I thought this was a place for people to have fun. If people are going to come here and sell things, them I'm gone.
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Post by Secter on Jan 31, 2005 21:01:54 GMT -5
Well, this is the market place, it is devoted specifically to selling Heyyou [/b]
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Post by kryogenicoffline on Jan 31, 2005 21:09:25 GMT -5
what i believe is "all for one, one for all' that has been false lets altleast make every1 have the same chance of getting one, but if one cant have one none can have one.
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jan 31, 2005 21:15:46 GMT -5
First of all you are a liar pure and simple.
I have never sold xevoz on ebay. The only things I have sold were things I no longer had a need for that were used or I bought online and then found cheap in the store for exactly what i paid for them, dumb@ss. Look at my auctions and tell me different. I am not a scalper that gets toys from Hasbro and throws thier stock on ebay because I'm a greedy bastich. That's your "boss" and appearently that's you too. You slept with a dog and now you have the fleas too. I've already got a flood of PMs that are condemning you for your whole part in this. You are even worse than Dave because you are a sellout. We already knew dave was a scalper. Now we know you are no better when push comes to shove and there is money to be made on these toys. There's no way I believe you got no kickbacks on this especially since you called him boss.
As for what I you think I thought, don't. You aren't good at thinking. I posted exactly what I thought this would be before you and scalper dave popped this crap deal here over on the Firedrake and Runeslayer thread. I pretty much knew this was scalper bomb and I figured Dave was involved.
I'm glad we found this out about you before we included you in on the Xevoz Union. The members are right Hasbro made thousands if they made twenty. I'll wait and those who don't support trash like this will get 3 sets for every 1 silly people pay dave for because they buy into your messages of panic and pleads for mass overspending.
I'm also glad to hear Dave didn't make twice what he spent on these. I call that a moral victory and know that reputable toy stores make much much less in thier products that what Dave did on these. He's a great scalp... er... business man and you make a great toady.
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