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Originally Posted by Kregermeister

I can see buying 2, 3 at max. 1 to keep, and 2 for ebay to recoup gas money (5 dollar profit per figure) but thats just scalping. Disgusting.

Well, if you do not like it MOVE ON. No need for DRAMA here.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Oh you asshole!!! Instead of helping us on the board here, you go and sell them on ebay for more than double the amount. I hope you fall victim to a guy that bids $1000 on your auction so he can win it and then never pay for it and have ebay refuse to refund your Final Value Fee.

That is the REASON, I AVOIDED any reply to you. I knew the outcome as you demonstrated in your reply here with another forum member. Again, if you DO NOT like his prices MOVE ON. no need for drama here. You seemed pissed you do not 1 and need to vent. Do it elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by krazyeights

FYI, I am not making a lot from this. After shipping and EBAY + PAYPAL expensive fees; profit is only about $5.00.

I am more than happy to send this to anyone on this forum at my cost, just pay for shipping.

Do not let other members dictate on what to do. This a a FREE MARKET. Sell for price you want. If other members do not like it TOO BAD. They should MOVE ON. You wasted your time, gas, etc... so the mark up is WARRANTED.

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Originally Posted by mumm_ra_the_ever_living

Before the mods end up locking this thread.

There's no need to post ebay postings here.

I was trying to help by posting a friendly thread lol Come on guys, lets leave the negative stuff outside.

GREAT POINT !!!

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

So every topic should be unicorns and rainbows? That removes the HUMAN element from a discussion.

Krazy, don't want to pay the ebay and Paypal fees, don't sell them on ebay. Paypal fees are easy to avoid, have the person who is sending you money send it as a gift, that is what I do on everything that is not sold on ebay.

NO WAY !!! Seller has EVERY RIGHT to sell on whatever channels he feels like. Maximizing his profits to fund other things is PRIORITY. Helping members is secondary.

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Originally Posted by englishw

Final Sale $38.88
eBay listing fee - $0.00 (first 50/month are free)
eBay final value fee - $3.50 (9%)
Shipping - $8.00 (his estimate, which seems a bit high)
PayPal fee - $1.43
Figure cost - $14.97 (Wal-mart's price)
Sales tax - $1.31 (assuming LA)
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Profit per figure $9.79

Now just my $0.02 here. There's nothing wrong with buying figures to make a profit from them or to offer them to people who would rather pay a little more and not have to leave their house. I know I spend quite a bit of money on gas and a lot of my time hunting down pieces for my collection, but for me that's part of the fun of collecting, it's the hunt. For others though, they just want the figure and to have it early and delivered to their door, they pay a little extra.

I would argue though that posting here about how you bought 7 figures, including completely buying out a Wal-Mart, to sell on eBay... probably isn't the best idea. These are the people who go around hunting like I do. These are the people who when they find a hard to find item in stock, buy one for their collection and then take a picture and post it in the ThunderCats Sightings forum so other people from our area know where to go to find it. These are people who might buy two, not sure if they will keep one sealed or end up selling it. I've done that. I've bought two because I knew that selling one for a marked-up price would help me budget the other one. I mostly do that with online short-term deals though. Best Buy had 3DS games for $4.99 and I bought 3 for myself and 3 to resell. The ones I sold more than covered my entire purchase and gave me a little ThunderCats money too =o) For me, doing that online with a short-term deal is very different from walking in to Toys R Us or Wal-Mart and buying up every single figure they have of a hard to find toy and then marking them up 2.5x on eBay to make a few bucks. Again, just my $0.02.

GREAT POINTS !!! Use extras to fund other things. You wasted time, gas looking, etc... The MARK UP is WARRANTED !!! Other members are pissed because they DO NOT HAVE RARE figures. They need to vent for sympathy.