Originally Posted by Reverend Blood

Cubanos es loco. I'm not saying that what you did was right. But I understand completely, and can't say I would have acted differently.
Remind me to tell you about the first (and only) cuban girl I've been brace enough to date sometime.

Originally Posted by San Pickles

Well put vespapilot! You must live in the same town I do. I can almost duplicate every event you've just referenced. It's BS that a small group can hijack the hobby so they don't have to get a job. There's a comic store around the corner from the only TRU on this side of town. Don't bother going to TRU to see what their exclusives look like, because the jerk around the corner has them all sitting in his store. The key word in all of this is GREED! Hasbro makes a limited amount of product , to drive the market. Scalpers take advantage of that. And the rest of us get screwed. It's one thing if a store wants to sell vintage stuff and mark it up. That's where the focus of their attention should be. But not cleaning every peg at the Big Boxes and creating their own Monopoly. If you notice the scalpers always have the cool figures, but never have any of the crappy ones. Which brings me back to my original post, we hate scalpers, scalpers hate bad packaging.

Originally Posted by Dreadnok Dread

I agree with you death! I have another solution though! I either go to the front desk and tell them there is a scalper in the store and they wont sell him more then one joe at a time or if I get mad enough ive been known to knock em out right in the toy aisle! Im a pretty peaceful dread nowadays but for instance when the new zartan on his shitty skier bike was coming out I ran into target as soon as they opened. Ran into the toy aisle to find the guy in front me of running literally had picked up all four on the shelf turns to his friend and says ill sell each of these for 20 bucks on ebay! hah! i asked nicely if I could get one he said some stupid american fraise like you snooze you lose so I in turn said Im not american im cuban and in cuba we have im stronger and crazy so put it down before i knock your head off your shoulders. in turn he replied what do you think were in america you think your from the everglades you think your a dreadnok I will have you arrested! I just smiled and and said have it your way! before he could get another joke in I punched him in the face and elbowed him in the neck he crashed into the whole transformers aisle and hit the floor his friend went running i picked up a zartan gave it to the kid in the aisle and got one for me. i kneel ed down and told him how you gonna call the cops i just knocked you the f%^& out! tell all your friends not to scalp or they'll run into me! a true dreadnok! same thing with the other scalper in town. they literally leave the stores when they see me coming in! I dont care for bullsh^&t! I want me my toys and to be left alone dont piss me off! Scalpers don't like me and dont get me started about garage sales! lol im just glad i dont collect anything new anymore! lol


* i bet this will get deleted! lol

Originally Posted by dancontrino

Hoarding at least has the potential to lead to playing with the damn things. What I have noticed is that whether it's a collector or scalper in the toy aisle...they pretend NOT to be looking at Joe or Star Wars toys. I love that because I'm married, chubby and have nothing to prove, so I just stand there making my slow ass choice while the shy-ass nerd burger sweats it out in the Barbie aisle, waiting for me to leave :D

Originally Posted by Reverend Blood

I'm the same way dan. Taking my sweet fat man time looking for toys. My wife hates it. She'll spend 45 minutes looking at clothes and shoes, but after the 45 second mark of me browsing the toy aisle she's nothing but complaints.

Originally Posted by tycondrius23

did that really happed Dread ?? go on be honest :P haha great story I hate scalpers to but we don't get any about here I'm sure we get hoarders tho. cus I remember a few times looks for SW figures that woulda been just put on the shelf most the battle droid two pack outa pretty fresh cases and not a single one of them were left. sure I hope some went to a few kids but I guessing most went to a few hoarders .