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Curfew-Breaking Auctions Removed From eBay.
Intriguingly, Hasbro (presumably) seems to have pulled all the DOTM auctions from eBay that aren't preorders - the auctions all disappeared a few hours ago. (Since then some more have appeared, but any that were up before then have been deleted.) I have no issues with this, still it's a shame that they can manage this, and yet the countless number of knockoff auctions on eBay are still there for all to buy.
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It's probably a lot easier for them to say that "we have not released this figure for public purchase yet!" than it is to prove to eBay who don't really care that "this is a cheap re-creation of a toy from 1986, it violates our IP rights"Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
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What's most annoying about this is it's the retail shops that broke curfew. People bought legitimately, and people are now selling. I don't see how or why Hasbro should have any jurisdiction or say over that. Their beef should be with the retailer that broke curfew.
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Aren't those people ebaying these toys scalpers then?
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By the same definition, isn't pretty much everybody who sells currently-released MISB toys on eBay a scalper? Surely they only eBay the toys in the hope that they can sell them for more than they bought them for.
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Granted, it's not exactly the moustache-twirling, Bumblebee-hoarding douchiness seen in 2007, but it's still probably technically scalping, as they are hoping to sell these highly anticipated, but not yet widely or officially available toys for a fairly higher price than it would normally cost.
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