Quote Originally Posted by dat70sdude View Post
We do see quite often as well, fellow collectors selling off heaps of their "extras" or proudly showcasing pictures of multiple MULTIPLE purchases of a similar item (which then pops back up on their sales thread much later)... so your scalpers may not be so much of an external issue but an internal one.
Most times people have 'extras' they have ordered a case online from Robot kingdom or some other online store to save more because its cheaper that way most times. I agree we shouldn't go into retail and buy all the figures denying children a chance. But this is unavoidable when something new has just been put out. I see it all the time especially with the generations toys. But once the same location restocks the same wave, they sell much slower.

Usually alot of people buy the extras for a particular reason, army building eg. Scourge and the sweeps or Wreck Gar and Junkions. Or customs? or maybe they have a Sealed collection for a toy store style collection and an open one for play and display. I agree if we have knowledge that a figure is rare, we shouldn't multi buy that one. If army building maybe we should pace ourselves buy 1 , don't grab another one for a while as to give someone else a chance. It really just comes down to a case of thinking of others.
And sometimes selling off extras later down the track is beneficial to others who are just starting to collect and are catching up. Sure sometimes they pay more, sometimes they get a bargain