Sightings = Private?

[SkyWarp91]

Should the sightings section be private? What do you think? Most of us contribute to the Sightings thread on a regular basis so that our fellow board members know where we can find new toys - but there are lurkers out there...

[iceburn]

there is no need for a private sightings thread.

it's public and the reason you can set "private" is to not disclose the location
but as some fans must disagree that this hinder their search if the item are close time and there's time wastage due to PM and waiting for replies.

i'll say this that if you have close fan friends... ask them to lookout for you
else you can start a <State> Missionaries thread like the one for Melbourne Missionaries and ask fellow fans to keep a watch out for you...

take that into considerations if you dont want lurkers or scalpers

[SkyWarp91]

there is no need for a private sightings thread.

it's public and the reason you can set "private" is to not disclose the location
but as some fans must disagree that this hinder their search if the item are close time and there's time wastage due to PM and waiting for replies.

i'll say this that if you have close fan friends... ask them to lookout for you
else you can start a <State> Missionaries thread like the one for Melbourne Missionaries and ask fellow fans to keep a watch out for you...

take that into considerations if you dont want lurkers or scalpers

Good point **Strokes chin**

[GoktimusPrime]

but there are lurkers out there...

If those lurkers are honest collectors, which I'm sure most of them are, then I have no problem with them viewing the sightings thread. My concern though is with scalpers viewing the thread and taking advantage of sightings to go and scalp the toys. :/ I haven't been able to find WFC Soundwave anywhere (thankfully I got one yesterday with help from Deceptic_Optic who found one like 35km away from where I live).

[Paulbot]

Later wave figures like Soundwave, Red Alert, Dirge and Blurr have only had a limited release so far. It's not a scalper issue that the toy stores are still overstocked with Wave 1 Generations and Autobot Alliance toys.

Wave 2 Generations and Power Core Combiners were hard to find a month ago and now they are being found more regularly. Just because one member found something at a Toyworld doesn't mean it's going to be at your local Kmart the same day, and if it's not at your local Kmart today it doesn't mean they will never get it.

If there's any Private sightings they should be for limited released/exclusive toys (TRU's Masterpiece Grimlock and Ghost Starscream for instance) not for toys that are in general release.

[SharkyMcShark]

To be fair the reason I signed up for OTCA was because I used the sightings forum to nab one of the few NEST Alliance Dirges in the state at the time and felt I should give back as well.