Quote Originally Posted by Demonac View Post
I think that you guys are seeing it from the side of a collector buying, which is not the case.
The intent is to buy, then on sell for profit.
At a minimum, they'd be looking at doubling what they paid. For them to do their job properly, they need to pay as little as possible.
The 'labour' for a non collector would be fairly time consuming if those toys were all loose like that. You'd need to identify them all, work out if there are any bits damaged, and then try to put every weapon on the correct toy.
Hardly, a quick talk to his "specialist" friend, would have pointed him in the direction of tfu.info ,which would have made the time and research increadibly streamlined.

There might be a grand's worth of labour there at a real stretch (and only if he was paying $50/hr for the labour side of it with identifying parts, allowing $500 labour for packing, shipping, pricing and displaying), but 5k is SERIOUSLY pushing it.

Quote Originally Posted by Demonac View Post
If the guy selling was serious, then his toys would be on eBay, not trying to get market value on his toys from a dealer.
Certainly the guy is in a business, but there are certain times you can push for pawn shop markups and other times when it's just not going to wash. When you're talking about collectibles, especially rare collectibles, then it's just not going to work.

That said, while not so much eBay, if he did want a secure option, then possibly selling the lot at a professional auction house specialising in vintage toys, would be the better option.