Star Wars Black Series discussion

[usernameprime]

Originally Posted by Ksteel

I've seen a couple of these still available at normal price at collector stores and regular retail.. I just can't bring myself to buy one. For such a mediocre character.

The people paying hundreds .... I can't even fathom their thought process.

The actual figure itself is good, the character is subjective, and people are buying the controversy along with the newly created scarcity.

She was destined to warm shelves and go on discount but shit happens....

[Ksteel]

Yeah the original figure is fine. But why buy a figure that represents a character you don't care for?

With all the Reys, Ticos, and Jannahs pegwarming, one would think that would be the case.


This is more motivated by a lust for greed and potential profit.


However, most of those fools who paid hundreds are in for a rude awakening when the resale value drops.

[Zeroflamez]

NMC has 2 Cara Dunes Black series for $200 if anyone is interested..

[philtastic]

Originally Posted by Zeroflamez

NMC has 2 Cara Dunes Black series for $200 if anyone is interested..

At this point it'd be stupid to sell them at retail, and let a scalper make the profit, but I still hate when legit shops sell at "market" prices.

Another online/local shop had a figure I was keeping an eye on, but raised their price 50% when they were down to their last one. They forgot to raise the price on their Ebay listing, though, so I picked it up there, instead. Still at a slightly inflated price, but okay, it's an older, out of print figure. But did it give me a bit of pleasure to stick it to them if even just a little? I'd be lying if I said no.

And it's definitely not the first time an online/local shop has raised their prices significantly when down to their last few units of a figure. Many of the better-known collectibles shops even charge more for short-packed figures straight out of the pack. And that's over and above their already inflated base "retail" prices.

And, look, I get it. Retail is tough, there's a lot of competition, and owning an independent business is even harder, but man do they make it hard to sympathize with them when they're scanning Ebay for price hikes as much as the scalpers are. And of course, they buy Amazon and Walmart exclusives and sell them for double on their sites, too, so really, they are scalpers, after all.

Okay, rant over.

[Ksteel]

Originally Posted by Zeroflamez

NMC has 2 Cara Dunes Black series for $200 if anyone is interested..

Disappointed that NMC sunk to that, but the man has gotta stay in business, and there are dumb people out there that would pay that kind of money for a Cara Dune..

[DubbaDee]

Originally Posted by ghostlurk29

Is bid trolling still a thing with these auction sites? Looks suspicious.

Definitely shenanigans

[sixshot1981]

Doesn't surprise me he did that. That guy is a hard douche bag.

[canprime]

Originally Posted by philtastic

At this point it'd be stupid to sell them at retail, and let a scalper make the profit, but I still hate when legit shops sell at "market" prices.

Another online/local shop had a figure I was keeping an eye on, but raised their price 50% when they were down to their last one. They forgot to raise the price on their Ebay listing, though, so I picked it up there, instead. Still at a slightly inflated price, but okay, it's an older, out of print figure. But did it give me a bit of pleasure to stick it to them if even just a little? I'd be lying if I said no.

And it's definitely not the first time an online/local shop has raised their prices significantly when down to their last few units of a figure. Many of the better-known collectibles shops even charge more for short-packed figures straight out of the pack. And that's over and above their already inflated base "retail" prices.

And, look, I get it. Retail is tough, there's a lot of competition, and owning an independent business is even harder, but man do they make it hard to sympathize with them when they're scanning Ebay for price hikes as much as the scalpers are. And of course, they buy Amazon and Walmart exclusives and sell them for double on their sites, too, so really, they are scalpers, after all.

Okay, rant over.

Considering Amazon fluctuates their prices up, and down, based on their "analytics and algorithms", Uber has "surge" pricing, and any other number of big retail (Loblaws price fixing bread) pulling shenanigans with pricing I really am not surprised anymore. Hell auctions do "reserve" pricing, which is just another way of saying "I want this fairly high price, but I don't want to look like I do".

Small retailers have been doing this for years with figures/collectibles. I actually understand that more for them since they get small amounts comparatively. So sell the desired figures for a couple bucks more and hope to move the stinkers eventually.

As for $200 for Cara Dune? Well scalping through "retail" is still scalping, but i get why the price hike. Wouldn't buy from them though.

[Team Jetfire]

Funny thing is that 2 weeks ago it was worthless (or rather shelf warming at $39.99). There’s a chance that he may find a buyer at $200, but looking at eBay there are a bunch listed for $100. Drop it $70 and hope for the best. Still a profit and stock is moved.

[ghostlurk29]

Originally Posted by Ksteel

Yeah the original figure is fine. But why buy a figure that represents a character you don't care for?

With all the Reys, Ticos, and Jannahs pegwarming, one would think that would be the case.

Is design aesthetics alone not a good enough reason? Cara doesn't look like a cosplay Jedi, or background extra.