Bonger wrote:I have a kinda similar one. I was in TRU about a month back poking around the TF and Starwars sections when I saw this kid and his dad shopping. The kid was oggling the large Luke Skywalker x wing from the crash scene, you know the one.
To cut it sort. He pleaded, dad said no, too expensive. It reminded me of when my mom refused me fort max. So when his dad got distracted by the daughter running up, I snuck the kid the cash to buy it with and split before the dad could try and get me the cash back.
So, I'd like to think that if it came down to one TF, me and a kid, I would do the same. However, ya never know how badly I may want it.
sandmunky wrote:Bonger wrote:I have a kinda similar one. I was in TRU about a month back poking around the TF and Starwars sections when I saw this kid and his dad shopping. The kid was oggling the large Luke Skywalker x wing from the crash scene, you know the one.
To cut it sort. He pleaded, dad said no, too expensive. It reminded me of when my mom refused me fort max. So when his dad got distracted by the daughter running up, I snuck the kid the cash to buy it with and split before the dad could try and get me the cash back.
So, I'd like to think that if it came down to one TF, me and a kid, I would do the same. However, ya never know how badly I may want it.
you snuck him the cash? damn man. The whole idea is nice but cmon, don't be contributing to spoiling em =p. Kids gotta learn to earn his own money or strike a deal riding on some kind of merit. Struck a deal with my rents in 4th grade for optimal optimus, str8 A's for one. Wasn't that hard, but man was it worth it.
Lapse Of Reason wrote:As frequently as I visit the big retailers, it happens from time to time. I always let the kid have it. If they don't get it, then I pick it up.
Sometimes I help parents out by giving recommendations.
Yes I have that only thing sometimes it is turned aroundsandmunky wrote:after countless hours searching on june 2nd for leader class optimus, finally found it at a target, but then this little kid was there and I felt like a total ass so I gave it to him.
So, anyone else got a story like that?
Autobot032 wrote:I sorta had the same thing happen.
I was at Wal-Mart and found Armada Megatron (it was the first time he was due out), and there was only one on the shelf.
Just as I reached for it (and I had a hand on one edge of it) this kid grabs the other end and looked up at me with the saddest puppy dog eyes and I just couldn't take it from him, I let go and said "Have fun little man, I think you'll like him."
He started heading for the corner as his mother was coming down the aisle, and she said "No. Your birthday was yesterday and you've gotten all of your presents, plus spent all your birthday money. NO!"
I looked away, because that's just awkward...and then she came over and said "I couldn't help but overhear how kind you were. I appreciate that. This one's your's, and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks."
Another time, I was at K-Mart, trying to buy another Armada figure, and I had actually gotten the item, put it in my cart and went to another aisle. I noticed a kid following me, but I didn't pay much attention to it, I figured "kid being a kid" and thought nothing else of it.
So, I reach down on a rack below the cart to grab a case of water and I hear "WHAM!" and the cart rolls from me. The little punk grabbed the TF out of my cart and started running, and yelling "I got it! I got it!" to his dad, who said "Then get up here! Hurry! If you want it, we gotta cash out!"
I yelled "Oh no you don't oh hell no! I had that in my cart, heading to the cashier right after this! Your son grabbed it from my cart!" The dad said "Well too bad, you should've went to the register to pay for your stuff before this. Ain't our fault. Besides, you're too old for this kinda stuff."
I yelled "GET ME A MANAGER! NOW!" and the cashier did exactly that, along with stopping them from making the purchase. At first the manager said "Whichever one of you gets to the register first and pays for it, is the owner. Until then, it's anybody's game." I told her about how it was in my cart, and that a camera in the aisle caught it. She said it didn't matter, and I said "Oh yes it does. What if it was your purse in the cart and he grabbed it and ran? It's your's, so it's not right for him to take it. I have the cash, it was in my cart, he had no right to take it." Finally she agreed, and so did the cashier and the father put up a huge stink (and show right there in the store).
The manager said "I'll need to go pull up the security tape, or one of you can tell me the truth right now. Did you take this from his cart? Which is actually against store policy." The kid wouldn't answer, his dad did and lied for him.
The cashier said "Oh no, I heard you tell him he should've paid for it first."
The father said "You know what? F*ck this, and f*ck you. All of you. Give it to the asshole, son." the kid THREW it at me, I caught it and the dad said "I hope you're happy, you took joy away from my son. What goes around comes around." I told him he was raising a thief, and to get the hell out of there.
....oddly enough, the father was in the police blotter, one week later for receiving stolen goods, from his own brother. lol
People suck. Bad parents and managers, even more so.
Bonger wrote:I have a kinda similar one. I was in TRU about a month back poking around the TF and Starwars sections when I saw this kid and his dad shopping. The kid was oggling the large Luke Skywalker x wing from the crash scene, you know the one.
To cut it sort. He pleaded, dad said no, too expensive. It reminded me of when my mom refused me fort max. So when his dad got distracted by the daughter running up, I snuck the kid the cash to buy it with and split before the dad could try and get me the cash back.
So, I'd like to think that if it came down to one TF, me and a kid, I would do the same. However, ya never know how badly I may want it.
Saya wrote:Autobot032 wrote:I sorta had the same thing happen.
I was at Wal-Mart and found Armada Megatron (it was the first time he was due out), and there was only one on the shelf.
Just as I reached for it (and I had a hand on one edge of it) this kid grabs the other end and looked up at me with the saddest puppy dog eyes and I just couldn't take it from him, I let go and said "Have fun little man, I think you'll like him."
He started heading for the corner as his mother was coming down the aisle, and she said "No. Your birthday was yesterday and you've gotten all of your presents, plus spent all your birthday money. NO!"
I looked away, because that's just awkward...and then she came over and said "I couldn't help but overhear how kind you were. I appreciate that. This one's your's, and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks."
Another time, I was at K-Mart, trying to buy another Armada figure, and I had actually gotten the item, put it in my cart and went to another aisle. I noticed a kid following me, but I didn't pay much attention to it, I figured "kid being a kid" and thought nothing else of it.
So, I reach down on a rack below the cart to grab a case of water and I hear "WHAM!" and the cart rolls from me. The little punk grabbed the TF out of my cart and started running, and yelling "I got it! I got it!" to his dad, who said "Then get up here! Hurry! If you want it, we gotta cash out!"
I yelled "Oh no you don't oh hell no! I had that in my cart, heading to the cashier right after this! Your son grabbed it from my cart!" The dad said "Well too bad, you should've went to the register to pay for your stuff before this. Ain't our fault. Besides, you're too old for this kinda stuff."
I yelled "GET ME A MANAGER! NOW!" and the cashier did exactly that, along with stopping them from making the purchase. At first the manager said "Whichever one of you gets to the register first and pays for it, is the owner. Until then, it's anybody's game." I told her about how it was in my cart, and that a camera in the aisle caught it. She said it didn't matter, and I said "Oh yes it does. What if it was your purse in the cart and he grabbed it and ran? It's your's, so it's not right for him to take it. I have the cash, it was in my cart, he had no right to take it." Finally she agreed, and so did the cashier and the father put up a huge stink (and show right there in the store).
The manager said "I'll need to go pull up the security tape, or one of you can tell me the truth right now. Did you take this from his cart? Which is actually against store policy." The kid wouldn't answer, his dad did and lied for him.
The cashier said "Oh no, I heard you tell him he should've paid for it first."
The father said "You know what? F*ck this, and f*ck you. All of you. Give it to the asshole, son." the kid THREW it at me, I caught it and the dad said "I hope you're happy, you took joy away from my son. What goes around comes around." I told him he was raising a thief, and to get the hell out of there.
....oddly enough, the father was in the police blotter, one week later for receiving stolen goods, from his own brother. lol
People suck. Bad parents and managers, even more so.
I can't help but notice you not pointing any fingers at yourself there. The father wasn't exactly a saint in this, but damn. Seriously, you really did take joy away from his child. Way to be the bigger man.
Toys are meant for kids. We collect them for whatever reason, but in the end, it's all about the kids. The idea of an adult collector acting like that sickens me.[/i]
Bonger wrote:As for me, I think half the reason I did it was because the kid's dad just seemed so freakin disinterested and I took and immediate disliking to him. Maybe subconciously I just wanted to show him up?
GrimSqueaker wrote:Bonger wrote:As for me, I think half the reason I did it was because the kid's dad just seemed so freakin disinterested and I took and immediate disliking to him. Maybe subconciously I just wanted to show him up?
Don't Matter, Its still bloody dangerous-hell i know people who would have presumed u were a pedo and proceeded to stab u-
Which would really suck
Autobot032 wrote:It was in my cart! Not on the shelf! I was heading to the register right after the water! If the kid had asked me, like what happened in Wal-Mart, I'd have been more than happy to give it to the kid for purchase. This little brat just ganked it from my cart and ran like wildfire because he knew I'd try and stop him.
Here's a question, what would you do if someone pulled stuff out of your cart? You'd be pissed. How would that person react if you pulled stuff out of their cart?
When it finally happens to you, I hope you hold yourself to that same "high regard" (and I do mean that in the most sarcastic way possible) that you have for other collectors. Perhaps you should look in the mirror and see what kind of person *YOU* are.
An oblivious one, because you seem to miss the key points involved.
Or
An ignorant one, because you did see the facts and chose to see otherwise.
Either way, you have no place to be telling me what I did was wrong in how I handled it. And for your information, I wasn't expecting a pat on the back either. They wanted some memories recalled and posted, so I did. You get what you ask for, I gave it.
You can't handle that fact, apparently.
Now, go sit in the corner somewhere and sulk, hate me if you must, I don't care. Just don't talk down to me like you're someone better, because you're not. Far from it, in fact.
Bonger wrote:And honestly, its because of attitudes like that towards kids misbehaving, that most kids these days are massivaely misbehaved, and are mostly just growing up to be trash like their parents.
Saya wrote:Autobot032 wrote:It was in my cart! Not on the shelf! I was heading to the register right after the water! If the kid had asked me, like what happened in Wal-Mart, I'd have been more than happy to give it to the kid for purchase. This little brat just ganked it from my cart and ran like wildfire because he knew I'd try and stop him.
Here's a question, what would you do if someone pulled stuff out of your cart? You'd be pissed. How would that person react if you pulled stuff out of their cart?
When it finally happens to you, I hope you hold yourself to that same "high regard" (and I do mean that in the most sarcastic way possible) that you have for other collectors. Perhaps you should look in the mirror and see what kind of person *YOU* are.
An oblivious one, because you seem to miss the key points involved.
Or
An ignorant one, because you did see the facts and chose to see otherwise.
Either way, you have no place to be telling me what I did was wrong in how I handled it. And for your information, I wasn't expecting a pat on the back either. They wanted some memories recalled and posted, so I did. You get what you ask for, I gave it.
You can't handle that fact, apparently.
Now, go sit in the corner somewhere and sulk, hate me if you must, I don't care. Just don't talk down to me like you're someone better, because you're not. Far from it, in fact.
He's a kid. Kids do stuff like that. You can't hold them to the same standards as adults. The father wasn't exactly sporting, but he still had a point. As I said in my previous post, Transformers are for kids, and as such, if there's a kid hanging around wanting to buy the same Transformer as you, it's my opinion that you bloody well let them have it! It really doesn't reflect well on you if you don't, regardless of the circumstances.
Speaking of which, you asked "what would you do if someone pulled stuff out of your cart?" I can answer that quite simply. If someone pulled stuff out of my cart, yeah, I'd be pissed. However, buying children's toys is completely different to normal shopping, and as such, if a kid pulled a Transformer out of my cart I would ruffle their hair, call them a little ruffian and let them have it.
This is because Transformers are for kids.
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