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by **aviolante** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:30 am

I'm sorta new to buying Transformers online, are there any other TF sites like the store on Transformerland.com to buy sell and trade?

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:05 pm

eBay's the best place to buy and sell TFs.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:14 pm

bigbadtoystore.com will buy vintage tfs from you. I don't know how fair their prices are, as I've never sold to them.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:17 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:eBay's the best place to buy and sell TFs.

^That, bidding wars will mostly get you the most bang for your TFs.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:08 pm

eBay is a good source on average for Transformers. Just be sure to check out the sellers you plan to buy from. The feedback history is a great tool for gauging how trustworthy a seller is.

Another thing to be aware of is that when you bid on eBay, it uses a "Maximum bid" mechanic that basically sets how high you want to bid. eBay will only put a bid in for you as high as it needs to be to outbid the current bidders, up to your maximum bid. This is a good way to not get in over your head with respect to bidding.

You can sometimes get great deals on eBay.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:51 pm

We also have a B/S/T forum here.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:04 pm

Razorclaw0000 wrote:We also have a B/S/T forum here.

Geez, silly me! How can I forget about B/S/T within the fan community?

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:35 pm

aviolante wrote:I'm sorta new to buying Transformers online, are there any other TF sites like the store on Transformerland.com to buy sell and trade?

Fortmax.com is a good one too, I've bought from them often and their service is great. Highly recommended.

Toycatacomb.com seems like a good one, though I've never shopped with them. They have other toys like He-Man and Thundercats as well.

But honestly, I'm biased. Transformerland.com is a good one. I know the owner personally and have done the bulk of my G1 shopping there. I can get you a referral discount if you would like, just send me a PM. (:

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:29 pm

It Is Him wrote:
aviolante wrote:I'm sorta new to buying Transformers online, are there any other TF sites like the store on Transformerland.com to buy sell and trade?

Fortmax.com is a good one too, I've bought from them often and their service is great. Highly recommended.

Toycatacomb.com seems like a good one, though I've never shopped with them. They have other toys like He-Man and Thundercats as well.

But honestly, I'm biased. Transformerland.com is a good one. I know the owner personally and have done the bulk of my G1 shopping there. I can get you a referral discount if you would like, just send me a PM. (:

I never knew those sites before, I guess I'll check them out. ;)^

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:40 pm

shonenfan4 wrote:I never knew those sites before, I guess I'll check them out.

I got all of them from other forum members here, so I'm just passing the info along (: If you want the info on the referral discount at TFland, too, just send me a PM.

News Credits: 1 · by **cybercat** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:01 pm

There's a guy with an ebay store The Toy Addict who is just brilliant. You can get great prices on some fairly hard to find stuff (nothing super rare) and he ships uber fast. I've bought from him several times and when I want a figure, I always hope he has it.

(I hope I'm allowed to say that--I'm just a person who has been burned by a lot of Ebay TF sellers misrepresenting the condition/quality of their stuff, and this guy is a straight shooter.)

HK, taking notes.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:07 pm

hellkitty wrote:There's a guy with an ebay store The Toy Addict who is just brilliant. You can get great prices on some fairly hard to find stuff (nothing super rare) and he ships uber fast. I've bought from him several times and when I want a figure, I always hope he has it.

(I hope I'm allowed to say that--I'm just a person who has been burned by a lot of Ebay TF sellers misrepresenting the condition/quality of their stuff, and this guy is a straight shooter.)

HK, taking notes.

The only guy who botched my order on Ebay was Wheeljack's Lab. He's infamous for misrepresenting listings and screwing people over. Too bad I only found that out AFTER I placed my order. Everyone else (DIT138 vintagetoysandmore, Amazing_Heroes, Sabertrontoys all come to mind) I have never had a problem with.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:23 am

It Is Him wrote:
hellkitty wrote:There's a guy with an ebay store The Toy Addict who is just brilliant. You can get great prices on some fairly hard to find stuff (nothing super rare) and he ships uber fast. I've bought from him several times and when I want a figure, I always hope he has it.

(I hope I'm allowed to say that--I'm just a person who has been burned by a lot of Ebay TF sellers misrepresenting the condition/quality of their stuff, and this guy is a straight shooter.)

HK, taking notes.

The only guy who botched my order on Ebay was Wheeljack's Lab. He's infamous for misrepresenting listings and screwing people over. Too bad I only found that out AFTER I placed my order. Everyone else (DIT138 vintagetoysandmore, Amazing_Heroes, Sabertrontoys all come to mind) I have never had a problem with.

Wheeljack is infamous on eBay, yet there seems to be both positive and negative review of this guy. I personally don't really trust this guy. I bought a used G1 Seaspray from him for cheap with promise of tight joint and came with a dust covered joints so loose you won't believe it.