Beachjezus wrote:This is a joke. A lot of fancy words that translate to “yes many many shortages.”
I live in Michigan - we’ve had a shortage of toys for 2 years now.
Seriously Walmart should not even have a toy department anymore the shelves are so empty. They did a rest weeks ago and it looks more empty now than ever.
All this **** does is feed to the scalpers and that non sense. The more we talk about this the more the scalpers come in and make it worse.
Anybody on here try to collect NECA TMNT? My god what a disaster. $50 toys selling for $300 on eBay.
The world has g8ne crazy and the kids are the ones who suffer.
william-james88 wrote:Beachjezus wrote:This is a joke. A lot of fancy words that translate to “yes many many shortages.”
I live in Michigan - we’ve had a shortage of toys for 2 years now.
Seriously Walmart should not even have a toy department anymore the shelves are so empty. They did a rest weeks ago and it looks more empty now than ever.
All this **** does is feed to the scalpers and that non sense. The more we talk about this the more the scalpers come in and make it worse.
Anybody on here try to collect NECA TMNT? My god what a disaster. $50 toys selling for $300 on eBay.
The world has g8ne crazy and the kids are the ones who suffer.
I don't really understand. How does it feed scalpers if there are no toys to purchase/scalp at retail?
Beachjezus wrote:william-james88 wrote:Beachjezus wrote:This is a joke. A lot of fancy words that translate to “yes many many shortages.”
I live in Michigan - we’ve had a shortage of toys for 2 years now.
Seriously Walmart should not even have a toy department anymore the shelves are so empty. They did a rest weeks ago and it looks more empty now than ever.
All this **** does is feed to the scalpers and that non sense. The more we talk about this the more the scalpers come in and make it worse.
Anybody on here try to collect NECA TMNT? My god what a disaster. $50 toys selling for $300 on eBay.
The world has g8ne crazy and the kids are the ones who suffer.
I don't really understand. How does it feed scalpers if there are no toys to purchase/scalp at retail?
The more bare the aisles are the more rare the toys are. The scarcity drives up perceived value and more scalpers see the opportunity to exploit. Vicious cycle
william-james88 wrote:I don't really understand. How does it feed scalpers if there are no toys to purchase/scalp at retail?
Fenrir Zero wrote:william-james88 wrote:I don't really understand. How does it feed scalpers if there are no toys to purchase/scalp at retail?
My guess is that there are scalpers that map out when select stores get new inventory, and where to go when they do. Which allows them to grab choice stock for intended purposes/cases something like this happens. With some stores going barren because smarter scalpers are prepared for cases where their local stores will have a small/minimalistic amount of choice items for sale.
But this is (more/less of) a theory that is based on what you were responding to.
Beachjezus wrote:Fenrir Zero wrote:william-james88 wrote:I don't really understand. How does it feed scalpers if there are no toys to purchase/scalp at retail?
My guess is that there are scalpers that map out when select stores get new inventory, and where to go when they do. Which allows them to grab choice stock for intended purposes/cases something like this happens. With some stores going barren because smarter scalpers are prepared for cases where their local stores will have a small/minimalistic amount of choice items for sale.
But this is (more/less of) a theory that is based on what you were responding to.
Yes
Also in some instances they know store employees or are store employees.
Also it’s just simple economics, the less there is of something the more it’s worth. The more it’s worth opportunistic people will take advantage
Emerje wrote:This is why I've pre-ordered or bought online nearly everything from WFC. Basically the only things I'm buying in stores are impulse buys and exclusives if I can find them.
Emerje
Cheetron wrote:The shelves have been empty for so long that I've resorted to Amazon for guys. And guess what, they come smashed, crushed. Amazon customer service fights me over returns. Tracks was snapped in half. Rhinox in pieces. Hasbro, get your crap together. I'd rather find them in stores than trust online stores
Cheetron wrote:The shelves have been empty for so long that I've resorted to Amazon for guys. And guess what, they come smashed, crushed. Amazon customer service fights me over returns. Tracks was snapped in half. Rhinox in pieces. Hasbro, get your crap together. I'd rather find them in stores than trust online stores
Cheetron wrote:The shelves have been empty for so long that I've resorted to Amazon for guys. And guess what, they come smashed, crushed. Amazon customer service fights me over returns. Tracks was snapped in half. Rhinox in pieces. Hasbro, get your crap together. I'd rather find them in stores than trust online stores
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
First-Aid wrote:I don't believe this is a supply CHAIN issue.
william-james88 wrote:That doesn't explain the lack of Cyberverse on the shelves. They don't sell for a markup online and scalpers arent interested in them. And yet the shelves are as bare of Cyberverse (the most stocked line) as generations. So Scalping is not the problem here since not all things are equal, it can only be lack of available product from the distributor. That becomes your main underlying factor.
Also, every single mainline generations toy has been available at BBTS, TFSource, Entertainment Earth, ect. Everybody can just buy it from there when the preorders are up.
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:If that's how they want to run their business then I don't want anything to do with them & I wish Hasbro would stop giving them so many damn exclusives.
william-james88 wrote:First-Aid wrote:I don't believe this is a supply CHAIN issue.
It isn't, that's what Brian Goldner was trying to explain to reporters. It's as you say, more along the stage of production.
Fenrir Zero wrote:The lack of Cyberverse is due to the lack of interest and/or demand. Thus a good percentage of major chain stores do not have a real reason to stock them at this time. With the ones that are lucky enough to get more Generations will mostly be the stores that scalpers shop from.
o.supreme wrote:Not sure about that. I recall several Walmarts that had several pegs for retro original series casettes when soundwave came out that never got them. That is just one example of many I can think of
Fenrir Zero wrote:william-james88 wrote:That doesn't explain the lack of Cyberverse on the shelves. They don't sell for a markup online and scalpers arent interested in them. And yet the shelves are as bare of Cyberverse (the most stocked line) as generations. So Scalping is not the problem here since not all things are equal, it can only be lack of available product from the distributor. That becomes your main underlying factor.
Also, every single mainline generations toy has been available at BBTS, TFSource, Entertainment Earth, ect. Everybody can just buy it from there when the preorders are up.
The lack of Cyberverse is due to the lack of interest and/or demand. Thus a good percentage of major chain stores do not have a real reason to stock them at this time. With the ones that are lucky enough to get more Generations will mostly be the stores that scalpers shop from.
o.supreme wrote:Not sure about that. I recall several Walmarts that had several pegs for retro original series casettes when soundwave came out that never got them. That is just one example of many I can think of
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