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Flux Convoy wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:I have a little sticker shock, too. But I'm really satisfied that I found one for not an outrageous price.

If I'm reading you right and you paid $325 for a deluxe mold, I don't follow your logic lol. Congrats on your grail but good God we TF collectors are some crazy money bleeding bastards. I'm no exception this just sort of brings it all into focus.

$350 is a "good" price for NmPT these days. I expected to end up paying the original $399. $325 is a awesome, because it's like I got Henkei Strafe for free.

RC also got free shipping, which is another bonus to the good price on the figure.

Yeah, sometimes I think about the purchases I've made and they give me pause. On the other hand, I think it's more the fact that I'm laying down a significant amount of money on a single item. I also consider the way I can sometimes spend a fair bit of money on mundane things that are junky like fast food.

I look at the money people spend on things like cigarettes and alcohol. A smoker's cig cost can be pretty hefty over a period of time. A drinker can burn through a lot of cash in a single night out on the town.

My Transformers aren't consumables and they're pretty darn cool if I do say so myself.

That's how I justify the money I've spent as I cry myself to sleep.

Convotron wrote:RC also got free shipping, which is another bonus to the good price on the figure.

Yeah, sometimes I think about the purchases I've made and they give me pause. On the other hand, I think it's more the fact that I'm laying down a significant amount of money on a single item. I also consider the way I can sometimes spend a fair bit of money on mundane things that are junky like fast food.

I look at the money people spend on things like cigarettes and alcohol. A smoker's cig cost can be pretty hefty over a period of time. A drinker can burn through a lot of cash in a single night out on the town.

My Transformers aren't consumables and they're pretty darn cool if I do say so myself.

That's how I justify the money I've spent as I cry myself to sleep.

QFT.

A friend and I went out to the bar last night, and he had four beers which cost $28 US. I had two, and it came to $9. Granted they were some really nice microbrews (viva Oktoberfest), but it was still pretty expensive. Our bill, with drinks and food, and the big tip he left the attractive waitress, totaled $72 US. And I had nothing to show for it this morning. My wife drinks $4 coffees and hot chocolates four or five days a week.

It's a sad fact, but the money's going to get spent somehow, I just rather spend it on something persistent. I don't drink regularly (maybe three days a month), I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I don't drink crazy expensive coffees or any similar vice. *This hobby* is where I spend my money.

Sorry about the rant.

Convotron wrote:RC also got free shipping, which is another bonus to the good price on the figure.

Yeah, sometimes I think about the purchases I've made and they give me pause. On the other hand, I think it's more the fact that I'm laying down a significant amount of money on a single item. I also consider the way I can sometimes spend a fair bit of money on mundane things that are junky like fast food.

I look at the money people spend on things like cigarettes and alcohol. A smoker's cig cost can be pretty hefty over a period of time. A drinker can burn through a lot of cash in a single night out on the town.

My Transformers aren't consumables and they're pretty darn cool if I do say so myself.

That's how I justify the money I've spent as I cry myself to sleep.

Aye, the taxes the local government imposes on cigarettes and alcohol makes them mad expensive.

It's a good thing my plastic habit is something that can stay with me rather than be enjoyed only briefly.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Sorry about the rant.

Nah, most of us here are in the same boat, I'd say.

I don't smoke or drink(I have a beer when I go out with my friends but only to make them feel better, they feel guilty if I don't drink with them for some reason). These days I don't buy too many comics or video games and so toy collecting takes up much of my budget for fun stuff.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking at you. I just call em like I see em lol. Trust me I have spent my own ridiculous money as well. Maybe not so much as that for one figure, still enough IMO. I'm certainly happy for you. As for me, I have my vices. I smoke (not indoors), drink socially, buy my comics every week and I collect multiple toylines simultaneously. So I certainly understand bleeding money myself.

Lucky man you are! Finding one alone seems to be quite difficult.

Nekoman wrote:Lucky man you are! Finding one alone seems to be quite difficult.

It's the beauty of saved searches on eBay. I've got about 40 of them.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Nekoman wrote:Lucky man you are! Finding one alone seems to be quite difficult.

It's the beauty of saved searches on eBay. I've got about 40 of them.

My saved eBay searches went down to nothing...for a while. Then it goes back up to the double digits despite not usually bidding on anything unless I can find something really cheap.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Nekoman wrote:Lucky man you are! Finding one alone seems to be quite difficult.

It's the beauty of saved searches on eBay. I've got about 40 of them.

I have to say, I've never seen this on eBay.

I think I saw one once. Many moons ago.

shonenfan4 wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Nekoman wrote:Lucky man you are! Finding one alone seems to be quite difficult.

It's the beauty of saved searches on eBay. I've got about 40 of them.

I have to say, I've never seen this on eBay.

Very rare these days. They've mostly found their way into stable collections, at least for now.

man, who would've known those TFs that came packaged with special edition Galaxy Forces would be worth more than the DVDs itself after a few years.

Mkall wrote:Very rare these days. They've mostly found their way into stable collections, at least for now.

Which is why I jumped on this.

So, I've never publicly bashed the USPS before because they are the only carrier to have never lost anything.

But...

I bought NmPT from a seller in California, who shipped it Priority, signature required and insured. I live in PA.

Somehow, it's in Honolulu at the sort facility, for the last three days.

I'm sweating bullets over this.

How do you go from LA to NEPA by way of Hawaii?

Razorclaw0000 wrote:So, I've never publicly bashed the USPS before because they are the only carrier to have never lost anything.

But...

I bought NmPT from a seller in California, who shipped it Priority, signature required and insured. I live in PA.

Somehow, it's in Honolulu at the sort facility, for the last three days.

I'm sweating bullets over this.

How do you go from LA to NEPA by way of Hawaii?

Wow, why would the shipment go there before going to PA on a Priority shipment? I'm not a shipping expert but that's strange to me.

Convotron wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:So, I've never publicly bashed the USPS before because they are the only carrier to have never lost anything.

But...

I bought NmPT from a seller in California, who shipped it Priority, signature required and insured. I live in PA.

Somehow, it's in Honolulu at the sort facility, for the last three days.

I'm sweating bullets over this.

How do you go from LA to NEPA by way of Hawaii?

Wow, why would the shipment go there before going to PA on a Priority shipment? I'm not a shipping expert but that's strange to me.

If you'll forgive GoogleMaps' silliness with "Kayak across the Pacific", you'll see that it basically went in the opposite direction:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source= ... e=UTF8&z=4

Convotron wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:So, I've never publicly bashed the USPS before because they are the only carrier to have never lost anything.

But...

I bought NmPT from a seller in California, who shipped it Priority, signature required and insured. I live in PA.

Somehow, it's in Honolulu at the sort facility, for the last three days.

I'm sweating bullets over this.

How do you go from LA to NEPA by way of Hawaii?

Wow, why would the shipment go there before going to PA on a Priority shipment? I'm not a shipping expert but that's strange to me.

Knowing some peeps that worked in UPS before, apparently sometimes items go to a middle sorting location before it gets shipped out to other parts. One time my item went from Japan to HK back to Japan then to the US.

shonenfan4 wrote:Knowing some peeps that worked in UPS before, apparently sometimes items go to a middle sorting location before it gets shipped out to other parts. One time my item went from Japan to HK back to Japan then to the US.

Weirdness! At least Transformers are well traveled this way.

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:Knowing some peeps that worked in UPS before, apparently sometimes items go to a middle sorting location before it gets shipped out to other parts. One time my item went from Japan to HK back to Japan then to the US.

Weirdness! At least Transformers are well traveled this way.

Yea, but we the people gets sick and tired of waiting though lol.

Yeah! I'm channeling positive energy to hopefully get RC's NoiseMaze PT to him ASAP. Get out of Hawaii!

Convotron wrote:Yeah! I'm channeling positive energy to hopefully get RC's NoiseMaze PT to him ASAP. Get out of Hawaii!

Well, bud, it seems to be working. He's in New Jersey as of this morning. I may get him by Saturday.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Convotron wrote:Yeah! I'm channeling positive energy to hopefully get RC's NoiseMaze PT to him ASAP. Get out of Hawaii!

Well, bud, it seems to be working. He's in New Jersey as of this morning. I may get him by Saturday.

wtb pics when you have him.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Convotron wrote:Yeah! I'm channeling positive energy to hopefully get RC's NoiseMaze PT to him ASAP. Get out of Hawaii!

Well, bud, it seems to be working. He's in New Jersey as of this morning. I may get him by Saturday.

Excellent! Here's hoping, RC!

Just got a call from my wife that he was delivered. And now I have to sit through 2 1/2 hours of Software Engineering 501 knowing that he's waiting.

I also am slightly amused at myself that I'm referring to him as "he" and not "it". I tend not to do that.