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Buying and Merchandising, what happens when a line is going to go out of stock
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<blockquote data-quote="itfciain" data-source="post: 490915" data-attributes="member: 2191"><p>Steve - I think this is a great post and is clearly well written from a very knowledgeable background</p><p></p><p>I can see where you are heading with this and agree that caution should always be applied before calling out something as fake. </p><p></p><p>However, what has amazed me about the current situation and this was exactly the same with Toni as well - everything seems to trace back to one place. And not only that but everything that has a remote suspicion also traces back to that one place.</p><p></p><p>Now I agree that during production packaging and other materials can change - for example there was a fad recently for Purple Stitch Jawas - now lets not kid ourselves here, this was a factory that ran out of the regular stitch so just substituted in something close - they weren't to know that years down the line us nerds would be pouring over something so small. However, those Jawa's came in from different people and different countries. Another Jawa related variant that I have seen recently is the tag inside the cloak - now I know of three different examples of these - and they literally turned up all over the world (one was Aus, one was California and I can't remember the other) - this is how wide the net is with variants</p><p></p><p>So if that is the case, when it comes down to the items that are currently under suspicion why are we only seeing one starting source ? The origins of these items from said source seem to be pretty sketchy but as I understand some of them came from years old US purchases. Now why have none of the other US dealers (some of these guys - like JakeA - have been doing this for many years) not come across any of these. Why do none of the Palitoy/UK products trace back to any of the UK sellers - people like Jim S who were buying up store stock when most of us weren't even thinking about collecting toys ?</p><p></p><p>I just can't seem to find an answer to these questions. I buy and sell toys and know that there are finds out there - but I rarely if ever find something that no-one else has ever seen</p><p></p><p>I think that Laurence did an amazing amount of work on the Woolies baggies and I think he was literally trying to cover every base. Weighing cardboard and analyzing plastic folds on their own would never be proof enough for most - and I agree that they shouldn't - but when everything is presented in one go then even the most un-suspicious minds should be pricked</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="itfciain, post: 490915, member: 2191"] Steve - I think this is a great post and is clearly well written from a very knowledgeable background I can see where you are heading with this and agree that caution should always be applied before calling out something as fake. However, what has amazed me about the current situation and this was exactly the same with Toni as well - everything seems to trace back to one place. And not only that but everything that has a remote suspicion also traces back to that one place. Now I agree that during production packaging and other materials can change - for example there was a fad recently for Purple Stitch Jawas - now lets not kid ourselves here, this was a factory that ran out of the regular stitch so just substituted in something close - they weren't to know that years down the line us nerds would be pouring over something so small. However, those Jawa's came in from different people and different countries. Another Jawa related variant that I have seen recently is the tag inside the cloak - now I know of three different examples of these - and they literally turned up all over the world (one was Aus, one was California and I can't remember the other) - this is how wide the net is with variants So if that is the case, when it comes down to the items that are currently under suspicion why are we only seeing one starting source ? The origins of these items from said source seem to be pretty sketchy but as I understand some of them came from years old US purchases. Now why have none of the other US dealers (some of these guys - like JakeA - have been doing this for many years) not come across any of these. Why do none of the Palitoy/UK products trace back to any of the UK sellers - people like Jim S who were buying up store stock when most of us weren't even thinking about collecting toys ? I just can't seem to find an answer to these questions. I buy and sell toys and know that there are finds out there - but I rarely if ever find something that no-one else has ever seen I think that Laurence did an amazing amount of work on the Woolies baggies and I think he was literally trying to cover every base. Weighing cardboard and analyzing plastic folds on their own would never be proof enough for most - and I agree that they shouldn't - but when everything is presented in one go then even the most un-suspicious minds should be pricked [/QUOTE]
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