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you should kept it and started buying things you never had as a kid thats what i did and thats how collecting started for me all those years ago
choffialoopa said:Actually he gave me £200 for starters as his "professional evaluation", but after I texted him saying that some of the rare figures are supposedly worth more. He instantly gave me £100. That raised my suspicion about the whole deal and I started to research and found ebay prices and found this place.
itfciain said:I am still unsure as to what happened here - you went into a FB group - spoke to an admin and promised him the sale if he gave you a valuation ? Surely you would have been better getting someone else to value it rather than the buyer ?
Mr-shifter said:itfciain said:I am still unsure as to what happened here - you went into a FB group - spoke to an admin and promised him the sale if he gave you a valuation ? Surely you would have been better getting someone else to value it rather than the buyer ?
I smell a rat.......
Stubbs said:Imo whoever bought this from you has done nothing wrong. He offered you money and you accepted. I would only agree that the buyer has taken advantage if you have some kind of mental disability or learning difficulties and i dont mean this at all to be nasty.
Maybe I'm just the most shallow or honest person here but if i could get that lot for £300 i would take it. I dont have an unlimited amount of money to spend on the items i would like so if i could get them cheap i would. Same as any collector in any range of items property antiques.
If you really cared for these items you wouldn't have sold them and if you needed the money you should have done the research .
Stubbs said:I do understand what you are saying from a moral point of view. But as far as I'm aware we have no evidence only an assumption that the buyer is going to flip the lot for profit.
Hi Kris, you get some brutal feedback on this forum sometimes. I'm glad that after all that's been said and been done you a) feel you have found a good forum - if you stick around you'll get some great advice and maybe some good friends; and b) you've rekindled an interest in vintage. I was going to sell off my collection earlier in the year or at least all the doubles but I got sucked back in and then found this forum and have found the expertise and comradery second to none. Jaychoffialoopa said:Thank you Forum
This is so nice of you and far beyond my expectation of answers.
I totally agree I was stupid as stupid as it can be. and a deal is a deal.
To answer a few of your questions about the upside down research:
I agreed with him he would get first dips if he gave me a fair price. So I just went there by car and figured he would know what he did and by
"fair price" we agreed on a bit lower than european market price and then a bit lower again cause he was buying the bulk, I didn't think much of it until a friend of mine poked me and told me about YAK face.
Actually he gave me £200 for starters as his "professional evaluation", but after I texted him saying that some of the rare figures are supposedly worth more. He instantly gave me £100. That raised my suspicion about the whole deal and I started to research and found ebay prices and found this place.
Too bad. But what Martin Sith writes is spot on how I think I should feel. But it is so hard =))
Pros:
1)At least he is a collector. and I made him happy.
(what made him the most happy was the mint condition shoulder bag of Empire strikes back made in 1983 (which was part of the deal and I can't find anywhere on the internet...) Pretty cool to flash at conventions.
2)I found this wonderful forum.
3)It peaked my interest in collecting vintage sw figures again.
I hope to be a pleasant part of the forum although it is(was) a brutal start.
best wishes Kris