80s_collector said:
maxf said:
I 100% agree with this.
This is supposed (for me) to be an escape from the hassles of work and the daily grind - but as prices have risen, deals have become harder to do as well - partly because of the cash now involved (2 weeks in the Bahamas vs 2 12 Backs?) but partly because some sellers are afraid of selling too low, and want 'tomorrow's prices today'. I've lost count of the number of deals in the past few months which have just been dropped by the seller - big sums of money too - which makes it really hard to keep interested in actively collecting.
I honestly think that buying my last house was less stress and hassle than the last 2 (aborted) deals I've had going on for some rarer MOCs. Now that's mental.
When it stops becoming an escape and starts becoming a hassle, you have to ask whether it's worth it.
Max, you say your tired of losing out on deals, well my advice to you mate is try offering a decent price for items instead of trying to get real bargains. The reason you lost out on some great Palitoys from me is you told me your offer was good and you werent low balling me, two weeks later your offer trebled........hmmm.....
then on my way to the other side of the world for my vacation, the 5 figures which were offered to you were sold to a great buyer of mine for nearly 10 times what your original offer was.....! Come on mate its a lesson learnt..
so no hard feelings mate but come play the game....Lol
Firstly, thanks for calling me out - I spent quite a lot of money with you last year but I guess that doesn't buy much in terms of customer loyalty or discretion.
So, onto these figures. Lets set the record straight. Everything I do in this hobby I do with integrity. I don't appreciate the insinuation that I've tried to rip anybody off, let alone somebody I actually thought was a friend.
Firstly, you said "I have 4 (Stormtrooper R2, Han, Leia initially - with Vader being mentioned a while later) Palitoy ESB figures and what are they worth to you" - you had no photos, and no descriptions NOT EVEN WHICH BACK THEY WERE ON, even when I asked you. So, they could have been 45b backs for all I, or you it seems, knew. So yes, I offered you less than 30 backs were worth... not being psychic I didn't think or expect you had discovered a mythical stash of some of the rarest items in the hobby, nor would anybody I suspect - they wouldn't stay in the hobby long offering 30 back money for 45bs.
After you revealed they were 30 backs (still no photos or proof to me they existed) I told you they were worth more, but you didn't want to sell and were going to let me know when you did and when you had settled on a price (this was over a few weeks of messages, you'll remember). You actually said 'don't worry, you'll know first when I have sorted a price'.
There were three of us here were talking and trying to put an offer together, although without photos to be honest it felt like it was a fishing exercise by you and either you didn't have the figures or were just trying to get me to price them so you could drive the price up by offering them around.
Anyway, all friendly still (I thought) and since then we had a few beers together and even had dinner(!) - so why are you calling me out for not initially offering you enough for some figures without any kind of description other than 'I don't know' when asked what back they were? My offer did indeed treble 2 weeks after the initial offer - this was when you told me they were 30 backs.
I genuinely don't understand why am I being called out on here for not offering a dealer enough for his stock (which he didn't even show me)?
If you think the post I made was calling you out, then you're very much mistaken - you're one of a few people who I have found hard to deal with lately (everything cash, everything in person, no mail order, prices not set, indecision about selling), although you have obviously now won the prize for the very hardest to deal with.
I think it's actually really out of order posting about me like this - feel free to apologise and I'll try and put it down to too much sun and a bad day.
Do you have some photos of the cards/figures, and the others you told me about? It would be nice to see them, especially now everybody is interested.
