Gizmo

Oh, and for those that want to laugh at our little reseller, guess who found his eBay account? This guy! Not hard to check his previous posts and track down his location: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/7889334-post51.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pinky-and-The-Br...3%3A1|294%3A50

With a whole 6 feedback...well, good luck! I think I have a few eBay accounts where I can place some bids, win, and leave negative feedback right away

SpinalGuffman

That sucks man. Someone else in this thread had a similar thing happen with a Roots set. They took it back and exchanged for a complete one. Hope your store has more.

And it would make me think twice about reselling ...

SimpsonsFan

You sir, are my hero. lol

SimpsonsFan

And as you can see from my feedback #, it's not like I make a living from doing this or nothing. Geez, cut a guy some slack.

Gizmo

I look forward to Twilight Zone S1's popping up from you. I can't wait to total up the sale price of each set, eBay fees, Paypal fees and then we can all sit back and see how much "profit" you make (what's your tax % for KY?). I never have a problem with someone buying an extra 1, hell 2 sets to resell for a small "profit" (i.e. pay for the one you just bought for yourself) but cleaning out the store is pretty scummy. How many Beanie Babies do you have? Hot Wheels?

jgorow

correct me if I am wrong, but. I believe this forum is intended for dvd collectors, not those trying make quick easy money

abintra

Over/under on what they sell for? The Pinky and the Brain completed listings sold for between $8-15 shipped. The Animaniacs ranged from $13 to about $20 shipped. And that was before random people tried reselling them.

Amazon is already down to less than what Big Lots is selling for Pinky and the Brain, Vol. 2.

No idea what ebay fees are but I can't imagine there is profit in that short of selling hundreds of them and dedicating second job type hours.

SimpsonsFan

FYI, I am acctually keeping only one of the TZ's. Seen multiple posts of guys saying "GOT 2!".

Gizmo

Yep, prices on Amazon are low for all those sets. Nice. Hope SimpsonFan kept his receipt.

SimpsonsFan

It truly is mind boggling though, the sour treatment from you peeps. Especially considering how many others are no doubt guilty of the same actions. And no, i didn't "literally" clean out the store, but I did buy quite a few.

Jedi Master 33

Yeah, but some of us only buy 2 or 3, not the whole damn stock.

jgorow

that you will no doubt sell to your fellow forum members for actual price plus actual shipping, lol

Gizmo

$6 x 20 = $120

So you bought about 7 sets of each.

jgorow

this is why some of us hunt from big lots to big lots looking for a title we want and find nothing. there is yiddish term for such folks called "chazzah" which litterally translates to "pig"

SimpsonsFan

I assure you, in my little town, they would sit on shelves for months.

Gizmo

Yeah, and I'm gonna buy 30 copies of Broken Flowers!!!!! So HA!

Actually, I hope to nab Smallville and Nip/Tuck on Blu when I visit this weekend. I never have good luck though as the movies typically lean towards the demographic of where the store is located. But, like every Friday, I'll get my Papa Johns, walk next door and get a couple Mexican Cokes and search the shelves of Big Lots while the pizza is being cooked.

Jedi Master 33

ha ha, surely you can come up with a better defense than that...

Gizmo

And they will likely sit on your shelves, unsold, for months. There is a reason why Big Lots get these titles, and its because all the other wholesalers already bought the other overstock.

SimpsonsFan

not to change the subject...but I did also see james bond movies, Excorcist 3, and Casablanca at the Hazard, Ky location.

jgorow

and he didnt buy up every copy of every james bond movie, wow, shocked

SimpsonsFan

umm...do they have high resell value?

jgorow

I said my piece, I am done with this, surely karma takes care of such things

SimpsonsFan

was kidding

g

Usually when these sets hit Big Lots, the price on them crashes for quite awhile. Because the same sets are offered to other sellers on amazon and ebay and to other discounter stores. Look whats already happened to Dallas, Wonder Woman and others

SimpsonsFan

The dallas sets are selling 3x the price new on amazon marketplace, and 5x from amazon.