Also, Dippendot, do you need me to look for a Roseluck tomorrow? My walmart just got some bbs in so there should be at least one in there...
Oncce I caught a kid of like 8-12 years old pack searching through some baseball cards, but had to leave them behind. So to teach a boy a lesson I took the 3 packs he had set aside in a hidden spot, I took them but replaced them with 3 other packs. And hid the packs on a different shelf one he couldnt reach. I told my then bf about the packs and he insisted I buy them. Come to find out they were jersey cards, each worth about $20.an 8 year old wouldn't buy the cards just to sell them for a profit on eBay, he'd obviously buy the cards for complete his collection, like we fellow mlp collectors do. And, an 8 year old is way too young to sell on eBay.
Our walmart just restocked the W1 ponies :( They sell so fast that me personally I bought Roseluck then opened a whole bunch of bags and mainly got doubles *sigh* But thats ok :) Oncce I caught a kid of like 8-12 years old pack searching through some baseball cards, but had to leave them behind. So to teach a boy a lesson I took the 3 packs he had set aside in a hidden spot, I took them but replaced them with 3 other packs. And hid the packs on a different shelf one he couldnt reach. I told my then bf about the packs and he insisted I buy them. Come to find out they were jersey cards, each worth about $20. About a half an hr later the boy returned with his parents to "exchange" the cards. Then our distribuator quit selling to walmart for about 8 months after this incident. When they realized this child could tell what packs had what in them. It was game over for the honest buyers, who play fair and not check to see what the cards were. If I remember right his family isnt allowed in Walmart with him unsupervised.
Much like myself I grabbed like 8 - 10 bling bags tonight just randomly. I dont care what I got. I can always resell them later :)
I think everyone is rather missing the problem here. It's not people like us ripping open the bags, its CHILDREN doing it. Children running amok in the stores without any parental supervision just ripping and tearing stuff open because 5 year olds don't understand the concept of personal property or lack of ownership. When I first saw the blind bags way back when at the JCPenney outlet, the ground was literally littered with empty bags. Kids can rip them open quickly, stuff the pony in their pocket and mommy is none the wiser. If anyone is to blame here, it's people not watching their kids and just dumping them in the toy aisle while they do their other shopping.
I think everyone is rather missing the problem here. It's not people like us ripping open the bags, its CHILDREN doing it. Children running amok in the stores without any parental supervision just ripping and tearing stuff open because 5 year olds don't understand the concept of personal property or lack of ownership. When I first saw the blind bags way back when at the JCPenney outlet, the ground was literally littered with empty bags. Kids can rip them open quickly, stuff the pony in their pocket and mommy is none the wiser. If anyone is to blame here, it's people not watching their kids and just dumping them in the toy aisle while they do their other shopping.
I doubt this is true. Every time I've seen this happen the bags were all methodically opened, very neatly, and only the most sought after ponies were taken, like the sparkle ponies. That is not what you'd find if some random child just ripped open a few packs.
In the stores I have found them in, it has always very clearly been children. Bags wrenched open and literally strewn about, a few times they even left the ponies scattered about too. It was never this methodical or calculating opening of the bags, just random ponies ripped open and thrown everywhere.I think everyone is rather missing the problem here. It's not people like us ripping open the bags, its CHILDREN doing it. Children running amok in the stores without any parental supervision just ripping and tearing stuff open because 5 year olds don't understand the concept of personal property or lack of ownership. When I first saw the blind bags way back when at the JCPenney outlet, the ground was literally littered with empty bags. Kids can rip them open quickly, stuff the pony in their pocket and mommy is none the wiser. If anyone is to blame here, it's people not watching their kids and just dumping them in the toy aisle while they do their other shopping.
I doubt this is true. Every time I've seen this happen the bags were all methodically opened, very neatly, and only the most sought after ponies were taken, like the sparkle ponies. That is not what you'd find if some random child just ripped open a few packs.
Agreed. The times that I've seen blind bagged toys ripped through, it's methodical and the evidence was actually hidden behind a display case very obviously an adult or at the very least a teenager who knew what s/he was doing. Not a kid.
I will, however, blame the parents for the open bags of toys on the back walls of the thrift stores - because I see kids open those and the parents say nothing.
Our walmart just restocked the W1 ponies :( They sell so fast that me personally I bought Roseluck then opened a whole bunch of bags and mainly got doubles *sigh* But thats ok :) Oncce I caught a kid of like 8-12 years old pack searching through some baseball cards, but had to leave them behind. So to teach a boy a lesson I took the 3 packs he had set aside in a hidden spot, I took them but replaced them with 3 other packs. And hid the packs on a different shelf one he couldnt reach. I told my then bf about the packs and he insisted I buy them. Come to find out they were jersey cards, each worth about $20. About a half an hr later the boy returned with his parents to "exchange" the cards. Then our distribuator quit selling to walmart for about 8 months after this incident. When they realized this child could tell what packs had what in them. It was game over for the honest buyers, who play fair and not check to see what the cards were. If I remember right his family isnt allowed in Walmart with him unsupervised.
Much like myself I grabbed like 8 - 10 bling bags tonight just randomly. I dont care what I got. I can always resell them later :)
Our walmart just restocked the W1 ponies :( They sell so fast that me personally I bought Roseluck then opened a whole bunch of bags and mainly got doubles *sigh* But thats ok :) Oncce I caught a kid of like 8-12 years old pack searching through some baseball cards, but had to leave them behind. So to teach a boy a lesson I took the 3 packs he had set aside in a hidden spot, I took them but replaced them with 3 other packs. And hid the packs on a different shelf one he couldnt reach. I told my then bf about the packs and he insisted I buy them. Come to find out they were jersey cards, each worth about $20. About a half an hr later the boy returned with his parents to "exchange" the cards. Then our distribuator quit selling to walmart for about 8 months after this incident. When they realized this child could tell what packs had what in them. It was game over for the honest buyers, who play fair and not check to see what the cards were. If I remember right his family isnt allowed in Walmart with him unsupervised.visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Much like myself I grabbed like 8 - 10 bling bags tonight just randomly. I dont care what I got. I can always resell them later :)
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Oncce I caught a kid of like 8-12 years old pack searching through some baseball cards, but had to leave them behind. So to teach a boy a lesson I took the 3 packs he had set aside in a hidden spot, I took them but replaced them with 3 other packs. And hid the packs on a different shelf one he couldnt reach. I told my then bf about the packs and he insisted I buy them. Come to find out they were jersey cards, each worth about $20. About a half an hr later the boy returned with his parents to "exchange" the cards. Then our distribuator quit selling to walmart for about 8 months after this incident. When they realized this child could tell what packs had what in them. It was game over for the honest buyers, who play fair and not check to see what the cards were. If I remember right his family isnt allowed in Walmart with him unsupervised.
What do you guys mean about checking codes on blind bags? Is there a way to identify which pony is in the bag with a code printed on the bag?I have never seen a blind bag myself, so I am only going by what I know from the internet. But there are apparently numbers imprinted on the bag, I believe at the top, which tell you which pony is in the bag. Depending on which wave the bag is, you can figure out which pony the number corresponds to and get the ones you want.
I'm always looking for the glitter ones (by number). The TRUs employees always ask me "can I help you"? When they see I'm not opening them, they leave me alone...I have no shame :devious:
Is their a way to look them up by code so you know who is in the bag? I didn't know this and I have no shame in saying if their is I will use it to see who is in the bag. I won't care that the people that work at the stores will look at me like I am nuts :blink: . Nope, won't bother me a bit..LoL :lol:As far as I know, these numbers on Strawberry Reef (http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G4/IndexBB.html) are accurate!
Oncce I caught a kid of like 8-12 years old pack searching through some baseball cards, but had to leave them behind. So to teach a boy a lesson I took the 3 packs he had set aside in a hidden spot, I took them but replaced them with 3 other packs. And hid the packs on a different shelf one he couldnt reach. I told my then bf about the packs and he insisted I buy them. Come to find out they were jersey cards, each worth about $20. About a half an hr later the boy returned with his parents to "exchange" the cards. Then our distribuator quit selling to walmart for about 8 months after this incident. When they realized this child could tell what packs had what in them. It was game over for the honest buyers, who play fair and not check to see what the cards were. If I remember right his family isnt allowed in Walmart with him unsupervised.
What do you guys mean about checking codes on blind bags? Is there a way to identify which pony is in the bag with a code printed on the bag?
Actually, those are the old blind bag numbers. Check these out:What do you guys mean about checking codes on blind bags? Is there a way to identify which pony is in the bag with a code printed on the bag?
If you check out the right hand column of this page of MyLittleWiki it details how to find the codes on the bags and what each of the codes mean
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/G4_Blind_Bag_Ponies (http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/G4_Blind_Bag_Ponies)
I'm always looking for the glitter ones (by number). The TRUs employees always ask me "can I help you"? When they see I'm not opening them, they leave me alone...I have no shame :devious:
Is their a way to look them up by code so you know who is in the bag? I didn't know this and I have no shame in saying if their is I will use it to see who is in the bag. I won't care that the people that work at the stores will look at me like I am nuts :blink: . Nope, won't bother me a bit..LoL :lol:As far as I know, these numbers on Strawberry Reef (http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G4/IndexBB.html) are accurate!