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[sweetstuff]

I wasn't really stalking  - it was more like if I happened to see her in other parts of the store, I would look to see if she put Minty back. *lol*

I wouldn't dream of taking something from a kid because I actually had a guy do that to my oldest son a few years ago when he was into Transformers and we found a couple at the thrift store. I'm all for kids loving toys

I guess my inner child wanted that G1 pony for herself!

[ZettaMomo]

I wouldn't, I would just feel really weird about it. I have had someone 'stalk' me when I was out before and it made me very uncomfortable. I would hate to give that feeling someone else.
If someone else got it before me they got it, even if it is sad on my part.

[hlbmlp]

i only got around the first isle before her kid came, so i kinda feel like it's not really stalking cuz i only followed her for about 3 feet ^__^

[mlp4me]

No stalking here, there's simply not enough ponies to go around....

[Majesty]

I very rarely get to go to thrift stores and when I do it isn't very busy.  So, I've never had the opportunity to stalk someone who has ponies in their cart/basket.

[Elisto]

Sort of? I don't follow anyone, but I will take a peek at what other people have picked up from the toy aisle.

[partypony566]

I'm ashamed to even admit this! but has anyone else "casually stalked" someone at a thrift store when you see they have something MLP in their basket?


I had my two youngest kids today with me at a local thrift store. I hadn't been in a while. So my youngest son is busy digging through,and I'm going through the shelves looking for MLP and Beauty and the Beast stuff. I find a couple of cute fakies, but nothing much. Then I notice a gal with G1 Minty in her basket and I'm thinking - "where did she find her?!" I looked some more, but I didn't even see any generation of MLP.


I kinda kept hoping she might change her mind on Minty, but alas 

MINTY?!!!! omg I would have been so disappointed! Yeah I would definitely be stalking incase she put it back!!!

[SaraMari]

I stalked (I mean hovered a couple feet near here as she was looking over her picks) a woman last week with a baby Tappy in one of her toy bags, and luckily she put it back!! I don't usually look in other's baskets/carts but I got the "pony sense" about her I guess haha.

Pangel - If I had been you in that situation I might have caused a scene, I don't know if I could have kept my mouth shut then DX

[lemontwist]

Once I heard a kid shout "Look mommy, My Little Pony!!" Oh I came running. But it was just a grungy G3 backpack. D:

[Eskara1862]

   Totally me!  And on more than one occasion...
 
Once, I saw a lady with NSS Gusty in her basket.  I actually worked up the courage to ask her if I could have the pony because it was one I had wanted very badly as a child. She said no and that it was for her little girl.  However, she wasn't interested in any of the fakies, so I'm thinking she was either another collector or e-bay seller. Most parents don't take only G1's and leave the fakies behind because they don't know the difference.
 
I actually have a personal set of rules about interactions with other people at the thrift shop. 
 
1) Items in other peoples baskets are off limits.
2) If I can grab it before they do, it's mine.  And I'm danged fast when it comes to ponies.
3) If I see a pony/item I want in the cart, stalking from a distance is okay. If the item is laid down somewhere, it's MINE! If the item is thrown out of the cart by a child,  the kid clearly didn't want it and it's mine.
4) If someone dares to take something from my basket, I will get it back, along with anything else in their basket that I like.
 
Rule number 4 came into being because it actually happened to me. This woman had a Lovely Lady Locks TV tray, Small Soldiers Archer, and Rainbow Brite's puppy in her cart.  I managed to grab the ponies before she did.  When I turned my back to dig for more, she removed the ponies from my cart!  Oh, that meant war. It's an unspoken rule at the thrift shops that you never take something out of anybody elses cart! My sister was with me and I told her what happened.  She helped me stalk the lady and we managed to get my ponies back, along with Puppy Bright   I'd have taken the TV tray too, but didn't get a chance. I did see that lady other times at the thrift shop.  Nothing else ever dissapeared from my cart and I left hers alone as long as she left mine alone.

[HavACrumpet452]

Never turn your back on ponies in a cart and always carry a taser. Ok, maybe not the second part.

[BrightIdea]

If I knew where thrift stores in the Netherlands were, I would be doing this, lol.


I am, however, guilty of stalking childrens' McDonalds ponies. "which one do they have, which one do they have today!?" and staring at kids with happy meals.  I try and keep it discrete though.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Hm... not that I recall!  I usually get to the ponies first. 

[PrincessNikki]

I have never found anything good pony-wise at a thrift shop. Not even fakies appear.

If I saw a G1 in someone's basket I would ask them where they found it.

[hlbmlp]

1) Items in other peoples baskets are off limits.
2) If I can grab it before they do, it's mine.  And I'm danged fast when it comes to ponies.
3) If I see a pony/item I want in the cart, stalking from a distance is okay. If the item is laid down somewhere, it's MINE! If the item is thrown out of the cart by a child,  the kid clearly didn't want it and it's mine.
4) If someone dares to take something from my basket, I will get it back, along with anything else in their basket that I like.

i have just adopted these rules !!!