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I actually just had a flipper incident recently. About a month ago I decided to sell the last few G1 items I had on craigslist as a lot. It was the birthday set (missing some pieces) but with the box, a pony lamp, a cube puzzle missing the lid, some castle pieces with spike, some UK potpourri figures, and a blank G3 pony. There were some other misc pieces but that was it for the most part. I got a lady contact me right away and said her daughter loved ponies and so forth. She sounded nice and genuine so I even threw in a mint baby ribs with his bib because it was going to a little girl. Well, right this moment on ebay the person I sold them to is selling them (well, most of the items anyway..). I boiled a little inside at first because I was lied to. I mean, she could have told me the truth for crying out loud. However, it isn't a crime and she now owns them, not me. I have them on watch to see what they go for though
Quote from: medleysong on August 02, 2012, 11:36:14 PMI actually just had a flipper incident recently. About a month ago I decided to sell the last few G1 items I had on craigslist as a lot. It was the birthday set (missing some pieces) but with the box, a pony lamp, a cube puzzle missing the lid, some castle pieces with spike, some UK potpourri figures, and a blank G3 pony. There were some other misc pieces but that was it for the most part. I got a lady contact me right away and said her daughter loved ponies and so forth. She sounded nice and genuine so I even threw in a mint baby ribs with his bib because it was going to a little girl. Well, right this moment on ebay the person I sold them to is selling them (well, most of the items anyway..). I boiled a little inside at first because I was lied to. I mean, she could have told me the truth for crying out loud. However, it isn't a crime and she now owns them, not me. I have them on watch to see what they go for though Did you give her a deal cause it was a kid or something?
I have considered doing the whole resale thing but a general lack of pricing knowledge keeps me from doing so. I don't really collect, so perhaps I don't quite grok your frustrations but I can sympathize. People have to eat and pay bills. If one can work from home by selling on eBay then that's great. I don't begrudge anyone who can make it work. We would all love to go shopping and find everything on our list discounted, but in reality it doesn't work that way. You want a bargain and the seller wants a profit. People who sell something are not doing it to be kind. They don't set a low price so they can give you something cheap because they like you. They set a price they hope to get and profit off of most. They hope to sell enough to pay bills and buy food. Otherwise they may as well just save their time and donate the ponies. I can understand the frustration, as I said, but I do feel that it is unfair to harbor it when it's just a fact of life.