The hunt for caterine and the scalpers in my town :(

[Fred11706]

We don't have any Walmarts in NYC. So the only way for me to get Catrine is on ebay. Waiting for the perfect price. I guess in a week we'll be able to buy a doll for 20+shipping.

Hey I sent you a pm. No catrines have hit the walmarts on long Island But when they do ill Let You know and we can meet somewhere in the city and You can save on shipping

[Snapdragon]

Sigh, same deal in SoCal! I went to my local Walmart today - two Scaris dolls, total. Although that may just be my Walmart's terrible, terrible setup, they've never had a very big display, except maybe right after Christmas.

[Maniah]

Maniah I need one for customizing if you want to pick her up for me.
I don't need her box.
Let me know hun I can't find her.

Novavelle I hope you find her.

If she is still there in the morning, I'll grab her for you

And of course, she was gone.

[Angellove]

Maniah I need one for customizing if you want to pick her up for me.
I don't need her box.
Let me know hun I can't find her.

Novavelle I hope you find her.

If she is still there in the morning, I'll grab her for you

And of course, she was gone.

It's ok I will find one. Thank you for looking.

[missbonbon]

I live in a small town, that usually gets things rather late, but I can always find the harder - sought after dolls in my stores (Walmart or Target only). I've found two extra Deuce in my stores (both are traded already), but sadly no one is buying the other Scaris dolls so they aren't restocking them lol. Dolls don't sell extremely well in my area, but if anyone needs any I'm always willing to help.

I agree that buying the lot of them isn't a "butt" move if you are helping out family/friends. I'd do in a heartbeat as well as I can't stand the scalpers (although I have none here in my town I don't think anyway) it drives me crazy seeing the ebay prices sometimes lol

[kakenterprise]

My Walmart is just being super slow.  I know they keep restocking because there's tons of dolls on the shelf but she just hasn't hit Michigan yet *shakes fist*..

[mejohnson85]

Just found out catrine will be in stores near me this weekend... Novavelle if your interested... I can try and snag you and your friend a doll each...

[Novavelle]

Just found out catrine will be in stores near me this weekend... Novavelle if your interested... I can try and snag you and your friend a doll each...

I might take you up on that, I'll text her right now and see if she's interested or not, thank's for the offer.

[MsTwilight]

I don't have a scalper problem in my town... it's the other moms and collectors! I run into collectors all the time. We are all after the same thing and there's not many to go around. 

Aside from that... $40 with free shipping on ebay for Catrine really isn't that bad. I sat and broke the fees/costs down while I was contemplating buying one...

$19.97 doll
  $1.20 tax 6%
$21.17 total for doll
$ 2.33 ebay fixed price fee 11% of $40.00
$ 1.46 paypal fee 2.9% + 30 cents on $40.00
$ 9.88 online priority shipping of 1lb 3 oz from CA to MD
$34.84 total

So $5.16 profit for the seller. Not too bad.

[aikiaelf]

I work for the toy department at our local walmart, and at least for our store in Oregon we are having issues with getting anything toy-wise in stock. Our MLP section has been more or less bare since Christmas (though we did get the Fluttershy plushies in sometime on Tuesday or Wed.). So that could be the reason for the lack of Catrine. Our warehouses are out.

Also (at least my store) the DC and Scaris budget dolls just went on Rollback for $10.

[mejohnson85]

My Walmart should be getting catrine in tonight!!

[Snapdragon]

I may have found out the reason for almost NO MH dolls in my area.

I went to TRU today, found the shelves absolutely BARREN. Two Scaris dolls, and not much else. So I go up to the customer service rep, and ask if they have any three-pack dolls (the Fearleading set with the Werecat trio) in the back, since a lack of dolls might mean they are in the middle of restocking. He immediately asks, "Oh, the Werecats? Yeah, a lady came in here, I guess it's a 'club' or something, she just bought them all. Try again when we get another shipment."

Yeah. So I guess scalpers are now calling themselves "clubs" or something. It may be what happened to all of the Catrines in my area, too; maybe something similar is happening in other parts of the state? Mega frustrating!!

[rosierjay]

how frustrating.
i admit, when i find them i might buy two, but just because i want to customize one of the toralei. other kitties for sale.

[RedLynx]

I found Catrine today!  It occurred to me that they might not be so popular by parents place in Retiredville.  Sure enough!  They had a bunch!  I picked up one for me and a friend. My mom is going there tomorrow to see about another for a friend I didn't think was interested, so if anyone needs help getting one, gimme a shout!

[Nana-Rena]

A foolish noob question, but what exactly is a scalper? Are they people who buy collectibles in bulk for market prices and then sell really expensively on ebay? Or is anybody who sells something collectible for a high price a scalper?