oh sure = this may help to put into context some of my biases and fears as we all know we are a friendly yet competitive bunch in some cases over the reality of a limited supply of "nirvana"
trader support - I think it links up with the other thread on this item as well...
there's this one :
http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,307938.15.htmland this one...
http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,308705.msg404760.html#msg404760and then there is the thread where they mention how they "saved" the seller from selling the lot privately... I'll see if I can find that, and that is why there is sometimes the deal where our community tries to be helpful and yet it's an understandably tricky plank to walk to balance out wanting to get a deal and wanting to not take advantage.
I get it, as I just found a venne in a US ebay lot and I spoke with the seller afterwards, not before, when I had won = where'd she find this pony? A yardsale. So then I wrote and pasted over the wiki link and the link for the MLParena nirvana forum and I think that her pony was from venezuela and that if I were her, I'd run back to that house and ask if she had any more MLP :-). But yah, I got a good deal (I think) first
So I try to balance out all the conflicts and in the end, I just hope that folks who spend wads of cash aren't being fooled is all as I know I don't like that feeling = I don't mind that there's a cool element to winning and to being the owner of a unique item and more the joy when folks can share their happiness here :-) I think that's what I hope most of all = that all this pony joy gets spread around and shared and not go underground = speaking of that whole GITD princess deal - who knows where she went...
so there's my two cents more on hoping for a positive outcome from all the current and hopefully future venne-waves be they loose or box, with hair or squeakers