Hey guys,

 

Just sitting here at my house lounging around, ready to kill someone....I just got screwed, yet again, on eBay. This time, I bid on a figure only to have the seller end the auction early. This sort of stuff has been going on for so long. I've heard numerous stories from other people about so many problems they've encountered. I wish there was another site out there that was specifically geared toward action figures in general or something along those lines that would allow our specific community to buy/sell figures as well as communicate.

 

I know these forums have classifieds, but I wish there was a place for the entire collecting community to develop a steady place of buying or selling. There are many action figure sites for each of the different types of action figure collectibles and it would be nice to somehow combine them so we could feel like one big community. I believe this would reduce the chances of the sort of things that happen on eBay from occurring, since it would consist of a more focused group of people, and not just the masses who are trying to make a quick buck off of their old finds.

 

Leave the amateurs to Ebay. We need something more specific. Not to mention the fact that Ebay has, YET AGAIN, raised it's prices across the board. So when you do try and sell something, you keep even less of the sale proceeds than ever before.

 

Now, I know there are trading and selling forums out there, but, I know I am not always interested in trading and with that, there are still people out to screw others. With the selling forums, I am sure many action figure sites have one, but I am talking about a more centralized location for maybe any/all action figure types. If I want a Transformers figure today and a GI Joe figure tomorrow, I would have to go to 2 separate sites. I am just rambling here but this is how I feel after the mess I just went through. What does everyone else here think? Your thoughts are always appreciated.

Ever try Tfieds?

I don't like EBay because its kind difficult to use.. between snipers, dishonest people passing off chinese KOs as vintage merchandise etc etc.. I'd just assume take my chances with online vendors.. which I know is more of a stable situation to be in..

I don't like EBay because its kind difficult to use.. between snipers, dishonest people passing off chinese KOs as vintage merchandise etc etc.. I'd just assume take my chances with online vendors.. which I know is more of a stable situation to be in..

 

 

Hey everyone, I came across this post and felt compelled to respond to everyone. Let me start by saying that I am a fellow collector of not only Transformers, but Star Wars and G.I. Joe as well and I too, have become frustrated with the increasingly difficult conditions on Ebay as it pertains to buying/selling action figures.

 

So, about 6 months ago, I thought to myself, Why use eBay? I mean, I know the traffic that they get is 2nd to none when it comes to selling but it can be soooooo much better. Especially for action figure collectors. So, I decided it was time to start a totally new type of site. One that is purely for collectors, one that kind of levels the paying field for everyone involved.

 

This site I am currently building will have sort of a stock market feel to it in that sellers will be able to list a figure (FOR FREE and for as long as they want) and enter an "ASK" price that they want to sell it for. A buyer can decide to buy it at that price or enter there own "BID" price for that item. The seller can choose to sell it at that "BID" price or hold firm on his "ASK" price. Another seller can come in at any time and sell to the buyer at their "BID" price as well. It would be a way for collectors to set an actual value of a figure. No more shill bidding, auction sniping, or losing out because the auction gets mysteriously ended by the seller. I think that collectors and buyers alike want to make sure they are getting maximum value for any item.

 

Another feature I am adding is the ability to list your entire collection onto the site and get real time values that are updated daily based on the market for a particular figure.

 

 

Now, I want to be sure that I get as much feedback as possible since this site will be for us, the collectors. So, any ideas, comments, questions you may have please contact me or post them here and I appreciate everyone's time.

 

M.C. :tflaugh

I've purchased a Classics Devastator for US$65 from eBay since last week, the item's location is on Hong Kong, and still haven't arrive here. -_-

I hate ebay because snipers make winning auctions so difficult and frustrating, you have to become one if you want to win anything yourself.

The damn snipers. I get sniped all the damn time. it happens while I watch... usually with less than 10 seconds of auction closing.

I've had zero trouble with ebay.... though they're fees are ghey.

i like ebay... hate the scalpers....

 

sniper's i don't mind as much cause we've all done that to varying levels of success..

 

the best way to win and get a bargain is diligence.... refuse to pay more than a set amount for an item and eventually you'll get it at that price... i got 2 alternator meisters last month for $25 each. most go for $35 or more... took seveal months mut i finnally got them for a price i was willing to pay

I buy things off of eBay, within the last 10-15 seconds. I do this to keep the price down, I will not bid on an item and leave enough time for someone to raise the price further than I want to pay. A lot of the time this works for me, and many many other times, I just wasn't willing to pay enough. I don't think it's justified to try and call out snipers, we sit at our computers for up to an hour, just watching the clock tick down, then we place a bid like everyone else, we just prefer to do our best to not allow others to continue to raise the price on these things for us. At the same time, as I sit here and tell everyone that I do indeed bid within the final seconds of an auction, I also sort of think that the eBay timer should be more like an auction, and less like a timer. As much as ut would hurt what I do, I think that eBay should automatically reset the auction timer to 1 minute if a bid is placed within the final minute, you can't go to an auction house and run up at the very end of a call, place a bid and walk away a winner, the auctioneer has to again sit and call for higher bids, why can't eBay?