Greed

[bambshelle-0]

I don't know how many discussions there may be about this already but I'm feeling so frustrated.

I love ebay, I love the American way and I love my grandchildren. 

But I hate the people who buy up all the popular toys and resale them at exbobitant profit.

It is the holiday season and y'all are making it more difficult for my granddaughter to get the toys she wants.  She has been through a lot including abuse and a long hard custody battle. Her dolls and toys are her comfort items. 

I hope every walmart employee or whoever is buying the toys all up and resaling them at extreme prices enjoys their profits knowing that a little girl who has to go to therapy because of things done to her by other hatefilled adults will be disappointed by Santa this year too.

[emerald40]

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@bambshelle-0 wrote:

I don't know how many discussions there may be about this already but I'm feeling so frustrated.

I love ebay, I love the American way and I love my grandchildren. 

But I hate the people who buy up all the popular toys and resale them at exbobitant profit.

It is the holiday season and y'all are making it more difficult for my granddaughter to get the toys she wants.  She has been through a lot including abuse and a long hard custody battle. Her dolls and toys are her comfort items. 

I hope every walmart employee or whoever is buying the toys all up and resaling them at extreme prices enjoys their profits knowing that a little girl who has to go to therapy because of things done to her by other hatefilled adults will be disappointed by Santa this year too.

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1 million percent agree.

And that is why I appauded ebay last year when they put restrictions on how many one seller could list here.

I wish they would have done it with those Surprise ball thingies.  But in that case there are just so many of them listed that the prices have come way down.

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[luckythewinner]

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@bambshelle-0 wrote:

I hope every walmart employee

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Wow.

Way to select a category of people at random and throw them under the bus with no justification whatsoever.

Maybe karma is at work here.

[thatsallfolks]

“Her dolls and toys are her comfort items. ”

Can you explain why she needs the “hottest” toys?

[bambshelle-0]

Replying to my own post here. Maybe I could get an answer from the resellera point of view. Are y'all the problem or are the toy companies the problem? Why are the popular toys so hard to find? I've raised three children and a granddaughter and never had any trouble finding the toys they wanted for Christmas until last year and this year.

[emerald40]

If you have ever worked retail around the holidays then you will know what the OP is saying is true.

I have seen it myself at some of the stores I have worked at.

Employees "hide" certain items.  Then at the end of the day a spouse or friend comes in and buys them.

[bambshelle-0]

Are those stupid big ball things coming down in price? thanks for telling me!!! Thanks for replying. Good to know ebay is trying to help in some way.

[castlemagicmemories]

OP, I understand and am so very sorry.

All I can say is keep trying.  I bought my niece a tomagotchi several years ago, and asked if I should buy one for my nephew and was told, no.  I should have gone with my gut, because a few months later, as I thought it would go, said nephew decides HE wants one for HIS birthday, too, since his sister got one.

By then, there were none to be had in stores.  I was told that the item would not be in stores until after Sept. as it was being re-designed.  I needed it for June.

I kept haunting that giraffe toy store for it, no luck.  Was just about resigned to paying an Ebay price, but stopped one more time, and lo and behold, they have a WHOLE BIN filled with them, and I was even able to get one at the desired color, orange, and at a very good price, and in time for his birthday.

Maybe you can try to find this online, though.

[bambshelle-0]

Thanks for replying. My son works in retail and several employees at his job got in trouble for buying up fidget spinners this summer when they had a heyday of about a day. So that's why I'm guessing that the store employees at walmart and other places are buying up all the toys and then trying to profit from poor little children.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@bambshelle-0 wrote:

Replying to my own post here. Maybe I could get an answer from the resellera point of view. Are y'all the problem or are the toy companies the problem? Why are the popular toys so hard to find? I've raised three children and a granddaughter and never had any trouble finding the toys they wanted for Christmas until last year and this year.

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I think you have lucked out if you never had problems before.  There have been runs on toys for years...I remember the Cabbage Patch Dolls, and Tickle Me Elmo.  Kiss Vans.  Certain Barbies.  My Size Elsa and Anna dolls (Frozen).

I hope you  find what you are looking for at a good price.

[sabrinas33]

Wow just, wow, way to teach a kid the true meaning of Christmas

[bambshelle-0]

Thanks for replying. Like all little girls she has friends and the internet . And if you've ever known a 6 year old girl you know how they all want the same things. She has trouble making friends but she tries hard.

[hioctane62]

I wholeheartedly agree.

A few years ago the life size Frozen movie dolls were the hot ticket item, a Target exclusive. I remember going into a Target store and finding ONE on the shelf. I knew I could at least triple my money on ebay if I bought it and listed it.

I stood there for 5 minutes while my morals slowly took over. I pictured the little girl walking up to the display and saying "There it is, mommy!!".

I left the store empty handed. I won't participate in those shenanigans.

[bambshelle-0]

Thank you for replying ! I feel better and more hopeful now that y'all talked to me, I'll keep trying to find the toys.

[sharingtheland]

I haven't bought any "hot" toys for resale in quite some time.  If I did, however, it would be because I needed the income and not because of any greedy shenanigans on my part.