Warrior
Lieutenant General
- Joined
- May 12, 2005
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People who think Ebay is one giant flea market.
Look, I get it, there are thousands of toy soldier sellers on there who are part time sellers, all they want to do is thin out their collection and move items out the door, wheeling and dealing is part of the process for them.
I'm a full time retailer, this is how I put a roof over my head, food on my table and clothes on my back, wheeling and dealing is not part of the process for me, it gets tiresome to be constantly bashed over the head on pricing................."What is your best price on this item/can you do better on the price"..............over and over and over.
My best price is the current price it's listed at.
Aside from a couple of dealers/maybe a handful, toy soldier shows are now for the most part indoor flea markets, loaded with collectors thinning out their collections who again are wheeling and dealing, it is what it is, we recently just lost two of the icons of our hobby from a dealer standpoint, Mike from Sierra, Tony from Toy Soldier Gallery, being a full time toy soldier dealer these days is like being at Fort Zindernuef as a member of the French Foreign Legion; who's turn is it to climb up the ladder to the watch tower?
Look, I get it, there are thousands of toy soldier sellers on there who are part time sellers, all they want to do is thin out their collection and move items out the door, wheeling and dealing is part of the process for them.
I'm a full time retailer, this is how I put a roof over my head, food on my table and clothes on my back, wheeling and dealing is not part of the process for me, it gets tiresome to be constantly bashed over the head on pricing................."What is your best price on this item/can you do better on the price"..............over and over and over.
My best price is the current price it's listed at.
Aside from a couple of dealers/maybe a handful, toy soldier shows are now for the most part indoor flea markets, loaded with collectors thinning out their collections who again are wheeling and dealing, it is what it is, we recently just lost two of the icons of our hobby from a dealer standpoint, Mike from Sierra, Tony from Toy Soldier Gallery, being a full time toy soldier dealer these days is like being at Fort Zindernuef as a member of the French Foreign Legion; who's turn is it to climb up the ladder to the watch tower?