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Yours turned up too mate?Well it looks like we got a new FAC grail in our community, good luck to those that are after it
Yours turned up too mate?
they do here in Germany (saturday)DHL don't deliver at weekends
Haha no idea why they don't deliver on Saturdays here can't even blame it on Brexit hahathey do here in Germany (saturday)
where do you live? sherwood forest?
sry, I couldnt resist
I want to laugh but it just hurts too much.
@Jeek
As the owner, I can say he does not do "a lot" for this forum. Spread that fud elsewhere. There are plenty of members here who sell on the aftermarket. We dont protect them. He is a valued member of the community tho as he helps in many instances members get stuff, and then yes he also tries to sell other stuff at inflated prices. I've seen him help many folks at cost , and of course also seen him sell many at high prices. I've seen that with MANY members who have come and gone and some still here over the decade this site has been around.
If someone can do it while remaining civil, people are free to call people out , bash them etc, if done without "attacking" to the point a mod needs to step in. You want to grab 10 copies of something and sell for 300 each then you should expect criticism if you are ousted. We are here to remain neutral in that. But if members curse, attack or take it to a whole other level then we come and clean it up (thread) then some want to act like we are condoning it. Nope. Its just how one wants to go about handling it. Last thing any of the staff wants to do is have to spend time on moderating that. Not here to protect resellers from the "heat" that comes from being int the kitchen.
We only take issue when the retailers/labels are bad actors and make backdoor deals that hurt the hobby when they take copies off open market from consumers for scalping eBay prices from the jump.
Only people in power here are myself and Andy and we both got zero. Pretty sure he got zero. Granted, no interest. Never the less I would be going through Karel if i wanted, but if he couldnt get any then that's that i suppose for me.Is that not what a certain person in power is doing here.......?
Nobody could get 6 copies without contacts. Even Karel couldn't host a GB......
I always try and order direct instead of using a GB if possible. So for John Wick 3 I missed out as it sold out in minutes.I don’t think it’s fair to accuse anyone in making money in a free market. If he got the copies without fooling anyone or manipulating the website he should be absolutely free to do whatever he desires.
That should not be anyone’s business.
If you don’t like retailer’s practices with allowing individuals buying multiple copies, you should take your complaints to a retailer you have a problem with.
Also, he was never responsible for FAC or BB groupbuys, so I don’t understand why everyone is mentioning that he’s a groupbuy host. All GB’s he usually runs ( Manta, Nova, WeeT) have huge allocations for almost every release. Heck, you had a chance to buy JW3 from Nova when nobody could order it direct.
I totally agree with you. It's just when people somehow think HDN has any control over it it is my point and what i then reply to. The only person who has ever hosted GBs here for fac stuff has been karel, so if he cant help then we know crap all about what is going on. We're trying to offer a place for discussion, the good, the bad, and the ugly. When we can help in supplying copies of any edition, we try our best. Many retailers just have no problem in selling qty amounts they likely shouldnt allow as it is hurting the overall consumer experience. Most commonly its always WWA stuff too because if you were limiting purchases to X qty then you could better judge that model for sales and future releases. The reason why their edition sizes can be lower than demand is they are usually at the power of the distributor who is sitting on X number of steels and cant get more.Respectfully, if anyone here got 6 copies of this beauty, that should fall under the bad actor category. It’s not on the up and up in my opinion.
This level of scalping I think rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but if it’s your 1 or 2 copies because you are fortunate to have that many, whatcha really gonna do as you said to stop or even ask anyone to stop from getting any amount they feel comfortable with as distasteful as it may be?
But when myself and I’m sure others are feeling really blue we couldn’t get a whiff of this release (I offered $250 for god sakes and I can’t believe that I did) and want it so badly for our collections, and you hear someone not only got 6 (or whatever the number might be), it feels like FAC and how some people seem to be manipulating the system and that’s definitely not fair imho.
Maybe others will disagree but who knows how many others got more than a few out of such a small print run and hurt the rest of us from even having a chance to get one? This one stings a lot so forgive me for being so blunt. I really don’t know anyone involved but I really wanted to get this and it’s even a shame I had to go to $250 only to still get nowhere near what would have been accepted.
I always try and order direct instead of using a GB if possible. So for John Wick 3 I missed out as it sold out in minutes.
So I went cap in hand to said GB host asking if he could help out (I wanted the lenti) and I was told I could get one but it was from his personal 'stash' so I would have to pay considerably more. I was prepared to pay a bit more obviously, but not the price I was quoted. I could have just gone to eBay for that.
So I guess community service did in fact go out the window that day.
It's well for him that he can accumulate stashes for personal gain while the everyday forum supporter gets screwed in return. How do you prove what was his allocation and what is his 'stash'?
Luckily another GB host elsewhere hooked me up for a great price. So there are still people who can help out if your lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.