Roverite-we understand your concern. But in reality, this is nothing new-Group Buyers do restrict sales, for 'limited' items, but if they are able to obtain enough copies for members it is up to them, if they wish to do so. Posting a thread like this, inadvertently leads to some 'bad feelings' in regards to several aspects of collecting. Our purpose of doing so is to allow members to openly share items they see, with others, who can make their own judgment.
As you can see by the group buy lists, the 1st priority of our Group Buy sellers is to make at least 1 copy of any item available to as many members as they can comfortably cater to, in terms of their time, and ability to source them. We work with all of our group buyers (who have a set of rules), to be sure they are not overwhelmed or taken advantage of (members have very occasionally gotten rude, when the group buy leader refused to become an Ebay supplier), and in turn we expect everyone that uses this site to sell their items, to be fair to our members. If problems arise they are addressed and resolved.
As far as this seller-she may have sourced them from multiple sellers-there is no way to tell, or the GB seller here had other copies, and chose to make an arrangement with her. There are plenty of people that are members here that are Ebay sellers, and there are various ways they are obtaining numerous copies for resale. While most members are looking to purchase for their own collection, some are also purchasing for reselling to subsidize the relatively high cost of collecting Steels (import, damages, etc), or have businesses where they resell. And that is their prerogative. We also suggest that members here who also sell on Ebay are aware of the fact that selling items at very high prices will cause some bad sentiments-but it is their prerogative how to set their prices on another marketplace.
Please remember that this thread is to point out high prices on Ebay (the definition of 'high' can vary member to member as some of these assessments are 'subjective'. Feel free to do so, but we ask that you do not 'bash' individual sellers-after all you are free not to purchase from them, if you think their prices are ridiculous.
Unlike some sites, we communicate with all of our members regularly and are always open to feedback. Please feel free to also PM any of the mods with concerns, and we will be happy to discuss any matters with you offline as well.
Thanks all,
DB
Staff/Community Manager
hidefninja.com
