Selling Toys - Horror Stories & "Happy" Customers

Alt said:
Another guy just messaged me that my pricing was too low and I'm not making money back at retail because he knows I didn't get these figures on clearance.

He's not interested in buying, he's just trying to help me out.

Now I did block him. But is it a recession indicator that people are projecting their own financial trauma onto others and trying to help out?
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Crazy! I can't believe that keeps happening, and to multiple of us. Pretty nuts.
 
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Seriously. What even is the end goal there? For you to raise your price, then they send you an offer for what you were originally asking for? Is it some reverse psychology or something? I doubt all these collectors were just hit with a wave of empathy all at once.
 
Ru1977 said:
Unless it's someone who wants to sell the same item but not for as low as you have it, so the rising price lifts all boats.
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This would make sense with some people I've dealt with, but the dude with WW had already sold his, so extra weird.
 
Someone messaged me that my Mondo Magneto was cheapest on Ebay and I think was wondering why? I can't remember but I raised the price $20 and I think the same guy bought it without saying "hey!!!" which I totally expected.

Thanks random stranger!
 
Schizm said:
Someone messaged me that my Mondo Magneto was cheapest on Ebay and I think was wondering why? I can't remember but I raised the price $20 and I think the same guy bought it without saying "hey!!!" which I totally expected.

Thanks random stranger!
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Whenever people ask "Why so low?" on my listings its because they are concerned something is wrong with it: broken, paint, missing something, bootleg.

Reality is I just find a lot of prices ridiculous after I do the research. And eBay is not Toronto Facebook Marketplace, so I temper my own expectations to what I would be okay paying.

And I think that bothers some people because they want to min/max their sale in a raw capitalistic way. And I don't think like that. I just want it gone. It's not an investment or stock, and I'd also take less if I knew it was going to someone who really wanted it and would help them out mentally or something. The dude who was overjoyed to get Jessica Cruz at retail was cool enough for me.

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To make my capitalistic point: I did have a guy ask about some figures I was selling 20 apiece, but he had responded too late and they had just gone. He then pivoted the conversation to try and shame me that he knew I was taking a loss and a bath because there's no way I had picked those figures up for clearance and I'm probably poor and needed the money if I sold them that low. These weren't anything special. In my market, 20 is pretty average for a loose complete, uncommon Legend.

I felt a universal nudge, and fucked with him and told him I got them for free because I work at Marvel. He came correct really quick with the awe and ass kissing and then I just muted and archived it.
 
Ru1977 said:
Wow, it must really suck to live life as that person.
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The amount of psychology that goes into just flipping something on marketplace is intense. After a while you realise you are dealing with people who are projecting, seeking validation, looking to be seen and heard, trying to fill will voids in their life that will never actually be filled by what they're buying off you. Sometimes I think they're just looking for a friend.

As mentioned before, half of my sales involve people all of a sudden trauma dumping whatever's going on in their life if I make the mistake of lingering a second too long.
 
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