07 Movie Shredder x3 For Sale

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Um...this is America. People wanting to make a profit, and being able to do so, is the reason we're so rich. I can't believe this is turning into a socio-political debate, but since it is, and since people like myself are the reason TMNT are doing so well as it is, I feel no further reason to explain myself.

[Slash]

Originally Posted by Darth_CJJ

Um...this is America. People wanting to make a profit, and being able to do so, is the reason we're so rich. I can't believe this is turning into a socio-political debate, but since it is, and since people like myself are the reason TMNT are doing so well as it is, I feel no further reason to explain myself.

Dude, it's people like all of us! Wow, would you like a side of bacon with that ego?

I have nothing wrong with people wanting to make a profit... But on freaking TMNT toys that they buy at a Target or Walmart.. that's pathetic. Now Walmart can say "Gee, if ebay can sell a Shredder for $25, so can we!"

And when is America rich?

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

America is one of the richest countries in the world.

Yes, I think I will have a side of bacon with that ego. I've EARNED it. I have two college degrees. I know what I'm talking about.

[Slash]

Originally Posted by Darth_CJJ

America is one of the richest countries in the world.

Yes, I think I will have a side of bacon with that ego. I've EARNED it. I have two college degrees. I know what I'm talking about.

Congrats. I got those and am nailing my MA as well.

We aren't as rich as the media likes to let us think we are. We're rich in corruption with the politics, but not as a country. Ok, we have Bill Gates, Hollywood, and some select. Yet we have more poor that are getting poorer as the rich are getting richer. But those are the citizens; not the country. America is too poor to help its schools, give medical treatment and foods to those who need it, and help those retire at a reasonable age. Former military personnel retire from the military and end up working as janitors at a Shop Rite because their pensions aren't helping them.

Social security is a joke. Unless you were parented by an illegal citizen, this country can't help you.

Oh, I'm Scott Barnes, I am an assistant at Montclair State University. I work in the history department and I know what I am talking about; I've done lectures on this. I researched NYC after September 11.

Our deficit is not because of the WTC going down but because of bad government spending and jobs being outsourced. We owe Japan and China a ton of money. The Euro is worth more than the American dollar.

http://www.ustreas.gov/tic/mfh.txt

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2004/tst102504.htm

Guys like me and Putrescent are suffering to get medical insurance and treatments because the economy has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese. Real estate is losing value.

I know plenty of people that have two or more college degrees that can't find jobs in the Tri-State area. They end up flipping burgers. I also know many people that have PhDs and know less than a preschooler. Sadly, our economy and culture is hanging on by a thread. We have politicians that never held a sword telling our soldiers what to do. We have the rich in office knowing how to squeeze more money into their pockets and drain our pockets.

Tuition costs are increasing, financial aid is decreasing. Foreign employment is gaining while homeland unemployment is increasing rapidly.

America's not that rich. We're slowly but surely losing our hold on being a superpower. I hope the next elections give us hope and not two jokers to vote for.

By the way, Uncle Sam said he can't afford that piece of bacon. He hopes this coupon works for you...


I hope things on your end as happy as you make them out to be. Living in the tri-state area is impossible. I lived in the metropolitan, the suburban, the urban, and the downtowns of NJ to understand this. Things aren't getting better up here. Well paying jobs are scarce. Countless college degrees are worthless than a TNM character to Peter Laird.

Seriously, CJJ. I hope things are going good for you because the rest of the nation is going under a recession.

[evil_henchmen]

This was more luck than anything else really. I was at the in-laws this weekend and they have 2 Wal-Marts and a Target within 5 miles and i went to all 3 and found 3 Shredders and a bunch of other stuff. I can care less if you want to call me a scalper, everyone does this and the only people who whine about it are the people who sit in front of the computer all day and don't get out to find the toys they want. You just need to realize that the HTF toys your looking for aren't going to magically appear on your doorsteps.

[BigApple3AM]

Shows what you know, Wal-Mart.com is delivering them right to my doorsteps for retail price! Magically delicious.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by evil_henchmen

This was more luck than anything else really. I was at the in-laws this weekend and they have 2 Wal-Marts and a Target within 5 miles and i went to all 3 and found 3 Shredders and a bunch of other stuff. I can care less if you want to call me a scalper, everyone does this and the only people who whine about it are the people who sit in front of the computer all day and don't get out to find the toys they want. You just need to realize that the HTF toys your looking for aren't going to magically appear on your doorsteps.

um dude thats bullsh1t I've been to just about every store in the PA area and not a damn one has any turtles figures at all they are all gone for whatever reason so I hardly call spending over $150.00 on gas sitting on my @ss not searching for figures I've been hunting for turtle figures since I was a little kid long as the days of nice employees who would look in the back for you or even restock the shelves because they're empty they simply don't give a sh1t because they aren't paid enough to go hunting in the back room and lose their jobs over it.

[Janus Prospero]

Originally Posted by evil_henchmen

No one is forcing you to buy anything. I am simply providing a service to those who may not have the opportuinity to spend the day looking for toys.

It would be a "service" if you were doing it for altruistic reasons. Maybe ask for the retail price + shipping. But charging such a mark up tells me otherwise.

This really ticks me off, especially with what happened this past year with the PS3 and Wii. The fact that we still can not walk into any given electronic store and pick up a Wii yet there are 51 of them on Amazon costing $320+ is ridiculous.

I still see this crap every Sunday at Best Buy where people buy up all the deals on the weekly circular so they can scalp them online. That is total BS.

With that said, Putrescent, if you’re actively looking for a movie Shredder, I'd be willing to send one your way for the price of the figure+shipping if I found one. I’d even include the receipt.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Janus Prospero

It would be a "service" if you were doing it for altruistic reasons. Maybe ask for the retail price + shipping. But charging such a mark up tells me otherwise.

This really ticks me off, especially with what happened this past year with the PS3 and Wii. The fact that we still can not walk into any given electronic store and pick up a Wii yet there are 51 of them on Amazon costing $320+ is ridiculous.

I still see this crap every Sunday at Best Buy where people buy up all the deals on the weekly circular so they can scalp them online. That is total BS.

With that said, Putrescent, if you’re actively looking for a movie Shredder, I'd be willing to send one your way for the price of the figure+shipping if I found one. I’d even include the receipt.

I'd very much apricate that! I want him the sloth and monster traper raph so I can send away for the bigfoot monster.

[Roseangelo]

I'll keep watch, too. Although since I have WalMart sending them to me, I won't be looking too actively. But every trip into WalMart or Target for anything requires a walk down the action figure aisle.

[Slash]

Originally Posted by evil_henchmen

This was more luck than anything else really. I was at the in-laws this weekend and they have 2 Wal-Marts and a Target within 5 miles and i went to all 3 and found 3 Shredders and a bunch of other stuff. I can care less if you want to call me a scalper, everyone does this and the only people who whine about it are the people who sit in front of the computer all day and don't get out to find the toys they want. You just need to realize that the HTF toys your looking for aren't going to magically appear on your doorsteps.

Everyone does not do this. First thing, don't generalize people as everyone. "Some people do this" is a better read. By using everyone, those like myself, that don't do this, get ticked off seeing someone force a label on us that is not true. I have a Quarry MIP. I could so sell her on ebay but I'd rather do a trade with Roseangelo or someone who needs her for something I need or want. I picked Quarry up, for a friend, and was only going to charge the price of the figure at the KayBee where I found her. Mind you, I watched that Quarry sit on the shelves for 3 months. I know it was at least three months because it was at the KayBee by my college and I went home for the summer. When college started up again, the same figures were still there.

Also, I think a good portion of the forum users sit in front of the computer all day and don't get the toys they want. Some of us sit in front because of our jobs. Some of us because of school. Some of us because of unemployment or a day off. Some of us because we are too young to have a job. Etc. Bad idea to basically say "people that sit on the computer all day whine all day." You're now insulting possibly three quarters of the users here.

I worked at Target in the toy section. I know that HTF figures aren't going to pop up every time you want them. My brother collects GIJoe, WWE, Marvel Legends, and DC Direct. We also give each other our "wish lists" of figures that we are looking for and help each other find figures. There were Marvel Legends figures that we spent years looking for and refusing to pay the insane ebay prices for for a Marvel exclusive AoA Wolverine. Why? Because the $7 figure was not worth the $30. Eventually he got lucky and found another collector to trade with.

My coworkers at Target still look for the figures I am after from the TMNT line. I get a phone call from Mike asking me if I need anything and he tells me what Star Wars figures he is looking for. We don't have the advantage of getting what we want before you do. Unless we hide that Quarry deep into the furniture sections. Kids would find what we hid before we could or our managers would find them. We weren't allowed to keep stuff for ourselves. Yet every Thursday morning, we'd get a mess of people do a mad dash at 8:00 AM straight to the toy section to get their HTF figures or cars. We could tell the collectors and we could tell the scalpers. We'd help the collectors a lot more than the scalpers.

So in other words, don't call us whiners, hypocrites, and say all we do is sit online and bitch. I rarely spend my free time online. Only when at work or when it is too hot to do anything.

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

I'll keep watch, too. Although since I have WalMart sending them to me, I won't be looking too actively. But every trip into WalMart or Target for anything requires a walk down the action figure aisle.

Same here! Mine should be coming this week.

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Originally Posted by Slash

Congrats. I got those and am nailing my MA as well.

I already have my MA. So I guess if you count my minor in Spanish, I have three degrees.

[OA]

Originally Posted by Darth_CJJ

I already have my MA. So I guess if you count my minor in Spanish, I have three degrees.

Um, I was able to pick up my minor by taking like 4 extra courses...i wouldn't exactly call that an "extra" degree...

[HalfcourtGame]

Nothing worse than people who throw the fact that they have a degree in your face. I know plenty of dumb people that happen to have a degree (or two, or three).

In anticipation of your response... I do not have one as of yet, but I am currently in school.

[Slash]

Originally Posted by Raphsation

Nothing worse than people who throw the fact that they have a degree in your face. I know plenty of dumb people that happen to have a degree (or two, or three).

In anticipation of your response... I do not have one as of yet, but I am currently in school.

Keep going! You can do it.

[HalfcourtGame]

Thanks buddy. I can always use a little encouragement.

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Originally Posted by Raphsation

Nothing worse than people who throw the fact that they have a degree in your face. I know plenty of dumb people that happen to have a degree (or two, or three).

In anticipation of your response... I do not have one as of yet, but I am currently in school.

So basically you're calling me dumb. But the people who hired me to teach two composition courses probably wouldn't think I'm dumb, and since I'm dependant upon their opinions for my pay and not yours, I'll let your assumption slide.