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Good discussion.
McFarlane and Black Series. They're the ones most likely to ask for the box and why I don't have the box and why would I throw the box away. They're also the ones that will click a listing for Han Solo and then ask me if have 20 other unrelated characters. I don't know. I'm just not wired to do that when I'm shopping. If you're selling a Batman, I'm assuming if you Green Lanterns or Blue Beetle you're going to list it separately or let me know. I clicked you for the Batman, because I want the Batman.
So many of the McF and Black Series people treat me like they're flipping through the pegs at their personal Walmart and they want me to check the back.
I also find McFarlane people are going to be the most cheapskate and lowballing, while at the same time admitting the scarcity issue as they try to wheel and deal. " know you're the only person with Platinum Collector Wonder Woman in the past 2 years, but do you think you could let it go for 20? I'll let you throw in. Knightfall Catwoman and Batman for free, and you can do my dishes when you drop them off."
Legends collectors will bargain, but nothing outrageous or unexpected. There seems to be a nice momentum where they recognize that you have a rarity or hard to find piece. They're my favorite to sell because for every guy that has a reasonable ask on a loose older figure, there's another guy that will pay you $100 because it fills a hole on his shelf and soul and he needs that validation right now. Marvel is like nostalgia heroin.
Classfied guys can be obnoxious asking for detailed shots and why you don't have the packaging and asking if you'd let that preview snake eyes figure go for $10. He has pins come on. Nobody wants it. That might just be a vocal minority in my area. The majority of Joe people that I actually sell to are chill. It's just the inquiries that make me want to drag them to the highest point in Gotham and enjoy their screams.
Transformers guys are like no questions asked.
Import figures tend to have the most people wanting to do trades. Like they just have a hoard of regret they want to barter with.
But they have various subsects. You get the people that don't understand that a Mafex is not a Marvel Legend. When I sold some of my Joy Toy Warhammer, that's such a niche. Most of those people understood exactly what the valuations were and didn't question anything, but at the same time I took a hit because it's just such a niche.
NECA collectors also tend to lowball while at the same time wanting top dollar for their own listing or trade.
Mythic Legions guys also want you to give them the deal of a lifetime and then you look at their listings and they are asking ludicrous prices and refuse to hear out any bartering.
Specific to my area in sales I dread listing McFarlane and Classified because there are certain people I recognize and I know the games they're going to try and play.