Looking at the recent hits to my blog, it seems like a few people read this now.\u00a0 Given the content, at least some of them must be PCB collectors.<\/p>\n
For a while now, there’s been a real problem in the collecting scene.\u00a0 Resellers have come and gone over the years, it’s nothing new.\u00a0 However, there’s one active now who has done more damage to the collecting scene on his own than most I can remember the rest doing all put together.\u00a0 I’ve been around a while.<\/p>\n
That person is Steve \/ STV, also known as arcadetower on ebay.\u00a0 He has a lot of listings, I’m sure you’ve seen them.\u00a0 What you may not realise is that stock is all poached from Japanese shops and auctions on yahoo.co.jp.\u00a0 On there you can spot him from jas***** and nao***** usernames.<\/p>\n
His markups are …. astonishing, it’s not unusual to see at least 100%, in one case 900% markup.\u00a0 That was a Hyper Duel kit by the way, which I’m told was bought from G-Front for 15000 yen and listed on ebay for $1500.\u00a0 The Futari BL kit he has for $1499?\u00a0 Bought from Try a day ago for $800.\u00a0 Dodonpachi at $999?\u00a0 Purchased from G-Front for about $450.\u00a0 He also does proxy bidding (or at least used to), but this led to at least a few instances where he bid against his own customers.\u00a0 Win\/win situation for him but shitty and unethical.<\/p>\n
In Japan he’s now disliked by the locals and even banned from a few shops where he queues first in line and buys up all the stock during sales, so he’s ruining things for them too.\u00a0 It’s almost impossible to bid on certain types of item without the cost being hiked until he can’t make money on it, and at his prices that’s often a high amount.\u00a0 Wondering why prices keep rising?\u00a0 This is why.\u00a0 People doing this is why.\u00a0 People buying from people who do this is why.<\/p>\n
So before you click ‘buy it now’ on that rare item, consider who you’re buying from and the damage you’re supporting as a customer.\u00a0 Then go and buy one elsewhere, you’ll save yourself a lot of money doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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