Facebook 2014-Jul-28 Chris begging as usual

[KatsuKitty]

Discussion Thread

 

[4Macie]

He still needs money; but doing research into his current purchases at ebay (since June 2014 and including shipping if indicated)

• Sailor Moon : The Complete Uncut DVD Collection - Japanese - $190
• Vintage Legos 1980s NASA Astronaut Minifigure Minifig Yellow Space Man Benny - $11
• LEGO Monster Fighters Vampyre Castle (946 Rare Set! Opened But Unbuilt! - $110
• Three things from a single buyer (under private listing but the stuff the seller is selling implies it was lego minifigs) - $150
• Three more things from a single buyer- not private. Three minifies totaling roughly $50 all together with shipping
• 10, count em 10, lego figurines from another buyer. Some are $0.99 and some are $14; they were not shipped together. Total is $169
• Two of the same lego minifig. It's a Marge Simpson one. - $25
• NEW LEGO STAR WARS DEATH STAR HOLOGRAM palpatine 8039 red clone mini figure head - $3
• Lego City x2 Red Boxing Gloves Hand Pair Boxer Sport Fight Minifigure NEW - $4
• LEGO - *NEW* Minifigure Baseplate - Black 3x4 Plate w 1x4 Studs Base Brick Block - $2
• Bought three more things from the Boxing Glove seller totaling $10
• Lego mini figure 1 Old light gray color legs with yellow waist - $3
• Lego mini figure 1 Old dark gray color of legs with yellow waist - $5
• Lego mini figure 1 Black legs with yellow waist - $4
• LEGO - Minifig, Head with White Eyes, Black Pupils and Red Nose Pattern - $6

Now, these are only the ones Chris has left feedback on right now (in the past month). It's fun to note that he always leaves the feedback "I got it, thank you"
EXCEPT, Chris has left a single bad review this month. Apparently, he purchased a "LEGO The Simpsons House (71006) Factory Sealed!" for $300 and he wasn't pleased with the delivery. According to Chris it "Did Not Include All Simpsons Characters." According to further research, "This set includes 6 minifigures: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Ned Flanders." That's all it was suppose to include and if it was factory sealed it's unlikely it was tampered with via seller.

So, the GRAND TOTAL for June and July so far is: $1042 + whatever we can't see via ebay.

Oh yeah, Barb needs money for new teeth.

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

Holy crap, he paid 6 dollars for that clown head? It's worse than I thought. That shit costs literally cents on Bricklink. eBay part sellers are notorious for ripping people off with overinflated prices for individual parts, but Chris flies towards them like a moth towards light.

 

[soIregistered]

Holy crap, he paid 6 dollars for that clown head? It's worse than I thought. That shit costs literally cents on Bricklink. eBay part sellers are notorious for ripping people off with overinflated prices for individual parts, but Chris flies towards them like a moth towards light.

The "silly cute" clown? FUCK. I wanted some ween to buy that and send him a video of them smashing it with a hammer. FOILED.

 

[Broder Daniel]

"Send me 20 bucks, I'm low on gas"
*Spends $1000+ on eBay shit*

 

[Mogambo]

Over $1,000 dollars in Legos in just a couple months? God, I wonder how Chris is going to survive when he doesn't have a place to crawl back to. If him and Barb were to get kicked out on the streets, he wouldn't be able to take all of those Legos with him, and I doubt he could sell them for much money, especially if he needed to sell them quick. And bear in mind this is only the stuff that we know about. No clue how much he's spending at Best Buy, Toys R Us, Get-Tar, etc.

 

[captkrisma]

Holy crap...$25 on two Marges...those figures go for as little as $2.00...so he's obviously migrating towards more expensive because he equates expensive with quality.

 

[Meloetta]

Considering the condition his LEGO is in I wouldn't think hed care so much for quality...

 

[EI 873]

Remember that Chris is "not good at math when it comes to managing money", and that he tends to show excessive brand loyalty. Or maybe he just doesn't like to shop around if it requires more than a minimum of effort; brand loyalty can be used as an excuse to do that. So if an eBay seller tells him that a $2 Marge figure is $25, he'll buy it for $25 off of eBay. At best, he'll check around and buy the figurine for $20 from a different seller, but only if that seller is also on eBay.
Also, Chris doesn't understand that saying "new versions of the product will be available soon" can cause people to delay their purchases until the new version of the product is available. Some marketing major.