Journey screenprint by JC Richards

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Originally Posted by Romeo

If I see that happening, I have a something to say to them...

I don't know who you are but I know what you want. If you are looking to flip art, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you remove your listing now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

This makes me really want to watch Taken again.

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by Dan

i'm sure we can just buy it off ebay for an extra 300 more dollars of the original price

There's an idea

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But as I have read on this thread, I too do not like flippers, but they are part of the "market" as well. Like Bling mentioned, in the end it's all about sales. People just have to either learn to deal with the flippers, or get richer

Also, if only "true fans" were the ones to buy these collectible items..then no one outside the original buying group would ever get one.
For example, to all those of you that missed out this time, you might get lucky and buy/trade for one (at perhaps a reasonable price)
If only "true fans" had purchased all the copies of the SC, then why would they ever want to sell/trade the piece?

Just my 2 cents.

[canuckcollector]

Well, someone's already flipping.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/JC-Richard-Jo...ffec704&_uhb=1

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by canuckcollector

Well, someone's already flipping.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/JC-Richard-Jo...ffec704&_uhb=1

Report them. I always do. This is unreleased. Man this really boils my blood.

[CheapAssassin]

As a collector, I have come to accept there are certain things I will miss out or too slow to get, such as this piece. But it all makes it more challenging as a collector, and even more satisfying if in the end manage to trade one or get one for a reasonable price.

All companies operate based on profit, those fan-service stuffs I never take it seriously. Of course companies like TreeHouse and IrrationalStore take extra steps to reach out to us, and give us heads up or tips, and I really appreciate that. But dont expect them to restrict flippers on the business side. It is after all, business.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

As a collector, I have come to accept there are certain things I will miss out or too slow to get, such as this piece. But it all makes it more challenging as a collector, and even more satisfying if in the end manage to trade one or get one for a reasonable price.

All companies operate based on profit, those fan-service stuffs I never take it seriously. Of course companies like TreeHouse and IrrationalStore take extra steps to reach out to us, and give us heads up or tips, and I really appreciate that. But dont expect them to restrict flippers on the business side. It is after all, business.

I agree, it's just frustrating to loose your opportunity to get something memorable over an asshole who's just doing it out of pure gain.

[rasmusvn]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

As a collector, I have come to accept there are certain things I will miss out or too slow to get, such as this piece. But it all makes it more challenging as a collector, and even more satisfying if in the end manage to trade one or get one for a reasonable price.

All companies operate based on profit, those fan-service stuffs I never take it seriously. Of course companies like TreeHouse and IrrationalStore take extra steps to reach out to us, and give us heads up or tips, and I really appreciate that. But dont expect them to restrict flippers on the business side. It is after all, business.

It's certainly nice to see this happening now, but that wasn't the case in the beginning (at least not from how I remember it).

The beginning being the ME-lithos.

[Mike1888]

Got an update email. These are shipping out next week, and they included a "making of" photo.

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by Mike1888

Got an update email. These are shipping out next week, and they included a "making of" photo.

Grrrr. I just missed this one the day it was available.

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by Romeo

Grrrr. I just missed this one the day it was available.

That sucks. More from the email:

Thank you so much for your order of this sold out beauty. We can not wait for you to see it in person. They turned out even more stunning than we could have imagined.