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Has anyone ever purchased anything from this ebay user?
http://myworld.ebay.com/discount_games_store/

He seems like he must be doing something 'funny' to have items like this:

You are looking at a new Warhammer 40k: Dark Eldar Army II which includes Ravagers x3 and Reavers x6 OR Hellions x15. The following exchanges can be made:

Hellions x5 can be exchanged for one of the following: Scourges x5.

Hellions x10 can be exchanged for one of the following: (Venom x1 and Archon x1).

Hellions x15 can be exchanged for one of the following: Scourges x15; OR (Talos x1 and Venom x1).

Ravager x1 can be exchanged for one of the following: (Venom x1 and Archon x1).

Ravager x2 can be exchanged for one of the following: Raiders x3; (Talos x1, Venom x1 and Scourges x5); Scourges/Hellions x20.

Ravager x3 can be exchanged for one of the following: Venoms x5; Khabalite Warriors/Wyches x60; (Talos x3 and Archon x1).

I'm wondering about the quality of his products. Are they recasts? Or does he just have a stock/supplier somewhere?

Thanks.

He probably works for a game store. A lot of independent game stores have eBay stores, and have good sized stockrooms of stuff.

Brother SRM wrote:He probably works for a game store. A lot of independent game stores have eBay stores, and have good sized stockrooms of stuff.

That would make sense.

Also, I just thought of another question...

I see a lot of ebayers listing New on Sprue minis with all transfers, accessories, etc but no boxes. Is this a common practice? I'm guessing it's to save shipping costs.

His prices aren't excessively good. I mean, they're fine, but not crazy OMG amazing. Just because he offers things in bundles is no reason to suspect him of recasting.

You got it. It's to save on shipping as most customers couldn't care less about the box if it means saving $6 in shipping charges.

Edit:
I've ordered from them numerous times without any problems. It's kind of hard to recast plastic into plastic and make any money at it. He's a brick and mortar that sells on ebay.

Keatonic wrote:

Brother SRM wrote:He probably works for a game store. A lot of independent game stores have eBay stores, and have good sized stockrooms of stuff.

That would make sense.

Also, I just thought of another question...

I see a lot of ebayers listing New on Sprue minis with all transfers, accessories, etc but no boxes. Is this a common practice? I'm guessing it's to save shipping costs.

Saves on shipping costs, and it also is done because a lot of suppliers will part out battleforces/megaforces.

I've bought from him before, it's just a large supply/supplier he has. They sell lots of stuff in relatively large bulk at lower than expected prices. (ie - 12 marine bikes no weapons for 65-70 bucks)

daedalus wrote:

Keatonic wrote:

Brother SRM wrote:He probably works for a game store. A lot of independent game stores have eBay stores, and have good sized stockrooms of stuff.

That would make sense.

Also, I just thought of another question...

I see a lot of ebayers listing New on Sprue minis with all transfers, accessories, etc but no boxes. Is this a common practice? I'm guessing it's to save shipping costs.

Saves on shipping costs, and it also is done because a lot of suppliers will part out battleforces/megaforces.

This is true.

Sometimes you can find a pretty good deal on new mini's this way.

Like the "Urban Viking" people

Great, thank you all!

I'm going to order some stuff soon, so I was just making sure.

I've used it before. I wanted no terminators, and the package was for 4 boxes of grey knights, 2 boxes of terminators, and a dreadknight, so I emailed them and asked them to leave off the terminators for a reduced price and they sent me an invoice for just what I wanted at a reduced price. Fast shipping, too; go for it!

I've used them before. I got 4 raiders and 40 kabalite warriors for 170. Again not a big discount but the bundling and free shipping were worth it. I didn't have any problems with them and will be using them again for my next big bulk purchase.

I've compared Discount Games Store's buy it now prices with thewarstore's and thewarstore is cheaper. I have won a few auctions from DGS and those prices were excellent. Make sure you read the description though because sometimes your don't get everything that would come in the boxes. For example, 3 boxes of tactical marines only come with 2 weapons/sergeant upgrade sprues instead of 3. The auctions seem to get relisted as soon as they end and there can be significant fluctuation in the winning bids, so with a little patience you can really score some deals on the auctions. I won't shop with that user for buy it now sales though.

Recast? Plastic? I highly doubt it. He just buys in bulk and makes his own "army deals" on eBay.

I bought some of their DE deals several months ago. Pretty good discount at the time. Lately their deals have been a little lackluster. They always deliver quickly though.

Keatonic wrote:

I'm wondering about the quality of his products. Are they recasts? Or does he just have a stock/supplier somewhere?

Thanks.

He has 17,000+ transactions and over 99% positive feedback. What the hell do you want him to do? Submit to a lie detector test? hand deliver the stuff and paint it for you?

CT GAMER wrote:

Keatonic wrote:

I'm wondering about the quality of his products. Are they recasts? Or does he just have a stock/supplier somewhere?

Thanks.

He has 17,000+ transactions and over 99% positive feedback. What the hell do you want him to do? Submit to a lie detector test? hand deliver the stuff and paint it for you?

Something I WAS expecting was the sort of comment you'd like to throw out; something derogatory, insulting, and just plain dumb.

You'd think with the amount of time you've been on Dakka, you'd realize that there are many people who don't use sites like eBay, and may not have even seen that there was a feedback system.

Keatonic wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Keatonic wrote:

I'm wondering about the quality of his products. Are they recasts? Or does he just have a stock/supplier somewhere?

Thanks.

He has 17,000+ transactions and over 99% positive feedback. What the hell do you want him to do? Submit to a lie detector test? hand deliver the stuff and paint it for you?

Something I WAS expecting was the sort of comment you'd like to throw out; something derogatory, insulting, and just plain dumb.

You'd think with the amount of time you've been on Dakka, you'd realize that there are many people who don't use sites like eBay, and may not have even seen that there was a feedback system.

Ebay learning center: http://pages.ebay.com/education/index.html

Fully explains ebay and it's features to those ignorant of them...

CT GAMER wrote:

Keatonic wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Keatonic wrote:

I'm wondering about the quality of his products. Are they recasts? Or does he just have a stock/supplier somewhere?

Thanks.

He has 17,000+ transactions and over 99% positive feedback. What the hell do you want him to do? Submit to a lie detector test? hand deliver the stuff and paint it for you?

Something I WAS expecting was the sort of comment you'd like to throw out; something derogatory, insulting, and just plain dumb.

You'd think with the amount of time you've been on Dakka, you'd realize that there are many people who don't use sites like eBay, and may not have even seen that there was a feedback system.

Ebay learning center: http://pages.ebay.com/education/index.html

Fully explains ebay and it's features to those ignorant of them...

Ignorant? No. I joined ebay today, actually. I was looking for others people's feedback on a user. If I were ignorant, I would have said "THIS GUY IS A SCAM, WATCH OUT" without investigating first.

GTFO my thread, because YOUR ignorance is unneeded, unwanted, and unauthorized.

You said you don't know how ebay works. I gave you the link that explains everything.

Not knowing something IS being "ignorant" of it by definition, as you yourself stated. Ignorance isn't an insult, except when someone tries to use it as one as you have multiple times now...

Good luck in life.

As for how this person makes a profit.

Their items are the real deal, definitely not recasts. Instructions and decals even included. I know that some items do not come with everything that would normally be included in the boxes (3 boxes of tac marines only come with 2 upgrade sprues instead of 3) so that is one avenue to discount the prices. Maybe they buy bulk wholesale discounts and maybe they make extra $ selling some bits separately that they do not include with their ebay sales. I'm not certain.

In my experience they are a great seller. They even went above and beyond resolving an issue that I had. When I got my 30 tac marines, I was 10 bases short in the original package. I sent them a polite message on ebay (before I posted any kind of transaction feedback) to inform them of the error and they sent me replacements the same day. In the end they sent me 30 more bases (a total of 50, 20 more than I bought) and also included the 3rd upgrade sprue for free (which I did not ask for nor even mention to them). All in all, I say they are a great seller and I regularly watch their auctions, though I am not impressed with their buy it now deals as I also said before. Make sure you read the auction post thoroughly so you are not surprised by any potential items that might not be included.

Kids... lets play nice.

Keatonic, I think part of the reason why CT is (over) reacting the way he is is be a lot of people would consider your post to be somewhat accusatory of the retailer, whomever it might be. "He seems like he must be doing something 'funny'...", in particular. And accusations of recasting, even just suggestions of it can be kind of devastating to someone's business. Remember, it's your hobby, but it's their livelihood.

Also, ignorant is not an insult in and of itself. You have to understand, in this day and age, someone completely new to ebay IS a rare thing, especially when you don't mention it to begin with.

I have ordered a number of things off this guy, it has always been right, fast and free shipping which is wonderful. Alot of what this cat does is break down battalions and the such that is why you can get 30 marines with 2 sgt sprues, etc. This guy is great in my book.