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The price of some Skylanders is ridiculous. Earlier on I found a Dark Spyro for 65.95 ON AMAZON. If youve seen any really high priced Skylanders post them here

Gnarly Tree Rex for 300+ dollars on eBay
And I paid 30.00 for my SSA Ignitor

Just remember that even if they are priced really high it doesn't mean they are actually selling at the same price.

They want money

A newly released Wham-Shell (right when the last wave released for S:SA) going for $5,000.

Hmm..

I'll post my best deal: $29.99 for a Gold Drill Sergeant.

my best deal i saw was a $4.50 drobot in packaging about a month ago. it was SSA, though.

I got a green gill grunt for 24.00 the other day. Not too bad.


Then you always see things like the miscolored chill for 5000.00.

/\ yes. miscolors are going for a lot, and look at this! totally a fake!http://www.ebay.com/itm/330724718884?hlp=false

You have to get money somehow...

My son only needs dark spyro to complete the collection. How much is fair price to buy a dark spyro?

What was fake about the evilbay auction? The chop chop and drill sarge look like real paint jobs. This is why I dont chase variants on the interwebs.

I know this is about ebay gouging, but man, remember when most stores sold Skylanders for $8 and 3-packs for $20 last year? I'll eat it of course, but I'm not a fan of the MSRP price hike.

/\ i remember that.

^ You said it DocCroc!! I was pretty bummed when TRU's more "expensive" skylanders prices ($10.99 and $24.99 vs. $7.99 and $17.00 at Sam's Club) became "the norm" everywhere this time!! Oh well, such is inflation... lol

Activision set the new pricing higher.

Well, since I live in England I found a triple pack for £30.
Thats about $52

DANG! I could buy 5 skylanders for that price

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^ You said it DocCroc!! I was pretty bummed when TRU's more "expensive" skylanders prices ($10.99 and $24.99 vs. $7.99 and $17.00 at Sam's Club) became "the norm" everywhere this time!! Oh well, such is inflation... lol

Oh god. Single packs still cost $9.99 here, so it'll probably get higher? Screw you, TRU, but I guess an extra dollar or 2 is better than an extra 15 + bucks.

I found a normal UK version of Drill Sergeant for £99.99 on Amazon. Series 1, no variant.

I for one, actually defend eBay to a point. I mean, its an auction site. It a Gnarly Tree Rex goes for $300, its because there's someone willing to pay that much for it. Its a bidding system. I do not respect, however, the amazon.com sellers who overpriced items just because of rarity. But on the topic of rarity, I understand to a point the increase in retail price of skylanders. We had a shortage of characters last year no? Anyone that knows the concept of supply and demand can know that the slight increase from last year is due to the high demand they did not anticipate for the figures.

thats why i think the skylanders fandom should refuse to buy figures for a few months. maybe it would see a drop in price of the skylanders, or at least more sales that clear the shelves. But this will never happen because people are constantly willing to buy it for the price listed.

tl;dr - Activision marketing > Us

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I for one, actually defend eBay to a point. I mean, its an auction site. It a Gnarly Tree Rex goes for $300, its because there's someone willing to pay that much for it. Its a bidding system. I do not respect, however, the amazon.com sellers who overpriced items just because of rarity. But on the topic of rarity, I understand to a point the increase in retail price of skylanders. We had a shortage of characters last year no? Anyone that knows the concept of supply and demand can know that the slight increase from last year is due to the high demand they did not anticipate for the figures.

thats why i think the skylanders fandom should refuse to buy figures for a few months. maybe it would see a drop in price of the skylanders, or at least more sales that clear the shelves. But this will never happen because people are constantly willing to buy it for the price listed.

tl;dr - Activision marketing > Us

I completely agree with you on your points about eBay and Amazon, but there's something that completely destroys your argument of "it's what someone bid, so they're willing to pay it"===> Minimum bid. Therefore, eBay, is EXACTLY the same as Amazon in that regard. Scalpers can set the minimum on anything they want. They can even have a $0.01 starting bid, and cancel the auction if the item only goes to say $40, and they expected at least $75.

There's just really no .. one is better than the other in terms of websites: It's the dirtbags scalping things that are the issue.

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Quote: riverhippo

I for one, actually defend eBay to a point. I mean, its an auction site. It a Gnarly Tree Rex goes for $300, its because there's someone willing to pay that much for it. Its a bidding system. I do not respect, however, the amazon.com sellers who overpriced items just because of rarity. But on the topic of rarity, I understand to a point the increase in retail price of skylanders. We had a shortage of characters last year no? Anyone that knows the concept of supply and demand can know that the slight increase from last year is due to the high demand they did not anticipate for the figures.

thats why i think the skylanders fandom should refuse to buy figures for a few months. maybe it would see a drop in price of the skylanders, or at least more sales that clear the shelves. But this will never happen because people are constantly willing to buy it for the price listed.

tl;dr - Activision marketing > Us

I completely agree with you on your points about eBay and Amazon, but there's something that completely destroys your argument of "it's what someone bid, so they're willing to pay it"===> Minimum bid. Therefore, eBay, is EXACTLY the same as Amazon in that regard. Scalpers can set the minimum on anything they want. They can even have a $0.01 starting bid, and cancel the auction if the item only goes to say $40, and they expected at least $75.

There's just really no .. one is better than the other in terms of websites: It's the dirtbags scalping things that are the issue.

Well scalpers are dirty because they hoard all the variants and take all the rares. Once it hits the internet, I feel it's subject to whatever the demand for that product is. If I wanted to sell my S2 Cynder for $200 and someone was willing to buy it, I'm not going to set the price at $9.99 in good faith. I'm going to try and get the best buyer who wants to drop the most cash. Do you blame people for selling it for so much, or are you mad at the person for buying it for so much. There is a difference.

My best deal was a Glitter Sprocket for $37.95... damn. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/400...&orig_cvip=true Thats the link. I would have jumped on it. I really really really really want a GLITTER!!

Worst deal - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Skylan...=item27c23d658a It's self explanatory.

I found Camo for %20
Down here in England each Skylander cost £10 which would be 15 dollars and $9.99 would be like. I dont know 5-6 ponds. Im ordering from America from now on.

I paid 18,000 dollars for a boomer once.

then no offense. But you got played badly. How can you dish out that kind of money

Lol. Are you talking to me?

yes. sadly. Sorry for being offensive but $18000. I can get on for at the most $45

I one paid 2,000 for one.

i paid 90$ for a spyro that didnt even work!

I've only been collecting for about a week now and I found the entire Series 1 figures @ my local Walgreens including Zap and Wham-Shell. The others from TRU. Walgreens had them on sale for $2.50 on Black Friday weekend. I took the ad and received the sale prices.

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yes. sadly. Sorry for being offensive but $18000. I can get on for at the most $45

Omg Imada.... I wasn't being serious.... 18000 dollars for a boomer!?

^ I would understand that if it was a prototype. Even then..

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Gnarly Tree Rex for 300+ dollars on eBay
And I paid 30.00 for my SSA Ignitor

not true. the cheapest Gnarly Tree Rex on ebay is $60

I've never bought a Skylander online.. after my experience with a rip-off Pokemon Emerald, I don't really buy much from them anymore.

Im so gullible.

@Storm Dragon, you dhould. especially at Walmart. I found 2 S1 Skylanders for$9.99

Lol yes you are

http://www.amazon.com/Skylande...landers+hot+dog
just for hot dog

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Lol yes you are

I know.

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http://www.amazon.com/Skylande...landers+hot+dog
just for hot dog

Thats ridiculous

Quote: Storm Dragon

I've never bought a Skylander online.. after my experience with a rip-off Pokemon Emerald, I don't really buy much from them anymore.

it mightve been my emerald, but it wasnt broken. did you buy it about 2 years ago?

I've bought two Skylanders on eBay thus far. One was loose Voodood for $8, which is a fantastic price. Loose Skylanders aren't coveted nearly as much among collectors as ones who remain sealed in their blister packs. My second purchase was a sealed Camo. I couldn't find any loose ones at the time, and the auction closing times always conflicted with my working hours. I hastily bid on one to just get him before Thanksgiving. Anyhow, I paid a pretty decent $20 for him. Coincidently enough, I found a Camo/Ignitor/Warnado triple pack at Toys R Us later that month. I was so tempted to purchase it and resell it on eBay, just to ease my frustration. I took a few deep breaths and walked off my anger. I couldn't find it in myself to be part of the scalping problem.

never scalped. ever.

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never scalped. ever.

It may be against forum rules but when I sell my old Skylanders and 3DS games on eBay, I'll let everyone in this community know first. I'll list my products under "Best Offer" and give a nice discount to someone on here. At least then I'll know they'll go to a good place and you all can obtain what you want without paying stupid scalped prices.

I've paid thousands and thousands for upgrades.

no. You havent.
@AcheronXComplex some idiots buy stuff for stupid prices. A triple Pack for $1000, 998 sold

I only buy what I need, only one of every unique Skylander. So I have never scalped.

well, isnt every skylander unique??

What I mean by unique is every different character in game. I don't get those "special" non-in game variants.

I saw some guy selling single packs for $9999.99 once