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| Stangfreak | May 20 2015, 05:59 PM Post #1 |
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Inspector Stangfreak is doing his job... Found this 5 dollar package with the 1 dollar mainline car in it at Walmart!!! Someone did a very good job on the change. You can't tell at all where this package has been opened!!! ![]() ![]()
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| revwheels | May 20 2015, 06:19 PM Post #2 |
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This kind of pilfeing makes me Outright premeditated theft. |
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| Ethanator | May 20 2015, 07:14 PM Post #3 |
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Same thing happens at my walmart, maisto all stars and cool classics packages with mainline hws in them, and even M2 with Hw wheels superglued onto them
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| Stangfreak | May 20 2015, 07:33 PM Post #4 |
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What really makes me mad is when you take something like this to the service desk and report it, they stick it under the counter and then you will see it back on the shelf the very next day!!! I will check in a day or so and bet I see it hanging where I found it!!! |
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| Stangfreak | May 20 2015, 07:35 PM Post #5 |
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Sorry guys, I meant to post this in the How Wheels section... Stangfreak goofed again... I do that allot lately... I'm old now!!! |
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| Ethanator | May 20 2015, 07:55 PM Post #6 |
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I once bought a M2 studebaker tow truck to find that someone broke the hook off and badly supergluded it on. BTW: I like the inspector badge |
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| craftymore | May 20 2015, 09:45 PM Post #7 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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It was an easy fix.
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| daniel60 | May 20 2015, 10:04 PM Post #8 |
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I know one thing Hot Wheels has a pretty car then and it's worth the extra in my opinion. |
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| Stangfreak | May 21 2015, 09:03 AM Post #9 |
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Sure enough, I went back this morning and there it was on the shelf... I looked closer and found this silver one that also had been switched to a mainline... Bummer that people do this!!!![]()
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| juantoo3 | May 21 2015, 09:14 AM Post #10 |
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It would be a shame if the packaging fell to the floor and somehow got stepped on or run over by a shopping cart...would be a terrible waste, but Wally could exchange for product or write off on taxes... |
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| BossCar | May 21 2015, 10:19 AM Post #11 |
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I don't get why people do this. It's so scummy. I saw stuff like this on Live and Let Die-Cast not too long ago as well. It's people like that who give real collectors a bad name. It's sad. |
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| Stangfreak | May 21 2015, 11:33 AM Post #12 |
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It is extremely sad... Really it's us that get's ripped off... I remember when GL first released the camper dioramas for 10 bucks and my wife found one at a Meijers store. She was proud to give it to me, but someone had switched the GL camper for a $.49 cheesy off brand little junker pick up with a cheesy little cap on the back. I didn't wanna bust her bubble, so I didn't tell her about it, she didn't know any better about the diecast stuff. I didn't wanna ask her for the receipt to return it either. So I went that evening to the store to return it and to report it with no receipt. They weren't going to refund our money without a receipt, but I argued and raised soooo much heck over 10 bucks, I did get my money back. Thing is, it was back on the shelf the next day and laid there for almost a whole year. I never did know what happen to it!!! This is the one my wife found and bought me many moons ago. This one really ticked me off, cause we almost got soaked for 10 bucks!!! ![]() I think this was the camper that was suppose to be in there!!!
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| clem24 | May 21 2015, 01:03 PM Post #13 |
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This stuff does make me angry. I've only seen it done in the US though, nothing up here in Canada thus far.. Spotted this one last year in NY state.![]() At least the casting is still M2. Edited by clem24, May 21 2015, 01:04 PM.
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| Stangfreak | May 21 2015, 08:23 PM Post #14 |
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I found this one too, but bought it because it had the two AMCs in it where someone swiped the taxi, but at least replaced it with another cool GL... I thought this one was worth the 8.99 marked on it... Still it had been tampered with, but a thief with morals...LOL
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| Ethanator | May 23 2015, 07:43 PM Post #15 |
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Spotted these at my walmart ![]()
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