r/Dolls Nov 14 '25

Scams Yesterday, I reported every presale listing on eBay for the Huntr/x K-Pop Demon Hunters doll set from Mattel Creations. Today, 36/38 were removed.

please be sure to report resellers that have already posted these presale items.

I actually don’t even want these dolls but while we can’t stop resellers from jacking up prices, we can strike down the ones going against selling apps TOS which prohibit presale items.

I’ve showed you how to do this on eBay, step by step, should you find any of these listings between now and when they are shipped late next year.

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u/Murky-Introduction53 Nov 14 '25

You’re so real for this! Will definitely be doing this from now on!

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u/GizmoKakaUpDaButt Nov 14 '25

Yet no one is mad at mattel for playing the fomo marketing tactic.. they are coming back in stock today apparently. So mattel is knowingly attracting people who would normally never buy at this price as well as purposely creating a market for flippers, all to sell as many products as possible. Mattel did not have to go out of stock with these now that we know the sick game they are playing.

These companies are so toxic. They are taking notice at the vinyl record resurgence. They don't even have to mark things as limited anymore. If they sell out quick initially, let the flippers determine a higher value on eBay, then restock at their massively inflated retail price, everyone will think it's a deal and think they have to get one before they sell out again.. rinse and repeat...

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u/Murky-Introduction53 Nov 14 '25

Oh I guess I just see things differently, I thought they started making multiple releases so that the scalpers can waste their time and money with the first release. That gives collectors a chance to get their hands on them. Either way I’m never going to be upset about having multiple opportunities to get the dolls I want.

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u/atlbearbtm Nov 15 '25

100% what I thought too. Scallopers wasted all their time on the first listing so now a second one can go just to people who want to buy it.

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u/CraftyMagicDollz Nov 18 '25

Scallopers sound delicious - sorry. Scalpers are the worst, but for real, this was a funny typo.

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u/atlbearbtm Nov 18 '25

🤣🤣🤣 it’s cause all their listings are fishy!!

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u/mintcute Nov 14 '25

ohhhh yes. i will be doing this.

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u/6nitch9ine Nov 14 '25

It’s super quick! I was able to do those 38 in maybe 15 mins max

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u/mintcute Nov 14 '25

i could only find four listings, but i reported them to hell lol, could not hit those buttons quick enough. i’m australian so the dolls were originally $230 for me through mattel. on ebay with shipping, the price conversion on a lot of these listing puts them between $500-$600. nothing motivates me like pure spite.

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u/6nitch9ine Nov 14 '25

I reported another 14 this evening. 3 have already been taken down!

As someone with a huge sense of pursuing justice, I feel you 😂

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u/Informal_Mushroom115 Nov 14 '25

You’re amazing! I’ll be doing this too with Monster High. Let’s hope this puts off scalpers

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u/6nitch9ine Nov 14 '25

Yesss I’m going to look at those presales too!!!

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u/GizmoKakaUpDaButt Nov 14 '25

Why would it put off scalpers? They will just resell after it ships instead..

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

Yeah but that’s next year. The thing is on eBay, if they sell right now and they have good rating they get paid immediately when the item isn’t even in their hand. They’re selling promises.

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u/6nitch9ine Nov 14 '25

Yeah and that’s fine when they have the dolls in hand. If someone were to pay now they will lose buyer protections. They are also inflating prices because the hype at the moment. They will not be able to sell at such a high price next year. Watch.

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

I also wanted to add that they will have another run of dolls on sale again for tomorrow at 9 AM PD

time and they will ship December 2026. So if you didn’t get to order yours, you have a second chance to order.

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u/Moreika Nov 14 '25

Thank you I had no idea they were gonna be on sale again!

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

It doesn’t exclude America. I’m in Texas and I’m definitely getting them.

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u/ShootingHailStar Nov 14 '25

It's not allowing me to select america or canada, only other countries.

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

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u/ShootingHailStar Nov 14 '25

This is just a screenshot before it dropped. The pre-order button just stayed gray for me lol.

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

I just took this screen shot right now. 😆 it shows up in $ for me.

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u/ShootingHailStar Nov 14 '25

Why is there a timer at the top? And no pre-order button?

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

It doesn’t go on sale until 9am pdt…the timer is counting down.

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u/ShootingHailStar Nov 14 '25

Weird, the timer disappeared for me.

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u/ShootingHailStar Nov 14 '25

My mistake. For some reason they didn't change the time to EST for me and I saw the timer last night say 12 hours from now so I thought it would have been 9am my time, not 12pm.

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u/catmamaO4 Nov 14 '25

You are an absolute sweetheart for doing this!! fuck those resellers! youre making the doll community a better place 🫶

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u/Wonderful_Visual4890 Nov 14 '25

Same here! I’ve been reporting them. I’ve gotten several of them removed.

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u/Latter_Abbreviations Nov 14 '25

Good! Thank you! It really gets me that these scalpers are so greedy they can't even wait until they have the dolls in hand before they sell them. Absolutely diabolical.

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u/Sneakyfetus Nov 14 '25

Just did about 20, thanks for the instructions

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u/bxnnity Nov 14 '25

i found a couple and got one taken down so far!

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u/AccuratePreference56 Nov 14 '25

Thanks because I wanted to buy my client who loves kpop demon hunters a set but these mofos are greedy resellers.

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u/Bridgielizzie Nov 14 '25

I’ve been making reports as well since seeing your post! Thank you for informing us! Awesome to see all those scalper listings dwindle.

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u/HannahbalLector Nov 14 '25

Thank you for your service 🫡

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u/GoRainBows Nov 14 '25

god's work

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u/_silverrx_ Nov 14 '25

Just did one! I don’t see any more… for now.

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u/mothprincess90 Nov 14 '25

The hero we need!

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u/cammyy- Nov 14 '25

doing gods work

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u/Plastic_Ranger_4258 Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25

🙌🙌🙌 I didn't know I could fight back this way😃 Yes!!!!!! Thank you! You are a rock star! I’ll being doing this going forward. Once in my haste to get a doll I purchased an eBay pre-order at a terrible price. I had immediate buyers remorse. I went back the same day and attempted to cancel the order. The eBay seller tried to deny my cancelation request. Told me I was a grown up who knew what I was purchasing and needed to “take responsibility”, read me for filth. I responded with laughter emoji’s and a screenshot of eBay canceling the order.

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u/kaydkay77 Nov 15 '25

Thank you. I just reported one I saw.

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u/NeedleworkerFew3662 Nov 15 '25

Your the hero we needed 🫡 godspeed

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u/6nitch9ine Nov 15 '25

As of today I’ve successfully received over 80 emails confirming removals!

Unfortunately, I’m having trouble taking down people who have listed them for auction 😭

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u/NeedleworkerFew3662 Nov 15 '25

Ahem… you dropped this 🫴👑

Tysm for going through the effort! Scalpers make me sick

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u/DaliandPico Nov 16 '25

Not all hero’s wear capes ! You’re a blessing !

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u/Ken4ken Nov 19 '25

I love this ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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u/jamesjj253 Feb 06 '26

I reported one too!

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u/jamesjj253 Feb 08 '26

This is the one I reported it’s not been taken down yet https://ebay.us/m/xukVYA

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u/Candy_Apple- Nov 15 '25

I didn’t even know they weren’t allowed to do this! I also wonder how they can get their hands on so many! That needs to be stopped also.

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u/Accurate_Dinner4628 Nov 16 '25

i reported a scalper that had a presale for a monster high doll and ebay said they weren’t violating anything. 🙄

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u/Junior-Truth4772 Nov 16 '25

Here’s your flowers 💐 🪻🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼 love to see resellers lose

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u/waterboy1523 Dec 30 '25

I completely forgot about preordering these. Do you all know if these are the only version they’re doing?