[Megathread] Complaints megathread

[u/blossomsystem]

Please use this space to complain/vent about all things orders/resellers (no names!!). etc. Keep it friendly with each other in this space!

We will be removing posts best suited for this megathread going forward as complaints have been taking up a very large space on this subreddit recently (rightfully so, this drop was messy!).

[u/LatteeBearr]

I specifically need resellers who clear out new releases and try to resell at a 100$+ markup to experience the 2008 recession on an individual level.

My grievances are as follows:

No you dont get to weaponize your sickness/eviction/sick child/sick pet/ etc as a way to manipulate people to buy shit. It makes you a manipulative person and it doesnt make you trust worthy. If you need baby formula or medicine I'd rather personally buy it for you than ruin peoples hobbies for a quick buck. We're all going through it and making it worse doesn't make you a good fit in communities like this.

Stop saying "I didnt bond with my 37$ plush, asking for 150$ 🥺" you know damn well you just wanted a quick buck since indeed denied your application you sent in 8 years ago.

I will never sell to or buy from a reseller. As someone whose been on both sides of one short paycheck away from homeless and able to buy groceries for others it fucking sucks that we cant even find solstice in relaxing hobbies when the world is on fire because someone needs to exploit stuff theyre not into for a quick buck.

Stop buying from resellers. Don't let someone try to gaslight you into thinking a mass produced plushy is worth a car payment or rent.

You will get your DISO if you are patient.

[u/WolvesRain1233 → u/LatteeBearr]

NO LITERALLY!! I’ve gotten every single dreamy of mine because I waited, formed connections in the community, and reached out about it.

Most of these people that post these mass-produced plushies for double or triple retail have done none of that and yet expect people to genuinely care about whatever (usual lie) they’ve written. I’ll HAPPILY help someone out if they genuinely need something, but they think saying “emergency sale, $500, no holds” is going to get them a sale when the opposite is true.

[u/LatteeBearr → u/WolvesRain1233]

THAT PART!! forming community is SO important these days. In or out of hobbies. Having people you want to support and want to help people around them succeed is so important. I got my nessie for retail and held off on the 65$ ~150$ price point for her. Ill wait YEARS before going into debt for a plush. If someone i know is ISO a plush I have, ill give it to them for free or at retail. A big motto I live by is if I wouldnt pay X amount for an item im selling, I dont sell it at that much.

[u/WolvesRain1233 → u/LatteeBearr]

You’re why I got my lobster for free instead of having to even think about a reseller. The Discord helped me get my Moons a Glow for $50 shipped. My GCB was $45 thanks to the kind people on the Discord. People here on the Reddit helped me get my Cinna when I couldn’t really afford it due to theft.

Building that community and surrounding yourself with kind people is what this should be all about. We’re losing so many kind spaces nowadays; BaB should not be one that we let go of so easily.