kaan
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Hi,
I'm wondering whether this is a thing, and whether it's a known/common issue
We buy a lot of figures with my brother, our go-to seller on eBay is timcent, who sends pristine figures each time, but some figures I received from other sellers were questionable
My theory is that some sellers might be refurbishing figures and selling them as new, or selling returned figures as new, maybe buying second hand figures and doing this systematically
Most of the times it's not a big deal, but I have one Gold Chrome Iron Man with a paint-faded butt, a Deadpool with a weak arm, an Evil Superman with weak knees and a pale cape, an ASM2 Spider-Man with head issues which likely got repackaged professionally
ASM2 is the last figure I got, which made me dig deeper into the issue, I noticed potential signs of repackaging - it was one of those "Opened Package to Check Contents - Unused" figures
Suffice to say, I won't buy figures from non-timcent eBay sellers anymore, but, I also wonder whether my suspicions have any merit
I'm wondering whether this is a thing, and whether it's a known/common issue
We buy a lot of figures with my brother, our go-to seller on eBay is timcent, who sends pristine figures each time, but some figures I received from other sellers were questionable
My theory is that some sellers might be refurbishing figures and selling them as new, or selling returned figures as new, maybe buying second hand figures and doing this systematically
Most of the times it's not a big deal, but I have one Gold Chrome Iron Man with a paint-faded butt, a Deadpool with a weak arm, an Evil Superman with weak knees and a pale cape, an ASM2 Spider-Man with head issues which likely got repackaged professionally
ASM2 is the last figure I got, which made me dig deeper into the issue, I noticed potential signs of repackaging - it was one of those "Opened Package to Check Contents - Unused" figures
Suffice to say, I won't buy figures from non-timcent eBay sellers anymore, but, I also wonder whether my suspicions have any merit