Go Figure

Two unrelated items on the "Go Figure" topic this week...

#1 Transformers Card Game
Just a few days after posting my rating on not buying the Transformers Card Game, I broke down and bought a pack anyway. I figured what the heck, why not take a look. One pack won't hurt. Who knows if I'll find reason to change my mind on this, too, but in short I didn't care for the game. Unless I missed something, it seems to be little more than glorified rock, paper, scissors. The put-together figures were a little nicer than I expected, but I never bothered going through the trouble of 'transforming' them back and forth during the game. So that's that, I bought one pack and don't have interest in getting more unless they happen to make some of G1 characters (and even then I'd probably just assemble the vehicles and put on a shelf or something). Go figure.

#2 Verbal Commitments
This is just a chance to vent a little bit...twice this week I had people tell me that the figures they had for sale were mine, only to come back to me a day later and tell me they sold to someone else who offered 2-3% higher than I did. The part about getting 'outbid' on items is frustrating enough, especially when it is a measely amount. But what does get my goat is when someone says "okay, they're yours at $xx" and then looks to see if anyone will pay a little bit more yet, and then breaks the agreement. Go figure - if I sold things at higher prices perhaps this wouldn't happen as much, but I'd rather not have to do that! I have no problem with folks getting multiple quotes on things, in fact I think that is a smart thing to do, but don't try to make people do bidding wars back and forth against each other and definitely don't give someone a reason to think a deal is done, unless it is. Oh well, thanks for letting me blow off a little steam :-)