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Dealer changing the price

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Venom

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Yesterday I went to fan expo, had my eye on a nice book, I negotiated with one of the workers and finally decided I would be willing to pay full price as it was becoming a hassle. We cut a deal for 300 dollars, as I am ready to pay I am told wait hold on. After I had made a deal one of the other members behind the booth was looking up all ebay prices, I was not entirely sure what he was doing at first until I was told after I had made a deal that the price was no longer 300 instead it is now 800. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Yesterday I went to fan expo, had my eye on a nice book, I negotiated with one of the workers and finally decided I would be willing to pay full price as it was becoming a hassle. We cut a deal for 300 dollars, as I am ready to pay I am told wait hold on. After I had made a deal one of the other members behind the booth was looking up all ebay prices, I was not entirely sure what he was doing at first until I was told after I had made a deal that the price was no longer 300 instead it is now 800. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

I would give you my opinion for free, but having done some research on how valuable it is, you will now have to paypal me $20.

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That sucks. Those kinds of Con memories can brain-burn for a lifetime. About all you can do is boycott them for all eternity and spread the word.

 

Question for everyone else: Would it do any good to send an email, write a letter, or personally visit the event organizer and let them hear the story?

They do control the rent space, and bad word-of-mouth hurts them directly.

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That sucks. Those kinds of Con memories can brain-burn for a lifetime. About all you can do is boycott them for all eternity and spread the word.

 

Problem for me is some of these guys are no-name and I wouldn't remember them again if I saw them.

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Yesterday I went to fan expo, had my eye on a nice book, I negotiated with one of the workers and finally decided I would be willing to pay full price as it was becoming a hassle. We cut a deal for 300 dollars, as I am ready to pay I am told wait hold on. After I had made a deal one of the other members behind the booth was looking up all ebay prices, I was not entirely sure what he was doing at first until I was told after I had made a deal that the price was no longer 300 instead it is now 800. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

This is exactly why I haven't been to Fan Expo in 5 years and will never return.

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Yesterday I went to fan expo, had my eye on a nice book, I negotiated with one of the workers and finally decided I would be willing to pay full price as it was becoming a hassle. We cut a deal for 300 dollars, as I am ready to pay I am told wait hold on. After I had made a deal one of the other members behind the booth was looking up all ebay prices, I was not entirely sure what he was doing at first until I was told after I had made a deal that the price was no longer 300 instead it is now 800. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

I'd love to know the specifics of which book you were buying. I assume it was a raw book. If the person you had a deal with was an employee then they should have accepted the loss and moved on.

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Yesterday I went to fan expo, had my eye on a nice book, I negotiated with one of the workers and finally decided I would be willing to pay full price as it was becoming a hassle. We cut a deal for 300 dollars, as I am ready to pay I am told wait hold on. After I had made a deal one of the other members behind the booth was looking up all ebay prices, I was not entirely sure what he was doing at first until I was told after I had made a deal that the price was no longer 300 instead it is now 800. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

I sold a book yesterday and found out afterwards I could have sold it for double or triple my price. It happens. The guy should not be allowed to change his price once a deal was made.

 

I'd say who it was.

 

 

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My most hated thing, especially when they do it with online stores and say they cant find the book, or "it already sold".

 

I will say if a book was listed for $300 and sells on ebay for $800, I probably would have just bought it at list price without haggling and drawing their attention to it.

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