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Updated 1st Feb 2010 DD dinner car and club car exclusive- P
solid snake replied to danielh's topic in HW Customs
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Updated 1st Feb 2010 DD dinner car and club car exclusive- P
solid snake replied to danielh's topic in HW Customs
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Good to be back. I wondered why I got banned? Simply voicing out my opinion got me banned for 1 day. Thanks to the mod for un-ban me. To shakz ~~~ Who's complaining? It's an opinion or rather information sharing. To kukubeh ~~~ kudos on the spirit. I want to promote fair hot wheels hunting spirit. But not everyone wants to be fair.
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In the scenario you said above, the person had the choice to make in whether to give his phone number or not. He can always said no. It's his choice to make. If he said yes, then the other collectors who hunt there will have hard times on getting good cars (not to mention T-hunt). Yes, you can always say why don't you approach the staff and ask politely to have your phone number put on the list? So, that you'll have equal rights to haul the cars. But if I put my phone numbers on all the stores that'll restock Hot Wheels, what had happened here? Is this good or bad? So, I just sit around and wait for phone calls while other not-so-fortunate collector hunt around and get nothing. When there is restock, I will be among the first to know and will be able to grab all those nice cars. And those not-so-fortunate collector comes and get leftovers because they don't have the same privilege. This is the scenario that I want to prevent. Let the hunting be fair. In the end, I have to ask you guys this: Is giving the store your phone number so that they'll call you whenever hot wheels stock comes in. Is this a "yes" or "no"? It's a NO for me. What's your take on this?
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That's what I said, you'll think I'm crazy to compare hot wheels to sugar. But the fact I'm comparing it to sugar is not how important it is in our life. It is never that important in my life. It's just another side collection for me. I'm comparing it to sugar because of the common factor both had. The scarce resource of it. Hot wheels restock is very limited in KK. We don't get all the wave like in West Malaysia. And I don't give a damn about 2009's t-hunt because those are not my cup of tea. I'm looking for mainline cars of certain casting. Those cars that I like. But even that is hard to get and because of what? Because of this type of collectors around. But there's no point arguing further. You have a valid point on this take. But what I'm trying to emphasize here is don't encourage the collector to use this type of tactics in hunting. The more you try to defend it, the more you make it seems ethical for the collectors to use this type of hunting tactics. I just want to flush out those bad seeds. To demonicle the phrase "We don't want you here" is not directed towards you. and I prefer to discuss this openly not through pm.
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HWCM 1st anniversary dinner!
solid snake replied to demonicle-hwcmalaysia's topic in HWCM Events & Happenings
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If the book that you are saying is a popular book like the Harry Potter series which ppl line up early in the morning just to get a copy, that'll be a different story. I know what you are trying to say here. But please be fair. The example you given is not significant enough for product like hot wheels. The more suitable example I'll say is sugar. It's like a customer is limited to buy 2kg per transaction when stock arrive. Sugar is scarce here in KK (I dunno about other). So, if let say customer A got this privilege to get call from the supplier saying that sugar stock had arrive. Then, this A will bring the whole family and friends and buy all the sugar available during that restock. Is this fair for the other customers who is in need of sugar? Why sugar? because this is a closer example to hot wheels in KK as the restock here is really really really (I mean did I mention really?) limited and rare. Unlike West Malaysia, we only get restock once in 2 or 3 months. Sometimes up to 6 months also no restock. So, don't ever think that the situation is the same (try being a collector here in KK). And another fact to consider is the number of stores that carry Hot Wheels. In West Malaysia, you may have up to 1000 stores bringing in Hot Wheels. But in KK, the quantity of stores that bring hot wheels is more or less than 10 stores only (did I mention try to be a hot wheels collector in KK?). I know you'll feel I'm crazy to relate hot wheels to something like sugar. I know Hot wheels is not as important as sugar in our life. But don't stray away from the truth. I respect those that play by the rules and despise those who use dirty tactics. Nuff said! And I fully support what Prabaha71 said "We don't want you here!!!"
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HWCM 1st anniversary dinner!
solid snake replied to demonicle-hwcmalaysia's topic in HWCM Events & Happenings
May I know who is entitled to get the club cars? Only for those who attend the dinner? And may I know if the club car is the New Bettle that sifu elgee customized last time? If yes, I thought we are getting that club car for free? And may I know also what dinner car will be? What is the design? Can I purchase the dinner car if I don't attend the dinner? Do enlighten me. Thank you. -
That is a short cut. Or what ppl call "jalan belakang". Still I see it as cheating. If I leave my phone number all over the place and then wait for phone calls. Then whenever there is call I only go out and haul all the goodies. What about other collectors that hunt normally? Is that fair for them? They sacrifice time and money just to find out that the good cars are grab by this so called "preferred customers". If this type of method is not cheating please let me know, as I'll start doing it also.
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This tends to happen when people gets greedy (not to mention selfish). I agree with bro Atomkinder about the good ol' days. The meaning of hunting is there. Nowadays, it's different. Some use insiders, some bribe and some even steals. One interesting topic on this though is giving the staff or shop owner your contact number. So, whenever there is restock, they'll call you (the preferred customers) to screen on them first. Isn't this same as the situation bro Atomkinder is talking about? It's those preferred customers who will get the goodies first. Is this even fair to the other collectors who doesn't have this kind of privilege? By all means, the other collectors who don't get the same treatment hunt the normal way is wasting time and money (in term of car fuel). Why? because when he/she got to the spot, all the popular cars are gone and not to mention the green stripe. The preferred customers just "goyang kaki" and wait for phone calls. Is this fair? I know a moderator here that use this tactics to get cars. It disgusts me. Want to know who? PM me. I have proof!
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