Rise Of Hot Wheels Diecast Scalping & Request

cassanovalite

cassanovalite

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So I like to casually collect hot wheels, nothing too extreme or such, pick the cars that I like. However there has been a significant rise of scalpers in this area as of late. So much so that its become extremely difficult for even people in tier-1 cities to get their hands on the new releases. The last case was a pretty good case with Ferrari F40, SF90, Mercedes F1, Merc 560 SEC, BMW 635 CSi along with a separate 5-pack of F1 cars. So you can imagine the scalpers having a field day with this. The scalping is easily 3x-4x times the price. On amazon you can see the F1 5 pack listed for 2.5k whereas its MRP is 899. Single pieces which have a 179/ MRP are being listed for 800-1000. This issue has gotten so worse that the only way normal collectors are able to get these are via blinkit/instamart/zepto.

So I would like to request that if you're in a tier-1 city & are a fellow hot wheels collector, Do help me out with these pieces as I am in a barely tier-2 city. If there are enough hot wheels collectors on here, maybe we could start a megathread and help each other out?
 
Unfortunately for me, Those don't have anything in my city, I checked the same with the address of a friend who lives in bangalore but they are always OOS. Scalping really is getting out of hand. Last year I was able to secure some decent pieces for myself & some other people as my city being tier 2.5 had them in stock but yeah. Have gone around the city to no avail this year.
 
I live in a metro city yet hardly see any cars in shops been 1-2 yrs as all these shopkeepers are sellouts to all the scalpers which fall for those extra 50 100 odd bucks. I have researched it all on this racket and its as dirty as drugs. And whatever available are those basic cartoonish kiddish fantasy cars which I'm not even interested in.
Being a professional diecast collector for decades. this situation totally hurts sentiments and how cheap and dirty this hobby has turned in the past 4-5 yrs.
Also, I'm also mostly done with hot wheels and have shifted to other premium brands which are worthy which cannot be scalped!
 
I am in a tier 2 city and have given up. I think i have a decent enough collection, started in 2011, had a good run, especially while in the US. Fook the scalpers, I am out.
Anway I've just gotten into a housing loan and need as much monies as I can, so I'm out.
 
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