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Ontario / Re: wave 8 (2k8 wae 4) hits Canadian retail!
« on: May 30, 2008, 09:16:51 PM »Quote from: "K.B."
There are people called "benders" who go around bending cards so scalpers cant get them but then there is also scalpers who, if they can't get all the figures on a peg, will bend the cards so other scalpers or collectors cant get them. I think both practices are sad and pathetic.
The only reason I think it was intetional was because every other place I've gone thats had wave 7/8 figures, the cards were in good shape and it was only the one wal mart that had the bad cards.
I really think it might just be the way they came. I can't say for sure in your case, but the ones I saw were not on a peg on a shelf, but on these plastic "hanging" type strips. They basically sat right on top of each other and had to bend a bit to fit on the little hook.
I think the intentional bending by scalpers, or whoever, is more of an urband legend than a reality. I would be more prone to believe in people hiding figures rather than bending cards. Mostly because I have seen posts on other websites by people who do that with rare items and then get off on making people PM them to get the location.