DB - Were you hinting this was Blufans ebay shop or did i misinterpret the message ?
If so how do you know this is actually Blufans themselves and not just a 3rd party seller ?
I see no evidence that it is Blufans officially.
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Hey Aus & anyone else who may have seen my original
post here
Thanks for the question. I was away Sunday for a personal celebration, so I am just now catching up in this thread. But, as I originally posted this as an FYI, for people who may be looking for buying alternates, I looked back at this to answer your inquiry. Having been familiar with Ebay, and some of the 'strategies', distribution chit chat and complexities of that since early 90's, a few 'indicators' stuck out to me when I first came upon the link, which made me decide to share their link in case it was them.
In the meantime, I know some other members said it's not them, anyway so feel free to disregard if no longer applicable-I just wanted to be sure to reply to you. Could also just be someone who has a direct connection to a distributor in China. I thought it may be them because when I came across that link, saw the username, and the description (ships direct from China, and customer service info) and the fact that they are selling a 'pre-order', promising 'immediate' shipment, and BF have had the need for 'agents' in the past due to some additional business complexities in China.
When I saw the product link originally days ago, there was also extra text in the description which seems to have been removed now, so my thoughts at the time were this...
Edit history of description:
The seller has revised the following item information:
Date Time Revised Information
Mar-24-14 19:54:15 PDT
Description
Mar-26-14 04:11:56 PDT
Description
Quantity
Apr-04-14 18:58:43 PDT
Description
The text that was in there before was:
"Don't be fooled by those second hand supplier in Taiwan, Singapore."
So to me it looked like either someone was trying to make a statement that they are 'direct' (which still could 'just' been someone acting as agent, or working directly with BF distributor, not necessarily BF), would be 'others selling' it, but perhaps those should not be deemed as 'reliable/direct' sellers, vs. this screen name we're talking about. Or could be a competitor that happens to be selling BF releases direct just making a comment regarding other sellers that may sell them, and put customers 'on notice' regarding any competing sellers on Ebay-lots of stuff like is posted in Ebay descriptions from competing sellers, just to get people to buy from a certain member.
Since they are still trying to finalize their direct store BF store, and international sales, Ebay would give them a faster way to sell internationally , even if with low qty's.
For the sake of collectors who do want these releases, I'm relieved to hear it may not be BF direct at all, given the price that appears in that listing
If not this seller though, then I am sure they'll make known soon enough if they are, or planning to sell through Ebay as well. I am confident members will find more info as we go along, due to the relative popularity of their releases....
all over the slipcover than Mr. Hemsworth
