Getting into a buying frenzy during a toys sale

An observation I’ve made about some toys collectors’ buying patterns is that when there is some sort of toys clearance sale, they will first do the usual of buying all the pieces that they have wanted all along.
Then the sale items are sold out or they get restocked at much lower rock bottom clearance prices. Those who had held back at the previous sale now enter the buying frenzy. These are the patient yet very lucky ones who took the right “gamble” by waiting for further price reductions. Most importantly, they are able to be at the right places at the right times.
Among this round of buyers are those who had bought at original retail prices during the hype of the toy fad, and those who already bought at the higher clearance prices at the earlier sale. Seeing how much cheaper the toys have become tempts them to buy some more of the same toys to keep unopened, or to open up for play and display. Sometimes it’s to replace faulty or imperfect pieces that they already own. Maybe there’s this fear that the toys may deteriorate over time, so it’s good to have another piece, or multiple pieces on stand by.
Once a clearance toys buying frenzy starts, it can get out of hand in the minds of some toy collectors. It’s like some sort of rare opportunity not to be missed, even if you have those toys already. This feeling is very similar to the emotions felt during the “rapid growth” stage of toy collecting. Logic thinking flies out the window while emotions rule the head.
The other resulting type of toys buying frenzy happens to the toy collectors who for some reason, are always on the tail ends of the clearance toys hunting parties. This is one very anxious, stressed and frustrated lot of buyers. Everywhere they go, the clearance toys they want are all sold out. Tough luck. At the end of the clearance sale, they wonder why they acted like that. I have no clear answer to that except for a sudden unexplanable wave of obsession that swept into their minds then. Again, emotions win over logic.
Some of them end up buying loads of toylines that they didn’t think of collecting in the first place, but the attractive toys clearance sales gave them the opportunities at the right prices. These are the lucky ones who scored a bargain. For others, it is simply “impulse buying” and “herd mentality”.
There is no right or wrong in these emotions. Many of us go through them at some stages of our lives. Even if it is not toys, it can be other items that we use in our everyday lives. All consumer goods go through clearance sales eventually, and our buying frenzy gets activated into bargain hunting modes. It’s just that for some people, there is “after impulse purchase regret”. Good luck on clearing those impulse items! Humans are ruled by emotions much more than logic. Life’s just like that!














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