How to tell if you are dealing with a scalper…
Does the seller have multiple auctions, with the doll, the clothes, the pet and the shoes separate and WAY more than the total doll costs?
You might be dealing with a scalper.
Are they selling just the jacket or shoes for more than $10?
Probably a scalper.
Is it a doll that JUST came out and they have 4 of them for $50 each?
Yeah, thats a scalper.
Is it an opened, lightly played with doll in good condition running around $20-30?
I’m thinking that’s a collector that’s selling pieces.
Is it a rare/HTF doll in the box but the starting bid is like, $15?
This is probably someone who collected and loved them but really needs the money and/or they just want her to go to a good home.
Is it a doll with a missing hand/leg and only has half the clothes and one shoe and a jacket from a different doll, and its a Lagoona but they call her Ghoulia and they want $80 for her?
That might be a crackhead selling off their kid sisters dolls…
EDIT: YES! Thank you Yllsa- if it has RARE and VHTF even though its a Lagoona wave 2 or something that there are eleventy-billion of in the stores- YOU ARE DEALING WITH A SCALPER.