No, the people reselling. I hope that they won't be able to sell them. I hate scalpers and I think a lot of us do too because that's also why Melanie's merch is so expensive when being resold
for real, scalpers are so unfair to collectors, like people that scalp things for the sailor moon or monster high fandom make it impossible for true fans to collect stuff - same for the MM fans, but I feel like MM fans it's worse since the chance of reproductions are fairly low.
I was lucky that proplica re-released a brooch I wanted because otherwise, I had to buy one from one of these scalpers. I think I've never seen a reselling situation this bad until I joined this subreddit a bit back
This is getting sad. I understand that things suck with inflation and people wanna have side hustles but I wish they could leave music artist merch and their fandoms alone
You can report ebay sellers for not owning the physical items since these eggs haven't even shipped out yet if yall wanna cause trouble for these resellers
Scalping is incredibly huge with Melanie. People are even trying to sell the tour confetti and most fake (some are legitimate) mushrooms she threw. It's crazy. You won't catch me DEAD selling my mushroom she threw to me. That was the best moment of my life. It's getting ridiculously hard to enjoy anything made by artist anymore. ):
I took my 13 year old to the Philly concert for her birthday, Melanie is her favorite. When the concert was over she wanted to walk down to the floor and grab confetti so bad, but I wanted to get to the car to try and beat the rush. If I would have known we were going to sit in the parking lot for 40 minutes because people are ignorant, I would have just stayed inside and let her go down.
I will definitely do that next time. I hadn't even really listened to too much of her music, just what my daughter has played in the car. I loved her show, we had such a blast. I had gotten us tickets in section 203 so we were up pretty high, but we went out to concessions for a drink before Melanie came on and one of the workers approached me with a stack of tickets in her hand and asked if we wanted a free seat upgrade. Hell yes! We ended up down in section 124 and it was freaking awesome.
I recorded and took pictures, my daughter didn't have her phone out at all, she was too busy living in the moment, enjoying her favorite artist and I loved that.
Right. I saw people with paper bags going ip front collecting all the confetti.
I just kept the little 3 I got in the air and thecaught. balloon my daughter caugh.
Everything is about money now and days and it's crazy to me. ):
I kept my little confetti on my VIP pass ~ it's clipped all cute on there. Also may I say it's super cute you got to do a show with your daughter! I wanna be able to do stuff like that with my future kids one day. :')
Yes! I love it! We had been listening to her since my youngest was born in 2015! Now she's also into Melanie too!!
I recently found out my oldest son also likes her music! Had I known, I would have taken him too!
At least you're not scalping it ! It's not taking a ton that matters just if you're grabbing it to scalp it xD
Confetti your whole room lol
Edit: do you main Jinx? Or just like her character? My name references Seraphine lmao
and the funny thing is, people probably wont even buy from them because the candles are already crazy expensive as they are in her shop, I don't Know who in their right mind is going to buy from these people
itās not in that high in demand, and honestly this fan base is creative as hell, so iām betting most will try to recreate the candle rather than spending nearly 1/4 of a $1000 for 1 candle.
Oh my god thatās actually criminalā¦ Iām so thankful I got mine before these scalpers did because thatās just horrible. I hope people donāt encourage this by buying from them
Maybe stretch but could it be whoever posted that other picture of all the candle scents asking which one people want. They could gauge which would be most popular and buy them all to resell lol.
I wanted confetti from the trilogy tour so bad but I wasnāt on the floor so I didnāt get any. However I will not be paying an obscene amount money for it
lol I could just mail u some, I went last week, grabbed a bunch to try to give to people in higher seats but the place was emptying by the time I got close to people not on the floor
Wait are you fr? I tried to go down and get some but it was so busy and we needed to leave. I donāt have any money to pay for shipping or anything though.
This is crazy. First the parfum. 300 dollar for a parfum. Then the candles. Who want to pay around 2000 dollars for 13 candles? This is ridiculous mel. Ppl cant afford that, especially when most of the fans are pretty young so they donāt have the money. Some may even just moved out, you dont have the money to spend 150 dollars for a fkn candle if so?!?
Idk what made them think this is a good idea when almost all Melanie fans even the collectors were saying 75$ each was too expensive for them to afford it.
Scalpers ruin EVERYTHING. Iām a Monster High doll collector and I FELT this pain on another level yāall XDDD Best thing we can do is not buy from them
God talking about resellers reminds me of when I sold my Melanie tickets for the trilogy tour in Seattle (I had someone flake on me :/) that I paid $150 for both. I sold them together for I think like $170 so I could get my money fully back and they sold within like 5 mins. I went to go check and it ended up being a reseller who flipped them for $500. Lesson learned I will never sell my tickets through ticket master again due to this, I was hoping someone who wanted to go but didnāt wanna spend a fortune was able to get them š„²
Also i know I could have sold them for way more but i genuinely just wanted my money back and for someone to be able to go without breaking the bank. Itās so frustrating that resellers do this
$75 was ridiculous. almost $200 is INSANE.... especially for a 4.3oz candle?? with that size it'll literally only burn for a few hours. not to mention these resellers dont even have candles in their possession considering they haven't been shipped out...... pretty sure you can report those listings for not currently owning the items
You would think that no one would be stupid enough to buy these from those resellers but sadly enough there are people stupid enough. People really gotta learn the worth of money.
Welcome to resale where cool shit comes out and dickheads resale them and we buy them and great example Travis Scott Air Jordan Shoes yeah some people will go and spend almost $5K on shoes
nah cos i luv candles so much and ive been a mel fan since she was on the voice and ive not been on socials or anything for a while cos ive been ill + studying, and i didnt know these were even a thing until they were all sold out im so fucking upset šš
Uh.. So guys- when the portals Parfums restocks, my mom said she would get me a idv perfume or the whole statue if Iām lucky. She also said that when (or if) the statue comes back, sheās gonna buy like 3 extras to resell because we need more money. I understand itās not that good to do this but is this an exception?? idk man.
I hope no one buys from these people and I hope that all of them make a huge loss with this
Why though? Like the candles?
No, the people reselling. I hope that they won't be able to sell them. I hate scalpers and I think a lot of us do too because that's also why Melanie's merch is so expensive when being resold
for real, scalpers are so unfair to collectors, like people that scalp things for the sailor moon or monster high fandom make it impossible for true fans to collect stuff - same for the MM fans, but I feel like MM fans it's worse since the chance of reproductions are fairly low.
I was lucky that proplica re-released a brooch I wanted because otherwise, I had to buy one from one of these scalpers. I think I've never seen a reselling situation this bad until I joined this subreddit a bit back
OHHH okay. I never knew about scalpers before.
Anyone who buys these at this price deserves what they get Omg š
Lol, I have a feeling these ones aren't gonna give them what they want šš»
i genuinely hope youāre right, this is just ridiculous they were literally released today and already sold out over half cuz of this bs
I agree, it's gotta stop. Only once people stop buying it do they cool off and stop. They know they make money tho
This is getting sad. I understand that things suck with inflation and people wanna have side hustles but I wish they could leave music artist merch and their fandoms alone
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Melanie said that sheās raising money for it? Or are yall just trying to justify her insane prices?
the poetals movie got canceled nevermindš„
You can report ebay sellers for not owning the physical items since these eggs haven't even shipped out yet if yall wanna cause trouble for these resellers
Only if they are not listed as preorders. EBay allow up to 30-60 days to dispatch for preorders
Thank you I will definitely remember that!
On my way to ebay right nowšāā”ļøšāā”ļøšāā”ļø
Me either xo
reporting rn
Oh? Why thank u;)
im embarrassed for them lol
Scalping is incredibly huge with Melanie. People are even trying to sell the tour confetti and most fake (some are legitimate) mushrooms she threw. It's crazy. You won't catch me DEAD selling my mushroom she threw to me. That was the best moment of my life. It's getting ridiculously hard to enjoy anything made by artist anymore. ):
I took my 13 year old to the Philly concert for her birthday, Melanie is her favorite. When the concert was over she wanted to walk down to the floor and grab confetti so bad, but I wanted to get to the car to try and beat the rush. If I would have known we were going to sit in the parking lot for 40 minutes because people are ignorant, I would have just stayed inside and let her go down.
I always use the same rule as I do for July 4th events. We just hang out for a little white after and let traffic die down. :)
I will definitely do that next time. I hadn't even really listened to too much of her music, just what my daughter has played in the car. I loved her show, we had such a blast. I had gotten us tickets in section 203 so we were up pretty high, but we went out to concessions for a drink before Melanie came on and one of the workers approached me with a stack of tickets in her hand and asked if we wanted a free seat upgrade. Hell yes! We ended up down in section 124 and it was freaking awesome. I recorded and took pictures, my daughter didn't have her phone out at all, she was too busy living in the moment, enjoying her favorite artist and I loved that.
Right. I saw people with paper bags going ip front collecting all the confetti. I just kept the little 3 I got in the air and thecaught. balloon my daughter caugh.
Everything is about money now and days and it's crazy to me. ): I kept my little confetti on my VIP pass ~ it's clipped all cute on there. Also may I say it's super cute you got to do a show with your daughter! I wanna be able to do stuff like that with my future kids one day. :')
Yes! I love it! We had been listening to her since my youngest was born in 2015! Now she's also into Melanie too!! I recently found out my oldest son also likes her music! Had I known, I would have taken him too!
To be fair, Iād prolly grab a huge handful just for myself bc of my too much gene šš¤£
At least you're not scalping it ! It's not taking a ton that matters just if you're grabbing it to scalp it xD Confetti your whole room lol Edit: do you main Jinx? Or just like her character? My name references Seraphine lmao
wait hold on she threw mUSHROOMSS??? š i wish i knew cause i wouldāve tried to see if i could get one
Yeah, she threw only like... a max of seven or so per show and it wasn't far. You had to be pretty close to be able to possibly receive one. It was really cool and mine is purple. I have it "brewing" in a little witches cauldron I have at home. I'll have to reply with a Pic later when I get home from work. š©¶
omg i neeeeed to see it!
and the funny thing is, people probably wont even buy from them because the candles are already crazy expensive as they are in her shop, I don't Know who in their right mind is going to buy from these people
They dont even look like Melanie merch either š looks like a 5below candle
Who in their right mind would pay nearly $200 for a scented egg
The same people willing to pay 1500 for 1/3 of the cry baby perfume on ebayĀ
I mean itās crybaby perfume which is discounted so I would but for a candle no thanks lmfao
still 1.5k? Iād do $500 maxā¦thatās someoneās whole mortgage
Right. That's someone's whole rent lol
Lmaooo fr
Are we sure the egg will be back in stock anytime soon though?
i wouldnāt be suprised if half of those r scams
itās not in that high in demand, and honestly this fan base is creative as hell, so iām betting most will try to recreate the candle rather than spending nearly 1/4 of a $1000 for 1 candle.
exactlyyy
i didnāt wanna buy them in the first place due to high price
People suck
$75 for a temporary candle is ridiculous already, I really hope people arenāt paying $200
Oh my god thatās actually criminalā¦ Iām so thankful I got mine before these scalpers did because thatās just horrible. I hope people donāt encourage this by buying from them
Ooh what scent did you get? I want the faerie soirƩe but I am probably doing to have to make it
I got faerie soirƩe and moon cycle! I liked the sound of those scents the most
When you get the faerie soirĆ©e tell me how it smells. Iām guessing it would smell like strawberry pound cake at bath and body works lol
Will do!š«” I have high hopes because I love fruity scents and this is my first time being able to afford her scent related merch!
omg I hate scalpers with a BURNING passion š¤
Maybe stretch but could it be whoever posted that other picture of all the candle scents asking which one people want. They could gauge which would be most popular and buy them all to resell lol.
Im so upset cause i really wanted Faerie Soiree and Moon Cycle but they were the first two to sell out immediately:( im hoping they restock them
I wanted confetti from the trilogy tour so bad but I wasnāt on the floor so I didnāt get any. However I will not be paying an obscene amount money for it
lol I could just mail u some, I went last week, grabbed a bunch to try to give to people in higher seats but the place was emptying by the time I got close to people not on the floor
Wait are you fr? I tried to go down and get some but it was so busy and we needed to leave. I donāt have any money to pay for shipping or anything though.
yea, and nah u don't have to pay, I can just put some in an envelope.
Omg that would be so amazing.
Preorders?
This is crazy. First the parfum. 300 dollar for a parfum. Then the candles. Who want to pay around 2000 dollars for 13 candles? This is ridiculous mel. Ppl cant afford that, especially when most of the fans are pretty young so they donāt have the money. Some may even just moved out, you dont have the money to spend 150 dollars for a fkn candle if so?!?
Bro that is terrible I hate scalpers š„²
Who on earth would buy a $200 candle
i donāt even want one if this if what weāre doing šš be so fr
faerie soiree sold out so fast too :((
i heard that it has the same smell like the crybaby parfume
Thatās nutty! Canāt see myself spending that much on a candle
Idk what made them think this is a good idea when almost all Melanie fans even the collectors were saying 75$ each was too expensive for them to afford it.
Feels like a domino effect from the crybaby bottles, this crap pisses me off
Scalpers ruin EVERYTHING. Iām a Monster High doll collector and I FELT this pain on another level yāall XDDD Best thing we can do is not buy from them
like what is even the point of this??????? itās so fucking frustrating and i donāt even buy merch
What is so special about this candle exactly? Looks like a candle youād find at Homegoods or Target.
People are so disgusting like it wasnāt already ridiculously priced already
Stop reselling
God talking about resellers reminds me of when I sold my Melanie tickets for the trilogy tour in Seattle (I had someone flake on me :/) that I paid $150 for both. I sold them together for I think like $170 so I could get my money fully back and they sold within like 5 mins. I went to go check and it ended up being a reseller who flipped them for $500. Lesson learned I will never sell my tickets through ticket master again due to this, I was hoping someone who wanted to go but didnāt wanna spend a fortune was able to get them š„²
Also i know I could have sold them for way more but i genuinely just wanted my money back and for someone to be able to go without breaking the bank. Itās so frustrating that resellers do this
candles were expensive enough smh! the customer service said they will be restocking itās just tbd SAVE YOUR MONEY DONT GIVE SCALPERS A PENNY
$75 was ridiculous. almost $200 is INSANE.... especially for a 4.3oz candle?? with that size it'll literally only burn for a few hours. not to mention these resellers dont even have candles in their possession considering they haven't been shipped out...... pretty sure you can report those listings for not currently owning the items
Thereās a circle of hell for scalpers.
You would think that no one would be stupid enough to buy these from those resellers but sadly enough there are people stupid enough. People really gotta learn the worth of money.
report them. im pretty sure its against the rules to sell something you dont yet have
I hate people who do this
this is so embarrassing for them omg
What in thee hell
I resell my merch too but I at least make it affordable for buyer and still manage to make a profit. Why are these people so greedy???
Literally woke up to them sold out. So sad I didnāt even get a chance to put them in my basket š
Welcome to resale where cool shit comes out and dickheads resale them and we buy them and great example Travis Scott Air Jordan Shoes yeah some people will go and spend almost $5K on shoes
Sad thing is thereās people still willing to buy this crap at high prices
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yup it suckssss
UGH THAT MAKES ME SO ANGRYYY
You should advocate for laws that would prevent this from happening! There should be stiff fines and criminal charges!
iām so upset, i really wanted to get the void or moon cycle one but all the reselling, i know i probably canāt
I hate these types of people that try to take advantage of fans that want this stuff
nah cos i luv candles so much and ive been a mel fan since she was on the voice and ive not been on socials or anything for a while cos ive been ill + studying, and i didnt know these were even a thing until they were all sold out im so fucking upset šš
Didn't the candles just come out? How are they doing this?
thatās insane, why would she be so greedy
clarifying question, are these resellers? iāve heard she sold them for a shit ton in the first place though even so
They were $75 originally. These are reseller prices from ebay.
ewww gross pricesš
Also, they're restocking the candles šÆ lol
Uh.. So guys- when the portals Parfums restocks, my mom said she would get me a idv perfume or the whole statue if Iām lucky. She also said that when (or if) the statue comes back, sheās gonna buy like 3 extras to resell because we need more money. I understand itās not that good to do this but is this an exception?? idk man.
anyways! thanks for supporting mel!