I met a very nice Hot Wheels collector at Wal-Mart. I was looking for a novelty Bat Mobile for my cube. He asked what I was looking for ...

him: hi, i've been in this bin for 30 minutes, was there something you were looking for? I'm sure I can let you know ...

me: oh, that new batmobile, it's freaking cool.

him: this store actually has stock people bribed by collectors. There's a shop notorious for this in the area. They'll float the stock people $20 to hide items during the nightly shift.

In the morning, the scalper is here first thing in the AM and looks in the spot that was emailed to him during the night.

me: :O

him: this happens quite a bit and sucks for casual collectors.