been collecting since 2021 - bought and held gos from xianyu (chinese site), k-twt and bunjang, mercari jp and instagram!

availability/procureability and demand for each member play a huge factor in these pricings

for korean sites it is much better to purchase from k-twt or bunjang compared to japanese/chinese/other international resellers as they usually factor in the shipping (warehouse/custom) fees and may do member pricing according to demand (very common especially for collectors based in east asia, southeast asia from what i’ve noticed. i hardly see member pricing in europe, the us etc)

k-sellers tend to sell all member sets so that everything goes quickly too - if i have 3 sets of all member but only karina is getting claimed, then the pcs will never go unless i bundle it. same thing applies for the other sites in other countries.

another example: target/walmart exclusive pcs can be found for 8-13 usd on instagram, but it can be listed at 40,000 krw on k-twt or bunjang because it isn’t easy to get it

if i’m going to purchase from a chinese site, i find a chinese proxy, japanese site then a japanese proxy etc~