Sat 2008/04/05 09:41
You may know of a figure/gundam store called TJ Gross Net - was voted by Yahoo Japan as the best online store in 2007. Looks like they went bankrupt and ran off with the monies from pre-orders. GigaZine goes to the TJ Gross offices/warehouse to see whats going on as TJ are were not responding to mails or phone calls. GigaZine arrive to find the place deserted and what looked like seizure of possessions stickers by a bank. Pics of the TJ warehouse with figures and gundams viewable from the outside at GigaZine. If you lived in the area and knew that there was nobody around and that the security devices had all been disabled, would you go in and raid the place for figures and gundams?
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Only If I had preordered something from them and didn't get my money/product. Otherwise: not sure, probably not.
(ID #166713) Posted on 2008/04/05 09:52
Game Designer
Yup same here,I just want to get what i deserved or equivalent compensation !
(ID #166899) Posted on 2008/04/05 21:36
If i had preorderd a lot: first intention "I want my money back - and when I don´t get it i want at least other stuff", would take my jacket, slowly walk to the door, wait, say "Naah, i´m getting as nasty as those guys who stole my money... and i don´t wanna go to jail... so better apply to a lawyer" If i had not preorderd: Whitout a doubt NO it wouldn´t be right at all!
(ID #167085) Posted on 2008/04/06 06:59
@Tempest, I agree. I dont like the idea of taking something I didnt earn/buy. Its even more pathetic when someone takes something they can afford. Someone pays for it people, weither you believe it or not.
(ID #167199) Posted on 2008/04/06 12:59
No way! I love figures but stealing is just wrong. ^^ It's a pity when good stores have to close down.
(ID #166714) Posted on 2008/04/05 09:53
People like those exist everywhere, shame on them. Raiding them sounds nice.
(ID #166716) Posted on 2008/04/05 09:55
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
most definitely raid them. its like a tomb full of treasure, why not?
(ID #166718) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:11
Expect deadly traps as well. ^^
(ID #166723) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:25
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Figures have started to have "traps", too? Oh the humanity.. >_<
(ID #167007) Posted on 2008/04/06 02:47
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
OMG ABANDONED FIGURES!! SOMEONE SAVE THEM!! I dunno if I'd raid... if no one was coming back I spose it wouldn't matter.
(ID #166721) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:22
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
I feel distressed by the Lilo and Stitch pillows....:sob:...all grubby and alone...
(ID #166722) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:23
Going to jail for figures and gunpla? Nah, the risk is too high, when compared to the potential benefits. So no, thank you.
(ID #166725) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:27
College Student
Poor orphaned figures without a parent company/owner to take care of them. I'm willing to adopt some of them, hehe.
(ID #166726) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:27
i'm forming an expedition team now. someone get me some directions to the warehouse, google earth isn't working for me.
(ID #166727) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:29
Student and Miku Guardian
I'm joining the team.. My google earth is orking just fine but I need coords.. Maybe I try calling Solid Snake to get the job done..
(ID #166769) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:20
Hotdog Repairman
Well I know qingy has a fast getaway phonebooth. I suppose that's a start.
(ID #166775) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:25
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
weapons and equipment specialist reporting in, sir!!!
(ID #166994) Posted on 2008/04/06 02:31
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
One scientist reporting in, sir!
(ID #167010) Posted on 2008/04/06 02:50
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
i have prepared all the bagas and bento. lets go. ('~')
(ID #167229) Posted on 2008/04/06 14:29
I can always discuss and plan strategies/tactics and brainstorm with you all, but if you ever get caught, consider me to never have existed.
(ID #167234) Posted on 2008/04/06 14:38
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
In japan? No. That would be going down their level. Here in Brazil? Shure. Why? Because I just know justice will never be done. So if I preordered some stuff, I'd make shure my share would be guaranteed. Also, justice is so freaking slow in Brazil that, if by some miracle the owners were arrested, chances are I would never see the color of my money back again. The crime would probably prescribe before something was done.
(ID #166728) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:30
absolutely. i'd take that vending machine and those sneakers, too.
(ID #166731) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:33
in fact; i'd get everyone in black boiler suits and masks and make a faux-documentary on it, calling ourselves the FIGURE LIBERATION FRONT. saving those gundams and figures and putting them into the loving hands of otas everywhere.
(ID #166735) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:39
Looks like a mix of gnoming and Robin Hood-inspired practices. ^^
(ID #166749) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:19
JR. College Student
That's pretty cool. Very surreal. And no, I wouldn't since the bank technically owns all those figures.
(ID #166741) Posted on 2008/04/05 10:58
Jaina Solo Fan-boy! umm...Frozen food mangaer
That's a tough one. I don't think i would. I don't want to get arrested for theft.
(ID #166747) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:12
Systems programmer
Naw I wouldnt steal, id feel guilty about it. In fact I bet one of the gundam model's heart would start beating and drive me crazy and id end up turning myself in. Sux to whoever pre ordered stuff.
(ID #166751) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:20
Extremely Poor College Student
borrowing and not returning is not a crime since the lender went missing
(ID #166752) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:21
metamorphs into solid snake. K lets infiltrate. Lol...bah i personally dont have the heart to steal
(ID #166754) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:24
Jaina Solo Fan-boy! umm...Frozen food mangaer
If you just turned into Snake, don't forget your cardboard box.
(ID #166760) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:42
i'm sure card box will be useful since that place filled with boxes too :P
(ID #166900) Posted on 2008/04/05 21:49
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
lol!
(ID #167305) Posted on 2008/04/06 19:25
took the money and ran? that's totally uncool. I remember one time I placed a reservation for a hi-end gaming rig at a local shop (they seemed very reputable). Then a couple of weeks later, they didn't answer the phone or anything. When i went back to the shop, the place was emptied out. Luckily, I did not leave a deposit or anything.
(ID #166759) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:42
Full time nerd
Not caring much about being on the high moral ground here but if I was there, the first thing I do is....... 1.Get a crowbar. 2.Use my imagination (lex luthor voice) 3.Enjoy the rest of my life!
(ID #166761) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:44
i must admit its tempting... but then again if we started raiding...we will never be as civil minded as how this article show us http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/1625/Lost+in+Tokyo.html
(ID #166762) Posted on 2008/04/05 11:53
Plastic train engineer
Crazy. Their website is still up too, I wonder how much money they're making from unsuspecting people who don't know they're no longer in business. Smells like a fly-by-night operation!
(ID #166764) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:06
Art Student
How did they become bankrupt?
(ID #166771) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:22
Hotdog Repairman
Are you holding the door, and playing lookout for me Danny? Then definitely... maybe.
(ID #166773) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:24
IF I was in the area... and I know that its possible to get away from it. First I will locate the security room and check if anything is still working. If it is, I'll dispose anything that has me in it. Then I will find ways to carry the goods I want which is pretty much ...none. Yeah, I'd take a Gundam/Figure and probably look about for lying around cash >.> Then again, very risky and I don't want to clean my ass ready to be sitting in jail. I can only dream.
(ID #166791) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:43
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
No I'm not one to steal. The merchandise should be sold and people get their money back.
(ID #166802) Posted on 2008/04/05 12:57
Contraband Distrabution Specialist
Wonder if I could get that model of the Yamato, the real one and the space battle ship, those are sweet!
(ID #166817) Posted on 2008/04/05 13:33
A warehouse full of trap waiting for theives...so no
(ID #166818) Posted on 2008/04/05 13:33
It's tempting but its a business that were supposed to send "certain goods" to people and they just packed up and left...sigh. I pity all the people they were supposed to supply. I understand how you feel...I see it every day now
(ID #166832) Posted on 2008/04/05 14:41
animefreak222 (Registered on 2007/05/27 13:58)
reminds me of the urban attic fiasco in sg(note: urban attic was a figurine dealer in sg)...where this fella allegedly cheated his customers of their money and was charged for forgery.he is now serving jail time from what i heard so far.
(ID #166849) Posted on 2008/04/05 15:33
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
oh really. i knew that guy. he had a shop in fundan IT mall. shop was closed last year and was wondering what happened to him. didn't like him much, his figures are highly overpriced and sells bootlegs as well. gg to him.
(ID #167235) Posted on 2008/04/06 14:41
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Only if I'd ordered something from them; I'd clean the warehouse and then thrash it with the Hammer of Dawn. Justice be done!!!
(ID #166851) Posted on 2008/04/05 15:37
never do any net shopping i'm more unconvinced now.... after seeing how this incident can happen.... i do my ota shopping in konata style: browse every store as many as u can i think i'll keep that attitude
(ID #166860) Posted on 2008/04/05 17:12
I would probably raid them, if I had pre-ordered something. I rather pay for my things, don't like stealing. ^^;
(ID #166867) Posted on 2008/04/05 18:55
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
steak out the place for a few days 1st then make my move... hehehe sweet stuff and i don't have to pay for them... MWAHAHAHA!!!!
(ID #167000) Posted on 2008/04/06 02:36
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Raid and considering I have spend quite a lot of efforts going to Japan for this raid (plane ticket, accommodation, etc), I'm going to get as much as I can. ^^
(ID #167021) Posted on 2008/04/06 03:01
.NET/Web Developer
If it ain't a crime then I would have raided the place clean in a second. ^^ hahah
(ID #167049) Posted on 2008/04/06 04:01
Angelica (Registered on 2007/12/19 15:18)
Ohhhh.. Are they (police/people who confiscated the goodies) going to auction off the rest of the goods?!?!?!??
(ID #167066) Posted on 2008/04/06 05:46
Online Shop
I wouldn't raid the place but I think what they did is shameful :/
(ID #167116) Posted on 2008/04/06 09:22
オタク all day long
that sux big time =( I would be really mad if they took my preorder money away.
(ID #167319) Posted on 2008/04/06 20:03
anime/cosplay events organizer
what happened to TJ Gross? first they are raking in money then suddenly they are filing for bankruptcy? O.o i know i'll file bankruptcy on figures lolz
(ID #168704) Posted on 2008/04/10 02:09
bose (Registered on 2008/09/30 09:22)
I welcome it , it is an right thing but stealing not good ,if there is an loose security it will happens all the time and that will happen ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -------------------------- Lara <a href="http://www.shepelskylaw.com" rel="dofollow">http://www.shepelskylaw.com</a>
(ID #318002) Posted on 2008/09/30 09:25
Schoolkid
I'd definitely take them.
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