Transformers Ultimate Fansite
Submit News Contact Us Translate Sign in Join

Seibertron.com Energon Pub Forums

Seibertron.com - The Ultimate Transformers Fansite

Skip to content

u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Feel free to discuss anything about any of the thousands of Transformer toys here. Anything from Generation 1 all the way to the soon to be released, the never to be released or the hope to be released is fair game! Want to show off your stuff? Please post your's and see others in the Transformers Collections Forum.

Moderators: robofreak, Counterpunch, Supreme Convoy, Cyber Bishop

Post a reply

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby RAcast » Sat May 12, 2012 6:15 pm

Motto: "Can't stop, so what! That's how I like it!"
Weapon: Rocket Launcher
Considering prices elsewhere, $13 isn't bad... $15 is pushing it though, if they do end up using that price scheme for the FOC Generations line, especially given the notably reduced size of many of the figures. :\

Moreover, how did you find Dotm Barricade? xD I thought those things flew off shelves.
User avatar
RAcast
Gestalt
Posts: 2,232
Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:26 pm
Location: USA
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 6
Endurance: 6
Rank: 7
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10
Skill: 7
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby SlyTF1 » Sat May 12, 2012 11:45 pm

Motto: "Destruction is the ultimate freedom."
Weapon: Plasma Beam Rifle
The damn DOTM deluxes are freaking $16 at Target. It pisses me off. And all they ever have are a bunch of Bumblebees for DOTM and Prime.

Image
The Game You lose
Image
User avatar
SlyTF1
City Commander
Posts: 3,339
News Credits: 4
Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:34 am
Watch SlyTF1 on YouTube
Strength: 9
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 10+
Endurance: 9
Rank: 10
Courage: 8
Firepower: Infinity
Skill: 10+
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby It Is Him » Sun May 13, 2012 1:15 am

LOST Cybertronian wrote:I think people would still complain even if these things were free.


Free? Oh, that's great. Who's going to pay for my gas to pick these things up?
My collection

Image
BeastProwl wrote:What the **** is wrong with you?
User avatar
It Is Him
Gestalt
Posts: 2,872
News Credits: 11
Joined: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:23 pm
Location: Omicron Persei 8
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby gavinfuzzy » Sun May 13, 2012 1:22 am

Motto: "Secrets are the foundations of success"
Weapon: Sub-Machine Gun
In Asia:

(USD prices)
Legion : $9.50
Commander: $15.80
HA Basic: $$19.80
Deluxe: $22.20
Voyager: $43.80
HA/ Ultra: $55.80
Leader: $87.70
MP rodimus: $143.60

#-o
Own an iOS/ Android device?
Want some spare cash on Amazon/iTunes/Paypal?

Swindle some apps that will do that for you!

(Visit these links on your mobile)
Freemyapps: http://tinyurl.com/swindlefreemyapps
Featurepoints: http://www.featurepoints.com (Use referral code MRTG2X)

No really, these apps actually work. Get cash for just downloading other sponsored games.

Add me as a friend on facebook ---> http://www.facebook.com/gavinlimkj
User avatar
gavinfuzzy
Godmaster
Posts: 1,728
News Credits: 8
Joined: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:14 pm
Location: Singapore
Watch gavinfuzzy on YouTube
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 6
Endurance: 6
Rank: 8
Courage: 8
Firepower: 7
Skill: 7
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby RhA » Sun May 13, 2012 2:56 am

Motto: "BRING ME DANGER!"
We need a hug.
Image
User avatar
RhA
City Commander
Posts: 3,181
Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:37 am
Location: The Underwhere
Strength: 1
Intelligence: 10+
Speed: 1
Endurance: 1
Rank: 10
Courage: 1
Firepower: 1
Skill: 1
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby Valandar » Sun May 13, 2012 8:01 am

Motto: "It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty, only that you work to make it full."
Weapon: Particle Beam Cannon
Seeing people complain about prices tends to get my goat.

Why?

Because if TF prices had kept pace with, say, gasoline, then a Basic (roughly the size of G1 Prowl, for example) would cost $31 !

Gas in 1984 was an average of $1.21 a gallon, compared to an average of $3.50 a gallon right now. Prowl cost $10.99 in 1984, so...
Valandar
City Commander
Posts: 3,490
Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:50 pm
Strength: 6
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 10
Endurance: 8
Rank: 8
Courage: 10+
Firepower: 9
Skill: 9
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby Sirtank » Sun May 13, 2012 8:57 am

Weapon: Ion Particle Blaster
my big problem is getting less for more money. TRU prices aside, I can live with $5 legion class, and $9 Cyberverse commanders. It's things like Hasbro cutting the articulation on Clone wars figures and still charging the same $8 for them, but now you don't get ankle, wrist and knee articulation. Same with the new Avengers movie toys, the price went up, quality, paint and articulation went down. So far I don't think TF toys are suffering from this as much as other lines. I don't mind the $20 for voyager figures, or the $13-$15 for deluxe, as long as they are making good figures. I hope how Hasbro is handling other lines doesn't start happening with TFs, or I'm going to have a whole lot more money to spend on Legos.
User avatar
Sirtank
Micromaster
Posts: 62
Joined: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:31 pm
Location: Grand Rapids MI
Buy from Sirtank on eBay
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 7
Speed: 6
Endurance: 6
Rank: 8
Courage: 7
Firepower: 8
Skill: 9
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby Treetop Maximus » Sun May 13, 2012 5:11 pm

Motto: "This is my personal fight now."
Weapon: Railgun
RAcast wrote:Considering prices elsewhere, $13 isn't bad... $15 is pushing it though, if they do end up using that price scheme for the FOC Generations line, especially given the notably reduced size of many of the figures. :\

Moreover, how did you find Dotm Barricade? xD I thought those things flew off shelves.


It was just there. Someone I knew wanted it, so that got me interested. There's actually one more still there that I saw about 45 minutes ago. I'd put it in the sightings, but that section isn't anonymous.

By the way, are they doing this to the ponyfags bronies and little girls too?
User avatar
Treetop Maximus
Transmetal Warrior
Posts: 862
Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 9:43 pm
Location: The good ol' US of A
Watch Treetop Maximus on YouTube
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 7
Endurance: 7
Rank: 6
Courage: 6
Firepower: 9
Skill: 5
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby Optimum Supreme » Sun May 13, 2012 7:05 pm

Motto: "You have no chance to survive make your time."
Weapon: Nuclear Charged Fusion Cannon
Blurrz wrote:Calm down weeaboo, it could be worse.

Image

Anyway, $13 for a deluxe isn't that bad, but TRU sold me my PRID Optimus voyager for $25... If I hadn't been so paranoid that I wouldn't find it elsewhere (turned out to be silly in retrospect) I wouldn't have paid that much.
User avatar
Optimum Supreme
Pretender
Posts: 722
Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:27 am
Strength: 10+
Intelligence: ???
Speed: 2
Endurance: 10+
Rank: N/A
Courage: 7
Firepower: Infinity
Skill: 4
Top

Re: u srs bro (me complaining about price gouging)

Postby LiKwid » Sun May 13, 2012 7:58 pm

Motto: "When In doubt..Invert polarities!!!!"
Weapon: V-Lock Rifle, V-Lock Cannon
It Is Him wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:I think people would still complain even if these things were free.


Free? Oh, that's great. Who's going to pay for my gas to pick these things up?


Lmao...^

RhA wrote:We need a hug.


Hugs 8-}

On topic

I have come to the conclusion that the hobby I have chosen is a rather pricey one at times and will continue to get pricer. I understand this, accept it and make sure that I know what I want when I go to the toy aisle. My advice to those who are struggling with this concept is to have a side fund for transformers and contribute to it every now and then. Your not going to wake up one day and find figures for half off unless you only collect movie figures....
Image

Counterpunch wrote:FP sure does provide some F'd up head.

Sell me your Beast wars stuff!!!!
User avatar
LiKwid
Gestalt
Posts: 2,067
News Credits: 8
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:01 pm
Location: San Antonio Tx
Buy from LiKwid on eBay
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 5
Endurance: 10
Rank: 10+
Courage: 10
Firepower: 6
Skill: 10
Top
Previous
Post a reply

Return to Transformers Toys Forum

Moderators

robofreak, Counterpunch, Supreme Convoy, Cyber Bishop

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Starscream visits Colorado
The Ultimate Caption Contest
Latest: Starscream visits Colorado (0 entries)
Twincast / Podcast #68
Twincast / Podcast #68:
"ReChrome"
MP3 · iTunes · RSS · View · Discuss · Ask
Posted: Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Find Seibertron.com on Google Ad Planner

Seibertron.com is an unofficial Transformers fansite. It is not associated with nor endorsed by Hasbro or Takara Tomy. Transformers® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. Visit Transformers.com to view Hasbro's official Transformers website or visit Takara Tomy's official Transformers website. In order to comply with the FTC's endorsement guidelines, we hereby inform this site's viewers that we occassionally receive products, content, or other forms of media from various companies in order for us to provide content of interest.

4,385 pages were recently viewed by 616 unique visitors. This page loaded in 0.17025 seconds and was viewed 1 times on Tuesday, May 21st 2013 1:03am EDT

© 2013 Seibertron, Inc. DBA Seibertron.com. All Rights Reserved. Established June 2000. Programmed by Ryan Yzquierdo.