william-james88 wrote:How do you feel about the 19$ they have been charging for individual deluxe figures?
I don't like how any of the figures' prices have been inflating. It's just about driven me out of collecting at all.
But if you are asking about the fact that I can get all 4 for $17.49 a figure and individual at $18.99, I'd say that is a fair $1.50 surcharge for breaking up a set. As is evidenced by Chromedome selling out, some figures will go faster than others. BBTS needs to be able to account for stock held or not sold because some figures are more popular than others. It's all economics. Supply and demand. Etc.
I guess I am just a bit more sympathetic to the risks involved for small businesses. I used to work for a comic book store (and almost bought it at one point) so I am very familiar with this sort of prognostication. BBTS has employees to pay and needs to make money. Indeed, if they are charging too much over the competition, then they will see sales drop. At this point, given what has sold out, it doesn't appear that the customer is ready to stop buying from them.
I really wonder if places like BBTS are receiving the brunt of what is actually overall inflation in toys (and other products). Would these same sorts of discussions be taking place if we were talking about $9.99 versus $11.49?
Ultimately, in my opinion, I prefer to pay the slight surcharge in figure sets, and shipping, to guarantee receiving the product I want over risking not being able to find it and paying a much higher amount in the secondary market. I don't want to risk it. (I suppose it is almost a version of insurance...)
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
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