Nemesis251 wrote:Ain't worth it. If you really want Shadow Commander just keep checking B/S/T lists on your favorite TF sites. I got Shadow Commander with Nemesis Prime for $170 shipped. No knock-off.
Counterpunch wrote:FP sure does provide some F'd up head.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:It's no more crap than every other drastic increase in price for any toy. You can say it's all price gouging, really.
If you don't like it, don't order it. I won't myself. But I don't really see much reason to get mad about it. It's how the hobby works.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I dunno, man. Their a business. They're out to make a profit. It's not like they're holding a gun to your head, making you buy a TF you feel is overproced. Making a profit by overcharging their goods doesn't make them a villain by any means. It just makes the people who buy overpriced goods kind of foolish.
Unless they just really gotta have it. I have to admit to a few "foolish" buys myself.
You get what I mean? If you go to a store you know overcharges their goods, you can't really get mad when you see something you like cost way more than it's worth. I can get being mad about it if you feel you were ripped off after you bought soemthing, but I just can't get behind the idea that they're "the villain" for prices their goods too high.
They know someone will be weak and cave and pay it. Pay it 'til it hurts. Yes, I do blame the people willing to pay that price, I've been that person a time or two in the past.
But this is exploiting said person's weakness. I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I find that to be wrong. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:I was just thinking that if they were able to secure a small supply of these, maybe they had to pay more for them. I doubt they got these at the wholesale prices of when they were new. They probably got price gouged themselves but felt it was worth the risk and they could make some profit off it. But if somebody is willing to pay that much for the kit then that's just the american way. Supply and demand is what drives up prices.
Counterpunch wrote:FP sure does provide some F'd up head.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:If it's listed in Previews as $300, then that's what it's worth. There's recommended prices for all these products, that's how they determine what's fair. Retailers don't just pull prices from thin air after all.
Generally markup tends to be far, FAR lower than the price stores get them. It's not price gouging, it's just how it works.
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