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20th Anniversary Prime Price Markup?

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20th Anniversary Prime Price Markup?

Postby tom brokaw » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:29 am

went to a wal mart today to find that 20th ann prime was 67$ when i scanned him in the price checker? is wal mart raising prices cause they know TFs are hot? or was it just this one wal mart being stupid.
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Postby dgarvey981 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:37 am

It's $69.88 on walmart.com, so I guess they're making their own prices? What is the supposed retail for 20th Prime?

I did see Ultimate BB for $91 at my local walmart, cheaper than most places I've seen online.
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Postby tom brokaw » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:42 am

retail should be 50$, just about a month and a half ago i got my 20th ann prime for 50$ at a different wal mart.
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Postby dgarvey981 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:50 am

geez, I guess they are jackin up prices. Like they don't have enough $$$ as it is. Uggh.

Seems kinda random that they'd have Ultimate BB for $91 then. I think the Deluxe's are $12-$13, at my local wal.....though I'm yet to actually SEE any figures, just lonely pegs on a rack.
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Postby AlienQuiksilver » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:02 am

I got mine for $50 as well. It was about a month or so ago. I wanted to buy a 2nd one the other day and noticed the price increase.

It'll go on clearance one day. I will continue to lurk around the display area until then.
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Postby shortround » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:46 am

It called capitalism or supply and demand people want transformers wal-mart is going try to make as much money as they can. Just look at the encore figures they were offering.
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Postby twee » Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:26 am

Yeah, I was surprised to see them a couple days ago going for 69.88, when just a few weeks ago they were pretty much the same price as the gajillion Primuses they have in stock.

Meh, seems like all they're getting is Primuses and Primes, and so I'll wait until they realize they'll never be able to sell 15 DVD Primes, all while they're getting in even more Primes, and buy it on clearance for like 30 bucks.
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Postby Loki41872 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:23 am

Got one for $50 A month ago. Found them on clearance for $19.96 a week later. Picked up a second!
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Postby Fred2012 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:27 am

shortround wrote:It called capitalism or supply and demand people want transformers wal-mart is going try to make as much money as they can. Just look at the encore figures they were offering.


yea i got encore soundy for $50 off of ebay
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Postby blkbitcloud1 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:00 am

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twee wrote:Yeah, I was surprised to see them a couple days ago going for 69.88, when just a few weeks ago they were pretty much the same price as the gajillion Primuses they have in stock.

Meh, seems like all they're getting is Primuses and Primes, and so I'll wait until they realize they'll never be able to sell 15 DVD Primes, all while they're getting in even more Primes, and buy it on clearance for like 30 bucks.



That's what I did last year. I waited until it was on clearance and got it for 29.99. I see it did go up to 67.99 here in NY. And that Primus did go up as well. 2 weeks ago it was 39.98 now its 46.98.

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Postby DISCHARGE » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:00 am

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I think he originally retailed for 80 or 90 dollars.
He still is priced that at most TRU that still have him
around.
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it to Walmart to make a profit since the one by
me is selling them for $69.98

If anything they are just trying to get people to buy them
that don't wanna get it off the internet, would cost the same with shipping.
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Postby Deceptiwho? » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:57 am

I got mine for fifty two like two days ago.... nineteen ninety nine though!! If I saw them at that price I'd buy five of em!!
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Postby Metal Ed » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:12 am

Is this the 20th with the battle damage or the DVD edition?
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Postby Briggs » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:16 am

Got mine for $40 at a Winners in their toys clearence :D
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Postby blkbitcloud1 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:24 am

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Metal Ed wrote:Is this the 20th with the battle damage or the DVD edition?



The DVD edition

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Postby Milesy » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:42 am

£50 ($101 at the current exchange rate) in TRU in the UK.
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Postby Sonray » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:45 pm

Its wal-mart, they are evil which is why i never shopped there.
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Postby Ragnorok64 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:40 pm

I've yet to see one at a wal-mart near me, much less any on clearance. Heck I still haven't even seen a Leader Class Brawl.
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Postby Creature SH » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:03 pm

This makes me feel considerably better about getting mine for $ 46 on ebay. Sure, with shipping, it was 67, but oceans make things expensive.
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Postby PrimeFan » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:47 pm

I was able to get my DVD Prime from TRU.com during the summer for $22.50. As cool as he is, I wouldn't pay $70 for him. The Masterpiece version or 20th still looks better.
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Postby BB.206 » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:18 pm

I'm glad I got mine for $50. He's marked up to $70 now.
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Postby DorkimusPrime » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:24 pm

tom brokaw wrote:retail should be 50$, just about a month and a half ago i got my 20th ann prime for 50$ at a different wal mart.

But it's currently $60 on HTS...I'm pretty sure that's the retail price, and if it's close to that, it's what you SHOULD pay...you got yours cheaper, and that's very nice for you. :)
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Postby Avatar Prime » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:55 pm

Where I live the price is currently at $70 at the local wal-mart, I know of one in another city that sells it for $40. I got mine last year for $50 at the local Wal-Mart, they marked it down to $25 not too long after though.
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Postby HoosierDaddy » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:58 pm

The price for that Prime at Wal Mart ALWAYS has been 69.88. Most Wal Mart stores clearanced them for $50 because they weren't selling and they were just clogging up shelf space. But Wal Mart took all it's old stock back to warehouses to make room for the influx of movie toys. Now with the shelves being empty they restocked all the old stuff sitting in the warehouses at regular retail price. Calm down people. It's not a case of big bad Wal Mart trying to hurt the little guy. Relax if they don't sell this time they will clearance them back down again. Just hang in there and wait it it. There must be 10 of these Primes sitting at my local Wal Mart just asking to go back on clearance.
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Postby Bonger » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:19 am

Meh, thats way too much. Ebay has Buy it Nows for 45 plus ship.
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