 TF Prime deluxes up to 16.99 on tru.com..., what the hug |
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 Dec 18 2011, 07:22 AM
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 super-duper spikey-pokey Group: Citizen Posts: 3,690 Joined: 10-July 06 From: pittsburgh, pa Member No.: 8,464 Faction: Maximal  |
Just had to boggle a bit at this.
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Dec 18 2011, 07:46 AM
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 Enough Blood For You? Group: Citizen Posts: 4,841 Joined: 1-August 02 From: Guess. C'mon, Guess. Member No.: 1,288 |
FTP!
That's $1.00USD more than I paid for my Arcee on Thursday, and I pay the "stoopid tourist" tax that TRU adds to certain things at the Times Square (and their stores in NYC's 5 boroughs) store. :-/ Your friend, TSM-in-N.Y. "I married this eleven year old girl for all the wrong reasons!" -------------------- KEEP THE BEATS PHRESH YO! TSM-in-N.Y.
"To paraphrase the great M. Biehn in The Terminator, I don't misspell words, you do. Don't do that again. Listen and understand, I am out here. I can't be bargained with, I can't be reasoned with. I don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear and I absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!" - TSM-in-N.Y. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere, like, such as. And I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children." Lauren Caitlin Upton - Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, answering a question on why 20 percent of Americans surveyed are unable to locate the U.S. on a world map. |
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Dec 18 2011, 08:16 AM
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 Unionized and proud of it.  Group: Supporter Posts: 8,678 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Germany Member No.: 5,642 Faction: Autobot |
Dear lord, that's nearly half of what us Europeans have to pay for Deluxes these days!
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Dec 18 2011, 08:19 AM
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 Feeling like myselves again. Group: Citizen Posts: 19,677 Joined: 17-January 03 From: Ontario Canada Member No.: 1,958 Faction: Decepticon |
Nevermore, I can always count on you to make the price bitching I'm going to do seem redundant (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif)
actually My tru's been sale crazy lately... I don't think I've spent $100.00 and have everything --------------------  |
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Dec 18 2011, 08:25 AM
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 Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 29,910 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
Somebody finally told them they were exclusives.
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Dec 18 2011, 08:35 AM
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 President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 40,920 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 Faction: RIRFIB |
Yeah. I thought they were too expensive at $14, nevermind $17.
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Dec 18 2011, 09:13 AM
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 Ah! Brilliant as always... yes. Group: Citizen Posts: 3,206 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Florida Member No.: 3,271 Faction: Decepticon |
TRU is on the ball when it comes to marking up items they get in first. You should see their prices on the new Batman Lego sets...
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Dec 18 2011, 10:12 AM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 2,084 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 5,993 |
QUOTE(Destron D-69 @ Dec 18 2011, 08:19 AM)  Nevermore, I can always count on you to make the price bitching I'm going to do seem redundant (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) actually My tru's been sale crazy lately... I don't think I've spent $100.00 and have everything It's a fair comment though. US fans can moan about prices going up, but the prices they pay are still absolute bargains compared to what the rest of the world pay for Transformers. Count yourself lucky! For the record, last I was in Tescos, deluxes were £15, which is $23, so you guys are still better off by miles! -------------------- |
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Dec 18 2011, 10:53 AM
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super-duper spikey-pokey Group: Citizen Posts: 3,690 Joined: 10-July 06 From: pittsburgh, pa Member No.: 8,464 Faction: Maximal |
What's the comparative cost of living though? (Not that I know)
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Dec 18 2011, 11:10 AM
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 Soundwave is colorblind Group: Citizen Posts: 4,312 Joined: 20-November 03 Member No.: 3,948 Faction: RIBFIR |
QUOTE(Blueshift @ Dec 18 2011, 11:12 AM) QUOTE(Destron D-69 @ Dec 18 2011, 08:19 AM) Nevermore, I can always count on you to make the price bitching I'm going to do seem redundant (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) actually My tru's been sale crazy lately... I don't think I've spent $100.00 and have everything It's a fair comment though. US fans can moan about prices going up, but the prices they pay are still absolute bargains compared to what the rest of the world pay for Transformers. Count yourself lucky! For the record, last I was in Tescos, deluxes were £15, which is $23, so you guys are still better off by miles! No, you need to recognize how unlucky you are, instead of pretending you're the baseline that everywhere else should be compared against. Transformers prices in Europe are absurd (I've heard it's actually cheaper to import from Japan, and Japan's prices are already considerably higher than America's.), and do not automatically justify any price anywhere that is less absurd. And in any case this is a thread about one store's selective price gouging on "exclusives" and things that people want more, not general complaining about prices in general going up. --------------------  |
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Dec 18 2011, 12:04 PM
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 Regular or unleaded? Group: Citizen Posts: 5,942 Joined: 28-September 03 Member No.: 3,634 |
QUOTE(NovaSaber @ Dec 18 2011, 04:10 PM) No, you need to recognize how unlucky you are, instead of pretending you're the baseline that everywhere else should be compared against. But... we're the majority. Transformers are more expensive pretty much everywhere in the world outside of North America. This post has been edited by Chris McFeely: Dec 18 2011, 12:05 PM -------------------- |
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Dec 18 2011, 12:41 PM
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 Anusface Group: Citizen Posts: 3,505 Joined: 7-October 04 From: Tampa, Florida Member No.: 5,117 |
Am I alone in thinking that the deluxe Prime figures aren't worth those prices? Price gouging aside, there comes a point where the money charged ceases to equate to the figure it purchases.
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Dec 18 2011, 12:46 PM
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 Yep. Group: Retired Staff Posts: 23,391 Joined: 23-December 01 From: Columbus, IN Member No.: 110 Faction: Free Agent |
I wouldn't mind a high price like that every now and then, but if I was planning to pick up the entire First Edition wave at that price, I'd definitely hesitate. I don't think a price bump like $10 going up to $12.99 is insane because you are still getting a pretty good value for a deluxe-sized Transformer at that price, but creeping up toward $20 gets to be a bit much.
And yeah, the USA might be the main market for Hasbro stuff, which gets us lower prices, but our minimum wage and job market here are really bad compared to the cost of living. -------------------- "Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." - Cato the Elder "Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper." - Larry Flynt |
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Dec 18 2011, 12:56 PM
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 VICTORY IS LOGICAL Group: Citizen Posts: 7,972 Joined: 3-December 05 From: Middle GA Member No.: 7,611 Faction: Decepticon |
Our minimum wage that just went up?
Anyway, I'm glad I found the first 3 of these before they went up to this new price. Guess I'll wait for HTS to get CJ and also have something else I want to justify the shipping (because I'm certain the the free shipping will go away just a few days before CJ gets listed). -------------------- |
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Dec 18 2011, 01:03 PM
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Yep. Group: Retired Staff Posts: 23,391 Joined: 23-December 01 From: Columbus, IN Member No.: 110 Faction: Free Agent |
QUOTE(Octavius Prime @ Dec 18 2011, 05:56 PM) Our minimum wage that just went up? Cool dismissive tone, bro. It's $7.25 an hour here in Indiana, so you're probably looking at going up to around $7.50 if the other 2012 increases I'm looking at are a good indication. Doesn't really do much of anything to change the issue of cost of living versus wages. If it's not an issue for you personally, good for you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) This post has been edited by Jeremy: Dec 18 2011, 01:04 PM -------------------- "Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." - Cato the Elder "Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper." - Larry Flynt |
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Dec 18 2011, 01:34 PM
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 THIS SPACE FOR RENT Group: Citizen Posts: 6,025 Joined: 21-December 01 From: Miami Member No.: 62 Faction: Free Agent |
Oh yes, the minimum wage that's going to single-handedly save our economy. It's definitely worth pointing out!
And mentioning that fact that customers outside of the US have always payed a ridiculous amount for toys doesn't make a price increase on our side acceptable. This post has been edited by C16: Dec 18 2011, 01:56 PM -------------------- Signature removed for being way too awesome.
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Dec 18 2011, 02:09 PM
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Soundwave is colorblind Group: Citizen Posts: 4,312 Joined: 20-November 03 Member No.: 3,948 Faction: RIBFIR |
QUOTE(Chris McFeely @ Dec 18 2011, 01:04 PM) QUOTE(NovaSaber @ Dec 18 2011, 04:10 PM) No, you need to recognize how unlucky you are, instead of pretending you're the baseline that everywhere else should be compared against. But... we're the majority. Transformers are more expensive pretty much everywhere in the world outside of North America. I think more are sold in North America than the rest of the world combined, though. But aside from that, so what? "Majority" and "baseline" don't necessarily have to be the same thing anyway; when it comes to prices, it seems to me that there are two reasonable options: 1. use the MSRP in the relavent market (this means you can't compare prices in different markets at all) 2. use the lowest MSRP in any sizable market (because clearly this price is still profitable; it may not be practical to use that exact price in every market, but prices in many places are clearly higher by a much larger margin than any differences between markets would justify; this means the rest of the world still doesn't have much to do with what prices should be considered reasonable in America) The US MSRP or Prime Deluxes is, IIRC, $12.99. A store charging 30% more than the MSRP just because something is unofficially exclusive is price gouging, even if the price is still lower in absolute terms than in some other countries. If you want to complain about how high the prices are in your country, go right ahead; I agree with you that they are, and it's even possible that being more vocal about prices is a (small) factor in why ours are lower. What I object too is the idea that the prices being too high there somehow makes the highest prices here "a bargain". This post has been edited by NovaSaber: Dec 18 2011, 02:10 PM -------------------- |
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Dec 18 2011, 02:16 PM
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Group: Retired Staff Posts: 2,182 Joined: 25-November 02 Member No.: 1,755 |
Saw a ton of these guys at TRU today in Rockaway, NJ, priced at 13.99. Probably 3 cases worth.
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Dec 18 2011, 03:55 PM
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super-duper spikey-pokey Group: Citizen Posts: 3,690 Joined: 10-July 06 From: pittsburgh, pa Member No.: 8,464 Faction: Maximal |
Back when Classics (1.0) was on shelves, TRU was charging ~$13 while all the other stores were charging ~$10. I bought none at TRU. Won't stand for it.
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Dec 18 2011, 04:55 PM
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 Professional Malcontent Group: Citizen Posts: 1,698 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Long Island, NY Current: Mt. Vernon, VA Previous: Tampa, FL Member No.: 10,632 Faction: Free Agent |
QUOTE(gargunkle @ Dec 18 2011, 03:55 PM) Back when Classics (1.0) was on shelves, TRU was charging ~$13 while all the other stores were charging ~$10. I bought none at TRU. Won't stand for it. Not really an option with this line, unfortunately. --------------------  Looking for; 2005 Botcon Ratchet, Junker Classics Optimus Prime (for parts) |
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