Hasbr-uh-oh - Business and Tariffs Discussion
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I legit think at this point importing the toys from Japan will be cheaper for me.
Guessing their store system requires them to make new entries with the updated prices, if they want to preserve old preorder pricing for anyone who already had things preordered like they advertised. Thus, make sure no one can order at the old prices until they get the new entries in.
Or they're delaying everything but don't want to admit they're delaying everything.
Just need to finish the Mini-Bots, Buzzsaw, and Combiners, and grab Octane, Broadside, Slugfest, and Overkill if they're ever made, and I'll be good enough to call my collection complete.
Then I'll just grab something here and there if it's cool.
Then I'll just grab something here and there if it's cool.
I just never imagined growing up that America would be the Decepticons.
(And that's as far as I dare take this here.)
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Which means you're likely gonna see 40+ dollars on them now.
TRU was up to $50 a few weeks ago (even before the current tariffs kicked in).
(And their shelves were still picked clean.)
(And their shelves were still picked clean.)
Yeah, well... your health care system is better.
And you still have TRUs.
Okay now what were those Canadian prices compared to USD tho.
(Yes I get that different countries have different costs of living and so X price in X country may be a completely different beast to Y price in Y country but IDK maybe it's just me but I feel doing comparisons to prices in different countries without any conversion is kind of silly)
(Yes I get that different countries have different costs of living and so X price in X country may be a completely different beast to Y price in Y country but IDK maybe it's just me but I feel doing comparisons to prices in different countries without any conversion is kind of silly)
There's a two-story TRU in New Jersey.And you still have TRUs.
- New Jersey
so it might as well not exist then
so it might as well not exist then
Yeah, honestly, I've always been confused by the "Canadians have it worse because our $$$ numbers are higher!" argument. It's not the same currency. If an Alaskan and New Yorker compare the price of bread and milk, that's something because they're both USD. But saying a toy is X dollars in Canada doesn't mean anything without the context of cost of living, income, etc. A Transformers toy has a lower USD number in America and a higher CAD number in Canada. They just happen to share the name "dollar."
It's a little bit of both. Yes, the currency is different so even though the Canadian number is higher it should even out.
And that does account for a good chunk of the difference.
But American companies have been taking advantage of that fact and that Canadians expect a higher number because of it to charge above in Canada what they charge in the States, even accounting for the exchange rate. It's been a problem for decades, at the very least.
Americans and Canadians arguing over prices when the Hong Konger with their $220 Deluxes walks in:
Heh, well, it's inside a massive mall that has its own roller coaster theme park, its own water park with giant water slides and a huge wave pool, its own full size ice hockey rink, its own miniature golf course, and its own multi-story indoor ski slope.
I went there back when BotCon was held at that mall in 2023, and the TRU there had store exclusives from Walmart, Target, and Amazon all readily available on the shelves together.
it's still in new jersey