Hasbr-uh-oh - Business and Tariffs Discussion

[lastmaximal]

I'm tired, boss.

 

[Sciflyer]

Man, that Leader price tag is inching closer and closer toward the deep waters of Commander class. It looks like I will have to become even more choosy about which Leaders I'm buying and why.

 

[Blot]

To me it's more like you already checked out, you paid for the item, and then suddenly find that you have to pay EXTRA to get it out of the store, after you've already completed the purchase. Worse in that if you don't pay the unexpected fee, you won't get a refund on the item, and you loose out entirely.

 

[Platypus Prime]

Re: those Amazon prices, I saw a few Wal-Mart's doing those NOW, though it wasn't consistent, even in the same store (where I saw 24.99, 27.99, and 29.99 all at once in AOTP, Studio, and Retro Brawn all in the same rack). And it's what knocked me out of a lot of future plans and into 'pay off my car ASAP so in case of job issues, repro won't be a possibility'. I know it sounds like an overreaction but I figure its easier to engage survival mode a bit too early than too late, as my toy collection plans are just a reflection of the bigger situation at any point in time. The three to ten bucks depending on size class is the tiny top I can see of a buried mountain that may be a volcano I can't.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Re: those Amazon prices, I saw a few Wal-Mart's doing those NOW, though it wasn't consistent, even in the same store (where I saw 24.99, 27.99, and 29.99 all at once in AOTP, Studio, and Retro Brawn all in the same rack). And it's what knocked me out of a lot of future plans and into 'pay off my car ASAP so in case of job issues, repro won't be a possibility'. I know it sounds like an overreaction but I figure its easier to engage survival mode a bit too early than too late, as my toy collection plans are just a reflection of the bigger situation at any point in time. The three to ten bucks depending on size class is the tiny top I can see of a buried mountain that may be a volcano I can't.

Saw similar at mine where the GI Joe Classified figures they have are different prices depending on SPECIFIC ASSORTMENT:
Frag Viper was $20.49, Footloose 24.99, Monkeywrench 27.99
I kind of wonder if the wonky “Collector Spot” is an issue there as well since Classified isn’t in the normal figure section.

I'm tired, boss.

When I find out I have to work more to pay for my meager sources of happiness in an increasingly uncaring world:

 

[Platypus Prime]

...I have no clue then. I thought Transformers at least sort of made sense by 'line', but if figures in the SAME line are having this, from the same company in the same store, the already shaky rationale falls out the window.