I had been wanting to see what you guys think about this for a while but had not found the time to write the long post this might turn out to be. In hopes of not loosing your attention I will try to keep it brief.
I read a post on YAKFACE today where they said:
(FYI I am not doubting this is what YAKFACE was told...jsut questioning how true the statement is)
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Also, they have added the 18" Han Solo back to "second chance". I was told that a large retailer cancelled their order, so they have a few of these left.
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Does this sound to anybody like what SWShop pulls sometimes? Like when the Holographic Leia came out.....they said sold out....then a bit later, they ahd some more.....then sold out.....then a bit later some more.....
Did the same thing not happen with the C3 Vaders that were suposedly going to be C3 Exclusives?
This past summer I started paying attention at Sideshows after a dealer at a local shoe told me a bit about how they do business.
She stated that she had been buying products from Sideshow for years, way before they aquired the Star Wars license. She had noticed that when a "limited" item was put for sale on thier site they alwas sold out real quick. She didn't think much of it until she started noticing that a few months after Sideshow announced that an item was "completely sold out", they would always misteriously and miracously find some stock that they didn't know they had so consumers better hurry, cause they were going to go fast.
That sounds like a little manipulation to make the consumers think that an item is more sought after than it really is.
I think in the last few weeks I have seen several of the SW Sideshow pieces misteriously be back in stock....a big retailer canceling? they found some hidden stock they had missed? whatever the case.....
It makes me wonder if they do this on purpose. They make an item limited.......tell consumers that it is sold out.....wait a few months (still way in advance before the item is scheduled to ship) and make a story about how they got "a few more".
I know some of us sometimes desire certain collectibles because of the allure of them being limited....it's a lot neater to have a Vader statue that has a limited run than one that is not limited. So by saying an item is sold out, they make all those fans that miss it start wishing they had gotten it. So people will be more likely to jump on it once some more "misteriously appear".
I read a post on YAKFACE today where they said:
(FYI I am not doubting this is what YAKFACE was told...jsut questioning how true the statement is)
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Also, they have added the 18" Han Solo back to "second chance". I was told that a large retailer cancelled their order, so they have a few of these left.
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Does this sound to anybody like what SWShop pulls sometimes? Like when the Holographic Leia came out.....they said sold out....then a bit later, they ahd some more.....then sold out.....then a bit later some more.....
Did the same thing not happen with the C3 Vaders that were suposedly going to be C3 Exclusives?
This past summer I started paying attention at Sideshows after a dealer at a local shoe told me a bit about how they do business.
She stated that she had been buying products from Sideshow for years, way before they aquired the Star Wars license. She had noticed that when a "limited" item was put for sale on thier site they alwas sold out real quick. She didn't think much of it until she started noticing that a few months after Sideshow announced that an item was "completely sold out", they would always misteriously and miracously find some stock that they didn't know they had so consumers better hurry, cause they were going to go fast.
That sounds like a little manipulation to make the consumers think that an item is more sought after than it really is.
I think in the last few weeks I have seen several of the SW Sideshow pieces misteriously be back in stock....a big retailer canceling? they found some hidden stock they had missed? whatever the case.....
It makes me wonder if they do this on purpose. They make an item limited.......tell consumers that it is sold out.....wait a few months (still way in advance before the item is scheduled to ship) and make a story about how they got "a few more".
I know some of us sometimes desire certain collectibles because of the allure of them being limited....it's a lot neater to have a Vader statue that has a limited run than one that is not limited. So by saying an item is sold out, they make all those fans that miss it start wishing they had gotten it. So people will be more likely to jump on it once some more "misteriously appear".