tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post1718756611774470349..comments2023-12-23T02:17:12.549-08:00Comments on Quest for Fun!: Pre-OrdersGary Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-84142601244551509342008-03-19T21:18:00.000-07:002008-03-19T21:18:00.000-07:00You are freaking hilarious.You are freaking hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-40612688562641830942008-03-13T07:21:00.000-07:002008-03-13T07:21:00.000-07:00We require payment in advance on most pre-orders, ...We require payment in advance on most pre-orders, a deposit if it's something big, like the D&D 4 gift set. I have customers who balk at this. Some accuse me of not trusting them. Trust has nothing to do with it.<BR/><BR/>I explain that I have customers who pre-pay and STILL don't pick up their product. Sometimes people NEVER pick up their product after paying. I have had FRIENDS who pre-order without paying and don't pick up their order. I would only take one without payment if it was a sure thing, but at that point I probably would wave off the pre-order.<BR/><BR/>I can point to our little shelf caddy with a bunch of misc. product that people haven't picked up. This one here is from two months ago, this one from three weeks. This box over there on the shelf was a special order from nine months ago; we gave up on the guy. All these people pre-paid and didn't pick their stuff up.<BR/><BR/>The only time I don't actively take a pre-order is for something really big or something small. If you want to pre-order a $100 box of cards, I'll happily oblige. If you want one theme deck out of a box of 12 on a big new release, we'll I'll most likely assure you we'll have it in stock when you show up.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-84022678840399005172008-03-12T23:24:00.000-07:002008-03-12T23:24:00.000-07:00The key is tracking and communicating pre-orders p...The key is tracking and communicating pre-orders properly.<BR/><BR/>Like the Seinfeld episode with the car rental "Anyone can TAKE a reservation, but I pay you to KEEP a reservation".JoeDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768616880852081399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-52397794399146188822008-03-11T12:38:00.000-07:002008-03-11T12:38:00.000-07:00Almost all my pre-orders fit on a credit card. Unl...Almost all my pre-orders fit on a credit card. Unless something really bad happens, I've usually sold through the product before the credit card bill is due.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-6843331054135275232008-03-11T11:57:00.000-07:002008-03-11T11:57:00.000-07:00I always pre-ordered. But that is because I was a...I always pre-ordered. But that is because I was also a comic shop, and if you don't pre-order in comics, you die. (Die-mond, get it :-p)<BR/><BR/>The other side of that coin was that I had some capital and some credit cushion to accept my pre-orders if they all came on the same day.<BR/><BR/>Others don't have that luxury.librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910979028549627470noreply@blogger.com