tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post8739618479742828643..comments2023-12-23T02:17:12.549-08:00Comments on Quest for Fun!: Oil and GamesGary Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-22893490155949323282007-11-18T20:52:00.000-08:002007-11-18T20:52:00.000-08:00foolish humans and your freights. know not you th...foolish humans and your freights. know not you the magic of portals?! no oil is used with portals... sure a couple sheep get sacrificed and maybe the hair from a hairful hairmonster of hairiness is needed for the ritual ... but thats why you buy that stuff by bulk at your local Costco... wait a minnit... i think THEY get their stuff transported via oil-using freight aparatuses (or is that aparati?)... curse you Oil demon and your oily demony oily demon ways!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-41435836148651821072007-11-18T14:38:00.000-08:002007-11-18T14:38:00.000-08:00I rarely pay for freight on games, but most toy fr...I rarely pay for freight on games, but most toy free freight limits are thousands of dollars or don't exist. My point was that I would happily pay freight for games if there was a way to pass along the costs, like I do with toys. I can charge anything I want, of course, but the price model for games includes an MSRP, unlike toys.<BR/><BR/>As for net priced toys in stores, I'm not talking about Target or Toys R Us. People who shop mass are accustomed to price shopping. I'm talking about specialty toys, like specialty games. There is a thriving specialty toy market in the East Bay among small, independent stores.<BR/><BR/>The Internet will always be cheaper because some bozo will always sell stuff at near cost out of their basement until they inevitably go out of business and another bozo takes their place. You can't chase those sales (or customers who buy there).Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-13671807872249619242007-11-18T12:42:00.000-08:002007-11-18T12:42:00.000-08:00Net price only works the way you want it to within...Net price only works the way you want it to within limits, as you've seen with Magic. As part of my Christmas shopping I've been investigating Transformers. Hasbro technically sells Transformers at net, but it was trivial for me to find out what the internet considers to be the expected retail price (hasbro actually lists an "aproximate" price on their website instead of a "suggested" price, the weasels). <BR/><BR/>When I went looking in the stores I found that Target charges that price while the Toys R' Us next door charges more. Guess which one gets my business?<BR/><BR/>To me, the solution is for manufacturers to either raise the SRP or eat the increased costs themselves. Anything else is simply burying their head in the sand and hoping someone along the chain doesn't notice.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-84275378967813679722007-11-18T10:50:00.000-08:002007-11-18T10:50:00.000-08:00Quote -when shopping at toy stores, I see the rang...Quote -when shopping at toy stores, I see the range of prices. Nobody blinks. Nobody throws a fit in the train aisle claiming Love Me Tender Elvis has a clear MSRP of $20. -Quote<BR/><BR/>People generally know how much they will pay at any given store and are already prepared for it. People who shop at, "Toy Stores," per se either do not care about,pricing or are ignorant of it.<BR/><BR/>A lot of specialty store purchases have to do with loyalty to the store/owner or the effects od supply/demand.<BR/><BR/>Some people do not trust the internet and refuse to do business over it.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, it is like gas stations. People know where the less expensive, exactly the same gas in the pump stations can be found. Eventually word gets around about who is cheaper. And, if everyone gets together and sets prices, it is called price fixing.<BR/><BR/>Not knowing exactly how it works, I am surprised you do not have an online store component of your brick and mortar.<BR/><BR/>AllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-2480901598536391492007-11-18T10:46:00.000-08:002007-11-18T10:46:00.000-08:00Gary, we rarely pay for freight, which is the sing...Gary, we rarely pay for freight, which is the single easiest and best thing you can do to keep your prices close to keystone. I make it a point to always ask that question first before ordering, and most of the time we're set up with a good program that allows for free shipping or, at least, some sort of product offset. I understand that we have quite a disparate stock from you and our that orders aren't always the same size, but it concerns me that you're not getting the shipping deals that help keep your prices lower. We should compare and contrast to make sure you're not getting hosed. <BR/><BR/>Is paid shipping standard for most toy manufacturers?FunkyPlaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778932450401155259noreply@blogger.com