No, poor entitled princesses. The tables have turned.
You think that just because they're a large company that makes millions they're due less respect in the transaction because thousands of that money was once yours?
At no point. If you ordered it without knowledge of the edition size, you signed up for it.
That's the risk you take. If edition size is an important factor to you and you make the decision to pay the NRD without knowing it, you have no one to blame but yourself.
You can feel it all you want, but in reality, which is not dependent upon your feelings, you have no right to complain. It was all you.
You are free to feel however you like. However, feelings are not a cognitive tool, and they do not create reality. Either use your brain and understand the reality of the situation, or know that if you're trying to live by emotion, you're blind in a universe that doesn't operate according to your whims.
Then don't order until you know it.
It doesn't. What, your feelings give you infallible insight as to the true intentions of other people now? Guess what...
There is a a hierarchy of values involved when you purchase something. The order is particular to each individual. Not everyone values edition size as highly as everyone else, and the seller is free to choose which values they cater to. If they do not want customers using edition size as a factor in their choice to buy, that is their prerogative. Until you buy it, the statue is the property of SSC and they may do what they like with it.
People pay thousands for a single vehicle. Hundreds of thousands for a single home, if not millions. They get no guarantees, and most of the factors determining the value of the home are completely out of their control.
If resale value is so important to you, then buy accordingly. If you lack the information to buy according to your objectives, that does not mean that those who do know owe you an education. The amount you spend changes nothing.
Investments need to retain value. Purchases for their own sake do not; ownership is sufficient justification for the money you gave up. If you are always looking to the future to vindicate what you own, you are never going to get a moment's peace while you possess it.
And when you're done liking it, you want to be free of the obligation which you previously committed yourself to.
And if you are fortunate enough that the piece maintained or rose in value, then good for you. If you aren't, it isn't the fault of the person selling it. Knowing what you will like in 5 years is not their business, not their responsibility, and not their job.
If you're worried about financial hardship, save money for that purpose.
Know how much space you have before you try to fill it.
Have consistent tastes. Don't be fickle, or atleast, if you're going to be, buy NECA or something. I never hear women complaining about the resale value of the clothes they wear once.
If you want to sell statues, open a statue company. Then you can tell everyone your edition sizes, plus youo can have bragging rights over Sideshow and all the people who want to be able to have a 1000% guarantee for life on everything they buy will shop at your company instead.
Only if you value the resale more highly than the esthtics of the piece.
And not all of us care.
There won't be any surprises if you wait until you know the edition size. That is, you know, if it's so important to you.
Then don't buy until you know the edition size. Do you buy Hot Toys figures? When have they ever disclosed?
That's what I thought.
They do not want people ordering this to use edition size to make the decision to purchase. The statues are theirs. They know people want them for a variety of reasons. They are free to sell to whom they prefer.
I
know this is fair.
If you don't think it's fair, don't buy.
Where do we draw the line and say it's now unacceptable? Is 1000 too large? 2000? 3000? at what point would someone fairly say "I didn't sign up for this"?
