PF Maul Sales Method Poll

[darthviper107]

Or they could just get rid of this new ordering method

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Wouldn't a better system be something like having it based off of total purchases or possibly how long members have been a customer?

Or maybe just putting it up for order and letting people buy it like normal and avoid all the drama.

What's next? People who've been customers for more than 3 years and have spent X amount of dollars and were born on a tuesday get first crack?

 

[Lord Aykroyd]

That would also be a good system, but it would also have just as many detractors. I've been buying direct from Sideshow for 4+ years, so I am confident I would "win" under such a system, but someone who has "only" been buying from them for a year might not, and might cry foul.

Yeah, I think the key is - reward loyalty without punishing newbism :chew

 

[RoboDad]

Or they could just get rid of this new ordering method

Right, and they could also get rid of reward points, free DVDs, free shirts, free caps, free bonus collectibles, and so on, and so on, and so on...

 

[SolidLiquidFox]

This new system works 2 ways: it rewards SW PF fans that have purchased direct and it also creates an artificial demand. A lot of us that ordered Boba PF as our first SW PF are up a creek since it hasn't shipped yet.

How many non-exclusives will there be made? My guess is 1,500 to 2,000. At that ratio the exclusive doesn't seem that especial to me. Furthermore, since the exclusive item is not that great they should be even MORE limited. 1,000 exclusive Mauls to me is a lot for a probe droid. It's less obscene than 2,000 "exclusive" mandalorian artifacts for Boba but still too much.

I am passing on this but I can see how some people may have a problem with this system. I do believe that after this we are officially "Mauled out"

 

[jason2885]

I plan to get every Sideshow exclusive for both the PF and the 12" line. I have bought Leia Grievous and Luke and Yoda from Sideshow so I will be getting Maul on Tuesday. I am still looking for a Han Rebel Hero PF if anyone ever decides to sell one please let me know. I just dont want to have to give $450-$500 for one.

I actually wish Sideshow would start a one of every exclusive club. Basically at the beginning of every year let people who want to buy one of every Star Wars 12" Sideshow exclusive figure that year go ahead and put an order in for all of that years figures and offer the chance to renew each year. You could not cancel a single figure you must get every single one of them in the 12" line for that year. I think it would be a great deal. Basically every time there is PPO as soon as it goes live I get an email in my inbox with my order. This way I would never have to miss a PPO again.

 

[RoboDad]

Yeah, I think the key is - reward loyalty without punishing newbism :chew

No, I think the key is to reward loyal customers, and stop complaining if you aren't one yet.

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

Bad idea....I don't spend money on their stuff to earn points to spend on the ability to spend more money. I want to apply it to my orders to save some cash.
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Interesting point of view. Didn't see it that way. Still, you are fee to use your reward points as you will, but I see your point.

 

[RoboDad]

What's next? People who've been customers for more than 3 years and have spent X amount of dollars ... get first crack?

That sounds great to me!

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

No, I think the key is to reward loyal customers, and stop complaining if you aren't one yet.

That's a the way to welcome new board members!

 

[RoboDad]

That's a the way to welcome new board members!

Oops. Posts were flying so fast I didn't even notice. My apologies.

 

[The Josh]

No, I think the key is to reward loyal customers, and stop complaining if you aren't one yet.

Can't say I disagree. Nothing against newbies but as someone who's been ordering from SS directly for 3+ years and spent a lot of money this is a nice thanks.

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

Anyway, time to toss in the Phantom Menace DVD and watch Darth Maul getting his butt kicked!!!

 

[darthviper107]

No, I think the key is to reward loyal customers, and stop complaining if you aren't one yet.

But the thing is that it doesn't, it rewards only loyal costumers who have bought a PF before.

 

[The Josh]

But the thing is that it doesn't, it rewards only loyal costumers who have bought a PF before.

If you've bought a SW PF before. Nothing wrong with rewarding those who've bought one from SS.

 

[RoboDad]

But the thing is that it doesn't, it rewards only loyal costumers who have bought a PF before.

I understand your point, but this is a very common approach to customer rewards. Targeting customers of specific product lines tends to increase future sales of that product line. It might not make it easier to take for other customers, but it's known to work.

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

I like it if Sideshow shows some appreciation for doing business with then, just not like this. Not with constructing a system that excludes others.

 

[RoboDad]

Well, as Dave pointed out, if no one were ever excluded, they couldn't call the products exclusives. Besides, there are always going to be more collectors than there are pieces made, so there are always people excluded, no matter what you (or they) do.

 

[LOTRFan]

But the thing is that it doesn't, it rewards only loyal costumers who have bought a PF before.

Flip this around though, won't you. What if SS rewarded ALL customers, or those who had purchased a PF in the last year or so. Couldn't I then object that just because you bought Buffy, you should have first dibs on Maul. To me it makes perfect sense to stay in the specific license.

 

[JohnyBoo]

I like the rewarding of loyal customers. They cannot please everyone and I do feel sorry for those who may be left out. But it does happen with exclusives in all their lines of products. A fact of life for collectors.