That's the key there…I don't blame SS to make more money because they are a business and their goal is to make as much profit as possible, but they have to be careful to maintain the key aspect to their business which is COLLECTIBLE. Most people buy their stuff because they are collectible,
if supply is always more than demand all the time for most of their products they are not a collectible anymore (at least not for me).I am honestly fine with the high ES for popular items as long as Sideshow can justify the high ES based on demands. If the demands are high soon or later they will sell out, it's just a matter of time, it may not take as fast as it used to but eventually they will sell out. It is no doubt the number of orders from us that drives the ES (not sideshow). And it is not just a popularity of the character that drives the ES, yes Deadpool is probably less popular character than Green Lantern but most people seems to like Deadpool PF better than GL PF statue/sculp wise, thus there are a lot more people order DP than GL and Sideshow determine the ES accordingly. Could you really blame them? Wouldn't you do the same thing if you are Sideshow? It makes a lot of sense from business perspective.
From collector perspective I think most (including me) like the lower ES because it will maintain our collectible's value better, but it makes no sense for Sideshow why would they put 750 ES when they have 1000 orders?
One thing that I wish Sideshow implement is to set up a window timeframe for how long Sideshow will determine the ES. For example: one week. All orders MUST have an ES after a week of being up for order and Sideshow of couse will determine the ES based on the number of orders they got in that 1 week. Right now there is no consistency, some items may have an ES after 3 days or a week or a 2 weeks or even months, poison ivy regular still has no ES until today
Lastly, I know this has been brought up, I just want to say it again, open ES sucks
To have a product with OPEN ES that Sideshow let it open indefinitely is kind of ridiculous. I am just glad this Deadpool PF is not an open ES.