Sideshow Sold Out!

[budafett]

People feel entitled to everything. It's so gear grinding and people make such a big deal over collectibles. If you have the $ then spend it the way you see fit and don't flame someone just because you can't get the same piece or something stupid like that.

 

[The Josh]

People feel entitled to everything. It's so gear grinding and people make such a big deal over collectibles. If you have the $ then spend it the way you see fit and don't flame someone just because you can't get the same piece or something stupid like that.

I agree with ya. People should not get so stressed and pissed over collecting. People feel so entitled that they take it super serious and they react by flaming boardies and companies.

 

[Bullseye]

What is this sense of entitlement people are referring too?

 

[The Josh]

Just how some folks act around here.

 

[Bullseye]

It's a public forum so there is bound to be differing opinions. As long as no ones hurt debate is good. While you might have an opinion on what it is to collect it may differ to someone else.

 

[The Josh]

Of course people are gonna differ on opinions. That's not the point. Just because it's a public forum doesn't mean you get to say whatever pops into your head. As far as the entitlement I'm talking about how folks feel any of these companies should do what they want just because or these companies owe then this or that just because.

 

[Bullseye]

Still not getting entitlement. But in saying that I don't agree with the original OP. The reason sold out items are reappearing is because there are so many cancellations for whatever reason.

 

[The Josh]

Well, if u don't get it I'm not gonna bother trying to explain it anymore. Maybe u just don't get the term.

 

[Bullseye]

I now precisely what the term means. The only entitlement I require is quality. If something doesn't meet that quality it's sent back. Thankfully so far that has not happened. If people are happy to settle for less that is their entitlement. I haven't read through the entire thread so maybe I am missing that misguided entitlement.

 

[The Josh]

Ok



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[EVILFACE]

Still not getting entitlement. But in saying that I don't agree with the original OP. The reason sold out items are reappearing is because there are so many cancellations for whatever reason.

Interests move on for some, that 5-6 month pre order window does a lot.

Thought the throne would be kewl for Emperor, but decided I didnt want it and canceled.

Always liked Thriller and wanted a Michael Jackson figure from it. But after preordering it, decided I didn't want a figure of a possible real world molester on my shelf and canceled.

 

[Bullseye]

The economy must be having an impact too. While you might be financially sound when you order something this might not be the case by the time things begin to ship.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah timing is big with items. You can lose a lot of folks if you don't.

 

[Reefer Shark]

Cancellations happen for many different reasons, and always will as long as it's allowed.

The entitlement thing can be interpreted in many different ways as well, and I suppose it's still a matter of opinion. Entitlement just drives that opinion (in my opinion ). One example: "how dare they make XXX as a PF when still haven't done XXX!!! SSC doesn't know what their fans want!" I see this sentiment all the time here, and my opinion is that this derives from personal entitlement.

I'm sure I could think up a few other examples if I felt like putting the energey into it.

 

[GDZILLA95]

traylorc...Thank you for your post. This thread was intended to discuss a possible business practice that i have noticed and how it affects the collector community in its buying and re-selling.

Really? I thought you started this thread because you like to read what you have written. You know how some folks just love to hear themselves talk.

To say that a for profit business will do what it can to increase profits is inherent to any for profit business and doesn't need to be mentioned. The topic for discussion is your view on the practice as a collector. I wanted to simply bring to discussion that this practice may be affecting the pricing of the products and hurting the second hand market. You said, "I do not believe SS cares about resale value/prices for their products or they how impact collectors.", but they are making a product that is intended for collectors. I don't believe they should be trying to get as much out of us as they can, especially now in this economy.

Do you think that they should just give their products away? Don't buy it if you don't like the price.

Collectors expect their products to increase in value over time but the initial buyer is paying a high price already, and then if they need to sell it they usually have a hard time just breaking even. I have bought a lot from collectors who are just trying to break even for what they paid for it, and they are thankful because they were able to avoid taxes, fees, and shipping charges. You said, " Sideshow's primary concern is not the secondary market", but they should be concerned about the resale of their products. They do keep watch on it and i believe that this maybe why they use the sold out practice. This will influence us to buy it now while we can still get it before it goes up in price.

I'm sure Sideshow gets so much $$ from the secondary market. I know that when I sell a SS product, I send them some of the $$ I get, NOT.

Its surprising how many people agree with you that a company should charge whatever they want for a product because their the ones paying for it. I love collecting, its my hobby, but i don't want to have to spend 300 on every piece that i get, when in fact it may not cost anywhere near that much to product. I would say that the majority of the people who buy from SS are working middle class, and 300 is a lot. I want to continuing collecting but i don't want the prices to be inflated by an unfair business practice.

I'm gonna guess that "product" should be "produce". Is that concept of making a profit that alien to you? I don't know of many companies that sell a product for the same or lower price then it cost to produce it.

 

[The Craw]

this thread is funny. i like to laugh. it feels good.



it's a conspiracy BTW. sideshow's real headquarters are 5 floors underground. they sit in a vacant room around a lucite table beneath a bare lightbulb, concocting new ways to sucker would-be buyers into purchasing their products.

 

[budafett]

My microeconomics Professor always said "You can't help stupid!"

 

[devilof76]

it's a conspiracy BTW. sideshow's real headquarters are 5 floors underground. they sit in a vacant room around a lucite table beneath a bare lightbulb, concocting new ways to sucker would-be buyers into purchasing their products.

It's actually one of those rustic orange linoleum topped tables with chrome stripping around the edges and folding legs.

I now precisely what the term means. The only entitlement I require is quality. If something doesn't meet that quality it's sent back. Thankfully so far that has not happened. If people are happy to settle for less that is their entitlement. I haven't read through the entire thread so maybe I am missing that misguided entitlement.

The sense of entitlement that people are referring to is the way some people believe a company is obligated to them, when the company actually isn't.

 

[The Josh]

The sense of entitlement that people are referring to is the way some people believe a company is obligated to them, when the company actually isn't.

 

[Vex]

Who cares, they will lie no matter what. If they even tell customers that they have never had any other complaints about the chin paint, do you think they are above lying about anything being sold out?