state of sideshow?

[Darkmatter]

i've noticed that sideshow has started taking deposits on some of their products and their exclusives are taking a long time to sell out if at all. is the economy hurting sideshow's sales to the point that they need to secure sales with a non-refundable deposit? used to be they encouraged collectors to order everything and cancel later if you decided not to purchase. now they're looking for guarantees that they won't be stuck with stock. what do you think, are they hurting?

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

quality of the materials have dropped and the prices and policies have risen and become less customer friendly.. lately the output has been pretty boring too.

 

[TOE]

quality of the materials have dropped and the prices and policies have risen and become less customer friendly.. lately the output has been pretty boring too.

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[VASith]

Is this an April Fools post?

If it's not a Fools' post then why would a company who implements a sound economic practice be "hurting?"

 

[BuffyGirl]

American dollar goes down, prices of everything else go up. Gotta HATE inflation.

 

[Darkmatter]

Is this an April Fools post?

If it's not a Fools' post then why would a company who implements a sound economic practice be "hurting?"

the reasoning behind the thread was asking if sideshow was having problems with examples given in post #1.

 

[Darklord Dave]

This kind of question has come up in the past - and it's always based on false assumptions. Sideshow is the only collectibles company that has not only survived, but thrived. Every competitor is either gone or in decline.

The deposits is a good thing for collectors as well as Sideshow - it just makes sense. The edition sizes (for those that care about such things) are limited because people aren't ordering just to speculate on secondary market prices. And people aren't just ordering everything and cancelling for the hell of it.

Sideshow has grown their distribution business too - as a hedge against the downturn. They are the only real competition that Diamond has in this market.

I don't think SSC is hurting at all right now.

 

[The Ringer]

California............................

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I don't think SSC is hurting and the NRD is a good idea, IMO.

 

[quadcent]

I don't think SSC is hurting and the NRD is a good idea, IMO.

 

[The Josh]

This kind of question has come up in the past - and it's always based on false assumptions. Sideshow is the only collectibles company that has not only survived, but thrived. Every competitor is either gone or in decline.

The deposits is a good thing for collectors as well as Sideshow - it just makes sense. The edition sizes (for those that care about such things) are limited because people aren't ordering just to speculate on secondary market prices. And people aren't just ordering everything and cancelling for the hell of it.

Sideshow has grown their distribution business too - as a hedge against the downturn. They are the only real competition that Diamond has in this market.

I don't think SSC is hurting at all right now.

 

[quadcent]

quality of the materials have dropped and the prices and policies have risen and become less customer friendly.. lately the output has been pretty boring too.

i was actually thinking the same the other day. bbbbboring

 

[Darth Snoopy]

i was actually thinking the same the other day. bbbbboring

Outside of the Rogue PF, the Marvel stuff has been boring to me.

 

[Batty]

Well, I've been pretty happy with the SW figures they've been putting out.

 

[VASith]

the reasoning behind the thread was asking if sideshow was having problems with examples given in post #1.

Those aren't examples...they are false assumptions. As many others have explained the deposit makes sense for all parties involved. Have no fear...Sideshow is not going out of business anytime soon.

 

[Balsquat]

I hate the Nrd. But I do understand it.

 

[Kuzeh]

Well, I've been pretty happy with the SW figures they've been putting out.

 

[The Josh]

Can't say I've been bored with anything. Not everything is my cup of tea but doesn't mean that's the case for others.

 

[The Mike]

Things are no different now than they are in the past, people always complain about their character selections when they don't benefit the person complaining. Materials haven't gone down, just moved to more cost effective. While I love my Hulk PF realistically a PF of that size in these times that was solid and heavy would cost an arm and a leg. The NRD is an attempt to stop storage backlog nothing more. Time will tell whether it works or not but just by looking at the Jack O' Connell PF, the NRD showed that it wasn't a viable piece so it went away, that saved them from having a ton sitting in their warehouse and becoming the next Van Helsing joke for years to come. While I don't think it is a good policy so far it is working to stop a problem that would have appeared down the line.

No one would call me a Sideshow apologist or a Sideshow fanboy especially with my criticisms in the past but I wouldn't count on Sideshow boarding up their doors anytime soon.

 

[karamazov80]

NRD actually makes a lot of business sense, but I do suspect Sideshow is feeling the economic hit just like everyone else to some degree (which may have hastened their decision to actually implement the NRDs). Maybe that also accounts for some of the recent QC issues we've seen, or maybe not. That stuff seems to be hit-or-miss. . .