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Originally Posted by CobraCommander
But... a lot items that went up in price at TRU were items that have been on shelves for over a year, so they did not have increase in shipping cost?
I can understand if a new item cost more, but why should something that has been sitting on shelves for over a year?
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Because their accountants and financial advisors told them to do so.
For many of the reasons mentioned above, TRU seems to have applied the new pricing that will hit everything in the market alot earlier than their competitors, annoying customers due to their inflexible price management system and a tough economy. Their SKUs are all linked to one product line after attempting to categories each figure by its own SKU and failing...so this is the end result. My phone plan will go up by 40% for example in May in one shot...likely this will happen with everything by that time. Its horrible for cost of living but its not going to be restricted to TRU unfortunately. The comments above about WM's power in the market is something to really consider when weighing whether you wish to support larger companies or smaller retailers in the end..to each their own.
Thanks for the interesting chat and everyone's input on these issues. Happy Hunting!
