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Originally Posted by Hhai
That doesn't make any sense. Most FP products sell like hot cakes. How can retailers lost money on them? Maybe I need a Transformers-Capitalism 101 course to understand...
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Supply and demand. Retailer price on the insecticons were anywhere between $45-$60 depending on amount purchased. Smaller local importers paid higher prices over those who bought 1,000 plus. If memory serves me correctly BBTS lost by a few bucks or broke dead even on the sale of the insecticons because the initial purchase price was so high. Well, why would they stock them you ask?
Because it's better to offer those products along side other desired products so people will purchase more at one time. Bait like "combine shipping and save!" usually puts the final nail in that coffin.
It's no different then upselling an apple pie or two at McDonald's or being told you should replace other fluids and filters when you go in for a $20 oil change.
Most TF fans would probably boycott and shit talk an online retailer for not carrying something that they want, regardless of rhyme or reason. I'm seeing it a lot in fact with RobotKingdom because they haven't put up a pre-order for Assaulter yet.