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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jul 28, 2004 18:31:52 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Man, if ordering online makes you this upset you probably should wait a few weeks/months till they filter out to retail stores. To me it's worth the extra 10 to get them online because I like locking down a set weeks earlier and more than save that much in gas wasted in continious hunting.
I'm not going to bemoan the Imagination Station either. They are a one shot small store and have a little higher prices because they are a small operation. Most mom and pop type stores like that don't even take phone orders and ship nationwide. I think their non-cheating us on the postage, awesome customer sevice, and the fact they sent out my figures the same day they were ordered makes them worth the extra $4. GSTG.com will take 2 full days to even process your order, then you wait for shipping on top of that. They are a good Xevoz source but I LOVE The Imagination Station! I mean the order dude gave up his own wave 3 set for someone here. That's just tremendous customer service.
Believe it or not I understand why Hasbro is doing what they are doing with Tomb Wraith. He's another skeleton rehash and three in 8 or 7 months seems like a bit much to me too. I guess they think demand for him will be minimal. Now Storm Wing is another thing, he's cool and the Meta-Beasts appear to be the darling species of the line so far. His wings will be in high demand for customs. Plus, he's one of those figures that when seen on the shelves is going to attract a lot of attention. I think he would have been better at two per case rather than Shield Breaker, who while is cool is also another neo-military guy. Or maybe they want to short pack one of the more desireable figure and get a buzz going on in the toy community that might draw in collectors from other lines that like the hunt? Anyway, I could see refresher cases in a month or two bumping him up and bumping either SB or QS down in quantities
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by KJB2 on Jul 28, 2004 18:37:54 GMT -5
Xevozeeker: no need to apologize; thanks for the information. I know what you're talking about (having worked in an independent record store for 6+ years back in the late '80's/early '90's) but it's always good to know exactly what the economic realities of any given situation are. I'll be the first to admit I comparison shop like mad in order to save $, but when it comes to retail you have to take the good with the bad. And it usually ends up evening out somewhere down the line, anyhow.
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Post by Secter on Jul 28, 2004 19:41:06 GMT -5
[glow=black,2,300] I am just kinda peeved atm cuase I have calculated all the money I could have saved on my Xevoz purchases, and it comes up to be well over $100. Not only that, but I purchase from an online retailer and the within 2 days after I order, I find them considerably cheaper. If it was just 4 dollars here and there, I wouldn't mind, but it's one hundred freaken dollars, that's enough money I could have saved to buy around 13 extra booster figures. I have bought all of my Xevoz figures in the last month or two so waiting really has not helped me save on this line either, since they obviously have been out awhile now. I missed out on all of the TRU promotions, and I have yet to find anything new in local retail stores except a few incredibly banged up wave 2 figs I found at Target a week ago. So, unless I want to wait half a year to get anything new I have to order online. Now, this wouldn't be a big deal but I place an order at Killertoys and the next day someone is selling the exact same figures I got for 7 bucks for 4.50 on Ebay. The same goes for Imagination Station where I seen them for 8.50 and 18.99 for the 2 pack and the next day I see em for 8 and 15. Now this wouldn't be a big deal if I could return them easily like I could to a Target and TRU (which as stated before, has jack for figures in my area), but with most online stores you either can't even return them or gotta pay for the shipping to send them back which negates even bother returning em cuase I would spend so much on gas and shipping that it's not even worth it. Now I am not trying to bash on Imagination Station or Xevozeeker by any means cuase they do seem like a good store and no one made me buy from them, Xevozeeker was just kindly informing us. I am sure they price their products fairly so that they can make a decent living, I am not questioning that, unlike some retailers such as EE. I am just incredibly annoyed that the prices can flucuate so much and how bad my luck has been. It would be so much easier if the price was just the standard suggested retail price stated by Hasbro, then I could buy with confidence knowing I won't get online and find the same damn thing for half of what I just spent and feel like crap. And damn, I want Storm Wing! [/glow]
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Post by whahappen on Jul 28, 2004 20:12:50 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]Secter, it sucks you can't get your hands on a Storm Wing, but maybe this will cheer you up...Hammerdake and Runeslayer are in stock at Entertainment Earth! I didn't think they'd show up until November, but here they are. Wave 3 is also there, with the exception of Storm Wing....sorry.[/glow]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jul 28, 2004 20:16:24 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]I don't see a huge desparity in price difference in TIS and GSTG. True, TIS charges more per kit but shipping the entire wave cost me only $5 UPS ground and came out to being a buck and some pocket change more than GSTG's $11 through FEDEX. I get a better and faster carrier, better packing, much quicker order processing, a two jump on the competition and if I have a problem I forsee a lot less problems in returning product or working out details with TIS. They are the nicest people I have ever ordered from. To me that's worth the extra buck and change I spent.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by Secter on Jul 28, 2004 20:36:45 GMT -5
[glow=black,2,300] Well, 4 more dollars for the two set was what killed me, it ended up costing me 12 bucks more for them alone (preda crawler is my looks to be my fav biomecha). Now if it was only 4 more bucks total I wouldn't care at all, but it wasn't. On top of the $12, I had about 3 dollars more for the basics, which wasn't too much to complain about. The cheaper shipping definetly helped balance it, but i still paid 10 bucks more. Now like I said, I am not trying to bash them cuase Imagination Station seems like a cool place and I am not as disappointed by the extra cash I spent there, I am more peeved over some of my other orders, especially the ones I woulda saved $20+ on. I spend $8-9 per figure only to hear people were able to get free figures at TRU through promotions or find them way cheaper at 4.50 on ebay the day after. It's just frustrating. Anyways, thanks for the heads up whahappen, damn, they already sold out of Storm Wings to, and I think that was in less then a few hours cuase they didn't even have him as listed hot off the truck earlier [/glow]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jul 28, 2004 20:53:21 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Looks like your order was larger than mine so I can see how it was a little less economical for you. Yes, it looks like Storm Wing is already gone! So much for him not being a desireable figure, Hasbro. I'm willing to bet that Runeslayer and Hammer Drake two pack is a mistake as it still says Cryo-Katana & Predacrawler is still not in stock. I hedged my bets on this one, but will send an email to ask them to make sure this is the correct set before charging my card. ~SS~[/glow]
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 28, 2004 21:50:52 GMT -5
Let us know the outcome, SS. I'm a little wary after the Shamans. Thanks, ~SM!
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Post by Batman on Jul 29, 2004 10:10:03 GMT -5
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Post by whahappen on Jul 29, 2004 11:15:39 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]Secter, I hope you see this before it's too late, but EE has Storm Wing in stock. Hurry up and get one![/glow]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jul 29, 2004 11:29:31 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Looks like they dug up a few more cases, better get that winged sucker while you can. He's quick and elusive!
I called EE and bugged the hell out of them. they say they visually confirmed they had Runeslayer and Hammerdrake in stock! They also made sure by checking with several people so it appears their website information is indeed correct. I just think it's strange that they got this two pack in and still do not have ay Cryo-katanas & Predacrawlers in stock at all. I thought even if they got the wave 4 two pack cases in early they would have some wave 3 refreshers in there to sell. Maybe they exhausted them to pre-orders since they are shortpacked in the wave 4 case? Anyway, get them while their hot, guys.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by Secter on Jul 29, 2004 11:45:25 GMT -5
[glow=black,2,300]Holy crap, i had storm wing in my shopping cart, i come back and place another figure in and all the sudden he appears to be freaken out of stock again!!! Obviously they have very few/none, cuase I just don't see this guy selling out in 10minutes unless he is like 1 per case. Anyways, this sucks, but hopefully I will get him later on *sigh*[/glow]
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Jul 29, 2004 11:50:09 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Secter - Storm Wing IS one per case. They probably only found a few extras.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by Batman on Jul 29, 2004 11:50:45 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Looks like they dug up a few more cases, better get that winged sucker while you can. He's quick and elusive! I called EE and bugged the hell out of them. they say they visually confirmed they had Runeslayer and Hammerdrake in stock! They also made sure by checking with several people so it appears their website information is indeed correct. I just think it's strange that they got this two pack in and still do not have ay Cryo-katanas & Predacrawlers in stock at all. I thought even if they got the wave 4 two pack cases in early they would have some wave 3 refreshers in there to sell. Maybe they exhausted them to pre-orders since they are shortpacked in the wave 4 case? Anyway, get them while their hot, guys. ~SS~[/glow] we just got wave 3. Wave 4 stuff (even if released now) will still be hot for awhile. I dont see the necessity of rushing for wave 3 and even teh wave 4 2 pack. no offense, but some of u r too impatient.
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