$12.99 for a Deluxe? WTF TRU!?! |
05-01-2007, 02:57 AM
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#1 | | R.I.P Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 181 | $12.99 for a Deluxe? WTF TRU!?!
Hey, I don't normally buy TF from Toys R Us, in fact I don't really buy many things at all from Toys R Us. But today I went to get a Classics Ramjet(because TRU is the only place in my town that still has any) and he was $12.99. 12.99 for a deluxe! That's almost what megas used to cost! Then I look over and their Cybertron toys are 9.99. What is up with this?
Three extra bucks a figure, that means if you buy a wave at TRU it's like paying for an entire extra figure.
Sorry, just a little rant.  | 
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05-01-2007, 03:03 AM
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#4 | | Insecticon Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,348 Location: Davis - Sacramento's hippie-filled backyard Collection Count: A lot less than before... | Not news here (CA Bay Area). The prices even actually vary from TRU to TRU, but, mainly, Classics have been $12.99. They started as $9.99 and then were jacked up soon after for reasons unknown. And $9.99 for a Deluxe Cybertron bot is standard, right? 
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05-01-2007, 04:43 AM
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#5 | | Great Baan Gaan fan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,450 Location: UK, the land of unholy weather Collection Count: Loads | Be safe in the knowledge that the UK residents here pay double what you guys pay. 
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05-01-2007, 04:54 AM
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#6 | | Predacon Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 423 Location: nottingham, UK Collection Count: too many | yeah we pay £9.99 which to you guys is $20 for a deluxe and $40 for a voyager! | |
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05-01-2007, 05:10 AM
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#7 | | Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 21,638 Collection Count: 634, excluding test shots & KOs News Credits: 4 | Yup. Not to mention that since Ramjet, Cliffjumper and Grimlock haven't been released here we're having to pay between $20 and $30 for him. Before shipping.
So sod paying an extra $3 for one; think how you'd feel paying an extra $15-20.  | |
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05-01-2007, 08:32 AM
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#8 | | I like turtles. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,932 Location: Lake County , IL Collection Count: 1,500 or so News Credits: 7 | The price of the classics spiked to 12.99 the week of their spend $25 and get $5 off coupon. I went there to take a look for a Mirage and Ramjet ... I left laughing. | |
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05-01-2007, 08:37 AM
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#9 | | I <3 Roger Ebert Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 7,364 Location: Under a river Collection Count: 400 or so News Credits: 4 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by nellie131 yeah we pay £9.99 which to you guys is $20 for a deluxe and $40 for a voyager! | Yep, seems that every country outside of North America pays those prices. Somewhat strange. | |
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05-01-2007, 09:12 AM
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#10 | | Instrumentalist Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,147 Location: Tiverton, RI | Quote: |
Originally Posted by nellie131 yeah we pay £9.99 which to you guys is $20 for a deluxe and $40 for a voyager! | Reminds me of when I was looking at the prices of N64 accessories in a UK comic book. I noticed that all the prices were the same as the US prices, except in pounds instead of dollars.
I think the point of the original post is not to complain about prices in general (I, for one, am very happy with how cheap our TFs are here in the US). Instead, imagine if every store in your country charged 9.99 for a Deluxe, but one store charged 12.99, and that 12.99 store was not any kind of specialty or comic book shop. You'd be perplexed as well. Hell, I'm kind of irked not because it costs more, but because if this is a trend at TRU then they're really going to circle the drain. I know price inflation like this is what killed most of the local Kay Bee stores. Who wants to pay a 20%+ markup?
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