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CMIII · 08-12-2013, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

None of these figures have cost $15 at retail for several years. That's an extremely unreasonable standard to hold them to. They haven't been less than $20 at big box retailers like Target or Walmart for several years now, unless you find some store that's trying desparately to unload them. Even more at TRU.

In fact, when CIE began, they were CHEAPER THAN RETAIL, at $18. Add shipping for that year that brought them to around $25. In my book, that's an exceptionally great value, instead of driving around from store to store with desparate slim hopes they actually have the latest wave in stock, and waisting extremely expensive gas to do it.

Fast forward to now, the retail lines average $22. So $25 per figure isn't terribly unreasonable.

I'll be honest my Local Walmart, Target, and Kmart are about 15.99 with sales tax bumping it up to 17.29 but throw in the cost of Gas 3.79 - 4.10 a gallon Clubs look better and Better especially since I've had to Drive to Newbuurgh, Poughkeepsi, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Middletown, and Harriman, New York, Dover and Bear, Delaware, Matamoras, Pennsylvania, and Manassas, Virginia and yes I have bought Figures in stores in those areas

08-12-2013, 05:27 PM	#16
CMIII Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Isla Nublar Posts: 1,778	Quote: Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty None of these figures have cost $15 at retail for several years. That's an extremely unreasonable standard to hold them to. They haven't been less than $20 at big box retailers like Target or Walmart for several years now, unless you find some store that's trying desparately to unload them. Even more at TRU. In fact, when CIE began, they were CHEAPER THAN RETAIL, at $18. Add shipping for that year that brought them to around $25. In my book, that's an exceptionally great value, instead of driving around from store to store with desparate slim hopes they actually have the latest wave in stock, and waisting extremely expensive gas to do it. Fast forward to now, the retail lines average $22. So $25 per figure isn't terribly unreasonable. I'll be honest my Local Walmart, Target, and Kmart are about 15.99 with sales tax bumping it up to 17.29 but throw in the cost of Gas 3.79 - 4.10 a gallon Clubs look better and Better especially since I've had to Drive to Newbuurgh, Poughkeepsi, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Middletown, and Harriman, New York, Dover and Bear, Delaware, Matamoras, Pennsylvania, and Manassas, Virginia and yes I have bought Figures in stores in those areas __________________ Everyone fears the Mighty Tyrannosaurus....