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| emporerdragon:
--- Quote from: sworddude on November 14, 2016, 01:14:43 am ---I agree that the mini Nes is for the target people like you mentioned however at least in my country it seems that only collectors get these consoles. however you think that these normal people pay those insane prices and not collectors for the sake of another collectible? --- End quote --- From my experience in being in retail for over a decade, yes. I've seen many grown adults brake down into full-blown temper tantrums or go red with rage over our store being out of an item during the holidays. After the fit subsides, they'll get panicky and desperate. People will wind up spending or doing as much as it takes to make sure that item makes it under the tree. It's like a real life version of the movie Jingle All The Way. Also, for another group of people, they're willing to spend the big bucks just so that they can be one of the first to have it. To them, it doesn't matter that supply will catch up with demand or the item will be worthless after a while; All that matters is hat they have it and others don't yet. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: emporerdragon on November 14, 2016, 05:29:23 am --- --- Quote from: sworddude on November 14, 2016, 01:14:43 am ---I agree that the mini Nes is for the target people like you mentioned however at least in my country it seems that only collectors get these consoles. however you think that these normal people pay those insane prices and not collectors for the sake of another collectible? --- End quote --- From my experience in being in retail for over a decade, yes. I've seen many grown adults brake down into full-blown temper tantrums or go red with rage over our store being out of an item during the holidays. After the fit subsides, they'll get panicky and desperate. People will wind up spending or doing as much as it takes to make sure that item makes it under the tree. It's like a real life version of the movie Jingle All The Way. Also, for another group of people, they're willing to spend the big bucks just so that they can be one of the first to have it. To them, it doesn't matter that supply will catch up with demand or the item will be worthless after a while; All that matters is hat they have it and others don't yet. --- End quote --- Interesting, I can imagine with for example concert tickets etc wich i have seen but for regular people to go on a rampage for a mini Nes. I do get that certain people want certain things right now even though value might decrease but not for this. Unexpected they must have advertised it pretty well for the regular people to actually know about this. |
| telly:
My local game store had a makeshift sign on the door that said "No, we do not have the NES Classic Edition" Made me lol. It sucks people are having such a hard time finding it though. :( |
| emporerdragon:
--- Quote from: sworddude on November 14, 2016, 07:00:57 am --- Unexpected they must have advertised it pretty well for the regular people to actually know about this. --- End quote --- I live in a town of only 20,000, yet the amount of people asking (call or in person) on launch day was in the triple digits. |
| kamikazekeeg:
The Amazon page is getting buried in 1 star reviews because of the low stock, website crash, and seemingly subsequent price gouging afterwards from reseller scum. |
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