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Originally Posted by flatout
Sorry to butt in but I noticed you are missing a fundamental point to all of this.
Re-sellers do get bulk shipping deals but to their own storage factories and THEN they must ship them again when people order them and they still find a way to offer decent shipping cost AND make a profit even with the extra cost of the bulk shipping to their warehouses.
Basically buying direct from PRIME 1 cuts out the middle man and the additional bulk order shipping costs as well as the re-seller profit margin yet they still cannot offer a similar price from PRIME 1 (the original makers of the statue).
Does that make more sense? I could do a long form equation that shows it better if you still do not know what we mean but the gist is ordering from PRIME 1 cuts out multiple parts of the cost yet still costs more somehow.
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The only thing that is so damn expensive about Prime 1 is their "express" shipping method, nothing else.
That's why they just recently introduced economy shipping to the US and are working on more options for various other parts of the world.
(Hardcore example Lobo: Normal is 864$
and economy is 369$ or Hush Ivy is normal 512$ and with economy 190$, all to the US)
Now, you could argue that they could pay a part of those shipping costs themselves, since they do not have a middle man, but I'm not sure how effective that would be for them. (On the other hand, who says they aren't doing so already
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When shipping costs are like 500$, what is the point on opting in your own 100$ to lower it to 400$? It's still way too much and wouldn't convince many people. Besides, you then again miss your targeted profit share.
They simply have to find better ways to get their statues out cheaper.