Dishonored / Skyrim / Fallout Litho's

[nipperkipper]

Originally Posted by Romeo

I just look at it like this: If you sell a preorder for something at $100, then the buyer sells his preorder for $300, you should have every right to cancel his order since he's essentially using the company for profit. If that is the market price then the company should get the profit.

Unfortunately capitalism would disagree with this, its just the way of (most of) the world

[Green_Farm]

^And Capitalism is a great thing, Bethesda just wasn't smart at all in the process. They have learned the lesson very quickly. What they need to do next time is limit one per customer by address, And also higher the price in the first place. Which I believe they will do after all of this.

[rasmusvn]

Originally Posted by Green_Farm

^And Capitalism is a great thing, Bethesda just wasn't smart at all in the process. They have learned the lesson very quickly. What they need to do next time is limit one per customer by address, And also higher the price in the first place. Which I believe they will do after all of this.

That won't happen. There was a limit of 2.

That is unless Treehouse changes the way they've doing things for a long while.

[ingmar1988]

1 is not enough, people who buy one for a friend etc.

[Green_Farm]

Originally Posted by rasmusvn

That won't happen. There was a limit of 2.

That is unless Treehouse changes the way they've doing things for a long while.

Well there is a guy on Ebay right now with over 10 of them on pre-order. Either way, They haven't even finished the process and they are watching themselves be profited on over 5x the original amount. I am sure they aren't farting rainbows at the moment. It's obvious they have the initiative but they were not as ready as they thought they were.

[ingmar1988]

aah well, maybe he used the address of his neighbor etc.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by Green_Farm

Well there is a guy on Ebay right now with over 10 of them on pre-order. Either way, They haven't even finished the process and they are watching themselves be profited on over 5x the original amount. I am sure they aren't farting rainbows at the moment. It's obvious they have the initiative but they were not as ready as they thought they were.

Then you have proof that regardless of whatever checks and balances you put in place to stop people from profiteering, they will find a way

The Skyrim litho was most certainly limited at 2 a person and I think they should allow at least 2 as some of my friends don't buy online but like this sort of thing, hence I can get it for them.

Now the Dead Space 3 Dev Team edition, that was a fiasco as it was setup for resellers basically

Edit: Just realized, perhaps the first half of skyrim lithos weren't limited to 2 a person?

That would explain a lot....

[Green_Farm]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Then you have proof that regardless of whatever checks and balances you put in place to stop people from profiteering, they will find a way

The Skyrim litho was most certainly limited at 2 a person and I think they should allow at least 2 as some of my friends don't buy online but like this sort of thing, hence I can get it for them.

Now Dead Space 3 Dev Team edition, that was a fiasco as it was setup for resellers basically

Edit: Just realized, perhaps the first half of skyrim lithos weren't limited to 2 a person?

That would explain a lot....

Yes and perhaps 1 is too little, Maybe I over exaggerated a bit. I think 2 is fair, But they are realizing people are willing to pay 250 for them and noone has them in hand yet. And the way to stop being profited on 5x over is to drastically higher the prices in the first place. Instead of $50 fee next time, It shall be $200, Or at a high enough mark where even after they have sold out they have no way to be profited on 5x over, the market wouldn't call for $1000 litho. And having such a high mark at the beginning will have more opportunity for people that really admire it to get a hold of it because they wouldn't sell out quite so fast, which in turn less would come up on online auctions because the collectors won't let it go.

[vhal_x]

I'm sorry but that is a ludicrous idea. The people willing to spend those insane ebay prices are desperate for the item, yes. But many of us cannot afford, nor would want to spend that on them. So raising the price right from the off is a no-no for me xx

[Matt16]

Originally Posted by Green_Farm

And having such a high mark at the beginning will have more opportunity for people that really admire it to get a hold of it because they wouldn't sell out quite so fast, which in turn less would come up on online auctions because the collectors won't let it go.

A high price and really admiring something aren't relational, someone who can only afford $50 could love and admire it as much as someone with no budget but the high price just excludes a large portion of the fan base.