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Post by relenawarcraft on Aug 31, 2018 7:58:24 GMT -5
Ugh. I wish there was more lead time. No way I'd preorder something that expensive coming out just this month. I'd need some time to get stuff sold.
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Post by kanbei04 on Aug 31, 2018 8:39:06 GMT -5
...and as expected that was a quick sellout. BBTS already out of stock. Missed it - oh well If someone here decides to cancel their preorder please let me know I will take it
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Post by faelon on Aug 31, 2018 9:52:23 GMT -5
And of course I don't have anywhere near that amount of money to get this SoC. I do wonder how BBTS is finding extra Voltrons to sell. Not sure. But they also put up a pre-order of GX-68’s. So they got some last year+ stock from somewhere? I wonder if there were some SOC’s somewhere in the TRU pipeline that they managed to get?
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Post by xephon0930 on Aug 31, 2018 10:27:43 GMT -5
And of course I don't have anywhere near that amount of money to get this SoC. I do wonder how BBTS is finding extra Voltrons to sell. Not sure. But they also put up a pre-order of GX-68’s. So they got some last year+ stock from somewhere? I wonder if there were some SOC’s somewhere in the TRU pipeline that they managed to get? Man unless if I win the lottery or something,I may as well give up on this SoC. That or a Renewal version some decade later.
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Post by mattytreks on Aug 31, 2018 12:44:38 GMT -5
Interesting...earlier this morning I was able to see the product page using the BBTS link above.
Now I just get a 404 error page.
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Post by anubis20 on Aug 31, 2018 13:07:31 GMT -5
I think Bluefin is sitting on a few of these. They have them at their booth during cons. At Otakon they had a few for $500.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 31, 2018 14:18:37 GMT -5
I think Bluefin is sitting on a few of these. They have them at their booth during cons. At Otakon they had a few for $500. So bluefin’s scalping their own products?! I know it’s technically not theirs, they’re just distributing but that seems pretty odd and rotten to me.
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Post by xephon0930 on Aug 31, 2018 15:14:51 GMT -5
Wow............
That is pretty suspect.... So they kept a number of them in the back till they can sell it at such a price?
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Post by locidm on Aug 31, 2018 15:36:52 GMT -5
BBTS has pulled this trick before, I don't think it has anything to do with Bluefin, but who knows. We're all speculating here!
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Post by surlyj on Aug 31, 2018 19:30:45 GMT -5
It’s Pretty normal in all collectibles. They always have to reserve stock for promos, replacements, etc. eventually that stock gets sold. Bbts likely had to pay full retail for it and not the wholesale discount they normally get.
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Post by GetterBoi on Sept 1, 2018 2:20:22 GMT -5
BBTS and Nippon Yasan are both big shops that buy larger quantities than most other retailers it seems. And they are both in the practice of sometimes hiding some stock until later when they bump the price drastically.
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Post by nycprime on Sept 1, 2018 7:59:10 GMT -5
It's odd that the listing is gone. Curious if they'll fulfill the orders for anyone that placed it.
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Post by faelon on Sept 1, 2018 13:33:41 GMT -5
That price says they likely sourced them at MSRP and not wholesale. And stuff often sits in the channel for whatever reason. For example items could have been sitting in TRU warehouses. Or lost somewhere in the mix. Even Gamestop carries some SOC's through Thinkgeek. But the product does not always make it to shelves or get entered into online databases. Sometimes that product gets freed up, or gets sold sideways. Or gets transfered from one region to another. The weirdest thing with this is BBTS listed it as a short term pre-order? WHich would indicate that they had them coming in, but did not yet have possesion yet. (or just somebody f-d up the website.)
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Post by xchr23dc on Sept 7, 2018 13:36:27 GMT -5
Hey it’s up for grabs in bbts it’s only $450 so here’s your chance! Go go go...
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Post by xchr23dc on Sept 7, 2018 13:37:49 GMT -5
Nevermind it’s sold out ... that was fast!
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Post by mattytreks on Sept 7, 2018 13:40:31 GMT -5
Do they not ever announce these “flash” sales on social media? Or do they just rely on people to arbitrarily check the BBTS site?
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Post by f360 on Sept 7, 2018 15:40:33 GMT -5
Thank you for Pre-ordering Voltron Soul of Chogokin GX-71 Voltron from BigBadToyStore!
We are expecting this item to arrive within the next 10 business days (barring any unforeseen complications or shipping delays) and will begin processing pre-orders as soon as the shipment reaches our warehouse.
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Post by kanbei04 on Sept 7, 2018 16:15:31 GMT -5
Hey it’s up for grabs in bbts it’s only $450 so here’s your chance! Go go go... got one! Thank you for posting!!!
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Post by bocasas on Sept 7, 2018 17:26:10 GMT -5
Thank you for Pre-ordering Voltron Soul of Chogokin GX-71 Voltron from BigBadToyStore! We are expecting this item to arrive within the next 10 business days (barring any unforeseen complications or shipping delays) and will begin processing pre-orders as soon as the shipment reaches our warehouse. Congratulations! That's a great price. Lucky guy
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Post by f360 on Sept 7, 2018 17:59:06 GMT -5
Thank you for Pre-ordering Voltron Soul of Chogokin GX-71 Voltron from BigBadToyStore! We are expecting this item to arrive within the next 10 business days (barring any unforeseen complications or shipping delays) and will begin processing pre-orders as soon as the shipment reaches our warehouse. Congratulations! That's a great price. Lucky guy No no , it’s not for me , just helping my friend out.
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