FOA Schwarz deal........

[drmego]

It truly is bizarre that FAO is selling them so cheap - they are
definitely losing money on this.

I did notice that most of the stock had damaged clamshells,
so maybe FAO doesn't feel right selling them through the
website because they are not perfect mint.

The weird thing is that it was only February 2008 that McCoy
came out and Scotty only arrived last July, so to see them for
so little, so soon is depressing.

Oh well, it's not my business. I got paid to make them.

[Hotfoot]

I don't think they are doing well financially. If it doesn't sell like hotcakes they move it out for what ever they can get. Than on to the next item.

[cdhall]

Maybe someone familiar with checking Corporate profiles online could look. I don't know if they are public or not. But yeah, selling below cost is not a recipe for long-term health. Unless of course it is a loss-leader or something designed to promote or gague interest or get people to act somehow and buy more expensive stuff while they are shopping.

But who would they want to attract with this? Prove to Marketing that their stuff is moving? And if they want Mego collectors to wipe them out, what else are they hoping we'd buy?

I will likely go back to the site in the future now though, so maybe if they lost $10 on me overall, it was cheaper than what they might have had to spend on advertising to get me as a customer another way. I knew of them, but I'd never bought from them until now and I think I am responsible for 19 purchases this past week.

Maybe there plan is in there somewhere...

[cdhall]

Ivaniski is THE MAN!!!!

I think I am responsible for 19 purchases this past week.

For example, the 2 Scotty's Ivaniski sent me





God bless you Ivaniski.

I'll post more pix when my Andorians and the other 10 Scott's come in. Actually that will make about 21 I've gotten from their store or their website. I forgot about the Andorians I ordered first...


P.S. Sorry about the Pic. I'll try to get better ones next time but I wanted to post this! WooHoo!

[livnxxxl]

I don't think they are doing well financially. If it doesn't sell like hotcakes they move it out for what ever they can get. Than on to the next item.

It is no wonder they are not doing well financially. Whom ever that is making those kind of marketing decisions should be fired before the rest of the stores go under as well.

OR

Maybe the person in charge of the pricing is actually a Mego/EMCE collector and is a massing a large quantity of these for themselves as well as their friends.

[livnxxxl]

On the brighter side of this at least the retailers will know how much they can blow these out at and sell them like hot cakes all day long. I always said that $10.00 was an excellent price for these to sell at. On the other hand profitability wise now that is a different question all together.

[cdhall]

Ah well... the Scotty's above were shipped to me by Ivaniski who bought them in the store. The Andorians I ordered are supposed to be here tomorrow according to UPS.

BUT the 10 Scotty's I ordered have disappeared from my credit card authorizations, they have not been charged and I don't have an email that they have shipped even though I ordered them the day after the Andorians.

Oh well. I just opened one of my Scotts and his boot split when I checked to see if it was hollow as detailed on another thread.

[cdhall]

Well, the Andorians arrived a day early. I am now only expecting one more shipment of 5 from my other buddy in NY. I'm also out of room on my Gallery so this may be my last pic if anyone cares. I may or may not delete previous pix to make room.

But I even put a Caption of sorts on this picture:



A party of Enterprise Crewmen from an unspecified Era in Time discover an Andorian Sleeper Transport... the only ID seems to indicate "To Jaba, that Solo will look nice on my wall, thanks."

[cdhall]

Bizarre

It truly is bizarre that FAO is selling them so cheap -

TRULY BIZARRE


I meant to call FAO when I got my Andorians but the charge for Scotty dropped off and I didn't get a Shipping email from them.

NOW I get notice that my 10 Scotty's are shipping and they have now charged my Card!

Well, I will have a well-populated Engineering/Security Department soon I tell you.

So NOW I go back to FAO and Scotty is back for $4.99 and the Keeper is $4.99 also and a two pack of them is $31.99?!?!?

Get your Scotty(s) and Keeper(s) while they're hot!
http://www.fao.com/catalog/search_ce...word=star+trek

[cdhall]

I PMd 2 of you about this because you missed it the first time but now I've stopped so I don't get in trouble.

However, apparently shipping is a flat $9.95 because that is what they charged me for 3 Andorians and for 10 Scottys.

I don't know what is going on over there. If they lower legs were solid and the phasers fit the hands and belts I'd buy 50 and do customs from them all.

Mwahahaha!

Ahem. Sorry.

[Sideshow Spock]

When I go to checkout, I get this splash message:

Due to technical difficulties our website is unable to fulfill any online orders.

I noticed the same mssg a few days ago when I simply went to the website.. even w/out trying to order anything.

[GlobalObserver]

Yeah, I got the same message when I tried to place an order a few minutes ago. This sux.

[cdhall]

I had given up on my 10 Scottys. But they are on the way now. It almost caused me to bounce a check. Ick. But I will have to say that if you do get an order to go through, you should expect it. They will send an Order Confirmation pretty quickly and then a shipping confirmation. I got the Scotty order Confirmation but gave up when they missed their window on shipping. But apparently, if they confirm it, they'll ship it.

[CaptainTrenchcoat]

I talked to the New York store about the website. They said it should be back online tomorrow.

[cdhall]

Sweet. I may have to get someone back in there to get some more at $10each....