Marty Chinn
Member
Ya, but the numbers they do don't seem like they're at least taking advantage of that fact. It screws over the consumer and Nintendo doesn't even reap the benefits.
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Gold Mario Amiibo sold out in 15 min, on Ebay for $199
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Ya, but the numbers they do don't seem like they're at least taking advantage of that fact. It screws over the consumer and Nintendo doesn't even reap the benefits.
Gouty
Bloodborne is shit
Nintendo's policy on this stuff (aka limited releases) makes perfect financial sense.
They're not leaving any money on the table by not producing enough of one particular sku, they're supplanting that demand with other, new Amiibos.
When you constantly change the sku and keep them limited, you're selling constantly. It's easy for them to manufacture new skus because they're cheap plastic statues.
They'll then leverage the demand by packing in limited one off figures alongside their software to help gain extra sales there as well.
They're not looking to make customers happy or to sate demand, they're creating a near constant revenue stream by keeping their fans on the hook.
They're not leaving any money on the table by not producing enough of one particular sku, they're supplanting that demand with other, new Amiibos.
When you constantly change the sku and keep them limited, you're selling constantly. It's easy for them to manufacture new skus because they're cheap plastic statues.
They'll then leverage the demand by packing in limited one off figures alongside their software to help gain extra sales there as well.
They're not looking to make customers happy or to sate demand, they're creating a near constant revenue stream by keeping their fans on the hook.
Maintenance
Member
Fixed that for you.
Fixed.
EatinOlives
Member
They don't care. They get their money at the end of the day, they don't give a shit if they're perpetuating a terrible market environment for people their regular non-scalping customers.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
This is exactly the type of thing I was talking about where constant limited supply leads to loosing mass demand. I'm seeing more and more people just give up on amiibo completely
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Only a fool would buy it for that much.
outunderthestars
Banned
Yep. People will complain about it, yet still give Nintendo money time and time again for cheap plastic toys.
benicillin
Banned
I totally agree. I'd buy more amiibos if they were ever actually in-stock but the process of finding the ones I want is just expensive and dumb. I've been nothing but disappointed with Nintendo this year really, as pretty much every cool thing they've put out (all the Majora's Mask LE stuff, amiibos, etc.) have sold out in minutes and just become impossible to find.
PadWarrior
Member
Lol this is pure madness
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Time to buy some regular Marios and get out the gold spray paint...
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Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
BiN's are generally not a good metric for gauging an item's worth. I'd be more interested in seeing what the auctions go for.
Chezzymann
Member
Rich CEOs that happen to be Nintendo fans and amiibo collectors? Only reasonable circumstance that I could see someone getting one of these.
This is so gross... I don't know what to say. Why you doing this NoA? Exclusives and literally only like 100 figures available wich 80 of them are taken by scalpers already. Amiibo is the best thing has happened to Nintendo since Wii. BUT for customers... This is the worst. At least with Wii you could find it anywhere...
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Nah, you're not alone.
I and many others have no interest in a gold figure.
I mean, many people probably do but then again, they probably race as Pink Gold Peach or Metal Mario in Kart.
Yeah, amiibo has assured I will never buy a Wii U for Nintendo games. I may buy one far in the future for Platinum's games, but fuck DLC that can sell out.
The biggest difference in the Wii is that you knew you'd eventually be able to get one. Amiibos are limited. Once they stop printing them, that's it.
It's a way, way worse situation.
TomcatTheLion
Member
Amazing. The scalping was to be expected but not at up to $200.
bananafactory
Banned
Why are people paying so much for these things?
If they know that rare Amiibo will sell out immediately and people will pay hundreds, why not just skip the middle man with these scalpers? Is it just to satiate Walmart? As is, this is just another Amiibo, but even more limited because reasons.
Yup. All but one of my friends has completely given up, and both of us are just importing most/all of them because its actually easier and less stressful...which is insane.
I'm just perversely enjoying the train wreck now.
casinoman921
Member
Does Wal-Mart limit the amount of preorders per customer?
It's going to be a relief when the Amiibo bubble bursts. Imagine: Actually walking into a store and buying the Amiibo character you really want, even though it's not from a popular Nintendo series, and it's not worth posting on reddit about. Amazing. I want to live in that future.
50 for one guy, apparently.
2 per account, apparently, but people jumped in and ordered from tons of accounts to get more.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
But it's crap DLC that no one in their right mind should even care about.
C.Olimar788
Member
I knew I should have grabbed one and scalped it for profitz
Curse my moral compass preventing me from getting rich on gold plastic!
Curse my moral compass preventing me from getting rich on gold plastic!
Mihos
Gold Member
The only reason I even own an Amiibo is because I wanted the spinner in Hyrule warriors. No way am I paying more than retail for any of these.
FalsettoVibe
Member
What a shame. Oh well, if people are stupid enough to pay that much then more power to the scalpers..
casinoman921
Member
Crazy. Must be a full-time job for some people.
Japanmanx3
Member
Wait when were they even up for sale???
shira
Member
This, I mean at least Valve adds $200-1000 hat codes for thier dota hats and come in a foam box.
I refuse to deal with Walmart for preorders so I'm skipping the Mario line entirely. It's just not worth it. I'll keep going with wave 4 of SSB but honestly, I damn well may be done after that.
Liberty4all
Banned
How much is the Trinity from wave 1 going for now? I got $281 US for those 3 and then got out of Amiibo's altogether aside from non limited stuff.
At that point, I don't think stock is a matter of "not enough", even if the pre-orders were for thousands upon thousands of them, all it would take is for some scalpers + a few genuine buyers to buy up everything. Just look at the idiocy with Rosalina where one idiot bought up thousands of dollars of Rosalinas.
There's a fine line between "Nintendo supplied 100 Marths to the continental US" and "scalpers hoarded hundreds of amiibo figures through broken retailer online order chains".
There's also the idiocy of paying hundreds of dollars for a colored Mario.
Marth is getting reprinted, and people learned that they can order from other places for less than ebay scalping prices.
I used to not think like this and was a huge Nintendo fan.
I now 100% believe this. Amiibos are literally making me hate the company that created the characters of which I want to buy. God dammit
Gucci Messiah
Banned
If you wait until night you're not going to get one. Not sure if you've been following the amiibo craze lately.
Version 3.0
Member
These eBay auctions are for pre-orders, right? So what happens when Wal-mart starts cancelling pre-orders? Hasn't that happened a lot with Amiibos? It could get messy.
The thing is: You can stop. Unless these Super Mario amiibo (and Gold Mario) offer something different in terms of functionality, there's no other point for going through the heartache other than wanting to "catch them all."
For me, getting Wave 3 all together was my wake-up call to why I was getting these. Funny enough, I had to go to the cardiologist because they thought something was up with my heart but it was nothing. Amiibos man.
For me, getting Wave 3 all together was my wake-up call to why I was getting these. Funny enough, I had to go to the cardiologist because they thought something was up with my heart but it was nothing. Amiibos man.
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