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[quote name='alive741']Guys, this is how retail works.[/quote]I don't think that anyone here is denying that any retail outlet should make a profit. That's the entire point of bidness, that's how they provide jobs for thousands of people across the country and if they did NOT make a profit, there would be no more store for us to shop in.
Without knowing (or wanting to know) the specifics of how Speedy has been able to provide us the upcoming sales or if any breach of confidentiality has occured, we are offering solidarity in not throwing him over to fend for himself. Because we appreciate what he's contributed; an intelligent way of budgeting our expendable income on the games we're dying for and even those we're only mildly interested in.
When we know Ultimate Lawn Mower X will be on sale for $10 less in a week, why should we buy it now? We'd have to spend more money on petrol to get BACK to the store for a price match, and the store has to staff more people to check out our purchases the first time and then a SECOND time for CS personnel to perform the price match.
One would think they have more productive and profitable transactions to staff for. One would think this is a more effecient model they would embrace. One would think they'd be happy to sell more games and reach a larger client base this way.
Because you and I, when given the option of buying multiple games at a lower price point, versus one game at full price, we will pick multiple less-expensive games every time. We still will buy a game we're dying for at full MSRP now and again. But the majority of our game collections are picked up at 10% off, BOGO or BTGO, clearance, new universal price drops, et cetera.
With the new retailers selling exclusively online, with ebay and the interwebs in general as a great resource for finding deals on everything (example: Who here has even spoken with a Travel Agent lately? that career line is almost non-existant today because of the changes in technology), the consumer has changed drastically over the years. Retailers who fail to recognize these trends are the retailers who are no longer making the profits they did once upon a time.
Who would have thought BlockBuster would be hemorrhaging cash and assets? For them to get back on their feet, they could go wagging a finger at Netflix saying'how dare you infringe on our territory in a more cost-and-overall effecient manner.' They could stomp their collective foot at Wal-Mart, Target and other online and B&M retailers who sell DVDs so cheap that many people now shell out a few dollars more than a weeks' rental to own a movie they may never have even seen. All this would accomplish Nothing.
Swallow that pride, recognize you're no longer the king of movie rentals for a reason. Revise the business model, learn from your own failures and the success of Netflix and other retailers and attempt a drastic revamp. Or shut down shop with debts, firm in the knowledge that once upon a time everyone had to go to you for their movies. Because that's going to take you real far in business today.
But hey, what do I know? I'm only the one spending money in your stores.
Without knowing (or wanting to know) the specifics of how Speedy has been able to provide us the upcoming sales or if any breach of confidentiality has occured, we are offering solidarity in not throwing him over to fend for himself. Because we appreciate what he's contributed; an intelligent way of budgeting our expendable income on the games we're dying for and even those we're only mildly interested in.
When we know Ultimate Lawn Mower X will be on sale for $10 less in a week, why should we buy it now? We'd have to spend more money on petrol to get BACK to the store for a price match, and the store has to staff more people to check out our purchases the first time and then a SECOND time for CS personnel to perform the price match.
One would think they have more productive and profitable transactions to staff for. One would think this is a more effecient model they would embrace. One would think they'd be happy to sell more games and reach a larger client base this way.
Because you and I, when given the option of buying multiple games at a lower price point, versus one game at full price, we will pick multiple less-expensive games every time. We still will buy a game we're dying for at full MSRP now and again. But the majority of our game collections are picked up at 10% off, BOGO or BTGO, clearance, new universal price drops, et cetera.
With the new retailers selling exclusively online, with ebay and the interwebs in general as a great resource for finding deals on everything (example: Who here has even spoken with a Travel Agent lately? that career line is almost non-existant today because of the changes in technology), the consumer has changed drastically over the years. Retailers who fail to recognize these trends are the retailers who are no longer making the profits they did once upon a time.
Who would have thought BlockBuster would be hemorrhaging cash and assets? For them to get back on their feet, they could go wagging a finger at Netflix saying'how dare you infringe on our territory in a more cost-and-overall effecient manner.' They could stomp their collective foot at Wal-Mart, Target and other online and B&M retailers who sell DVDs so cheap that many people now shell out a few dollars more than a weeks' rental to own a movie they may never have even seen. All this would accomplish Nothing.
Swallow that pride, recognize you're no longer the king of movie rentals for a reason. Revise the business model, learn from your own failures and the success of Netflix and other retailers and attempt a drastic revamp. Or shut down shop with debts, firm in the knowledge that once upon a time everyone had to go to you for their movies. Because that's going to take you real far in business today.
But hey, what do I know? I'm only the one spending money in your stores.