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INTEREST: Eevee Tamagotchi Falls Victim to Merch Scalpers




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Animorphimagi





PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:59 pm Reply with quote
As if this is the scalper's fault. PROPERLY SUPPLY STORES FOR HIGHLY DESIRED ITEMS.
Nintendo is the only company that both knows how huge a product Pokemon is AND doesn't take advantage of its popularity at all. It's the reason why Pokemon Go wasn't as profitable as it could've been and why their classic consoles make only a tenth of their possible profits.
there is no advantage to creating artificial scarcity for Nintendo merchandise.
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Somer-_-



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:06 pm Reply with quote
Classic Nintendo.
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Twilightmaster



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:55 pm Reply with quote
Why are you guys blaming Nintendo, you did read the article right? Tamagotchi is the one that announced the collaboration, they're the ones distributing the item.

And it is the fault of scalpers. Don't blame the companies for the predatory acts of certain people.
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CornBreadMan264





PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:02 pm Reply with quote
Eevee does not look pleased! (In the Thumbnail)
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Freyanne



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:13 pm Reply with quote
I'm not at all surprised that this happened. I am a little bummed out, because the one site that I was going to try and order the Eevee tamagotchi from sold out of preorders VERY quickly.
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:03 am Reply with quote
Animorphimagi wrote:
It's the reason why Pokemon Go wasn't as profitable as it could've been and why their classic consoles make only a tenth of their possible profits.
there is no advantage to creating artificial scarcity for Nintendo merchandise.
Pokemon GO is a free mobile game.
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Firefly251



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:20 am Reply with quote
Imagine how this would go if they passed laws agasint buying stuff and selling it at higher price (for x amount of months/years since purchase)
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Aca Vuksa



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:08 am Reply with quote
Eevee looks so sad in thumbnail, i feel sorry for this.
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Hellfish



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:02 pm Reply with quote
I honestly don't know who pays scalper prizes instead of waiting except for the people that are making boatloads of money...
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:15 pm Reply with quote
They're doing this nonsense in Japan too? What the hell? It's time to stop, Nintendo. Have a decent supply of hot items.
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