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Offline tahra

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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #80 on: January 03, 2013, 08:21:38 »
Quote from: Hadoque on January 02, 2013, 23:50:20
UPDATE

NOT set 5136 (Pirates'crew) is being discontinued, BUT set 5138 (Pirate Castaway).

Thanks for the update.. I kinda like the klicky...
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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #81 on: January 03, 2013, 11:20:29 »
They haven't updated much, DS-wise, on the PM Belgium website. I was hoping theyd include the victorian soldiers and the western saloon this month.
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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #82 on: January 05, 2013, 01:22:13 »
A few surprises there. So, are sets discontinued simply because they are not selling any more?
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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #83 on: January 05, 2013, 01:25:21 »
Quote from: Bolingbroke on January 03, 2013, 11:20:29
They haven't updated much, DS-wise, on the PM Belgium website. I was hoping theyd include the victorian soldiers and the western saloon this month.

They've been added now, I think everything we expected has shown up.
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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #84 on: January 05, 2013, 01:34:44 »
Quote from: Hadoque on January 05, 2013, 01:25:21
They've been added now, I think everything we expected has shown up.

Not everything, I wanted and expected lower prices  ;)
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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #85 on: January 05, 2013, 02:08:36 »
Quote from: Rasputin on January 05, 2013, 01:34:44
Not everything, I wanted and expected lower prices  ;)

I feared prices would jump starting january 1st.... and they did  >:(

I was thinking about getting that new Heatracer-car  - I usually don't buy modern-theme stuff except fastmovers like motorcycles, jetaircraft, ... -  but it is listed at 20 euro on the belgian site. Just seeing that price gave me 2nd thoughts about buying it.... 20 euro for a small car with 1 klicky!  8}
But meanwhile I've seen it in a german online store for 13,5 euro, I'll probably buy it there togehter with other stuff. On Average, wages and taxes in Belgium  are a little higher then in Germany, but that can impossibly justify such  large pricedifference (32,5% more expensive!) . Publicly criticizing Playmobil is not something I often do,  but I think some of their prices are really scandalous.

Oh, the new blisters are listed at 4 euro, the older ones were about 3,60 and have been raised to 4 euro as well. That is also up about 10%. Several large increases with other sets as well...

I bet the new special-plus's will go from 3,50 euro past year to 4 euro too... >:(
I'd better shut up now, if Playmobil reads this they might increase German prices (further) too, so we would not buy overthere  ::)
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Re: List of sets to be discontinued in 2013 Germany + Benelux (2014 international)
« Reply #86 on: January 05, 2013, 02:29:06 »
Geobra and many other companies have been able to increase efficiency in such leaps and bounds that those major cost savings are not only not passed on they choose to increase prices  8} Then they want to find ways to increase the profit so they further look for ways to increase efficiency, usually through replacing humans with automated machines. Then less overall gets sold so again they look for more efficiency  8} Taking a much smaller cut and increasing volume will get your product in more US price consous households. Geobra has always had a hard time cracking the US and increasing prices will never help. Trying to make them in China did not go well either.

I know for the amount of playmobil I buy I need to make every dollar stretch very far and increasing overall prices will further drive me to search out clearances which deprives Geobra of internet income that they get 100% of the sale. Now they will be getting the same dollar amount of sales but only 50% of it.

So here is to Geobra who is getting more of less  :xmascheer:
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