Re: Disney Cuts Off Indy Mail Order. . .Disney should be asked if they support ebay racketeering

Posted by Bellosh from as-34-65-21-97.cwcom.net on February 05, 2001 at 14:39:27:

In Reply to: Disney Cuts Off Indy Mail Order, and I'm not happy posted by Micah on February 04, 2001 at 22:34:09:

We should ask Disney to check out how much Indy 4" figs are/will be going for on ebay at the moment. And you can sure as hell expect some fat scalper to be putting their kids through college on the proceeds of the 10 figure maximum orders Disney allowed people to make at the beginning. Why the hell didn't they limit it to 2 per order/card number (one to open, one to keep?) Come to that, why doesn't our proposed petition say that we will support such a limit if they restore telephone orders, to help them be nice to us. . .? regards, Bellosh

: I've been off-line for a couple days, so forgive the lateness of my
: response...

: According to a recent post (see link), Disney is "annoyed"
: that news of the Indy toys got on the internet and the demand was so
: great that they sold out until June, and now they've cut off any phone
: orders for Indy items. Although, you'd think a sale is a sale, Disney
: purportedly meant for the merchandise to go to theme park-goers.

: I fail to understand the logic. If it's supposed to be a draw to the
: park don't people have to know about their existence? I doubt if
: we'll see TV ads or billboards telling us to plan our vacations now in
: order to get Indy figures. (Now some of us might do just that, but I
: don't think it would be a very effective campaign for "normal" people)

: Besides, why does a mail-order division even exist if some merchandise
: is solely meant for the parks? Practically every mall in the US has a
: Disney Store which could have the merchandise meant for "wide"
: distribution.

: The saddest thing about this whole thing is that there is a clear
: demand for these figures and they've cut off the one good source for
: Indy fans who aren't fortunate enough to live near Anaheim or Orlando.
: Now, they are just encouraging scalpers, giving them the sole line of
: supply to people who never step foot in the parks.

: Hey, Disney! You want some advice on how to solve this problem. It's
: a real conundrum, a riddle wrapped in an enigma. I can understand why
: you haven't thought of it... Wait for it...

: Make more. Make more! MAKE MORE!!!

--Micah

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: We should ask Disney to check out how much Indy 4" figs are/will be going for on ebay at the moment. And you can sure as hell expect some fat scalper to be putting their kids through college on the proceeds of the 10 figure maximum orders Disney allowed people to make at the beginning. Why the hell didn't they limit it to 2 per order/card number (one to open, one to keep?) Come to that, why doesn't our proposed petition say that we will support such a limit if they restore telephone orders, to help them be nice to us. . .? regards, Bellosh

: : I've been off-line for a couple days, so forgive the lateness of my 
: : response...

: : According to a recent post (see link), Disney is "annoyed" 
: : that news of the Indy toys got on the internet and the demand was so 
: : great that they sold out until June, and now they've cut off any phone 
: : orders for Indy items.  Although, you'd think a sale is a sale, Disney 
: : purportedly meant for the merchandise to go to theme park-goers.

: : I fail to understand the logic.  If it's supposed to be a draw to the 
: : park don't people have to know about their existence?  I doubt if 
: : we'll see TV ads or billboards telling us to plan our vacations now in 
: : order to get Indy figures.  (Now some of us might do just that, but I 
: : don't think it would be a very effective campaign for "normal" people)

: : Besides, why does a mail-order division even exist if some merchandise 
: : is solely meant for the parks? Practically every mall in the US has a 
: : Disney Store which could have the merchandise meant for "wide" 
: : distribution.

: : The saddest thing about this whole thing is that there is a clear 
: : demand for these figures and they've cut off the one good source for 
: : Indy fans who aren't fortunate enough to live near Anaheim or Orlando.  
: : Now, they are just encouraging scalpers, giving them the sole line of 
: : supply to people who never step foot in the parks.

: : Hey, Disney!  You want some advice on how to solve this problem.  It's 
: : a real conundrum, a riddle wrapped in an enigma.  I can understand why 
: : you haven't thought of it... Wait for it...

: : Make more. Make more! MAKE MORE!!!

: --Micah

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