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Re: Marvel Legends discussion
We don't pre-sell anything until it is available for us to order, and the window is often quite small for us to get our orders in. It would be pretty bad if we pre-sold a whole bunch of products that we couldn't follow through on.
We have temporarily stopped listing any SW Black Series for pre-order, for the simple fact that they are next to impossible for us to predict when we will actually receive them. We went through some growing pains with the first couple of series, and eventually had to cancel our Wave 1 orders as we have still not received them from our supplier. We are using a new distributor for the later waves, but we are choosing to err on the side of caution and that is why the Ahsoka wave isn't listed yet.
We have considered putting up full cases for ML, but it is matter of gauging demand and what actual value we can offer to the customer for taking that extra figure. For SWB we don't see much value at all, since there is such heavy repacking in those cases. It would be great for us, but only if customers actually buy them.
We are still a very new company and are still going through our initial growth phase. As such, there will be times that we underestimate demand, as a new product may bring in a wave of new customers we have never seen before. Likewise, we can't afford to go all out on a product and be left with piles of stock languishing in our warehouse. (For example, the Cap ML wave moved MUCH slower than Spider-Man, and we are now also getting cancellations since they have apparently hit retail here).
I understand that these are issues that all retailers deal with, and it is our burden to deal with them, but we (I) try to be as upfront and honest about our business as possible.
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