FUNimation selling extra Dragon Boxes at Dallas Comic Con

[jelleline89]

https://mobile.twitter.com/FUNimation/s ... 6042077184

I didn't see a thread for this yet. They seem to be just selling extra Dragon Boxes from their vault. Thoughts?

[Ajay]

Disgusting.

"We just repriced these on-site to be comparable to current market prices."

It would be fine if they were selling them for their original price, but to mark them up to what the scalpers are selling them for is vile. It's such a disgusting way to treat fans.

It's a one-off for a convention, but that's no excuse. If anything, keeping them the original price would be a nice way to reward fans for actually turning up.

Horrible. Stupid. Disgusting. Do not like it one bit. If it's at all possible, they desperately need to release the footage in a different, cheaper format. Bad luck if you missed out on the limited edition fancy packaging, but let people buy a cheap collection of it, at least.

[ABED]

Disgusting.

"We just repriced these on-site to be comparable to current market prices."

It would be fine if they were selling them for their original price, but to mark them up to what the scalpers are selling them for is vile. It's such a disgusting way to treat fans.
It's a one-off for a convention, but that's no excuse. If anything, keeping them the original price would be a nice way to reward fans for actually turning up.
Horrible. Stupid. Disgusting. Do not like it one bit. If it's at all possible, they desperately need to release the footage in a different, cheaper format. Bad luck if you missed out on the limited edition fancy packaging, but let people buy a cheap collection of it, at least.

I certainly think it's a bit of a dick move but I think your disgust is a little much.

[TheGreatness25]

I can't believe that. Surely they won't be going for so much. They probably don't just want to sell them for $30.

[B]

Wow, amazing. If what we're paying for is the fancy box, I don't really need the fancy box, as nice as it is. Make a "Yellow Brick" with DBOX footage on it and call it a day.

It's also kind of aggravating that they just have more sitting there. I figured "limited edition" meant "we make this many and sell them all until they are gone." But... they just have more. In their vault. Doing nothing, seemingly waiting for this very opportunity.

[coola]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dragon-Ball-Z-D ... SwNSxVXEJe
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dragon-Ball-Z-6 ... SwT6pVzRYP
For what i see, boxes prices vary from 80$ to over 250$. So i wouldn't be surprised if they get sold too

[Blade]

They shouldn't even have sold these, even at jacked up prices there will no doubt have been a scramble. Why not just raffle them off or do a giveaway?

It's literally pennies to them. Beyond everything else it's petty.

[ABED]

They say these are "market prices" but how well are they selling at those prices? You can find a lot of high prices on Amazon for things like rare DVDs, but do they actually sell?

They shouldn't even have sold these, even at jacked up prices there will no doubt have been a scramble. Why not just raffle them off or do a giveaway?

It's literally pennies to them. Beyond everything else it's petty.

But it's not petty to knock a company because they won't give away something for free?

[Blade]

But it's not petty to knock a company because they won't give away something for free?

No more petty than you nitpicking at the suggestion.

[ABED]

But it's not petty to knock a company because they won't give away something for free?

No more petty than you nitpicking at the suggestion.

That's not a nitpick, it's a big deal. You are calling them petty for wanting to make money, but you think it's fine that people's desire to get it for free isn't. It's a double standard that I'm not overly fond of. I wasn't knocking your suggestion, I was knocking the idea that it's petty for them to sell them instead of giving them away.

How is it even pennies to them?

[Blade]

But it's not petty to knock a company because they won't give away something for free?

No more petty than you nitpicking at the suggestion.

That's not a nitpick, it's a big deal. You are calling them petty for wanting to make money, but you think it's fine that people's desire to get it for free isn't. It's a double standard that I'm not overly fond of. I wasn't knocking your suggestion, I was knocking the idea that it's petty for them to sell them instead of giving them away.

You're missing the point, There's a rationale right there in my initial post - feel free to read it again. I stand by it and I disagree with you.

We're talking about a couple of discontinued collectors items and not current retail products. I wasn't saying that means that they should give them away, but more that they shouldn't have been put on sale at all, and that a raffle would have been a better and fairer way of distributing them - it could have even been a paid raffle for all I care about, but I still think that's fairer than putting something out on Twitter, slapping on some jacked-up prices and setting off a mad scramble.

[ABED]

I fail to see anything illuminating. So what if they aren't normal retail items?

Look, I'm in agreement that selling at such high prices is a tad too much, but the fact that they are discontinued is an irrelevant detail. What is so unfair about this in essence?

[Metalwario64]

Between scalping Dragon Boxes and cropping the series again despite fans' wishes, FUNimation has lost a lot of my respect as of late...

[Pokewhiz7]

Between scalping Dragon Boxes and cropping the series again despite fans' wishes, FUNimation has lost a lot of my respect as of late...

I think it's just Dragon Ball that they pull these kinds of things with, as far as I know. Nearly every other series is treated with a good amount of respect by them.

[superrayman3]

Between scalping Dragon Boxes and cropping the series again despite fans' wishes, FUNimation has lost a lot of my respect as of late...

I think it's just Dragon Ball that they pull these kinds of things with, as far as I know. Nearly every other series is treated with a good amount of respect by them.

Which makes it all the more disrespectful to DBZ fans.

[eledoremassis02]

Sounds stupid but I feel like canceling my revival F bluray. I rather not support them if they pull this kind of stunt..

[coola]

That's not stupid, you vote with wallet, i love Star Wars, but hate how Lucas butcher OT, by keep adding new bad stuff so i ignored their Blu Ray release.

[MCDaveG]

Wow, so cheap! I've even got new PSP after my old one got splashed with hot coffee for the original price, wrapped, new...
This is mostly like, we have these extras you are longing for, so well, why should we sell them for the original price which is still higher than the production cost with the added price,
let's make some sure money

Hahaha, business at it's finest, but no bigger company with clean moral slate would do that.

[s841]

Really FUNimation?

[Thedoctor2016]

What annoyed me was them saying this was "market rate" what does that mean eBay prices?