got my flyers today (1 Viewer)

[Jeremy Illingworth]

I got a mailbox full of flyers today. The Futile Shop one only has the XBox in it with its new low price and the Toys R Us one has all three consoles in it but the PS2 and GC are still at full price with the XBox reduced. Are they trying to push the XBox?

jeremy

 

[NickSo]

YEah, i noticed PS2 and Xbox hasnt dropped in price at FS as well...

 

[Chris Bardon]

Hmm-they have here. Why not try going in to FS and getting them to beat their own website price (110% I believe)?

 

[Travis Olson]

My local K-Mart hasn't dropped the price of the PS2 yet, but the X-Box has been. Strange.

 

[Camp]

the Toys R Us one has all three consoles in it but the PS2 and GC are still at full price with the XBox reduced. Are they trying to push the XBox?

Lead time. Now you know who communicated their price drop to retailers better (~ 6 weeks ago).

 

[Arthur Legardo]

My recent Toys-R-Us flyer had the PS2 ATV Off-Road Fury bundle on sale for $449.99, this is after the PS2 when down in price to $299. Hmm, that's a pretty expensive game...

 

[Camp]

Well, it comes with booth babes!

 

[Andre F]

Well, it comes with booth babes!

Sweet!
-Andre F

 

[Richard Burzynski]

Jeremy:

You beat me to it.

My ads in today's (05-26-2002) NJ paper:

Circuit City: XBox $199; PSS2 $299
Best Buy: XBox $199; PS2 $299
Wiz: No mention of either - only Game Boy Advance
CompUSA: XBox $199; PS2 No Mention
KMart: XBox No Mention; PS2 $299

What PS2 price break???

Camp, what is Toys R Us doin'?


Rich B.

 

[Camp]

Camp, what is Toys R Us doin'?

What do you mean? Our ad was no better/worse than the others you listed.

 

[Graeme Clark]

Future Shop's website is not a competitor to Future Shop, so they won't beat it by 110%, just match it... but I'd be surprised if the in store price wasn't the same.

 

[Eric Nees]

These ads are set in stone two, three weeks ahead of time. Microsoft had all ready told stores they were dropping their price, so that's why you see what you see. That's also the proof Sony used to cut their price "first" last week.

Doesn't matter in the long run anyway, the prices in the stores should be adjusted for all three consoles.

 

[Richard Burzynski]

Camp:

I meant, what are you guys sellin' it for? I now understand about the ad lead time issue - I didn't when I made my post above. Looks like they're both $199, just have to go to the stores & ignore the ads.

Thanks.

Rich B.