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Xynot2
07-21-2012, 09:58 AM
Aside from the reward ones, put em all back in the store. I want a golem and a reaver and couldnt find em.
As far as I can tell, the DDO store doesn't have a limit on the number of items that can be sold so... GIMME!

If it's not an item like +3 and +4 tomes where a *limited time offer* makes sense, why not leave them up for sale? I get the whole marketing thing but McDonald's only does that with the McRib. Everything else is either regular price or on the dollar menu.
Alrik_Fassbauer
07-21-2012, 04:04 PM
There are a few left in the Auction House.

But yes, I partly agree.

I think that in the U.S. people are just used to "exclusives". We here in Germany are not. Exclusives just isn't a common concept here.

And that's probably - I guess - why I'm not quite able to understand the exclusiveness of things.

Even times exclusiveness.
Goregnash
07-23-2012, 10:37 AM
Aside from the reward ones, put em all back in the store. I want a golem and a reaver and couldnt find em.
As far as I can tell, the DDO store doesn't have a limit on the number of items that can be sold so... GIMME!

If it's not an item like +3 and +4 tomes where a *limited time offer* makes sense, why not leave them up for sale? I get the whole marketing thing but McDonald's only does that with the McRib. Everything else is either regular price or on the dollar menu.

McRib mmmmm


/signed
Galeria
07-23-2012, 10:58 AM
Limited time offers are designed to spur sales NOW in those who might otherwise never purchase the item.

The impression of scarcity increases the relative value. Pretty sure it's not an American concept as the Dutch had the first reported speculative economic bubble with their Tulip Mania in the 1800's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania).

The concept doesn't seem to be lost on Germany either... a quick Internet search shows a bunch of German hotels offering "limited time specials." Hummel figurines are one of the original "limited release collector's items." I think they know how it works.

It is a clever marketing strategy, ensuring that people spend their money now or regret it when the supply is gone. Threads like this prove that it works effectively.