Hi all,
I'm not sure when this happened and whether it has been already discussed, but i just noticed CSUSA increased the price of some of their kits as much as 30% since August - Jr Gents and Zen for instance. Wondering what to make of it...
Patrick,
Not anything we can do about it but their is a way to combat this!
The forum has a thing called Group buys and it really saves the members money! We used to do group buys all the time but for some reason they fell out of favor and I don't think a lot of new members even know about them.
I'll use a Craft Supply kit I am familiar with as an example:
$40.20 - List price for a # 050-2329 Jr Statesman ftn pen kit
$30.15 - 25% discounted price for ordering over 100 kits
$25.62 - After the additional 15% IAP club discount
So, if you buy this kit in a group buy it costs you almost 40% less than retail.
Anyone not liking the retail prices really should consider hosting a group buy, actually there ought to be one every few weeks sort of an ongoing IAP benefit meant to fight higher prices!
This is a forum benefit, take advantage of it.