Joey Lock Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 I remeber the Soldiers Aresenal was around £1.95 each, And now there £2.45! Anyone notice this?
SWMAN Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 No offense, but I hate when people rant and rave about price increases. With an increase in production cost comes an increase in the price of the item. Lego can't maintain the same prices forever.
Joey Lock Posted July 5, 2009 Author Posted July 5, 2009 No offense, but I hate when people rant and rave about price increases. With an increase in production cost comes an increase in the price of the item. Lego can't maintain the same prices forever. They should at least tell the public.
Peppermint_M Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 Yes, I noticed that the town impulse sets that are now in supermarkets are more expensive than when I bought them online. It's annoying but isn't too bad. If I remember rightly, impulse sets have been around the same price since I started buying 13 years ago! Its when the medium sized sets double in price we have to worry. We are in a recession you know.
SWMAN Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 They should at least tell the public. They are telling you. By increasing the price and listing the new one. Grocery stores don't make a big announcement when milk goes up. Best Buy doesn't make a big banner when TV's go up. If they make a big announcement, no one is going to buy from them. They are hoping that people won't notice and will continue to buy. In a capitalist, free-trade economy, that's how it works.
Joey Lock Posted July 5, 2009 Author Posted July 5, 2009 They are telling you. By increasing the price and listing the new one. Grocery stores don't make a big announcement when milk goes up. Best Buy doesn't make a big banner when TV's go up. If they make a big announcement, no one is going to buy from them. They are hoping that people won't notice and will continue to buy. In a capitalist, free-trade economy, that's how it works. Firstly, In England, Tescos and Asda always say "Our prices are better than Tescos last week by 50%", So, Grocery stores do make annoucements. Secondly, In "The should have told us" I was meening in a way saying "We have incredsed a few prices". And people will now notice. And are you stating im communist?
MaxGoof Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 They should at least tell the public. Why would a company ever draw attention to increasing prices? I manage a business, and I can't imagine advertising INCREASING prices. It just don't make sense. Of course Lego prices will go up a bit over time--that's just inflation. I'm just grateful Lego prices have remained as consistent as they have with subtle increases, unlike toy companies who have had to raise prices on action figures such as Star Wars by over 60% in the last 3 years.
Joey Lock Posted July 5, 2009 Author Posted July 5, 2009 It just don't make sense. Neither does that. Its does not. However, I meen, I would understand shops such as Woolworths, in there last days, they had to increase prices. But ive never seen prices change to bad on Lego.com, Or a full blown company.
I Scream Clone Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 We are all slaves to TLC's pricing whims. You guys don't need to start a new topic every time one set changes price. If you want to see how bad it is, just look through the pricing for Australian and New Zealand fans at the moment. the inconsistent pricing is terrible. $99 US sets like MMV, Brickbeard's Bounty, Endor, and Temple of Doom which we would normally expect to be $150 Aus are 150, 140, 200, and 130 respectively. Our Impulse sets were $6 for a long time, but have dropped back to $5 as they probably weren't selling that well, however I expect them to jump again soon. this is still more than you guys pay on conversion. Short answer is they have us over a barrel. We all know Lego is fun, but is also an expensive hobby. However, I meen, I would understand shops such as Woolworths, in there last days, they had to increase prices. But i've never seen prices change to bad on Lego.com, Or a full blown company. If you want to play the grammar game, get your spelling right. Gives you a better leg to stand on Joey
SWMAN Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Firstly, In England, Tescos and Asda always say "Our prices are better than Tescos last week by 50%", So, Grocery stores do make annoucements.Secondly, In "The should have told us" I was meening in a way saying "We have incredsed a few prices". And people will now notice. And are you stating im communist? I am not stating you are a communist. I am just saying that price increases are a fair thing that companies have a right to do and don't necessarily owe everyone an explanation. That isn't a price announcement, that is a marketing ploy to get people to shop there.
brickzone Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Firstly, In England, Tescos and Asda always say "Our prices are better than Tescos last week by 50%", So, Grocery stores do make annoucements.Secondly, In "The should have told us" I was meening in a way saying "We have incredsed a few prices". And people will now notice. And are you stating im communist? Yeah, note that the supermarkets don't tell you when their prices creep up. Tesco don't shout from the top of the hills about their prices going up once they eliminate local competition. Companies are always going to silently increase prices, both in cases where they are profiteering, and also simply where they have to do so due to costs (or in this case, probably currency too despite recent alleviation of sterling rates - they still have to make up for the difference compared to about 2 years ago - they kept prices level throughout massive depreciation). As an Irish resident who can often order from the UK and profit on the exchange rate (even now with euro down to 86p or so), I can't see that Lego could possibly have sustained the previous UK prices for much longer. They would only have refrained from price increases for so long due to tough market conditions in the UK, but there is only so long they can do that for.
LegoLyons Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Its simple. If you do not like the price . . . . do not buy it. Or get it when it first comes out then brag when it goes up in price.
posades Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 No offense, but I hate when people rant and rave about price increases. With an increase in production cost comes an increase in the price of the item. Lego can't maintain the same prices forever. I'm just curious, what is attributing to the increase in production cost? You would think the longer TLG makes bricks the more opportunities they would have to perfect and streamline their system.
CP5670 Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 I am not stating you are a communist. I am just saying that price increases are a fair thing that companies have a right to do and don't necessarily owe everyone an explanation. That isn't a price announcement, that is a marketing ploy to get people to shop there. And by the same logic, the consumers have a right to "rant and rave" about the price increases on private forums like this one. I wouldn't expect any explanation from the company, but I do expect to hear about such things from other consumers. That being said, if it's only limited to the single $3.50 item in the OP, I wouldn't worry about it. It's still an impulse-priced item either way. I'm just curious, what is attributing to the increase in production cost? You would think the longer TLG makes bricks the more opportunities they would have to perfect and streamline their system. I don't think there has been any increase in their production costs. In fact, TLG has engaged in a wide range of cost cutting moves over the last three years. They simply want to increase their profits, and they believe that the slightly higher prices will not deter most people from buying them.
Hinckley Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 I'm just curious, what is attributing to the increase in production cost? You would think the longer TLG makes bricks the more opportunities they would have to perfect and streamline their system. It's not the cost of production it's the concept of supply and demand.
Joey Lock Posted July 6, 2009 Author Posted July 6, 2009 ...at the moment. the inconsistent......again soon. this is still more than you guys pay on conversion. If you want to play the grammar game, get your spelling right. Gives you a better leg to stand on Joey You were saying?
SWMAN Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 It's not the cost of production it's the concept of supply and demand. True. While their production costs may not be increasing a lot (but maybe a little), as the demand goes up, the price is going to go up.
Dfenz Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Any UK price increases are most likely attributable to the weakness in sterling. Lego isn't made in the UK so it has to be imported from elsewhere where sterling isn't the functional currency. As was mentioned in a previous post I'm amazed Lego hasn't increased UK prices well before now to bring the prices closer to the rest of Europe based on existing exchange rates. Perhaps Lego was waiting to see if the sterling weakness was temporary. As sterling hasn't returned to its historical strength Lego will require more sterling from UK consumers to give the same return in euro or Danish currency than they might have got a year ago. This phenomenum isn't limited to Lego. If I was living in the UK I'd stock up while the prices are so low. For example take a look at LS@H UK prices for expensive star wars and exclusive sets applying a current FX rate of say 85p:1€.
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