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Post by shallacatop on Oct 31, 2022 21:05:47 GMT
I'm a Big BF supporter as most of you know but if they can a way to a situation awkward they do Surely an across the board rise all at one makes more sense than a by release basis? Regards mark687 I do think there’s merit in an amended pricing structure than what currently exists. It feels too limited, means that some sets do feel more value for money than others and of course the production costs will wildly vary too. However, I agree that it should be done all at once. They should know what the prices are already. Doing it on a release by release basis on the back of a u-turn just gives the impression that it’s being plucked out of thin air and will try to maximise what they can get away with. As you say, they know how to make a situation awkward!
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Post by mark687 on Oct 31, 2022 21:07:10 GMT
I’m confused, so do UK prices go up tomorrow? Not Sure it seems going forward from a UK Customer POV its going to be a price increase for certain Releases as and when BF feel its required. Regards mark687
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Post by thelonecenturion on Oct 31, 2022 21:23:58 GMT
I'm a Big BF supporter as most of you know but if they can a way to a situation awkward they do Surely an across the board rise all at one makes more sense than a by release basis? Regards mark687 I do think there’s merit in an amended pricing structure than what currently exists. It feels too limited, means that some sets do feel more value for money than others and of course the production costs will wildly vary too. However, I agree that it should be done all at once. They should know what the prices are already. Doing it on a release by release basis on the back of a u-turn just gives the impression that it’s being plucked out of thin air and will try to maximise what they can get away with. As you say, they know how to make a situation awkward! What exactly did they u-turn on?
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Post by tuigirl on Oct 31, 2022 21:25:22 GMT
I really wonder when they finally will hire a) a person who has professional experience with marketing and b) someone who once did at least an internship in accounting. Supposedly got a Team of 3 for Marketing. and as I posted some time ago they've borne the lesser return value of DLs bought by overseas Customers for nearly 15 Years. Regards mark687 Which made no economic sense, so I hope they at least run any new pricing plans by someone who once read a book on accounting.
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Post by shallacatop on Oct 31, 2022 21:34:37 GMT
I do think there’s merit in an amended pricing structure than what currently exists. It feels too limited, means that some sets do feel more value for money than others and of course the production costs will wildly vary too. However, I agree that it should be done all at once. They should know what the prices are already. Doing it on a release by release basis on the back of a u-turn just gives the impression that it’s being plucked out of thin air and will try to maximise what they can get away with. As you say, they know how to make a situation awkward! What exactly did they u-turn on? Increased prices from the 1st November has instead become the long awaited overseas pricing adjustment, with future pricing to be handled on a release by release basis. All within hours of the increased prices coming into effect.
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Post by timleschild on Oct 31, 2022 22:05:35 GMT
OMG what a complete fiasco. Why are BF so incompetent. I think they truly just rely on the goodwill of us suckers handing over our hard earned cash. They need to be careful, especially during these economic times.
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Post by timleschild on Oct 31, 2022 22:24:44 GMT
I’m confused, so do UK prices go up tomorrow? Not Sure it seems going forward from a UK Customer POV its going to be a price increase for certain Releases as and when BF feel its required. Regards mark687 Certain releases, the cynical side of me would say they'll choose the most popular ones to make more £££
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Post by muddyviolet on Oct 31, 2022 22:54:07 GMT
I’m confused, so do UK prices go up tomorrow? I assumed they were, but it looks like they aren't? I feel like they haven't explained whats happening well at all.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 31, 2022 23:00:32 GMT
I'm a Big BF supporter as most of you know but if they can find a way to make a situation awkward they do This ^ (made me laugh AND made my day because it appears to be true)!
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Post by mark687 on Oct 31, 2022 23:02:02 GMT
I'm a Big BF supporter as most of you know but if they can find a way to make a situation awkward they do This ^ (made me laugh AND made my day because it appears to be true)! Regards mark687
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Post by bohnny on Oct 31, 2022 23:59:04 GMT
On the upside, this price hike will finally force me to triage my BF purchases. I tend to buy pretty much the whole lot - on the basis that the hit rate is high enough to punt on those that I suspect I’ll be less fond of.
So, the gimmicks, meetups etc will go, and I’ll probably have to reassess a few ranges altogether. And rely more on the post release views of those here whose tastes I’ve noticed align most w mine, and less on preordering.
I suspect most of the ‘wait and see’ will be in the DW ranges, which have had more disappointments than usual of late.
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Post by theillusiveman on Nov 1, 2022 0:03:17 GMT
I’m confused, so do UK prices go up tomorrow? I assumed they were, but it looks like they aren't? I feel like they haven't explained whats happening well at all. Isn’t it technically still October In the UK?
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Post by theillusiveman on Nov 1, 2022 0:05:34 GMT
I'm a Big BF supporter as most of you know but if they can find a way to make a situation awkward they do Surely an across the board rise all at one makes more sense than a by release basis? Regards mark687 They should Atleast have a roadmap of the things that they are planning To increase in price Already I can picture The Ninth and Tenth Doctor Audios, river song and New Who ranges getting a price increase
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Post by timleschild on Nov 1, 2022 0:24:02 GMT
I assumed they were, but it looks like they aren't? I feel like they haven't explained whats happening well at all. Isn’t it technically still October In the UK? Thats why at time of original smith11 post they said "tomorrow". & it is now november 1st.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Nov 1, 2022 0:28:27 GMT
Their marketing people are almost as incompetent as the UK Torys.
If I hadn't already stopped buying over a year ago this might have ticked me off. Fortunately I can afford the increase, though as I've stated elsewhere, much of what I have heard over the past year and a half left me unimpressed and not wanting to pick up new releases. Honestly the utter lack of understanding of how to handle simple things like communicating with your customers does make me wonder how they manage to stay in business. I've seen companies here in Canada with customer communication of a similar nature and they tend to go out of business within a two to three years. Hopefully Jason will sit down with the rest of team and get this sorted before customers start losing faith in them and give up no matter how much they may like the product.
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Post by muddyviolet on Nov 1, 2022 1:33:56 GMT
I assumed they were, but it looks like they aren't? I feel like they haven't explained whats happening well at all. Isn’t it technically still October In the UK? It was yeah, with day light savings I was a tad muddled. Though now it is November the prices are still the same in the UK?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2022 9:01:20 GMT
What exactly did they u-turn on? Increased prices from the 1st November has instead become the long awaited overseas pricing adjustment, with future pricing to be handled on a release by release basis. All within hours of the increased prices coming into effect. BF's new head of pricing started work yesterday.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 1, 2022 9:23:23 GMT
Increased prices from the 1st November has instead become the long awaited overseas pricing adjustment, with future pricing to be handled on a release by release basis. All within hours of the increased prices coming into effect. BF's new head of pricing started work yesterday. Bahahaha. Sadly, this might not be very far from the truth.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Nov 1, 2022 18:49:47 GMT
I’m confused, so do UK prices go up tomorrow? the original Big Finish statement was "no product price increases will come into effect until 01 November 2022" in other words - the increase would not happen before 1st November, but could happen on that day or on an unspecified day afterwards They have clarified that they will not increase prices of all upcoming releases today but not specified when the increase will happen or for what titles
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Post by agentten on Nov 1, 2022 20:08:26 GMT
Now that I can see the increases reflected in the prices on the website I think the reality is I'll need to cut back on how many purchases I'm making. I've already looked at which ranges to trim. Anything that I'm not pretty confident in the quality of (based on the creative personnel involved) and some of the spin off ranges will get trimmed and a couple of Doctor ranges will be trimmed based on my personal ranking of favorite Doctors. The ones toward the bottom of the list are now harder to justify purchasing. I'll still be buying favorite Doctors and ranges, but this'll force me to trim the fat a bit.
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