Post by lidar2 on Dec 19, 2022 12:20:05 GMT
Just noticed that TW Among Us bundle price is £75 for all 12 releases (UK CD price) whereas a 12 release bundle for nos 73-84 in the the Monthly Range is £110 (UK CD prices) - meaning the MR is £35 (47%) more expensive for the same number of episodes/CDs
We don't know all the details of cast sizes and resultant economies of scale, etc, so it's possibly premature to draw conclusions . . . . but I presume the reason is most likely that Among Us is expected to sell in significantly higher quantities than the MR, with higher volume meaning a lower cost per item.
However, that's not the only discrepancy:
I did also think that the additional postage to send out 12 CDs rather than 3 jewel cases might explain the difference, but then I looked at the UK DL prices which are as follows:
UK DL prices are £59 for Among Us and £96 for MR 73-84, meaning the MR is £37 (a whopping 63%) more expensive.
So the Among Us / MR difference is actually wider on DL than CD (£37 vs £35)! Or, to put it another way, it costs you £14 to get the 12 MR releases on single CD individually posted out to you in the UK, whereas it costs £16 to get 3 jewel cases individually posted out if you buy the Among Us bundle. Now to me that makes no sense at all, given the MR is bound to have higher production/postage/handling costs associated with having more physical product. Can anyone suggest an explanation, or are BF prices set on the basis of "how much can we get away with"?
We don't know all the details of cast sizes and resultant economies of scale, etc, so it's possibly premature to draw conclusions . . . . but I presume the reason is most likely that Among Us is expected to sell in significantly higher quantities than the MR, with higher volume meaning a lower cost per item.
However, that's not the only discrepancy:
I did also think that the additional postage to send out 12 CDs rather than 3 jewel cases might explain the difference, but then I looked at the UK DL prices which are as follows:
UK DL prices are £59 for Among Us and £96 for MR 73-84, meaning the MR is £37 (a whopping 63%) more expensive.
So the Among Us / MR difference is actually wider on DL than CD (£37 vs £35)! Or, to put it another way, it costs you £14 to get the 12 MR releases on single CD individually posted out to you in the UK, whereas it costs £16 to get 3 jewel cases individually posted out if you buy the Among Us bundle. Now to me that makes no sense at all, given the MR is bound to have higher production/postage/handling costs associated with having more physical product. Can anyone suggest an explanation, or are BF prices set on the basis of "how much can we get away with"?
