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BYOAC Discounts With Vendors?
RayB:
I think most of us would order from the main known arcade/mame vendors regardless of a discount.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: RayB on October 13, 2009, 03:54:25 pm ---I think most of us would order from the main known arcade/mame vendors regardless of a discount.
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Exactly my point. They are getting our business no matter what.
CheffoJeffo:
As the resident grumpy old man ... you're going to order from the main vendors.
And, let's remember that the reason that you have many of these vendors is because of BYOAC. Absent the cornerstone that saint has created here, I'm not sure that this cottage industry would exist.
Anybody who thinks that a Super is a "bit cheaper" than a U360 needs to revisit comparative mathematics -- the price comparison isn't even remotely close and no reasonable discount is going to change that. The same applies even more vehemently for those who spray paint over choosing side art.
No realistic discount is ever going to convince someone to buy a U360 over a Super -- they need to understand the difference in functionality (or be a lemming who posts asking "What is the best joystick ?" and then does what they are told).
FWIW, I applaud (and, wherever possible, support) vendors who offer BYOAC members discounts (off the top of my head, GameRoom Magazine has for a long time), but I think it is naive to expect niche vendors to provide discounts to what, in essence, is 99% of their market.
Perhaps if more folks supported those who do offer discounts ... but, as a rule, we don't because we, as a rule, are a bunch of cheap ---smurfs--- looking for someone to give us a break.
:cheers:
Ginsu Victim:
Thank you for that excellent post, Cheffo.
I bought Happ Universals because I was on a budget, but I turned around and bought U360s because I wanted the best sticks money can buy. Not everyone will do that, though.
These guys aren't really making huge profits to begin with (especially the Happ resellers).
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 13, 2009, 05:18:51 pm ---I bought Happ Universals because I was on a budget, but I turned around and bought U360s because I wanted the best sticks money can buy. Not everyone will do that, though.
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For my first project, I bought Happ Ultimates ... and, FWIW, they are still in that cocktail and nobody, other than me, realizes that they are total crap ...
:dunno