Exclusive! Sailor Moon GE Merchandise Distributor Prices
By now most of you have seen the new Sailor Moon merchandise released by GE Animation, like the necklaces, keychains, bags, blankets, etc! I’ve also heard opinions on how some of the prices are on the higher side, for example $40 for a body pillow. GE Animation is a manufacturer, us regular consumers cannot buy direct from them. We depend on other retailers to sell the items to us. Have you wondered how much profit these retailers are making?
Well I came across these distributor prices, which means this is how much GE sells each item for. From this list, we can see they charge $20 for a body pillow. I bought my pillows at around $40 each, which means on their way to me there was a 100% markup. How about the pink throw blanket? I got mine on eBay for $31, which is another 100% markup! It helps to be informed, hopefully this will help anyone hoping to haggle!
2 Comments
Bunny
Don’t forget that seller’s have costs in addition to simply the cost of the product. Such as the cost of the materials items are shipped in, the payment processing fee…examples: Paypal is .30 + 3% for each transaction, Amazon takes 15%, eBay is also close to about 15% after final listing fees, closing fees, etc. If the shipping cost is free then the retailer pays that, even the cheapest shipping method for small items such as key chains shipped USPS FCM is at least $1.71, so if the shipping is “free” the seller also pays that cost. There’s the upfront costs involved in paying someone to list the products on various websites, etc. The money that retailers lose on people that fraud them, or submit claims for non-receipt even when the item was shipped out by the retailer. All those costs have to be eaten up by whoever is selling them.
My point being that the bottom line in general is that retailers aren’t making as much as it might appear they’re making on selling products. It’s not as simple as you pay .25 cents for something and sell it for .50 cents and you’ve made a 100% profit on the sale. Not to mention that retailers need to turn a profit so that they don’t go out of business. Nobody works for free, and retailers work their butts off for very low wages.
Ness
There’s no doubt that the prices differ between getting it direct from the distributor vs getting it from a retailer, but there’s a reason for that. When you get your merchandise from an indirect source, a trickle-down process starts occurring where more and more people are involved with the sale of that product. If you’re going to a brick and mortar store or a physical seller, this is even more prevalent. More and more people need to be paid- the distributor, the shipment, the receivers, the sales associates and other employees, etc. And all this still needs to turn out a profit because what’s the point of doing all of this if the store doesn’t make any money? Thus, the price ends up being more.
This shouldn’t deter buyers from seeking the cheapest prices possible, but they should be aware that price jumps don’t occur solely because of corporate greed.