$70 Platinum Edition Trypticon at ToysRUs

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4th March 2016, 02:41 PM
BigTransformerTrev

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Originally Posted by jazzcomp

And this is why I drove to pick up mine instead of online order.

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Originally Posted by drifand

Always best to get it live if possible.

I live 5 hours from the nearest TRU - wasn't really an option for me
4th March 2016, 02:42 PM
CoRDS

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf
mine just got cancelled.
damn
4th March 2016, 02:56 PM
MayzaPrime

Mine got cannned as well... :confused:
4th March 2016, 03:02 PM
BigTransformerTrev

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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal

mines been cancelled too, I ordered around 4 or 5 yesterday afternoon .

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Originally Posted by CoRDS

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf
mine just got cancelled.
damn

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Originally Posted by MayzaPrime

Mine got cannned as well... :confused:

And mine!

Well, my now my hate-grudge against TRU in the USA has progressed to our shores as well.

Go f*** yourself TRU :mad:
4th March 2016, 03:04 PM
5FDP

F*ck TRU :mad: They either try and screw you with their scalper pricing or screw you with advertising out of stock items :mad: How bloody hard is it to have an up-to-date inventory for their online store. Sh!t, we're in the year 2016, this kinda crap shouldn't happen!!

I'm sending my dollars OS from now on.
4th March 2016, 03:08 PM
Jetfire in the sky

Mine got cancelled, I ordered at 7:30 ish QLD time last night as soon as I saw this thread, they took my payment but I received cancel notice today, I went into my store this arvo and it looks like they haven't had him for a while, no gap/tag on the shelf, we are also out of MP-10's! Anyway, that makes me glad I didn't drive in last night.
Bummed about missing out, but that's the way she goes. :(
4th March 2016, 03:09 PM
snaketales

My order has been binned too.

:(:mad:

I paid via paypal but the funds came from our savings account - which account gets the refund?
4th March 2016, 03:10 PM
Ralph Wiggum

Aaaand mine got cancelled.

TRU are clearly guilty of bait advertising which is unlawful.

https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consu...it-advertising

TRU at the very least needed to restrict one per customer and have a "no holds" policy. First come first served, and if you can't make it in the store then bad luck. Harsh but fair.
4th March 2016, 03:14 PM
5FDP

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Originally Posted by Ralph Wiggum

Aaaand mine got cancelled.

TRU are clearly guilty of bait advertising which is unlawful.

https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consu...it-advertising

TRU at the very least needed to restrict one per customer and have a "no holds" policy. First come first served, and if you can't make it in the store then bad luck. Harsh but fair.

Having had some experience in this area, they absolutely ARE guilty of bait advertising!
4th March 2016, 03:15 PM
CoRDS

ok so lets start a campaign with the ACCC against toysRus's bait and switch advertising . anyone got any media contacts?
4th March 2016, 03:17 PM
snaketales

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Originally Posted by snaketales

Too early to pick best news of 2016?

:D

Best AND worst news of 2016???
4th March 2016, 03:36 PM
Megatran

Total stock when first released was 300 units (150 cartons).

Not suprised about these cancellations.
4th March 2016, 03:57 PM
Raider

Yeah good luck on getting them on bait advertising. It just won't happen. ACCC will not get off their back side and investigate and even in the unlikely event they did, it would come down to the word 'reasonable'. Any half decent lawyer will cover their back side on this.

Just to be clear, I am not saying that it is not bait advertising. I am saying that they can probably establish at law that it is not.
4th March 2016, 04:07 PM
MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!

Yep, got cancelled as well! :mad:

Feckin' TRU!
4th March 2016, 04:09 PM
Demonac

I don't think it would classify as bait advertising.
It wasn't really 'advertised', just on clearance. Or am I missing something?
4th March 2016, 04:34 PM
Ralph Wiggum

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Originally Posted by Demonac

I don't think it would classify as bait advertising.
It wasn't really 'advertised', just on clearance. Or am I missing something?

That was my thought too just after I posted it. Clearance of an item could mean the difference as it was about liquidating stock, not maintaining it.
4th March 2016, 04:49 PM
UltraMarginal

either way it's fairly inappropriate to not have control of stock levels, even if everything is warehoused at stores, there's still a large number of people getting cancelled, I can't imagine it would be hard to stop orders happening past the number of stock spread over their entire network. then at least only a few people would be missing out because their item was purchased off the shelf before it could be gathered by staff.

between here and FB, I'd have to count at least 20 or 30 people missing out so far.
4th March 2016, 04:54 PM
Demonac

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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal

either way it's fairly inappropriate to not have control of stock levels, even if everything is warehoused at stores, there's still a large number of people getting cancelled, I can't imagine it would be hard to stop orders happening past the number of stock spread over their entire network. then at least only a few people would be missing out because their item was purchased off the shelf before it could be gathered by staff.

between here and FB, I'd have to count at least 20 or 30 people missing out so far.

They can't even sort out case assortments, leaving you to buy 'random' figures...all the way up to leader class. What makes you think they can track stock in real time? :P
4th March 2016, 05:09 PM
DarkHyren

Well I just hope two things. That toys r us takes this as indication that they can make sales when they aren't heavily inflating the prices, and that the majority of sales went to actual fans and collectors rather then resellers and scalpers
4th March 2016, 05:16 PM
BigTransformerTrev

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Originally Posted by DarkHyren

Well I just hope two things. That toys r us takes this as indication that they can make sales when they aren't heavily inflating the prices, and that the majority of sales went to actual fans and collectors rather then resellers and scalpers

Some scalper ones have already shown up on eBay. One guy in Perth advertising one for $190 - nearly 3 times what he would have paid :eek::mad:
4th March 2016, 05:27 PM
DarkHyren

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

Some scalper ones have already shown up on eBay. One guy in Perth advertising one for $190 - nearly 3 times what he would have paid :eek::mad:

Well it could be worse, it's still 50% less then the original toys r us price of 400 :p
4th March 2016, 05:36 PM
Wormz

After a long anxious wait i just received a dispatch order.. took a while.. i was starting to panic.. I placed my order shortly after i originally put the post up but i was definitely starting to worry
4th March 2016, 05:54 PM
Paulbot

This story went from one of triumph to one of despair!

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

Some scalper ones have already shown up on eBay. One guy in Perth advertising one for $190 - nearly 3 times what he would have paid :eek::mad:

While that's likely, I paid more than $190 for mine and if I sold mine I would try to get that money back.
4th March 2016, 05:56 PM
BigTransformerTrev

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

While that's likely, I paid more than $190 for mine and if I sold mine I would try to get that money back.

This was a brand new listing as of today - don't think it's someone selling their old one
4th March 2016, 06:18 PM
Paulbot

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

This was a brand new listing as of today - don't think it's someone selling their old one

Very likely then.

I just fear being called a scalper down the track! ;)
4th March 2016, 07:07 PM
UltraMarginal

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

Some scalper ones have already shown up on eBay. One guy in Perth advertising one for $190 - nearly 3 times what he would have paid :eek::mad:

pm the seller and offer $70. see what they say. :D
4th March 2016, 07:14 PM
Sharky

I wonder how long before we see Superion reduced...
4th March 2016, 07:26 PM
DaptoDog

That is really lousy news for everyone that got their orders cancelled. These retailers who aren't pure play online just have terrible stock tracking.
4th March 2016, 07:34 PM
yoshi594

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Originally Posted by Sharky

I wonder how long before we see Superion reduced...

i haven't seen superion at my local toys r us...maybe he already sold out?
4th March 2016, 07:46 PM
MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!

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Originally Posted by Sharky

I wonder how long before we see Superion reduced...

If it does get reduced, get in quick before your order gets cancelled!
4th March 2016, 08:19 PM
JuzMel

Guys, I'm looking for a $70 Trypticon, if you managed to nab one extra, please let me know. Thanks heaps.
4th March 2016, 08:26 PM
DarkHyren

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Originally Posted by yoshi594

i haven't seen superion at my local toys r us...maybe he already sold out?

Nah, plenty of them shelf warming at one of my locals, I dont think many are willing to pay $300 for a set that you can get online for half that (or even less then that if you go the Hasbro version)
4th March 2016, 08:29 PM
yoshi594

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Originally Posted by DarkHyren

Nah, plenty of them shelf warming at one of my locals, I dont think many are willing to pay $300 for a set that you can get online for half that (or even less then that if you go the Hasbro version)

ah k. it seems like a storm hit cannington toys r us as they only had g2 bumblebee and the AOE dinobot pack. No other masterpieces or import toys to be seen (on the ground level, not sure about the ones high in the sky).
4th March 2016, 08:36 PM
BigTransformerTrev

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Originally Posted by JuzMel

Guys, I'm looking for a $70 Trypticon, if you managed to nab one extra, please let me know. Thanks heaps.

Good luck with that. There are dozens of us that missed out so lots of active hunters :(

Hope you luck out though - I don't begrudge anyone getting one
4th March 2016, 08:39 PM
5FDP

Can I ask - for those that have had their orders cancelled, did you pay by Paypal or Credit Card? Just wondering because I used the later and haven't received either a cancellation or shipping confirmation. Just wondering if this has made any difference.
4th March 2016, 08:54 PM
MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!

I paid by paypal and got the cancellation notice at about half past midday and nearly three hours later got an email from paypal notifying me of the refund.
4th March 2016, 09:11 PM
BigTransformerTrev

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Originally Posted by MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!

I paid by paypal and got the cancellation notice at about half past midday and nearly three hours later got an email from paypal notifying me of the refund.

Same
4th March 2016, 10:32 PM
Ploughmans Lunch

Ordered @ 6:08pm on the 3rd but haven't received a refund notice so idkwtf.
5th March 2016, 01:29 AM
Civic Bossman

I laybyed one last week at the "special" $199 or $299. Looks like I need to head down there and cancel and rebuy him.
5th March 2016, 03:36 AM
ampoldj

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Originally Posted by Ploughmans Lunch

Ordered @ 6:08pm on the 3rd but haven't received a refund notice so idkwtf.

Mine was 3:03pm and just confirmed cancelled and getting refunded...crap

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