What else happened at Disneyland last Sunday? - Page 4

Not Afraid · 03-26-2005, 09:15 PM

LP and MP also have the advantage of having websites with detailed pictures where Disney does not. If you don't have access to the parks, it is the only way to see this stuff and the impulse is to buy. So, in a way, they are providing a service that Disney does not provide. When you are shopping, visuals are everything.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-27-2005, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

So, in a way, they are providing a service that Disney does not provide. When you are shopping, visuals are everything.

Exactly my point. Disney avoids the overhead of cataloging and advertising, essentially outsourcing it to MP and LP, while still selling the goods. So as long as MP and LP stay on Disney's relative good side, everyone's happy.

MickeyLumbo · 03-27-2005, 09:17 AM

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When you are shopping, visuals are everything.

especially for antenna balls

TOOT ZING BAM BOOM

€uroMeinke · 03-26-2005, 09:18 PM

They can also do things that Disney might not - Mouse Ears with your screen name for example.

Gn2Dlnd · 03-27-2005, 02:56 AM

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They can also do things that Disney might not - Mouse Ears with your screen name for example.

Really? I have a hard time imagining Doobie hunched over a Singer, practicing GothMansionLover83 or Buzzhighscor31228 on a napkin.
Actually, I don't have a hard time imagining that, I have a vivid imagination. I just want to know where they get the hats done.

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-27-2005, 07:57 AM

This could be wrong, but the way I understand it, they have a CM contact (maybe many) that works in the park and will do it when people aren't looking. If that is true, it pisses me off much more than anything else.

Thanks to mousepod for explaining the problem with DeliverEars, I didn't know much about it...this all makes more sense now and I'm less annoyed with MP/LP.

Kevy Baby · 03-27-2005, 09:39 AM

And what does all this have to do with Jim Hill getting thrown out of DL on Ostara?

€uroMeinke · 03-27-2005, 10:10 AM

LP and MS have to deal with the same problem as Amazon.com. They have a great online catalogue, makes recommendations to me , alerts me when things I want become available. But if I really want immediate gratification, I stop at my local Barns & Noble or Tower Records. But Amazon has decided that making theses services free brings in enough revenue to support it.

LP and MS could try a different model and charge a subscription for their catalogue service, but that may drive away more customers.

Another value add for MS, is they do stock certain items and will do their best to get limited edition merchadise that wouldn't necessarily be available from Disney - though in those circumstances Ebay becomes the competition.

mousepod · 03-27-2005, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

LP and MS have to deal with the same problem as Amazon.com. They have a great online catalogue, makes recommendations to me , alerts me when things I want become available. But if I really want immediate gratification, I stop at my local Barns & Noble or Tower Records. But Amazon has decided that making theses services free brings in enough revenue to support it.

Except Amazon is cheaper than Barnes & Noble or Tower. In your case, you are paying extra for the added value of instant gratification.

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LP and MS could try a different model and charge a subscription for their catalogue service, but that may drive away more customers.

Another value add for MS, is they do stock certain items and will do their best to get limited edition merchadise that wouldn't necessarily be available from Disney - though in those circumstances Ebay becomes the competition.

Or they could explain to customers what their value is, and hope that an "educated consumer" would want to continue shopping from them.
Value of LP & MS:
- notification of new merchandise
- pictures of said merch
- limited edition availability
- easier to navigate than calling Disney direct

It's the fact that they 1) imply that the only other way to get the merch is to go to the parks, and 2) they have a huge surcharge without telling people exactly what the surcharge is, that makes them less than stellar in my book.

€uroMeinke · 03-27-2005, 11:17 AM

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Except Amazon is cheaper than Barnes & Noble or Tower. In your case, you are paying extra for the added value of instant gratification.

Don't forget shipping

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	LP and MP also have the advantage of having websites with detailed pictures where Disney does not. If you don't have access to the parks, it is the only way to see this stuff and the impulse is to buy. So, in a way, they are providing a service that Disney does not provide. When you are shopping, visuals are everything.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	LP and MS have to deal with the same problem as Amazon.com. They have a great online catalogue, makes recommendations to me , alerts me when things I want become available. But if I really want immediate gratification, I stop at my local Barns & Noble or Tower Records. But Amazon has decided that making theses services free brings in enough revenue to support it. LP and MS could try a different model and charge a subscription for their catalogue service, but that may drive away more customers. Another value add for MS, is they do stock certain items and will do their best to get limited edition merchadise that wouldn't necessarily be available from Disney - though in those circumstances Ebay becomes the competition. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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