Target discontinued Firefly

POSTED BY: early
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 18:32
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EARLY

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:44 AM

I apologize for my ignorance regarding the Target Amazon thingy. Bad information. Just wanted to know if anyone knew the why. Thought maybe they didn't see the need for ordering more cause they didn't believe in the sales, or had a different vendor or whatever in which case I was hoping people could go to their local Target as I did and ask them about it and so they would then hopefully start to order them again. The more places they're offered the more people will see them and possibly buy them remebering how much they liked the show, which is good because we all know that will increase the chances for a movie and or new TV series. Amazon's great but people who order it from there most likely went to them specifically looking for Firefly, but at stores its like having posters up...good advertisement and potential for others to buy it who hadn't really thought about it since it was canceled.

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:22 PM

I have not checked Target since the 22nd, but they still had 3 copies of the DVD set on the shelf then.

I will swing by Target tonight and see if they have them. If they don't, I will see if ordering is possible. I know someone who works there who can get the low down for us.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

EARLY

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:53 PM

Thanks Browncoat.

EVILMIKE

Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:32 PM

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Originally posted by early:
Circuit City and Best Buy had them. But I don't think anyone understood me. According to the people at Target who looked it up in the book Target IS NOT SELLING THEM ANYMORE. They will not order more. They did have some, but those are gone (I assume sold) but they have discontinued it and will not be ordering others. Thats what the people at the store told me. I then checked Circuit City where i found a copy and a friend found them at Best Buy. The trouble with Amazon is the long wait. And even a day or two is too long a wait for Firefly.

Target is certainly a strange retailer.

I am something of a Lego collector (accumulator?) and have friends who are action figure collectors. We have all seen occasional instances where Target will stock something for a short time (as little as 2 weeks) and put it on clearance with a 25 to 30 percent markdown. If the item stays on the shelf for a couple of more weeks, it could end up at a 75% markdown -- all for something on the shelf for a month.

I suspect this is a similar situation -- they ordered something, put it on sale, but do not plan to have it in permanent stock -- reguardless of how quickly it sold out. It must be some point in their business model. I do not pretend to understand how or why this works for them; I'm just making an observation.

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