I've been a long time Sideshow fan, but I'm also a longtime videogame fan. It occured to me today that one major difference between the two is how I pay for them.
When I reserve a video game, I plunk down a minimum $5 and reserve a copy. Sometimes over a year before the actual release date. But in that time, I'm able to make more payments, as much or as little as I want, before the game ships. In most occasions its totally payed off before the ship date, and I can just go pick it up with no fuss.
Now when it comes to Sideshow, I pre-order for free, then often get slammed with the blunt force trauma of paying hundreds of dollars when the item ships. My question is why can't SSC have a similar pre-order policy, especially when credit cards and all my other info are already in the SSC database?
I think personally MANY fans would appreciate the option, since there's such a large amount of time between when an item is announced and when it is shipped, it would give people plenty of time to chip away at the major cost. Of course whatever remaining balance would have to be paid once the item ships, and this would only apply to pre-order items but still. IMO it would also eliminate many of the last minute cancellations on items because people don't have a spare $500 handy at the zero hour. Just a thought, I think it REALLY should be something you guys look into, because its handy as hell. Even if it comes with the understanding that all money put towards a pre-order item cannot be refunded, only used as SSC credit, I know I'd still do it for sure.
When I reserve a video game, I plunk down a minimum $5 and reserve a copy. Sometimes over a year before the actual release date. But in that time, I'm able to make more payments, as much or as little as I want, before the game ships. In most occasions its totally payed off before the ship date, and I can just go pick it up with no fuss.
Now when it comes to Sideshow, I pre-order for free, then often get slammed with the blunt force trauma of paying hundreds of dollars when the item ships. My question is why can't SSC have a similar pre-order policy, especially when credit cards and all my other info are already in the SSC database?
I think personally MANY fans would appreciate the option, since there's such a large amount of time between when an item is announced and when it is shipped, it would give people plenty of time to chip away at the major cost. Of course whatever remaining balance would have to be paid once the item ships, and this would only apply to pre-order items but still. IMO it would also eliminate many of the last minute cancellations on items because people don't have a spare $500 handy at the zero hour. Just a thought, I think it REALLY should be something you guys look into, because its handy as hell. Even if it comes with the understanding that all money put towards a pre-order item cannot be refunded, only used as SSC credit, I know I'd still do it for sure.
