Why aren't there more restocks?

[Justin]

Yeah in regards to the Pokeballs in particular, it's a tricky one. I opted for the raffle last time essentially because it seemed like the only fair way to release a small number of them. I didn't want to dramatically increase the amount of them available and so a regular release in the Shop would then be so insignificant and tiny, making it just extremely frustrating for everyone involved.

We don't let market prices dictate everything we do, but it would just be tone-deaf to drop the price of an item widely considered extremely rare and valuable by the community from tens of thousands of bells down to nothing.

I won't and can't commit to anything this far in advance for Sun/Moon, but something similar happening again is a solid possibility.

 

[Mr. Cat]

Donald Trump thinks it works

This is the best comment I've seen all day

 

[Justin]

being serious for a moment, pokeball collectibles dont fit the (already flawed) argument against restocking. The pokeballs were originally sold in the forum shop for 74 tbt, i think for a solid week. If you read old threads you'll see practically everyone posting on the forums then with any regularity managed to snag one. They weren't intended to be super rare. They are only super rare now because so many members owning one have gone inactive. They were created to celebrate the release of Pokemon X/Y. It would be totally appropriate and consistent for more pokeball collectibles to be sold in the forum shop later this year when Pokemon Sun/Moon gets released by Nintendo.

Also on Pokeballs, I'd like to add that they were definitely quite rare and chased after when introduced. No, it wasn't quite at the level of "sold out in 10 seconds" we have now, but the idea that they were just sitting in the Shop for a week waiting for anyone interested to purchase feels like a bit of revisionist history to me. Honestly, they were the beginning of the current collectible madness we see on the forums today.

As an example, here's a thread from back then with the same very familiar frustrations we see today regarding limited stock and restocks: http://www.belltreeforums.com/showthread.php?104240-Pokeballs-Selling-So-Damn-Fast!!!

 

[ok.sean]

You guys realize these are sets of code that you wait hours to buy with fake currency
idk that's just me

 

[Nightmares]

Can we make a thing where once the collectible's in the cart, it's yours? I've had so many taken straight out as I was pressing to checkout ;~;

 

[Mr. Cat]

Although, it does really infuriate me to see some people hoarding them, I must say I'm really thankful for those generous enough to buy them to sell/give to people who can't wait around all day. Much love to those few.

 

[King Dorado]

Also on Pokeballs, I'd like to add that they were definitely quite rare and chased after when introduced. No, it wasn't quite at the level of "sold out in 10 seconds" we have now, but the idea that they were just sitting in the Shop for a week waiting for anyone interested to purchase feels like a bit of revisionist history to me. Honestly, they were the beginning of the current collectible madness we see on the forums today.

As an example, here's a thread from back then with the same very familiar frustrations we see today regarding limited stock and restocks: http://www.belltreeforums.com/showthread.php?104240-Pokeballs-Selling-So-Damn-Fast!!!

Justin, can you say how many were released? I have the impression it was 75 to 100.

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also, fwiw it appears about half to 2/3 of the people commenting in that old thread managed to get one...

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

I agree, not everyone can sit around and refresh until their fingers fall off -_-

Then install the AutoRefresh plug-in.

Anyway, limited restocks = rare items = trading = more threads

 

[Nightmares]

Then install the AutoRefresh plug-in.

Anyway, limited restocks = rare items = trading = more threads

How's that auto refresh work m9

 

[vel]

I'm B R O K E as I am inside. ;-;

 

[seliph]

Can we make a thing where once the collectible's in the cart, it's yours? I've had so many taken straight out as I was pressing to checkout ;~;

My first thought was that this was a good idea but couldn't it be broken by someone holding something in their cart even if they don't intend to check out? Like would the collectible just sit there forever?

So if someone wanted a hammer but didn't have the TBT they could just let it sit and wait til they did, and I don't think that's fair.

 

[pandapples]

My first thought was that this was a good idea but couldn't it be broken by someone holding something in their cart even if they don't intend to check out? Like would the collectible just sit there forever?

So if someone wanted a hammer but didn't have the TBT they could just let it sit and wait til they did, and I don't think that's fair.

I don't think you're able to add items to cart if you don't have enough for it. It'll be grayed out

 

[Aali]

I don't think you're able to add items to cart if you don't have enough for it. It'll be grayed out

This is true, but some people might try to hold them for ransom.

I could see someone making a "Give me 10,000tbt and I release all of these collectables" thread

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and by this i mean if they had enough tbt

 

[seliph]

I don't think you're able to add items to cart if you don't have enough for it. It'll be grayed out

Oh yeah I forgot about that
Although still someone could just keep em in their cart out of spite

 

[brownboy102]

Oh yeah I forgot about that
Although still someone could just keep em in their cart out of spite

The moderators can probably take it out of your cart, like mall security. If the whole "it's in your cart and it's yours" thing does happen, and these weird collectible ransoms come about, it could be that a first offense can result in a warning, second in a band, and third in a ban for a little while. Maybe it's kinda harsh but maybe it would make sense?

Because the entire restock thing is like a Black Friday at Target.

 

[RaineyWood]

They could implement a timer for the cart thing.

If after say, ten minutes pass and you didn't buy the item(s) yet, they are automatically removed from your cart.
That happens on other sites when you add things to your cart.
If you don't buy them within a certain amount of time they just get removed.

 

[seliph]

They could implement a timer for the cart thing.

If after say, ten minutes pass and you didn't buy the item(s) yet, they are automatically removed from your cart.
That happens on other sites when you add things to your cart.
If you don't buy them within a certain amount of time they just get removed.

That's not really helpful though. That's still collectibles someone could have bought to use in their lineup or to sell/trafe, gone from the site.

And no one can say "pfff no one will just put collectibles in their cart just to have them be removed from the site" 'cause I see yall who buy tons of limited collectibles just so no one else can have them

 

[RaineyWood]

That's not really helpful though. That's still collectibles someone could have bought to use in their lineup or to sell/trafe, gone from the site.

And no one can say "pfff no one will just put collectibles in their cart just to have them be removed from the site" 'cause I see yall who buy tons of limited collectibles just so no one else can have them

You seem to misunderstand what I meant:
They wouldn't be removed from the site, they'd just go back into the store.

It would prevent people from just being jerks and hoarding them in their cart.
They wouldn't disappear from the site just go back to the store to be purchased by someone who actually wants to buy the item.

 

[Horus]

Okay I am going to VENT, it makes me angry to have new collectibles like cake put up and never even know about it. SOME OF US HAVE REAL jobs and families that we have to take care of and then to see lots of people with their sidebars completely covered with the same Items. Some of us also like helping others on here and do NICE things, Greed is not NICE.

**** those sidebar pricks

 

[Seroja]

That's not really helpful though. That's still collectibles someone could have bought to use in their lineup or to sell/trafe, gone from the site.

And no one can say "pfff no one will just put collectibles in their cart just to have them be removed from the site" 'cause I see yall who buy tons of limited collectibles just so no one else can have them

Very good suggestions all around about the cart thing. Everything I wanted to say have been said. Anyway, the way the timer works is just as Rainey said, but I think it's better if the timer holds it for less- say 1 - 2 minutes? Just enough to get through the lag. Then they go back to the shop.

Neopets have timers too, but for a longer time because the stocks are bigger in number. As long as it's in your cart, you can checkout anytime within a given time frame. But after the time limit is exceeded, the items go back to the shop.