 DWilliams  | 27 Mar 2015 10:13 a.m. PST |
When shopping for miniatures, what advertising discount is most likely to get your attention and persuade you to buy?
(a) Automatic 10% (or 15%, etc.) off on an entire order.
(b) Buy a certain quantity (say three or four packs), and get one more free.
(c) Buy a certain quantity, and qualify for a group discount (say 10 or 20% off entire order).
(d) I never respond to advertising gimmicks like these.
(e) ______________ (other)
These are all examples. Feel free to offer an alternative that you find very persuasive.
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| Brennus | 27 Mar 2015 10:15 a.m. PST |
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 Virtualscratchbuilder  | 27 Mar 2015 10:18 a.m. PST |
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| Texas Jack | 27 Mar 2015 10:21 a.m. PST |
A for me, and like Brennus, free shipping. |
 x42brown | 27 Mar 2015 10:34 a.m. PST |
A qualified (d) for me. No offer would get me to buy but may affect the timing or quantity. Having a use for the mini(s) is the only thing that makes me buy but free postage after £x, or similar might adjust the order up slightly but only slightly. x42 |
| Winston Smith | 27 Mar 2015 10:38 a.m. PST |
Old Glory Army card with 40% off. |
| Pictors Studio | 27 Mar 2015 10:45 a.m. PST |
For me the discount doesn't matter as much as the figures in most cases. Of course price is a concern but if I can only get the figures at retail price and I want the figures then no discount is going to get me to buy other figures. If all else was the same then I'd say C was most likely to get me to buy. |
| DColtman | 27 Mar 2015 11:18 a.m. PST |
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| skipper John | 27 Mar 2015 11:19 a.m. PST |
When Black Tree Designs has one of their 50% off sales for members only! And membership is free!! I love those guys! |
 etotheipi  | 27 Mar 2015 11:29 a.m. PST |
(d) like x42brown, but also (e) – deep member discount, with Winston and skipperJohn and (e)with DColtman et al – free shipping. I buy what I want when I want it in the quantities that I want it. Sometimes I want Zouaves and Federales because I am redoing my Battala de Puebla forces, so a discount on those specific things is a happy coincidence. Sometimes I want "some scifi/VSF/fantasy/ancients/etc. stuff" and a root around in the entrails of the store (online or not) for the "so deep and cheap it makes you weep" discount … which is a game all of its own. |
| mex10mm | 27 Mar 2015 11:53 a.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 27 Mar 2015 12:00 p.m. PST |
Honestly, I like "buy X amount and we'll throw in a secret bonus" |
| jdpintex | 27 Mar 2015 12:34 p.m. PST |
Sales sometimes impact the timing of my purchases, otherwise I buy enough to qualify for free shipping. Or I just buy what I want/need |
| Centurian | 27 Mar 2015 12:35 p.m. PST |
Another vote for free shippping. |
| Dynaman8789 | 27 Mar 2015 1:00 p.m. PST |
A and C, but I will still only buy from those I would buy from anyway. GHQ for instance, I save up for the sales they have but buy from them anyway. |
| DisasterWargamer | 27 Mar 2015 1:35 p.m. PST |
Shipping and either a discount or freebie of some sort |
| IronDuke596 | 27 Mar 2015 2:02 p.m. PST |
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| Mute Bystander | 27 Mar 2015 2:49 p.m. PST |
A for me, and/or free shipping, if I was going to buy some anyway. "Old Glory Army card with 40% off," works for me if I was going to buy enough 15/18 mm figures to make renewing my defunct membership worth the cost anyway. |
| ordinarybass | 27 Mar 2015 3:20 p.m. PST |
Free Shipping and super-sales. Since we play alot of generic sci-fi and fantasy rules, I can be very opportunistic. I'm not generally a great regular customer, since while I do buy some things at near-retail, most of what I'm looking for is things like Clearance and BTD 50% off. If I had a big project in mind I might also do the OG Army club. Most of my stuff is second hand and I have no problems putting in the time to strip figures. Thus retailers are essentially competing against what I can find used. |
| TNE2300 | 27 Mar 2015 3:41 p.m. PST |
Flat Percentage
or
Free Shipping depends on the size of an order
and if shipping is percentage or flat rate |
| wrgmr1 | 27 Mar 2015 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| saltflats1929 | 27 Mar 2015 6:35 p.m. PST |
I gladly pay shipping on free miniatures. |
| Mako11 | 27 Mar 2015 8:51 p.m. PST |
40% – 50% off usually gets my attention. |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 28 Mar 2015 7:30 a.m. PST |
1. Free shipping
2. 10% off would work if it was something I was going to buy anyway.
3. 20 to 30% might compel me to emabark on a new project. DM |
| Feet up now | 28 Mar 2015 10:14 a.m. PST |
(B) and free shipping, especially US to UK if they can. |
| Wargamer Blue | 29 Mar 2015 8:33 p.m. PST |
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