There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
If you look around, you'll generally find the item for sale elsewhere for about 30% below MSRP every day- and then, on sale, you can do much better than that.
I think you need a better negotiator, or the current one(s) need to be more aggressive with these companies. Some of the discounts they offer are a joke.
Stress that this is not a one-time sale, if this item becomes popular at their price, it can be almost a running sale, as soon as one drop ends another begins!
Many of these items are NOT high volume sale items- so a mass drop should be a welcome thing for them. If they act otherwise, I'd say they were playing you.
I owned a hotrod shop for many years, and I have never paid more than 50% of the asking price, for any car, in my life. That is my limit, and if they won't meet me there I walk. Usually they do- I rarely have to walk. You guys need to take this approach, get vendors COMPETING with each other to be on Massdrop. It should be an honor.
They need YOU, not vice-versa. Attitude is everything, guys.
:)