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I never understood why maps go out of primt, there are several of the flip mats that I want that I can’t get.
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Oh noes, you didn't list the numbers, we won't be getting the customary "there are now only between 352 and 56990247 of Product X left" posts by Marco! :-P
I try to help people notice which products are running low and should be bought before they sell out completely.
Writing about what has sold out at the warehouse also makes it possible for people to try to get it from flagstores or online-shops which helps everyone involved.
I bought a lot of products of which the least numbers were left of on the last inventory list and worked my way slowly upwards.
I'm not motivated by this list to buy anything, because it's impossible to say what i need to buy first.
So please add some numbers ranges, Paizo crew, otherwise this isn't gonna be very helpful.
Doesn't affect me in any way, most of my future discretionary spending is tied up in Starfinder.
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I never understood why maps go out of primt, there are several of the flip mats that I want that I can’t get.
Because they can't do print-on-demand, so they have to order a certain total from the printer when they do their first printing. Once that's done, it sits in their warehouse, the warehouses of distributors, and in FLGSs shelves until people buy it. Once their warehouse is empty or close to it, they look at the sales numbers of that map and see if it's worth reprinting as a 'flip-mat classic'. If not, that means that it wasn't popular enough to be profitable for Paizo to reprint, and that's that. If a map you want is out of stock at Paizo, check Amazon, check ebay, check your FLGS, and check with your gaming friends -- maybe one of them has it and would be willing to part with it.
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Wow, Aquatic Adventures is already on the list.
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I've definitely impulse-bought some things solely because they were on the "25 or less" or "100 or less" lists. If those things I'm impulse-buying are APs, I also try to collect the entire AP even if the other issues are not as limited. Not knowing the numbers means I may just be passing some of these products by.
I never understood why maps go out of primt, there are several of the flip mats that I want that I can’t get.Because they can't do print-on-demand, so they have to order a certain total from the printer when they do their first printing. Once that's done, it sits in their warehouse, the warehouses of distributors, and in FLGSs shelves until people buy it. Once their warehouse is empty or close to it, they look at the sales numbers of that map and see if it's worth reprinting as a 'flip-mat classic'. If not, that means that it wasn't popular enough to be profitable for Paizo to reprint, and that's that. If a map you want is out of stock at Paizo, check Amazon, check ebay, check your FLGS, and check with your gaming friends -- maybe one of them has it and would be willing to part with it.
Did that found 1 for $600.
Did that found 1 for $600.I never understood why maps go out of primt, there are several of the flip mats that I want that I can’t get.Because they can't do print-on-demand, so they have to order a certain total from the printer when they do their first printing. Once that's done, it sits in their warehouse, the warehouses of distributors, and in FLGSs shelves until people buy it. Once their warehouse is empty or close to it, they look at the sales numbers of that map and see if it's worth reprinting as a 'flip-mat classic'. If not, that means that it wasn't popular enough to be profitable for Paizo to reprint, and that's that. If a map you want is out of stock at Paizo, check Amazon, check ebay, check your FLGS, and check with your gaming friends -- maybe one of them has it and would be willing to part with it.
It's all about playing the long game. I managed to track some down in stores the next province over, and picked them up on a visit. Found a used copy of one favourite for about $25-30 on an FB group, and considered it worth the price. Searched online game store inventories not just in Canada, but as far afield as England. And that was back when they swore up and down that they'd never be likely to reprint anything! Making it much more of a hunt, and more likely a wild goose chase.
Oh, and count me in as another vote for ballpark numbers remaining, please!
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+1 for wanting to know which items are on the "almost extinct" list, as opposed to simply "endangered".
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Since I do not have infinite money, I used the numbers left to guide my buying priorities. I miss the data :-(
And I do not get what was wrong with providing it
I would guess we're looking at two possibilities here:
1} It takes time for someone to extract the inventory values and plug them into the web page. Paizo is very busy right now because it's a day with a 'y' in the name and they're always busy on those.
2} It's a deliberate experiment. If you know there are say... 75 of something left, you may not purchase it because you figure you've got plenty of time. If you don't... well... MUST BUY BECAUSE NOT WANT MISS LIMITED-TIME-OFFER.
Of course, knowing Paizo's tendency to not be evil, I'm expecting #1 is more likely.
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Since I do not have infinite money, I used the numbers left to guide my buying priorities. I miss the data :-(
And I do not get what was wrong with providing it
I would guess we're looking at two possibilities here:
1} It takes time for someone to extract the inventory values and plug them into the web page. Paizo is very busy right now because it's a day with a 'y' in the name and they're always busy on those.
2} It's a deliberate experiment. If you know there are say... 75 of something left, you may not purchase it because you figure you've got plenty of time. If you don't... well... MUST BUY BECAUSE NOT WANT MISS LIMITED-TIME-OFFER.
Of course, knowing Paizo's tendency to not be evil, I'm expecting #1 is more likely.
I am not sure I endorse number 2, but I am highly doubtful about number 1. Because I do not see how you can get a detailed list of soon to sell out products without the info on how many are left for each product. Adding them here would take max 2 hours and I do not think they need James Jacobs to do it
I am not sure I endorse number 2, but I am highly doubtful about number 1. Because I do not see how you can get a detailed list of soon to sell out products without the info on how many are left for each product.Since I do not have infinite money, I used the numbers left to guide my buying priorities. I miss the data :-(
And I do not get what was wrong with providing it
I would guess we're looking at two possibilities here:
1} It takes time for someone to extract the inventory values and plug them into the web page. Paizo is very busy right now because it's a day with a 'y' in the name and they're always busy on those.
2} It's a deliberate experiment. If you know there are say... 75 of something left, you may not purchase it because you figure you've got plenty of time. If you don't... well... MUST BUY BECAUSE NOT WANT MISS LIMITED-TIME-OFFER.
Of course, knowing Paizo's tendency to not be evil, I'm expecting #1 is more likely.
Taking a purely hypothetical number of 500 books per box, it might be something like: "If there's only two boxes left, put it on the list."
That would be considerably quicker than counting them out. Particularly since (as I understand things) they open multiple boxes of each product simultaneously, so they're not usually in a position of having six unopened boxes left but rather half a dozen, each missing a variable number of titles.
Perhaps they track inventory down to the single book level, but I suspect that would be more trouble than it was worth.
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Perhaps they track inventory down to the single book level, but I suspect that would be more trouble than it was worth.
If they don't do that, they don't know whether they can accept an order.
Letting somebody order something online, only to cancel the order later on because the item isn't actually in stock, is going to cause a whole lot more trouble than accurate inventory tracking.
Perhaps they track inventory down to the single book level, but I suspect that would be more trouble than it was worth.If they don't do that, they don't know whether they can accept an order.
Letting somebody order something online, only to cancel the order later on because the item isn't actually in stock, is going to cause a whole lot more trouble than accurate inventory tracking.
You're probably right. Although FWIW I have been in the position before of successfully ordering more than they had in stock. That is very rare though.
My thought was that they held back half a dozen boxes outside of those 'available for sale' so as to cover replacements of defective product. I figured they then added titles to this list once the stock got down to just those boxes. You're right though that doing so could cause dramas.