Thread: This Is Madness

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We need to becareful when buying props ad decorations, because some sites are inflating their prices.

Exempl...



Things You Never Knew Existed $19.99 Frigt Catalog $ 99.00




Walmart $ 89.99 ...Spirit halloween $ 149.00



This one Hoooooooooo



Walmart 129.00 SPIRIT HALLOWEEN $ 224.00 ( Plus TAX and Ship ) Dammmmm

I always thought Spirit was a joke, but damn, I guess ol Sam Walton has our backs, thanks for bringing it to my/our attention liuoliveira

Wow, those price differences are HUGE! Thanks for letting us know.

Animated Hex

Spirit Halloween $ 149.99
Fright Catalog $ 99.99
Haunteg Fog $ 79.99

Geez! Talk about profits That's why I always look around before buying, too. Thanks for posting this.

Originally Posted by liuoliveira

Animated Hex

Spirit Halloween $ 149.99
Fright Catalog $ 99.99
Haunteg Fog $ 79.99

OMG just went on Walgreens website they want $129.99 for Hex this year, says "online exclusive"...I got him in the store last year for like $60-$70. Wow inflation! The inconsistency of pricing on Halloween props & stuff is REDICULOUS!!

Yep, it always helps to check prices! Perhaps you should change the name of this thread to rip offs and everyone can post the lowest prices they find.

MsM

I don't think that the quality is always the same however and while a prop might look like it's the same it's not. Some times I've seen a prop with two different feature sets; for example since you posted about Hex, I know there's an animated version and one not so much, that may account for the pricing difference in the stores mentioned. Some props talk for example and in others there's no voice or sound. I think there's also a difference in materials. There have been lots of Gemmy mummies out there but some have green lit up eyes and some a different color; and some of them said different things. I was on Gemmy's site last year and saw a few variations of the same prop and different vendors carried different models. Walmart sold one version and Target another for example. I'm sure Walmart isn't paying for a prop with the highest material quality to provide it to you at the cost they charge. I suspect some mechanical props last longer than other versions. When I was in Walmart last year I noticed that the quality of the skin on some of the props wasn't the same as those in Spirit. The spirit balls they carried were also another example of a noticed difference. If you put up Halloween one night a year and plan on using a prop for a couple of years, then you might be happy with a less expensive prop or decoration. However if you are someone who runs a haunt for several weeks and needs a prop that will hold up through several seasons of heavy use, then the cheaper version might not last you and need repair or replacement. In this economy with so many businesses folding, sometimes the inventory does get picked up and resold at a big discount. However I do kind of think you tend to get what you pay for.

I was in Home Goods yesterday and they had these silver bone pillar candle holders (posted about under Halloween sightings/General Halloween). Very similar to the ones that Pottery Barn had last year. I had a picture from PB's catalog of them and compared them to the one I bought and I could tell they weren't the same. Last year I fell in love with these vintage canvas Halloween print advertisements--ie for Blood Suckers, etc.-- that I think GrandinRoad carried. Saw prints that seemed to be the same at Home Goods that year and bought them. They were similar but not the same when I compared them to the GR catalog picture.

So I just wanted to point out that you probably aren't comparing apples to apples. Also I thought it's interesting to note that a number of sponsors of this forum are getting trashed and unfairly IMO.

ALWAYS shop around.I have also seen alot of this going on and I know the smaller vendors do have to charge more because they can't buy as much as larger I have to buy the cheapist.

Hey.(.I know there's an animated version and one not so much)

????????????????? My animated Hex Its very very very much animated...
difference in materials..No difference... LATEx .... I work on Spirit Halloween for 2 years... I realy know what I talk about...

unfairly...????????? Very unfairly PRICES.. I have to buy the cheapist too.

????????????? ( getting trashed and unfairly )

Look my friend I post this for help ..Not for trashed OK... Thanks