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<blockquote data-quote="TalonComics" data-source="post: 1001404" data-attributes="member: 60">Honestly, over all, no, they haven't. But when it comes to my distributor and other distributors I've seen them have to sit on thousands of books until street dates while other places sell the books freely.WotC/Hasbro has what I call a &quot;punishment policy&quot; where if you buy directly through them you get a better discount and usually no street date (supposedly the revised core books were an exception). If you buy from a distributor, WotC has a flat discount and you're saddled with a street date everytime a product is released. If the distributor, not the retailer, breaks the street date then they can be punished by WotC with them withholding product with the next release.Now, imagine this same scenario with the Harry Potter book or a new DVD or a music release. Imagine how pissed off you'd be if you were a retailer who not only had to deal with places selling Harry Potter at massive discount levels but also got to sell it a week before you were able to. Imagine what the media would do if they found out Wal-Mart had a deal to sell&nbsp; the Harry Potter book a week before everyone else.See why I call it a &quot;punishment policy?&quot;~D</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TalonComics, post: 1001404, member: 60"] Honestly, over all, no, they haven't. But when it comes to my distributor and other distributors I've seen them have to sit on thousands of books until street dates while other places sell the books freely. WotC/Hasbro has what I call a "punishment policy" where if you buy directly through them you get a better discount and usually no street date (supposedly the revised core books were an exception). If you buy from a distributor, WotC has a flat discount and you're saddled with a street date everytime a product is released. If the distributor, not the retailer, breaks the street date then they can be punished by WotC with them withholding product with the next release. Now, imagine this same scenario with the Harry Potter book or a new DVD or a music release. Imagine how pissed off you'd be if you were a retailer who not only had to deal with places selling Harry Potter at massive discount levels but also got to sell it a week before you were able to. Imagine what the media would do if they found out Wal-Mart had a deal to sell the Harry Potter book a week before everyone else. See why I call it a "punishment policy?" ~D [/QUOTE]

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