Comments on: I [Heart] Baseball http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:48:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Milan http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-46100 Milan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:43:40 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/i-heart-baseball/#comment-46100 Dear Readers, We are the manufacturer of these products. Sorry that our retailer Red Envelope didn't explain that Fenway is priced higher because it is of limited availibity. Yankee Stadium and other's had their wood seats removed in the 70's and replaced by plastic. Fenway is a small park and only 50% of the wood has been removed and swapped for plastic at this point. Therefore, there are less Fenway wood seats in the collector market, forcing the price higher. Availibility and popularity drive prices higher. Fenway seats are very rare and we could have removed them from our program, but our experience to date has shown us that Fenway has outsold all other parks but one. We hope this helps clear up the price discrepency. We appreciate your vigilance and the opportunity to clear the air. -Tokens and Coins 1-877-558-7404 www.ballparkpens.com Dear Readers,

We are the manufacturer of these products. Sorry that our retailer Red Envelope didn’t explain that Fenway is priced higher because it is of limited availibity. Yankee Stadium and other’s had their wood seats removed in the 70’s and replaced by plastic. Fenway is a small park and only 50% of the wood has been removed and swapped for plastic at this point. Therefore, there are less Fenway wood seats in the collector market, forcing the price higher. Availibility and popularity drive prices higher. Fenway seats are very rare and we could have removed them from our program, but our experience to date has shown us that Fenway has outsold all other parks but one. We hope this helps clear up the price discrepency. We appreciate your vigilance and the opportunity to clear the air.

-Tokens and Coins
1-877-558-7404
http://www.ballparkpens.com

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]]> By: Heather S http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-45818 Heather S Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:05:05 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/i-heart-baseball/#comment-45818 Oh, my mistake... I guess the cheapest pens are $170, some are $180, some are $190. Only the Fenway pen is $250. Oh, my mistake… I guess the cheapest pens are $170, some are $180, some are $190. Only the Fenway pen is $250.

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]]> By: Heather S http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-45817 Heather S Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:58:00 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/i-heart-baseball/#comment-45817 Sarah, I have to agree. I thought this would be an excellent gift for my Red Sox fanatic husband. But when I saw the Fenway pen was $80 more - forget. Perhaps if the Fenway pen wasn't the only pen with a higher price I would consider. Or if it was more reasonable - $20 extra, probably. $30 extra, maybe. $80 extra - no way. It is just a pen for Pete's sake! Sarah, I have to agree. I thought this would be an excellent gift for my Red Sox fanatic husband. But when I saw the Fenway pen was $80 more – forget. Perhaps if the Fenway pen wasn’t the only pen with a higher price I would consider. Or if it was more reasonable – $20 extra, probably. $30 extra, maybe. $80 extra – no way. It is just a pen for Pete’s sake!

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]]> By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-44336 Paul Moro Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:49:03 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/i-heart-baseball/#comment-44336 Sarah, I was recently asked to go to a jello wrestling competition (in case you were wondering, the jello do not wrestle). But any thoughts I may have had of actually going were gone when I learned about the pricing structure: Girls get in for free if they wrestle. Girls who dont pay seven bucks. A guy who brings a girl pays ten bucks for the couple. Any guy who dares show up sans a member of the female gender pays $25. How is that fair? I am not sure why I am choosing this forum to complain. Initially, it seemed like a good idea to mention this. Now I regret it and doubt its relevance. But I will hit the submit comment button anyway. Sarah, I was recently asked to go to a jello wrestling competition (in case you were wondering, the jello do not wrestle). But any thoughts I may have had of actually going were gone when I learned about the pricing structure:

Girls get in for free if they wrestle.
Girls who dont pay seven bucks.
A guy who brings a girl pays ten bucks for the couple.
Any guy who dares show up sans a member of the female gender pays $25.

How is that fair? I am not sure why I am choosing this forum to complain. Initially, it seemed like a good idea to mention this. Now I regret it and doubt its relevance. But I will hit the submit comment button anyway.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-44327 Sarah Green Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:42:09 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/i-heart-baseball/#comment-44327 Nick, dynamic pricing and price discrimination are hardly new concepts, so if the Fenway pen/cuff links were twenty bucks more than the others, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. But a whopping $80? That's extreme. Nick, dynamic pricing and price discrimination are hardly new concepts, so if the Fenway pen/cuff links were twenty bucks more than the others, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. But a whopping $80? That’s extreme.

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]]> By: Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/2008/02/14/i-heart-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-44310 Nick Kapur Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:13:27 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/i-heart-baseball/#comment-44310 I think that's just smart pricing. It's a proven fact that Red Sox fans will pay much more for Red Sox related items than any other team's fans will pay for that team's items. Maybe you won't pay more, but I'm sure <i>some</i> Rex Sox fan will. I bet some Red Sox fans will have a different logic, in which they say, yeah, Fenway is just better than those other parks, so it is worth paying more for a piece of a Fenway seat. So yeah if a certain group is willing or able to pay more, why not charge them more? It's the same reasoning behind charging regular adults more money to see a movie than seniors or students. I think that’s just smart pricing. It’s a proven fact that Red Sox fans will pay much more for Red Sox related items than any other team’s fans will pay for that team’s items. Maybe you won’t pay more, but I’m sure some Rex Sox fan will. I bet some Red Sox fans will have a different logic, in which they say, yeah, Fenway is just better than those other parks, so it is worth paying more for a piece of a Fenway seat.

So yeah if a certain group is willing or able to pay more, why not charge them more? It’s the same reasoning behind charging regular adults more money to see a movie than seniors or students.

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