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NEWS: Diamond Comic Distributors Revise Minimum Order Policy




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KrisEllieOphi



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:49 pm Reply with quote
I'm a little confused by this part here:
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....it will then "address our need to avoid unprofitable SKUs by not listing subsequent issues or like products" if they do not meet the minimum requirement.


Does this mean they will list subsequent issues regardless of the sales of the first? Or that it will remain the same as it is now,and they'll just ship out orders for first volumes regardless of whether or not they meet the required minimum purchase mark?
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:54 pm Reply with quote
KrisEllieOphi wrote:
I'm a little confused by this part here:
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....it will then "address our need to avoid unprofitable SKUs by not listing subsequent issues or like products" if they do not meet the minimum requirement.


Does this mean they will list subsequent issues regardless of the sales of the first? Or that it will remain the same as it is now,and they'll just ship out orders for first volumes regardless of whether or not they meet the required minimum purchase mark?


The latter case — if the orders for the first issue or release of a title fall below the threshold, Diamond will still ship the first issue, but it won't list future releases of the title.
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KrisEllieOphi



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:09 pm Reply with quote
Thank you. I was hoping for the first, but was expecting the latter. Sad
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:49 pm Reply with quote
I guess they lost out as middle-men because of their greed. Rolling Eyes
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mangastudent



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:54 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
I guess they lost out as middle-men because of their greed. Rolling Eyes

Not "greed" but (high?) overhead, an inability to decrease that, and shortsightedness (I assume that some titles that become big don't do so immediately).

They've explicitly said that titles with volumes below X and Y aren't profitable for them to distribute and we have no reason to believe they aren't telling the truth.
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