Comments on: CURRENTLY FEATURING THE ZHU ZHU PETS

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:43:02 +0000

I think there should be a law that would not allow such a practice to go on. You people buy them all out when they come to a store and do not allow the average child to get one. I would never buy anything on your site. How could you charge 3 and 4 time as much. Walmart is selling them for 8 bucks.

By: pam p

pam p — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:45:15 +0000

What do you think?

By: Traci

Traci — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:01:31 +0000

I am sorry, but I think I have to agree with Jim. The whole “supply and demand” argument works… but don’t play the “kid” card with it! If you were lucky enough to find them at their original price of $8 each then good for you! Charging $45 each now is TERRIBLE! Why would anyone pay that! I love my kids as much as anyone, but teaching them to buy something for 5 times what they are obviously worth (or they would have sold them for $45 in the first place) is a buch better lesson. Just like Elmo… my children will get these when they are back to being sold for a realistic price. I will spend my money on other things that are WORTH what I have to spend!

By: ellen

ellen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:08:44 +0000

Jim….good for you for being so “intelligent”…now, go and buy these things and pay as MUCH for them as you CAN….hurry now…hurry hurry hurry…this will encourage this kind of practice to be successful…
wake up Jim…there are parents out there with children who wish and wish and wish that santa will bring them a hamster…and, those parents simply do not have the money to buy them at these hateful prices…
but, don’t feel sorry for those chldren, jimbo, just sit smugly and enjoy your “adult” view while the rest of us “children” refuse to accept such injustice…have a great christmas…

By: ellen

ellen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:04:13 +0000

Regardless of what you say, you ALLOW these prices to be listed…I hope that all of these greedy jerks get stuck with these when they don\’t sell at these stupid stupid stupid prices…i will use this as a learning lesson for my children..i will explain to what extent nasty people will go to earn a buck and i will then take my children, after christmas, to purchase these at the pre-hysteria prices…so, THANKS for giving me the opportunity to open the eyes of my children to this crap…

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:43:30 +0000

I think this is just another fad toy that will go out of style in 6 months or less, much like the furby. And like the furby, it IS way overpriced. I also think that if you are a third party and not the seller, then your website needs to clearly reflect that, and not be a link offering free shipping. That makes it appear to be YOUR product and therefore YOUR prices. Also I see the code reader is sensitive? How sensitive? Four year olds cannot care for real, live hampsters on their own but I certainly don\’t hand them fragile technological devices either! Who wants to bet these zhu zhus won\’t last their first bath?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:47:26 +0000

I agree with Jim, he took the words out of my mouth (except for the standoffishness). Anyhow, as supply goes down, demand goes us. Look at the collector car market. Less cars, more people = higher prices… especially as the years go by. If you wait a few months, prices will go down, but if you want them for Chrstmas (and who doesn\’t???), then you will have to pay a higher price. I was lucky myself and found some in stores way before the hype. Once news got out about them, I found an online retailer called GetZhuZhu and bought some for cheap there. Now, no where you go, can you find them for less than $30 or 40 (maybe more) a pop. Fact. If you manage to find them in stores, you probably waited in the cold overnight and fought off a barage of middle aged woman and money hungry snobs for them. Real fun. But I digress…. I\’ll end with this: If you want them, buy them sooner rather than later because if you wait, the prices will only go higher. If you don\’t like prices as they are now, then buy something else. -Paul K.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:50:14 +0000

It\’s called supply and demand. We live in a capitalist society. More people want the pets than there are pets to go around. It\’s not rocket science that the price is going to go up. People are obviously willing to pay higher than retail prices for them because if no one did, the prices wouldn\’t go up. Stop whining about people \’ripping you off\’ and deal with the fact that you are going to pay more for popular toys that are hard to find. If you don\’t want to pay the inflated price then don\’t buy them, its as simple as that. Grow up.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:18:11 +0000

I agree with everyone else, I thought I was missing something when I saw the prices here. It seems to me if the consumer is buying from your website, you should have some control over the price or just not refer them to businesses who are taking advantage of them. I am amazed you have any business.

By: zhuzhu pets

zhuzhu pets — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:58:42 +0000

Cheri and Sandy-smarthamsterpets.com has no control of the prices of the toys.All we do is bring you the information on the product and the places you can buy them online. All prices are determined by the relevant sellers and not smarthamsterpets.com.