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Alton Towers Merchandise

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kris3012 said:
I managed to buy 3 on Sunday morning without nothing being said(I only heard about this 1pp on fb later In the day).
I think it’s pretty stupid only having 900 for the weekend when they have 40k+ guests.
Seems to me like a complete farce but I guess they have there reasons.


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You must have been one of the first in to purchase, I wasn't too far behind

Personally, I think that they should advertise the Scarefest and Fireworks pin badges on social media way in advance, before they place an order to get them made. Get people to pre-order them and pay for them up front before a set date. Give people the option to collect at the park during the event or have them sent by charging extra for P&P. That way the park knows exactly how many to have made to order, plus an additional extra few hundred to sell on the day in the shop.
 
I would of liked a scarefest pin. However when they there was none left i just went oh well.

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RoyJess said:
You must have been one of the first in to purchase, I wasn't too far behind

Personally, I think that they should advertise the Scarefest and Fireworks pin badges on social media way in advance, before they place an order to get them made. Get people to pre-order them and pay for them up front before a set date. Give people the option to collect at the park during the event or have them sent by charging extra for P&P. That way the park knows exactly how many to have made to order, plus an additional extra few hundred to sell on the day in the shop.
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Yes I was there quite early tbh.
I like your idea and should be brought in although they could have x amount made and whatever’s left be sold on the website I’m sure they would easily sell.


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The problem is similar to concert ticket touts. Pin badge touts snaps them all up to resell on ebay at an inflated price #pinbadgetouts
 
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Let the buying frenzy begin, available on ebay soon at a ridiculous highly inflated prices :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:

Image and quote taken from Mr P Jones FB page

GOOD NEWS all you Alton towers merch / pin collectors , I can officially announce there is to be a Christmas 2017 pin badge ( awaiting a better picture ). the pin badge will be an ONLINE SHOP SPECIAL , and limited to 5 pins per order ONLY. if people want to do multiple orders the can HOWEVER, postage costs will be charged for every order. the pins should be available between 5th - 10th December , as soon as they go on sale there will be facebook / Twitter announcements from Alton Towers . I'm told they will be £3.50 BEFORE map discount.
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RoyJess said:
My Xmas pin badge arrived yesterday

£3.95 for an envelope, 2nd class stamp (which meant that the delivery took 2 weeks to arrive) and a glossy thank you slip :eek:
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If you're gonna pay £3.95 for postage that takes around a week, at least buy 5 and flip the rest to get your money back.
 
BarryZola said:
If you're gonna pay £3.95 for postage that takes around a week, at least buy 5 and flip the rest to get your money back.
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I wasn't worried about paying for the P&P at that price (or buying more to sell to recoup my spend), I just questioning what the £3.95 was spent on? At least they could have sent it first class (or recorded) for that price :rolleyes:
 
P&P that is completely unrelated to the actual cost of shipping something really annoys me. A soft toy would have cost £3+ for Royal Mail small parcel. But as you say a pin badge can go as large letter which is more like £1.50.
Similarly ticketing websites that charge you even for print at home bug me.
 
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