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Registered: ‎03-13-2010
Because there is a cost for The Insider magazine membership, and apparently, some of the TSVs that are previewed in the magazines have limited quantity, there can be issues when some of the nicer members share item numbers on the boards. So there has to be a better way of doing things. One, you can make The Insider available to everyone free of charge. Obviously if EVERYONE had unlimited access to special pricing, sales, and advanced notice on TSVs, sales would go through the roof. If that won't work for you, then you might consider making the TSVs advance orders and special prices tied into Insider membership #s, like you do with certain email ads people get. Because I understand why people want to share the info with others in the Community, but then seriously, why are the rest of us PAYING for the privilege of getting this information? Especially when certain items sell out before all the Insider members get a chance at ordering? If the early TSV and sales prices were ONLY activated through either the online Insider or through an email, then giving the item numbers out to NON Insiders would be no big deal, and would allow them to look up the items in advance...but would not allow them to order at the special price until the day of the TSV, for instance. But there has to be a fairer way of doing this whole thing.
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