I don’t know WTF is happening… but i like it :)
I always talk about “deals you want vs deals they want you to have”. The best deals are the ones the sellers don’t want you to have – price mistakes, double promo/coupon goofs, etc. You know you got one of those deals from the seller’s reaction – they will pull the deal the moment they find out. And you know it’s a REALLY good deal when you get an email from the seller’s intern asking you to cancel your order, or he’s going to be fired, and him and his elderly grandma are going to be homeless (true story, did happen).
I don’t know WTF is going on with the PLA deals the last few days…
Price-wise some of these are on the level of the “deals they don’t want you to have” type, but instead of yanking them immediately, the sellers keep bringing them back.
That’s “not normal”…
MIKA3D, TTYT3D, etc, etc, etc… all these brands that are popping up with these sales are all the same people. There are like 5 or 6 brands controlled by this group that are all dealing.
I’m just some random shmuck posting deals on a small time site with no traffic… i don’t have the type of “juice” or connections to know what’s really happening. It’s obvious that they’re clearing stuff out, regular PLA in particular. Why they’re doing it, and for how long – i have no idea.
I do know that there used to be MIKA3D Resin. And at some point that resin was also going for “unusual” prices for a stretch of time… until it went poof, never to be seen again (looks like they discontinued it).
It’s possible that what we’re seeing are death-throes of some brands that are about to permanently disappear. Or maybe they just need to clear some shelf-space for a new and improved product (aka, they’ll slap a new label with the words “High Speed” on the same spools, and double the price). Whatever it is – it’s a true clearance, leading to some of the best prices on PLA in a looooooong time, and it’s not going to last forever (stock on some of these has already run out).
Like i said – i don’t know WTF is happening, but i like it… and you should too 🙂
Stock up on what you can, while you can…
