Beginning this Saturday at 1PM, Amos Online Store, James Jarvis fans of the gold and silver membership caliber will have an opportunity to fill those gaps in their Silas/Amos vinyl figure collections. Details will be made available in an email from Amos. To become a member, you have to 1) join the Amos mailing list and 2) buy stuff. Here’s some more info on The Stash:
The Stash is made up of long sold out figures and products that we have conscientiously kept aside. There are examples of all the Amos classics, and some Silas specials too. These have been kept specifically for when we opened our own store. When the Stash is empty then that is it! The figures are gone forever.
Because of the scarce nature of these figures, and a thriving secondary market (mostly through ebay) we realise that some of these items have a much higher value than the original retail price. And considering we have held onto and stored these figures for so long (some of them for 8 years), we feel justified to increase their retail prices accordingly. Pricing has been set through a simple 4 level system based on the original GBP retail price and the relative scarcity of each figure. We have decided that we will charge an amount that will discourage speculative buying for resell purposes, yet will be under what these items would probably fetch on the open market. Therefore, hopefully, real collectors will have access to these at a price that is fair considering the circumstances of sale.
Once an individual registers for the store.amostoys.com mailing list they will automatically be assigned Green, the lowest level of membership. From that point on, whenever a member purchases an item from store.amostoys.com, they will be awarded membership points on a basis of one point for every Great British Pound (GBP) or equivalent in currency spent. No membership points are awarded for shipping/handling charges, paypal fees or purchases from The Stash. Once a member has accumulated enough points within a 12 month period they can request to be moved to a higher level of membership. Once assigned a higher level of membership the individual will then need to accumulate a set amount of points within the next 12 months to retain that status for the following period.
Higher membership offers benefits such as access to hidden parts of the store (such as The Stash), opportunities to pre-order limited products before the official release date and, in certain circumstances, discounts on products (for example, Gold members can buy certain items from the stash at a reduced price).
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