[Icehouse] Monochrone Stashes - LAST CHANCE TO BUY

[swandive78 at email.com]

Thanks for your time. 

However, my statements stand, including the comments on the misconception
that not making stashes available, in and of itself,  somehow makes more
money for the Looneys.  I did not speak up when they "changed their
paradigm," and here we are with a complete makeover of the sales system
to Treehouse. Obviously, they can do whatever they want with their
business, and we all want them to make money.  No one says they have to
continue to stock tons of stashes at each of their vendors, but why not
as an ongoing item on the website?  My point is that they are abandoning
"stash support."  I think that is a matter of indisputable fact. If we
don't say how we feel, how will they know?

Thanks for listening.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Michael Kohne"
  To: "Icehouse Discussion List"
  Subject: Re: [Icehouse] Monochrone Stashes - LAST CHANCE TO BUY
  Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:55:00 -0400


  In response to swandive78:

  You appear to be annoyed that you will not, in the future, be able to
  buy what you want to buy. Don't think you are alone in wishing that
  you would always be able to buy single color stashes - we all wish
  that it could continue.

  But please keep in mind that the Looney Labs is a buisness. As such,
  they need to make money, and selling games based on single color
  stashes has never (as far as I can tell from Andy's writings) made
  them much money.

  They are wonderful people, but unless the company makes a buck, they
  can't stay in buisness. I'm not saying that if they don't do this,
  they'll go out of buisness (they won't), but going out for more
  pyramids is (as I understand) pretty pricy (think thousands or tens
  of
  thousands of dollars).

  As the owners of the buisness, the Looney's have to decide how to
  spend whatever limited capital they have available and how to make
  best use of the resources at hand. Given the choice between paying
  out
  $bigbucks$ for more pyramids or reworking the existing inventory of
  single color stashes (which aren't selling well anyway), they've made
  the decision to give up on the single color stashes, rework the
  inventory into product that is selling and go on.

  This allows them to hang on to their money a good bit longer than if
  they went out for more pyramids today, which gives them more options
  for what to do in the future. Plus, it puts more Treehouse product in
  the pipeline ASAP instead of having to wait for the next
  manufacturing
  run. (Remember, Treehouse is selling well, so this gets them more
  money as well, while having the single color stashes sitting on the
  shelf does not).

  It's sad that they are taking single color stashes out of the
  pipeline. But it's a good buisness decision that lets Looney Labs
  produce the greatest number of cool games.

  And that's what they give back to us: New, cool games. It's what
  they've always given, and by making smart moves like this, it's what
  they'll continue to give.

  So buy another full set of single color stashes right now to give as
  gifts and go play Icehouse.

  Thank you for your time.

  --
  Michael Kohne
  mhkohne at kohne.org
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