Dravyn3 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I went to my usual smoke shop last night and found almost the same MYA Phalcor i have. They wanted 329.99 for the thing! I couldnt believe my eyes so i asked them about it and told them i paid 91.00 for the same thing online. I dont get it. They are usually a bit on the high side, but i dont mind paying a little bit more cuz of shipping and waiting and stuff but almost 240.00 more is a bit outrageous. I could buy it from anywhere else and still pay way less. :end rant: sorry had to tell someone...Dravyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron molly black Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 QUOTE (Dravyn3 @ May 14 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I went to my usual smoke shop last night and found almost the same MYA Phalcor i have. They wanted 329.99 for the thing! I couldnt believe my eyes so i asked them about it and told them i paid 91.00 for the same thing online. I dont get it. They are usually a bit on the high side, but i dont mind paying a little bit more cuz of shipping and waiting and stuff but almost 240.00 more is a bit outrageous. I could buy it from anywhere else and still pay way less. :end rant: sorry had to tell someone...DravynWell, at least you know better than to BUY it! lol I know what you mean, though. I go to a lot of Renaissance Faires, and the same thing happens there. You see the exact same things at different prices, some of them CRAZY high for the same item/different vendor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 YEa at my local shop here (well, its more glass than hookah) they sell Sahara Smoke hookahs for 100-200, still not as overpriced as that mya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 QUOTE (iron molly black @ May 14 2008, 05:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Dravyn3 @ May 14 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I went to my usual smoke shop last night and found almost the same MYA Phalcor i have. They wanted 329.99 for the thing! I couldnt believe my eyes so i asked them about it and told them i paid 91.00 for the same thing online. I dont get it. They are usually a bit on the high side, but i dont mind paying a little bit more cuz of shipping and waiting and stuff but almost 240.00 more is a bit outrageous. I could buy it from anywhere else and still pay way less. :end rant: sorry had to tell someone...DravynWell, at least you know better than to BUY it! lol I know what you mean, though. I go to a lot of Renaissance Faires, and the same thing happens there. You see the exact same things at different prices, some of them CRAZY high for the same item/different vendor.Yup, the faires are full of em. When at the faire I follow the rule of thumb that unless the shop owners made it, I'm not spending any noteworthy sum of money on it. Hookah shops are notoriously overpriced tho, I remember going down to a local hookah bar last year and they were charging 70 some bucks for one of those junior hookahs. Don't know how they sleep at night... heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravyn3 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 I bought my fist hookah there. its a Sahara. paid like 80 for it. its more a a cigar and pipe store. they just got into hookahs recently. i know they have to make money, im a retail manager myself, but damn. and the fact that they have the saharas at a somewhat reseasable markup makes it all the more confusing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikon1323 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 yea thats pretty bad....the hookah shop here in dekabl IL they are a mya distributor shop and like the guy and his family own a bunch of hookah bars in chicago...well anyways i went there yesterday and there pretty right on about prices but i asked how much there mya QT was selling for and they told me 70 buck....WTF...thats bad but not as bad as your case...i also think it was because the managers werent there. (they know me cut me discounts here and there...free smoke sesh...sample packs..etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterboi Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 That sucks that shops actually mark them up that high and people actually pay that. Thank goodness for HF and the internet! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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