>> Businesses have to make money to survive. 

that's such a simplistic argument..

there is normal price increases and this fleecing your customer..

nearly doubling the cost without any obvious advantage is closer to the second..

plus they took the rewards away from non-prime customer... no more accumulation of points to redeem for coupons... that's a pretty desperate move

they also need to consider how many customers they'll lose as a result of this...

charging (insert price) does not mean (insert wanted customer) will buy the product...

so they may overall lose money despite the price increase... hence not meeting the "sales goal"...

so yeah... it's not rocket science... but it's not 1+1 either

me for one they've lost as a prime customer... and i've noticed i buy a lot less since my prime ended...

that's another correlation they need to keep in mind

of course they're the only ones that have the actual numbers to decide if it was the right choice

my $0.20.. price adjusted for inflation and then some

ShaniaB posted at 11:35 AM Thu, 21 October 2021 - #2966339

Heads up for anyone originally from Hivewire3D!

Get ready to see alot of gifts placed into your accounts. I am taking care of placing all of your previous purchases from Hivewire3D back into your accounts. This is done via gifting them to you. So if you see ALOT of gift notifications, that's just me getting your previously bought items placed into your Renderosity account :)

This process will take me a few days. So do not be alarmed if you don't see your purchases in your gifts right away. Rest assured that they are on their way! :-)

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this process!

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Kind Regards,

ShaniaB. - Assistant Marketplace Manager

Well I'm still waiting for all my Hivewire items since this post was started

hmm ... maybe time to put it on prime classic :D

hint hint ... nudge nudge

hmm ... maybe time to put it on prime classic :D

hint hint ... nudge nudge

thanks for the answer

too bad they don't at least tell us how many days are left

there is no date listed on a page for a clearance item

how do i know how long i have to make up my mind if i want to buy a clearance item ?

thanks