Quoted from Tuna_Delight:It's all about the "Benjamins". Stern will continue to charge whatever the market will bear.
Just another step in their marketing evolution. Past questionable business decisions like selling Munster LE's as "limited" to 500 only and then increasing the quantity afterwards to 600 (because they could get away with it), was an example of bending willing customers over. Now they've move on to charging them for the vaseline too.
Yup. Bought 1 of those 500 Munsters LEs.
Then they increased to 600. I get the money grab on Stern’s side.
On my side I have not bought a Stern since and sold my DPLE, GBLE, Guardians LE, etc.
Oh yeah, I have a beautiful Munsters LE for sale too.
I will wait for quite awhile to see what Stern does in the future. And this crap does not help my decision.
I am just hoping ALL big distributors are voicing buyer concerns. If so, I will continue to buy other brands from them.
In short term, the money grab will continue; however, the long term will catch up (it always does).
PS - I let Zach Sharpe and the rest know at Stern; as I was a loyal LE buyer. I even cancelled my JPLE order that was placed at the time.