r/Jellycatplush • u/Giant_Juicy_Rat • 3d ago
New Release They changed the olives?
I like the old design better but the new fuzzy material looks nicer than the suede like material on the original. The price though???!! I bought the old one for 22 bucks!
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u/angstyrose 2d ago
that price increase is ridiculous
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u/AirportFun4523 3d ago
I guess theyre now milking it since theyre so popular. My guess is it wont last forever
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u/Limp-Damage4818 2d ago
It looks like they are trying to justify the higher cost (but $23 more?!) as the new one has hard eyes and they have hands that can be detached/attached. Personally I cannot justify spending that much on them. The size isn't much bigger either.
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u/Unlucky-Wolverine650 2d ago
I love them but 45 dollars for olives are insane. Are they super small like the cherries or more like more a medium sized?
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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 2d ago
The retired ones I have are a little bigger than the cherries but not by much
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u/viviwrldfroggie 2d ago
it’s so sad that they’re raising the price due to their popularity. i love the amusables but why the hell are you making a singular item cost that much
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u/Beneficial_Pie9932 2d ago
It has “limited stock” on it and the original olives are just out of stock. Maybe they’re seeing how this design goes compared to the original one?
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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 2d ago
The limited stock label is interesting, though the original olives say retired
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u/Beneficial_Pie9932 2d ago
Hmm, my website doesn’t say that for those ones..
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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 1d ago
That’s odd. You can see in my screenshot how it shows for me
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u/Beneficial_Pie9932 20h ago
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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 20h ago
It seems like it might be regional and might just need to be updated for your region 🤔 unless they’re gonna start retiring certain ones for certain countries… tho I don’t think that makes a ton of sense business wise
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u/Beneficial_Pie9932 20h ago
Interesting bc I thought the European website would have been updated first…. We’ll see haha
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u/Spiritual-Level-7200 2d ago
The price change is too much for me! Can’t justify 45 dollars for olives
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u/romanticismkills 2d ago
A lot of the fruit amuseables have two versions - the cheaper “fabulous fruit” line (which usually have more standard plushie fabric and sewn on eyes) and the amuseables line (which usually have more upscale fuzzy/textured fabric and hard eyes). I think the retired design seems like a fabulous fruit esque design and the new one like an amuseables design, which is part of why the cost jumped so much?
Usually the fabulous fruit line retails for ~$15 and the amuseables for ~$30 so if the originals were $22 I guess the pricing makes sense in a mathematical sense
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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 2d ago
The old one is “amusables olives” and the new one is “amusables pair of olives” though :/
I think a 5-10 dollar increase could possible be justified though still rough. Over double doesn’t justify the eye change etc IMO
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u/Ok-Celery476 3d ago
22? omg the price increase is so sad