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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I went in for Black Crusade and Only War even though I've heard the writing is...sub-par.

Obvious bait is obvious.

No, obvious wink-wink nudge-nudge is obvious. If I actually had any qualms I wouldn't have ordered them, nor written it with a pause in there for comical emphasis or posted a picture of Dr. Evil. Plus if it was bait, which it was not, you did bite at it, so I suppose you are hooked now. The question is are would we throw you back in or put you in the little freezer? Your fate is now mine to control! MWAHAHAHAHA

Freeze him, then thaw him out later when we need him to save the world.

That FFG sale, holy crap. The prices on those 40k RPG books are insane.

Bought what I was missing from my allies and gf's axis army, and also picked up everything for the SSU super cheap, awesome sale! My wallet hates me now though, especially after going in on the kings of war ks.

Snapping up some Rogue Trader books... curses, still no Into the Storm though, and we needs that book, precious...

 Ahtman wrote:
No, obvious wink-wink nudge-nudge is obvious. If I actually had any qualms I wouldn't have ordered them, nor written it with a pause in there for comical emphasis or posted a picture of Dr. Evil. Plus if it was bait, which it was not, you did bite at it, so I suppose you are hooked now. The question is are would we throw you back in or put you in the little freezer? Your fate is now mine to control! MWAHAHAHAHA

Well clearly I didn't fall for your bait because I didn't reply.



Wait...



Damn it!

I would have been all over the FFG sale until I saw the price of shipping to the UK>

 carlos13th wrote:
I would have been all over the FFG sale until I saw the price of shipping to the UK>

Look, it's an easy decision: do you want your stuff delivered by singing turtle or not at all?

Yes, yes I do.

 carlos13th wrote:
Yes, yes I do.

While I too balked at the idea of paying $100 shipping for $100 of stuff - and out of principal I almost didn't place that order - I realised that even though it doubled the cost of each item, $18.. or ~£12, is still a heck of a lot better than ~£30 + shipping for the same item from the UK

I wasn't ordering enough stuff to make that worth my while. Even with a singing turtle doing the delivering.

 Siygess wrote:

 carlos13th wrote:
Yes, yes I do.

While I too balked at the idea of paying $100 shipping for $100 of stuff - and out of principal I almost didn't place that order - I realised that even though it doubled the cost of each item, $18.. or ~£12, is still a heck of a lot better than ~£30 + shipping for the same item from the UK

Even after VAT adds a further 20% on top of that?

Someone just bought way too many quonset huts and tenements!

Mymearan wrote:

 Siygess wrote:

 carlos13th wrote:
Yes, yes I do.

While I too balked at the idea of paying $100 shipping for $100 of stuff - and out of principal I almost didn't place that order - I realised that even though it doubled the cost of each item, $18.. or ~£12, is still a heck of a lot better than ~£30 + shipping for the same item from the UK

Even after VAT adds a further 20% on top of that?

And after Royal Mail seizes your package at the border and charges you a "handling fee" for holding your stuff hostage?

 Yodhrin wrote:

Mymearan wrote:

 Siygess wrote:

 carlos13th wrote:
Yes, yes I do.

While I too balked at the idea of paying $100 shipping for $100 of stuff - and out of principal I almost didn't place that order - I realised that even though it doubled the cost of each item, $18.. or ~£12, is still a heck of a lot better than ~£30 + shipping for the same item from the UK

Even after VAT adds a further 20% on top of that?

And after Royal Mail seizes your package at the border and charges you a "handling fee" for holding your stuff hostage?

Oh yes, customs is going to kick all of us in the balls. But that's 'Future Money' which is only slightly more valuable than 'Past Money' and barely worth 1% of "Right Now Money'.

Books are VAT free in the UK, so as long as you avoid the minis and board games you can avoid the extra costs

Man, I wish Dust had some flyers that didn't look like they came out of a Ghibli anime.

That dust stuff is absurdly cheap, they may get me but I'm trying to stay strong =/

 GrimDork wrote:
That dust stuff is absurdly cheap, they may get me but I'm trying to stay strong =/

The Dust flyers are cheaper than toys at Walmart. Buy two choppers and convert them into one incredible transport for only $18--you know you can't resist that.

Think of all the tank hulls you could buy at $9 each instead of $18 through the War Store!

SHUSH YOU! I'm on a hobby budget freeze and this is killing me! 9 dollars a tank is approaching the ridiculous teknolog (or whatever) Russian tank seller guy. And the local library game day has me *seriously* considering getting some X-Wing...

Maybe I'll turn the FFG website dust section over to family for xmas =/

Got the collector edition for black crusade and deathwatch as present. The shipping was 32$! Anyone have these collector edition to warrant the shipping?

They're huge, one of them coming in a big metal case, the other in a big moulded resin case.

If you play pirate or island RPGs, you REALLY want the Descent Sea of Blood expansion.

28mm island map, 2D ship, shark fin standees. No mini's. Five bucks, but shipping might hurt.

Components: http://boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/55150/descent-sea-blood/page/3?sort=recent&gallery=game&date=alltime

hm... might have a look at those this week. I wonder what the postage would come to?

From FFG? Significant.

It wasn't terrible in the states, somewhere between 4-10 of those tanks was running 15 bucks via UPS but I could only imagine the violence they'd visit upon your foreign wallets :(

 GrimDork wrote:
It wasn't terrible in the states, somewhere between 4-10 of those tanks was running 15 bucks via UPS but I could only imagine the violence they'd visit upon your foreign wallets :(

Oh no! You gave in!


Noooooooooo!

No way! I simply added items to my cart and asked it for shipping costs. A couple of times. I may have also roughly compiled a wish list... but nothing purchased as of yet....

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
From FFG? Significant.

How nice are those Special Editions? I already have the regular editions of the books, so I'd just be spending a fortune for the fancy cases. Against all common sense and my better judgement.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
They're huge, one of them coming in a big metal case, the other in a big moulded resin case.

thanks for the info. I was like OMG at first because I could have gotten three more RPG for myself. Well the receivers will be pleasantly surprise come X-Mas!

 Azazelx wrote:
How nice are those Special Editions? I already have the regular editions of the books, so I'd just be spending a fortune for the fancy cases. Against all common sense and my better judgement.

It's a fancy case and some certificate, and I'm pretty sure they don't do the personalised certificate any more, so it's probably generic. I don't know if the book is different - it might have some fabric bookmarks inside, but that'd be about it - beyond that it's a case to put the book in. A very nice case, sure, but still just a case.