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title says it all, im looking for discount online store. any help is appreciated.

http://battleroadgames.com/

Ran by a Dakka member Empchild, ships very quick---great customer service. Plus, you're supporting a fellow Dakka member.

The War Store. http://www.thewarstore.com/

My buddies and I have used these guys numerous times without any issues.

I'll echo Kronk and AoE. Those are the two to use.

ok looking at their site, your unable to "see" what your saving because of GW controlling what people can sell. so how much of a discount do they offer? for both sites.

I typically use Amazon. Though I've heard the warstore is cool. I prefer to see firsthand what the prices are up front without having to ask for a quote.

yea thats kind of annoying... " hey howmuch is X, and Y? what about Z?" pretty lame..

zachwho wrote:yea thats kind of annoying... " hey howmuch is X, and Y? what about Z?" pretty lame..

Legally, they cannot have a web store.

Warstore offers 20% off, and that's pretty much the biggest discount people will have so they can still make a profit. The math for that is pretty simple and you can do it in 10 seconds with a calculator or your best estimate. It's harder to place an order, but for Warstore all you need to do is send them an email saying:
"I'd like a price quote on X Y Z" and you'll get one back confirming the price by the end of the day. Then you send them the money and they ship it ASAP. Warstore is great, and the guys they have working there are top notch.

Brother SRM wrote: It's harder to place an order, but for Warstore all you need to do is send them an email saying:
"I'd like a price quote on X Y Z" and you'll get one back confirming the price by the end of the day.

You don't even have to do that. They include that handy comment box on the checkout screen for including GW stuff, and I write down the MSRP, and the 20% discount price and it always goes through without a hitch.

I quite like Chaos Orc. I like that he has a shopping cart system which must mean he gets his stock from a distributor and not GW. His site shows you exactly what's in stock and his discount runs 20-25%.

AgeOfEgos wrote:Legally, they cannot have a web store.

I want to expand a little upon what AoE said here, to enlighten you. I'm presuming you are a relatively new player, as you asked a question common of people just starting out. If you aren't, then still useful info for other new players who might read this.

Games Workshop both sells indirectly (as a distributor) and directly, via their outlet stores and their webstore ("GWS Direct") and sometimes, you can only get certain things from those outlets(for example, an Ork Nob with a Waaagh Banner - such things are said to be direct only. One of the contractual demands GWS makes on third parties as a distributor is that you may not buy GWS merchandise using a shopping cart. Some questions you might have:

Q.) But that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard... right?

Q.) That's just cutting down their own revenue by artificially curtailing their own distribution, right?

Q.) It's 2011! What are they, just hoping the last 20-odd years of e-commerce are a fluke, and we'll all go back to mail order any day now?

Q.) Wouldn't making their merchandise available through many other big channels, like Walmart and Amazon Direct, greatly expand their player base, and hence revenue?

Q.) If they wanted to go direct-only, couldn't they just do that, and save all this stupid, brand-hurting, bad-will inspiring nonsense?

Q.) Do you think their "harebrained marketing" scheme is at least partially to blame for the last few years of declining revenues?




A: Yes

Or, if you want to actually buy stuff online you could try http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/

Based in the UK (so not constrained by the stupid "no shopping cart" handicap of the US stores), but they do free international shipping on orders over £10 and have a standard 10-15% off RRP. I don't know what the dollar is like against the pound at the moment so I can't tell you if you would get a better deal due to the currency.

I found this place. 25% off GW, free shipping on order over 75 dollars.

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/games_workshop

Haven't tried to order from them yet. So I can't give you any input on how good their service is.

I've never ordered GW stuff from Miniature Market, but I've ordered a lot of Privateer Press and Wyrd minis. The service has always been excellent.

zachwho wrote:ok looking at their site, your unable to "see" what your saving because of GW controlling what people can sell. so how much of a discount do they offer? for both sites.

The warstore is 20% off.

I have used Miniature Market twice now and had no issues. Both orders had 25% off and free shipping. They have the best consistent discount I have found.

Another +1 for WarStore and Miniature Market.

The 25% off + free shipping over $75 is unbeatable really from Miniature Market.

You can never go wrong with TheWarStore either. Unless you live in New York State (like me) and therefore get hit with the 9% sales tax, which drops the discount to a paltry 11% off.

i shop at Miniature Market's brick and mortar store all the time as its my flgs and there a great bunch of people to deal with.

The Warstore is pretty good, from what I hear.

voryn15 wrote:i shop at Miniature Market's brick and mortar store all the time as its my flgs and there a great bunch of people to deal with.

First, I'd like to echo the good things said about ALL of the retailers here, so far. All are good.
Additionally, I'd like to agree with voryn. MM is my "local" game store. GREAT place to game. The site gives 25% off of GW with free shipping over $75 (as has been said already) and, furthermore, they will let you order online and pick up in-store, if you're local.


I would also like to add "Wargamer's Cave" into the mix. I've done business with them (20% off) before, and could not be happier.


Eric

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the same issue for me. I'm looking into using Wayland Games and live in Canada, time of shipping isn't an issue but what I worry about is a duty tax. Does anyone know if there is any on most stores (or specifically for Wayland Games) or is the Cost + tax and shipping my final total that I would have to pay for ordering?

Thanks!

(For USA)
SciFiGenre.com

free shipping on orders over $75. And either 15 or 20% discount. Can't recall exactly.

Bryden wrote:Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the same issue for me. I'm looking into using Wayland Games and live in Canada, time of shipping isn't an issue but what I worry about is a duty tax. Does anyone know if there is any on most stores (or specifically for Wayland Games) or is the Cost + tax and shipping my final total that I would have to pay for ordering?

Thanks!

If you are buying from outside North America, it's pretty much a sure thing that you'll get hit by duty fees, and depending on the shipping method, you might get hit by brokerage fees as well, and add GST on top of that.... screw smuggling cigarettes, smuggle GW products lol!

Just ordered from Battleroadgames.com from the states... the only thing I should get dinged on is GST in theory because of NAFTA and I'm buying from the states, but I might get dinged with duty since the product was made in the UK.... so if I don't get hit with duty taxes, then I'd recommend battleroad as they offer free shipping (on orders of $75+), you get a good discount off retail (especially canadian retail prices) and it will take less time to get here.

If you're looking at things taken out of battleforces, you could try dice bucket, they're an advertiser on this site and you can't beat 35% off (a box of termigants for less than $20? yes please.) No free shipping though (except on HUGE orders) so Minature Market has the highest discount that I've heard of.

PC Veteran wrote:I found this place. 25% off GW, free shipping on order over 75 dollars.

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/games_workshop

Haven't tried to order from them yet. So I can't give you any input on how good their service is.

I have ordered from the several times and it has been a good experience every time.

Arschbombe wrote:I quite like Chaos Orc. I like that he has a shopping cart system which must mean he gets his stock from a distributor and not GW. His site shows you exactly what's in stock and his discount runs 20-25%.

I agree with this, Chaos Orc is a great store. I usually buy from there and get my stuff in the mail within three days, and they have great customer service too, they shipped a carnifex out with priority shipping before christmas just so the gift my grandmother got for me would get to my house on time. Great store.

The Chaos orcs store is one of the best american stores and they show you the GW price and there price and shipping is fast.

broadcast wrote:

Bryden wrote:Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the same issue for me. I'm looking into using Wayland Games and live in Canada, time of shipping isn't an issue but what I worry about is a duty tax. Does anyone know if there is any on most stores (or specifically for Wayland Games) or is the Cost + tax and shipping my final total that I would have to pay for ordering?

Thanks!

If you are buying from outside North America, it's pretty much a sure thing that you'll get hit by duty fees, and depending on the shipping method, you might get hit by brokerage fees as well, and add GST on top of that.... screw smuggling cigarettes, smuggle GW products lol!

Just ordered from Battleroadgames.com from the states... the only thing I should get dinged on is GST in theory because of NAFTA and I'm buying from the states, but I might get dinged with duty since the product was made in the UK.... so if I don't get hit with duty taxes, then I'd recommend battleroad as they offer free shipping (on orders of $75+), you get a good discount off retail (especially canadian retail prices) and it will take less time to get here.

Just received my order from Battleroad in the US, didn't get dinged at the border for GST or Duty (phew! was in customs for over a day) I will definitely be doing all my ordering from these guys... Even forgoing their free shipping offer, net savings to me over Canadian retail prices = $60!

Brother SRM wrote:Warstore offers 20% off, and that's pretty much the biggest discount people will have so they can still make a profit. The math for that is pretty simple and you can do it in 10 seconds with a calculator or your best estimate. It's harder to place an order, but for Warstore all you need to do is send them an email saying:
"I'd like a price quote on X Y Z" and you'll get one back confirming the price by the end of the day. Then you send them the money and they ship it ASAP. Warstore is great, and the guys they have working there are top notch.

+1

Used them for years with no issues or complaints.