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 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

 Pacific wrote:

 Hivefleet Oblivion wrote:

 agnosto wrote:
As a parent who could potentially fit this supposed mold, with a six-figure income, I would never spend the amounts of money GW asks for their product on my child's whims while also supporting their other activities (sports, clubs, etc). I personally, don't think these parents exist...

No parent should ever pay out for a child's whims. But a parent could allow a kid to play 40k ....

The issue is here that said parent can look around the FLGS and see half a dozen other 'games with toy soldiers' that seem as high quality, achieve the same thing of moving miniatures around terrain and rolling dice, but are a fraction of the price.

Again, and we're getting sidetracked, some of this might be true, but GW's business model in the UK especially relies on recruiting kids via their own stores - that's why they state on recruitment ads they demand a CRB check. It worked in the past, and it demonstrably works now, even if you think that's not logical. My nipper plays in GW stores when we're on vacation, and there are always a good proportion of 12-15 year olds there.

yes, it's undoubtedly true that there will be fewer and fewer kids entering the hobby as prices rise. The Black Reach starter box cost £40, should be £50 at today's prices, and Dark Vengeance costs £65, and that will have an effect on recruitment.

But to have fewer kids playing 40k is not that same as having no kids playing 40k.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

Kirby's crony thinks Mad Max ripped off Gorkamorka?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

Not to jump to conclusions, but Achaylus sometimes is in the habit of stating things as a fact that aren't necessarily the case. I think it may be a language thing.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

I always picture peoples plasticrack addiction funding realcrack addictions. Primarily because I refuse to believe people not on drugs can run the company as bad as it is being run.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

Kirby really needs that Ivory back scratcher?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

This has to be a misinterpretation in a conversation. This level of price increase will mortally wound GW sales in Australia if not actually kill GW market share in Australia. That would make a plastic space marine $14 dollars each from the 5 man squad

If GW does not want to sell to Australia they should actually just tell Australians that they are not wanted as customers and leave the Australian market entirely.

I am desperately refusing that anyone even GW would be that stupid in their pricing

 AlexHolker wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Achaylus72 wrote:
It was let slip by a GW employee that all 5 man box sets in Australia will go up by 33% from $55 to $70 over the next few months, and that 10 man box sets from about $65 to $87.

That. Is. In-fething-sane.

What justifies a 33% across-the-board price rise?

Kirby's crony thinks Mad Max ripped off Gorkamorka?

I will admit that seeing Kirby and Crony together always makes me want to do a Noise Marine band called Kirby and the Kronies (Destroyer of Worlds Tour).

The Auld Grump

 Talys wrote:

For me, I guess if I were in that situation, I would just give up 40k and play a different game. Perhaps champion that game, instead of coming back each week to bemoan how the latest kit or book from GW is overpriced and of poor quality

So pretty much chucking decades of effort in time and hundreds to thousands of dollars of money is worth it to you to make some random internet guy feel better about reading threads online? I'll disagree there. Until someone buys my 20,000pts of painted 40k (although that number might have shrunk since I last tabulated it since they're constantly and consistently dropping the points for everyone to purposely shrink armies), I will continue to express my displeasure as the game moves away in leaps and bounds from something that I could get my previous level of enjoyment from using with my collection. YMMV.

edit: Shouldn't the yearly financials be coming out soon? If memory serves, they usually come out in the summer although a bit latter.

edit 2: Yup, their financial year ended yesterday. Last year, the report came out at the end of July. We'll see if the rinse/latter/repeat 1-2 year codex cycle is having a positive effect on the bottom line. The June 1st price increase though won't be included for obvious reasons.

http://investor.games-workshop.com/2014/07/29/annual-report-2013-14/