GW price increase.

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**OverwatchCNC**

Diezel wrote:If we all truly believe it is fake, then it will be
-The Secret

I refuse to believe.

In what you're peddling.

**Groundh0g**

Avatar 720 wrote:I didn't say that GW makes dumb moves (I was actually responding to Milism and didn't notice someone posted before me), and I don't think they're going through with it. I was just stating how bad of a move it'd be overall.

If the amount of people that buy at the new prices creates more revenue than they lose of the people who stop (which wouldn't surprise me), it's a sound business move. Short term.

Long term? I'm not nearly so sure. It's all well and good to say that prices are always increased annually, but it will, if it hasn't already, reach a point where it's no longer a viable option as far as hobbies go to lump an extra 7-10% on top. Charging a price where only the current fanatics will buy is probably OK (financially) as far as your current fan base goes, but in 5 years, 10 years, etc.? Where are the new fans going to come from?

**Avatar 720**

Even short term it'd be a bad move, since it'd rely on the immediate increase to generate enough profit to recoup losses suffered by alienating another section of playerbase, and to do so in the opening few months, otherwise keeping the prices consistent and then introducing the increase a month or so after 6th edition release is still the better plan, even short term.

**The Dwarf Wolf**

All my gaming group is moving to Infinity, just when i was finishing my Space Wolves army. If that prove to be true i will probably quit GW part of the hobby, and start to do only the funny things... Plus, infinity is a lot easyer to convince people to try, have less miniatures to paint, and is a lot more fun to make terrain for...

**porkchop806**

[quote= Plus, infinity is a lot easyer to convince people to try, have less miniatures to paint, and is a lot more fun to make terrain for...

**Trasvi**

Avatar 720 wrote:Even short term it'd be a bad move, since it'd rely on the immediate increase to generate enough profit to recoup losses suffered by alienating another section of playerbase, and to do so in the opening few months, otherwise keeping the prices consistent and then introducing the increase a month or so after 6th edition release is still the better plan, even short term.

You've got it all wrong. This price hike is to recoup the losses they made when they did the last price hike...

**Happygrunt**

Well, I don't even know what to do...

Anyone play Infinity in the Seattle area?

**Darkwynn**

Never thought paintball would be cheaper then this...

I do very good for myself but they are even pricing me out of the hobby. How can anyone justify a 82 dollar purchase for a storm raven? It's starting to become higher the an average bill. It's coming to the point that this is a luxury good but when it,comes to other luxury goods I can spend my money on that and receive higher value.

**porkchop806**

they have a player data base on the infinity forums it shows where all the members are

http://www.infinitythegame.com

just go there and click on community

**SickSix**

IF, IF, IF this is true.... I will NOT be buying anymore GW models from anywhere other than EBAY.

I would love to keep supporting my FLGS, but folks, 20% off , is INSANE!

I have put too much in to just quit outright, but I definitely won't be expanding or investing in new armies. And the Chaos rumors were really starting to tempt me.... Your loss GW.

**infinite_array**

Just wanted to point out the price increase of books, as well.

It's what, now - $45.50 for one of their hardback army books? And I'll bet we'll be seeing that in 40k 6th edition as well.

That's insane.

**Schmapdi**

infinite_array wrote:Just wanted to point out the price increase of books, as well.

It's what, now - $45.50 for one of their hardback army books? And I'll bet we'll be seeing that in 40k 6th edition as well.

That's insane.

Books that started at what was it - $38? all of 13, 14 months ago when they first came out.

**SickSix**

Well, TheBitzBarn, which was the strong opponent to this rumor on the linked BOLS forum, then confirmed a price adjustment on the very next page:

TheBitzBarn wrote:NEW Info There is a Price "Adjustment" I will post the spreadsheet in a new topic and I have to say it is CRAP Tastic

**LunaHound**

Diezel wrote:If we all truly believe it is fake, then it will be
-The Secret

My source confirms USA price increase.

No increase for Canadians, OTHER THEN the fliers and some misc items.
But generally we are safe this time.

**Adam LongWalker**

SickSix wrote:Well, TheBitzBarn, which was the strong opponent to this rumor on the linked BOLS forum, then confirmed a price adjustment on the very next page:

TheBitzBarn wrote:NEW Info There is a Price "Adjustment" I will post the spreadsheet in a new topic and I have to say it is CRAP Tastic

Yea read that. We all knew that the yearly "pound of flesh" was coming. I just don't think people realized the amount of the increase.

I sort of did as I saw the price creep all year long on new product.

As far as people saying that Ebay is your answer? Well to me the prices of product are going up there as well.

In each case, it is whatever the market will bare.

**zigzagboom**

Please don't make posts like this on Dakka.

Reds8n

**Fists of the emperor**

Luckily I have a large back log of gw models collecting dust. Knew it would pay off eventually

**H.B.M.C.**

-Loki- wrote:It's going to be so surreal seeing Land Raiders at about $150au.

A 35% price increase? I can't believe that.

**Lobokai**

So glad I bought 3 LR this past year. This is insane! I need to grab bits now to finish my 4th one off. GW is so stupid sometimes.

**Shinkaze**

I wouldn't be suprised if people start casting these and selling them underground. I have heard of people doing that with Scarabs since they were so scarce.

It's amazing how backwards GW is. They keep outdoing themselves in this regard.

I'll just be downloading the codecies I guess if they are going to cost that much.

**tldr**

Dark Eldar codex is 55 dollars.

WHAT?

I bought one last week for 33... and even that was pushing it.

I just wrote an email to Gw. I know it's not going to accomplish anything immediately, but they need to know how dissatisfied we are.

**WarOne**

Looking at the price increases in detail, the shock isn't as hard to take as I once thought.

The biggest thing is the Stormtalon that jumps in price considerably.

The line of Predators and Whirlwinds and anything that basically is a Rhino based body goes up almost ten dollars in price.

But if we are to expect a 10% increase every year, by 2015, the Land Raider will be almost 100 USD and a Predator around 75 USD.

**warboss**

SickSix wrote:Well, TheBitzBarn, which was the strong opponent to this rumor on the linked BOLS forum, then confirmed a price adjustment on the very next page:

Lol, they're probably wishing right about now that they didn't call the people posting the news of the price increase flaming douche bags...

**Radiation**

Haha!

These prices are outrageous.

**warboss**

tldr wrote:Dark Eldar codex is 55 dollars.

WHAT?

I bought one last week for 33... and even that was pushing it.

Where are you getting that price from? Did you just go to the GW Oz website or something?

**Red Comet**

Some of these price increases are ridiculous. The Razorback is 41 dollars now and the Stormraven is over 80? Is GW crazy? That's ridiculous. Even the Baneblade went up for no reason..

**xole**

Maybe the GW Board actually hate hobbyists, and they like to toy with their food before going in for the kill.

**WarOne**

Red Comet wrote: Even the Baneblade went up for no reason..

The Baneblade kit went up about 15%. Almost as bad as the Stormtalon.

Is there a correlation between the amount of plastic these models have and the dramatic price increases some of these model kits seem to be getting?

**silent25**

infinite_array wrote:Gee, I wonder if that nice dividend that was paid out had anything to do with it?

Please.... this is for the second half of 2012 dividend

Has there been any confirmation it's hitting anywhere else in the world? Some of the prices don't make sense. The fantasy plastic heroes are going up to $14.75, but they just announced a plastic savage orc hero for $14.00.

Well not going to affect me. Have a closet full of figs to paint anyways.

But for those raging, don't jump right away into a new game. There are enough alternatives out there that you have choices:
Warmachine/Hordes
Dust
Infinity
Kings of War/Warpath
Uncharted Seas/Dystopian Wars

**OverwatchCNC**

warboss wrote:
SickSix wrote:Well, TheBitzBarn, which was the strong opponent to this rumor on the linked BOLS forum, then confirmed a price adjustment on the very next page:

Lol, they're probably wishing right about now that they didn't call the people posting the news of the price increase flaming douche bags...

I believe they will find your avatar quite suiting...