Making GW change

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**SirDonlad**

zippo151 wrote:
SirDonlad wrote:
I had a thought while reading threads about GW's behavior/decisionmaking that the only real way of forcing change in this company from our position is to buy shares - we are always complaining about the jumping through hoops to please them so lets become shareholders ourselves!

We clearly have the capacity for large purchases and a year of spending that money on shares instead of models might actually start a change in the company;

all we have to do is wait for a terrible sales report making the shares dip in price to maximise our input and then afterwards we have a say in the boardroom!

I'm up for it - i've never owned shares in a company before!
Let the company rot in its own filth.If i wont buy a marine from them..I aint going to buy a share

Thankfully that is part of the plan

I suppose your angle on this begs the question that if GW did make a genuine change for the better towards the customers would we notice?

And probably more importantly - How far would they have to change to satisfy us? and Would that really generate greater profits?
I do like the metal pins with the webstore purchases though, and i feel that is something which could be expanded upon.

**agnosto**

The real question is whether GW would communicate that they are making changes and why.

**Guildsman**

They would have to pull a Domino's and start a marketing campaign that says something to the effect of "Our products used to suck. We know that now, and we're revamping everything from the ground up."

**TheAuldGrump**

nareik wrote:
My suspicions are GW is Mr. Kirby's hobby and he's happy to keep GW ticking along than to turn it into something he doesn't want it to be (whatever that means!).

No, GW is Kirby's cash cow - and he intends to milk it 'til the bucket fills with blood....

The Auld Grump