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 Haighus wrote:
...I am aware GW has shut down North American bitz sellers. My question is under what legal basis? They have been unable to do so here in the UK and we still enjoy the option of purchasing bitz. I believe Europe is the same...

...Have they shut down the bits resellers? I was under the impression that the thing that made it a viable business model was the boom in demand for weapon bits in 7e, when competitive lists were all looking for the right combi-weapons or Skitarii guns or whatever for their WYSIWYG drop-pod alpha strike, and once GW started shifting in 8e to no-instructions-no-rules and no-options kits the demand dried up and they died out, no legal action necessary.

It happened not in 8th because of NMNR(which was more of a 9E thing anyways) but had to do with a purported trade sales change.

And guess in us seeing there's bits stores in europe still