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I've been doing all my shopping on Dakka's trade boards for a few months now, with the exception of some terrain.

My last army I bought my Howling griffons has been all off ebay, or back to bases for bitz.

The only time i go too a hobby store to purchase a model is when they have there sales, or a all night lock in...

FLGS (in Sydney, when I'm there), or from local web dealers (as in, inside Aust. boundaries), int'l dealers where applicable (if no local dealer).

Different sources for me:
- FLGS, which also is a GW premium retailer, and offers 10% off the retail price
- the local GW store, since I play there from time to time
- internet for more "indulgement" stuff that I'm no likely to play (like the Pariahs I bought today for instance , and benefit from the euro strength against other currencies
- ebay and warstore for bitz
- Forgeworld
- the local military modelling shop for airbrush paints and more muted tones

Branderic wrote:I buy from macpac51 on eBay and Game Empire in San Diego, my local gaming store. Probably gonna drop $200 there when the nids come out!

I made a couple of bits purchases from this guy and the service is great. Prices are very cheap on some and very affordable on all.

Neith wrote:

FieronThor wrote:Dark Sphere is my FLGS and they give good discounts on GW products (15-25%). It's opposite waterloo tube station in London. They also have a webstore - www.darksphere.co.uk .

Any idea what buying online is like from them? I had a look at the site, and they're a hell of a lot cheaper than the site I'd been using upto now >_>

In my opinion, they are fantastic. They work very hard to get the orders out asap, and are very quick to help you out if there is a problem with anything you ordered. I sometimes pop over in lunch breaks to the shop, and see them working quickly to get stuff out of the door to the post office. Like you said they are far cheaper than most GW stockists in brick and mortar stores and online. It's also well worth if you get a moment to check out their shop - they don't harass you unlike some GW shops.

I have nothing but good things to say about thewarstore.com. They take paypal, or phone orders, and offer a solid 20%, along with a good bitz service, and a never more than 5.95 shipping system. Either Dakka trades or Warstore for me.

1. Forgeworld.
2. Trading Venues/Sites
3. Friend who owns LGS. Gives me a handsome discount. What a perk.

I buy from Warstore occasionally, and I'm sure to make a nice purchase soon when I send in some bitz for credit. I do most of my purchasing from my FLGS though. They give me the same discount the Warstore has, plus good conversation and occasionally free White Dwarfs. Besides, I do most of my gaming there, so I might as well support the store!

FLGS

They are nice, and have a wonderful space for people to play with a large number of tables with room (and chairs), as well as a huge selection of terrain. And ventilation.

I personally have only done business so far with www.maelstromgames.co.uk and my FLGS (Hobbyland), but I am actually going to be trying out the warstore.

What I am doing for my spacewolves is I am going to buy most of the army through Warstore then the rest from my FLGS to help them out when I get the rest of the money.

I haven't purchased anything directly from a GW store in many moons. Most of my stuff comes from The Warstore purely for the amazing savings. That and the fact that there aren't any really good stores in the San Fernando Valley. (Well, on my side of it anyway)

Where do I buy my miniatures? These days primarily from:

1) Local GW stores, mostly GW Annapolis, MD
2) GW Online Store
3) TheWarStore.com
4) eBay

Maelstrom Games UK.

40%+ off Australia GW retail prices. Free worldwide shipping.

I only order from somewhere else when I have to (ie. they don't have any stock, it's a GW Direct item, or they it's something like Armorcast or something obscure like Barrule).

It took you 2 pages H. You must have been asleep.

Thanks for adding so much to this thread, F.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Thanks for adding that much to this thread, F.

Fixed. Fateweaver is acceptable and easy to ignore when he sticks to one line per thread.


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I order from Miniatures Market:

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/at_43

I use the site so much I have it hotlinked into my computer and is one of my nine preference pages on my Opera homepage. Minitaure Market is cheap will depackage on request for a small charge (this really saves on postage), free postage to the USA too, and they do bitz for AT-43.

Were I to order GW stuff I would go to:

http://www.giftsforgeeks.org.uk

But i am not spending much ATM.

Ouch, I've been iggied.

My ePeen just shrank.

It was a light hearted jab H. Get a thicker skin. You tell everyone else too.

50% internet
50% FLGS

I buy nearly all of my stuff [not just wargaming] online. Like you I don't know of any FLGS near me, GWs at least but not any proper FLGS.

I would also add that Paypal will not guantee any purchase unless they can actually get the money off of someone. If you like they act as a barrier between your checking account and the seller. A credit card will give you actual protection [it not your money your spending after all!]

Its worth pointing out that identity theft is not necessarily the same as stealing your credit card details. The former will mean credit cards and loans being taken out in your name, the later will usually mean someone dipping into your credit card funds without your permission. Not great thing to happen to you in either curcumstance but avoidable if you take care with your information [shred it all!] and only buy online with a credit card [not debit card!] which you know will give you full protection if the worst happens. It also has the added bonus of insuring your purchase for upto 90 days as well.

In you situation I would suggest getting a limited credit card since there seems to be very little near you and you don't want to miss out on your GW fix. Or if credit is not available to you [for whatever reason age, credit history etc] a Pre-Pay card which I understand are commonly available in the US, either with say a $100 limit purely for online purchasing or even shopping in unknown stops.

Back off topic, anyone know any FLGS in Essex UK?

macpac irritates me .. he always takes 5-9 days to process my order and then says shipping it 3 days ground but conviniently forgets the tracking # in the email and you can only respond to him on ebay etc etc, and then your order takes 2.5 weeks to get there for some reason ....

GW stuff from maelstromgames.co.uk -- GW has a "screw Canada" policy when it comes to pricing. It's like they think it's the late 90s when it took 2.5 of our dollars to buy a pound. The exchange rate is now 1.65. With maelstrom's discount and free shipping, it's a no brainer.

For Privateer Press stuff, I go local, Hoard O Bits off of eBay and miniaturemarket.com

The local store is alright, but their prices aren't always wonderful and the distributors they deal with seem to mess up a lot or not have what I want in stock.

impulse buys, paint, "right now" purchases and graphic novels : LGS
Warmachine and Sabol : Warstore
Random needs : a few solid ebay sellers

mon-keigh slayer wrote:macpac irritates me .. he always takes 5-9 days to process my order and then says shipping it 3 days ground but conviniently forgets the tracking # in the email and you can only respond to him on ebay etc etc, and then your order takes 2.5 weeks to get there for some reason ....

Interesting. My experience with Macpac on eBay is quite contrary to this. I usually get my items within just a few days, even during the middle of December I got items within about 3 days of purchase.

The Warstore

I buy nearly everything from Maelstrom. Occasionally I'll buy it from the GW store, but most of the time it's Maelstrom.
Haven't seen any nearby FLGS for ages.

I don't buy anything any more. My new hobby for 2010 was "not spending any money on anything other than food, the mortgage and household bills" and so far this year I have stuck to it. With surprisingly little effort. There's been little that has tempted me to open the wallet for long enough now. Even the couple of items I got for Christmas were things that had been ordered months before, and by the time they arrived I was a bit "meh" about them.

I've got more than enough unpainted crap lying around to keep me busy for long enough. Although to be honest, I am gradually falling out of love with the whole wargaming gig. I'm finding games (of whatever stripe) simply boring: its only pushing little models about and chucking dice around. I can't really be bothered any more. ANd the more I read about the shenanigans of GW, PP and Rackham the less I want to go anywhere near them with a hobby.

And without the motivation of games as an end product I really can't be bothered to paint anything. My motivation for painting has ALWAYS been their use on the tabletop, so without the one, the other disappears.

Maybe I've finally grown up?

I figured with that avatar.

Luckily the GW staff at my local hobby center is awesome--especially since they are 5 minutes from my house--so I like to support them to a reasonable extent. I try to give them 30-40% of my purchases.

That being said, I have a bunch of eBay searches saved and am always looking out for a great deal. About 6 weeks ago I discovered an ebay vendor who had unbelievable prices, but high shipping charges. Fortunately the guy was awesome and he managed to get a bunch of stuff to me at 30-35% off GW retail with actual cost shipping. Totally skipped eBay, which is probably why he was able to drop the price some. I was a little skeptical at first, but now he is the first person I go to when I want to make an internet purchase.

I buy them from ur mom. Har har har, that joke never gets old.

(In some cases, this might actually be true)