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Why would you do this to us GW?

Great White wrote: Why would you do this to us GW?

Cause it makes them feel dirty

Hmm, looking at the Tau prices.

From what I can see Kroot and Fire Warriors have both had a £1.50 price rise.

Stealth Suits have gone up but I can't remember what they were before.

Battleforce has gone up by around £15.

Considering the price increases of the individual units in there add up to around £5-£8 I'm having trouble following their maths

Lol, £20 for a codex? I paid £12 when I got mine. Damn you rising price of metal for affecting the price of our paper books! *angrily shakes fist*

A Town Called Malus wrote:Lol, £20 for a codex? I paid £12 when I got mine. Damn you rising price of metal for affecting the price of our paper books! *angrily shakes fist*

Staple prices have been going up worldwide. GW is just reacting to price increases in materials.

biccat wrote:

A Town Called Malus wrote:Lol, £20 for a codex? I paid £12 when I got mine. Damn you rising price of metal for affecting the price of our paper books! *angrily shakes fist*

Staple prices have been going up worldwide. GW is just reacting to price increases in materials.

Their codices don't use staples. They use glue and thread.

If it's more than one page, there's a staple on the invoice in the box they come in - DUH!

Waethion wrote:If it's more than one page, there's a staple on the invoice in the box they come in - DUH!

Well maybe they should switch from Platinum to a more affordable metal for their staples!

A Town Called Malus wrote:

biccat wrote:

A Town Called Malus wrote:Lol, £20 for a codex? I paid £12 when I got mine. Damn you rising price of metal for affecting the price of our paper books! *angrily shakes fist*

Staple prices have been going up worldwide. GW is just reacting to price increases in materials.

Their codices don't use staples. They use glue and thread.

Must be the new and improved FineBinding. Far superior to previous metal bindings, but since they're leading the way in producing the Finest Bindings in the World, they need to charge more.

Regnak wrote:I was in my local GW picking up some paint and saw all the new prices.... one of the guys who worked there told me the reason they have put up the prices is that "The price of Plastic has gone up alot and thats why were are having to raise prices like this".

I mean come on... if thats the "Official" reason for the price increase then I think I will melt all my stuff down into blocks and store them away as in a few years (at GW rate) they'll be worth a fortune and I will be able to retire happy.

Yesterday I (jokingly) asked my local GW manager what the official excuse story was that upper management would have them tell this time around, but he said there was none, and that they just decided to raise the prices without real logic to it.

So basically, if any red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour is has some kind of "official reason", then that is just bs.

He didn't seem to like it any more than the rest of us. After all the store employees are the ones who get to deal with the annoyed customers, and GW wasn't even decent enough to have an official announcement on their site like they had previously.

TBD wrote:So basically, if any red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour is has some kind of "official reason", then that is just bs.

Wait, so your 'red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour' guy is more reliable than all the rest with his reason?

Kanluwen wrote:

You're a smart guy. You and I might not see eye to eye on things, but we can at least recognize that the idea that the consistent availability and stock management might factor into the price issue.

GW manages to keep not only their own stores stocked, but independent shops and distributors stocked as well.
We don't have people saying "I'm having a hard time finding Tau Fire Warriors" or "Can't find Guardsmen squads, who has them in stock?".

OR thats only one conclusion that you can draw from it. The other is that its consitantly available because folks arent buying it like they use to(see unit sales decline in reports) so thats why its in stock. Where as PP's having a sale and it wrecks havoc with the supply chain, because more people are trying to buy it.

pretre wrote:

TBD wrote:So basically, if any red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour is has some kind of "official reason", then that is just bs.

Wait, so your 'red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour' guy is more reliable than all the rest with his reason?

Well if he'd been given a reason he would have said it right? He said he wasn't given a reason to tell customers. Either the memo didn't get to him or the memo was never sent.

Or he's lying but I don't see why he would.

pretre wrote:

TBD wrote:So basically, if any red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour is has some kind of "official reason", then that is just bs.

Wait, so your 'red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour' guy is more reliable than all the rest with his reason?

Yes

A Town Called Malus wrote:Or he's lying but I don't see why he would.

The same reason colorshirts always lie. To look like they are in the know when they aren't or to build rapport with customers and friends.

TBD wrote:

pretre wrote:Wait, so your 'red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour' guy is more reliable than all the rest with his reason?

Yes

Riiiggght. Keep telling yourself that.

How amusing.

Thank god I have anything I'd ever need for my Lizardmen, Chaos Marines, Eldar or Tyranids - seriously, if I need a new shiny? I convert the sucker and damn the rest.

My Dark Elves, SMs and Flesh Tearers will suffer, but ah well.

The Skaven? Sold those buggers. No chance in hell of starting a skaven army proper now.

pretre wrote:

A Town Called Malus wrote:Or he's lying but I don't see why he would.

The same reason colorshirts always lie. To look like they are in the know when they aren't or to build rapport with customers and friends.

TBD wrote:

pretre wrote:Wait, so your 'red, blue or whatever their shirt's colour' guy is more reliable than all the rest with his reason?

Yes

Riiiggght. Keep telling yourself that.

Are you calling my local GW manager a liar?

Just been looking at the Dark Elves now.

Same kind of increases as other sets on the plastics.

Black Guard are off the website. The command set is still there but the standard troops are gone. Great, looks like a Finecast release of Black Guard. Glad I've got my unit of 20 already.

TBD wrote:Are you calling my local GW manager a liar?

I don't really know the guy, now do I?

But it is very possible that he is lying or making things up, if the experiences of the community in dealing with colorshirts in the past is any indication.

pretre wrote:

TBD wrote:Are you calling my local GW manager a liar?

I don't really know the guy, now do I?

If you did I bet you wouldn't dare call him a liar to his face.

TBD wrote:

pretre wrote:

TBD wrote:Are you calling my local GW manager a liar?

I don't really know the guy, now do I?

If you did I bet you wouldn't dare call him a liar to his face.

Let's not turn this into a "my GW manager is bigger than your GW manager" thread, please.

TBD wrote:

pretre wrote:

TBD wrote:Are you calling my local GW manager a liar?

I don't really know the guy, now do I?

If you did I bet you wouldn't dare call him a liar to his face.

Because he'd bust your lip open!

Or hang him in the store window by his underwear.

TBD wrote:Or hang him in the store window by his underwear.

Riiight. My X can beat up your X. Great... Glad this is where we've come to.

Remember folks, school is out for the summer in many parts of the world. Use your ignore button accordingly.

Are the seriously charging £35 for a Predator? Every time I have a look at the GW webstore I am amazed at their sheer gall.

In what universe is this http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440212a&prodId=prod1090577 worth twice what this http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/tamiya-148-british-cromwell-tank/?utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=PriceComparison&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping costs? Bearing in mind that the latter is the same approximate scale and whenTamiya say finely detailed they actually mean it.

Palindrome wrote:Are the seriously charging £35 for a Predator? Every time I have a look at the GW webstore I am amazed at their sheer gall.

the price increase has also hit the us store, as a land raider is now 74.25... previously IIRC, it was 66 dollars.... Glad I've also got the bulk of everything i need aside from new codices when they come out.

If the price of plastics are rising is the official excuse, why are finecast getting a price rise, too? And hobby supplies? And codices? I want my codex to be made out of plastic.

heartserenade wrote:If the price of plastics are rising is the official excuse, why are finecast getting a price rise, too? And hobby supplies? And codices? I want my codex to be made out of plastic.

Isn't finecast a resin/plastic mix?

I see Games Workshop have increased the price. Us a one person consumer can not do anything about this. As long as there is rich people in the hobby who keep buying whatever the cost it will keep happening.
The way I look at it is. Their prices go up, my wages stay the same. I usually have between £50-£70 worth of disposable income to spend on GW products which I buy from either my local Games Workshop more more recently my new independent stockiest. This amount stays the same so instead of buying maybe 3 box sets. I may only be able to afford two. This is fine because the hobby has not changed for me because of the price increase. If more people took it like this then I think GW would notice the difference in sheer amount of sales and no increase in profit which should be a telling sign.

Daemon prince: £20 - £25.
25% increase, nice -_-


Also, the stormraven is now £50, yet the ork bomba is the same size and has some nice options, yet its nearly half the price.
Logic?