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alphaecho wrote:

RoninXiC wrote:
It's not really free. They get your wishes which is good informaition for them. By this they can get an extremely cheap overview of what people want.

I put fake wishes on my list. My tin foil hat ensures what I really want stays secret. No way GW gets a cheap overview from me.

LMAO!!!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Meh. This sounds like every other N&R thread - more wishlisting.

Took me a second to get that one, you crafty H.B.M.C. you!

If I get around to entering it and I win, I'll get paint. I can't think of anything GW that is appealing to me anymore.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
If I get around to entering it and I win, I'll get paint. I can't think of anything GW that is appealing to me anymore.

There are a few things that I'd like, just not for the price GW asks for them. Ten Witch Elves for $0 is a lot more appealing than the same for $70.

Maybe GW could be using these for actual research!

Seeing thousands of people wish for an overpriced unit but none of them walking off the shelves could be quite informative.

Or they just want more email addresses for spam advertising

They want more email addresses of FLGS customers.
Remember, in April GW will open a bigger webstore. And they don't intend to attract new players.

They can't send you any emails without your permission. Just unsubscribe, etc. We really are complaining for the sake of it here

Why are people still complaining about GW?
They are giving out a free £50.
Yes, it wont buy a great deal of stuff, but its still £50 of free stuff.

Im just in for topping up paints and other little bits.

 Jackal wrote:
Why are people still complaining about GW?
They are giving out a free £50.
Yes, it wont buy a great deal of stuff, but its still £50 of free stuff.

Im just in for topping up paints and other little bits.

Very good point!
Their giving away something for free! Well that's if you win

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/tanstaafl.html

Kinda crappy compared to the recent BoW draw for 4000 points of KoW minis.

£50 gets you what now? 10 minis and a couple of paints from GW? Something like that.

Well credit for them actually offering *something* - it makes a nice change from the usual nothing at all.

I still remember when GW used to run their annual survey competition - first prize was a copy of every single miniature and game they produced, if I recall. I remember seeing pictures of the lucky winner in WD, buried amongst a heap of goodies.

This thread has made me chuckle this morning, any excuse to have a GW moan

The Division Of Joy wrote:
This thread has made me chuckle this morning, any excuse to have a GW moan

Proof of how good and strong GW are is that even those who hate them can't actually get away from the GW lust. Only it turns into a dark lust that they can't even admit to themselves; thus all the hate and derision whilst they try to deal with their own trouble lust for plastic and finecast

 scarletsquig wrote:
Kinda crappy compared to the recent BoW draw for 4000 points of KoW minis.

£50 gets you what now? 10 minis and a couple of paints from GW? Something like that.

And yet it's still a better prize than 4,000 points of KoW miniatures, unless you like Undead.

 AlexHolker wrote:

 scarletsquig wrote:
Kinda crappy compared to the recent BoW draw for 4000 points of KoW minis.

£50 gets you what now? 10 minis and a couple of paints from GW? Something like that.

And yet it's still a better prize than 4,000 points of KoW miniatures, unless you like Undead.

Ouch!

Well, I entered, because why not?

It's not really a free offer. You need to buy a computer and know how to write to use it, so it's in a long tradition of evil GW scams designed to pad Kirby's wallet.

Hivefleet Oblivion wrote:
It's not really a free offer. You need to buy a computer and know how to write to use it, so it's in a long tradition of evil GW scams designed to pad Kirby's wallet.

You also need internet, which you pay by the month. So the contest certainly isn't free!

Well, this thread has really been spun out of nothing.

I'm always happy to criticise GW for all the gak they pull which seems counterintuitive to how a company with a healthy dialogue with and respect for it's customers should be run, but this isn't it.

If you're going to criticise GW for fishing for info in exchange for a nominal prize, you'll need to add Amazon, Tesco, The Discovery Channel, pretty much every mobile phone and utility company, insurance company, Toys R Us...in fact basically every nationally recognised consumer brand in the UK to the same list.

If you're going to waste energy criticising GW for this, you'll get tired very quickly!

Yep, someone finally noticed there's more to marketing than issuing cheesy TV ads. As an advertising/data gathering device, this is quite a smart move on GW's side.

It's a far cry from the old giveaways.
I remember in the nineties there were pics of bespectaled little chaps literally drowning in toys.
£50 of product that they produce seems a bit mean in comparison.

Apparently, GW dont consider me as a costumer. I cannot participate, i live in South America...

Fun stuff when they know that, and yet, they send the e-mail... wanted to unsubscribe, but i cant remember my password.


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 AlexHolker wrote:

 scarletsquig wrote:
Kinda crappy compared to the recent BoW draw for 4000 points of KoW minis.

£50 gets you what now? 10 minis and a couple of paints from GW? Something like that.

And yet it's still a better prize than 4,000 points of KoW miniatures, unless you like Undead.

Everyone can have an oppinion. Even when they are wrong.


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 Jackal wrote:
Why are people still complaining about GW?
They are giving out a free £50.
Yes, it wont buy a great deal of stuff, but its still £50 of free stuff.

Im just in for topping up paints and other little bits.

It is GW we are talking about, they dont deserve my aproval...

 The Dwarf Wolf wrote:
Apparently, GW dont consider me as a costumer. I cannot participate, i live in South America...

Fun stuff when they know that, and yet, they send the e-mail... wanted to unsubscribe, but i cant



It is GW we are talking about, they dont deserve my aproval...

Whatever GW website you are using:

Click Sign In.

Click "Forgot my password"

Reset, unsubscribe. Live life without worrying about e-mails from a company that doesn't deserve you.

 pretre wrote:

 Traceoftoxin wrote:
He means it's not free because you're conducting market research for them.

Oh we get it. We just think that's dumb. You pay nothing. You can make a fake wishlist. If you are chosen, you get a gift certificate.

Heck, even with a real wishlist, it is still free because telling them what you want costs nothing but 5 minutes to setup an account and create a wishlist.

I put 75 Emperor's Champions on my wish list.

That will show them!

 kronk wrote:

 pretre wrote:

 Traceoftoxin wrote:
He means it's not free because you're conducting market research for them.

Oh we get it. We just think that's dumb. You pay nothing. You can make a fake wishlist. If you are chosen, you get a gift certificate.

Heck, even with a real wishlist, it is still free because telling them what you want costs nothing but 5 minutes to setup an account and create a wishlist.

I put 75 Emperor's Champions on my wish list.

That will show them!

I put 6 of the 1 click chapter bundles so I can go all first founding on their arses

 Alfndrate wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 pretre wrote:

 Traceoftoxin wrote:
He means it's not free because you're conducting market research for them.

Oh we get it. We just think that's dumb. You pay nothing. You can make a fake wishlist. If you are chosen, you get a gift certificate.

Heck, even with a real wishlist, it is still free because telling them what you want costs nothing but 5 minutes to setup an account and create a wishlist.

I put 75 Emperor's Champions on my wish list.

That will show them!

I put 6 of the 1 click chapter bundles so I can go all first founding on their arses

I put all the 1 click paint bundles on my list. That'll surely get me the 50!

Haha, my wishlist is so old they don't seem to have most of the items I put on there any more