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I dont know if this has been a topic already, but will GW participate in sales on Black friday

I'm not sure GW understands what a "sale" is. Their Black Friday would likely be "buy 1 get 1 at 10% markup".

I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

Jon Garrett wrote:I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

didn't they just do army bundles for that? so you still had to spend money to save any money.

Still, with the ability to get new GW stuff at 30% off any day of the year, I don't think any sale would be enough to get me to walk into a GW store.

Yeah they would have to do a 50% sale or something to interest most people, imho.

Aerethan wrote:

Jon Garrett wrote:I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

didn't they just do army bundles for that? so you still had to spend money to save any money.

Still, with the ability to get new GW stuff at 30% off any day of the year, I don't think any sale would be enough to get me to walk into a GW store.

Over here, at least, they were selling individual boxes for less than retail. Only fantasy stuff, and only in store. They also gave out some freebies (a Empire figure and a Goblin and Dwarf, a badge...I think that was it) of which I got two because my son was with me.

Do they even still do grand opening sales? I remember about 10 years ago, new store grand openings would have pages of coupons, like 25% off, buy 2 get 1 free, etc. One of my friends use 2 buy 2 get 1 frees to get 6 boxes of Berzerkers when they were first released, and another got 3 of the original Eldar battleforces.

They haven't done a sale in a long time now...

Midnightdeathblade wrote:Yeah they would have to do a 50% sale or something to interest most people, imho.

They would certainly have to do that for us. Even then we would still have the same prices as the rest of the world. Until then, I will never pay retail price.

Psssst:

www.thewarstore.com
Black Friday weekend sale.

Pass it on......

Hahahahaha. Probably not

Last time GW had a decent sale I picked up a load of Dogs of War.

YEAH. That's how long ago it was.

Aerethan wrote:

Jon Garrett wrote:I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

didn't they just do army bundles for that? so you still had to spend money to save any money.

Isn't that generally how sales work?

Buy this (spend money), get this much off (save money)?

You're wording comes across like you expect them to just give stuff away. And then people would still complain.

"I only got ONE Speds Mahreen fo free!! They should have paid me to take two. Hurr Durr Stoopid GeeDub!!"

Worglock wrote:

Aerethan wrote:

Jon Garrett wrote:I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

didn't they just do army bundles for that? so you still had to spend money to save any money.

Isn't that generally how sales work?

Buy this (spend money), get this much off (save money)?

You're wording comes across like you expect them to just give stuff away. And then people would still complain.

"I only got ONE Speds Mahreen fo free!! They should have paid me to take two. Hurr Durr Stoopid GeeDub!!"

And if they did, "Stoopid GeeDub" would STILL make a profit.

Worglock wrote:

Aerethan wrote:

Jon Garrett wrote:I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

didn't they just do army bundles for that? so you still had to spend money to save any money.

Isn't that generally how sales work?

Buy this (spend money), get this much off (save money)?

You're wording comes across like you expect them to just give stuff away. And then people would still complain.

"I only got ONE Speds Mahreen fo free!! They should have paid me to take two. Hurr Durr Stoopid GeeDub!!"

Bundles aren't really a "sale", they are merely repackaged models designed to get you to spend extra money for some small advantage. A sale is offering some % off the retail price of models across the board, or in a specific area.

Midnightdeathblade wrote:I dont know if this has been a topic already, but will GW participate in sales on Black friday

They don't do sales.

Last time I saw a GW sale must of been over 15 years ago and they were clearing out the Tallarns at the time.

Last sale I recall was a damaged box 50% off at a GW back in 2004 I believe. The manager almost lost his job over that one as he evidently didn't have permission.

I think the closest i've seen to sales at my local GW is to turn up at the store at opening time, get a raffle ticket....

Might wanna brace yourself for this one...


FOR FREE!!!
And get a chance at winning at battalion or battleforce...

GW doesnt know squat about sales. i remember going to gamesday years ago ad seeing tons of GW product on tables

for sale

at FULL PRICE

it baffled me to no end. any LGS has a discount system that outshines GW, and online makes paying full price for anything laughable.

Worglock wrote:

Aerethan wrote:

Jon Garrett wrote:I think the last time I recall GW having a sale was the 25th Anniversary. A bunch of stuff was cheap during that. Don't recall one since, though.

didn't they just do army bundles for that? so you still had to spend money to save any money.

Isn't that generally how sales work?

It's one common form of sale, although simply lowering prices is probably more common. Bundled discounts are pretty common in nearly any field, due to lowered transactional costs.

You're wording comes across like you expect them to just give stuff away. And then people would still complain.

"I only got ONE Speds Mahreen fo free!! They should have paid me to take two. Hurr Durr Stoopid GeeDub!!"

Well, in a large enough sample size, you can find somebody to complain about free steak and oral sex.

I'm still not sure I'd call bundles or bulk buys "sales." "Specials," maybe.


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keep in mind that the Warstore traditionally has a nice black friday sale.

Battlefoam used to, but I'm not sure if they still do.

Polonius wrote:
Battlefoam used to, but I'm not sure if they still do.

Looks like they may be having a 25% off sale. If it includes free shipping, I'm in.

The problem with sales like that, you'll see customers go to the store maybe once or twice a year to buy something then go. As a Hobby Centre you probably don't want that...

cincydooley wrote:

Polonius wrote:
Battlefoam used to, but I'm not sure if they still do.

Looks like they may be having a 25% off sale. If it includes free shipping, I'm in.

I have a stack of stuff I need to buy... luckily I just sold some stuff...

rockerbikie wrote:The problem with sales like that, you'll see customers go to the store maybe once or twice a year to buy something then go. As a Hobby Centre you probably don't want that...

For the crap that GW gets about charging reatil in its shops, what is the alternative? Undercutting FLGS shops?

GW knows that it can underprice independents, and doesn't.

Last GW sale I remember is when they were getting rid of Gorkamorka, it was about 25% of the retail price, and they really slashed the price of 3rd ed and various other things too.

I also remember going to Coventry grand opening and picking up a shedload of guard tanks in the BOGOF

Midnightdeathblade wrote:I dont know if this has been a topic already, but will GW participate in sales on Black friday

Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) is an American thing, GW aren't an American company.

The last GW sale I saw was in 2005 when I bought a battleforce for around $40. They called it "overstock". I didn't care since I was all space marines-ho! at the time and was very happy with the purchase.

Haven't seen a sale since. Bizaare Bazarrs were great but I heard those are discontinued also.

Midnightdeathblade wrote:I dont know if this has been a topic already, but will GW participate in sales on Black friday

I had to google Black Friday to figure that one out.

Since they're generally don't do sales, and aren't an American company, I really doubt they'd start doing one now. They don't even do Boxing Day sales, a sale that is traditional in a lot more than one country...

As others mentioned www.thewarstore.com does one.

In the past they've done 5% off everything on top of other discounts which comes out to about 24% off GW stuff.

they also do grab bags and deeper discounts on some products.

they've also done some after Christmas sales.

Not sure why you guys are complaining about GW prices since your from America or the UK (no offense) It's here in Australia and NZ that are the only places black friday sales are actually needed... But then the debates for the terrible prices GW charge us are for a different forum