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I just checked the GW website, and what does my eyes see. They uppded the cost of a Space marine and Imperial Guard battleforce box from 85 to 100 Euros.

Now I'm not normally one to cry over a price hike, but WTF GW? How the freakin hell do they justify a 15 euro price increase on a box like that. Its only 20 bucks away from the price we used to pa for the old Megaforce army deals a few years ago. At least then you got your moneys worth.

I'm sure other things got their price tweaked too. I just havent noticed yet. Now ive stuck with the hobby for years, price hikes and all, but even my wallet is starting to feel a little strained right now.

It's now only a $10 discount from what you would pay if you were to piece them out...it's a horrible battleforce anyway though so it's not a super big deal I guess

BrotherVord wrote:It's now only a $10 discount from what you would pay if you were to piece them out...it's a horrible battleforce anyway though so it's not a super big deal I guess

Actually it use to be a good deal with the leman russ

Asherian Command wrote:

BrotherVord wrote:It's now only a $10 discount from what you would pay if you were to piece them out...it's a horrible battleforce anyway though so it's not a super big deal I guess

Actually it use to be a good deal with the leman russ

I was actually referring to the space marine force, the price increase seems to be due to rhinos now costing 37 bucks, was this a stealth increase?

Over here its 180 AUD so, yeah...hooray...

Bait n Switch.

The ole' switcheroo.

GW does not know how to run a company. What else is new?

Unfortunately, they can do whatever they want because they know we'll buy it anyway.

spacewolf407 wrote:Unfortunately, they can do whatever they want because they know we'll buy it anyway.

Speak for yourself, chief.

When I saw the stormraven was $82.50 (USD), I couldnt fething believe it. My god..... its not worth near that. I thought the original price was a bit much...

Storm Raven price hike was huge. Think it got buffed with needing sixes to hit it so the materials to make it must now be more expensive for GW =P

the worst price increase that made me cry was when 20 whfb orc boyz were 35 and they switched it to 10 boys for 29 us dollars, and made 10 40k ork boys that were 22.50 to 29 dollars, since you have to buy soooo many boys this freakin sucked, plus space marines are op so dont buy thier stuff anyway buy ork stuff

Uh... uh...

Wait a few years then go Forgeworld, problem solved

pepe5454 wrote:Storm Raven price hike was huge. Think it got buffed with needing sixes to hit it so the materials to make it must now be more expensive for GW =P

Thank the god emperor I bought 2 of em when they were first released... and there really isn't a list where you need 3

TedNugent wrote:

spacewolf407 wrote:Unfortunately, they can do whatever they want because they know we'll buy it anyway.

Speak for yourself, chief.

Agreed. The new Dakkajet was the first GW thing I've bought since the just before the last price hike.

I bought my entire Ork army all at once (without any failcost!) and my friend (who still has yet to play a game) bought his entire Blood Angel army (including every character in metal plus tons of extra stuff).

I think the next time I'm over his place well do a price check and see how much we've saved.

I just choked on my drink when I saw the price hike. Thank god for small independant resellers. Managed to buy two Eldar heavy support platforms for 42 swiss francs yesterday (about 42 dollars I think). The guy couldn't sell them to anyone so gave me a 40% off deal.

Horst wrote:When I saw the stormraven was $82.50 (USD), I couldnt fething believe it. My god..... its not worth near that. I thought the original price was a bit much...

uh, in australia its $110 for the stormraven.

Americans think they have it bad... I'd gladly pay american prices instead of our AU prices. Especially considering our dollar is the same as the US dollar is now.

It only a matter of time till there's a US-Aussie GW smuggling operation.

Dragonzord wrote:

Horst wrote:When I saw the stormraven was $82.50 (USD), I couldnt fething believe it. My god..... its not worth near that. I thought the original price was a bit much...

uh, in australia its $110 for the stormraven.

Americans think they have it bad... I'd gladly pay american prices instead of our AU prices. Especially considering our dollar is the same as the US dollar is now.

Grey Templar wrote:It only a matter of time till there's a US-Aussie GW smuggling operation.

yea i'm surprised anybody buys gw direct or buys at a flgs in au... i'd buy it all online at 20% off us and get it shipped if there is an issue heck i might have to start a 15% off gw product pricing plus exact shipping to au >_<

For my next army my aim is to not buy a single GW product - so no, people don't just buy anyway

We should all go to Britain and start a siege at GW HQ.

Fortunetly i already have most of my next army and i know some good discount sites.

If they lose 10% sales numbers by increasing prices 20% it's a net gain of over 8% (since shipping and manufacturing costs go down as well). If it's feasible in the long run, I don't know, but then again you get certain brands where high prices actually increases demand for no good reason (Apple, Monster Cable, Razer, etc probably an absolute metric tonne of fashion brands you can use as examples here as well)

Aprion wrote:I just checked the GW website, and what does my eyes see. They uppded the cost of a Space marine and Imperial Guard battleforce box from 85 to 100 Euros.

Congratulations that you finally noticed this years price increase by GW, taking effect first week of June. And yes, it included all battleforces, 40k and Fantasy.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/451127.page

Aprion wrote:Now I'm not normally one to cry over a price hike, but WTF GW? How the freakin hell do they justify a 15 euro price increase on a box like that.

With the new Allies rules, I reckon.

Meh could not care less. I have more than enough fund for whatever GW may conjure up regarding prices anyhow.

im all for a seige at willow road..

Kroothawk wrote:

Aprion wrote:I just checked the GW website, and what does my eyes see. They uppded the cost of a Space marine and Imperial Guard battleforce box from 85 to 100 Euros.

Congratulations that you finally noticed this years price increase by GW, taking effect first week of June. And yes, it included all battleforces, 40k and Fantasy.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/451127.page

Actually kroot when I checked the site just a few days back the prices were still their old value. So please spare me that cheeky lip.

Then you must have been viewing a cached version as the prices have been up since June. There's multiple threads on it from then.

No idea how this thread has survived this long.

Just makes the cheaper games to get into much more attractive. It's the reason I started collecting Warmachine.