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I just ordered a bunch of DKOK deathriders - luckily before FW changed their prices. Unfortunately it looks like going forward they're going to be hiking their already steep prices by 25% or so for US customers. Also - apparently less availability. Quite a few items available in the UK are not available in the US now.

Does anyone know if there will still be a way to buy from the UK? I really didn't mind saving up and making a large purchase all at once to get free express shipping. This 'convenience' of faster and cheaper shipping really is moot if we have to pay 25% more.

All the people I know on a local basis are boycotting FW for this.

However, I believe they're still in the middle of moving all their product around, so thats why its unavailable. Its not a lack of models, its a logistical issue temporarily.

They also made it so you have to spend more to get free shipping
Before it was £250 to qualify for free shipping which is ~$330
But now you have to pay $400 to get free shipping

It makes me mad because they say this is better because we no longer have to pay the 15% for shipping. Instead they force a 20%-40% price increase on us AND we still have to pay for shipping.

This pretty much sums up the reactions of people at my lgs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FopyRHHlt3M

Count me in on the boycott as well unless there's an option for us to pay the normal price and order from the UK - which i doubt there is.

masterhobo wrote:
They also made it so you have to spend more to get free shipping
Before it was £250 to qualify for free shipping which is ~$330
But now you have to pay $400 to get free shipping

Weird, when I was on the Canadian site, it said I only had to spend 150$ for free shipping

Was there a price spike on the Canadian site as well?

For me, the free shipping is $120 USD.

SirWeeble wrote:
Was there a price spike on the Canadian site as well?

For me, the free shipping is $120 USD.

it's apparently a limited time "sale" on shipping right now.

The free shipping for $150 is only temporary, after the deal ends Canadians will have to spend at least $500 to qualify

I will also assume that we'll be paying sales tax on top of it as well, so for me that's 8% more to the cost. But I guess we were paying 20% VAT for all those years (oh wait, we're still paying for that, plus more).

All complaining aside, I wonder if they'll see a significant drop in purchases, which will cause them to reexamine prices. Its not like moving distribution to the US for FW isn't an incurred cost.

I prefer ordering from the UK, at least that way I could pretend the GBP prices were lower (I know, I know, I still paid for expensive models). Looking at the "conversion rate" and prices in USD on the FW site is eyewatering.

The only country FW are making happy with this move is China. Even UK customers are getting shafted. The sad thing is, this is what happens when you have a monopoly over an IP. Hopefully people vote with their wallets, refusing to spend £100 on £1 of resin and either they lower their prices or go out of business.

Went to go look up the increase, and forge world currently thinks i'm in Japan for some reason. I'm in the US btw. Kinda made me laugh to see models that cost 22,000 of any currency. Not exactly what I carry around in my wallet.

I admit my first thought was "Damn, glad I don't play Horus Heresy".

PS: Australia also had that global 10% on imported good things which went to all items, not just ones over $1,000 a month or two ago...the prices were already bad before that. Now they must be eye-watering.

They are :(
Example:
Manta: 1050 pounds, Excahnge rate has that $1843.94 AUD
Forgeworld has it as $2420....... a $576.06 price hike.

All the prices I'm seeing line up with show prices. Nothing new to me.

Given Forge Worlds general purge of a lot of options lately, this has me wondering if they are trying to milk limited stock with out actually calling it that.

 Klayhero wrote:
They are :(
Example:
Manta: 1050 pounds, Excahnge rate has that $1843.94 AUD
Forgeworld has it as $2420....... a $576.06 price hike.

Hate to break it to you, but adjusting for the tax differential, the Australia Tax is actually $735.63

 chimeara wrote:
All the prices I'm seeing line up with show prices. Nothing new to me.

That's because their show prices were already massively inflated and no sane person ever paid them. Now they're the only choice unless you live in the UK.

Good...lord...

 Peregrine wrote:

 chimeara wrote:
All the prices I'm seeing line up with show prices. Nothing new to me.

That's because their show prices were already massively inflated and no sane person ever paid them. Now they're the only choice unless you live in the UK.

Honestly, I'm fine with it, it's what I'm used to paying. At shows pay a bit extra to get it now and not have to deal with my bank. They don't allow purchases to the UK. Unless I spend a rediculous amount of time talking to several people in their debit card department to allow me to buy anything from UK.

Huge is relative term and shipping can compensate. Buying spartan now would cost me half a beer more. Whopedoo. Boss cost me with his indecision when holidays are held this year more than this costs me at worst(all free shipping) in a decade if not more

I stopped buying FW and knock offs years ago. I'm just done dealing with Resin.

Some interesting conversion rates as far as money goes. More or less everything got 20-25% pricier. I guess recasters from Russia and China are happy right now.

Here is the most recent catalog. US prices are listed. You can see how much prices have gone up. Some pieces went up 40%!

I'll no longer buy FW at these prices. This is absolutely absurd.

Can we use this time to address the fact that forgeworld has always been overrated and that their products melt if it ever gets hotter than 95 degrees despite costing nearly double a comparable, already INSANELY overpriced GW product?

Considering my Krieg army is still not melted despite the many summers we had, I'd say its a bad time, go away.

ERJAK wrote:
Can we use this time to address the fact that forgeworld has always been overrated and that their products melt if it ever gets hotter than 95 degrees despite costing nearly double a comparable, already INSANELY overpriced GW product?

Yes sir, this is a great time to address that fact. Can we also discuss how GW moved from pewter to plastic and not only kept prices the same but increased them?

It's boycott time peoples.





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ERJAK wrote:
Can we use this time to address the fact that forgeworld has always been overrated and that their products melt if it ever gets hotter than 95 degrees despite costing nearly double a comparable, already INSANELY overpriced GW product?

Ok, let's address it. It's a lie. Addressing is complete.

ERJAK wrote:
Can we use this time to address the fact that forgeworld has always been overrated and that their products melt if it ever gets hotter than 95 degrees despite costing nearly double a comparable, already INSANELY overpriced GW product?

Ah yes let's make false claids ofmelting. That will obviously be good idea

Yeah It sucks I thought about getting a levithan or something for my army. Now there is no incentive for me even to do so. So consider me a part of the boycott.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
The only country FW are making happy with this move is China. Even UK customers are getting shafted. The sad thing is, this is what happens when you have a monopoly over an IP. Hopefully people vote with their wallets, refusing to spend £100 on £1 of resin and either they lower their prices or go out of business.

every company has an monopoly over their IPs dude. and frankly 40k likely wouldn't have taken off if anyone could add anything they wanted to 40k when they wanted. it'd make 40k an incoherant mess.