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Anybody else think it's a little awkward in this day and age to be given a voucher for your *next* order, that you can only redeem by calling them?

More than a little.

Honestly why even bother, it's an offer that you really have to go out of your way to take advantage of, and I imagine most people probably won't. You're still better off waiting until you can buy enough gak to get free shipping anyway, aren't you?

Oh, and cue the "GW/FW could cure cancer and people would still complain!" nonsense I guess, lol.

 Bull0 wrote:
Anybody else think it's a little awkward in this day and age to be given a voucher for your *next* order, that you can only redeem by calling them?

I actually misread it the first time around, so thanks for pointing it out. The voucher being for a future order doesn't make any sense. If you are going to order twice from FW to even use the voucher, you could easily go above the 250 GBP mark to get free shipping on all the items if you order all the items at the same time, instead of only getting free shipping on the second half of your order.
If they had simply made shipping free for the month leading up to christmas, they might actually have seen an order from me. Now 'll just wait untill the Mechanicus units get released

 Bull0 wrote:
Anybody else think it's a little awkward in this day and age to be given a voucher for your *next* order, that you can only redeem by calling them?

Total guess, but maybe their website can't handle free shipping coupon codes.

willb2064 wrote:

 Bull0 wrote:
Anybody else think it's a little awkward in this day and age to be given a voucher for your *next* order, that you can only redeem by calling them?

Total guess, but maybe their website can't handle free shipping coupon codes.

I think part of the problem might be that the website just calculates "shipping", but in reality that shipping charge includes shipping and taxes.

So giving you "free shipping" probably includes some book keeping manipulation at their end to make sure that you actually get free shipping and that they still collect applicable taxes.

A regular sale might be $100 + 15% shipping (divided between actual shipping cost and taxes). But giving you "free shipping" might require them to calculate a discounted sales price of the actual model so that they can then add the taxes to the cost of the model instead of absorbing it in the shipping charge.

So a regular sale would be $100 model + $15 shipping and taxes, and a discounted sale would be $100 model and taxes + $0 shipping.

Doing all that math might just be easier to do via phone call instead of changing the website.

I get those types of vouchers fairly regularly and I love them.
(Well.. there is a code you enter in the checkout, and it's not just for shipping it's like 15-25% off, but I digress.)


Having said that I get them from the guys I get my paints and stuff from so I put in small orders every month, for a boutique store like forgeworld where orders can easily be 6 months or a year in between I really don't see the point, especially when they are only valid for January. Seems kinda like they wanted to give something away but weren't allowed to give anything meaningful.

 jonolikespie wrote:

Having said that I get them from the guys I get my paints and stuff from so I put in small orders every month, for a boutique store like forgeworld where orders can easily be 6 months or a year in between I really don't see the point, especially when they are only valid for January. Seems kinda like they wanted to give something away but weren't allowed to give anything meaningful.

It's not just for January, is it? I thought it was from (whenever your order gets to you) through the end of January...

I know I would order FW more often if it wouldn't be for the 15% upcharge unless you hit the magic number, so a voucher like that is actually helpful for me.

This is actually kind of helpful for me as I'm about to make a small order and I can then give the voucher to my girlfriend for when she orders my Christmas present, hehe!

 Heliodore wrote:
This is actually kind of helpful for me as I'm about to make a small order and I can then give the voucher to my girlfriend for when she orders my Christmas present, hehe!

Your Christmas present doesn't hit the free shipping point? O.o

So is the code somehow tied to your account, or can anyone use it?

Cue the resellers listing Forge World free shipping codes on Ebay...

-Shrike- wrote:

 Heliodore wrote:
This is actually kind of helpful for me as I'm about to make a small order and I can then give the voucher to my girlfriend for when she orders my Christmas present, hehe!

Your Christmas present doesn't hit the free shipping point? O.o

Can't take advantage of free shipping here as the amount needed to get it tips the scale for the tax department here and we have to pay 15% import duty which is exactly what the shipping discount is plus it gets held up in customs until the tax is paid.
You might get lucky and it doesn't get picked up by customs but generally the tax cancels out the free shipping.

-Shrike- wrote:

 Heliodore wrote:
This is actually kind of helpful for me as I'm about to make a small order and I can then give the voucher to my girlfriend for when she orders my Christmas present, hehe!

Your Christmas present doesn't hit the free shipping point? O.o

I'm already a pretty luck guy, no point in pushing that luck, hehe!

Might just pick up a single weathering powder or something then. That way I can just pass the voucher onto my family. Nothing like abusing the system!

Cover art for the revised Imperial Armour Volume II(Space Marines and the forces of the Inquisition--unless they have removed the second part) got posted today as Forge World hit 40,000 "Likes" on Facebook.



Link here if you want to get it for use as wallpaper.

Nice to see more of the Heresy Era kit making it's way into the 40k timelines (after the Fellblade entry in the Apocalypse book).

Also, wasn't the Imperial Navy part of book 2? Edit - nope, I was wrong. Wonder if the Repressor will still have the "For use in an Adeptus Sororitas or Adeptus Arbites army" line.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Cover art for the revised Imperial Armour Volume II(Space Marines and the forces of the Inquisition--unless they have removed the second part) got posted today as Forge World hit 40,000 "Likes" on Facebook.

what tank is that? i know it's not a Sicaran

 TyraelVladinhurst wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Cover art for the revised Imperial Armour Volume II(Space Marines and the forces of the Inquisition--unless they have removed the second part) got posted today as Forge World hit 40,000 "Likes" on Facebook.

what tank is that? i know it's not a Sicaran

Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Legiones_Astartes/Legion_Vehicles/CERBERUS_HEAVY_TANK_DESTROYER.html

what tank is that? i know it's not a Sicaran

One of the worlds best doorknockers too...

@ Haighus
thanks, i wasn't sure so i thought best to ask

 TyraelVladinhurst wrote:
@ Haighus
thanks, i wasn't sure so i thought best to ask

Your welcome

Is there a minimm order for the first order?....what's the cheapest item on the forge world site??

Knockagh wrote:
what's the cheapest item on the forge world site??

Tau Manta

 Alfndrate wrote:

Knockagh wrote:
what's the cheapest item on the forge world site??

Tau Manta

Nah, I would say the Venatarii just edge the Manta...

Haighus wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

Knockagh wrote:
what's the cheapest item on the forge world site??

Tau Manta

Nah, I would say the Venatarii just edge the Manta...

But that's three models... the Manta is one, otherwise I'd agree with you.

 Alfndrate wrote:

Haighus wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

Knockagh wrote:
what's the cheapest item on the forge world site??

Tau Manta

Nah, I would say the Venatarii just edge the Manta...

But that's three models... the Manta is one, otherwise I'd agree with you.

True, I was just looking at the price tags

Octobers best sellers list released. Who says Space Marines don't sell:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/Forge_World_October_Best_Selling_Complete_Kits_2013.html

 zedmeister wrote:
Octobers best sellers list released. Who says Space Marines don't sell:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/Forge_World_October_Best_Selling_Complete_Kits_2013.html

No one?

And really, we all knew how well Horus Heresy stuff would sell too...

Has anyone noticed some of the experimental rules appear to have changed?

The Predator with the 3 shot plasma now appears to available for blood angels (not fast though) and now chaos don't get to take it.

Is this old and I've just missed it or does it now supercede the last set of published rules?
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space-Marine-Tanks?filter_reset=1

 PredaKhaine wrote:
Is this old and I've just missed it or does it now supercede the last set of published rules?

The new Imperial Armour: Apocalypse gives Blood Angels access to Relic Predators, which include the Executioner & Infernus.