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looking through it, i noticed a lot of the sale was card decks, books, the old iron kingdom line, and the like, with the newer end stuff not getting nearly as good of discounts for the most part that i saw
maybe they hope this short length sale with help with clear the stuff that otherwise is going to end up in the clearance section forever and a day

Most the stuff the last month or so doesn't appear to be on clearance. I think this is more an inventory realignment with them dumping older stock that they though they would have higher demand for. It's likely the surge they saw with the release of MK3 died down and now their sitting on product. Still, I suspect they are betting on GW sales to cover the loss of WMH if PP decides to cut them off. Heck, they probably looked at the GW sales and might have decided PP isn't worth the headache now and can afford to lose PP.

I thought part of the deal with PP was them specifically not wanting to see their stuff "clearanced" anymore.

FRP used to have crazy clearance deals on WMH stuff that I seriously miss. I got most of my Convergence jacks for 75 percent off.

Still regret not grabbing that Mountain King for 60 dollars when I had the chance.

Curious to see how this plays out.

Would amuse me if that's the reason since GW also has a discount cap mandate.

but GW's discount cap is actually a boon for US online sellers as it finally means (if they accept it) they can offer GW stuff online without the super secret need to email/phone to find out what the store stocks (or if they have it in)

whereas PPs (since they started with better T&C) meant that a line the store could already sell on line, and discount if they wanted to compete on price (or needed extra cashflow fast or to liquidate poorly selling stuff) now became far less useful

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
but GW's discount cap is actually a boon for US online sellers as it finally means (if they accept it) they can offer GW stuff online without the super secret need to email/phone to find out what the store stocks (or if they have it in)

It's the removal of the rule against selling through webcarts that allows US sellers to sell online. The discount cap isn't actually necessary for that to work... and still leaves sellers who follow the rules at a disadvantage against those who find ways around them.

Restricting how people sell your product rarely results in a better selling environment for those trying to sell your product.