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Buying behaviors change based on the pricing.
40k 5th edition I bought all the codex's so I would know what I was fighting.
Legitimately getting all books for 6-7th is a bit of a fool's errand to achieve expense-wise.
I find I am not considering starting new armies I do not already have, so I do not see the "sticker-shock" new players see.

Oddly, I am one of those that bought all X-wing models and a few chosen duplicates. Not so much for the specific cards but I have noticed when running short on preferred upgrades. I am quite torn on saying you "must" own the physical card.

40k gives me the hobby build and paint fun, X-wing gives a fine ruleset and an immediate ability to play. They are a funny comparison since they seem to offer differing experiences.

The one common experience is both have extensive "fluff" so when a scenario is made for either game, people get all excited to give it a go.

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to chip in and say Goblin Gaming actually gets the standard discount from GW just like any other store does.

That is actually less than the % being speculated on here. Some of the figures being quoted about margins etc are way out.

We manage to sell all of our goods at roughly 20% off RRP - Including malifaux, X-Wing and many more.

The thing is we are also a bricks and mortar FLGS. Our discounts currently apply the same in store too - even though the overhead is bigger.

We support local groups and clubs along with providing prize support to non local groups.

If you combine that with us sponsoring youtube channels and podcasts I think we are trying to do our bit to foster the hobby.

Finally, I just want to add that GW is pretty much the ONLY supplier we deal with that's very strict on the trade margin we get. There are no deals to be done for buying more product, unlike many other companies supplying goods in many other industries.

The GW margin is literally equal to or smaller than every other products margin that we sell. We just sell 10 times more GW products than anything else so we can afford to discount the items more.

If you guys ever have any questions, we are a very transparent company and will do everything we can to answer honestly.

Cheers

Just do what I do, buy second hand.

 Rainbow Dash wrote:
Just do what I do, buy second hand.

Yeah it's the way forward.

 Rainbow Dash wrote:
Just do what I do, buy second hand.

And borrow/torrent the books, lol.

Honestly, I used to buy everything from GW or some other FLGS straight, but starting my third army now, it's getting hard to justify. I generally support one of the FLGS's, but ebay is becoming rapidly the best way for me to get models...

And that is even with Roundtree trying to fix GW's image... and doing pretty well IMO...

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