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RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - manrogue - 29-05-2012
The main thing i have seen a lot of people talking about doing on other forums is boycotting the miniatures, but still buying the rules (the route i am choosing). There are plenty of alternative companys producing Compatable models out there, mantic, puppets war, maximini, chapter house, anceloti workshop to name a few.
The only way to get them to take notice is to vote with your wallet and even then it probably won't make much of a difference unfortunately
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - Embolden - 29-05-2012
I totally agree with you Chris, the accountants defo run the company, I cannot see how making the game inaccessable to so many people is a good thing? Unless they're getting so many youngsters through the door it's still financially viable for the prices to keep shooting up, £5 extra overnight for something a few years back only cost £10/15 (razorbacks) seems insane.
Vince mate like you said, the boycot would only work if was arranged worldwide, which puts GW in such a strong position in the market, because if the bottom falls out in the UK, they can just concentrate on say the US market or the Aus market...
I will continue to use Ebay and will look at alternate companies, I don't think I will ever attend a GW run event again, so it doesn't matter about the use of non GW models, the Mantic and Puppets War models look the best, and sometimes even better than the GW models... which says A LOT!
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - manrogue - 29-05-2012
(29-05-2012, 02:03 PM)Embolden Wrote: I totally agree with you Chris, the accountants defo run the company, I cannot see how making the game inaccessable to so many people is a good thing? Unless they're getting so many youngsters through the door it's still financially viable for the prices to keep shooting up, £5 extra overnight for something a few years back only cost £10/15 (razorbacks) seems insane.While it is a big market share they have, They don't have as much influence in USA as Uk from my understanding, a lot more competition from Privateer Press and dreampod9 over there (which is springing up over here, though with Corvus belli instead of dreampod 9).
Vince mate like you said, the boycot would only work if was arranged worldwide, which puts GW in such a strong position in the market, because if the bottom falls out in the UK, they can just concentrate on say the US market or the Aus market...
I will continue to use Ebay and will look at alternate companies, I don't think I will ever attend a GW run event again, so it doesn't matter about the use of non GW models, the Mantic and Puppets War models look the best, and sometimes even better than the GW models... which says A LOT!
And Australia market is reaching breaking point with new price increases, Already being charged double what we are from what has been mentioned on various forums.
I read brilliant article the other day on how GW are destroying themselves from within the other day, if can remmeber where will post a link as its a really good read!
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - Stuart - 29-05-2012
GW trading update for those interested: http://investor.games-workshop.com/2012/05/17/dividend-and-trading-update/
Full annual report is due in July - actually an interesting (honest!) read in years gone by.
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - manrogue - 29-05-2012
Found it-
http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/is-imperium-metaphor-for-games-workshop.html
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - Stuart - 29-05-2012
(29-05-2012, 02:53 PM)manrogue Wrote: Found it-
http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/is-imperium-metaphor-for-games-workshop.html
Stumbled across that blog the other day on the basis of his somewhat forthright Dreadfleet review
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - manrogue - 29-05-2012
One of the few blogs i can actually access at work, think a few of his articles are a good read!
The dreadfleet one made me chuckle quite a bit!
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - Stuart - 29-05-2012
Sounds like he's a local lad too.
RE: Another GW price increase?!?!?! - 40knerd99 - 17-07-2012
Don't go to gw you can get them at least 10 percent cheaper somewhere else I remember getting assault on black reach orks for the price of a squad of boys