(29-05-2012, 07:35 AM)Embolden Wrote: GW are pricing themselves out the market, I'm not sure how they actually make ANY money because I've not bought directly from in the past 8 years? Well I bought a black paint and a paint brush which set me back £7....................................... I only buy from Ebay and Nick :p unless I want some urgent I will go to Total Wargamer for the discount
Yeah, the 20-25% discount makes it a bit more affordable, and e-bay is great although sometimes things you get are missing bits or are a bit broken and need a bit of work. I still love the game, models and fluff (mostly) though, just shame they floated it on the stock market.
My wife bought me some paints once direct from GW and they made a mistake and there were a couple extra pots in there. Being an honest sort of lady, she phoned them and asked them what she should do, thinking they would just say don't worry about it, but they asked her to post them back! talk about tight-fisted! Problem is the accountants run the company, not people who love the game(s) - no offense if there are any accountants at the club
tbh I can't see how they can keep increasing prices this much, at some point people will start switching en masse to other game systems, but it will only have an effect I think when kids new to wargaming become aware of other games like warmachine/kings of war etc and get into those rather than the more accessible but expensive GW games.
Having said that, people have been saying this for years and it doesn't seem to have impacted GW pricing policy at all!
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