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Can't be that difficult to have the online store use the Canadian retail price and direct the order to a Canadian distribution center.
Gotta make up the difference somewhere right?
The price increase is all around the world due to rising prices. Canada is just getting lucky because as they have combined with GW USA they now use the US dollar and not the Canadian dollar when comparing to the British pound, as the US dollar is stronger the prices go down. Therefore the price increase is nothing to do with their prices going down, so don't complain about it.
I can just see lots of people who live on the border applying for a one day pass to go over and buy miniatures cheaper, lol.
I think now it is simply the GW Nerf bat coming to nerf our high prices back down to yours. Never thought Id see it though, too bad I have pretty much everything I need except for supplies.
I can live without can, but I was hoping for 3 more baneblades
Even still though, with price hike today, I think it's the end times for me building anything remotely serious outside of the plastics. And with the rumors flagging around about plastics going up next year, who knows. I guess it is time to start looking seriously at recasting.
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Capitalism: somebody somewhere is paying lower prices than you, and somebody somewhere is paying higher prices than you. You just feel screwed because it's your wallet.
Now if only GW Germany would adjust its pricing to the UK level as well.
The difference here is not the end of the world and not uniform over the whole range, but a Battleforce Box for example is 80€ here in Austria (GW Germany is responsible here so we have their prices here as well) compared to 90$ or 50GBP which both turns out to be around ~63€ at currents rates. That is 26% more!
Not everything is that expensive, the new SM codex for example is "only" 10% more than UK prices, but overall we do pay quite a lot for that tiny little bit of water between UK and continental Europe :p
You would be a better served ordering it on the net from a discounter or from an ebay merchant (wow I do keep harping on that). I've saved ridiculous amounts of money that way. Paypal all the way, though. Protects you far better than some of the other bidpay setups
a) A niche/luxury product
b) Pricey (see a)
c) Have a customer following that will keep buying regardless of cost (for the most part.)
GW like all companies have seen a rise in their overall costs recently and have to up their price to counter this. Anyone paying for fuel/food etc.. will be well aware of the current market. GW's is doing what it has to to keep money coming in. They've turned a corner financially judging by the last set of accounts and recent shareholder meeting report, they are just following everyone else and having to raise prices to cover production, marketing and distribution.
It's not GW being 'greedy' just reacting to the market. My big surprise is they've kept a lid on plastics pricing. I think we'll easily see 10-20% going on these in the next 12 months.
My advice, if you want to save buy from an non-GW source, it is VERY rare I buy anything direct form GW these days and haven't done for the past 3+ years.
PhilB
I'd like to support the local store more, but it's hard when we were getting charged 50% more on the box price with a very near even dollar.
I know at the beginning of the year, a bunch of us watched the dollar very closely, and we peaked at approx $1.10 US. That prompted a few of us to make a couple different orders from GW US and TheWarstore. I myself saved almost $100 on an order that included 2 DE Raiders, and 1 box of wyches, and Asdrubel Vect through GW US. With TheWarstore orders we saved even more than that with bigger orders, my girlfriend started a brand new ork army.
In a hobby where armies cost hundreds of dollars, if we can save that much that gives us more options to play. This was as much a bussiness decision for GW Canada, even the die-hard bussiness was being lost to cheaper pricing in the US.
Add that to the 30% discount that a certain Canadian online retailer offers, and we're actually doin' great.
Christmas in September!
Oh and find the merchants with the free shipping... that saves even more off the tip end.
Not sure about the posting links policy here, but copy and paste to Google and they're top of the list.
4 years later: No 50% discount on plastics?
*rolls eyes*
Personally, I'm happy for our Canadian neighbors -- it's really is about time that their pricing got addressed.
I think you are the one who may not understand how businesses work. If American consumers will pay more then make them pay it. If Canadian consumers cannot afford as much, then operate with a lower profit margin in Canada and use the high profits from the US to offset it. Lots of corporations work this way: Division A operates at a loss, Division B operates with high profits - but the corporation needs both Divisions in order to be competetive. In essence, Division B is subsidizing Division A.
Please help yourself to an economics textbook when you get the chance.
So if I read the letter right, the new US facilities which were paid for by US consumers are going to be used to reduce prices in Canada... so in effect, US consumers are subsidizing Canadian customers. Typical."
If an American says something stupid, does anyone hear?
What?
No?
I didn't think so.
Nope... welcome to the margin
If a canadian makes an asshat generalization, does anyone care?
Nope... welcome to the margin"
I see dumb people...
let's stay calm.
maybe you should take youre medication now
mileniauam king mor like milenaisum court jester
hahahahahahahahaha
I think I need to take soem medication all this seeing triple...
Im so happy, I live in canada and it was so expensive compared to U.S pricing.
Now i get it back!
What a nice way to end my Tuesday :D
last one out, remembr to turn off the lites.