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Good news for Australians!
CyberShadow
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PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:44 pm 
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http://oz.games-workshop.com/storefr....=300808

Is this a new development?

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PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:36 pm 
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sweet, OZ store sells specialist games again, no more overseas ordering required!

good spot.

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Christ! Those prices! ?18 for 2 valkries! The FW ones are ?12! (And SG ones ?8 but they aren't that good.)

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wow those prices are ridiculous! must be a few mistakes on there, noticed that part of the site is still uder work so i sure hope so, $38 AUS for those 2 valkries is insane! should be $18. would just grab a 40k box of marines for only $50 instead......its an outrage :p

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PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:30 pm 
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While I agree that it is good news for Australian players to have SG supported on the Online Store here, the prices are rediculous. It remains cheaper to buy from the US or the UK over buying from the Australian store. To highlight my point, in the Australian store a pack of Whirlwinds is $35AU, $20US, which equaists to $21.05AU. Then in the UK, $10GBP, which works out as $20.76AU. So where is the equality in this. I understand there are taxes on imports but there is no way that these taxes would equait to a $15.00AU mark up in order to balance the costings. GW Australia's markup on good is arround the 250% mark. If you have a friend and buy using staff prices they are still making a 100% profit on what you buy. It is very dissapointing to see that this has occured, and I will continue to buy from the US and Forge World over buying from GW Australia.

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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:40 am 
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Yes there was momentary excitement in New Zealand too, until it was worked out that it is still cheaper to buy from UK or US :(

Yes the prices are ridiculous.

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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:43 am 
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Has anyone sent an email to GW NZ / OZ to explain that it's cheaper to order from the UK?

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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:55 am 
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(Evil and Chaos @ May 07 2008,09:43)
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Has anyone sent an email to GW NZ / OZ to explain that it's cheaper to order from the UK?

Heh, you say it like they would care... ;)

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Evil and Chaos
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They might not know...

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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:05 am 
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Its significantly cheaper to buy even a single blister from the US including postage and miles cheaper if you are getting a couple of things.

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In Europe UK prices are also quite cheaper then local GW mailorder (by up to 20%).  So I usually order from UK, even though I have to pay shipping fees than. I don't know, why they don't adjust the prices.
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nzgunner
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:28 am 
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as luck would have it I happened to query GW Aus/NZ about Epic the day before they started putting the stuff online,

Greetings

We will! Hopefully in the next week in fact. Just keep an eye on the
online store for more information.

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Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxx
Sent: Saturday, 26 April 2008 6:09 PM
To: HobbyService
Subject: Epic Armageddon


Hi

Are you likely to stock the Epic range of 6mm figures anytime soon?

If not do you know of any Australian or NZ retailers who do?

thanks

Games Workshop Oz Pty Ltd, 23 Liverpool Street, Ingleburn NSW 2565 Australia


As others have noted it came as a nasty shock to see the prices - here's a comparison I posted in another forum,

4 x Space Marines from the UK = ?48.00 + ?8.00 p&p (per Kg) for ?56.00 in total which is $143.70 (confirmed this at the UK store).

4 x Space Marines from Aus = A$140 + a$8.00 p&p for A$148.00 in total which is $178.53.

It's not worth $35 to get it delivered a bit quicker.

This is the same reason why the US store can still be competitive with the UK one even though it has the highest postage (US$22). The same order of 4 Space Marine companies comes to $131.77

The differential is so great and the vulture/valkyrie prices just don't make any sense (why are 2 models $38 but 4 $25??? compare this to GW-UK with 2 for ?8 and 4 for ?12) so I really do wonder if they have stuffed something up.

I'll write them back to see what's going on.

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CAL001
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:47 pm 
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Has anyone asked them if they did stuff it up?

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(CAL001 @ May 08 2008,13:47)
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Has anyone asked them if they did stuff it up?

Knowing GW, they'll just wait until *someone* makes a purchase at those prices and say, "See, people are willing to pay that much." and leave it... *laugh*

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Evil and Chaos
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:19 pm 
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Ahh, like the Squiggoths then. :D

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