"GW-UK Price Rise: 30 April" Topic

$4 USD price increases! Ouch.

Roughcoat spray is $20?

Yeah, bring it ON!

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Oh, only 10-25% up?

Like anybody is surprised by this.

Wow. I honestly can't believe that their cost of doing business is rising 20-25% a year. When do they realize that these kinds of annual price increases are doing nothing for their bottom line?

So much for last year's "the letter code is now a fixed price, not a range".

It would be interesting to chart price rises against GW stock over a longer period of time…

!!!

Wow… my first comment on TMP gets to be about a GW price increase! Special day…

1. Sold off all my GW stuff at the Cold Wars Flea Market this year and noticed that many other people had the same idea.

2. People *bought* all my old GW stuff -- and got some great deals. So, I guess that demand is still there.

3. 20% price increases across the board = a really good impetus for folks who would otherwise be loyal GW gamers to look at other systems.

So… in the end, I guess it's a good thing. But, that's just because my two sons are going to sell off *their* GW stuff at Fall-In… They discovered WW2 gaming after the last round of GW price increases. Economics played a big role there, since their allowances did not increase to "match inflation" and put GW out of reach. ;-)

Yeah, this will help prop up those sagging sales.

Ha ha ha!!!

I recommend Hasslefree miniatures, Ground Zero Games, Heresy Miniatures, Old Crow (for vehicles) and No Limits (for Rules)…

Ha ha ha…25%!!!

Ah, a GW price Increase!
Now I know Winter is officially Over!

<sings>
Spring is Here, Spring is Here!!
Life is Skittles, and Life is Beer!
I think the Lovliest Time of the Year
is the Spring: I Do! Don't you? 'Course you do!!

Sooner or later this affect all miniatures . Tin was $10,000 a ton at Christmas , last week it was $14,500 .

There is a worldwide Tin '' crisis '' caused by supply problems in Bolivia ( unstable political situation ) and in Indonesia where 2 of the worlds biggest Tin mines have closed due to health and safety issues .

This is great news, now when i sell my GW stuff on ebay it (theoretically) will sell for more since it will cost more to start with! :)

That is of course if GW have not priced everyone entirely out the starting market to keep the frothers coming to ebay.

"Sooner or later this affect all miniatures . Tin was $10,000 a ton at Christmas , last week it was $14,500 .

There is a worldwide Tin '' crisis '' caused by supply problems in Bolivia ( unstable political situation ) and in Indonesia where 2 of the worlds biggest Tin mines have closed due to health and safety issues ."

Cobblers.

The price of tin isn't that important. There is only a few cents of metal in each figure. That 45% increase in metal costs would probably translate into less then 25 cents per blister. Probably a lot less.

Argh !! Gas is expensive, metal is expensive, water is expensive, pigments are expensive, paper is expensive, hardwares and softwares are expensive too … Gaming is becoming a high social class affair ! Gotta find a better job … at least a better wage !

How much tin is in a spray can of primer, a pin vise, or a terrain kit?

Read the first letter of each of the following price-increased items to reveal the secret message from GW:

Grey Knight Brother Captain Stern
Rohan Captain
Eldar Heavy Weapon Platform
Eldar Ulthran Farseer of Ulthan
Dwarf Lords Dain and Balin

I was thinking "Tin? That only applies to metal figs, and GW is doing largely plastics now." when I realized…plastic…dependant on the oil market.

I saw Gripping Beast and Foundry upping prices and I guess I should have expected this too.

Did you notice?

An international corporation made an announcement about price hikes, but they are too .ing cheap to pay for a supporting member icon.

-Condor

Crikey!!! Thank goodness I've just found DBA and 15mm. Will still paint up the Warhammer 40K stuff I have, and will probably pick up the odd piece from Ebay, but that is it for me. ANyone used the Flames Of War paints out of interest as another GW paint increase must be on the cards soon and I won't be buying their paints when they do. Utter con company… hurry up and go bust ;-)

I think they saw the $85.00 USD listing for ONE of their "unreleased" figs, and decided they were charging too little.

*HAW HAW HAW*

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Sorry, that was my first and only reaction.

You know if some of the miniature manufactures wanted to poke fun at the GW price rise they could have a 10% off sale in April. Heck you could probably turn it into a really good PR campaign.

Shock Horror!!!!!! GW are increasing their prices!!!!!

With all of the world's problems, it's good to see some things don't change. :)

Thats a Great move, put the prices up It will make me buy more…..

1. Underpants….
2. ……
3. Profit!

1/48th world war 2 Here I come.

They are losing the plot, big time now, prepainted and other manufactures are the winners here and they will benefit from all this rubbish. Dinosaurs died out and now this one is going the same…

Superb minatures good quality product, bad rules true but there is a limit……………….

"Blimey lads! Too many undesirable people are purchasing our fine product. We are not the "People's Wargame", we are for the gaming elite! We must increase prices to maintain our exclusive image!"

are prices only rising in the UK?

I'll just stand by quietly and watch this, since I don't play any GW stuff…

The first question is are the figures made out of pure tin? My guess is not. So even though the price of tin went from 10K to 14K a ton I cant imagine it would require a 20% or more increase to manufacture.

Kev here on Sally's PC.

How's this for a scenario?

1. GW puts prices up 20%.

2. GW Retailers put prices up to match to allow for re-stock costs.

3. GW puts prices up another 20%.

4. GW retailers puts prices up to match, again.

5. GW ups the prices AGAin by 20%.

6. Retailers, you guessed it, put their prices on GW stock up by 20%.

7. GW cuts online prices by 40%, thereby effecitvely negating the retailer discount and leaving all the reailers with GW stock holding expensive miniatures that they'd have trouble shifting unless they sell at cost. Customers flock back to GW leaving the indies stranded, causing a worldwide crash of independant retailers and a boost in in-house sales.

Then again I'm known to have paranoid delusions and talk after a bottle of wine. Move along people….. nothing to see here.

Wow! I guess I should have seen this coming, but even I am surprised at the amount of the hike. A buck a blister (and here I'm talking US Dollars) is one thing, but 10-25% UK Sterling is a HUGE spike.

This is the best one.
PIN VICE SET From £8.00 GBP to £10.00 GBP and increase of £2.00.

I bought an almost identicale set at the dollar store three years ago and still use it. In fact I bought four of them and still have two of them unopened. Anyone want to by a Pin VICE SET for 10$.

-TJ

Thing is, most kids don't have credit cards.

White Elks, now you've done it! You inspired me! Now the whole world must suffer as I finish what you started!

All the world seems in tune / just two months before June,
When we're raising our prices in the dark.
Every six months you'll see / my CEO and me,
As we're raising the prices in the dark.

When they see us coming, the gamers all try an' hide,
But they still need their fix, so we'll just take them for a ride.
The future seems bright / and our profits excite,
When we're raising our prices in the dark.

We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the HMG Society
With our games.
It's "Greed," they say quietly,
They call it impiety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To jack up your prices a smidgen.

So if some day you're free, / why don't you come with me,
And we'll raise all our prices in the dark.
And maybe we'll do / in an old game or two,
While we're raising our prices in the dark.
We'll inflate them all amid laughter and merriment,
Except for the few that will face discontinue-ment.

My pulse, it will quicken / with the pockets we're pickin'.
We must have more revenue;
It feels just like heaven – ooh! -
To raise all our prices in the dark!

…a requirement for online ordering.

I just find it funny that they had to tell us what the price difference is between £10.00 GBP and £12.00 GBP

I love GW, really I do, just when you think they can't get any stranger, they up the limit.

Good on ya folks, GW king of the price rise.

Come on, folks. No way that announcement is from GW. It was just posted one day early. It should have included some gags to give it away though.

No, pretty sure it is from GW. As they say, Spring is in the air…….

I'm so glad I dumped GW years ago, although I do owe them a debt of thanks as it was 40K that got me into mini gaming and collecting. Without that I wouldn't have made so many gaming friends, many on here.

Well…they've priced themselves outta my wallet range.

There was a time when we used to order our stuff from GWUK because it was cheaper than ordering it from GWUS. Then they instituted that policy where any GW would charge the prices of the GW of the country of origin of the customer (on phone orders). Now it looks like we're getting a 'deal' in the US!

I was at a GW trade seminar a couple of years ago where they stated it was their policy to increase prices year on year regardless of whether their costs had changed (purely I imagine as they believed that the market was largely unresponsive to price). So expect another rise next year and so on until they collapse and get absorbed in hasbro or similar and end their days selling asian prepaints in toy stores.

Crazy mis-managed company…

No suprises. After all they are a publicly held company that has to try to move their share price up. Every time they have been under pressure to perform on the market they increase prices to increase sales. The current management is pretty predictable. IMHO they're hurting the long term viability of the business for a short term pop in profit, but then so are a whole lot of other business in other industries.