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Or they may be matching local MSRP. Since no-one knows for sure it seems odd to assume some sort of cynical commercial motive
Local MSRP for bolt action infantry box is ~$40 CDN . why then am i asked to pay 60 CDN on their new website? if local stores are selling it to me(at least until Warlord adjust their wholesale price) for 40 CDN and presumably making a profit, why then does Warlord feel the need to make an extra $20 CDN off me?
Has anyone emailed Warlord to ask?
I was not referring to local game shops, but in regards to Warlord’s pricing. An assumption may be “odd”, but my observations are not based upon assumptions. Take Wargames Factory, for instance. Warlord approached Wargames Factory (WGF) and Ghost Studios (same China based company) and negotiated a deal where Warlord would be the sole distributor of WGF sets. Yet, it was not as simple as that. Warlord set their own price point which was roughly twice that of WGF. It did not stop there. They manipulated the set up of the sprues to ensure even greater profits. The modern spec forces set had 8 bodies. Warlord thought this would mean too few sprues being sold so they had WGF alter the sprue by taking off 4 of the bodies and replacing them with bases. Not just twice the price, but also half the figures (so really 4 times the price!). That’s just one example.
(I will say I definitely regret getting the warlord membership which seemingly doesnt work with most sales and feels like a bait and switch when they went from a free armoured car in the first month to sprue samples.)Thoughts? Am I spot on/being too pessimistic?
@wymers - I am not sure your description of the Wargames Factory story is complete, I am sure there was a full description of the whole Wargames Factory business debacle(s) prior to Warlord's involvement somewhere else on this forum.Overall their (WGF) business model was not sustainable. I bought one each of their zombie and survivors boxes, and that would probably be all I needed.Whether Warlord made their money back on the deal is another matter (I have made my opinion of the Project Z debacle elsewhere on this forum).
Personally some of their gear is really nice, so if I want it I get it, I say go second hand, eBay, reseller then their website. However if I have and do buy direct. Not sure why all the hand wringing, there's enough options out there to buy their or others product. Their business model is just that a business decision and for good or bad their profits will out as to whether successful or not
http://www.warlordgames.com/announcement-price-adjustments/?utm_source=Warlord+Games+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5f1b77441c-Warlord_Games_News_24_January_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b7e928b4ed-5f1b77441c-133096241&mc_cid=5f1b77441c&mc_eid=e6a6e9b79cMore price adjustments inbound, the price increases on the Napoleonic boxes are hefty.
Correct, they charge me in SEK because I live in Sweden at an exchange rate 15% higher than the market rate
Whilst it still doesn't equate for all of it, you know that market rates are not what are paid though? Most places - banks, currency exchanges, post office either charge a rate for changing it or give you a slightly worse rate. Very few places change currency for free, if any.