The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Elbows]

For all the forward strides GW has made in the past year or two, this kind of stuff won't be winning them any friends.  I had little to no interest in SWA, particularly after seeing the lists etc., but even I would have picked up a rulebook on eBay for a couple o' bucks had this been a normal selling item.

I do think anyone who got a copy should hop on eBay and sell that for $250 to an idiot. 

[grant]

I do think anyone who got a copy should hop on eBay and sell that for $250 to an idiot. 

Fully agree. Suck in the idiots while you can. 

[Andrew Rae]

Well, they wanted to create a hype about this game and they seem to have succeeded, even beyond expectations  .

True, hype is all good, but I just imagined that because it was being touted to traders, it would be a long term product.

Still, it's given us all something to feel superior about which is always welcome!

[Predatorpt]

My brother has a friend in Scotland, who works near a GW shop. I decided to nag him a bit and he ended up going to the store a couple of minutes ago - the staff seemed to be a bit overwhelmed with all the clients asking about the next Saturday release of the game and are saying that the stock will be limited and on a basis of "first come, first served".

I don't know if that applies to all the GW stores, but it seems that unless you are friends with someone of the staff of your local GW, you won't have much luck on getting the game on a store if you don't want to wait on a queue for the store to open...

I still can't understand why GW couldn't anticipate something like this after all the publicity they made for the game.

[Elbows]

Fully agree. Suck in the idiots while you can. 

I wish I was exaggerating.  I'd imagine that the hardback rulebook (if you purchased say two copies for the terrain) will probably net you $50-60 USD just selling it on eBay.  Times like this I wish I'd had extra cash floating around and ordered a couple sets.

Heck I wonder if I could sell my extra artillery dice for $24.95 on eBay as special Shadow War: Armageddon dice. 

[Gibby]

My brother has a friend in Scotland, who works near a GW shop. I decided to nag him a bit and he ended up going to the store a couple of minutes ago - the staff seemed to be a bit overwhelmed with all the clients asking about the next Saturday release of the game and are saying that the stock will be limited and on a basis of "first come, first served".

Ouch. I wouldn't want to be those staff members having to tell customers (made up of a lot of the more socially ill-equipped sort) that they can't have their toy because it's sold out forever.

[Momotaro]

So this looks like it won't come back in stock, unless they've suddenly changed how they operate.

Well spotted 

Daft of them, mind.

[grant]

Well spotted 

Daft of them, mind.

Ah, GW - you just keep making all the wrong decisions at the right times. Well done.

[thenamelessdead]

GW seem to have commitment issues. Were they really 'bitten' with Specialist Games? I highly doubt it. Their recent effort to actually produce games has been commendable but they still come across as horribly corporate in terms of behaviour and pricing.

[beefcake]

I just hope they see this as an awesome idea and try to bring out an actual necromunda game, not a proxy

[nic-e]

Ouch. I wouldn't want to be those staff members having to tell customers (made up of a lot of the more socially ill-equipped sort) that they can't have their toy because it's sold out forever.

It's worse than you can possibly imagine.

[Predatorpt]

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[Cultist of Sooty]

It's worse than you can possibly imagine.

I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit.

(I've worked in customer service.)

[nic-e]

I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit.

(I've worked in customer service.)

I've worked in NHS admin and reception, a massage parlour, a wetherspoons and as a leafleter, and I can tell you that working in a game store has been the job with the most demanding entitled short sighted and infantile customers.
It also has some of the nicest I might add, But my god are the bad ones bad......


I honestly dread GW release weekends some weeks because of the customer indignation i will be forced to sit through as they blame me for their own failure to pre order an obviously popular limited product or ask me why I can't just make more of a thing i have no part in producing for a company i don't work for.

[stone-cold-lead]

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I had a quick look on Ebay yesterday and noticed that quite a few of the Shadow War sets were listed as pre-order items. I wonder how many of those are being sold by people with actual copies to sell? I bet a few Ebay purchases will be refunded next week.