Re: [Epic] Rebel against the new stands ? Not me.
At 01:25 PM 1/9/97 +1000, you wrote:
(SNIP)
>Hey look I don't so much as balk at the cost of the game, just the friggin'
>price hikes!!!!!
>
>Let me give you an example:
>
>Just after the newer version of Warhammer Fantasy was released I went to a
>local Gaming store to look at it and some other stuff. Before this new
>release the Warhammer box cost Aus$100. I looked at the new box and my
>heart almost stopped. Aus$140!!!!!! A 40% price hike! My heart returned
>to a normal pace and I put the box down gently, frightened I may break it
>and thus have to pay for it. I saundered on over to the Warhammer 40K area
>to see if I could afford to boost up my Imperial Guard army. Whilst I was
>there I glanced at the Warhammer 40K Boxed Set (which the previous week was
>also was Aus$100) and happened to notice the price: again it was
>Aus$140!!!! I looked at the contents of the box to see if this was a new
>version I didn't know about or there was something new in it, but there was
>no difference between this and the Box I had seen the week earlier! I asked
>the store owner about this and his reply was that the GW Mail Order in
>Sydney had increased the prices of all the Boxed sets to meet the new
>Fantasy set! I was just appauled! Nothing new, but they increase the price
>by 40% anyway!
>
>These price hikes are just getting beyond control!
>
>-Kelvin.....
>
Maybe we should just save up our money and buy GW stock. Then during the
Annual General Meeting when all the directors are around, we give them a
piece of our mind ;P
Regards
Oki
"When you can beat them, either join/buy them !!!"
Received on Thu Jan 09 1997 - 07:12:59 UTC
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