At 01:12 PM 26/2/97 +0100, you wrote:
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>| Magnus "Cyclone" Alexandersson |
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>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 06:49:41
>From: Doug Bambrick <bambrick_at_...>
>To: war40k-L_at_...
>Subject: Price Increase Petition-Please Read
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>Please read this right through. The purpose of this is to provoke a large
>amount of mail. To take part in the petition, send me an e-mail message with
>the subject:"GW Price Petition" to me(Doug Bambrick) at
>bambrick_at_.... In the body, include any comments you may
>have. Also, include the following phrase:
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>"As a player of one or more Games Workshop games, I hereby endorse the
>message sent to you by Doug Bambrick about the proposed miniatures price
>increase."
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>Please include any signatures, and your e-mail in the body of the message
>also. Otherwise GW may think I just sent the same message hundreds of times.
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>I also ask that you spread the word about this message. I am sending this to
>my friends, the Warhammer Mailing list, Blood Bowl Mailing List and the
>rec.games.miniatures.warhammer newsgroup. Feel free to send it anyone else.
>This especially includes a Warhammer 40,000 mailing list if there is one.
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>Following is the message to endorse, thanks for your support:
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>"WD 206 has only been released about 2 weeks ago here, so the price rise
>shouldn't be coming for a while here(about 6 weeks by my reckoning).
>However, one thing for certain:
I don't follow. What is in WD206?
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>"If the price goes up by that much, there is no way I will continue buying
If WHAT price goes up by HOW much???
>GW miniatures. I don't care that I've just bought the Lizardman army book.
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> "I don't care that I've spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on GW
>minis(well, I would like to still have that money). I don't care that the
>lizardman minis rule. If the price goes up by anything like that much, I
>will have bought my last GW miniature, which also means the end of buying
>other GW products.
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>"Heartbreaker Miniatures and Target Games have an excellent tabletop wargame
>available: WarZone. Currently they have 1 rulebook at Australian $30. The
>miniatures are cool, big and relatively cheap. The only problems are the
>lack of plastic miniatures(although 40K doesn't have very many either, and
>that is what the game most closely resembles) and the closeness of the
>weapons to the body(making conversions more difficult, though the same
>applies to some GW ranges). Also, the support magazine is free. Other
>supplements for the game are forthcoming. I think that it's only a matter of
>time before they start a fantasy style game, as WarZone is expanding.
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>"I do know several people who enjoy the game, but refuse to buy miniatures
>because of their cost. I seriously doubt that I am the only gamer about to
>join their ranks(The group I game with don't yet know the extent of the
>price increase, and it is far more than we expected. Most of us were already
>considering stopping buying miniatures with the current prices.)
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>"Games Workshop: There are alternatives out there. The price increase here
>will bring the cost of a single blister to $20(That's Australian). The wage
>I earn(only in summer holidays) is $6.27/hour. After tax, the blister pack
>is half a days wages.
It is my understanding that the prices aren't going up (I know that that is
hard to believe...) What are we talking about?
Agro
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>"Remember, the bulk of the gaming community are people either at high school
>or university. This section of the community simply cannot afford that kind
>of money. Many have other hobbies, girlfriends/boyfriends, lives etc...These
>things all chew up money. If you are reading this, you are most likely on
>the internet. You may get it from work, but a lot of people out there have a
>hobby that they have to pay for there: internet access. Either that, or they
>get it through uni.
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>"Games Workshop:
>I put this to you. In increasing the already high price, you are cutting out
>the section of the community which provides most of your income. The
>successful businessmen, movie stars and other high income earners often
>don't have the time or interest in your games. They are not your main
>money-spinner. Also, other miniature companies will be considered by many
>gamers.
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>Yours in gaming,
>Doug Bambrick"
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>Collected responses will be posted to Games Workshop every few weeks.
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