Re: [Epic] new homes

From: J Andrew Evans <J_Andrew_Evans_at_...>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:27:23 +0100

Yep, the only people GW has to blame for poor sales of E40K is themselves. The
number of times I have been told by GW sales staff that "it isn't an important
game" or, with an air of desparation "don't you play W40K ever?" or "Epic is a
secondary game for us." is well . .. I've lost count.

After the original hype the shops just lost interest. Very poor salesmanship
if you ask me.

A#

Rick Biesik wrote:

> I will agree with the statement that "E40K isn't selling" but I have to add
> that the one of the reasons it isn't selling is that they are not pushing
> it in the least and as I have found from just the two stores locally which
> have dropped Epic entirely, it is because they force the distributors to
> buy more than they want to carry which goes back to they don't push it
> which could increase sales and cause the distributors to buy more. The
> stores I have visited always shove it in the back corner (even the GW
> store). The GW store has been around almost a year and I have seen them
> break it out for the customers to try once.
>
> Richard R.Biesik
> Electronics Purchaser
> Leica
> 3374 Walden Ave.
> Depew,N.Y.14043
> 716-686-4567
> 716-686-4540 (fax)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Hollindale [SMTP:agro_at_...]
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 6:02 PM
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] new homes
>
> At 10:34 PM 19/9/98 PDT, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>Please do not extend your opinions to everyone.
> >>
> >>Why?? Mailing lists are full of posts about peoples opinions. Your
> >response
> >>to me is YOUR opinion, so why should I not extend my opinions but allow
> >>yours??
> >>
> >
> > Jimi its O.k to tell us your opinion, what this guy is trying to say
> >is that to some of us (at least to me) are very pissed off because you
> >said:
> >
> >
> >
> >True, GW are doing to 40k what they did to SM - p*ssing us off!!
> >
> >
> >Jimi :)
> >
> >
> >
> > They are pissing YOU off, not everybody hates E40K
>
> It's true. There are at least 20 folks on this list who don't hate E40K!
>
> Therefore not EVERYONE hates it.
>
> However, since E40K isn't selling, it is most likely that Jimi IS speaking
> for the majority (of gamers, not the "majority on the defacto E40K list")
> when he generalises...
>
> Generally...
> Agro
>
Received on Tue Sep 22 1998 - 15:27:23 UTC