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Post by magot on Mar 21, 2013 8:22:43 GMT -5
Games Workshop Policy Changes Coming Games Workshop is stepping up its restrictions on online sales. In fact, according to this bit, GW has informed online retailers that starting June 15th online sales will be stopping in order to help protect the brick and mortar shops. check out the latest...... Here is a link to the new policies. www.dropbox.com/sh/wn5gq2srlbvxs6l/mhXkq4nVgZvia Soosas from the Faeit 212 inbox Miniwargaming just posted that there is a new GW document that will prevent the online sale of their products starting June 15th. I already knew this was the direction GW was going but I still find it extremely disapointing. Thought the community should know |
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Post by Paradill on Mar 21, 2013 8:37:53 GMT -5
They are shooting themselves in the foot why? This |
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Post by The Hawk! on Mar 21, 2013 8:43:10 GMT -5
Simple.... GW looks after Number One.... The end. GW don't give two shíts about their customers, they just want profit......
Dave
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Post by Paradill on Mar 21, 2013 8:58:51 GMT -5
And souls
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Post by The Hawk! on Mar 21, 2013 9:06:56 GMT -5
Games Wankstain.... Making Profit and Steaing Souls since 1975!
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Mar 21, 2013 9:25:56 GMT -5
They may be shooting themselves in the foot, but they're shooting independent retailers in the face, which I think is the goal. If this is actually true, it's probably because GW's online presence simply cannot compete with other online stores that actually offer discounts, so GW stuff is priced nearly reasonably. I still can't believe they're banning all online independent sales, though.
Reds
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Mar 21, 2013 9:46:25 GMT -5
I wonder if this will stop The War Store, since that's technically over the phone.
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Post by syphon on Mar 21, 2013 9:46:46 GMT -5
What's stopping Americans from buying here, though?
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Post by dougeye on Mar 21, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -5
next they will ban second hand ebay figures lol
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Mar 21, 2013 10:13:39 GMT -5
next they will ban second hand ebay figures lol I feel like I remember them trying that. |
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Mar 21, 2013 10:17:08 GMT -5
Wait a minute...
I'm not sensing a lot of gratitude here.
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Post by Paradill on Mar 21, 2013 10:21:27 GMT -5
Web stores are cheaper. I don't mind brick and mortar shops going under if it means I get cheaper stuff.
Now if GW didn't have ridiculously over priced stuff, I might be able to afford to alter my viewpoint, at the current level of extortion. I can't.
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Post by dougeye on Mar 21, 2013 10:21:55 GMT -5
as a consumer ---
if they drop their prices by 20% to match the online retailers current prices it will not bother me that much although I do feel sorry for the retailers like Gifts4Geeks who I have spent a lot of money with over the last 6 months.
if I owned games workshop ---
I would do the same and sell the products within the games workshop brand it does make good business sense apart from the lost sales from hobby centres not owned by GW.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Mar 21, 2013 10:42:50 GMT -5
If I was in charge of GW, I would seriously consider only doing distribution and letting the independent retailers do all the selling. Let them set prices to match their regions. If a business is healthy, has good competition, and has a good consumer base, their market has a way of handling itself.
GW going after retailers is more or less the same as the RIAA refusing to adapt to the digital age of media.
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Mar 21, 2013 10:43:15 GMT -5
The beginning of the end  |
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Post by dougeye on Mar 21, 2013 10:46:18 GMT -5
thing is the whole philosophy behind games workshop is the hobby centres. the hobby centres/shops are struggling because we all sit on are computers ordering online lol
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Post by Paradill on Mar 21, 2013 11:01:44 GMT -5
thing is the whole philosophy behind games workshop is the hobby centres. the hobby centres/shops are struggling because we all sit on are computers ordering online lol Go where your market goes, don't force them to do as you say. |
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Mar 21, 2013 11:36:59 GMT -5
And to be fair, we all order online because it's more affordable, a symptom of GW's pricing. Instead of curing the disease, they're just running around shooting everyone who's getting sick.
Reds
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Post by dougeye on Mar 21, 2013 11:39:46 GMT -5
well all ill say is im glad I bought so much the last few months, i've just saved hundreds if the independents are not allowed to sell still, although I wonder how many independents will continue those prices over the phone? |
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Mar 21, 2013 11:40:17 GMT -5
And to be fair, we all order online because it's more affordable, a symptom of GW's pricing. Instead of curing the disease, they're just running around shooting everyone who's getting sick. Reds Wouldn't they be shooting people trying to take anti-cold symptom pills? |
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Post by WestRider on Mar 21, 2013 11:42:54 GMT -5
This particular bit changes nothing for The Warstore (or any other American outlets). US stores have been subject to this exact restriction for over a decade. It hasn't killed them yet, the Canadian stores should be able to adapt as well.
The only part of the changes that affect US stores are the prohibition on opening boxes and parting out the bitz.
Not saying this isn't a d*** move on GW's part, just that it's being blown out of proportion.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Mar 21, 2013 11:43:34 GMT -5
And to be fair, we all order online because it's more affordable, a symptom of GW's pricing. Instead of curing the disease, they're just running around shooting everyone who's getting sick. Reds Wouldn't they be shooting people trying to take anti-cold symptom pills? Actually now that I think about it, they're shooting anyone trying to hand out a cure. Reds |
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Post by Paradill on Mar 21, 2013 11:48:13 GMT -5
Either way, they're shooting someone. Shooting them with thingy
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Post by Empirespy on Mar 21, 2013 11:51:18 GMT -5
Am I the only one who sees any good in this? A local store that used to sell GW stuff near me had to stop, because they couldn't compete with the online prices. They nearly went under last year, but restocked with some GW products, and due to 40k being the most prominent game in the area, they managed to keep going, as they are only competing against GWS for brick and mortar stores locally. I was speaking to him recently and found out that it's a family business that he has inherited from his father, and he's worried they may have to close soon if they can't boost profits. With this people like him actually have a chance to continue trading, and the downside is if you want to buy online it's got to be more expensive or Ebay...
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Post by dougeye on Mar 21, 2013 12:05:17 GMT -5
you say that about online retailers vs bricks and mortar shops but Gifts4Geeks have bricks and mortar stores as well as the webpage so they still have the overheads of staff and premesis but at the same time offer 20-25% discount on all games workshop items. why can the bricks and mortar shops not do that? (uk this is)
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