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Post by greytemplar on Oct 22, 2017 16:59:28 GMT
There are a lot of good things to emulate about GW. GW has been a successful business for a reason. Yes and no. GW largely owes their success to there being no real alternative and having an interesting, if unoriginal, setting. They were successful despite their business practices, not because of them. Privateer Press actually owes their success to being "Not GW" first, which largely meant having good business practices. IE: No price gouging as if you have a monopoly on table top wargames. Interact and listen to your customers(Which PP is becoming less good at). etc... |
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Post by greytemplar on Oct 22, 2017 17:01:32 GMT
Also, yea it sucks paying the import tax on these things, but I wouldn't be surprised if PP is already thinking about a way to mitigate it. Highly doubtful. At fees of upwards of 20%+ you'd be looking at selling anything you did this with at a loss to anybody outside the US. It would just make more sense to go through normal distribution channels. |
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Post by octaviusmaximus on Oct 23, 2017 4:49:37 GMT
There are a lot of good things to emulate about GW. GW has been a successful business for a reason. Yes and no. GW largely owes their success to there being no real alternative and having an interesting, if unoriginal, setting. They were successful despite their business practices, not because of them. Privateer Press actually owes their success to being "Not GW" first, which largely meant having good business practices. IE: No price gouging as if you have a monopoly on table top wargames. Interact and listen to your customers(Which PP is becoming less good at). etc... Catering for more personalisation of armies by showing more of the in game world is a good move by pp. You don't just play space marines in warhammer, you pick a chapter or make up your own and there are plenty of pieces of fluff and a colour scheme and stuff to support your group. The pages in no quarter prime with the new colour schemes is a very gw move, and not a bad one at all. |
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Post by greytemplar on Oct 23, 2017 6:18:07 GMT
PP showing alternate color schemes is nothing new. They've always had a few alternate color schemes for the various armies floating around. And its not like people rarely deviate from the official schemes, I rarely see armies painted in anything approaching the standard color scheme.
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Post by HereComesTomorrow on Oct 23, 2017 10:50:11 GMT
Also, yea it sucks paying the import tax on these things, but I wouldn't be surprised if PP is already thinking about a way to mitigate it. Highly doubtful. At fees of upwards of 20%+ you'd be looking at selling anything you did this with at a loss to anybody outside the US. It would just make more sense to go through normal distribution channels. This. Unless PP decide to try and pass some legislation in the EU somehow I doubt they'll do anything. Here in Ireland import tax is 23% including shipping and then another €10 in fees. If shipping is free they'll sometimes estimate the shipping themselves and add that on regardless. My partner gets a lot of clothes from Japan and once got a €60 handbag. Customs caught it and added another €30 on import duties. So yeah, this is a bad move by PP IMO. |
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Post by 36cygnar24guy36 on Oct 23, 2017 11:03:30 GMT
It is probably a scheme to help the USA teams do better at the WTC, as only they will have access to the best models
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Post by jisidro on Oct 23, 2017 11:18:32 GMT
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Post by Blargaliscious on Oct 23, 2017 11:40:50 GMT
Maybe the best way to get around this import tax problem is for you European guys to overthrow your respective governments and have your countries join the United States? It might get a little messy when it comes to the monarchs, if you have any, and it will be a little weird at first converting from a single-house parliament with a prime minister to a bicameral house with a governor, but think of all the money you'll be saving on miniatures!
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Post by welshhoppo on Oct 23, 2017 12:06:58 GMT
Maybe the best way to get around this import tax problem is for you European guys to overthrow your respective governments and have your countries join the United States? It might get a little messy when it comes to the monarchs, if you have any, and it will be a little weird at first converting from a single-house parliament with a prime minister to a bicameral house with a governor, but think of all the money you'll be saving on miniatures! Nah, come back and rejoin ol' Blighty. You lose Trump, but you gain the Queen. Unlimited amounts of biscuits and tea. Provided you haul it out of the Boston harbour. |
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Post by HereComesTomorrow on Oct 23, 2017 12:07:41 GMT
Maybe the best way to get around this import tax problem is for you European guys to overthrow your respective governments and have your countries join the United States? It might get a little messy when it comes to the monarchs, if you have any, and it will be a little weird at first converting from a single-house parliament with a prime minister to a bicameral house with a governor, but think of all the money you'll be saving on miniatures! Waaaaait a minute...that's a mask! BLARGALISCIOUS WAS TRUMP ALL ALONG! Well, you can't fool me, you'll have to do better than that if you want world domination. ...though I do like cheap miniatures. Save |
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Post by Blargaliscious on Oct 23, 2017 13:05:14 GMT
Maybe the best way to get around this import tax problem is for you European guys to overthrow your respective governments and have your countries join the United States? It might get a little messy when it comes to the monarchs, if you have any, and it will be a little weird at first converting from a single-house parliament with a prime minister to a bicameral house with a governor, but think of all the money you'll be saving on miniatures! Nah, come back and rejoin ol' Blighty. You lose Trump, but you gain the Queen. Unlimited amounts of biscuits and tea. Provided you haul it out of the Boston harbour. Are you sure you Brits really want us Americans back? It sounds like a great idea at first, but then you have to start dealing with New Yorkers, Jersey Boys, Louisiana Bayou dwellers, Texans, and all of the Left Coast types. (How do you think Mid-westerners like me in Ohio feel? We're surrounded!) Then you have to deal the spelling issues like "color" and "harbor" vs. "colour" and "harbour." (We Americans got rid of that letter u, we're lazy and you don't need it.) Then the arguments start over names of different things. "That's a parking lot, not a car park! Cars don't go to parks, only people and animals!" "Roundabout? Do you mean the Traffic Circle?" "Take the Lift?!? How about I take the elevator?" Yeah, you don't want that, especially if you have to argue with a New Yorker. Arguing with a New Yorker is like arguing with a German, but the German at least is trying to be nice to you while he is getting you mad as hell. Oh, and thank you for the offer of the Queen. She seems like a very nice lady, but unless you Brits figure out a way to turn her into a Lich it's going to turn into the Charles and Camilla show, something I'd like to pass on. It's not like it's TV and you can change the channel or something... Biscuits and tea! I'll have cookies and Coke instead, thank you for offering though. |
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Post by copperflame on Oct 23, 2017 14:39:56 GMT
I needed this laugh this morning - cheers guys!
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Post by W0lfBane on Oct 23, 2017 14:53:29 GMT
Nah, come back and rejoin ol' Blighty. You lose Trump, but you gain the Queen. Unlimited amounts of biscuits and tea. Provided you haul it out of the Boston harbour. Are you sure you Brits really want us Americans back? It sounds like a great idea at first, but then you have to start dealing with New Yorkers, Jersey Boys, Louisiana Bayou dwellers, Texans, and all of the Left Coast types. (How do you think Mid-westerners like me in Ohio feel? We're surrounded!) Then you have to deal the spelling issues like "color" and "harbor" vs. "colour" and "harbour." (We Americans got rid of that letter u, we're lazy and you don't need it.) Then the arguments start over names of different things. "That's a parking lot, not a car park! Cars don't go to parks, only people and animals!" "Roundabout? Do you mean the Traffic Circle?" "Take the Lift?!? How about I take the elevator?" Yeah, you don't want that, especially if you have to argue with a New Yorker. Arguing with a New Yorker is like arguing with a German, but the German at least is trying to be nice to you while he is getting you mad as hell. Oh, and thank you for the offer of the Queen. She seems like a very nice lady, but unless you Brits figure out a way to turn her into a Lich it's going to turn into the Charles and Camilla show, something I'd like to pass on. It's not like it's TV and you can change the channel or something... Biscuits and tea! I'll have cookies and Coke instead, thank you for offering though. As a member of the left coast I'm offended. Yeah we have too much people and traffic and wildfires and those god alful anti toxin health supplementssalt rock bullshit. But all least we can register to vote online and can register for jury duty online too. Wait that doesn't sound so great. Can i start over. |
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Post by ankiseth on Oct 23, 2017 16:04:00 GMT
Apparently, BAHI won’t handle all huge bases going forward, just the resin models. This would be more useful if we had any idea or indication for plans on future of materials.
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Post by Cyel on Oct 23, 2017 16:34:24 GMT
Nah, come back and rejoin ol' Blighty. You lose Trump, but you gain the Queen. Unlimited amounts of biscuits and tea. Provided you haul it out of the Boston harbour. Yup, isn't it Trump's own slogan ? "Make America Great Britain again"? |
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