vulcanologist:
I sometimes get miniatures from Black Scorpion and just thought I’d mention their latest newsletter I received:
Sic:
" we are switching our production to resin. In the past resin costs made it prohibitively expensive but technology advances have brought the costs down. The switch to resin will therefore result in no price increases in fact many many of our packs will be reduced in price."
Hmm…Games Workshop…?!?
Thommy H:
Yes, resin is actually a cheaper medium. But, as with many things, GW price their products based on what people will pay, not on how much they cost to make. That’s why they called their resin range “Finecast” - it makes it sound like a superior product so they can sell it for more.
Baggronor:
" we are switching our production to resin. In the past resin costs made it prohibitively expensive but technology advances have brought the costs down. The switch to resin will therefore result in no price increases in fact many many of our packs will be reduced in price."I`m pretty sure Black Scorpion aren`t a global company with stores and rent and advertising and wages and all manner of other costs - you can`t expect the same attitude from GW. And yeah, the Finecast price rises were cheeky, but they did invent a new kind of resin - if it was better quality, the reaction wouldn`t have been so bad.
Hmm...Games Workshop...?!?
vulcanologist:
GW’s global costs,wages,rents etc were met by their existing pricing structure surely? Reduced production costs for resin therefor would just mean a bigger profit margin. To actually increase prices while lowering costs surely just smacks of greed?
warh:
GW price their products based on what people will pay,plus another 10£ ;)
Thommy H
saurus:
Plue another 20 pounds if you live in Australia. Seriously you European and North American people have no idea what ‘rip off by GW’ is. Just jump on their Australia website and check out how ludicrous their prices down under are!
zobo1942:
I just looked at the price on the Australia site, and wow. That’s CRAZY.
Hashut’s Blessing:
Price increase at GW could be because of research into the field - they are one of the leaders (if not the market leader) in the development of the technology in plastic/resin casting etc. Also, they probably wanted to recoup the costs far quicker and have more machines to get rid of (the metal ones). They also researched a new blend for resin (according to their statements) and this in turn allows them to do new stuff with the models. On top of all of that, people still pay the money.
Not defending them, just offering some possibilities (that can all be thrown to one side with various arguments as well, lol).
Time of Madness:
I just looked at the price on the Australia site, and wow. That's CRAZY.Always been like this. Canada gets hit hard as well. Our retailers over here have started using USA pricing plus a bit of a discount to get people to stop buying online. It has worked at my local store, a lot more people are buying stuff from the store rather then online.
zobo1942
zobo1942:
The only game store in the town where i live stopped carrying GW products a few years ago.
I almost only buy stuff online now - I’ve only purchased six miniatures in-store this year, and about thirty online.
Time of Madness:
What part of Canada do you live in? Obviously you are not from Southern Ontario as there is practically a games store in every city. I have about 10 I could go to within an hour drive of me.
Time of Madness
zobo1942:
I live in the interior of BC. There are two game store in a nearby city, about an hour’s drive away.
The economy is killing miniature gaming around here - at least according to the owner of the comic/game store in town.
Then again, I live in a town where 482 people lined up on the street for a chance at 35 part-time minimum wage positions.
Bassman:
Always been like this. Canada gets hit hard as well. Our retailers over here have started using USA pricing plus a bit of a discount to get people to stop buying online. It has worked at my local store, a lot more people are buying stuff from the store rather then online.Yay, I love this quote!
Time of Madness
Time of Madness
Ogre_Mage:
I live in the interior of BC. There are two game store in a nearby city, about an hour's drive away.Sounds very similar to how I used to do it, then my local pawnshop (who also has a large boardgame section) started carrying GW stuff. Combined with his... sizable discount, I've stoped going the 1.5hrs to the nearest retailer.
The economy is killing miniature gaming around here - at least according to the owner of the comic/game store in town.
Then again, I live in a town where 482 people lined up on the street for a chance at 35 part-time minimum wage positions.
zobo1942
BeeZharr:
Just roaming the GW site - interesting to see that a pack of two metal Sabretusks is £15.50 - A pack of two in Finecast is £10. Quite a hefty price cut with the material change.
I thought the Finecast price must have been for one, but it definitely says a pack of 2.
snowblizz:
Just roaming the GW site - interesting to see that a pack of two metal Sabretusks is £15.50 - A pack of two in Finecast is £10. Quite a hefty price cut with the material change.A small selection of items became cheaper as Finecast, mainly Monstrous Infantry which went form packs of 1 to packs of 3 with a slight price increase on the 1 in metal. Since they don't sell these at a loss that would tell us there is some profit margin in the Finecast that changed from metal and became more expensive.
I thought the Finecast price must have been for one, but it definitely says a pack of 2.
BeeZharr
zobo1942:
Nope, I"m in the Okanagan.I live in the interior of BC. There are two game store in a nearby city, about an hour's drive away.Sounds very similar to how I used to do it, then my local pawnshop (who also has a large boardgame section) started carrying GW stuff. Combined with his... sizable discount, I've stoped going the 1.5hrs to the nearest retailer.
The economy is killing miniature gaming around here - at least according to the owner of the comic/game store in town.
Then again, I live in a town where 482 people lined up on the street for a chance at 35 part-time minimum wage positions.
zobo1942
Are you in the Fraser Valley Region?
Ogre_Mage
Hashut’s Blessing:
As said, it can be a great many things beyond typical greed - replacing molds with ones better suited to finecast maybe?
zobo and ogre mage, maybe best to save that for PMs 
Keep on topic guys 