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Reply #15 on: October 03, 2019, 03:57:28 PM
I agree, but I meant the part about actually getting them to print/reprint a game in the first place. If they don't get enough pre-orders they won't print at all.

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Reply #16 on: October 03, 2019, 04:00:32 PM
I rely on guys like you to take care of that :P

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.

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Reply #17 on: October 03, 2019, 04:01:07 PM
 ;D

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Reply #18 on: October 03, 2019, 04:12:12 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 03, 2019, 03:43:57 PM
Wait for the next printing and then pick it up through another outlet.

I'd back P500s if they actually saved me anything. Once you add in GMTs shipping, a P500 game comes to as much, if not more, than what I can pay from a third party a few months after the game releases. So all the P500 does is tie my money up for weeks or months so I can get the game a couple months earlier than I normally would.

And years before you take it out of the shrink, punch counters, clip said counters, read the rules, and finally play.


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Reply #19 on: October 03, 2019, 04:15:16 PM
Quote from: Bison on October 03, 2019, 04:12:12 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 03, 2019, 03:43:57 PM
Wait for the next printing and then pick it up through another outlet.

I'd back P500s if they actually saved me anything. Once you add in GMTs shipping, a P500 game comes to as much, if not more, than what I can pay from a third party a few months after the game releases. So all the P500 does is tie my money up for weeks or months so I can get the game a couple months earlier than I normally would.

And years before you take it out of the shrink, punch counters, clip said counters, read the rules, and finally play.

exactly!

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Reply #20 on: October 03, 2019, 04:16:24 PM
Stalingrad '42 was $62 with shipping. Their "full" price is $75, plus their shipping, means $85.

I could see this being much more reasonable on CoolStuffInc or NWS, but adding in shipping via either venue and it'll run you north of sixty bucks I'm sure. Amazon will likely be higher than that.

I missed the boat on Ukraine '43 - on Amazon it was a relatively reasonable 60 or so dollars with Prime shipping. I passed in favor of something else. Now it's $150+ on Amazon. Ridiculous.

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Reply #21 on: October 03, 2019, 04:18:14 PM
Still cheaper than what I paid for VG's Carrier.  :whistle:

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Reply #22 on: October 03, 2019, 04:21:35 PM
I paid $18 for my copy of Carrier from GenCon back in the mid 2000s. Brand new in shrink and unpunched. It was $30 but they were running an end-of-con special to clear some stuff out.

I got lucky.  8)

Same with Tokyo Express. Can't recall which con I got that one at, but it was about $25-30 or so. Not too bad.

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Reply #23 on: October 03, 2019, 04:28:17 PM
With shipping, from the UK retailer that has 'Euro friendly shipping'  I would have to pay the equivalent of $90 for Stalingrad '42, and that is a special offer price. Full price would be at over $100.

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Reply #24 on: October 03, 2019, 05:06:29 PM
Guess y'all should have won that little colonist tiff then, huh?  :D

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Reply #25 on: October 03, 2019, 05:12:18 PM
Why, would that have shortened the distance for shipping purposes?

...here, I give you slap along side the head.

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Reply #26 on: October 03, 2019, 05:19:56 PM
LOL

My dumb observation but that's what I do pretty much.

You guys DO get pretty screwed on that. Even Canada does, which makes no sense. I somewhat understand costs of shipping to Europe, but Canada?

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Reply #27 on: October 03, 2019, 05:27:16 PM
Europe and Canada are in cahoots.

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Reply #28 on: October 03, 2019, 05:36:04 PM
They tuk rrr jerrrbbs!

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Reply #29 on: October 03, 2019, 07:32:14 PM
We kick yer ass and burned yer White House.  :groovy:

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