I agree with this whole heartedly. My local game shop sells Warhammer stuff at like 20% markup. Why should I buy stuff from them when the whole reason I was buying stuff from them originally was because it was cheaper? - ThreadSky

vhsorceress.me • 7 hours ago

I agree with this whole heartedly.

My local game shop sells Warhammer stuff at like 20% markup.

Why should I buy stuff from them when the whole reason I was buying stuff from them originally was because it was cheaper?

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thehaarpist.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I would hope the idea would be that it gives you a space where you can play the game and socialize, but I've also seen places that gouge and then also charge for table space so who knows.

thepuddington.bsky.social•7 hours ago

How the hell is that a viable business model for them

vhsorceress.me•7 hours ago

No idea. My thoughts are that they're doing it because they're the only place in town.

vhsorceress.me•7 hours ago

There was a competing game store, but they don't really sell Warhammer stuff anymore.

Though I do buy individual MtG cards from them.

thepuddington.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Bold move with online shopping being a thing cotton, let's see how it works out for them

vhsorceress.me•7 hours ago

Yeah I mentioned that and they were just like "Well too bad". I also asked them "You got Sororitas stuff?" and their response was "No...how about a thousand sons combat patrol though."

thepuddington.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I don't know the exact details, but I know from my LFGS that they need to stock a certain range of products to comply with GW regulations to sell their stuff. Sounds like your shop is trouncing that rule

vhsorceress.me•4 hours ago

Yep. They've honestly gotten in trouble with a few companies I think since a few games they used to sell just aren't there anymore.

pope509.bsky.social•7 hours ago

As someone who's LGS sells at a 15-20% discount this always baffles me.

vhsorceress.me•7 hours ago

Yeah it's baffling.

They used to be REALLY good about that and now they're just like "We sell at GW price but higher".

pope509.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Yeah like, is their plan to like just have you go to the GW store instead and lose money?

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