GDMNW - Latest Comments

Re: Migration!

GDMNW — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:27:15 -0000

Yeah. I should probably post a link eh? :D

It's the end of a (personal) era! Catch you on the other side.

Re: Migration!

GDMNW — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:25:19 -0000

Hey thanks! This was my first proper blog and I'm really sad to see it go. But the time is right. Onwards!

Re: Migration!

Mini Swelter — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:13:02 -0000

Its been fun following GDMNW! I'll be looking for the new site.

Re: Migration!

b_G — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:20:09 -0000

Having only just learned the meaning of the cryptic title of your blog, I feel almost cheated that you now abandon it :D. Signed up to the new blog already, looking forward to seeing what you have in store there.

Re: The Road to Blog Wars 5: Setting Off

GDMNW — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:18:11 -0000

Hah. I'm sat at Manchester coach station waiting for the 23.50 back to the soft south! Manchester makes me feel so old! So many people dressed to the nines, fights in the street, etc etc.

Great event today. Good to meet you and put a face to the name. Roll on BW6!

Re: The Road to Blog Wars 5: Setting Off

b_G — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:10:44 -0000

It was great to meet you, hippie you managed to get back alright. Great work on the tau, they looked brilliant. Andy

Re: Blog Wars 5

GDMNW — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:47:11 -0000

Whoops...fixed!

Re: The Road to Blog Wars 5: Progress

Alex Brown — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:32:50 -0000

That's pretty impressive progress! Can't wait to see the finished army on the day. Going to try Army Painter for my Eldar army when I eventually get around to buying it.

Re: Blog Wars 5

Alex Brown — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:26:26 -0000

Just to point out Andy is the reigning champ who's pulled out. Alex (me!) is the organiser!

Re: Blog Wars 5

GDMNW — Mon, 27 May 2013 10:27:40 -0000

Glad to hear it! I'm looking forward to meeting some of the UK bloggers too.

Re: Blog Wars 5

Tim Wharton — Mon, 27 May 2013 10:13:59 -0000

It's a great tourney! Went to the first one, it was a blast!

Re: Avoiding the cost of Games Workshop tools and paints

GDMNW — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:00:32 -0000

I couldn't agree more. That said the markup itself is an indicator that there are plenty of people out there who are happy to use the branded products.

Re: Avoiding the cost of Games Workshop tools and paints

LuckyNo.5 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:30:32 -0000

Honestly anyone that uses exclusive GW Hobby paint and tools is a fool. GW takes common tools that multiple manufacturers make, finds the cheapest one, slaps their logo on it and sells it for twice the price.

http://www.micromark.com/ sells every tool you could possibly at normal prices. Reaper, Vallejo and P3 all make paint bette than GW.

Re: Warhammer 40,000: Sixth Edition

GDMNW — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:08:46 -0000

Thanks Koen,

I think the 'making sense' part is one of the main aims for 6th. The design team talked about 'associative rules' at the recent studio open day. The idea being that removing models from the front of a squad as they are mown down by incoming fire 'fits' with our understanding of what would really happen were the situation real.

Re: Warhammer 40,000: Sixth Edition

Koen Huybrechts — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:17:44 -0000

Actually I find this new wound allocation system a lot less complex, and it also makes more sense. people that run in the front rows are most of the time the people that die first if the unit is under fire

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

Warhammer 39,999 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:40:07 -0000

I'm a little late to the game here, but I took this as a tongue-in-cheek piece. My opinion on actually doing it seem to be shared by Thor, but the thought is humorous, none-the-less.

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

www.zizza1300 — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:36:24 -0000

I don't see why you shouldn't do this. 33% is an outrageous amount to increase the price by, especially for no apparent reason. If they didn't increase their prices so much, or had uniform price increases, this wouldn't be a problem for them. GW should pay for their incompetence! (literally, lol)

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

GDMNW — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:39:02 -0000

I don't think anything has been said or suggested that would hurt or damage the interests of our friends at Darksphere. And yes, they're marvellous. London is lucky to have them, especially if you like magic. --
Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

Adam — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:19:48 -0000

Don't hurt Dark Sphere, they're honest guys.

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

GDMNW — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:47:24 -0000

I can confirm that it is a consumer friendly policy and is discretionary, specifically the manager has discretion.

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

rathstar — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:10:34 -0000

"Receipt fraud: Utilizing reused, stolen or falsified receipts to return merchandise for profit. Alternatively, returning goods purchased on sale or from a different store at a lower price with the intention ofprofiting from the difference."

Interesting if you buy from GW and take back to GW, I don't think it meets this definition. You are not "falsified receipts", you are using GW's standard policy or allowing returns without receipt to be exchanged for other goods all at the current price. What if you exchanged something that had gone up by 10% for something that had also gone up by 10%, would you say that I could only only get credit at the old price but have to pay the new price for the new item I want ?

The original good(s) purchased are not on sale, and once you buy from GW they are not from a "different store at a lower price with the intention of profiting from the difference".

I'm sure GW are aware of this loophole caused by the fact they don't have uniform price rises, however the percentage of people willing to carry it out is so small that they would rather give good customer service to the customers who generally want to exchange something they bought for something else.

I would guess that once you're buying and returning the items to GW you're fine. However I bet that the policy of allowing returns without a receipt is optional on GW's part, so they may say no if they remember you buying 4 Imperial Strongpoints only days earlier :)

Rathstar

PS. It would interesting to hear a legal expert opinion on the practice suggested in the blog, and whether GW would be in their rights to refuse to give an exchange without receipt on an individual basis.

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

GDMNW — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:01:13 -0000

Games Workshop's annual price review and their pricing strategy generally is a significant discussion point for people who buy Games Workshop products. It gets talked about a lot on hobby blogs and forums across the world so we thought we'd talk about it here.

We looked for a different perspective, something outside of 'who cares' or 'this is the last straw for me'.

If the process is illegal we're curious about why and the impact of this sort of crime. There are associated opportunities to look at retail crime more generally. For example, Games Workshop ask third party stockists to put stock on shelves and offer a greater trade discount to companies who do so to reflect the fact that some of it will get stolen. Retail crime is clearly a problem, and one that's worth talking about.

It's even more interesting if it turns out it isn't illegal. Why do we feel it's shady or morally wrong? Where do those feelings come from? Why do we think it is illegal if it isn't? What governs our sense of what's illegal and what isn't?

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

GDMNW — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:50:53 -0000

It could be seen as the intent to get the best value for your money.

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

GDMNW — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:49:23 -0000

Leveraging a price change is the same as spitting in a Taco?

Re: Games Workshop Announce Half Price Sale

JustHippie — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:56:34 -0000

Anyone who has worked in food service knows what goes on too. Does that make it OK for me to spit in your Tacos?