GW to impose Sales Ban

Stolen from Warseer who stole from Maelstrom Games

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Hi Guys.

This may be of interest to Non european purchasers of GW stuff from 'Maelstrom Games'..

'Hi there,

It's a sad day for us here at Maelstrom Games (www.maelstromgames.co.uk) for we have the unpleasant task of informing all of our Rest of the World customers that Games Workshop will no longer allow us to sell their products to you - but here's an 18% off UK RRP voucher to soften the blow!


GW NO LONGER ALLOWING US TO SELL TO ROW CUSTOMERS
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Games Workshop's new Terms and Conditions, which come into force on the 31st of May 2011 restrict the sale - among other things - of all of their products to the European Union, although there are a couple of countries (such as Norway and Switzerland) that are geographically within Europe but not in the EU that we can still sell to.

The full list of countries that we can sell GW products to is as follows:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Obviously this means that all of our faithful Games Workshop customers from the Anglosphere - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States - as well as those from Brazil, Chile, Peru, Russia, Japan and South Korea (apologies for those countries I have missed out) will now miss out on our superb service and cheap prices, but I'm afraid the terms and conditions of our contract with Games Workshop mean that we have to say goodbye.

Best wishes,

Carl

I feel sorry for the people it effects. I rarely buy from GW stores or their website. Why bother when it can be had cheaper elsewhere? And If people can sell it cheaper elsewhere and still make a profit - then it is surely overpriced.

I might soon have a source working for them anyway - and then I'll be buying staff prices.

50% discount and a smaller 10% I think from FW, had a couple of friends who worked for them up until the cull last year and offered to share the love when they left.

Yep - 50% was what I was told. I heard a long time ago, they were able to bulk buy. As in you were charged by weight. They could throw plastic sprues of all kind and pay a weight price saving loads. But this was back in the days when you could still order individual components.

Not sure how they would enforce staff not selling on. If I were to work there, and thought about selling stuff on ebay, all I would do was buy stuff I already owned then list that. Then if you are ever questioned if you can show your purchases- you simply show your old stuff. "yes I still have my Stompa and Banebade.. there you go"

Although it is easier for me as I have absolutely shed loads of stuff.

Do they actually expect us to believe this?…