 RPG Costs in Oz, A survey / gripe |
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 Oct 30 2004, 01:48 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Oz Member No.: 131  |
Those of us in Oz seem to get the raw deal when it comes to the cost of Shadowrun products. I decided to go out today and price up expanding from the core set of books to things like MJLBB etc and these are the Oz prices - can someone tell we roughly what they go for in the states?
Year of the comet : $57 Threats 2: $41.25 Sprawl survival guide: $57 MJLBB: $50 Third edition: $66 |
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Oct 30 2004, 02:00 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,420 Joined: 30-October 03 Member No.: 5,776 |
Most sourcebooks retail for $19.99 or $24.99. The third ed core retails for $29.99.
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Oct 30 2004, 02:28 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
1 US dollar = 1.3344 Oz dollars
So SR3 should cost only $40.02 Oz. |
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Oct 30 2004, 02:49 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
Until you consider things like shipping costs, import taxes, etc. Amittedly, though, those probably don't amount to $25 per book. |
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Oct 30 2004, 03:41 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
It doesn't seem to affect the price of the UK books that much either, or does it? |
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Oct 30 2004, 04:03 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Yeah but we're getting about a dollar eighty to the pound at the moment so that kinda helps somewhat.
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Oct 30 2004, 11:35 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
the joy on your players' faces as the team finally stops that master shedim: Priceless :D |
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Oct 30 2004, 02:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Earth Member No.: 1,274 |
Also I don't think we have to pay VAT on books here in the UK either. Thats the reason things like GM screens and boxed sets cost more, they're not classified as "books".
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Oct 30 2004, 07:35 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
The high costs of RPGs in Australia have nothing to do with the manufacturers, and everything to do with increased shipping costs, exchange rate, and other import/distribution fees.
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Oct 31 2004, 06:49 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Oz Member No.: 131 |
30% of the price in shipping and crap? Seems a bit ludicrous. But, I know there is nothing much I can do about it, just nice to know how much worse off we really are.
Thanks for the info guys. |
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Oct 31 2004, 06:20 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
The size of the industry in Australia is also a contributing factor.
Since Valhalla closed as far as I know tactics is the only remaining true gaming store in Perth (ok there are some that do mostly board games and have a shelf for RPG and2 branches of games workshop but they don’t have much general RPG resources) Edward |
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Nov 1 2004, 12:06 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 519 Joined: 27-August 02 From: Queensland Member No.: 3,180 |
I just got SOTA64 through mailorder (closest gaming store is 1600 km I believe) from Melbourne for $50. $A50 - GST is A45.45.
SRP is A33.34 (or US24.99) A quick search reveals the following prices (US then AUS $) 21.95 29.29 19.99 26.67 17.49 23.34 - Stiggybaby's How much is international mail? We should do a bulk shipment to Oz for new books. |
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Nov 2 2004, 12:44 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,806 |
I recently sent a 17lb package from San Francisco to Germany. $150. The FedEx site claims that the same package would cost $170 to Melbourne (assuming 3004 is a reasonable Australian postal code, which I have no idea about, but it's what I found.)
On the other hand, it's worth pointing out that amazon.com sells SR3 for $21 (and SOTA64 for $14). And according to their Australia shipping info they'll charge $12 for shipping, or $7+$5/item. Which admittedly is US$, not A$. |
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