Saturday, September 26, 2009

Forge World at BDG

As a regular feature, I've decided to have a small selection of Forge World at the store. This is a pilot test to see if it's worth the hassle and expense. Forge World is not available to retailers, even to most GW stores (only Battle Bunkers), so we're buying it at full retail, having it shipped from the UK, and marking it up slightly to make a small profit. Because we're buying enough to get free shipping, it should still be about the same price or a little bit more than if you bought it yourself from England. Some smaller accessories will be broken up and sold at a higher price, adding a convenience factor to the transaction. Most larger kits will get only a slight boost.

Because of how we're doing this, we won't be accepting any type of discount or club points on Forge World. Also, we'll be thinking about how to do special orders in the future, but for now, we're only taking requests.

The benefit is you get convenience and no risk. If you buy enough Forge World, you know there's a very high risk of getting malformed parts, missing stuff or no order at all! Yet, we love this stuff, don't we? We'll take the risk and inconvenience out of this transaction.

So why do it? It's really not for the money; not directly. It's a way for us to have another fun, interesting thing that we'll be selling that other stores won't. It also benefits me personally, as I can bring in cool things that I like and buy them at my leisure, getting instant gratification and no shipping charge. When I've over-ordered for myself and sold Forge World items in the store, it was successful enough to look into doing something like this.

Here's a list of what we're bringing in. You'll notice it's mostly Imperial Guard. This is because I have a better idea of what IG stuff is worth getting. When I get more information on other popular items, I'll add those to future orders. We won't know pricing until the order arrives and we crunch the numbers:

VALKYRIE VENDETTA CONVERSION KIT
CADIAN VEHICLE CREW
GRAV-CHUTE PACK
ARMAGEDDON PATTERN BASILISK
HYDRA FLAK TANK CONVERSION KIT
CHIMERA HEAVY FLAMER TURRET
MODIFIED RYZA PATTERN LEMAN RUSS VANQUISHER TURRET
MODIFIED RYZA PATTERN LEMAN RUSS EXTERMINATOR TURRET
STORM TROOPER CHIMERA COMMANDER
DEATH KORP OF KRIEG TANK COMMANDER
TANK COMMANDERS
COMMISSAR TANK COMMANDER
SPACE WOLVES RHINO DOORS AND FRONT PLATE
SPACE WOLVES LAND RAIDER DOORS
IMPERIAL FUEL CANS
GRENADE AMMO CRATES X4
OPEN AMMUNITION CRATES X4
CLOSED AMMUNITION CRATES X4