Re: Preorders for buying Sartar Kingdom ofHeroes at Dragonmeet 2009!

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_ziKjk60-T8jIOz6jamTuq1RZORhsX_se_Ph3D0_wZTCYwOeOmZvct7cC6B1bZI_9cPI0Ekd>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:21:15 +0000

That's probably being distorted by the low volume of sales for an English language product in a German speaking country. The current exchange rate is just nosing at $1.50 to the Euro.

I think the problem is that while E50 is a fair reflection of the printing costs, the very strong Euro and weak pound (and dollar) make what should be an essential 'get people back in' product a very expensive niche publication.

Compare for example the old Moon Design reprints: $60 for a hardcover 'Borderlands and Beyond', slightly fewer pages, but hard cover balances that out. A much more attractive purchase than $75 for a soft cover.

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Osentalka <Osentalka_at_BZw7rOtRr7HDMoEHRsXnpcbbB2azCGRFKa3sGaQVZ8FRarSYfhcPD_Rr2Il9kGauQkateM-rtcqN5ELlPVk.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> Hello friends
>
> I am sorry. Maybe you think i am confused, but according to my experience
> in
> germany the exchangerate from US Dollar to Euro in our FLG is most of the
> time slightly less than 1:1.
> A product with a printed coverprice of 21.99 US Dollar for instance will be
> sold in germany by most FLGs for about 19,99 EUR.
>
> Chaosiums "Beyond the Mountains of Madness" (59.95 US Dollar) would be sold
> here for about 55,00 EUR.
>
> Have a look here for Chaosiums "Secrets of San Fransisco" for instance:
> http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?cPath=41&products_id=813
>
> And here for the offer of a well known german FLG for the same book:
>
> http://www.fanen.com/rollenspiele/p-152_127_-1_20981/katalog/1083605985/secr
> ets-of-san-francisco.html
>
>
> Cheers
>
> André
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Leighton" <andyl_at_Q4xZcxVdawQCZBBWDB62TwBb8v2gP6Qgb0rVQwk_nOx938A7FGYtLkjzatjX4VIgS2syaFU6axGDCjHHobg.yahoo.invalid>
> To: <WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Preorders for buying Sartar Kingdom
> ofHeroes at Dragonmeet 2009!
>
>
> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:40:37PM +0100, Osentalka wrote:
> > > Hello friends
> > >
> > > I also agree that this is a reasonable price.
> > >
> > > Have a look at one of the greatest RPG campaigns ever published:
> > > Chaosiums "Beyond the Mountains of Madness"
> > > Chaosium charges 41.95 for the PDF Version.
> >
> > US dollars not Euros.
> >
> > $41.95 = 25 GBP
> > 50 EUR = 45 GBP = $75
> >
> > > PDF is 70% the price of print version, so that a print version (if one
> would
> > > be available) would be 59.95.
> >
> > $59.95 = 36 GBP.
> >
> > --
> > Andy Leighton => andyl_at_Q4xZcxVdawQCZBBWDB62TwBb8v2gP6Qgb0rVQwk_nOx938A7FGYtLkjzatjX4VIgS2syaFU6axGDCjHHobg.yahoo.invalid
> > "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
> > - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_
> >
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