This is not intended as a personal criticism. If anyone reading this list is capable of altering the exchange rates then I hope they'll see their way to returning the pound to about E1.4 before my next holiday, but I strongly suspect that this is not the case.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Osentalka <Osentalka_at_IvdulJ6KSk14Tk4udfQh0PpnmhD58cxhjYvOrJPmcl8yvrhOQ7HRHXT12Xg7txRxWEYe703CYrGwmmdaPbOgdpk.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Have had a look recently at www.tradetalk.de ?
>
> Okay, at the moment we have a Christmas Sale with lower prices, but
> normally
> the Gloranthan Classics books are sold for 45 EUR for a softcover, and 65
> EUR for a hardcover.
>
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Eden" <nick_at_CN0NEuL77zfnxpKnCLfLaAWDTqObmzJvCZm8z3KmXulTlz7CplQRKqYTPc1ElGRIyWFzYi6OfG6_aKj7Qsti9LI.yahoo.invalid>
> To: <WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Preorders for buying Sartar Kingdom
> ofHeroes at Dragonmeet 2009!
>
>
> 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_IvdulJ6KSk14Tk4udfQh0PpnmhD58cxhjYvOrJPmcl8yvrhOQ7HRHXT12Xg7txRxWEYe703CYrGwmmdaPbOgdpk.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_HZNQ6-gt0vR1sAcOMZXdRlD_Z7TIuxPkFOmIP0genOacmfRjkM6VuVpHCjch9jjXw-7erTf7QjXpKQ.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_HZNQ6-gt0vR1sAcOMZXdRlD_Z7TIuxPkFOmIP0genOacmfRjkM6VuVpHCjch9jjXw-7erTf7QjXpKQ.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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