I should point out that is something that I am really annoyed about.
I've been a Glorantha fan since the mid-eighties, and have been eagerly anticipating the Satar book as one of the most exciting Gloranthan publications ever. It's even coming out a few day before my birthday!
I now find out that it is prohibitively expensive - with p&p at least ukp50 (us$83). If I, as a life long fan baulk at the price, do you really think any newbies are going to be interested?
Dougie.
>
> Britain should have joined the EURO when the exchange rate was better, than
> there wouldn´t be a problem. :-)
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Eden" <nick_at_...>
> To: <WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Preorders for buying Sartar Kingdom
> ofHeroes at Dragonmeet 2009!
>
>
> Alas, the fact that the exchange rate makes purchasing things priced in
> Euros prohibitively expensive is not altered by the fact that other things
> are prohibitively expensive.
>
> 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_...> 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_...>
> > 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_...> 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_...>
> > > 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_...
> > > > "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
> > > > - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_
> > > >
> > >
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