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Can you order Bitz?

Can you order Bitz?

Postby PaddyF » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:54 pm

Well can you? ;)
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby killmaimburn » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:00 pm

Its tricky a lot of the bigger companies have to not split boxes for resale.. ( abit like when you have those 24 packs of crisps and they say "part of multi pack not for resale").Part of their deal with GW
I believe Gaming figures said they couldn't... but that was ages back.
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby PaddyF » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:02 pm

I wasn't clear, I was more referring to things like the metal SM shoulder pads with chapter symbols on and the other sprues you can order on the website.
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby mattjgilbert » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:12 pm

If something is GW Direct Only, then indies cannot stock them.
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby Spack » Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:28 pm

Indeed, direct order only items we cannot stock. We could order them in, but we'd have to charge you more than full GW price because we'd be paying full price to GW for them, so it's cheaper for you to get them direct from GW.

As to bitz (ie breaking down blisters/boxes and selling individual parts), the GW trade terms do not allow us to do this. The companies that do break them down either do not have trade accounts with GW (they buy off someone who does have a trade account), or they are breaking the GW trade terms and risk GW cutting them off. I'm guessing most, if not all, will be of the former - they're buying boxes from other independent retailers and then breaking them down and selling themselves.
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby Herne » Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:46 pm

To be honest it's money for old rope with some of the bits traders - I believe one of the spacewolf boxes has something like 56 heads in. You can buy a box at full RRP in a GW shop, break it open and sell the bits at 50p each and still make a massive profit! I doubt there's much GW can do about it once the parts have been bought by joe public - they are joe publics to do with as he wishes I suppose. Not sure what the legal ramifications are of that.

Disclaimer - I'm not encouraging anyone to go out and start selling spacewolf heads potentially illegally in this fashion. Besides - everyone knows you'll make more money out of bloodangel ones... ;-)
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby Spack » Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:48 pm

Indeed, joe public can do what he wants. Unfortunately we're not joe public, we're john trader :) There's nothing illegal about breaking the boxes down and selling the bits - we just can't do it because if we do GW can cancel our trade account and there's no more GW items to sell.
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Re: Can you order Bitz?

Postby Herne » Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:24 pm

Spack wrote:....we just can't do it because if we do GW can cancel our trade account and there's no more GW items to sell.
Wasn't suggested you did pal - just pointing out how certain websites exists. We want GF to stay clean and pure. :3some :lol:


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