Plaag wrote:And looks like my Noble Knight order arrived :)Got the 4e adventure, Punjar Gaz, and Starsiege (with Paizo mod, C&C 2008 rules and T&T adventure arriving from the result of separate orders from other sources). Figure spent about $15-20 all told for all this.
zhowar wrote:What kind of shipping did you use? I got my order confirmation by 12:01 yesterday but just got the shipping confirmation this morning. Supposed to ship by "DHL Ground".Tips for next year to avoid site slowdowns:-The free stuff was supposed to go on "sale" at 11 CST (12 EST), some items started appearing at 10:50. -If ordering NK stock, put items in cart early (I bought a JG Caverns of Thracia and a Polyhedron #28 to hit the $25 threshold)-Pay by PayPal, even if using credit card to avoid having to enter information on their website
"DHL Ground".
chromaticknight wrote:Not a good time to use DHL for deliveries.http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.as ... c932635f75
Aneoth wrote:I am unsure how that situation directly affects DHL's deliveries.
Mars wrote:You would be amazed at how many packages accidentally get dropped or go missing when 6,000 employees are about to get laid off.
However; DHL kept the ground service portion of Airborne Express and created a separate company out of the Air Service portion of Airborne Express while also creating an exclusive contract with that new company for Air delivery. Once that happened, the Air Service portion was separated into what is now ABX Air.
zhowar wrote:Paizo's Revenge of the Kobold King is now available as a free PDF or a $5 print purchase:http://paizo.com/store/paizoExclusives/v5748btpy83w1
JohnGaunt wrote:Are Goodman or White Wolf doing anything similar? Free RPG Day is supposed to get customers into brick-and-mortar stores.
Every year, there are retailers who promote Free RPG Day and Free Comic Book Day for months ahead of time, with flyers and posters, and even local TV spots. They come up with additional reasons to bring people into the store, and keep them there, and make them feel that they're being treated well—demos, sales, food, appearances from local "people of note." They stock additional products for the occasion, especially from the manufacturers represented in the product kit, and they make sure that if you see something you like in the freebies, they're there to educate you about the related for-sale items. In short, they use it as an opportunity to promote themselves while putting on their best face. As a result, many of these guys do gangbuster sales and acquire new customers that will come back next month or the months after.Also every year, there are the guys who spend money on a box of books and dump it on a table on Saturday morning, and then sit around wondering why they wasted their money.As with Free Comic Book Day, most retailers will get out of it what they put into it.
Plaag wrote:This I thought was a good post by Vic Wertz on the Paizo boards
JohnGaunt wrote:Year One was dead as a doornail; Year Two was advertised on the store windows and had some games with players.
Grug Greyskin wrote:Treasure of Talon Pass (The WotC 4E Free RPG adventure) is going for upwards of $50 at auction (one was $69!), and Bins of $35 and $39 bucks are getting snapped up right away.There have been at least a couple of these posted (on Ebay) every day, so it can't be that rare - is there any way these prices will sustain themselves, or is this a case of people being ridiculous?
Badmike wrote:"There's a sucker born every minute...and he soon ends up on Ebay overpaying for items that have hype but no actual rarity."
Badmike wrote:"There's a sucker born every minute...and he soon ends up on Ebay overpaying for items that have hype but no actual rarity." Mike B.
Grug Greyskin wrote:And in the end, the value will be determined by what runs out first - the supply (which at the moment is not letting up) or the demand (which will dwindle as more 4E products come available).