Greetings fellow hobbyists,
As I'm sure many of you are aware, GW is changing there Terms and Conditions, explicitly forbidding EU retailers from shipping outside of the EU.
This is not a rumor anymore, as we can see from the post of Maelstrom's website, and the post on Wayland Games' facebook page.
I live in Australia, and with the exuberant cost of GW products here, this could well spell the end of the hobby for me.
I have played 40K and Fantasy since I was around 12 years old. I remember picking up a White Dwarf for the first time and being amazed and bewildered by this mysterious world; I was hooked. I had a period where I didn't play during my teenage years, where I got myself into all sorts of trouble. One of the things that got me out of said trouble, was getting back into this hobby, as it gave me something to focus on, and a new reality to craft. I have gotten many friends into the hobby, including my lady, and Warhammer is now something we all love and share together. I'm sure many of you can relate to all of this....
I am urging all of you who are about to be affected by this change, and are finding yourselves in similar situations, to take the time to write an email to GW, outlining your grievances. Speak from the heart. Tell them your story, make them understand your love for their world, and how much it will pain you to have to give it all away as you are 'priced out of the market' as it were.
I know a lot of people will dismiss this as being pointless, but so is just complaining. If you are going to lose something you love so dearly, the least you can do is fight for it just a little! It won't take more than 10-20 mins to write a thoughtful letter to GW.
How will they know our pain unless we tell them?
This may all seem rather tragic and dramatic to a lot of people, but to me, this is all very real. If I can no longer order online, I can no longer afford to play this game, and that will be a massive lose to me. I love this hobby, and I will mourn its lose, so I am at least going to try to save it for myself.
You can contact GW at: '
[email protected]'.
This is the only email address I could find, so if anyone else has a more direct email address, please post it.
Please, get behind this, and do what you can to defend the hobby!
We all fight on imaginary battlefields, so now fight on another one (i.e. the internet)!
Thank you for taking the time to read this,
- Bishop