D&D 5E No price reduction on Amazon UK?

gideonpepys · Aug 6, 2014

The Player's Handbook is still listed at its full price on Amazon UK. There's a massive discount on the US site. Anyone know how these things work, and if a discount on the UK site is likely?

nerfherder · Aug 6, 2014

It dropped to £25.40 sometime after I preordered it on 22nd May.

delericho · Aug 6, 2014

Yeah, I'm kicking myself for not pre-ordering. Though at that point I hadn't seen Basic so wasn't 100% sure I wanted in. Oh well.

I think there will be a discount just after the release hits, but that's a guess - I don't have any solid data. Hopefully it will be too late by then, though - I'm hoping to pick up a copy at a game store this weekend.

nerfherder · Aug 6, 2014

delericho said:
I'm hoping to pick up a copy at a game store this weekend.

Yeah, I'm going to check out the two game stores in town Friday, and buy from them if they have them available - amazon's delivery estimate is 28 - 30 August.

The Black Ranger · Aug 6, 2014

I'm not going to bother with Amazon.uk. By the time you do the exchange rate to euros and then ship it, I won't be saving much at all so I will just wait and get it from the game store.

delericho · Aug 7, 2014

nerfherder said:
Yeah, I'm going to check out the two game stores in town Friday, and buy from them if they have them available - amazon's delivery estimate is 28 - 30 August.

Yep, it's a bit odd. If they were offering the same 25% discount as on the Starter Set, I'd probably just wait. But if I'm paying the same as at the FLGS, then I'll have it quicker, thanks.

gideonpepys said:
The Player's Handbook is still listed at its full price on Amazon UK. There's a massive discount on the US site. Anyone know how these things work, and if a discount on the UK site is likely?

Incidentally, Amazon UK appear to have the price of the second "Tyranny of Dragons" adventure wrong - they're listing it at £12.99 where the first volume is £19.99. Since, according to Wizards.com, these are both $30, that's effectively a 35% discount. So that one's worth a pre-order if you're at all interested.

gideonpepys · Aug 7, 2014

delericho said:
Incidentally, Amazon UK appear to have the price of the second "Tyranny of Dragons" adventure wrong - they're listing it at £12.99 where the first volume is £19.99. Since, according to Wizards.com, these are both $30, that's effectively a 35% discount. So that one's worth a pre-order if you're at all interested.

Good catch! Duly ordered.

Still a bit of a mystery as to why they've no discount on the PHB. There really is no point in waiting is there? Unfortunately, I'm away at the moment with no access to a FLGS so I can't grab the book any time soon. Ironically, I'm in the States where the item is discounted on Amazon, but I leave on the 18th the day before they ship! Grrrrr...