D&D 5E Reduced Price on DMG and MM on Amazon

[fjw70]

Well, I haven't run 4e for a couple of years (and I've just realised that I never got to play it), so I'm trading in my 4e books to Amazon. Getting surprisingly good rates for them! £26.50 for the core books (63% of what I paid for them), £7 for MM2 (53%), £5.50 for PHB2 (42%), £3.25 for Arcane Power (29%), and a whopping £12 for Adventurer's Vault (107%). I should get about 41% of what I paid back in vouchers - and since I do most of my non-food online shopping at Amazon, that's as good as cash.

So, if I want to buy the 3 core 5e books, they're already paid for by my 4e books

The three core 4e books on the US Amazon only get you around $8.50. But I am not looking to sell.

 

[nerfherder]

The three core 4e books on the US Amazon only get you around $8.50. But I am not looking to sell.

Should have said that was for the Gift Set in the slipcase cover. Individually, I would have got £16.25 in total. Interesting that there's so much difference between UK and US - but then we probably paid more for them in the first place than you - £42.34 (about $71) for the Core Rulebook Giftset, for example.

 

[fjw70]

Should have said that was for the Gift Set in the slipcase cover. Individually, I would have got £16.25 in total. Interesting that there's so much difference between UK and US - but then we probably paid more for them in the first place than you - £42.34 (about $71) for the Core Rulebook Giftset, for example.

The gift set gets you a little more ($11.78) but still not much. Maybe 4e is more popular in the UK.

 

[Iosue]

The gift set gets you a little more ($11.78) but still not much. Maybe 4e is more popular in the UK.

There are probably fewer physical books in the U.K., driving up prices.

For example, Amazon Booksellers US lists "91 used, 67 new, 6 collectible" for the 4e PHB. Amazon UK lists "31 used, 16 used, 1 collectible."
If demand remains the same in both countries, lower supply should raise prices in the UK.

 

[fjw70]

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=Iosue;6308625]There are probably fewer physical books in the U.K., driving up prices.

For example, Amazon Booksellers US lists "91 used, 67 new, 6 collectible" for the 4e PHB. Amazon UK lists "31 used, 16 used, 1 collectible."
If demand remains the same in both countries, lower supply should raise prices in the UK.[/QUOTE]


The UK has far fewer people so those books total don't surprise me.