Already bought, and returned, HoS

[Keefe the Thief]

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How can you pay over 35 Dollar for a book that costs 29.99? Which you can get on Amazon US for 18 and on Amazon Germany for 21, btw. Are you cursed with Canada-ism?

Nevertheless, i'm sad that this left a bad taste in your mount.

 

[Fifth Element]

How can you pay over 35 Dollar for a book that costs 29.99?

17% sales tax?

 

[GMforPowergamers]

17% sales tax?

Oach I thought 7% was bad

 

[Fifth Element]

Oach I thought 7% was bad

17% was just the math needed to get $29.99 to over $35. I don't think there's 17% sales tax anywhere in the US, though I might be wrong.

We pay 13% here in New Brunswick, and it was 15% until a couple of years ago, so 17% isn't out of the question I suppose.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Simple answer: Canadian MSRP is a ripoff $35.00, even though our dollar is actually worth more than the US dollar these days (it was 1.04$ US the other day). I guess companies figure that there's fewer of us, so they have to charge more. Companies have been gouging us for years on pretty much everything, and heck, some of that stuff we pay more for is even made here, and yet we still pay more.

So yeah, in good ol' Canada, HoS will run from a "low" of $36.75 in Alberta to a positively ridiculous $40.43 in Prince Edward Island (they have a silly compound federal/provincial tax, effectively 15.5%).

It's more the base differences in MSRP that I take issue with, rather than the taxes.

 

[Neverfate]

Wasn't quite, 35. Sorry. I ended up exchanging the book for other merchandise to the same guy who sold it to me. I told him the book was awful. I ended up with Munchkin Zombies and some dice.

Even at $30+ the book is no where near worth it. It represents a bad design direction. Has little to do with 4E or Essentials. Reprinted classes. Bad design in many classes and bad feats.

I'm sure some people are going to enjoy it. I just think, with the concepts involved, they really missed the boat as far as execution. I was really looking forward to all the options in the book (the first book in months) and I felt there just weren't enough options there.

 

[Fifth Element]

Simple answer: Canadian MSRP is a ripoff $35.00, even though our dollar is actually worth more than the US dollar these days (it was 1.04$ US the other day). I guess companies figure that there's fewer of us, so they have to charge more. Companies have been gouging us for years on pretty much everything, and heck, some of that stuff we pay more for is even made here, and yet we still pay more.

Eh, it wasn't that long ago that our dollar was worth substantially less than the USD, but CAD book prices were still only a bit above the US prices. We benefitted then, we're paying for it now.

 

[jodyjohnson]

How ironic, a thread about death and taxes.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Eh, it wasn't that long ago that our dollar was worth substantially less than the USD, but CAD book prices were still only a bit above the US prices. We benefitted then, we're paying for it now.

It's been a while since our dollar was worth that much less; a good 10 years or so since it was consistently (and a substantial amount) lower (I remember exchange rates being terrible through the 90s). Really it has more to do with the US dollar sucking than ours performing well, but the differential is what counts here.

The rub is, if something happens to force a rise in prices, that kind of thing is effective pretty much immediately, while something that should put a downward pressure on prices is slow and requires much consumer watchdog action.

Yes indeed, Death and Taxes.

 

[FallenAkriel]

That's why i'm waiting and buying it through Free shipping worldwide on all books from The Book Depository, shipping and taxes included, it's only CAD$22.69