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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wocky" data-source="post: 1479352" data-attributes="member: 11408">Your FLGS in Argentina charges cover price multiplied by 1.7 for any D&D product, so you end up paying around 50$ for a 30$ book, while Amazon would charge 21$ (assuming the usual 30% discount) plus something like 7$ per book in shipping (plus extra 10 or 11$ for the whole shipment). It's certainly cheaper to buy through Amazon... still, many people don't (many because of ignorance, fear of putting their credit card numbers online, or simple lack of an international credit card).However, you shouldn't just compare the prices, since whether something is "expensive" or not depends on how the price of the book compares to other prices in the country. Prices in Japan sound excesive, but I'm almost tired of hearing how much a meal costs there... Even the 50$ charged in Argentina sounds reasonable, but you know how much I make working 6 hours a day as a programmer? A bit over $400. A Big Mac with fries and a coke is around $2.5, movie tickets (in the best theatre) at less than $4, a pint of local beer between $1.5 and $2.5, local bus fare is as low as $0.25 music CDs around $9, DVDs no more than $18, Paperback books around $7, a good pair of trousers for $30, good leather shoes for $50-$70, good wine for $3 a bottle (much better for $10 a bottle).The story has a two part moral: 1) Even at $30, D&D books are very expensive to us. The price means nothing.2) Come visit Argentina for your holidays, it's cheap.</blockquote>

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