Using Amazon in Australia [Australian input please]

[Eremite]

Given that Hong has turned up, I will take the chance to say nice page (well, I like it), particularly the old Roy & HG stuff.

I've been sending it to some ex-pats and fellow RPG / This sporting life fans. They loved it. (snip)

I first discovered Hong's fantastic Roy & HG stuff when I was an expat living in the Singapore Collective. It was a welcome respite from the battles of those days. So, Hong, any chance that Roy & HG might, for example, "call" the Adventure Path or something similar. After all, Cauldron = Lang Park: I'm sure there's something to work with there!

 

[hong]

Heh. The Arteeteetee'o'ee'ee was written back when I was a carefree uni student. Ah, those were a haze of booze-filled nights and sleep-filled days. Well, maybe the sleep-filled days. I do all my best work at 2 in the morning, you know. These days I barely have enough time to update the non-silly part of my website....

 

[Eremite]

Well, Hong, it's 2am in Melbourne. How about an update for Roy & HG?

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Thought that I should jump on the Aussie bandwagon. I personally do not have any experience in ordering from Amazon. So far the only thing that I ordered from overseas was MMS:Western Europe and Ecology and Culture. I ordered these both directly from XRP and I did not get hit with any customs or GST when it arrived.

I currently am awaiting a package from Noble Knight Games which I ordered 3 weeks ago. I chose the slowest (but cheapest!) postage option so I am not expecting it to arrive for at least another week (but probably longer than that.) I was told to expect 4-6 weeks for delivery but it could possibly take up to 12 weeks (I hope its closer to 4 weeks than 12.) Even still I'm not too worried, I ordered knowing that it could take that long to arrive and as I'm not currently in a group at the moment I can wait.

I ordered 3 hardcover books, an issue of Dungeon, Battle Box from FDP, 2 DVD's and a CD and postage was only $14.95US. Overall with postage I saved about $70-$80AU compared to buying the same products from Milsims ($220-$225 vs about $300.) That sort of saving is just too big to miss when you have a very limited budget. Buying multiple books at the one time is the way to go though. That is the only way to avoid excess postage charges.

Having said that, are there any Adelaidians on these boards that might be reading this thread. I have found fellow RPGer's hard to find in Adelaide. Is there anyone else out there from Adelaide looking for a game?

Olaf the Stout

 

[mhacdebhandia]

That's true. I was looking at your Britannia rules today, and they haven't been updated online since at least the release of Complete Warrior, though obviously your own notes have (since you mentioned both Complete Warrior and Complete Divine in the e-mail correspondence before I joined).