How we price
Pricing
Market price online, under it where we can, and player pricing for the locals who play here.
Some trading card releases sell out everywhere within days: new sets, anniversary boxes, anything with a big chase card. There's never enough to go around, so this is how we price and share out what we get.
- Under market where we can
- Player pricing in store
- Local players first
The short version
How a price gets set
We check the market
We look at what the product is actually selling for in Australia right now. Sold prices, not asking prices.
We aim to come in under it
Our online price follows that market rate and we try to sit below it. When the market drops, so do we.
Local players get player pricing
If you play at the store regularly, you can buy in store at player pricing, in limited quantities. That's the Community Price you'll see mentioned on product pages.
This covers trading card products where demand runs well ahead of supply. Board games, accessories and collectables aren't priced this way.
Questions
Why we do it this way
Why not give everyone player pricing?
Because we don't get enough of it. Publishers allocate stock to distributors, and distributors allocate to stores. For the big releases our share is limited, and it's often less than we ordered.
Put that at player pricing online and it's gone in minutes, mostly to people buying boxes to resell. Keeping it for the people who play here means the product gets opened and played with at our tables.
How much stock do you actually get?
Less than we'd like. We don't find out our numbers until a few weeks before release. Pre-orders work around that, and how pre-orders work explains how we share out a short allocation.
Who gets first go?
Local players. When stock is short, people who play at the store come first, for pre-orders and in store. Everyone else gets what's left, earliest order first.
Who counts as a local player?
Someone we see in store regularly. There's no card or sign-up sheet. It's a judgement call, and if you're not sure whether it's you, ask.
Want to become one? Register interest in play nights.
Why is player pricing limited?
So one person can't clear the shelf. The limit depends on how much we got, and we'll tell you what it is when you ask.
Will the online price change after I buy?
It can, in either direction, because the market moves. The price you paid doesn't change.