I used to be regular at these things at the Mapleview Mall (Burlington) GW store but I had heard that they weren't doing them anymore, or were limiting what was on sale to the store built terrain. Last one I went to was sometime in Feb 2005, I think, maybe 2006 where I picked up a REALLY nice 1700 pt Goblin army for $250 Canadian.. Hehheh. I had to buy a GW case to cart it home, but whew, what a bargoon!
So, what's the deal?
I used to be able to bid on terrain, demo armies, painted lots of minis, damaged goods, old and obsolete models, misprinted/mislabelled/mispackaged minis, gaming boards, left over sprues from demo army building, ancient White Dwarf mags, etc...
I may do if its open to the public (although I do have a GW employee rugby shirt that I won for $5 at a previous auction...). I'd have to consider the drive to get there though. My saturdays are oddly scheduled affairs, so I'd have to commit to a plan to get things organized.
Do you guys know what time it starts? I believe the ones I went to started some time around 12 noon and usually ended around 2pm when the manager lost his voice...
Oh Kera, don't be jealous, bribe us into bidding for things u want! lol
kidding!
Sorry, jealousy took hold here ages ago. The boar centaurs are spitting feathers, though that's more to do with the great eagles I fed them. They're not that good on the digestion apparently, it spoilt the elf salad I had ready for desert.
The bunker opens at 12 on Sundays, so I guess come for around that time?
I see, yes, it was on Sunday last time I think.
Saturday opening time is 10am.
@Xander, Sojourn
Not sure if I'll be going yet. I live in St. Catharines so its not just a hop in the car for a few mins for me. Its at least 45 mins on a good day. Thats not really a problem for me, but working it in with all the other things I have to do causes some issues.
If it does start at 10am, then I'm kinda SOL. I'm not a morning person, esp on weekends.
Its a shame though, would like to go, just to see the state of things compared to the Burlington store ones. I would imagine that it will be packed with all the peeps from TO. The Burlington store usually has about 100 people show up. The store is packed to the point where one wonders about fire safety regulations.
I'm so lucky to be in Canada
. I hope i can get some really cheap dwarfs so i can twit them into chaos dwarfs, preferably into a blunderbuss firing squad of 15 then turn the 16th guy into a chaos dwarf warrior. lol last time i went to that GW store i told them i was making a chaos dwarfs army...i couldn't believe the reaction i got out of that one
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Sounds like we won't be arriving until sometime after 12. I will be wearing a brown baseball hat, jeans, and a grey and navy blue striped hoody.
Oh, and I will be the one with the Girl.
What a let down, the auction lasted 1.5 hours and they started everything at high prices and didn't even sell stuff that didn't get a starting bid. Prices started at 50% lower, but they were for old stock, so it was hardly a good deal.
Probably the worst auction I have been to. GRNDL, you made the right choice in not coming.
haha, my shop was running one too, I manage to come home with.....
the old high elf dragon character
A STank
12 pro painted slayers (and I mean pro painted, they are awesome, It'll be a shame to strip them)
Ungrim ironfist
the shops 1.2K of skven
all for £65, Im happy, and i got a case to carry it all in
I just forgot to get some GS in the excitement.....so It'll be a week or so before I can do anymore CD work
well i didn't get anything, but i bid the the loin chariot, heres how it went...
"do i hear a 15, 15 anyone"
I looked straight at him, raised my hand and said "15!!". he looked and me and pointed, "i got a fifteen, any one more" no one answered, then he said high elf chariot sold for fifteen...Then handed to some one else, one the other side of the room....
...I had a heart attack...other than that i bid on a couple different stuff, but no dwarfs were to be found....
well i didn't get anything, but i bid the the loin chariot, heres how it went...
"do i hear a 15, 15 anyone"
I looked straight at him, raised my hand and said "15!!". he looked and me and pointed, "i got a fifteen, any one more" no one answered, then he said high elf chariot sold for fifteen...Then handed to some one else, one the other side of the room....
High elves are smelly greenskin haters anyways 
maybe he did u a favour!
I'm sorry to hear that guys, it does sound like a bust. I'm not sure why they aren't going all out for it. Most of the stuff they put up for auction isn't going anywhere and they can only make money on it. I know that each time I've gone to one of them (about 3 times now) I've slapped down between $300 and $400 cdn simply because its stuff that a) you didn't know you could get, b) stuff that you see once in a blue moon and c) good deals.
A lot of the lots that used to be sold are collections of stuff no one is going to buy anyway. I looked at the auctions as a way of GW saying thank you to their customers, but I guess no more.
/shrug
Sorry you guys had a bad trip out. Maybe the fire will be rekindled after GW's "reorganizing".
Ya, I usually drop some decent coin during auctions. Not this time. Man, it was bad.
Oh well. I am starting to think they are abusing the Auction as a way to get people into the store.
Ah well, better luck next time. In all likelyhood GW have cracked down on the auctions.
Maybe the fire will be rekindled after GW's "reorganizing".
What reorganising is this? Do you mean to tell me they're going to start doing things properly, or is it another rip off tactic
Maybe the fire will be rekindled after GW's "reorganizing".
What reorganising is this? Do you mean to tell me they're going to start doing things properly, or is it another rip off tactic
GW are obviously revamping their "business" strategy to maximize $$ by reducing material and/or manpower cost. Their bitz ordering was taken offline for reorganization. Their strategy to plastic sets is different - charge same price for less models, pack more models on less sprues. Their army book/codex approach is more condensed - less variety with same models, etc.
My use of the word reorganizing is sarcastic, hence the quotes. IMO, they are trying to drain every last drop from what they do, but at the cost of losing their main/regular customers. Rumour has it that they will make more off their licences in video games than they will or do in the hobby/wargaming arena.
My store was going to do auctions this weekend, but they decided to just put everything at a 25% discount, which is pretty lame.
I know for a fact that the Galrauch model and the Malekith box were going to be in the auction.
I was going to try and acquire both. Not anymore.
25% off is still a pretty good deal if its stuff you were buying anyway
The thing I find interesting about auctions is the strong attendance. You always have large numbers. People are always clamouring for cheaper prices and in many cases people spend way too much (guilty) simply because the prices are lower. It makes you wonder about GW's price point, and how if they had a significant price drop that might spur more sales and less resentment. It's a tough call, price pointing is always a tricky business.