Die Antwort von Funtails ist da:
ZitatAlles anzeigenDear backers,
thank you for bringing up this issue and of course we want to reply to all of you.
Indeed Funtails always mentioned that we do not want to punish people who discover our games after the kickstarter period and therefore missed the time window to buy our games during the kickstarter campaign – in fact we love to support FLGS and the whole gaming industry and all gamers all around the world (even if they have no access to kickstarter, credit cards etc.).
On the other hand we love our backers very much and we couldn’t make such excellent games without you. It is true that it is always a difficult balancing act between “KS rewards”, add ons and KS privileges while also not excluding the FLGS. And honestly we were always straight and upfront that our products will most likely end in retail too.
However, please note that we have no hard influence on the stocking and final pricing of retailers. We have to offer our games at reduced prices to distributors and retailers, as they need their margin to run a company and pay taxes, too. We don’t have a lot of leeway to determine the reductions these companies get, as the standards are set by the industry as a whole. So we can only agree to these standard margins – or not sell our games in retail at all.
Our goal is to always keep the price of our games at full MSRP but we all know that there are deep discounters around who sometimes even sell without any margin simply to lure customers to their website. Other retailers might cancel your super cheap preorder if they don’t gather enough total customers for their preorder. Some might have high shipping costs or other hidden fees on checkout.Anyways, we don’t want to punish all friendly local game stores (and all gamers who missed the KS or simply wanted to “try before they buy”) just because there are some deep discounters!
So what is it that Funtails can do?
First of all we value our kickstarter backers and will make sure that you will get your games before they arrive in retail (even though that is sometimes hard because in some countries large retail stores are the only fulfillment companies available).
Secondly, we chipped in (for the 1st time ever) a free gift for backers – the 50 printed character card sleeves and 50 transparent square card sleeves are FREE for all deluxe backers.
And last but not least, we can guarantee that all backers can buy any add ons they like in our pledge manager – and if add ons or promos are sold out they won’t be available for deep discounters to sell them (see the metal coins for Glen More II: Chronicles and all Promos).
Rest assured, we will continue to look for new paths and improve our approach to combine KS and retail sales. Thank you for your feedback, patience and continued support!
Quelle: https://www.kickstarter.com/pr…/feed-the-kraken/comments (Von Nils Herzmann, aktuell Comment 1 und 2 von oben)
